31 Jan
2023
31 Jan
'23
10:05 a.m.
On 2023-01-30 6:39 p.m., ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote:
Hi
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On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 12:12 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:>> The 5150 had a cassette port!>> . . .>> The 5160 no longer had
the cassette port.
On Mon, 30 Jan 2023, Paul Berger via cctalk wrote:> The cassette port on the 5150
could also be used as a Telecommunication> Device for the Deaf (TDD) many years ago I
made up a ISA bus card with the> same function as the cassette port for a gentleman
that wanted to move on> from a 5150 but still needed the cassette port for a TDD
device.
Interesting!
Was that stand-alone and compatible with the ordinary TDD/TTY units?(and coupled to a
modem)Or was that solely for communicating with other 5150s?
Or was that to use the 5150 as a KSR terminal for a TDD/TTY handling thePOT
communication?
--Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
Was this to actually communicate with the true Deftones for tdd work if so I'd be
real interested in it we have a very large collection of items that are assistive for the
deaf and hard of hearing at smecc Museum and this would qualify for that so yeah tell me
some more thanks Ed
Unfortunately I don't recall the details, the board I made likely had a
8253 timer chip and probably an 8255 since that was used for the motor
control and also for the read data input on it and I believe the
software did not use BIOS at all but rather talked directly to the
hardware, so it was simple to modify it to use different I/O addresses.
My involvement was just to create a replacement for the cassette
interface that was built into a 5150, I was not involved with the
software at all.
Paul.