Here's one for the printer books. I had a printer for my atari 800 that we
order out of the DAK catalog. It used a little cartridge shaped like a
bullet with a contact on the end. The printer would fire a spark and
actually burn the dots onto the paper to make the characters. It was
relatively slow, but considering it had to make about 9 passes to form a row
of characters it did pretty well. I can still remember the burning smell
everytime you would print something out. It was really a neat little
printer, and I can't for the life of me figure out why we got rid of it. I
still have the driver disk for it, but the actual name of the thing escapes
me right now. Wait a minute, it was an Olivetti, but I can't remember the
model. The coolest part was turning the lights off when it was printing and
watching the sparks fly across the paper as it printed. That's a printer I
would like to have again.
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At 03:16 PM 6/12/97 -0800, you wrote:
>I remember showing an undergraduate how it was possible to plug
>a modem into a terminal and dial up to a shell account. He was
>so amazed that the world had been easily fooled into thinking that you
>need a computer to access the Internet :-)
The San Francisco Public Library has terminals (DEC VT220's?) in every
library. My girlfriend was impressed when I used Lynx to telnet to my
account to check mail one day... 8^)
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At 04:20 PM 6/12/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Here's one for the printer books. I had a printer for my atari 800 that we
>order out of the DAK catalog. It used a little cartridge shaped like a
>bullet with a contact on the end. The printer would fire a spark and
>actually burn the dots onto the paper to make the characters. It was
Actually, it was an InkJet... I think I still have some of the ink
cartridges around somewhere. (I was paranoid that I might not be able to
find more when I ran out, so I bought a whole bunch.) The sparks were to
convince the ink to jump onto the page, I think.
>me right now. Wait a minute, it was an Olivetti, but I can't remember the
It was indeed an Olivetti, but I too have forgotten the model.
>would like to have again.
Me too. I remember demoing mine for ABACUS, the Atari Bay Area Computer
Users Society. That thing is what made it possible for me to pass English
in college! (I loathe the physical act of writing, so I never did any work,
until I could type it up on my 600xl (and later, 800) and print it out.)
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> > if anyone can shed some light on these, let us know):
> >
> > 1. "12v vid"
> > 2. R-Y (colorburst clock)
>
> Red - (minus) Yellow
>
> > >3. Audio out
> > >4. Y
>
> Yellow
>
> > >5. B-Y (ext video input?)
>
> Blue - yellow
>
> > >U. Ground
>
> Just a different way to send an 'RGB' signal. I'm not sure what the merit is
> of sending it this way... any video techs out there? I'll cc this to one who
> might know.
Um... No. Sorry. Close though.
Y is not yellow, i'm afraid. These signals derive from the way
luminance and chrominance are handled in a telly.
Y is intensity (luminance). It is made up of red, green and blue in the
rough proportions that generate intensity in a human eye. This is the
only part of the signal that a black and white telly (or greyscale
monitor) would decode.
The other two signals are the quadrature components of chrominance.
They are derived from Y by subtracting red and blue, and are normally
called U and V (in some order).
The colour telly receives U and V phase modulated onto a subcarrier (I
think). The hue control on American tellies sets the baseline against
which phase is measured here. (In Europe, the PAL system reverses the
phase each line, so any hue errors should cancel out)
The signals are transmitted this way in broadcast TV to ensure
compatibility between colour and BW tellies. They are also the signals
that would normally be sent to a TV (UHF or VHF) modulator from the
computer, hence their presence on the video connector.
Hope this helps! I could be more specific if I had some of my reference
books from home...
Philip.
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Bloedem Volke unverstaendlich treiben wir des Lebens Spiel.
Grade das, was unabwendlich fruchtet unserm Spott als Ziel.
Magst es Kinder-Rache nennen an des Daseins tiefem Ernst;
Wirst das Leben besser kennen, wenn du uns verstehen lernst.
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>From: Doug Spence <ds_spenc(a)alcor.concordia.ca>
>Subject: C64 CP/M carts (was: Re: Yet another weekend haul story)
>On Mon, 2 Jun 1997, George Lin wrote:
>> At 11:24 PM 6/1/97 -0700, you wrote:
>> ><...>
>> >> accessories including a CP/M cartridge for C64
>> >
>> >A CP/M _carthridge_? Awesome.
>>
>> I just tried it yesterday. Pretty cool. The Z80 is in the cartridge. The
>> package comes with a CP/M 2.2 diskette for 1541 and a condensed CP/M manual
>> by Commodore (copyright 1983). There is a K-Mart price tag on the original
>> box that reads $54. Not bad.
NOTE: the Commodore CP/M Cart is only usable on the oldest of the 64s
(usually models with the 5-pin DIN plug for video. It would seem that
when Commodore debugged some video problems they tweaked the system
speed slightly which made the CP/M cartridge unusable.
>This reminds me... I also have a Z80 cartridge for the C64. But it's not
>the one from Commodore. It's from a company called DATA 20 Corporation.
>I haven't been able to get it to work. It has what looks like a connector
>for a power supply on the back, but I didn't get the PS with it. It also
>came without any disks, though it did have a cassette in the box with it,
>which says "Use side A for Commodore 64/Use side B for VIC 20".
>It's a Z-80 Video Pak, that combines the Z80 processor AND an 80-column
>display adapter into one (big fat) cartridge.
Are you sure the plug isn't for some sort of video cable contraption?
(the Data-20 carts usually sported an 80 column composite video output.)
>To quote from the box:
> The Z-80 Video Pak brings the convenience of an 80 column screen and
> the power of a CP/M compatible operating system to the Commodore 64.
> Designed to be used with a monitor, the Z-80 Video Pak lets the
> Commodore 64 owner switch to a 40 or 80 column screen in black and
> white, or back to the standard color screen. All switching is done
> through software and no cables need to be moved.
> The Z-80 Video Pak has its own Z-80 microprocessor and operating
> system which allows the 64 to run CP/M software formatted for the
> Commodore 1541 disk drive. A Terminal mode which brings communication
> with central data bases is included at no extra cost. The Z-80 Video
> Pak also supports the advanced screen handling features of all Video
> Pak models such as erase to the end of line, erase to end of screen,
> and dump screen to printer.
>If anyone out there knows this thing's power requirements (AAAGH! Another
>wall-wart!) and where to get CP/M disks in 1541 format, please tell. :)
If there is power needed for it, I haven't seen anything mentioning
requirements... yet.
Larry Anderson
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>>True, that's bizarre... they appear to be especially common in the
>>northwest. But just try to find a PEB!
<snip>
>The closer you get to Texas, the more abundant TI-99 stuff gets.
So true! I worked for TI in Dallas at the time of the big selloff. I remember buying several consoles for $25, a PEB for $20, several monitors for $50, and catridges for $.50 each. All brand new in boxes. What a madhouse it was.
Bob
slightly off but information needed.
Cipher model st150s-II 6150? cartridge tape drive scsi interface.
I need data on this jumpers commands anything.
Allison
At 01:32 AM 6/12/97 -0400, you wrote:
>- I'd like a MSX machine as well (never even seen one in anything other
>than magazine articles)
I *sorta* have an MSX machine. It was donated to ABACUS, the Atari Bay Area
Computer Users Society, but isn't of much interest to the club. So it sits
in my garage (or attic?). One of these days, I'll get around to making a
suitable cash donation to the club and move it in with my collection.
In the meantime, if anyone wants any info or anything, let me know and I'll
dig it up...
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The 99/4A DIN video pinout is (format in monospace for best
readability):
3 1
5 4
2
where (and no, I didn't write these descriptions, they're pretty
bizarre. I typed them verbatim; if anyone can shed some light on these,
let us know):
1. "12v vid"
2. R-Y (colorburst clock)
3. Audio out
4. Y
5. B-Y (ext video input?)
U. Ground
Kai
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> From: Cord Coslor[SMTP:coslor@pscosf.peru.edu]
> Reply To: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu
> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 1997 1:21 PM
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> Subject: Re: TI-99/4A Comments
>
> I have a question for you folks. I have a basic TI 99/4a.... that's
> it. No
> cables, no peripherals, no nothing with it. I am wanting to get this
> machine up to operation and am looking for anything that you folks
> might
> have available. I have a large assortment of running machines in my
> collection... TRS-80s, CoCo, Commodores, etc., etc., and would like to
> add
> this classic machine to my 'operational' collection. Can anyone help
> me
> out?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> CORD
>
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fyi, posted on comp.os.cpm ...
- glenn
A friend in a bit of a time bind will probably be sending a PDP 11/34
to the landfill very soon. If you want it, and probably a half dozen
other assorted racks of minicomputers plus hundreds of reels of 1/2"
tape, but NO S-100 stuff (you can probably guess who got THAT!) e-mail
immediately.......
stuff is located in Tucson, very close to I-10
sorry, no one available to pack it, but Amtrak does stop here.......
and they shi[p stuff pretty cheap......
bill_h(a)azstarnet.com
