Hello, all:
Does anyone have a spare set of Apple //gs manuals that they'd be
willing to part with?
I just got two floppy drives for my new gs, so I'm just beginning to
work my way around it. I'm running ProDOS until I can get OS/GS transferred
to it. I've got a 5-1/4" and a 3-1/2" floppy, but can't seem to get ProDOS
to INIT a new disk. No immediate solution is apparent from Nathan Mates'
on-line info.
Thanks!
Rich Cini/WUGNET
Charter ClubWin! Member
MCP Windows 95/Windows Networking
Hello:
Here's my question. I am trying to figure out how to load certain
commands on an Atari 800xl. I guess I should say 'files'. I can load
BASIC files just fine with DOS loaded, I just exit to BASIC and
RUN"D1:game.bas" -- is there a way to do it directly from DOS 2.5, etc.,
without going back to BASIC?
And, my primary question.... if I see a machine language file in the DOS
directory such as ataridemo.obj or game237.com, how can I load these. I
have interpreted from some other sources that I need to reboot without
the basic cartridge in to run a machine language program, but how
'actually' do I do it? I don't see any of the menu options under DOS
that say "load machine language file: " or anything like that.
Please respond back if you have any information, as I am trying to
catalog all those Atari 800 (and everything) disks.
Thank you very much,
CORD COSLOR
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i thought the command was something like LIST D1:filespec but its been so
long. my 1050 drive manual doesnt have much info on it. to get dos help, the
manual says to press H at the dos menu. this will bring up a help menu. press
h and return to bring up screens of info.
In a message dated 98-01-25 21:07:05 EST, you write:
<< And, my primary question.... if I see a machine language file in the DOS
directory such as ataridemo.obj or game237.com, how can I load these. I
have interpreted from some other sources that I need to reboot without
the basic cartridge in to run a machine language program, but how
'actually' do I do it? I don't see any of the menu options under DOS
that say "load machine language file: " or anything like that. >>
A reminder to any PDP/Plessey collectors among us that I will have
several pieces of Plessey 'PDP-clone' items at the monthly TRW
Amateur Radio Swap Meet this coming Sat the 31st. I have a Plessey
MicroII complete except for software... it boots into ODT '*', also
a twin 8" drive for it.. a Kennedy 5xxx drive with see-thru cover..
needs an interface, and various other items of interest to the
classic mini collector. I am trying to thin my collection and keep
to 'true-blue' DEC stuff. Bad pun. Sorry....
ANYWAY... e-mail for info/directions/chat/whatever: delivery is
available for the right bribe.
I am looking for:
An interface/formatter to connect a Kennedy 9300 9trk to an 11/34a
A/D and/or D/A cards for the MINC-11
70's vintage D/A boxes for the PDP-11
If you are local or visiting, TRW is a great place to score micros
and the occasional mini. Last time, an IBM Sys/34 complete went for
$20.. software and terminals and docs. The guy 'inherited' it and
just wanted it off the back of his little truck. Had not another
indivdual (who had been an IBM field tech) bought it... it would be
here. In what's left of the garage space. This is just an example
of what turns up there.
TRW plant in El Segundo, 7:30am to 11:30am e-mail me for space
numbers and more.
Cheers to all
John
> I have two of these drives, the kind that uses the BIG disks, but i have not
> the controller for it. anyone have one for purchasing? I also have ~70 disks
> and even an unused cleaning kit for it.
They're SCSI. Old enough that I don't know whether they'll work with
anything; I've hooked up a 44MB Bernoulli to a Linux box and it works
(I just have to have it powered off when I turn the machine on because
the SCSI ROM BIOS doesn't like it), but I've not fiddled with my 10MB
units yet.
Roger Ivie
ivie(a)cc.usu.edu
I recently acquired an Interact Model One computer. It's a relatively
small unit with calculator-style keys and a built in cassette deck for
data storage. Inside, there is an 8080 CPU and 16 Kbytes of RAM. The
latest date codes on the components place its manufacture in early 1978.
Video output is color NTSC, and there is a built-in RF modulator for
driving a television. The rather large pixels yield a 16 x 12 text
display. The ROM seems to contain only enough code to start the process
of loading programs from tape. Fortunately, I picked up two different
BASIC variants (EDU-BASIC, which is a usable "tiny" BASIC, and Level II
Microsoft BASIC.), as well as about a dozen games on tape.
The 20-year old cassette tapes I obtained with this machine are starting
to deteriorate. Unfortunately, copies made using relatively high-quality
audio cassette decks do not load. The head on the internal cassette deck
is a standard 1/2 track mono head, so copying the tapes should not be
difficult.
Does anyone know if Interact produced their cassettes slightly off
"standard" alignment as a form of copy protection? I'm currently planning
to use one of the prerecorded Interact cassettes to set the azimuth
adjustment on an old cassette deck, and then use this deck for both
playback and recording to make working copies of the Interact tapes if
this is the case. If not, I'll record copies on a properly aligned deck
and then adjust the Interact to read the copies.
--
Scott Ware NUMS-MPBC Macromolecular Crystallography Resource
303 East Chicago Avenue, Ward 8-264, Chicago, IL 60611 (312)503-0813
Finger ware(a)xtal.pharm.nwu.edu for PGP public key
>>2) I heard of a machine called the Apricot, which came in a portable
>>model w/voice recognition, and several desktop ones. It seems they
>>were all Intel-based. Could someone tell me if they were really good
>>as far as the GUI and voice recognition and everything else, or just
>>commercial junk? How much would these machines go for?
>The GUI was quite primitive compared to say a Mac of the same era. Mine are
>all monochrome, don't know if there was a color version. Hadn't heard of the
>voice recognition before.
I've never used one myself, so I can't comment on the GUI. However the
portable Apricot did indeed have voice recognition. It was a nice box -
a very attractive V-shaped design (to put the monitor at a good angle),
light keyboard, and voice recognition. It was also black, which is a
fine thing. However, it was a membrane keyboard similar to the Sinclair
QL, the voice recog was not very good, suffered from an awful microphone
(apparantly you had to almost literally swallow it before it could pick
up anything), and the neat V-shape meant that you could not adjust the
monitor angle - which was not good at all, as it was one of those early
LCD sorts where than angle had to be perfect. It did run MS-DOS, but
wasn't 100% compat. My faviourite touch, though, was that if you
included an external monitor, the LCD one could be used independently -
much like on the Mac Powerbooks.
If anyone knows where I can get one please let me know - it's near the
top of my wish list.
Adam.
At 05:44 PM 1/25/98 EST, you wrote:
>I have two of these drives, the kind that uses the BIG disks, but i have not
>the controller for it. anyone have one for purchasing? I also have ~70 disks
>and even an unused cleaning kit for it.
I don't have a controller either, probably why it's sitting up in the
rafters of the garage. Think I should dig a big hole and bury it for future
generations?
-John Higginbotham-
-limbo.netpath.net-
The luggables look cool on the outside, but they're pretty boring.
The Compaq Portable seems to have a non-standard video card; it wouldn't
run Works 2.0 correctly. I liked the one IBM Convertible I've seen,
though they could have made it lighter. Unfortunately, it was trashed
w/o my consultation [ 8^( ] and I never got a chance to try the software
package that used to come with those things. If you ask me, the
Mac Plus -like machines were/are better. At least they have a normal
screen. I LOVE my Mac Portable, though it has a bit of an appetite for
power.
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I have the drivers for bernoullis (don't know what kind, but they came off
an XT).
manney(a)nwohio.com
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> From: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu
> To: Manney
> Subject: Re: Wanted Bernoulli drive
> Date: Sunday, January 25, 1998 5:05 PM
>
> I have two of these drives, the kind that uses the BIG disks, but i have
not
> the controller for it. anyone have one for purchasing? I also have ~70
disks
> and even an unused cleaning kit for it.
>
> david
