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Bob
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From: Jason Brady[SMTP:jrbrady@mindspring.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 1998 5:15 PM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: Walnut Creek CP/M CDROM Discontinued
Tried to order one today - Walnut Creek discontinued this product
a couple of weeks ago. Lousy timing, eh? Does anyone know of a
third party vendor that might have some available?
Thanks,
Jason Brady jrbrady(a)mindspring.com Seattle, WA
I have recently come into an Epson Equity LT 286 laptop, however I didn't
get an AC adapter with it. Does anyone out there have one they can part
with, or better yet, have the specs handy so I can hack on together myself?
Any help would be appreciated.
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__________________________________________Live from the GLRS
The Man From D.A.D
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Last night, I was mucking around eBay (don't ask me why, I'm so broke I
can't pay attention) and spotted an AirMedia "NewsCatcher Internet
Antenna!" with a starting bid of $5 and no bids. So I put in a bid of $5.
I'm not worried about whether or not I'm the high bidder when all is said
and done, but it did get me thinking.
I've got a Ricochet modem (Yeah!), there's this thing, I know there was
another PCMCIA card thing that did wireless connectivity... Probably
others I'm not aware of.
IIRC, one of the features of Alan Kay's (proposed) Dynabook was that
whereever you went, (school, office, library, etc.) the computer would be
aware of what resources were available at that facility and would be able
to access them wirelessly.
As I see it, we're going to get to a point somewhere down the line where
Alan Kay's idea will come true -- except that instead of just being able to
access local resources, you'll be able to access the 'net from just about
anywhere, wirelessly. This will all be built in to laptops.
So it occurs to me that these first, early attempts at wireless
connectivity are important milestones, and are worth collecting now (or in
the near future when they become affordable).
I guess, then, my question is, does anyone have any suggestions as to what
else may fall into this category? Feel free to e-mail me directly...
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roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know."
Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates
San Francisco, California http://www.sinasohn.com/
At 12:41 AM 2/22/98 -0500, you wrote:
>I defy _anybody_ to say that a "better" display would improve any
>Big Five Software arcade games as they ran on the 128x48 monochrome
>graphics of the TRS-80 1/3. And I defy anybody to find a better
I dunno if "eliminat" (Eliminator) was a Big Five game, but it was great.
I too, have yet to see much on anything newer that can beat it. (Okay,
well, maybe BallBlazer on the Atari.)
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Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad
roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know."
Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates
San Francisco, California http://www.sinasohn.com/
At 08:42 PM 2/25/98 +0000, you wrote:
>Yuck!!! Why on earth would anybody want to do that? If you want a machine
>that's not available, then recreate it using parts as close to the
>originals in function as possible, sure (as an example, say you couldn't
>get any 2102 1K*1 RAMs. Use 2114 1K*4 RAMs instead - just a quarter of
>the number). But to use the logic board out of some other machine
>attempting to emulate a classic is plain stupid.
Look, opinions differ. No need to get ugly about it. Different aspects are
more important to different people. I won't try to defend my position here,
you win, I'm stupid. There. Now isn't that better than a flood of messages
back and fourth?
>> Power on - BEEP
>That should be a two-tone beep. It's the standard BBC power-up sequence.
Ok... bEEP...BEEP!
>In mode 7, 1 byte of video memory corresponds to 1 character on the
>screen. So it looks like you have a problem with address line MA6 from
>the 6845. If you can borrow a logic probe, look at pin 10 of the 6845
>(look at 8, 9, 11 as well, in case I've miscounted) - there should be a
>square wave (pulsing) there, and then trace it through IC36c (again,
>there should be pulsing at pin 8 of this chip).
Will be a while before I can borrow a logic probe. However, removing and
reseating the 6845 has had no effect on the problem.
To be continued...
A
On 2/24/98, Tony Duell wrote:
{snip, snip about the DEC KM11 maintenance card}
Tony:
I took a look at the KM11 diagnostics card and compared the pinout to
the Unibus pinout that was posted on the list in the last week. First off,
do you think that the KM11 will work on an 11/34??
Anyway, I'm not clear as to whether the function descriptions that I
have match what the KD11 is supposed to use:
1. bus pin B1 (I'm assuming that that's really pin AB1) is BIRQ6
(according to
the post last week), but is shown supplying 8v to the display
drivers.
2. The switch S1 is shown providing a ground path on closure to pin
AB2.
According to the previous post, AB2 is a -12v supply rail.
3. Switch S2 is feeding pin AV2, which is BDAL01.
4. Switch S3 is debouncing pin AA1, BIRQ5.
5. Switch S4 is debouncing pin AU1, PSpare1.
Hopefully I'm looking at the right diagram!
Rich Cini/WUGNET
<nospam_rcini(a)msn.com> (remove nospam_ to use)
ClubWin! Charter Member (6)
MCP Windows 95/Windows Networking
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Hello all,
I just aquired a "Motorola Memory Systems MEK6802D5" single board
computer. It appears to be a 6802 evaluation or prototyping unit. It
has a hex keypad and a 6-digit HEX display. In my old Motorola
literature, I can find a reference for a MEK6802D3 from 1979, which
appears to be an older version of this. The date code on the chips
places it at circa 1980.
Does anyone have any information on this unit? Any idea where I can get
any documentation or programming info? It appears to be fully functional
(at least, I get a display, and I can page up and down through memory
examining and changing contents, etc).
Any info would be appreciated.
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Tried to order one today - Walnut Creek discontinued this product
a couple of weeks ago. Lousy timing, eh? Does anyone know of a
third party vendor that might have some available?
Thanks,
Jason Brady jrbrady(a)mindspring.com Seattle, WA
