<From: "Daniel A. Seagraves" <DSEAGRAV(a)toad.xkl.com>
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<How do I enable the console halt-on-break? Is there a switch on the CPU
<for that? It's the M8189 11/23+ CPU.
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Remove the wire or jumper from J14. J14 is in the row of pins roughly
on the centerline of the board and is the fourth up from the card edge
fingers (the pin closest is J10).
Allison
From: Sam Ismail <dastar(a)wco.com> wrote:
>They did, ever hear the term "the lumbering hippo", that was a nickname
>many gave the 1541 disk drive...
Dumpster diving at the then-recently closed offices of Amiga Corp.
in Los Gatos, I found several disassembled 1541s. Later I talked to
the engineer who'd thrown them out, and he described the 1541 as
the "best computer that CBM ever made." :-)
I distinctly remember a 1541-to-1541 disk copy taking about 40 minutes
when I first got my C-64, but later "fast loaders" reduced that.
The inane serial-to-parallel-to-serial business was no doubt due to
a desire to get things done quickly and with the least disruption of
existing ROM code and known-working applications migrating from the
PET to the VIC-20 and C-64.
- John
Jefferson Computer Museum <http://www.threedee.com/jcm>
On 18 Feb 98 at 18:24, Richard A. Cini wrote:
> First, I know that this may sound silly, but where is the RESET key on the
> GS? My system came with what looks to be a Mac ADB keyboard. Is the RESET
> key the power key along the top, above the number keys?
Lots but not all Apple ADB keyboards work with the IIGS; if a
keyboard works, the Reset key will be the one somehwere at the top
of the board with the left pointing arrow icon. Anyway, it's the same
one that you'd use to start up a Mac with soft-power on.
> Back to the drive. I initialized the drive from within the GS/OS Finder
> (using the Disk | Initialize menu item). I did not specifically partition
> the disk, though. If you use the Apple Disk utility (that's probably not the
> exact name) that comes on the GS/OS disks, it shows no partitions, although
> it identifies the drive as ProDos.
>
> How exactly should I take to get this to work properly? I'm obviously
> missing a step somewhere.
I think that you need to do a low level format on the IIGS to remove
any hidden Macintosh partitioning data from the disk. You should be
able to use this using the utilities on the GS/OS 6.0.1 installation
disks. Formatting from the GS/OS Finder may not be sufficient.
Phil
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>> They did, ever hear the term "the lumbering hippo", that was a
nickname
>> many gave the 1541 disk drive...
I didn't think it was that slow
>Well, I always knew the 1541 drive sucked egregiously, speed wise. I
>mean, it was as bad as a cassette player...what was the point? Until
fast
>loaders came along. They made the 1541 as fast as any Apple drive with
a
>fast DOS. Then it was passable.
>
>But what was very cool about the 1541, I later learned, was that it had
>its own processor, and that you could upload a program into two drives,
>hook them to each other and have them copy disks automatically...very
>cool. Then when my friend gave me the program that played Daisy on the
>1541 (by this time I had my own C64) I was dazzled. I wrote a similar
>program for the Apple Disk ][ but the farts and grunts it made were
hardly
>comparable to the violin-like sqeaks that emanated from the 1541. Very
>cool.
I can't stay up late with an Apple //c, because it makes that awful
noise when trying to read a nonexistent disk!
>>
>> >PS. So the Commodore did suck after all ;)
It did, but I like it sooo much more than the Apple II, which is just
plain boring
>> performance for a very low price. (albiet slower than necessary).
Also
>> the 64 had other merits such as its graphics ability and incredible
>> sound... Every one rips the Commodores, but you have to remwmber who
>> was posting profits and who was going bankrupt in the 80s... the
>> nineties are a different matter I'm afraid.. :(
Exactly
>After I got over the computer-cock-war syndrome I did come to realize
what
>a cool machine the C64 was. I actually started to program on it and
>started experimenting with the sound. It could make the wildest
sounds.
>I wanted to port the Apple ROM Monitor to the C64 so that I'd have a
>decent Monitor with which to assemble machine code, but alas my C64
died
>on the carpet in front of my TV (thus beginning the C64 curse I've
fallen
>victim to), I guess from static electricity. They just didn't make
C64's
>to last I'm afraid. Thus my C64 programming soire was cut short.
I killed my C64 by trying to add a reset switch and attaching the wire
to the wrong power terminal. BTW, what IS the command to get into
Apple's monitor from DOS? I always forget...
>
>Ok, now that is just plain lame. Who the hell designs a printer and
>forgets about the tractor feed bands?
Don't forget some certain operating systems that are self incompatible
;-P
>
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At 08:52 PM 2/17/98 -0600, you wrote:
>It's used by:
>
>Commodore Pets
>GRiD Compass
>HP 3000
>HP 1000 (I think)
On a side note, the GRiD 15xx series also had an add-in pod that supported
GPIB. Fits in the battery compartment, passthrough for external power.
Speaking of which, anyone got any GRiD 15xx PODs they want to get rid of?
Also am still looking for an external floppy for my GRiD 1535exp (ooh, I
shouldn't have said that: It was made in 1989! Forget I said anything, I'll
just bring it up next year!)
-John Higginbotham-
-limbo.netpath.net-
Hello, for my personnal collection I'm searching for HP-16C, 33C, 34C, 67,
and/or 71B or all others HPs.
I have too a HP-41CX to swap for another machine.
Please respond me by mail.
Thx. Joel.
This is downright bad... :)
Today is class pictures. A few days ago, my parents (Remeber that thread?)
decided they wanted, of all things, a computer. My stepdad decided to see for
himself what was available online, rather than just listen to the TV.
(I think it's because he figured out he can automate a lot of his business
[Running a motorcycle shop] on it...) Anyway, they got a nice Pentium, with
a color printer and a scanner, and so they asked me to edit a few images
for them. So, we scan in his 2 grandsons, and a volkswagen bug, and combined
the 2 - they were dazzled. A few more interesting tricks - aged a picture
of them in front of an old car, etc. Anyway, they like the picture of the
volkswagen so much, they bought T-shirt transfer papers to print on. So, I
did that... I also got some time to play with said paper myself last night...
Remeber when I said today was class pictures? I'll be the one in the
decsystem-10 shirt... :)
I conjured up a T-shirt for myself! It has the decsystem-10 logo, stolen
>from the front of a TOPS-10 user manual, and underneath that is says
"If it's not 36 bits, you're not playing a full DEC."
(I know there should be a with in there, but there was no room on the xfer sheet)
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Filing the graphite slug on the ground worked like a charm. Thanks!
Also looking at the drive, it seems that the drive has an Apple-custom
logic board. There's probably no chance that the interface to the internal
controller card is standard. Bummer.
Rich Cini/WUGNET
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ClubWin! Charter Member (6)
MCP Windows 95/Windows Networking
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> First, I know that this may sound silly, but where is the RESET key on the
>GS? My system came with what looks to be a Mac ADB keyboard. Is the RESET
>key the power key along the top, above the number keys?
>
That's the standard GS keyboard. I don't believe that true Mac keyboards
include a Reset key. Yes, the key above the numbers is the Reset key.
One other tidbit, the Option key can be used is also the solid-apple key.
-- Kirk
I used to service the AT&T 6300 which was an Olivetti machine. The
keyboard used a DB-9 connector and the power supply was unconventional
using spade lugs to secure the power cables. Does this sound like your
machine?
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Subject: Re: Junk nite
Author: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu at internet
Date: 2/19/98 8:17 AM
At 08:24 18/02/98 +1100, you wrote:
>Just curious if I should really keep this rather well designed computer
>Its an "Olivetti M24 Personal Computer".
Yes, the design was "original" (=completely different) for a X86-flavour
based machine;specially inside where the layout is spread on three
boards:CPU, VIDEO, 8 bit ISA.(have you openened it yet?)
Do you have the original keyboard also?
> I'd never seen an Olivetti before, which is why I saved it from the scap
heap. Now is >it scarce or nice enough to attempt to get running?
It depends on what you are looking for?
As "collectible" can be interesting because of its early solutions on
monitor power supply (1 plug with signal and DC-PS toghether) and its design.
Otherwise is another obsolete PC as many other of that age.
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