Having spent over 10 years programming BOTH the NES and SNES, yet I know
little about the hardware other than how to make it do stuff! That is; I
know the registers, not the chips.
I can confirm, however...
NES = 6502
SNES = 65816 - the world's worst processor!!!
Gameboy = Z80
There is a very good NES emulator ccalled Nesticle.
Cheers
A
-----Original Message-----
From: Russ Blakeman <rhblake(a)bbtel.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Thursday, March 26, 1998 4:59 AM
Subject: Re: Nintendo Stuff...
>Hotze wrote:
>
>> Hi. I've got a few questions, some are on topic, some arn't.
>> 1) How do you get into the case of a NES? (Origional Nintendo, 8 bit)
>> What's inside? (Other than the 6502)
>> 2) What about SNES?
>> 3) Gameboy?
>> 4) (Off-topic) what processor does the Virtual Boy use? What kind of
stuff?
>> Emulators avaible? How do I transfer ROMS?
>
>Is anyone aware that on the original Nintendo that if you have problems
where it
>won't recognize the game cartridge you can call the 1-800 number on the
game and
>talk to them about getting a one time replacement, as long as you tell them
>you'll repair the game and that you're the owner, not a repair shop?
They'll
>also want the game's serial number to track whether it's been sent a
replacement
>already. They know the original is crap and that they'll make a few $$$
doing
>overhauls on machines made defective by their own penny pinching. If you
insist
>on buying the connector, MCM Electronics has the connectors for around $9.
>
>As for getting into the case, remove the outer screws, lift the lid, take
off
>the shield, slide the connector off and slip the new one on, and install
the
>shield and cover. No big deal. Some of the newer ones have security screws
>though so get them out by drilling a small hole in them and use an "EZ OUT"
to
>revove the old screws, replace them with common screws of the same size.
>
>If anyone gets into this stuff regularly and needs security type bits, MCM
has a
>nice little set for around $12.
>
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>
>
I tried that before. I get the following error:
The requested item could not be loaded by the proxy.
Remote server closed connection.
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So, anyone...?
Ciao,
Tim D. Hotze
-----Original Message-----
From: Seth J. Morabito <sethm(a)loomcom.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Wednesday, March 25, 1998 11:12 PM
Subject: Re: What ever happened to Woz?
>>
>> Ok... there's this technicial genius, he makes what very well may be the
two
>> key foundations necessary for IBM to make a PC for Compaq to clone it,
for
>> Unix to serve it, to make the Internet to share it... BUT WHAT THE ^*%@
>> HAPPENED TO HIM?
>> I've got a faint notation that he got involved in Be, what ever that
is.
>> It seems like an OS, I remember hearing that it was getting ported to
Intel
>> platforms... what happend to him? Why isn't he like... at Apple, where
he
>> belongs doing innovation?
>> Thanks,
>
>All your questions, and more, can be answered at:
>
>http://www.woz.org/ (no kidding!)
>
>He's teaching 5th grade now. He's doing what every great person who
>achieves tremendous wealth should, in my humble opinion, be doing: Giving
>up the crazy game and going off to enjoy life :) More power to him.
>
>BTW, _definitely_ not on-topic and I apologize for that, but Be is
>indeed an OS company, and it's gaining quite a following, although I
>don't believe Wozniak has ever had anything to do with them. You may
>be thinking of the CEO, Jean-Louis Gassee, who was an... "interesting"
>figure at Apple for quite some time. More answers can be had at
>http://www.be.com/ (amazingly enough).
>
>-Seth (Be Developer #3048)
David Wollmann <dwollmann(a)ibmhelp.com> wrote:
>I'm working with
>Hollerith cards on my system right now with an optical card scanner. Data
>storage capacity measured by bytes/pound anyone?
Can you tell us more about what you're doing? Is this a commercial
card reader, or something you built yourself? I was daydreaming
the other day about reading punched cards using a flatbed scanner.
Software to "read" them could be quite simple, and could easily
adapt to the various card geometries. Or you could even make a
reader from a feed-roller and an old hand-held scanner. I find
using today's gizmos to rescue yesterday's data quite interesting...
- John
Jefferson Computer Museum <http://www.threedee.com/jcm>
Today was a good day at the thrift store- could you folks tell me
fair prices for the following (as well as any requests)
2 Apple GS programs w/all docs and boxes. Anyone want?
A Zenith eaZy PC, a 286 easily mistakable for a dumb terminal. It's
cool but priced $30
A TI 99/4A - how much should I pay and what processor does it use
An ISA card claiming on its box to be a UPS - if it's still there, I
will take it tomorrow
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Hi. I've got a few questions, some are on topic, some arn't.
1) How do you get into the case of a NES? (Origional Nintendo, 8 bit)
What's inside? (Other than the 6502)
2) What about SNES?
3) Gameboy?
4) (Off-topic) what processor does the Virtual Boy use? What kind of stuff?
Emulators avaible? How do I transfer ROMS?
Thanks again,
Tim D. Hotze
Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>BTW, how are you getting on with that ASR-33? Need any more help? I can
>look up details for you, and attempt to describe the bits in question.
I found someone who was willing to xerox the service manual for me
at cost, approximately USD $4-8. Someone else wanted to sell me the
set for $20. Being a "millionaire cheapskate", I took the former,
assuming the latter would still be there if I needed it. :-)
Along the same line, if anyone has a spare current-loop to RS-232
adapter that would cost less than a new one, I'd love to get it.
I believe my Terak handles 20 ma, but I'd rather have a more generic
link from the ASR-33 to other computers.
>I was half -joking, don't worry. If I seriously considered that the ASR33
>was off-topic, do you think I'd type up and post sections from the repair
>manuals?
I very much appreciated that. Above and beyond the call of duty.
I joined the "Greenkeys" mailing list, a ham radio RTTY list. I described
my web page regarding old ASCII art, and one fellow sent me a box of
30-40 year-old RTTY ASCII art - pictures of President Eisenhower, etc.
Some is printed, some is Baudot 5-level tape, some 7-bit tape.
>Yes, that definition is very wide. It would allow mechanical
>calculators and things like that (anybody got strong views on keeping
>these off the list?).
As a teen, I remember disassembling a Freiden (?) calculator, and
finding a wire loop memory, several circles about a foot in diameter.
But the calculator collectors have their own lists, don't they?
- John
Jefferson Computer Museum <http://www.threedee.com/jcm>
On Mar 20, 17:02, Max Eskin wrote:
> Subject: Time/Date stamper
> I recently picked up a time/date stamper from the trash. It is a
> box with a slot, and when a paper is inserted, the paper is stamped.
> The first year on the stamping drum is 1951, so I assume that's when
> it was made. It uses a cloth ribbon for ink. How do I reink it?
The stuff that's used to re-ink dot-matrix printer ribbons will probably do.
What colour was the original? A lot of these used blue. If you have a good
stationary supplier nearby, the stuff to ask for is "endorsing ink" which is
what's used to re-ink endorsing-stamp (rubber-stamp) pads.
Or use WD-40 to extract whatever life is left in the original, if it's dried up
rather than exhausted. But go easy, don't add too much, and let it soak in for
a while.
> Also, the stamping has impressed the numbers into the rubber platen. How
> do I get rid of that?
When I ran litho printing presses (in a former life) we used a solvent called
MEK (methyl ethyl ketone) to undo "blanket smashes" -- dents in the rubber
offset blanket caused by crumpled paper under high pressure. It's also used to
give the blanket an occasional extra-good clean. MEK is also used in the
plastics industry as a solvent and to glue PVC and ABS. It shouldn't be too
hard to find. Caution: it's very inflammable, it dissolves or at least attacks
several types of plastic, removes ink as soon as you look at it, and also
removes the natural oils from your skin, so don't wash you hands in it :-)
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
On 23 Mar 1998 18:15:18 -0800, Frank McConnell <fmc(a)reanimators.org> wrote:
>>I'm not sure what edlabel is, but if you are running SunOS, there ...
The OS is NetBSD 1.2, and edlabel is the partitioning command available from the miniroot program loaded by the tape boot loader.
>>So I'm guessing you want to set partition b to start at 29297 and
be length 20480 (for 10MB, are you sure that is enough), and<<
According to the NetBSD FAQ, the swap partition is to be 2 to 3 times the size of the RAM, which is 4mb.
>>Or am I missing something here?
My math came out similar to yours, too. However, I keep getting the "ioctrl" error message, which does not show up in the man pages that I have. So...I'm appealing to the great Unix minds congregating in this list to shed some light. edlabel allows me to create the "a" partition, but no others.
==================================
Rich Cini/WUGNET
- Charter ClubWin! Member (6)
- MCP Windows 95/Windows Networking
- Collector of classic computers
I paid $5.00 for my Data General One. It's a piece of junk. The screen
is IMPOSSIBLE to read, just as Data General boasts about it (go figure
this for something to be proud of) at their web site. It is a large
and heavy laptop and from a collector standpoint, in my opinion, isn't
worth persuing unless you can get it on the cheap $15.00 to $25.00
maximum as a curiosity. An 8086/8088 system by any other name is an
8086/8088 system. $500.00 is a joke. Dream on.
Marty Mintzell
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Subject: Re: FWIW: Data General One Laptop spotted for sale
Author: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu at internet
Date: 3/25/98 1:46 AM
On Tue, 24 Mar 1998, Greg Troutman wrote:
> > > >We have an OLD Data General One Laptop from 1983!!!!
> >
> > He wants $500 for it. Such a deal :-)
>
> He also said at the end, "No reasonable offer refused." Just curious,
> what would you consider to be a reasonable offer for one of these. Or
> perhaps more to the point, exactly what is one of these? ;)
The DG/One was a fairly non-descript early 8086 laptop. According to DG's
website, it was the "first truly portable" PC and they made 43,000 of
them:
http://www.dg.com/about/html/dg-one.html
I don't know what a reasonable offer would be, but it's apparently more
than the $15 I offered :-)
GRiD's clamshell-style Compass laptop preceded the DG/One by a couple of
years (and the GRiD is *much* cooler, IMHO). Perhaps the DG/One was the
first battery-powered PC-compatible laptop? I can't think of an earlier
one of the top of my head.
-- Doug
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