I once say a kit in some magazine that would let you turn a Mac into a
fishbowl.
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-Jason
(roblwill(a)usaor.net)
ICQ#-1730318
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> From: Uncle Roger <sinasohn(a)ricochet.net>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
> Subject: RE: Classic Mags (was: Shame, shame, shame)
> Date: Tuesday, August 25, 1998 9:58 PM
>
> Speaking of which, anyone else remember the series of ads from (iirc)
> SmartTerm that said "Now that you have SmartTerm, what are you going to
do
> with your terminal?" and featured pictures of converted terminals being
> used as a Fishbowl, a Mailbox, and a Dollhouse. There might have been
> others, too. I always wanted to do the mailbox bit. Anyone still have
> copies of these (or better still, scanned versions?) Maybe I'll see if
> SmartTerm is still in business...
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------- O-
>
> Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad
> roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know."
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> San Francisco, California http://www.sinasohn.com/
>
I'm looking for a driver for a "Micro Mainframe Expanded Memory Expansion
Board" (yes, that's the actual name of it). The model number of it is
EMS-5150-T. The name of the driver is <EMS32.BIN>. It's for a Tandy
1000TL XT-class 286/12MHz.
One other question: The processor clocks in @ 12 MHz. The 1000TL is
supposed to be 8 MHz. Was there ever an upgrade offered for this computer
to make it 12MHz? The chip is manufactured by AMD, and it's a 286-12 (it
may be a S or SX, I'm not sure). This is also the computer that I'm trying
to find an XTA drive for. Make or model doesn't matter, as long as the
heads aren't run by a stepper motor.
ThAnX in advance,
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-Jason
(roblwill(a)usaor.net)
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But I am south, I live in Burnsville.
How about Chilli's on county rd 42 across from the mall.
Same time, Same day.
(I just like tequilaberries)
Francois
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From: Poesie De La Fenetre <darkside(a)digicron.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Tuesday, August 25, 1998 11:59 PM
Subject: Re: Twin cities get together
>Ditto for me... I'm in eagan, and that's quite a haul. maybe you should
>come south :P
>
>-Eric
>
>
>
>John R. Keys Jr. wrote:
>>
>> If it's just two of us showing up let's put it on hold since it's a nice
>> drive for me from Burnsville. Maybe you and I can get together and go on
a
>> shopping spree one weekend. I plan on going to a big flea market this
>> Sunday if you want to go also let me know as it's up north. John
>> At 07:26 PM 8/25/98 -0500, you wrote:
>> >Just a quick reninder:
>> >Friday August 28, tequilaberries, 6:00pm
>> >Please let me know if you are planning to attend, I'll be there early to
>> >reserve a table.
>> >Francois
>> >-------------------------------------------------------------
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>> >Sanctuary at: http://www.pclink.com/fauradon
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>
His name is steve buggie, and i've included part of an email he sent to me
concering my $5 apple gs with a bad ps. he's pretty knowledeable, and has been
very helpful to me with sending me diagnostice disks and other disk goodies
for my apples. he also redoes disk ][ drives with variable speed control and a
manually selected write protect switch.
david
>>If you're thinking of one of these you might ALSO want to think about
something
>>called Bugg power - a guy on the a2 newsgroup (comp.sys.apple2) who takes
>>pc XT power supplies and adapts them to plug into apples.
BUGG-POWER IIGS external power supply (converted from IBM)
$27 for 150 watts, or $30 for 200 watts; add $5.00 shipping.
It rests on the floor, with 5 ft cable to connect to the IIgs motherboard
via the rear panel of the IIgs. I've made 192 units in 2 1/2 years!
Steve Buggie
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> That _does_ sound like a decoder. Maybe you could look at Toshiba TV
> schematics (I have almost _no_ NTSC stuff here) and see if you can figure
> out what the chip does...
>
Well, if it was made by Toshiba.... That's probably what's wrong with
it...
GooD LucK,
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-Jason
(roblwill(a)usaor.net)
ICQ#-1730318
> >I'd love to see a manual for the chipset and microcode information.
>
> I think the burning question would be: How does one debug somehting
> like this?
For a commercial company, microcode is tested and debugged on software
simulators before the hardware is even completed. Once the architecture
is defined, software is developed in parallel with the hardware to
simulate the components. Microcode is tested on the simulator, much
easier than using a scope and analyzer. Course, the component
descriptions given to the simulator programmers (these are usually
programmers with a good EE background who understand boards at the chip
level) had better be accurate.
And in parallel to that, an emulator is also done for the target
instruction set. This allows systems programmers to develop the initial
assembler, compiler and operating system for the new CPU. That's how a
completely new CPU design, with no backward compatibility, can appear
all at once. By the time the hardware prototype is ready, there is a
complete set of diagnostics and an OS to boot up. In theory that is ...
Tracey Kidder's book, The Soul Of a New Machine, detailed some of that
process when Data General switched from the 16-bit Nova to the 32-bit
Eclipse.
Jack Peacock
But modern SMP NT boxen can only multiprocess if the task is
especially adjusted for it. Apparently, NT itself will not take
advantage of the second processor, unless the app (e.g. Photoshop)
has the featuer. Is this always the case, or different in other
systems?
>
>
>< Dual processors? Another I've never heard of. My 8086 databook says
>< that up to four can be wired together, but I've never heard of anyone
>< doing it. Did this particular one work well?
>
>You could do more than four, it took a little more work as the simple
>parts to do it were roll your own and it was pretty impressive.
>
>
>later on NCR would have a box with 4 486/50s and it could wail.
>
>
>Allison
>
>
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Now that I think of it, you're right. I just need the case from the apple
drive to house an old 5.25" full height HD. I needed the TRS-80
drives/boxes for an old TRS-80 model III.
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-Jason
(roblwill(a)usaor.net)
ICQ#-1730318
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> From: Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: Hard drive adapters
> Date: Tuesday, August 25, 1998 1:57 PM
>
> > Apple and trs80 drives are not interchangeable though the case/PS would
> > be. I think I still have one with a drive.
>
> DId Apple drives ever contain a PSU? All the ones I have seen (Apple ][
> single and duodisk, Mac drives) take their power from the main system
PSU.
>
> >
> > Allison
> >
> >
>
> -tony
>
Hi gang. FYI Jameco has power supplies for apple2,2+,2e, and 2GS.
49.95 each, 60 watt units, original equipment style.
If you're thinking of one of these you might ALSO want to think about something
called Bugg power - a guy on the a2 newsgroup (comp.sys.apple2) who takes
pc XT power supplies and adapts them to plug into apples. Since the average
XT PS is 145 watts, the apple no longer has power problems (and you barely
have to run the PS's fan) and it gets the power supply and all that heat
out of the case altogether. (it sits on the floor ala C=64 power brick).
I've never used one of these things, but the reviews from people who have are
glowing. As for heat, I noticed in my GS last night it gets right toasty in
there, and the power supply is almost too hot to touch. I expect to be
PS shopping shortly. :(
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Jim Strickland
jim(a)calico.litterbox.com
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< Well, mine still works. It just needs a nudge once in a while at
< boot up. Is it going to get worse or can I use it for a while?
It may get worse or better running it all the time is best.
Allison
