All,
Thomas Pfaff picked out 3 of my top 4 NeXT sources. The 4th is:
http://206.67.57.106 Black Hole, Incorporated
(having problems with his USP pointing to
http://www.blackholeinc.com/ )
I have contacted them before, and they seemed nice, but I have not dealt
with them. (They didn't have the software I was looking for.)
- Mark
If it's for the 64, it could be a cartridge like Action Replay or
whatever was made for the 64. It usually has a pass-through on the
expansion bus and a button to activate the cart. These carts were used
to *freeze* the computer and allow you access to all the current memory
to examine, change, or save entire blocks to disk. The logic chips were
probably used to transfer control electrically from the Kernel to the
code stored in the EPROM upon the push of the button.
Jeff Salzman
>
>It's a white plastic cartridge with a 44-pin male card-edge connector and a
>light blue plastic female passthru for the same type of connector. It has a
>square black plastic button on top. It is (was) glued shut. Inside there is
>an 24-pin EEPROM (88251A+ MM2716Q) with a Mitsubish Electric sticker
>covering the window, a 14-pin IC (P234 DM7400N), and another 14-pin IC (EL
>SALVADOR 1820-0328 7936 <Texas Instruments Logo> SN7402N). And two small
>resistors and capacitors. On the circuitboard it says "NAVARONE (C)" and
>next to the contacts where the little carbon pad on the underside of the
>button makes contact, it says "TOP".
>
< > Can you guys ack this please?
< >
< > If it works, I've taught VAX/VMS to speak SMTP...
Whoa! You got my attention... as they say tell me more being I have a
upwards of 7 of them running here.
Allison
I've got an ex-Systems Industries 19" computer rack
available. It's got about 60" of vertical mounting space available
and a nice-built in surge protector and power distribution system.
Very, very heavy duty construction (weight empty is about 200 lbs.)
with big casters on the bottom. Sides and top are removable.
Terms: first person to show up with a vehicle capable of carrying
it away gets it - after they help me pull the Fuji 2444 currently
residing in it.
--
Tim Shoppa Email: shoppa(a)trailing-edge.com
Trailing Edge Technology Voice: 301-767-5917
7328 Bradley Blvd Fax: 301-767-5927
Bethesda, MD, USA 20817
If anyone in the UK is interested contact the party below.
------- Forwarded Message Follows -------
From: kthacker(a)krisalis.co.uk
Date sent: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 13:57:32 +0100
Hi,
If you're interested I have a Amiga A500+ in bad condition which
you
could try to rehabilitate.
I've only got the casing (a bit dodgy), the main board (missing
Kickstart 2) - when you switch it
on it fails - might be problem with real time clock etc. It also has the
disc drive and keyboard.
I'm happy to send it to you, but you'd have to pay postage. I'm not
sure
if you are in the UK, but it would be better if you were.
I'd prefer for it not to go into a landfill site.
Kev
-----
David Williams - Computer Packrat
dlw(a)trailingedge.com
http://www.trailingedge.com
At 09:43 PM 9/13/98 -0700, youthful photogenic Sam Ismail wrote:
>
>The lesson of this story is, you can have the best, most amazing product
>in the world, but "build it and they will come" does not apply. You've
>got to advertise. Apple was obviously more masterful at this.]
In my experience, when engineers and programmers say "best" they mean
technically pure, interesting, vibrant, and often cost-effective.
They always seem baffled by the marketplace when it decides that
"best" means something else and doesn't buy the coolest technology
as frequently as something seemingly second-best, and it only gets
worse when others begin to espouse the notion that "most popular"
equals "best" as well.
- John
The Atari 8-bit FAQ mentions something about the "Pill" cartridge
copying scheme.
http://www.cs.ruu.nl/wais/html/na-dir/atari-8-bit/faq.html
Jeff Salzman
>\I have a small (about 2"x2") box which has a 30 pin edge connector
>on one end and a switch on the other. There is a label on one side
>with says:
>
>ON OFF
> "THE PILL"
Is anyone interested in the Popular Science review of the Lisa? I've
stumbled across that particular issue and if any one is interested I'll
get it scanned and uploaded.
colan
