Can anyone tell me what DOS (name and version) works with an Apple //e and
where I can get a copy?
Thanks,
A
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Ok, here is one for the true wireheads among us.
I finally got some time to start working on the PDP-8/i in my collection,
and started keying in some test programs with the intent of getting the
timing on the TTY interface tweaked in so I could load some serious
software, and found that the old beast seems to have an odd problem.
See if anyone has hit on this one and has a suggestion...
I can't seem to write into location 0 on any memory field?!?
Regardless of what I write into the location, it always reads back as
0000.
I can write into any other location, and all of the primary logic
functions seem to be ok... (I can load/run programs as long as they don't
need location 0)
The 'write all zeros' test program (that org's at location 4) runs as
expected...
Thots, suggestions, comments, eek!?!
-jim
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Hello all:
Does anyone have use for the above 5.25" drive?
We recently obtained a pile of junk, er, highly collectible computer crap,
and this drive was in it -- still attached to its Boat Anchor (PS/2 80).
If you are interested, reply by private e-mail with an offer, and we'll try
to fire it -- and the Boat Anchor -- up to determine its condition.
Cosmetically, it's perfect.
Regards,
Glen Goodwin
ACME Enterprises
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In a message dated 6/24/99 1:48:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
ware(a)xtal.pharm.nwu.edu writes:
> Could the Brazilian Sinclair clone phenomenon be related to Timex Computer
> Corportation's presence in Portugal? Many of the Timex/Sinclair computers
> sold in the USA were manufactured by Timex of Portugal, and the systems
> apparently remained popular in Portugal after Timex pulled out of the US
> market. If this was the case, then there may have been a ready supply of
> Portugese-language software and documentation for Sinclair clones, making
> them a reasonable choice for cloning in other Portugese-speaking
> countries.
Very interesting theory! I'll have to check with my firends in Portugal &
Brazil.
>
> Speaking of rubber-keyed ZX81 clones, Timex made such a beast for the US
> market - the Timex/Sinclair 1500. It's essentially a ZX81 with 16K of RAM
> in a Spectrum case. I have a picture of one at
>
> http://www.corestack.com/classic/machines/ts1500.html
Please -- the TS1500 case is nothing like the Spectrum case, except for the
rubber keys.
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Are the manuals in Russian or english?
-Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Davie <adavie(a)mad.scientist.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Thursday, June 24, 1999 1:52 PM
Subject: Russian computers in hand :)))
I wrote a while ago about Russian microcomputers. A couple of days ago I received my first two, and throught I'd write a brief description to the list.
"Microsha"
Appears to be a (souped-up) Spectrum clone in functionality, but looks totally different. Quite cool, actually... Keyboard unit in dirty yellow (Atari 800-style colour and basic appearance) but much flatter (about 1.5" thick). Red and blue keys in a really weird cyrillic layout.
Each key has two labels, shown in pairs here. Many of the Cyrillic letters are unreproducible in ASCII, so I'll enclose a best guess in [...] The first of the pair is the TOP marking on a key, the second is the lower marking.
Top row:
(;+) (1!) (2") (3#) (4[circle with 4 prongs]) (5%) (6&) (7[triangle]) (8[left bracket]) (9[right bracket]) (0) (-=) (red: cyrillic [GT]) (red: cyrillic [AR2])
row 2
([backward n with accent][right square bracket]) ([CH]C) (yU) (KK) (EE) (HN) ([G]G) ([sch][left square bracket??]) ([sc??][right square bracket??]) ([zh]Z) (XH) (:*) (red: [PS]) (red: [VK])
row 3
(red: yC) ([ph]F) ([bI]Y) ([B]W) (AA) ([P]P) ([R]R) (OO) ([L]L) ([D]D) ([??V]V) ([3]\) (.>) (red: PyC LAT)
row 4
(red: [HP]) ([backward R]Q) ([sort of y]^) ([C]S) (MM) ([bacward N]I) (TT) ([b]X) ([b with bar]B) ([circle with half plus]@) (,<) (/?) ([b with bar overhang left]_)
row 5
two small space keys for left/right thumb.
Keyboard has a "keypad" section at right, with contents
left diagonal up arrow, F1, F2
left arrow, up arrow, right arrow
F3, f4, f5
down arrow, CTP
What a bizarre organization!!!
Keys are i correct positions - size differences confirm this.
anyway, the gist of it is that the keyboard isn't QWERTY, but more like CUKENG
It looks so very alien. Weight: abot 2lbs at a guess.
Unit has an expansion interface at back (RAM?) which plugs in at right angles (ie: a bit like a cart slot on an Atari 800, again). Several other interface ports on back, the most interesting is a square unit simply marked (interface 2) with a 3 x 10 female connector.
I have the manuals and power supply for this machine. I'll do a picture if there's any interest.
I also have about ten cassette tapes of original software for this one.
The other machine is a PDP-11 processor-clone machine called BK-0010
It's in original box, with all documentation. More about that later, if there's any interest.
Cheers
A
Presumably this was a hoax as the site has been disabled, and the NIC
record for WOZ.ORG indicates that it was simply a host record (rather than
a domain) and not related to Wozniak at all.
--Chuck
At 08:10 AM 6/24/99 -0700, you wrote:
>With all of the avid Slashdot readers here, how did this not get posted?
>Or is my mail server dropping messages?
>
>Anyway, if there's anyone who hasn't seen it yet, this page has a bunch of
>Woz's replies to email questions about the show:
>
>http://www.woz.org/woz/commets.html
>
>I just tried it again and the site seems to be Slashdotted at the
>moment (funny, it worked fine around 3am!). Along with reasserting that he
>was the only real engineer of the bunch, he says that though the show may
>have taken liberties with hard facts, that the personalities were captured
>perfectly.
>
>Aaron
>
At 21:05 20/06/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Sorry, but I'm not in Europe... wish I was in England, but that's another
>story..
No need to excuse ;)
I thought you were talking about Milford near London (he,he :)
It can easyly happen, considering the number of city that are present on the
two continents..
Anyway, again I would like to receive news from all the subscriber
concerning the "BEST
HAMFEST/FLEAMARKET" or VINTAGE COMPUTER FESTIVALS referring to the presence
of vintage computing of theyr country, (possibly with the date) with no
"continental" restrictions.
This will allow us to have a list of places around the world to be visited.
I think that many times happen that one of these HAmfest are happening in
the country I'm visiting, and I don't take the chance to visit this just
beacuse I ignore it (that for a vintage collector is something bad).
So, please report wich are the most important dates: If the idea is
interesting also someone else, we could post the results on the web,
similarly we have done with the CCC list.
Comments are welcome!
Ciao
Riccardo
Riccardo Romagnoli
<chemif(a)mbox.queen.it>
I-47100 Forl?
Thre is no "original" Apple 1 case.
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Maginnis [mailto:celt@chisp.net]
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 1999 11:47 AM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: Re: 70's sheet metal cases
Well, I think I'm going to have to disagree with you on that one - the
motherboard itself was mounted on a square of sheet metal which was
screwed into a real wood casing. Extra pieces of sheet metal were added
to the inside of later versions of the Apple 1 to improve durability and
lifespan, but the case itself was wood, not metal. If the Apple 1
featured in those pics has a metal case with contact paper stuck over
it, then it's a replica, not an original.
Mike
Bill Sudbrink wrote:
>
> > The case is actually wood, not sheet metal.
>
> The main body of the case (where the keyboard
> is mounted) is _SHEET_METAL_ covered with wood
> grain contact paper. _NOT_WOOD_. It looks very
> much like a SOL case and somewhat like a C4P case.
