Hooray! Whatever was preventing my access to
ClassicCmp seems to have been cleared up.
There's a Commodore Pet in the first Star Trek movie. It's
in Kirk's apartment and is painted silver (you can see it
behind him when he opens the door to let McCoy in when
McCoy gives him the glasses).
The fun thing about the PDP-8/e in "Three Days of the Condor"
is that there was a computer magazine which used that as a
trivia question, but gave the answer as being a PDP-11; they
didn't print my nasty letter to the editor...
Does anyone know what is used in "Rollerball"? IIRC, there are
some prominent Sperry logos, but I don't know enough about
Sperry equipment to be able to identify it.
The secretary in "Ghostbusters" uses a DECmate II.
The video phone in "Buckaroo Bonzai" is a DEC machine; the
logo is covered up, but it's too small to be a Pro, so it's
either a Rainbow or a DECmate II.
There's a forest of Crays in "Reno Williams", although the
actual user interface is done on a PC. I presume the forest
of Crays was done with mirrors.
--
Roger Ivie
rivie(a)teraglobal.com
Not speaking for TeraGlobal Communications Corporation
I got it for someone but he already has a copy.
It's "How to Use the Nova Compueters". It covers the Nova, Nova 800, Nova
1200, and Supernova. It explains the insruction set, I/O in general,
details of specific I/O devices, interfacing and timing (with some
schematics), and installation. It's 8 1/2" by 11", softbound, rather worn
(pen marks inside, tape on binding, coffee-cup ring on cover), but the paper
and printing are in good shape.
Trades in kind (documentation, source code, book, magazine, etc.) or of
8-bit micro software happily accepted.
I'm going on vacation at the end of the week so if you don't reply soon,
expect a delay.
-- Derek
Today some folks came into the shop and inquired about a new Windows-based
PC. They've been using an Atari (which I know nothing about) for over ten
years. They use it to print flyers, manage a mailing list, do word
processing, and other minor tasks.
They "think" the system is a Mega ST 4 (corrections, please). They "know"
that they are using Calamus, Tracker, and WordPerfect on their Atari.
My questions to the group:
Is there a Windows 9x emulator for this machine so they can run their old
programs and use their old data?
If not, can Calamus, WP, and Tracker data be transferred to a Win9x machine
and accessed using current Win9x programs?
In other words, they want to retain the functionality and data of their old
Atari and at the same time move to a Win9x platform.
Any help, as always, is greatly appreciated.
Glen Goodwin
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On December 19, Sellam Ismail wrote:
> > - Know who your friends are. If you find yourself constantly
> > coming up against the same person on stuff, send him or her
> > some email. Get to know the other person. Try to form some
> > sort of working relationship that facilitates communication
> > on a per-auction basis. Decide amongst yourselves who wants
> > or needs the item more. Concede once in a while. It's better
> > to have friends than enemies...and sometimes those friends
> > spot things that you may have missed.
>
> Not that I plan to turn you in (as long as you send me $100 within the
> next 2 weeks, e-mail me for my address :) but this practice is actually
> illegal.
It's illegal to (for example) send my friend "sartoris1" email saying
"hey Doug I see you're bidding on that lot of DEC processor
handbooks...I really want 'em and was gonna bid, but if you really
want 'em I'll back off.."??
Does that really constitute collusion? If so, then I believe this
is one instance in which the letter of the law doesn't faithfully
represent the spirit of the law.
-Dave McGuire
On December 19, Michael Nadeau wrote:
> The second-highest bidder has also placed large bids on other items,
> including the Apple I ($18,475), 20th anniversary Mac ($1,925), and a MIB
FYI, that 20th anniversary mac price isn't too far out of line. Most
of them go for $1500-1800. Most of them sold on eBay come with G3
upgrade boards and large drives preinstalled, and so-equipped they
make perhaps the best kitchen table web browsing machine I've ever
used.
-Dave McGuire
From: Claude <claudew(a)sprint.ca>
>The owner told me the Robin board was modified to use 1M drives (?).
>There are a couple ou wire jumpers on the Robin board. Also got some
>disks, Robin schematics, a few CP/M manuals...
1m???? maybe two sided 8". the best you can do with it is 800k using
80tr/2sided DD.
>2 BNC connectors on the Robin board. Whats coming outta there? video? on
>both? composite?
Those are on the VT100 board. Video in and video out, VT100 can sync to
external video. Makes a fair char gen.
>What drives should I be using to boot the Robin? The RX50-AAs or the
>Shugarts 400L?
SA400s but if he modded the boot roms then anything goes.
>I see 2 DB25 ports on the Robin board and a larger (DBxx) on the VT100
>board, anything special?
larger DB (37 pins) is on the VT180 card and is the FDC connector.
The VT180 is the 54-15152 board { z80, 64k dram, 4 8251s, 1793}.
>DIP switches on VT100...whats the deal there?
config for AVO, serial port (DTR/DTC if memory serves).
>Anything else I should look out for?
>
>Anybody know where VT180 info is available...I would like to see the
>guts of one...
the Vt180 design is near textbook z80 without zilog peripherals.
I have a fair amount but,not scanned. I've hacked the board hard. I
bought
a box of Vt180 cards (about 20 of them) and mods I've worked include:
Standalone (no VT100 required)
2 sided
Z80 @6mhz
Modded bios for 782k on 3.5" floppy
IDE interface hacks
CP/M in ROM
Extended ROMs and paged ram
I've used it as a stand alone printerbuffer.
Allison
Nope, I have a Pro 325 in my garage, and it's the same size case as a
Rainbow or Pro 350/380...
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33 pounds, and 68 pounds respectively from zip code 98039 want a complete
TRS-80 Model 4P (this is the portable version) with manuals and
everything?
If you do, please contact me directly. Serious inquiries only please.
This is the fourth time I've advertise for this system trying to find it a
new home. Someone has GOT to want this!
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Regarding a plotter as a router.
If I remember correctly from my plotter software days, you can issue a
command that slows the pen movements down. I think you can define the
acceleration rate. Alternatively you can postprocessor the plotter file to
find any large plotter movements and recode them as a series of smaller
movements. I have actually hand typed/edited plotter commands to correct a
simple error in the plot file instead of reloading the drawing into the CAD
system and then replotting.
I'll look at my cheat sheet of HP plotter commands tonight.
Mike
mmcfadden(a)cmh.edu
I'm looking through some old issue sof Your computer, and in the october '87
issue, the cover story is Olivetti's attempt at a home PC, the PC1.
Why someone would like to have an IBM compatible at home is beyond me, but
look at the design! It's difficult to describe, but very 80s, very Italian.
Extremely compact, CPU and keyboard integrated into a home micro-ish console,
with 3,5" drives protruding from the top of the keyboard. Runs on a NEC V40
and has got a CGA adapter. Apparently the sound is "hi-fi".
But look at the design! Drool.
Was this radical design ever released, though? Has anyone got a PC1?
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