>Here's something for the Commodore fans (same page). >I've never heard of
>this one before:
>
>CBM 16-bitter. The BX256 is a multiprocessor system >using a 6509 and 8088
>with an optional Z80, 256K of >internal RAM expandable to 640K externally,
>40K of ROM, >and interfaces for IEEE-488, RS232, CBM cassette, 8-bit >user
>port, and a carthridge slot. The green phosphor >video monitor has
>80-columns of 25 lines and has >tilt/swivel controls. The detachable
>94-key keyboard >includes a separate numeric keypad featuring a
>double->zero key, clear entry key, and a double-size enter key >for ease of
>use. The keyboard also has 10 user->definable keys. A built-in 6581 CPU
>allows a full 3->voice, 9-octave music synthesizer having an output for >an
>external audio system. A dual disk drive is built in >as is a realtime
>clock. Software includes BASIC 4.0, >with options of CP/M, CP/M-86, and
>UCSD Pascal. The >BX256 micro processor system supportsd all CBM
> >peripherals.
>Planned price is $2995. Address: Commodore Business >Machines Inc., The
>Meadows, 487 Devon Park Drive, Wayne, >PA 19087.
I hate to bust your bubble, but this machine was never released. The machine
has a CBM tape port, but the ROM has no driving code for it. Commodore's
6509-based machines were never popular to begin with & cost way to much to
manufacture, also, C= executives noticed how well the '64 was selling, and,
well, you can figure out what happened after that (wither 6509).
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Computer Collection:
"Triumph": Commodore 64C, 1802, 1541, FSD-1, GeoRAM 512, MPS-801.
"Leela": Macintosh 128 (Plus upgrade), Nova SCSI HDD, Imagewriter II.
"Delorean": TI-99/4A, TI Speech Synthesizer.
"Monolith": Apple Macintosh Portable.
"Spectrum": Tandy Color Computer 3.
"Boombox": Sharp PC-7000.
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Greetings,
Can somene kindly tell me how to lock/unlock the heads on a CDC model
PA5N1F15 9" hard drive? I don't see anything that looks like a way to
look/unlock the drive when I examine it; do the heads lock/unlock
automagically?
BTW, according to the label, this is an FSD drive - is this
the type of interface, or do I actually have an SMD drive? Wow,
this is one heavy, and beautiful drive... looks like a cast-iron
housing too!
Since the date on the label is 1985 (or 86? I don't recall at the
moment), and the HDA media defect information sheet is dated 1998, it
looks like I've may have a relatively new drive assembly! :-)
--
R. D. Davis
rdd(a)perqlogic.com
http://www.perqlogic.com/rdd
410-744-4900
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> From: Douglas Quebbeman <dhquebbeman(a)theestopinalgroup.com>
> To: 'classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org'
> Subject: RE: Apple III motherboard
> Date: Friday, June 16, 2000 01:39 PM
>
> Since I compose
> to paper (and still do and cannot understand why some
> programmers compose directly into thr machine),
Because I can type much faster than I can write.
Paul R. Santa-Maria
Ann Arbor, Michigan USA
paulrsm(a)ameritech.net
Anyone know where to find info on building a X1542 cable for a C64 floppy
drive, and getting the software? Someone on another list I'm on is looking
for the info.
Zane
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It has a built in 5 meg hard drive interface so it should just need cabling
to a hard drive.
It also uses the 6502 as a video controller to offload the video from the
Z80A.
The Keyboard is a 93 key keyboard with 17 function keys. If you go back you
might look around for it. It has the Visual 1050 Logo on it.
There was a VT100 emulator program supplied. Wordstar 3.3 was adapted for
it's special keyboard & it included Multiplan and GSS-Graph. New cost was
$2695 with SW, in 1984.
It is too bad many thrifts separate all of the component parts of the systems.
Paxton
In a message dated 06/16/2000 8:45:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
foo(a)siconic.com writes:
> Anyone ever hear of Synchro-Sette magazine (for the Sinclair ZX-81,
> TS-1000)?
Yes.
They were based in Addison, Illinois, and actually had an 800 number. The
magazine was $39.50 for twelve issues, and every other issue included a tape
cassette with at least six programs on it.
Unfortunately the programs and articles were all pretty much crap and the
company folded.
Glen
0/0
In a message dated 06/16/2000 9:53:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
foo(a)siconic.com writes:
> This is too cool. Advertised in the Dec/82 issue of Computers &
> Electronics, there's an ad on page 67 for a game for the TS-1000/ZX-81
> called Krakit. It's a puzzle type adventure game. What makes it special
> is that the publisher put up a $20,000 prize for the first person who
> could crack it.
>
> "KRAKIT consists of 12 clues on a ready-to-run ZX81 or TS1000 cassette
> tape (16k RAM). The answer to each clue is the name of a country, or a
> city or town, and a number. If you are the first qualified entrant to
> solve all 12 clues and declared the winner, you receive two tickets to the
> city of the secret KRAKIT vault location. When you arrive at that
> location, a check for a minimum amount of $20,000.00 (U.S.) will be
> presented to you. The amount of the prize money is augmented weekly."
>
> Has anyone ever heard of this? Did anyone ever crack it?
Sellam, if you ever read any of the Timex Sinclair related mags you would be
blown away.
Not too long ago on this ng the TS1000/ZX81 was voted "most limited" small
computer. Bull. Thousands of third-party developers of hardware and
software produced every imaginable type of product for this machine.
As regards Krakit, to my knowledge no one ever cracked it. I'll put out some
feelers.
> This game was published by International Publishing & Software Inc. It
> seems like an awful lot of money for a relatively unknown outfit to be
> offering. I wonder if it wasn't all just a sham, i.e. one of the clues
> was so hard as to be impossible to solve :)
I don't think it was a sham, it just didn't go over very well.
> If anyone has this game I'd like to have a copy of it.
Do you have a machine to run it on?
Glen
0/0
Sounds like it could be reformatted and used as an RD53 for use in a PDP-11
or microVax.
Wim
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> >> 5.25" size, and note looking very easy to remove. Anybody interested?
Might
> >> even be a couple of them.
> >
> >I find no listing for a Miniscribe 6086. However, there were a 6085 and
> >a 6985E which were 71mb and ST506 MFM and ESDI RLL respectively.
>
> Most likely it is the 6085. Sounds like it isn't worth removing though.
>
>
On June 16, Don Maslin wrote:
> > > My primary car is a '95. It continued to run just fine when the '96
> > > came out. There's a clue in there somewhere.
> >
> > Big difference, though. A car is a car is a car. As long as it keeps
>
> I'm sure that there are a number of Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Lotus
> owners out there who would think that you are daft!
Well, since you mentioned it, the '95 car I mentioned above is a
Porsche 911...a car that has changed very little over the years since
its introduction. Any parallels of that in our industry? Aside from
people, that is...
-Dave McGuire
