> Unless you happened to plug a 120v PS into a 220 supply,
> being the case
> here, in which case you can leave the soldering iron in the
> tool cupboard
> and look for your misplaced brain cells ;)
I think I should've just stayed in bed that weekend! So I've completely
goosed the PSU then?
cheers
a
Hello,
Had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Jay West at the hamfest, where he lrelieved
me of one slighty non-working Apple ][ and disk drive.
After having made $60 selling four 6146 tubes, I got crazy and bought
another Apple, this time a IIc, with monitor and external 5.25 drive for
$10.
Guess I'm just rotten to the core . . . .
I noticed it takes a 3.5 disk and not the 5.25 like I've seen on the older
ones. If any of you are semi-experts on these, shoot me an email off-list
with some of the basics, like formatting a floppy. Not having a book, you
can't say RTFM.
Kind regards
--
Gary Hildebrand
Box 6184
St. Joseph, MO 64506-0184
816-662-2612
or
ghldbrd(a)ccp.com
Dave McGuire <mcguire(a)neurotica.com> wrote:
> On July 15, Derek Peschel wrote:
> > I'm having them search for _Preparation of Programs for an Electronic
> > Digital Computer_ by Wilkes/Wheeler/Gill.
>
> Good luck, man...I've been looking for that book for a few years
> now. If you find a [second] copy of it please let me know. :)
Um, y'all do know that this was reprinted by Tomash Publishers
as part of the Charles Babbage Institute's reprint series for the
history of computing, right? ISBN 0-938228-03-X, also 0-262-23118-2.
OK, OK, it's not an *original*, but as a reading copy it'll do just
fine, and it'll probably be a bit easier on your wallet.
ISTR (somewhat more recently, like this year) that CBI was offering
some books in the reprint series as thank-you gifts for contributions
too.
-Frank McConnell
> Well, I think they had a good score with the AS/400. Its been the king of
> minis for some time now, bypassing even the mighty PDP-11 in numbers.
You are right of course, but doesn't it depend on your definition of mini?
Not everybody would call say a System 34 a mini, let alone a AS/400. But
this would be mincing
words.
Wim
> > I have always wondered what was going to go in that fourth book.
> > Are you saying that the project was started? (I assumed it was
> > never started.) Do you know any more details?
>
> No... it was essentially just a manuscript stored on one of
> the Smalltalk workstations, and it had been evolving to cover
> the changes in MVC since back when it called the Form-Path-Image
> paradigm. At some point, Stephen T. Pope (I think it was him)
> used it to master MVC, and he then in turn wrote a short paper
> describing the use of MVC. But Adele got distracted with running
> PPS and nver got back to playing author.
>
> I think Steve's paper is available on the web.
Yes, I believe I've seen that. But I've never seen the manuscript.
I thought the book was going to explain how to write programs with MVC
(which I assume means examples). Steve's paper is not that detailed --
I recall it as being only a very good description of MVC, without any
large programming examples.
> > The two-volume _Inside Smalltalk_ set is a decent substitute
> > for the missing book, but the code and the page layout are not up
> > to Xerox' high standards. The text is well-written in some ways
> > but badly written in others.
>
> These books are some of the few ST resources I don't have.
In that case, look at http://www.powells.com for the information about
Powell's Technical Books and ask if volume 1 is still on the shelf. They
will also start book searches for you for both volumes.
I'm having them search for _Preparation of Programs for an Electronic
Digital Computer_ by Wilkes/Wheeler/Gill.
> A non-commercial version of the current descendent of PPS and ST
> (VisualWorks) can be downloaded and used for free. But Squeak is
> actually much better, IMHO.
Yes, Squeak is a nice piece of work.
Can you tell me a little more about the history of the ST-80 class library
and language? That's one of the two questions I asked Ted Kaehler (along
with "Is the original tape with the test ST-80 images still available?") but
he hasn't answered my e-mail yet.
I specifically want to know how the class library and language evolved after
the licensing (which is about when the Xerox features of Squeak were frozen)
and before the language went commercial. The Purple Book and _Inside
Smalltalk_ mention some features that aren't in Squeak (the simulation
classes, multiple inheritance, and temporary variables inside blocks) but I
was looking for a more detailed list with dates. My ultimate goal would be
to put those features back into Squeak.
Have you ever used any of the Xerox workstations? That's something I always
wanted to try.
-- Derek
After begging for help with my new MicroExploder, it occurred to me that
it's been a while since I begged the group and the universe in general for
any White Chapel Workstation or Hitech hardware, docs, marketing
literature. if you have any WCW hardware, docs, etc. that you're willing to
part with, please let me know. I'll pay something plus all shipping
charges. It doesn't matter what country you're in!
"Will work for obscure computers"
Bill
I find this hard to believe, but apparently this one emulator can emulate
a bunch of different machines:
M.E.S.S.: Multi Emulator Super System
http://mess.emuverse.com/
According to the website it can emulate the following:
Acorn Atom
AdventureVision
Amiga (NTSC)
Amstrad CPC (464, 664, 6128)
Apple I
Apple II (6 varieties)
Atari 400
Atari 5200
Atari 7800
Atari 800
Bally Astrocade
EACA Colour Genie 2000
Coco 3
Colecovision
Color Computer
Commodore 16
Commodore 64
Commodore 64gs
Commodore 65
Commodore 128
Commodore 2000
Commodore 3000
Commodore 4000
Commodore 8000
Commodore B Series
Commodore Max
Commodore Plus/4
Commodore Vic 20
CP400
CPS Changer
Dragon 32
Enterprise 128K
IBM PC/XT
Inves Spectrum 48K+
Jupiter Ace
Kaypro 2x
KC Compact
KC85/4
KIM-1
Laser (110, 200, 210, 310, 350, 500, 700, TX8000)
Macintosh Plus
Memotech MTX512
MicroBee
MSX
Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo Gameboy
Oric 1/Oric Atmos
PC Engine
PDP/1 (SpaceWar!)
Philips P2090T/M
Sam Coupe
Sega Game Gear
Sega Master System
Sega Megadrive/Genesis
Spectrum Plus 2
Spectrum Plus 3
Spectrum Plus 4
TI99/4A Home Computer
Tandy 1000TX
Tandy MC-10
Timex Computer 2048
Timex Sinclair 2068
TK90x Color Computer
TRS-80 Model 1
Vectrex
VZ200/VZ300
ZX Spectrum 48K
ZX80/81
Haven't downloaded it yet but I plan to once I'm done indexing all the
vintage computer sites on the net :)
938 links and growing at the VCF Link Library
http://www.vintage.org/cgi-bin/links.pl
Sellam International Man of Intrigue and Danger
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I had scanned this some time ago and never got around to making it
available until this morning:
http://s-100.trailing-edge.com/
has all 25 pages of the IEEE 696.1/D2 draft standard.
Tim.
Anybody know what the power requirements for a VAX 6000 are? I've got
one (in a single cabinet) coming to me in a few days..
bill
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Applelet: Apple ][ Java Emulator Applet!
http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/8089/Applelet.html
Will the coolness never cease?
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