One of the 'toys' I recently purchased is an eval board with the Xilinx
Spartan II 200K gate FPGA on it. My plans for this are classic computer
emulation. (there is already a PDP-8 VHDL description floating around and
I'm looking at doing one for the PDP-5, PDP-11, and PDP-12). But this board
includes bits that let you drive a VGA display with it if you choose and it
has PS/2 ports etc that you can also use. So I figured wouldn't it be cool
to actually try doing "new" Atari 2600 hardware or something like that? It
should be pretty easy to design a PONG equivalent game, the original was
all TTL gates anyway. All I need it another hobby I don't have time for but
it helps motivate me to learn the tools if I've got a project to work on.
--Chuck
> From: Alex Holden <alex(a)linuxhacker.org>
> Subject: Re: Machines I'm looking for...
>
> (Speccy +2A)
> Oh, the first machine I bought was one of those (before that I used my
> brother's VIC 20). It had the ROMs from a +3 (which had a
> disk drive) but
> the hardware of a +2 (which had a tape drive).
That was the +2B wasn't it? I know my +2B does things my +2A doesn't, like
have a RAM drive and the like.
> I still have a +3 in a drawer somewhere, but absolutely no
> disks for it...
Would you like a Vic-20 to play with again then? :)
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> Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 22:02:57 +0000 (GMT)
> From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell)
> Subject: Re: Machines I'm looking for...
>
> I can see the point in having one of each type of machine,
> having spares,
> having examples of all the major revisions, etc. But there has to be
> _some_ difference between them in general.
*grin*. My ZX81 stack wins on this point because they're all in different
packaging, except the 2 kits! Can't say the same for Spectrums though, but
when someone's got a mint boxed one for a fiver I can never say no! Plus
they're good for trades.
> But in my case the first disk-based micro I ever used was an
> RML380Z at
> school. So when I saw such a machine at a radio rally, I bought it,
> partly for nostalgic reasons.
Heh. Me too, which makes you the same age as me. I hope you don't *feel* as
old as me though :o)
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> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 10:23:17 -0500 (EST)
> From: Lincoln Fessenden <linc.fessenden(a)juno.com>
> Subject: DecStation Help please!
>
> boot 3/rz6/vmunix
> both without luck.. After each command the response is
> identical. The
> cdrom spins up for a minute and then stops. No further
> prompts, action,
> etc..
>
> Anyone have any suggestions?
You need to put it in quotes - "3/rz6/vmunix" as it's uppercasing it for
you.
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> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 11:37:49 -0500
> From: Tony Eros <tony.eros(a)machm.org>
> Subject: RE: Collecting and taxes
>
> Interesting question though -- "should the tax people visit
> my site they
> might think I'm making a living from buying and selling
> machines" -- what
> if the "site" in question is a web site? Can the revenooers
> use what they
> see on a web site against the owner? :-)
It was the website I meant actually - they'll see a list of the collection
and also some machines for sale or trade and think 'aha'.....
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--
Adrian Graham MCSE/ASE/MCP
C CAT Limited
Gubbins: http://www.ccat.co.uk (work)
<http://www.snakebiteandblack.co.uk> (home)
<http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk> (The Online Computer Museum)
0/0
>Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 10:38:03 -0500
>From: "Jason McBrien" <jbmcb(a)hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: eBay Dash30fx
>
...
>1 - The IIfx uses wacko 64-Bit (I think) SIMMs that aren't compatable with
>anything except a particular LaserWriter. These are VERY hard to find and
>expensive.
http://www.sur-tech.com/cgi/page?menu,macsim Same comments as my
last post, where I forgot to get the subject line right, about the
proprietor - he's great.
- Mark
Please reply to the original sender.
Reply-to: Jjentrps(a)aol.com
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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 11:55:14 EST
From: Jjentrps(a)aol.com
Subject: (no subject)
i have a ibm personal computer 5150 with monitor and keyboard and disks in
mint condition, how would i donate this computer without any shipping costs?
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org
Hello all,
I just obtained three S-100 boards that I thought were floppy controllers,
but on inspection, may be something altogether different. I have no
documentation on these boards, so here's the description:
All three are marked "DYSAN (c) 1982"
Two are marked "Wear Tester Cert. Bd."
One is marked "Model V TrackWriter Certifier Sub."
All three have 34-pin and 50-pin connectors, and all three look to be the
same PCB layout, but with different components present or absent, and
slightly different silkscreenings. For example, the two "Wear Tester"
boards have ByteDAC chips in two sockets, but the "Model V" has those
sockets empty. Most of the other chips on the boards are either standard
"74" logic, or Op-Amps, or the aforementioned ByteDAC chips. All three also
have a National LH0032CG in a can (don't know if that's significant or not).
If anyone can identify these boards, or more importantly provide
documentation (including schematics), I would surely appreciate it! I am
willing to trade $$$ for information...
Thanks!
Rich B.
P.S. I'm a digest subscriber, so I will not reply immediately if you send to
the list....
> Interesting question though -- "should the tax people visit my site they
> might think I'm making a living from buying and selling machines" -- what
> if the "site" in question is a web site? Can the revenooers use what they
> see on a web site against the owner? :-)
Web sites currently don't enjoy the protection they should.
If you painted a picture of Superman on your bedroom wall,
because you like Superman and want people who come to your
bedroom to know you like Superman, that's fair use doctrine.
If you put a picture of Superman on your web site, and DC
Comics sees it, you'll get a cease-and-desist letter from
DC lawyers. And if you don't comply, you're in court. That's
because the law isn't making distinctions between corporate
and personal/private web sites, but it should. My personal
home page is a virtual bedroom wall.
Enough of that, we're swinging way off topic again.
-dq
> > Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Obviously you've never dealt with the IRS!!!!! They
may
> > not "enter" your residence but they'll sure as hell padlock it shut
until
> > they get what THEY want! As far as they're concerned you have about
the
> > same rights that the Jews did in Nazi Germany!
>
> This is no malarkey. An IRS data-entry error credited our tax payment to
> someone else's account, and the IRS immediately froze our bank accounts.
If
> not for the kind intervention of our Congresswoman, Corrine Brown, we
> probably would have had to close up shop.
>
> Warrant? Who needs one?
This is very quickly getting out of hand.
My comments were intended to deal with the issue of entry into my
home, and nothing more.
Regards to all,
-dq
> Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Obviously you've never dealt with the IRS!!!!! They
may
> not "enter" your residence but they'll sure as hell padlock it shut until
> they get what THEY want! As far as they're concerned you have about the
> same rights that the Jews did in Nazi Germany!
Actually, I have.
In 1986, when I filed for Chapter 13, they sent me a letter saying
I hadn't filed for 1985 and 1986 and owed an estimated $11,000 in
back taxes.
I wrote back saying, it was true, I hadn't filed for 1985, *yet*, but
would do so now as I expected a refund. Additionally, I sent them
photocopies of the 1986 filing & refund check they didn't seem to
know about.
And human engeineering has yet to create the lock
that can keep me out of my house.
Regards,
-dq
From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre(a)stockholm.ptloma.edu>
>If the TI uses a DSUB-9 connector (I must be the only one here who
doesn't
>have one), I wonder if the Tomy Tutor joysticks would work. I know TT
>joysticks are definitely not Atari compatible -- I nearly killed my C64
with
>one (remember that the joystick lines go right into the PLA, the glass
jaw
>of the C64).
Atari joysticks may work with the TI save for connector. The ti joystick
is only an array of contacts in PARALLEL with the keyboard contacts
and there is no logic inside.
A common problem is the TI version of the joysticks have a poor contact
life so bad ones are good for the plugs and wires.
Allison
