I have four Timex Sinclair micros sitting in my basement and I've been
thinking about turning one (or more) into the world's slowest
"franken-laptop" using one of those portable LCD TVs that seem to be
on sale at every second-hand store & pawn shop for $10-$20.
Has anyone had any experiences in the quality of the TV tuner in
these portables? Will I have to keep re-tuning it every 10 minutes
or should I look for one with some method of locking into a channel?
(or are they too fussy to bother with?)
How about screen resolution? Will I be able to make out the 32 characters
per line on such a tiny screen?
Thomas
Dear People:
What's your asking price for a working Kaypro 10?
What's your asking price for a working Kaypro II, with CPM OS on disks?
Physical condition not important, but it should work.
I live in NW Montana. Very familiar with the Kaypro machines.
Thanks,
Bob Bushnell
blrab(a)polson.net
> Thunderbirds is still playing on some tv stations here. It has something
>of a cult following in Oz.
I believe it plays on TechTV here is the USA (or did at least not too
long ago when I caught a few episodes).
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Hello,
Hopefully I don't offend anyone by posting this. I just want to share
that I'm running a web-based forum off of my website at
www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum.
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The forums already have over 200 registered users and nearly 2,000 posts
and I believe that they are providing a valuable service to the
community, just like these mail lists. I believe that there is room for
a variety of these communities within the vintage computer community and
I invite you, if you have time, to stop by and see what the VC Forum
might offer you.
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Please forgive my intrusion,
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?? Erik Klein
?? www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum
?? The Vintage Computer Forum
I have several copies of the following DEC handbooks to give away
completely free:
Microcomputers and Memories (1982)
Microcomputer Interfaces (1980)
The only catch is that you either a) have to pick yours up in Milpitas
CA, or b) you have to send me an SASE big enough to hold them. Figure
one 8" x 10" padded envelope with 2lbs (they're thick books!) postage each.
Thanks,
Bob Armstrong
>Your front panel is neat, the whole thing is neat. So, how about connecting
>the front panel to my PDP8/A Omnibus? Does your PDP-8 have an Omnibus at
>all or did you invent a completely different bus or no bus at all?
Electrically speaking the front panel is not anything like a PDP-8 front
panel; probably the most practical way to connect it to a PDP-8/A would
be to design a new circuit board and just keep the front panel plastic
that I've made. You can buy the front panel plastic alone if you want to
undertake such a project.
The SBC6120 does have an expansion bus, but it's not OMNIBUS. A SBC6120
to OMNIBUS interface is possible, but it would take a little work. It's
all open source, though, so feel free!
Bob
This query would probably best be answered by any list member who works with classic calculators.
I have an HP41C in pretty decent condition. The problem is that, over time, the rubber pads under the flex circuit below the display, and the elastomer contacts joining the logic board to the keyboard, seem to have deteriorated enough that the thing is wildly intermittent.
What's the best way to deal with these issues? Would I be better off simply replacing the two elastomer strips? If so, where would I get them from?
Thanks much...
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Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy,
Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com
ARS KC7GR (Formerly WD6EOS) since 12-77 -- kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com
"Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (Red Green, aka Steve Smith)
Hello,
I just got a superboard Rev D, which is newer than the
models I remember. Looking through a schematic, I
found an addressable latch controlled by a signal
"/32" It turns out that you can poke a 1 to D800
(just like the C2) and get narrow characters -- 48 on
a line. I also see a slot for an extra 2114/8T28 and
an extra 16-pin dip connector.
Was there a superboard or C1 marketed with color or
64-character line options? Does anyone have any
documentation regarding this and other features of the
Rev D board?
Thanks,
David
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Hello, all:
This weekend I'm dabbling with Apple's Darwin for the x86, trying to
install it on a recent vintage "scrap" PC. Has anyone on the list
experimented with Darwin and got a fully working and configured system? I
can log in, so the system works but it doesn't seem like anything was
installed except the base OS.
Please contact me off-list. Thanks.
Rich
Rich Cini
Collector of classic computers
Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project
Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/
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