Bob said:
"I've got scads of Apollo hardware and documentation.
Most of it needs a new home, but there has been little interest so far."
Well, I'm interested. Just the logistics of getting it across the
country.
I was googling for the proper spec earlier but so far haven't been able
to find it :-( (presumably because it's not something hobbyists ever
really messed with)
--
This has been discussed several times in the past year on cctalk.
The best overview was published by National when they were building
disc controller chips.
Unfortunately, cctalk's archive is out of sync with what Google thinks.
Look for "disc simuatlors" as the topic, but look at the cached copy
of the page.
Here is what I wrote the last time:
A good overview of disc formats can be found in two National app notes
http://www.national.com/apnotes/Others__v17.html
AN-413
AN-501 describes the SMD interface, but National doesn't have it on line
any more. It can be found at:
http://manuales.elo.utfsm.cl/datasheet/national/pdf/nsc04334.pdf
There are lots of other related app notes there related to using their
disc chipsets which would be handy as well
Hi
I'm Arron, 15, from New Zealand.
Yesterday I just finished piecing together two dead spectrums into one
working unit. I had a few problems with screen quality so I replaced
the modulator with a little composite circuit. Better quality, though
flicker still remains.Might add a power switch also. This has been my
first foray into Sinclair machines.
Are there any other New Zealanders here? I met Ethan Dicks a while ago
on his way through the country.
-Arron
In a message dated 7/29/2005 12:17:34 AM Eastern Standard Time,
bill at timeguy.com writes:
Just got a call from a guy at a local high-school that's doing some
cleaning, and they're apparently getting ready to dumpster a bunch of Apple IIe's.
He says he can probably save some for me, and maybe the monitors to go with
them, if I let him know soon. I'm probably going to grab a couple for myself;
would anyone else like one for the cost of packing and shipping? Let me know
ASAP.
P.S. - Shipping would be from Nebraska.
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if they can't all be saved, it would be nice to at least grab any internal
cards and disk drives. I'd be interested to know if they're enhanced models
with the duodisk, or the latest silver revision of it with the keypad.
Note to self: check Google, _then_ ask on list. I never imagined anyone would have the 680b PROM monitor code on a web page (I was wrong). Never mind. Thanks.
Hi gang. In order to complete our hardware Altair 680 look-alike project, we need a binary image of whatever was included in the ROM/PROM on the motherboard. Any additional code for the system would also be happily accepted. Can anyone supply a copy, or point me to a web site where I can download it? Once we get the thing going, I'll put up some information on my web site. Right now we've got the front panel electronics done, and it looks very nice.
I was just flipping channels and found the original "Airplane!" movie...
they showed a scene in the tower where two of the traffic controllers were
playing Atari 2600 Basketball on the RADAR scope.
Good stuff!
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>
>Subject: RE: local demolition of SAGE building
> From: William Donzelli <aw288 at osfn.org>
> Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 20:54:25 -0400 (EDT)
> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> Cc: "'General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only'" <cctech at classiccmp.org>
>
>> I used to have a handful of those submini tubes but I can't find one now. If
>> anybody has a spare, even a dead one, that they could send us it would be
>> nice to have one on display. Right now the only tube era parts we have are a
>> core plane and an IBM tube circuit with a bunch of miniature tubes - mostly
>> 9 pin. The rectifier had been replaced at some point with a solid state
>> component that plugged in a 9-pin socket.
>
>I have a few - remind me later to send one.
>
I have some however they are of the types used for RF applications AKA 5899
and 5636. Really nice devices and I've already used some for A pair of
recievers and I plan to use a few more for a small transmitter (1-2W).
Various internet sellers still stock many of them and the prices are not
unreasonable for NOS (new unused old stock).
Allison
I'm not sure how far afield Classic Computers goes, but I am interested
in anyone here who used, worked on, or knew about the QuantumLink
service for the Commodore 64/128 machines.
With help from someone who's spent lots of time deciphering the QLink
protocol, I am busy re-implementing the server. So far, the stock QLink
disk will login and show the main page, you can select any of the 7
"message" areas and the screen will show menus for each area, and I am
now working on implementing the "People Connection" chat system.
By no means I have made even a dent in all of the functionality of the
system (games, file downloads, etc.), but it is impressive to see the
old disks and serviuce running again. Currently, I have the basic chat
(join, leave, say) working for multiple users.
Sadly, I never used the original system, so I am lost as to how exactly
things progressed from screen to screen (where did you change you screen
name, for example), so I'm eager to hear from others.
Jim
--
Jim Brain, Brain Innovations
brain at jbrain.comhttp://www.jbrain.com
Dabbling in WWW, Embedded Systems, Old CBM computers, and Good Times!
This incident reminds me of the debugging situation I had to do in Botswana
some 23 yrs. ago. I had rigged up an air-conditioner that was controlled by
a microcontroller, a novelty at that time. The temperature got so hot and
the humidity so low that the microprocessor, an 8080, just wouldn't run
right. I solved the problem by circulating water over the enclosed unit.
Liquid-cooling so to speak!
Computing forever; forever computing.
Murray :)
Message: 8
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 03:18:55 -0500
From: "Director" <csmuseum at cse.uta.edu>
Subject: RE: hardware debugging - history repeats itself
To: "'General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only'"
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Last time the air conditioner at out farm went out it turned out that fire
ants had built a mound inside the control box on the compressor outside the
house.
;)
Gil
