Hi
I have Timeworks Data Manager vs 1.1 for Atari.
I need to convert files from this format into files which can be manipulated
using software available for Mac or PC.
Thanks for your help.
Brenton White. Sydney Australia
I have a Hazeltine 1420 in very good cosmetic condition, but it does not
power up. I have a working one and little desire to spend time to fix this
one.
I'd rather this not go to the dumpster... anyone want it for the cost of
shipping?
Jay
I'm snipping this to just a bit near the beginning that I think may be of some
interest to folks in here:
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Subject: The Embedded Muse 127
Date: Tuesday 21 March 2006 04:42 pm
From: Jack Ganssle <jack at ganssle.com>
To: embedded at ganssle.com
The Embedded Muse
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Embedded Muse 127 Copyright 2006 TGG March 21, 2006
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You may redistribute this newsletter for noncommercial purposes. For
commercial use contact info at ganssle.com.
EDITOR: Jack Ganssle, jack at ganssle.com
CONTENTS:
- Editor's Notes
- Test Driven Development
- Yet More on Tools
- Jobs!
- Joke for the Week
- About The Embedded Muse
Editor's Notes
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<...>
This Computerworld story
(http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/hardware/story/0,10801,108568,00
.html?source=x10 ) is an interview with J. Presper Eckert about the birth of
Eniac.
Fascinating stuff for computer history buffs. The article's author is
a professor at the University of the Virgin Islands. now that's a job I want!
<...>
--
Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
Hi,
work related I'm afraid......
Does anyone have circuit diagrams for Tandem 6530 or TS530 terminals? I have
several that I need to repair, as our re-seller will no longer support them.
I suspect that the TS530 is a rebadged item from someone else (NCR?), but
don't know for sure.
Thanks
Jim.
Please see our website: www.g1jbg.co.uk
Hi,
I've got one of these (below) drive arrays:
http://www.acc.umu.se/images/archive/20020926-RSM2000/DSC02816.t.jpg
I.e. *just* the drive assembly. But, from digging around,
I *think* it is not just a JBOD (like a D1000) but, rather,
requires "something else" in order to make the electrons
do their magic dance.
Of course, I don't *have* that "something else"! :-(
*But*, I would be quite happy using it as *just* a JBOD!
My question(s): the box has what appears to be a HD SCSI connector
on the back of it -- though it doesn't carry the expected SCSI
logo (or any other similar labeling). Is this, in fact, a standard
SCSI i/f? Or, is it some bastard interface intended to talk to
that "other box" and coincidentally using a SCSI-ish connector?
If it is a SCSI i/f, is it HVD, LVD, wide, etc.? (I ask because
I have had all sorts of trouble trying to talk to a D1000).
Thanks for any pointers!
--don
I am looking to purchase some type of old printer/computer that will print like an old IBM printer that was used in auto manufacturing plants in the 1960s.
The font is much larger than any typewriter I have seen, but even that would serve my purpose if it were available.
Can you help me out or steer me in the right direction?
Thanks,
darryld1 at cox.net
There was also an article in a hobbyist magazine explaining how to do
a homebrew conversion of a Selectric typewriter to make a computer printer.
I know, because, as a kid, we were always on the outlook for a junk Selectric
that could be salvaged.
I doubt that a lot were converted, because Selectric typewriters were always
very expensive -- approaching the cost of "cheap" printers.
-Rob
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Richard
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 1:09 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Where have all the Selectrics gone?
In article <200603210948150860.2E82142A at 10.0.0.252>,
"Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> writes:
> They didn't use ASCII, but rather a "tilt and shift" code. There were a
> couple of articles in some of the early computing mags about interfacing
> them.
We must be talking about something other than the 2741 then, as it
used ASCII.
--
"The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline"-- code samples, sample chapter, FAQ:
<http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/>
Pilgrimage: Utah's annual demoparty
<http://pilgrimage.scene.org>
I seem to be accumulating some VLB stuff, would anybody here find it useful?
It's mostly I/O cards (many including floppy and IDE interfaces and the other
more usual stuff) and some video cards.
I'll be happy to part with it for not much more than the cost of postage.
--
Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
-
Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
Hi,
I have a VMS question, I have VMS 7.3 installed on a VAX 3100 M76, and want
to know how to get TCP/IP to work, and more importantly, which license in
the Hobbyist PAK relates to TCP/IP - I haven't yet worked out how DEC / HP
name the PAKs.
Thanks
Jim.
Please see our website: www.g1jbg.co.uk
Hi Guys,
I've found about 6-7 systems around here that work fine with ImageDisk
and single-density. I've also tested all of my systems using Chucks handly
little TESTSD utility ** and I get an exact match - the systems that work
with IMD and single-density are reported OK by TESTSD and those that
don't work with IMD and single-density are reported as "failed" by TESTED.
** for those who are unfamilier with it, TESTSD formats the top 5 tracks of
drive A as single-density and verifies that it can read/write it. You can
easily make up a floppy that you can boot and use to test for single-density
(thanks Chuck).
I also have corresponded with quite a number of people who have gotten IMD
and single-density to work on other systems, so I know that it is basically
functioning correctly.
I've been corresponding with a chap who has been trying to get IMD to work
at single-density without success. I gave him the TESTSD utility to check out
his systems, and also mentioned that I have heard "good things" about Adaptec
controllers.
This is his response:
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I tried two adaptec controllers I had here. The first - an Adaptec 1542CF
wasn't reported as compatible by the TESTSD program, and doesn't work. The
second, a simpler Adaptec 1522A is reported as compatible, but doesn't write
the Osborne SD 5.25" format using IMD. Interestingly however it will write
it using Teledisk. It also will read correctly with Teledisk, but not with
IMD. Strange stuff! It uses a DP8473AV as the floppy drive controller IC.
For completeness I'm using DOS7.1, and a Celeron 300A system and a Qume
5.25" 360Kb floppy.
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(Osborne SD disks read/write OK for me in all of my IMD systems)
So it would appear that I am still missing something. Perhaps it is something
specific to the DP8473AV FDC, or some other PC hardware specific setting
that "happens" to be set correctly by BIOS in most cases.
IMD configures the FDC as per the original NEC 765 databook. It also sets
the drive motor and select signals at port 3F2/372, the AT data rate at 3F7/377
as well as the DMA controller/setup...
Anyone have any idea what I have missed?
My main references have been the NEC databook, and the Phoenix BIOS
technical reference manual ...
Regards,
Dave
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dunfield (dot) Firmware development services & tools: www.dunfield.com
com Collector of vintage computing equipment:
http://www.parse.com/~ddunfield/museum/index.html
