I have box of books that I want to get rid of.
The list starts with a bunch of Win32 API books. I collected them while
I was writing my Sol-20 emulator. If I ever update the emulator again,
I will rewrite it with wxWidgets, rather than messing with Win32 APIs again.
If Win32 programming isn't of interest, keep scrolling down, as there
are some other books that would be of more interest to the typical
classiccmp'er.
As usual, preference given to anyone who wants to pick it up, saving me
the hassle of shipping. Preference to those willing to take more books.
Windows 95 API How-To
The Definitive Windwos API Problem-Solver
Matthew Telles, Andrew Cook
750 pages + CD
Windows Programming
Annotated Archives
Herb Shildt
520 pages + CD
Windows 95
A Developer's Guide
Jeffrey Richter
Jonathan Locke
616 pages + CD
Windows 95
A Programmer's Case Book
Seven S. Chen
754 pages + CD
Advanced Windows (Third Edition)
Jeffrey Richter
1050 pages + CD
Multithreading Applications in Win32
The Complete Guide to Threads
Jim Beveridge
Robert Wiener
368 pages + CD
Windows 95 WIN32 Programming API Bible
Book 1
Richard Simon
1378 pages + CD
Windows NT File System Internals
A Developer's Guide
Building NT File System Drivers
Rajeev Nagar (O'Reilly Press book)
774 pages + 3.5" floppy
Programming Windows 95
The Definitive Developer's Guide to the Windows 95 API
Charles Petzold, Paul Yao
1100 pages + CD
Volumes 1-5 (that is all five volumes) of the
Microsoft Win32 Developer's Reference Library
Volume 1: User Interface
Volume 2: Base Services
Volume 3: Common Controls
Volume 4: GDI
Volume 5: Shell
Each is around 750 pages
Linux System Administration
Vicki Stanfield, Roderick W. Smith
657 pages, (c) 2001
Elements of COBOL Programming
Wilson T. Price, Jack L. Olson
375 pages, (c) 1977
Fortran IV (Second Edition)
Organick/Meissner
Standard Fortran WATFOR-WATFIV
293 pages, (c) 1974
BASIC (2nd Edition)
Samuel L Marateck
475 pages, (c) 1982
York APL
J. Morgan Smyth
100 pages?, (c) 1972
APL
An Interactive Approach (Second Edition)
Leonard Gilman and Allen J. Rose
378 pages, (c) 1976
Burroughs B 1000 Systems Interactive BASIC (IBASIC)
Language Manual
~120 pages?, (c) 1974
Three ring binder holes, staples removed
The Complete Rainbow Guide to OS-9
Dale L. Puckett, Peter Dibble
418 pages, (c) 1985
According to Yahoo's timestamp I recieved this at "7 March, 2009 12:08 PM". I am replying at 9:40pm GMT 7 March.
I haven't had any problem with my posts (though admittedly I don't post that often).
Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk
--- On Sat, 7/3/09, Robert Jarratt <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com> wrote:
From: Robert Jarratt <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com>
Subject: 12 hours for posts to appear
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Date: Saturday, 7 March, 2009, 12:08 PM
I am not a frequent poster to this list, but I have noticed that any post I
make seems to take 12 hours to appear. Am I doing something wrong or is this
normal? I am posting this at 12:08 GMT.
Regards
Rob
So I've given myself yet another project to fill my ever-lessening free
time with: to write a Tek 4051 emulator. I have the ROMs (thanks again,
Axel) and I've coded up a nice quick 'n dirty 6800 emulation. Now I'm
working on figuring out how the CPU talks to the hardware... I have at
my disposal the service manuals and a disassembly of the aforementioned
ROMs. I also have a physical Tek 4051, but I'm loathe to start poking
the PIAs without knowing what I'm doing, given that the screen's
electron beam is directly controlled by the software, it's more than
possible to burn a nice hole in the phosphor if I screw up :).
The CPU talks to a set of 6820 PIAs, and from there it's fairly easy to
figure out what bits hook up to what devices, given the schematics (and
only slightly harder to work out how they need to be manipulated, by
reverse-engineering the disassembly) but I'm having a heck of a time
working out what addresses the PIAs' inputs & outputs are mapped to in
the CPU's address space.
The Service Manual gives a tantalizingly small amount of information
about this in Vol. 1 -- it actually has a table of addresses but is very
vague -- for example, I now know that addresses $878C-$878F are "Y-AXIS
DA/TAPE" but I don't know which ones are for which, nor do I know
whether they're input/output/both, etc... looking at where these
addresses show up in the disassembly makes a few things clearer, but is
not enough.
So it seems obvious that the actual schematics would come to my rescue
here... but I'm unable to decipher them to the point where I can
determine how the PIAs are actually addressed by the CPU. I chalk this
up to my lack of experience in digital logic & schematic reading.
I guess what I'm asking: can someone out there help me work this out
(or give me some pointers on how to attack this?). I want to learn how
to do this and I need a bit of assistance... The 4051 schematics are on
bitsavers (yay) at:
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/tektronix/405x/070-2286-00_4051_Service_Vol2_M…
For now, I want to concentrate on working out the display controls...
the related schematic pages for these are:
4_02-03 (cpu), 4_02-10 (x d/a) and 4_02-11 (y d/a).
Thanks for any advice...
Josh
> In sending Roy the information on the markings I omitted what looks like a
> "~" after the 250V marking (the casing fragment is damaged in that area), so
Almost certainly the mains filter capacitors then...
> the caps are probably rated for 250V AC. I can also see an X2 marking on one
> of the caps (the other one is too damaged to see). As the damage is indeed
> to two caps on the mains filter, I have purchased replacements which I will
> be fitting this weekend.
OK. If you replace like with like (same 'class', rated for 250V mains [1]
and about the same capacitance value) you should have no problems.
[1] Most filter capacitors sold in the UK are good for thsi, for ovious
reasons.
>
> The rest of the PSU *appears* to be in good condition but I do not have
> anything to test ESR with and I do not have a variac or the knowledge of how
> to use one, so I am unsure whether I should attempt to connect the PSU to
> the mains again or whether I should attempt to switch it on. If I do feel
> brave I will only connect a load that I do not care too much about.
Personally, I would connect it to the mains with dummy load (car bulbs
or simuilar). I think it'll be OK.
-tony
On Mon, 2 Mar 2009 11:41:14 -0800 Rich Alderson <RichA at vulcan.com> said:
>> From: CSquared
>> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 2:53 PM
>> I also seem to recall that Univac or some other computer manufacturer
>> actually used a 90 (?) column card for even better packing density.
>> I'll leave that improved calculation to someone who actually remembers
>> how many columns those cards were blessed with.
> Univac 90-column cards are Hollerith cards just like the "IBM" cards.
> They consist of upper and lower groups of 45 columns of 6 round punches
> (instead of the rectangular punches favoured by IBM).
Interesting. I don't know how I remembered the 90 columns as I never
worked with a Univac computer - only IBM's and various minis which mostly
didn't even have punched card readers at all. I'm not real sure I've
ever even seen one of the Univac punched cards. Your description
of the hole grouping sounds like maybe they encoded characters as
6-bit codes vs. the "12-1 is an A", "12-2 is a B" scheme used by IBM.
I'm not real sure that's even correct either - it's been a right good while.
Later,
Charlie Carothers
--
My email address is csquared3 at tx dot rr dot com
Does anyone have a scan of the DSD-880 manual? I finally picked up one that I intend to put on my MINC-11 (it even comes with the Qbus card and cable). I've searched the "usual" sites to no avail.... Thanks - Ian
The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense. - E. Dijkstra
Ian S. King, Vintage Systems Engineer
Vulcan, Inc.
http://www.pdpplanet.org
Hi! There are a couple of projects I am working in the N8VEM Z80 CP/M home
brew computer project that may be of interest to the CCTALK community.
First, I am working on an ECB to S-100 bridge device am designing a small
low cost S-100 motherboard as part of the project. It has 4 slots and is
intended for hobbyist use testing, prototyping, debugging on a bench. There
is no case, power supply, or other advanced features. It is separate from
the ECB to S-100 bridge board so it can be used by itself for related
projects. I tried to send a message to CCTALK previously with a URL but it
never gets posted to the list. So if you are interested in seeing the
design just go to the N8VEM wiki page and the PDF file is in the "ECB to
S-100 Bus Bridge" folder on the lower right hand side. The design is not
yet final but main goal is low cost functionality so I will not be adding
active/passive termination, more connectors, power supplies, or other things
which will increase PCB area unless there is a compelling reason.
Second, the N8VEM Disk IO board is finally available. It has an IDE
interface and FDC based on the i8272. Initial testing seems pretty good
although testing has uncovered some issues. There are several devices which
are known to work with the IDE ranging from older hard drives to CF units.
It is all documented on the wiki and in the mailing list. Several N8VEM
builders are working with the Disk IO board and development is underway.
If you are interested in either of the above, please join us on the N8VEM
project. All the PCBs are available and all the information for hardware
and software is freely and publicly available.
In particular, I would especially ask those who have S-100 backplane and/or
IDE and FDC design experience for help. Even if you don't build your own
system we certainly could use some expert help in making this a better
project. If you have any *constructive* comments, suggestions, questions,
or would just like to discuss the subject you can reply here, on the N8VEM
mailing list, or contact me by email.
Thank and have a nice day!
Andrew Lynch
I was thinking about things like the "super card"
and other drive/ copier enhancements that were made back in the day.
I even had something from (super card I think) called "IHS Nibbler" (Index Hole Sensor) nibbler.
which was a hardware/software copier mix, one part went inside the drive.
I remember the "super card" had many different things, like a "ram card" that went inside the 1541 drive.
is it possible to recreate these things? (I dont have any hardware any more)
I doubt anyone owns the copyrights now, or alternatively I bet a "generic" hardware device could be made...
Dan.
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I am not a frequent poster to this list, but I have noticed that any post I
make seems to take 12 hours to appear. Am I doing something wrong or is this
normal? I am posting this at 12:08 GMT.
Regards
Rob
> wondered if anybody knew the eventual
> disposition of this machine.
As of a year ago, it and cm* were in storage at CMU.
CHM was approached about taking them, but we heard nothing
more about it since then.
