test-drb January 2010

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by classiccmp＠crash.com

At work we're clearing out half my floor to consolidate office space. What we don't set aside or spirit away by EOD today will be cleared out by some contractor next week. We've been told repeatedly that the stuff will be trashed, not salvaged, and they don't use open/untended dumpsters. We also have /assinine/ [sic] rules about removal of anything and everything from the office - I can't haul out plain boxes of stuff, but if it fits in a bag or backpack I can slowly remove it. It's enough of a pain that I'm asking for a couple bucks more than just S&H, but if it will be useful to somebody I'll do it - just buy me a beer per item. PayPal preferred. There are two different boxed editions of C++ Set dev tools for OS/2, numbers 2.1 are in there somewhere. Don't have them in front of me or I'd provide details, but they both included media and some books. I can grab at least a half dozen shrink-wrapped boxes of Sytos Premium backup/recovery software for OS/2 by Arcada/Seagate ("Supports OS/2 Warp & Lan Server 4.0! Includes Graham Utilities Light!"). Have a genuine IBM box of "OS/2 Programming Tools & Information Version 1.2/1.3 Technical Upgrade 3.5'' Diskettes" with diskettes and manuals, mentions PM/2 and "C2, COBOL/2, FORTRAN/2 and Macro Assembler/2" bindings. Unboxed, I have the following developer bits in front of me: Collection 1: IBM Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 2.0 media kit on 3.5" floppy IBM C/C++ Tools/2 2.0 media kit on 3.5" floppy (these appear complete, but I cannot verify) - Dev Toolkit Getting Started guide - C/C++ Tools 2.0 Class Libraries Reference Summary - " " " UI Class Library User's Guide - " " " Programming Guide Collection 2: IBM Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 2.1 media kit on CD & 3.5" floppy still bagged IBM C/C++ FirstStep Tools 2.01 media kit on 3.5" floppy still bagged - Developer's Toolkit 2.1 Getting Started Guide - FirstStep Tools Programming Guide - " " " Debugger Introduction & Reference Summary If you're willing to cover shipping and a couple bucks for an item, let me know. First come, first served. I'll try shipping outside the US up until the paperwork becomes a pain, but will let you know and return funds if it falls through. For reference I'm in California, shipping >from ZIP code 94596 or I can arrange to meet in the East (SF) Bay. --Steve.

14 years, 11 months

Saw a Radio Shack printer-- got away

by tpeters＠mixcom.com

I saw a Radio Shack printer- typical black and silver/gray color scheme- at the WARAC swap today. Didn't get a close look at it due to sharp elbows in the vicinity. I think the guy was asking $20 for it. What I could see, looked like it was almost new condition. *WARAC: West Allis Radio Amateur's Club. Annual swap is 2nd Saturday in January at the Waukesha (WI) county expo center. ----- 124. [Philosophy] Reisner's Rule of Conceptual Inertia: If you think big enough, you'll never have to do it. --... ...-- -.. . -. ----. --.- --.- -... tpeters at nospam.mixcom.com (remove "nospam") N9QQB (amateur radio) "HEY YOU" (loud shouting) WEB: http://www.mixcom.com/tpeters 43? 7' 17.2" N by 88? 6' 28.9" W, Elevation 815', Grid Square EN53wc WAN/LAN/Telcom Analyst, Tech Writer, MCP, CCNA, Registered Linux User 385531

14 years, 11 months

emulating an Apple II+ in an FPGA

by brianlanning＠gmail.com

I noticed that there's an article in the december circuit cellar that talks about emulating an Apple II+ in an FPGA. It was an interesting article, although I only understood about 20% of it. As a software guy though, the hardware "code" has me interested. Maybe this would be an easier and less time-consuming way for me to learn about hardware. brian

14 years, 11 months

Looking for Altair 680 monitor ROM image (or other simple 6800 software)

by derschjo＠mail.msu.edu

Decided to dust off an old software project -- at one point I was working on a Tektronix 4051 emulator, a machine based on the Motorola 6800 CPU. I've coded up a simple 6800 emulation & disassembler but I'm lacking some simple 6800 code to test out its accuracy on "real" code. I'd like to put it through its paces on a simple piece of hardware before tackling the (mostly) undocumented quirks of the 4051. (It's much easier to debug a hardware emulation when you're confident the CPU emulation isn't the culprit...) I thought the Altair 680 would be a good starting point but I can't for the life of me find any dumps of the monitor/VTL ROMs on the 'net. Anyone have any leads for these or other 680 software? Thanks, Josh

14 years, 11 months

Cleaning up: Apple II stuff (and some TRS-80 docs) to give away

by tshoppa＠wmata.com

Joachim writes: > Finally there is an unknown board, obviously a Apple II clone, but has > both a 6502 and Z80 on it. Strangely, no ROMs (except for char rom?) > but I have a unpopulated ROM card that may belong to it. Some > corrosion on the underside, it probably doesn't work anymore. Still > all chips are socketed, would be a good place to pull from. (The > other two are assumed to work, but haven't been switched on for many > years.) A Basis 108 maybe? It was a German clone. I think there was a very late (meaning mid-80's) Far-East clone that looked similar to the VTech Laser 128 but also had a Z80 in it. Funny, isn't it? Franklin clones the II, VTech clones the Franklin, and then somebody clones the VTech :-) Tim.

14 years, 11 months

Cleaning up: Apple II stuff (and some TRS-80 docs) to give away

by joachim.thiemann＠gmail.com

Ok, I've been sitting on this stuff for a while now, it was supposed to go to someone in upstate New York, but I haven't heard from him for a while. I need to get rid of it to make room, so if someone wants to take it, it's free to go. This stuff is in Montreal. Pictures in http://www.tsp.ece.mcgill.ca/~jthiem/classiccmp/ First is a German Apple IIe, came with a family that immigrated to Canada in the 80's. Has a serial card, a Microsoft Softcard (CP/M and possibly 80-col), a printing buffer and floppy. Comes with 2 drives, bunch of original Apple floppies, documentation (including two books for the softcard) etc. Also I have an unlabeled II, probably a plus, likely a clone, built >from kit it seems. All chips are labeled and socketed (see picture) - great care was taken to assemble this. With floppy card and two drives. Also troubleshooting documentation, and some original manuals for Ultima, Zork, and other games. Also comes with a green mono monitor - that also has documentation which includes schematics. The game connector is brought to the back to a DB-9, and there is a homebrew joystick for it (made from an R/C stick and two pushbutton switches in a hobby box). Finally there is an unknown board, obviously a Apple II clone, but has both a 6502 and Z80 on it. Strangely, no ROMs (except for char rom?) but I have a unpopulated ROM card that may belong to it. Some corrosion on the underside, it probably doesn't work anymore. Still all chips are socketed, would be a good place to pull from. (The other two are assumed to work, but haven't been switched on for many years.) I'd like to give all of this away as one big pile. There are also boxes of floppies and other miscellany. Too large to ship, but can fit into a car trunk easily. Unrelated - but also free to good home - some old TRS-80 docs: Series I Editor/Assembler, Level II Basic ref, Tiny Pascal User's manual, "Getting started with TRS-80 Basic", "TRS-80 Graphics", VTOS 3.0 Operator's guide, and a "cheat sheet" for Scripsit. Could conceivably be shipped. -- Joachim Thiemann :: http://www.tsp.ece.mcgill.ca/~jthiem

14 years, 11 months

Working Telebit Netblazer available

by classiccmp＠crash.com

Buddy of mine in Western Massachusetts has a working Telebit Netblazer with (he believes) a complete set of manuals. He'd like to find it a new home rather than recycle it, free for cost of shipping from ZIP code 01012. He gave no guidance regarding international shipping, but /might/ be open to it. Contact me if interested, and I will provide your contact info to him on a first come, first served basis. Thanks, --Steve.

14 years, 12 months

Chrislin Industries Q-bus memory module

by labomb_s＠yahoo.com

Hi folks, I'm in the process of resurrecting a Heathkit H-11 (essentially a DEC LSI-11) that I acquired a few years back. It came with a memory card that, after much creative research, I've determined is a Chrislin Industries CI-1103 module. It's a 32kw board with no parity, and it uses 4116 16kx1 dynamic RAM chips. It has two 8-position DIP switches for configuration. Would anyone happen to have any details relative to configuring this board? Thx... Scott

14 years, 12 months

cctalk Digest, Vol 77, Issue 11

by mtapley＠swri.edu

At 12:00 -0600 1/8/10, Teo wrote: >How many people here do soldering (using lead solder) indoors with no way of >getting the smoke out of the house? <hand part way up> Used to, my wife, bless her heart, convinced me to do it on the balcony hereafter. *Normally* San Antonio is warm enough to make that practical.... (In my defense, I used to do it in the bathroom with the exhaust fan on.) At 12:00 -0600 1/8/10, Ian wrote: >It' snot liek iit can cuase drain bamage. :-) yeh, wtah he sed. -- - Mark 210-379-4635 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Large Asteroids headed toward planets inhabited by beings that don't have technology adequate to stop them: Think of it as Evolution in Fast-Forward.

14 years, 12 months

1Kx8 EPROMs Intel 8208 vs. 2708

by cclist＠sydex.com

Does anyone know the differences between the Intel 8708 and 2708 EPROMs? Thanks, Chuck

14 years, 12 months

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