test-drb February 2013

test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

185 participants
407 discussions

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

I saw what I believe was a Motorola based Aviion tower in a junk pile in a scrap pile a few years ago. I remember asking the list if anyone wanted me to retrieved it. There were no replies.

11 years, 5 months

Totally shameless plug - Atari Book now available for immediate purchase...

by curt＠atarimuseum.com

Well, after 7 years of research and over a year of writing and editing the book - Atari Inc. Business is Fun is now available for immediate purchase. https://www.createspace.com/3928085 800 Pages in total with nearly 300 pages of just memo's, court documents as well as rare and never before seen photo's and sketches. Told by the employees who worked there and cross checked by others as well as with supporting document evidence, this is a true recounting of Atari from its inception in the halls of AMPEX in 1969 by an engineer and a visionary that turn their efforts in a $2 billion juggernaut that then implodes into a $538 million death spiral by June 1984. Lots of detailed side stories such as "Rick Rats Big Cheese Restaurants" which would become the famous Chuck E Cheese franchise. How Atari had its own "Xerox PARC" in the Sierra Foothills and one of their first projects was a wireless version of arcade PONG to a much more detailed recounting of Steve Jobs time while at Atari, with far better details than what is told in Walter Isaacson's book, plus the true and accurate recounting of the creation of Breakout with input from Steve Wozniak who contributor to the chapter. Also the full story of the dealings and double-dealings between Atari and Amiga from November 1983 through June 1984 before Jack Tramiel even steps into the picture, including never before seen photo's, documents and court records. If you're looking for a gift for yourself or someone you know, you can order now for immediate shipment, or if your not in a rush and just want something to kick back and enjoy during the winter, order for January 2013 delivery and receive a $5.00 discount when you purchase: http://tinyurl.com/bs7kor8 Coming this time next year will be book #2 - Atari Corp. Business is War which will detail Atari from June 1984 through 1998... Curt

11 years, 5 months

I hate doing this - Mimic guess where

by sellam＠vintagetech.com

Hey, I used to have one of those. In fact, I used to have THIS VERY SAME UNIT. <sigh> -- Sellam Ismail VintageTech ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintagetech.com Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap...The truth is always simple.

11 years, 5 months

Datapoint 2200 CRT repair

by nick.allen＠comcast.net

I am sending some Datapoint 2200 CRTs to Thomas for repair. They have to retool their shop for this repair, therefor BULK is our friend. Anyone want to get in on a group rate?

11 years, 5 months

Spartan Mimic (was Re: I hate doing this - Mimic guess where)

by ethan.dicks＠gmail.com

On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Sellam Ismail <sellam at vintagetech.com> wrote: > > Hey, I used to have one of those. In fact, I used to have THIS VERY SAME > UNIT. I used to have one, too. I got a pre-release unit for testing. Not sure what happened to it. Have the manual, have the plastic shell, but inexplicably (for me, at least), no boards. I think somewhere I must have a 1541 on a shelf with the Apple II disk board (it wedge into the C= drive case between the regular "DOS board" and the drive mechanism, and provided an Apple II 20-pin drive connector so you could just plug it right into any Apple II disk interface, brand-name or clone. It was an interesting beast, but IMO came to the market a bit late and a bit expensive for what you got. It did work. I ran lots of software, especially games, on it and I don't recall any huge problems (maybe a few minor ones). It has its own 6502 and ROMs and video circuit, so really, it's an Apple II clone with a built-in video MUX and disk mux that borrows a few things (like the keyboard) from the "host". There were keystrokes to switch which "personality" owned the video output and disk and listened to the keyboard, but as long as both CPUs weren't trying to simultaneously do disk I/O, their code kept running. I used this implementation "feature" to do an interesting thing - Infocom games run from RAM except when they need to read in new code and text from the floppy. In particular, they don't do disk I/O while waiting for the user to type more commands. I booted up one side (probably the Apple first) and started, say, "Enchanter", then once I scrolled through the text to the first prompt, replaced the Apple "Enchanter" disk with a C-64 "Sorcerer" disk and started that game. Once that game rolled through all the text to the first prompt, I swapped disks and active CPUs again and could alternate play from one machine to the other. If I'd had the money at the time to afford a dedicated Apple II drive, I could have made _that_ its Drive 0 and not swapped disks, just keyboard and video. It was still a fun way to abuse the system. Once Apple IIs started getting really cheap (by the time the GS was out, not many people wanted a crufty old II+ anymore), I got one of those and shelved the Mimic. I wish I knew why I removed the mainboard and what I did with it. They didn't make very many of them so I doubt I'll be able to replace it. I do have the original docs and Apple-side disc for it. At some point, I should probably make an archive of it since someone is probably interested in them. -ethan

11 years, 5 months

Tek 4317

by reiche＠ls-al.eu

Hi all, I was wondering about the Tektronix 4317 machine. The only information I'm able to find online is the catalog introducing it: http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/tektronix/\ 44xx/4300_Series_1988_Catalog.pdf The rest inside that bitsavers PDF (or Bits corner for that matter) don't even mention the 4300 series. I gather it should run UTek 3.1, but where could I try to find the media (which is 5.25" floppy I think) for that O/S? Does anyone know of the connections which can be made on such a machine? Kind regards, If it has Reiche wheels or ------------------ a skirt, you can't http://ls-al.eu/~reiche afford it.

11 years, 5 months

Altair & Cromemco systems for sale

by sellam＠vintagetech.com

I have the following systems for sale. I am taking offers for the next week or so and will sell each for the highest offer received then. Description and then URL with photos follows. Altair 8800 S/N 220354K MITS CPU BD REV 0 MITS 88-2 SIO REV 0 MITS DISK BD 1 REV 0-X3 MITS DISK #2 REV 0-X2 Processor Technology 3P+S I/O http://vintagetech.com/photos/S-100/Altair%208800/ Altair 8800a S/N 225341K MITS CPU BD REV 0 MITS 88-2 SIO REV 0 MITS DISK BD 1 REV 0 X4 MITS DISK #2 REV 1 Ithaca Audio IA-1100 http://vintagetech.com/photos/S-100/Altair%208800a/ Altair 8800b S/N 300-000270 MITS 8800B CPU BD REV 0 PCC TURNKEY MODULE PCC S-100 INTERFACE CEPC 4-SIO-1 http://vintagetech.com/photos/S-100/Altair%208800b%20%231/ Altair 8800b MITS 8800B CPU BD REV 0 MITS Altair 8800b REV 0 TURNKEY MODULE MITS DISK BD 1 REV 0-X3 MITS DISK #2 REV 0-X2 MITS 88-2 SIO REV 0 Heuristics Inc Speechlab Cromemco D+7A I-O http://vintagetech.com/photos/S-100/Altair%208800b%20%232/ Cromemco System Three I'm still looking for the boards for this system. Photos are of enclosure and drives. http://vintagetech.com/photos/S-100/Cromemco%20System%20Three/ Cromemco Z2-D I'm still looking for the boards for this system. Photos are of enclosure and drives. http://vintagetech.com/photos/S-100/Cromemco%20Z-2D/ Heathkit H11 + H27 I need to get the configuration of this system and will post it to the directory with the photos later today. http://vintagetech.com/photos/S-100/Heathkit%20H11/ Thanks! -- Sellam Ismail VintageTech ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintagetech.com Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap...The truth is always simple.

11 years, 5 months

Looking for 'Complete Works' by Toplevel Computing

by dave.thearchivist＠gmail.com

I have a couple of distributions of hard disk (and other computer hardware) information in a brochure ware form CD but really it seems it is a database/spreadsheet thing like works/excel. It has jumper settings and diagrams for many disks etc and it would be nice to extract the data from the tables It has small database tables in a .idd format which seem to match up to a package 'Complete Works' by Toplevel Computing Dave Caroline

11 years, 5 months

I hate doing this - Mimic guess where

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

------------------------------ On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 3:15 AM PST Chris Pye wrote: >I am probably one of the worst offenders of collecting "useless" and "impractical" machines, and to be honest I would probably buy it if it was close by and cheap enough.. I just can't fathom why anybody made it, especially at that time (from what I remember it was late to market). Surely it would have cost as much or more than an Apple II clone, and knowing how incompatible some Apple II clones were, how did this machine go running from a C64. > >Actually after having a second look I am totally intrigued about the design, did it have it's own 6502? You'll have to do your own research on that (my guess though is definitely. The Commie besides has a 6510). I know (or remember) nothing specific, just that it was advertised forever it seemed in Compute and whatnot.

11 years, 5 months

cctech Digest, Vol 114, Issue 27

by tmfdmike＠gmail.com

> Message: 8 > Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:58:48 -0600 > From: Hans Van Slooten <vansloot at gmail.com> > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only" <cctech at classiccmp.org> > Subject: Symbolics 3640 on eBay > Message-ID: > <CANf3X5Ve1F6fn23LbAviTROUEnBj3U3EhtWVrpbAbtUTD2Pj7g at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Complete-Functional-Symbolics-3640-Artificial-Intel… > ? Oooooh. Bid placed! Thanks Hans; that's exactly what I need for the front-end for my Connection Machine CM-200!!!! Mike http://www.corestore.org

11 years, 5 months

← Newer
1
...
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
...
41
Older →

Jump to page:

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998

1997

test-drb February 2013