test-drb July 2013

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by jblair1948＠cox.net

At 04:00 PM 7/9/2013, you wrote: >Joe Garner (Elcompco) used to mount model 3 motherboards with a 5 inch >monitor into Halliburton attache cases for portable elevator data >acquisition systems. Later, he switched to a CP/M board and even tried to >market it (THAT lasted about 6 hours, until Adam Osborne made his >announcement), later, he switched to 5150, and then to Megatel Quark. >I think that he now uses commercial laptops. Les Logan (from Norfolk, VA one of the other co-founders of the Tidewater TRS-80 Users Group and editor of the free newsletter) did that with a Model 1, a tape recorder and a portable TV and took it with him when he traveled. John John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair1948 at cox.net Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229 48 TR1800 48 #4 Midget 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V (B1106) 75 Bricklin SV1 (#0887) 77 Spitfire 71 Saab Sonett III 65 Rambler Classic Morgan: www.team.net/www/morgan Bricklin: www.bricklin.org If you can read this - Thank a teacher! If you are reading it in English - Thank a Vet!! From Dennis Prager - The American Trilogy: e pluribus Unum, "from many, one." In God We Trust Liberty - the power of choosing, thinking, and acting for oneself; freedom from control or restriction

13 years, 1 month

TRS80s

by jblair1948＠cox.net

At 05:13 PM 7/8/2013, you wrote: >I am curious about the "Model 3 in a Model I case." I've never heard of this >transplant. Was it a commercial kit, a common hack or a one-off feat? Was any >additional hardware needed to make it work? jht, Yes it was a comercial kit from back in the day. It has everthing on one circuit board the size of the Mod I's cpu board. As far a hacking, you only had to cut some of the plastic vains off to allow access for some of the cables. You used the Model I's monitor for the display. I'm sure I have the documentation around someplace for it, but I have no idea where. So I don't remember who built the kit. Did a couple google searchs and couldn't find anything on it, suprising. John John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair1948 at cox.net Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229 48 TR1800 48 #4 Midget 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V (B1106) 75 Bricklin SV1 (#0887) 77 Spitfire 71 Saab Sonett III 65 Rambler Classic Morgan: www.team.net/www/morgan Bricklin: www.bricklin.org If you can read this - Thank a teacher! If you are reading it in English - Thank a Vet!! From Dennis Prager - The American Trilogy: e pluribus Unum, "from many, one." In God We Trust Liberty - the power of choosing, thinking, and acting for oneself; freedom from control or restriction

13 years, 1 month

Epson faxback service

by sales＠elecplus.com

http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supAdvice.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes <http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supAdvice.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes &noteoid=17604> &noteoid=17604 gives documents by fax, goes clear back to 80286 computers, 5.25" floppies, etc, Cindy Croxton Electronics Plus 1613 Water Street Kerrville, TX 78028 (830)792-3400 phone (830)792-3404 fax AOL IM elcpls _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3345 / Virus Database: 3204/6474 - Release Date: 07/08/13

13 years, 1 month

Decmation history

by aek＠bitsavers.org

FYI Just ran across this looking for info on a Z-World Z80 ISA coprocessor card made in Davis, CA http://books.google.com/books?id=4SkqFozu80MC&pg=PA37&lpg=PA37&dq="Z+world"+davis+Z-80 page 37 in "Embedded systems design using the Rabbit 3000 microprocessor" gives a short history of Rabbit, which traces it's roots to Decmation, who made Z80 cards for DEC machines. Decmation -> Z-World -> Rabbit

13 years, 1 month

Baudot Terminal Program

by mcquiggi＠me.com

Hi Tony, if you search for an amateur radio RTTY program then it will support this encoding. I dont recall any of the names offhand but there will be several available as open source. I wrote my own RTTY and CW receive/transmit programs many years ago under DOS. The progs ran on my PCjr. I used an XR2211 for the tone detection, and I dont recall what for the transmit portion. I think I used the machines primitive audio generation facilities to generate the two necessary tones. I did the Baudot (sorry!) and CW encoding and decoding in software. In any case it worked quite well and I made several contacts with this setup. Message: 1 Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2013 20:00:37 +0100 (BST) From: ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Subject: Looking for a 5-bit ITA2 terminal emulator Message-ID: <m1UvuCP-000J4hC at p850ug1> Content-Type: text/plain Before I write my own and reinvent the wheel(?), does anyone know of a 5-bit terminal emualtor using ITA2 (often mis-called 'Baudot' or 'Murray' code) at 50 baud that runs on some classic computer (as that's all I have?). Something that runs on an origianl IBM PC under MS-DOS would be fine... -tony Sent from my iPad

13 years, 1 month

5363 Microcode

by supervinx＠libero.it

Anyone has disk images of the 5363 Microcode? I have the 5364 ones, but no 5363... Thanks ! -- Vincenzo (aka Supervinx) --==ooOoo==-- My computer collection: http://www.supervinx.com/Retrocomputer --==ooOoo==-- You can reach me at: www.supervinx.com www.facebook.com/supervinx http://www.youtube.com/user/supervinx http://www.myspace.com/supervinx

13 years, 1 month

Know where I can find W95 drivers for PCMCIA Megahertz Xjack XJEM3288 card?

by bearnold＠outlook.com

I'm rebuilding an old Toshiba 610CT, and need some drivers. Know where I can find W95 drivers for PCMCIA Megahertz Xjack XJEM3288 card? I have several diskettes for XJEM3233, but none for the 28.8 modem version. Curious question, once again Google shows up just tons of those so called "drivers sites". Are there -any- of these that are legit? (Yes, random site, I'd be happy to install your custom multi-megabyte downloader app just to download an 8k driver Zip.) (I'll save my "dead zone" rant for another day) All of this just for a real serial port! :) Thanks, Brad Arnold President & Cofounder, Atlanta Historical Computing Society http://www.ATLHCS.org http://www.AtariPodcast.com

13 years, 1 month

software to view system properties

by sales＠elecplus.com

We are going to be receiving 16 pallets of laptops shortly, and I am looking for software that does not have to be installed, does not require an OS (there is no hard drive in the laptops), and will export to something that I can import into an Excel spreadsheet. Has anyone ever used this program, or can you suggest an alternative? http://www.gtopala.com/siw-tools/siw-viewer.html We need to run a basic BIOS boot test, check the screen to make sure it is not cracked or gouged, etc. I also want to collect system info such as Manufacturer of the laptop, the model number, the serial number, Processor type and speed, installed memory, and if it has any goodies installed like webcam or wireless. Preferably the program can be run from a USB stick, and will write the system info back to the same stick. Then I can import the system info into a spreadsheet. Many thanks in advance, Cindy Croxton Electronics Plus 1613 Water Street Kerrville, TX 78028 (830)792-3400 phone (830)792-3404 fax AOL IM elcpls _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3345 / Virus Database: 3204/6471 - Release Date: 07/07/13

13 years, 1 month

Free: TeleVideo TS-802 (Northwest UK)

by dave＠willomail.co.uk

Hi Folks! Got a TeleVideo TS-802 going if anybody wants it. Will have to be collected from near Preston, UK. Unit is in very good cosmetic condition, no screen burn and comes with keyboard. Sadly, it is no longer working. I believe the fault is either in the PSU or the display section. Also, the drives have been removed (Tandon TM100) Cheers, Dave

13 years, 1 month

TRS80s

by jblair1948＠cox.net

I've got several TRS 80 Model Is /w monitors, a Model 3, a Model 3 in a Model I case, a 4P, several Cocos, 5 1/4" disk drives, documentation, A/D converter. I'd like to find a good home for them. Anyone interested and can pick up. I'd love to give them to some that will do something with them besides crush them and shred the documentation. I'm located in Virginia Beach, VA. John John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair1948 at cox.net Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229 48 TR1800 48 #4 Midget 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V (B1106) 75 Bricklin SV1 (#0887) 77 Spitfire 71 Saab Sonett III 65 Rambler Classic Morgan: www.team.net/www/morgan Bricklin: www.bricklin.org If you can read this - Thank a teacher! If you are reading it in English - Thank a Vet!! From Dennis Prager - The American Trilogy: e pluribus Unum, "from many, one." In God We Trust Liberty - the power of choosing, thinking, and acting for oneself; freedom from control or restriction

13 years, 1 month

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test-drb July 2013