test-drb November 2021

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73 discussions

by toby＠telegraphics.com.au

Hi all Trying to get rid of some boxes of ephemera, including this one: https://imgur.com/a/dm1vR Note that the software media is not included. Location: Toronto Canada --Toby

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Does anybody have documentation or know about the OKI IF800/300 a.k.a. Sumicom System 830

by pleasefixmybrick＠gmail.com

? It certainly didn't have market penetration in USA! I did once have, and implemented in XenoCopy, a sample disk from an Okidata if800 model 20, which seemed to be the same as a BMC if800 model 20 (if one more alternate name might help you find information). I hadn't heard the Sumicom badging. ? I also had a disk for Oki (don't know if same model) with the Microsoft Stand-Alone BASIC, instead of CP/M. ? Unfortunately, the model 20 was a different architecture all together. I have begun looking into Japanese museums. Maybe there is more documentation and data in its country of origin.

4 years

Old Xerox stuff? 820, 860

by Anders.Gustafsson＠pedago.fi

We were cleaning the basement yesterday and I came across some Xerox stuff from the 1980's. For the 860 there are program listings and disk format documentation. For the 820 I have BIOS listings and service manuals for the monitor they used. Ny company happened to work with RX here in Finland and I wrote routines to convert from X860 to WordPerfect. Also from the typewriters. -- Med v?nlig h?lsning Anders Gustafsson, ingenj?r anders.gustafsson at pedago.fi | Support +358 18 12060 | Direkt +358 9 315 45 121 | Mobil +358 40506 7099 Pedago interaktiv ab, Nygatan 7 B , AX-22100 MARIEHAMN, ?LAND, FINLAND

4 years

Fw: Re: Does anybody have documentation or know about the OKI IF800/300 a.k.a. Sumicom System 830

by wpointon＠earthlink.net

? -----Forwarded Message----- From: xcvb Sent: Nov 12, 2021 9:18 PM To: Fred Cisin , General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Does anybody have documentation or know about the OKI IF800/300 a.k.a. Sumicom System 830 ? very quiet today on here -----Original Message----- From: Fred Cisin , General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Sent: Nov 11, 2021 1:25 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Does anybody have documentation or know about the OKI IF800/300 a.k.a. Sumicom System 830 ? On Thu, 11 Nov 2021, pleasefixthisbrick via cctech wrote: > I seem to have the only one in America, and I am trying to find documentation > on it.? I have already backed up ROM's and it's custom CP/M build.?? I am > looking for in depth documentation that I can reference to get this machine > functioning and accessible online.? Hoping to set up a BBS on it. ? It certainly didn't have market penetration in USA! I did once have, and implemented in XenoCopy, a sample disk from an Okidata if800 model 20, which seemed to be the same as a BMC if800 model 20 (if one more alternate name might help you find information). I hadn't heard the Sumicom badging. ? I also had a disk for Oki (don't know if same model) with the Microsoft Stand-Alone BASIC, instead of CP/M. ? -- Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com ? ? ?

4 years

Does anybody have documentation or know about the OKI IF800/300 a.k.a. Sumicom System 830

by wpointon＠earthlink.net

very quiet today on here -----Original Message----- From: Fred Cisin , General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Sent: Nov 11, 2021 1:25 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Does anybody have documentation or know about the OKI IF800/300 a.k.a. Sumicom System 830 ? On Thu, 11 Nov 2021, pleasefixthisbrick via cctech wrote: > I seem to have the only one in America, and I am trying to find documentation > on it.? I have already backed up ROM's and it's custom CP/M build.?? I am > looking for in depth documentation that I can reference to get this machine > functioning and accessible online.? Hoping to set up a BBS on it. ? It certainly didn't have market penetration in USA! I did once have, and implemented in XenoCopy, a sample disk from an Okidata if800 model 20, which seemed to be the same as a BMC if800 model 20 (if one more alternate name might help you find information). I hadn't heard the Sumicom badging. ? I also had a disk for Oki (don't know if same model) with the Microsoft Stand-Alone BASIC, instead of CP/M. ? -- Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com ?

4 years

Free DEC stuff, local pickup only

by danieldsnyder＠gmail.com

The remains of my DEC computer lab. Need to have removed by christmas https://photos.app.goo.gl/b7QL7fNY14WJ7TPDA Contact me at danieldsnyder-----at----gmail-----.----com Located in western PA near Pittsburgh

4 years

Does anybody have documentation or know about the OKI IF800/300 a.k.a. Sumicom System 830

by cisin＠xenosoft.com

On Thu, 11 Nov 2021, pleasefixthisbrick via cctech wrote: > I seem to have the only one in America, and I am trying to find documentation > on it.? I have already backed up ROM's and it's custom CP/M build.?? I am > looking for in depth documentation that I can reference to get this machine > functioning and accessible online.? Hoping to set up a BBS on it. It certainly didn't have market penetration in USA! I did once have, and implemented in XenoCopy, a sample disk from an Okidata if800 model 20, which seemed to be the same as a BMC if800 model 20 (if one more alternate name might help you find information). I hadn't heard the Sumicom badging. I also had a disk for Oki (don't know if same model) with the Microsoft Stand-Alone BASIC, instead of CP/M. -- Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com

4 years

Electronika MC 0511

by technoid6502＠gmail.com

I just received my UKNC from what was Czechoslovakia. Made in 1990 it was dirty but otherwise in good shape. I need to install an alternate power supply as the Soviet one requires 220volts and has a wierd plug. Anyone know where one can find a disk interface for this machine? I have such for several other vintage systems, which use CF cards, as with my Atari 8-bits and Atari ST. I gather there was a floppyface for the thing but that it is pretty rare. Any help would be appreciated. RSX11 awaits this micro-PDP compatible. Best, Jeff

4 years

Overclocked TI Silent 703 at 1200 bauds?

by charlesmorris800＠centurytel.net

Please excuse the hijack: I have two Silent 700's, I think the 745 models with acoustic coupler and 110/300 baud rocker switch. One I have fixed and it works great (well, at least as far as that silvery thermal printout goes). Unfortunately one has three bad keys and at least one missing column on the printhead (yes, the head itself is bad). Does anyone have a junker >from which I can buy three keyswitches and a printhead? :) thanks Charles

4 years

Overclocked TI Silent 703 at 1200 bauds?

by curiousmarc3＠gmail.com

I recently acquired a TI Silent 703 on ePay and just fired up. It worked right away. But I expected it to work at 300 bauds as advertised, and to my surprise, it clocked at a the head turning speed of 1200 bauds! Did they hot-rod it later in its product life? It says MODEL 703 at the back, part no. 2310503-0010. I did not open it up yet. Is this a hardware mod? Is there an internal switch that can toggle it between 300 and 1200? Marc

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