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by alhartman＠yahoo.com

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it was my understanding that the Minimig was only a partial reimplementation of the Amiga 500 hardware. When last I checked the website, which is now down... much work was left to be done to fully implement all the video modes, sprites, collision detection and other parts of the custom chip functionality. I think that floppy support had yet to be implemented, so one had to make images on a real Amiga and transfer them via SDCard to the Minimig. I'd love a modern reimplementation of classic Amiga 1000 - 2000 class hardware. I was following the Minimig until it was sold to another company, and am still following the Natami project. I no longer have an Amiga 500, but will probably look for one in the next few months. I still have a working, though bare Amiga 1000 system. And was recently given an Atari-ST Mega 2 system with hard drive. Since I have that, I'm probably going to be selling the SH502 Atari Drive case (complete except for software and drive, the DMA Cable, power supply, case and ASCSI to SCSI adapter is there) on eBay. My original Jan 1979 TRS-80 Model I took a fall during the move and is now damaged. The case is cracked and is missing chips, and two keys broke off the keypad. I'm not even going to try to apply power to the system until I open it up and check it over carefully. That system has a lot of the mods from "TRS-80 and Other Mysteries" by Dennis Kitsz. It has an Electric Pencil Lowercase mod. The Speedup mod from the book, which automatically throttles down during disk or cassette access, composite out, easily reachable reset switch, built-in Alpha Compatible Joystick port, and an external keyboard port my friend added so we could play 2 player games (He wired up a surplus Coco Chiclet keyboard that Tandy used to sell off the rack, on a long ribbon cable.) I was able to snag an LNW-80 Model I two years ago, but I'd like to get my old system running and setup on a desk in my new house for old-time's sake. Since the LNW will run CP/M besides TRS-DOS compatible OS'es, it would be nice to get it going too. If I spot a Model 4 at a flea someday, I might grab one of those too. I really miss those days. Micros were a lot more fun in the early 80's than they are today. I used to wait for each new issue of 80-Micro with the latest hardware mod, or NewDos zap article with anticipation. Al Hartman Keansburg, NJ

16 years, 3 months

new non-x86 mobos

by dgriffi＠cs.csubak.edu

A couple weeks ago I was grousing about there being nothing in the realm of non x86/amd64 motherboards. I stumbled across something new while looking at the Minimig board: the X1000. Its appears to be a multicore Power of some sort with ideas from the old Amiga machines mixed in. See http://www.a-eon.com/ or http://www.a-eon.com/6.html if you don't want to play the hide-and-seek game. -- David Griffith dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

16 years, 3 months

Classic Epson printer emulators?

by madcrow.maxwell＠gmail.com

Are there any free or open-source programs that can convert raw ESC/P (Epson printer code) data into bitmap images or PDFs or something? Many classic home computer programs rely on having a printer of this sort in order to print, and while many emulators have a way to dump serial or parallel output to a file, the only interpreters I can find to turn that raw data into something useful are commercial programs that I can't really justify the purchase of, given my student budget... Any help on this front would be much appreciated, Mike

16 years, 3 months

Free for pickup

by ddsnyder＠zoominternet.net

Oops, forgot to mention my location, Butler, PA, USA, near Pittsburgh, PA On Sun 01/31/10 9:01 PM , Mark Davidson mdavidson1963 at gmail.com sent: If you said this before, I somehow missed it... where are you located? Thanks. Mark On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Daniel Snyder wrote: > Still thinning my vintage stuff.. > Go to http://picasaweb.google.com/DanielDSnyder [2] for a look, category is: Old > stuff looking for a new home > > Available is: > > 1 - Centronics 761 KSR - serial > 1 - Centronics 779 - parallel > 1 - Centronics 781 - serial? > 1 - IBM PS/2 TV - complete > 2 - IBM PS/2 model 30-286 > 1 - IBM PS/2 model 25 B&W > 1 - IBM PS/2 model 50 > 2 - IBM PS/2 model 70 386 & 486 > 1 - IBM PS/2 model 80 with Kingston 486 > 1 - IBM PS/2 B&W monitor > 2 - IBM PS/2 keyboards > > Contact me offine. I really do not want to ship this stuff, but I am willing > to relay > the stuff and at this moment there is no time limit, I am not going to toss > the stuff.. > > Note all items have been stored in my home and have been known to work. I > know for a fact the Centronics printers have been in my home for almost 30 > years. > > I need the space, would like to pass the items to someone else to enjoy.. > whatever > the reason may be, I have narrowed my focus to VAX, Alpha and Integrity > based VMS > boxes. This is one of the few constants in my career in the last 31 years. > > Dan Snyder > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Al Hartman" > To: > Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 9:00 AM > Subject: Re: Free for pickup > > >> Of the items I posted earlier, the following is still available: >> >> Qty 2 - HP Laserjet IIIP Printers >> >> Box of Misc Network Adapter cards, ISA mixed 8 and 16 bit. Mostly 16 bit. >> All are Novell, Windows 3.x, Windows 95 and Lantastic Compatible. >> >> I have the following to add: >> >> 1 ZIP 100 Drive and Power Supply >> 1 Ditto Tape Backup Drive (Not sure if it still works due to age of rubber >> rollers) >> 1 Apple Imagewriter II >> >> Items are located in Keansburg, NJ 07734 >> >> Contact me off-list via PM. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Al Hartman >> >> > > Links: ------ [1] mailto:ddsnyder at zoominternet.net [2] https://webmail2.agoc.com/parse.php?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.… [3] mailto:alhartman at yahoo.com [4] mailto:cctalk at classiccmp.org

16 years, 3 months

6809 SBC

by wbblair3＠yahoo.com

> Tony Duell wrote: > >> Having learned assembly language programming on the beautifully > >> simple architecture and instruction set of the 6800, the Byte magazine > >> article linked to below that I read when it was originally published > >> really impressed me.? In the 6809 they made one of the earliest efforts > >> I know of to really tweak an already great uP instruction set based upon > >> an analysis of existing software: > > > > I found the 6809 to be by far the nicest 8-bit CPU I ever worked with. > > The instruction set was simple and very orthogonal, the fact that you had > > various relative addressing modes meant you could write truely > > position-independant code, there were 2 stack points, and so on. Unlike > > certain chips I could name, there were no major misfeatures that I came > > across. > > > > Of course the problem (as we all know) is that it came out too late. By > > that tine everybody was using the Z80 or 6502. Oh well. > > > > It always suprised me that hre BBC micro used the 6502 rather than the > > 6809. By the time the Beeb was designed, Acorn had made a 6809 processor > > board for their System machines, so they must have had experience with > > the chip. THe Beeb is nice, but a Beeb with a 6809 processor would have > > been something else :-) > > > > -tony > > > When I moved from the 6800 to the 6809 (in assembly language - *many* > years ago) I was sort of astounded and at the same time very pleased by > the way many of the little subroutines I had written for the 6800 became > one instruction in the 6809.? I think it will always be my favorite > 8-bit CPU.? My only annoyance at the time was the fact that there was no > way for the software to reset the companion UART chip, whose number I've > completely forgotten by now.? 6821 maybe??? > Later, > Charlie Carothers I was so impressed I even took a photo of it. A photo of the die of an Atmel EF6809CV is a short way down my page here: http://diephotos.blogspot.com/

16 years, 3 months

cctalk Digest, Vol 77, Issue 68

by wbblair3＠yahoo.com

> Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote: > > William Blair wrote: > > I was so impressed I even took a photo of it.? A photo of the die? > > of an Atmel EF6809CV is a short way down my page here: > > > > http://diephotos.blogspot.com/ > > ???Those images are nothing short of breathtaking. > > ? ? ? ? ???-Dave Thanks. Thousands of people did 99.999% of the job, I just took a photo of their absolutely beautiful and incredibly useful product.

16 years, 3 months

Free Osborne Stuff

by grant＠stockly.com

I have a 30lb or so box of Osborne manuals and software. I also have a non-working Osborne. The disk drive is probably dirty, it can't read disks. If anyone wants these, they are available for the cost of shipping. International is OK. Let me know ASAP because I want this stuff gone. ^^ Grant

16 years, 3 months

6809 SBC

by lynchaj＠yahoo.com

http://classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctalk/2010-January/282094.html Is this article available on-line anywhere? Or do you have a reference to it? It sounds as though it might be worth reading. -tony Hi Tony, there are several related articles here: http://mdfs.net/Software/Tube/6809/ Like I said earlier, I am not familiar with the UK microcomputers but when I was researching how to make a 6809 "host processor"/coprocessor it seems like I found several 6809 coprocessor designs. I think Graham Harston frequently posts on comp.os.cpm and he is a hosting the 6809 information related to the BBC and Acorn computers. None of the designs I found were exactly what I was looking for but there was enough ideas that I could cobble together a working prototype. The N8VEM 6809 host processor appears as an ECB 8255 PPI peripheral to the SBC Z80 and as a 6821 PIA peripheral to the 6809. Whether that was a great design or not remains to be seen although it seems to work well enough that Dan got CUBIX ported and I got ASSIST09 and MINIBUG working. Frankly, I think the 8255 PPI strobe and acknowledge handshaking leaves a lot to be desired compared to the 6821 PIA but neither were exactly cooperative IMO. I like 6809 architecture and personally think it was probably the apex of the 8 bit CPUs and (albeit admitted only begrudgingly) better overall than my beloved Z80. Also I think the 6809 hardware is obviously well thought out as it was amazingly easy to get the breadboard systems working. So far the N8VEM 6809 computer has worked great. It hasn't been terribly popular but I made it mostly because I thought it was neat idea. I can see why people like the 6809 so much. Thanks and have a nice day! Andrew Lynch, 73 de N8VEM

16 years, 3 months

MDS User

by r.w.grier＠worldnet.att.net

Hi Joe R. I have a Intellec Series II/III System with a Universal Prom Programmer UPP 103 and I have lost my Eden Engineering Manual for Model EP-710A Ver 2.5 Personality Programming Board, I would like to purchase a copy or If you could scan the few pages so I can set the dip switches for the proper eprom to program on the board. The board uses (2716, 2732, and 2764 Eproms) I'm E-mailing you, because I found you with a web search for Eden Engineering EP-170A which show a list of all your MDS Manuals. If you could help me out, It would be great. Please E-mail me with a cost or what you could do for me. My E-mail r.w.grier at worldnet.att.net Or my Address Robert Grier 36876 Main St. New Balitimore, Mi 48047 Thanks Bob

16 years, 3 months

HP Connect Membership for Hobbyist VMS Licence

by ddsnyder＠zoominternet.net

>From a posting in c.o.v. - DECUServe is now an official Hobbyist Chapter, and DECUServe subscribers now have OpenVMS Hobbyist benefits. DECUServe provides a friendly platform, primarily using the DEC Notes conferencing system, but also providing a full OpenVMS account. If you don't already have an account on DECUServe (aka Encompasserve aka Eisner.DECUS.org) -- registration is free. To register for DECUServe, just Telnet to decuserve.org (or eisner.decus.org), use username REGISTRATION, and follow the simple instructions. We do appreciate it if you supply true information - and we don't share that information. You will need your "DECUServe Number" to request Hobbyist licenses. You are told that number during the DECUServe registration process (please write it down). Or... To check your DECUServe registration details needed to request Hobbyist Licenses, you can just type $ HOBBYIST. DECUServe transmits membership information to the Hobbyist Program twice weekly. If you have recently registered on DECUServe, please allow time for that transfer and for loading into the Hobbyist database. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Jarratt" <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com> To: "'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 5:20 PM Subject: HP Connect Membership for Hobbyist VMS Licence >A while back I joined at the most basic membership level of Encompass just > to get access to VMS hobbyist licences as I was not really interested in > any > other benefits. This used to be a free membership. Am I right that now you > need to pay $50 a year to be able to get a hobbyist licence? Is there some > way to avoid this charge? > > Regards > > Rob >

16 years, 3 months

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