Okay, I have it all dialed in now!
With that iffy memory board swapped out, the system works beautifully. I
did have some trouble loading Altair BASIC but after looking at a video of
someone running it I discovered an extra line that appeared to be in the
Altair patch file and also a couple of memory addresses that were altered.
Once I did that, the prompts came up and it let me enter a program! The
only problem was for some reason Hyperterminal was cutting off a column or
two - so instead of the OK prompt I had O. I figured that was probably just
Hyperterminal, so I switched the system back to 110 baud, loaded Altair
BASIC, and then switched to the CT-1024. It worked perfectly!
Pretty magical being able to use this software I've only seen demonstrated
in videos on vintage hardware! Can't wait for the day I have a real Altair
and teletype.
I'm going to hunt around for more S19 files. I'd also like to learn more
about how to program this thing (I assume in assembly). And then another
thing on my wish list would be to have both the MP-S and MP-C cards working
together in a way that I could use one to load and save stuff off to my PC
terminal and the other for actual terminal interface.
Thanks again for the help and suggestions!!
Brad
You bet it does! My friend Jim Early explained to me how it was
used on the Bell Solar Batteries ( solar cells) for TELSTAR
Ed Sharpe PDP-8 SN18
In a message dated 9/9/2016 7:55:19 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
dpi at dustyoldcomputers.com writes:
On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 11:34 AM, Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Sep 2016, Murray McCullough wrote:
> And use so much transparent aluminum.
>
Transparent aluminum exists. It is called sapphire. Sapphire is the
crystalline form of aluminum oxide. If you recall, Apple was thinking of
using it for the touch screen face of the iphone.
--
Doug Ingraham
PDP-8 SN 1175
yep!
In a message dated 9/8/2016 10:46:36 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
pete at pski.net writes:
> On Sep 8, 2016, at 1:31 PM, Christian Liendo <cliendo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The only "computer" related thing I can think of is the scene from
> Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, where Scotty works on the Macintosh
> trying to show transparent aluminum.
>
> In my own humble opinion it is one of the best scenes ever from a Star
> Trek movie or show.
?Hello, computer!?=
you mean when he picks up the mouse and says.... hello computer into it?
yea I fell outta my seat!
Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)
In a message dated 9/8/2016 10:31:59 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
cliendo at gmail.com writes:
The only "computer" related thing I can think of is the scene from
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, where Scotty works on the Macintosh
trying to show transparent aluminum.
In my own humble opinion it is one of the best scenes ever from a Star
Trek movie or show.
What role did Star Trek play in the rise of small computers that are
so ubiquitous today? This science fiction series prognosticated many
things but how many actually happened or am I expecting too much from
a television show of 50 years ago?
Happy computing!
Murray
The following is a partial list of things I plan on bringing to VCF
tomorrow. I plan on being there by noon, and will return home Saturday
night. If you have any interest, flag me down. If I have time I?ll try to
grab some 8 boards. Thanks, Paul
M3106 DZQ11
M3107 DHQ11
M7081 LA120 LOGIC BOARD
M7504 DEQNA
M7546
M7677 11/84
M7846 RX11
M7940 DLV11
M7944 MSV11-B
M7946 RXV11
M7955 MSV11CD
M7957 DZV11 4 LINE
M8012 BDV11
M8013 RLV11
M8014 RLV11
M8015 KPV11-A
M8017 DLV11-E
M8021 MRV11-BA
M8027 LPV11
M8029 RXV21
M8043 DLV11-J
M8044 MSV11-DD
M8053 DMV11
M8959F 64K
M8059K128K
M8067F 64KW
M8067 128KW
M8186 11/23 CPU
M8189 11/23+ CPU
M8190-A KDJ11-BF
M9047 GRANT
G7273 GRANT
PDP8-E no cards
VT52, untested
2 computer automation naked minis-never used
mini 4 9 full cards
can't see model of the other one, but i think it is a 4 or
5 card
2 motorola M-4408 NIB, bought new from Carroll Touch, a local company that
made early touch screens for plato.
Nova 3 no boards, nice clean
Kennedy 9610, very clean
See
http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/unicomp/UNICOMP_Brochure_19
70.pdf
Unicomp became Spectra Data became Gilmore Industries and then ???
Art worked for Unicomp
Tom
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark J. Blair [mailto:nf6x at nf6x.net]
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2016 2:50 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Components available
I am not at all familiar with Unicomp minicomputers, and I'd love to see
pictures of this one. I'm sorry that I'm not closer to the machine, but it
sounds like heroic rescuers are already lined up to keep it from getting
scrapped.
--
Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/