At 03:29 PM 8/24/98 -0700, you wrote:
>
>Max, depending on how large this catapult is, and therefore how high the
>object goes, an object hurling back to earth at 100MPH would certainly end
>up in state hardly susceptible to repair.
Just for accuracy sake, they fling using a trebuchet (sp?), not a catapult.
Lest my SCA associates get their mail in a bunch... B^}
(also; I've not made it down to monitor the goings on either...)
-jim
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In a message dated 98-08-24 23:36:05 EDT, you write:
<< Have a Memorex Telex model B7000000 286 machine in a slim line case and
a 3.5" floppy on a riser and a
Quantum Prodrive 40S hard drive. As per the usual, the setup is
botched and the hard disk is not recognized >>
I have heard of "generic" IBM AT setup programs available that might work on
this and my nonfunctioning mitsulaptop 286. can anyone provide web sources for
these setup programs?
Have a Memorex Telex model B7000000 286 machine in a slim line case and
a 3.5" floppy on a riser and a
Quantum Prodrive 40S hard drive. As per the usual, the setup is
botched and the hard disk is not recognized. I
have the usual generic setup utilities but am hesitant on doingt
hat since the 40S is an SCSI drive. Does anyone
know if this machine is a software setup or keystroke started CMOS
and where to get the setup program or what
the keystroke(s) are. This is getting set up to help a
homeschooling single mom out here and it would suit her need
fine once I can access the setup.
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Hi Doug and all,
At 07:51 PM 8/24/98 -0500, you wrote:
>On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, Richard A. Cini, Jr. wrote:
>
>> While in the process of examining my old P-E and R-E magazines, I came
>> across an ad for MITS from mid-1974. The ad was for a 4-channel digital
>> handheld memory scope (model MS416) for $189. It seems to be a simple
>> digital logic analyzer.
>
>I think Dave mentioned that ad a few days ago, and I've seen one too.
>MITS made a bunch of other stuff before they made the Altair. Stan Veit
>tells the story about MITS and the Altair in his book "History of the
>Personal Computer." He mentions that Roberts had done a "built your own
>calculator" project for P-E. Anybody know which issue that was?
>
>-- Doug
>
I don't have this issue, but the Dec. 71 index shows for the November '71 issue:
"An electronic desk calculator you can build", by Roberts, page 27.
Later in the Oct. -Dec. 1974 issues he had a digital logic course with a low
cost terminal- 3 octal digits.
In the 1974 Electronic Experimenter's Handbook, there was a 6/9/12 digit
hand-held calculator by Lorinda Russell amd Bill Yates of MITS. I don't know
what P.E. issue this is from. This issue also had 2 articles by Harry
Garland and Roger Melen, including the "Muscle Whistler". I still have one.
Later Cromemco had a similar relation with P.E. For example, in the Feb.
1976 issue was the "TV Dazzler" article.
-Dave
< While in the process of examining my old P-E and R-E magazines, I ca
< across an ad for MITS from mid-1974. The ad was for a 4-channel digital
< handheld memory scope (model MS416) for $189. It seems to be a simple
< digital logic analyzer.
<
< Does any one have info on this? If anyone's interested, I'll post th
< picture.
If you dig a bit further back in the issues you find it as a project.
logic analyser is far more than it was.
Allison
To create a logical disk:
create file.dsk/alloc:494. (rx01 size, RX02=988, rx50=800)
mount ld0 file.dsk dk (mount as LD0, assign ld0 dk)
init/bad/noq dk: (impose a directory structure)
now proceed to use ld0 as you would any other device...
If you already have a disk image with stuff in it..
mount ld0 image.dsk dk (mount existing file as ld0,
assign ld0 dk)
dir (get a directory)
Again, just use it as you would any other disk volume.
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>Well, it says that it is a full networking OS that allows mac's and
PC's
to communicate, etc. seems somewhat along the lines of what francois
has. also has a "secret proprietary etc etc" program disk called
"RTERM", circa 1985.
Daniel A. Seagraves wrote:
>
> If it is what I immediately thought it was, (Which it can't be,
> DEC owned TOPS, not Sun...) *I WANT A COPY!*
>
> (TOPS-20 on a PC! The horror!)
> -------
Seems there is some confusion here. TOPS-10 and TOPS-20 were DEC
operating systems for the 36-bit DEC-10 and DEC-20 mainframes, circa
late 60's (DEC-10) thru late 70's (DEC-20). TOPS dies when the VAX came
out, thought there are vestiges left in VMS.
The TOPS networking cards were essentially Appletalk cards for PCs. It
was a low speed network using a Z80 SIO (or SCC?) serial USART and
RS-422 drivers instead of RS-232. IIRC the speed was around
230Kbits/second (I have one in the back of a closet, haven't looked at
it for a while). No relation to the TOPS operating system at all.
Jack Peacock
< Oh, you mean like a National 8X300?
No national 8x300 was the second source. ;)
SMS was the creator. An 8bitter design for DSP at better than 6mhz
throughput. Very non-Von machine with very seperate instruction and
data paths.
< Westen digital used 8X300's for awhile on disk controllers.
< Alot of PC <-> Mainframe adaptors used 'em too . . .
Yep.
Allison
Allison -
IIRC, you were about to write some code to hook up one of these
parallel-IDE HD kits to a CP/M machine with an EPP. Could this be made into
a more generic project to allow file transfer over any CP/M parallel port?
I for one would like to be able to transfer CP/M files from a variety of old
systems to a portable IDE drive which could also be read on my PC in order
to make archival copies of software for CD-ROMs. And I think there would be
other interested parties as well.
On another matter, thanks for the RAM 17 manual. And I'm sending you 2
unopened boxes of Dysan 10-hole hard sectored disks for your N*, plus
another dozen of used, but perhaps not as used as some of yours, N* disks.
Bob Stek
bobstek(a)ix.netcom.com
Well, it'll fit into the landfill better anyway...
Here's a question: what _obsolete_ computer would you choose for this
miracle machine, assuming you have unlimited power?
My choice would have to be an IBM PC just to vent..
>
>> Plus consider that you could then ask for the smashed machines and
>> restore them. THere is unlikely to be any serious damage except
>> drives and CRTs. You could certainly scrounge the chips.
>
>Max, depending on how large this catapult is, and therefore how high
the
>object goes, an object hurling back to earth at 100MPH would certainly
end
>up in state hardly susceptible to repair.
>
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