At 05:15 PM 6/29/98 -0700, Sam Ismail wrote:
>>
>> > Didn't AOL get its start by being bundled with PC-GEOS?
>
>As far as I know, AOL used to be called AppleLink, which was an Apple
>online service.
I don't remember if it mutated into AOL, but there once was a
service called QuantumLink that sold branded network services
such as AppleLink and AmigaLink and probably a few more "Links".
- John
At 04:09 PM 7/5/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Ok, so I picked up an Apricot today for one whole dollar. I can't make
>out any model number anywhere on the unit. All I got was the main unit.
Check out <http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/4462/apricot.html> which
is "ACT Apricot computers" according to my bookmark file.
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Interesting, I would guess that's for video, not ethernet though. Was it
the thick one with the round old-style led or the 'c' thin model?
The reason why I ask is that I wonder what they could have fit inside...
>They also had a Commodore 64, beige with dark keys, modified with 2 BNC
>jacks on the back. I could find no documentation that went with it.
Their
>price was $10 USD.
>-Dave
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First, get a book on CP/M (the operating system used by the Kaypro 10.)
If you need more detailed technical information or have trouble finding
a CP/M reference, send me e-mail.
Essentially, the Kaypro10 is a 4MHz Z-80 based CP/M machine with a 400Kb
floppy and a hard disk (I think.) It was often used for word processing,
usually with MicroPro's WordStar.
It has a *slow* modem, a serial port, and a parallel port.
I'm working on compiling some information on the Kaypro so it can be
emulated; once I do this, emulators may serve as "active documentation"
for this fine but somewhat obsolete line of computers.
At 02:55 AM 7/9/98 -0400, Doug Spence wrote:
>
>This just found in COMPUTE!'s Gazette magazine, March 1986, p.26:
>
>"Several months ago Commodore agreed to lend exclusive marketing support
>to a new online service, QuantumLink, which would be designed solely for
>Commodore owners. [...] says Steve Case, Quantum's vice president of
>marketing.
Wow, that's the guy. I didn't realize the link between QuantumLink
and AOL. What I do remember is that their services were incredibly lame
in terms of user interface, speed, national network, etc. compared to
Compuserve. For a while, Commodore shifted at least its developer
support to BIX, Byte's online service. A quick jump to www.bix.com
shows it's still alive, run by Delphi.
Hunt around in those issues from '87 to '90 or so, especially
Compute's Amiga magazine or coverage, and you'll find articles I
wrote. For a while, I had a by-lined monthly column there, with
my picture and everything. When it first appeared, my fans were
shocked to learn I was such a young guy. They thought I was an
old portly man with a beard.
- John
Hello, i am Michel Smit,
I'm a VB5.0 programmer. Once there was a VB4DOS if i'm right. You
should have a copy of it. Is it possible for me to recieve a copy of
VB4DOS?
My ICQ UIN: 3233370
My email: michel.smit(a)unforgettable.com
Thanx already,
Michel Smit.
P.S. I have lots of software to trade with.
OK- another quick question- what model(s) of Amigas would this be used on?
also, if I can get a hold of one or some, would it be worth it?
-Eric
From: Captain Napalm <spc(a)armigeron.com>
> The Kickstart disks are essencially the first stage boot disks and load
>the basic OS into memory. Later Amigas had most of this OS stored in ROMs
>and the need for Kickstart disks went away. The Workbench disk is, for
lack
>of a better term, the desktop program (something like the Finder under
>MacOS, or Explorer under Windows 9x).
>Last night I poked a little around the RA60 and the 11/34A that I want to
>keep. I saw a cable ass'y attached to the RA60 which had two black cables
>(about 7/8"wide x 3/8" thick) and relatively small plastic 8-pin
>connector recepticles within a comparatively hefty backshell. Inside the
>11/34A cabinet there were a group of four of the same small mating
>connectors which had four flat, red cables running from that group into a
>Unibus board in the the BA11 (forgot module number). A 12-foot long cable
>with two 8-pin plastic connectors each within a large backshell was
>laying inside the 11/34A box. I extrapulate from a couple of other
>private msgs that this is probably the UDA50 interface. True?
Sounds good to me...
>Please tell me about this disk I/F. Any FAQ on it somewhere?
RA60 is a removable disk, part of the RA series of MSCP (mas storage
communications protocol) disks... MSCP is a Digital proprietary
protocol, but if you check the uncommented source for the DU handler
on RT-11, you'll find lots of info on how to program it (or at least
you'll have a chance to figure it out -- it's uncommented) Other
members of the family are the RA8x series and the RA9x series...
>Also, I would like to find the same tech info or descriptions on the MSCP
>interface which I understand the RL01s and RL02s have.
MSCP was used for many disks put out by Digital, but not the RL01 or
RL02... these disks are smarter than an RK05, but still required
programming at the cylinder/head/etc level instead of abstract
objects like blocks...
>Looks like a J-11 chip on the CPU board in an 11/23 chassis that was
>buried in the pile (darn little thing was so small compared to the 5000+
>pounds of other boxen that I forgot to mention it in my first msg.)
>That's basically an 11/73 isn't it?
You don't mean an '11/23' chassis... it may be a BA23, or a BA123 (or
a BA-11). If you have a J-11 chip on a board, we'll need to know
more about the board. Is it dual high? (KDJ11-A -- 11/73A). Is it
quad high? (KDJ11-B -- 11/73B or 11/83, KDJ11-D -- 11/53, or KDJ11-E --
11/93). Is there memory on the board? (KDJ11-D or KDJ11-E) Is there
a space for a 40-pin chip? (FP chip, KDJ11-A and KDJ11-B) etc.
Then again, you could tell us the M-number and we could tell you what
it is... :-)
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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I ran across a box of 300 disks that were used on a classroom of Amigas
(for an art school.) there's alot of unlabeled stuff, but also cryptic
things like "TV/Text" etc. also, 4 disks that are as follows:
Amiga Workbench v1.2
Amiga Kickstart v1.1
Amiga Extras / Amiga BasiC v1.2
Amiga Kickstart v1.2
can someone give me an idea as to what these are? especially the TV/text
program. if anyone is interested, i could create disk images of these and
dump them someplace on the web.
-Eric
< > It may be repairable, but it's still dirt slow. We used to use ours to
<
< I thought this was classiccmp, and not high-speed-VAX-list :-).
It was slow! However people liked them as a machine could be fitted to one
40" rack maybe two and run forever in a closet. That and the VAX
archetectures ability to stand heavy loads and slow down gracefully made
them good workhorse machines for many tasks.
it upside was it used unibus perpherals, compact, ran under 10a@120V and was
generally a 24x7x365 machine. For a lot of people they are nice as they
get you a "real iron" vax and still fit it in a room.
Allison
