I have such a beast, it is a Model 1083 (I believe). Unfortunately I
don't have any other information on it. It's rather heavy for such a
slim luggable. Perhaps it is better described as a lugtop? Laptop on
steroids?
Marty
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Author: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu at internet
Date: 5/13/98 5:33 PM
Anyone heard of such a beast. It's a rather large "laptop" with a scrunched
lc
d
display. Has two half height 5 1/4 floppies. From the keyboard it looks like
a
pc clone, but it also has a db25 terminal out port on the back.
TIA
George
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Greg Troutman <mor(a)crl.com> wrote:
> I spent a little more time on this guy and have finally gotten the tape
> drive to work--sorta. The rubbery roller in the center to the left of
> the head is seriously corroded away (as if some anti-rubber solvent or
> high heat came in contact with it) which makes it not work too well.
The rubbery bits used on these drives seem to be going gooey, at least
out here in the San Francisco Bay Area. It's also happening to
the similar drives used in HP264x terminals. (Gotta get around to
fixing that one on my desk....)
> Now, questions: I have a ROM Drawer filled with six option ROMS like
> Assembler, Input/Output, Mass Storage, etc. First, how do I implement
> the physical link to the I/O devices?
You need an I/O card of the appropriate type to plug into another one
of those slots on back. HP-IB is fairly common and is what you would
use to hook up disk drives.
-Frank McConnell
If the floppy works, the DMA controller works.
If you really want to exercise it, install a Sound Blaster.
Kai
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From: jpero(a)mail.cgo.wave.ca [mailto:jpero@mail.cgo.wave.ca]
Sent: Monday, May 11, 1998 12:07 PM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: question - how to test DMA on peecees right way?
Assuming I have basic stuff, working parts except for motherboard
under test.
How can I assure that chipset that contains DMA controllers is
working as intended?
software I have is very limited and only tests very basic functions
like checkit, sysinfo etc.
Remember I only have limited RAM (1mb) to play with.
Thanks
Jason D.
email: jpero(a)cgo.wave.ca
Pero, Jason D.
Anyone heard of such a beast. It's a rather large "laptop" with a scrunched lcd
display. Has two half height 5 1/4 floppies. From the keyboard it looks like a
pc clone, but it also has a db25 terminal out port on the back.
TIA
George
Hello,
My my name is Cliff Boyer and I too have a Kaypro 10 problem.
I think mine is in the power supply. I plug it in and turn it on and nothing
happens. No lights, beeps, chirps, drives whirling. Nothing!
I checked fuse on the back panel and it's OK. Is there a fuse on the P/S
board located on the inside of the back panel?
The machine was given to me, but I have no disks or manuals. However it is
in excellent shape. I hope the hard drive is OK.
If I cant get this machine going, I hope to get Anthony Clifton's QX-10 so I
can see what a CP/M computer is like!
Anyone have any thoughts?
Cliff
P.S. Hey Grant, If mine is not fixable, I may have a HD for you!
Anyone interested, please contact Mr. Lin directly.
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On Wed, 13 May 1998 13:15:47 -0500, in comp.os.vms you wrote:
>>From: Chihfang Lin <chihfang(a)pop.ruf.rice.edu>
>>Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
>>Subject: VAX 6560 for Sale
>>Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 13:15:47 -0500
>>Organization: Rice University, Houston, Texas
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>>Greetings:
>>
>>My department has put a surplus VAX 6560 / w SF200 for sale on Rice's
>>Greetsheet. The individual bid period is from May 18 to noon of May 22.
>>If you are interested, please check "http://dacnet.rice.edu/~gs/" or
>>call me for details.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Chihfang Lin
>>Sr. Systems Administrator
>>Administrative Systems, Rice University
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The Dragon's Cave BBS (Fido 1:343/272)
kyrrin {at} j<p>s d[o]t n=e=t
"...No matter how hard we may wish otherwise, our science can only describe
an object, event, or living creature, in our own human terms. It cannot possibly
define any of them!..."
>Hmmmm....7th grade. I got my Atari 800xl in seventh grade. Not a single
I built my own computer in 7th grade. Of corse, that was a PC...
>computer in my school, and that was even in a rather large city
>(Pasadena). We found a lot of other things to occupy us, though, like
>finding creative ways to get over (and under) the 8 foot chain-link fence
>around the school and over to taco bell or the Pac Man arcade. I spent all
Early 80's? My art teacher says that lots of high school students were
depressed....
>of my "home" time drinking Tang, programming my Ataris, and listening to
>Black Sabbath. Funny thing is I got all A's and B's in my classes, with an
Same here.
>attendance ratio of about 2/3 and a homework ratio of about 1/4. Does that
I wish I could do that!!!! I spend around 1/3-1/6 of my time working, the
rest talking. I wish that I could do that little homework!!! Honestly,
homework's the worst thing. If it were just "go to school, come home live
your life" it would be so cool!!!
>say anything about the quality of California's public education? I can
>only imagine that it's even better now....
Yep. Now, the thing is that with my science fair project, none of the
judges understood what I was talking about (Linux Vs. Windows), so a rather
stupid project (bacteria growing in hot water) won. Anyone else have
problems like this in Science Fair(s)??? It was way to technical, even
though it was scaled down A LOT. I couldn't say what I wanted to say so
that these people could still understand it...
>Aaron
Tim D. Hotze
I spent a little more time on this guy and have finally gotten the tape
drive to work--sorta. The rubbery roller in the center to the left of
the head is seriously corroded away (as if some anti-rubber solvent or
high heat came in contact with it) which makes it not work too well.
Cleaning it up as best I could, and then doing multiple retries, getting
frequent READ or SEARCH errors, have allowed me to store and retrieve
some simple programs. I guess I'll be opening this up and trying to
replace that.
Now, questions: I have a ROM Drawer filled with six option ROMS like
Assembler, Input/Output, Mass Storage, etc. First, how do I implement
the physical link to the I/O devices? There are zero physical port
connections on this box...(?) Second, how do I access the ROM code from
the BASIC prompt? I'm sure there's a lot of tricky stuff involved,
making the manuals indispensible, but since I don't have them, any quick
tips would be appreciated.
--
mor(a)crl.com
http://www.crl.com/~mor/
>Elementary school, how to learn. (language, reading, arithmetic)
Yes, but computers are an important part of that. They need to know how to
use them at an early age; even if it's not in school.
>Intermeadiate school, how to find answers to questions and communicate
>them.
I say this goes to Elementary. In Jr. High, where I am now, most people are
either lazy, "special-need" or both. On top of that, they've got SEVERE
hormonal problems... it's important to know that you can't count on anyone
to learn anything in perticular, except for stuff pertaining to... anyway, I
think that here's a good time to give students a choice to know what they're
going to do. I, for instance, want to specilize in Computers. Spending
time learning "Pre-Algebra" (Just spent 2 class periods making a protractor
accurate to 90' from a piece of paper.) isn't helpful, at least not that
much, espcecially when I could cover the entire book in a week or two. (But
my math teacher wants it "BIGGER, BETTER, NICER, NEATER." And I was done in
5 mins. out of 100!!!!)
>High school, take the first two to the next levels and add skills needed
>to find paying work.
I say that some students should be given the oppertunity to do this in Jr.
High. Not everyone, but some people. After all, by this time, you know if
you're not going to be a chemist, programmer, or anything.
>Computers are a part of life and M$ stuff is unfortunatly reality we live
>with every day. The unfortunate part is I meet kids at the grocer that
>play doom, surf the net and can't count change.
Ease of use. It happens. ;-) But seriously, the math program here doesn't
EVER cover basic math, just expects you to learn it. Now, I was fortunate,
and learned how to do that before moving here.
>Allison
-Tim D. Hotze
