9 Jul
2004
9 Jul
'04
3:22 a.m.
Mike;
Thanks for posting the reference to the Kilobaud article. I found it in
my set, but it does not seem to be useful now. The author uses a PIA for a
parallel keyboard input. Most people now will probably use a serial port to
whatever PC happens to be sitting on their desk. The output of the PIA was
a parallel connection to a video card, as well as a bit-banger serial
connection to a cassette interface. Memory expansion was a 16K S-100 card
(woo-hoo).
This is so much easier today. A 64K x 8 memory in one chip is available
for a few dollars. I plan on using an ACIA for the serial connection, and
adapting one of the many programs to connect to a PC. Once there, any of
the resources available on the PC can support the ET-3400 (files, printer,
perhaps internet?).
I can provide a hard copy by mail if anybody wants it, but again, it's
not useful.
Later,
Paul Pennington
Augusta, Georgia
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike" <dogas(a)bellsouth.net>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: ET-3400 Floppy Drive
Hi Steven, Paul, Joe...
Sorry for the black-out. The Kilobaud issue that I was thinking of was
from Sept/79 with the article "Best of Both Worlds." Although, I was
mistaken recalling a floppy interface when actually the dude had
interfaced
an Econoram and a Digital Group's video boards to
the trainer....
;)
- Mike: dogas(a)bellsouth.net
Steven wrote:
Anyone have the Kilobaud article where someone connected a FDD
to a Heathkit ET-3400 ?
I just looked through my end of year indexes for my
Kilobaud/Microcomputing magazines, but I didn't see this article (or any
ET-3400 articles, for that matter). Sometimes the titles hide the
contents
pretty well. If you can come up with an issue
citation, I can make a
copy
of the article.
Paul Pennington
Augusta, Georgia