8 Apr
2005
8 Apr
'05
2:25 p.m.
In message <032901c53c7d$9377aec0$0200a8c0 at ntlworld.com>
"Jim Beacon" <jim at g1jbg.co.uk> wrote:
I built one of the Maplin (a UK kits and components
firm) Z80A development
kits back in the early 90's, along with the add-on HEX keypad and 7 segment
displays, and used it for a while. I've just re-discovered it, and would
like to get it going again, but I need a copy of the monitor ROM, if anyone
has it.
I've got the articles but - in true Maplin fashion - the ROMs were only
available preprogrammed.
I do still have copies of the original circuits and
articles for all three
kits (Z80 board, Keypad/display board, and serial board), and will post them
on my site if anyone is interested.
I've got a nearly complete set of Maplin "Electronics: The Maplin Magazine"
magazines - I'm after the following issues if anyone's got spares:
Sep-Nov 1982 (iss #4)
Mar-May 1983 (iss #6)
Dec83-Feb84 (iss #9)
Mar-May 1984 (iss #10)
Jun-Aug 1984 (iss #11)
Dec84-Feb85 (iss #13) through Dec85-Feb86 (iss #17)
Sep-Nov 1986 (iss #20?)
February 1996
July 1996
August 1996
September 1996
October 1996
March 1999
September 1999
October 1999
November 1999
Jan-Aug 2000
October 2000
December 2000
I'd love to get copies of these magazines, but I haven't seen any for a
while. IIRC some of the early issues (1-30 IIRC) were re-issued as "Maplin
Project Books" (not the "Best of Maplin Projects" books; the original
Project
Books). These were (I'm told) basically reprints of the magazines, only
without the adverts and editorial content. I'd really like to finish my
collection up to 1997 if possible - the 1999/2000 issues were right in the
middle of the "low quality zone" just before Kanda bought the rights to
the magazine from Maplin.
Probably worth noting that the name changed from "Electronics: The Maplin
Magazine" to "Electronics And Beyond" some time in the 1998-1999
timeframe.
IIRC... I'm not that good with dates :)
Later.
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