18 May
1999
18 May
'99
12:18 p.m.
On Tue, 18 May 1999, Tony Duell wrote:
Talking of Silent 700s, has anyone else come across
the 'ASR' version? I
have one with an extra box on top with 2 digital cassette drives on the
front and a panel of switches and LEDs. Inside said box there's a little
cardcage with half a dozen cards packed with TTL in it.
It surely looks like this:
http://www.siconic.com/crap/ASR733-1.jpg
http://www.siconic.com/crap/ASR733-2.jpg
http://www.siconic.com/crap/ASR733-3.jpg
http://www.siconic.com/crap/ASR733-4.jpg
http://www.siconic.com/crap/ASR733-5.jpg
From the markings on the switches it appears you can
type to cassette,
print out the text on a cassette, copy characters from one cassette to
the other (and I guess type extra ones from the keyboard), send text from
a cassette to the line, record characters from the line on a cassette, etc.
Chuck McManis actually figured out how to work it and has his working
almost 100%. Hopefully he'll chime in with some wisdom.
I've not got it working (yet), but it's on the
'to be hacked' pile...
I've got a copy of the technical manual that I'll be happy to photocopy
for you and send over. It'll cost a bit but I'll just put you down on my
"owing favors" list. I've also got access to the operations manual and
will be making myself a copy of that, so I'll get you a copy as well.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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