13 May
2001
13 May
'01
10:59 p.m.
Does anyone have docs for this beastie? it's an apple-II on a card that
goes into an XT... or does anyone have any interest in it? it's been
sitting on my shelf for ~ 12 years now...
14 May
14 May
4:02 a.m.
Are you sure? The only cards I have heard of like that are the
Trackstars.
I always thought the Quadboard was a RAM expansion card for the PC?
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Geoff Reed wrote:
Does anyone have docs for this beastie? it's an apple-II on a card that
goes into an XT... or does anyone have any interest in it? it's been
sitting on my shelf for ~ 12 years now...
4:26 a.m.
New subject: Quadram Crap
The Quadboard was a multifunction card for the PC. Serial, parallel,
clock, memory. They were pretty good.
The QUADLINK was an Apple][ on a card.
It had one major difference from the Trackstars: the Trackstars worked.
The college where I teach purchased 20 of the Quadlinks. 14 of them were
DOA. On several of them, connectors had been installed backwards, making
them not only non-functional, but clearly demonstrating that they had
never been tested. The DOA ones were returned for replacement. At least
10 of the replacement ones were also DOA, including a few with incorrect
connector mountings.
It is not necessary to test EVERY product iff you have a high enough
success rate statistically. Quadlink was 70% DOA. Quadram was obviously
incompetent in quality control, sampling, and in calculating their
statistics.
It IS necessary to test EVERY replacement unit that goes out. Sampling is
NOT acceptable procedure for replacements. To EVER send a defective
replacement (a second attempt) is inexcusable.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
On Mon, 14 May 2001, Chad Fernandez wrote:
Are you sure? The only cards I have heard of like
that are the
Trackstars.
I always thought the Quadboard was a RAM expansion card for the PC?
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Geoff Reed wrote:
--
Fred Cisin cisin(a)xenosoft.com
XenoSoft http://www.xenosoft.com
PO Box 1236 (510) 558-9366
Berkeley, CA 94701-1236
Does anyone have docs for this beastie? it's an apple-II on a card that
goes into an XT... or does anyone have any interest in it? it's been
sitting on my shelf for ~ 12 years now...
4:28 a.m.
That's what all the ones I ever had were and I used to have docs for one but
it's long gone into oblivion somewhere.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Chad Fernandez
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 11:03 AM
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Quadram Quadboard
Are you sure? The only cards I have heard of like that are the
Trackstars.
I always thought the Quadboard was a RAM expansion card for the PC?
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Geoff Reed wrote:
>
> Does anyone have docs for this beastie? it's an apple-II on a card that
> goes into an XT... or does anyone have any interest in it? it's been
> sitting on my shelf for ~ 12 years now...
5:11 a.m.
New subject: Heath H-101 revisited
My father finally shipped the H-101 out to me that Jay picked up a
couple of months back (thanks Jay!). It's going to need a bit of
cleaning up but looks to be complete. It has the following items
installed:
- Winchester Disk Controller 85-2819-1
- Floppy Disk Controller 85-2807-2
- ADS Promblaster II
- Rodime RO204 20MB hard disk
- a single 5-1/4" floppy drive
Any information anyone can provide on the Promblaster would be
greatly appreciated. It has a 40pin ribbon cable connected to it
exiting the rear of the machine but whatever it was connected to is
missing. Also, what's the difference between this Winchester controller
and the two-board controller?
Jeff
8:09 a.m.
New subject: Quadram Quadlink was Quadram Quadboard
I stand corrected, I just looked at it again :) it's a Quadram Quadlink
that'll teach me to try to read and post in the wee hours :):)
At 12:02 PM 5/14/01 -0400, you wrote:
Are you sure? The only cards I have heard of like that
are the
Trackstars.
I always thought the Quadboard was a RAM expansion card for the PC?
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Geoff Reed wrote:
>
> Does anyone have docs for this beastie? it's an apple-II on a card that
> goes into an XT... or does anyone have any interest in it? it's been
> sitting on my shelf for ~ 12 years now...
11:53 a.m.
New subject: nvram that 2716 pin compatible???
Anyone know of any nvram currently avail. or discontinued that would 2716 pin
compatible????
Curt
15 May
15 May
3:34 a.m.
New subject: nvram that 2716 pin compatible???
Check Dallas Semiconductor's offering. It seems to me that they still had a
24-pin part available in their line of battery-backed SRAMs. One of their
battery-equipped "smart sockets" might be the ticket. Check it out!
www.dalsemi.com
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Curt Vendel" <curt(a)atari-history.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 5:53 PM
Subject: nvram that 2716 pin compatible???
Anyone know of any nvram currently avail. or
discontinued that would 2716 pin
compatible????
Curt
6 Nov
6 Nov
2:30 p.m.
New subject: Heath H-101 revisited, Winchester Disk Controller 85-2819-1
Trying to clear out a couple storage sheds and have a Winchester Disk Controller 85-2819-1
Google gives reference to a Heath H-101.
Do you know of any interest for this board, thanks. John Skinner
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