16 Jul
2004
16 Jul
'04
2:44 p.m.
Would anyone have sourcecode for Spacewar, for any old
mini?
Steve Russell's original is up on bitsavers under DEC/pdp1
I would hope someone still has the sources for the PDP12 version.
Eric Smith just retyped the version that was in Byte in 1978.
here's the full url for the original.
http://bitsavers.org/DEC/pdp1/papertapeImages/20031202/SteveRussell_box1/_t…
17 Jul
17 Jul
11:23 p.m.
New subject: Acorn Cambridge Workstations
Hi folks,
My temporary custodianship of possibly the last Acorn Business Computer is
ending today since I'm taking it and a spare case down to Jules R. for him
to fix up and get running. There's a bit of info on the web page which is:
http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/Museum/Acorn/acws.htm
All temporary stuff for now since I haven't got DSL at my cottage yet (did
someone say DACS unit? Grrrr) so I haven't had time to tidy up the
pictures or even add anything to my proper Acorn page. Somewhere out on
that there web is a page with lots of pictures of the 210 I now have as
well as an almost complete parts breakdown. This unit is also the one
Olivier at old-computers.com features, though now the missing keyswitch
has been moved :)
Hopefully I'll see some of the UK classiccmpers at the CGE-UK next weekend?
cheers
--
adrian/witchy
Binary Dinosaurs owner/curator
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UKs biggest home computer collection?
11:43 p.m.
New subject: Acorn Cambridge Workstations
On Sun, 2004-07-18 at 11:23, Witchy wrote:
Hi folks,
My temporary custodianship of possibly the last Acorn Business Computer is
ending today since I'm taking it and a spare case down to Jules R. for him
to fix up and get running. There's a bit of info on the web page which is:
http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/Museum/Acorn/acws.htm
D'oh! That link doesn't work... and I still haven't actually seen any
pics of the machine :-)
btw, spare case will be looking for a home in case anyone wants to bodge
together their own ACW/ABC. Just give me a while as I believe the
previous owner of the machine said that the spare case has a screen in
it which is in much better condition than the ABC 210's, so I'll probs
swap them over.
Of course I need to try and get the 210 running first - either
something's up with the 286 copro (which is likely fixable) or there's
something nasty going on with the ROMs on the B+ side (which is going to
be more tricky, given that it's perhaps the last of its kind...)
Hopefully I'll see some of the UK classiccmpers at
the CGE-UK next weekend?
Actually, if you can get the 210 to me this week and I can get it
running then I can bring it along to the CGE show. I'll be there on the
Saturday for sure, not sure about the Sunday yet.
Having said that, the car's already totally full of stuff for the
stand... hmm...
btw, you were looking for an Atari 800 weren't you? Think I've found one
that's looking for a good home. Watch this space.
seeya
Jules
18 Jul
18 Jul
10:51 p.m.
New subject: Acorn Cambridge Workstations
D'oh! That link doesn't work... and I still haven't actually seen any
pics of the machine :-)
I am a doofus - it's .html and not .htm. Curse micros~1 and it's stupid
naming conventions!
btw, spare case will be looking for a home in case
anyone wants to bodge
together their own ACW/ABC. Just give me a while as I believe the
previous owner of the machine said that the spare case has a screen in
it which is in much better condition than the ABC 210's, so I'll probs
swap them over.
Yours is the ABC-310 innit? I thought the 210 was the workstation.....not
that it matters of course :) There's a screen in the case aye, and an
analogue board that's different to the rest of 'em.
something nasty going on with the ROMs on the B+ side
(which is going to
be more tricky, given that it's perhaps the last of its kind...)
Fingers crossed then, though can't I dump the ROMs of mine? I thought the
main difference between the 210 and 310 was a 286 copro and DOS instead of
the 32016 and PANOS.
Actually, if you can get the 210 to me this week and I
can get it
running then I can bring it along to the CGE show. I'll be there on the
Saturday for sure, not sure about the Sunday yet.
You can come and get it any night this week, just give me a call and I'll
give you directions. Help me disassemble it for photographic purposes....
Having said that, the car's already totally full
of stuff for the
stand... hmm...
I'm sure there's summat that can be sacrificed for the ABC :) Between us
we might be duplicating stuff so we can sort it out when you get the
machine.
btw, you were looking for an Atari 800 weren't
you? Think I've found one
that's looking for a good home. Watch this space.
Cool. That'll only leave the 1400XL then (and 1450XLD, hehehe) but I
s'pose I've got not much hope of getting my paws on one of those!
--
adrian/witchy
Binary Dinosaurs owner/curator
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UKs biggest home computer collection?
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