15 Jun
2000
15 Jun
'00
8:50 p.m.
VCF 4.0 is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, September 30 - Sunday,
October 1. The venue this year in the San Jose Convention Center
in San Jose, California.
More details to come!
Sellam International Man of Intrigue and Danger
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16 Jun
16 Jun
7:15 p.m.
New subject: Visual 1050 computer
While at a thrift shop today, I came across a "Visual 1050" computer.
It didn't look like a PC, so of course I was intrigued. It has video out,
a parallel port, and port for a winchester (yes, that's the label, I guess
before everybody settled on "hard disk"), and two 5.25" floppies in
front. It isn't a complete system, no monitor, no docs, no software,
just the box itself, not even the keyboard (I think).
I did a little web searching and found it is a CP/M machine, Z80 based.
It also appears to have 640x240 graphics display as well as text.
Does anybody know more about this -- is there anything particularly
interesting about it, or is it just another CP/M machine? Will I get
$15 worth of entertainment out of it? Is there someone on the list
who is dying to get their hands on a Visual 1050?
Thanks for any info.
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Jim Battle == frustum(a)pacbell.net
11:56 p.m.
New subject: Visual 1050 computer
I have doc's & software for it. There yours for the asking.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Battle <frustum(a)pacbell.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 9:15 PM
Subject: Visual 1050 computer
While at a thrift shop today, I came across a
"Visual 1050" computer.
It didn't look like a PC, so of course I was intrigued. It has video out,
a parallel port, and port for a winchester (yes, that's the label, I guess
before everybody settled on "hard disk"), and two 5.25" floppies in
front. It isn't a complete system, no monitor, no docs, no software,
just the box itself, not even the keyboard (I think).
I did a little web searching and found it is a CP/M machine, Z80 based.
It also appears to have 640x240 graphics display as well as text.
Does anybody know more about this -- is there anything particularly
interesting about it, or is it just another CP/M machine? Will I get
$15 worth of entertainment out of it? Is there someone on the list
who is dying to get their hands on a Visual 1050?
Thanks for any info.
-----
Jim Battle == frustum(a)pacbell.net
17 Jun
17 Jun
4:57 a.m.
New subject: Visual 1050 computer
If he does not want them I will gladly take the doc's and software as I
have one of these machines also.
John Keys
----- Original Message -----
From: mike mcmanus <mmcmanus(a)direct.ca>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 3:56 AM
Subject: Re: Visual 1050 computer
I have doc's & software for it. There yours
for the asking.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Battle <frustum(a)pacbell.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 9:15 PM
Subject: Visual 1050 computer
> While at a thrift shop today, I came across a "Visual 1050"
computer.
> It didn't look like a PC, so of course I was
intrigued. It has
video out,
> a parallel port, and port for a winchester (yes,
that's the label, I
guess
> before everybody settled on "hard
disk"), and two 5.25" floppies in
> front. It isn't a complete system, no monitor, no docs, no software,
> just the box itself, not even the keyboard (I think).
>
> I did a little web searching and found it is a CP/M machine, Z80
based.
> It also appears to have 640x240 graphics display
as well as text.
>
> Does anybody know more about this -- is there anything particularly
> interesting about it, or is it just another CP/M machine? Will I
get
$15 worth of
entertainment out of it? Is there someone on the list
who is dying to get their hands on a Visual 1050?
Thanks for any info.
-----
Jim Battle == frustum(a)pacbell.net
5:39 a.m.
New subject: Visual 1050 computer
At 01:56 AM 6/17/00 -0700, you wrote:
I have doc's & software for it. There yours for
the asking.
I'm going back to the store to see if it is still there. If they
still have it, I'll pick it up, and then I'd love to take you up
on the offer. It sounds like an interesting machine.
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Jim Battle == frustum(a)pacbell.net
6:05 a.m.
New subject: Visual 1050 computer
I'm on vacation so wait a week for more detail.
The winchester port is nto quite as it requires an external
adaprtor that getyou you SCSI to an ADATEK or other SCSI bridge to MFM
disk.
It uses a seperate monitor MGAish, and keyboard(non pc compatable).
I'd consider one clean with tube and keyboard for 50-100$ a good deal.
If with hard disk box better yet. the two floppies are single sided
96tpi teac fd55-f drives so it does/can do RX50 formats and a few
others. It's CA.1985 and a good example of how a 4mhz z80 cpm box
can be pushed.
The graphics is done by a seperate 6502 so teh z80 is not loaded
by that task and ther is 128k ram for the z80 with mmu. This is
not the usual Z80 cpm machine. It was sold with CPM-3 on it.
I have three of them and full disks/docs.
Allison
On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Jim Battle wrote:
While at a thrift shop today, I came across a
"Visual 1050" computer.
It didn't look like a PC, so of course I was intrigued. It has video out,
a parallel port, and port for a winchester (yes, that's the label, I guess
before everybody settled on "hard disk"), and two 5.25" floppies in
front. It isn't a complete system, no monitor, no docs, no software,
just the box itself, not even the keyboard (I think).
I did a little web searching and found it is a CP/M machine, Z80 based.
It also appears to have 640x240 graphics display as well as text.
Does anybody know more about this -- is there anything particularly
interesting about it, or is it just another CP/M machine? Will I get
$15 worth of entertainment out of it? Is there someone on the list
who is dying to get their hands on a Visual 1050?
Thanks for any info.
-----
Jim Battle == frustum(a)pacbell.net
19 Jun
19 Jun
7:27 a.m.
Will this ever be held in a more easterly location (say the midwest)?
-Bob
VCF 4.0 is tentatively scheduled for Saturday,
September 30 - Sunday,
October 1. The venue this year in the San Jose Convention Center
in San Jose, California.
More details to come!
Sellam International Man of Intrigue
and Danger
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----------
Looking for a six in a pile of nines...
Coming soon: VCF 4.0!
VCF East: Planning in Progress
See http://www.vintage.org for details!
Bob Brown
Saved by grace
Intranet Sysadmin Page: http://info1.harper.cc.il.us/~bbrown
7:13 a.m.
On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, Bob Brown wrote:
Will this ever be held in a more easterly location
(say the midwest)?
At one point I was seriously considering a VCF East this summer but time
is too tight unfortunately, so it'll have to wait until next year (unless
someone wants to travel to the east coast in the dead of winter...I know I
don't :)
If someone wants to help host a midwest edition then contact me and we'll
discuss the possibilities.
sellam(a)vintage.org
Sellam International Man of Intrigue and Danger
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21 Jun
21 Jun
7:48 a.m.
> Will this ever be held in a more easterly
location (say the midwest)?
At one point I was seriously considering a VCF East
this summer but time
is too tight unfortunately, so it'll have to wait until next year (unless
someone wants to travel to the east coast in the dead of winter...I know I
don't :)
If someone wants to help host a midwest edition then
contact me and we'll
discuss the possibilities.
Say, isn't Florida somewhat more easterly than Ca. ?
VCF at Disney World ?
:))
Gruss
H.
--
VCF Europa 2.0 am 28./29. April 2001 in Muenchen
http://www.vintage.org/vcfe
http://www.homecomputer.de/vcfe
8:44 a.m.
> Say, isn't Florida somewhat more easterly
than Ca. ?
> VCF at Disney World ?
> :))
NOW YOUR'RE TALKING!!! The perfect excuse! The
wife and
kids go to Disney World while I go to VCF! Make it during
the "winter break" time period (12/23-1/2).
Wooha - no please, thats the most expensive timeframe possible.
You don't get _any_ discount flight to FL during the Winterferien.
Just the other way, thy charge doubble (at least it looks like).
What about mid January ?
Gruss
H.
--
VCF Europa 2.0 am 28./29. April 2001 in Muenchen
http://www.vintage.org/vcfe
http://www.homecomputer.de/vcfe
8:55 a.m.
> VCF at
Disney World ?
NOW YOUR'RE TALKING!!! The perfect excuse!
The wife and
kids go to Disney World while I go to VCF! Make it during
the "winter break" time period (12/23-1/2).
Wooha - no please, thats the most expensive timeframe possible.
You don't get _any_ discount flight to FL during the Winterferien.
Just the other way, thy charge doubble (at least it looks like).
What about mid January ?
9 a.m.
> > > VCF at Disney World ?
> > NOW YOUR'RE TALKING!!! The perfect excuse! The wife and
> > kids go to Disney World while I go to VCF! Make it during
> > the "winter break" time period (12/23-1/2).
> Wooha - no please, thats the most expensive
timeframe possible.
> You don't get _any_ discount flight to FL during the Winterferien.
> Just the other way, thy charge doubble (at least it looks like).
> What about mid January ?
Hmmm... It's a harder sell. The wife is a teacher
and doesn't like
to take the kids out of school.
An extended weekend ? That's not realy taking out ...
You fly in on Thursday, help for setup, and your whife
arives on friday evening into the ready organized
cosy hotel room :)
Err, we are already planing, but who is hosting the
show ? Any surviveing orange farmer among us ?
Gruss
H.
--
VCF Europa 2.0 am 28./29. April 2001 in Muenchen
http://www.vintage.org/vcfe
http://www.homecomputer.de/vcfe
9:12 a.m.
On another note: Looks like my relationship with embedded computing is
coming to an end. I'll be changing jobs soon. I used to get out to the
west coast for fall ESC which would hopefully "match up" with VCF. It would
have worked this year, but... Oh well. Anyway, is anything else
professional
going on in the area the week before or after VCF 4.0 that I could possibly
talk a boss into shipping me across the country for?
9:28 a.m.
On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Bill Sudbrink wrote:
On another note: Looks like my relationship with
embedded computing is
coming to an end. I'll be changing jobs soon. I used to get out to the
west coast for fall ESC which would hopefully "match up" with VCF. It would
have worked this year, but... Oh well. Anyway, is anything else
professional
going on in the area the week before or after VCF 4.0 that I could possibly
talk a boss into shipping me across the country for?
Bill, just for you, I'll check the schedules for the convention centers in
the area and see what's cooking for that timeframe :)
Sellam International Man of Intrigue and Danger
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