24 Mar
1998
24 Mar
'98
1:20 p.m.
Today was a good day at the thrift store- could you folks tell me
fair prices for the following (as well as any requests)
2 Apple GS programs w/all docs and boxes. Anyone want?
A Zenith eaZy PC, a 286 easily mistakable for a dumb terminal. It's
cool but priced $30
A TI 99/4A - how much should I pay and what processor does it use
An ISA card claiming on its box to be a UPS - if it's still there, I
will take it tomorrow
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24 Mar
24 Mar
9:59 a.m.
A Zenith eaZy PC, a 286 easily mistakable for a dumb
terminal. It's
cool but priced $30
Max,
This is true but it's actually crippled closed system XT machine with
non-standard serial ports, extra 128k in little metal box wart on
back, HD is either miniscribe or WD but they're XT IDE and always
20mb. In fact I have one as gift from my former experience work
years ago. CPU is V40 at 8mhz.
Jason D.
A TI 99/4A - how much should I pay and what processor
does it use
An ISA card claiming on its box to be a UPS - if it's still there, I
will take it tomorrow
email: jpero(a)cgo.wave.ca
Pero, Jason D.
3:17 p.m.
On Tue, 24 Mar 1998, Max Eskin wrote:
Today was a good day at the thrift store- could you
folks tell me
fair prices for the following (as well as any requests)
2 Apple GS programs w/all docs and boxes. Anyone want?
Depends on what the programs are. $3-5 each?
A Zenith eaZy PC, a 286 easily mistakable for a dumb
terminal. It's
cool but priced $30
I'd pass.
A TI 99/4A - how much should I pay and what processor
does it use
The TI-99/4a uses a TI9900 CPU. Allison seems to know most about this.
TI's are a dime a dozen. I'm used to paying anywhere from $1 - $3 for any
I see in thrift stores.
An ISA card claiming on its box to be a UPS - if
it's still there, I
will take it tomorrow
Hmm, neat. I'd be interested to hear more about this.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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23 Mar
23 Mar
6:37 p.m.
New subject: Apple Lisa 1 software
I found a local collector who has the original Lisa 1 disks - I gather he
at least has Office, and I assume he has most of the apps as well. I don't
know much about the 1's, but would this be of interest to lisa 1 owners? Or
do most people lucky enough to have the 1 already have the software? The
other question concerns the protection - as the twiggy drives were
certainly non-standard, would it still be possible to remove the copy
protection from these disks?
Thanks heaps,
Adam.
24 Mar
24 Mar
7:23 p.m.
New subject: Apple Lisa 1 software
At 15:07 3/24/98 +0930, Adam wrote:
....do most people lucky enough to have the 1 already
have the
software?(1) The
other question concerns the protection - as the twiggy
drives were
certainly non-standard,(2) would it still be possible to remove the copy
protection from these disks?(3)
(1) Ha!
(2) You need a running Twiggy, or in plain English, you need a properly
aligned Twiggy. I know of nothing else that will read those disks, because
of the odd positions of the access holes.
(3) Removing the copy protection on the Sony disks, I know, involved
setting a two-byte serialization field back to 00 (or FF?) The Twiggys
can't have been too different. Apple wrote a utility that would do that; I
may be able to dig up its name.
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Computer History Association of California
7:08 p.m.
On Tue, 24 Mar 1998 16:20:13 PST, you said:
A TI 99/4A - how much should I pay and what processor
does it use
A dollar or two; but you really need the expansion box to to much with
it. The processor is TMS-9900, 16-bit and unusual. (I have a dozen)
_______________
Barry Peterson bmpete(a)swbell.net
Husband to Diane, Father to Doug,
Grandfather to Zoe and Tegan.
7:30 p.m.
Barry Peterson wrote:
On Tue, 24 Mar 1998 16:20:13 PST, you said:
You do NOT need an expansion box to do much with this. It has a large
assortment of *excellent* game cartridges ;) BTW, does anyone have an
assembler for this beast? I want it bad, for some perverse reason.
--
mor(a)crl.com
http://www.crl.com/~mor/
A TI 99/4A - how much should I pay and what
processor does it use
A dollar or two; but you really need the expansion box to to much with
it. The processor is TMS-9900, 16-bit and unusual. (I have a dozen)
7:36 p.m.
On Tue, 24 Mar 1998 22:30:22 -0800, you said:
Barry Peterson wrote:
<Grin> Sure, but you need the expansion box!
_______________
Barry Peterson bmpete(a)swbell.net
Husband to Diane, Father to Doug,
Grandfather to Zoe and Tegan.
On Tue, 24 Mar 1998 16:20:13 PST, you said:
You do NOT need an expansion box to do much with this. It has a large
assortment of *excellent* game cartridges ;) BTW, does anyone have an
assembler for this beast? I want it bad, for some perverse reason. A TI 99/4A - how much should I pay and what
processor does it use
A dollar or two; but you really need the expansion box to to much with
it. The processor is TMS-9900, 16-bit and unusual. (I have a dozen)
8:14 p.m.
Barry Peterson wrote:
On Tue, 24 Mar 1998 22:30:22 -0800, you said:
Got one (and a hernia toting it around, making room for useful
devices). Maybe if I can get my hands on an assembler, I'll finally
have a use for it!
--
mor(a)crl.com
http://www.crl.com/~mor/
Barry Peterson wrote:
<Grin> Sure, but you need the expansion box!
On Tue, 24 Mar 1998 16:20:13 PST, you said:
You do NOT need an expansion box to do much with this. It has a large
assortment of *excellent* game cartridges ;) BTW, does anyone have an
assembler for this beast? I want it bad, for some perverse reason. A TI 99/4A - how much should I pay and what
processor does it use
A dollar or two; but you really need the expansion box to to much with
it. The processor is TMS-9900, 16-bit and unusual. (I have a dozen) 
8:29 p.m.
New subject: Paul Allan's PDP-10
I just joined the list recently, so I'm virtually certain this is old
news, but just in case.... I found this while infosurfing:
From: xkladmin(a)paulallen.com (XKLeTen Admin)
Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp8,alt.sys.pdp10,alt.sys.pdp11,comp.sys.dec
Subject: XKL (PDP10) Site Announcement
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 02:55:47 GMT
Organization: XKLeTen
Message-ID: <34a85fd3.3481181(a)nntp.ix.netcom.com>
Reply-To: xkladmin(a)paulallen.com
Dear Fellow PDP-10 Enthusiast,
Over the past 25 years, it's been challenging for all of us to find a
place to run our PDP-10 software. At the same time, there hasn't been a
library of PDP-10 software that is well taken care of, and made easily
available to the interested public.
I would like to offer a solution. I have invested in a TOAD-1 machine
running the PDP-10 architecture, and would like to make its capabilities
available. The TOAD is manufactured by XKL LLC, and is a completely new
hardware implementation of Digital's 36-bit PDP-10 architecture, not an
emulator running on another platform. This machine I've purchased will be
a repository for PDP10 public domain software, including the collection of
the DEC-10 and DEC-20 DECUS tapes.
By making access accounts available to an initial limited group, we hope
to learn of any issue areas with our new program. Through an account you
can set up with us, you can access this library, and run programs you may
not have seen for years. You may also submit your own programs for
storage, and for use by fellow advocates. These programs may be submitted
via FTP, email or 9-track tapes. Once you have an account established you
could access XKLeTen via telnet. Anyone may download the libraries of
software through anonymous FTP from XKLeTen.paulallen.com.
The machine, named XKLeTen, is configured as follows:
TOAD-1, 36-bit computing system
TOPS-20 system software
32 MW memory board
4 mm DDS tape drive
9 track tape drive
8 gigabyte disk
I encourage any of you who are interested to contact us to set up an
account. To be considered for an account, please submit the
following information to XKLadmin(a)paulallen.com:
Full name
Email address
Interest or purpose in this project (short summary)
Desired account name
If you have any questions about XKLeTen, or how to execute the
anonymous FTP, please contact us via the same email address.
Bill Gates and I used PDP10s to develop much of Microsoft's early
software. I hope many of you take advantage of this new opportunity
to keep alive some of your old memories.
Paul G. Allen
25 Mar
25 Mar
7:42 a.m.
On Tue, 24 Mar 1998 23:14:22 -0800, you said:
If you can handle a IBM->TI99 transfer, I can email the Funnelweb
package (the definitive TI-99 app) which contains editor, assembler,
disk utilities, etc.
_______________
Barry Peterson bmpete(a)swbell.net
Husband to Diane, Father to Doug,
Grandfather to Zoe and Tegan.
BTW, does
anyone have an
Got one (and a hernia toting it around, making room for useful
devices). Maybe if I can get my hands on an assembler, I'll finally
have a use for it! assembler for this beast? I want it bad, for some
perverse reason.
<Grin> Sure, but you need the expansion box!
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