11 Mar
1998
11 Mar
'98
2:23 p.m.
Just wanted to let everyone know that Caldera, which now
owns all Digital Research software, has made CP/M freely
available! I discovered this by accident when I went to
download OpenDOS.
Check it out at:
http://www.caldera.com/dos/html/legacyindex.html
They have a link to an unofficial CP/M page with tons of
other software.
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7 Apr
7 Apr
4:54 a.m.
New subject: NOS Bare Boards: What to do?
Guys:
Ok, I'm putting this up, and looking for opinions:
I have a NOS SwTPc 6800 MP-A CPU board. This was the first SS-50
6800 CPU available, and only the second 6800 CPU board of any stripe
available from anyone AFAIK (Moto was first, of course).
Here's the wrinkle: It's an unbuilt, BARE board. Given the somewhat
historic nature of this article, what would you do? Build it as
originally designed (most of the parts are still available), or
leave the board blank, as is?
For me, it is likely that it will remain unbuilt, as I already have
an MP-A2, and another (Fully assembled) MP-A. But I was toying with
the idea, when trying to repair my broken MP-A last nite.
I'll get the MP-A working again, but sometimes it's tempting to start
from scratch, given the opportunity.
Jeff
5:49 a.m.
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6:37 a.m.
New subject: NOS Bare Boards: What to do?
On Tue, 7 Apr 1998, Jeff Kaneko wrote:
I have a NOS SwTPc 6800 MP-A CPU board. This was the
first SS-50
6800 CPU available, and only the second 6800 CPU board of any stripe
available from anyone AFAIK (Moto was first, of course).
Here's the wrinkle: It's an unbuilt, BARE board. Given the somewhat
historic nature of this article, what would you do? Build it as
originally designed (most of the parts are still available), or
leave the board blank, as is?
If you're going to use it, build it. If not, keep it around for show
until you truly need it. Then build it.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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7:03 a.m.
New subject: NOS Bare Boards: What to do?
Sam Ismail wrote:
On Tue, 7 Apr 1998, Jeff Kaneko wrote:
I'd suggest at least stockpiling the components while they're still
available whether immediate assembly is planned or not -- it'll help
establish which parts _aren't_ available and need to be scrounged for.
--
Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_
I have a NOS SwTPc 6800 MP-A CPU board. This was
the first SS-50
6800 CPU available, and only the second 6800 CPU board of any stripe
available from anyone AFAIK (Moto was first, of course).
Here's the wrinkle: It's an unbuilt, BARE board. Given the somewhat
historic nature of this article, what would you do? Build it as
originally designed (most of the parts are still available), or
leave the board blank, as is?
If you're going to use it, build it. If not, keep it around for show
until you truly need it. Then build it. 
9:05 a.m.
New subject: NOS Bare Boards: What to do?
Uhhhh, not to be pushy or anything, but I'd say 'BUILD IT!'
As for historical significance... if you donated it to the
Boston Computer Museum I suspect the best place they'd find for it
would be the trash.... *I*, personally, would enjoy seeing the baby
functional. JMHO, though, I can't imagine _needing_ it for anything
but sick personal pleasure. ;-)
BTW: anyone remember a BYTE article on the SwTPC sometime in
'78 regarding a very eary voice recognition and voice synth system
connected to house controls? I seem to remember that the upshot of it
was that it didn't work well and the poor author wound up showing off
his undershorts because the system misrecognized a command and opened
up the garage door at an inopportune time.... Maybe it was a Kilobaud
issue???? I'm pretty hazy on this, but I remember it made a big
impression on me as a kid. As a side side issue, anyone remember the
name of the S100 board used for voice recognition/synth?
--jmg
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 11:37:23 -0700 (PDT)
From: Sam Ismail <dastar(a)wco.com>
To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers"
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: NOS Bare Boards: What to do?
On Tue, 7 Apr 1998, Jeff Kaneko wrote:
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I have a NOS SwTPc 6800 MP-A CPU board. This was
the first SS-50
6800 CPU available, and only the second 6800 CPU board of any stripe
available from anyone AFAIK (Moto was first, of course).
Here's the wrinkle: It's an unbuilt, BARE board. Given the somewhat
historic nature of this article, what would you do? Build it as
originally designed (most of the parts are still available), or
leave the board blank, as is?
If you're going to use it, build it. If not, keep it around for show
until you truly need it. Then build it.
12 Apr
12 Apr
4:33 a.m.
New subject: NOS Bare Boards: What to do?
Jeff Kaneko wrote:
Guys:
Ok, I'm putting this up, and looking for opinions:
I have a NOS SwTPc 6800 MP-A CPU board. This was the first SS-50
6800 CPU available, and only the second 6800 CPU board of any stripe
available from anyone AFAIK (Moto was first, of course).
Here's the wrinkle: It's an unbuilt, BARE board. Given the somewhat
historic nature of this article, what would you do? Build it as
originally designed (most of the parts are still available), or
leave the board blank, as is?
I have several unbuilt boards including an IMSAI SIO and the National SCMP
microprocessor evaluation kits. For my part, I have no intention of ever
building them since I view them as a part of history. I tried about a year
ago to get an unbuilt Heatkit H?? computer that was designed to go into (I
think) an H19? terminal. He decided to allow his class to build it <sigh>
but we all have different reasons for doing things.
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