29 May
1998
29 May
'98
8:32 a.m.
2 datapath boards I was missing for the 785, almost the rest of the 780
(Missing only one board! The microsequencer... [M8235]...)
Interesting toys include:
A DZV11. Does anyone have the pinout for the distribution panel for this?
And a SUMMUS 422-U controller.
It has a SCSI-style plug at the top, it's a quad-height ?bus controller,
and I'm told it wants a SCSI tape drive attached to it.
The main chip says "442/UDT 4641" on top. A ROM is on here, it says
"Viking U/B A4.4"
Any info on this?
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29 May
29 May
9:09 a.m.
New subject: New Toys and Moral Dilemmas
I got two new toys today:
1) A body fat measuring computer. This is one of those things that runs
current through you to test your resitance (the fatter you are, the higher
your resistance (except your resistance to food, of course)). It's driven
by a TRS-80 Model 100 bolted onto a contraption and mounted in a
briefcase. Would you free the M100 or leave it as a (bad) example of a
computer-contolled app? (Or leave it near the fridge as a subtle reminder
of your pigosity?)
2) A Kurzweil "Personal Reader". This was very high-tech for its time: a
portable card cage with hand-held scanner, OCR software in ROM, and a
DEC-Talk module. Used by the blind to read books. I assume it has been
obsoleted by much less expensive PC-based equipment, but would you offer
to donate it to a center for the blind or keep it as a (good) example of a
computer-controlled app?
BTW, if any of you are blind or know somebody who is, I also have a Primax
DataPen for the Mac w/o software. There is software available
http://www.stepup.com.au/utility/datapen/executiv.htm
to turn this thing into a book reader for the blind. I'd be happy to
donate the (untested (I'm in a Mac-Free Zone)) DataPen to somebody who
could use it as such.
-- Doug
11:09 a.m.
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12:36 p.m.
New subject: New Toys and Moral Dilemmas
On Sat, 30 May 1998, Tony Duell wrote:
No, but you will have a more appetizing aroma after you're done cooking
:-)
-- Doug
1) A body fat
measuring computer. This is one of those things that runs
current through you to test your resitance (the fatter you are, the higher
your resistance (except your resistance to food, of course)). It's driven
Hey, does that mean High Mass Hobbyists (tm) like myself are less likely
to get killed by high voltages? Higher resistance, lower current and all
that :-)
12:48 p.m.
New subject: What is it?
Somebody outbid me in the final seconds for this thing:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=15344547
My guess was that it might be a "TV Typewriter", hopefully 8008-based, but
now I'll never know. Anybody want to venture a guess?
-- Doug
1:51 p.m.
New subject: What is it?
*laugh You too? I was bidding on that weird thing too. I asked the
seller to find any chips that looked different from the rest and let
me know what their markings were. They did (and posted them to the
item description on eBay as well), but they didn't mean much to me. I
was hoping for something interesting as well, but considering the size
of the thing, and that fact that it was up to $50 without any info to
speak of, I dropped out of the race. I did write the winning bidder,
though, and asked him if he would be so kind as to e-mail me when he
gets it, to let me know what it was. My curiosity is aroused. I'm
thinking maybe a TV typewriter, or the guts to something like an ADM3
mounted in a rack-mount case, with a separate keyboard? It didn't
look like there was much to it, though. The power leads were marked
+5V and something else I couldn't read; probably the standard +/- 12V
as well. If you hear anything, let me know, and I'll do the same.
On Fri, 29 May 1998 19:48:23 -0500 (CDT), you wrote:
Somebody outbid me in the final seconds for this
thing:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=15344547
My guess was that it might be a "TV Typewriter", hopefully 8008-based, but
now I'll never know. Anybody want to venture a guess?
-- Doug
-Bill Richman
bill_r(a)inetnebr.com
http://incolor.inetnebr.com/bill_r
(Home of the COSMAC Elf Simulator!)
1:27 p.m.
New subject: New Toys and Moral Dilemmas
On Fri, 29 May 1998, Doug Yowza wrote:
1) A body fat measuring computer. This is one of
those things that runs
current through you to test your resitance (the fatter you are, the higher
your resistance (except your resistance to food, of course)). It's driven
by a TRS-80 Model 100 bolted onto a contraption and mounted in a
briefcase. Would you free the M100 or leave it as a (bad) example of a
computer-contolled app? (Or leave it near the fridge as a subtle reminder
of your pigosity?)
Keep it original. You can always get an M100 (they are practically a dime
a dozen I find). But you can't always find the interesting uses people
put it to, ie. your example.
2) A Kurzweil "Personal Reader". This was
very high-tech for its time: a
portable card cage with hand-held scanner, OCR software in ROM, and a
DEC-Talk module. Used by the blind to read books. I assume it has been
obsoleted by much less expensive PC-based equipment, but would you offer
to donate it to a center for the blind or keep it as a (good) example of a
computer-controlled app?
That is an interesting dilemma. Perhaps you could give it to an
organization on "indefinite loan", and ask that they return it to you when
it no longer is needed or is supplanted by a generous offering of modern
day equipment?
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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