9 Apr
2001
9 Apr
'01
2:59 p.m.
Used to be, you could go to Radio Shock and purchase one of those
solder-yourself 44-pin edgecards that mate with the KIM-4 expansion
board. I'm thinking one way around my dead keyboard issue which
also solves my desire for expansion would be to add a CPLD
decoder, 32K SRAM, 32K ROM (with holes around the 6530s
and remapping new patched monitor into $1800-$1FFF), and 6551
UART/MAX232 combo to input code and d/l intel hex. (The cassette
interface on poor KIM is dead, too.)
By the way, if anyone's interested, I have a generic 6502 Intel Hex
program downloader program that allows you to assemble and directly
download programs from the development PC into your SBC.
It's freeware so have at it if anyone finds it useful.
It's at:
http://www.6502.org/source/monitors/intelhex/intelhex.htm
9 Apr
9 Apr
3:15 p.m.
MIght try www.atari.org. They have links to the common suppliers of
obsolecent Atari gear. Including development boards and the like.
Wish I could remember all of them, but:
BravoSierra is one, B&C Computervisions is another, and there are a couple
of others that escape my perforated memory. Acid is not a good thing for
your long-term memory....
Regards,
Jeff
In <3AD24CE2.1B5F0D94(a)mindless.com>om>, on 04/09/01
at 08:15 PM, Ross Archer <dogbert(a)mindless.com> said:
Used to be, you could go to Radio Shock and purchase
one of those
solder-yourself 44-pin edgecards that mate with the KIM-4 expansion
board. I'm thinking one way around my dead keyboard issue which also
solves my desire for expansion would be to add a CPLD decoder, 32K SRAM,
32K ROM (with holes around the 6530s
and remapping new patched monitor into $1800-$1FFF), and 6551 UART/MAX232
combo to input code and d/l intel hex. (The cassette interface on poor
KIM is dead, too.)
By the way, if anyone's interested, I have a
generic 6502 Intel Hex
program downloader program that allows you to assemble and directly
download programs from the development PC into your SBC. It's freeware so
have at it if anyone finds it useful.
--
-----------------------------------------------------------
Jeffrey S. Worley
President
Complete Computer Services, Inc.
30 Greenwood Rd.
Asheville, NC 28803
828-277-5959
Visit our website at HTTP://www.Real-Techs.com
THETechnoid(a)home.com
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2:43 p.m.
On Mon, 9 Apr 2001 THETechnoid(a)home.com wrote:
BravoSierra is one, B&C Computervisions is
another, and there are a
couple of others that escape my perforated memory. Acid is not a good
thing for your long-term memory....
I was never one to turn down a good tab of acid but it looks like you went
way over the top, Jeffrey.
This explains everything :)
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org
10 Apr
10 Apr
7:03 a.m.
He doesn't make it easy to let him off, though, does he?
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sellam Ismail" <foo(a)siconic.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: Where to find 44pin edge cards/ 6502 d/l freeware
On Mon, 9 Apr 2001 THETechnoid(a)home.com wrote:
BravoSierra is one, B&C Computervisions is
another, and there are a
couple of others that escape my perforated memory. Acid is not a good
thing for your long-term memory....
I was never one to turn down a good tab of acid but it looks like you went
way over the top, Jeffrey.
This explains everything :)
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org
1:15 p.m.
Honestly, I'm a bit superstitious about psychodelic drugs. I've only
'dropped' a handful of times. As for Shrooms, a handful of times. Lots
of smoke though.
Long before that, I was known for being absent-minded. I doubt drugs
helped, but they weren't the cause either.
Except for my amazing good looks and charm, you'd have me figured right as
the professor type.
Regards,
Jeff
In <007701c0c1d7$d208dee0$9cc762d8(a)idcomm.com>om>, on 04/10/01
at 06:15 PM, "Richard Erlacher" <edick(a)idcomm.com> said:
He doesn't make it easy to let him off, though,
does he?
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sellam Ismail" <foo(a)siconic.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: Where to find 44pin edge cards/ 6502 d/l freeware
> On Mon, 9 Apr 2001 THETechnoid(a)home.com wrote:
>
> > BravoSierra is one, B&C Computervisions is another, and there are a
> > couple of others that escape my perforated memory. Acid is not a good
> > thing for your long-term memory....
>
> I was never one to turn down a good tab of acid but it looks like you went
> way over the top, Jeffrey.
>
> This explains everything :)
>
> Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org
>
>
--
-----------------------------------------------------------
Jeffrey S. Worley
President
Complete Computer Services, Inc.
30 Greenwood Rd.
Asheville, NC 28803
828-277-5959
Visit our website at HTTP://www.Real-Techs.com
THETechnoid(a)home.com
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6:58 a.m.
Having made and sold a combination backplane/extender board for a bus based on
this connector (2 x 22 @ 0.157" pitch) , I still have a few of the things lying
about, hence haven't had to look for them in the stores. Nevertheless, I do see
them from time to time at various surplus outlets. Here in the
Denver-Boulder-Longmont area, the surplus outlets are down to just a couple,
namely Gateway electronics and J. B. Saunders Electonics, and, at last check,
both had a few of them in stock. I doubt you will have trouble finding them
wherever you are.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ross Archer" <dogbert(a)mindless.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 5:59 PM
Subject: Where to find 44pin edge cards/ 6502 d/l freeware
Used to be, you could go to Radio Shock and purchase
one of those
solder-yourself 44-pin edgecards that mate with the KIM-4 expansion
board. I'm thinking one way around my dead keyboard issue which
also solves my desire for expansion would be to add a CPLD
decoder, 32K SRAM, 32K ROM (with holes around the 6530s
and remapping new patched monitor into $1800-$1FFF), and 6551
UART/MAX232 combo to input code and d/l intel hex. (The cassette
interface on poor KIM is dead, too.)
By the way, if anyone's interested, I have a generic 6502 Intel Hex
program downloader program that allows you to assemble and directly
download programs from the development PC into your SBC.
It's freeware so have at it if anyone finds it useful.
It's at:
http://www.6502.org/source/monitors/intelhex/intelhex.htm
1:23 p.m.
Those same 44pin jacks connect to the Atari 800. You have to pull a lot
of shielding off the machine to do that, but under the hood, the Atari 800
(not XL) has the same card edge.
I've never seen it used for anything ever. Maybe they used it for testing
at the factory....
Regards,
Jeff
In <005501c0c1d7$206cbb20$9cc762d8(a)idcomm.com>om>, on 04/10/01
at 06:23 PM, "Richard Erlacher" <edick(a)idcomm.com> said:
Having made and sold a combination backplane/extender
board for a bus
based on this connector (2 x 22 @ 0.157" pitch) , I still have a few of
the things lying about, hence haven't had to look for them in the stores.
Nevertheless, I do see them from time to time at various surplus outlets.
Here in the Denver-Boulder-Longmont area, the surplus outlets are down to
just a couple, namely Gateway electronics and J. B. Saunders Electonics,
and, at last check, both had a few of them in stock. I doubt you will
have trouble finding them wherever you are.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ross Archer" <dogbert(a)mindless.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 5:59 PM
Subject: Where to find 44pin edge cards/ 6502 d/l freeware
> Used to be, you could go to Radio Shock and
purchase one of those
> solder-yourself 44-pin edgecards that mate with the KIM-4 expansion
> board. I'm thinking one way around my dead keyboard issue which
> also solves my desire for expansion would be to add a CPLD
> decoder, 32K SRAM, 32K ROM (with holes around the 6530s
> and remapping new patched monitor into $1800-$1FFF), and 6551
> UART/MAX232 combo to input code and d/l intel hex. (The cassette
> interface on poor KIM is dead, too.)
>
> By the way, if anyone's interested, I have a generic 6502 Intel Hex
> program downloader program that allows you to assemble and directly
> download programs from the development PC into your SBC.
> It's freeware so have at it if anyone finds it useful.
>
> It's at:
> http://www.6502.org/source/monitors/intelhex/intelhex.htm
>
>
>
>
--
-----------------------------------------------------------
Jeffrey S. Worley
President
Complete Computer Services, Inc.
30 Greenwood Rd.
Asheville, NC 28803
828-277-5959
Visit our website at HTTP://www.Real-Techs.com
THETechnoid(a)home.com
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2:12 p.m.
New subject: Wanted: Atari 800
Anyone have an Atari 800 or three they want to get rid of? I don't have
one and want one. Have nearly no money but will trade Atari peripheral
for it. 1050, I'd even part with an 850 or my P:R: Connection for one.
Regards,
Jeff
--
-----------------------------------------------------------
Jeffrey S. Worley
President
Complete Computer Services, Inc.
30 Greenwood Rd.
Asheville, NC 28803
828-277-5959
Visit our website at HTTP://www.Real-Techs.com
THETechnoid(a)home.com
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6:01 p.m.
New subject: Wanted: Atari 800
I will keep my eyes open they go for 2 to 5 dollars at the thrift here
in the Twincities. I will pick up one and contact you.
----- Original Message -----
From: <THETechnoid(a)home.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 6:12 PM
Subject: Wanted: Atari 800
Anyone have an Atari 800 or three they want to get rid
of? I don't
have
one and want one. Have nearly no money but will trade
Atari
peripheral
for it. 1050, I'd even part with an 850 or my
P:R: Connection for
one.
Regards,
Jeff
--
-----------------------------------------------------------
Jeffrey S. Worley
President
Complete Computer Services, Inc.
30 Greenwood Rd.
Asheville, NC 28803
828-277-5959
Visit our website at HTTP://www.Real-Techs.com
THETechnoid(a)home.com
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2:13 p.m.
New subject: Collection list (just for phun)
I'd like to see some of your lists. I bet some of you would be hard
pressedd to list your whole collection in a message that the list server
would accept (too large).
Computers:
Atari Mega ST4
Atari 1040ST
Atari 130xe
Atari 800xl
Atari 600xl
Atari 1200xl
Atari 400
Radio Shack COCO 2
Apple IIgs
Laser 128
IBM system/36
Digital Equipment Vaxstation 4000/60
Sun Sparcstation 4/330
SWP ATR8000
SWP ATR8500 - Serial number FIVE
Kaypro II
Kaypro 10
Osborne 1
Data General MV4000DC
Masses of associated vintage peripherals and documentation. Good bathroom
reading.
Vehicles:
BMW R60/5 Motorcycle made in 1971
Firearms:
Model 1891 Argentine Mauser centerfire, bolt-action rifle in calibre
7.65x39mm - made in the 1890's. Fires. Recoil is horrible, but I'd hate
to be on the wrong end of it.
Model 1894 Winchester centerfire, lever-action rifle in calibre 30-30.
Made in 1993. Great rifle I'd also hate to be on the wrong end of.
The plumbing and heating in my house makes my Mauser look
state-of-the-art. The wireing makes the plumbing look modern.
--
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Jeffrey S. Worley
President
Complete Computer Services, Inc.
30 Greenwood Rd.
Asheville, NC 28803
828-277-5959
Visit our website at HTTP://www.Real-Techs.com
THETechnoid(a)home.com
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3:58 p.m.
New subject: Collection list (just for phun)
Apple //e
MicroVax 3400 <----still working on it
IBM Model 8580 with Reply Corp. upgrade planer
Unisys MPE4668 EISA server (it's a 486, runs DOS, etc)
IBM 6x86PR300 (Cyrix 233mhz)/ FIC 503+, all scsi (main system)
I have more, but these are the machines, and I can turn on, and they
will do something. Others, are projects that I want to get to, thought
I would get to, decided not to get to, want to get rid of, etc. Maybe
I'll compile a list of stuff to offer to the list. I don't have
anything too exotic, However.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
THETechnoid(a)home.com wrote:
I'd like to see some of your lists. I bet some of you would be hard
pressedd to list your whole collection in a message that the list server
would accept (too large).
11 Apr
11 Apr
12:22 a.m.
New subject: Collection list (just for phun)
Hi,
Let me see....
Sinclair Mk14
TRS80 Model I
ZX81 converted to a Forth machine
XT Clone Early one with somewhat incompatible BIOS
IBM AT Early one.
Oric Atmos
Several Spectrums (but we don't talk about them!)
Macintosh SE
SunRace V20 laptop
Several terminals - one connected to a 486 running a PDP emulator
Some more modern ones ie 386s and 486s, Mac 630s
Sharp PC-1251 pocket computer with printer/cassette
Sinclair programmable calc
TI58 ditto
A coupla slide rules...
--
Cheers,
Stan Barr stanb(a)dial.pipex.com
The future was never like this!
8:49 a.m.
New subject: Collection list (just for phun)
1 apple2E - scsi hd
1 apple2gs - no hd, memory expander to 4 mb + a plethora of drives.
1 kaypro 4/84 - with boot floppy.
1 vaxstation 3100/80 - currently somewhat disassembled.
1 vaxstation 4000/vlc - boots VMS, need to finish licencing and installing.
1 commodore 64 + 1541 floppy drive + monitor.
1 mac se/30 - not really mine, it's my wifes and still does useful work.
1 Amiga 500
Note please that I am very interested in getting rid of all of these except
the se/30, the vaxstation 4000/vlc and the Amiga. Please mail me offline
if you're interested.
--
Jim Strickland
jim(a)DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
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11:24 a.m.
New subject: Collection list (just for phun)
Hmm, let me see if I can think of all the other stuff I have, now that I
see everyones lists are so long.
-Apple //gs
-Mac Plus (4megs of Ram, HD, System Saver)
-PDP11/53 (BA-23)
-IBM Model 77
-TI PRO <----anyone want this, I don't! No keyboard, monitor, or OS,
However.
-Unisys PCI3206 upgraded to PCI4666 (PCI has nothing to do with the bus)
-IBM AT (in pieces)
-Big stupid Memorex/ Telex server case, that I bought and don't want,
but don't want to give away. It is unused , from Model 85PS, I think it
might be an Intel design, because I have seent he same case on Ebay
labeled Zenith.
-Big Cipher tape drive that I got with the PDP11/53, anybody want it? I
don't think I will use it.
Wow, even when I add all the other larger junk, I still can't match
everyone elses lists. I guess I have been selling off, and giving stuff
away a lot lately.
I have lots of odds and ends too, but even that has been reduced
dramatically. I just get tired of living in a mess!!
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Chad Fernandez wrote:
Apple //e
MicroVax 3400 <----still working on it
IBM Model 8580 with Reply Corp. upgrade planer
Unisys MPE4668 EISA server (it's a 486, runs DOS, etc)
IBM 6x86PR300 (Cyrix 233mhz)/ FIC 503+, all scsi (main system)
I have more, but these are the machines, and I can turn on, and they
will do something. Others, are projects that I want to get to, thought
I would get to, decided not to get to, want to get rid of, etc. Maybe
I'll compile a list of stuff to offer to the list. I don't have
anything too exotic, However.
11:40 a.m.
New subject: Collection list (just for phun)
Chad Fernandez wrote:
Hmm, let me see if I can think of all the other stuff
I have, now that I
see everyones lists are so long.
-TI PRO <----anyone want this, I don't! No keyboard, monitor, or OS,
Is it a small case, approx 4" x 9" x 12"? If it is I have one of those
too,
completly forgot about it. I don't have anything else for it either, just the
box. Do you have the power supply for it? I do want to get it running, just
because it is a TI, but I can't find any accessories for it anywhere.
Robert
10 Apr
10 Apr
4:42 p.m.
New subject: Collection list (just for phun)
Quoting THETechnoid(a)home.com:
I'd like to see some of your lists. I bet some of
you would be
hard pressedd to list your whole collection in a message that the
list server would accept (too large).
Ha! Snort! Hee! That made me laugh. Here is my collection, or at
least what it will be at the end of the summer (assuming every deal
happens). Please keep in mind that I just started.
DEC PDP-11/70 (picking up this summer)
DEC PDP-11/44 (picking up this summer)
DEC MicroPDP-11/23 (hopefully - *ahem* attention Jeffrey S. _Worley_)
DEC TE16 (picking up this summer)
DEC TS05 (picking up this summer)
DEC RA81 (picking up this summer)
CDC 9766 (picking up this summer)
DEC LA120 (being shipped now)
DEC VT102 (being shipped now)
DEC VT220
Apple IIe
Apple Disk II (2)
Apple Imagewriter II
Tandy 1000TX
Tandy monitor
Tandy DMP 132 printer
As you can tell, my main interest is the PDP-11. The Apple and Tandy
stuff was actually acquired by my garage-sale-maniac Aunt Patty.
--
Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss(a)ou.edu
11 Apr
11 Apr
3:30 a.m.
New subject: Collection list (just for phun)
On Tue, 10 Apr 2001 THETechnoid(a)home.com wrote:
I'd like to see some of your lists. I bet some of
you would be hard
pressedd to list your whole collection in a message that the list server
would accept (too large).
Not too much too boast about. Of course, I'm AFAIK limiting myself to
stuff more than ten years old.
Amiga 500 (several)
Amiga 2000A
Atari 520STM (several)
Atari 520STFM (several)
Atari 1040STFM (several)
Atari 520STE (upgraded to 4 MB)
Commodore 64 (several different models)
Commodore 128
Commodore 128D (several)
Dragon 32
Goldstar HC-200 MSX (broken)
Spectravideo 728 MSX
Sinclair ZX Spectrum
DECstation 5000/200
Personal DECsystem 5000/25 (broken)
Atari 2600 (several, different models)
2600 clone, 32 built-in games
Mattel Intellivison 3
Philips G7000
SEGA Mastersystem
Nintendo NES =)
SEGA Megadrive
Pong "PC5" consoles (several, different models)
I really think that's it.
If anyone's interested in any trades or would like to bestow equipment
upon me, please mail. =)
4:52 a.m.
New subject: Collection list (just for phun)
Mattel Intellivison 3
WHAAAAT? You do mean INTV System 3, don't you? If you have a real Inty 3,
then watch out for home invasion robberies when rec.games.video.classic
finds out. :-P As far as I know, they were never released (reference
http://www.makingit.com/bluesky/hardware/intelli3_tech.html
which was written by the original designers at Mattel).
The INTV System 3 was a later clone of the Intellivision Master Component
after Mattel Electronics folded and sold out to INTV, Inc., which released the
remaining inventory and even commissioned some new games. There's an
explanantion at the bottom of that page, by the way.
My first game system was a Tandyvision One :-) The STIC seems to be burning
out on it, though, which is why I didn't list it.
--
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7:06 a.m.
New subject: Collection list (just for phun)
On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
That would be the INTV 3. I'm on holiday, so I haven't got my stuff here
to examine more closely.
Mattel
Intellivison 3
WHAAAAT? You do mean INTV System 3, don't you? If you have a real Inty 3,
then watch out for home invasion robberies when rec.games.video.classic
finds out. :-P As far as I know, they were never released (reference
http://www.makingit.com/bluesky/hardware/intelli3_tech.html
which was written by the original designers at Mattel).
The INTV System 3 was a later clone of the Intellivision Master Component
after Mattel Electronics folded and sold out to INTV, Inc., which released the
remaining inventory and even commissioned some new games. There's an
explanantion at the bottom of that page, by the way.
7:01 a.m.
New subject: Collection list (just for phun)
On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Iggy Drougge wrote:
On Tue, 10 Apr 2001 THETechnoid(a)home.com wrote:
Oops, that wasn't all. I forgot that I have some Macs and PS/2s , namely:
Mac IIcx
Mac IIxi (several)
Mac IIsi (several)
Mac LC
Mac SE (several)
Mac SE/30
Mac Classic
IBM PS/2 model 56 (several)
IBM PS/2 model 70 386
IBM PS/2 model 70 486
IBM PS/2 model 90 (several)
IBM PS/2 model 95
In addition to that, I've got newer Amiga, PC and Mac systems, though none
rating above 100 MHz. My fastest computer is probably the AXPpci Alpha at
166 MHz, but that has never been operated due to lack of ECC SIMMs.
I suppose I prefer a lot of slower computers instead of a single faster
one.
I'd like to see some of your lists. I bet
some of you would be hard
pressedd to list your whole collection in a message that the list server
would accept (too large).
Not too much too boast about. Of course, I'm AFAIK limiting myself to
stuff more than ten years old.
Amiga 500 (several)
Amiga 2000A
Atari 520STM (several)
Atari 520STFM (several)
Atari 1040STFM (several)
Atari 520STE (upgraded to 4 MB)
Commodore 64 (several different models)
Commodore 128
Commodore 128D (several)
Dragon 32
Goldstar HC-200 MSX (broken)
Spectravideo 728 MSX
Sinclair ZX Spectrum
DECstation 5000/200
Personal DECsystem 5000/25 (broken)
Atari 2600 (several, different models)
2600 clone, 32 built-in games
Mattel Intellivison 3
Philips G7000
SEGA Mastersystem
Nintendo NES =)
SEGA Megadrive
Pong "PC5" consoles (several, different models)
I really think that's it. 
9:45 a.m.
New subject: Collection list (just for phun)
I am but a humble and poor collector, but have managed to snag a few
tiny gems out of the mounds of dirt.
Tandy Color Computer (and related) stuff:
TRS-80 Color Computer -- Original silver case, upgraded to 64K from the
original 4K. My first computer.
TRS-80 Color Computer 2 -- one or two of these
TRS-80 Color Computer 3 -- three of these. One repackaged into a mini tower
case with 512K, XT keyboard interface, DISTO Super Controller II (no halt)
with 4-in-1 board, Adaptec SCSI-> ST506 (or whatever) MFM adaptor, 40M
Seagate hard drive, 2 720K 3.5", 1 360K 5.25" floppy drives, homebrew
Y-cable and card cage for DISTO stuff plus Radio Shack RS-232 card. This
machine also has a Hitachi 63C09EP and Burke&Burke's Powerboost patches
applied to OS-9 LII. (No, not MacOS version 9! Microware should sue!)
1 Frank Hogg Labs TC-9 Tomcat w/ 1M RAM (CoCo 3 descendant. Currently in
not particularly good working order.)
1 Blackhawk MM/1 (OS-9/68000 Not quite 10 years old, but I think they were
designed in 1990.)
1 '386 PC (pieced together from whatever junk I had lying around at the
time) running OS-9/x86 (AKA OS-9000)
[vaguely related because it has a 6809:]
2 Motorola Microsystems Micromodule 17 boards. (Some day I'm going to put
OS-9 LI on one of those just for giggles. I also have about 3 6802 based
CPU boards from CMS that use the same bus.)
Assorted CoCo peripherals and gadgets, including the touch pad and a DS-69
Digisector video digitizer.
Commodore/Amiga Stuff:
1 Commodore 64 with Enhancer 2000 Disk Drive
1 Commodore Amiga 1000 w/ DKB 2M RAM/RTC board.
1 Commodore Amiga 500 (512K, I think) (The Amigas work fine, but they have
to share my CoCo 3 CM-8 monitor. People who get rid of Amigas for prices I
can afford (like free) tend to keep the monitors to use as TVs with their
VCR tuners.)
[I actually bought the A1000 used for $300, probably 9 or 10 years ago and
upgraded it with the DKB board. The rest I got for free.]
Apple Stuff:
3 Apple ][c (1 is broken. I recently got 1 apple color composite monitor.)
1 (presumed broken) motherboard for a Mac 128K
1 Mac Plus 1Mb (bad power board)
[listed for completeness, but not strictly on topic:]
1 Performa 636
2 Performa 6116CD (60Mhz PPC 601. One has a bad power supply and no heinous
video cable)
[I bought the now nonfunctional ][c from a friend (along with an amber
monitor) for $100 years ago. The rest I got for free. I had to buy a
keyboard and mouse and build a VGA adapticator thingie for the 636, my first
working Mac system. The 6116es actually came with keyboards, mice, monitors
and everything.)
CP/M Stuff:
2 Epson HX-40 ROM-based CP/M laptops (labelled "MagicBox". Really cute
little gadgets)
1 Kaypro 4
1 Osborne
1 Morrow Micro Decision with a Televideo terminal
[I think I paid $30 for the Osborne with a bunch of disks, and about $5 each
for the HX-40s. The rest were free.]
Other old micros:
1 TRS-80 Model 3 with a TRS-80 daisy wheel printer.
1 TRS-80 Model 100 with a nifty hard briefcase.
1 Timex/Sinclair 1000 (Repackaged into some kind of replacement enclosure
which includes a real keyboard. This computer has a whole raft of things
plugged one-into-the-other off the expansion port, including a (16K?) RAM
expansion, a printer interface hooked up to a little Timex thermal roll
printer, and an Atari joystick interface. This all came in a box with a
bunch of programs on cassette.)
2 TI-99/4A (no peripherals but a couple joysticks and a bunch of games on
cartridge.)
[All free]
Game consoles:
2 Atari VCS (obligatory. They were free.)
1 Odyssey 2 (with a few games. I may have gotten this at a thrift store for
a couple bucks. I don't remember.)
PCs, IBM compatibles, etc:
More IBM PCs and XTs than I can count. Someday I'll assemble a couple
representative systems.
A number of compatibles, 8088s and a few '286es.
[I don't have a genuine IBM AT though.]
1 IBM PCjr with monitor and printer.
4 or 5 Tandy 1000s with maybe 1 or 2 representative Tandy monitors among
them.
1 Tandy 1000HD (with bad HD)
1 Tandy [something or other] '286 system.
1 Tandy 3000 (386DX/16 (currently with Evergreen '486 DLC upgrade). This
system runs my Universal Device Programmer (MCT EMUP))
2 Compaq Portable (luggable, 8088)
1 Compaq Portable (similar, but 80286)
Several Texas Instruments PCs. (8086, I believe. Run MS-DOS but not really
IBM compatible. Some of these are luggables similar to the old Compaqs. I
have a fair amount of software and documentation for these machines.)
Loads of other unremarkable PC clone hardware. People have been giving me
'486es lately.
Several Zenith SuperSport'286 laptops, one of which runs my homebuilt CNC
drill press
[I think I paid $10 for an IBM PC system once, years ago. Most of the rest
of the above stuff was free.]
Newer systems, not really on topic:
1 IBM POWERstation 355. AIX (Not yet 10 years old, but apparently now
incapable of designing aircraft parts. When I compile PCB on it though, I
expect it will do a more than passable job of helping me lay out PC boards.)
1 Pentium-166, 64M RAM running Linux (currently RedHat 6.2. Scabbed
together out of mostly free parts. The motherboard and CPU came my way at
no cost because it was too slow. Works just great for me. I think I paid
for the RAM and one of the hard drives.)
1 Cyrix M2 PR300 128M RAM running MS-Windows 95 (What can I say, I have a
soft spot for flight sim games, and Microprose disn't see fit to port
European Air War to Linux. Hey, at least I haven't allowed Bill to waste my
time, money, and system resources even further by succombing to the pressure
to "upgrade" to Windows 98.)
[Okay, so I actually paid some money for these machines -- but absolutely as
little as possible, I promise!]
--
Joel Ewy
ewy_UCE_IS_THE_PLAGUE(a)southwind.net
http://www2.southwind.net/~ewy
11:03 a.m.
New subject: Collection list (just for phun)
Here's my extremely small list, but I have over a ton of books and manuals.
This new house has much more room than my last one so now I can really expand my
collection. =)
3 x TI99/4A w/ PEB and many other accessories
TRS-80 Model 1 Level 1
TRS-80 Model 4
IBM PS/2 System 25
IBM 5363
TI Silent 700
486 DX100
TI CC40
Heathkit ET-3400
SWTPc /09 (probably dead, but it looks like it was pretty fun)
Dietzgen ESR-1 (neat old calculator, nixies go crazy when it calculates)
Robert
10 Apr
10 Apr
10:32 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Erlacher <edick(a)idcomm.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: Where to find 44pin edge cards/ 6502 d/l freeware
Having made and sold a combination backplane/extender
board for a bus
based on
this connector (2 x 22 @ 0.157" pitch) , I still
have a few of the things
lying
about, hence haven't had to look for them in the
stores. Nevertheless, I
do see
them from time to time at various surplus outlets.
Here in the
Denver-Boulder-Longmont area, the surplus outlets are down to just a
couple,
namely Gateway electronics and J. B. Saunders
Electonics, and, at last
check,
both had a few of them in stock. I doubt you will
have trouble finding
them
wherever you are.
Silly-con Valley.
I got a lead on a local computer surplus outlet.
I'll be bopping over there for lunchtime tomorrow. :)
Thanks for all your support.
-- Ross
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ross Archer" <dogbert(a)mindless.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 5:59 PM
Subject: Where to find 44pin edge cards/ 6502 d/l freeware
Used to be, you could go to Radio Shock and
purchase one of those
solder-yourself 44-pin edgecards that mate with the KIM-4 expansion
board. I'm thinking one way around my dead keyboard issue which
also solves my desire for expansion would be to add a CPLD
decoder, 32K SRAM, 32K ROM (with holes around the 6530s
and remapping new patched monitor into $1800-$1FFF), and 6551
UART/MAX232 combo to input code and d/l intel hex. (The cassette
interface on poor KIM is dead, too.)
By the way, if anyone's interested, I have a generic 6502 Intel Hex
program downloader program that allows you to assemble and directly
download programs from the development PC into your SBC.
It's freeware so have at it if anyone finds it useful.
It's at:
http://www.6502.org/source/monitors/intelhex/intelhex.htm
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