28 Feb
2013
28 Feb
'13
10:24 a.m.
Anybody remember USES of the SIXTH ROM socket?
Sorry no
"MBI" (probably a different MBI) made a
supplement ROM that added
some printer configuration features, etc.
I think that there still is one in my 16K 5150
Such a big market for them old printers these days (ok a plotter is a sort of printer and
the only way anyone's getting mine is wrenching it from my cold rigor mortised
embrace. And would you believe I only payed 5 clams. How much joy can you get for 5$ these
days???)
Other "non-standard" ROMs:
Todd Fischer? made a diagnostics ROM, to temporarily replace the BIOS ROM,
and communicate through the serial port!
Ooh gimme dat! I want one seriously. What's his phone number?
ROM monitors are standard on many Japanese puters, Canon, NEC.
Just can't find any docs :(
You can pop the hood and put in a new chip. But what about an extension via the all too
popular casette port?
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28 Feb
28 Feb
12:02 p.m.
>Anybody remember USES of the SIXTH ROM socket?
On Thu, 28 Feb 2013, Chris Tofu wrote:
Sorry no
>"MBI" (probably a different MBI) made a supplement ROM that added
>some printer configuration features, etc.
>I think that there still is one in my 16K 5150
Such a big market for them old printers these days
and THAT was the IBM version of the Epson MX80!
(ok a plotter is a sort of printer and the only way
anyone's getting
mine is wrenching it from my cold rigor mortised embrace.
Proposed transfer terms? Acceptable.
Other
"non-standard" ROMs:
Todd Fischer? made a diagnostics ROM, to temporarily replace the BIOS ROM,
and communicate through the serial port!
Ooh gimme dat! I want one seriously.
What's his phone number? You can pop the hood and put in a new chip. But what
about an extension
via the all too popular casette port?
Once you boot up, and go into cassette BASIC, then you can load almost any
age-appropriate software through the cassette port. You could even
connect two 5150s through the cassette port and transfer files. Any idea
how long it would take to transfer Windoze7? (Windoze 3.10 or above will
not run on a 5150.)
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com
12:25 p.m.
On Thu, 28 Feb 2013, Fred Cisin wrote:
Easy enough to do, just stop watering him.
g.
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(ok a plotter
is a sort of printer and the only way anyone's getting
mine is wrenching it from my cold rigor mortised embrace.
Proposed transfer terms? Acceptable.
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