17 Oct
2010
17 Oct
'10
3:45 p.m.
Hi guys,
Does anyone have images of the Boot PROM and system software for an AT&T
3B1?
I've been skimming the 3B1 tech-ref which Steven Hirsch scanned, and it
looks to me like an emulator wouldn't be too difficult a prospect. Take
the UAE 68k emulator core, bolt on an emulation of the disc controllers,
and write something to emulate the display controller. Link against SDL,
add salt and pepper to taste.
Problem is, the Boot ROM doesn't seem to have been imaged, and the same
applies to the software discs. I've had a quick look on my 'usual
haunts' (Bitsavers, the Bluefeathertech archive, and Google) but haven't
managed to find anything useful...
Have any of these items been imaged?
Thanks,
--
Phil.
classiccmp at philpem.me.uk
http://www.philpem.me.uk/
17 Oct
17 Oct
3:55 p.m.
On 10/17/10 6:45 PM, Philip Pemberton wrote:
Does anyone have images of the Boot PROM and system
software for an AT&T
3B1?
I've been skimming the 3B1 tech-ref which Steven Hirsch scanned, and it
looks to me like an emulator wouldn't be too difficult a prospect. Take
the UAE 68k emulator core, bolt on an emulation of the disc controllers,
and write something to emulate the display controller. Link against SDL,
add salt and pepper to taste.
Problem is, the Boot ROM doesn't seem to have been imaged, and the same
applies to the software discs. I've had a quick look on my 'usual
haunts' (Bitsavers, the Bluefeathertech archive, and Google) but haven't
managed to find anything useful...
Have any of these items been imaged?
I have distribution disk images; let me know if you'd like me to put
them up temporarily for you to grab. For the longer-term, it is my
desire to put up an archive of all the 3B1 stuff I can find.
I've not imaged the ROMs, but will do so if they're socketed, after
our big yard sale this weekend. (I should be able to reach my 3B1 then)
That is, if nobody else has gotten to it by then.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
4:04 p.m.
I have distribution disk images; let me know if
you'd like me to put
them up temporarily for you to grab. For the longer-term, it is my
desire to put up an archive of all the 3B1 stuff I can find.
Peter da Silva still (at least I think still) maintains the archive site
that I used to have about 15 years ago. Theoretically, I've still
got it all on CD somewhere, but if Peter still has it available,
that's probably easier. However, I'm pretty sure the distribution
disks weren't part of it all.
I just checked and it's available at:
http://unixpc.taronga.com/
BLS
10:28 p.m.
On 10/17/2010 5:55 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
I've not imaged the ROMs, but will do so if they're socketed, after
our big yard sale this weekend. (I should be able to reach my 3B1
then) That is, if nobody else has gotten to it by then.
I don't have the means to image them, but I do have a pile of 3b1/Unix
PC motherboards laying in a pile if anyone is willing to do it, I'll
just send the whole board over. Not sure anymore, but I do recall a PAL
or two and a ROM. Most were socketed if I recall.
18 Oct
18 Oct
5:14 a.m.
On Mon, 18 Oct 2010, Michael Lee wrote:
On 10/17/2010 5:55 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
The PAL equations are in the the tech manual.
--
I've not imaged the ROMs, but will do so if they're socketed, after our
big yard sale this weekend. (I should be able to reach my 3B1 then) That
is, if nobody else has gotten to it by then.
I don't have the means to image them, but I do have a pile of 3b1/Unix PC
motherboards laying in a pile if anyone is willing to do it, I'll just send
the whole board over. Not sure anymore, but I do recall a PAL or two and a
ROM. Most were socketed if I recall.
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