9 Apr
1998
9 Apr
'98
10:19 p.m.
At 07:40 PM 4/9/98 -0500, you wrote:
WIREHEAD'S CRAZY THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Using old 386 and 486 computers and their parallel ports to replace
missing peripherals from true retrocomputing systems. Hmmm...
I wonder if a 386, for example, with a properly programmed parallel port
could emulate...say...a disk drive with a particular interface that you
can't find anymore.
Interesting thought?
Anthony Clifton - Wirehead
I'd bet you could do it pretty easily with a bare-bones Linux install (why
compile any more than you need to?). In that case you'd have access to
oodles and oodles of working source code for examples.
I'm still dreaming about xfacing an old IBM punched card reader with a PC
running Linux. If I can ever find one that's working and for which I can
scrounge CE docs.
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9 Apr
9 Apr
11:25 p.m.
At 07:19 PM 4/9/98 -0700, you wrote:
I'm still dreaming about xfacing an old IBM punched
card reader with a PC
running Linux. If I can ever find one that's working and for which I can
scrounge CE docs.
Well... if you even need to read some cards, and don't mind that it would
be on a DEC card reader interfaced to an Altair 8800... Drop me a note! B^}
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David Wollmann |
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DST ibmhelp.com Technical Support | Data, document and file conversion for
IBM
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formats.
BTW: (noting your .sig) know where I could get some replacement sort
brushes for an 083?
-jim
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11:43 p.m.
New subject: CP/M
I'd like to find (or build) CP/M for my only S-100 box (you know, the one
with the Ithaca Audio CPU card). I have a BASIC boot disk for the
machine, and I believe I can read/write the 5.25" floppy from my PC
(via 22disk), but I have no idea what's involved in finding or building a
CBIOS for this box and where the boot sector on the floppy is.
I can imagine that this will be a difficult, but not impossible task,
without any documentation for the machine or any of the components, but I
figure I can dump the contents of the monitor ROM and disassemble off-line
to find basic info about serial and floppy I/O. Is there a better way?
-- Doug
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