Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 20:15:51 -0400
From: "Andrew Lynch"
Do you still have the manual for the MCT-EPROM /
Sunshine programmer?
If so, would you mind scanning a copy and maybe I'll ask Al to post it
at
Bitsavers.org. JDR is part of the history of microcomputers and
practically everyone got something of theirs from JDR at some time or
another. JDR is practically an institution in electronics/vintage
computers. I remember ordering parts from them when I was in high
school to fix my Dad's lab computers -- IBM PCs running AutoCAD. Thanks
in advance!
I've still got it, but it's pretty worthless. Basically it's a
"stick the card in an empty slot, connect the cable, run the software
and do what it says". No circuit diagrams, specifications, nothing,
just a regurgitation of the program messages.
Very typical of the "Taiwanese Awful" documentation of the time. At
least the English is pretty good. JDR was no different--I've got two
manuals for floppy disk controllers (PC/XT type, not AT). But for
the "MCT" labeling on the title page, there's no difference between
the JDR one and the vanilla brand-less Taiwanese one.
Wasn't the early XT-cloning effort in Taiwan sponsored by the Taiwan
government? Almost none of the clone boards had any sort of branding
and the BIOSes all seemed to be the same. The manuals all look the
same--bad printing in a simple paper cover.
Cheers,
Chuck