GImix Ghost Video Board

[dave.g4ugm at gmail.com]

Brad,

  I think you may struggle. Looking at the early 6800 Journal there are many boards, which can use Gimix “Ghost” addressing and are supported by the GMXBug includes the driver software.

 

https://sites.google.com/a/aaronwolfe.com/cococoding/home/magazines/68-micro-journal

 

volume 1 n 5 Page 3 (P5 in the PDF) has a Gimix advert. There is a GMBBUG 02 manual on the flex user group site, but it stops at the chapter before the screen i/o routines….

 

http://www.flexusergroup.com/flexusergroup/pdfs/gmxmon2.pdf

 

&

 

http://www.flexusergroup.com/flexusergroup/pdfs/gmxbug2.pdf

 

 

Yuk

 

Dave

 

From: Brad H [mailto:vintagecomputer at bettercomputing.net] 
Sent: 24 March 2017 17:58
To: dave.g4ugm at gmail.com; 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: RE: GImix Ghost Video Board

 

No.. mine has a 2513 character generator.. the one in the ad uses ram based character generation.  Based on IC dates my board looks like mid to late 70s.. a fair bit earlier than that one.

 

 

 

Sent from my Samsung device



-------- Original message --------
From: dave.g4ugm at gmail.com 
Date: 2017-03-24 2:16 AM (GMT-08:00) 
To: 'Brad H' <vintagecomputer at bettercomputing.net <mailto:vintagecomputer at bettercomputing.net> >, "'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'" <cctalk at classiccmp.org <mailto:cctalk at classiccmp.org> > 
Subject: RE: GImix Ghost Video Board 

Is it one that's in the catalogue here:-

http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/gimix/Gimix_Catalog_Jun82.pdf

Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Brad H
via
> cctalk
> Sent: 23 March 2017 23:58
> To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
> <cctalk at classiccmp.org <mailto:cctalk at classiccmp.org> >
> Subject: GImix Ghost Video Board
> 
> Hoping someone might be able to help me on this.
> 
> 
> 
> I got a Gimix Ghost SS50 video board today and was trying to find a
manual.
> I'm sure these were used in Gimix's own ghost systems but the very limited
> info I've come across out there suggests they may have worked with any
> SS50 system.  It basically provides a direct composite video feed out from
the
> computer, I assume bypassing the need for a terminal.  I plugged it in and
> fired it up on my SWTPC 6800 and it is working - I think - it generates a
full
> screen of readable random characters.  However it does not put up anything
> from the computer - that still goes out via terminal.  I'm assuming Ghost
> systems were wired up somehow to use this.. I'm hoping to find a manual
> that explains how.  I don't see a keyboard interface for it anywhere so
maybe
> this went along as a complete Ghost system with hardware I don't have.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks if you have anything!
> 
>