----- Original Message ----- From: "Brent Hilpert via cctalk" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 2:28 PM Subject: Re: Battery warning in Falco terminals
On 2018-Nov-20, at 1:21 AM, Mike Stein via cctalk wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Al Kossow via cctalk" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2018 6:29 PM > Subject: Battery warning in Falco terminals > ... >> Also, I suspect the first generation of terminals all have similar hardware >> with different >> firmware, so if someone has any of the other models (TS-1, etc.) we could >> get them simulated >> pretty easily once the firmware is dumped. >> > ----------------------------- > Don't forget the three PROMs ;-) > > There were at least 2 models of the TS-1; the TS-1SP added paging & > scrollback among other features, and there was also the similar TS-100. > > Their magnetic core & transformer keyboard technology always intrigued me; > very reliable & spillproof but I never saw it used anywhere else. Were there 3 PROMs on the TS-1? I don't remember (and unfortunately didn't dump them, unless you're including the character generator amongst the 3). They were probably soldered in and I was probably thinking mainly about eraseable chips and did the CG as well as it (would have been) socketed. If they were small PROMs, they were perhaps I/O and memory address decoding. =========================== I was talking about the 2624 and yes, they're small 32 byte PROMs for decoding; probably not relevant for an emulator (therefore the smiley) but maybe useful to archive for repair purposes. On my 2624s two are soldered in and one is socketed. I can't find my box of TS-1 boards so I'll have to open one up to see what's on there. I'll have a look for the box with documentation but it might be a while; BTW, my inventory says that I _do_ have a User's manual for the TS-2624 (V1.16). FALCO TS-1 Maint Man & Tech Bulletins 2/82 FALCO TS-1 Operator's Guide FALCO TS-1 "Programmer's Guide, Pgmg Hints & Tips" FALCO TS-1 "TS-1SP Tutorial, TS-1 FW Rel V2.15, SP1.10" FALCO TS-100SP Operator's Guide FALCO FAME100 Users Manual FALCO TS-2624 User's Manual V1.16 (HP emulation) FALCO 5220E Programmer's Manual
