excellent post.
mcl
Anyone here using (or have used) a C-64 with the venerable Epyx FastLoad
cartridge? I'm running into a VERY annoying bug, and would like to know
what if anything is known about it.
Bug works like this..
Use the FL "$" command to display the disk directory. Immediately after,
try to save a program
"wmachacek" wrote:
Subject: Control Data 160
I have a CDC "160 Computer Programming Manual" that I obtained many years
ago when I was working with CDC equipment. This manual caught my eye and I
squirreled it away since we were using the 160-A computers not the 160s.
This manual has a publicatio
Need the following items for an ex-Bell System Model 15 TTY:
Keycaps - F K L C V B N with punctuation symbols, rather than fractions. I
have a set with fractions to sell or swap.
Keycaps - CARR RET and NULL (blank). These are missing.
Platen crank - This is missing.
Think that's all for now.
At 12:31 PM 9/12/2015, Charles wrote:
Update: The first thing I tried was removing and reseating the boot
ROMs (465A2/469A2), since they did not use good machine-tooled sockets.
Now the boot loader performs normally, no incorrect locations, and
OS/8 boots from Drive 0 whether using the boot key
As previously posted, reseating the boot ROMs in their sockets cured the
corrupted boot loader issue. Got lucky there :)
In my system there are two RL02 drives. I will call them "Top" and "Bottom"
here, after their physical locations.
I put the OS/8 pack that had been acting strangely in the bo
On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 12:22:50PM -0500, Jon Elson wrote:
> Any pictures of this?
I'll forward this email to my contact at Rice.
mcl
On 9/12/2015 10:08 AM, Charles wrote:
So, either something is corrupting the bus, or the memory is bad.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if I got this right, you wrote the boot
code by hand into memory, single-stepped it, and after a while, you had
bad contents in memory.
Now, execution here woul
On 09/12/2015 12:58 AM, Randy Dawson wrote:
Yep, that was the place - I can't remember their name, I think they were the
Autocad rep, and carried a few complementary lines like plotters.
The R1 was laying down on some stands, like a coffee table, plexi cover so you
could set your drinks on it a
So, either something is corrupting the bus, or the memory is bad.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if I got this right, you wrote the boot
code by hand into memory, single-stepped it, and after a while, you had
bad contents in memory.
Now, execution here would only be reading from memory, and not wr
On 2015-09-12 17:23, Charles wrote:
Since the computer doesn't mind doing boring, repetitive tasks, I set
the 11/23+ to yet again remaking the bootable RL02 pack (3 hrs at 9600
baud while I did other things).
Plunked it in (without the programmer's panel connected), hit the boot
switch on the lim
Update: The first thing I tried was removing and reseating the boot ROMs
(465A2/469A2), since they did not use good machine-tooled sockets.
Now the boot loader performs normally, no incorrect locations, and OS/8
boots from Drive 0 whether using the boot key or manual start at 0001.
Great!
So o
Since the computer doesn't mind doing boring, repetitive tasks, I set the
11/23+ to yet again remaking the bootable RL02 pack (3 hrs at 9600 baud
while I did other things).
Plunked it in (without the programmer's panel connected), hit the boot
switch on the limited function panel, and it fired r
On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 10:58:38PM -0700, Randy Dawson wrote:
> One of the Texas Microsystems founders (and a Rice alum) got possession
Both were Rice alums :-) Working for them on the other side of the
building was my summer job in college. They were ... characters.
Probably Mike donated it.
Hi,
Hmm. russian carsds. sounds interesting. I'm certainly interested in
their looks. could you post a scan of one of them?
On 12-09-15 10:36, GerardCJAT wrote:
Shall I understand that some of you guys, are looking for blank punch/punched
cards ??
I have about a hundred ( here in Franc
On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 12:59:01PM -0700, W2HX wrote:
> Some items that might be of interest
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Vintage-Bendix-G-15-Mainframe-Computer-Circuit-Board-Tester-/262042248871?hash=item3d02ef66a7
Yes, it would be, but not at that price. Ouch :-)
mcl
On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 12:41 PM, GerardCJAT wrote:
> HOW OFTEN theses old PROM fail ??
Note that some bipolar PROMs suffer from fuse regrowth, where bits
that have been programmed gradually revert to an unprogrammed state.
This was a big problem with NiCr fuses. Later bipolar PROMs used
differe
Shall I understand that some of you guys, are looking for blank punch/punched
cards ??
I have about a hundred ( here in France !! )
Let me know if this can help.
These came from ex Soviet Union, and, as far as I can tell, they "fell and
taste" like original IBM cards
that was used to "pl
Can I beg to differ, having had a quick play with Azure I quite like "cloud"
solutions.
However they usually don't deliver what managers expect as usually it is only
the hardware that’s in the cloud.
You don't get the Systems Admin done for you. You will often have to back it
up. Worse still it
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