Re: Midwest Scientific Instruments 6800

2016-08-02 Thread Chris Elmquist
zon)" says he was the designer of the MSI 6800. Maybe he can be tracked down? Good luck. It's a nice system. Chris > Original message > From: Chris Elmquist > Date: 2016-08-01 8:14 PM (GMT-08:00) > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and

Re: Midwest Scientific Instruments 6800

2016-08-01 Thread Brad H
pped down. Sent from my Samsung device Original message From: Chris Elmquist Date: 2016-08-01 8:14 PM (GMT-08:00) To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" , Brad H Subject: Re: Midwest Scientific Instruments 6800 I have all kinds of SWTPC 6800

Re: Midwest Scientific Instruments 6800

2016-08-01 Thread Chris Elmquist
I have all kinds of SWTPC 6800 stuff here and I think I recognize your floppy controller as a PERCOM LFD-400 board. These are somewhat unique because they are built around a sync USART (S2650) and use 10-hole hard-sector floppy media (just like Heath H17 and Northstar systems). Can you see any

Re: Midwest Scientific Instruments 6800

2016-08-01 Thread william degnan
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 3:06 PM, Brad H wrote: > > > I had thought of locating original MIKBUG roms but can't tell for sure if > it would work. The system has four EROM sockets and they are all > occupied.. first two by this WEEBUG thing. > Finding SWTPC ROMs would be difficult. I am getting an

Re: Midwest Scientific Instruments 6800

2016-08-01 Thread Brad H
neral Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Subject: Re: Midwest Scientific Instruments 6800 COSAM sells new reproductions for SWTPc btw. On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:57 PM, william degnan wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Christian Liendo > wrote: > >> Sho

Re: Midwest Scientific Instruments 6800

2016-08-01 Thread william degnan
COSAM sells new reproductions for SWTPc btw. On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:57 PM, william degnan wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Christian Liendo > wrote: > >> Shout right back! I have one but I haven't really played with it. >> >> On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 1:32 PM, Brad H >> wrote: >> >

Re: Midwest Scientific Instruments 6800

2016-08-01 Thread william degnan
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Christian Liendo wrote: > Shout right back! I have one but I haven't really played with it. > > On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 1:32 PM, Brad H > wrote: > > Just thought I'd send out another shout out to anyone who might have one > of these or is familiar with them. > I

Re: Midwest Scientific Instruments 6800

2016-08-01 Thread Christian Liendo
Shout right back! I have one but I haven't really played with it. On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 1:32 PM, Brad H wrote: > Just thought I'd send out another shout out to anyone who might have one of > these or is familiar with them.

Midwest Scientific Instruments 6800

2016-08-01 Thread Brad H
Just thought I'd send out another shout out to anyone who might have one of these or is familiar with them.  I've had this a while but have not really been able to use it, lacking a boot disk.  It also doesn't have the standard MSIBUG ROM.  I'm hoping maybe someone out there knows how I could pr