Re: Yet another TRS-80 question

2022-04-26 Thread Fred Jan Kraan via cctalk
On 4/26/22 7:00 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote: Has anyone ever seen a TRSDOS equivalent of the CP/M LOAD command?  I have the PL/M-80 compiler running but it's output is an Intel HEX File. Works great for CP/M but I would really like to try some programs under TRSDOS.  The only other option at this

[cctalk] Re: 9-pin mini-DIN serial? (Cameron Kaiser)

2022-09-17 Thread Fred Jan Kraan via cctalk
On 9/16/22 6:37 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote: These clearly look like serial cables, but to what? The Epson PX-16 used a 9-pin mini-DIN for the serial port: https://electrickery.nl/comp/px16/px16org.html. Fred Jan

Philips Training Manual Introduction to Magnetic Disk Drives

2017-05-06 Thread Fred Jan Kraan via cctalk
Hi All, For all who missed the 1980's technical details of diskdrives or lost the details in the mean time, I just put the "Training Manual Introduction to Magnetic Disk Drives" online which Philips provided in 1987 as part of a Field Training. The rest of the documentation are technical manu

Re: Data I/O manuals FFS (steve shumaker)

2017-05-14 Thread Fred Jan Kraan via cctalk
On 14-05-17 19:00, steve shumaker g wrote: > Saved some Data I/O manuals from the dumpster when a local firm tech > pubs library closed down. Manuals are loose sheet style in original > Data I/O 3 ring binders. Except as noted, they are lightly used in > very good condition and appear to be

Re: Kryoflux or Catweasle

2017-05-25 Thread Fred Jan Kraan via cctalk
On 24 May 2017 08:28:42 -0700 Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: Mine are for specific-purpose applications, so they're not likely to be of use to anyone else. Note that I'm not interested in archiving disks, but rather getting at their content and saving that. But golly, it isn't that difficul

Re: Tandy Technical Reference Manuals

2017-07-22 Thread Fred Jan Kraan via cctalk
On 22-07-17 19:00, Alan Hightower wrote: I have several Tandy TRMs that apparently are not yet posted on-line. I just scanned in the 4000 TRM and will upload it to the tvdog archive today. Will take a few weeks to get the rest in. But in the meantime, if there are any requests, I can reshu

Computers before Information Theory

2017-09-06 Thread Fred Jan Kraan via cctalk
While reading a biography of Claude Shannon, I try to get a picture how computers were seen and used before Information Theory emerged. It might be something like this: Before Information Theory, computers were mainly calculators; processing programs from numbers put into the machine, much lik

Interest in a DiscFerret?

2019-01-09 Thread Fred Jan Kraan via cctalk
Hi Everyone, Is there any interest in a DiscFerret in good working order? If so contact me off-list. I don't have a plan yet for the case interest is >1. Fred Jan

DiscFerret found a new home.

2019-01-13 Thread Fred Jan Kraan via cctalk
Hi Everyone, The DiscFerret found a new home. I did get some questions on its usefulness, which I would address here. Indeed the software developed for it is limited to a driver and some analytical tools. But it uses the same format for flux-intervals as the CatWeasel, at different (higher) c

Re: Philips mini computers

2019-10-27 Thread Fred Jan Kraan via cctalk
Hi, Some manuals are available at: http://electrickery.xs4all.nl/comp/divcomp/doc/index.html There is a simulator (and more manuals) at: http://www.theoengel.nl/P800/p800sim.html Greetings, Fred Jan

[cctalk] Re: Wanted : Philips PSU-B3 (or -B4?) power supply for the P3800

2025-03-30 Thread Fred Jan Kraan via cctalk
Tony Duell wrote: I am working on a Philips P3800 computer, about 40 years old. It's a multiprocessor Turbodos machine, a mix of Z80's and 80186's There is some P3500/3800 documentation online, including power supplies (Netzteile) at: https://electrickery.nl/comp/divcomp/doc/index.html Not