Looks like the current emesystems.com is the same guy today, or at least his family.
http://www.emesystems.com/owl2pe/overview.html http://www.emesystems.com/owl3pro/overview.html http://www.emesystems.com/about.html On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 2:12 PM, Ken Pettit <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Brian, > > That is an interesting find. Makes me wonder what things people will dig > up 50, 100 or even 1000 years from now and say "Hmm, wonder what this was > for?" > > Ken > > > On 6/19/17 8:19 AM, Brian White wrote: > > Encountered an odd one this weekend. A custom option rom that says HOOT.BA > on it's label, and uses the *elegant* EME Systems 27C256 option rom > adapter. > > When you run it (using either the 2 lines on the label or the standard > "CALL 63012") It launches into some program, but doesn't leave any .co or > .ba installed in the main menu. It does leave a couple of .do, but they > seem to be data for the program, not documents. > > Reading the various strings in the rom, it seems to be some kind of > weather monitoring util. It mentions something called OWL or OWL2 a lot, > looks like it has support to use a RAMPAC, and connects to something on a > pc via serial cable (called an owl cable), and can dial up something with > the modem and upload something via xmodem, which in turn implies there's an > xmodem implementation in there somewhere. > > It looks like a very special-purpose thing, that's for sure. > > I dumped the rom and disassembled the package to get some clear pics of > the EME adapter. > > ROM > https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0Bys6eLbSbYyhdTFIR2ZXNENrRkE > > EME adapter > https://goo.gl/photos/AaqKUGoY6oGEZdxM6 > > -- > bkw > > >
