I believe the OWL hardware & firmware were done by Tracy Allen at EME Systems. A polite request to Dr. Allen for info
might get a response. [email protected] ... On 6/19/17, 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 <http://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 > >
