The ROMBO adapters are fabulous. It's very easy to replace an old ROM and put
in a new one with their adapter.
On Monday, June 19, 2017 1:32 PM, Lee Olivares <[email protected]> wrote:
EME was also responsible for the ROMBO adapters, or was it MOMBO?
On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 1:04 PM, John Gardner <[email protected]> wrote:
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.
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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
>
>
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