I have done that with program listing.s from Dragon magazine. They are on my member page at club 100.
On Fri, 24 Oct 2025 at 03:23, Walt Perko <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > > > I did update the keyword list … > > > > I would be surprised if the OCR can really read all that. But, IF > somebody can get the programs up ‘n running again, I think it would be a > fun little project for people to play with. > > > > Creating the codes would be like an enigma almost. > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================================================================================== > C U L8r, °|° Walt Perko °|° "Kids ... teach them the good stuff, > and they still learn the bad stuff on their own." > > http://www.R2Pv1.com/ <http://www.r2pv1.com/> *RoboGuts™ Intelligent > content for 3D printing making S.T.E.A.M. education better, easier and more > affordable * > > > > Experiments to learn how to use various Electronic Components, Structured > Computer Programming, Phonemes for Speech &Song in any language, and Art. > > > "The World Needs a New Economic Model" > > ============================================================================================== > > [image: BillyBotAvatar-2centsStamp-c] > > Sent from the Cyber7 > > > > > > *From:* M100 *On Behalf Of *B9 > *Sent:* Thursday, October 23, 2025 10:28 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [M100] Gamewell Fire Retransmission Programs for Model 100 > computers ... > > > > Oh, that's pretty cool. I hope you put that description on the Internet > Archive page you made. I also recommend adding keywords for "Model 100", > "BASIC", and "FIREFIGHTING" to help with searches. > > As for typing it in, one of the nifty things about Internet Archive is > that it runs OCR (Optical Character Recognition) on your document, so > there's actually already a first pass of a listing. > > > https://archive.org/stream/gamewell-fire-retransmission-program-1987by-walt-perko/GamewellFireRetransmissionProgram1987byWaltPerko_djvu.txt > > Of course, all the ASCII art is a mess and there are a ton of typos — > GOSUR 100 — but there's enough that it could save significant time > transcribing. > > —b9 > > > > On October 23, 2025 8:28:13 PM PDT, Walt Perko <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > https://archive.org/details/gamewell-fire-retransmission-program-1987by-walt-perko > > > > Fire Retransmission is: > > > > There’s a fire … the building alarms go off and they alert the alarm > company … the alarm company verifies the fire while ReTransmiting the alarm > to the closest or appropriate fire station. > > > > The fire stations have these 1880 Gamewell machines that make dots on a > tape that correspond to the building address, so the fire crew knows where > to go. > > > > The digital system I wrote/made for the TRS-80 Model 100 computer allows > the alarm company people to type in the name, address etc. where the fire > is, but also sends the code via telephone lines to the fire station TRS-80 > Model 100 computer that uses the tape control signal to trigger the > Gamewell machines to print the codes at the fire station. > > > > Takes two TRS-80 Model 100 computers to complete the circuit. > > > > I hope somebody with better eyes might be able to copy the two programs in > TRS-80 Model 100 computer BASIC and post the two programs for people to > play with. Maybe email me copies for my website too. > > > > > > > > > > > ============================================================================================== > C U L8r, °|° Walt Perko °|° "Kids ... teach them the good stuff, > and they still learn the bad stuff on their own." > > http://www.R2Pv1.com/ <http://www.r2pv1.com/> *RoboGuts™ Intelligent > content for 3D printing making S.T.E.A.M. education better, easier and more > affordable * > > > > Experiments to learn how to use various Electronic Components, Structured > Computer Programming, Phonemes for Speech &Song in any language, and Art. > > > "The World Needs a New Economic Model" > > ============================================================================================== > > [image: BillyBotAvatar-2centsStamp-c] > > Sent from the Cyber7 > > > > > > *From:* M100 *On Behalf Of *B9 > *Sent:* Thursday, October 23, 2025 7:23 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [M100] Gamewell Fire Retransmission Programs for Model 100 > computers ... > > > > If it is worth preserving, I highly recommend also uploading the software > and documentation to the Internet Archive. (Archive.org). All you need to > do is create a free account. > > The Internet Archive also runs the Wayback Machine, which has already > archived brainless.org, so theoretically your files may already be saved. > > http://waybackmachine.org/brainless.org > > However, that's not a great way to preserve anything because it will be a > needle in a haystack. Creating an account and directly uploading will let > you add in the keywords and other metadata so that people will actually > find your programs when they search. > > What is "Fire Retransmission"? > > --b9 > > P.S. here's an example of what software preserved on the Internet Archive > looks like: > https://archive.org/details/node-datapac-rom > > > > On October 23, 2025 4:01:14 PM PDT, Walt Perko <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Back in the 1980s I wrote these programs to be the first digital fire > retransmission system for Bay Alarm Co. in Oakland, CA. > > > https://www.brainless.org/MultiMedia/Documents/GamewellFireRetransmissionProgram1987byWaltPerko.doc > > > > Modern hobby stuff (Arduino, PICAXE, Raspberry Pi etc.) can be used to > make a miniature Gamewell receiver. > > > > It would be nice to see something like that setup in a museum somewhere > and surely, the software should be preserved besides on my website which > will probably go away after I die. > > > > Maybe somebody can post it to the Club100.org too? > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================================================================================== > C U L8r, °|° Walt Perko °|° "Kids ... teach them the good stuff, > and they still learn the bad stuff on their own." > > http://www.R2Pv1.com/ <http://www.r2pv1.com/> *RoboGuts™ Intelligent > content for 3D printing making S.T.E.A.M. education better, easier and more > affordable * > > > > Experiments to learn how to use various Electronic Components, Structured > Computer Programming, Phonemes for Speech &Song in any language, and Art. > > > "The World Needs a New Economic Model" > > ============================================================================================== > > [image: BillyBotAvatar-2centsStamp-c] > > Sent from the Cyber7 > > > > > >
