Re: Herbert Schildt C code from books

[John Ames via cctalk]

I don't know how well-known they were in their day; I only discovered
them around a decade ago, while digging into lesser-known
progressive-rock groups. Definitely a nice little treat, though -
people who gave them crap for sounding a lot like Yes weren't wrong,
but they had enough going on to be worth listening to nonetheless.

On 8/27/20, jw...@classiccmp.org  wrote:
> I thought starcastle was mostly a Saint Louis area thing. Lady of the Lake
> is on my playlist.
>
> -Original Message-
>>He shoulda stuck to being the keyboardist for Starcastle; he was actually
>> good at that!
>
>
>

Re: Herbert Schildt C code from books

[Zane Healy via cctalk]

I rather thought that Starcastle was simply an awesome video game, and it’s one 
of my favorite Atari 2600 cartridges.

Zane



> On Aug 27, 2020, at 4:02 PM, jwest--- via cctalk  
> wrote:
> 
> I thought starcastle was mostly a Saint Louis area thing. Lady of the Lake is 
> on my playlist.
> 
> -Original Message-
>> He shoulda stuck to being the keyboardist for Starcastle; he was actually 
>> good at that!
> 
> 

michael Holley?

[jwest--- via cctalk]

Anyone have good contact info for Michael Holley?

RE: Herbert Schildt C code from books

[jwest--- via cctalk]

I thought starcastle was mostly a Saint Louis area thing. Lady of the Lake is 
on my playlist.

-Original Message-
>He shoulda stuck to being the keyboardist for Starcastle; he was actually good 
>at that!

Re: CYCLOID faceplate for Altair computer...

[Bill Degnan via cctalk]

Wow, some sleuthing.  I love those old classified pages
Bill

On Thu, Aug 27, 2020, 5:20 PM William Sudbrink via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> Finally found it:
>
>
>
>
> https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1977/Poptronics-1977-03
> .pdf
> 
>
>
>
> Bottom of page 116 (PDF page 108)
>
>
>
> From: William Sudbrink [mailto:wh.sudbr...@verizon.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 5:53 PM
> To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
> Subject: CYCLOID faceplate for Altair computer...
>
>
>
> I seem to remember this being discussed many years ago, but I can't find
> it.
>
>
>
> Anyway,  there's an Altair on epay right now with a CYCLOID faceplate.
>
> If I remember correctly, this is just a replacement plastic insert that was
>
> sold simply to "freshen up" an Altair where the original had worn badly,
>
> as so many did.  I've done a fair amount of searching but I can't find an
>
> ad or other reference to the product.  Does anyone recall the time period?
>
> I would assume it was at least a couple of years after the introduction of
>
> the Altair. 78 or 79?  A pointer to an advertisement or one of those "new
>
> product" paragraphs that many of the magazines did back then would be
>
> most helpful.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill S.
>
>
>
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Re: Herbert Schildt C code from books

[John Ames via cctalk]

He shoulda stuck to being the keyboardist for Starcastle; he was
actually good at that!

Re: More interesting stuff

[Douglas Taylor via cctalk]

On 8/26/2020 7:11 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctech wrote:



Found a few other items that might be of interest to someone.

Two DEC Mice VS10X-EA Rev A3

DEC Joystick Model H3060

bill


Where did you see the H3060 Joystick?

Doug

Re: Scientific Micro Systems driver

[Zane Healy via cctalk]

On Aug 27, 2020, at 1:24 PM, Douglas Taylor via cctech  
wrote:
> 
> 
> All;
> 
> SMS made disk controller systems that used their own device driver, seemed to 
> be an enhanced DY (RX02) driver.  Does anyone have the driver/formatting 
> software?
> 
> The model I have is FWD 0106 and is described in bitsavers:
> 
> http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/sms/brochures/SMS_FWD0106,1106_Flyer_Aug82.pdf
> 
> Doug


I’ve never seen it.  I used to have two SMS-1000’s, one had a 5.25” floppy, the 
other an 8”.  The disk controllers were part of why I sold them, the other is I 
found someone that needed them for production systems, and paid $$$’s. :-)  The 
two I had had the dual height /73 boards without boot ROMs or SLU’s.  As part 
of the deal, I got a quad-height /73 board, fully loaded. :-)

Zane

Scientific Micro Systems driver

[Douglas Taylor via cctalk]

All;

SMS made disk controller systems that used their own device driver, 
seemed to be an enhanced DY (RX02) driver.  Does anyone have the 
driver/formatting software?


The model I have is FWD 0106 and is described in bitsavers:

http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/sms/brochures/SMS_FWD0106,1106_Flyer_Aug82.pdf

Doug

RE: CYCLOID faceplate for Altair computer...

[William Sudbrink via cctalk]

Finally found it:

 

https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1977/Poptronics-1977-03
.pdf

 

Bottom of page 116 (PDF page 108)

 

From: William Sudbrink [mailto:wh.sudbr...@verizon.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 5:53 PM
To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
Subject: CYCLOID faceplate for Altair computer...

 

I seem to remember this being discussed many years ago, but I can't find it.

 

Anyway,  there's an Altair on epay right now with a CYCLOID faceplate.

If I remember correctly, this is just a replacement plastic insert that was

sold simply to "freshen up" an Altair where the original had worn badly,

as so many did.  I've done a fair amount of searching but I can't find an

ad or other reference to the product.  Does anyone recall the time period?

I would assume it was at least a couple of years after the introduction of

the Altair. 78 or 79?  A pointer to an advertisement or one of those "new

product" paragraphs that many of the magazines did back then would be

most helpful.

 

Thanks,

Bill S.



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Re: Buying and running an IBM PC-XT in 2020

[Richard Cini via cctalk]

There are a few 8-bit VGA boards with dual outputs (9-pin EGA and 15-pin VGA) 
that I keep in stock. Quadram makes them. That way I can use either the VGA on 
my KVM setup or a vintage monitor. I’ve also stockpiled various ISA cards like 
MFM, SCSI and memory expansion like BocaRAM or AboveBoard.

In my AT, I have a Quadram board, BocaRAM (2MB) and an Adapted AHA-1522. Works 
great.

Get Outlook for iOS

From: cctalk  on behalf of Jeffrey S. Worley via 
cctalk 
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2020 9:32:28 AM
To: cctalk@classiccmp.org 
Subject: Re: Buying and running an IBM PC-XT in 2020

I decided to get a tvga8900 for mine, as fiddling with 15khz ttl is
just too flaky and problemmatic.  Having a real cga/ega monitor would
be cool if I could justify the cost and the space, but a native fix is
an isa vga card so that's my solution.  I'm refurbing a 5170 for use as
an imaging tool, ISA tester, etc.
Best,
Jeff


Message: 23
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 10:20:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ethan O'Toole 
To: Bill Degnan ,  "General Discussion: On-Topic
and Off-Topic Posts" 
Subject: Re: Buying and running an IBM PC-XT in 2020
Message-ID: 
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed

> I delivered in a truck to the set up in Quebec the 20 IBM XTs that
you see
> in the movie Xmen the Apocalypse.  I retrieved them after the
filming.  I
> could set up an office or classroom of XTs.  A funny if not
impractical
> practical joke
> B

That is awesome!

--
: Ethan O'Toole

Re: Buying and running an IBM PC-XT in 2020

[Jeffrey S. Worley via cctalk]

I decided to get a tvga8900 for mine, as fiddling with 15khz ttl is
just too flaky and problemmatic.  Having a real cga/ega monitor would
be cool if I could justify the cost and the space, but a native fix is
an isa vga card so that's my solution.  I'm refurbing a 5170 for use as
an imaging tool, ISA tester, etc.
Best,
Jeff


Message: 23
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 10:20:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ethan O'Toole 
To: Bill Degnan ,  "General Discussion: On-Topic
and Off-Topic Posts" 
Subject: Re: Buying and running an IBM PC-XT in 2020
Message-ID: 
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed

> I delivered in a truck to the set up in Quebec the 20 IBM XTs that
you see
> in the movie Xmen the Apocalypse.  I retrieved them after the
filming.  I
> could set up an office or classroom of XTs.  A funny if not
impractical
> practical joke
> B

That is awesome!

--
: Ethan O'Toole

Re: Herbert Schildt C code from books

[Peter Corlett via cctalk]

On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 07:11:05AM +, Randy Dawson via cctalk wrote:
[...]
> I hope you say no, because I will probably learn more by keying in the code
> in the text, and finding my errors.

The errors in the code will not be yours. You will learn more by throwing
everything written by Herbert Schildt into the recycling and getting some
decent books written by somebody who isn't a Dunning-Kruger case. I occasionaly
hear him referred to as "Herbert Shit". His books have negative value, except
perhaps as firelighters.

Here are a couple of critiques of some of his other works which do not pull
their punches:

http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/schildt.html
https://www.seebs.net/c/c_tcn4e.html

Herbert Schildt C code from books

[Randy Dawson via cctalk]

A wild guess that maybe some on the group may have these files.

I bought the books from abe books,  a few dollar's each. They are (vintage 
80-90's) but of course the code floppy disks are not there.

Did anybody keep these files?

The Art of C
The Craft of C
C Power Users Guide

I hope you say no, because I will probably learn more by keying in the code in 
the text, and finding my errors.

Randy