Re: Philips mini computers

2019-10-27 Thread Fred Jan Kraan via cctalk
Hi, Some manuals are available at: http://electrickery.xs4all.nl/comp/divcomp/doc/index.html There is a simulator (and more manuals) at: http://www.theoengel.nl/P800/p800sim.html Greetings, Fred Jan

Re: Philips mini computers

2019-10-27 Thread nico de jong via cctalk
On 2019-10-27 15:56, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: On Sat, 26 Oct 2019, jos wrote: On software side not much : a single cassette with Fortran & manuals. That is also the problem with our P856, I have a single-density FDC with floppy drives but no floppy based operating system.

Re: Philips mini computers

2019-10-27 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
On Sat, 26 Oct 2019, jos wrote: On software side not much : a single cassette with Fortran & manuals. That is also the problem with our P856, I have a single-density FDC with floppy drives but no floppy based operating system. Christian

Re: Coleco & Atari

2019-10-27 Thread Zane Healy via cctalk
> On Oct 27, 2019, at 6:34 AM, Murray McCullough via cctalk > wrote: > > I came across an old copy of Popular Science on yesterday, forthwith I know > not how, that had a story of two vintage/old/retro/classic-computers. How > old? 1983. Coleco ADAM, my favourite, and Atari 600XL, not so

Re: Philips mini computers

2019-10-27 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Oct 27, 2019, at 9:15 AM, nico de jong via cctalk > wrote: > > The Honeywell does not look like a P800, and to the best of my knowledge > Philips (with one L) did their own development in the mini sector. > > However, I do know that for example one of their text processing systems,

Re: Philips mini computers

2019-10-27 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Oct 27, 2019, at 9:25 AM, Dennis Boone via cctalk > wrote: > > The Philips P92xx series was the rebadged x16 stuff. Yes, that's what I understood as well. But others are not. The PR8000 is a quite distinct design; I hope that at some point more documentation will materialize. I

Coleco & Atari

2019-10-27 Thread Murray McCullough via cctalk
I came across an old copy of Popular Science on yesterday, forthwith I know not how, that had a story of two vintage/old/retro/classic-computers. How old? 1983. Coleco ADAM, my favourite, and Atari 600XL, not so much. I still have my ADAM. No not why. But isn’t this why we all belong to

Re: Philips mini computers

2019-10-27 Thread Dennis Boone via cctalk
The Philips P92xx series was the rebadged x16 stuff. De

Re: Philips mini computers

2019-10-27 Thread nico de jong via cctalk
The Honeywell does not look like a P800, and to the best of my knowledge Philips (with one L) did their own development in the mini sector. However, I do know that for example one of their text processing systems, one in the P5000 range (the P5001?), was a rebadged Canadiann system, Alas, the

Re: Philips mini computers

2019-10-27 Thread nico de jong via cctalk
Yes, I know of Vaxbarn. I have copied many of Camiels manuals, and he has copied a lot of mine. I visited him and his lovely wife a few years ago. Very agreeable people (and nice kids...) I know about the P1000, but I've never seen one "on the flesh". When I started to work for Philips Data

Re: Philips mini computers

2019-10-27 Thread nico de jong via cctalk
Yes, exactly. Do you have the manuals in a mailable version? Cheers Nico On 2019-10-26 21:30, Adrian Stoness via cctalk wrote: mean like this https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x795q90/r/922/b5tczU.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x533q90/r/922/XYBanl.jpg

Re: Philips mini computers

2019-10-27 Thread nico de jong via cctalk
On 2019-10-26 20:13, jos via cctalk wrote: On 26.10.19 11:00, nico de jong via cctech wrote: Hi all, Back in the 70's and 80's Philips had a quite popular series of mini computers called P800, which also branched out to the PTS series and possibly other. Could I be lucky to find other

Re: Philips mini computers

2019-10-27 Thread nico de jong via cctalk
On 2019-10-26 20:01, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote: On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 6:53 PM nico de jong via cctalk wrote: In order to test things, I've developped a simulator and assembler for the P857, although without floating point and I/O processor, as I have no documentation for that, so maybe

Re: Philips mini computers

2019-10-27 Thread nico de jong via cctalk
No, we are not. The P800 series used a card format, the name of which escapes me at the momen, but I believe it started with an M. The only experience with Philips computers, other then the P800 series, is the P2000. It was marketed by Philips Austria, and was a pre-PC system. I believe there