Re: Herbert Schildt C code from books

2020-08-27 Thread 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

Re: Herbert Schildt C code from books

2020-08-27 Thread 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. > >

michael Holley?

2020-08-27 Thread jwest--- via cctalk
Anyone have good contact info for Michael Holley?

RE: Herbert Schildt C code from books

2020-08-27 Thread 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...

2020-08-27 Thread 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 >

Re: Herbert Schildt C code from books

2020-08-27 Thread John Ames via cctalk
He shoulda stuck to being the keyboardist for Starcastle; he was actually good at that!

Re: More interesting stuff

2020-08-27 Thread 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

2020-08-27 Thread 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

Scientific Micro Systems driver

2020-08-27 Thread 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:

RE: CYCLOID faceplate for Altair computer...

2020-08-27 Thread 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'

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

2020-08-27 Thread 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.

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

2020-08-27 Thread 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,

Re: Herbert Schildt C code from books

2020-08-27 Thread 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 C code from books

2020-08-27 Thread 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