[cctalk] Re: 9-pin mini-DIN serial? (Cameron Kaiser)

On 9/16/22 6:37 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote: These clearly look like serial cables, but to what? The Epson PX-16 used a 9-pin mini-DIN for the serial port: https://electrickery.nl/comp/px16/px16org.html. Fred Jan

Re: Yet another TRS-80 question

On 4/26/22 7:00 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote: Has anyone ever seen a TRSDOS equivalent of the CP/M LOAD command?  I have the PL/M-80 compiler running but it's output is an Intel HEX File. Works great for CP/M but I would really like to try some programs under TRSDOS.  The only other option at this

Re: Philips mini computers

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

Interest in a DiscFerret?

Hi Everyone, Is there any interest in a DiscFerret in good working order? If so contact me off-list. I don't have a plan yet for the case interest is >1. Fred Jan

Computers before Information Theory

While reading a biography of Claude Shannon, I try to get a picture how computers were seen and used before Information Theory emerged. It might be something like this: Before Information Theory, computers were mainly calculators; processing programs from numbers put into the machine, much

Re: Tandy Technical Reference Manuals

On 22-07-17 19:00, Alan Hightower wrote: I have several Tandy TRMs that apparently are not yet posted on-line. I just scanned in the 4000 TRM and will upload it to the tvdog archive today. Will take a few weeks to get the rest in. But in the meantime, if there are any

Re: Kryoflux or Catweasle

On 24 May 2017 08:28:42 -0700 Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: Mine are for specific-purpose applications, so they're not likely to be of use to anyone else. Note that I'm not interested in archiving disks, but rather getting at their content and saving that. But

Re: Data I/O manuals FFS (steve shumaker)

On 14-05-17 19:00, steve shumaker g wrote: > Saved some Data I/O manuals from the dumpster when a local firm tech > pubs library closed down. Manuals are loose sheet style in original > Data I/O 3 ring binders. Except as noted, they are lightly used in > very good

Philips Training Manual Introduction to Magnetic Disk Drives

Hi All, For all who missed the 1980's technical details of diskdrives or lost the details in the mean time, I just put the "Training Manual Introduction to Magnetic Disk Drives" online which Philips provided in 1987 as part of a Field Training. The rest of the documentation are technical