Re: TRS-80 curiosity

On 4/14/17, 4:36 PM, "cctalk on behalf of Bill Gunshannon via cctalk" wrote: > > >From: Camiel Vanderhoeven [camiel.vanderhoe...@vmssoftware.com] > > >Does it look like the cable in this

Re: TRS-80 curiosity

On 4/14/17, 2:31 PM, "cctech on behalf of Bill Gunshannon via cctech" wrote: > >OK. I just opend the little plastic box. > >It isn't shown, but I assume the end of the cable is a female >edge connector. Your other end is a male

Re: TRS-80 curiosity

On 15/04/2017, at 1:45 AM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > I had thought that both ends of the Screen printer cable would be 40 pin, > That's why I had speculated on Model 3. > But I never spent $599 for one. > (instead, I struggled with interfacing a DTC-300 HyType 1

RE: TRS-80 curiosity

On Fri, 14 Apr 2017, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: Well, I don'c consider something passive (having only inert parts) to be similar to a device with active parts, but that's just my opinion. :-) dissimilar designs can be done for functionally compatible systems. Mine is 40 pin to 50

RE: TRS-80 curiosity

From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Fred Cisin via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Friday, April 14, 2017 10:54 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: TRS-80 curiosity On Fri, 14 Apr 2017, Bill

RE: TRS-80 curiosity

From: Peter Cetinski [p...@pski.net] Sent: Friday, April 14, 2017 10:46 AM To: Bill Gunshannon; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: TRS-80 curiosity On Apr 14, 2017, at 10:36 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.

Re: TRS-80 curiosity

On Fri, 14 Apr 2017, Peter Cetinski wrote: Lot’s of 3rd party devices that connected to the bus appeared soon thereafter. A few interesting ones I have other than the Voice Synthesizer and the Vox Box Those were sold under the Radio Shack name. There were also some similar and better ones

Re: TRS-80 curiosity

> On Apr 14, 2017, at 11:15 AM, Fred Cisin via cctalk > wrote: > > On Fri, 14 Apr 2017, Peter Cetinski via cctalk wrote: >> The EI expansion port was originally called the Screen Printer port because >> that was the only accessory that connected directly to the TRS-80

Re: TRS-80 curiosity

On Fri, 14 Apr 2017, Peter Cetinski via cctalk wrote: The EI expansion port was originally called the Screen Printer port because that was the only accessory that connected directly to the TRS-80 bus. Originally. Later, the Voice Output device (repackaged Votrax?) used the bus connector.

Re: TRS-80 curiosity

On Fri, 14 Apr 2017, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: The PC board shows two resistors and two transistors. Mine has four resistors and two disk capacitors. Obviously not even similar. Possibly very similar, Have you counted the pin numbers to determine which traces the parts are connected

Re: TRS-80 curiosity

> On Apr 14, 2017, at 10:36 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk > wrote > > Sorry, I didn't see any cable in that item. Just an extremely overpriced > printer. > > Or should I say firestarter? > > bill > Here's the pic of the cable http://imgur.com/UhvJ2Ed

RE: TRS-80 curiosity

From: Camiel Vanderhoeven [camiel.vanderhoe...@vmssoftware.com] Does it look like the cable in this eBay listing: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Radio-Shack-TRS-80-Screen-Printer-26-1151-w-Sealed- Paper-Manual-EXTREMELY-RARE-/201867426619?

Re: TRS-80 curiosity

On Apr 14, 2017, at 9:11 AM, Kelly Leavitt via cctalk wrote: > >> On another note, the box is labeled "To EI Screen Printer Port". >> Not sure what that means as the EI has a "Line Printer Card Edge" >> and not something specific to the Screen Printer. > > Well, that

RE: TRS-80 curiosity

-Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Bill Gunshannon via cctalk Sent: Friday, April 14, 2017 8:32 AM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: TRS-80 curiosity > On 4/13/2017 9:07 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: >>> Model I Hard

Re: TRS-80 curiosity

On 4/13/2017 9:07 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: >>> Model I Hard Disk Adapter (40 to 50 pin): >>> http://prof-80.fr/interface-hd-modele-1-n-26-1132 > On Fri, 14 Apr 2017, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: >> Nope, it's none of those. > > Can you describe in what ways it differs? OK. I just

Re: TRS-80 curiosity

Model I Hard Disk Adapter (40 to 50 pin): http://prof-80.fr/interface-hd-modele-1-n-26-1132 On Fri, 14 Apr 2017, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: Nope, it's none of those. Can you describe in what ways it differs?

Re: TRS-80 curiosity

On 4/12/2017 10:13 PM, Scott Kevill via cctalk wrote: > Descriptions are in French, but Google Translate works well enough. > > Model I Buffered EI Cable (40 to 40 pin): > http://prof-80.fr/carte-tandy-1700077-c/buffered-ei-cable >

Re: TRS-80 curiosity

On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 10:13 PM, Scott Kevill via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Descriptions are in French, but Google Translate works well enough. > > Model I Buffered EI Cable (40 to 40 pin): > http://prof-80.fr/carte-tandy-1700077-c/buffered-ei-cable >

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Descriptions are in French, but Google Translate works well enough. Model I Buffered EI Cable (40 to 40 pin): http://prof-80.fr/carte-tandy-1700077-c/buffered-ei-cable http://prof-80.fr/carte-tandy-1700077-c/buffered-ei-cable/prototype-buffer-expansion (Schematics and Gerbers available) Model I

Re: TRS-80 curiosity

On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 8:15 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: of which I don't know. It is a 40 pin to 50 pin ribbon cable with a black box connecting them that is labeled TANDY. I know of nothing the Tandy made that used a 50 pin connector other than a

Re: TRS-80 curiosity

> > So, I just picked up an MISE from Bartlett Labs (cause I really liked > > the M3SE I had) and decided to revive one of my TRS-80 MOdel I's. > > In my box of "stuff" I found an interesting ribbon cable the function > > of which I don't know.  It is a 40 pin to 50 pin ribbon cable with a > >

Re: TRS-80 curiosity

of which I don't know. It is a 40 pin to 50 pin ribbon cable with a black box connecting them that is labeled TANDY. I know of nothing the Tandy made that used a 50 pin connector other than a hard disk. On Wed, 12 Apr 2017, Parent Allison via cctalk wrote: Maybe... The only device I know of

Re: TRS-80 curiosity

On Apr 12, 2017, at 11:45 AM, Alexandre Souza via cctalk wrote: > That cable had the same connector on both ends and labels! The later version added a pair of cables with 5pin connectors. Later they redesigned the EI to work right as the early versions were

Re: TRS-80 curiosity

On Apr 12, 2017, at 11:31 AM, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote: > On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 3:51 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk > wrote: >> >> So, I just picked up an MISE from Bartlett Labs (cause I really liked >> the M3SE I had) and decided to revive

Re: TRS-80 curiosity

On 4/12/2017 11:45 AM, Alexandre Souza wrote: > Isn't this the buffered expansion cable? > No, the buffered Expansion Interface cable is 40 pin to 40 pin and very short. This is 3 feet long which would be a disaster for the EI. :-) bill

Re: TRS-80 curiosity

Isn't this the buffered expansion cable? 2017-04-12 12:31 GMT-03:00 Tony Duell via cctalk : > On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 3:51 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk > wrote: > > > > So, I just picked up an MISE from Bartlett Labs (cause I really liked > > the

Re: TRS-80 curiosity

On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 3:51 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > So, I just picked up an MISE from Bartlett Labs (cause I really liked > the M3SE I had) and decided to revive one of my TRS-80 MOdel I's. > In my box of "stuff" I found an interesting ribbon cable the

TRS-80 curiosity

So, I just picked up an MISE from Bartlett Labs (cause I really liked the M3SE I had) and decided to revive one of my TRS-80 MOdel I's. In my box of "stuff" I found an interesting ribbon cable the function of which I don't know. It is a 40 pin to 50 pin ribbon cable with a black box connecting