On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 03:35:50PM +0200, Michael Engel wrote:
>
> Before I start to disassemble and test the machines, I would be interested
> to hear about specific problems you might have experienced bringing up one
> of these two machines, preferably those on the unexpected side.
>
I
Another update on the Explorer mouse...
> On 14 Sep 2020, at 21:39, Michael Engel via cctech
> wrote:
>
> So it should be easy to build one in case I can't find the original one. It
> seems that there was
> also a later non-optical mouse version that looked similar to early Genius PC
> mice.
Hi Josh,
whow, seems it's my lucky day :) - thanks a lot for the offer!
> On 14 Sep 2020, at 18:00, Josh Dersch wrote:
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> I've restored a Star/1108 (and wrote a Star emulator) and am in the middle of
> an Explorer restoration, I'm happy to help out where I can.
>
> I'd recommend picking up
Regarding the mouse- it is a black Mouse Systems optical mouse, terminated in a
two row IDC connector.
If desired, I can take internal pictures and send along the pinout. Let me know.
> On Sep 14, 2020, at 09:01, Josh Dersch via cctech
> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 6:35 AM Michael
Hi,
thanks Ian - I think I found the pinout, it was hidden in TI's Display Unit
General Description
(http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ti/explorer/2243151-0001A_displ_Jun86.pdf), Fig. 4-6
- not in the
Field Service Manual where I expected it...
The mouse has a simple quadrature-encoded output (like
On 9/14/20 9:00 AM, Josh Dersch via cctech wrote:
One issue is weak picture
tubes in the displays -- the monitors are powered on with the system and
have no separate off switch, so they tended to get a lot of hours put on
them. We had good luck with a tube rejuvenator on the one we restored at
On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 6:35 AM Michael Engel via cctech <
cctech@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> for a planned exhibition, I am thinking of restoring two of the machines
> to working state again that are in storage here for decades:
>
> - A TI Explorer ("Sperry" labeled)
> and
> - A Xerox Star
On 9/14/20 6:35 AM, Michael Engel via cctech wrote:
Hi,
for a planned exhibition, I am thinking of restoring two of the machines to
working state again that are in storage here for decades:
- A TI Explorer ("Sperry" labeled)
and
- A Xerox Star (no idea if ours actually ran Interlisp or one of
Hi,
for a planned exhibition, I am thinking of restoring two of the machines
to working state again that are in storage here for decades:
- A TI Explorer ("Sperry" labeled)
and
- A Xerox Star (no idea if ours actually ran Interlisp or one of the
other OSes for the Star/Dandelion)
There is
