Re: [M100] HOOT.BA on rom

2017-06-19 Thread Kurt McCullum
The ROMBO adapters are fabulous. It's very easy to replace an old ROM and put in a new one with their adapter. On Monday, June 19, 2017 1:32 PM, Lee Olivares wrote: EME was also responsible for the ROMBO adapters, or was it MOMBO? On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 1:04 PM,

Re: [M100] HOOT.BA on rom

2017-06-19 Thread Lee Olivares
EME was also responsible for the ROMBO adapters, or was it MOMBO? On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 1:04 PM, John Gardner wrote: > I believe the OWL hardware & firmware were done by Tracy > > Allen at EME Systems. A polite request to Dr. Allen for info > > might get a response. > >

Re: [M100] HOOT.BA on rom

2017-06-19 Thread John Gardner
I believe the OWL hardware & firmware were done by Tracy Allen at EME Systems. A polite request to Dr. Allen for info might get a response. i...@emesystems.com ... On 6/19/17, Ken Pettit wrote: > Hi Brian, > > That is an interesting find. Makes me wonder what things

Re: [M100] HOOT.BA on rom

2017-06-19 Thread Brian White
Looks like the current emesystems.com is the same guy today, or at least his family. http://www.emesystems.com/owl2pe/overview.html http://www.emesystems.com/owl3pro/overview.html http://www.emesystems.com/about.html On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 2:12 PM, Ken Pettit wrote: > Hi

Re: [M100] HOOT.BA on rom

2017-06-19 Thread Ken Pettit
Hi Brian, That is an interesting find. Makes me wonder what things people will dig up 50, 100 or even 1000 years from now and say "Hmm, wonder what this was for?" Ken On 6/19/17 8:19 AM, Brian White wrote: Encountered an odd one this weekend. A custom option rom that says HOOT.BA

Re: [M100] HOOT.BA on rom

2017-06-19 Thread Brian White
Ah interesting. Thanks John! On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 12:48 PM, John R. Hogerhuis wrote: > OWL stands for "on site weather logger." > > My understanding is that these are weather monitoring stations centered > around an M100. > > For years they would dial into the Club100 BBS

[M100] HOOT.BA on rom

2017-06-19 Thread Brian White
Encountered an odd one this weekend. A custom option rom that says HOOT.BA on it's label, and uses the *elegant* EME Systems 27C256 option rom adapter. When you run it (using either the 2 lines on the label or the standard "CALL 63012") It launches into some program, but doesn't leave any .co or