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Request a dying species... [message #91809] Tue, 09 July 1985 04:10 Go to next message
loverso is currently offline  loverso
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Article-I.D.: sunybcs.1898
Posted: Tue Jul  9 04:10:47 1985
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I just dug thru my closet and unburied my Model I, which had been sitting
there for 3 years.  At this point, I would like (initially) some pointers
and info...

To start off, does anybody still manufacture double density disk boards.
Percom had the DoublerII and Logical Systems had the 5/8 Switch, I think.
Both used to have them, but I dont know if they still do.  Which one was
better, anyway, I dont remember!  What about a cpu speedup kit?  1.78mhz
is the pits.  My rams are 120ns jobs (I >think<) so it can handle a z80a.

One other question - has anybody hacked together a 80x24 crt controller
system?  If not, I will.  I am about to (try to) design a window based
intelligent terminal emulation package, and will be doing initial design on
the model I; later on to be ported into (possibly) 8031 and shoved into a
Wyse 75 (or something else, maybe).  It would be nice to have a full screen,
and I'm working out a port based scheme to switch btwn normal video and a
new video controller and memory at 3000-3100.

Still going- I have a cross assembler for z80 under unix, but what I'd like
would be a z80 C compiler - either a cross compiler running under unix or
one in z80.  Anyone have pointers to that?

Are there any model I owners left out there?  Please drop me a line!
[btw, have you seen 80-Micro?  last time I bought a copy, it was >500 pages!]

Thanks!  John
Re: Request a dying species... [message #91813 is a reply to message #91809] Wed, 17 July 1985 00:25 Go to previous message
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Posted: Wed Jul 17 00:25:41 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 10:54:52 EDT
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]From: loverso@sunybcs.UUCP (John Robert LoVerso)
]Organization: SUNY/Buffalo Computer Science
]Message-ID: <1898@sunybcs.UUCP>
]
]I just dug thru my closet and unburied my Model I, which had been sitting
]there for 3 years.  At this point, I would like (initially) some pointers
]and info...

I just put mine in semi-retirement in favor of a Tandy 1000, but I think I
can help.

]To start off, does anybody still manufacture double density disk boards.
]Percom had the DoublerII and Logical Systems had the 5/8 Switch, I think.
]Both used to have them, but I dont know if they still do....

Try Tandy, they may have a few of theirs in stock.

Failing that, try:	Aerocomp
			Redbird Airport, Bldg. 8
			P.O. Box 24829
			Dallas, TX 75224

			800-527-3582 (outside Texas)
			800-442-1310 (in Texas)


They sell one for $99 without Dos ($159 w/LDOS, $179 w/NewDos 80)

]                             .....What about a cpu speedup kit?  1.78mhz
]is the pits.  My rams are 120ns jobs (I >think<) so it can handle a z80a.
]
]One other question - has anybody hacked together a 80x24 crt controller
]system?  .......

Try Holmes engineering. I don't have their address handy, but could
probably find it.

]Still going- I have a cross assembler for z80 under unix, but what I'd like
]would be a z80 C compiler - either a cross compiler running under unix or
]one in z80.  Anyone have pointers to that?

I think Tandy might sell one for the Model III/4 series. If not, I
definately think that one is put out by the people that write their PASCAL,
Alcor systems.

]Are there any model I owners left out there?  Please drop me a line!
][btw, have you seen 80-Micro?  last time I bought a copy, it was >500 pages!]

Yeah. A couple of years ago, Wayne Green sold it to CW Publications. It now
caters mostly to the Model 4 crowd and is almost totally a review-oriented
publication. It also now runs just over 100 pages. :-(


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