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1808
Hi All; Does anyone have the Altair PIP Program , that I can get from them ???? and Where would I need to load it into Memory, I assume Above Extended Basic ?...
geistmarty
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Sep 6, 2009
3:37 am
1809
Type "C" for Centronics, or "O" for Okidata, or "Q" for Qume or NEC daisywheel printer. These days, it will probably make little difference which one you...
alltare
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Sep 6, 2009
6:34 am
1810
... THANK YOU Steve; I have found a version of PIP Written in Altair Basic , So when I have the time, I will type it in, and see if it works for me.... THANK...
geistmarty
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Sep 6, 2009
12:23 pm
1811
... You should be able to download it via your terminal instead of typing it it, but you'll have to set lengthy EOL delays to give Basic time to tokenize each...
oghull
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Sep 6, 2009
1:46 pm
1812
printing from extended basic isn't really a wash out just because you don't have one of the printers. back in the day, i had to get altair basic to print on...
Dave Sroelov
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Sep 6, 2009
1:48 pm
1813
If it helps any, you might want to consider that DOS was five areas of memory. The Vectors at the bottom. Six bytes, intended to be two jump instructions,...
Derek J. Lassen
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Sep 6, 2009
5:32 pm
1814
... Thank You Geoff for your advice, I am not completely sure of how to do what you have in mind.... But I will try some things and see what happens.... as the...
geistmarty
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Sep 6, 2009
9:59 pm
1815
Hi All; Does anyone have any other Altair Basic Programs, besides the two that I have -- one, is pip and the second is an editor program ... That were or are...
geistmarty
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Sep 7, 2009
3:49 am
1816
BTW, PIP (this is not Unix, you needn't type as though your shift key is broken) was not a Basic program. It was written in PL/M and compiled....
Derek J. Lassen
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Sep 7, 2009
6:58 am
1817
... I tried to make the PIP program transfer disks, but it won't work. Basic does not transmit 0x09. I rewrote the PIP program to act as a sector server to a...
Grant Stockly
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Sep 7, 2009
7:10 am
1818
... There is something called PIP on the Altair Basic disks. It doesn't do the same things as the CP/M PIP program as far as I remember....
Grant Stockly
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Sep 7, 2009
7:24 am
1819
... THANK YOU GRANT for the terriffic Program .... I will print it out and compare the two, just to see what the differences are and where it is the same........
geistmarty
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Sep 7, 2009
9:26 am
1820
Hi All; I have typed in Altair Basic pip ver 5.0 and I ran it. I INI0 and it formatted and mounted the Disk... OK so far, I tried to SAVE the program that I...
geistmarty
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Sep 7, 2009
4:54 pm
1821
Marty (and everyone else)- To upload files, go to the FILES folder and CREATE FOLDER with your name on it (such as 'Marty's Files'). Then go to that new...
alltare
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Sep 7, 2009
5:32 pm
1822
I'll ask the obvious question: Is your diskette write-protected? And does the drive recognize the WP notch?...
alltare
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Sep 7, 2009
5:32 pm
1823
... Hi Steve and all; The Drive I have currently in the system , does NOT have a WP option, and Just in case I tried one disk with it covered and one not...
geistmarty
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Sep 7, 2009
5:41 pm
1824
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the altaircomputerclub group. File :...
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Sep 7, 2009
5:48 pm
1825
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the altaircomputerclub group. File :...
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Sep 7, 2009
5:49 pm
1826
Hi All; The Boot loader I ended up using was from Don Russ , only I moved it up to F080 instead of 3f80, as origionally used in the program..... I will put it...
geistmarty
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Sep 7, 2009
11:45 pm
1827
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the altaircomputerclub group. File :...
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Sep 8, 2009
12:01 am
1828
Hi All; Does Anyone have any information (Schematics, documention) on the Meca Alpha one Cassette system ? I origionally Bought mine at the Lincoln, Nebraska...
geistmarty
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Sep 11, 2009
4:33 am
1829
If anyone has one, I'd like to buy a copy, or at least use it to generate a new SYSTEM disk. I have MOD I diskettes in exchange. I use them in my SOL-20....
john_crane_59
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Sep 12, 2009
2:34 am
1830
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the altaircomputerclub group. File :...
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Sep 12, 2009
12:55 pm
1831
... I have a SOL-20 with Micropolis Mod II drives. Send me your mailing address offline and I'll send you a copy of the master disk (assuming the SOL still...
oghull
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Sep 12, 2009
3:20 pm
1833
... It needs a C (for Centronics) or some other letter for the other type of printer MITS had. If you have no printer, just answer with C. Tom L...
toml_12953
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Sep 25, 2009
3:21 pm
1834
... To use a floppy you have to MOUNT it first. MOUNT [diskno] where diskno is an optional disk number. The default is drive 0, the first drive. SAVE...
toml_12953
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Sep 25, 2009
3:27 pm
1835
Does anyone have the manual for the 88-RBM board that holds Altair BASIC in ROM? I'd like to buy a copy if you do!...
toml_12953
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Sep 25, 2009
6:07 pm
1836
Look at back panel on eBay item 250511097751, was that a standard layout for any version of 8800? It doesn't match any of the ones I've seen. Also, it looks...
Geoff
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Oct 9, 2009
11:26 pm
1837
At first I thought the picture had been mirror-imaged, but the serial number sticker (installed by the builder) isn't reversed, so the picture is legit. Yes,...
steve
alltare
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Oct 10, 2009
5:18 am
1838
My guess is, it's a home made modification. Probably, the person who originally modified it didn't like the Altair motherboard, blue plastic card guides or the...
Michael Gregory
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Oct 12, 2009
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