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The MITS price list includes two boards the 88-RMB ROM BASIC I and 88-RMB2 ROM BASIC II. The Jan 78 MITS memo ROM BASIC Operation mentions the "Preliminary"...
wtsnet
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Nov 21, 2009
12:05 am
1842
BTW, These cards are rare - so the price may be right. But if you just want the functionality, zapping some chips is the way to go... I haven't seen a...
Agustus Finknottle IV...
john_crane_59
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Nov 20, 2009
9:41 pm
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Dan, I have one in my Altair 8800B. It basically allows you to free up memory and run larger BASIC programs. Why? because they can run from their location in...
Agustus Finknottle IV...
john_crane_59
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Nov 20, 2009
9:26 pm
1840
Well, I have one of them, I can tell you they work great. But thats about it. ... -- Andrew Kessel...
Andrew Kessel
akessel
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Nov 20, 2009
1:24 pm
1839
Anyone know about this Altair Rom Basic card on ebay ? http://tinyurl.com/yflzrpy Have these Roms been archived already ? Also, I'm not sure which manual to...
Dan Roganti
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Nov 20, 2009
12:43 pm
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
8:52 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
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Oct 10, 2009
5:18 am
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
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
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
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... 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
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
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 :...
altaircomputerclub@ya...
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Sep 12, 2009
12:55 pm
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
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
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
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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
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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 :...
altaircomputerclub@ya...
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Sep 7, 2009
5:49 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
xl198cv56
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Sep 7, 2009
6:58 am
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
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... 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
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
xl198cv56
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Sep 6, 2009
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