I just found a good source of Commodore Schematics and thought I would share it with the group. http://staff.washington.edu/rrcc/ ...
10921
jus10j
Jan 3, 2009 3:43 am
Ray Carlsen's site is great, not only for the schematics (some hand drawn), but also the wealth of troubleshooting information/FAQs on his site, and he still...
10922
B Degnan
billdeg
Jan 3, 2009 1:57 pm
I agree. When I first started out get serious about supporting Commodore stuff (up to then I had only been IBM and MAC), his site was there and I still have...
10923
Timothy J Fagan
timsternc
Jan 3, 2009 5:08 pm
This is a pretty cool little dissertation on the C=64, and it's hardware, assembly language, graphics and sound features/capabilities. A lot of it was way over...
10924
Dave Sica
trailingedge...
Jan 3, 2009 9:14 pm
... I have been calling it a "two generations old" studio. When I realized that I had a mountain of not-quite-vintage-but-still-functioning video stuff kicking...
10925
Bob Schwier
schwepes2002
Jan 3, 2009 9:33 pm
Oh wow, the Sinclair was what I got for my daughter a real long time ago. The gov that employed me as an indentured servent used CP301 and the college I went...
10926
Andy Meyer
ysgdhio
Jan 3, 2009 10:55 pm
... Sorry, that box is long gone. But as Bryan said, a bunch of us still hang out on channel: #vc (vintage computers) server: irc.us.gimp.net There are 8...
10927
Joe Giliberti
jtkirk1337
Jan 3, 2009 11:02 pm
I will be starting school (again) in about three weeks. I going at it full time, and none of my classes are a math or (traditional) science base. Therefore, I...
10928
Jeffrey Brace
arkaxow
Jan 3, 2009 11:57 pm
Timster, Thanks for the great link. I downloaded and am going to watch it tonight. Looks like a lot of other interesting events as well at the conference. It...
10929
Jeffrey Brace
arkaxow
Jan 4, 2009 12:00 am
What exactly are falling sheep ? ... From: Dave Sica<mailto:davesica@...> To: midatlanticretro@yahoogroups.com<mailto:midatlanticretro@yahoogroups.com> ...
10930
Jeffrey Brace
arkaxow
Jan 4, 2009 12:07 am
I think that it would be a wonderful experiment. I would hope that you are at least a touch typist. I did have a course in college where everything was...
10931
Ray Sills
raysills
Jan 4, 2009 3:02 am
Hi Joe: Good luck with school. Maybe a Tandy 100 would be the way to go. Apparently, they can still be had from that club100 website. And, they will print to...
10932
Evan Koblentz
evan947
Jan 4, 2009 3:20 am
I don't think you will be happy with the 100's tiny screen and general slowness. You should go on Craigslist and just buy a used modern laptop for a couple...
10933
Bryan Pope
b_ster42
Jan 4, 2009 4:54 am
... I can agree with your on the tiny screen, but on the slowness? How long does it take to boot up a PC with XP, then start the latest version of Office?...
10934
Joe Giliberti
jtkirk1337
Jan 4, 2009 6:09 am
I already have a modern laptop. This idea is in ignorance of practicality. If it doesn't work, I can fall back on Windows Vista! Joy :) ... -- "You work with...
10935
Matt Patoray
matt_patoray
Jan 4, 2009 9:17 am
Joe, Then why not try the Tandy 200,A little bigger but more usefull then the 100. I also belive that it does take AA batteries as well, or get an alphasmart....
10936
Dan Roganti
ragoo_sauce
Jan 4, 2009 3:38 pm
Jeffrey Brace wrote: What exactly are falling sheep ? ... Original Message ----- From: Dave Sica To: midatlanticretro@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, January...
10937
Ray Sills
raysills
Jan 4, 2009 4:19 pm
Hi Dan: Thanks to digital techniques, there sure are a lot of effects and transitions available now. The typical locally produced used car commercial is often...
10938
Jeffrey Frady
legodude522
Jan 4, 2009 11:08 pm
The Dana Alphasmart doesn't sound like a bad idea. That brings the clamshell Apple Newton to mind. ... -- See you space cowboy......
10939
Dave Sica
trailingedge...
Jan 5, 2009 1:49 am
On Sat, 3 Jan 2009 19:00:13 -0500 "Jeffrey Brace" <ark72axow@...> ... "Falling Sheep" was the much-ridiculed wipe pattern from the Video Toaster Switcher....
10940
Dave Sica
trailingedge...
Jan 5, 2009 1:49 am
Dan, A quick Google search came up with nothing. (This thing predates Google and the web and was pretty narrowly marketed.) It was m-a-n-y years ago, but...
10941
Sridhar Ayengar
narayanayengar
Jan 5, 2009 4:09 pm
... I use an HP 200LX for that sort of stuff. MS-DOS 5.0, 80186 @8MHz, 4MB RAM (640kB + EMS), 640x200 CGA screen. I still use one on a daily basis today. ...
10942
Jim Scheef
jscheef
Jan 5, 2009 5:47 pm
Joe, While the Model 100 or 200 would both do the job for note taking, they are both SRAM-based and everything is lost if the batteries die. (Flash had not...
10943
Brian Cirulnick
brian_cirulnick
Jan 5, 2009 6:27 pm
... falling from ... especially the ... Wow... Having to have heard someone ask that, and then have someone else answer makes me wonder how long it'll be...
10944
Brian Cirulnick
brian_cirulnick
Jan 5, 2009 6:49 pm
... Here are a few other ideas: Windows CE based HPC - advantages: good battery life, instant-on (no boot required), provides an MS-word compatible doc file...
10945
Brian Cirulnick
brian_cirulnick
Jan 5, 2009 7:07 pm
... They were marketed as the Wp2 and the Wp3... And I just put a bid on a model 200 -- I like the look of those. There's no good T-1000's I can see on ebay. ...
10946
Brian Cirulnick
brian_cirulnick
Jan 5, 2009 7:47 pm
... the ... Those alphasmarts are way too much money (IMHO). However, I remember taking classes at NYU a million years ago and used a regular old palm pilot...
10947
Jim Scheef
jscheef
Jan 5, 2009 10:10 pm
Hello all, Yes, I'm catching up on messages... The NADS boxes (emulates a Tandy Portable Disk Drive using standard flash memory) cost $150 and I'll bet they...
10948
Bill Pileggi
wpileggi
Jan 5, 2009 10:32 pm
Couple of months ago, I offered up my classic VGA (ISA, PCI, AGP) card collection and Soundblaster (ISA, PCI) card collection(s). I had several take me up on...
10949
Jeffrey Brace
arkaxow
Jan 6, 2009 5:06 am
My knowledge before this past year has been limited to mostly C64, Macintosh (around System 7 with 68030 Motorola), and PC's after 80286. I have learned more...
