MARCH frequently asked questions -- last updated 3/30/2006 1. What is MARCH? MARCH is a user group for people who enjoy using antique/vintage computers. Our ...
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madodel
May 1, 2007 7:53 pm
Sorry I haven't been involved much of late but personal life seems to have overwhelmed my weekends of late. As I recall the windows in our part of the museum...
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Snarc
evan947
May 1, 2007 11:04 pm
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Timothy J Fagan
timsternc
May 1, 2007 11:10 pm
pass, oooops. ... From: Snarc To: midatlanticretro@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 7:05 PM Subject: [midatlanticretro] test, ignore...
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Bryan Pope
b_ster42
May 2, 2007 12:14 am
... Hey snarc-boy! Your message came in at the right time.. Yay! Cheers, Bryan...
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Dan
ragoo_sauce
May 2, 2007 1:25 pm
Bill, After we talked about running Basic on the 680 back at TCF, I looked up the info that Grant Stockly sent. Here's the message(below) that Grant posted on...
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B Degnan
billdeg
May 2, 2007 2:14 pm
Dan...Oh boy. I will try it tonight if I can. Thanks. Bill ... -END-...
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B Degnan
billdeg
May 2, 2007 2:27 pm
Dan, Do I need the extra memory, or will the bank I have now be OK to load BASIC? Bill ... -END-...
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Dan
ragoo_sauce
May 2, 2007 11:21 pm
ahh, yes, you still need the extra memory. Altair Basic is 8Kbytes for either the 8800 or the 680 models. And then there's only a few bytes left onboard to...
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B. Degnan
billdeg
May 2, 2007 11:35 pm
Thanks. Maybe in the mean time I can try it on my SWTPc 6800. I will try to track down the BASIC or convert it using the info from Byte issue #8. I think...
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
May 3, 2007 2:01 am
Or try it on MARCH's swtpc ... I'm just saying... Decent chance that Grant might attend VCF East this year. ... From: B. Degnan [mailto:billdeg@...] ...
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B. Degnan
billdeg
May 3, 2007 2:40 am
... Good, maybe he'll have for sale the Altair 680 memory card he's working on. Bill...
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Dan
ragoo_sauce
May 3, 2007 2:44 am
Here's some info about patching the Basic for the SWTPC http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/Altair/Altair_Basic.htm I like to getting it running on mine too. I wonder...
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Herb Johnson
s100doctor
May 3, 2007 4:20 pm
... Just a small point of information. The "text file" is actually a hex file dump, with some embedded comment lines. The format is known as "Motorola S-record...
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Bob Applegate
bobk2ut
May 3, 2007 8:18 pm
Building a memory board for an older machine like that sounds like a good project! I sell a fair number of KIM-1 memory expansion boards each year. The older...
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Dan
ragoo_sauce
May 4, 2007 12:08 am
I always wondered if there was any need for designing vintage hardware. I have everything here to design and test just about any hardware. I haven't heard from...
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
May 4, 2007 12:25 am
Hey guys ... PLEASE start signing up for your VCF East booths. Please do not procrastinate. This is really important for our show marketing efforts. Just go...
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Bob Applegate
bobk2ut
May 4, 2007 11:39 am
Around Christmas each year there is a rush to buy boards for vintage machines. I guess people either bought themselves a new toy on eBay, maybe just have more...
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David Comley
david_comley
May 4, 2007 11:41 am
... I've had several design needs for things over the years, the most recent being for MFM disk emulation running over IDE (subject of a recent thread here or ...
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David Gesswein
dgesswein
May 4, 2007 12:15 pm
... I didn't see the beginning of this thread but had noticed this one recently which looked nice and was thinking of using to upgrade my 8 controller when I...
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Herb Johnson
s100doctor
May 4, 2007 3:03 pm
... This reminds me to give members a head's up, that I'll be a VENDOR at VCF. That means I want to sell stuff. If MARCH members (or list members) want to buy...
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
May 4, 2007 5:34 pm
Can someone rescue this documentation? ... From: Jonathan Gevaryahu [mailto:jzg22@...] Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 5:07 PM To: cctech@... ...
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Sridhar Ayengar
narayanayengar
May 4, 2007 5:45 pm
... I'd love to get it, but it's enough of a distance that I'd probably need help. Could anyone give me a hand? Peace... Sridhar...
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ysgdhio
May 4, 2007 7:20 pm
... Do we really NEED it? I mean, seriously, we haven't catalogued the stuff we have now, never mind dragging in any more stuff. Andy...
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
May 4, 2007 7:29 pm
I know, but I hate to see good local stuff go. Many people ask me about cataloging. I'm all for it. But the VCF and our physical home are higher priorities,...
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ysgdhio
May 4, 2007 7:48 pm
... If that's true, we should be much more selective about what we pick up. Just because something is being offered for free, it still ends up costing us...
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Sridhar Ayengar
narayanayengar
May 4, 2007 8:01 pm
... Except that a grey wall is actually a pretty important thing to have. Peace... Sridhar...
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Dan
ragoo_sauce
May 4, 2007 11:45 pm
Dave, MFM Emulation ? That project sounds interesting, for which machine is it ? Here's the one place I mentioned (both links points to their Atmel products) ...
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David Comley
david_comley
May 5, 2007 2:54 am
... Well, pretty much any machine I think, although I'm targetting DEC hardware (VAXen and Professional 350 systems) initially where an RD5X drive would be ...
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Dan
ragoo_sauce
May 5, 2007 4:00 am
Mike, I like the stuff on your website. I'm thinking more about this too. I just don't know if I can bring myself again to wiring 2102's in a row just to make...
