Re: Some KayPro 2s >>>> Osborne 1
Gary, I've still got mine (around here somewhere). Loved the undocumented feature in the early kits - missing pullups on either the adx or data lines. I can't recall which now but it fuddeled me for a
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Richard L. Wurdack
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#17331
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Re: Some KayPro 2s >>>> Osborne 1
Dick, No, but I DID!? My very first home computer?? ;-) I started my career at National Semi.? They sold off a little development kit at the company store... A National calculator case (keyboard
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wb6ogd
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#17330
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Re: FREE (plus shipping) to a good home: Some KayPro 2s
And what about the "portable" Commodore 64 with the color screen? I was lucky enough to pick up two of them cheap back when and used one as a packet station for years. If I remember correctly it even
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David Wilcox K8WPE
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Re: FREE (plus shipping) to a good home: Some KayPro 2s
First "computer" I ever owned was a Commodore 64( 64k of RAM not megs) Wrote programs in basic on a 5 1/2" floppy disk for it. I'd hate to tell you what I paid for that system back then. Larry VA3NU
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Larry VA3NU
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Re: FREE (plus shipping) to a good home: Some KayPro 2s
?I still have my Commodore PET. Model 8032.? It was ?an awesome beast with ?a 6502. 73, Faisal VA3SFA ? Original Message ? From: k6whp Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2018 22:54 To:
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Faisal Akber (VA3SFA)
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Re: FREE (plus shipping) to a good home: Some KayPro 2s
Hate to open up a new can of worms, but anyone remember the VIC-20 and the Commodore 64, A.K.A. "The Commode Door 64"? O.K. then, how about the AIR-1? -- William, K6WHP "Cheer up, things could get
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k6whp <k6whp@...>
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Re: FREE (plus shipping) to a good home: Some KayPro 2s
You could tell a hardcore programmer by the "binary blisters" on the index finger from flipping and depositing data in the Altair memory: The cassette tape interface was a wonder! Jack, W8TEE
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Jack
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Re: FREE (plus shipping) to a good home: Some KayPro 2s
Yes, and the Hittites, Mycenaean, Minoans, Cypriots, Egyptians. But it was all over by about 1175 BC. The Zero Point was Don Lancaster's magazine article "TV Typewriter" that started it all rolling,
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Darrell Collins <dcollins338@...>
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Re: Tilt Bails
Those things from Hammond work great and reasonably priced. https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Hammond-Manufacturing/1427D7?qs=2FehpBK1j97hvQELjXZ8uQ%3D%3D John KC9OJV
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John KC9OJV
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#17323
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Re: allpcb, pcbway, etc 100mm x 100mm
I've done arrays of the same design with ALLPCB with no problems in the past. My backup plan was just to run a few traces between between the different designs. I never really understood why they care
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John Sutter
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Re: Some KayPro 2s >>>> Osborne 1
Didn't have that.... Wordstar, Supercalc, Dbase II and CPM 2.2?Would have been fun to have that though. Best Regards Phil KD2HTN / WA2069SWL Long: 34.210293 Lat:-78.057048 FM04xf 30dl
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Phillip Fimiani
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Re: Some KayPro 2s >>>> Osborne 1
Paul, The PDP-8f 24K of real core. Runs great never forgets. I also have 16K of core for LSI-11. Required a hex wide backplane. I started with 2708s, never cheap pain to program. Then again the first
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ajparent1/kb1gmx <kb1gmx@...>
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#17320
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Re: allpcb, pcbway, etc 100mm x 100mm
Chuck, et al, If they *do* object, ask individuals in the group to submit the quadrants and coordinate the results for those interested. -- William, K6WHP "Cheer up, things could get worse..so I
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k6whp <k6whp@...>
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Re: Some KayPro 2s >>>> Osborne 1
Ah limited memory. Back in the late 70s I worked on a traffic signal controller based on a Cosmac 1802 (see Allison's post). The board had 128 bytes of RAM and four sockets for 2716 EPROMs. However,
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Paul Wilson VA6PW
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Re: Some KayPro 2s >>>> Osborne 1
It was a 6502, sorry 'bout that. Jack, W8TEE
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Jack
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Re: Some KayPro 2s >>>> Osborne 1
Jack, The memory must be slipping. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KIM-1 I remember it being a 6502 processor.? Had one at one time. Wife put it into a frame with a glass front.? At the bottom, below
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chuck adams
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Re: Some KayPro 2s >>>> Osborne 1
When I was teaching a Butler, I got an NSF grant to study "microcomputers in education". The week-long class was taught by Larsen and Rony of Bugbook fame. Each person in the class got a Kim-1, which
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Jack
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Re: Some KayPro 2s >>>> Osborne 1
I have a early Altair and more than 53 other systems including: Northstar Horizon (2) Compupro 8/16 CCS 2xxx series (system box all CCS boards) 6800D1 SC/MP Technico Super starter system (TI9900)
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ajparent1/kb1gmx <kb1gmx@...>
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#17314
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Re: Some KayPro 2s >>>> Osborne 1
Any of youse guys have a SCMP? Dick, N7XKC
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Richard L. Wurdack
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Re: allpcb, pcbway, etc 100mm x 100mm
Hi! Chuck, JLC pcb on their quote page have as last option Different design. Under example the default 1 shows 4 numbers of same PCB in a panel. I have heard from many people here having ordered
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Rahul Srivastava
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#17312
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