Omega-TI Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 SCSI termination is a special kind of Voodoo. That would make a nice T-Shirt! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Maybe just the terminators are gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 "SCSI Terminator: Salvation" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 ah yes, you wrote it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 SCSI termination is a special kind of Voodoo. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 I am now able to make tapes using the Radio Shack setup. By connecting the TI's red cable (MIC out) to the tape deck's MIC IN port for the left channel (also for mono recording.) I was having a problem with a really bad buzzing and could not figure out the source until today: the USB power supply for my nanoPEB. Now I run the nanoPEB off a USB battery pack and the tape audio chain is oh so perfect. The paper sticking out of the top of the cassette tray is to defeat the record lock-out as these tapes are "tab-out" and I did not want to put tape over the holes. For the curious, I did some research last week about the types of tapes used for computers. Generally all computer cassette tapes are Type I, or standard ferrous recording medium. It turns out computer recordings have a much lower quality requirement than music recording due to both frequency and dynamic ranges in use, but do require fast and smooth frequency shifts. While one could use Type II (CrO2) or Type IV (metal) the difference in equalization could cause problems reading data and tape degradation over time supposedly becomes more pronounced. The recommendation for computer recordings is a good quality Type I cassette of short recording length, ostensibly to give a thicker substrate. Manufacturers like Maxell, Tandy/RadioShack, Certron, and a few others were reliable for this practice with their "computer certified" cassette tapes. Longer recording times use tape medium thinner in both magnetic media and substrate to allow more to be wound up on a reel in the same amount of space. Thus quality and the risk of an "eaten" tape is sacrificed for recording time, much the same as with VCR tapes. C90 (45 minutes per side) was the cross-over point to the thinner medium but some manufacturers used thinner tape medium for C90, sometimes even C60, and up to save money on manufacturing costs. All that said, I have been able to recover data from C90 and C120 cassettes from the late 1980s with a little extra effort tuning tone and volume. Looking forward to repairing my real Program Recorder, though. This configuration works great but has the annoying problem that I have to move my headphones from the amplifier to the TI's audio output and adjust the volume for each tape mode, recording for the former and playing for the latter. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Really cool setup there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 I spent two days installing 40,000 linear feet of shelving in my new office. Now the long process of unpacking and displaying begins. I should have something to show very very soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 A small teaser of much more to come. 3 boxes unpacked, 10 more to go. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Getting closer.... 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 great, really great ! well done 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 (edited) Thanks Ralf!! Ive been finding some really neat diskettes going through all this stuff... lots of 3rd party utilities and games, and I think I may have pretty close to a complete set of TI branded software disks!! I have at least 30 unique titles on the brown and white disk label. I was excited to find my TI Trek package, as thats one of my favorite games and the inspiration for my new programming project. I found two CorComp Disk Manager disks and a bunch of Page Pro and Artist stuff as well. My original Asgard TOD Editor package along with the manual for XBII+ and a couple 3rd party ToD games from back then. Its like Christmas Edited March 20, 2018 by Opry99er 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 ... and a bunch of Page Pro and Artist stuff as well. THAT woke me up! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 i recognize some of those boxes! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 old german sticker for my door "Available Here" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 old german sticker for my door IMG_0577-sm.jpg Can you scan it and drop the image here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Can you scan it and drop the image here? NO 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Thanks! I'll edit this for English, print it up on some silver card stock and frame it in my den. I'll show you the results when I'm finished. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Here is a photo of it printed up for a 5 X 7 frame (uncut). I think I need to clean up the image a little bit more and especially remove the inner thin line before printing up a final version. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 If ready, can you scan that an post it here ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Sure! I'll do a little bit more cleanup on the image this evening and try to post it before bedtime. Seriously, it down not look bad on silver paper. I'll look even better in a cheap Dollar TreeTM frame. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Okay Schmitzi, I posted the original modified one, but it'll take too long to edit to perfection, so I added some new ones as it took less time. I'll be using the PDF file called TI-USER and putting it in a certificate frame. TI-User.pdf 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 This is what the PDF looks like printed up on silver paper... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 . " Oh mega this is " 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Nah, was just bored and had time to screw around. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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