Yesterdays News

[sparkdrummer]

Just for fun.

 

YN_01_01.pdf

 

[PeBo]

Love the retro look! Kudos.

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Has anyone one else had a problem printing this file? I'm pulling my hair out! I tried to print it, but only 1/3 of the first page came out, now all I get is error code 0x97 on my printer and NOTHING prints, it spits out a blank page and demands to be shut off. It's like a paper weight.

[Shift838]

love the Dot Matrix style!

 

oh I miss my Star Gemini 10X printer!

[etownandy]

Enjoyed the read. I, too, enjoyed its retro look and "blast from the past" focus. Reprinting old material is fine by me. I've almost certainly missed something (even though I will stroll through past newsletters on whtech). I love history and reviews of products maybe I missed "the first time around."

[Chuck D. Head]

Has anyone one else had a problem printing this file? I'm pulling my hair out! I tried to print it, but only 1/3 of the first page came out, now all I get is error code 0x97 on my printer and NOTHING prints, it spits out a blank page and demands to be shut off. It's like a paper weight.

It printed fine for me (Chrome on Win10), but I did find myself wishing that it would print out a lot noisier than it did. :-) I do occasionally have trouble similar to what you describe on one machine at home (Firefox on XP), but, oddly, if I open the saved pdf directly from Acrobat Reader, I seemed to have better luck.

[TheMole]

Yup, add me to the list of people that loves the retro styling, reminds me of the local user group's magazines here in Belgium (forget the name) I used to read as a kid.

[sparkdrummer]

YN_01_02.pdf

[+OLD CS1]

office004.mp3

printer-dotmatrix-01.wav.mp3

DotMatrixPrinter.mp3

 

[Stuart]

Interesting bit on the last page about a 99105 accelerator card which fits in the console and supposedly needs no soldering. I wonder how they achieved that. And how it communicates with a 16-bit RAM card in the PEB when the PEB cable is only 8 bit ...?

[RickyDean]

Interesting bit on the last page about a 99105 accelerator card which fits in the console and supposedly needs no soldering. I wonder how they achieved that. And how it communicates with a 16-bit RAM card in the PEB when the PEB cable is only 8 bit ...?

I don't know about that, but I was there at one of the fairs, either Chicago or Lima, and he was describing it. The main thing that I remember is that at the time he was having signal issues(the traces were not close enough together or something to that effect). I had been excitingly waiting for them to be produced, but had to quit the TI scene shortly afterward.

[+Airshack]

I like how you made the newsletter look retro! Very Nice. Also, great interview on floppy days podcast.

[mizapf]

Interesting bit on the last page about a 99105 accelerator card which fits in the console and supposedly needs no soldering. I wonder how they achieved that. And how it communicates with a 16-bit RAM card in the PEB when the PEB cable is only 8 bit ...?

 

The SGCPU also allowed for connecting the HRD16 card via a 16-bit bus inside the PEB. The trick was to connect the HRD16 to the SGCPU via a separate bus cable with the remaining 8 bits. So one half of the data bus went through the box, and the other half through that cable.

[sparkdrummer]

The retro look was added automatically by the Panasonic dot matrix printer and a weak printer ribbon. That newsletter is actually composed of 10 Page Pro pages.

[sparkdrummer]

YN_01_03.pdf

[Ksarul]

Aha, there's at least one more SAMS program to list: the First Draft word processor. . .thanks for the newsletter.

[Schmitzi]

copy that

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YN_01_02.pdf

 

I somehow overlooked the June Yesterday's News, but while downloading and then printing it, I noticed the review for B1-Bomber in issue #2. If anyone of you need the documentation for that programs it's << HERE >>

[sparkdrummer]

Stop the presses... err, I mean stop the printer.

Looks like I'll have to run OLD CS1's mp3's

 

YN_01_04.pdf

MG.dsk

 

updated:

YN_01_01.pdf

YN_01_02.pdf

YN_01_03.pdf

 

 

 

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Thanks Sparkdrummer, I look forward to every edition.

 

 

I also converted the MG.DSK into an HFE so the guy with his new HxC can play too!

MG.hfe

[sparkdrummer]

Omega, I'm glad you like them. I get a great deal of pleasure in putting them together and hope I am selecting stuff that fellow TI'ers find interesting and maybe in some cases informative. I get such a kick out this that I've had the July issue done for 2 weeks. The August issue was put to bed a week ago and I'm working on September.

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Omega, I'm glad you like them. I get a great deal of pleasure in putting them together and hope I am selecting stuff that fellow TI'ers find interesting and maybe in some cases informative. I get such a kick out this that I've had the July issue done for 2 weeks. The August issue was put to bed a week ago and I'm working on September.

 

Not just like, I love em!

 

Ya know... uh, er... if you really get THAT much pleasure out of making them... you could change the dates on the last two and make Yesterday's News a bi-monthly endeavor. Just an idea.....

(ducking and running for cover)

[+Lee Stewart]

 

Not just like, I love em!

 

Ya know... uh, er... if you really get THAT much pleasure out of making them... you could change the dates on the last two and make Yesterday's News a bi-monthly endeavor. Just an idea.....

(ducking and running for cover)

 

How is once every two months better than once a month?

 

...lee

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How is once every two months better than once a month?

 

...lee

 

Sorry, twice-monthly, bi-weekly, every other week, in 14 day intervals, etc.

[sparkdrummer]

If my present state of production keeps up who knows