TI-GAMER Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Gotchya... I appreciate the info and the recommendation. It looks like the link you provided at Amazon is even cheaper than ebay for that model. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 I don't have the Morningstar CP/M card, Vorticon, but I do have the other one that was commercially produced for the TI: the one from Foundation. That one solved your 40-column CP/M problem by connecting to a monochrome 80-column card in the PEB via serial connection. I only know of two or three other people with one of the cards--and none of them have the 80-column card (and I got mine by accident--I bought a PEB on eBay mostly sight unseen because I didn't recognize one of the visible cards in it and it turned out to have both the CP/M card and the 80-column card in addition to a bunch of normal TI cards). Nice! The closest I got to true CP/M on the TI was by using a P112 SBC plugged into the PEB for power only. It did not utilize any of the TI resources, but connected to the RS232 card for a serial video display using Term 80 for a pseudo-80 col experience. It worked, but it was more of a cheat than a truly TI CP/M card... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Note: the MorningStar card didn't use much other than the keyboard, IIRC. It had its own disk controller, its own RS-232, and I think it even had its own monitor output. . .the Foundation used many of the rest of the TI cards though (making it a bit more flexible). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Interesting tid bit http://webodysseum.com/art/the-abandoned-star-wars-set-in-tunisian-desert/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted May 19, 2015 Author Share Posted May 19, 2015 A real computer for just 9 BUX ? It looks like that may be reality. << Click to check it out >> 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 hmmm, maybe my next harddisk for the PEB... 33kg http://www.ebay.com/itm/PII-HDA-HITACHI-UNIQUE-HARD-DRIVE-with-Hitachi-SZ382-SF5-Controller-33kg-Weight-/181649541681?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a4b280a31 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 I dunno. If the power supply does not blow, it might rattle the whole PEB apart starting up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 (edited) ...arrived today, for a bit playing around SCSI to MFM/RLL-Adapter, maybe Adaptec ACB-4070 EDIT: Anybody knows about this red/black power-cables on the corner ? OK. found it, it is for the LED Edited May 21, 2015 by schmitzi 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazoo Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 ...arrived today, for a bit playing around SCSI to MFM/RLL-Adapter, maybe Adaptec ACB-4070 EDIT: Anybody knows about this red/black power-cables on the corner ? OK. found it, it is for the LED This is very interesting! Which direction does the adapter work? Does it allow you to use a SCSI drive as an MFM drive? (I hope, I hope, I hope) or is it the reverse? (bad, bad, bad). If it is the first option, someone with an HFDC could end up with a CF card as their hard drive! (MFM to SCSI to IDE to CF) Gazoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 No, sorry. It is SCSI to MFM/RLL, so just the other way around. So, i.e. you can connect a ST251 to a SCSI-controller I think And, as I have no SCSI-controller for the PEB (looking for a long long time for that), I now have built up an old PC with P2-300 and 2 ISA-slots, and will play around a bit with my old adaptec-controllers. Have some of them, maybe AHA1540er ? Have to look. I also will use that PC for checking my MFM-Controllers (WD1003, 1006 ....) and my pile of old MFM and RLL-harddisks. schmitzi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 The two wires were probably for an activity LED. . . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 yes, LED is confirmed. got the manuals and some pics from other devices 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 ...some more dump for the dump-thread The Adaptec ACB-4000 familiy´s manual have fun with adaptions schmitzi Adaptec ACB-4000 Winchester controller.pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted May 25, 2015 Author Share Posted May 25, 2015 I know we have a few Linux users in the house, I figured you might like this.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 found: The Little Beige Swan adorable https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.350512835140676.1073741849.326551627536797&type=3 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 (edited) Found. (german people will know it Edited May 26, 2015 by schmitzi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Not just Germans. . .That would be a good one to scan. It does have a TI section in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Oh, I never realized that. But now I know why. see the full section-scan below ..but I think I will scan the book. but real TI-books first 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 A nice catch for my son a couple days ago. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted June 18, 2015 Author Share Posted June 18, 2015 You Amiga guy's might like << this story >> I found on another part of Atari Age. I'd really like to see a story like this on the TI! If it ain't broke, don't fix it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 I made an offer: for 1/4 of their new HVAC bid I would not only supply one of my spare 2000s and parts, but I would also deliver it to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share Posted June 24, 2015 I'm going to try to take a vacation from the board for a while. If you need anything, I'll try to check my PM's on the weekends. L8R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 I wonder if this should be considered a hint that I should focus on some TI development this week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazoo Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 I wonder if this should be considered a hint that I should focus on some TI development this week? 99 days.PNG There's a problem with that chart. The temperature readings max out at 2 digits. It's really going to be much hotter than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Save the planet. Toast your bread by yourself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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