I have upgraded the firmware for the ME1702A EPROM programmer to support the plain 1702 and the 1701 as well. It looks fine on the 'scope, but I would sure...
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mfeberhard
Mar 1, 2012 10:21 pm
I found an EPROM in one of my 680Bt machines that is labeled "680CBL KCACR". This EPROM was located in the socket at address FD00; the machine also had the...
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michaelweaser
Mar 4, 2012 4:18 am
where can I find the manuals for the altair 8800a computer in pdf foramt...
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Steve Piette
stevepiette2000
Mar 4, 2012 4:42 pm
... I think http://www.altair32.com/ has what your looking for under Technical Links....
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altaircomputerclub@ya...
Mar 5, 2012 6:02 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the altaircomputerclub group. File :...
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michaelweaser
Mar 10, 2012 3:20 pm
... I looked at the site and they are not there...
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John Campbell
john.lcampbell
Mar 10, 2012 6:36 pm
Look in Altair 8800 Documents folder. I uploaded 2 manuals to there; Altair 8800 Assembly Manual -reduced size.pdf and Altair 8800 Theory Of Operations and...
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tkaragiris
Mar 11, 2012 12:45 am
I've spent some time on my Altair 8800 and I've removed some cards from it that I'm never likely to use like the parallel card and some of the original memory...
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tkaragiris
Mar 12, 2012 7:28 am
Hi All, Does anyone know if it's possible to use the Cromemco TU-ART card as an alternative serial card to the MITS 882SIO? I've managed to get one of the...
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tkaragiris
Mar 12, 2012 7:29 am
Here's the link to the page on my site: http://www.tkconsulting.com.au/Home/ALTAIR8800Page/tabid/419/Default.aspx...
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mfeberhard
Mar 12, 2012 4:58 pm
Hi Theo, The TUART does indeed work in an Altair, but it uses a different UART than does to 2SIO. (The TUART uses the Texas Instruments TMS5501, and the 2SIO...
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tkaragiris
Mar 13, 2012 3:53 am
Martin, Thanks for that, very good info as usual. Ok, well considering the TUART requires a lot of work, what about a serial card that uses the Motorola 6850?...
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mfeberhard
Mar 14, 2012 6:11 pm
It depends on the board's architecture. If it is a simple board with a 6850, and the board has a dip switch to set the address, then the answer is probably yes...
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tkaragiris
Mar 16, 2012 9:26 pm
I almost gave up on this site initially for this reason. Why not just remove the moderation requirement for new members, it's not needed on a site like this. ...
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B Degnan
billdeg
Mar 16, 2012 9:31 pm
I help run the midatlanticretro yahoo group, we have two moderators so that one of us gets the new member posts. Seems to work pretty well. Bill ... From:...
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Steve Piette
stevepiette2000
Mar 16, 2012 9:51 pm
... I think all yahoo groups need to be moderated like this one. Too many bots out there that will spam an open list if given the chance and nothing kills a...
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Dr. Larry D. pyeatt
larry_pyeatt
Mar 16, 2012 11:36 pm
Yes, we are slow. Most of us have day jobs, and families. Many of us are grandfathers, and some are great-grandfathers. We welcome you into our clique. ... --...
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steve
alltare
Mar 17, 2012 5:11 am
tkaragiris, Yes, moderation of messages is needed. You are the only person who has ever brought up this subject- Was it really that alienating to wait awhile...
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David Chester
davidchester2
Mar 17, 2012 8:34 am
... remove ... this ... Wouldn't it be wonderful if everyone in the World were as nice (and intelligent!) as us? Yes this is a very specialist group and in an...
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tkaragiris
Mar 17, 2012 8:38 am
Yes, and that's all the more reason to let this group run itself. I run a large unrelated forum with around 3,000 visitors a day and the success of it is...
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tkaragiris
Mar 17, 2012 8:56 am
Steve, I fully understand the concern about spam, and I didn't mean to sound rude with my comments, so apologies if that was the case. I also think that part...
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B Degnan
billdeg
Mar 17, 2012 1:10 pm
<snip> It's interesting to note that almost every spam to this site has come from a yahoo address. Yahoo seems to be able to block spammers from every other...
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B Degnan
billdeg
Mar 17, 2012 1:15 pm
... Another thing ... people act like everything is free on the Internet. I would never demand as a new member to anything that their policies would be changed...
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D. Hugh Redelmeier
hughred
Mar 17, 2012 3:36 pm
I wish to thank Steve the Moderator for all the effort he is putting in to this group. He has successfully shielded us from SPAM, something I value a lot. ...
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steve
alltare
Mar 18, 2012 12:11 am
I only moderate the first message that is posted by each member. After that, I unmoderate all their messages. So you only have to put up with posting delays...
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steve
alltare
Mar 18, 2012 1:24 am
Thanks for everyone's comments about message moderation. There is another way that I could stop most spammers, other than moderating messages. I could change...
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steve
alltare
Mar 18, 2012 1:33 am
Well, after adding 66% and 44%, I didn't get 100% as a result. Please change the numbers in my previous post as follows: Members who have posted = ~34% Members...
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MrSmith
mr_john_smit...
Mar 18, 2012 1:56 am
Quite humorous that there has been more chatter in the last few days about messages, than probably in six months about Altairs! At the end of the day with such...
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Cameron Cooper
altaircameron
Mar 18, 2012 3:31 am
Hey everyone, I saw a couple of posts related to Martin's 1702 reader/burner so I thought some of you might be interested in hearing my results with it. I...
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mr_john_smith@...
mr_john_smit...
Mar 31, 2012 11:07 am
Don't often see these for sale Altair 8800b turnkey 300/25 ...
