Re: Looking for cassete basic rom code

[geneb via cctalk]

On Mon, 20 Mar 2017, jim stephens via cctalk wrote:

I need to study if there is a way to get push feed from interesting threads 
or such.  I don't peruse much on sites
anymore, and prefer to have an RSS feed or such and scan that with one liners 
or so.


You can subscribe to threads or sub-boards.  You'll get an email 
notification once a day of new things posted to sub-boards you're 
watching, or immediately if it's a thread you're watching.


g.


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Re: Looking for cassete basic rom code

[jim stephens via cctalk]

On 3/20/2017 10:33 AM, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote:

http://www.vcfed.org/forum/forum.php

If I'm not mistaken the user "modem7" there runs
http://www.minuszerodegrees.net  and is a regular contributor on the
Vintage Computer Forum.
Will try that.  Limited success with that forum.  Not critical of them, 
just my style doesn't run with how they do.


I need to study if there is a way to get push feed from interesting 
threads or such.  I don't peruse much on sites
anymore, and prefer to have an RSS feed or such and scan that with one 
liners or so.


I don't recall finding that, though I may have a registration.
thanks
Jim

Re: Looking for cassete basic rom code

[Glen Slick via cctalk]

On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 9:55 AM, jim stephens via cctalk >
>
> Would love to archive the entire site, it seems to have a lot of great well
> organized information.
>
> Anyway at length someone might want to put the purpose of J18 (or one use of
> it) in that page.
> thanks
> jim

http://www.minuszerodegrees.net/5170/misc/5170_motherboard_switch_settings.htm

If you have comments or questions about that site you might want to
try posting them at the Vintage Computer Forum.

http://www.vcfed.org/forum/forum.php

If I'm not mistaken the user "modem7" there runs
http://www.minuszerodegrees.net and is a regular contributor on the
Vintage Computer Forum.

Re: Looking for cassete basic rom code

[jim stephens via cctalk]

On 3/19/2017 9:47 AM, Adam Sampson via cctalk wrote:


http://www.minuszerodegrees.net/bios/bios.htm

If anyone knows who owns the site, I have a small smidge for the 
reference page about

Jumper 18 on the AT 5170 motherboard.

It is set to make the motherboard memory decoder drop out half of the 
512K from decoding as memory

as well as disabling the memory if there is any.

you put this option in to do the disable when you install the AT/370 
card.  It has 256K on board
which fills in the other 256 K.  When the 370 is running there is no 
difference in the operation of
any software, as the dual ported memory is just memory to the AT. If you 
have a 256K AT this

is a rare and exotic memory expansion board for all intents an purposes.

The hosting software handles  the dual memory as it needs.

When the hosting software is running, and you have an IBM 3270 card 
which is compatible with the
regular 3270 remote access software, you can either run that software 
and have a CUA connection
over the 3270 coax to the mainframe, or a DFT session if you have that 
software.


If you have the AT/370 software running there is a function key action 
which switches between a
3270 CUA session with your mainframe, which if you want it to be very 
useful should be VM of some
sort (we has VM/SP5) running.  With that session running you can file 
share with the mainframe's
minidisks, initiate IND$FILE uploads and downloads from elsewhere 
(similar to FTP for the most part),

and have a CUA VM session logged in.

You can flip the PC to a CP / CMS session on your local 370 PC system as 
well.  It sees both the local
disk 30mb (unless you finagle the host software, about the limit), or 
you can map mainframe

minidisks to your local VM, which is the real payoff.

And there is a DOS session running in the smige off memory left, so you 
can copy files to / from

the 30mb local AT disk (pretty much all you got room to run).

And you can set up the printer port on the AT to be a legitimate 3270 
printer if you have the

mainframe 3270 port config generated to have a printer there.

Would love to archive the entire site, it seems to have a lot of great 
well organized information.


Anyway at length someone might want to put the purpose of J18 (or one 
use of it) in that page.

thanks
jim

Re: Looking for cassete basic rom code

[william degnan via cctalk]

On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 12:11 PM, geneb via cctalk 
wrote:

> On Sun, 19 Mar 2017, william degnan via cctalk wrote:
>
> Has anyone made a ROM that runs BASIC and allows use of the disk drive to
>> save on an IBM PC?  This always bugged me that if you forgot to insert
>> your
>> dos disk before the computer powered up that one could not enter a basic
>> command to tell the system to boot up from the drive without
>> ctrl-alt-delete and waitor to boot from the b drive, etc.
>>
>> That would be very, very, cool. :)
>
> g.
>
> --
>
>
Kind of a jiffy DOS for the IBM PC

Re: Looking for cassete basic rom code

[geneb via cctalk]

On Sun, 19 Mar 2017, william degnan via cctalk wrote:


Has anyone made a ROM that runs BASIC and allows use of the disk drive to
save on an IBM PC?  This always bugged me that if you forgot to insert your
dos disk before the computer powered up that one could not enter a basic
command to tell the system to boot up from the drive without
ctrl-alt-delete and waitor to boot from the b drive, etc.


That would be very, very, cool. :)

g.

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http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.
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Some people collect things for a hobby.  Geeks collect hobbies.

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A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes.
http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!

Re: Looking for cassete basic rom code

[william degnan via cctalk]

On Mar 19, 2017 12:47 PM, "Adam Sampson via cctalk" 
wrote:
>
> Alexandre Souza via cctalk  writes:
>
> > I lost my XT BASIC ROMS, can someone send me the code so I can burn it
> > and replace on my XT?
>
> minuszerodegrees.net has several versions of the XT ROM images, along
> with lots of other useful service information for PC/XT/AT machines:
>
> http://www.minuszerodegrees.net/bios/bios.htm
>
> --
> Adam Sampson  

Has anyone made a ROM that runs BASIC and allows use of the disk drive to
save on an IBM PC?  This always bugged me that if you forgot to insert your
dos disk before the computer powered up that one could not enter a basic
command to tell the system to boot up from the drive without
ctrl-alt-delete and waitor to boot from the b drive, etc.

Bill Degnan
twitter: billdeg
vintagecomputer.net

Re: Looking for cassete basic rom code

[Adam Sampson via cctalk]

Alexandre Souza via cctalk  writes:

> I lost my XT BASIC ROMS, can someone send me the code so I can burn it
> and replace on my XT?

minuszerodegrees.net has several versions of the XT ROM images, along
with lots of other useful service information for PC/XT/AT machines:

http://www.minuszerodegrees.net/bios/bios.htm

-- 
Adam Sampson  

Looking for cassete basic rom code

[Alexandre Souza via cctalk]

   Dear friends

   Is it allowed to request a ROM code?

   I lost my XT BASIC ROMS, can someone send me the code so I can burn it 
and replace on my XT?


   Thanks!
   Alexandre

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