Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-25 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
> The 924 should be the same as a 955 keyboard.  There seemed to be two > compatible types of the keyboard - an older > thicker keyboard (shipped the TS-803 et al, and looks like an enhanced > 925/950 keyboard), and a newer thinner profile > keyboard used on later terminals. > > From what I'

Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-24 Thread Patrick Finnegan via cctalk
On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 8:51 PM Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > > > The keyboard controller is an 8049. Firmware not readable. > > It may actually be compatible with the 955 keyboard, which I was able to > read. > Key layout is the same, though the manuf is different > The 924 should be the

Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-24 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
The keyboard controller is an 8049. Firmware not readable. It may actually be compatible with the 955 keyboard, which I was able to read. Key layout is the same, though the manuf is different

Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-24 Thread allison via cctalk
On 04/24/2019 08:47 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > On 4/24/19 5:46 PM, allison via cctalk wrote: > >> The 8049 is readable just like the 8048 save for 2k device.  I worked >> for NEC back then and had access to intel parts too. > is that true for "HC" parts or just NMOS? > > All!  The HC were

Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-24 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 4/24/19 5:46 PM, allison via cctalk wrote: > The 8049 is readable just like the 8048 save for 2k device.  I worked > for NEC back then and had access to intel parts too. is that true for "HC" parts or just NMOS?

Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-24 Thread allison via cctalk
On 04/24/2019 07:55 PM, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote: > At 08:14 AM 24/04/2019 -0700, you wrote: >> >> On 4/24/19 5:39 AM, Guy Dunphy wrote: >> >>> The keyboard controller is an 8049. Firmware not readable. >> 8049s aren't protected. they are 2k versions of the 8048 >> and can be read as 8749s > I d

Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-24 Thread Guy Dunphy via cctalk
Thanks, I'll check that. At 07:48 AM 24/04/2019 -0500, wrco...@wrcooke.net wrote: > >> On April 24, 2019 at 7:39 AM Guy Dunphy via cctalk >> wrote: >> > >> I haven't dumped the chargen chip yet, because I don't know what it is, and >> suspect it's more complex than just a ROM. >> 24 pin chara

Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-24 Thread Guy Dunphy via cctalk
At 08:14 AM 24/04/2019 -0700, you wrote: > > >On 4/24/19 5:39 AM, Guy Dunphy wrote: > >> The keyboard controller is an 8049. Firmware not readable. > >8049s aren't protected. they are 2k versions of the 8048 >and can be read as 8749s I did try reading it as an 8749. By 'not readable' I meant it re

Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-24 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 4/24/19 5:39 AM, Guy Dunphy wrote: > The keyboard controller is an 8049. Firmware not readable. 8049s aren't protected. they are 2k versions of the 8048 and can be read as 8749s

Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-24 Thread Will Cooke via cctalk
> On April 24, 2019 at 7:39 AM Guy Dunphy via cctalk > wrote: > > I haven't dumped the chargen chip yet, because I don't know what it is, and > suspect it's more complex than just a ROM. > 24 pin character gen ROM/? at U10 is marked: > > VTi (logo) > 350 RN 118 > 2333-5006 > 8000142 > (

Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-24 Thread Guy Dunphy via cctalk
At 04:34 PM 23/04/2019 -0700, you wrote: > > >On 4/23/19 3:35 PM, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote: [my Televideo 924] > >I have maint manuals for the 925. > >Some photos of the boards and dumps of the keyboard firmware and controller >would be nice to add to bitsavers, since I've not come across one

Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-23 Thread Patrick Finnegan via cctalk
On Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 11:42 Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > > On 4/23/19 4:43 AM, Patrick Finnegan via cctalk wrote: > > I should be able to do that for you if you don't find someone else with a > > dumped room sooner. > > I was wondering what TS-8xx systems you have that supported RS-422, > and

Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-23 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
Cool, thanks, Al! I'll give that a go. On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 5:20 PM Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > it is the same one used in the 910 180-016A_A17_85AE.bin > > On 4/23/19 12:23 AM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: > > Hi all -- > > > > I'm working on a Televideo 925 terminal with a few probl

Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-23 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 4/23/19 3:35 PM, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote: > When I saw this thread I thought 'Oh, I have a 925!' Which was working last > time (years ago.) > But wouldn't you know. When I checked, it's a Televideo 924. Off by one. > > But perhaps the character ROM content is the same? > Anyway I will

Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-23 Thread Guy Dunphy via cctalk
When I saw this thread I thought 'Oh, I have a 925!' Which was working last time (years ago.) But wouldn't you know. When I checked, it's a Televideo 924. Off by one. But perhaps the character ROM content is the same? Anyway I will see if it still works, and secure all the ROM images. Today. I

Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-23 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 8:25 AM Patrick Finnegan wrote: > On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 11:02 AM Jon Elson via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> Is the ROM totally bad, or just losing a few bits here and >> there? If the latter, you could probably read it out, figure >> out how the rows, co

Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-23 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 4/23/19 4:43 AM, Patrick Finnegan via cctalk wrote: > I should be able to do that for you if you don't find someone else with a > dumped room sooner. I was wondering what TS-8xx systems you have that supported RS-422, and if you've dumped the firmware from them. I can request the TS-806/20

Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-23 Thread Patrick Finnegan via cctalk
On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 11:02 AM Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: > Is the ROM totally bad, or just losing a few bits here and > there? If the latter, you could probably read it out, figure > out how the rows, columns and characters are mapped, and fix it. > Considering that 925s are really common, a

Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-23 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
it is the same one used in the 910 180-016A_A17_85AE.bin On 4/23/19 12:23 AM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: > Hi all -- > > I'm working on a Televideo 925 terminal with a few problems, one of which > is a bad character generator ROM, (a MOS 2332). Does anyone have a dump of > this already, o

Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-23 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 04/23/2019 02:23 AM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: Hi all -- I'm working on a Televideo 925 terminal with a few problems, one of which is a bad character generator ROM, (a MOS 2332). Does anyone have a dump of this already, or have a working 925 they'd be able to dump the ROM from? Is the

Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-23 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
what is the ROM written on? b On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 7:44 AM Patrick Finnegan via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I should be able to do that for you if you don't find someone else with a > dumped room sooner. > > Patrick Finnegan > > On Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 03:23 Josh Dersch via cctalk

Re: Televideo 925 character rom dump

2019-04-23 Thread Patrick Finnegan via cctalk
I should be able to do that for you if you don't find someone else with a dumped room sooner. Patrick Finnegan On Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 03:23 Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: > Hi all -- > > I'm working on a Televideo 925 terminal with a few problems, one of which > is a bad character generator ROM,

RE: TeleVideo

2019-01-24 Thread Electronics Plus via cctalk
: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: TeleVideo On 1/23/19 1:39 PM, Patrick Finnegan via cctalk wrote: > For anyone interested, I've restarted my blog on things I've been doing > with TeleVideo systems, and have the first two parts (out of maybe a dozen > or so pl

Re: TeleVideo

2019-01-23 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 1/23/19 1:39 PM, Patrick Finnegan via cctalk wrote: > For anyone interested, I've restarted my blog on things I've been doing > with TeleVideo systems, and have the first two parts (out of maybe a dozen > or so planned) up. > > http://worldofvax.blogspot.com/2019/01/televideo-systems-part-i.

Re: Televideo keyboards

2018-01-24 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 1/24/18 3:05 PM, Electronics Plus via cctalk wrote: > I am clearing these out of my stock: > > 4 are beige, with no PN on the back. They have a small RJ9 type connector. 3 > are missing one or more caps. > > 4 are dark on top, and beige on the back. There is no PN. These have the > save tele

Re: Televideo 970

2018-01-24 Thread Adrian Graham via cctalk
> That reminds me, I still have one or two in the garage (yes, stored in > uncontrolled conditions). Maybe a manual as well. If anyone is > interested, contact me off-list. Why do these things always have a Large Body Of Water between me and them :) Cheers A On 23 January 2018 at 21:38, Mark

Re: Televideo 970

2018-01-23 Thread Mark Linimon via cctalk
That reminds me, I still have one or two in the garage (yes, stored in uncontrolled conditions). Maybe a manual as well. If anyone is interested, contact me off-list. I'm in Austin, Texas, USA. mcl

Re: Televideo 970

2018-01-23 Thread Jules Richardson via cctalk
On 01/23/2018 09:54 AM, Aaron Jackson wrote: 1) The EMI filter had gone open-circuit - it's one of those metal can types which is integrated with the IEC power input connector. Are these still obtainable anywhere? It seems like equipment these days just has the filtering directly on the PSU boa

Re: Televideo 970

2018-01-23 Thread Aaron Jackson via cctalk
> 1) The EMI filter had gone open-circuit - it's one of those metal can types > which is integrated with the IEC power input connector. Are these still > obtainable anywhere? It seems like equipment these days just has the > filtering directly on the PSU board, rather than as a separate module. I'

Re: TPC-I back in one piece (was Re: TeleVideo progress)

2016-10-09 Thread Ian S. King
Fine by me! My intent was to see the information shared. I've been helped by the experiences others have shared here and elsewhere, so I'm glad to return the favor. :-) On Sun, Oct 9, 2016 at 8:55 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > > From: Ian S. King > > > What I want to record here for poste

Re: TPC-I back in one piece (was Re: TeleVideo progress)

2016-10-09 Thread Noel Chiappa
> From: Ian S. King > What I want to record here for posterity is how to open one of these > things. I archived this to the Computer History wiki: http://gunkies.org/wiki/TeleVideo_TPC-1 Hope that was OK! Noel

TPC-I back in one piece (was Re: TeleVideo progress)

2016-10-08 Thread Ian S. King
On Sun, Oct 2, 2016 at 8:20 PM, jim stephens wrote: > > > On 10/2/2016 6:23 PM, Ian S. King wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I've posted looking for help with a TeleVideo TPC-1, and I've heard a lot >> of crickets >> > I saw your FB posting, good job, and chirp chirp. > >>I've ordered an exact, tes

Re: TeleVideo progress

2016-10-02 Thread jim stephens
On 10/2/2016 6:23 PM, Ian S. King wrote: Hi all, I've posted looking for help with a TeleVideo TPC-1, and I've heard a lot of crickets I saw your FB posting, good job, and chirp chirp. I've ordered an exact, tested/guaranteed working replacement from ePay, Those were common drives, but b