...powering up a Tandy 6000HD which hasn't been run for at least 2 years, and having it boot right up to Xenix 3.2! I'm thinking of exhibiting it at VCF Midwest with my 1986 BBS software. Mike Loewen mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
Any 8 in. Tandy system that works is good news Bill Degnan twitter: billdeg vintagecomputer.net On Jun 9, 2016 5:58 PM, "Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic" < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
...powering up a Tandy 6000HD which hasn't been run for at least 2 years, and having it boot right up to Xenix 3.2!
I'm thinking of exhibiting it at VCF Midwest with my 1986 BBS software.
Mike Loewen mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
On Thu, 9 Jun 2016, william degnan wrote:
Any 8 in. Tandy system that works is good news
I had the Model II fired up a couple of weeks ago. A guy up near Toronto needed a couple of system disks to check out his newly acquired Model II. I booted up TRS-DOS 2.0a, Pickles & Trout CP/M, and LS-DOS 6.3.1. I still haven't tested the 8MB hard drive for it, but am almost certain it won't work. :-) Mike Loewen mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
You may want to replace all electrolytic caps on the hdd before powering it up, should at least somewhat increase your chances of success. You might also want to test the tantalum caps to be sure none are shorted. On 6/9/2016 10:03 PM, Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
On Thu, 9 Jun 2016, william degnan wrote:
Any 8 in. Tandy system that works is good news
I had the Model II fired up a couple of weeks ago. A guy up near Toronto needed a couple of system disks to check out his newly acquired Model II. I booted up TRS-DOS 2.0a, Pickles & Trout CP/M, and LS-DOS 6.3.1.
I still haven't tested the 8MB hard drive for it, but am almost certain it won't work. :-)
Mike Loewen mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
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Mike, It would be very cool if people could bring appropriate devices - say a Tandy M100 - and "dial" into the BBS onsite. Jim -----Original Message----- From: vcf-midatlantic [mailto:vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org] On Behalf Of Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Thursday, June 9, 2016 1:13 AM To: vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org Cc: Mike Loewen <mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Happiness is... ...powering up a Tandy 6000HD which hasn't been run for at least 2 years, and having it boot right up to Xenix 3.2! I'm thinking of exhibiting it at VCF Midwest with my 1986 BBS software. Mike Loewen mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
Jason and Mike from VCF Midwest told me they're thinking about setting up a PBX for just this sort of thing. I had already figured on taking one or two older system to connect to the serial ports for the "vintage" experience. On Sun, 12 Jun 2016, Jim Scheef via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Mike, It would be very cool if people could bring appropriate devices - say a Tandy M100 - and "dial" into the BBS onsite. Jim
-----Original Message----- From: vcf-midatlantic [mailto:vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org] On Behalf Of Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Thursday, June 9, 2016 1:13 AM To: vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org Cc: Mike Loewen <mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Happiness is...
...powering up a Tandy 6000HD which hasn't been run for at least 2 years, and having it boot right up to Xenix 3.2!
I'm thinking of exhibiting it at VCF Midwest with my 1986 BBS software.
Mike Loewen mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
Mike Loewen mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
VCF at IA has all the pieces-parts to set up an asterisk PBX (including the channel back for the modems). We just need someone to take point and put it together. . On 6/13/2016 6:16 PM, Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Jason and Mike from VCF Midwest told me they're thinking about setting up a PBX for just this sort of thing. I had already figured on taking one or two older system to connect to the serial ports for the "vintage" experience.
On Sun, 12 Jun 2016, Jim Scheef via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Mike, It would be very cool if people could bring appropriate devices - say a Tandy M100 - and "dial" into the BBS onsite. Jim
-----Original Message----- From: vcf-midatlantic [mailto:vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org] On Behalf Of Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Thursday, June 9, 2016 1:13 AM To: vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org Cc: Mike Loewen <mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Happiness is...
...powering up a Tandy 6000HD which hasn't been run for at least 2 years, and having it boot right up to Xenix 3.2!
I'm thinking of exhibiting it at VCF Midwest with my 1986 BBS software.
Martin, we're talking about VCF Midwest here. On Mon, 13 Jun 2016, Martin A Flynn via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
VCF at IA has all the pieces-parts to set up an asterisk PBX (including the channel back for the modems). We just need someone to take point and put it together. . On 6/13/2016 6:16 PM, Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Jason and Mike from VCF Midwest told me they're thinking about setting up a PBX for just this sort of thing. I had already figured on taking one or two older system to connect to the serial ports for the "vintage" experience.
On Sun, 12 Jun 2016, Jim Scheef via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Mike, It would be very cool if people could bring appropriate devices - say a Tandy M100 - and "dial" into the BBS onsite. Jim
-----Original Message----- From: vcf-midatlantic [mailto:vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org] On Behalf Of Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Thursday, June 9, 2016 1:13 AM To: vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org Cc: Mike Loewen <mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Happiness is...
...powering up a Tandy 6000HD which hasn't been run for at least 2 years, and having it boot right up to Xenix 3.2!
I'm thinking of exhibiting it at VCF Midwest with my 1986 BBS software.
Mike Loewen mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
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