... Is' more a matter of getting the media and then getting files on the media. The configuration CP/M on NS* disk has been done and Mbasic doesn't care about...
... Now that I've answered half the question I can answer the other half. Basic80 or Mbasic does not get "ported", as it relied on the OS for all the external...
OK, that makes sense. Shouldn't be a problem then. I think Dave's simulator and utilties are all I need to get working n* and cp/m disks onto real media. I...
Hi! Chuck Guzis was working on this project and I was helping him test it with my machine. I have a built prototype PIC interface which seemed to work. ...
Hi List, I saw some posts come through after a long while. Good to see it also. I think I've asked in the past, but does anyone have a Dimension on this list?...
Hi Chris, I have two Dimensions sitting in my garage in original boxes. I'd be willing to trade for them. I live in Ohio. Please let me know if you are...
what are you looking for? I don't have other NS equipment. I'm guessing it's unlikely, but not impossible, I have anything you're looking for, given my...
Hi, No criticism of you effort intended, but I am working on a semi-automatic punch. If it works to my satisfaction by then, I'll have it with me at VCF East ...
Thanks Bill! Are you offering your punch as a kit or for sale? I think it would be very handy for those of us with old hard sector minidisk computers like...
No, this is a one-off. The operation will be simple and fast though... Step 0: Insert soft sectored disk and center/clamp. Step 1: Align soft-sector index...
I just acquired a really nice N* horizon with 64k ram. Had to make a small repair when a tantalum capacitor exploded. However, I replaced it, and I am ready...
... N* BASIC running on CP/M. It's been done already by InfoSoft Systems in 1981. I found it on a Lifeboat CP/M disk I downloaded from the web. The file is...
... make a ... replaced ... there ... Would ... able ... Hi Brian, Welcome to the group! I acquired my Northstar Horizon about a year ago and had the same...
Thank you very much for the offer, Steve. Someone else on another forum sent me their NDOS master disk about a week ago. My system booted fine, and I now...
Andrew, What is the status with CWNS? I cannot seem to find any discussion later than Fall 2007. Did you ever get it to the point of reliably imaging and...
... diskettes? ... Hi! I did get CWNS to work reliably to make disk images of NorthStar disks. It was never really intended to be able to recreate images since...
... discussion ... reliably ... it ... Hi Steve, Yes, NST requires NS* hardware but if you need real disk images then you probably already have access to it....
I had written a while back looking for a processor card. I got one from Bill S (I think he may be a member of this group?) Anyway, here is a project update....
That is not correct. The boot address for an mds-ad3 is e800. I use one in my SOL. 'ex e800' boots it. When you say "both drives spin", does either access...
Stinking yahoo wrapped the disassembly... unwrap any lines that don't start with an address or a semicolon. ... From: NorthStar_Computers@yahoogroups.com ...
Thanks Bill and all who responded.? I will verify the code at E800.? I agree that there must be a drive address conflict.? So far I tried each drive by...
I have ported the code into MS Word format and uploaded to http://www.vintagecomputer.net/northstar/ NOTE: There was one colon that I changed to a semi-colon...
Using my z80 in-circuit emulator, I confirmed that the disk controller bootstrap program was loading into memory. I researched the dip switches for the drive...
Boot address can be either depending on the disk card used. Single density is E900, double is E800 (more rom). However all of single denisty cards also...