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4115
Hi It's my first message here; I'm not a VZ-200/300 user, but my question is related to the disk images used by the VZ emulators. I've bought a VTL Laser 700....
harry_callahan2002
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Nov 10, 2004
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4116
Hi Jaime For the vz200 we dumped the contents of an 80k disk into memory in 5 16k chunks. This was done by writing a small assembly routine to do sector reads...
intertek@...
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Nov 11, 2004
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4117
Hi Thank you very much for your reply. Since I don't have a deep assembler knowledge and no technical manual for the Laser 700, I'll try first another option:...
harry_callahan2002
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Nov 11, 2004
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4118
Hi All, I recently acquired a VZ300, however I didn't get any joysticks with it. As I would like to play with the games on the original hardware (as near as...
Mike Hawkey
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Nov 22, 2004
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4119
Is written on me the back of me hand to do in 20 mins when I get home. Will get back to ya in the morning......
Dave Maunder
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Nov 22, 2004
6:56 am
4120
Hi Mike I opened one up and found U1 - 74LS09, U2 - 74LS138, U3 - 74LS367. I found the hard parts to obtain when building interfaces was the connectors, but I...
barryhubble
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Nov 22, 2004
2:36 pm
4121
And again Mike, I did have a quite a few joysticks but dunno what I have left. If you are interested in purchasing I could have a look. Regards Barry ... with ...
barryhubble
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Nov 22, 2004
2:45 pm
4122
And yet again, Found the connector site. www.edac.net Regards Barry ... with ... hardware ... be...
barryhubble
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Nov 22, 2004
2:52 pm
4123
Bugger! Got VZ300 joystick in front of me pulled apart, and got no circuit diagram to work out which IC is which (1, 2 or 3) Rough location follows. If can...
Dave Maunder
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Nov 22, 2004
10:50 pm
4124
Just like to say thanks for the info guys. It shouldn't be too difficult to knock something up if like you say, I'm able to find the appropriate connector. Do...
Mike Hawkey
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Nov 23, 2004
2:22 am
4125
... DSE used to sell the edge connectors, but of course no longer doth. Neither does Jaycar. Looking in 2004-2005 RS components cattledog, page 201 appears...
Dave Maunder
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Nov 23, 2004
3:02 am
4126
Thanks for the prompt response Dave. I take it from the details you've given that the connector is double sided and has a 0.156" pitch. (Compared with the PC...
Mike Hawkey
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Nov 23, 2004
6:44 am
4127
... yep, *re-checking*, the first one I yabbered about is 0.156 inch (is coloured blue as those in the VZ joystick and printer interfaces), whilst the second...
Dave Maunder
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Nov 23, 2004
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4128
Hi Mike, I actually live in Darwin, so even though it is Aus the postal charges tend to be a little higher then elsewhere. It appears the only spare joysticks...
barryhubble
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Nov 24, 2004
2:28 pm
4129
OK, now I'm confused. :^) The part numbers you've given me Barry (Joystick is 395-030-558-202, memory etc is 395-044-558-202.) are for a 0.1" pitch connectors,...
Mike Hawkey
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Nov 24, 2004
10:22 pm
4130
Hi guys, The connectors are both 0.1" pitch. Just measured 'em. 0.156" will definately not work! The small one is 30 conductors (15 per side) and the large one...
Brian Murray
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Nov 24, 2004
10:41 pm
4131
Thanks for clearing that up Brian. The part numbers that Barry gave me should work fine then. Mike....
Mike Hawkey
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Nov 24, 2004
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4132
Sorry about my stuff up - I guess I should have measured them first. How ya going Brian? Looooong time no speakin to. (1999...)...
Dave Maunder
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Nov 24, 2004
11:34 pm
4133
Hi Dave! I'm amazed someone remembered me ;-) I've been lurking around, too busy with various work and play projects to really get involved in VZ stuff for a...
Brian Murray
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Nov 25, 2004
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4134
Hi Mike, Don't be confused, Dave's probably been "muckin around the back" of his VZ again and changed the pitch of the connectors. He's changed just about...
barryhubble
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Nov 25, 2004
2:29 pm
4135
Hi again Mike, Looks like I'm getting forgetful like Dave. I omitted to mention that those parts have integral mounting lugs on the side and I'm pretty sure I...
barryhubble
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Nov 25, 2004
2:35 pm
4136
Bob Kitch has just emailled me with a request to go to the list for his sale of his VZ gear, magazines, newsletters, etc, etc. ... Hi Jason I have finally...
Jason Oakley
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Dec 6, 2004
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4137
... Kinda sad isn't it... Many moons ago I would have jumped at this....
Dave Maunder
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Dec 6, 2004
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4138
Yuh! Me too. ... -- http://www.zigzagsoft.com/ - PalmOS Software and Game Programmers forum...
Jason Oakley
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Dec 6, 2004
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4139
Just emailed Bob - I'd like to get my grubby mits on the lot. ... This message was sent through MyMail http://www.mymail.com.au...
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Dec 6, 2004
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4140
And me! Looks like we're all about to fall off the perch? ... for his ... forum...
barryhubble
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Dec 6, 2004
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4141
... Well, if anyone wants to offload a bit of gear I am interested. My collection consists of a VZ200, tape drive and some games - no RAM expansion or anything...
Andrew Laird
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Dec 7, 2004
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4142
The VZ is dead! Long live the VZ! (anyone seen peter hill?)...
Jorge Lima
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Dec 22, 2004
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4143
Welcome to our newest member, Brother Sharkbait....
waulok
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Jan 21, 2005
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4144
Hi Jason <>Here a doosie for old hands on the VZ! <> Has anyone come up with a way to read a VZDOS formatted SS 5.25 floppy in a PC drive? Or to rip off the...
Jason Oakley
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Feb 17, 2005
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