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5177
I'm trying to spend some time on adding disk file I/O to the VZ libs for Z88dk (unless someone added this while I wasn't looking). First of all, I have a...
James Diffendaffer
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Mar 4, 2007
5:47 pm
5178
... From: "James Diffendaffer" <jdiffendaffer@...> To: <vzemu@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 3:47 AM Subject: [vzemu] Z88dk File I/O ... ...
Leslie Milburn
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Mar 4, 2007
11:32 pm
5179
... almost ... my own ... and the ... Power on, ... Directory ... good if ... you can ... causes ... Well, I kinda figured that would be the response. I was...
James Diffendaffer
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Mar 5, 2007
11:26 pm
5180
... The DOS routines have been written to work nicely with BASIC. The problem arises when it is not BASIC that is using the routines, eg a Device Driver or...
Leslie Milburn
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Mar 6, 2007
4:52 am
5181
... problem ... Driver ... Well, I can see the routines being too general or too specialized to make them easy to use in a library without a lot of support...
James Diffendaffer
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Mar 6, 2007
11:07 pm
5182
... From: "James Diffendaffer" <jdiffendaffer@...> To: <vzemu@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 9:06 AM Subject: [vzemu] Re: Z88dk File...
Leslie Milburn
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Mar 7, 2007
10:09 am
5183
Does anyone remember this? It was given free to DSE stockists as an easy way to show off the capabilities of the VZ200. It includes a demo of Circus at the end...
Andrew Laird
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Mar 19, 2007
8:13 am
5184
I have a DSE tape that does the same sort of thing. Ben Pazolli...
Ben Pazolli
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Mar 19, 2007
9:01 am
5185
Yeah, it is based on the demo tape, but includes some extras. Andrew Laird. ... From: vzemu@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vzemu@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ben...
Andrew Laird
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Mar 19, 2007
9:55 am
5186
Hi Andrew, There were actually two demo cartridges, the first was there at the beginning of time (1982). I think the second one was made by LaserLink and was...
Leslie Milburn
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Mar 20, 2007
10:22 am
5187
Well, the one I have is accompanied by a note that includes a pricing restructure effective as of 6th February 1984, so I suspect that the cartridge was...
Andrew Laird
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Mar 20, 2007
11:49 am
5188
I have come across a couple of VZ tapes (Air Traffic Controller and Learjet) that come with a label stating that they are from the 'Home Software Library'. Is...
Andrew Laird
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Mar 21, 2007
11:37 am
5189
G'day Andrew , Did I understand correct, that you have a real one ? ... I'm very interested in cartridge sollutions. Is it possible to get a hex dump from it ?...
VZ FAN Marburg
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Mar 21, 2007
3:52 pm
5190
You do understand correctly that I have acquired a real one. It plugs into the memory expansion port (floppy bus if you will). As I do not have a working disk...
Andrew Laird
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Mar 21, 2007
8:56 pm
5191
... At least Learjet was written by a real pilot from Sydney (IIRC). I used to play it a fair bit but only the shortest route as I didn't have that much...
Jason Oakley
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Mar 21, 2007
9:13 pm
5192
Dunno if this means very much. From me software listing compiled by Bob ... H.V. VZ JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER DSE LEARJET DSE AIR TRAFFIC...
David Maunder
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Mar 22, 2007
1:27 am
5193
Hi Andrew, thanks for your infos. my (one of ..) actual projekt is a Ram-Drive for those which have no Disk-Drive. attached as R1 - Commands in info.vz - at...
VZ FAN Marburg
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Mar 22, 2007
11:19 am
5194
OK, very interesting. The problem with the demo cartridge is that I would have to modify it to disable it from running in order to dump it. It runs...
Andrew Laird
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Mar 22, 2007
8:54 pm
5195
... From: "Andrew Laird" <andrew@...> To: <vzemu@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 6:52 AM Subject: RE: [vzemu] Demonstration cartridge ...
Leslie Milburn
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Mar 23, 2007
1:15 am
5196
If you want to MOD it, a pullup/down resistor on the ROM/EPROM should be all that's required. OE or /OE or something like that would be the line you need. To...
James Diffendaffer
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Mar 23, 2007
4:14 am
5197
Well, I have already tested the breaking of the BASIC sections of code, and you can do that. What the cartridge does is load a BASIC program into memory, sets...
Andrew Laird
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Mar 23, 2007
10:24 am
5198
I have come across a few ICs, labelled VTech GA004, second line 27-0213-00-00, third line 0285 or 5184 (may be a batch code) in a 40 pin DIP package. Any...
Andrew Laird
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Mar 23, 2007
9:27 pm
5199
I am guessing that these are the custom chips from the VZ300. ... From: "Andrew Laird" <andrew@...> To: <vzemu@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, March...
Leslie Milburn
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Mar 24, 2007
4:31 am
5200
I did wonder that, but in the technical manual the custom chips are designated as GA1, GA2 and GA3. Maybe I'll take a VZ300 apart later and check. Andrew...
Andrew Laird
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Mar 24, 2007
5:10 am
5201
I am guessing that these are the custom chips from the VZ300. ... From: "Andrew Laird" <andrew@...> To: <vzemu@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, March...
Leslie Milburn
cdb4w
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Mar 24, 2007
5:36 am
5202
I am guessing that these are the custom chips from the VZ300. ... From: "Andrew Laird" <andrew@...> To: <vzemu@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, March...
Leslie Milburn
cdb4w
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Mar 24, 2007
7:14 am
5203
In that case, it might be for another "vz" machine - eg a Laser 50. The Question is where did you source the chips from ?? ... From: "Andrew Laird"...
Leslie Milburn
cdb4w
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Mar 24, 2007
7:16 am
5204
Barry Hubble owned them. Andrew Laird. ... From: vzemu@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vzemu@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Leslie Milburn Sent: Saturday, 24 March 2007...
Andrew Laird
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Mar 24, 2007
10:13 am
5205
Ok then, I would suggest you look at the DSE Cat Computer (which was also a LASER). ... From: "Andrew Laird" <andrew@...> To: <vzemu@yahoogroups.com>...
Leslie Milburn
cdb4w
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Mar 26, 2007
2:54 am
5206
... Since you couldn't do a 'dir' on a word pro cartridge formatted disk from the normal ready prompt, maybe it just didn't have a standard directory table for...
David Maunder
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Mar 27, 2007
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