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From: sscrivan@nyx.cs.du.edu (steve scrivano)
Subject: 16/6000 machines
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 92 06:52:54 GMT

I have put out similar questions before on this topic and unfortunately
I still have not been able to resolve the following problems with these
machines despite some of your help and suggestions.  Here goes again:

I have tried to get my 6000 machine upgraded to properly run 1 meg on
a standard Tandy board.  I have added the proper chips and even though
Xenix recognizes and displays the memory upon startup, eventually various
application programs such as Multiplan and Profile 16 will cause memory
errors and crashes.  Will someone who has a working system, take a look
at your memory board, make note of every E # location on that board and
tell me what E# post locations have a black clip on them.  In other words
what E# locations are clipped to what?  Also, is their some other Xenix
configuration that needs to be done.  I am running 3.2 Xenix.  I have
exactly one file in the root directory called xenix.  Is it possible the
3.1 version of the xenix file should also reside in this directory under
the name ".xenix"?  Note the period ".". 

I have even used a 2 meg board that causes the exact same problem with
memory crashes.  Basically, I have been stuck with using 512k due to this
problem.  The way the system behaves with this higher memory it is as if
users and applications are interfering with each other until everthing goes
down.


Steve Scrivano
sscrivan@isis.cs.du.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: leonard@coyote.datalog.com (Leonard Lorden)
Subject: Re: Disk I/O on the Model III
Organization: Datalog Consulting, Tucson, AZ
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 92 00:17:25 GMT

Why not try to get the "Assembly Language Tutor (Disk)" from Radio Shack.  
The cat number is 26-2018, I have one myself and refer back to it often.
This manual. Actually, this is more of a programming aid than a means on how 
to access the drives or other media peripherals.  The BEST media to get 
would be the Model 3 tech Manual, which I also seem to be missing myself 
(grrr, one too many moves).

                          -=> Leonard <=-
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 11:57:11 EDT
From: <ACS110@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Joystick Pinout

The joystick pinout for your machine is available at a local Radio Shack.
I had one for my TL2 (the round connectors) but can't seem to find it.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy,comp.sys.m6809,comp.os.os9
From: mjmcken@unixg.ubc.ca (Michael J McKenzie)
Subject: Re: COCO3
Keywords: Coco3,os9,Nitro
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 23:15:48 GMT



In comp.os.os9 you write:

>What is Nitro Os9???

>Peter Turner    <espt@es.flinders.edu.au>

NitrOS9 is a 'patch' that switches the 6309 from the normal 6809 emulation
mode into its native mode. The advantage of the 6309 native mode is that it
has a much fuller instruction set compared to the 6809.

The result is you can run OS-9 Level II on a CoCo 3 in the 6309 native mode,
a big increase in speed.

You can find ads for NitrOS9 in recent issues of The Rainbow and OS-9
Underground.

Mike.  
mjmcken@unixg.ubc.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: leonard@coyote.datalog.com (Leonard Lorden)
Subject: Driver for 3-1/2" drives
Organization: Datalog Consulting, Tucson, AZ
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 22:46:56 GMT

Almost every machine I've run into that can run a standard 5-1/4" floppy 
drive, will also run a 720K 3-1/2" drive WITH NO ALTERATIONS.  This is even 
the case on my ancient TRS-80 Model 4.  I'm not sure if a High Density 
1.22Meg 3-1/2" drive will work the same, you'll need a higher authority to 
answer that question, than me.  However, as it is supposed to be a "clone", 
it will probably run the high density drives as easily as it does with the 
standard floppy.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: bill@Celestial.COM (Bill Campbell)
Subject: Re: looking for tandy 100 modem cable
Organization: Celestial Software, Mercer Island, WA
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 15:58:40 GMT

In <1992Sep29.002859.13642@ultb.isc.rit.edu> sjk6119@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (Scott J. Kleper) writes:

:OK, I have the machine. I have the modem. I have a bad cable! For some
:reason, the cable did weird things like resetting the whole machine and
:erasing all my data, which didn't make me too happy. I'd like to be able

The Mod 100 could lose data at any time after a modem session
where the modem locked because of line noise (at least using the
acoustic couplers).  I was at a TCBUG (Tandy Computer Business
User's Group) meeting in Fort Worth about 7 years ago and there
was a discussion about this problem.  The Tandy buyer for the
Model 100 was saying that such things never happened.  I was
busily taking notes on my Mod 100 when lo-and-behold -- it lost
all it's memory!  I pointed this out to him at the time, to the
vast amusement of all present :-).

:to take advantage of the modem. I don't read this newsgroup much, actually
:this is the only time I've looked at it, so I'd prefer e-mail. I need
:to know either who's selling it, or where to look. Thanks..

If you're running an external modem, the cable's just a standard
25-pin male-mail RS232.  You can buy these at any Radio Shack.
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From: rjus@uonline.com (ren_just)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: wanted: modem for TRS80
Date: 4 Oct 92 12:29:26 GMT
Organization: Just Computers!

fowlerc@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (John C. Fowler) writes:
: In article <1992Oct1.182938.26765@news.ysu.edu> ae453@yfn.ysu.edu (Brian Roberts) writes:
: >	I'm looking for a modem for a TRS80.
: 
: If your TRS-80 (whichever model) has a serial board, then ANY external
: RS-232C modem will work.  If your TRS-80 does not have a serial board,
: then you're pretty much out of luck.  I think there was a modem that
: attached to the cassette port at one time, but I highly doubt you'd be
: able to find one, and even if you did, you'd be stuck at 300 baud.
: 
: -- 
: John C. Fowler, fowlerc@boulder.colorado.edu

All that is needed is a cable that adapts the 4 pin DIN plug on the Coco to
a DB25 connector.  This is the port that is used for a serial hook-up to the
printer.  It is that simple.  I have been able to get 2400 baud out of the
thing, but some have been limited to 1200 baud.  If a person is handy with
a soldering iron at all, it should take about 15-30 minutes to make up a
cable.

Hope that helps.

Randy Just, uonline!rjus@infoserv.com
From: s891961@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Peter David Cupit)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: 6309 (was Re: COCO3)
Date: 6 Oct 92 08:59:51 GMT
Organization: RMIT Computer Centre
NNTP-Posting-Host: minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au

kakugawa@se.hiroshima-u.ac.jp (Hirotsugu Kakugawa) writes:

  Hello,

   I am using a 6309 and am in the process of making an assembler for it
   I would like to know if there is any more information about the 6309
   available.

   Peter Cupit.


  s891961@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au
  s891961@godzilla.cgl.rmit.oz.au
   post?
>Bye.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: system@convax.iar.nrc.ca (Jim.Jordan)
Subject: Updating a 1000HX
Reply-To: system@convax.iar.nrc.ca (Jim.Jordan)
Organization: National Research Council,Ottawa,Canada
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 11:12:01 EDT

Hello:

	My son has a Tandy 1000HX and was considering updating it with hard
disk or rebuilding it with a more modern processor. I would appreciate 
hearing from anyone who has successfully done this and the costs involved.
Though we could buy a new 386SX system for under $1000 CDN, it seemd unlikely
that we could sell the 1000HX for more than a few hundred dollars. What are
the economics and technical feasibilty of:
  1) installing a 3rd party hard disc/controller and who makes the best units
  2) installing a 386SX or ?? motherboard  and reusing Tandy floppies/display
        and so on.

						Thanks in advance
						---- Jim-----

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: fowlerc@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (John C. Fowler)
Subject: Re: wanted: modem for TRS80
Reply-To: fowlerc@boulder.colorado.edu
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 22:27:36 GMT

In article <1992Oct1.182938.26765@news.ysu.edu> ae453@yfn.ysu.edu (Brian Roberts) writes:
>	I'm looking for a modem for a TRS80.

If your TRS-80 (whichever model) has a serial board, then ANY external
RS-232C modem will work.  If your TRS-80 does not have a serial board,
then you're pretty much out of luck.  I think there was a modem that
attached to the cassette port at one time, but I highly doubt you'd be
able to find one, and even if you did, you'd be stuck at 300 baud.

-- 
John C. Fowler, fowlerc@boulder.colorado.edu
From: rhay@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Robert Hay)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Comm Software TRS-80 IV
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 92 09:35:38 MDT
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #1, Edmonton, AB, Canada

I was wondering if anyone knew of some good comm. software for the TRS-80 
IV?  I have written my own, but I have not been able to get my xmodem to 
work and I would like to expand my capabilities.

Let me know thanks.... Robert Hay

Robert Hay              rhay@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: 5 Meg RS hard disk probl
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 14:13:04 -0600

  To: ALL                           Recvd: NO
Subj: 5 Meg RS hard disk proble      Conf: (41) Comp.Sys.T
___------------------------------------------------------------------------
SSM>Well, my Model 4P / 5 meg Radio Shack hard disk which have worked
SSM>flawlessly since 1985 has finally malfunctioned  :-(

SSM>I tried reformatting the CP/M partition and rewriting the boot
SSM>program, and it restored auto booting for a while, but the next day,
SSM>on powerup, the dead-in-the-water problem recurred.  Then, I tried
SSM>to boot the hard drive CP/M from floppy, and this was successful.

This is probably too simple to be useful, but...

If you can get it running at all again, immediately back it up to
floppies, or whatever you back up to.  Then your data has been
retrieved, at least.

After that, you can do whatever you think might work.  For example, a
program like SpinRite can evaluate your disk (doing a reformat, if you
wish) and will identify and mark bad sectors.  Once the bad sectors
are marked, DOS won't use them, and you may find that your system will
work if it skips the bad sectors.

Or try Norton Disk Doctor.

What I don't know about this... if the bad sector(s) are in the root
directory location, can you or your system work around that, once they
are marked "bad" which makes them unavailable, and removes them from
service. I'm not sure if you can rebuild those directories in another
location or if all operating systems insist on them being in that
specific location. If that can't be worked-around, I suppose it is a
lost cause. :-(

Hope this is *some* help!

Fido.

 * OLX 2.2 * Unable to locate Chocolate!  Operator halted.

 * Origin: Dark Knight's Table (1:282/31)
From: cameronjames@finali.enet.dec.com (James Cameron)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Wanted: Z80 or TRS-80 Emulator in VAX Macro or C
Date: 5 Oct 92 23:49:21 GMT
Reply-To: cameronjames@finali.enet.dec.com (James Cameron)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation (Australia) Pty. Limited A.C.N. 000 446 800


I've got a VAX at home, and I'd like to retire my old TRS-80 Model 4P,
but I've got 12 years of software development on it...

I'm looking for any Z80 emulator code, either written in C or VAX Macro.
If I can't find anything, I'll be writing some.

Please respond by mail.

--
James Cameron
Digital Equipment Corporation (Australia) Pty. Limited A.C.N. 000 446 800
(cameronjames@snoc01.enet.dec.com)
From: Charlie Rosenberg <crosenberg@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Date: 29 Sep 92 07:18 PDT
Subject: Re: Rainbow magazine status
Nf-ID: #R:1992Sep24.152538.7737@ac.dal.ca:-418916945:cdp:1368600003:000:131
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!crosenberg    Sep 29 07:18:00 1992


Do you have an address or phone number for them (PCM magazine)?

Anyone know if they are sold retail in the Boston area and where?

Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: leonard@coyote.datalog.com (Leonard Lorden)
Subject: RE:Modem wanted
Organization: Datalog Consulting, Tucson, AZ
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 92 00:00:28 GMT

Brian Roberts,
   Almost any external modem with work perfectly on your TRS-80.  As long as 
it is accessed throught the RS232 (which basically means any external modem 
short of the Apple, Mac, or Commodore line) will work with no headaches.  
I've seen new 2400 baud modems for as little as $79.  You should shop around 
the local computer magazines and such for GREAT deals.
                 -=> Leonard <=-

Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: fowlerc@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (John C. Fowler)
Subject: Re: Disk I/O on the Model III
Reply-To: fowlerc@boulder.colorado.edu
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 21:10:29 GMT

In article <92278.225517TRM900@psuvm.psu.edu> Tony R. Marasco <TRM900@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>Does anyone know how to properly perform direct disk I/O?

The book you're really looking for is "Machine Language Disk I/O
and Other Mysteries" by the long-ago-defunct IJG (or is it IGJ?)
publishing company.  It's a good tutorial about referencing the Model I
and III disk controllers directly.  You can't get it anywhere officially,
but copies turn up now and then, so keep an eye out.

>I have a book titled _More TRS-80 Assembly Language Programming_ which
>contains a listing of such code, but it is for the Model I.  The book
>claims if you change memory addresses to ports it should work.

The Model I memory-mapped addresses to ports, while the Model III
encouraged accessing the ports directly.

You might have some luck looking at the Model 4/4P Technical Reference
Manual, as the Model 4 is almost identical to the Model III in port
references.

Good luck!

-- 
John C. Fowler, fowlerc@boulder.colorado.edu
From: john@hpsad.sad.hp.com (John Ruf)
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 20:07:26 GMT
Subject: Re: Deleting old DA references
Organization: HP Signal Analysis Division - Rohnert Park, CA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mentor

In comp.sys.mentor, steven@chicago.crhc.uiuc.edu (Steven Parkes) writes:

    How does one go about clearing references to instances that no longer exist?
    I have schematics where no versions reference a component that was referenced
    sometime in the past.  Even though there are no longer any instances of this
    type, the reference still exists.  I want to delete the reference so I can
    delete the component since it is no longer used.


  I believe Mentor is going to fix this in a future version so that if a 
component is no longer used it gets removed from the interface. But you can 
clean it up now yourself by a simple technique that I find useful in curing
just about anything that gets goofed up:
  1. Start a new design.
  2. For each sheet in your original design, open a sheet in the new design and
     open the original sheet, then select all objects in the original sheet and
     copy to the new sheet. Check and save each sheet.
  3. When satisfied that it all worked, delete the original design and possibly
     rename the new design to the old name (use dmgr's move or copy features).

  This process is a quick way of re-entering your design, but without the
unwanted components. The new design interface never has any knowledge of those
parts that you don't use.
From: steven@chicago.crhc.uiuc.edu (Steven Parkes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mentor
Subject: Re: IC Station Labs
Date: 26 Sep 1992 15:30:53 GMT
Organization: Center for Reliable and High-Performance Computing, University of Illinois
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: chicago.crhc.uiuc.edu

In article <1992Sep25.191702.29529@news.nd.edu>,
ejohnson@tolstoy.helios.nd.edu (eric johnson) writes:

|> We are trying to incorporate the 8.1 tool set into the undergraduate
|> courses and looking for good lab examples.

We are in our first semester using 8.1 for our VLSI course (Mead-Conway level)
and I am presently converting and rewriting labs.  Is there any interest in
sharing this kind of information?  E-mail responses and I'll summarize.

steven parkes ---------------------------------------
Center for Reliable and High-Performance Computing --
University of Illinois                             --
steven@crhc.uiuc.edu --------------------------------
From: hl411kr@unidui.uni-duisburg.de (Kraemer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mentor
Subject: Re: Where are the GDT-Users
Date: 29 Sep 1992 10:57:15 +0100
Organization: Universitaet Duisburg GH
NNTP-Posting-Host: unidui.uni-duisburg.de

In <1992Sep24.133511.9259@njitgw.njit.edu> deepak@konark.njit.edu (Deepak Kakadasam) writes:

>In article <1992Sep24.064756.10120@uoft02.utoledo.edu> mohan@jupiter.cse.utoledo.edu (Mohan Pakkurti) writes:
>>I am a new GDT user actually 2days old. My first impression is that it is
>>a very powerful tool. But I have to gain more experience to really appreciate
>>its various facilities. 
>>I am eager to joing any mailing list or discussion on GDT.
>>So "Where are the GDT-users".    :)

>	Good Question. 

>	I guess there are very few of us (GDT-users).

We use GDT since  1989. We use ist for high Level Synthesis and simulation of
microcontrollers. But we now also try to start some analog design in GDT. But
it seemt to be very difficult. Any experiences.?
I posted already three Weeks ago, but our Company became disconnected from
the News. So if you want to contact me please reply via email to:
buch@ims.fhg.de

Michael Buchmann.
Fraunhoferinstitut for microelectronic Germany
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mentor
From: buch@ims.fhg.de (Michael Buchmann)
Subject: Complex transistors in GDT
Keywords: GDT Led Lc complex Transistors
Organization: Fraunhofer Gesellschaft (IMS)
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 09:01:14 GMT

Hi GDT-Users,
Another simple question. For some cells we heave to design complex transistors.
In L-language I can do this by PATH-statement in the TN or TP call. It all 
worked fine in old GDT version 4.1 but I get sone mysterious messages in 5.2.1:

line 22: name_to_catt: illegal terminal
line 22: can't find terminal 511484, transistor 'tp'
line 24: name_to_catt: illegal terminal
line 24: can't find terminal -400, transistor 'tp'

I _never_ declared a terminal named 511484. The generated layout seems to be
ok but I don't want to see this message any more because in a large design
there are about 100 of these messages. Up to now I got no response from MENTOR
according to this. Anybody had this problem??
Thanks.

Michael
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From: john@hpsad.sad.hp.com (John Ruf)
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 16:26:34 GMT
Subject: Re: Copied components losing HPPN
Organization: HP Signal Analysis Division - Rohnert Park, CA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mentor

Jeremy, this particular notes group is probably the wrong forum for the problem
you are having. All the details of your problem are refering to HP-only library
and it is unlikely that the external Mentor user community will have any idea
what you are refering to.
  You could perhaps ask for help here but you first need to state the problem
in terms of generic Mentor functionality. For example, your problem might be
stated as: I have a schematic in progress, the symbols have been changed during
the schematic capture period. Some properties have been deleted, some added and
the part interface has changed. Now you could describe the symptoms of losing
values and returning to the values on the symbols in the library.
  Not that we are trying to hide what we are doing from the non-HP folks, its
just that we have a completely enhanced library and design environment that is
unknown to the outside (though Mentor is aware of it).

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mentor
From: hepler@cbmvax.commodore.com (Ed Hepler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mentor
Subject: Re: Question about Lsim
Date: 2 Oct 92 13:22:31 GMT
Reply-To: hepler@cbmvax.commodore.com (Ed Hepler)
Distribution: world
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
Keywords: Lsim GDT Parameters


 
|> In article <1992Oct1.072743.3675@ims.fhg.de>, buch@ims.fhg.de
(Michael Buchmann) writes:
 |> 
 |> Hi GDT-Users 
 |> A smiple question according Lsim: can I tell Lsim to use different sets
 |> of parameters dependend on the length of a transistor? Different sets
 |> of parameters are possible (SLOW,NOM,FAST). But can I make him switch
 |> automatically dependend on the length?
 |> Thanks in advance.
 |> 
 |> Michael.
 
In the "Lmodel" directory of the GDT distribution path there exists a
file named
"pick_model.c".  Edit this file to suit your needs.  Then execute the Makefile
in the same directory to create a new "models.a" library and install it. (Make
sure you save an old copy of models.a for easy recovery... :-))

This should do what you need...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mentor
Subject: e-mail address of Dr Fraeman ?
From: mohan@jupiter.cse.utoledo.edu (Mohan Pakkurti)
Date: 26 Sep 92 20:01:59 EST
Distribution: world

Hi,

Does anyone know how I can communicate with Dr M E Fraeman ?

I heard that he works at the Applied Physics Laboratory at the
John Hopkins University.

Any e-mail address, or telephone number will be of great use to
me to contact him.

Thanks for your help. :)
--mohan

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mentor
From: mike@pokey.mentorg.com (Mike Walsh)
Subject: Test Message
Originator: mike@pokey
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 23:34:26 GMT
Organization: Mentor Graphics 
Keywords: 
Followup-To: 


testing news access

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From: sommer@hpscit.sc.hp.com (Jeremy Sommer)
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 17:40:45 GMT
Subject: Re: Copied components losing HPPN
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Clara, CA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mentor

Sorry, I forgot to mention that HPPN is the HP part number I use to select a
component under the "Libraries" menu.

-Jeremy
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mentor