HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy

A friend of mine has a Tandy 1000 RL that fried it's power
supply. Actually, it fried the first resister in from the
AC power, which is where other power supplies that I have
seen appear to have a fuse. I've tried to identify this
resistor, but it is too charred to read off the values,
although it looks like a 1/4 watt, and the first band is orange.

I've tried calling local stores, but they want me
to come in and order the service manual for $50. I went to
one store, and they directed me to the "local" (about 40
miles away) consumer service center. Calling the service
center was no help: They directed me back to the store. 
I've called National parts (thanks to this group for the
number, the stores wouldn't give it to me), but they said
that the parts ID lady was about a week behind.

Can anyone help here? Ideally, I'd like a schematic of
the supply, but I'd settle for the resistor value. 
(Nobody that I talked to in Radio Shack was willing to
fax or mail me a copy of the schematic unless I bought
the entire 1000 RL manual). My friend and I would be
VERY appreciative!

Thanks,
==Doug Claar
dclaar@cup.hp.com
(408)447-5700
From: davidson@ac.dal.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Tandy 1000 SL Hard Disk installation
Date: 25 Jan 93 01:04:56 -0400
Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada


I've been offered a 40 meg drive, essentially for free, for my Tandy 1000 SL.

The question: how difficult is it to install this? As far as I can determine
from the docs that came with my system, it's just a matter of mounting the 
drive as the controller card is already on the motherboard. 

What, if any, jumpers/DIP switches do I have to set? 
I'm using the stock CGA video.

Its an IDE drive, I believe a Maxtor. 

Any advice or experiences greatly appreciated!

Thank-you,

Jonathan Davidson

DAVIDSON@AC.DAL.CA
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada

Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: cohen@GOMEZ.phys.virginia.edu
Subject: Model I/III items for sale (a lot of neat software!)
Reply-To: cohen@GOMEZ.phys.virginia.edu
Organization: Dept. of Physics, University of Virginia
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 21:13:14 GMT

The following TRS-80 Model I hardware and software is for sale to highest offer.
You do not have to take everything, just what you like.  I would be glad if
some collectors or users find something useful here and give it a home.
There are many items here, some might be unusual...

Printer cable.
Tape cable.
LemonAidtape loader with manual.
Multiple external disk drives cable.

Cassette software- (disk software follows later)-
Racet PROLOAD
RADIO SHACK ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE TUTOR
CASSETTE PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS
TRENDEX STOCK MARKET TREND ANALYSIS
MICROSOFT TYPING TUTOR
RACET REMODEL (RENUM-MOVE-DELETE)
RACET COPYSIS
RADIO SHACK CROSS REFERENCE UTILITY
RADIO SHACK EDITOR/ASSEMBLER FOR CASSETTE AND DISK SYSTEMS
SCRIPSIT WORD PROCESSOR
LOWER CASE DRIVER
2 COMPUTRONIC CASSETTES- WORD PROCESSOR, DATA BASE, CLEAN UP, ADVENTURE,
    MEMORY TEST, CALCULATOR, BUSINESS, AMUSEMENT
MICROSOFT EDITOR/ASSEMBLER PLUS/Z-BUG
SCARFMAN (GAME, BY CORNSOFT)
RADIO SHACK CHECKERS 80
BLACKJACK/BACKGAMMON
TERMINAL II

DISK SOFTWRAE-
SCRIPSIT, with audio training program on audio cassettes
PROSOFT RPM (DISK DIAGNOSTICS)
STRUCTURED BASIC TRANSLATOR
STANDARD AND POOR'S STOCKPAD AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
RADIO SHACK EDITOR/ASSEMBLER
VISICALC (***** THE EVER POPULAR SPREADSHEET, THAT MADE APPLE SO SUCCESSFULL!!!)
RADIO SHACK PROJECT MANAGER
RADIO SHACK TIME MANAGER
RADIO SHACK PROFILE

the software will run, or can be converted to run, on TRS-80 Model III dos
without any problem (if it doesn't run as-is, TRS DOS model III has a convert
utility built-in).

BOOKS-
* TRS-80 Assembly Language Programming
* More TRS-80 Assembly Language programming
* TRS-80 Assembly Language Made simple
* TRS-80: More than BASIC
* Intermediate programming for the TRS-80
* TRS-80 Assembly Language
* 67 Ready to Run programs in BASIC: Graphics, Home & Business, Education, Games
* TRS-80 Graphics for the Model I and Model III

Please reply via e-mail to COHEN@GOMEZ.PHYS.VIRGINIA.EDU,
or call (804) 293-8973 nights.  Thanks!

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mentor
From: meador@EECS.WSU.EDU (Jack Meador)
Subject: DAS 9200 / LV500 test interfacing 
Organization: School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Washington State University
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 22:00:57 GMT

Has anyone had experience converting lsim simulation results into a format compatible with a TEK DAS 9200 / LV500 tester? 
Thanks!
Jack Meador  
-- 
Jack Meador / ECE Dept. / Washington State University / meador@ece.wsu.edu
From: parkes@uiuc.edu (Steven Parkes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mentor
Subject: Fabricating chips using 8.* tools and MOSIS
Date: 21 Jan 1993 17:18:44 GMT
Organization: Center for Reliable and High-Performance Computing
              University of Illinois
Distribution: world
Reply-To: parkes@uiuc.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: chicago.crhc.uiuc.edu

We at the University of Illinois are looking into fabbing chips through
MOSIS from designs generated using the 8.* ICstation toolset.

There are a number of tasks to be accomplished; some we have done, others we are
looking into now.  I'd like to collect information and experiences from anyone
who has fabbed (or even looked into _attempting_ to fab) chips through MOSIS
from designs generated by the 8.* tools.

I'll pass on a summary to comp.sys.mentor, if there are any, so please don't
send `me too' requests.

Particular points of interest are:

1) What technologies have you used (i.e. SCMOS and CMOSN at 1.2, 2, or 3
   micron) and where did you get the necessary process and rules files.
2) What, if any, standard cell libraries have you used (i.e. the NSA libraries,
   in either technology)
3) What applications have you used (i.e. da, qsim, ICgraph, ICrules, ICtrace,
   ICextract, CPFI, Quick*)
4) What kind of modeling did you use (i.e. digital, analog, quickpart, etc.)
5) What kind of simulation did you do (i.e. digital, analog, functional,
   timing etc.)
6) What other kinds of verification did you do (i.e. timing with or without
   technology files)

If you have any other information, particularly information on show-stoppers,
or other issues not mentioned here, please send it.

steven parkes ---------------------------------------
Center for Reliable and High-Performance Computing --
University of Illinois                             --
parkes@uiuc.edu -------------------------------------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mentor
From: jcooley@world.std.com (John Cooley)
Subject: Joining ESNUG
Organization: The E-mail Synopsys Users Group (ESNUG)
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 05:48:00 GMT


  If you're using the Synopsys Design Compiler and/or their ATPG product, you 
  might be interested in joining the E-Mail Synopsys Users Group (ESNUG).

  What we are is a group of hardware designers from all over the world who
  wish to trade experiences, bug reports and the techniques that we've
  found that work best in getting a design from a behavioral description
  to a final fully tested product.  This is a grassroots forum independent
  of Synopsys, Inc.

  A Sample of What We Discuss:

	- Known Synopsys Compiler Bugs    - Implementing Boundry Scan

	- Mentor related issues    - EDIF related issues

	- Hierarchical Compliations   - design_analyzer   - JTAG

	- How Various ASIC Vendors Model Their Macros.   - Clock Constraints

	- Using ATPG Tools   - The Best Way To Write State Machines in Verilog

	- Using VHDL   - System Simulation vs. Synopsys Friendly Code

	- Clever Workarounds to Known Pitfalls   - Testing Strategies

  In order to insure an open discussion, but yet keep our respective managers
  happy in having our company's projects remain SECRET, submissions to be 
  posted to the ESNUG mailing list can be stripped of identifying engineers 
  and company names if so requested.

  In addition, to further secure privacy and to avoid e-mail headers that
  are hundreds of names long, each mailing is a batch of singlely addressed 
  e-mail letters.

  If you want to join ESNUG, please send me e-mail to "jcooley@world.std.com"
  saying you wish to join and why.  (Please don't send a copy of this letter
  back to me, I know what you're refering to when you're writing.)

					- John Cooley
					  ESNUG Moderator

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mentor
From: chuck@edsi.plexus.COM (Chuck Tomasi)
Subject: Re: mentor install woes
Organization: Enterprise Data Systems Incorporated, Appleton WI
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 12:45:10 GMT

stergios@leland.Stanford.EDU (Stergios) writes:

:)I have installed many many commercial applications and never have I
:)seen such a simple task so over complicated.

There is a different mind set to the installation, but essentially it
isn't all that bad.  You load the software from tape (or some other
install media) then setup your driver files.  These have the advantage
of being "smart" and recognizing when software needs to be loaded and
when it can skip a package.  Since there are nearly an inifinite number
of combinations the packages can be installed, using driver files makes
sense.  This isn't a simple "put in the media and install/update the
software" configuration.  Using the driver files allows you to go back
and make minor changes to the installation process and configure each
node or group of nodes independently.

I have to say that I prefer the v8.0 installation process over the v7.0
install except in the case where I just want to install one option very
quickly from tape or CD.  That's when driver files become a little more
of a pain.
-- 
Chuck Tomasi             |   The nice thing about standards is
chuck@edsi.plexus.COM    |   that there are so many to choose from.
MiSTie #2356             |   
------<Enterprise Data Systems Incorporated, Appleton Wisconsin>------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mentor
From: eddieb@ERC.MsState.Edu (Eddie Brown)
Subject: Broker(en) Daemons
Organization: Mississippi State University - Microsystems Prototyping Lab
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 20:47:50 GMT


I have horrible problems with the V8 broker daemons (local/global)
running on the Sun platform. They range from llbd's dying on
individual machines for no apparent reason to corrupted glbd databases
every time a server reboots or bad entries from other machines
on campus using the daemons for other software.

Does anyone else experience these problems or am I just subjected to
some localized nightmare? As of yet, I can't think of a way to blame
this on the failed Clinton administration so I could apply for federal
assistance. Does anyone have experiences running these daemons on
networked Sun workstations that might help solve the problem? I would
be willing to post a summary of any mail messages recieved.

Thanks

--



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      CAD/Systems Administrator           USmail: P. O. Box 6176
 Microsystem Prototyping Laboratory	          Miss. State, MS 39762
    Mississippi State University       UPS/FedEx: 2 Research Boulevard
					          Starkville, MS 39759
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From: hl411kr@unidui.uni-duisburg.de (Kraemer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mentor
Subject: GDSII generation in gdt5.2
Date: 22 Jan 1993 12:27:20 +0100
Organization: Universitaet Duisburg GH
NNTP-Posting-Host: unidui.uni-duisburg.de
Keywords: GDT GDSII

Hi everybody,
I heave a simple Question according GDSII generation in GDT.
When I create a GDSII file with the -gds2 option in Lc  it changes many of
the cellnames. This is not the problem but Lc puts a TEXT-property into
the GDSII-File for every changed name. This makes the GDSII-File very large.
Is there a way to supress this warnings? We use GDT_5.2.1. Please email to the
address below.
Thanks in advance.
---
Michael Buchmann    email: buch@ims.fhg.de
Fraunhofer Institut for microelectronic circuits  Germany
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mentor
From: timdavis@teal.csn.org (Tim Davis)
Subject: Re: mentor install woes
Organization: Timothy Davis Consulting 
Distribution: USA
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 04:00:41 GMT

In article <STERGIOS.93Jan20171501@kt22.Stanford.EDU> stergios@kt22.Stanford.EDU writes:
>
>Hi Everyone,
>
>I'm in the middle of installing mentor graphics for the first time.  I
>have never seen such a compilcated installation process.  Installing
>operating systems is simple in comparison with the complexity of
>installing mentor graphics.
Installing operating systems is NOT EASY. It took me an entire day to
get solaris 1.1 loaded. It took another day to figure out how to get
openwindows loaded. Of course I didn't have any manuals...
>
>I have installed many many commercial applications and never have I
>seen such a simple task so over complicated.
>
Everything is simple once you know how to do it. I agree that it
can appear complicated the first few times it is done. However, the
MGC install program allows you to install a HUGE number of individual
products. Each of which is an application in its own right. The
number of potential combinations of product installation, configuration
location on the network, ... etc, make  the process complex. Unlike
other single application installation programs the version 8.0
install works over the network, can install to multiple machines,
and allows the administrator to save the install configuration for
later installs. When you have done it once you will find it easy
to do the next time.

Is the Mentor version 8 install perfect? No, but it does its job well
considering the complexity of what it must do.
 
...tIM
Timothy Davis Consulting
timdavis@tdcon.com

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mentor
From: bush@cae.prds.cdx.mot.com (Michael Bush)
Subject: Re: V7 problem after OS re-installation
Organization: none
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 02:26:32 GMT

kuku@acds.physik.rwth-aachen.de (Christoph Kukulies) writes:


>I had a working V7 idea tree on an external disk on my apollo node
>and after re-installing 10.3 on the local disk I run into the following problem:

># ? Error: name not found (from Aegis/OS/naming server 0007)
>?(expand) "/idea/sys/lib/expand.mod" - name not found (OS/naming server)
>$                                                                         

This is the (not very helpful) error you get when you forget to create the
/user_temp directory... expand needs to dump a bunch of crud in there, and
if it can't create those files it will bomb out at this point.  Just create
the /user_temp dir and ACL it wide-open.
-- 
Mike Bush
Motorola Codex - Mansfield, MA
bush@cae.prds.cdx.mot.com
From: clarkw@utdallas.edu (WILLIAM D CLARK)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mentor
Subject: Re: DAS 9200 / LV500 test interfacing
Date: 27 Jan 93 21:38:14 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Texas at Dallas



I routinely convert Lsim .tv files into LV500 swave files. However, I
first input the .tv file into a TSSI (Test System Strategies Inc.) SEF
database where I run several conditioning steps on it first. I then
output the database into an ascii file then run this file through an
awk script that I wrote that converts it into a DAS/LV swave file.


Bill Clark
SGS-Thomson Microelectronics
clarkw@sun100.isnet.inmos.com  or
clarkw@utdallas.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mentor
From: rdutt@mksol.dseg.ti.com (richard f. dutt)
Subject: Units conversion for ICgraph
Organization: Texas Instruments, Inc
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 22:36:06 GMT

I need to know if there is any userware out there that will translate
an ICgraph cell between user units, specifically between mils and
microns.  I`ve been given some ideas on how to do this with scaling
and other such methods but it doesn't sound reliable.  What I would
like is a piece of userware code that could handle all of the rounoff
problems, etc. so I won't have to write it myself.  I'm configuring
a new system and this is one programming job I'd like to circumvent.

Thanks in advance.

-Rich

-- 

e-mail: rdutt@ms3.dseg.ti.com
        rdutt@mksol.dseg.ti.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mentor
Subject: tech files for GDT.
From: mohan@tulip.cse.utoledo.edu (Mohan Pakkurti)
Date: 26 Jan 93 00:48:05 EST

Please reply to mohan@jupiter.cse.utoledo.edu
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Hi,

Has anyone out there successfully used GDT to fab circuits through MOSIS ?

We have a couple of technology files for 2um and 1.2um MOSIS, but have not
got any designs fabricated yet. We want to communicate with someone who has
done this? 

We are also interested in knowing if anyone has tech files for the 0.8um 
process of Hewlett-Packard for use with GDT ? Or if someone would like to
help us test a tech file for the above process.


Thanks for your info :)
--mohan
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Systems Manager  			Email: mohan@jupiter.cse.utoledo.edu
Dept of Electrical Engineering
The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mentor
From: chuck@edsi.plexus.COM (Chuck Tomasi)
Subject: post7 and post8 scripts (Was: V7 problem after OS re-installation)
Organization: Enterprise Data Systems Incorporated, Appleton WI
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 12:16:31 GMT

I was curious what other sites do to their idea tree following a
complete v7.0 install or a complete v8.0 install.  I use the word
"complete" in this context to refer to anything greater than an option
install (board.sta, idea.sta, etc.)  We have a few links that we put in
to NetEd, and PCB apps for our site specific menus, create /user_temp
and /user_data, and a few other things.  My v7.0 post_install script
(locally known as post7) is short enough to post here, but I was curious
to know if there are any other customizations that sites make before and
after doing a v7.0 or v8.0 install to "tidy" things up.
-- 
Chuck Tomasi             |   The nice thing about standards is
chuck@edsi.plexus.COM    |   that there are so many to choose from.
MiSTie #2356             |   
------<Enterprise Data Systems Incorporated, Appleton Wisconsin>------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mentor
From: buzzb@buzzb.mentorg.com (Buzz Brehm)
Subject: Re: Help on circumflex operator in Ample
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 21:13:22 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: mentor
Keywords: 
Followup-To: 

In article <1993Jan20.202145.20006@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>, mysore@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (arun.d.kumar) writes:
|> I was trying to use the circumflex(^)operator to evaluate a string in the
|> following function:
|> function $dmgr_session_att_version_pulldown_menu(), INVISIBLE
|> {
|>   local dvever=$get_env("ATT_DVE_VERSION");
|> 
|>    $create_menu(
|>       "dmgr_session_window", @pulldown, "dmgr_session_att_version_pulldown",
|>       $menu_default_columns, $menu_default_color,
|>  
|>  --->     $menu_text_item(^($strcat("ATT_DVE_VERSION: ",dvever)))
|>       //$menu_text_item( )
|>    );
|> }
|> I got the following error message 
|> Error: Unable to evaluate string"ATT_DVE_VERSION: 1.3.0" at the line shown.
|> The value of dvever is 1.3.0.
|> My question is can circumflex operator operate on strings ?            
|> or does it work only on constants ?. I want to display the version
|> number for a tool.
|> Thanks for your help and suggestions.
|> Arun Kumar
|> -- 
|> 
|> _______________________________________________________________________________
|>  
|> 

The circumflex operator is not needed to display your version # .  The following
modification will cause the string "ATT_DVE_VERSION: " and the value of dvever
to be concatinated and displayed in the message area at the bottom of the session window.

$menu_text_item($message($strcat("ATT_DVE_VERSION: ",dvever)))

-- 
-- BuzzB

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From: hielsche@aragorn.CSEE.Lehigh.Edu (Frank Hielscher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mentor
Subject: Creating a lab manual
Date: 25 Jan 93 15:07:36 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

I am trying to create some material which will help me to get the students
up to speed on schematic capture, simulation, system overview, etc.

There are thousands of pages (it seems) on the cd-rom, viewable on the
screen via the BOLD reader, and all of these pages can all be printed out.
That's too much material for the students to absorb in one semester.

Is there some way whereby some of this material can be edited, so I can
incorporate pieces of this in custom-made documentation for our students?

I see two problems here:

1. Technical problem: How would I do this? What editor can I use to modify
   the existing pages and add material of my own?

2. Legal problem: Assuming that item 1 can be done, that leaves the serious
   legal problem of incorporating copyrighted material in such a manual.
   Any thoughts on this one?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mentor
From: john@sad.hp.com (John Ruf)
Subject: Re: Help on circumflex operator in Ample
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:34:34 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: HP Sonoma County (SRSD/MWTD/MID)
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.4 PL6]

  You do not need the "^" operator to accomplish what you want to do. The
circumflex is used to evaluate a string, or in other words execute it as
a command. So the problem you are having is that you are trying to make your
string evaluate as if it were a command. You notice that $strcat has already
take the value of dvever and stuck it on the end of your string constant.
The only purpose for "^" that I can see is if you want to dynamically compose
a command using string capability and then execute that command. I have used 
the Common User Interface function $eval to execute a function call that was
put together using strings.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mentor
From: robertt@n33.stortek.com (Robert Thompson (robertt))
Subject: Xilinx XACT and HPGL
Organization: Storage Technology Corp.
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 19:21:32 GMT



--
Has anyone written an HPGL plotter driver for XACT on the Apollo Mentor
platform ?  

-Robert


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From: efo@dtc.kodak.com (Ed Oswalt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mentor
Subject: on page connectors for mentor 8.1
Keywords: on page connectors for mentor 8.1
Date: 22 Jan 93 18:33:20 GMT
Reply-To: efo@dtc.kodak.com
Organization: Eastman Kodak Company


thanks
Ed