HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: cohen@GOMEZ.phys.virginia.edu
Subject: Anybody interestd in a power supply?
Reply-To: cohen@GOMEZ.phys.virginia.edu
Organization: Dept. of Physics, University of Virginia
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 21:38:42 GMT

There was some discussion here recently regarding powering more than one
drive or a HD from the PEBox power supply.  The PEBox supply is usually
insufficient to power more than one drive unless you have very low-power
drives, and even than you are likely to have problems during long extensive
disk acess with a lot of read operations (e.g., if you turbo-copy for a long
period of time or format a large stack of disks or archive a lot of data).

The best solution seems to be an external power.

I have 2 IBM power supply (original IBM, 63.5 W)- these are high-quality
switching power supplies with a cooling fan, that would support without
a problem all the drives you are ever likely to install, inside or outside the
PEBox.

If anybody is interested, please contact me.  Asking $12.50 each or MAKE OFFER.

I also have a new (in the box, never used) vertical stand, the same one
as used for putting the PC/XT/AT vertically (use it with your TI PEBox)
on the floor or on the desk, to
save on desk space).  I am asking $3.50 for this (new), it can be used to
put your PEBox vertically.

Thanks!
From: andy-w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Andrew webster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
Subject: For sale. ram disk 1.5 meg
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 20:32:49 MST
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #1, Edmonton, AB, Canada

I have for sale 1 Horizon 3000 1.5meg Ram disk. Its in perfact working 
order. A bit over 1 year old. The price is 475.00 Canadian. Thats about 
385 US.  Much less than a new one! It must go within 1 week. 
If interested drop me a note. The price is firm. Shipping is included.
thanks..

Andrew webster              andy-w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca 
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From: jhwhit01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu
Subject: The right address             
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 18:43:28 GMT
Organization: University of Louisville

In article <9212182111.AA12780@dynamic2.arc.nasa.gov.arc.nasa.gov>, oneil@dynamic2.arc.nasa.gov.arc.nasa.gov (Don O'neil) writes:
  
(No need to include quotes from the message.)
 
Notice that Don's address is WRONG.  If you try to send him Email, it will most
certainly bounce.  Remove that extra ".arc.nasa.gov" that his system likes to
add -- i.e., use "oneil@dynamic2.arc.nasa.gov" if you want to send private
mail to Don.
 
Jeff White     jhwhit01@ulkyvx.bitnet
From: tstark@access.digex.com (Timothy M. Stark)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
Subject: Wanted: Gram Emulator
Date: 18 Dec 1992 00:57:55 GMT
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: access.digex.com

Hello Everyone:

      I am looking for the gram emulator and supercat modules. Does anyone
know where are them? If so, I will appericate that! Thanks you!

      I have an article from Delphi but I no longer subscribe that.
C. Brand have scheminics and software. Has he still have them? If so,
I will pay him and he will send me package. I will buy some electronics
parts. I have expierence with electronics. I learned them from my course
at Gallaudet University a few years ago.

       I will be interested to write GPL programs for them because I have
GPL assembler (RAG Assembler package) here.

-- Tim Stark


-- 
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837 North Van Dorn St       Internet2: tstark@netcom.com
Alexandria, Va. 22304-2723  TDD: (703) 212-9731 Pager: (703) 702-4078
"Washington, DC is the most deaf population!! -- Gallaudet University"
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From: drice@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Keith Rice)
Subject: TI-99/4A system value?
Organization: University of North Texas
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 00:32:45 GMT

I found a place that has a half-dozen or so 99's available for $50 each.
Just the consoles--no power supply, video adapter, or anything else.
I was wondering how much these are worth now.  They all seem to be in good
shape (visually).

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From: chyde@CHESAPEAKE.ADS.COM (Clinton Hyde)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti.explorer
Subject: ram board probs
Date: 17 Dec 92 19:35:30 GMT
Distribution: inet
Organization: The Internet


had a slight panic monday night. tried to boot my E1 and it crashed
during boot several tries. extended tests showed a bad 8mb RAM board.
fortunately I have a spare (i'd have really been unhappy if i didn't).

anyway, tuesday I noticed a note from earlier  in the fall where I'd
written down that I got an error (dont' know when) saying:

PARITY LIMIT EXCEEDED

what does this mean, really? is there a counter on the board? what
happened?

is it possible to get a RAM board repaired (and for how much), or is
this one history?

 -- clint
From: symanzik@egr.msu.edu (Edward Symanzik)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti.explorer
Subject: Request for Assistance with Explorer
Date: 15 Dec 92 20:26:24 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Michigan State University, College of Engineering

Hello all, I am in a bit of a quandry with my new Explorer, and I would
like to enlist the aid of this newsgroup.
  I have recently purchased an Explorer from Intellicorp. (They are getting
rid of all their TI equipment - real good deals!)  It came complete with
everything EXCEPT for the disk drive, since Intellicorp had sold all the 
drives to another person. 
  As a result, I have 4 questions for the readers of this newsgroup.

  1) Does anyone have any disk drives (in working condition ;-) that 
     they would like to sell?
  2) Does anyone have the tape that I can borrow from which I can prepare 
     a new hard disk?
  3) Does anyone know where I could get parts and repairs if I need them?  
     (Does TI still support the Explorers?) 
  4) Does anyone know where I might be able to purchase an Explorer II
     system board, or the 68020 UNIX board for the Explorer?

I would greatly appreciate any information. 

Thanks in advance.
Warren Grable
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
From: tony@iti.org (Anthony Skjellum)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
Subject: problems with TI WIN4000DX/25
Summary: Well, since my memory got upgraded, strange things happen
Keywords: memory upgrade, CMOS error
Date: 17 Dec 92 07:01:24 GMT
Reply-To: tony@helios.llnl.gov

I have a working TI 4000 WIN/DX 25 computer.  It got a Viking memory
upgrade from COMP-USA, because the TI parts took several months to get.
So, I accepted the clone part.

We had trouble getting the clone part to fit, because of the plastic
feet inside the portable.  COMP-USA eliminated the feet, and, indeed,
the memory seems to work.

In the process, they crashed my hard disk, and muttered something about
a CMOS problem.  So, now I got around to rebuilding my system.
After installing DOS, I found 8 megs of memory, appropriately
partitioned, and the advanced diagnostic test of memory found no problems.

Windows had problems as initially installed, getting segmentation
errors from PROGMAN in USER.EXE.  When I eliminated somethings like
SETVER in CONFIG.SYS, that went away.

Anyway, I tried to load OS/2.  That worked before, because TI had given
me a new BIOS.  Anyway, I get this error now (which admonishes me to
contact my service representative)...

system error
   ##0160:fffb 9227 - 000d:0005f227
794,4054

048600b4
Internal revision 6.307,92/03/01

This was generated by the OS/2 installation diskette, that used to
work OK.

Any ideas out there?

Anyway, the ultimate insult is that COMP-USA got the TI memory in
recently, and called me about that, as if I wanted to buy another
$300 memory upgrade... I wish that none of this had ever happened.
My laptop is an expensive doorstop at the moment.

--
 	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.      .
"They also serve who only stand and wait." - J. Milton

Anthony Skjellum, LLNL, (510)422-1161; FAX: (510)423-2993; tony@helios.llnl.gov
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
From: cohen@GOMEZ.phys.virginia.edu
Subject: Re: Wanted: Gram Emulator
Reply-To: cohen@GOMEZ.phys.virginia.edu
Organization: Dept. of Physics, University of Virginia
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 02:37:15 GMT

In article <1gr7mjINNhpk@mirror.digex.com>, tstark@access.digex.com (Timothy M. Stark) writes:
>      I am looking for the gram emulator and supercat modules. Does anyone
>know where are them? If so, I will appericate that! Thanks you!
>

The currently available devices are     the Gramulator from Cadd
Electronics (about $200 new) and the   P-GRAM    card, which lives
in the Expansion box, has    up to 190  (+/-???) K of GRAM and
a    real-time    (MBP) battery-backed clock option, selling for a
similar price through Bud Mills.  Both    are     excellent.

Some say that   nothing will compare to the real, original MG
Gram   Kracker,    but     they are no longer produced and owners
of those are not likely to    give them up easily, since no matter
how much money one offers, they are very   hard to find.

Once you have a GK or equivlent, you can simulate a Super Cart
(which is E/A with 8K/32K SRAM) on the GK.  M-Pendium of 1986-7
had a sries of articles on    building those, as does the Chicago
UG hardware manual; if you   are handy with electronics building,
you can build your own.    The P-GRAM card is also optionally sold
in kit form, I think.

Hope this helps.    Will be glad to provide more    details.
>       I will be interested to write GPL programs for them because I have
>GPL assembler (RAG Assembler package) here.
>
>-- Tim Stark
>
>
>-- 
>Timothy Stark               Internet1: tstark@access.digex.com (Preferred)
>837 North Van Dorn St       Internet2: tstark@netcom.com
>Alexandria, Va. 22304-2723  TDD: (703) 212-9731 Pager: (703) 702-4078
>"Washington, DC is the most deaf population!! -- Gallaudet University"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
From: hsr4@vax.oxford.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
Subject: RE: SCSI & Accelerator
Date: 17 Dec 92 13:08:53 GMT
Organization: Oxford University VAX 6620

In article <9212160012.AA01248@worf.arc.nasa.gov.arc.nasa.gov>, oneil@worf.arc.nasa.gov.arc.nasa.gov (Don O'Neil) writes:
> In regards to the questions about SCSI costs and obsolesence (a RE to Will
> McGoverns SCSI comments) and the Accelerator, I respond with the following:
> 
> Being one of the designers of the WHT SCSI (as well as being the owner of
> WHT) I can answer any questions you have in regards to it. The price of
> the WHT SCSI is $170, and is currently available for sale through Bud Mills
> Services or WHT.
> 
> WHT can be reached at:
> 
> WHT 
> 10225 Jean Ellen Drive
> Gilroy, CA 95020
> (408)-848-5947
> 
> SCSI is the future for mass storage. It is WIDELY accepted on computer systems
> and ANSI is trying hard (and so for succeeded) to keep all revisions
> backwards compatible. If you buy a SCSI peripheral for your TI, rest assured
> it will work on your MAC, PC, AMIGA or UNIX workstation with the appropriate
> drivers.
> Not all SCSI peripherals are expensive. You can purchase USED 20 MB hard drives
> (SCSI of course) for $80-$100, well within the reach of most TIers, and new
> 52 MB units only run $200.

[bits deleted]

This looks very enticing, especially from here in the UK.  Alas, the cost of
CD drives here and in the rest of Europe makes the likelihood of TI-99/4A owners
obtaining such items virtually nil.  Last year I bought an Hitachi unit for my
department at around L450 *with* academic discount and *without* scurrilous
17.5% VAT.  Compare that with the items like the non-SCSI Matsushita drive for
$199 or Sony's new beast for $220.

I can see the future potential for CD (and like most others, have been seeing
it for a number of years) but it looks like it might be restricted to mainland
USA :(

Unless someone knows different...

Peter Brooks
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
From: cohen@GOMEZ.phys.virginia.edu
Subject: wanted info on DatabioTics paraprint
Reply-To: cohen@GOMEZ.phys.virginia.edu
Organization: Dept. of Physics, University of Virginia
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 05:59:44 GMT

Anybody owns or has  info    on this printer interface?
It    is the lousy-looking circuit housed     in a TI cartridge shell
that    plugs to the     expansion port      without     an expansion
box.     Need     all the info I can get.      Thanks!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
From: andy-w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Andrew webster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
Subject: GK files
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 92 00:22:27 MST
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #3, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Gram Kracker files, or CSave files will only run with a Gram device. But 
isn't there software out there that can take GK dumped cart files and 
convert them to E/A opt 5 files to run as any image file? There should 
be! But I've never come across any. But we all have carts on disk that 
run as a standard image files. How was this done? 

Its a funny thing about the software in the TI community. So much of it 
but so little of it in the areas that it is needed. You would think that 
throughout the years someone would of come up with a converter for GK 
files.

Take graphics stuff, it seems the streem goes only 1 way. Example: You 
can convert form GIF to Myart but not the other way (on a TI). Why?
Why not go from low res Myart back to TI-Artist? 

enough!

Andrew webster              andy-w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca
From: tstark@access.digex.com (Timothy M. Stark)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
Subject: Re: Read TI Disks on IBM
Date: 18 Dec 1992 00:51:43 GMT
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: access.digex.com

Hello Everyone:

      I read your some articles about reading TI Disks on other machines like
PC and Mac, etc.. I have some information for you that you can develop
your own software by using. There are a few articles from GEnie Online
services about internal DSR and disk controller information. You can
use them to understand TI Disk structure. 

       I am developing the TI Disk utility for my Amiga computer. It is
under development. I implemented the formatting and disk header sectors already
but I will start to develop file structure routines for open, close, read, 
delete, and many functions. I completed to implement level 1 routines.
Now I am starting to develop level 2 routines.

Good Luck!!

-- Tim Stark
-- 
Timothy Stark               Internet1: tstark@access.digex.com (Preferred)
837 North Van Dorn St       Internet2: tstark@netcom.com
Alexandria, Va. 22304-2723  TDD: (703) 212-9731 Pager: (703) 702-4078
"Washington, DC is the most deaf population!! -- Gallaudet University"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
From: cohen@GOMEZ.phys.virginia.edu
Subject: Re: SCSI & Accelerator
Reply-To: cohen@GOMEZ.phys.virginia.edu
Organization: Dept. of Physics, University of Virginia
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 18:53:44 GMT

In article <aggie-171292205742@wealthy.ocean.fsu.edu>, aggie@wealthy.ocean.fsu.edu (I R A Aggie) writes:
>In article <009652DE.881CBB00@GOMEZ.PHYS.VIRGINIA.EDU>,
>
>> Oh, I think there is another factor-these prices are probably for bare drives.
>> I suppose the drives will need an enclosure with power supply
>> and a cooling fan, right?  That is another $100 or so, probably.
>
>Perhaps a better solution would be to buy a 5 bay tower PC case, which
>will be similarly priced.
>

If you really have no desk space restrictions, you can find an old CP/M
or S-100 machine, take out everything and use its case and PS...
even an old PC/XT case would do, but it takes a lot of space and is not
nearly as attractive as a special case.  But those case, of course,
cost upward of $100 new.

>Standard SCSI supports 8 devices, but effectively 7 devices - the card
>is counted as one of the devices. Note the term "devices" - it does
>NOT have to be a disk drive. It can be a scanner, or perhaps a laser
>printer. Heck, even monitor's can be driven by a scsi device!
>

The  question here is whether or not the TI SCSI DSR will actually drive
all these devices.  If it can be purchased as an 80-column video card
as well, this would be great, but I am not sure this is actually planned.

>James - yeah, I own something, but I'd rather not say... :)


Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
From: aggie@wealthy.ocean.fsu.edu (I R A Aggie)
Subject: Re: SCSI & Accelerator
Followup-To: comp.sys.ti
Organization: An Ol Ag surrounded by a bunch of unfriendly Seminoles
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 02:05:46 GMT

In article <009652DE.881CBB00@GOMEZ.PHYS.VIRGINIA.EDU>,
cohen@GOMEZ.phys.virginia.edu wrote:

> Oh, I think there is another factor-these prices are probably for bare drives.
> I suppose the drives will need an enclosure with power supply
> and a cooling fan, right?  That is another $100 or so, probably.

Perhaps a better solution would be to buy a 5 bay tower PC case, which
will be similarly priced.

> Is the device, which already has a price, ready to use NOW?  How many HD's will
> it support, and is there a backup option of some sort (other than floppies
> or the TI program recorder  :-)?

Standard SCSI supports 8 devices, but effectively 7 devices - the card
is counted as one of the devices. Note the term "devices" - it does
NOT have to be a disk drive. It can be a scanner, or perhaps a laser
printer. Heck, even monitor's can be driven by a scsi device!

And then there's tape drives. You can get tape drives that will store 
anywhere from 40mb to (under the absolutely most favorable conditions) 
25 GB! And they're pretty fast, too.

James - yeah, I own something, but I'd rather not say... :)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
From: cohen@GOMEZ.phys.virginia.edu
Subject: Re: Read TI disks on IBM?
Reply-To: cohen@GOMEZ.phys.virginia.edu
Organization: Dept. of Physics, University of Virginia
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 18:07:28 GMT

In article <1992Dec11.162121.19309@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca>, cs902117@ariel.yorku.ca (TONY D'ALFONSO) writes:
>Isn't there a program that does that already (on the TI side)?
>I believe it's called PC Transfer.  And I also believe you need at least
>a DSDD controller and drives 

There is PC-transfer and the is CorComp TI/IBM Connection on a cartridge.
PC Transfer works for CorComp and Myarc controllers, the TI/IBM Conn. cart
is only for CorComp controller or CorComp MES.  But this requires the
hardware (DS/DD controller and 360K drives).  
The program I was thinking of only requires software on the PC side, and could
read directly the TI single density diskettes.  Simpler and cheaper (if the
software existed!  :-)

>take it home to my Atari ST (which I am now putting up for sale) 

...don't like the ST?  Going IBM?  Amiga?  Bankrupt? :-)

>  ____
>   / o n y.
>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
From: leavitt@cheshire.oxy.edu (Thomas VanNess Leavitt)
Subject: TI-99 keyboards (not consoles) $3 apiece...
Organization: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041 USA.
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 10:41:08 GMT

Cheaper than buying a used console!

Thom

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
From: cohen@GOMEZ.phys.virginia.edu
Subject: Patrick Wyant please read
Reply-To: cohen@GOMEZ.phys.virginia.edu
Organization: Dept. of Physics, University of Virginia
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 05:51:47 GMT

Patrick Wyant (@duPont):  I have received your message and tried
to respond but mail to you bounces.
You can call me at (804) 293-8973 and we cantalk!
Thanks.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
From: cohen@GOMEZ.phys.virginia.edu
Subject: Cartridges etc. WANTED
Reply-To: cohen@GOMEZ.phys.virginia.edu
Organization: Dept. of Physics, University of Virginia
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 20:12:20 GMT

Hello,
Here is a list of cartridges I am looking for.  Also interested in
some third party hardware and gadgets (anybody has the Texas Light Shooter
from Non Polyoptics?  Or the Model Masters joystick printer port?)- in
short, tell me what you have.  I have a lot of items that I will trade
if you have something that I can use.
Thanks!

                                                    JOSEPH COHEN, (804) 293-8973
Cartridges wanted (November 30, 1992)-
Word invasion
Word Radar
Numeration I
Scholastic Spelling level 4
Computer Math Games I
Computer Math Games III
Computer Math Games IV
Addition (PHM 3090,Milliken Math Sequences)
Percents (PHM 3097,Milliken Math Sequences)
Fractional Numbers (Milliken Math Sequences)
Addition and Subtraction 3 (Scott, Foresman)
Multiplication 2 (Scott, Foresman)
Decimals I (Scott, Foresman)
Scott, Foresman School Management Applications package (or any part thereof).
Fractions I (Scott, Foresman)
Number Bowling
Picture Parts
Pyramid Puzzler
Frog Jump
Reading Adventures
Reading Power
Reading Rainbows
Reading Trail
Reading Wonders
Star Maze
Demonstration (PHM 3001)
Speech Editor
Terminal Emulator I
Diagnostic module
E.T.
SMU Electrical Engineering Library
Key to Spanish
Mini Writer cartridge
Princess and the Frog
ALL Asgard cartridges (Mancala, TypeWriter, Tris, Link, etc.)
ALL DataBiotics cartridges (Black Hole, Miniwriter III, Star Runner,
                            etc.)
Ant Eater (Romox)
Hen Pecked (Romox)
Princess and the Frog (Romox)
Rotor Raiders (Romox)
Topper (Romox)
Typo II (Romox)
Whiz Kid (Romox)
Ant Colony (Funware)
Astroblitz (Funware)
Cave Creatures (Funware)
Crisis Mountain (Funware)
Galactic Barrier (Funware)
Henhouse (Funware)
Pipes (Funware)
Trashman (Funware)
Video Vegas (Funware)
Frogger (Parker Brothers)
Navarone Homework Helper (/Plus)
Navarone Console Writer
Super Space, SuperSpace II, or SuperCart (8K or/and 32K RAM)
Myarc Extended BASIC II/IV system
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
From: tph@suncad.camosun.bc.ca (Paul Holmes)
Subject: TI 990 Mini Computers
Organization: Camosun College, Victoria B.C, Canada
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 00:38:01 GMT



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From: andy-w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Andrew webster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
Subject: Re: Read TI disks on IBM?
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 23:12:40 MST
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #1, Edmonton, AB, Canada

cohen@GOMEZ.phys.virginia.edu writes:

- In article <1992Dec11.162121.19309@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca>, cs902117@ariel.yo
- >Isn't there a program that does that already (on the TI side)?
- >I believe it's called PC Transfer.  And I also believe you need at least
- >a DSDD controller and drives 
- 
- There is PC-transfer and the is CorComp TI/IBM Connection on a cartridge.
- PC Transfer works for CorComp and Myarc controllers, the TI/IBM Conn. cart
- is only for CorComp controller or CorComp MES.  But this requires the
- hardware (DS/DD controller and 360K drives).  
- The program I was thinking of only requires software on the PC side, and coul
- read directly the TI single density diskettes.  Simpler and cheaper (if the
- software existed!  :-)
- 
- >take it home to my Atari ST (which I am now putting up for sale) 
- 
- ...don't like the ST?  Going IBM?  Amiga?  Bankrupt? :-)
- 
- >  ____
- >   / o n y.
- >

_________________________________________________________

I have the IBM program that reads TI disks right out of an IBM drive. It 
was written by one of the guys in the Ottawa club. Its called "READ/TI". 
It catalogs a TI disk in drive B of an IBM and can read an ascii file 
into the IBM.
I dont have an IBM so I cant tell you guys if it works.

Andrew webster              andy-w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca 
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