[OZAPRS] Small GPS - Microbee

[Ray Wells]

Steve,

Do you have any interest in the software I listed? It may as well go to 
a good home.

Ray vk2tv

On 11/01/11 18:47, Steve wrote:
> Why all this past tense when describing the 'bee - I've got two 32k 
> units right here!
> I never had one when they were being produced. I was strictly a 
> Commodore man (well, boy at that time).
> It wasn't until I got older and interested in this piece of Australian 
> computer history that I managed to track a couple down.
>
> They are a part of Australia's history we should all be proud of. They 
> were even exported to Europe I believe (Sweden?)
> I would have loved to have seen an "Amiga killer" Gamma released.
>
> Sorry for keeping off-topic :-)
>
> Steve.
>
>
>
> On 01/11/2011 07:38 AM, Ray Wells wrote:
>> My uBee's were mostly made up from bits. Living near Gosford, the 
>> final home of the company, was handy when they had their closing down 
>> auction.
>>
>> I can't remember which uBee applcation or data it was but I was 
>> successful in converting it from CP/M to DOS with Alien.
>>
>> 32k of RAM and a single 720k floppy, it was like having all of one's 
>> Christmases arrive at once after months of saving and loading from 
>> cassette tape. Don't complain to me about your P4 with GB's of RAM 
>> being slow!
>>
>> I used dBase II in a semi-serious way on the Bee and was then lucky 
>> enough to get a version of dBase III for DOS. I had great difficulty 
>> coming to grips with the programming difference in dB IV when it was 
>> available.
>>
>> I tried packet on mine, but bought a second hand IBM XT (4.77M and 
>> 640k RAM, with 2 x 360k floppies and no HDD) just in time to preserve 
>> my sanity, which I've since lost completely. Paid the princely sum of 
>> $100 for it around the late 1980's.
>>
>> Ray vk2tv
>>
>> On 10/01/11 21:50, Norm, VK3XCI wrote:
>>> And I have Rodnay Zacs "Programming the Z80" if you want it.... 
>>> Glory be. I didn't think anyone remembered the microBee, let alone 
>>> the keys :( I had 3 complete units, Kitset Rom, 32K Rom and dual 
>>> floppy, complete with one  green and an amber monitor. Ran Packet on 
>>> it right up to 2002. Sadly the building I had them stored in burnt 
>>> to the ground. That happens in "The Bush"!  :(
>>>
>>>
>>> Remember the OS (CP/M 80), Wordstar and all the files would fit on a 
>>> single 720 floppy. And multiplan was the father of Spreadsheets... I 
>>> could wax on forever....
>>>
>>> 73 de Norm, VK3XCI
>>> Mildura, Australia
>>> The Wintersun City
>>> QF15bt.
>>>
>>> On 10/01/2011 13:20, Ray Wells wrote:
>>>> Dave,
>>>> What disks would you like for your uBee?
>>>> CP/M Sytem
>>>> Multiplan
>>>> Wordstar
>>>> Mailmerge
>>>> Spellstar
>>>> Starindex
>>>> dBaseII
>>>>
>>>> and one new keyboard key
>>>>
>>>> Ray vk2tv
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 10/01/11 12:18, Dave Horsfall wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 10 Jan 2011, James Cameron wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> The risk of using TTL output to drive RS-232 RxD is that the RS-232
>>>>>> standard doesn't define what 0V means. Usually works.
>>>>> It worked on ye olde Microbee, years ago. Try feeding a TTL 
>>>>> receiver from
>>>>> a genuine RS-232 driver, though, and you'll be pulling up stumps.
>>>>>
>>>>> -- Dave
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