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Heres one for ya Ray,<br>
<br>
Many years ago we bought a Canon A5 Power shot digital camera. Cost
was $1500 and it didnt even have 1 megapixel. It is still taking
pictures to this very day, the battery is just about finished so it
will go in the museum for the kiddies to look at.<br>
<br>
Ben<br>
VK5JFK<br>
<br>
<br>
On 11/01/2011 7:08 AM, Ray Wells wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:4D2B6E55.2010109@exemail.com.au" type="cite">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.
<br>
<br>
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.
<br>
<br>
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!
<br>
<br>
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.
<br>
<br>
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.
<br>
<br>
Ray vk2tv
<br>
<br>
On 10/01/11 21:50, Norm, VK3XCI wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">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"! :(
<br>
<br>
<br>
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....
<br>
<br>
73 de Norm, VK3XCI
<br>
Mildura, Australia
<br>
The Wintersun City
<br>
QF15bt.
<br>
<br>
On 10/01/2011 13:20, Ray Wells wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Dave,
<br>
What disks would you like for your uBee?
<br>
CP/M Sytem
<br>
Multiplan
<br>
Wordstar
<br>
Mailmerge
<br>
Spellstar
<br>
Starindex
<br>
dBaseII
<br>
<br>
and one new keyboard key
<br>
<br>
Ray vk2tv
<br>
<br>
<br>
On 10/01/11 12:18, Dave Horsfall wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">On Mon, 10 Jan 2011, James Cameron
wrote:
<br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">The risk of using TTL output to
drive RS-232 RxD is that the RS-232
<br>
standard doesn't define what 0V means. Usually works.
<br>
</blockquote>
It worked on ye olde Microbee, years ago. Try feeding a TTL
receiver from
<br>
a genuine RS-232 driver, though, and you'll be pulling up
stumps.
<br>
<br>
-- Dave
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