https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:12:11 +0000 MyBB https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-997.html Sat, 28 Feb 2026 17:57:05 +1100 ChickenMan]]> https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-997.html Riley Lipton Perry for putting together  a podcast of the best known story of the Excalibur 64 computer and yes I'm in it. The podcast goes for 56min and you can listen to it at

The Excalibur 64 • Autocode]]> Riley Lipton Perry for putting together  a podcast of the best known story of the Excalibur 64 computer and yes I'm in it. The podcast goes for 56min and you can listen to it at

The Excalibur 64 • Autocode]]> https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-994.html Sat, 21 Feb 2026 20:01:30 +1100 ChickenMan]]> https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-994.html
So replaced the power supply large 22,000uF cap with a 35v 105oC one (original was 16v and 80oC) but with the connectors on the one end.  I connected the + terminal okay but run a wire around to the -'ve pcb connection and used hot melt to keep it all in place.  Replaced the 2 large IN5408 diodes, appears they had been previously replaced but soldering was crap with the solder pads lifted off the PCB.  Its a wonder it worked before.  I also replaced the grey 240v power lead with another grey power lead so it doesnt react with plastic case.  Put it back together after checking the power supply voltages. Then connected a monitor, turned it on and bingo, stable as a rock.  Stayed that way for 15 min. as it would be wavy right from the start in the past.  A good afternoon job I've been putting off.]]>
So replaced the power supply large 22,000uF cap with a 35v 105oC one (original was 16v and 80oC) but with the connectors on the one end.  I connected the + terminal okay but run a wire around to the -'ve pcb connection and used hot melt to keep it all in place.  Replaced the 2 large IN5408 diodes, appears they had been previously replaced but soldering was crap with the solder pads lifted off the PCB.  Its a wonder it worked before.  I also replaced the grey 240v power lead with another grey power lead so it doesnt react with plastic case.  Put it back together after checking the power supply voltages. Then connected a monitor, turned it on and bingo, stable as a rock.  Stayed that way for 15 min. as it would be wavy right from the start in the past.  A good afternoon job I've been putting off.]]> https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-971.html Thu, 27 Nov 2025 11:29:32 +1100 ChickenMan]]> https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-971.html
Its a Z80 based, has 256x192 16 colour display, 4 independent sound synthesisers, VHF (Ch 1) and Composite Video, Cassette IN/OUT and Printer interface.  Not a lot about it on the internet either.  No one at the Market had ever hear or seen a Pencil II.  I forget to bring the Cassette unit so borrowed a VZ200 one which worked great.


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Its a Z80 based, has 256x192 16 colour display, 4 independent sound synthesisers, VHF (Ch 1) and Composite Video, Cassette IN/OUT and Printer interface.  Not a lot about it on the internet either.  No one at the Market had ever hear or seen a Pencil II.  I forget to bring the Cassette unit so borrowed a VZ200 one which worked great.


  pencil.jpg (Size: 266.05 KB / Downloads: 62) ]]> https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-927.html Mon, 30 Jun 2025 21:21:32 +1000 ozholmes]]> https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-927.html

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Desperately trying to get my 40year old S-100 system running again. I need the manual or a circuit diagram……]]>

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Desperately trying to get my 40year old S-100 system running again. I need the manual or a circuit diagram……]]> https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-905.html Tue, 08 Apr 2025 17:50:06 +1000 ozholmes]]> https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-905.html
I am a now retired electrical engineer who graduated just as these new fangled microprocessors appeared (in fact my work experience with Telstra for my degree was to select the preferred processor to be used for ongoing projects with Telecom Research Labs - I chose the Motorola 6800, but what would a graduate student know anyway !)

So i ordered a SYM-1 system whilst I was assigned to the Pilbara in 1979, and after an extraordinary amount of effort I managed to program it to be a clock - this was after upgrading the main RAM from 1kByte to 4 kByte (luxury!)

Returning back to Melbourne in 1980 or so, I found the ETI articles about the DG680 CPU card, and ordered the kit from Applied Technology, along with a DG640 Video card. And again after much effort I got them up and running using a modified cassette recorder (the one I had used on the SYM-1) for program storage

I then took out a personal loan (really) and purchased a S100 FDC from Morrow Designs along with a double density double sided 8 inch disk drive, stuffed all the cards into a homebrew chassis with an S100 backplane, and got CP/M up and running. And a great big thanks to whoever was handling purchasing in Applied Technology at that time, as they not only supplied the CP/M software they also patched the BIOS to run on the DG680 CPU and DG640 VDU. And they told me about a required chip replacement to make the interrupts work with the Morrow controller and the DG680 CPU

Somewhere along this journey I bought a 64k Dynamic Memory card (the 1st 16K cost around $350, the second 16K cost around $80 and the third 16K cost $16. Ah the power of mass production

I also stumbled into a group of hobbyists who also has S100 systems based on the DG680 card. We used to meet in one members house near Greensborough - there was less than 10 of us as I remember

That group morphed into the Melbourne MicroBee Users Group in Burwood after Applied Technology - I dropped out after we got over 70 people turn up to the "expressions of interest" meeting..... The first "official" meeting of the Melbourne chapter has over 250 people turn up!!!

Getting back to my S100 system. I was getting more and more frustrated with the 64x16 screen size of the DG640 VDU card, along with the "flashes" on screen whenever the CPU access the video memory. And being a poor graduate engineer I could not afford a better 80x24 card (one personal loan for my computer has been enough)

So I decided to build my own (ah the naivety of youth)

I ended up designing and prototyping a 80x24 video with an onboard Z80 CPU running in lockstep with the 6845 CRT chip. all accessed through a parallel I/O interface so as to not use up precious RAM space. The onboard Z80 allowed the video card to emulate different terminals/screens just by downloading new firmware into the VDU card. Over time I added bit mapped graphics (640x480), colour (16) and various emulations

I showed the prototype to the guys at the at the club, and several of them expressed interest in building their own version, so I got a card artwork done and had a production run of around 6 cards. These were duely delivered to the guys at the club just before it morphed to the MicroBee User Group

The card was eventually was called the "ByteWyde Systems BWS-2010 VDU

I've attached photo's of the original prototype, and the production board for your entertainment. As for the card, it got migrated to the STD buss form factor and got used in a lot of control systems in the mid to late 1980's - ByteWyde systems was my company along with my elder brother that specialized in the control system space

So after all of that, I am curious whether any of the other boards made ever got built and installed in anyone's system. If you have ever heard of this card, or even have one of the cards, i'd love to have a chat some time about thost days - it certainly was an exciting period in the computer world!

My apologies for the long post - this has obviously been bottled up inside for some time !!!


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I am a now retired electrical engineer who graduated just as these new fangled microprocessors appeared (in fact my work experience with Telstra for my degree was to select the preferred processor to be used for ongoing projects with Telecom Research Labs - I chose the Motorola 6800, but what would a graduate student know anyway !)

So i ordered a SYM-1 system whilst I was assigned to the Pilbara in 1979, and after an extraordinary amount of effort I managed to program it to be a clock - this was after upgrading the main RAM from 1kByte to 4 kByte (luxury!)

Returning back to Melbourne in 1980 or so, I found the ETI articles about the DG680 CPU card, and ordered the kit from Applied Technology, along with a DG640 Video card. And again after much effort I got them up and running using a modified cassette recorder (the one I had used on the SYM-1) for program storage

I then took out a personal loan (really) and purchased a S100 FDC from Morrow Designs along with a double density double sided 8 inch disk drive, stuffed all the cards into a homebrew chassis with an S100 backplane, and got CP/M up and running. And a great big thanks to whoever was handling purchasing in Applied Technology at that time, as they not only supplied the CP/M software they also patched the BIOS to run on the DG680 CPU and DG640 VDU. And they told me about a required chip replacement to make the interrupts work with the Morrow controller and the DG680 CPU

Somewhere along this journey I bought a 64k Dynamic Memory card (the 1st 16K cost around $350, the second 16K cost around $80 and the third 16K cost $16. Ah the power of mass production

I also stumbled into a group of hobbyists who also has S100 systems based on the DG680 card. We used to meet in one members house near Greensborough - there was less than 10 of us as I remember

That group morphed into the Melbourne MicroBee Users Group in Burwood after Applied Technology - I dropped out after we got over 70 people turn up to the "expressions of interest" meeting..... The first "official" meeting of the Melbourne chapter has over 250 people turn up!!!

Getting back to my S100 system. I was getting more and more frustrated with the 64x16 screen size of the DG640 VDU card, along with the "flashes" on screen whenever the CPU access the video memory. And being a poor graduate engineer I could not afford a better 80x24 card (one personal loan for my computer has been enough)

So I decided to build my own (ah the naivety of youth)

I ended up designing and prototyping a 80x24 video with an onboard Z80 CPU running in lockstep with the 6845 CRT chip. all accessed through a parallel I/O interface so as to not use up precious RAM space. The onboard Z80 allowed the video card to emulate different terminals/screens just by downloading new firmware into the VDU card. Over time I added bit mapped graphics (640x480), colour (16) and various emulations

I showed the prototype to the guys at the at the club, and several of them expressed interest in building their own version, so I got a card artwork done and had a production run of around 6 cards. These were duely delivered to the guys at the club just before it morphed to the MicroBee User Group

The card was eventually was called the "ByteWyde Systems BWS-2010 VDU

I've attached photo's of the original prototype, and the production board for your entertainment. As for the card, it got migrated to the STD buss form factor and got used in a lot of control systems in the mid to late 1980's - ByteWyde systems was my company along with my elder brother that specialized in the control system space

So after all of that, I am curious whether any of the other boards made ever got built and installed in anyone's system. If you have ever heard of this card, or even have one of the cards, i'd love to have a chat some time about thost days - it certainly was an exciting period in the computer world!

My apologies for the long post - this has obviously been bottled up inside for some time !!!


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  Production VDU Card - Top.jpg (Size: 480.52 KB / Downloads: 286)

  Prototype VDU Card - Bottom.jpg (Size: 480.17 KB / Downloads: 287)

  Prototype VDU Card - Top.jpg (Size: 478.59 KB / Downloads: 283) ]]> https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-873.html Mon, 30 Dec 2024 21:23:46 +1100 Minuous]]> https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-873.html https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-736.html ).

It is somewhat different to other ports of Adventure. There seem to be some bugs that would prevent it being legitimately completed. Even working around those, I have not yet triggered the endgame conditions. But it is fully mapped and there are explanations of how to get the various treasures.

The URL is: http://amigan.yatho.com/adventure.html]]> https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-736.html ).

It is somewhat different to other ports of Adventure. There seem to be some bugs that would prevent it being legitimately completed. Even working around those, I have not yet triggered the endgame conditions. But it is fully mapped and there are explanations of how to get the various treasures.

The URL is: http://amigan.yatho.com/adventure.html]]> https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-862.html Mon, 18 Nov 2024 10:44:58 +1100 DJSCaver]]> https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-862.html
I have a working Electronics Australia 2650 processor board (well I own an original 1978 board on the shelf, and use the IC's in my 2024 reproduction board).

The repository files from the Games Tapes 1 - 4 contain wav and pgm files.
WAV I understand are to be played via a cassette interface.
What are the PGM files used with as they do not appear to be in the 2650 Absolute Object Format described in SS51?
Is there a way to convert PGM to 2650 Object format?

I have other 2650 files in HEX or TXT files that work OK via PIPBUG "L" command.

Thanks
Dirk]]>
I have a working Electronics Australia 2650 processor board (well I own an original 1978 board on the shelf, and use the IC's in my 2024 reproduction board).

The repository files from the Games Tapes 1 - 4 contain wav and pgm files.
WAV I understand are to be played via a cassette interface.
What are the PGM files used with as they do not appear to be in the 2650 Absolute Object Format described in SS51?
Is there a way to convert PGM to 2650 Object format?

I have other 2650 files in HEX or TXT files that work OK via PIPBUG "L" command.

Thanks
Dirk]]> https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-856.html Tue, 29 Oct 2024 19:16:19 +1100 beeingdavid]]> https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-856.html
I'm curious about whether anyone here has a BBC micro? Particularly anyone in Brisbane.
Back in the early eighties, I bought a Bee, and my brother bought a Beeb.

He later gave me his Model B, which after recapping the power supply, I am going to test.
It's a cassette based system, and has a small amount of software, including a game I can't wait to try called "Time Trek", a Dr. Who text based adventure game.
I am also keen on getting hold of a Spitfire simulator that was available. I think the one I'm remembering was "1942".

I remember one of the Demo programs was a poem by Roger McGough called "Just Hit Return", which generated a new line every time you hit "return".]]>
I'm curious about whether anyone here has a BBC micro? Particularly anyone in Brisbane.
Back in the early eighties, I bought a Bee, and my brother bought a Beeb.

He later gave me his Model B, which after recapping the power supply, I am going to test.
It's a cassette based system, and has a small amount of software, including a game I can't wait to try called "Time Trek", a Dr. Who text based adventure game.
I am also keen on getting hold of a Spitfire simulator that was available. I think the one I'm remembering was "1942".

I remember one of the Demo programs was a poem by Roger McGough called "Just Hit Return", which generated a new line every time you hit "return".]]> https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-850.html Mon, 21 Oct 2024 08:17:30 +1100 rcrook9190]]> https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-850.html
Getting a System-80 from a friend soon and was wondering about modern storage solutions or non- destructive mods to make it more usable. 

I don't know a great deal about the system and am a noob to the eco system. Is the expansion connector on the back S100 and are there any DIY S100 bus expansion projects out there?

I remember playing with a friends System 80 way back and have been looking for one for my collection for a while now. Looking forward to playing with it.]]>
Getting a System-80 from a friend soon and was wondering about modern storage solutions or non- destructive mods to make it more usable. 

I don't know a great deal about the system and am a noob to the eco system. Is the expansion connector on the back S100 and are there any DIY S100 bus expansion projects out there?

I remember playing with a friends System 80 way back and have been looking for one for my collection for a while now. Looking forward to playing with it.]]> https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-834.html Fri, 30 Aug 2024 12:32:38 +1000 ChickenMan]]> https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-834.html
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]]> https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-812.html Fri, 21 Jun 2024 16:40:44 +1000 Robert]]> https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-812.html
https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-809.html

This should not be confused with an East German establishment of the same name (during the cold war).

They made various computers, such as the k1003, k8915, and kc87 series. I notice your list includes kc87 material.

Can you check just to make sure you haven't got the wrong Robotron?]]>
https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-809.html

This should not be confused with an East German establishment of the same name (during the cold war).

They made various computers, such as the k1003, k8915, and kc87 series. I notice your list includes kc87 material.

Can you check just to make sure you haven't got the wrong Robotron?]]> https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-803.html Thu, 23 May 2024 18:02:46 +1000 MbeeTech]]> https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-803.html From time to time I get emails from people wanting to move on their computer equipment to people who would appreciate the items.

Today I've been contacted by a gentleman named Peter who lives in Blackburn Victoria with a large list of items that he would like to 
see go to a new home.  Peter, generously, does not want any money for the items, but needs them collected (will not be sending items out).

First come first served, IE: post here (below) about an item you are wanting to collect and I'll pass your details on.
Be fair : select one or 2 items and give others a go.  If there are items unspoken for after a week, pop your name down then.

Here is the list:

64K Dynamic (C1AB) Early 1986. Computer in Book Single 31/2 inch floppy. Non MicroBee Green Screen)
Serial No: 061237, 1982. Disk Unit S/N 14850. BeeModem S/N ?01552

Digital PC. Celebris FX 5200M.  Model FR-BA3AZ. S/N SD 72613623 (Assembled in Australia).
Digital PC Venturis 466. Model BS4WW. S/N TA 531CB063
NEC SCSI CD ROM Reader Model CDR 74-1 S/N 38A04362C Type A

Keyboards:
SOFT -F21DQ Large DIN Connector.
2 * Digital. KB5923 Rev B01. Part No. PXLA NA. S/N 9S71784783 and S/N PS70660449. Mini DIN
2 * Part No KU-8933. S/N 2106801815B and S/N 2106800663B. USB Connector
KeyTronics KB5151 Professional Series. S/N 786349. From UNITRONIX Waverley Melb. DIN Connector.

2 * Digital Rainbow PC (1 complete with 17inch Screen).
Apple II E with Floppy Disk unit and various add-in cards.
Mountain Computer Incorporated:
Multifunction 05-00210-01G S/N 7099-301-09
A/D + D/A PWA.05-00150-01C S/N 1064 305.04
Microsoft Softcard (Z80)  No. 1490 1981 S/N E010883A
NEC PC-8201A Portable PC

Network components – Ethernet CAT 5 & Fibre.
Software:
Original International Version of Microsoft Windows for IBM and Compaq PC’s. 1985
Microsoft Windows/286

DEC System 5100  ULTRIX OS
Model 230ZM-A9 S/N MF04047151
15pin Console?, 25pin Printer, 3 x RJ45 and BNC Ethernet, and SCSI Expansion Socket
Digital Storage Expansion Model SZ12C-XB Series BA42A S/N AB24900DZA
Model SZ12C-XB S/N AB24900DZA Series BA42A
VAX 4000-300
Model 6700J-B955 S/N WF047494
VAX Station 4000 VLC
Model VS48KAC S/N AB40200PRC
Storage Works Model BA353 S/N CX41201977 with RZ28M-VA 2.1Gb hard drive, Small cassette tape
Colour Screen 17inch. VRM17-A4 S/N 5B20300024. Key \board LK401-AA S/N HJ349F8663 & Mouse
SCSSI, network & power cables
Texas Silent 700 Portable Data Terminal. 
Model 745 Portable (WE) S/N 12883. Part No. 983803-0201
SenData Model 1070 Acoustic Modem S/N 7153 Manufactured by Electro Medical Engineering Pty Ltd Melbourne

Synoptics LattisHub 2814 option 05  09701D S/N 2914596. 10 base-FL Fibre in / out 16 port RJ45
Synoptics LattisHub 2803 S/N 6481451. AUI port 16 port RJ45
Gandolf Canada MUX 2000 4 channel. S/N 1225. Part No. 460Z4.

Manuals
StorageWorks FamilyDesktop Expansion Unit User’s Guide EK-BA353-UG, A01 & A02
VMS General User’s Guide AA-LA98A-TE April 1988 VMS 5.0 (printed in Australia)
VMS System Manager’s Manual AA-LA00A-TE April 1988 VMS 5.0 (printed in Australia)
VMS Mini Reference AA-LA96A-TE April 1988 VMS 5.0 (printed in Australia)
VMS Version 5.3 New features manual AA-MG29B-TE October 1989 printed in USA
DEC TCP/IP Services for VMS V2 Installation & Configuration AA-LU49D-TE VMS 5.4 & 5.5 June 1992
OpenVMS VAX V5.0 Upgrade & installation Version 6.0 AA-PV6WA-TE May 1993
MUXserver/DECmux 300 User’s Guide EK-DSRZC-UG May 1990 (Australia)
VAXstation 4000 VLC Owner’s Guide EK-VAXVL-OG. B01
With VAXstation 4000 VLC Setting Up Your Workstation EK-INTRE-QC.B01
Adding memory EK-INTNA-QC.B01, Adding Internal Disk Drive EK-PERDE-QC.B01
And VMS DECwindows Motif V1.0 Quick Reference Card VMS 5.4 AV-PGZ4A-TE
Guide to Using DCL and Command Procedures on VAX / VMS VMS V4.0 AA-Y501A-TE Sept 1984
And note MGMT5
User’s Guide to the VAX/VMS Operating System Cory Sandler 1989
OpenVMS Hobbyist Guide
The Vax Kit May 1999 OpenVMS V7.2 and Notes for VAXstation]]> From time to time I get emails from people wanting to move on their computer equipment to people who would appreciate the items.

Today I've been contacted by a gentleman named Peter who lives in Blackburn Victoria with a large list of items that he would like to 
see go to a new home.  Peter, generously, does not want any money for the items, but needs them collected (will not be sending items out).

First come first served, IE: post here (below) about an item you are wanting to collect and I'll pass your details on.
Be fair : select one or 2 items and give others a go.  If there are items unspoken for after a week, pop your name down then.

Here is the list:

64K Dynamic (C1AB) Early 1986. Computer in Book Single 31/2 inch floppy. Non MicroBee Green Screen)
Serial No: 061237, 1982. Disk Unit S/N 14850. BeeModem S/N ?01552

Digital PC. Celebris FX 5200M.  Model FR-BA3AZ. S/N SD 72613623 (Assembled in Australia).
Digital PC Venturis 466. Model BS4WW. S/N TA 531CB063
NEC SCSI CD ROM Reader Model CDR 74-1 S/N 38A04362C Type A

Keyboards:
SOFT -F21DQ Large DIN Connector.
2 * Digital. KB5923 Rev B01. Part No. PXLA NA. S/N 9S71784783 and S/N PS70660449. Mini DIN
2 * Part No KU-8933. S/N 2106801815B and S/N 2106800663B. USB Connector
KeyTronics KB5151 Professional Series. S/N 786349. From UNITRONIX Waverley Melb. DIN Connector.

2 * Digital Rainbow PC (1 complete with 17inch Screen).
Apple II E with Floppy Disk unit and various add-in cards.
Mountain Computer Incorporated:
Multifunction 05-00210-01G S/N 7099-301-09
A/D + D/A PWA.05-00150-01C S/N 1064 305.04
Microsoft Softcard (Z80)  No. 1490 1981 S/N E010883A
NEC PC-8201A Portable PC

Network components – Ethernet CAT 5 & Fibre.
Software:
Original International Version of Microsoft Windows for IBM and Compaq PC’s. 1985
Microsoft Windows/286

DEC System 5100  ULTRIX OS
Model 230ZM-A9 S/N MF04047151
15pin Console?, 25pin Printer, 3 x RJ45 and BNC Ethernet, and SCSI Expansion Socket
Digital Storage Expansion Model SZ12C-XB Series BA42A S/N AB24900DZA
Model SZ12C-XB S/N AB24900DZA Series BA42A
VAX 4000-300
Model 6700J-B955 S/N WF047494
VAX Station 4000 VLC
Model VS48KAC S/N AB40200PRC
Storage Works Model BA353 S/N CX41201977 with RZ28M-VA 2.1Gb hard drive, Small cassette tape
Colour Screen 17inch. VRM17-A4 S/N 5B20300024. Key \board LK401-AA S/N HJ349F8663 & Mouse
SCSSI, network & power cables
Texas Silent 700 Portable Data Terminal. 
Model 745 Portable (WE) S/N 12883. Part No. 983803-0201
SenData Model 1070 Acoustic Modem S/N 7153 Manufactured by Electro Medical Engineering Pty Ltd Melbourne

Synoptics LattisHub 2814 option 05  09701D S/N 2914596. 10 base-FL Fibre in / out 16 port RJ45
Synoptics LattisHub 2803 S/N 6481451. AUI port 16 port RJ45
Gandolf Canada MUX 2000 4 channel. S/N 1225. Part No. 460Z4.

Manuals
StorageWorks FamilyDesktop Expansion Unit User’s Guide EK-BA353-UG, A01 & A02
VMS General User’s Guide AA-LA98A-TE April 1988 VMS 5.0 (printed in Australia)
VMS System Manager’s Manual AA-LA00A-TE April 1988 VMS 5.0 (printed in Australia)
VMS Mini Reference AA-LA96A-TE April 1988 VMS 5.0 (printed in Australia)
VMS Version 5.3 New features manual AA-MG29B-TE October 1989 printed in USA
DEC TCP/IP Services for VMS V2 Installation & Configuration AA-LU49D-TE VMS 5.4 & 5.5 June 1992
OpenVMS VAX V5.0 Upgrade & installation Version 6.0 AA-PV6WA-TE May 1993
MUXserver/DECmux 300 User’s Guide EK-DSRZC-UG May 1990 (Australia)
VAXstation 4000 VLC Owner’s Guide EK-VAXVL-OG. B01
With VAXstation 4000 VLC Setting Up Your Workstation EK-INTRE-QC.B01
Adding memory EK-INTNA-QC.B01, Adding Internal Disk Drive EK-PERDE-QC.B01
And VMS DECwindows Motif V1.0 Quick Reference Card VMS 5.4 AV-PGZ4A-TE
Guide to Using DCL and Command Procedures on VAX / VMS VMS V4.0 AA-Y501A-TE Sept 1984
And note MGMT5
User’s Guide to the VAX/VMS Operating System Cory Sandler 1989
OpenVMS Hobbyist Guide
The Vax Kit May 1999 OpenVMS V7.2 and Notes for VAXstation]]> https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-770.html Fri, 02 Feb 2024 19:44:38 +1100 ChickenMan]]> https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-770.html johnhalk who made a Dreamdisk Floppy controller which is based on the original Dreamdisk Microbee floppy controller.  So check it out at - exidysorcerer.net - Index page]]> johnhalk who made a Dreamdisk Floppy controller which is based on the original Dreamdisk Microbee floppy controller.  So check it out at - exidysorcerer.net - Index page]]> https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-760.html Fri, 05 Jan 2024 08:12:11 +1100 vk7hch]]> https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-760.html It has I think 6 cards in it, I am at work, so I will edit this post when I get home to list the cards and looots of pictures.
I know it has a Microworld Basic card in it with 6 roms on it. There is an "Economy 16K memory card", a DGZ640 card and several others.
This looks like a fun project.
I am awaiting a FABGL card to arrive to make a serial terminal.

First step will be a full clean and diagnostic on the power supply.

More to come.]]> It has I think 6 cards in it, I am at work, so I will edit this post when I get home to list the cards and looots of pictures.
I know it has a Microworld Basic card in it with 6 roms on it. There is an "Economy 16K memory card", a DGZ640 card and several others.
This looks like a fun project.
I am awaiting a FABGL card to arrive to make a serial terminal.

First step will be a full clean and diagnostic on the power supply.

More to come.]]> https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-750.html Sun, 24 Dec 2023 00:00:20 +1100 greg221b]]> https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-750.html
A friend of mine got a Bondwell 14 CPM luggable on ebay a little while ago - without any media.  He got hold of some 5.25" disks, but they're not cooperating.

I was wondering if anyone here might be willing to write some supplied disk images to 5.25" floppies (for whatever you think it's worth) so he can use this machine.

Thanks,
Greg]]>
A friend of mine got a Bondwell 14 CPM luggable on ebay a little while ago - without any media.  He got hold of some 5.25" disks, but they're not cooperating.

I was wondering if anyone here might be willing to write some supplied disk images to 5.25" floppies (for whatever you think it's worth) so he can use this machine.

Thanks,
Greg]]>