[Coco] Slot Pack 3, MC-1, etc.

[Chuck Youse]

Were there any significant differences between the MPI and the Slot  
III?  Or was the Slot III a 'compatible' unit?

C.

On Jul 12, 2008, at 11:35 AM, Tom Seagrove wrote:

> I have a SlotPak III in mint condition...  I can did it out if  
> someone needs
> pictures, numbers, etc.
>
> Tom
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco- 
> bounces at maltedmedia.com] On
> Behalf Of Mike 0rtloff
> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 11:50 AM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Slot Pack 3, MC-1, etc.
>
> BEAUTIFUL image Charlie, if there's an archive site, they should put
> that up. It looks like the case & PCB are cherry, unlike mine which
> saw some 5 years of daily use.
>
> The one you have is around 4 years newer than mine or, more
> accurately, the chips are newer & one of the 7406s on my board are
> replaced with a 7416 on yours (the 16 is tougher than the 06 as I  
> recall)
>
> Mine has 4 chips socketed in addition to the ROMs. Disto must have
> figured us for pretty clumsy Back In The Day ;)
>
> BIG thanx for the help, Charlie!
>
> Funny, even Howard Medical has no idea what their Slot Pack Three was
> and is *heh*
>
> Peace!
>
> =M0=
>
>
>
>> Here you go. I hope the picture is god enough, the very top is cut  
>> off. If
>> you need me to take it again, no problem.
>> Let me know.
>> http://www.geocities.com/chazbeenhad/MISC/distomc-1.jpg
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> "Mike 0rtloff" <underserf at comcast.net> wrote in
>> message news:20080708164139.2629720A33 at qs281.pair.com...
>>> Heya List!!
>>>
>>> Been a long time since I last posted on any kind of list. Truth be
> known,
>>> I'd forgotten about the CoCo List, but lurked on the UseNet NGs  
>>> for the
>>> last decade or so... Bear with me if there's some formatting thing I
>>> missed or some strange s/w requirement before posting ;)
>>>
>>> Getting my CoCo system(s) back together, still have the entire  
>>> set, and
>>> spares (MC-10 to Coco3) but in the last 15 years, peripherals have
> gotten
>>> mutilated (young children), destroyed (Northridge Quake) and just  
>>> plain
>>> lost in moves.
>>>
>>> First I'll try a few questions about the Howard Medical Slot  
>>> Pack, Disto
>>> MC-1 & the Tandy/RS 26-3129 controller.
>>>
>>> ( I'm no engineer or systems analyst, but I fancy myself a decent
>>> troubleshooter and lead fumes don't scare me ;))
>>>
>>> 1. Anyone have an =image= of the Howard Medical Slot Pack 3, mine is
>>> missing a chip. I may have let somebody have it like 10 years  
>>> ago, the
>>> little sticker I put (noting what chip it was) there fell off and  
>>> I'd
> like
>>> to get the thing going again, I have the manual somewhere, but it  
>>> never
>>> had a schematic or chip list anyway.
>>>
>>> 2, My Disto MiniController-1 died about 94, an indirect result of  
>>> the
>>> Northridge quake. I've replaced all the socketed chips (save for the
>>> 6ms/DS modded DECB from Disto) but again, not sure of the  
>>> placement, a
>>> graphic of the PCB would be just the ticket. The jumpers on the MC-1
> were
>>> always a mystery as well.
>>>
>>> 3rd, and last question - It's been a long time, I ran OS/9  
>>> exclusively
>>> when I was real active but forgot a lot of the techniques I used.  
>>> Can
> the
>>> 26-3129 support DS 360k drives at all? Any hard/software hacks to  
>>> make
> it
>>> so?
>>>
>>> Enuff annoying you all for now, and BIG thanx in advance!
>>>
>>> =Mike 0=
>>>
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