[Coco] OT: Gimix OS-9 computer system information update.

[Ryan Pritchard]

Hi everyone,

So a couple of updates that will give you an idea of the documentation I
have on the two Gimix systems, and on the configuration of them.

I am almost done scanning in all the paper documentation for the Gimix
systems I have.  I have included a list of the scanned documents I have
processed.  Not OCR'd, though I wish I did have an OCR program for my Mac.
I still have a whole other binder to scan.  I know there is at least
documents on a 64K BYTE STATIC RAM BOARD, a TWO PORT RS-232C SERIAL
INTERFACE, and a TWO PORT PARALLEL INTERFACE, plus various revisions of
documents that I already have scanned.  The documents I scanned were all the
papers in the binders.  No document that had a spine of it's own has been
scanned at this time.  (BTW I love the multi-function device at my work, it
supports double sided scanning in one pass, and sends the scan in PDF format
via e-mail.  Sure beats scan a page, flip page, scan a page, flip page,
repeat until brain functions no longer.)

Based on the documentation binders, I have concluded that when I power on
these two systems (They will WORK, I am believing GOD for it in Jesus'
name.  You can believe with me too!), I will find that one of them is a 384K
system and the other is a 512K system.  Both have their own Hard Drives,
just not certain of the capacities yet.  These computers both worked fine
the last time I had them powered on around 10+ years ago.  May have a couple
of things to look at befor powering on, like if there are any problems with
the batteries or any leaky caps.

The only thing I have not finished scanning yet for the documents in the
list below is the larger folded pages that have schematics and / or board
layouts on them.

Scanned Gimix related documentation:
============================
BASIC09 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE REFERENCE MANUAL.pdf
CRC GENERATOR BOARD for OS-9 GMX III - User's Manual.pdf
FLEX Programmer's Manual.pdf
FLEX User's Manual.pdf
GIMIX SERIAL I-O PROCESSOR FIRMWARE FOR OS-9.pdf
GMX 256K BYTE STATIC RAM BOARD - User's Manual - 2.pdf
GMX 256K BYTE STATIC RAM BOARD - User's Manual.pdf
GMX 6809 CPU III MICROPROCESSOR BOARD - User's Manual.pdf
GMX DMA III - Double Density Floppy Disk Controller - User's Manual.pdf
GMX DMA SASI INTERFACE BOARD - User's Manual.pdf
GMX Power Supply Information.pdf
Gimix registration cards - serial numbers.pdf
Gimix warranty papers.pdf
INTELLIGENT 3-PORT SERIAL I-O FIRMWARE Ver. 2 - User's Manual.pdf
INTELLIGENT 4-PORT SERIAL I-O PROCESSOR FIRMWARE Ver.2 - User's Manual.pdf
INTELLIGENT FOUR PORT RS-232 SERIAL I-O INTERFACE - User's Manual.pdf
INTELLIGENT THREE PORT RS-232 SERIAL I-O INTERFACE - User's Manual.pdf
INTELLIGENT THREE PORT RS-232 SERIAL I-O INTERFACE Version II - User's
Manual.pdf
Motorola MC14411 Bit Rate Generator.pdf
O-FLEX - FLEX Operating System for OS-9 Level II - User's Manual.pdf
OS-9 EDITOR - ASSEMBLER - DEBUGGER MANUAL.pdf
OS-9 GMX III Manual Addenda - Version 1.2 14-SEP-1983.pdf
OS-9 OPERATING SYSTEM - User's Manual.pdf
OS-9 OPERATING SYSTEM - System Programmer's Manual.pdf
OS-9 GMX III Support ROM - User's Manual.pdf
Reading and Writing Color Computer OS-9??? Disks on GIMIX OS-9 Systems.pdf
SS-50C MOTHERBOARD and BAUD RATE GENERATOR - User's Manual.pdf
Specification for model OMTI 20C-1 Intelligent Controller for 5.25 inch
Winchester Drives.pdf
System Configuration Information.pdf
TEAC FD-55D - Mini Flexible Disk Drive Specification.pdf
VERTEX V100 Series OEM Maintenance Manual.pdf

Regards,

Ryan Pritchard
Fun Extends All Basic Life Expectancies


On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 9:24 PM, Ryan Pritchard <coconut at pritchard.ca>wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I just posted 5 new pictures for the Gimix systems.  Same URL is being
> used.
>
> http://gallery.me.com/ryanjrp#100021
>
> A couple of notes.  These pictures are of some spare items and diskettes
> that I have (not all diskettes though).
>
> The 2 port serial card uses MC68B50P UARTs.
>
> The 3 port serial card has the following observations:
> - GMX SIOP OS-9 V2.10 (c)1983 MSC sticker on ROM, and has a HD68B09P
> processor, 2 HM6116P-2 RAM chips, three R6551AP UARTs, and a Z8038DC.  The
> small crystal in the corner is a 8MHz crystal and the other larger crystal
> has a KHz rating that I cannot make out.
>
> The Teac FDD looked new, I think I may have just used it for the first time
> on my CoCo 1.
>
> The Diskettes 1 photo has:
> Top to bottom:
> BASIC09
> Another BASIC09
> Interactive Assembler / Macro Text Editor
> PASCAL V2.0
> Another Interactive Assembler / Macro Text Editor
> OS-9 GMX IIIs OS V1.2 / Support ROM Version
>
> The Diskettes 2 photo has:
> Top to bottom:
> Entertainment Package 3of3
> Entertainment Package
> 2of3
> Entertainment Package
> 1of3
> FHL DynaForm
> FHL DynaStar
>
> Regards,
>
> Ryan Pritchard
> Fun Extends All Basic Life Expectancies
>
>
>
> On 14-Sep-08, at 8:20 PM, Ryan Pritchard wrote:
>
>  Hi everyone,
>>
>> With a lot of this CoCo List talking about OS-9, I thought I would make an
>> off-topic posting with a simple link and vague description to some OS-9
>> computer system pr0n.  We are talking about computers here folks.  The
>> pictures of the systems should speak for themselves.  I will be posting more
>> photos in the near future, as I will be removing the cards from the
>> associated busses to take photos.
>>
>> http://gallery.me.com/ryanjrp#100021
>>
>> After viewing these photos, some of you may be wondering why I have been
>> asking about the 64K upgrade instructions for the CoCo 1.  Honestly I can't
>> even begin to come up with a good reason.  Not with this evidence against
>> me.
>>
>> More information on these systems will be revealed after the photos have
>> had a chance to be viewed.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Ryan Pritchard
>> Fun Extends All Basic Life Expectancies
>>
>>
>>
>>
>