[Coco] Somewhat OT - SWTPC 6809 Restoration Project

[wdg3rd at comcast.net]

Agreed.  In fact, I'm prepared to allow even SWTPC 6800 systems into the discussion.  (Ghod, I wanted one back then).

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Ward Griffiths        wdg3rd at comcast.net


----- "John W. Linville" <linville at tuxdriver.com> wrote:

> From: "John W. Linville" <linville at tuxdriver.com>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 8:07:24 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Somewhat OT - SWTPC 6809 Restoration Project
>
> On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 06:51:13PM -0500, Joel Ewy wrote:
> > Hey all,
> >
> > I have on loan the remains of two or three SWTPc 6809 computers that
> had  
> > belonged to the late friend of a friend, and I'm going to try to
> restore  
> > them to working condition.  (I can probably only get one working,
> since  
> > there only seems to be one CPU board, unless another one turns up in
>  
> > other boxes...)  My plan is to try to get Flex and OS-9 running, and
>  
> > maybe get it to run some old text adventures and such things.  If I
> get  
> > real ambitious I might hook up one of those serial<->ethernet/telnet
>  
> > thingies and make it play adventure games over the Internet.  First 
> 
> > things first though.  I'm cataloging the parts and trying to
> understand  
> > the DAT circuit on the CPU board.
> >
> > If you have an interest in such arcana, you can check out my
> progress  
> > here:  http://8littlebits.wordpress.com/category/swtpc/
> >
> > JCE
> 
> Just for the record, in my book this is almost completely _on_ topic,
> especially if/when you get it running OS-9 (or even Flex)...
> 
> John
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