Alto II (was Re: PDP-8 prices

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com>
Date: Tue Jan 26 00:03:06 1999

On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Tony Duell wrote:

> You probably _can_ maintain them. I intend to have a go at getting a
> Daybreak working before too long. Could prove interesting. Of course the
> time to figure out what all the chips are is when the machine is working
> and so you can put a logic analyser on it.

I have the Diagnostic manual that lists all the 4-digit diagnostic codes
and their meanings that I should probably make a copy of for you.

> Possibly... I've never had a monitor fail, thankfully. The one on my
> Daybreak looks like a pretty standard 3rd-party unit.

No. The Daybreak uses a proprietary display. It is apparently very
difficult to adapt, say, a VGA monitor to a Daybreak. However, I have no
doubt ARD could do it.

Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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