More Heathkit H8 Questions

From: Chris Lamrock <chris_at_blackwidowguitars.com>
Date: Thu Oct 24 06:57:00 2002

Well I've been messing with my H8 some... I did get a program to work that I
entered into the keypad on the front. Now I would like to take the next
step and see if some of the other stuff works...

This machine has the H8-5 serial/ tape combo - I have the cable that
connects the funny Molex connector to the terminal & have a nice terminal
hooked to it. I also have in there what I believe to be the floppy
controller - but I have no cables or drives.

I am assuming that this machine must be "told" via the front panel to boot
from a tape or disk before I ever get anything on the terminal? Is this
correct?

If this is true - what do I need to get this thing up and running? Will
this thing boot from tape? Is that the easiest option for starters? I am
not having much luck locating information or parts online for this beast...

Also I'm wondering if the floppy drives are just a standard old 360k drive &
some sort of standard cabling that I might be able to round up? If so how
hard will it be to find bootable media?

Lots of questions!


Thanks in advance

Chris Lamrock
Received on Thu Oct 24 2002 - 06:57:00 BST