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- Date: 30 March 1982 15:36-EST
- From: Glenn A. Iba <GAI at MIT-AI>
- Subject: Apple CPM / Softcard intermittancy and patch
- To: Boebert.SCOMP at MIT-MULTICS
- cc: GAI at MIT-AI, INFO-APPLE at MIT-AI
- Via: Mit-Ai; 30 Mar 82 15:46-EDT
-
- After trying out my softcard (in slot 4) with a videx videoterm
- in slot 3, I too experienced severe problems with intermittancy,
- in particular the cpm system would not even boot reliably.
- I called Microsoft and discovered that this problem is common (they
- extimate 20% but we got burned 2 out of 2 times) with Softcards
- older than a few months. Apparently RF noise is the culprit and the
- video boards create a lot more of it.
- FIX (fortunately there is a fairly simple fix):
- What is needed is a 220 pF (50 VDC or greater) ceramic capacitor
- (I got 2 for 30 cents at Radio Shack). This capacitor should be
- installed between pins 10 and 11 of the chip at position U15 on
- the Softcard board (this is at the extreme upper right of board,
- and the pins are at the right hand end of chip). I did the modification
- myself against the advice of Microsoft, who said they will pay any
- dealer $7.50 to do the work (though this is a time-limited offer).
- But for $.30 do you really trust a dealer with your $250 board??
- DO YOU NEED A FIX???
- Your card already has the fix if there is a conspicuous insulated wire
- on the backside of your Softcard (yes it runs to a 220 pF capacitor).
- The newer Softcards have this installed.
- This patch immediately solved my intermittancy problems (I left the
- Softcard in slot 4 right next to the videoterm).
-
- Date: 30 March 1982 18:46-EST
- From: Glenn A. Iba <GAI at MIT-AI>
- Subject: Configuring Mince for Apple CPM with Videx Videoterm
- To: AMETHYST-USERS at MIT-AI, INFO-APPLE at MIT-AI
- cc: GAI at MIT-AI
- Via: Mit-Ai; 30 Mar 82 18:54-EDT
-
- Now that I got my Softcard working properly I set out to configure
- my MINCE system, but I had a real rough time trying to define
- a new terminal type for the videx 80 column board. Then I decided
- to try out each of the standard terminal types offered, and what do
- you know, but 2 of them seemed to work perfectly!! The two were:
- the SOROC IQ120 and the ADM31 (not the ADM3A). What I'm wondering
- is:
- 1. Are there any differences between these two (particularly
- effeciency) that would recommend one over the other?
- 2. Are there any hidden incompatibilities between either of these
- terminal types and the videx videoterm?
- 3. What was I doing wrong when I tried to specify new terminal
- type (I copied the character sequences right out of the videx manual)??
- Alternatively, what are the sequences used by Mince when either of
- those terminal types is selected?
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