Yep, in time I will
The 5000 operates the same way as the 3000, the 5000 has a bigger text buffer and allows character graphics, but otherwise they are the same...
Jay
Info/Soft 3000 was a text generator program used in some older cable tv starions for their information channel. It scrolled messages on the top and bottom of the screen, plus showed different text in the center. Its big brother, Info/Soft 5000 has some more features...
Jay
When I get mine, I think I'll use an XE Cart case and shave down the sides just enough for PCB to fit and cut out an opening on the top for the CF Card. This will make fitting into the 800 rather nicely
The 2nd SIDE cart will stay original for the XL's and XE's...
Jay
That's exactly how you do it, day-by-day
Get the compute books, Compute, Antic & Analog Mags on ebay and start typing those programs in. You'll learn to debug your typo's and learn a bunch by reading and typing those in...
Jay
Back in '83, I made a cable with two female edge card connectors and fitted/glued the one connector to the back of my original 800. I was thinking that it might be a S100-Bus and would be cool to make some kind of interface for it, but didn't get too far...
Later on I figured that it might just have been connected to a testbed at the factory for a function test of the motherboard...
Jay
Yep, this is my first one of these, he even had the original floppy, so it will be fun playing with .
I have a VoiceBox by Alien Group too, just need to find it...
Jay
Just got back from picking This eBay Lot eBay Auction -- Item Number: 180693710668 up...
Even got another free box full of goodies
I'll see if I can post pics of all this cool stuff soon...
Jay