mantadoc Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Any of you guys who know : Is the Texas Instruments Professional Computer with ISA sockets ? , it looks like It is because of Monitor problems , it was damaged in mail , i was crying for days i need a replacement for the monitor it seems to be special for this computer.. Or maybe another videocard if it ISA slots Any ideas ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Uih.... this was hard transport. But this here is only the monitor... I cannot see any connectors or slots ?.... Maybe there is a hint. But - NOT knowing - I suppose it is ISA at least, 8 or 16 bit. Also depends on the CPU. 8bit-ISA were Hercules & EGA-Graphic-Cards, iirc, and 16bit i.e. Trident or Tseng ET3000/4000 (what I should have on stock) Maybe you have more pics ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 (edited) http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=472 says: NON-IBM-compatible Maybe another try of TI to loose aah to earn money with a properitary system ? PS: I have original floppydrives for this machine, NOS. 360 KB. TI-PC P/N 2234298-0001 (YData-580-1354 - 48TPI) I have 2 of them running in a PEB now, as a test for the 99/4A. No problems so long... The YD-drives with older firmware (as you know them from/for the 99ers PEB) should NOT run in the TI-PC. Only the drives with newer firmware run in the TI-PC and PPC (!) If you want to know I can look which firmware it is. (but this is needed only if you want to run an older 99er-YData-drive in a TI-PC/PPC. The other way around, as I am testing now, seems to work (TI-PC-drive with newer firmware in the 99er´s PEB) Edited November 12, 2015 by schmitzi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantadoc Posted November 12, 2015 Author Share Posted November 12, 2015 Thanks Ralf I thinks this will be difficult The Computer looks ok so far, it arrived in another box , i´ll have it in my mind with your new floppydrives if it´s not working..when i solve the monitor BIG problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 yes, and have a look on the graphiccard, if it is a card, maybe some pics ? and maybe somebody here in the forum knows more.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humeur Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 If your TRT screen is ok i search this. Jean Louis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 (edited) I have found another "Personal Computer", a "Silent 700" somebody knows about ? /EDIT/ found something about: TI-327-A-10M_Silent_700_Model_732_733_Brochure_Sep_1973.pdf Edited November 15, 2015 by schmitzi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwantgames:) Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 That is a thing of beauty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moocowmoo Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Here's some information I found about that terminal: http://www.textfiles.com/bitsavers/pdf/ti/terminal/TI-334A-10M_Silent_700_Model_732_733_Specifications_Jul_1973.pdf 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 . ...what do you think it is worth ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 . so, can I explain its function somehow with the 99er, plus TE-II, plus the telephone-coupler, plus 2 x CS1er ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 You can use the Silent 700 as a nice standard terminal to access a minicomputer or old-school mainframe. I've seen them sell for between $50 and $200, depending on a lot of factors (submodel, condition, etc.). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 It is lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 . . yes, seems to bee But the German Telekom MasterBrains are cancelling POTS (analog old telephony), ISDN (digital telephony), and DSL (Internet) here in Germany in 2017..... (and give us IP ) So maybe devices like this (and many newer) will not run anymore, or run only with high efforts..... Maybe I can buy 2 of them, and make a connection by 2-wire from the attic to the basement.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Some of them also have a standard serial connection on the back. . .so you could connect them together that way too using an Ethernet tunnel (Comtrol makes some nice devices to do that, but they are about $300 each and you need one for each end). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 . yup, that was it what I meant whis "efforts" Maybe the UDS-10 would also work. But I think I won´t try it. Really bad what they are doing here in Germany. Internet in the pampa is running extremely slow, but instead of doing some investment in that problems (and obeying actual laws which should enforce that !) they "sell" us new sh*t, with additionaly new problems, for more money&efforts, w/o mitigation on old problems, while telling us that the proven & working technics suddenly are old sh*t. really this way. Same way politicians are working here..... but this is nothing total different Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 . yup, that was it what I meant whis "efforts" Maybe the UDS-10 would also work. But I think I won´t try it. Awww, you don't know what you are missing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 no no, I have some UDS´ here, for the browser, but not for this old 73er the latest, 2 weeks ago 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 the latest, 2 weeks ago Whats with all the acquisitions? Did you win the lottery? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 . no, but maybe something like that: addicTIon good night (3am) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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