Date   : Thu, 27 Oct 1988 06:35:11 GMT
From   : portal!cup.portal.com!Charlie_Alan_Bounds@uunet.uu.net
Subject: Desparately seeking software

A few weeks ago I wrote:
>I am attempting to resurrect a decrepit HeathKit H89 in order to give to
>the local department of parks and recreation.  I have such things as a C
>compiler and a programming oriented text editor, all of which will be
>completely useless to the computer illiterates who will be inheriting the
>machine.  So I need to find a source of software.  You know, the basics
>like a word processor and maybe a spreadsheet.  I also need a source of 8
>inch floppies, preferably double sided double density but beggars can't be
>choosers (the H89 also uses 5-1/2 inch disks which are HARD SECTORED.  I
>hold no hope for ever finding one of those again).

I would like to thank all the great people who responded in my hour of
need.  One person even gave me the name and area code of a guy with exactly
the same machine I have.  Its nice to know that I am not completely
abandoned.

Charlie Bounds               Charlie@cup.portal.com
                             sun!cup.portal.com!charlie


Date: Thursday, 27 October 1988  08:14-MDT
From: crash!pnet01!mwilson@nosc.mil (Marc Wilson)
Subject: Morrow S-100 board

     Can anyone tell me anything about a board I just acquired?  It's
a Morrow Designs MULT/IO S-100 board.  It has:

        1) 3 8250's
        2) 1 8259 interrupt controller
        3) 2k of static RAM
        4) a funny connector that I was told is a parallel port, although
           I don't see how ( a 50-pinner... looks like an 8" drive port )

     I know the board supports extended addressing for the memory on
it, but beyond that I haven't experimented ( missing a 25LS2521 for
the port selection ).

     It sounds a *lot* like my CompuPro System Support 1, except of
course for the fact that the Morrow board doesn't include a clock.

     Does anyone use this beast?  I'd like to get it working... three
more serial ports would be VERY useful right now... as would a
Centronics port, if that's what this 50-pin connector is.

     Thanks.

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