Recent content by westveld

I tried his memory test ROM, seemed to work well. Would be nice to make it fit into just the high ROM and add video display on top of the serial, if possible. Haven't had a need for the RAM, yet...

Dos 3.1 / Bios 3.02 disk image with key repeat disabled: https://victor9000.com/files/Victor_DOS_31_BIOS_302__Key_Repeat_Disabled.zip Seems to work fine with the speed set high (I tried 50) in mame.ini Not sure why, but when doing sys a: with it, it fails on config.sys I've had the same issue...

I wanted to speed up the emulator boot by skipping steps in the bios, but for some reason the emulator wasn't working with the F3F6 bios that we have the code for. So.... https://github.com/IntergalacticMicrosystems/Victor9000-ROM-source-F3F7 Working on some speedups for testing / emulation...

Done! I feel like the format thing is a separate issue. The speedup and HD support really makes it useful now.

Just the images and scripts: https://victor9000.com/files/v9k-images.zip Includes blank DOS formatted Single and Double Sided floppy images. Floppy formatting doesn't seem to work - possibly expected with perfect media. Shouldn't be an issue, just mentioning it.

Windows build with @donohoe00 's FDC and HD code, and some tools: https://victor9000.com/files/mame-v9k.zip See the victor9000 folder - vic-hd.cmd starts with a dos 3.1 HD image, vic-flp.cmd a floppy one inject-files.cmd copies the files in temp\ to the vichd.img hard drive image. (it...

Finally got back to compiling this - did the same testing - so far all looks great!

Haha, he might be trolling us with that photo! That appears to be a Godbout G8008

Keep an eye out for those ceramic gold cap ICs - usually white, grey, or purple. Please don't scrap the sought-after rare chips :)

Yeah, very cool, but probably non-trivial to get working. If the Intel chip is a C8080 or C8080A, that's where most of the value is. The keyboards can be valuable depending on the types of keyswitches used.

@donohoe00, thank you for working on this - these changes will really make it useful! If anyone wants to try it on Windows x64 - I've uploaded a build here with the ROMs and disks in \disks https://victor9000.com/files/mame-victor9k_fdc_perf_2025_05_18.zip Also here is a set of boot and...

I'm having some issues copying larger files (> 40K or so) between floppy drives in the emulator. Getting Disk error or General error writing to drive B: Windows 11, built from the victor9k_fdc_perf branch using the recommended setup. Also seems to affect a stock Mame 0.277 intstall, although...

Asmodai, Any luck with the terminal? I just picked up a few BTRM121C-001 My keyboards look identical to yours. I'll get some photos in the next few days.

Hm, maybe I need to dumpster dive in Texas if you find stuff this nice! Doesn't seem like a bad asking price at this moment - I'm thinking non-stock investments are hot right now.

U.S. Taxpayers always had to report income, that hasn't changed. W2 for normal employee income, 1099 for other income. What did change was the level where the payment processors (like PayPal, eBay) needed to report it (To the IRS) when the yearly transactions are over a certain amount. They...