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Re: Info on some old terminals needed

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From: carl brandauer
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 1990 16:10
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In article <2719@naucse.cse.nau.edu> rrw@naucse.cse.nau.edu (Robert Wier) writes:
>In article <271fe183-4c9sci.electronics@vpnet.chi.il.us>, cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us (Crash Gordon) writes:

	[original message deleted]

>  I also have an LSI ADM3A (built from a KIT .. anybody remember 
>those?).  Last summer, I was thinking about using it again after
>it sat in the closet for 5 years.  However, no lower case :-(
>(Unix don't like no stinkin' lower case!)  I wrote LSI a letter
>inquiring about the LC rom.  They wrote back (are you ready for
>this) that they'd sell me one for $50 plus shipping.  I about
>fell down the stairs on that one...

In the days when BYTE still was worth reading it contained a note that
pointed out that the LC rom was a standard less than $5.- item in which the
polarity of the chip select had been reversed.  The author also pointed out
that somewhere near the rom socket there was an unused inverter, so a bent
pin and a few small wires did the trick.

Sorry I don't remember what issue, but would guess within the first five or
so years after the first issue.  Good luck.
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From: cbrandau@isis.cs.du.edu (carl brandauer)
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Subject: Re: Info on some old terminals needed
Keywords: lear-siegler, memorex, soroc
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Date: 24 Oct 90 16:10:56 GMT
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