T/S 2068 Technical Manual
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1. T/S 2068 Technical Manual
Adam Trionfo · Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:17
Well, since I didn't get the T/S 2068 Technical Manual is there anyone out there that wants to sell one to me?
Adam
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2. Re: [ts2068] T/S 2068 Technical Manual
Jack Boatwright · Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:34
The Tech Manual should be on line. I believe that Alvin Albrecht placed
it someplace. There is a link on my old site, but I don't think it's good
anymore.
Try WoS, Martijn may have it there.
Jack
On Tue, March 11, 2008 3:17 pm, Adam Trionfo wrote:
>
> Well, since I didn't get the T/S 2068 Technical Manual is there anyone
> out there that wants to sell one to me?
>
> Adam
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3. Re: [ts2068] T/S 2068 Technical Manual
Jack Boatwright · Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:39
The Tech Manual is about halfway down the page linked below:
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/documentation.html
Jack
On Tue, March 11, 2008 4:34 pm, Jack Boatwright wrote:
> The Tech Manual should be on line. I believe that Alvin Albrecht placed
> it someplace. There is a link on my old site, but I don't think it's good
> anymore.
>
> Try WoS, Martijn may have it there.
>
>
> Jack
>
>
> On Tue, March 11, 2008 3:17 pm, Adam Trionfo wrote:
>
>>
>
>> Well, since I didn't get the T/S 2068 Technical Manual is there anyone
>> out there that wants to sell one to me?
>>
>> Adam
>> _________________________________________________________________
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>> your "fix". http://www.msnmobilefix.com/Default.aspx
>
>
>
4. RE: T/S 2068 Technical Manual
Adam Trionfo · Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:24
>>
The Tech Manual should be on line.
>>
Yes, it IS online, but the version that is online has been OCR'ed,
and there numerious errors just from a quick glance. I would
hate to be using it and DEPENDING on it, and run into an error that
I did not see. I would like the book, or an image scan.
Adam
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5. Re: [ts2068] RE: T/S 2068 Technical Manual
Jack Boatwright · Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:04
The book has errors as well, though possibly not the same ones....
The second printing, by Time Designs Magazine, tried to correct most of
the errors from the earlier, Timex Computer Corp, version but still missed
some.
Jack
On Tue, March 11, 2008 7:24 pm, Adam Trionfo wrote:
>
>>>
> The Tech Manual should be on line.
>
>>>
>
> Yes, it IS online, but the version that is online has been OCR'ed,
> and there numerious errors just from a quick glance. I would hate to be
> using it and DEPENDING on it, and run into an error that I did not see. I
> would like the book, or an image scan.
>
> Adam
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6. RE: T/S 2068 Technical Manual
Adam Trionfo · Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:49
Jack wrote:
>>
The book has errors as well, though possibly not the same ones....
>>
Yea, the errors that I'm talking about are the obvious OCR-type errors.
Since this book was OCR-ed in 1998 the technology for that wasn't
anywhere near as good as it is now. Still, the OCR version is usable.
>>
The second printing, by Time Designs Magazine, tried to correct most of
the errors from the earlier, Timex Computer Corp, version but still missed
some.
>>
Did the Time Designs Magazine version introduce any of its own errors?
Are the errors in either edition listed anyplace?
Adam
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7. Re: [ts2068] RE: T/S 2068 Technical Manual
Jack Boatwright · Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:16
Sorry, I don't have too much more info regarding the errors at hand.
Alvin Albrecht or possibly Jeff Burrell would be good sources for that.
Last I heard from Alvin was in the WoS Forums last year. The last from
Jeff was right here in this forum, but a few years ago. I'm sure there
are others that know more of that info.
There were folks in the 80s and 90s that documented errors, not only in
the Tech Manual, but in the 2068 ROM itself. I probably have the info
someplace, but it's not cataloged so not readily available.
You're welcome to come by and get this stuff organized for me. Bring
friends to help. ;-)
Jack
On Wed, March 12, 2008 9:49 am, Adam Trionfo wrote:
>
> Jack wrote:
>
>>>
> The book has errors as well, though possibly not the same ones....
>
>>>
>
> Yea, the errors that I'm talking about are the obvious OCR-type errors.
> Since this book was OCR-ed in 1998 the technology for that wasn't
> anywhere near as good as it is now. Still, the OCR version is usable.
>
>>>
> The second printing, by Time Designs Magazine, tried to correct most of
> the errors from the earlier, Timex Computer Corp, version but still missed
> some.
>>>
>
> Did the Time Designs Magazine version introduce any of its own errors?
>
>
> Are the errors in either edition listed anyplace?
>
>
> Adam
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8. RE: T/S 2068 Technical Manual
Adam Trionfo · Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:17
>>
You're welcome to come by and get this stuff organized for me. Bring
friends to help. ;-)
>>
I'll be right over... and I'll bring pizza.
Adam
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