[XCSSA] XCSSA Meeting: Cooler-Bot, SID MidiBox and Apple-UNIX!... Mon, Oct 19th, 7pm in Room 122 (basement)

[X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio]

Haha you forgot to point out that it was July, 2008 :) Took a long  
time to get here, but I'm happy to report that, so far, the synth is  
fully functional, stable, and rocking out. I even was able to add in a  
mixed output so tomorrow's demo should be firing on all 8 SIDs, w00t!

I don't have any slides. I spent so much time getting the MB-6582  
ready that I didn't get a chance to make them yet. If I have time at  
work, I'll throw a few down, but I have none at the moment. I have  
quite a few links to send depending on what people are interested in,  
but I would start with:

http://www.midibox.org/
http://www.ucapps.de/
http://www.avishowtech.com/mbhp/ (if anyone wants to get MidiBox parts  
in the US)

There's a few key items on the Wiki and in the forums but you can get  
to all of that from the first link.

Also, I'm hoping we will be able to turn it up this time around? Last  
time there was some sort of test going on in the adjoining room that  
limited the full-on SID enjoyment.

Tim


On Oct 18, 2009, at 5:24 PM, X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio  
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> Hey all!
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> We have a pretty sweet lineup this month!
>
>
> Return of the Cooler-Bot! By Fredrik
> That's right.. the famous Cooler-Bot is back!  Serving us drinks and  
> blowing
> out minds!  If you missed it last time back in August, you need to  
> come by
> and watch as Fredrik's latest propeller controlled creation springs  
> to life
> and serves us all Dr. Pepper!
> (prior meeting links and video on the web page)
> http://xcssa.org/archives/XCSSA_2009-10-19.html#NEXT
>
> Fredrik's also talking about bringing in an old 80's HERO robot that  
> he's
> looking at hacking up and modernizing.
>
>
> MB-6852 SID Synthesizer By Tim
> Back in July, Tim blew us away with his SID Midi-shoe-box demo..   
> Well now
> Tim's back and has completed most of the project!  His version of  
> the MIDIBox
> SID is based on the Wilba MB-6852, a really slick, full featured  
> midi box
> project that we've all been dying to see since his show-box version  
> debut
> four months ago!  Related links, photos and his previous  
> presentation are all
> on the web site.
> http://xcssa.org/archives/XCSSA_2009-10-19.html#NEXT
>
>
> Apple UNIX Running on a Mac SE30 By Mike Roberts
> Mike Roberts has been building out his "computer museum", and is  
> building
> something that many of us didn't know about.. A standard Mac SE30  
> (from the
> 90s) running an official AT&T UNIX load called A/UX!  This should be  
> a stroll
> down memory lane for several of us.. that is, if he can score the  
> old SIMM
> memory and SCSI hardware he needs to breath UNIX life back into his  
> old
> Motorola powered SE30!
> (links on the site)
> http://xcssa.org/archives/XCSSA_2009-10-19.html#NEXT
>
> Fredrik, Tim, Mike.. If any of you have any slides or additional  
> URLs to
> share, please send them my way ASAP for our page archvies. :)
>
>
> Should be a pretty sweet meeting!
> Hope to see you there!
>
> Tweeks
> President of XCSSA.ORG
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