02-11-2024, 08:17 PM
Thanks to Phil Butler for providing a recording of the 2650 programs on this 7" vinyl record in WAV format. Thanks also to Minuouse for converting them to *.PGM & .AOF files for use in the WinArcadia 2650 Emulator. Suitable for 2650 systems, such as the Mini-2650, using the PIPBUG monitor.
Electronics Australia and Philips Electronic Components and Materials, in conjunction with the 2650 Users' Group, have produced a low cost 7" 33 1/3rpm record of useful 2650 system software. You can load the software into your system via any standard cassette interface. Supplied in an informative sleeve and plays on a standard player. It provides nine handy items of 2650 software, plus two games.
The programs on the Record are -
1. HEX INPUT ROUTINE
2. HEX LISTING ROUTINE
3. BLOCK MOVE & SEARCH
4. TAPE VERIFIER
5. DISASSEMBLER
6. TAPE MEASURE
7. DUMP FOR AUTO-START
8. 300 BAUD BINARY DUMP
9. 300 BAUD BINARY LOADER
10. NIM GAME
11. NUMBER GUESSING GAME
The Record was made available via the April 1978 edition of Electronic Australia for the cost of $3 including postage. Only 1000 records were produced. Details of each program is also provided on the Record cover as well as the EA pdf as below.
So in the Vintage Repository in the Mini-2650\Software folder we placed
EA_2650_record.zip <-- contains the following
11 x WAV, PGM & AOF files
ea_2650_record_cover.pdf
low_cost_record_of_useful_2650_software_ea_78_04.pdf
Electronics Australia and Philips Electronic Components and Materials, in conjunction with the 2650 Users' Group, have produced a low cost 7" 33 1/3rpm record of useful 2650 system software. You can load the software into your system via any standard cassette interface. Supplied in an informative sleeve and plays on a standard player. It provides nine handy items of 2650 software, plus two games.
The programs on the Record are -
1. HEX INPUT ROUTINE
2. HEX LISTING ROUTINE
3. BLOCK MOVE & SEARCH
4. TAPE VERIFIER
5. DISASSEMBLER
6. TAPE MEASURE
7. DUMP FOR AUTO-START
8. 300 BAUD BINARY DUMP
9. 300 BAUD BINARY LOADER
10. NIM GAME
11. NUMBER GUESSING GAME
The Record was made available via the April 1978 edition of Electronic Australia for the cost of $3 including postage. Only 1000 records were produced. Details of each program is also provided on the Record cover as well as the EA pdf as below.
So in the Vintage Repository in the Mini-2650\Software folder we placed
EA_2650_record.zip <-- contains the following
11 x WAV, PGM & AOF files
ea_2650_record_cover.pdf
low_cost_record_of_useful_2650_software_ea_78_04.pdf
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