> Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 20:15:51 -0400
> From: "Andrew Lynch"
> Do you still have the manual for the MCT-EPROM /
Sunshine programmer?
> If so, would you mind scanning a copy and maybe I'll
ask Al to post it
> at Bitsavers.org. JDR is part of the history of
microcomputers and
> practically everyone got something of theirs from JDR
at some time or
> another. JDR is practically an institution in
electronics/vintage
> computers. I remember ordering parts from them when I
was in high
> school to fix my Dad's lab computers -- IBM PCs running
AutoCAD. Thanks
> in advance!
I've still got it, but it's pretty worthless. Basically
it's a
"stick the card in an empty slot, connect the cable,
run the software
and do what it says". No circuit diagrams,
specifications, nothing,
just a regurgitation of the program messages.
Very typical of the "Taiwanese Awful"
documentation of the time. At
least the English is pretty good. JDR was no
different--I've got two
manuals for floppy disk controllers (PC/XT type, not AT).
But for
the "MCT" labeling on the title page, there's no
difference between
the JDR one and the vanilla brand-less Taiwanese one.
Wasn't the early XT-cloning effort in Taiwan sponsored by
the Taiwan
government? Almost none of the clone boards had any sort of
branding
and the BIOSes all seemed to be the same. The manuals all
look the
same--bad printing in a simple paper cover.
Cheers,
Chuck
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