Author: m.d.hurd
Date: 12:17:40 10/25/03
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On October 24, 2003 at 03:03:16, Christophe Theron wrote: >On October 23, 2003 at 17:41:55, Matthew Hull wrote: > >>On October 22, 2003 at 23:35:41, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>On October 22, 2003 at 17:44:00, Matthew Hull wrote: >>> >>>>On October 22, 2003 at 17:27:53, Dann Corbit wrote: >>>> >>>>>On October 22, 2003 at 17:21:31, Fernando Villegas wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>I thank you for your worry about my expenses, but I do not consider to squander >>>>>>money when I purchase these things. >>>>>>Nevertheless you have a point: from a strictly rational point of view nobody >>>>>>here, not me either, NEEDS an stronger engine, but I am sure you share with me >>>>>>and everybody here a permanent search of even stronger engines althoug we are >>>>>>probably beaten by any 80's vintage programs 9 times of ten and 12 times of ten >>>>>>by any 90's vintage program. >>>>>>That's the nature of a hobby. They are always irrational. Anyway, what else you >>>>>>an do with that 30 bucks? Women worthy of the effort are asking lot more... >>>>> >>>>>It's like buying a Picasso or a Rembrandt. Who needs a Rembrandt, for crying >>>>>out loud? >>>>> >>>>>We buy the chess engines because we know that they will do something beautiful >>>>>and breathtaking. >>>> >>>> >>>>How breathtaking are your back levels of Fritz and Junior? At least my $400 >>>>dollar 1988 Fidelity chess computer can serve as a kind of "objecto de arto". >>>>But an old floppy or CD for which you paid $80 or $150 doesn't age as >>>>gracefully, I'm betting. >>>> >>>>;) >>>>MH >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>>I'd rather have the chess engine. Except that I could sell the Rembrandt and >>>>>get all the chess engines I could ever want. >>>>> >>>>>So if anyone has any unwanted Rembrandts, they can send them to me. >>> >>> >>> >>>I have a TRS-80 cassette of Sargon II (1979). >>> >>>I don't think it is still useable, but for me it is a treasure. >> >>Seems like I heard of a TRS-80 emulator. The trick is getting the software off >>the antique floppy onto your harddrive. >> >>MH >> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> Christophe > > > >Actually the biggest problem is to find the image of the TRS-80 ROM. > >Sargon II is on an audio cassette and it is possible (if the record is not too >much damaged) to extract the data by connecting a PC to a standard cassette >reader. > >But I have not found the TRS-80 ROM image yet. > > > > Christophe Hello Christophe Give this a try : http://www.tim-mann.org/xtrs.html Regards Mike
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