Re: Bell & Howell questions

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
20040107180600.01735.00001604@mb-m20.aol.com">news:20040107180600.01735.00001604@mb-m20.aol.com...
: Simon Williams wrote:
:
: >Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
: >
: >> >Finally my part-time high school janitor gig pays off...
today I managed
: >> >to walk out with a nice Bell & Howell II+ with the A/V
interface and a
: >> >pair of matching drives. ;-P
: >>
: >> Bingo!  Although highly prized by collectors for its low
production
: >> numbers, the computer is really just a ][+ with a paint job.
;-)
: >
: >Yes, I was quite surprised to find out how rare these things
actually
: >are, though I'm determined to use it rather than keep it as a
"museum
: >piece"... It'll be the new home for my DX-1 sampler.
: >BTW, I should clarify that I didn't simply walk out the back
door with
: >it... in fact the teacher who was in charge of it seemed quite
happy to
: >to regain a couple feet of shelf space ;-)
: >
: >> Remember that it is a ][+, and therefore has only
upper-case.
: >
: >Actually, it seems that B&H added the shift-key mod themselves
(of
: >course that's of no use to me since I don't have game paddles
for it).
:
: You won't need the paddles for the shift key mod.  It connects
the
: shift key to PB2 input, so that software can tell when the user
is
: holding down the shift key.
:
: The normal monitor will ignore this and deliver upper case, but
: there are applications (mostly word processors) that check the
: shift key, and there are patches for Applesoft that allow you
to
: type and edit programs in upper and lower case.
:
: Of course, lower case is not worth much unless the lower case
: character generator EPROM is installed (toward the very front
: of the main board).  Usually, installation of the shift key mod
was
: done hand-in-hand with replacement of the character generator.
:
: >It was nice to have this rare opportunity to correct you,
Michael :)
:
: I'm sure there are plenty of such opportunities, Simon!  ;-)
:
: Enjoy your new toy!  (BTW, this is one of the reasons that I
wrote
: DAC522 to run on 1MHz 6502's--so _any_ Apple II could use it.
;-)

Damned white of ya too Michael. ;-)
You wouldn't happen to know where
the production data for the Mockingboards
is would ya? I'm having lots of requests
for them. How hahd could it be? Wonder
if I could use the Ensoniq from a IIgs.
Hmmmmm, now there's a thought and 1/2.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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