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Hardware • Einstein TC-01 Floppy power cable

Tatung Forum about 7 days ago

Hi All,I'm just about finished with bringing an Einstein TC-01 back from the dead and the final part is a floppy power cable for the second floppy drive. I can't seem to find the plug side that fits into the M009 power socket on the motherboard. Does an …

Marketplace • 2 Alberts on eBay - almost sequential serial numbers

Tatung Forum about 9 days ago

What are the odds that 2 Einsteins come up for sale by what seems to be 2 seperate sellers,that have serial numbers 2 digits apart? Never seen that before and if its the same seller they were lucky to get almost consecutive serial numbers.High numbers so …

Hardware • Einstein TC-01 spacebar parts?

Tatung Forum about 1 month ago

Hi All,I'm in the last stages of getting this Einstein all sorted but am on the hunt for the plastic bar that goes underneath the spacebar. The one on mine is broken and there are parts from it that are long gone. If no-one has any spare parts kicking a …

Software • A good terminal emulator?

Tatung Forum about 1 month ago

I'm not sure when I developed a masochistic need to "keep things authentic" and avoid sensible solutions like goteks, but now with a homebrew serial cable and EinTrans happily running under Wine in Windows 98 mode I am able to create some disks for my Alb …

Marketplace • Silicon Disc

Tatung Forum about 1 month ago

The first time I have ever seen a Silicon Disc for sale!Looks to be a bargain if you can get it working.https://www.ebay.co... ... R4b3nKTYYwStatistics: Posted by MikeDHalliday — Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:53 am — Replies 1 — Views 351 …

Hardware • Safety capacitors in the TC-01 Power Supply

Tatung Forum about 1 month ago

Hi all,Can anyone give me pointers as to where to buy the safety capacitors inside the TC-01 power supply? Specifically these ones:CE01 - .22uF 250vCE12 - 1.5nF 1500v 5%CE15 - 1.8nF 250vMany thanks,KbJStatistics: Posted by kbjunkie — Tue Apr 09, 2024 1 …

Hardware • Screen output problem

Tatung Forum about 2 months ago

Hi everyone,I have recently acquired an Einstein TC-01 and im getting it ready to display in a Museum i volunteer at. It all seems to be working except the picture is falling off the left hand side of the screen (the R and E of the ready on the MOS prompt …

Marketplace • Glentop Assembly course on eBay

Tatung Forum about 2 months ago

Glentop Assembly Course on eBay. Still at a low price.Looks in reasonable condition and a rare item. Not bidding as I already have this (One of the only bits of Einstein kit i kept for myself)Be a good bargain for someone.Statistics: Posted by MikeDHallid …

Hardware • Boot failure

Tatung Forum about 2 months ago

HiIn process of diagnosing a boot failure.The machine runs the diagnostic ROM and shows no errors but fails to boot.Now, with a known good file in a Gotek, I can boot one machine ok but the troublesome machine just hangs at the *****einstein***** logo.Thi …

General • Time to cash out

Tatung Forum about 2 months ago

Basic TC-01 not even certain the disk works £440+£20 p&phttps://www.ebay.co.... baby's going nowhere, but it's an incentive to get my spare working.Statistics: Posted by Preppie — Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:59 pm — Replies 7 — Views …

Hardware • Another TC-01 back to life

Tatung Forum about 2 months ago

I thought I should say hello after lurking for a while.I bought a twin drive TC-01 (is that a TC-02?) while visiting family in the UK last year. It had the usual "blank display, no alpha-lock" symptoms, so having waited for it to be shipped back home to …

Software • System master 2.0

Tatung Forum about 2 months ago

HiI have a system master disk that came with my einstein but it has a read error.I have looked but cant find an image that is the sameitsEinstein system masterV 2.0 SER No.XBS19613Would like to rewrite the original image if possible, but I can't seem to f …
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Hardware • Tatung Einstein TC01 - For Sale

Tatung Forum about 3 months ago

Anyone interested.....I have a TC01 for sale, which when last powered on 30+ years ago was in perfect working order. The only issue I have noted is that the keys are now sticky, so the keyboard will need some work. Like with any old retro hardware I am su …

General • TatungEinstein.co.uk

Tatung Forum about 3 months ago

Today, I have had contact from Mario the creator of TatungEinstein.co.ukHere is what he says;"Hi Mike!I'm Mario, the creator of tatungeinstein.co.uk. I haven't been active for a number of years, last update on the site was 2018. I'm gearing up for another …

A tale of two Einsteins: The Tatung Einstein TC-01 and TCS-256

Re:Enthused about 4 months ago

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8-bit acorn software: other • Borland Turbo PASCAL on the Beeb?

Stardot about 5 months ago

Has anyone got Borland Turbo Pascal working on the Beeb?I guess the options would be either Z80 CPM or DOS on the 80186?I have been using this on my Tatung Einstein (CPM) and quite enjoying it! It compiles in RAM, without leaving the editor, so is quite f …

Software • Disable the 80 column card using code

Tatung Forum about 6 months ago

Hello!Does anyone know how to disable the 80 column card using machine code?Basically I am developing using Borland Turbo Pascal in 80 column mode but want the software I am writing to run in 40 column mode without having to exit to DOS and press keys to …

General • Einstein as a cross-development platform

Tatung Forum about 7 months ago

Hi,I'm doing some research into the use of the Einstein 8-bit machines as a cross-development platform for the Spectrum, CPC, etc back in the day, with a view to possibly constructing a museum exhibit to demonstrate how this was done.I've seen mention of …

Software • Print text at X,Y in assembly language

Tatung Forum about 7 months ago

Hello allAnyone know how to PRINT text at a specified X,Y location in assembly?I can see built in routines to do graphics and print text at the current cursor position but have not found how to set the cursor position. Thanks!Statistics: Posted by Lardo B …
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Hardware • TM-01 Vertical Deflection Issues

Tatung Forum about 7 months ago

Hi all,I've got a Tatung Einstein TC-01 and a matching TM-01 CRT display in for repair - the computer was a black screen fault which I've repaired (bad system RAM), and the display has vertical deflection issues - see pictures below.Someone else has tried …
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General • Portable Tatung Einstein Emulation

Tatung Forum about 8 months ago

Greetings Programs!For the past few years, I've been working on a Colecovision emulator for the DS/DSi/XL/LL. It's called ColecoDS and over the years it's grown to include 10 "cousin" systems that share similar hardware (mostly Z80 CPU with a TMS9918/29 V …

Hardware • TM-01 question

Tatung Forum about 8 months ago

Has anyone got any experience with the TM-01's colour decoder card? The monitor works fine in RGB but when I run the TC-01 with YUV, all I get is a single colour. I've had all the CMOS logic off the board and it checks out fine and the caps seem fine. …

Hardware • Hardware issue - stuck IRQ - failed ADC

Tatung Forum about 8 months ago

I picked up an old TC-01 recently and It was working well after replacing I016 and a few capacitors in the PSU. I powered it up the next day and I was greeted with the **EINSTEIN** banner and nothing more. Anyone had an experience with a continuously asse …

Marketplace • It still all has to go!

Tatung Forum about 8 months ago

So ... The hardware has been sold off, but there are still some bits left. --This is what is availableNowt. I am putting it all on eBay individually and taking the extorsionate fee hit, just to get it all out of the house.A lot of stuff has sold already …
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Software • Something new

Tatung Forum about 8 months ago

While I was on holiday over the last 2 weeks I had a go at some more z88dk coding.Here is my initial try at a ZX Spectrum Screen$ (.scr file) load and display.Still need to work out the colours, but it loads in thirds just like the original speccy.Having …