[GreenKeys] Heavy Metal, Etc.

Al Klase al at ar88.net
Thu Jun 24 12:30:31 EDT 2010


Bill and the Gang,

Thanks to everyone who responded.  You guys are going to keep me busy 
for weeks with this stuff. :-)

I'll need to answer some of you individually, but have my head buried in 
the technical stuff at the moment.  I'll keep you posted on how this 
plays out.  Do visit the museum if you find yourself in New Jersey.

Best regards,
Al

On 6/23/2010 10:46 PM, Bill Buzbee wrote:
> Al,
>   Sorry about the dead links.  The current version of HeavyMetal is 
> 2.6 and can be found at:
>
> http://www.homebrewcpu.com/hm_2_6.zip
>
>    There's a README in there with instructions on how to set things up.
>
>    However, you should also be aware that a significant rewrite of 
> HeavyMetal has been undertaken by another list member - Javier 
> Albinarrate.  He's added some fantastic new features and pretty soon 
> that version will be the "official" one going forward.
>
>     Let me know if you have any problems getting version 2.6 going, 
> and watch this list for info on the new v3 release of HeavyMetal.
>
> ...Bill Buzbee
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 6:20 PM, Al Klase <al at ar88.net 
> <mailto:al at ar88.net>> wrote:
>
>     Greetings,
>
>     I'm new to the list.  I am currently involved is setting up a WWII
>     Signal Corps display at The Radio Technology Museum at InfoAge located
>     at the site of the Evans Signal laboratory in New Jersey.  See:
>     http://www.rtm.ar88.net/
>
>     Part of the concept is to emphasize the important role played by
>     wire-line communications to include teletype.  We have a Model 19
>     we're
>     resurrecting, and couple more in storage, so we should be OK with
>     hardware.
>
>     We'd like to set up a meaningful demonstration to capture the
>     imaginations of young people.  It would be really cool if we could
>     text,
>     tweet, belch, or whatever it is they do with computers and cellphones
>     from a mechanical device.
>
>     The "Heavy Metal" software package sounded like a good place to start,
>     but when I visited the website, I found the links to the actual
>     software
>     to be dead, and the dates suggest this was something that happened 6-8
>     years ago.  So, I'm appealing to the TTY experts for suggestion as to
>     how to proceed.  Any help appreciated.
>
>     Regards,
>     Al
>
>     --
>     Al Klase - N3FRQ
>     Jersey City, NJ
>     http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/
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