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MiniSport Laptop Hacker (TM) - Vol #28. July 1995
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To discourage pecuniary interests, Copyright (c) 1995 Brian Mork
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>>> ADMIN
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A compendium of all issues are available from ftp.cs.buffalo.edu
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(198.17.249.2) as mlhackXX.zip in the ~\pub\ham-radio directory. Login
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with the name "anonymous" and use your email address as the password.
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The compendium is also available on SimTel archives (eg.
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oak.oakland.edu) as \SimTel\msdos\packet\mlhackXX.zip. The XX in the
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filename indicates the last issue number, and replaces the previous
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convention of using mlhacker.zip for all compendiums.
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>>> INDEX
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The issues add up! Once I passed 24 issues, I knew I'd have to spend
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the time to go back and index them. Here it is.
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--- Index for MLHacker #1-#28 ---
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AUTOEXEC.BAT 2,26
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Automated setup of your environment 27
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Back issue sources 6ff
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Batteries, Lithium, part# 6
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Battery cell replacement 27
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Battery charger schematic 25
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Battery pack construction 22,23,24
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Battery pack internals 21,27
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Battery pack internals, breaking into 27
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Battery pack replacement card 22,23
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Battery pack/Computer connector 21
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Battery power, conserving 11
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Battery source, Makita drills 22
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Battery, Lithium, replacing 25
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Baycom vs Poor Man's Packet 21
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Boot CMOS options 2
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Boot keystrokes 6
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Boot options 2
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Boot sector 20
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Bootstrapping the RAMdisk 27
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Charger relay schematic 14
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CHKDSK operation 20
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COM2: modem header pinout 8
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Comm port bit diddle 19
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Comm port data discard 19
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COMMO (comm program) 4
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COMx: I/O registers 7,8,10,13
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CONFIG.SYS 2,26
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DEBUG scripts 19
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Disassembly instructions 5
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Disk (2") source 1,4,6
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Disk clusters 20
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Disk drive external connector pinout 22
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Disk drive stacking 26
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Disk file allocation tables 20
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Display cable pinout 18
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DSZ file transfers 4
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Durability during trips 6
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Editing disk sectors 20
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External drive pinout 10
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Fastwire Link cable 3-3wire 3
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Fastwire Link cable, improved 4
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Frequency counter adapter 16
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Frequency counter script 16
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GDU highlight 20
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Index 28
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Initializing everything from power dead state 27
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Memory, adding 2nd meg 19
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Memory, soldering more 4
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Minisport pricing 6
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Minisport specs 1
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Modem port RS-232 mod 15
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Monitor, 12VDC external CGA source 24
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MSDOS Zenith additions 3
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MSDOS Zenith deletions 3
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Null modem cable 3-wire 3
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Null modem cable, improved 4
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Packet radio mobile 6
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Parallel port bidirec I/O 19
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Parallel port, bidirectional 7
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Poor Man's Packet board 9
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Poor Man's Packet TX problem 15
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Poor Man's Packet vs Baycom 21
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Power (non-battery) options 12
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Power connector pinout 12
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Power supply autoshutdown mode 18
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Power supply board revisions 14
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Power supply failure clues 5
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Power supply FET failure 18
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Power supply pinout, internal 18
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Power supply pinout, internal 5
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Power supply, automobile 21
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Power-on failure mode 17
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PROCOMM (comm program) 4
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Procomm script for OE freq counter 16
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(See the Minisport and OptoElectronic's hardware in action:
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"RF Counter Data Collection and Visualization," July 1994 QEX.)
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Review article refs 15
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Root directory 20
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Schematic, battery charger 25
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Schematic, Poor Man's Packet 9
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Schematic, power supply guess 17
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Schematic, Power supply relay 9
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Schematic, RS-232 modem adapter 15
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Serial port addition 15
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SHELL 2
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Stacking the RAMdisk 26
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--- end of index for MLHacker #1-#28 ---
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>>> AN ERA PASSING
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The first issue of MLH was distributed in January of 1993. Two and a
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half years later, I expect this to be the last MLHacker. I still use my
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minisports regularly, but the seasons change, time moves on, and other
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facets of life become dominant. I also picked up two broken laptops (a
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'386 and a '486), and, by mixing and matching parts, I have a '386 that
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is capable of taking over much of the Minisport functions. Prices are
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falling such that it's become reasonable for me to begin using a more
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modern laptop. The two minisports are getting attention from the kids.
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They have favorite CGA games, and they're beginning to call the
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Minisports "their" computers.
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MLH has been coincident with me learning a lot about the Internet and
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Amateur Radio networks. After swelling my activities to the point where
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net surfing was all I was doing, I've shrunk back to a level where net
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access is a tool rather than a teacher. I need to get some work done in
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other areas!
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Since making the MLH compendium available on Internet archives, I
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receive queries from around the world. Nonetheless, most of the
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questions are discussed in previous issues, giving further impetus to
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wrap up this project while it's alive and well, rather than fill more
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issues of MLH with fluff just to keep it going. If anybody has
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questions about the minisport, by all means contact me. Just because
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I'm not sourcing more newsletters doesn't mean I don't want to talk
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about them any more. I'm sure my contact information will change over
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the next 6 months, so you'll have to be creative tracking me down. The
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most reliable method will probably be to contact a local Amateur Radio
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operator and ask them to find QSL information or a packet address for
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KA9SNF.
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I'll continue to publish in the electronics/radio magazines. I'll be
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moving to Colorado in August to attend a "prestigious" Space Tactics
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School put on by Headquarters Space Command. After that, I'll probably
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be permanently moving to Colorado Springs to teach at the Air Force
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Academy. God willing, I'll begin training as an astronaut sometime in
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1996. Selection will be this Fall.
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Please provide feedback! * Internet bmork@comtch.iea.com
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* ARO Net KA9SNF@ka7fvv.#ewa.wa.usa
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73, Brian * 6006-B Eaker, Fairchild, WA 99011
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