I have found a 1990 version of set 1033 and scanned its building instructions as they seem to be difficult to find in decent quality on the Internet.

You can download it from here:

• 150 dpi (40 pages, 32 MB)
• 300 dpi (40 pages, 204 MB)

I recently bought a lot of old LEGO dacta teaching materials from the 80’s, among them book 950037 which is a ring binder from 1987 containing pages of documentation in Danish for programming the LEGO 70455 “Interface A” box from a IBM PC or compatible computer. There is no ISBN.

I have scanned the book and you can get it from here (137 pages, 54 MB). Please report any errors to me.

Accompanying this book is a floppy disk with software for IBM PC and compatible computers. There may have also been a disk with sample programs for the projects in the books, but those programs may also be included on this disk.

I am currently working on getting the contents of the disk dumped, so please check back regularly.

About the restoration:

The pages of the binder are photocopies, and due to some chemical process occurred during storage for many years (most likely a reaction with the plastic of the binder), the ink on the last pages have become sticky, and the pages stick together, almost impossible to take apart without destroying the print. Partially soaking the pages in IPA, I was able to pull them from each other with only slight damage, but a lot of graphical work have gone into restoring the contents. You can see similar examples of restoration on my page for book 9760.

I recently bought a lot of old LEGO dacta teaching materials from the 80’s, among them book 950036 which is a ring binder from 1987 containing pages of documentation in Danish for programming the LEGO 70455 “Interface A” box from a Commodore 64/128 computer. There is no ISBN.

I have scanned the book and you can get it from here (140 pages, 56 MB). Please report any errors to me.

NOTE: At least 14 pages are missing, but I have copied them from the almost identical book 960037. For the project pages, the only difference between the books seem to be the keyboard key names, and these are not referenced on the missing pages.

Accompanying this book are two floppy disks with software for Commodore 64/128 computers and sample programs for the projects in the books.

The disks have been ripped and you can get them from here as D64 images:

• Program disk
• Data disk
• Program disk (no bad sectors)
• Data disk (no bad sectors)

The first two files are the original dumps including bad sectors. All bad sectors ought to be outside any data areas but in case you need disks containing no bad sectors (e.g. for copying), the last two files are identical to the first ones except that all bad sectors have been marked as good. Many thanks to Carsten from retro-commodore.eu for helping out.

You can load the software from the program disk with

LOAD"*",8
RUN

As I don’t have a real computer to test it on, the software is currently untested. Please contact me if you get the software running.

About the restoration:

The pages of the binder are photocopies, and due to some chemical process occurred during storage for many years (most likely a reaction with the plastic of the binder), the ink on the last pages have become sticky, and the pages stick together, almost impossible to take apart without destroying the print. Partially soaking the pages in IPA, I was able to pull them from each other with only slight damage, but a lot of graphical work have gone into restoring the contents. You can see similar examples of restoration on my page for book 9760.

I recently bought a lot of old LEGO dacta teaching materials from the 80’s, among them book 9760 which is a ring binder from 1989 containing pages of documentation in Danish for programming the LEGO 70455 “Interface A” box from a Commodore 64/128 computer. ISBN is 87-7737-000-7.

I have scanned the book and you can get it from here (197 pages, 108 MB). Please report any errors to me.

Accompanying this book is a floppy disk with software for Commodore 64/128 computers.

The disk has been ripped and you can get it from here as a D64 image (170 KB). Many thanks to Carsten from retro-commodore.eu for helping out.

The rip was done without errors, but is unknown at this point whether or not the contents are actually working. It requires a Comal 80 version 2.01 cartridge installed, and you can start it with

load"linker"

I don’t have a real computer to test it on, and running it in the VICE emulator makes it hang under loading the controller software. Please contact me if you get the software running.

About the restoration:

The pages of the binder are photocopies, and due to some chemical process occurred during storage for many years (most likely a reaction with the plastic of the binder), the ink on the last pages have become sticky, and the pages stick together, almost impossible to take apart without destroying the print. Partially soaking the pages in IPA, I was able to pull them from each other with only slight damage, but a lot of graphical work have gone into restoring the contents. Here are a few examples: Move the slider to switch between “before” and “after”. Later in the process, the pages get converted into black-and-white and scaled down into grayscale to get a smooth, high contrast image with as few artifacts as possible. Enjoy!

I have found a 1990 version of set 1038 and scanned its building instructions as they seem to be difficult to find in decent quality on the Internet.

You can download it from here (7 pages, 4 MB).

Jeg har lavet mig en lille ny hjemmeside til min virksomhed, hvor jeg bl.a. laver lydarbejde. Blogindlægget her er primært til for at Google m.fl. opdager siden og tager den med i søgeresultaterne.

Gå til lyd-jan.dk her.

I recently bought a lot of old LEGO dacta teaching materials from the 80’s, among them set 9765 that consists of an interface cable for Commodore 64/128 and an instruction booklet. The cable connects LEGO’s electronic “Interface A” from set 9750 (and 1093) with the user port on the computer. The only software included are the examples in the book.

I have scanned the book and you can get it from here (76 pages, 24 MB). Please report any errors to me.

If you want to make your own cable, you can see the necessary connections here:

3 -> 2 (+5VDC)
5 -> 1 (GND)
6 -> C (PB0)
8 -> D (PB1)
10 -> E (PB2)
12 -> F (PB3)
14 -> H (PB4)
16 -> J (PB5)
17 -> 12 (GND)
18 -> K (PB6)
20 -> L (PB7)

You need one “ribbon cable with 20 pin connector” and one “Card Edge Connector socket (3.96mm)”.

(Click the picture for high resolution)

Jeg købte fornylig en masse gammelt LEGO-undervisningsmateriale fra 80’erne, heriblandt sæt nummer 9765, som består af et interfacekabel til Commodore 64/128 og en instruktionsbog. Kablet forbinder LEGOs elektronikpult “Interface A” fra sæt 9750 (og 1093) med user-porten på computeren. Der er ikke noget yderligere software end eksemplerne i bogen.

Jeg har indskannet bogen, som kan hentes her (76 sider, 24 MB).

Hvis du har lyst til at lave dit eget kabel, kan du se de nødvendige forbindelser her:

3 -> 2 (+5VDC)
5 -> 1 (GND)
6 -> C (PB0)
8 -> D (PB1)
10 -> E (PB2)
12 -> F (PB3)
14 -> H (PB4)
16 -> J (PB5)
17 -> 12 (GND)
18 -> K (PB6)
20 -> L (PB7)

Du skal bruge et “ribbon cable with 20 pin connector” samt en “Card Edge Connector socket (3.96mm)”.

(Klik på billedet for høj opløsning)

Jeg har ikke kunnet finde så meget information om dette spil, som er et LEGO-produkt udgivet gennem en gammel bogklub. Her kan du se billeder af produktet samt den tilhørende vejledning.


Tak til “Gamle Ole” i Billund for billeder.

A kind person has sent me photos of a 2021 promotional LEGO set of a small wind turbine. It comes in a zip-lock bag with parts and instructions, but with no set number. Here are photos of the set and instructions (click images for larger versions).

Note: The build image was made with Mecabricks. Their renderfarm is currently unavailable, so I use a lower quality screenshot of the build instead.