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).

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 restauration:

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.

Her er en kort omtale af HD-restaureringen af den kultdyrkede tv-serie “Sonny Soufflé Chok Show” af Wikke & Rasmussen.

Jeg har tidligere skrevet om HD-restaureringer af Matador og Riget, så jeg går ikke i detaljer denne gang, men skriver blot lidt om den nye beskæring og ændringer, som jeg har bemærket.

“Sonny” er formentlig blevet restaureret ud fra de originale filmnegativer, som jeg ud fra detaljerigdommen i den nye version vil vurdere er 16mm. Den nye beskæring er mindre end tidligere, så der er mere synligt af billedet. Billedformatet er 1:37:1 (1480×1080 i 2K).

Den gamle og den nye beskæring kan ses i billedet herunder. Bemærk, at den gamle overspilning var en smule warpet, så det er umuligt at lægge de to billeder præcist oveni hinanden. Jeg har forsøgt at matche hjørnerne.

I billederne nedenfor kan du scrolle og se forskellene.

Uden at have den nye serie fra ende til anden, har jeg dog alligevel opdaget tre markante ændringer i den nye version.

For det første er sekvenserne med “Brdr. Bisp” ikke længere præsenteret i bredformat. Baggrunden for den ændring kender jeg ikke, men det undrer mig, at man har gjort det. Beskæringen tydeliggjorde skiftene til og fra “Brdr. Bisp”, som er den film/serie, som hovedpersonen og hans far ser i fjernsynet i “Tannhäuser”.

Den anden ændring er fjernelsen af titlen “Bdr. Bisp på nye eventyr”, som vises i starten af pølsevognsscenen.

Man har også valgt at fjerne de indebrændte undertekster, hvor pølsemanden taler. Selvom man slår undertekster til på DRTV, er oversættelsen udeladt. Så fremover står det hen i det uvisse for seeren, hvad det er, pølsemanden siger.

Jeg er meget tilfreds med kvaliteten på den nye version. Detaljerigdommen er stor og farverne troværdige. Men de ændringer, jeg har beskrevet ovenfor, bryder jeg mig ikke om.

I just received the board game Robinson Crusoe Collector’s Edition and the first thing that struck me was a reference sheet so small that it requires super-human vision to read. I have reformatted the sheet to standard paper sizes so you can print it in a size that is readable.

Download here: A4 version US letter version

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