Comments on: Tulip Computers (CompuData) Tulip System 1 https://www.nightfallcrew.com/24/05/2016/tulip-computers-compudata-tulip-system-1/ Lightning in the Dark Sat, 02 Nov 2024 17:30:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: QuadlessPyjack https://www.nightfallcrew.com/24/05/2016/tulip-computers-compudata-tulip-system-1/comment-page-1/#comment-124556 QuadlessPyjack Sat, 10 Sep 2016 20:04:54 +0000 http://www.nightfallcrew.com/?p=12458#comment-124556 As a Tulip 1 owner I have to say this page has been a life saver for me. My unit was part of the former Romanian Institute for Research in Electronics (Institutul de Cercetari in Electronica - ICE), Iasi branch. My dad used to be a researcher there before ending up at Siemens. I had this computer since I was 5 but due to a missing PSU I only recently actually had the smarts required to improvise a replacement and boot it up. Unfortunately the EPROM ROM has suffered from bit rot and the MS-DOS it had on memory is unbootable. I noticed you have a ROM dump attached here but there are multiple files and I have no idea which is which or how would I be supposed to flash them on a new EPROM memory. If somehow someone manages to read this message, I'd really like to know how I could flash a new EPROM from those files so I could actually get the Tulip to boot into an operating system. Drinks on me if I ever get the chance! PS: tried registering on the BBS as a new user but it kept telling me that the new password is incorrect (??) As a Tulip 1 owner I have to say this page has been a life saver for me.
My unit was part of the former Romanian Institute for Research in Electronics (Institutul de Cercetari in Electronica – ICE), Iasi branch. My dad used to be a researcher there before ending up at Siemens. I had this computer since I was 5 but due to a missing PSU I only recently actually had the smarts required to improvise a replacement and boot it up.

Unfortunately the EPROM ROM has suffered from bit rot and the MS-DOS it had on memory is unbootable.

I noticed you have a ROM dump attached here but there are multiple files and I have no idea which is which or how would I be supposed to flash them on a new EPROM memory.

If somehow someone manages to read this message, I’d really like to know how I could flash a new EPROM from those files so I could actually get the Tulip to boot into an operating system.
Drinks on me if I ever get the chance!

PS: tried registering on the BBS as a new user but it kept telling me that the new password is incorrect (??)

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