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From: philo on 11 Jan 2010 09:07
Someone just gave me a working Vadem
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vadem_Clio


It boots up so I thought I'd fool with it


the only way I could get data out of it would be through a serial port

it's got no floppy


anyone know anything about this old relic?
From: kony on 11 Jan 2010 09:19
On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:07:56 -0600, philo
<philo(a)privacy.net> wrote:

>Someone just gave me a working Vadem
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vadem_Clio
>
>
>It boots up so I thought I'd fool with it
>
>
>the only way I could get data out of it would be through a serial port
>
>it's got no floppy
>
>
>anyone know anything about this old relic?


Your link shows it has a CFII card inside, what if you pull
the card and access in a reader? If nothing else it might
be a handy way to make a backup of the OS before
experimenting with it.
From: philo on 11 Jan 2010 20:01
kony wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:07:56 -0600, philo
> <philo(a)privacy.net> wrote:
>
>> Someone just gave me a working Vadem
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vadem_Clio
>>
>>
>> It boots up so I thought I'd fool with it
>>
>>
>> the only way I could get data out of it would be through a serial port
>>
>> it's got no floppy
>>
>>
>> anyone know anything about this old relic?
>
>
> Your link shows it has a CFII card inside, what if you pull
> the card and access in a reader? If nothing else it might
> be a handy way to make a backup of the OS before
> experimenting with it.



Thanks for the feedback

I tried putting a CF card in the machine

and when it booted up it did recognize it (I got a message that a CF
card was inserted)

but still I see no way to access it


The machine has a very limited Windows Explorer

and the card did not appear anywhere


This should keep me busy for a while
From: ~misfit~ on 15 Jan 2010 22:42
Somewhere on teh intarwebs philo wrote:
> kony wrote:
>> On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:07:56 -0600, philo
>> <philo(a)privacy.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Someone just gave me a working Vadem
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vadem_Clio
>>>
>>>
>>> It boots up so I thought I'd fool with it
>>>
>>>
>>> the only way I could get data out of it would be through a serial
>>> port it's got no floppy
>>>
>>>
>>> anyone know anything about this old relic?
>>
>>
>> Your link shows it has a CFII card inside, what if you pull
>> the card and access in a reader? If nothing else it might
>> be a handy way to make a backup of the OS before
>> experimenting with it.
>
>
>
> Thanks for the feedback
>
> I tried putting a CF card in the machine
>
> and when it booted up it did recognize it (I got a message that a CF
> card was inserted)
>
> but still I see no way to access it
>
>
> The machine has a very limited Windows Explorer
>
> and the card did not appear anywhere
>
>
> This should keep me busy for a while

Perhaps the formatting (or lack thereof?) of the CF card was the problem?
Also the capacity perhaps. Something of this vintage would probably be
limited in the size CF card it could address.

Good luck, you have a piece of history there.
--
Shaun.

"Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's
warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchet, 'Jingo'.


From: philo on 16 Jan 2010 05:23
~misfit~ wrote:
> Somewhere on teh intarwebs philo wrote:
>> kony wrote:
>>> On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:07:56 -0600, philo
>>> <philo(a)privacy.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Someone just gave me a working Vadem
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vadem_Clio
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It boots up so I thought I'd fool with it
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> the only way I could get data out of it would be through a serial
>>>> port it's got no floppy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> anyone know anything about this old relic?
>>>
>>> Your link shows it has a CFII card inside, what if you pull
>>> the card and access in a reader? If nothing else it might
>>> be a handy way to make a backup of the OS before
>>> experimenting with it.
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the feedback
>>
>> I tried putting a CF card in the machine
>>
>> and when it booted up it did recognize it (I got a message that a CF
>> card was inserted)
>>
>> but still I see no way to access it
>>
>>
>> The machine has a very limited Windows Explorer
>>
>> and the card did not appear anywhere
>>
>>
>> This should keep me busy for a while
>
> Perhaps the formatting (or lack thereof?) of the CF card was the problem?
> Also the capacity perhaps. Something of this vintage would probably be
> limited in the size CF card it could address.
>
> Good luck, you have a piece of history there.



Don't know

I out in an old 8 meg card and can find no way to access it


Anyway the guy who gave it to me said he *might* still have the manual
for it somewhere.

FWIW: When he told me he was going to give me his old Vadem to the time
he actually gave it to me was 13 months...
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