> I have a box (about 250-300) of hard-sector 5=BC"
> disks. Anyone interested??? Sell/trade/???
What are "hard-sector" disks? Not the same as a 5.25 floppy?
mhop(a)snip.net
At 20:51 4/16/97 -0400, you wrote:
>> I have a box (about 250-300) of hard-sector 5=BC"
>> disks. Anyone interested??? Sell/trade/???
>
>What are "hard-sector" disks? Not the same as a 5.25 floppy?
> mhop(a)snip.net
>
>
hard sewctore means that there are 13? holde in the disk for the drive led
to read to determine where a sector starts. A soft sectore disk hs one hle
(like the IBM type disks used today. A popular user of hard sector disks
was NorthStar Computers.
John
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>>Is everyone else in their 20's and 30's? Anyone seriously outside of
>>this range?
Seriously?
Your regular poster, Larry Anderson, was originally looked upon with
suspician because he had an Amiga in addition to his C=64's and PET's.
Time proved his sincere appreciation of classic models. HE's in his
30's, my age can't be taken seriously.
Diane Hare/MS.HARE San Andreas, CA snotmyfault
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I have a box (about 250-300) of hard-sector 5?"
disks. Anyone interested??? Sell/trade/???
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Husband to Diane, Father to Doug,
Grandfather to Zoe now and to Tegan at 10:23 a.m. on April 13th!!!
(7lbs. 2oz., 19", lots of dark hair, and HEALTHY!)
I recently came across a picture of a Atari Microbox on a Classic Computing
homepage and was wondering if anyone was lucky to come across any of the
prototypes in their travels. Any info would be appreciated,
Dave
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When I first broached the idea of making my palmtop talk to a PC JR keyboard,
someone on this list mentioned they knew where to find the keyboard codes the
Peanut keyboard generates. Since I've had no luck finding this data in web
searches, could that someone please let me know where to find this info?
-Jim
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On 14-Apr-97, classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu wrote:
>When I first broached the idea of making my palmtop talk to a PC JR keyboard,
>someone on this list mentioned they knew where to find the keyboard codes the
>Peanut keyboard generates. Since I've had no luck finding this data in web
>searches, could that someone please let me know where to find this info?
Jim,
What are you referring to as a 'peanut' keyboard? The only PC Jr. keyboard
I've seen in use, and I have one here though no PC Jr., is the one that has
the two IR leds on the rear, an RJ-11 type jack, and a space for 4 'AA'
batteries. How many different keyboard types were there for the Jr.?
Jeff jeffh(a)eleventh.com
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C-128 & C128D, Commodore Plus/4, Commodore VIC-20, IBM 5155,
Kayro 2X, Osbourne Executive, Radofin Aquarius, Sinclair ZX-81,
TI-99/4A, Timex-Sinclair 1000, TRS-80 Color Computer-3, and a
TRS-80 Model 4. Plus Atari Superpong and 2600VCS game consoles.
> When I first broached the idea of making my palmtop talk to a PC JR keyboard,
> someone on this list mentioned they knew where to find the keyboard codes the
> Peanut keyboard generates. Since I've had no luck finding this data in web
> searches, could that someone please let me know where to find this info?
>
> -Jim
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I've got a program that comes with NCSA Telnet called SCANCHEK
so one can check the scan codes of their keyboard.
I've had to use it a few times to get some programs to recognize
my Tandy 1000's F11 & F12 keys which are different from IBM's.
If you don't find the info I can send it to you or you can download
all of NCSA Telnet from SimTel.
Marc
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On Fri, 11 Apr 1997 14:58:15 +0100, Kevan is rumoured to have said:
> [On Fri, 11 Apr 1997 01:24:34, PEC wrote:]
> > Is this a generational thing? My first computer exposure what to a
> > mainframe in the late 70's, but my first computer was an 80's micro.
> > Are people in the 40+ age group more likely to have fond memories
> > of minis?
>
> I think there will be a strong corrolation here.
Oh come on, guys. I'm not _that_ old :-) (36).
One of the reasons that I cherish the minicomputer architectures is,
admittedly, nostalgia, but the other reasons include the fact that
they're very servicable (frequently with off-the-shelf components) and
they provide a wonder tactile sense of the essence of computing. Few
things compare to hand-assembling programs, entering them in binary
via a front panel, and having them work. Also, the average minicomputer
is simple enough to understand its' inner workings at a gate level;
this makes minis admirable teaching tools.
> I started my computing on my older brothers ZX80, I was 13 at the
> time. Thus I was brought up on the home computer boom of the early
> eighties.
I was a bit of a "late bloomer" when it comes to computing. I was
always interested in the machines, all the way from early childhood,
and was lucky enough to have relatives with contacts at MIT and
Harvard. I got to see some wonderful stuff then (even played Space-
war on Harvard's PDP-1!) but never got to do any programming until
my second year of secondary school in the late '70s. The first
machine I programmed on was the Nova 840 I have in my collection
now. The machine I "cut teeth" on in a hardware sense was an Inter-
data Model 3, in my third year of ss.
Although I bought a VIC-20 (for the princely sum of (US)$300) in
1980 (?), I never really "took to" the micro- architectures (it
might also have been that they were so _slow_ compared to the PDP-
10s I was working on at the time). I think I still have the VIC
around someplace.
Cheers.
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