On Mon, 16 Feb 1998 21:50:15 +0000, jpero(a)cgo.wave.ca wrote:
>> does that mean I could just plug one of my old ST-225's or other ST-506
>>type drives intoa ProFile card?
>>>Oh, you can. Still 5mb or 10mb. :)
>>>Remember, all older MFM, ESDI and some early SCSI drives always >>>need
annual or bi yearly LLF job.
Thanks for the info. Now all that I need is an interface card for my
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On Sun, 15 Feb 1998 17:39:22 -0800, John Rollins <rexstout(a)ptld.uswest.net>
wrote:
>>Sounds like the ProFile card is just an ST-506 hard drive interface. A
>>ST-506 drive is REALLY old. I'm not an expert on the old hard
>>drives/interfaces, so I'll let someone else figure all that out, but I
>>can tell you that it is very old. Does the ProFile need a seperate power
>>cord (does it have it's own ps), or does it get power from the Apple II?
>>And if the ProFile is just an ST-506 interface, does that mean I could
>>just plug one of my old ST-225's or other ST-506 type drives intoa
>>ProFile card?
It's a self-contained drive unit that connects to an interface card on
the Apple // or /// with a 25-pin DB straight-pinned cable. It does have an
Astec power supply built-in. The interface cable to the drive itself reminds
me of a floppy cable (IDC edge connector to IDC header), but I didn't count
the conductors.
I'm assuming that it is a true ST-506 interface, but I don't know for
sure. I also haven't had the time to look the drive up in my ref. materials
to determine its capacity, etc., but I think that it's a 5mb drive.
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>>Several Cray beasts have found their way into museums, but I am
>>unaware of any TMC machines that have been preserved - and I know of
>>several that have been scrapped...
>
>Several.
>TCM has a CM-1, a CM-2, and a CM-5 by recollection.
In trying to find a home for the Convex I found a collector of
Supercomputers in Adelaide (where I live). He has the CM-2 and CM-5, as
well as something called an Encore Multimax, and is after the Cray but
isn't going to pay the $100,000 (Australian) that is being asked. :) It
looks like I have found a home for the Convex, if only I can work out how
to transport it here.
Adam.
John Higginbotham <higginbo(a)netpath.net> wrote:
>It would be Red Hat linux, and if there's a termcap for the m100, there's
>gotta be one for the c64.
Yes, I know circa 1985 I used the standard Unix termcaps for the M100
and the C-64 over 300 baud links.
>Do you know if anyone makes these cables and sells them? Or, barring that,
>any specific links to the assembly instructions?
Sure, some people on the net try to sell them, but they're easy to
wire if you can find the DIN connector. I did one in a few minutes
after digging for the DIN in the junk box. Worked the first time.
See <http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/cbm/transfer/1541-to-PC/> for more info.
I can't begin to tell you how easy and rewarding it can be to dig
around on the web, following one clue to another. If you entered
"x1541" or "1541 pc" in <http://www.hotbot.com> or any other
search engine, or <http://www.dejanews.com>, I'm sure you'd
quickly find dozens of references.
- John
Jefferson Computer Museum <http://www.threedee.com/jcm>
In a message dated 98-02-16 21:27:14 EST, you write:
<< At 05:39 PM 2/15/98 -0800, you wrote:
>>But, it squeaks. You know, like a water pump on a car before it blows
If that's all that's wrong, try lubing the ground strap/ spindle juncture.
> does that mean I could just
>plug one of my old ST-225's or other ST-506 type drives intoa ProFile card?
Yes, As long as it has more cylinder and heads. You'll have to low level
format after you install it.
>>
hmmm, i have heard only a lisa (or is it an apple ///) that can only LLF a
profile?
> Well, if you could post the power specs, power cord pinouts, etc...
> Also, if there is a main board, how much power does it need?
Did you mean me?
I have no idea of all this sort of info on the S/34. But a lot of it
can often be found looking inside the various boxes and subassemblies of
the machine.
Philip.
On 16 Feb 98 at 9:29, Richard A. Cini wrote:
> Turned-on, yes. Warmed-up for 30s, no. The drive did finish it's
> power-on sequence and came to a rest, though, which happens in less than
> 30s.
>
> Does the GS/OS use a special boot block like the MS-DOS boot sector, or
> does it just look for the ProDOS file?
You say that the drive came from a Mac SE. Did you low level format
or re-partition the disk on the IIGS before installing GS/OS?
I share a drive between a IIGS and a couple of Macs, so the drive
has a ProDos partition and a couple of HFS ones too. Often the IIGS
barfs on startup when it comes across the APPLE_DRIVER43 partition
map; I find that a Command-Control-Reset sorts this out and the IIGS
boots normally.
Phil
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At 09:21 AM 2/14/98 -0800, you wrote:
>As for Linux....are you new to Unix? Start there. I bought one of those
If you're new to linux, but not to MS-DOS (or even CP/M, I guess) there's a
DOS-to-Linux tutorial on the web. It's at
<http://linuxwww.db.erau.edu/ldp/HOWTO/DOStoLinux-HOWTO.html>.
Actually, there are much better places to look for recomendations on books
for modern OS's and languages than a Classic Computers list.
>Atari BBS* instead. Mine was a 130XE with 384K ram (I did the upgrade
>myself - had to run it with the cover off because of the heat), 4 1050
>disk drives, and a single 2400b Codex modem. I was 13 years old, I don't
ABACUS (the Atari Bay Area Computer Users Society) still runs it's BBS on
an Atari 1040ST. (Though, to keep this off-topic, we're thinking of moving
to a linux box.)
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