I keep an 8" floppy disk in the front of my store to amaze people ("Just
fold it twice and stick it in your drive...it holds a lot!")
Just how much do (did?) they hold? (I'm sure there were different data
densities...just a range is all I want!)
manney
Sun Hemmi, of course.
>With all of this dialogue about slide rules, I am appalled to note that
>Pickett & Eckell is the only brand name mentioned. Am I the only person
>to have been brought up with a Keuffel & Esser ivory covered mahogany
>rule? Also, what was the name of the manufacturer who made a bamboo core
>rule?
> - don
<At 19:20 2/3/98 -0500, PG wrote:
<>"Slipsticker"?!? I thought I was the last one! C'mon -- who else here ha
<>his old slide rule _and_ still remembers how to use it?
I have my 10" white aluminum pickett handy and grab it when a quick
"good to three places" answer will do. I also use a E6B which is a
circular aircraft slide rule for time, speed, distance, fuel use and
wind correction. That one is in the plane as I'm absolutely certain
it works as the calculator version of the E6B allways seems to need a
new battery.
Allison
Hi. There's this guy, in Bahrain, who's got a PS/1 386 2MB RAM, that's been
"sitting in his closet." Now, he wants to know what it would be worth. I
want to know what it'd be worth, too. (There's going to be arguements....
I'm sure.) Anyway, condition is currently unknown, but assumed in working
condition.
Dollars, please. C'mon, I'm not THAT far away. (PS-The guy's here now...
might be handy.)
-----Original Message-----
From: John Higginbotham <higginbo(a)netpath.net>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Wednesday, February 04, 1998 10:12 PM
Subject: Re: PS/1 How Much?
>At 09:21 PM 2/4/98 +0300, you wrote:
>>Hi. There's this guy, in Bahrain, who's got a PS/1 386 2MB RAM, that's
been
>>"sitting in his closet." Now, he wants to know what it would be worth. I
>>want to know what it'd be worth, too. (There's going to be arguements....
>
>Shekels or dollars? :)
>
>- John Higginbotham
>- limbo.netpath.net
>
I had a customer who plugged in his IDE cable's middle connector (HDD one
end, motherboard on the other) into the sound board's IDE pins, because "it
looked like it fit."
Some people will do ANYTHING!
manney
----------
> From: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu
> To: Manney
> Subject: Re: Video connectors (was: CGA Modes (Wuz: Win 3.0
> Date: Tuesday, February 03, 1998 10:40 PM
>
>
> <example, certainly is. I'm not saying we don't need 15 pins; I say we
ne
> <15 THICKER pins, and since this connector is typically the only connecto
> <on the back of a VGA adapter, there's plenty of room.
>
> Par of the resoning was that it should have a connector that is not like
> any other. if it were a standard db9 or db15 you'd have people plugging
> into the serial port screaming it don't work. It's bad enough that you
> have people that will force things no matter what.
>
> Allison
>
In a message dated 98-02-04 13:25:22 EST, you write:
<< Hi. There's this guy, in Bahrain, who's got a PS/1 386 2MB RAM, that's
been
"sitting in his closet." Now, he wants to know what it would be worth. I
want to know what it'd be worth, too. (There's going to be arguements....
I'm sure.) Anyway, condition is currently unknown, but assumed in working
condition. >>
post the model number and i can give more info about it.
david
I recently purchased an Altair 8800b from the original owner. He told me
that last he used it (1984?), he was having trouble reading from the disk
drive, and he was sure that it needed alignment. Apparently an alignment
disk is required.
I suspect an oscilloscope as well.
I have two questions;
1) Can someone explain the process of aligning a disk drive, what is out of
whack, and how tricky it is for a rank electronics amateur like myself
2) Where can I obtain an alignment disk, if required.
Oh, I forgot to mention, the drive is an 8", the Altair model that has the
same basic case and look of the Altair itself. This repair is one of the (I
suspect) many that will be required to bring the Altair back to life.
I've managed to get it (almost) firing up during the self-test stage, but
one of the address lines doesn't behave (the light doesn't come on on A2
when I flick the switch that should light all of them, yet the light is
operational at other stages). I'll get to that one later.
Looks like a long, slow process. But worth it, no?
Cheers
Andrew
>
>I thought the multiplexed NeXT "Zilla?" used the SCSI ports...
>
Zilla's copyright 1990, (so off-topic, please excuse me.). It uses regular
ethernet networking. It's on my NeXT, but I've got no further information
and no contacts about it. (If anyone else does, please contact me by email.)
- Mark
(I can remember the simpler functions (multiply, divide & the
> like) but how to use the thing for calculus & whatnot I'm sure has
> "slipped" my mind... (lame) Pun intended ;^>
Lame is right -- you're slipping.
You can'y use 'am for calculus...you must be thinking of trig.
>
> And tho we did have some TRS-80 Model 4's (and an old IBM Series/1) in
high
> school, I did use it occasionally during geometry / algebra class when
> necessary -- took it to college a few times to, but just to watch people
> gawk... ;-)
I went through Navy Nuclear Power School in '76, and they were
required...even tho' calculators were cheap, then.
Texas Instruments was naming some of their calculators "SR" (for Slide
Rule) up until the mid-80's, at least. My first one was the SR-10...the LED
"wedge". $110, IIRC
Was that TI's first?
manney
