Can anybody tell me what an IBM Executary is? To describe it briefly (I
didn't have much time to look at it), it is a small box, blue on the bottom
with a dial on the front, a few knobs/switches here and there, and a very
large hole in the side. Connected to it is a pedal of sorts. Push on the
right and it clicks, same with the left. Can anybody tell me what it is? Is
it worth $6?
Thanks,
Tom
< I just got myself a Diamond TrackStar Apple//-in-a-PC board. What lit
<info that I could find says that you can hook an Apple floppy drive to it
<However, in two places, the info says that it takes a standard Apple flop
<and then it says a Unidrive.
<
< Has anyone used this board? Which drive would it use? I know that it
<a 20-pin header on the board for the floppy. Any clues??
I can use any one of them. I don't have the software for mine but the
system I took it out of had it hooked to the 360k and another pigtail
going out of the box and tageed "to unidrive ".
I'd try it if I had software.
Allison
It bangs the disks every 10 minutes or so... What is it doing
that takes a 3 hour runtime?
I can see a sysgen or reload taking that long, but a bootsector write?
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In a message dated 98-04-19 15:18:07 EDT, you write:
<<
Has anyone used this board? Which drive would it use? I know that it has
a 20-pin header on the board for the floppy. Any clues??
>>
since it has the 20pin header, it will use the old full height disk ][
drives. adaptors have been made to let the later unidisk drives with the
db15<?> connector work with disk ][ type connectors but i do not have
specifics.
david
(This message is being cross-posted to the Classic Computers and Classic
Macs mailing lists. I apologize in advance to anyone seeing more than
one copy.)
This past weekend I acquired an Aaps MicroTV card, without any software
or manuals.
>
>If we're talking about hundreds or more, you want an automated solution.
>There are several companies which have sold modernish punched card
>readers in the past couple of years with RS-232 interfaces on them;
>the ones I see most often are Mountain Computer units which are about
>the size of a 2-slice toaster and can stack a couple of hundred cards in
>the input hopper. There's both a mark-sense and a punched-card version
>of this unit.
>
>Tim. (shoppa(a)triumf.ca)
So, pray tell... do you know what the difference is between the Mark Sense
and Punch Card versions of the Mountain Computer reader? (and how to tell
which is which?)
I have one of these units in my collection, and even though it happily
accepts the commands which should read punched cards, it always feeds one
card and then returns an error. So, I would start to think that it is the
mark sense version, but have never really found any identifiers on it.
-jim
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>For one thing, why not build a reader? Ought to be a fun weekend
>project ;) The other question is whether the Scantron units use
>optics or electric sensors for checking multiple choice tests.
I'm not sure about this, but electronic makes a LOT more sense. That's why
whenevery ou fill in one of those bubble sheets, they make sure that you use
a "Number 2 pencil." Because it has carbon in it. With an optical solution,
anything from crayon to pen to marker should work, if it were black.
Just my 0.02...
Tim D. Hotze
Moving RSX from that RDwhatever that's making bearing noises to a RL02.
Copied all the data files and such to the RL, but the RL isn't bootable.
When I try booting it types ** THIS IS NOT A HARDWAREBOOTABLE VOLUME **
or something along those lines.
This is RSX11-M v4.1
It's a severely butchered configuration made for a graphics workstation
by Genigraphics, that I hope to try making useful.
If the command required doesn't exist, (Likely!) I cam reload RT-11
and kermit the RL up to a PC, put a bootblock on the front, download
it again, and go. Does that sound do-able?
-------
For one thing, why not build a reader? Ought to be a fun weekend
project ;) The other question is whether the Scantron units use
optics or electric sensors for checking multiple choice tests.
>The mark sense readers depend on a series of "timing marks" printed on
the
>(lower?) edge of the card in order to work and I don't think they're
very
>good at sensing anything but very dark marks (remember the "special"
(#1
>lead) pencils you had to use when you filled out those cards in grade
school?)
>
>Visit Doug Jones' web site and drop him an email. He's very interested
in
>punched cards and knows quite a bit about readers, old and new. And
while
>you're at it, invite him to subscribe to this list. ;)
>
>http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/cards/index.html
>
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Thursday was a pretty good day as I found the folowing: a real nice book
called Microprocessors and Microcomputers Manufacturer's Literature by the
learning tree, great information on microprocesors, microcomputers,
peripherals, logic analyzers, logic chips, probes, breadboard systems;
another by Horowitz and Hill The Art of Electronics; HP9121 model D; IBM
7207-001 tape unit; IBM 7210-001 CD-rom; Apollo monitor 17"; IBM 3363
cd-rom unit; VT240 unit; Honeywelll Bull computer; HP9816 monitor/terminal;
Mac 128k mouse;3M D-2500 character generator; Unite digital test board; NEC
PC-8201A computer; and other items not in the 10 year rule.
Anyone have a manual laying around for a Commode-Ore C128D? This is the
128 model that has the separate keyboard and built in drive and power
supply, in a PC style case. If anyone has one we can work out a good
price or swap something for it. I need it for my own machine that I
recently acquired and the regular 128 manual just doesn't get it.
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Phone: (502) 756-1749 Data/Fax:(502) 756-6991
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Hello, all:
I just got myself a Diamond TrackStar Apple//-in-a-PC board. What little
info that I could find says that you can hook an Apple floppy drive to it.
However, in two places, the info says that it takes a standard Apple floppy,
and then it says a Unidrive.
Has anyone used this board? Which drive would it use? I know that it has
a 20-pin header on the board for the floppy. Any clues??
Rich Cini/WUGNET
<nospam_rcini(a)msn.com> (remove nospam_ to use)
ClubWin! Charter Member (6)
MCP Windows 95/Windows Networking
============================================
Turned up one of these on Friday. It has a 21 meg HD, an 8088, and is
about like having a flat bed scanner on your lap!
No power supply and battery pack (10 size "D" nicads) shot, but got it
working off my bench power supply. It appears to be working normally and I
think I can rig up a power supply from a Sony version for a portable VTR.
Is anyone familiar with this beast? It must be one of the earliest laptops.
I also got three C-64's in the '128 style cases, but didn't get into them
yet.
Regards
Charlie Fox
Sorry about not checking the reply-to address in the message to Bill.
I'm getting brain dead anymore and will move it to private email from
now on.
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Phone: (502) 756-1749 Data/Fax:(502) 756-6991
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:I know this is off-topic, but this is the type of crowd that can
:appreciate this.
[spam frittered away]
this is odd - we got exactly the same message chez communa. we're just
wondering which address list they used, for sam's name to be on it as
well as ours...
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you know soft spoken changes nothing to sing within her...
Someone I know wants to identify an interesting Intel board they own.
Its about 18" wide by 12" high. It has the following markings on it:
Intel
System Interface and Control Module
MCB8-10
It has some odd chips, a 3-prong oval power socket and a S-100 like
connector.
Does anyone know what this is or for?
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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Yes, indeed, Warez people are the 3rd generation hackers. For the most
part, they're not to good at all. They pretty much just take software and
pirate it (hence the name "warez" pronounced "wares") They can hack NT
(like someone can't!) And for the most part, think that UNIX is dead. They
couldn't tell you the differance between a modem and a sound card, except
"one has the phone jack".
They don't do good, or even do anything that no one's done before. They
just go in, say that they've "hacked" a website, and brag about it in a chat
room for the next 50 hours. They're mostly teens, and techies-gone-bad.
Tim D. Hotze
-----Original Message-----
From: Christian Fandt <cfandt(a)servtech.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Friday, April 17, 1998 7:20 PM
Subject: Warez?? Was: Re: James Willings still up?
>
>At 21:01 16-04-98 -0700, <jimw(a)agora.rdrop.com> wrote:
>>At 11:50 PM 4/15/98 +0000, you wrote:
>>>For nearly a week, have anyone seen James Willings's postings or in
>>>private emails between anyone?
>>
>>No, contrary to popular belief (and random hopes) I have not fallen off
the
>>edge of the world...
>>
>>My local ISP got hit with a large scale 'warez' attack a couple of days
ago
>>and is still recovering... And of course that puts me just that much
>>further behind in my mail... (and other things...)
>>
> --snip --
>
>Forgive me for not knowing what _might_ be common knowledge amongst some
>folks here, but what is this "warez" thing?? I guess I don't hang around in
>any online areas, etc. which would have clued me in. Just a brief
>explaination, please, or even a pointer to an info source. No need to take
>up much bandwidth on this.
>
>Judging from Jim's statement, these are possibly individuals who have taken
>the good old, original 'hacker' expression and turned it into something
>truely bad? Glad you're still around, Jim.
>-- --
>
>=======================================================
>Christian R. Fandt, Electronic/Electrical Historian
>31 Houston Avenue Phone: +716-488-1722 -Home
>Jamestown, New York +716-661-1832 -Office
>14701-2627 USA Fax: +716-661-1888 -Office fax
> email: cfandt(a)servtech.com
>Member of Antique Wireless Association
> URL: http://www.ggw.org/freenet/a/awa/
I got a July '87 copy of a computer catalog, and it had a product
which I found pretty interesting. This was a small modem-sized box
that went between the keyboard and the computer. It was a hardware
spell-checker, powered off the keyboard, costing $20. It was supposed
to beep upon detecting a mistake. Seems like a good idea. Anyone
seen something like it?
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Check out this entry I found on the web for a PAPERBACK book:
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Programming the 6502 Computer by Zaks, Rodney Sybex, Berkely, CA 1978
pbk near fine/ 305 p.8.5x5.3x.8 ISBN 0895880091 shelf wear otw clean
tight bright no defects (Keywords: rodney zaks programming 6502 micro
computer manual) The price of the book is US$ 153.00
The seller is Bennie R Warden - Bookseller
39 S Alhambra , Port St Lucie, FL, U.S.A., 34952-2832.
benwarden(a)earthlink.net. Ph: 561 878-9645. Terms of sale: Ten day
Reserve by E-Mail or Telephone. Sorry, No Credit Cards at this
-----------
Fortunately, I got my copy for 25 cents at the Bargain Box a few years
ago.
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I know this is off-topic, but this is the type of crowd that can
appreciate this.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 09:49:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: Spencer.A.Smith(a)Switzerland.com
To: OpportunitySeeker(a)wco.com
Subject: Here Is The Information You Requested!
Subject: Here Is The Information You Asked For!
Please excuse this intrusion.
Your Name Has ALREADY BEEN DELETED from our database.
---
First they use the lame ploy of trying to trick you into thinking you
requested the information at some previous time (has this ever worked on
anyone!?) and then acknowledge that it is in fact unsolicited spam by
apologizing for the intrusion.
The really lame part is that this message was almost 20K! That is an
abuse of bandwidth that really should be punishable by death.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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Want an 11/23 system? Check with this fellow directly if so. I have no
clue where he's located.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro,alt.sys.pdp-11
Subject: old working system, for sale?
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 11:19:25 -0600
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I have PDP-11/23's with lots of spares. The system was used as a multi-
tasking host for 2 slave LSI computers. It is currently configured
running RT-11FB but will run TSX. Host has 256k 200nS RAM, AED disk
controller with Seagate ST-251 formatted as 4 RL02 drives, 1 RX02 8"
floppy. The networking connection was done using Star-11 cards.
It was running at the time the plug was pulled so this is a working
system. It was being used to test Photovoltaic devices (solar cells).
The slaves were being used as test controllers and the host was for
booting the slaves and storing test results. The slaves include Data
Translation data acquisition cards and ADAC high current digital I/O
cards. All of this is based on Q-bus. E-mail if interested, because it
will soon go to the dumpster.
Forrest
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Hi Daniel,
1.5GB
cheers,
emanuel
----------
> From: Daniel A. Seagraves <DSEAGRAV(a)toad.xkl.com>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
> Subject: How big is a RA92?
> Date: Friday, April 17, 1998 3:31 PM
>
>
> . I just got one. How big is a RA92?
>
> It doesn't appear to have a terminal plug like the 81 does... :(
> -------
Is this off topic? How old is CGI? As old as Netscape 1.x?
Anyway, does anyone know it? Where can I get good database scripts (for
users, etc.)
Thanks, and sorry for my waste of all-presious bandwith,
Tim D. Hotze
You don't understand. I take what I can get. It's not like there is
a library that lets me pick the OS/2 version that I want. But what
bugs are in 2.0?
>
>>Max Eskin wrote:
>>>
>>> Does anyone have the Service Pack 1 for OS/2 2.0, or know of an
>>> archive for it? IBM has nothing about it on their site.
>>>
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>>I'll say that you better use OS/2 V2.1 .
>>I don't know if V2.0 was a real seld version.
>
>Even the 2.1 beta's were better than 2.0, while 2.0 was a great OS, it
had
>several VERY annonying, very troublesome bugs.
>
>I'd say get 1.3 (totally differen't very windows like), or 2.1, but
skip
>2.0. IIRC 2.0 is the only software I've ever destroyed for the
floppies,
>instead of saving (something I now regret since I'm now into preserving
>everything).
>
> Zane
>
>
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