> From: Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
> The RA81 is _heavy_. If it's anything like the R80, then the official DEC
> procedure is to take out the HDA when mounting the drive, to make it
> light enough to handle.
Yes the manual says that for the RA81 as well. It also says that it weighs
148 lbs!
> Getting
> it onto the rails with 2 people holding it is next to impossible.
>
Done that after fetching the drive from the car in a wheelbarrow ;-). The
trick is to extend the rails (after extending the stabilising foot first)
and then lift from below so that your arms don't get tangled with the
rails. Once the drive is sitting on the rails squarely it is _fairly_
stable and can be juggled about to line up the screw holes.
As a point of interest the book says that the drive takes 18 amps for the
first four seconds whilst it is spinning up.
Regards
Pete
> Refering to the recent (and current) talks on the nintendo:
> Is it appropriate to talk about video consoles on this list? (they don't
> quite fit my definition of "computer")
> If so I need help with a Fairchild chanel F: Schenatics and any info on the
> hardware.
I should probably pop in and post my biannual pointer to the classic
videogames list. Subscription address:
classic-videogames-request(a)moose.webworks.ca
--
Ben Coakley http://www.math.grin.edu/~coakley coakley(a)ac.grin.edu
Station Manager, KDIC 88.5 FM CBEL: Xavier OH
Wow, this is global. -Mtn Goats
Attending several requests, I'm pleased to announce that today I've posted
a new section in the Vintage Calculators section of the X-Number World with
the archival pages of the Vintage Calculators Forum.
The archival pages can be accessed in the following address:
http://www.dotpoint.com/xnumber
Section: VINTAGE CALCULATORS --> ARCHIVALS
As you will see, you won't be able to post answers to the archived
messages, but you will be able to send e-mail messages to the message
owners.
Regards,
James Redin
X-Number World of Calculators
No, I'm not, it was for a friend, who's really into video games...
Thanks anyway,
Tim D. Hotze
-----Original Message-----
From: Dies Irrae <DiesIrrae(a)aol.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Friday, April 17, 1998 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: How Do You Program Nintendo Games?
>If you are looking into a future of programming video games then check out
>www.digipen.com (I think that is it). I visited them once and was very
>impressed.
>
>-Enrique!
Well actually I never got into the Octal ting :) It's just that I had to
with this trainer.
>Some 8080 people/machines (I've not seen it done on many other
>processors) write 16 bit numbers as 2 8-bit bytes in octal. They'd write
>the above number as 151 257 and not 064657. That's what I'd assumed you
>were doing here.
Francois
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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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A few weeks ago, I was charged with fixing a new Macintosh 5400/180.
It had been in a music room, in a sound proof booth, for several
months, with a MIDI interface being used for music software and the
like. The problem was something with the hard drive. This is the
second hard drive failure I've seen since an AT&T 6300. When the
drive tries to seek, it sound like a pendulum is stopping (tick...
tock,tock,tock,SILENCE). The head never sounds like it moves. The
little LED on the drive flashes, though. This is an IDE, by the way.
So, here's the good part. We sent in for a replacement, and in a few
days, it's the same way.
Now, I'm thinking it's a problem with the sound box's power supply,
maybe those 2GW speakers in there. Any ideas before we fry another
8GB?
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I can imagine DEC utility of the week - Ampmaker -"Overcome the
20 Amp limit - optimize your bootup sequence - eliminate those
annoying explosions..."
>
>[RA81 takes 18 amps to spin up]
>
>This is why I turn the RA on, spin it up, and THEN turn on the BA
boxes.
>Otherwise I trip the power controller breaker.
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Kai/others:
The 4mm tape with the scans was forwarded to Bill Whitson several months
ago (12/7/97) so that he could post them. I have heard neither hide nor hair
>from him
since I got his real home address.
If I had a personal web site with 100mb++ of storage, I'd post them to
myself and pass out the URL. Alas, I don't...
If someone lives near Bill Whitson, knock on his door and tell him to
post the scans!
Rich Cini/WUGNET
<nospam_rcini(a)msn.com> (remove nospam_ to use)
ClubWin! Charter Member (6)
MCP Windows 95/Windows Networking
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Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 11:15:43 -0700
From: Kai Kaltenbach <kaikal(a)MICROSOFT.com>
To: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu
Subject: Altair scans update?
Message-ID:
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Content-Type: text/plain
I check on this subject every 6 months whether I need to or not. What
happened to this invaluable resource? Has it ever been posted anywhere?
thanks
Kai
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kai Kaltenbach
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 1997 10:56 AM
> To: 'classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu'
> Subject: RE: Altair scans update
>
> Whatever happened to these?
>
> thanks
>
> Kai
>
> ----------
> From: Richard A. Cini, Jr.[SMTP:rcini@classic.msn.com]
> Reply To: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu
> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 1997 5:31 AM
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> Subject: Altair scans update
>
> For those who have asked...
>
> The Altair scans are ready to post, I just have to ZIP them up and
> send the
> tape to Bill Whitson. Does anyone have his physical address??
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------
> Rich Cini/WUGNET
> <rcini(a)msn.com>
> - ClubWin Charter Member (6)
> - MCP Windows 95/Netowrking
>
Refering to the recent (and current) talks on the nintendo:
Is it appropriate to talk about video consoles on this list? (they don't
quite fit my definition of "computer")
If so I need help with a Fairchild chanel F: Schenatics and any info on the
hardware.
Otherwyse forget my post.
Thank you.
Francois
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-----Original Message-----
From: Hotze <photze(a)batelco.com.bh>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Friday, April 17, 1998 1:10 AM
Subject: How Do You Program Nintendo Games?
>Well? How DO you program Nintendo games. Do you need to compile? Or is
it
>more like BASIC? Is it done in any specific language?
> Just asking...
>
>Tim D. Hotze
>
