test-drb April 1998

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by TOwad＠aol.com

Hello, I bought an Epson HX-20 at a Hamfest a weekend or two ago. It's a very neat system. Somebody cut a piece of foam to fit in their suitcase, and then cut holes in it to fit the computer, modem, power supply, and cassettes. It looks like something you'd see on the old "Get Smart" TV show. :-) Unfortunately, it won't power on. The battery charges to 4.5v, but no farther. Is that what's needed? The printer will not turn on, either. I'm thinking its the battery, but want to get a second opinion before buying a new one. Anybody? Thanks, Tom P.S. Any offers? In addition to the above mentioned, I have a several of manuals, a bunch of printer ribbons and paper, and about 7 cassettes.

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by adavie＠mad.scientist.com

This struck a chord with me... >protection of data/software contained on the machine or disks. If you buy a >camcorder at a consignment or pawn shop and the last owners left a tape of >their after-hours playtime in the camcorder, is it my responsibility to erase, >safeguard or return it? I think not. I feel the same should apply to personal ABSOLUTELY it is your responsibility. We lost the first 3 months tape of our son's birth, homecoming and grandparents meeting, due to the theft of a camcorder with the tape still inside. The camcorder was stored at work, in a locked and alarmed office. It still got stolen. Probably it ended up in a pawn shop somewhere. I didn't care about the recorder, but the tape was priceless. You just never know about data, and in the above situation I think it is your primary responsibility to make SURE you don't have something you shouldn't. We were heartbroken at our data loss. Just because it's in a pawn shop, or consignment, or in the dumpster - doesn't invalidate copyright, or give you a right to do what you will with it. If you found a personal videotape or data and make no effort to determine if it is important to the original owner, then I think you are abrogating your responsibilities as a good citizen. Cheers A

26 years, 9 months

MacCharlie info

by pb14＠leicester.ac.uk

Last year I acquired a 1985 Dayna MacCharlie w/o docs or software. The MacCharlie is a DOS box that hooks up to a compact Mac and aside from that I know virtually nothing about it. Can anyone advise on:- Locating software/docs ? Which Mac models does it work with (128, 512, Plus?) ? Anything? Phil ************************************************************** Phil Beesley -- Computer Officer -- Distributed Systems Suppport University of Leicester Tel (0)116 252-2231 E-Mail pb14(a)le.ac.uk

26 years, 9 months

TI Silent 700

by PB14＠leicester.ac.uk

Somebody asked about pinouts for the 700 series. I have the manual for the International Model 745 sitting on my desk (I have the actual machine at home) so if anyone has any specific questions I'll try to help. Phil ************************************************************** Phil Beesley -- Computer Officer -- Distributed Systems Suppport University of Leicester Tel (0)116 252-2231 E-Mail pb14(a)le.ac.uk

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big $$$ PAID for 8" floppy

by foxvideo＠wincom.net

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc, prb(a)students.cs.mu.oz.au (P. Bocchi) wrote: >I work for a company who needs to extract information from several >8 inch floppy disks and put the info onto 3.5 inch disks. >If anyone is able to do this, or is able to point me in the right >direction there could be some good financial rewards. >thanks.

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by maxeskin＠hotmail.com

><< This struck a chord with me... > > >protection of data/software contained on the machine or disks. If you buy a > >camcorder at a consignment or pawn shop and the last owners left a tape of > >their after-hours playtime in the camcorder, is it my responsibility to > erase, > >safeguard or return it? I think not. I feel the same should apply to > personal OK, my father's car was stolen once, and when we got it back, we found a tape in it (apparently of a counseling session) that wasn't there before. Is it our responsibility to erase it? > > >i'd be willing to argue this somewhat. as an example, my brother gave me a >complete ps2 model 30 that was literally being thrown in the trash. the >company he worked for was upgrading their computers. when i finally got a hold >of it, i looked at all the data on the machine. i found some personal data >from someone who evidently used it such as resume, job history, etc in >addition to work specific to that company. there was also a few other programs >on it, such as xtree, wp51, lotus and procomm. as i deleted the data files >keeping the applications, i felt no responsibility to the previous user. it >may not be politically correct, but i will save any applications i find on the >computers i pick up. I save my programs too, at least to check what they are. Once I've checked, I generally wish never to see the program again (weird games that have no way to quit them, strange finance programs, etc.) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

In a message dated 98-04-04 06:46:33 EST, you write: << This struck a chord with me... >protection of data/software contained on the machine or disks. If you buy a >camcorder at a consignment or pawn shop and the last owners left a tape of >their after-hours playtime in the camcorder, is it my responsibility to erase, >safeguard or return it? I think not. I feel the same should apply to personal ABSOLUTELY it is your responsibility. >> i'd be willing to argue this somewhat. as an example, my brother gave me a complete ps2 model 30 that was literally being thrown in the trash. the company he worked for was upgrading their computers. when i finally got a hold of it, i looked at all the data on the machine. i found some personal data >from someone who evidently used it such as resume, job history, etc in addition to work specific to that company. there was also a few other programs on it, such as xtree, wp51, lotus and procomm. as i deleted the data files keeping the applications, i felt no responsibility to the previous user. it may not be politically correct, but i will save any applications i find on the computers i pick up. david

26 years, 9 months

ISA-PCI Conversion possible? (About MS's PC 98 Specs)

by photze＠batelco.com.bh

>I definitely won't say it's impossible -- at my age I've given up >making judgements like that on technical matters. I will say that >it's a non-trivial problem and likely to produce underwhelming >performance compared to native PCI boards. My own preference is Yeah, but very few PCI boards are actually running at the full PCI specs. I've even seen some PCI versions of ISA boards that work at exactly the same speed as their ISA counterpart. >to keep at least one machine (like I would ever cut it down to >that!) to which the old equipment is native and network it to the >newer equipment as I acquire it. Then again, I don't pay a lot of >attention to MS's hardware specs, since the only times I run their >software is to play games or to figure out how to get something >running in DOSEMU or WABI under Linux -- most of my emulators of Well, as unimportant as they may seem to you, their hardware specs will influence your x86 Linux machines, unless a vendor's smart enough to make ISA/PCI/AGP boards. >old 8-bit equipment (Tandy, Apple, Atari, etc.) work just fine >that way, and I really _don't need_ the bells and whistles in the >latest Microsoft Office(tm) suite except when an employer insists >upon it at work, and eight times out of ten I manage to get >around it there as well. You're right, but still, like I said, you may be ISA-less. It's time that we killed the bus, I agree, but allowing a smooth migration would help alot. For instance, my AWE 64's been on my machine for under a week. Now, if I were to get an all-PCI system, I'd loose my *new* soundcard. ISA's outdated, my SB isn't. Ciao, Tim D. Hotze

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by sinasohn＠ricochet.net

At 07:48 PM 4/2/98 -0600, you wrote: >* I'll return or destroy any personal data I find on a machine I acquire. change to: ...acquire, keeping it in the strictest confidence should I find it necessary to view it. or something like that. --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.sinasohn.com/

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by sethm＠loomcom.com

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test-drb April 1998