>i've never had a problem cracking macs
Just make sure you don't mix a Platinum front panel from a Mac Plus with
one of the older beige backs. I inadvertantly did this a few months ago
and they're still together.
Tom Owad
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Sysop of Caesarville Online
Client software at: <http://home.earthlink.net/~tomowad/>
I have the same inventory tracking problems, too. I don't have a
complete invetory of anything but my 11/34a stuff. In the accounting
profession, what we need is an "inventory locator system."
I have the beginnings of this in an Excel spreadsheet. The spreadsheet
indicates the DEC "M" number, description, and the location: the main
chassis, expansion chassis, or in "stores."
I, too, want to go the barcode inventory route. Thinking out loud, if
someone could get their hands on a shareware point-of-sale inventory package
for a PC, that might do the trick. I see ads in PC Magazine all the time for
POS systems and software, but I don't want to spend several hundred $$$$ for
it.
Rich Cini/WUGNET <nospam_rcini(a)msn.com>
- ClubWin! Charter Member
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At 11:31 PM 6/27/98 +0100, Tony Duell wrote:
>the battery cover and 2 in the handle. You need a long Torx driver for
>the latter 2.
For what it's worth: I have been using screwdrivers with the interchangable
bits for some time now. When I first came into contact with a Mac SE, I
went to sears and bought an extension for my present screwdriver. I keep
that torx bit in the extension so it's right there whenever I need it,
which has been quite alot lately, since I am rebuilding about 17 SE, SE/30,
and Classic machines.
Also, seems that every compact mac I have messed with has already had the
case popped (according to the marks). What do I do if I come across a
virgin that's never been popped so to speak? Is it harder to get the case off?
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Dave, I hope you don't mind me copying this reply to ClassicCmp as I think
it may interest others as well.
On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, dave dameron wrote:
> Well I should see if I can visit up to the bay area at the VCF II time
> and meet some people.
That you should do! :)
> Will there be registration later on the web site, or do you just show up
> at the door? Are there a lot of individuals showing a few things (vs.
> groups that appear to be the "private museums")? Thanks -Dave
The web page has registration information now (see URL below), so if you
go there you can get all the details. But basically, if you register now
you pay $15 for full admission to both days and save $5. Otherwise its
$10/day.
The exhibition will consist of numerous private individuals and various
user groups exhibiting their collections. There will be no overlapping,
and everyone who is exhibiting is being selected for their particular
genre. There will be Doug Salot and Roger Sinasohn doing a portables
exhibit, Paul Zurikowski from the local Mac user group doing a complete
Mac exhibit, Jordan Ruderman will be doing a Sol-20 exhibit, Larry
Anderson will be doing a Commodore exhibit, I'm working with a guy who
wants to do a PDP-8 exhibit, etc. I'm still looking for more exhibitors
so if anyone is interested contact me.
There will also be various museums making a presence, although they won't
all be exhibiting. I'm currently working with The Computer Museum History
Center to bring some of their artifacts to exhibit (I'm also working on
scheduling tours to the History Center from VCF so out-of-town guests get
a chance to see their amazing collection); David Hale, who is in the
process of assembling a museum in Pennsylvania that will follow the
progress of computers in different fields of technology will be driving
out and bringing some computers with him to exhibit and some to sell (he
was going to come to VCF 1.0 but got stuck in a big snow storm in Chicago;
he also got a very rare kit computer from the 60s that he was
bringing to VCF stolen while he was snowbound in the airport...long
story); and finally I've invited David Weil, the curator of the
Computer Museum of America in San Diego, to come up and setup a booth.
So there will be at least a couple museums having a presence at VCF. I
hope to get more, and I hope the VCF eventually becomes an event where
computer museums from around the world gather once a year to share
information and strategies.
If you have anymore questions please ask!
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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Ever onward.
September 26 & 27...Vintage Computer Festival 2
See http://www.siconic.com/vcf for details!
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OK... I've made some progress. The fault light problem with my RA82 drive
was cured by reseating all the connectors and pushing in the socketed chips
(they crackled most satisfactorily).
So now the RA82 passes all its tests, but I can't get the KDA-50 to see
it. I've tried a couple of different boards. System is a MicroVAX II, 8
megs (well, 9 counting the CPU resident) memory, RQDX3 in one cabinet and
the KDA50 board set in the other. RQDX3 has an RD52 and an RX50 on it, all
of which are seen no problem by the diagnostics. The RQDX is at 772150 and
the KDA-50 is at the next available MSCP floating address.
Question: I've currently got both A and B port cables from the hard drive
connected to ports 0 and 1 of the KDA-50 controller. Is this correct, or am
I confusing the thing by feeding it back on itself?
I'm glad this one's going better than my 11/44 did earlier today...
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>This in combination with looking for a cassette port should be a good
>way to tell.
I know we've been through this, but could someone summarize for me about
the cassette port? What can be used with it?
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At 11:15 PM 6/27/98 EDT, SUPRDAVE(a)aol.com wrote:
>loosened screws to the front half of the mac. that usually pops it loose. you
>can apply the same technique to the bottom screws also. i've done this to all
>compact macs except for the classic and cc models since i dont own one.
hope i
>explained it clearly.
Thanks. I had heard of a "specialized" tool that Apple sold that would
accomplish the task. Figured it was just a way for them to make more money. :)
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- john higginbotham ____________________________
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Well, I know that the HP's run off of PA-RISCs, and that Phillips Velos are
SGI's. Also, theo ther processor support isn't in H/PC's, and it probably
won't be. x86's used in the Elan SC400 based devices, I know that they're
some mapping hanheld that uses that. PPC, and so forth will probably show
up in the Jupiter-class 2Lb devices.
Ciao,
Tim
-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Yowza <yowza(a)yowza.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Sunday, June 28, 1998 3:34 AM
Subject: Re: OS's In ROM's (was: Re: Mac Classic prob (was Macintoshes..
>On Sun, 28 Jun 1998, Pete Turnbull wrote:
>
>> On Jun 27, 16:50, Hotze wrote:
>> > Most Windows CE devices are based on HP/NEC PA-RISC (IIRC)
>> > processors, or SGI MIPS processors.
>>
>> Or Acorn/Digital StrongARM.
>
>Are you guys both smoking the same stuff? CE does not exist for PA-RISC
>or SGI MIPS, and while it does exist for Acorn/Digital/Intel ARM, it
>hasn't shipped on any real hardware platform that I know of.
>
>It has shipped on a couple of NEC MIPS derivatives and Hitachi SH. There
>is also support for ARM, PPC, and x86, but I haven't heard of any hardware
>shipping for those platforms.
>
>ObCC-Q: What was the first microprocessor-based box to run Unix?
>
>ObCC-A: The Z8000-based Onyx C8002 in 1980.
>
>-- Doug
>
>
i've never had a problem cracking macs. needless to say, dont even try to use
a screwdriver to seperate it at the seam; you'll only ruin the plastic!
the first way is to remove all the screws and lay the mac with the tube down
in your lap. put your hands around thebottom corners of the mac, and then use
your thumbs to push against the DB connectors back there. since you're
actually then pushing against the system board inside, that usually does it.
if that doesnt work, on to step 2.
for step 2, thread the top two screws in, but only a few turns. DO NOT tighten
them down! use your torx bit tool or whatever, and then push or lightly hammer
on your tool. by doing this, you're acutally applying pressure through the
loosened screws to the front half of the mac. that usually pops it loose. you
can apply the same technique to the bottom screws also. i've done this to all
compact macs except for the classic and cc models since i dont own one. hope i
explained it clearly.
david
In a message dated 98-06-27 21:57:49 EDT, john higganbotham put forth:
<< Also, seems that every compact mac I have messed with has already had the
case popped (according to the marks). What do I do if I come across a
virgin that's never been popped so to speak? Is it harder to get the case
off? >>
<ObCC-Q: What was the first microprocessor-based box to run Unix?
<
<ObCC-A: The Z8000-based Onyx C8002 in 1980.
I think that missed the unix V5 or V6 varients that ran on DEC LSI-11
and 11/23(later on).
Allison
