test-drb June 1998

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by franke＠sbs.de

> It would be nifty to have a web page with a list of Computer > Rescue Squad volunteers paired with their geographical coordinates, > with even perhaps a link to any one of the map-servers out there. Count me in :) 48 8' N 11 33' E Gruss H. -- Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut HRK

26 years, 6 months

uV SCSI/ DMA-Incomplete messages

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<Anyway, concerning the uVAX SCSI/DMA code, seeing as <1, the SCSI code works most of the time, and <2, retrying when it fails clears the problem (most of the time), <why not patch the DMA code to retry an operation instead of failing <and returning SIGSEGV? Of course, this will get you when something actua <fails, but could it be tried? Err, how about fixing the scsi code so it works correctly and only flagging fatal errors or warnings where warrented. This would remove a lot of "soft" errors and likely clean up other problems as well. Allison

26 years, 6 months

Location, Location, Location!

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

In a message dated 98-06-17 13:28:14 EDT, you write: << It would be nifty to have a web page with a list of Computer Rescue Squad volunteers paired with their geographical coordinates, with even perhaps a link to any one of the map-servers out there. >> wasnt there something similar posted last year? the name isaac comes to mind. anyone remember? david

26 years, 6 months

Inventory compaction

by maxeskin＠hotmail.com

My mom got fed up by the amount of junk I have in my room, so I will start to get rid of it (something I'd been planning to do). I have an external keyboard that plugs into the keyboard socket on the Apple ][ motherboard. It works fine, weighs three pounds. It has macro modules for basic, CP/M, wordstar, visicalc that plug into a little socket and modify a row of keys at the top (templates included) A little yellow, though. Anyone want? The other item is the 10-pound DG-One laptop with a smashed screen, no AC adaptor, dead battery pack, and BUTTONS on the floppy drives! I am zip code 02135. If anyone wants either just tell me. I also have a TI 99/4a w/o cartridges, seems to work fine. I think I'll just trash that... ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

26 years, 6 months

CP/M

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

yes, i did the same with apple ][ floppies. i never used the special tool to punch the index hole as a sharp x-acto knife worked well. i do have one box of flippies at home and i never had a problem with using the "wrong" side. In a message dated 98-06-17 12:33:56 EDT, philip belben put forth: << Likewise the Commodore 8-bitters. In the early 1980s, I was one of the first in my school (I was 14 or so at the time) to own a floppy disk (yes, a disk, not a drive). I had heard of "flippy disks" with two index holes, which you could turn over, thus using both surfaces in a single sided drive. But I didn't realise you needed to give it a second index hole. So I just cut a second write-permit notch and turned it over. It worked! Commodore 4040 didn't use the index hole! Philip. >>

26 years, 6 months

What is the first computer?

by maxeskin＠hotmail.com

Leonardo DaVinci is quoted as saying, "Computers are useless. They can only give answers". This was obviously way before 1850. >> after all the one who coined the phrase "computer." > >Really? I've certainly seen "computer" in use in written communications >from the 1850's. Of course, it wasn't until the late 1940's that "computer" >meant a machine and not a person, in common usage! > >Tim. (shoppa(a)triumf.ca) > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

26 years, 6 months

Old Alpha's (OT)

by franke＠sbs.de

>>> There have been several extension to the Alphatronic PC. >>> floppy boxes and even a HD box. THe base for CP/M was >>> the dual floppy box. > I'm amazed - someone who's heard of these things! :) >>>> They were made by Triumph-Adler, from what I remember. Any information >>>> on these boxes would be most helpful!! (I have the original manuals, but >>>> they don't exactly go into a lot of detail) >>> Just Tell me whats missing - I think I maybe have some of the >>> stuff. Including Flopyy and Hard Disk drives. > Well all I have are the basic Alphatronic PC units (three of these I > think, although I seem to remember that the keyboard status on two of > them is far from perfect - these things used to be really abused when > used as terminals), one original shipping carton, two manuals, and > that's it. > > Oh, did these things come with monitors at all? Most of the ones we had > at university had 12" mono screens hooked up to them, but I don't know > if they were original or not (I have a couple of these - similar shape > to DEC VT320 terminals). > > The manuals I have (IIRC) both mention that the systems can be expanded > to run CP/M, but no mention of how or what was needed; there's no > pin-outs of the expansion port, cartridge slots or anything. >>> Owning a Alphatronic PC and 2 Alphatronics > hmm, so what's the difference between the two? Mine are all badged > "Alphatronic PC", but I checked with the university staff before I left > and they never had any floppy / hard drive systems with them... > (This is where I really hate not having my collection around at home, > it's been so long since I've powered one of these things up I can't even > remember what CPU they had. I vaguely recall that they had a lot of > fairly non-standard chips inside though; the CPU may have been a > rebadged part of some description) The Alphatronic PC was the last version of a somewhat successfull line of Alphatronics - The PC is a keyboard computer like the ATARI XL (but with a real keyboard) and based on the Z80. The 'old' Alphatronics where clumpsy cases with fixed keyboard like the CBM, but without a build in CRT - but they had TWO 5,25" 2/3rd high FD drives - both on the right side, one above the other - the case was quite big. As a CPU the 8085 was used. The whole system is build on several EuroCard size boards (all in a rack on the left side - thats why the FDs had to be on the other side. They has several variations (I don't want to call it modells) over the time, but basicly all the same. In Europe, especialy in Germany (their orgin) they sold like Commodores and Apples in average quanities. The PC has been directed to open the home market and to compete against all the home computers of the early '80s. I have some of the early documentation for the old ones, and maybe some newer stuff (manuals for disk etc.) Servus Hans -- Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut HRK

26 years, 6 months

Old Microsoft stuff...

by franke＠sbs.de

>>Another microsoft product which I've not seen mentioned here yet was, of >>course, the Microsoft mouse for PCs (and later those Microsoft keyboards) > Those bus mice? I worked on a friend's machine that had one: A Xerox XT > class running Windows 1.0. 640x400x2 mode I believe. Oh yeah, they were > called Inport Bus mice, ran off their own 8-bit card. Not a bad mouse for > it's time. The BUS Mouse was ... err IS ... a very useful device - I used to put them in my PCs (even Pentium) until the build PS/2 mouse became standard. Serial mice need serial ports, and a PC still has only a few :( Servus Hans -- Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut HRK

26 years, 6 months

Location! Location! Location! was: Something about big iron

by jeff.kaneko＠ifrsys.com

You know John, You are absolutely right. In regards to the IMSAI posted here earlier, it is located in Wichita, Kansas. Please pardon this oversight. Jeff > >Speaking of big iron, if anyone runs across any arcade machines in my > >general area, like within 300-400 miles, I WILL pickup. Looking for mostly > >80's era games, like the old Atari vectors (Tempest, Asteroids, Battlezone, > >etc.) but will take just about anything. > > Location! Location! Location! Isn't this thread all about the > bare fact that most old computers are too heavy or too worthless > to ship by conventional means, and that personal pick-up is necessary? > > Yes, it is. Yet people continue to post "here's an extensive > IMSAI system that you'll need to pick up in person" without a > single word as to where it's located. Argh! > > - John > > > >

26 years, 6 months

What is the first computer?

by maxeskin＠hotmail.com

A bunch of lusers with a site that looks like Microsoft's (exactly), and a slogan, "Warez do you want to go today?". >United Cracking wha??? What kind of lusers are they? (To take a wild >guess, those who think VMS is related to PMS, UNIX is dead, Linux is a >nickname, and SPARC is what you get when you try to ignite a firework?) > Ciao, > >Tim D. Hotze >-----Original Message----- >From: Max Eskin <maxeskin(a)hotmail.com> >To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers ><classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> >Date: Wednesday, June 17, 1998 6:04 PM >Subject: Re: What is the first computer? > > >> >> >> >> >>What's a 4004, d00d? I thawt tha first chip was Pantium! >>--Brought to you by the United Cracking Force >>>> 6) First microchip based computer (probably based on the 4004) >>> >>>Shame on you! One does not need microprocessors to make a microchip >>based >>>machine! >>> >>>William Donzelli >>>william(a)ans.net >>> >>> >> >>______________________________________________________ >>Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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