Executor is just like all other "mostly compatible" things. It works
perfectly with everything but that which you want it to run. I've run
Lemmings, Netscape (w/ screwed up colors), and that's about it.
Nothing much will really run, and you can be assured that you won't
be able to install a program because there is no system folder (the
least of the install problems; the most is missing system calls).
>problems with sound but seems to work just fine on my machine.
unfortunately,
>im having some problems trying to unstuff mac files from disk,
evidently
>because of the mac's forked files.
I was wondering what the point was of the resource fork, who invented
it, how it's better than a simple bunch of characters, and why they
didn't think that 20 years later we'd be ripping our hair out because of
it...
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At 03:06 PM 6/9/98 +0000, you wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know how to access the BIOS of an old Toshiba 2200sx
>> laptop? It is Pheonix, but I can't tell what version, etc., as it
>That's makes this bit harder because these programs are not that easy
>to get besides the Toshiba's website. Which is a black mark against
I've found Toshiba's on-line support for their older machines to be
excellent; I wouldn't be surprised at all to find that the setup pgm was
available on their web site. Definitely worth checking out.
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In a message dated 98-06-10 05:56:42 EDT, you write:
<< > Was this one of the ones from about '92? If it's the one I'm thinking
of,
> it would be the first with the 'pencil' pointer in the keyboard. For all I
> know, the first built in pointer (I'd not seen any prior to this). Of
> course I really remember it running AIX and OS/2 at the same time (I hate
> AIX, but sure wish they had released that product). >>
the thinkpad 700 and 720 were both ps2 style laptops from ibm, but they werent
the first ones. i believe the thinkpad 300 predated it. there was also the N40
and L40 ibm laptops, but they were not thinkpads. all thinkpads have used the
trackpoint.
david
I picked up a copy of Mobile Computing and the editorial starts off by
mentioning several portable computers that were significant in the history
of mobile computing. Included in the list was the Model 100 (of course)
and the IBM 700 (I forget the others.)
The question I have is what was significant about the IBM 700? If it's the
I think it is, it had an external fdd, but it certainly wasn't the first
(heck, the M100 had that.)
So, does anyone know what the ed might have been talking about?
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Was the second episode also in Antarctica? Wouldn't there be a reason
why the first chip fried? I mean chips don't just evaporate their
casings!
>> > I add to this tricky problems:
>>
>> - Bent pin on VGA monitor plug
>>
>
>At one job, I want back to the stock room to find three monitors
>that were tagged "BAD (RED|GREEN) GUN". One was repairable by
>straightening out the bent pin. The other two were too crimped
>and broke off. Fortunately, we had a pile of (genuinely) dead
>ones that could be stripped for the cables. This was in Antarctica.
>Couldn't exactly send out for spares (until sunrise).
>
>At that same place, the other techs ooh'ed and aah'ed when I
>replaced a surface mount chip that drove the parallel port
>on a Dell 316sx. (When I went to that service call, after half-
>an-hour of debugging the machine (which still booted and ran),
>the customer commented, "maybe it won't print because of all the
>smoke that was coming out of it." I thought he was joking at
>first. I mean, wouldn't you mention _that_ in the first five
>minutes of describing the problem? Upon closer examination,
>I could see the hole in the package. New chip, no problem.)
>
>-ethan
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question about setting up the BIOS on my T2200sx laptop. The response
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At 04:15 PM 6/9/98 PDT, you wrote:
>> - Bent pin on VGA monitor plug
>
>At one job, I want back to the stock room to find three monitors
>that were tagged "BAD (RED|GREEN) GUN". One was repairable by
>straightening out the bent pin. The other two were too crimped
>and broke off. Fortunately, we had a pile of (genuinely) dead
At a user group meeting last Saturday, I showed up to find that the monitor
I had brought had a bent pin. It promptly broke off when I tried to
straighten it. So I pulled one of those hotel sewing kits out of the car
and one of the other guys slipped a needle into the hollow pin, snipped to
length, and it worked fine for the whole meeting (and probably is still
working fine, only he took it home to replace the connector.)
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At 12:25 PM 6/8/98 -0700, you wrote:
>>Outbound
>
>Anybody have any of these? Any experience with them. I would love some
>further information.
I have an Outbound. Fantastic machine. The pointing device alone is worth
getting the computer for. (Imagine a pencil tucked up against the bottom
edge of your keyboard. Roll it towards the screen and away to move the
cursor up and down. Slide it left and right to move the cursor left and
right. Wonderful!) Unfortunately, mine has a problem with the screen; if
anyone has any spare parts, or knows anything about them, I'd love to hear
>from you! (I'd really like to put this machine to use!)
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At 12:38 AM 6/8/98 -0700, you wrote:
>> is given in edition 1, as oppose to just saying they exist. I'd love to
>> get a list of old Mac clones.
A (very!) non-portable Mac "Clone" that I haven't seen mentioned yet is the
Dash '030 from (iirc) 68000 systems. It's an actual Mac II-type
motherboard in a huge server case. Ports were accessable on the top, and
has about 6 or 7 drive bays up front. The front covers the drives and can
be locked closed. Huge P/S, with filter on the back. Very serious
systems. I've got two, actually.
(Someday, Real Soon Now, I'll get one of 'em set up as a server for
Rachel's classroom.)
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