test-drb June 1998

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by allisonp＠world.std.com

< <> Not so. Runs fairly well on similar machines. DRI evern did a versio <> of tex for CP/M. Have the manual and software. < <Are you sure the program is the same? I had heard that the name was the <but the software was actually completely different. It should be different as Knuth's was written in C and tex is asm or plm code. No credit given and. It's a simpler version circa 1978 and the putput formats are oriented toward character printers. Allison

26 years, 1 month

Former Disk Costs (was: 32 bit Macs (was Atari hard ))

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<I'm halfway through reading 'TeX : The program', and I'm supprised it'll <run on a CP/M machine. It's possible, I suppose. On this machine the <binary for virtex (The normal version) is about 180K, and then it needs a <bit of data space for various tables on top of that. I presume this machine is a PC where code bloat is the order of the day. Early teX (not LateX) was fairly compact compared to recent versions. They were far more limited with what they could do with the printers. Allison

26 years, 1 month

FREE Printwheels!

by kyrrin＠jps.net

I've got a pair of printwheels for the Xerox MemoryWriter 60 series available. I'm also given to understand that these will fit Diablo 630 series machines as well. I've got Courier 10 and Courier 12. First person to send me a self-addressed stamped mailer gets them! E-mail me for my address. Thanks in advance. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Sysop, The Dragon's Cave BBS (Fidonet 1:343/272) (Hamateur: WD6EOS) (E-mail: kyrrin(a)jps.net) "Our science can only describe an object, event, or living thing in our own human terms. It cannot, in any way, define any of them..."

26 years, 1 month

Early Mac Clones

by maxeskin＠hotmail.com

These are certainly available for the PC. Check out www.emulators.com >> >> > Does anybody know anything about these "thrid-party Macintoshes?" I'm >> > familiar with the Outbound computers, I have never even heard of any >> > other early Mac clones. Any info? >> >> How about Atari STs and Amigas running Macintosh emulators? :) :) :) > >Wasn't there a thing called a 'Magic Sack' or something that was a cartridge >for the ST which you put the ROMs from a Mac into. One version had a Mac >disk controller (IWM) chip in it as well, I think. > >Problem was, it needed genuine Apple Mac ROMs. The only way to get those, >at least at first, was to strip them out of a Mac. > >-tony > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

26 years, 1 month

Former Disk Costs (was: 32 bit Macs (was Atari hard ))

by maxeskin＠hotmail.com

I understand, but many people would much rather do word processing on a more conventional machine, simply in the interest of productivity (I doubt anyone wants to go through a routine of converting files back and forth. I strongly doubt TeX would run on a regular IMSAI with reasonable speed). > > >Well, your can do tons of serious work with one. > >IT runs several OSs (CPM being well known) >Code and application development (asm, basic, Pascal, Cobol, fortran....) >word processing >Graphics work (with the appropriate board) >Accounting >spread sheets (multiplan) >Games, deadline, Zaxxon, Adventure, chess...long list. > >In a word most anything you might imagine. > >My s100 NS* system is one example that is still doing many of those >things. > >Allison > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

26 years, 1 month

list dead?

by afritz＠iname.com

Is this list dead or did I somehow get unsubscribed? af ---------- Adam Fritzler afritz(a)iname.com http://www.afritz.base.org ----------

26 years, 1 month

PDP11/34 Being Retired and Scrapped

by jfedorko＠virtualadmin.com

How about locations? (city, state) thanks. -----Original Message----- From: James L. Rice [SMTP:jrice@texoma.net] Sent: Sunday, June 07, 1998 9:15 AM To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers Subject: PDP11/34 Being Retired and Scrapped A plant at which I work is retiring a PDP11/34 and two Industrial I/O racks later this month. This machine has at least two sets of spare boards and even a spare hard drive as well as a complete set of manuals. It has been under a DEC service contract and has been running 24/7 for the last 20 years. After I transfer control of the furnaces to AB PLC's later this month, the DEC has been promised to a scrap yard in the Dallas area. If I can pry it away from the scrapper grasp, would anyone want it. I'm not into mini's so I don't want it, but I hate to see it get recycled for the metal. Also, I know where a HP 3000 can be picked up for probably under a $100. It has a hard drive, at least a med of ram, a 9 track tape drive (requires 3ph 208v), 10-12 HP2392 (as I recall) terminals, all of the cables, boards, expanders, a modem and was running when removed. If anyone is intrested, let me know and I'll pass your email adress to this guy. James

26 years, 1 month

Back with new finds

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

Been on vacation and the road for the last 17 days and just got finished reading all the e-mail. Seems to have been some nice finds by some in the group. I will not try and list all the items I purchased just the nicer items. I did go to a auction at the U of Houston and must have ran into the same guys everyone else has they cost me over $900 to get a few items that I wanted (by running the bids up). I got about 50 Mac's and over 100 mac kb's to trade or sale cheap. Now on with the list: - Sun 3/50 model 247 not tested yet - Compaq Portable III not tested yet - ADDS Envoy luggable with built-in acoustic modem and network connector - 6 new copies of Symantec Thinks Ligthspeed Pascal for Mac's - HP Integral PC model 207 with software, built-in printer, 256k memory module in rear, HP ROM Module HP-UX/RO operating system Rel 5.0, HP-UX Technical Basic Rel 5.0. The baby fires right up and works great. - PE Nelson model 1020TA - HeathKit H11A digital computer LS11 - Tektronix 4211 Instrument - Orchid Technology ProDesign II card - Sun shoebox model 511 And the list goes on all together I picked up several hundred on this trip, will write more later. Keep Computing John

26 years, 1 month

Former Disk Costs (was: 32 bit Macs (was Atari hard ))

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<Do you ever actually use this IMSAI for things like word processing <which could be done on another computer? Do you use Wintel, or is this <your main computer, like Tony has his AT? Well, your can do tons of serious work with one. IT runs several OSs (CPM being well known) Code and application development (asm, basic, Pascal, Cobol, fortran....) word processing Graphics work (with the appropriate board) Accounting spread sheets (multiplan) Games, deadline, Zaxxon, Adventure, chess...long list. In a word most anything you might imagine. My s100 NS* system is one example that is still doing many of those things. Allison

26 years, 1 month

PDP11/34 Being Retired and Scrapped

by icyblackhand＠hotmail.com

I'd like it. Please contact Mike

26 years, 1 month

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