test-drb June 1998

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by Mini7101＠aol.com

IBM publishes a CD known as the "white pages" or consultants guide which covers a large varriety of equipment that can be searched by"machine type" or text string. I will follow up with a contact # if I can find it. The drawback with this list is that as things get older they are dropped off the list. By the way, the 3089 is a check sorter used in LARGE banks. I deal in IBM mainframe stuff and can help with i.d.'s if you need it. I am looking for a listing of FRU's (field replaceable units) or part numbers in a digital format. If you know of anything like that available, I would appreciate it if you could pass it along.

26 years, 1 month

tandy printer

by outreach＠sufia.net

I looked up some useful info (though I never used it) recently for an old Tandy pin printer at their website. It was exceptionally complete and very helpful, including drivers if I remember right. tandy.com? if not, search. Sorry if someone else answered this earlier. Tom Penington-- outreach(a)sufia.net

26 years, 1 month

Final Xerox Star demo

by maxeskin＠hotmail.com

Do you mean the Boston Computer Museum specifically, or someplace else? I find it hard to believe that a computer museum would do something like that! >machines, I'd make sure that _no_ rare/classic computers got anywhere >near that museum! > >Is it just me, or are most museums clueless when it comes to electronic >exhibits? I've come across a museum that refuses to complete its PDP8 as >the 2 cards I offered them that they were missing were made a few years >after the the machine itself. This is a machine that was in use and taken >out of service BTW, so it's unlikely that all the cards were original. >Another collection I know about has managed to misplace a PDP12, a >PDP11/70 and all the printsets for them. Losing a board I can understand, >but 6' racks??? > >> >> One question though, wasent the Xerox 820 basically the same as the Alto? > >Only in the sense that both were computers :-) > >They had different CPUs (z80, as against a custom 16 bit thing), mass >storage (the Alto almost certainly had a hard disk), video (the Alto was >bitmapped), keyboad, OS/user interface, etc. > >-tony > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

26 years, 1 month

IBM stuff

by mark_k＠iname.com

On 31-May-98, Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net> wrote: > Hey, that really looks great! I heard a while back that IBM was going to >post all of their patents on the net. Now if HP will just do the same! The IBM Patent Server (http://www.patents.ibm.com/) contains details and images (at up to 300dpi) of the most recent 23 years of US patents, not just IBM's own. You can easily search for all HP patents using the Boolean Text Search facility. -- Mark

26 years, 1 month

More Commodore stuff for sale

by icyblackhand＠hotmail.com

How much for the VIC 20? MIKE

26 years, 1 month

HELP!!!!!!!

by icyblackhand＠hotmail.com

I'd like to send a message to all the members of the group, but I don't know how. Could you please send this message: If anyone in the group has an Apple Lisa that they're willing to sell, please contact me at icyblackhand(a)home.com. Thanks Mike ... and then email me and tell me how to do it, that would be great. Thanks a lot. P.S. Please put the subject as LISA Thanks a lot again. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

26 years, 1 month

Apple ][ video

by red＠bears.org

Hi. I found an Apple RGB monitor---the one with the electric tilt mechanism---at a thrift store the other day. It was styled like it belonged to some sort of older Apple ][ but I don't know which of them came with RGB output besides the //gs. Certainly not my ][plus! So what's the story on this beast and what did its DB15 connect to? ok r.

26 years, 1 month

Apple ][ video

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

In a message dated 98-06-02 15:58:47 EDT, you write: << I found an Apple RGB monitor---the one with the electric tilt mechanism---at a thrift store the other day. It was styled like it belonged to some sort of older Apple ][ but I don't know which of them came with RGB output besides the //gs. Certainly not my ][plus! So what's the story on this beast and what did its DB15 connect to? >> i have one also but i dont know anyway of testing mine. i think its called an applecolor 100 rgb monitor or something like that. supposedly it was very expensive when new. the apple /// is able to run it from what ive heard, but my /// isnt working right either. it can be used on a //e with the appropriate adaptor card. anyone know if it's analogue or digital rgb? i never got an image on mine when i tried to connect it to my //c and laser128. david

26 years, 1 month

Ressurecting FDDs (was Original IBM PC (was Re: Prices to p

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

In a message dated 98-06-02 15:57:21 EDT, you write: << > And while we're on the subject, has anyone figured out how to use a > standard PC/Teac fdd with a mac? >> I dont think it would be possible since the mac varies the drive speed to put more information on the disk. if it were possible, it would be a nonstandard format. david

26 years, 1 month

What is it called when the 60hz line power becomes something else?

by crf＠stoneweb.com

On Mon, 01 Jun 1998 14:49:39 rigdonj(a)intellistar.net remarked: > Oddly enough a lot of the HP stuff is spec'd to run on 50 to > 440 Hz. I'm not sure why unless it's to allow it to also be used > in aircraft but that doesn't seem likely. Shipboard applications are frequently run at 440 Hz as well as aircraft; it's quite common in military environments as it keeps the transformers small. Actually, I believe it's 400 Hz, not 440, but whats a few ticks between friends? On a similar note, ferroresonant transformers can do some very bizarre things when offered a mains frequency they weren't designed for. DG's Eclipse S/230 uses a single resonant transformer, rectifiers, and filter caps for its power supply and little else. The specifications call for a mains frequency deviation of under 1/2 Hz in either direction. However, if the frequency is good, the regulation that the supply gives is quite remarkable. ______________________________________________________________________ | | | | Carl Richard Friend (UNIX Sysadmin) | West Boylston | | Minicomputer Collector / Enthusiast | Massachusetts, USA | | mailto:carl.friend@stoneweb.com | | | http://www.ultranet.com/~engelbrt/carl/museum/ | ICBM: N42:21 W71:46 | |________________________________________________|_____________________|

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test-drb June 1998