test-drb July 1998

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by franke＠sbs.de

> BBC Microcomputer Model B-plus B-plus ? Never heard of it or is this jus another motherboard revision ? > Torch Z80 Card x 2 ?? same here. Gruss H. -- Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut HRK

26 years, 5 months

How many computers?

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jul 15, 0:47, Christopher Denham wrote: > I have a Torch its a big box 2 5 1/4 drives plugs into the Tube of > the BBC and runs msdos about half the speed of a XT ......... That sounds like a Graduate. There were several Torch units; the original was a Eurocard-sized Z80 processor that fitted inside the BBC and came with dual double-sided 80-track drives in a case styled to fit under the Beeb. Notorious for noisy head solenoids and a rather iffy SMPSU. Then came the Graduate, based on an 8086 (?), followed by the Unicorn, which was a repackaged Beeb with a Z000 (? or 68000?) running a Xenix derivative. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Dept. of Computer Science University of York

26 years, 5 months

taking care of bad sectors... easy stuff. Was: Re: hard

by jeff.kaneko＠ifrsys.com

At 09:37 AM 7/15/98 -0500, you wrote: E-Mail Me privately, at: jeff.pat(a)mindspring.com Jeff >OK, easy on that anti-MS stuff. Kai might be reading :) Anyway, Scandisk >is useful for erasing lost files which is all I use it for. Does anyone >have an old copy of Spinrite or know of a place where I could get it? >How much does the latest one go for? > >>I truely hate the brain-damaged program >>ScanDisk as nothing more than a Trojan Horse! Microsoft should have >>known better than to put out something like that. I have *never* had a >>problem with Spinrite although that probably includes only a few >hundred >>drives I have worked on. >> > > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >

26 years, 5 months

MAD Computer

by jeff.kaneko＠ifrsys.com

At 10:01 AM 7/15/98 -0500, you wrote: I'll bet I know-- My MAD-1 (nee TELEX 1186) had a card with such a BNC connector. It was used for connectivity with IBM mainframes (3720 Emulation?), and pretty much useless for anything else. Jeff >Speaking of TELEX, they once had the tan-colored 286 boxes, pretty >small, with only a 3.5" fdd and a hardcard. They had a BNC connector >emanating from the motherboard. Does anyone know what that was for? If >it's a network card, does anyone know about drivers? > >>I once had one of these nasty little beasties. In fact, it was >>a rare version that was badged for TELEX/Memorex. It used an >>80186 CPU-- It was fast, at least to me, anyway (although >>I don't recall the clock speed). > > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >

26 years, 5 months

Atari 800 (was free atari in Sacremento)

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

In a message dated 98-07-15 05:19:21 EDT, thomas pfaff put forth: << What always amazed me was this huge aluminum casting at the center of the machine where you inserted the BASIC and game cartridges. That casting must have added significant cost to manufacturing the >> well, my atari 400 is the same way. ive never seen a computer with so much metal in it like that. perhaps it was for emissions issues? the 400 had that dreadful keypad too so i can imagine even the best typist could only type about 1-2cps. david

26 years, 5 months

C64 parts

by manney＠lrbcg.com

I've several junk C64's I have been saving, if you want parts from them. manney(a)lrbcg.com "Enough is abundance to the wise." -- Euripides >Anyone know a good source of C64/C128 parts in the US (the chips >mostly). I have a C128 and two C64s that are going to require >replacement chips and I have no idea where to get them. > >Thanks >Tony > > >

26 years, 5 months

Rare vs. Desirable

by fmc＠reanimators.org

> What is it with Apple and clear plastic cases anyways? I think I remember > clear plastic Apple ]['s at dealers. Did Apple do this for all of their > models? I remember clear plastic Apple ][ lids. In fact I think I remember seeing them for sale in Computerland in Rockville, MD way long ago, but can't recall whether they were made by Apple or just made to fit. Just the thing to show off your new computer inside its boring beige case. Apple is not alone in the clear-plastic business. I've seen clear cases for some older HP calculators from the mid-to-late 1970s. -Frank McConnell

26 years, 5 months

Off-topic informational anti-spam anecdotal

by dastar＠ncal.verio.com

This is totally off-topic but this is the kind of thing you all can appreciate, and it may even help some of you. For the last several months I have constantly been spammed by what can be described as Son-of-Spamford. There's some spam e-mail software marketing company in Los Angeles that sends out millions of these messages I guess. They use web crawlers that steal e-mail addresses from web pages. They then send out this spam letter with forged headers and false return addresses. Very annoying. However, they do include a phone number and address at the end of the spam. Interesting. I've included the message at the end of this message so you can see if you've been spammed by these assholes as well. I was so incensed at one point that I was almost going to buy a plane ticket, fly down to L.A. with a box full of this spam e-mail printed out, kick the door open to the office that these guys are in, find the president of this "company", beat the shit out of him (or pimp-slap her), then start shoving the printouts down this person's throat (yes, this is rather violent :) But I soon figured out that the address was merely a private mailbox, and the phone number rings into a voicemail box. Hmmm. Well, I have the resources to find out where this number rings in to, possibly track down the service provider, but then what? Then I realized, "Hey, I have a PBX, a T-1 and a voicemail system with 16 ports...its time to have some fun." Thus sprang forth the Spaminator! The Spaminator is something I threw together in about 10 minutes. What the Spaminator does is call the offendor's number, wait for the voicemail to answer, dial a digit to cut thru the outgoing message, then it starts singing simple tunes by playing "spam" in different notes. I recorded a "spam" scale with my own voice. Basically I sang "spam" starting from A and going to G. I created 10 different song files, with simple tunes such as "Mary Had a Little Spam", "Twinkle Twinkle Little Spam", "Happy Spamday", "We Shall Overcome (the spam)", "Jingle Spam", "Popeye the Sailor Spam", and a few others. The Spaminator randomly selects three spam tunes to play for each call. It plays the tunes, then hangs up and calls right back up again. The Spaminator is currently running, filling up the spammers voicemail box with spam tunes. Hopefully, it will fill up the voicemail box and they won't be able to receive any other messages. Also, it will bring them much anguish as they constantly try to delete these messages that don't stop coming. The last I checked the Spaminator had played over 100 spam tunes into their voicemail box. I am ecstatic. The Spaminator will continue to run over night. Tomorrow morning I will check its progress (it keeps a log of all tunes it plays so I know how many it did). If anyone is interested in utilizing the Spaminator for spaminating other egregious spammers, let me know. I can easily program it to simultaneously call out to other phone numbers and sing a symphony of spam for them as well. I hope that my simple solution brings some manner of grief to these idiots, whoever they are. Ideally it will give them more anguish than their constant barrage of spam has brought me. I will not relent. My next step is to try and track down the actual owners of this "business", try to find out their other phone numbers (preferrably home numbers) and unleash the Spaminator on those numbers as well. Thanks for letting me vent. 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26 years, 5 months

Help ID Emulex quad module(here's more info...)

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jul 15, 15:01, Christian Fandt wrote: > This is "tomorrow". More details from that silvery sticker: > > "TOP ASSY TC0210201-FSH" > "S/N 93395" > "Sub ASSY C3987 C" > > Hmmm, that Top Assy number has TC02 in it Tim. Also, when looking at the > board from the component side up, edge fingers downward, there is a male > 26-pin header at top left and a male 20-pin header at top right. In top > center is a 4-position DIP switch (SW1) and a single LED (CR1). Just to > left of center and downward there are SW2 and SW3 which are both > 10-position DIP switches. "C3987" is on a small bar coded sticker under the > left-hand 50-pin header. > > With that TC02 in the Top Assy number would that mean this is indeed a TC02 > tape I/F as you figured? It's exactly the TC02 that I have (and have the manual for). The two male headers you mentioned are for diagnostics connections the factory used. It can handle up to 4 tape drives (that's what 4 of 10-way DIP switch are for). I can dig out the manual for you next week -- sorry, this week is too hectic to do it right now. You might want to send me some private email to remind me, of course :-) > If so what tape drive model(s) should I be looking for? Any Pertec-interface drive. Kennedy drives were popular. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Dept. of Computer Science University of York

26 years, 5 months

Off-topic informational anti-spam anecdotal

by poesie＠geocities.com

Speaking of, does *67 cost? I've been up to the same pranks as Sam, w/ a local "mass marketer." I vaguely recalled it being a feature that cost nothing, but I never was sure. Sorry to keep this thread going, as humourous as it is :) -Eric >Don't forget to dial *67 or whatever the sequence is in your area to >disable the caller ID from being passed on to the recipient. If not, >they may have proof of your harrassing phone calls (and I'm sure such >slime would resort to it...) > > Megan Gentry

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test-drb July 1998