test-drb July 1998

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Off-topic informational anti-spam anecdotal

by peacock＠simconv.com

Here in Nevada a new anti-spam law just went into efect on July 1. Unsolicited commercial email, if sent after you request it to stop, is now a $5 (five dollars, that was not a typo) fine. I'm sure that will keep those spammers out of my mailbox. Jack Peacock -----Original Message----- From: Max Eskin [mailto:maxeskin@hotmail.com] Lawsuits are more effective because if he continues to do it, he'll lose all the money he made, maybe even go to jail.

27 years, 2 months

C64 parts

by Anthony.Dellett＠Staples.com

Okay, I'm gonna come right out and ask it... 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

27 years, 2 months

How many computers?

by mbg＠world.std.com

>Speaking of books, >has anyone seen the book "We Built our own Computers" by A.B. Holt, >Cambridge Univ. Press, published about 1966. I remember one from years ago which was how to build (and program) a simple computer using paperclips and lights... (and a program 'drum' made out of a coffee can). I think I still have it... is this what you're thinking of? Megan Gentry Former RT-11 Developer +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Megan Gentry, EMT/B, PP-ASEL | Internet (work): gentry(a)zk3.dec.com | | Unix Support Engineering Group | (home): mbg(a)world.std.com | | Digital Equipment Corporation | | | 110 Spitbrook Rd. ZK03-2/T43 | URL: http://world.std.com/~mbg/ | | Nashua, NH 03062 | "pdp-11 programmer - some assembler | | (603) 884 1055 | required." - mbg | +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

27 years, 2 months

hard drive data recovery

by maxeskin＠hotmail.com

I'm not sure what that means, but I assume that the servo surface contains a sort of coordinate system that the servo head reads and thus guides the other heads. If that assumption is correct, why isn't it possible to realign the thing with another servo platter? >Of course if it's a drive with a separate servo surface and the servo >head is the one that's crashed then you lose everything. > >-tony > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

27 years, 2 months

just wondering

by rcini＠email.msn.com

Well, I have DOS 1.1 (May, 1982) and Windows 1.03. In fact, I'm in the process of de-compiling DOS 1.1, now. BootSector: done. IBMBIO: 75% done. IBMDOS: not started yet. I'm still looking for DOS 1.0. In fact, I have copies of many true-IBM dos-es (not OEM versions). Rich Cini/WUGNET <nospam_rcini(a)msn.com> - ClubWin! Charter Member - MCP Windows 95/Windows Networking - Preserver of "classic" computers <<<< ========== reply separator ========== >>>>>

27 years, 2 months

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

by allisonp＠world.std.com

< A more "classic"-related question related to some faded brain < cell connections in my head: Wasn't there once a CP/M version of < the Norton utilities, long before the IBM PC was even a glimmer < in its parent's eyes? There were several for CP/M, apple][ and trs80. Most were bad sector scanners and disk editors. Very useful though as TRS80 and most cp/m crates with external drive would write garbage to any externally powered disks if the system was powered off with media in the drive. Alison

27 years, 2 months

How many computers?

by maxeskin＠hotmail.com

Let me tell you why one of my keyboards now has an 'enter' key with the corner smashed off by a hammer: the damn Packard Bell with all integrated serial ports, hard disk controller, etc. wouldn't let me set my modem up on COM2 or COM4. Plus, this took very long to verify because the hard disk controller makes the IDE act like a C= 1541. >> I will say this, though: At this point in the evolution of computers, if >> you find users of your systems are wanting regularly to add on more than >> three (or so) cards or sidecar modules, you have drastically misevaluated >> your target market and deserve to start haemorrhaging market share. IMO. > >No way!. Maybe for the average consumer PC (build the disk controllers, >serial/parallel ports, etc into the motherboard), but in my case I'll >want all sorts of strange special-purpose cards (user I/O, ADC, I2C, >special disk controllers, etc, etc, etc). > >I've managed to fill the 14 slots in a PC/XT+expansion chassis and still >wanted more!. BTW, is it possible to build one of those? How does it work? >> Those don't count. (: Even the monitor and power supply hookups are BERG >> strips. Sick. What is a BERG strip? ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

27 years, 2 months

Off-topic informational anti-spam anecdotal

by franke＠sbs.de

> Here in Nevada a new anti-spam law just went into efect on July 1. > Unsolicited commercial email, if sent after you request it to stop, is > now a $5 (five dollars, that was not a typo) fine. I'm sure that will > keep those spammers out of my mailbox. USD five ? HoHoHo. Stoping after request isnt exactly whats needed - The SPAM is already done. And getting a replay will make the address more valuable: now it is validates - the spammer now could sell the address to s.o. else for a single usage without any fear of beeing prosecuted. And you could still spamm the other people. And even if - Send out 5000 SPAMs and get 10 complains and pay USD 50 - thats USD 0.01 per 'customer contact' still _very_ cheap. I don't know if you ever looked into marketing, but companies are paying up to USD 20.00 for a singe use of ONE address. I don't think ths law will have any impact - very spaming friendly. Just done to get votes but avoide any change. Gruss H. -- Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut HRK

27 years, 2 months

Off-topic informational anti-spam anecdotal

by mbg＠world.std.com

>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. 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 Former RT-11 Developer +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Megan Gentry, EMT/B, PP-ASEL | Internet (work): gentry(a)zk3.dec.com | | Unix Support Engineering Group | (home): mbg(a)world.std.com | | Digital Equipment Corporation | | | 110 Spitbrook Rd. ZK03-2/T43 | URL: http://world.std.com/~mbg/ | | Nashua, NH 03062 | "pdp-11 programmer - some assembler | | (603) 884 1055 | required." - mbg | +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

27 years, 2 months

Europe tour

by wanderer＠bos.nl

If they still have it, the is an old PDP in the Utrecht office of Digital. As far as I can remember (have seen it at least 10 years ago) it's blue, has 3 panels and the centerpanel has a round tube (a scope tube?). There were also a lot of switches on the panels. I believe that the University in Utrecht has a museum of some sort with various computers which they used over the years. You might like to go to the Waterloo square in Amsterdam, every Monday till Friday there is a flea market, and certainly there will be some vintage stuff for sale. Ed

27 years, 2 months

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test-drb July 1998