At 11:40 PM 7/29/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Hate to say this, but your best bet is to find another email provider
>than Juno, since many of us have it severely killfilled. I don't, I
Not everyone can afford a different provider...
>You _are_ signed up for the list -- your message arrived. This does
Actually, one need not be signed up to send messages to the list. So he
probably isn't, and probably doesn't have web access to be able to find a FAQ.
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Does Wierd Stuff Warehouse in Sunnyvale have a web site? How about a phone#
(the one that I have "...has been disconnecte.")?
Rich Cini/WUGNET <nospam_rcini(a)msn.com>
- ClubWin/CW6
- MCP Windows 95/Windows Networking
- Preserver of "classic" computers
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PC Service Source, in my reseller experience, seems to always charge
high prices & take forever for parts they say are "in stock". not bad
for some things, and they will try to get things you can't find anywhere
else; but they are rather irritating because several times we were told
the parts were in stock and ended up waiting months for them to become
available. my two cents.
-Eric
P.S. - If anyone is interested, I'm willing to provide an edited copy of
my windows cardfile of vendors. have about 1000 pages, w/ contacts for
alot of diff manufacturers. email privately if interested. :)
Wayne Cox wrote:
> PC Service Source www.pcservice.com (sorry to mention the "P" word
> here) Parts for all kinds of systems, printers, and peripherals.
> Including old first-gen laser printers.
>
> -Wayne Cox
Well I landed an amazing C64 software score, with boxed sets of Ultima I,
all the Zork series, Neuromancer, an editor assembler package, a koala pad, a
bunch of joysticks, and a bunch of other stuff I can't remember. The boxes and
manuals are in almost _pristine_ condition! Didn't pay a dime... one of the
guys I work with was amazed that I liked this stuff and pulled it out of his
basement to give to me for a beer. Well, OK; I paid a beer. ;-)
Problem: I just noticed the C64 seems to have these dead keys '5, 7, 9,
and 0'. Looks to me like a dead bit on the keyboard controller, but I must
confess to ignorance on the internal details of how the C64 accepts key
presses. Can anyone give an overview, and would anyone know of a fix?
Thanks,
--jmg
Hello everyone...
I have two Tandy 1400HD laptops. One has an NEC V20 processor in it. The
other has an actual Intel 8088 processor. I checked with Tandy's support
site, and the 1400 series was shipped from the factory with the V20 chip.
The one that I have with an 8088 is also from the factory - it's the
original processor. The person who gave it to me was the original owner,
and she had never had it serviced. When I took it apart to try to fix the
power supply, that's when I noticed that the processor was different. When
buying a 1400 new, was it possible to order it with the Intel 8088 chip
instead of the NEC V20? Or was some mistake made at the factory (they ran
out of V20 chips?) and an Intel chip was put in this one? Does anyone else
have a 1400 with an Intel 8088? It this computer possibly worth more than
the one with the V20 (I doubt it)?
Any information is appreciated.
ThAnX,
--
-Jason
(roblwill(a)usaor.net)
ICQ#:1730318
I tried removing the hard drive and connecting it to a PC in order to
reload everything as Doug sugested. The drive is a Conner CP-3044 (2 heads
1047 cylinders, 42 Mb IDE). MS-DOS chokes on anything over 1024 cylinders
so I tried to run it on the PC with the cylinders set at 1024 and 1047 but
the system said "Drive 0: initialization failure" every time. Does anyone
know what drive geometry the Grid uses? I don't *think* the drive is
actually bad since I got past this point with the drive installed in the
Grid. Will the Grids boot from the external floppy drive? If so, does
anyone have one that I can borrow long enough to reload DOS and FastLynx?
Joe
< The best computer shelves I've found were sold in the SF bay area at Orc
< supply hardware. The brand name was "Gorilla Rack". They're heavy, and
< need a hammer to put them together but the shelf supports are about 14
< guage steel angle 2 1/2 inches by an inch quarter inch pressboard on top
< The whole assembly weighs 50 or 60 pounds unloaded, but I've got a pc,
< it's monitor, a scanner, a laser printer, a box of cassette tapes, and a
< on the one I have. It still has room and shows no signs of strain.
<
< I've seen these at Home Depot under another name.
Yes, same here. A simple addition is plywood 1fx2f or 1fx4f (rough size)
scred inside the angle steel that form the uprights to form a 3 sided box
around the shelf, then one of those cargo nets used for pickup trucks
in the front. Properly secured this will hold ANYTHING.
RE: earthquake zones. Assuming no fire, racks like that or standard
equipment racks can support amazing amounts of weight such that if the
"roof" should cave there is support to protect the equipment between and
in the racks.
Also if racks cannot be tied to the wall, then back to back works or
in groups of four with a two back to back and one at each end bolted
together as one large unit. The idea is to increase the effective size
of the footprint.
FYI most equipment racks should have anti tip foot (extensions to the
front) to keep their center of gravity from toppling them. Most also have
skid feet that were designed to support the rack off the casters,
minimally then should be adjusted down so they touch as that will
allow sliding but provide better support. Again multiple racks bolted
together will provide a very strong unit capable of holding up immense
weights. Another disaster trick is if the top of the rack is covered
water draining down can't easily get in. Small things can protect the
hardware from significant damage.
Allison
Hi,
I recently acquired a KIM-1 which is mounted inside a wooden case. The
board is stamped with a manufacturing date of 3/78 so it was
manufactured after Commodore bought MOS technologies. I know that
Commodore used metal cases back then. Does anyone know of any third
party manufactures that made cases for the KIM-1? This wooden case I
have looks too nice to be home made.
Second question,
I also acquired a microVAX-1. However, the VT240 terminal I attached to
it does not appear to be communicating with the VAX. What should the
number of data bits, parity, etc. be set to on the VT240? I've tried
just about everything I can think of. Could I be using the wrong cable
to connect the VAX console port to the terminal? Any help would be
appreciated.
Third question,
I have a Tektronix 4319 workstation with a dead harddrive. Does any one
know what maximum size SCSI drive I can connect to it?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Jonathan Kavanaugh
jonathan(a)iastate.edu
>My first PDP11 came as just the bare CPU + RK11-C controller. No drives
>or I/O cards. I spent a lot of money (relatively) on my first RX02, RK05
>and some cards. 1 month later, people were giving me the things !
Gee, my first -11 was an 11/10 bought (refurbished from Digital) back in
1979 or so... it was the CPU box only. No interfaces save for the
console terminal (at 20ma). I didn't even have an H960 to put it in.
I had to buy that from Digital salvage later on... I finally found some
RX02s and a controller, TU60 deccassette and controller and I was off...
I ran RT-11 and the virtual terminal software (which later became VTCOM)
and worked from home over an AJ 300 baud modem... Later on I got a
DF02 and was able to do 600baud, and a DF03 and 1200baud...
Oh yeah, I took a loan (home improvement :-) to get the -11...
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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I've got a big handful of 27128's here that I don't need. If you have
anything smaller than a 2764 (ie: anything from a 1708 up to a 2732),
and would like to trade one-for-one, give me a holler.
Cheers,
Bill.
