At 09:09 PM 7/28/98 -0700, you wrote:
>How do you plan to digitize the recordings in the first place? I'd like
>to do that too, but soundcards are pretty lousy recording devices. I figure
>it's a fundamental problem to have audio equipment sitting on a computer
>bus. I'd really like to see an affordable external D/A/D box.
The Atari Falcon (while not quite 10 years, I think) had a built-in
Motorola DSP (56661?) in it for digitial recording. Dunno your definition
of "affordable," but they can be had for around $600. Just add a big SCSI
hd...
One thing, though, the DSP in the Falcon records at (iirc) 48mumblemumble
instead of the 44(?)mumblemumble used for CD's. (I forget what it's
measured in but the Falcon is off a little, so you have to do some
finagling to get it onto the CD or whatever. A little research in the
Atari newsgroups should take care of it.)
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I've finished mangling e-mail addresses on the rescue squad volunteer
list. If you find any mistakes, or dislike what the random number
generator did to you, let me know about it. (Those requests should
probably go just to me, and not to the whole list.)
Later,
Bill.
< Peter Wendt in Germany has a Microchannel Enthusiasts Page at
< http://members.aol.com/mcapage0/mcaindex.htm and has a program for free
< known as QBMCA that will look at the adapter cards and show the ID and n
that was a big help.
Thanks everyone that get me to the point were I can start testing the
scanner...
Allison
Most of my collection is on the floor, or on tables. Since you live
in SF, land of earthquakes, I will recommend something I learned from
years of boating...
"If something can possibly end up on the floor..
... start it there..."
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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If they are matchboxed sized, they might be from a GRiDPad...
At 01:04 AM 7/30/98 -0500, you wrote:
>> I didn't notice a ring. They were cigarette size boxs and marked "Grid
>> 120" and had a connector at one end.
>
>Those sound like the removable hard drives from my GRiD 1810, one of the
>made-in-Japan plastic GRiDs.
Okay, so I picked up an HP 9000/345 (and a /310) and an HP-IB HD unit with
3 5.25" FH hard drives in it. And I've got an HP-IB cable. So, what else
do I need to get a unix-ish box up and running? Note, the HD was not
purchased from the same place as the 9000, so the chances of it having a
valid OS on it are slim.
I did come across the HP9000 FAQ, but it doesn't really address my situation.
As I understand it, I can run either HP-UX or NetBSD, of which the latter
is the more affordable option?
So, any tips on what to do next (aside from hooking them together and
turning them on to check for smoke leaks) would be greatly appreciated.
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But microsoft would have to change the license for that. Apple never
sold System 7.0 and below as a commercial product, so they didn't
really 'handle' it. Of course, you could always get Linux, X11, wine,
and DOSemu to take care of your problem (albeit in 10 times the disk
space :)
>
>I love how Apple handled that. I just wish you could do the same on
>Microsoft's site. Windows 3.0 and below, DOS 5.0 and below would do the
trick!
>
>At 12:15 PM 7/29/98 -0700, you wrote:
>>At 02:34 PM 7/28/98 -0600, you wrote:
>>>MacOS 7.0, and I THINK owning a mac gives you a license to an
operating
>>system
>>>- although I'd have to check.
>>
>>MacOS through 7.0 is freely available from apple, and can be copied
>>legally. 7.1 and above are still commercial products (not available
for
>>free or legally copiable.)
>>
>>
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>>
>>Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad
>>roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen
know."
>>Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates
>>San Francisco, California
http://www.sinasohn.com/
>>
>
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What is a multispeed anyway? Is it a turbo XT? How much does it
weigh?
>
>If anyone really wants one of these I can pick two up (unknown
condition)
>at a local thrift store for $4.98 each and ship it at your cost.
>
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On 30 Jul 98 at 10:43, Russ Blakeman wrote:
> A buddy of mine just got a Mac SE Superdrive computer that he says has
> a hardware pasword. Any ideas on how to disable it - jumpers, key
> combos, pull the battery, software, what?
The password on an SE can only be implemented at software level on
the boot volume (internal hard disk), so you can forget about
batteries and jumpers.
Guess 1: the password is implemented using a fairly insecure shareware
tool.
Try holding down the Shift key on boot up. If the Mac is running
System 7 or greater this (usually) prevents extensions from loading.
You can then try to identify the extension (INIT in older Mac
speak) that is locking down the computer. Note: there are one or two
utilities that can disable Shift-booting in System 7.
Try booting from System 6 or 7 Disk Tools (downloadable from
ftp.info.apple.com) which both work fine on an SE. You will need a
Mac to generate the boot disk. Try booting from this disk and try
looking for a suspicious extension or INIT in the System Folder.
If necessary, move all of the extensions (or INITs) out of the system
folder altogether (eg folder at root area of hard disk); the Mac SE
will still boot without them.
Guess 2:
If you've moved all of the extensions and you're still getting a
password dialog box, it may well be a more sophisticated security
tool (eg FileGuard, Empower). Boot from your Disk Tools disk yet
again and run "Apple HD SC Setup". With any luck, you should see the
name of the hard disk and it will be identified (most likely) as SCSI
Device 0. Press on the "Update" button to replace the SCSI driver on
the hard disk (surprisingly this will defeat some of the older
security tools). Don't be surprised if a dialog box pops up asking
for a password.
Even then you're not necessarily 100% stuck. If the security software
has encrypted the hard drive, the only solutions are to enter the
correct password or to format the hard drive. The security software
will even try to prevent you from formatting the hard drive but there
are ways around this.
If the security software has not encrypted the drive, you can boot
>from a floppy and supress scanning of the SCSI bus on startup by
holding down Command-Option-Shift-Backspace. You can then use a disk
editor such as Norton to hack away at the boot blocks to remove the
offending software. The hard disk will no longer boot but you can
access the contents; running the "Update" function on "Apple HD SC
Setup" will repair the disk sufficiently so that you can reinstall
the System software.
Phil
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At 01:04 AM 7/30/98 -0500, you wrote:
>On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Joe wrote:
>
>> I tried holding down the R key and a bunch of others with no effect. The
>> error message that I'm getting says "No System file". I'm afraid the hard
>> drive has been erased. I don't have an external drive, is there anyway to
>> restore the system files without the external drive?
>
>Hmm, 'R' right after power-up should let you boot from whatever's in ROM.
>If that doesn't work, you might try either taking the hard disk out and
>accessing it from another box, or put a SCSI or floppy controller in your
>expansion box and try booting from another device ('F' would force a
>floppy boot, but I don't know if that works from the expansion tray).
>
OK I'll try that. Probably be a while before I have a chance though.
>> I didn't notice a ring. They were cigarette size boxs and marked "Grid
>> 120" and had a connector at one end.
>
>Those sound like the removable hard drives from my GRiD 1810, one of the
>made-in-Japan plastic GRiDs.
OK, Do you need some more?
Joe
>
>-- Doug
>
>
