test-drb August 1998

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I dont think my plea ever made it to the list...

by Anthony.Dellett＠Staples.com

Anything that will store bits for an IMSAI with the stock 8080 processor card. Thanks Tony > -----Original Message----- > From: Jack Peacock [mailto:peacock@simconv.com] > Sent: Friday, August 07, 1998 4:42 PM > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers > Subject: RE: I dont think my plea ever made it to the list... > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dellett, Anthony [mailto:Anthony.Dellett@Staples.com] > >I need a S-100 RAM card of any size to test my IMSAI. If > anyone has one > they feel comfortable parting with, please let me know. > > Your last msg did make it. Do you need 8 bit, 16 bit, > static, dynamic, > 16 bit address, 24 bit address, mixed RAM and ROM, do you have a boot > ROM of some kind, what CPU card are you using, do you have a front > panel? I'll check and see if I have anything to spare this weekend. > The catch is the S-100 boxes are piled 6 hi and chances are the spare > card is in the bottom one, plus I have to unscrew each top to look > inside. > Jack Peacock >

25 years, 11 months

Lisa battery leakage??

by dastar＠ncal.verio.com

Ok, what are all you other Lisa owners talking about? I pulled my Lisa down to check to make sure the batteries haven't spilled out all over the place and didn't find any anywhere, and niether did I find any terminals where batteries would go. I've had this for 6 years now, and last year I featured it in the VCF exhibition and it booted right up, so it makes sense that I don't have a bettery leakage problem, but I'm wondering what other people have in theirs? Maybe mine is a later model Lisa with a different motherboard. Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ever onward. September 26 & 27...Vintage Computer Festival 2.0 See http://www.siconic.com/vcf for details! [Last web site update: 08/03/98]

25 years, 11 months

Fun with an image editor...

by DSEAGRAV＠toad.xkl.com

Know those lame "JoeBob's_Random_Browser_NOW!" buttons? I slightly edited one (Yes, this is relevant.) Go look at http://makoto.umtec.com This is really interesting coming from my MicroVAX... I think I'll do a ITS-NOW! button next, with a link to a copy of "The HACRTN"... -------

25 years, 11 months

Copy II PC Deluxe Option Board

by karlm＠blitzen.canberra.edu.au

Hi, I have one of the above, and I decided to drag it out and see if it still works, (which it did). The thing I was wondering was, did Central Point ever release the specs to the card? If not is there any chance of them doing so? As this would be a great boon to those of us who collect older stuff Cheers Karl ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Karl Maftoum Computer Engineering student at the University of Canberra, Australia Email: k.maftoum(a)student.canberra.edu.au

25 years, 11 months

Recent Updates: Highgate's PDP-8 Page

by mcquiggi＠sfu.ca

Hi All: Just a short note to remind everyone of the pdp-8 info that's online at http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/pdp8. Scans by David Gesswein, web page and small utilities by myself. New stuff just added: RK05 info, DM01 info, RX01/02 info COS-310 documentation, WPS documentation. More being added daily, Kevin --- Kevin McQuiggin VE7ZD mcquiggi(a)sfu.ca --- Kevin McQuiggin VE7ZD mcquiggi(a)sfu.ca

25 years, 11 months

FW: Dos v2.11 apology

by roblwill＠usaor.net

> I can personally guarantee that that isn't the only mailer/reader your > computer will run. Or I will shit in my hat and wear it backwards for a > month. (If your school/job/ISP has made a decision not to allow to use > anything better, it doesn't mean your computer can't do it). > > well , it WILL run other readers, but they won't fit. I have a Cyrix P200+ w/80 MB RAM, and I had a 425 MB HD with 100 free MB, until lightning hit. Now I'm stuck with a 100MB drive with 5MB free. MS-mail came with IE3.2, which was already on the 100MB drive, along with Win '95. I normally use Outlook Express, with IE4.0, but they just won't fit on this drive :-( -- -Jason (roblwill(a)usaor.net) ICQ#-1730318

25 years, 11 months

Apple III & Profile

by allisonp＠world.std.com

< >believe it was also available for the IBM PC, PDP11, Sage, etc. I've run it on Apple][, NS* Horizon(z80), and PDP-11/23 and all worked the same and fairly well though a bit slow. it was honest pascal and I used it to teach many people the language. < As for Sam's childhood trauma disk injury, should we discuss < which systems didn't have a hardware-based "disk changed" indicator, < and which relied on software methods to prevent that sort < of disaster? All of the systems I used DIDNOT have disk change logic, nor was it needed. the P-system does volcheck on a disk before writing or reading to make sure it's the right one. Likely the volume was of the same name or the kernel was corrupted. I know this as the NS* was only 80k per drive and three drives and I'd often put the wrong disk where ever. Also Most version had dupdir so if one directory was munged you could copy the other and use it. Allison

25 years, 11 months

PET 4016

by foxnhare＠goldrush.com

> From: <cdrmool(a)interlog.com> > Subject: PET 4016 > > I picked up a Commodore Pet for old times sake (it was the first desktop > computer I ever got my hands on). Unfortunately a couple of keys are not > responding consistantly. I suspect that some goop got spilled on it at > some point (it was a board of education computer originally). I tried > some head cleaner which has worked for me before but not this time. > Anyone with experience with this with advice? > > > TIA > colan Remove the keyboard and undo all those little screws (takes a long time, especially after the second or third try to get a particular key working again.) , unsolder the shift-lock switch then 'Erase' the circuit board contacts with a pink pearl eraser then use the head cleaner to clean the board further. Ususally the rubber 'feet' of the keys become dry or gunky and will need to be cleaned to get them going I have seen jobs on PET keyboards to as far as putting gold leaf on the feet, but it seems to only be a temporary fix... I have found as a last resort to a troublesome key is a light brush (on the rubber foot) with fine sand paper can get the contact working again. Careful what you try you don't want to damage anything. > From: Scott Walde <scott(a)saskatoon.com> > Subject: Re: PET 4016 > > >Thanks, I'll give that a try. I was hoping that the head cleaner would > >work its way under the keys and do the job, To get it to where it is needed from the outside you would just about have to soak it in cleaner (not good for the key ledgends). :/ > but I'll have to bite the > >bullet and go inside. It's not that bad, very simple design, just be grounded when you unplug and re-plug the keyboard cable... > By the way, what peripherals went with this thing? > > Typically a tape drive, maybe a disk drive, maybe a printer. The disk > drives and printers connected to the IEEE-488 bus. (One of the two > bigger edge connectors on the back.) The tape drive (the drives used on > the VIC-20 will work) connects to the narrow edge connector. Also the IEEE-488 can hook to a variety of scientific and Electronic Measuring Devices, Plotters, etc. There were also Graphics boards (for higher resolution) graphics tablets, and other nifty goodies. Check out the PET FAQ I maintain for more information: http://www.goldrush.com/~foxnhare/petfaq.html -- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Larry Anderson - Sysop of Silicon Realms BBS (300-2400bd) (209) 754-1363 Visit my Commodore 8-Bit web page at: http://www.goldrush.com/~foxnhare/commodore.html -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-

25 years, 11 months

FW: Dos v2.11

by allisonp＠world.std.com

< Not being a OS programmer, I don't know what the app was looking for, < but the Lynx software barfed on 3.0,3.2,3.3 with the error message < "software will run only under DOS 2.x, please correct and try again". < I've tried several PC and MS DOS versions and setver of several flavors < (6.0,6.2,6.22) and DR-DOS 5,6,7 and it won't run except under < 2.0,2.1,2.11(Tandy version). Then do a "help setver" from dos and read up. That is what setver is for. Allison

25 years, 11 months

Philips XT with 768K

by roblwill＠usaor.net

> > Oh there are: > > Miniscribe (early Maxtor) 8051A (40MB, voice coil) supports XT or AT > mode. Seagate in either: ST325A/X or ST351A/X (quiet stepper but > pretty good). > Thanks! Now, does anyone have a spare one of these drives laying around?? > And Tandy have website for every all the way back to early models. > Search for it with www.metacrawler.com > > By the way, squash the thoughts of getting IE installed. Get > Netscape 3.04 gold (very reliable, appox 15MB total) and seperate > email program like Pegasus Mail (under 1MB), suitable programs for > mail use. Netscape 4.x is too new and too bloated for current > crop of late 486's and most pentiums. Real bad program is IE 4.x > which breaks everything especially angering those notebook owners. > I already tried it. Nothing ever loaded right. Java never worked, either. IE4 worked fine. It also worked fine on my Toshiba laptop, until the HD blew for the 4th time (IE didn't do it). -- -Jason (roblwill(a)usaor.net) ICQ#-1730318

25 years, 11 months

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test-drb August 1998