test-drb August 1998

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by kyrrin＠jps.net

At 09:54 08-08-98 -0500, you wrote: >A few people have asked what's the deal? Didn't I retire from collecting >antique computers? <read with much amusement, then snipped> I knew it! I keep telling people, 'It's in the genes. If you truly love the field, and the equipment, scrounging is as much a part of you as breathing, and you'll not be able to give it up for any length of time.' Do they believe me? Nooooooo. Not until something like this happens. ;-) Welcome back. Mind the aisleway. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Sysop, The Dragon's Cave BBS (Fidonet 1:343/272) (Hamateur: WD6EOS) (E-mail: kyrrin(a)jps.net) "Our science can only describe an object, event, or living thing in our own human terms. It cannot, in any way, define any of them..."

26 years, 4 months

Commodore Vic 20 power sup

by Marion.Bates＠Dartmouth.EDU

--- You wrote: Hummm... I saw a large box full of those in an electronics store. Unfortunately, that was about two years ago, and the store is about two hours away by BMW (Bus, Metro, Walk). And they were charging something like $8 CDN each. The specs listed on the top of my VIC-20 power supply are: INPUT: 117V 47-63Hz 40W OUTPUT: 10VAC 30VA --- end of quote --- I think I'll wind up buying one from somebody else on the list anyway. Thank you though! -- MB ------------------------------------ "YOU! Out of the gene pool!" <raoulduke(a)dartmouth.edu> http://www.dartmouth.edu/~marionba

26 years, 4 months

Apple III & Profile

by MicroAge97＠aol.com

hello, I think you need a program called catylist.. dave

26 years, 4 months

Macintosh SE questions.

by mark_k＠iname.com

On Sat, 8 Aug 1998 "Lawrence Walker" <lwalker(a)mail.interlog.com> wrote: > All non-Mac HDDs have this problem. Apple wanted to monopolize >their market. It's been a while since I struggled with my Mac+ but >there are several programs IIRC that you can use to format your HDD >so the Mac will accept it. I'm not sure but check out the Silverlining page >they have a free or shareware Lite program. There is likely something as >well in the classicmac archives http://www.zws.com/classicmacs/ Here's something that I found on a web page: Apple HD SC Setup 7.3.5 has a hidden switch to let you format ANY hard disk. To enable it you must edit resource "wfwr", ID 67 and change $00 to $ff ! [Use ResEdit to achieve this.] It seems to work; at least, HD SC Setup no longer quits on my (emulated) Mac with SCSI MO drive. Haven't got a blank disk to test it out fully though. (Aside: Is the old pre-System 6 Mac OS software still on the Apple site?) -- Mark

26 years, 4 months

Macintosh SE questions.

by DSEAGRAV＠toad.xkl.com

I got the SE to go. Now, I need to get the SCSI harddisk I have to work for it. It has a (limited) version of System 6.0.8, and I have a 200 meg SCSI external I plan on using. How do I get the Mac to initialize the SCSI disk? (I can worry about System 7 later...) Also, it has an 800k disk... Is there any way to cheat and make a PC produce these? Or will the Mac take 720k disks too? (I can make a Mac-formatted 720k disk with hfstools... But I can't format the SCSI disk with it - no SCSI controller in the PC.) -------

26 years, 4 months

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

by Anthony.Dellett＠Staples.com

I dont think my previous plea made it to the list, our mail system here is rather braindead. 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. Thanks Tony

26 years, 4 months

Macintosh SE questions.

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

In a message dated 8/7/98 10:17:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, healyzh(a)ix.netcom.com writes: > >I got the SE to go. Now, I need to get the SCSI harddisk I have > >to work for it. It has a (limited) version of System 6.0.8, and I have > >a 200 meg SCSI external I plan on using. > >How do I get the Mac to initialize the SCSI disk? (I can worry about > >System 7 later...) you have to run the apple hdsc setup program that should be able to identify and init the external drive. if it's not a genuine apple drive, it won't do it. if that's the case, i could send you a program to do it. david

26 years, 4 months

Xpost: HP item help wanted

by rhblake＠bbtel.com

If anyone can help him, please email him direct, not me. I have a feeling these items are not PC related. --------------------------------------------------------- Norman Johns <njohns(a)gfn.org> Burton, Mi USA - Saturday, August 08, 1998 at 08:57:44 Antique HP 50720A cdrom and CM 153/03 controller board. Looking for information/drivers for the above. This cdrom has a special 16 pin ribbon connector from it to the control board, another 10 pin ribbon connector???, a 5 switch DIP switch packet, plus the 4 pin power connector. The controller card has only 1 jumper block with 4 jumper positions. HELP! HELP! please.

26 years, 4 months

Commodore Vic 20 power sup

by rcini＠email.msn.com

On Fri, 7 Aug 1998 14:52:56 -0400, Salzman, Jeff" <jsalzman(a)hersheys.com> wrote: >>If I recall, the two prong VIC-20 power supply is simply a 9VAC 1A power >>supply. You can get or fabricate a replacement from Radio Shack parts. >>If you are replacing an existing dead P/S, you have the connector(s) you >>need to connect to a 9VAC transformer. If not, the connector is similar >>to the old AC power cables which were used on the '80s portable cassette >>players/radios or Remington electric razors. Right. R/S has two cords (278-1254 and 278-1256), but I think that the -1256 is the one. For the power supply, I bought a 9vAC 3.4a surplus power supply (Atari, I think) for $5 from Marlin P. Jones & Assoc., one of my favorite surplus catalogs. They carry a lot, but it seems that they specialize in power supplies of various types. When I'm building something, I go to them for the power portion of the project. Rich Cini/WUGNET <nospam_rcini(a)msn.com> - ClubWin/CW7 - MCP Windows 95/Windows Networking - Preserver of "classic" computers <<<< ========== reply separator ========== >>>>>

26 years, 4 months

Commodore Vic 20 power sup

by Marion.Bates＠Dartmouth.EDU

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