test-drb September 1998

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DECmates up for grabs - contact original poster

by mbg＠world.std.com

>Xref: world comp.sys.dec.micro:8719 >Path: world!nntprelay.mathworks.com!news-peer.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!portc01.blue.aol.com!audrey01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail >From: whoagiii(a)aol.com (WHoagIII) >Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro >Subject: Re: Looking for WPS-Plus DOS and DECmates >Lines: 9 >NNTP-Posting-Host: ladder01.news.aol.com >X-Admin: news(a)aol.com >Date: 21 Sep 1998 18:15:47 GMT >Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com >References: <6tbn9i$8gt8$1(a)newssvr04-int.news.prodigy.com> >Message-ID: <19980921141547.20548.00002820(a)ng119.aol.com> I have several decmate IIs and IIIs that are going to be scrapped. I would be happy to sell one or all. $20 each plus shipping. I have 4 or 5 IIIs and a couple of IIs I think. I am in Portland, Oregon Thnks, Paxton Hoag whoagiii(a)aol.com WhoagIII(a)aol.com

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Shoe collectors?

by dastar＠ncal.verio.com

You people thought you were weird. Would you believe there's an article in the Wall Street Journal today about people who collect (and pay outrageous eBay sums for)--get this---old sneakers? A pair of some Nike something-or-others sold for $2,300 on ebay, and some fetch up to $5,000. And we thought all the money was in Altairs. I'm sorry, but sneakers I can not understand. Computers, yes. Beanie babies, maybe. Sneakers?? Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ever onward. September 26 & 27...Vintage Computer Festival 2.0 See http://www.vintage.org/vcf for details! [Last web site update: 09/21/98]

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Shoe collectors?

by roblwill＠usaor.net

Hey, You never know when you'll be put up against the forces of CHAOS, Max. :-) -- -Jason (roblwill(a)usaor.net) ICQ#-1730318 ---------- > From: CLASSICCMP(a)timaxp.trailing-edge.com > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> > Subject: RE: Shoe collectors? > Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 11:02 PM > > You know what I always wanted? A shoe phone. And with today's technology, > it'd be easy to do. (I'd have to learn some about shoe repair, but I > wouldn't mind.) Put that together with my cone of silence, and... > > -- > Tim Shoppa Email: shoppa(a)trailing-edge.com > Trailing Edge Technology Voice: 301-767-5917 > 7328 Bradley Blvd Fax: 301-767-5927 > Bethesda, MD, USA 20817

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Shoe collectors?

by CLASSICCMP＠timaxp.trailing-edge.com

>You people thought you were weird. Would you believe there's an article >in the Wall Street Journal today about people who collect (and pay >outrageous eBay sums for)--get this---old sneakers? You know what I always wanted? A shoe phone. And with today's technology, it'd be easy to do. (I'd have to learn some about shoe repair, but I wouldn't mind.) Put that together with my cone of silence, and... -- Tim Shoppa Email: shoppa(a)trailing-edge.com Trailing Edge Technology Voice: 301-767-5917 7328 Bradley Blvd Fax: 301-767-5927 Bethesda, MD, USA 20817

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Tandy 600 questions

by tomowad＠earthlink.net

I purchased a Tandy 600 at the York Hamfest on Sunday. The unit doesn't seem to work - the screen fills up with garbage (just alternating pixels, about 75% black). Anybody know what could cause this? I'm trying to take the unit apart so I can look at it, but its not opening up very easily. Are there screws under the four rubber feet on the bottom? They're in so good I'd have to tear them apart to get them out, which I hate to do unless I know there are actually screws under it. Thanks. Tom Owad -- Sysop of Caesarville Online Client software at: <http://home.earthlink.net/~tomowad/>

25 years, 9 months

Tandy 600 questions

by roblwill＠usaor.net

Don't take apart. The only time you should have to do this is when you need to replace the battery pack. Here's what you should do: Perform a cold start. Before you perform a cold start, be sure the RAM Memory switch on the bottom of the computer is ON. Then, briefly press the [BKSP], [ALT], [LABEL], and [POWER] keys at the same time. Release the [POWER] key first, then the others. All data files stored in memory are erased, and the System Manager screen appears. If this doesn't work, turn off the RAM switch, and try everything again after a minute. Just remember to turn the RAM switch back on before you do. GooD LucK, -- -Jason (roblwill(a)usaor.net) ICQ#-1730318 ---------- > From: Tom Owad <tomowad(a)earthlink.net> > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> > Subject: Tandy 600 questions > Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 9:06 PM > > I purchased a Tandy 600 at the York Hamfest on Sunday. The unit doesn't > seem to work - the screen fills up with garbage (just alternating pixels, > about 75% black). Anybody know what could cause this? > > I'm trying to take the unit apart so I can look at it, but its not > opening up very easily. Are there screws under the four rubber feet on > the bottom? They're in so good I'd have to tear them apart to get them > out, which I hate to do unless I know there are actually screws under it. > > Thanks. > > Tom Owad > > -- > Sysop of Caesarville Online > Client software at: <http://home.earthlink.net/~tomowad/> >

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Quantum Q540 as a RD52

by CLASSICCMP＠timaxp.trailing-edge.com

>VSfmt_RES_ERR #2 > 84 FAIL > >It does this for each of the drives. The drives "sound good" for what it's >worth. Is there some special trick to getting a Q540 to act like a RD52 Really silly question: what have you set the drive select jumper to on the Q540's? Generally on VAXen you have to set the DS to the third position (DS3 if it starts at one, DS2 if it starts at zero.) -- Tim Shoppa Email: shoppa(a)trailing-edge.com Trailing Edge Technology Voice: 301-767-5917 7328 Bradley Blvd Fax: 301-767-5927 Bethesda, MD, USA 20817

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Linux on S/370? Was: Re: printer socket (Off topic)

by Marty＠itgonline.com

How many DeForest double wing audions did Chris drop? Did they bounce or shatter? Marty ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: Linux on S/370? Was: Re: printer socket (Off topic) Author: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu at internet Date: 9/21/98 11:16 AM > Less S/370s out there? I would think, since they are more recent vintage, > there would be more. Any reason why? I'll keep my eyes peeled for you though. I think is simply the prestige of the S/360s. After all, they are probably the single most influential computer family of the 1960s. The S/370s just do not have the same magic in their name. > Yeah, even my beige box 9370 is boring as heck to look at :-( (It's a CMOS > version of the S/370 from 1987/88.) No interesting front panels, can't > tinker with hardware much at all, etc. Pah! Even the last of the machines tagged "System/370" started to lose their panels. By the time the 3033 and 4331 came out (mid to late 1970s), the panels were gone. IBM used the same cabinets until recently switching over to the black and red (very sharp looking) S/390s. S/370 panels are amazing. Unlike the S/360 panels, they are black with all sorts of color coding, and liberal use of the hexadecimal knobs for setting the registers. I would like to find a picture of any old S/370 on the Web, but I have not come accross one yet. > Christian Fandt, Electronic/Electrical Historian Lets give Chris a big hand for being an Auction helper at the Antique Wireless Association meet in Rochester, NY just a few weeks ago. He did not drop too many things. William Donzelli william(a)ans.net ------ Message Header Follows ------ Received: from lists2.u.washington.edu by smtp.itgonline.com (PostalUnion/SMTP(tm) v2.1.9i(b5) for Windows NT(tm)) id AA-1998Sep21.111603.1767.64703; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 11:16:04 -0400 Received: from host (lists.u.washington.edu [140.142.56.13]) by lists2.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with SMTP id IAA21788; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 08:14:03 -0700 Received: from mxu1.u.washington.edu (mxu1.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id IAA20766 for <classiccmp(a)lists.u.washington.edu>; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 08:13:53 -0700 Received: from il1.nyp.ans.net (il1.nyp.ans.net [147.225.190.5]) by mxu1.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with SMTP id IAA29679 for <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 08:13:52 -0700 Received: by il1.nyp.ans.net id LAA05654 (InterLock SMTP Gateway 3.0 for classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu); Mon, 21 Sep 1998 11:13:50 -0400 Received: by il1.nyp.ans.net (Internal Mail Agent-1); Mon, 21 Sep 1998 11:13:50 -0400 Message-Id: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980921110102.13855C-100000(a)titan.purch.ans.net> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 11:13:50 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu Sender: CLASSICCMP-owner(a)u.washington.edu Precedence: bulk From: William Donzelli <william(a)ans.net> To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers" <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Subject: Re: Linux on S/370? Was: Re: printer socket (Off topic) In-Reply-To: <199809211438.OAA21109(a)cyber2.servtech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN

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EDSAC on your desk.

by H.Davies＠latrobe.edu.au

At 07:21 PM 21-09-98 -0500, Doug Yowza wrote: >Excellent idea! That's part of the reason to choose Java :-) Sun's Java >compiler is written in Java, and generates code for the Java virtual >machine. Most of the Java runtime environment is also written in Java, >except for the machine-level glue which is written in a combo of C and >assembler. I guess the only difference is that BCPL is significantly smaller and simpler. I doubt that I could move Java to a new environment within a week, whereas I'd be confident that anyone with some simple programming skills could move BCPL, even with the limited documentation that exists. Huw Davies | e-mail: Huw.Davies(a)latrobe.edu.au Information Technology Services | Phone: +61 3 9479 1550 Fax: +61 3 9479 1999 La Trobe University | "If God had wanted soccer played in the Melbourne Australia 3083 | air, the sky would be painted green"

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x86 junk, AT/370 boards, etc. (was Re: printer socket (Off topic))

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<The AS/400 for example, is a non-micro. The problem, I guess, is that < when the computer market got a life of its own and was no longer < paid for by the government, PHBs didn't see the beauty of an 8-opcode ????? the government did make a few interesting machines but the bulk of them from Univac on were the result of private industry trying to make the better mouse trap. having played with a minuteman missle computer (you could get them surplus in the early '70s). I can say they are interesting for their day and hard as hell to program usefully as they were not innovative. < machine that had been developed for 10 years. And as long as computers < are commercial, we'll see much less of this 'interesting' stuff. < Maybe if Transmeta comes out with something, it will be interesting There are a lot of intresting machine of very current design that while not part of the converstation here as classics the cpus are none the less interesting even though they are neither PC or pc. Allison

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