Jim Weiler wrote:
> I thought this listserve might appreciate these. I know I do. If anyone
> knows of a source for these, other than the one I've attributed below,
> I'd appreciate knowing of it. -Jim
>
> COMPUTER HAIKU
>
> Imagine if, instead of cryptic, geeky text strings, your computer produced
> error messages in haiku...
[Seventeen haiku
all really hilarious
are snipped from this point]
> Best I can tell, this can be traced back to Tanya Olsen
> (tanya.olsen(a)smtpgate.coga.state.co.us). I don't know if she wrote them, or
> just passed them on. I haven't checked it out. All I can say is that I
> appreciate them, and thank the creator, whoever it was, from one poet to
> another. They are very good, IMHO. -Jim Weiler <heavy(a)tstar.net>
There used to be a long list at
http://www.mong.demon.co.uk/haiku.htm
but it seems to have disappeared. I think all yours were on it - I have
an hard copy at home. Anyone know where it's gone?
I think Haiku error messages are a good idea, and now I work off my
frustration by making them up for errors I get, such as:
CC:Mails are stored
all in one big database
which you can't access.
Philip.
i posted an old computers wanted ad in a local newsgroup and today i came home
with a sanyo mbc-1000 cpm computer. came in its original box and plastic wrap
and included system disks and manuals and wordstar, reportstar, and datastar,
calcstar and mailmerge on original disks. i also got a star gemini10 printer.
the proof of purchase shows over $1700. system is very clean and booted up
with no problems. even has a pleasant keyclick through the speaker too. i also
got a lead on some dec stuff, but no reply back from the induhvidual yet.
david
On Sep 15, 16:15, CLASSICCMP(a)timaxp.trailing-edge.com wrote:
> Subject: RE: Tape Storage for Dummies
[Attribution lost] wrote:
> > but quite a few "common" ISO/ANSI standards seem to
> >have ECMA equivalents (ISO9660 is a definite example).
>
> It looks to me like ECMA-13, "File Structure and Labelling of Magnetic
> Tapes for Information Interchange", may be the equivalent.
>
> >Copies of these standards cost money to obtain from ISO or ANSI, but the
> >identical ECMA documents are available free of charge from the ECMA web
site at
> >http://www.ecma.ch/.
>
> ECMA-13 isn't available electronically, but it does indeed seem to be
> the case that they will provide hardcopy free of charge.
Many of the ISO standards are just the nationally-approved copies of the
ECMA standards. As has been pointed out, they're not all available online,
but they will supply hardcopy free -- it just takes several weeks to get
them :-) Or you can order the ECMA CD-ROM, which has most of the
standards, including many that are not online.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
>Speaking of things from the East, does anyone have any microcomputers from
>the former Soviet Union? Reportedly they made some sort of 8080 clone
>(though it was in a 48-pin package); I've also heard of an Apple ][ clone.
I had a Korean Apple II clone. It was in a white case similiar to the
Franklin Ace. The keyboard had an ordinairy US layout, for the most
part, but the keys were also labeled in Korean. A key combo was used to
switch between the two alphapbets.
Tom Owad
--
Sysop of Caesarville Online
Client software at: <http://home.earthlink.net/~tomowad/>
Please contact Birger directly if you are interested in the PCjr.
Cliff Gregory
cgregory(a)lrbcg.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Cliff Gregory <cgregory(a)lrbcg.com>
To: Birger A. Bentsen <ansgar(a)ix.netcom.com>
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: PCjr
>Hi Birger,
>
>Thanks for the inquiry. I already have a fair quantity of PCjr hardware,
so
>I really wouldn't be interested in any more at this time; however with your
>permission I can post the availability of the computer with various
>newsgroups and mailing lists that I subscribe to. Surely there will be
>someone there who would give it a nice home. Please don't discard this
>classic. Let me know if it is OK to post your message.
>
>Regards,
>
>Cliff Gregory
>cgregory(a)lrbcg.com
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Birger A. Bentsen <ansgar(a)ix.netcom.com>
>To: cgregory(a)lrbcg.com <cgregory(a)lrbcg.com>
>Date: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 8:07 AM
>Subject: PCjr
>
>
>>Cliff Gregory:
>>I contacted the PCjr Club in Eugene, OR, asking if the club knew of
>>anyone who might be interested in a PCjr. I received an e-mail message
>>listing your name as someone who might be able to "find a home" for my
>>old PCjr.
>>I have one PCjr Enhanced Version in working order. I don't want to throw
>>it away, rather, I would like to find someone who might want to keep it.
>>
>>Let me know if you are interested. I live in Riverside, a suburb of
>>Dayton, OH.
>>
>>
>
>>Should've answered this in the previous message: you can order a copy
>>from http://www.ansi.org/, the designation is ANSI X3.27, and it costs
>>US$32.00.
>This isn't really on-topic
I'd disagree - it certainly *is* on topic. The standards used to produce
magnetic and other computer media are of extreme interest to me, both
professionally and otherwise :-).
> but quite a few "common" ISO/ANSI standards seem to
>have ECMA equivalents (ISO9660 is a definite example).
It looks to me like ECMA-13, "File Structure and Labelling of Magnetic
Tapes for Information Interchange", may be the equivalent.
>Copies of these standards cost money to obtain from ISO or ANSI, but the
>identical ECMA documents are available free of charge from the ECMA web site at
>http://www.ecma.ch/.
ECMA-13 isn't available electronically, but it does indeed seem to be
the case that they will provide hardcopy free of charge.
--
Tim Shoppa Email: shoppa(a)trailing-edge.com
Trailing Edge Technology Voice: 301-767-5917
7328 Bradley Blvd Fax: 301-767-5927
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> Subject: Using Commodore 15xx drives on PC's...
> Someone found this and sent me a link to it, a cable made to allow
> hookup to any of the Commodore 15xx serial bus drives to your parallel
> port on your PC.
>
> http://www.student.informatik.th-darmstadt.de/~mepk/c64/hw/cables/x1541.html
There has been some discussion on this in the CBM Hacker's maillist about the
newer parallel ports not being able to handle the voltage levels used by the
Commodore's IEC. Here is a copy of one of the latest in the chain:
> Subject: Re: New X1541 standard
> From: "Frank Kontros" <frank(a)kontr.uzhgorod.ua>
>
> Hi Ruud,
>
> >New X1541-cable,
> >
> >A lot of people happily use the X1541-cable to connect their PC with their
> >C= equipment. I was one of them until one day my PC started to smoke. I
> >opened my PC and found out that my I/O-card had gone to the moon. From that
> >day on I used X1541 only in combination with an old-fashion all-TTL-ICs
> >card and was happy again.
>
> Happily I gone into that conclusion in very early time :-)
>
> >When soldering the cable I instantly knew there was something fishy about
> >it because I knew the lines of the IEC-bus were used to transport signals
> >in two directions while the LPT-port had no line capable of doing this.
>
> And the authors of X1541 supported programs doesn't mention risk came with it.
>
> >The problem is that more and more users, including myself, have mother-
> >boards with an onboard LPT-port and no hair on my head thinks of it using
> >this port for things like X1541. It is easy to say to buy an extra card for
> >this purpose but I also have no confidence in these as they are fitted with
> >VLSI-chips as my I/O-card was.
>
> >The hardware:
> >
> >There are two directions to go:
> >1) using transistors, resistors etc.
> >2) using TTL ICs
>
> Or
>
> 3) Use resistors in range 100-200 Ohms, so risk could be minimized (but not
> resolved) and programs should support that little modification :-).
>
> >Another idea is to use pin 10, Acknowledge, as input for the ATN-signal
> >because this input is capable of generating an interrupt. This can be an
> >advantage when using the PC as diskdrive for an C64.
>
> I can remember that some cards won't like correctly generate interrupts.
>
> >Extra idea:
> >
> >The datalines of LPT-port are not used. How about connecting them to the
> >userport for 8 bit parallel transfers?
>
> I already connected and works perfectly.
>
> >For the old ports this can only be used for reading but for bidirectional
> >ports.... (And I rebuild an old one :-) )
>
> Done. What about my version?
>
> http://members.tripod.com/~Frank_Kontros/easyport/cable.gif
>
> OK! Needs bi-directional port, but simple.
>
> >The consequence is that to use this feature the kernal has to be changed.
>
> Changed successfully. Not completed, but the whole serial protocol emulated by
> parallel way, fastload/save/verify, DOS WEDGE, F-keys.
>
> >Yvo Nelemans wrote Server64 and he wrote it in Turbo Pascal :-). He stopped
> >with the devellopment and I have decided to resume with this project after
> >getting his permission. Server64 is meant to use the PC as diskdrive for
> >the C64. Unfortunally it also is as slow as a standard diskdrive in
> >combination with a standard C64.
>
> I wrote it in asm, so you can compare the speedz. Just only 10 native mode drives
> emulated and a 256K REU, but in future ... anything possible.
>
> >My questions to you are:
> >1) does anybody have detailed protocol specifications of a fastloader only
> >using the IEC-cable (example EXOS V3) and/or its sourcecodes?
> >2) the same for a parallel fastloader (like SpeedDos)?
>
> In my opininon there are no fastloader specifications at all. All transfer
> operations should be maximally synchronized. There are general rules, but
> no specifications. Isn't you meant the burst protocol specifications, used
> in 1571/81 drives?
>
> Regards,
> Frank
Thought I should pass it along. :)
P.S. Subscription info for CBM Hackers list is on my web-page - see link below.
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On Sun, 13 Sep 1998 CLASSICCMP(a)timaxp.trailing-edge.com wrote:
>> And 'The ANSI labeled tape spec' is available where.... ?
>
>Should've answered this in the previous message: you can order a copy
>from http://www.ansi.org/, the designation is ANSI X3.27, and it costs
>US$32.00.
This isn't really on-topic, but quite a few "common" ISO/ANSI standards seem to
have ECMA equivalents (ISO9660 is a definite example).
Copies of these standards cost money to obtain from ISO or ANSI, but the
identical ECMA documents are available free of charge from the ECMA web site at
http://www.ecma.ch/.
There is at least one ECMA standard that covers tape formats; maybe it is the
same as the mentioned ANSI standard?
-- Mark
