test-drb January 1999

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by joe＠barrera.org

>I think that would be a wonderful idea. The only downside I can see is that >a note cannot be posted to the list from someone, lets say, reading an >archive copy, without joining the list. Maybe that would be a good thing >though. Joining the list is pretty easy. And if someone is going to make a post, they might as well stick around a little to read the responses. - Joe

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VaxStation 3100's

by joe＠barrera.org

>Is it possible to run them without a display via the serial >port on the back? I have a related question... is it possible to run a VaxStation 3100 with a VR319-DA monitor? (The VR319 came with a DECstation 5000/125.) - Joe

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new toy!

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<> > It means patching the BIOS to reflect the format differences, and of <> > course you cannot format to 1440k (HD). Allison has done the 3.5" thin <> > I believe. <> <> I'd love to know how this is done. :) Real simple, mine has turbo rom and that knew about 80track two sided drives. I used a 3.5" disk with the advent personality card configured so it looks like a 5.25 80track dd drive and I get 782k per disk (close enough for 720k(different number of sectors but otherwise legit)! The drive was mounted in one of the two hole vacated but the 360k HH drive using a 3.5" to 5.25 adaptor bracket. The 3.5" drive is an older one that has a select switch for one of four drives. A newer drive can be used but you need to make a "odd" cable. Allison

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Antique Computer Rare Vintage HP-41C Classic [Re: FW: Nice finds]

by joe＠barrera.org

> Interesting. I know the guy that owns Hand Held Products. He started > out making EPROM boxs for the HP 41 calculators. Now he's made it big time You realize, of course, that the HP-41C is an "Antique Computer Rare Vintage Classic", right? http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=61225809 - Joe :-)

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Windows 1.0?

by todd.osborne＠barnstormer-software.com

I have a copy of Windows 1.01 that I installed on an XT. What I am wondering, was there ever a publicly available 1.0? I cannot recall ever having seen it. Just curious... Todd Osborne Senior Software Engineer FMStrategies, Inc. http://www.fmstrategies.com/ -------------------------------------------------------- FMStrategies, Inc: tosborne(a)fmstrategies.com Internet E-Mail: todd.osborne(a)barnstormer-software.com -------------------------------------------------------- Founder of the Virtual Windows Class Library (C++) http://www.barnstormer-software.com/vwcl/ -------------------------------------------------------- Anagrams? (http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/) Can you figure out this one? Want the answer? E-Mail me. COCO VERDI MOM (Hint: Think Late 1970's Computer) -------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "The timid die just like the daring, and if you don't take the plunge then you'll just take the fall" - Michael Longcor

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photographing olf computers/parts

by lemay＠cs.umn.edu

Does anyone have any suggestions for ways to photograph parts of my collection? All i have is a basic 35mm camera and a polaroid... Should i use high speed 35mm film becasue of low light conditions indoors, or is a slower speed more important? Or is it important to have a white background for contrast.. Or should i try placing things on a flat bed scanner, etc.. Any suggestions are appreciated. I want to photograph some of my rarer items (Teraks, Sun 1, if you saw that Burroughs core memory that just sold on ebay I have one of those too plus a foot long chunk of wire-wrapped boards from that computer, etc). -Lawrence LeMay

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Hello all!

by jlwest＠tseinc.com

I just found out about this list so I thought I'd post this here in case someone can help... I appologize if this is a repeat post! Looking for anything HP21MX or HP2000 related - cpu's, peripherals, etc. Many of the HP1000 system peripherals are of interest too. My particular interest is TSB (Time Share BASIC), not RTE, so I'm also interested in IOP Roms, etc. Especially interested in the following: 21mx series cpus and controllers 2748A or 2748B high speed paper tape reader 790x type disk drives (7900, 7905, or 7906) 7970 tape drive TSB 1541 rev c or later paper tape (binary, loader1, and loader2) This is for a private collection, hobbyist use (not business or resale) - does anyone have any of this stuff around in storage they'd be willing to part with? Please reply directly to jay(a)tseinc.com. Thanks! Jay West

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free stuff

by netcafe＠pirie.mtx.net.au

-----Original Message----- From: Lawrence LeMay <lemay(a)cs.umn.edu> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Thursday, 28 January 1999 8:44 Subject: free stuff >We have enough Indy Cameras to sink a ship, but we'll probably keep those >for who knows what reason... Ok, I'll bite, WTH is an Indy Camera?? Cheers Geoff Roberts Computer Room Internet Cafe Port Pirie South Australia. netcafe(a)pirie.mtx.net.au

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photographing olf computers/parts

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jan 29, 9:58, Philip.Belben(a)pgen.com wrote: > Subject: Re: photographing olf computers/parts > Use the longest focal length you can That's sound advice. > The slower 35mm films are pretty good with a decent lens, but if you can > get the required magnification with the polaroid, it may be worth > considering since it is likely to be a less grainy process, and a larger > film area (i.e. lower resolution per inch <= same resolution across whole > picture) Actually, modern 35mm film is likely to be better. Don't use too slow a film; for technical reasons, the slower the film, the more contrasty it's likely to be. Too much contrast loses detail. > I have little experience with lighting computer stuff, but I imagine (say) > a board full of chips might require several light sources to avoid the > chips casting strange shadows. Mechanic/electrical artefacts tend to have a lot of reflections, and it's usually better to use one main (preferably diffuse) light source with a big reflector on the other side of the subject, to fil in the shadows. A big white board, or a bedsheet will do admirably. If you do want highlights off the shiny parts, you can always add a small light once you have the main lighting adjusted. If you're using artificial light, even for colour negatives, you'll get better results if you use a colour correction filter on the camera. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Dept. of Computer Science University of York

25 years, 10 months

FW: Nice finds

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

-----Original Message----- From: John R. Keys Jr. [mailto:jrkeys@concentric.net] Sent: Thursday, January 28, 1999 8:25 PM To: classicccmp(a)u.washington.edu Subject: FW: Nice finds -----Original Message----- From: John R. Keys Jr. [mailto:jrkeys@concentric.net] Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 6:56 PM To: Classic Subject: Nice finds Well it's been awhile and I have picked a lot more items than I can list without causing problems. I have just few things worth telling everyone about. 1) video tape from by Microsoft called Windows At Work from May 20,1991 featuring Bill Gates giving the keynote address at the first Windows World Conference and Exposition. 2) four brand new unopened video's from Apple (1991) called Apple Mac Competitive Series - on Applications, Power, Networking, and Growth. 3) One used video called Welcome to Macintosh from 1989 4)The Home Computer Handbook ISBN 0-671-47221-6 really a great read with lots of photos 5) Tandem Advance Command Language reference manual. 6) Handheld products Micro-wand systems a model II & III hand held wands, a direct plug-in transformer, all the manuals and software for them. 7) Sailor-2 ONE/D EPROM programmer with manual and software 8) Datarase II EPROM eraser holds up to 4 40pins units at once. 9) Grid model 1810 notebook 10) Commodore Amiga A600HD unit 11) Commodore 1802 monitor 12) V-marc 88a computer 13) TRS80 model 12 14) LEX-21 terminal unit 15)CBM 2001 series works great 16) Otrona Attache portable computer 17) Heathkit H9 video terminal 18) About 30 2600 cartridges That's it for now but this is just a small amount of the items picked up over the last few weeks. Hope to have a web site up soon on concentric.net to list most if not all of the items I have in the collection. Keep Computing John

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