test-drb December 1999

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by netsurfer_x1＠hotmail.com

>David, > >I have tangible proof that at least part of your history is wrong. I >have >a Comterm Hyperion, model number 3032, serial number 3008, date >code Aug. >83, sitting in front of me right now. It is _the same >machine_ as the >Dynalogic Hyperion. Looks just like this, except >different drive doors: > >http://www.ncsc.dni.us/fun/user/tcc/cmuseum/HYPN.HTM >Proof? The name "Comterm" on my serial number plate is actually a >metallic >sticker; underneath it says "Dynalogic Info-Tech >Corporation, Ottawa, >Canada". So the timeline must go: > >Dynalogic >Comterm >Bytec (?? never heard of them ??) > >I have _never_ heard of Commodore producing this machine - Cameron > >Kaiser's extensive "Secret Weapon's of Commodore" site - > >http://calvin.ptloma.edu/~spectre/ckb/secret/ - doesn't mention it > >either. I think your source got Comterm and Commodore mixed up. > >Regards, > >Mark Gregory Well of course you wouldn't see the Commodore Hyperion listed in the SWoC! the SWoC page deals only with 8-bits (the C= 900 being the only exeption) & intentionally excludes any C= PC clones (Which the C= Hyperion *might* be). Anyway, I saw that computer listed the Canonical List of Commodore Products, so it must exist. Besides, all I know is that it *looks* like the Dynalogic Hyperion, I was only theorizing that it *could be* the same thing. As soon as I find a site/picture of it, then I can figure out if it truly is a Dynalogic Hyperion with a Commodore nameplate on it. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

25 years, 1 month

Teleco Question... More on my devious plan....

by edick＠idcomm.com

It would be interesting to know, precisely, what it is you intend to do. There's nothing difficult about any of the telco stuff, but unless you have a clear and well defined, as well as well-specified, goal in mind, you'll never get there. Now, if you just want to blink some LED's I'm sure you can do that. If you want to interrupt your LINUX box each time the phone rings, you can do that in a number of ways. If you want to make a phone ring, that's easy too. I've looked through a lot of discussion about this subject, but still have no idea in the world what exactly, it is you'd like to accomplish. Have you? Dick -----Original Message----- From: LordTyran <a2k(a)one.net> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Saturday, December 04, 1999 3:34 PM Subject: Re: Teleco Question... More on my devious plan.... >I have a schematic for a fone line emulator somehwere.. you can press a >button to make it ring and a few other things.. a bit complex and the >parts are estimated at around $100. > >However, if you can force the linux box to answer and the micro to go into >term mode, you can use 2 9V batteries in series on one side of a phone >wire going between the modems. > >Kevin > >On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Arfon Gryffydd wrote: > >> First, Thanks to all who have helped so far... >> >> >> I have some old modems (TRS-80, acoustic and etc.) which I would like to >> use (flashing LEDs are cool) so, I want to build a little telco emulator to >> interface with the modems in one of my Linux boxes. >> >> I figure an LM556 for the dial tone... A tone decoder for dialing... Not >> sure an easy way to decode pulse dialing. >> >> As for ring... I am thinking using two charged capacitors and switching >> them. That's the first method I came up with to limit the current cheaply. >> >> Any suggestions? I'd like to do this for less that $25.00. >> ---------------------------------------- >> Tired of Micro$oft??? >> >> Move up to a REAL OS... >> ######__ __ ____ __ __ _ __ # >> #####/ / / / / __ | / / / / | |/ /## >> ####/ / / / / / / / / / / / | /### >> ###/ /__ / / / / / / / /_/ / / |#### >> ##/____/ /_/ /_/ /_/ /_____/ /_/|_|#### >> # ###### >> ("LINUX" for those of you >> without fixed-width fonts) >> ---------------------------------------- >> Be a Slacker! http://www.slackware.com >> >> Slackware Mailing List: >> http://www.digitalslackers.net/linux/list.html >> >

25 years, 1 month

Teleco Question... More on my devious plan....

by truthanl＠oclc.org

Ring-------------------- | C O = Transformer coupling coil at central office I L | | -48V | ------||||----R------ | | | | | C Filter | | |-------------R------ | | GND C O = transformercoupling coil at central office I L | Tip------------------- Here is a two wire subscriber loop -oversimplified? The R's in the line are typically 200 ohms Larry Truthan -----Original Message----- From: Arfon Gryffydd [mailto:arfonrg@texas.net] Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 4:30 PM To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers Subject: Re: Teleco Question... More on my devious plan.... Okay forgive my ignorance but.... Q1)Which way to power a telco line? (Note: subsitute "modem" for "telephone") A) Series? --------Battery---------- | | Telephone Telephone |_________________________| or B) Shunt? ------------------------- | | | Telephone Battery Telephone |____________|____________| Shunt seems more correct but, I think the power source's filtering would filter out the audio. Q2)Which lead is NORMALLY the positive (red or green)? ---------------------------------------- Tired of Micro$oft??? Move up to a REAL OS... ######__ __ ____ __ __ _ __ # #####/ / / / / __ | / / / / | |/ /## ####/ / / / / / / / / / / / | /### ###/ /__ / / / / / / / /_/ / / |#### ##/____/ /_/ /_/ /_/ /_____/ /_/|_|#### # ###### ("LINUX" for those of you without fixed-width fonts) ---------------------------------------- Be a Slacker! http://www.slackware.com Slackware Mailing List: http://www.digitalslackers.net/linux/list.html

25 years, 1 month

Free NCR tower in Miami FL.

by edick＠idcomm.com

Gee, that's too bad . . . I don't spend money on "the industry" so I don't follow the high-tech stocks. Maybe it didn't work so well over the long run. By the time they started making disk drives, it was so costly and difficult to build anything but an exact copy of IBM's circuitry for attaching a hard disk to a PC, which was by then the only mass market remaining fairly healthy, they probably felt they had little choice but to use their own devices rather than eat them. This probably alienated their customer base, but, since it was going away anyway . . . Dick -----Original Message----- From: Don Maslin <donm(a)cts.com> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 2:48 PM Subject: Re: Free NCR tower in Miami FL. > > >On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Richard Erlacher wrote: > >> I don't know this for certain, but I was once persuaded that IBM had held >> the patent on 2,7 RLL and let it expire in '83. There were, of course, lots >> of other run-length-limited codes which would also have worked, but the 2,7 >> was so well documented and worked so well, that everyone jumped on the >> bandwagon once it became available. Of course, WD came out with a chipset >> that supported RLL almost right away, too. >> >> They lost a lot of customers when they started making disk drives, though >> they're a major player in that realm now. I guess it worked out OK for them >> (WD). > >I think that is problematic, Dick, when you look at the recent price of >their stock - now sub $4. > > - don > >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jeffrey l Kaneko <jeff.kaneko(a)juno.com> >> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers >> <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> >> Date: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 10:47 AM >> Subject: Re: Free NCR tower in Miami FL. >> >> >> > >> > >> >On Wed, 8 Dec 1999 09:37:24 -0700 "Richard Erlacher" <edick(a)idcomm.com> >> >writes: >> >> >MFM disk controller was made by NCR, but it looks like a 'cookbook' >> >> >design using the WD-100x chipset. >> >> > >> >> >> >> SMILE when you say that, pahdnuh! That cookbook design is what made >> >> the microwinchester drive so simple to include that anyone with two >> >grey >> >> cells and a little PLL knowledge could put together a winchester >> >> interface. That's why they became so cheap. It was the only way to do >> >your own >> >> controller at a competitive price for several years, until SMC brought >> >out >> >> their 9224 chip. Unfortunately, by that time the patent on RLL >> >recording >> >> had expired, so everybody wanted RLL. >> > >> >Well, I merely wanted to state that while NCR 'rolled their own', >> >it really wasn't anything special. The wd-100x chipset certainly >> >was revolutionary, however. That meant almost anyone with a wire-wrap >> >tool and enough parts could interface a winchester to just about >> >anything (like say, a Xerox machine?). That was a major breakthrough >> >in 1981, but by 1984 (when my machine was built), it was pretty standard. >> > >> >Who held the patent on RLL, and (consequently) lost their shirt >> >when it became standard on 'smart' disk drives? >> > >> > >> >Jeff >> > >> > >> > >> >___________________________________________________________________ >> >Why pay more to get Web access? >> >Try Juno for FREE -- then it's just $9.95/month if you act NOW! >> >Get your free software today: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. >> >> >

25 years, 1 month

Free NCR tower in Miami FL.

by edick＠idcomm.com

I don't know this for certain, but I was once persuaded that IBM had held the patent on 2,7 RLL and let it expire in '83. There were, of course, lots of other run-length-limited codes which would also have worked, but the 2,7 was so well documented and worked so well, that everyone jumped on the bandwagon once it became available. Of course, WD came out with a chipset that supported RLL almost right away, too. They lost a lot of customers when they started making disk drives, though they're a major player in that realm now. I guess it worked out OK for them (WD). Dick -----Original Message----- From: Jeffrey l Kaneko <jeff.kaneko(a)juno.com> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 10:47 AM Subject: Re: Free NCR tower in Miami FL. > > >On Wed, 8 Dec 1999 09:37:24 -0700 "Richard Erlacher" <edick(a)idcomm.com> >writes: >> >MFM disk controller was made by NCR, but it looks like a 'cookbook' >> >design using the WD-100x chipset. >> > >> >> SMILE when you say that, pahdnuh! That cookbook design is what made >> the microwinchester drive so simple to include that anyone with two >grey >> cells and a little PLL knowledge could put together a winchester >> interface. That's why they became so cheap. It was the only way to do >your own >> controller at a competitive price for several years, until SMC brought >out >> their 9224 chip. Unfortunately, by that time the patent on RLL >recording >> had expired, so everybody wanted RLL. > >Well, I merely wanted to state that while NCR 'rolled their own', >it really wasn't anything special. The wd-100x chipset certainly >was revolutionary, however. That meant almost anyone with a wire-wrap >tool and enough parts could interface a winchester to just about >anything (like say, a Xerox machine?). That was a major breakthrough >in 1981, but by 1984 (when my machine was built), it was pretty standard. > >Who held the patent on RLL, and (consequently) lost their shirt >when it became standard on 'smart' disk drives? > > >Jeff > > > >___________________________________________________________________ >Why pay more to get Web access? >Try Juno for FREE -- then it's just $9.95/month if you act NOW! >Get your free software today: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

25 years, 1 month

Data General MV/4000DC Documentation/Media

by Technoid＠cheta.net

I recently aquired a Data General MV/4000DC minicomputer with three 200 terminals and one 215 terminal, a 6311 tape unit and a Comswitch II access controller. I have rebuilt the tape drive and it works great now. I can boot from the onboard hard disk and navigate the system. I have gotten all 16 virtual consoles functioning. I have very little docs on this machine so pretty much have to 'hack' out anything I want to do which is slow progress. Does anyone have documentation on this machine or the AOS/VS operating system? Does anyone have SYSTEM Media for this machine? Does anyone have SOFTWARE for the machine? If I can help YOU with your classic computer questions, please let me know. I can help with: Atari 8 bits - know and have lots. Lots of software too. (450+ disks) I can help in: Networking Hard disks programming in Basic Various other languages All variants of AtariDos (MyDos, SmartDOs, etc) All Variants of Spartados including SDX Atari ST series computers - have two and am running MINT. Can help in TOS and a BSD unix clone I am running called MiNT which stands for Mint is Not Tos. CP/M 2.2 machines (z80 processor) such as ATR8000, ATR8500, Cromemco, Osborne, Kaypro, etc. I am a technician servicing Intel-based PC's so if you need support there I can help in: CP/M all versions of MS/PC dos etc, Concurrent DOS too OS/2 Windows x Windows NT SUSE and REDHAT Linux SCO Openserver V Windows NT terminal Server GEOS Sun Solaris (X86) OS/2 Warp and Warp Servers Novell Netware 2 thru 4 Lantastic Novell Netware lite 1.1 General networking questions for above operating systems and hardware. Please help with my MV4000DC. If you would like to see it you can TELNET into my PC which is running as a terminal on the MV4000 and you can play with the minicomputer that way! Just e-mail me and we will set up a time. Thanks in advance, Technoid Mutant -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Jeffrey S. Worley Technical Services Bits & Bytes Computer Services Inc. 1979B Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 828-684-8953 - voice 0900-1700 five days 828-687-9284 - 24hr fax Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk? Technoid(a)Cheta.net -----------------------------------------------------------

25 years, 1 month

Busting CRTs (was Re: Gold price was: Re: ebay feedback)

by ethan_dicks＠yahoo.com

--- Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net> wrote: > You can safely let the air in (or vacuum out) of a CRT by breaking the > "tit" on the back end of the CRT where the air was evacuated. It may be > covered by the plug for the electrical connections. If it is then just > break the plug off. The glass is very thin there and I've seen may people > just use a karate chop motion with almost any metal object to break the end > of the tit off. That will let the air in and the rest of the tube stays > intact. I just did that accidentally to a Mac SE. :-( I was trying to remove a cable from the innards and my hand slipped and wacked the board on the back of the CRT and skewed it far enough to bust that little tit. Now I have *more* spare Mac parts. -ethan ===== Infinet has been sold. The domain is going away in February. Please send all replies to erd(a)iname.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com

25 years, 1 month

Free NCR tower in Miami FL.

by jeff.kaneko＠juno.com

On Wed, 8 Dec 1999 16:35:04 -0000 Julian Richardson <JRichardson(a)softwright.co.uk> writes: > Unisys also made the same machines at one point but with different > badges on the front apparently, plus NCR had 'internal' model > numbers (I guess that's what 1632 is!). Okay, so now I have to go into the basement, and re-read the serial plate. NCR's numbering scheme is *not* intuitive. > I've hooked one of these things up to a 10Mbps LAN before along with > a Linux box and run remote X programs and stuff, so they do talk > TCP/IP quite happily. I think that mostly applies to the '020 machines and higher. When I first got my machine, I was told that it didn't really support TCP/IP. >Not sure about the MMU - I think by the time things had > progressed to the 68030 the MMU was built in?? (I easily could be > wrong there; aside from the Amiga 500 I haven't had much dealing with > 68xxx chips). I'm pretty sure that's the case. The 68010 was kinda like the 80286-- some memory management was there, but it was considered kinda brain-dead. The 68020 was the real breakthrough. Operating systems for the 680x0 really took off after that. > The system boards on these things are huge though - something like > 1x4 feet if I remember correctly. That's about right. I have a complete set of spares in my closet. The system board is *huge*. > My system had sat idle for a while and > didn't boot the last time I tried it about a year ago; I'm hoping > that's something simple rather than a crack in one of the boards > somewhere. Now you've got me worried. I really ought to take time to fire up the thing. Jeff ___________________________________________________________________ Why pay more to get Web access? Try Juno for FREE -- then it's just $9.95/month if you act NOW! Get your free software today: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

25 years, 1 month

Free NCR tower in Miami FL.

by jeff.kaneko＠juno.com

On Wed, 8 Dec 1999 09:37:24 -0700 "Richard Erlacher" <edick(a)idcomm.com> writes: > >MFM disk controller was made by NCR, but it looks like a 'cookbook' > >design using the WD-100x chipset. > > > > SMILE when you say that, pahdnuh! That cookbook design is what made > the microwinchester drive so simple to include that anyone with two grey > cells and a little PLL knowledge could put together a winchester > interface. That's why they became so cheap. It was the only way to do your own > controller at a competitive price for several years, until SMC brought out > their 9224 chip. Unfortunately, by that time the patent on RLL recording > had expired, so everybody wanted RLL. Well, I merely wanted to state that while NCR 'rolled their own', it really wasn't anything special. The wd-100x chipset certainly was revolutionary, however. That meant almost anyone with a wire-wrap tool and enough parts could interface a winchester to just about anything (like say, a Xerox machine?). That was a major breakthrough in 1981, but by 1984 (when my machine was built), it was pretty standard. Who held the patent on RLL, and (consequently) lost their shirt when it became standard on 'smart' disk drives? Jeff ___________________________________________________________________ Why pay more to get Web access? Try Juno for FREE -- then it's just $9.95/month if you act NOW! Get your free software today: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

25 years, 1 month

Looking for...

by netsurfer_x1＠hotmail.com

> >I am looking for the following items. (Get ready, this is going to be a > >pretty varied list!) > > > >----Pictures of Computers---- > >Commodore Hyperion (looks like a Dynalogic Hyperion, & could be the same > >thing?) > > >Do you mean a ComTerm Hyperion? AFAIK, Comterm was the Canadian >company >that manufactured the Hyperion for a while, not Commodore. >Commodore >didn't get into the PC clone business until the PC-10 >(unless you >count the A1000 Sidecar). > >Regards, >Mark No, I don't mean the ComTerm Hyperion. When I said Commodore Hyperion, I'm not bullsh!tting, I actually mean Commodore Hyperion. All I know is that it looks like the Dynalogic Hyperion. By the way, ComTerm didn't make the Hyperion, a company called Dynalogic did. It sold relatively well (well, considering the state of the IBM clone market in early 1983). Not too long after they released the Hyperion, they were bought out by a company called Bytec, & they sold the Hyperion under the Bytec name. Later still, Compaq released the famous Compaq Portable, & we all know what happened from there (wither Bytec/Dynalogic). ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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