test-drb February 1999

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by rigdonj＠intellistar.net

Jeff, I tried a ST-251-1 but it wouldn't work. Here's the story: I picked up a HP 9133XV drive with a bad drive in it. The XV is the one that you can partion into 4 so that it looks like 4 HP 9895 floppy drives to the system. It's the only hard drive that can be used on the HP 85, 150 and some of the others. This one has a Seagate ST-419 drive in. I replaced it with a Seagate ST-251 that has the same number of heads but more tracks and is smaller and faster. The system recognizes if but it won't format it. It says that the drives are bad. I'd like to get it running again since the XV drives are hard to find. The 251 does have fewer sectors (17 vs 32). I don't know if that's why it failed or not. Joe At 10:00 PM 2/17/99 -0600, you wrote: >Joe: > >If you really need one of these, I may be able to dredge one up for you >(or at least one with similar geometry); but like the other guy says, >just about any drive with six heads ought to work. > >BTW-- I will be sending you the 'stuff' tomorrow; it took me awhile >to get my act together. > >Ciao. > > >Jeff > > > >On Wed, 17 Feb 1999 18:53:14 Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net> writes: >> I need a Seagate ST-419 to replace one that failed in a HP >>computer. >>Anyone got one to spare? >> >> Joe >> >> > >___________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html >or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] >

26 years, 1 month

Latest finds....

by black＠gco.apana.org.au

Latest buy from the Resource Shop attached to Glenorchy tip was a box containing 6 Atari 2600 consoles, plus 40 odd C64 floppies & about 20 cartridges for the Ataris. I'm keeping the C= disks, but if anyone in Oz is willing to pay postage, they can have the Ataris & carts (I don't collect 'em - but for $10 I couldn't say no :-) ) Oh yeah, there's a Dick Smith VZ200 put aside for me as well, again, I don't really want it, but will forward it to someone who does (they want $8 for it, includes tape deck & two joysticks). cheers, Lance

26 years, 1 month

My Lucky Day PS MINC

by mbg＠world.std.com

>BTW does anyone have a MINC (sp?) computer? This guy says that he used >to have one and he still has a lot of disks for it. I wish I had a MINC... I have a couple of Mini-MINCs (as the PDT-11/150 with the EIS/FIS was referred to, apparently). It is a pdp-11, so it runs RT-11. Megan Gentry Former RT-11 Developer +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Megan Gentry, EMT/B, PP-ASEL | Internet (work): gentry!zk3.dec.com | | Unix Support Engineering Group | (home): mbg!world.std.com | | Compaq Computer Corporation | addresses need '@' in place of '!' | | 110 Spitbrook Rd. ZK03-2/T43 | URL: http://world.std.com/~mbg/ | | Nashua, NH 03062 | "pdp-11 programmer - some assembler | | (603) 884 1055 | required." - mbg | +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

26 years, 1 month

My Lucky Day PS MINC

by rigdonj＠intellistar.net

BTW does anyone have a MINC (sp?) computer? This guy says that he used to have one and he still has a lot of disks for it. Joe

26 years, 1 month

Tomy Tutor page updates

by ckaiser＠oa.ptloma.edu

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DECMate III

by max82＠surfree.com

I'm afraid that I haven't found any documentation that could help me understand how to use OS278 or PAL. A few specific questions, if there's no online users' guide of any sort: How do I access the second floppy drive? How do I make an empty file? Please give me an example of what command you would enter to make a PAL 'Hello, World!' program, save it, and run it. Thanks --Max Eskin (max82(a)surfree.com)

26 years, 1 month

What the hell is this!!! was Re: I need a ST-419 hard dr

by Marty＠itgonline.com

Security concerns? ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: What the hell is this!!! was Re: I need a ST-419 hard drive Author: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu at internet Date: 2/18/99 2:19 PM >On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Joe wrote: > >> I need a Seagate ST-419 to replace one that failed in a HP computer. >> Anyone got one to spare? I opened up the 419 drive, No wonder it failed, someone drilled a 5/16" hole thru the cover and all three platters! This thing was mounted under a circuit board and inside a steel case. Everything was very neatly put back together. Who would go to that much trouble to wreck a drive and why? Joe ------ Message Header Follows ------ Received: from lists4.u.washington.edu by smtp.itgonline.com (PostalUnion/SMTP(tm) v2.1.9i(b5) for Windows NT(tm)) id AA-1999Feb18.141931.1767.100595; Thu, 18 Feb 1999 14:19:34 -0500 Received: from host (server(a)lists.u.washington.edu [140.142.56.13]) by lists4.u.washington.edu (8.9.2+UW99.01/8.9.2+UW99.01) with SMTP id LAA29647; Thu, 18 Feb 1999 11:16:53 -0800 Received: from mxu1.u.washington.edu (mxu1.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.2+UW99.01/8.9.2+UW99.01) with ESMTP id LAA2 8480 for <classiccmp(a)lists.u.washington.edu>; Thu, 18 Feb 1999 11:16:45 -0800 Received: from star1.intellistar.net (star1.intellistar.net [206.105.64.2]) by mxu1.u.washington.edu (8.9.1+UW98.09/8.9.1+UW98.09) with ESMTP id LAA10 573 for <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>; Thu, 18 Feb 1999 11:16:44 -0800 Received: from lizard ([206.105.68.186]) by star1.intellistar.net (Post.Office MTA v3.1 release PO203a ID# 0-41809U2500L250S0) with SMTP id AAB2534 for <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>; Thu, 18 Feb 1999 14:16:41 -0500 Message-Id: <3.0.1.16.19990218151716.305fe37c(a)intellistar.net> Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 15:17:16 Reply-To: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu Sender: CLASSICCMP-owner(a)u.washington.edu Precedence: bulk From: Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net> To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers" <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Subject: What the hell is this!!! was Re: I need a ST-419 hard drive In-Reply-To: <Pine.SCO.4.05.9902171742270.9256-100000(a)crash.cts.com> References: <3.0.1.16.19990217185314.305f1cc0(a)intellistar.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Sender: rigdonj(a)intellistar.net X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN

26 years, 1 month

Noisy ST 251 HD

by djenner＠halcyon.com

I have a noisy ST 251 hard drive. It sounds like the bearings. Is it heretical to think I may be able to lubricate the bearings? They appear to be easily accessible on the bottom of the drive. Thanks, Dave

26 years, 1 month

Dayton Hamfest

by Watzman＠ibm.net

The Dayton Hamfest is a fabulous show. It is THE LARGEST amateur radio convention [it's "official" purpose]. The Hara arena is a very good size facility, I'd guess in the over 100,000 sq. ft. range (perhaps WAY over), and it's all indoor, heated/air conditioned [not that it works with 35,000 people in the facility], and all commercial vendors, many, many of which are used computer and surplus dealers (there is lots of new stuff also). It's about 60%-70% computer, the rest general electronics and communications [radio] equipment. The flea market takes up the entire parking lot, in excess of 2,500 vendors. There are many commercial exhibits in the parking lot also, you will find a number of very large tents (10,000 square feet range each). Mendelson surplus always has a large tent, and almost every year Radio Shack [as in Tandy] collects their entire surplus and returned merchandise stuff from all over the nation and sends it all to a big tent at the Dayton Hamfest where it is sold for often ten cents on the retail dollar. However they didn't do this last year, for the first time I can remember, but they still had a huge indoor exhibit with many items, new, at 25% to 50% below normal store and catalog prices. The show is logistically difficult to attend for several reasons. First, it brings in so many people [over 25,000 plus a large local population] that poor Dayton, which is hardly a tourist mecca, is complete swamped. You can forget about finding a hotel at this point, the people who do this show get their reservations a year in advance. You may have to stay in Columbus or Cincinnati [both about 70 miles away], fortunately both are directly on an interstate highway and it's not a bad drive. The other problem is parking, since the entire lot is flea market there isn't any ! There are some LARGE fields around the complex that are used for parking, expect to pay $5 to $10 per day, and they are not paved, or very close, which become a real issue in bad weather. Then there are remote lots with busses, but that's a hassle also. The show is May 14, 15, 16. Here is an alternative, the Dayton Microcomputer association has a twice a year computer show at the same site. It's just about as large as the Hamfest, and it's ALL computer. There is no flea market, the parking lot is used for - surprise ! - PARKING ! It's almost like having 3 Dayton Hamfests a year, except that two of them don't have the flea market. This year's dates (it's only a two-day show): Spring: March 13-14 Summer/Fall: August 28-29 I plan to attend all 3 events.

26 years, 1 month

Latest finds....

by fauradon＠pclink.com

I don't read German But the pictures are perfectly understandable... http://www.zock.com/8-Bit/D_Laser200.HTML >> VZ200, eh? Interesting. Maybe you Oz-nerds can shed some light on this. >> I recently acquired a Dynasty Smart Alec Jr. Its a small computer with a >> chiclet keyboard. Almost reminds me of a Mattel Aquarius. Anyway, on the >> bottom the label reads that its a model VZ200, made by VTech (or Video >> Technology) circa 1982. Is this the same thing perhaps as a Dick Smith >> VZ200? >> >> > >It certainly sounds like it, I believe the VZ200 was cloned as something else in >England (can't recall off hand the name of it). But the year & keyboard match. Is >it a white case ? >cheers, > Lance > > >

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test-drb February 1999