test-drb February 1999

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by cswiger＠wilma.widomaker.com

Andrew Davie[SMTP:adavie@mad.scientist.com] writes: >S-100 George Morrow Disk Jockey 2D/B Hmm, 50 pins, could that possibly be a SASI card? As in Shugart Associates pre-SCSI bus Chuck cswiger(a)widomaker.com

25 years, 11 months

1130 has been claimed

by jdykstra＠nortelnetworks.com

>There is an 1130 site on the web at ><http://www.mindspring.com/~hshubs/1130/> which has the functional >characteristics manual. Thanks, Hans, for pointing this out. None of my web searches had found this site. Does anyone know of any other IBM 1130's in North America? I'd go a fair distance to see one again. ---- John Dykstra jdykstra(a)nortelnetworks.com Principal Software Architect voice: +1 651 415-1604 Nortel Networks fax: +1 612 932-8549

25 years, 11 months

Euro on old computers

by cswiger＠wilma.widomaker.com

Hans Franke[SMTP:Hans.Franke@mch20.sbs.de] writes: >> Uh-oh, Hans...am I detecting hostility toward the Euro? > >No, just about some stuipd ideas around like >a) the name - calling it Euro and cent is a coward like solution > >d) The stupid symbol. Ah, just an image problem - nothing that a few billion units of advertising can't fix. You'll get used to it :/ Look at what effective marketing did for uSoft. Chuck cswiger(a)widomaker.com

25 years, 11 months

RT-11: ?DIR-F-Invalid directory

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

NO!!!! I just tried to run a SYSGEN on my RT-11 system, and I seem to have lost the filesystem when it started to rebuild the system. I'm able to boot to another partition (gotta love that WQESD controller), and I get the following results: .dir du2: <-DU2: is my main RT-11 disk ?DIR-F-Invalid directory . Please tell me there is a way to recover (unfortuanlty I doubt there is). I wasn't smart enough to make backups and everything I've been working on was on that partition. I'm seriously bummed. However, I finally got smart and made a bootable TK-50 so if need be I can load RT-11 without to much difficulty (other than having to type in the bootstrap by hand). First I can't get TCP/IP to work, and now this.... :^( Looks like once I get everything back together I'll be starting on that from scratch, which might be good. Zane | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Adminstrator | | healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | Linux Enthusiast | | healyzh(a)holonet.net (alternate) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.dragonfire.net/~healyzh/ |

25 years, 11 months

S100 boards, including Electric Mouth, 2650 processor card, RAM

by dogas＠leading.net

-----Original Message----- From: Andrew Davie <adavie(a)mad.scientist.com> Boo... Hiss... How much? ;) - Mike: dogas(a)leading.net

25 years, 11 months

Xerox 800 ?

by dogas＠leading.net

Two Xerox 800 system units with dual tape drives and associated typewriter/terminals are now at a local thrift. They appear to be large (each of the them I guess would top 100lbs) word processing systems with many(?) logged years. Do these have any redeeming value to anyone (expect *serious* dents in your 1)wallet/purse for shipping, and 2)living/storage space for size) ? Or am I missing something I should nab? ;) Regards, all - Mike: dogas(a)leading.net

25 years, 11 months

Daily Laugh!

by Philip.Belben＠pgen.com

> You could subscribe from that address, and then tell the list processor > to postpone sending you anything there, and never cancel the postpone > order. I *think* you could still post from that address. Of course, > the list processor may eventually explode, holding back all that postponed > mail... (Would it actually hold copies of all that, or just drop it?) I have used Postpone in the past when I have been away from work and not on such a good phone line as this. It doesn't keep messages waiting for me - I just start again wherever the list has got to when I SET CLASSICCMP MAIL ACK. Philip.

25 years, 11 months

KL power question

by DSEAGRAV＠toad.xkl.com

Whilst I sat cursing the PeeCee I was setting up [Win95: Holy Fsck! That's an AGP slot! How the hell do I talk to that? Oh well. 16 colors it is!] Toad says to me: [*** Warning: AC power has failed ***] [*** AC power has been restored ***] Hmm. Toad has an UPS. This provokes a question: Did KLs (Or any -10) have UPSes? Did TOPS know how to talk to an UPS, or is this an XKL hack? I bet it would be one hell of an UPS to run all that ECL... -------

25 years, 11 months

IBM 9075 - the PC-RADIO (OT?)

by roblwill＠usaor.net

This may be OT, but the computer is a bit unique in its own way (in the fact that there's only two that I've ever heard of/know exist - the one that I have and the one that the person I got it off of still has) It's an IBM 9075 Laptop PC radio. One of the neat things about it is its display. Looking at it, it's reflective (silver), but when it's turned on, it's backlit, and after it boots, the backlight can be turned off under bright light. Anyone have any info on this thing? I just picked on up, and got it to "boot" by connecting a Mac power supply to the battery terminals (7.5v). It came up with the backlight, then did the 640k memory test gave a CMOS battery date error, then booted to drive D, which is a ROM drive. I took it apart, and it has no HD or floppy, an 80186 processor, a modem, and a "Motorola Cellular Packet Radio". First thing: where could I find a power supply for it? The connector is an odd round 4-pin plug. Next: Where can I find IC cards? It has what looks like a PCMCIA slot, but a PC card won't fit, and it is apparently for IC RAM (ROM?) cards. Last: How does the Packet Radio thing work? Where could I find drivers, or an antenna or something for it? Or should I contact Motorola? The computer was apparently used by a Sears Service tech, but that's all I can figure out so far. ThAnX, -- -Jason Willgruber (roblwill(a)usaor.net) ICQ#: 1730318 <http://members.tripod.com/general_1>

25 years, 11 months

PDP paper tape - PC04/PC05 (offer to trade)!

by jlwest＠tseinc.com

Sorry bout that last post, hit the wrong button ;) J

25 years, 11 months

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