I have an AMIBIOS "Burn-IN". I've reset it with the "clear BIOS jumper",
left the battery out for three days, and still no serial ports.--
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-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis(a)mcmanis.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Friday, March 19, 1999 9:11 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Re: Security question (sort of)
>At 08:46 PM 3/19/99 -0800, Sellam wrote:
>
>"modern" computers have writable BIOS "roms." Malevolent crackers are
>writing bombs these days that scribble bits in nasty places in your BIOS.
>One of the worst is called "last place AWARD" that destroys an AWARD BIOS
>and resets your computer. No bios, no boot, no way to flash a new bios
>without some fairly specialized equipment (to do in circuit Flash
programming.)
>
>--Chuck
>
>
>
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Smith <eric(a)brouhaha.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Friday, March 19, 1999 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: some items
>> 4. Digital TK50Z-GA (can this be used on a Micro pdp?)
>
>Maybe, if the Micro PDP has a SCSI controller.
>
>Then again, it's hard to say. The TK50Z and TZ30 both have fairly
>wacked-out SCSI implementations (and not even in exactly the same ways),
>and neither is known to work reliably on much of anything other than
>a VAXstation.
Bummer... Anyone need it(4.)? And anyone know anything about the
televideo 806es?
- Mike: dogas(a)leading.net
I went to one of my favorite scrappers today and got lucky. One of
their trucks had just come in with a load of HP stuff. They generously (?)
let me unload it for them. I found a mountain of HP stuff! My poor
little Subaru was dragging the ground coming home!
One of the things that I saw was a SUN 4/110. Can anyone tell me the
general specs for it. CPU type and speed, what size hard drive they have
(if any), amount of memory, etc. Any idea of what it's worth? Also is
anyone interested in it? I'm going back there tomorrow and can get it but
I have to know before tomorrow or else it's going to be scrap metal.
Joe
A chance quote in the Cromemco thread by Sellam led me to some info on the
old Micom 2000 I've had for some time. Seems that historically it was in good
company, with the Atairs, MITS, and the Apple 1 (included for context). I
guess when I did my last search Don Poullsons definitive list wasn't up yet.
>FROM TIMELINE OF MICROCOMPUTER HISTORY................Poulsson
March (75)
Fred Moore and Gordon French hold the first meeting of a new microcomputer
hobbyist's club in French's garage, in Menlo Park, California. 32 people
meet, including Bob Albrect, Steve Dompier, Lee Felsenstein, Bob Marsh, Tom
Pittman, Marty Spergel, Alan Baum, and Steven Wozniak. Bob Albrect shows
off an Altair, and Steve Dompier reports on MITS, and how they had 4000
orders for the Altair. [185.110] [266.104] [301.55] [346.18] [353.200]
[346.257] (April [208.67] 266.39)
Stephen Dorsey, founder of Automatic Electronic Systems, sells his 25% of
the company for $135,000. [615.98]
Stephen Dorsey and Louis Miller found
Micom Data Systems, in Canada. [615.90]
July (75)
Bill Gates and Paul Allen sign a licensing agreement with MITS, for their
implementation of the BASIC language. [299.8]
Bill Gates and Paul Allen ship 4K and 8K version of BASIC v2.0. [123]
Dick Heiser opens Arrow Head Computer Company, subtitled "The Computer
Store", in Los Angeles, selling assembled Altairs, boards, peripherals,
and magazines. This is the first retail computer store in the USA.
[266.185] [684.41]
Micom Data Systems ships its first product, the Micom 2000 word processing
computer. [615.99]
September (75)
IBM's Entry Level Systems unit unveils "Project Mercury", the IBM 5100
Portable Computer. It is a briefcase-size minicomputer with BASIC, 16KB
RAM, tape storage, and built-in 5-inch screen. Price: US$9000. Weight: 55
pounds. [9] [197.xi] (Price over US$10,000 [203.10])
The first issue of Byte magazine is published. [9] [266.159]
March (76)
Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs finish work on a computer circuit board, that
they call the Apple I computer. [46]
By the end of its first year in business, Micom Data Systems ships
180 Micom 2000 computers, worth $2 million. [615.99]
May (78)
Stephen Dorsey signs an agreement with Philips to sell them 80% ownership
of Micom Data Systems. [615.103]
May (83)
Philips buys out Stephen Dorsey's remaining 20% ownership of Micom Data
Systems. [615.103]
[615] Knights of the New Technology - The Inside Story of Canada's
Computer Elite, by David Thomas, 1983.
At 08:46 PM 3/19/99 -0800, Sellam wrote:
>Well, again, unless someone comes forth to edumacate me, there's typically
>no way to destroy hardware from software, unless you count that POKE from
>BASIC on the PET.
"modern" computers have writable BIOS "roms." Malevolent crackers are
writing bombs these days that scribble bits in nasty places in your BIOS.
One of the worst is called "last place AWARD" that destroys an AWARD BIOS
and resets your computer. No bios, no boot, no way to flash a new bios
without some fairly specialized equipment (to do in circuit Flash programming.)
--Chuck
At 08:01 PM 3/19/99 -0800, you wrote:
>> I can't seem to get Doug's right e-mail address...Doug, e-mail me.
>
>I don't think Doug is on the list anymore. I think he was one of the
>people that jumped after the last flamewar. However, I'm in need of his
>current e-mail address also.
The collector formerly known as Yowza (sold out to the flesh peddlers, the
lucky bugger) can be reached at <doug(a)blinkenlights.com>. And yes, I
believe he's no longer on ClassicCmp.
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Hi,
I don't currently have any good books on UNIX or Linux, and am trying to
configure a Linux system mostly from scratch, with a lot of my own
'improvements'. However, there is one thing I'm stuck on (the inittab
shutdown and reboot scripts), and I'm wondering if anyone here knows what
would be the list or newsgroup most able to answer my question. Of course,
if someone on this list wants to take a shot at it, by all means e-mail me
privately.
--Max Eskin (max82(a)surfree.com)
I tossed together a few pictures of a Sun 1/100U onto a web page. I havent
gotten around to adding some words of description, but I figured most
people here have never seen this computer... so i'll just give the
URL and see if anyones interested:
http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~lemay/sun1.html
-Lawrence LeMay
Oh yeah, forgot to mention... the person from whom I am getting
the -8s will help me load, I only need help in unloading... in
the afternoon...
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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