test-drb April 1999

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by sinasohn＠ricochet.net

At 11:14 AM 4/1/99 -0500, you wrote: >Almost every computer involved person I know who >has any control of their work schedule: > >1) Gets up after the sun has properly warmed the earth > where they live Dysania: (n) an inability to function early in the morning. I've got it bad. (It's a real word, at least according to Balderdash, a commercial version of the game Dictionary.) --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger … [View More]

25 years, 12 months

homemade computer for fun and experience...

by edick＠idcomm.com

It is exactly that. . . a YMMV thing . . . My experience with terminals was always a disappointment. I can't even think of a way to fix it. The people who wrote and sold software made assumptions about what's out there, and, if you used three different vendors' software, it was unlikely any of the sophisticated features, including emulations, by the way, would work well enough to use the same terminal in all cases. Only with the lowest common denominator (ADM-3A) did one have a reasonable … [View More]time of it. Dick -----Original Message----- From: Allison J Parent <allisonp(a)world.std.com> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Tuesday, April 06, 1999 9:08 PM Subject: Re: homemade computer for fun and experience... ><This is going to be a YMMV thing, but I've never had problems with normal ><serial terminals, especially not DEC ones. > >AS someone actively running s100 and assorted other cpm systems... A soft >terminal that can emulate ADM1, ADM3, Vt100 and telvideo covers the crowd >right up until you get some oddball code that used a 64x16 VDM1. The >reality was no standards and it's really not gotten that much better. > >My solution... An H19 thats over 21, A vt100 (all others are broken), >a few Vt320s and a Vt340. The thing is I also run DEC hardware and while >they will support any ansi tube a real VT is still easier to use. > ><> I have never had a desire for DEC hardware, mainly because of my distast ><> (and disdain) for their application of technology, and of course for thei > >Personal preference. I happen to like them and they seem to run a long >time. At least all of mine still runs and the 11/03 cpu I have has turned >20! > ><Don't forget that this started with somebody who wanted to homebrew their ><first computer. In which case it should be as simple as possible. > >therein is the essence of the string and why terminals are somewhat nicer >even if they lack color graphics you can play doom on. > ><> See . . . there are reasons NOT to use a terminal. >< ><Sure. Not every machine should use a serial terminal, but equally, not ><every machine needs a built-in graphics display. Which you build is up to ><you. > >I'll add you still need a serial line for a modem. Then you still need a >printer. CPM being a nongraphic OS and there is a distinct lack of >software that uses graphics for it... kind of a moot point if you can >have a 1280x1024 color tube. I can say this as I have a visual 1050 >that has a rather elaborate display system and there is lttle use for it >save for it can emulate a terminal at a cost of another micro, ram and >firmware to run it. Nothing like debuging two systems and blind at that. > >Allison > [View Less]

25 years, 12 months

microcode, compilers, and supercomputer architecture

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<> To put this slightly on topic, we all know that computer systems have <> become more reliable in the last 20 years but does anyone have any real Potentially they are. there are fewer chips and connectors to fail and chips can be highly reliable however... The average PC is tossed togeher from a motly assortment of parts and software and usually works, sometimes. With that cases are more a fashon statment rather than given the thought toward cooling... those 333mhz … [View More]

25 years, 12 months

homemade computer for fun and experience...

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<This is going to be a YMMV thing, but I've never had problems with normal <serial terminals, especially not DEC ones. AS someone actively running s100 and assorted other cpm systems... A soft terminal that can emulate ADM1, ADM3, Vt100 and telvideo covers the crowd right up until you get some oddball code that used a 64x16 VDM1. The reality was no standards and it's really not gotten that much better. My solution... An H19 thats over 21, A vt100 (all others are broken), a few … [View More]

25 years, 12 months

OT: ABS - or is it Pure BS/wheel sensors

by roblwill＠usaor.net

I wonder is it would be possible to devise something that would use some sort of disc with a bunch of holes in it and the sensors from an old (8"?) floppy drive? A desperate attempt to get this somewhat back on topic :) -- -Jason Willgruber (roblwill(a)usaor.net) ICQ#: 1730318 <http://members.tripod.com/general_1> =============================== ---------------Original Message----- From: Stan Perkins <stan(a)netcom.com> To: Discussion re-collecting of … [View More]

25 years, 12 months

Chicago trs-80s

by dogas＠leading.net

My vacation/computer-rescue-mission has come to a close and there is now a big honkin pile of trs-80 6000 and 16b toys on my living room floor. :) Several of them have broken this or thatsz but the first one I pulled, a 6000hd 15mhd, booted into Xenix 3.0.1 I think (Microsoft '84). the 68k in it crashed after about 20min of xenix frolicking. She's resting now. I'd like cc and tcp for this if anyone can help me out? I 'm sure some parts will be available as soon as I figure out what I … [View More]

25 years, 12 months

Industrial PeeCee

by jpl15＠netcom.com

I am looking for an "Industrial" IBM-compat PC... the kind that is mounted in a 19" rack enclosure with a small monitor integral to the box, and usually a keyboard underneath on a slide-shelf. My purpose is to run one of the PDP11 sims and Linux, and to function as a more modern 'peripheral farm' and a comm node to my Real PDP collection. I am looking for a 486 or Pentium I unit with 8-16 meg of RAM, .5 - 1.5 G HD, compatible BIOS and able to run Win95... if it *has* to. One serial, … [View More]

25 years, 12 months

! Heads Up ! -- System becoming available

by mbg＠world.std.com

Just wanted to let eveyone know that I have been contacted by someone who works for a company where they have three (3) KS10s. One of the machines is *CURRENTLY OPERATIONAL*. One was shut down several months ago, and the person who wrote to me doesn't know about the third. There are nine (9) RP06 disk drives distributed between the three systems, two additional ones are broken. Two tape drives are on line (with problems) and one is broken (one TM03 and two TU77s). The computers are in a … [View More]

25 years, 12 months

HP 88780 9-track tape drive

by svs＠ropnet.ru

G'day, Yesterday four geeks (including myself) had tried to convince a HP 88780 9-track SCSI drive (cleverly disguised as Tandem 5160) to accept 6250 bpi tapes. It works OK at 1600 bpi, but refuses to admit it knows about 6250: "mt setdensity 3" on a Linux box results in "Incompatible media installed" error (when the tape written at 6250 bpi is loaded.) The problem is: no docs. By playing with front panel buttons, we discovered lots of interesting knobs to turn (CONF 40..199), but weren't … [View More]

25 years, 12 months

ABS - or is it Pure BS

by roblwill＠usaor.net

*Having had decades of extensive driving during the long cold winters in *western Canada, Qebec and Ontario , I would consider myself a quite skilled *slippery road driver. The worst thing you can do when you go into a skid is *lock your brakes. The best is to turn into the skid and use your accellerator *and steering to bring it back under control. I would rather have any brake *action under my control and hope I can steer out of it without using them.There *are courses up here which teach … [View More]

25 years, 12 months

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test-drb April 1999