On May 24, 12:05, Sipke de Wal wrote:
> Subject: Re: FONT NAME question
> >From what I can gather it must be something very much like ARIAL but
> with a bit more rounded features and the absence of a slant-end on
> the top of the 't'
>
> Maybe you could make it yourself with a tt-font-editor. taking one
> of the ARIAL-fonts as a starting point.
> > Anyone know the name of the font used in the old "d|i|g|i|t|a|l" logo?
I'm
> > trying to reconstruct it (I've found a couple of gif files but I'd
really
> > like line art) for reproduction. Compaq is squashing this logo fast so
> > seeing it is getting harder and harder!
It's not very close to Arial. It's almost exactly standard Helvetica Bold.
I have hundreds of PostScript fonts (I used to be in the printing
business) and I couldn't find an exact match. However, PostScript fonts
are just vector graphic descriptions, and I have software that can read
those into a vector drawing package, so I just took Helvetica as starting
point and tweaked it. The result isn't *exactly* right, but very close.
You can have a PostScript copy of that if you want it...
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
If you poke around a bit you may find that the three extra memory IC's
contain the BASIC interpreter which was sold as an add-on.
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Monday, May 24, 1999 4:01 PM
Subject: AIM 65 question
>Hi,
>
> I picked up several AIM 65 computers. I've noticed that some of them
>have two 24 Pin ICs in the lower right corner and some have five. Anyone
>know what the difference is? Also some have only two of the 19 pin ICs in
>the top right corner and other have eitht ICs there. What's the difference
>there?
>
> Anyone know of a site where I can find out more about these and the
>commands to operate them?
>
> Joe
>
Hi!
I just got two IBM Optical drives, complete with drivers, controllers,
operator's manual, and service manual.
Now for the questions:
-Are there updated drivers for these drives? The ones that cane with it run
the driver as a DOS shell, which takes up a bunch of memory, and slows down
the entire computer (also won't work with Windows).
- Does anyone have an ISA controller card for one of these drives? Both
controller cards I got are MCA, and I only have one MCA machine (The Model
80 runs OS/2, and I don't have OS/2 drivers), which is a P70. I have the
external drive (I got an internal and an external) on there, and it works,
but no way of testing the internal (I was going to use it on my Pentium).
- Sometimes, when I put in a disk, and try to read it, I get a "General
Failure" error. I take the disk out, put it back in, and it works. I think
there was a discussion about this before. Do I just need to clean the
disks?
-The drives that I have are 3363's, and the disks I have are 3363 200MB
Single Sided cartridges (IBM). Can I use other types of Optical disks, or
do I have to use the IBM 3363 ones?
Last question (for now...)
I've heard (I think it was on this list) that the 3363 is a WORM drive.
However, it allows you to delete files, but you don't get any added space
when the file is deleted (as if the file is still there). If the file is
actually gone, where did the empty space go, and is there any way to get it
back? Or is the file still there, and it being 'deleted' is it just an
optical illusion (no pun intended)?
ThAnX,
///--->>>
-Jason Willgruber
(roblwill(a)usaor.net)
ICQ#: 1730318
<http://members.tripod.com/general_1>
Back in the days before "glass" consoles, computers often (if
they had them) used typewriter devices as console input and
output stations. Many minicomputers used Teletypes, but Control
Data used (believe it or not) IBM Selectric typewriters.
(You can bet THAT stuck in someone's craw...) This was the case
on the "lower 3000" line (3150, 3200, 3300, 3500) and I believe
it was the case on the sister line of "upper 3000" (3600, 3800)
systems as well.
On the 3300 system, the console typewriter was a "drop in" unit
with a small number of cables connecting it to the system. It
dropped into a well on the console operators station and sat in
this well on little rubber feet. Think of a "modern" Selectric
with the top of it's case only; the lower part of the case was
omitted and surrounded by the "well" it sat in.
For a "vintage-like" construction project, I'm trying to locate
an example of this console device. It needs to be working (or
repairable.) The choice of type font is unimportant at this
point.
I've considered picking up one of the inexpensive Selectric
or Selectric-II typewriters (don't need no stupid correction
mechanism) and "converting" it to operate as said console device.
However, I helped a guy do this conversion once (many odd years
ago) and it wasn't pretty then and doubt it would be pretty now.
And the conversion didn't cover the "input" side of the equation
at all. It was just a printer.
Does anyone know where I can get a unit such as this? If any
of you have such a thing, I would be interested in purchasing
and/or trading.
Contact me offline if you want to arrange a deal.
If any of you have pointers to places selling these sort
of things, please let me know. I've mined all my usual surplus
haunts and have searched the net considerably but have yet to
come up with anything "right."
Thanks,
Gary
Wow, I sure didn't expect such a response for these! Several vigilant
members of the list responded within a couple of minutes of the post, so
they're gone. Thanks!
Aaron
Amongst my collection is a Centronics 739 printer, which needs a new EPROM
(the old one is corrupt). Needless to say, Centronics have no parts for a
~1980 printer, so does anyone here have one I could a get a dump of?
Unfortunately, my collection of "useful ROM images" has only the 737
version (almost exactly the same, but without the graphics capability).
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
Interested, 72020 ZIP code about $10, depending on size and pickup
location
Bob
bobyates(a)steward-net.com
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Subject: Bag O' Thinkpads available
Author: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu at NetTalk
Date: 05/24/1999 4:07 PM
Soon to be classic...
I thought someone on this list might want this stuff.
I was going through another dark corner of my office and, besides the
occasional Grue, stumbled upon a bag of Thinkpad 720 systems. Or rather,
the remains of them. What appears to be three or four systems, with most
of their parts, in pieces. These were 486 DX2/50's, and you could probably
come up with at least one 100% system from the bag. 10 or 15 lbs total,
>from Southern Calfornia (91740 area code), if you want to figure out
shipping. Let me know soon, I don't have time to mess with them and will
toss them in a week or so.
Cheers,
Aaron
Soon to be classic...
I thought someone on this list might want this stuff.
I was going through another dark corner of my office and, besides the
occasional Grue, stumbled upon a bag of Thinkpad 720 systems. Or rather,
the remains of them. What appears to be three or four systems, with most
of their parts, in pieces. These were 486 DX2/50's, and you could probably
come up with at least one 100% system from the bag. 10 or 15 lbs total,
>from Southern Calfornia (91740 area code), if you want to figure out
shipping. Let me know soon, I don't have time to mess with them and will
toss them in a week or so.
Cheers,
Aaron
No, but they do take up less space. Consequently, I've been pulling out the
hard drives and the power supplies. The power supplies make a decent brick
substitute and the drives have enough high quality scrap aluminum in them to
pay for the XT and a cinder block.
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) <cisin(a)xenosoft.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Sunday, May 23, 1999 6:33 PM
Subject: Re: Space, the next frontier
>where you are, are cinder blocks cheaper than XTs?
>
