test-drb May 1999

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by jpl15＠netcom.com

The monthly Southern California TRW Ham Radio and Electronics Swap Meet is being held this month (May) on Saturday the 29th, from 0730 hours to 1130 hours local time, at the TRW facility in El Segundo. Take the san Diego (405) freeway, exit Rosecrans, go West about 1 mile to Aviation (under the Metrolink bridge), turn left (south) on Aviation and proceed 1/2 mile south. The TRW facility will be on your right, and the Meet is held in the southernmost parking lots, bordering on Marine avenue to the south. Find a place to park and come join Marvin and myself, although I will certainly have gotten all the choice goodies first, (unless Marvin beats me to them). I am in spaces J21 and J23 and any classicmpers who will be in the area are cordially invited to join us. I have space available for anyone who might wish to unload some ju^H^H^H^H vintage items on the swapmeet attendees. There will be the usual after meet Brunch-n-Brag, at about 12:30 at a restaurant local to the swapmeet; all are invited. I am considering another collection Open House at my place, but that depends on feedback. E-mail me privately for further information/data/whatever. Cheers John

25 years, 1 month

Apple Monitors ??

by roblwill＠usaor.net

That's how I have mine. 80-column is barely readable. The local thrift stores don't accept computer equipment unless it's a complete, working system, and they don't part them out :( ///--->>> -Jason Willgruber (roblwill(a)usaor.net) ICQ#: 1730318 <http://members.tripod.com/general_1> -----Original Message----- From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh(a)aracnet.com> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Wednesday, May 19, 1999 8:29 AM Subject: Re: Apple Monitors ?? >> Does anyone know a source for a fairly cheap monitor for an Apple //c and a > >It's called an old TV (I've hooked mine up through my nice new TV and VCR). >I've not hit any Goodwill's lately, but last I checked it was still fairly >easy to get Apple ][ monitors there, although I seem to normally run >across Monitor ///'s (they will work). > > Zane > >

25 years, 1 month

Mac Plus system & s/w available

by cfandt＠netsync.net

Upon the date 09:41 AM 5/19/99 -0700, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) said something like: >> ** Kingston cooling fan/power switching module. Fits on top of the box to >> provide additional cooling and acts as AC power control center. > >Does that level the top enough for wall-making stacking? Nah, seems to be the same thickness across its length. Too narrow anyway. Sorry ;) --Chris -- -- Christian Fandt, Electronic/Electrical Historian Jamestown, NY USA cfandt(a)netsync.net Member of Antique Wireless Association URL: http://www.ggw.org/awa

25 years, 1 month

Collecting PCs

by ethan_dicks＠yahoo.com

--- Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > > --- Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > >... wouldn't turn down a PDP8/e mind you. > > > > > > Why the 8/e in particular? > > The 8/e is all TTL as well (or at least mine is)... I wasn't entirely clear. The 8/L's and 8/i's have very accessible interconnects as compared to the cluster of five OMNIBUS cards in the 8/e CPU. > and the only 'custom' > parts are a couple of programmed ROMs on the EAE cards. But the > maintenance manual gives enough info to re-create those ROMs if you have to. Yes. It's not the replaceability issue (not that I can burn bipolar PROMs) It's the getting inside the CPU issue. > > The appeal of the OMNIBUS machines is that it's easier to > > hang modern devices off of them. > > I've never tried that. My 8/e has a PC04 (converted PC05, actually), TU56 > and RX01 on it. The RX01 is a little too late for the period of the rest > of the machine, but it's useful... I didn't mean modern like IDE disks, though that's an idea. I meant modern for the PDP-8 in general (RL8A/RL01, RK8E/RK05 vs DF32 and RF08). Sorry I wasn't clearer; I was in a hurry this afternoon. -ethan _____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Free instant messaging and more at http://messenger.yahoo.com

25 years, 1 month

Scientific Micro Systems

by edick＠idcomm.com

Regardless of the physical size, (maybe 13x15") if they are FT400 or FT300 models, then I may have useful information regarding their use. These models are FDC-only with a very easy programming interface. Back when I used a 1 MHz 6502 for much of the work, I used one of these and was probably the only one around with double-density capability as a result. The interface was dirt simple, yet could keep up with any processor of the time. Dick -----Original Message----- From: allisonp(a)world.std.com <allisonp(a)world.std.com> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Wednesday, May 19, 1999 9:20 AM Subject: Re: Scientific Micro Systems > >On Tue, 18 May 1999 jeff.kaneko(a)juno.com wrote: > >> I would. I collect rotating memories, >> and obscure interfaces thereto. >> It is a small sub-speciality of mine. :^) > >Jeff, > >Also an interest but I tend to be more focused. I'm looking for DRUM >memories of small physical size. I'm interested in getting one going >and I'm limited in space and power I'm willing to commit as I want to have >it run. > >If you run across anything that may be on the Northeast I'd be interested. > >Allison >

25 years, 1 month

Tossing

by Philip.Belben＠pgen.com

> AFAIR did Philip suggest RLLRRLL (or more neat RLLRLRRL) ... RLLRLRRL? Nice! I like it. (Sam - if you think it's important, make some right angled trapezia from cardboard or even paper and arrange them on a flat surface with a line as the floor. You'll see what we mean.) Philip.

25 years, 1 month

Amiga A1020 5.25" floppy drive (was Re: Atari modem)

by gregorym＠cadvision.com

It can be done, but I don't remember how. A lot of my friends transitted >from C-64s to Amigas, and at least one of them had hardware that let him connect the 1541 directly to his Amiga to do file transfers. I don't remember if it was just a cable and some software, or if there was a hardware interface involved. A quick post to comp.sys.amiga.hardware should find someone who remembers. Regards, Mark. At 10:41 AM 5/19/99 -0700, you wrote: >::If I can't find an A1020 (or compatible replacement, if any were made), I may >::try and rig up my own drive. > >What about hooking up the 1541/1571 drives to an Amiga? Has anyone done this? > >-- >-------------------------- personal page: http://calvin.ptloma.edu/~spectre/ -- >Cameron Kaiser Database Programmer/Administrative Computing >Point Loma Nazarene University Fax: +1 619 849 2581 >ckaiser(a)ptloma.edu Phone: +1 619 849 2539 >-- Ah, the insight of hindsight. -- Thurston N. Davis ------------------------- > >

25 years, 1 month

plated-wire memory

by yakowenk＠cs.unc.edu

How similar is plated-wire memory to core? Does it have the same wire-matrix organization, but is dunked into some magnetic gorp rather than having little torii strung on? Bill.

25 years, 1 month

Scientific Micro Systems

by jeff.kaneko＠juno.com

I would. I collect rotating memories, and obscure interfaces thereto. It is a small sub-speciality of mine. :^) Jeff On Tue, 18 May 1999 08:03:09 -0700 Mike Ford <mikeford(a)netwiz.net> writes: >>SMS was the maker of a number of 8X300-based FDC's. These were about >10x12" >>things with loads of TTL, normally bounted in a 17x18x15" (wxlxh) >cast > >Most of what you say really rings a bell in my aging core stack, >except >that several of the cards were absolutely much larger than 10x12". >Second >point is would anybody want these? > > ___________________________________________________________________ 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]

25 years, 1 month

Paging William Donzelli

by yakowenk＠cs.unc.edu

Has anybody out there had recent contact with William Donzelli? I've got two e-mail addresses for him, and both bounce. And it looks like he hasn't posted anything to classiccmp for nearly a month... Bill.

25 years, 1 month

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