I have an old Amdek color composite monitor with a built-in speaker/amp.
I no longer have any use for it, and it's currently just taking up space.
I will take ANY offer + shipping for it.
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PS>> It works good, it's just a bit dusty.
> FB is the forground background monitor
> (spooling to printer is a good background task!
Actually, the print queue manager would be running as a foreground
task...
>Lator versions will have:
>
> BM batch monitor (for a batch based system)
Batch support is a conditional assembly of any of the monitors. There
is no one specific batch monitor. (And the handler name is BA).
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>> >Problem is that getting known-good 8" disks is non-trivial now. Computer
>> >shops just don't stock them...
>
>> 8" Floppies are available from many mail-
>> order sources in the US, most notably direct from Imation (used to
>You're lucky. I've not seen them in UK catalogues for at least 5 years :-(.
And even more unfortunately for you, http://store.imation.com/ doesn't
sell outside the US. When I was in Canada I got around
this by having a US shipping and billing address, but it's a bit
further of a drive for those in the UK :-(. Have you had any luck
>from the sources listed in the comp.os.cpm FAQ?
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>> Then maybe it's the heads, or maybe it's dirt, or maybe it's just bad-
>> quality media. In my experience, one
>> or two bad blocks on a 8" floppy is acceptable. 6 or 12 is way too many,
>> and indicates a more serious problem.
>I would start investigating if there are _any_ bad blocks...
One or two are OK, if they get mapped out. The I/O Exerciser (IOX) under
RSX is very good at finding flaky blocks, as is FORMAT/VERIFY:ONLY/PATTERN:
under RT-11.
>> Maybe I'm just paranoid, but
>> I don't like taking chances with data, and testing with new media and
>Agreed. My data is a lot more valuable than the price of a floppy
>Problem is that getting known-good 8" disks is non-trivial now. Computer
>shops just don't stock them...
8" Floppies are available from many mail-
order sources in the US, most notably direct from Imation (used to
be 3M), and I've lived in neighborhoods that had retailers still
stocking them.
>> trashing questionable media is cheap and easy compared to replacing
>> lost data. This is much more true with removable platter drives than
>> with floppies!
>Eh? Floppies are a lot cheaper than hard disk packs in my experience...
But a dirty platter can wreck a lot more than your data (such as your
heads) when they *do* crash.
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Chuck said:
>At 09:50 PM 5/1/99 -0400, Tim wrote:
>>That said, 12 (or even 6) is way too many errors for a floppy disk.
>>Cleaning the heads, re-aligning, or buying new media (there are lots
>>of places that still sell 8" floppies) may be the real solution.
>The issue isn't with the disk I don't believe (I don't have an alignment
>disk to prove it so I can't be sure).
Then maybe it's the heads, or maybe it's dirt, or maybe it's just bad-
quality media. In my experience, one
or two bad blocks on a 8" floppy is acceptable. 6 or 12 is way too many,
and indicates a more serious problem.
Maybe I'm just paranoid, but
I don't like taking chances with data, and testing with new media and
trashing questionable media is cheap and easy compared to replacing
lost data. This is much more true with removable platter drives than
with floppies!
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Hi all,
I have an LK-3000 and am in need of information.
When I took the thingy appart to replace the NiCads I noticed that there was
absolutly nothing in terms of CPU, RAM or ROM inside, only logic for the
display and keypad. From this I deducted that the smarts must be inside of
the module wich I didn't take apart since the label is placed on top of the
screws.
Does anyone has information as to what modules were availabe, any hardware
architecture information, any general information.
Thank you
Francois
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<"can't read track 0" on both A and B drives. I formatted the disks
<successfully on a Compaq clone and a Commodore PC10, and now the XT will
<read them. Any ideas?
You didn't demag them sufficiently well. Most double sided media really
needs to be done from both sides.
Allison
<Ok, so on my distribution disk if I boot it up it comes up as RT-11 V20B S
<but if I boot DXMNTFB.SYS it comes up RT-11 V20B FB. What's the difference
<Floating point?
Not floating point.
SJ is the single job monitor
FB is the forground background monitor
(spooling to printer is a good background task!
Lator versions will have:
BM batch monitor (for a batch based system)
XM extended memory monitor
Other possibilities are also possible via a build.
Allison
<disks did the trick. Other empirical evidence was accumulated when the
<demagnetizer shut itself off while I was using it near the disk, (thermal
<shutdown to prevent meltdown I guess). That disk was unusable until the
<demagnetizer reset and I could use it more carefully.
When the thermal cutout opened there was a momentary spike. At that point
rather than radom magnitisation you nailed the disk with a fixed field
and really magnetized it. The powered demaggers whould be moved in a
circular patter from surface contact to about arms length befor powering
off to avoid that.
FYI when wiping disks I use a ceramic magnet and move it uniformly over the
surface in a circular pattern ten move it away while continuing to move it.
works just as well as a line powered demagnetizer.
Allison
