Anyone know of a company/person who fixes/refurbishes/aligns floppy drives?
I need some old floppys worked on.
How about hard disc repair shops?
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Hello, can anyone provide me with the voltages for the motherboard
connector of a Panasonic Businessmate (286) PSU? On the floppy
connectors, I assume that the red it +12V, the 2 blacks are GND, and the
yellow is +5?
Thanks,
Kevin
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"In the flesh, on the phone and in your account..."
-- BOFH #3
This coming Saturday, 26th June 99, will be another in an endless
series of TRW Ham Radio and Electronics Swap Meets.. at the TRW
Plant in El Segundo, CA, from 7:30 to 11:00 am. The meet is held on
the last saturday of every month, no matter what.
From the 405 (San Diego) freeway, take the Rosecrans exit and go
west 1 mile to Aviation. Turn left (south) on Aviation [under the
Metrolink bridge] and go down about four blocks. The TRW facility
will be on your right, and the Meet is held in the southernmost
parking lots.
I will be in spaces J21 and J23, if anyone wishes to come by and
heckle me in person.
If someone has an item or two to sell, let me know via private
e-mail and Arrangements will be made.
Due to Ham Field Day activities, no brunch or will be held after
the meet this time. *Next* month, however....
Cheers
John
In a message dated 6/20/99 11:36:32 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
dastar(a)ncal.verio.com writes:
> I'm virtually apoplectic about this garbage that some of you may watched
> tonight on TV (I certainly did NOT watch it).
>
> If the facts and how they are perceived in the public's mind weren't
> already distorted enough, this show totally trivializes the recent history
> of computing. They would not do this with the Holocaust or Vietnam, so
> how dare they create such a blatantly falsified story?
>
> It will take years to undo the misconceptions and outright falsehoods this
> show has promoted.
was it really that bad? I wasnt able to view it. Please give some examples of
what was wrong with the show.
Despite your best efforts to keep me from helping you by dissing Microsoft
in your help request :), here is the solution to your problem from the MS
KnowledgeBase
(http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q191/0/64.asp)
Kai
Error Messages When Running TCP/IP-Based Utilities or Programs[win95x]
ID: Q191064 CREATED: 06-AUG-1998 MODIFIED: 28-MAY-1999
WINDOWS:95
WINDOWS
PUBLIC | kberrmsg kbtool win95
\* Security : PUBLIC
======================================================================
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 95
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---
SYMPTOMS
========
You may experience the following symptoms when you attempt to use a
Transmission
Control Protocol/Internet Protocol-based (TCP/IP-based) utility or program:
- When you attempt to use the Winipcfg utility, you receive the following
error
message:
Fatal Error! Cannot read IP configuration.
- When you attempt to ping a Web site name or TCP/IP address using the Ping
utility, you receive either of the following error messages:
- Bad IP address <Web address>
- PING: transmit failed, error code 10091
- When you attempt to load a Web page using Internet Explorer, you receive
the
following error message:
Internet Explorer cannot open the Internet site <Web address>. A
connection with the server could not be established.
- When you try to uninstall Microsoft Personal Web Server 4.0, you receive
the
following error message:
WINSOCK2 is required to run this setup utility. Please click OK to exit
setup.
CAUSE
=====
This behavior can occur if you attempt to uninstall the Winsock 2.0 update
for
Windows 95, but it is not uninstalled completely.
RESOLUTION
==========
To resolve this behavior, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, point to Programs, and then click MS-DOS Prompt.
2. At the command prompt, type the following commands, pressing ENTER after
each
command
cd\<windows>\ws2bakup
ws2bakup.bat
exit
where <windows> is the folder in which Windows is installed.
NOTE: If you are prompted to abort, retry, or fail the operation, press
A.
This causes the Ws2bakup.bat to continue restoring up all the necessary
files.
NOTE: If you receive sharing violation error messages when you run the
Ws2bakup.bat file, continue with step 3.
3. Click Start, click Shut Down, click "Restart in MS-DOS mode," and then
click
OK.
4. Repeat step 2.
NOTE: If you receive error messages when you run the Ws2bakup.bat file
stating
that some programs cannot be run outside of Windows 95, disregard them.
MORE INFORMATION
================
For more information about the Winsock 2.0 update for Windows 95, please see
the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q182108 Availability of Windows Sockets 2.0 for Windows 95
Additional query words: wsock
======================================================================
Keywords : kberrmsg kbtool win95
Version : WINDOWS:95
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb
\* Edit Status : Published
\* Tech Status : Reviewed
-----Original Message-----
From: Sellam Ismail [mailto:dastar@ncal.verio.com]
Sent: Monday, June 21, 1999 11:15 PM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: OT: Desperate for immediate help with Win95 IP stack
I would normally not post such a lame question to this list but I need
help desparately and don't have time to go wading through a haystack for a
needle. Its bad enough I have to keep re-visiting this problem of windows
deciding to kill itself every few months for the joy of it.
My IP stack is hosed on my Win95 machine. When I try to ping any host I
get "Transmit failed, error code 10091". If I try to run WINIPCFG I get
"Fatal error: cannot read IP configuration".
Since MS is fucked and doesn't have any sort of technical documentation
anywhere useful that would list these errors I must now try to go
searching for what this bullshit means. Unless you already have the
answer?
This started to happen after I had to re-install windows over the existing
install, because it all of a sudden started coming up with a "Windows
exception" during boot and would not boot any further.
TIA.
Sellam Alternate e-mail:
dastar(a)siconic.com
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Coming this October 2-3: Vintage Computer Festival 3.0!
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Hi. I got a Xeros workstation recently, probably a Daybreak. I
was able to hack the monitor a bit and connect it, but I'm totally
puzzled by the keyboard. Does anyone has any info about Daybreak
hardware (ou Xerox ws. hardware in general), namely pinouts, etc. I'm
really in need for that kind of info.
Thanks,
Cheers,
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> On the chance that someone else here might be interested, the
> arcade video game song classics Pacman Fever, etc. have now
> been released on CD. Check out:
>
> http://www.bucknergarcia.com
>
> Now maybe I'll replace my vinyl copy.
You throwing out the vinyl version? I'll take it! :-)
(seriously, I buy vinyl whenever possible, but I'd mainly rather buy secondhand
than pay new CD price for something like that.)
More seriously, I checked out the URL you gave, and it says "the 8 songs from
the vinyl version" but doesn't say what they are!
Does it contain the Space Invaders song? That's the only video game song I
remember hearing...
Philip.
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That's a risky proposition. CompuPro produced some of the best but much of
the worst S-100 hardware ever made. It seems that Bill Godbout would buy a
couple of boxcar loads of j-k flipflops and the next 5 boards his guys
produced would be made from them. Nobody cared if they worked. People
bought them because they were cheap. Interoperability was never a concern
for Godbout. If it worked with ONE of their other boards, that was good
enough.
Dick (owner of lots of Godbout's hardware -and some even works!)
-----Original Message-----
From: Arfon Gryffydd <arfonrg(a)texas.net>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 8:38 AM
Subject: Compro, S100 & 8" drives
>I can grab a big Compro (model:?) computer that the junk guys says is a
>S100 computer. it includes two 8" drives.
>
>Anyone know anything about this box?
>----------------------------------------
> Tired of Micro$oft???
>
> Move up to a REAL OS...
>######__ __ ____ __ __ _ __ #
>#####/ / / / / __ | / / / / | |/ /##
>####/ / / / / / / / / / / / | /###
>###/ /__ / / / / / / / /_/ / / |####
>##/____/ /_/ /_/ /_/ /_____/ /_/|_|####
># ######
> ("LINUX" for those of you
> without fixed-width fonts)
>----------------------------------------
>Be a Slacker! http://www.slackware.com
>
>Slackware Mailing List:
>http://www.digitalslackers.net/linux/list.html
I would normally not post such a lame question to this list but I need
help desparately and don't have time to go wading through a haystack for a
needle. Its bad enough I have to keep re-visiting this problem of windows
deciding to kill itself every few months for the joy of it.
My IP stack is hosed on my Win95 machine. When I try to ping any host I
get "Transmit failed, error code 10091". If I try to run WINIPCFG I get
"Fatal error: cannot read IP configuration".
Since MS is fucked and doesn't have any sort of technical documentation
anywhere useful that would list these errors I must now try to go
searching for what this bullshit means. Unless you already have the
answer?
This started to happen after I had to re-install windows over the existing
install, because it all of a sudden started coming up with a "Windows
exception" during boot and would not boot any further.
TIA.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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Don't rub the lamp if you don't want the genie to come out.
Coming this October 2-3: Vintage Computer Festival 3.0!
See http://www.vintage.org/vcf for details!
[Last web site update: 05/25/99]
On the chance that someone else here might be interested, the
arcade video game song classics Pacman Fever, etc. have now
been released on CD. Check out:
http://www.bucknergarcia.com
Now maybe I'll replace my vinyl copy.
-----
David Williams - Computer Packrat
dlw(a)trailingedge.com
http://www.trailingedge.com
