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Fw: RL-01 drives UK

by danburrows＠mindspring.com

24 years, 9 months

3Com 3Stations

by peter.pachla＠vectrex.freeserve.co.uk

Hi all, I've had these two "3Com 3Stations" (model 3C1100) lying around here for the past 5 years or so and I'd like to actually get them running. Does anyone have any technical details about them; in particular what sort of graphics adapter is built in (it looks like either CGA, EGA or MDA/Herc), what sizes of 30-pin SIMMs do they take (and how do you set the memory jumpers) and how the heck do you get them to boot via the network? Anyone able to offer ANY advice? TTFN - Pete. -- Hardware & Software Engineer. Sound Engineer. Collector of Arcade Machines, Games Consoles & Obsolete Computers (esp DEC) peter.pachla(a)virgin.net | peter.pachla(a)vectrex.freeserve.co.uk | peter.pachla(a)wintermute.free-online.co.uk | www.wintermute.free-online.co.uk --

24 years, 9 months

Sun SparcStation II

by a2k＠one.net

I *think* this makes the list.. dunno the date off the top of my head... Anyway, sorry if it's O.T. The Sun monitor is much too large for my already over-crowded computer room, so I've set it up to boot a dumb terminal (will later be hooked up to my multiport serial card when I put the Sparc under my desk..) The problem is the last guy that had the Sparc really screwed up /etc/silo.conf and SILO requires me to type 1/boot/vmlinux root=/dev/sda1 ever boot (oh, I run linux ;) ) Can someone tell me how to make /etc/silo.conf boot the machine automatically? Eventually I'm going to make it a web server... when I buy a router (probably this weekend.) Thanks, Kevin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "It's you isn't it? THE BASTARD OPERATOR FROM HELL!" "In the flesh, on the phone and in your account..." -- BOFH #3

24 years, 9 months

Borland releases old Turbo products at no charge...

by jfoust＠threedee.com

Check out <http://community.borland.com/museum/> for: The Story of Frank Borland The TurboMan Ad, September 1988 Old Software Turbo Pascal v1.0, Shipdate 20-November-1983 Turbo Pascal v3.02, Shipdate 18-September 1986 Turbo Pascal v5.5, Shipdate 02-May-1989 Turbo C v1.0, Shipdate 06-July-1987 Turbo C v1.5, Shipdate 25-January-1988 Turbo C v2.01, Shipdate 11-May-1989

24 years, 9 months

32 sector 8" floppies

by CLASSICCMP＠trailing-edge.com

>> It would be well to remember that, back when hard-sectoring was common, it >> was considered more efficient than soft-sectoring. Shugart 801 drives were >> certainly available with hard-sector support as an option. Hard-sectoring >> did cost more, hence died off quickly enough. >Why was hard-sectoring considered more efficient? IIRC, the soft sectored >disks had more capacity than a comparable hard-sectored disk. It depends on what you're comparing *with*. 32-sectored hard-sectored 8" floppies have a bit more capacity than IBM 3740 (26-sector) soft-sector format. But once you start going to double density, longer (and fewer) sectors, etc., the soft-sector formats start looking better, but only because the hard-sectored disks weren't evolving anymore at that point. They could've kept up, if it wasn't for advances in floppy disk controller technology which made the soft-sectored formats more attractive. In terms of early (early and mid-70's) hardware, hard-sectored floppies required less "smarts" in the disk controller because they don't have to deal with sector marks in the read signal. (Remember that early 8" soft-sectored floppy controllers lacked the smarts to write the address marks, and they reserved that function for special-purpose formatters. We aren't talking about a LSI chip, we're talking about a square foot or two of PCB stuffed densely with SSI TTL.) But then the FDC-on-a-chip came along (from WD, NEC, and others) and these had built-in circuitry for dealing with soft-sectored details. Others (like Wozniak) moved the FDC functions to the CPU and avoided both the FDC-on-a-chip *and* the square feet of PCB's typical of previous floppy disk controllers. -- Tim Shoppa Email: shoppa(a)trailing-edge.com Trailing Edge Technology WWW: http://www.trailing-edge.com/ 7328 Bradley Blvd Voice: 301-767-5917 Bethesda, MD, USA 20817 Fax: 301-767-5927

24 years, 9 months

SoCal TRW Swapmeet this Sat 7/31

by jpl15＠netcom.com

The monthly SoCal TRW Ham Radio and Electronics Swap Meet is this Saturday, the 31st, from 7:30 am -> 11:30 am PST. The Meet is held at the TRW El Segundo facility, in the southern parking lots thereof: From the 405 (San Diego) freeway, take the Rosecrans exit and go west one mile to Aviation. Turn left (south) [under the Metrolink bridge] and proceed about 3/4 of a mile... the TRW plant will be on your right and the Swapmeet itself is in the southernmost parking lots bordering Marine avenue. I am in Spaces J21 and J23, driving a white Toyota 4X4 pickup truck with a black bedliner. Marvin will be there, and my spies tell me also Aaron Finney and *maybe* Mike Ford too... I plan on a Brag 'n Brunch after the Meet is over (around noon) and y'all are invited. 'Driving a Hard Bargain' is hungry work! Hope to see you there... but please don't show up before 9:30 or so, as it gives me an opportunity to scarf up on all the *good* stuff. Providing I can keep Marvin distracted, too.... ;} Cheers John

24 years, 9 months

HP Equipment Available

by jeff.kaneko＠juno.com

Bill: So what's going on with this? Claimed? Withdrawn? Jeff On Tue, 27 Jul 1999 04:01:29 GMT bill_r(a)inetnebr.com (Bill Richman) writes: > A friend of mine has rescued the following equipment. (I don't know > HP > stuff, so I'll give a general description and some numbers.) > > Two big, _heavy_ boxes about the size of 2-drawer filing cabinets: > > Box 1 contains modules marked- > HP 9000/300 > HP 9000/300 > HP 98720A > > Box 2 contains modules marked- > HP 7958B > HP 9000/300 > HP 98720A > > There is also a large RGB monitor, HP #98751A, at least two (HPIB, > so > I'm told by an HP-head) keyboards and mice, video cables, etc. > > He offered it to me but I have no use for it. It's big, bulky, and > heavy, so if you're interested in it, you'll have to arrange for > transportation from Lincoln, Nebraska. A few bucks thrown in his > direction for dragging the stuff home from the brink of destruction > wouldn't be out of line either - maybe $50 or $100 if the stuff is > worth > anything to you. If you want any/all of this stuff, let me know by > Wednesday, because I'm sure he'll be tired of dragging it around in > his > van by then. He'll probably have used up the $50-100 in extra gas! > > > > -Bill Richman (bill_r(a)inetnebr.com) > http://incolor.inetnebr.com/bill_r - Home of the COSMAC Elf > Microcomputer > Simulator, Fun with Molten Metal, Orphaned Robots, and > Technological Oddities. > ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

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Collecting computers in good in Canada - how about you?

by kstumpf＠unusual.on.ca

I don't know how I did it again. Hopefully no one enjoys my posts and this won't be read by many, but for those who were taken away from more important business by this message, I apologize. >Good morning my friend. > >How are you? You are being true to your word - haven't >heard a word from you in months on the CCL. > >Please let me know how you are. Research projects, >acquisitions (oops, is that still a bad word), and such. >I am very interested. > >There have been quite a few computers in and out of >my "ware"house. The Guide to Collecting is getting a >second printing (yikes), an I am a happy mainframe >programmer (MVS, Cobol, DB2, and CICS) at a local >insurance company. > >Family life is tough, but we're trying and moving >forward (2 teenage boys left in the fam). > >You take care and please give me an update. > >Yours in good faith. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >------------------------------- >Kevin Stumpf * Unusual systems * www.unusual.on.ca >+1.519.744.2900 * EST/EDT GMT - 5 > >Collector - Commercial Mainframes & Minicomputers from > the 50s, 60s, & 70s and control panels and consoles. > >Author & Publisher - A Guide to Collecting Computers & >Computer Collectibles * ISBN 0-9684244-0-6 >. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- Kevin Stumpf * Unusual systems * www.unusual.on.ca +1.519.744.2900 * EST/EDT GMT - 5 Collector - Commercial Mainframes & Minicomputers from the 50s, 60s, & 70s and control panels and consoles. Author & Publisher - A Guide to Collecting Computers & Computer Collectibles * ISBN 0-9684244-0-6 .

24 years, 9 months

Collecting computers in good in Canada - how about you?

by kstumpf＠unusual.on.ca

Good morning my friend. How are you? You are being true to your word - haven't heard a word from you in months on the CCL. Please let me know how you are. Research projects, acquisitions (oops, is that still a bad word), and such. I am very interested. There have been quite a few computers in and out of my "ware"house. The Guide to Collecting is getting a second printing (yikes), an I am a happy mainframe programmer (MVS, Cobol, DB2, and CICS) at a local insurance company. Family life is tough, but we're trying and moving forward (2 teenage boys left in the fam). You take care and please give me an update. Yours in good faith. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- Kevin Stumpf * Unusual systems * www.unusual.on.ca +1.519.744.2900 * EST/EDT GMT - 5 Collector - Commercial Mainframes & Minicomputers from the 50s, 60s, & 70s and control panels and consoles. Author & Publisher - A Guide to Collecting Computers & Computer Collectibles * ISBN 0-9684244-0-6 .

24 years, 9 months

Info on the IMST426 transputer

by kenny＠kinnes.demon.co.uk

I'd heard about it round about ST450 time but did not get any firm data on it. Interesting idea. So how did you get 'em ?? K At 02:38 PM 7/28/99 -0400, you wrote: >Hi, > >Does anyone have any info on the T426 (yes it is a 6). What was >different >from the T425?? Any new instructions, etc. > > >Thanks > >Ram > >-- > > ,,,, > /'^'\ > ( o o ) > -oOOO--(_)--OOOo------------------------------------- >| Ram Meenakshisundaram >| Senior Software Engineer >| OpenLink Financial Inc >| .oooO Phone: (516) 227-6600 x267 >| ( ) Oooo. Email: rmeenaks(a)olf.com > ---\ (----( )-------------------------------------- > \_) ) / > (_/ > > > >

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