Almost a computer system :)
If I remember correctly Robert Redford was reading the output from a
Decwriter III in "Three Days of the Condor". Supposedly the computer system
did automatic language translation. I don't remember what the rest of the
system looked like.
Mike
mmcfadden(a)cmh.edu
I have something very similar (if not identical)
to the black box with white top and metal
toggle switches. Mine is a microprogrammer (as
visible on the picture) LCM-1001. I have nothing
to plug into the expansion socket but do have a
paperback book containing diagrams similar to
those on the cover of the hardback book shown
in the picture. It might be the same book in
paperback - I'll have to check.
My microprogrammer still works happily on its
original NiCads - not bad for something over
twenty years old. I still have the original
box. Also have the mains adapter/charger.
Doug.
Yeah, the mainframe is obsolete... riiiight... Gee, that hasn't been said
before in the last 30 years has it? Sure, maybe the role of the mainframe
has diminished to a large degree, but they still are useful and powerful
machines. If you want to run a huge website without it crashing, and have
thousands and thousands of people accessing it, buy a mainframe. There was
recently an article in VARBusiness I believe about .com businesses replacing
Suns and the like with mainframes because of the need for reliability and
the fact that they went from many many boxes to only one.. An example that I
remember was a company that replaced around 500 NT servers with a single
System/390.. And while I haven't seen the newest IBM mainframes in person, I
have seen a fairly recent System/390, and the whole thing is only about 5' x
5' or so, and not all that tall either... Compared to my 4381, that's a huge
shrinkage, since just the processor takes up more space than that almost!
And mainframes now use standard disk drives, instead of things like my IBM
3880, which is, like the 4381, 6' tall, 6' wide, and 4' deep, and weighs in
at around 1000 or more pounds.
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> I received the same attachment this morning but it was from a hotmail
> address. This is a shame that a Cretan has to cause this disruption.
Strange... my trace of the addresses didn't point to a site in Crete...
Seriously, I never even received it- Groupshield Exchange always detects
this stuff and puts it in quarantine; the original attachment was replaced
by a message alerting me to what happened.
Of course, as the sysadmin, I'd already received a "ticket" informing me
that an infected message had come in and was taken care of.
Buggy, and difficult to administer, but the NAI Total Virus Defense
package hasn't slipped and let anything through yet...
regards all,
-dq
On December 14, Jeff Hellige wrote:
> I was checking out some Mac IIfx machines today and they had
> what appeared to be boards with a single IEEE-488 connector on them.
> To the best of my knowledge, all the machines were used as graphics
> workstations. I've never seen that interface on a Mac before
> though...any ideas what it might have been used for?
Well, National Instruments does make a few NuBus IEEE-488
cards...crack open one of the machines and see who made it. If memory
serves, though, they also made a card that *looks* like an IEEE
interface but isn't. I've never actually seen one of those, but I
have several of the real IEEE-488 NuBus boards.
-Dave McGuire
>"IBM used to send out its salesmen with little 1/24
> models of their Mainframe installations to do site
> planning on the desktop first before bringing in the
> actual HW. With Moore's Law and the progress of
> miniaturization, you could Build a system that big
> now that actually works."
>
>Only with more power.
Imagine putting together a little model of, say, the
PDP-10 system on the back cover of one of the PDP-10
reference manuals, but build an imbedded x86 machine
into the model, with one serial line... run linux on
the the embedded machine and Timothy Stark's pdp-10
emulator running TOPS-10...
:-)
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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In a message dated 12/15/00 10:11:56 AM Eastern Standard Time,
rmeenaks(a)olf.com writes:
> Apparently a virus as NAV responded:
>
> Sender of the infected attachment: null(a)domain2.bigpond.com
> Subject of the message:
> One or more attachments were quarantined.
> Attachment CAHFPJCA.EXE was Quarantined for the following reasons:
> Virus W95.Hybris.gen was found.
>
> Ram
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Arnott" <jrasite(a)eoni.com>
> To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 1:51 AM
> Subject: Virus/worm?
>
>
> > This morning I received a post to classiccmp from
> > 'null(a)domain2.bigpond.com' containing an executable entitled
> > 'CAHFPJCA.EXE'. I run a Mac, so it's no threat to me, but folks
> > running the 90% solution might want to be careful...
> >
> > Jim
>
One of the many reasons I run Linux as my OS of choice is so I can chuckle
robustly at these virus attachments.
-Linc Fessenden
> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 09:20:43 -0800 (PST)
> From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre(a)stockholm.ptloma.edu>
> Subject: Re: TV Tuner cards (on topic, honest :)
>
> You probably have a PeeCee, but I bought a Formac PCI tuner
> card for my
> PowerMac. After I had a mild brain fart getting the RF input
I wish I had the cash to buy a PowerMac! Believe it or not our little one
uses a Color Classic at school so she's right into Apples ATM :) She's only
4 1/2 but had no bother navigating her way round a Performer 475 last
weekend!
>
> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 12:06:44 -0700 (MST)
> From: Jim Strickland <jim(a)calico.litterbox.com>
> Subject: Re: GS disks an' that.
>
> The easiest (and IMHO best) solution to this problem is to go
> to www.allelec.com
> and for $69 purchase the focusdrive IIgs, which has system
> 6.0.1 already
> on it. These drives are great. You'll need at least a 4 mb
> memory expander
> to run it though.
Ah, but that's money :) I'd rather spend the cash on saving more machines
>from the skip......
> > I've got a spare Amiga -> CVBS cable if needs be......
>
> What does this do? Perhaps we could trade amiga hardware for
> GS hardware?
It's the official C= D23 to red/white/yellow RCA type connectors to plug
into a 1084 monitor or any CVBS supporting monitor like the Philips CM8833.
> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 14:21:00 -0500
> From: THETechnoid(a)home.com
> Subject: Re: TV Tuner cards (on topic, honest :)
>
> My friend Mark of Skyforward Productions uses a Mirrovideo dc30 series
> card that does both video standards. I think it might also do
> PAL/M and
> Secam. You will have to research the newer-model cards as his is no
> longer made.
thanks! I'll do a swift google search and see what I turn up.
> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 16:21:27 -0500
> From: Jeff Hellige <jhellige(a)earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: TV Tuner cards (on topic, honest :)
>
> For an older PC using PCI slots for the video card, the Real
> 3D Starfighter had a version that had both inputs and outputs that
> could work with both PAL and NTSC. It's a 3D card based on the i860
> and it has 16meg of RAM onboard. I used to see these on eBay quite a
> bit.
'Tis a pity my primary card is a AGP Nvidia GeForce 2......thanks anyway.
> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 23:59:42 +0100 (CET)
> From: kees.stravers(a)iae.nl
> Subject: Re: TV Tuner cards (Correction)
>
> The Matrox Marvel G400-TV can record and playback in both PAL
> and NTSC.
> Kees.
Can it? I didn't know that......I might be able to get one of these locally.
> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 16:57:27 -0800
> From: "Henry Broekhuyse" <broekh(a)interchange.ubc.ca>
> Subject: RE: GS disks an' that.
>
> The original posting on this topic was from someone with an
> original "Woz" GS. Many "Woz" GSs were of the "ROM 00" type (the later
> versions were ROM 01 and ROM 03). Apparently all versions of GS/OS require
a
> minimum version of ROM 01.
Actually, mine isn't an original "Woz edition" per se. It's a normal GS
that's been signed by the man himself and dedicated to the previous owner
underneath the hood ("Richard, love a bug" it says - the previous owner was
the man behind the Apple Retrospective website and he has a thing about VW
beetles). I was looking at it last week trying to find out what version ROM
it has and I drew a blank.
I'll check the FAQ, but I think the core thing I must do is get a 3.5"
floppy that will actually work.
> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 17:32:53 +0000
> From: Jim Arnott <jrasite(a)eoni.com>
> Subject: Re: GS disks an' that.
>
> WHile we're on the subject of GS's... The local thrift store has a
> complete IIgs system (CPU, monitor, external 3.5" drive, Imagewriter
> II, cables, power supplies, software) that they're asking $25 for.
> Anyone interested? Claim that it fires up just fine. (shipping would
> be from 97883)
And therefore too expensive to get to the UK. I don't suppose you could just
buy the floppy drive for me could you? :o))
cheers folks
adrian/witchy
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the Online Computer Museum
I just picked up a Pinnacle Systems Studio PCTVpro at Office Depot for about
$80. It does NTSC, PAL, and SECAM. Or at least it says it does... I don't
have anything besides NTSC to test it with.
Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Graham [mailto:agraham@ccat.co.uk]
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 7:12 AM
To: 'classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org'
Subject: TV Tuner cards (on topic, honest :)
Hi folks,
I thought I had a great idea the other day. Since the number of NTSC
machines in my collection is growing and my little NTSC portable isn't the
best of things to look at (3" screen!) I thought I'd get a TV tuner card for
my PC that would allow me to connect up my PAL machines and my NTSC
machines. Amongst other things this would let me do screen grabs of uncommon
machine boot screens and the like for the museum.
Problem - I can't find one anywhere! Does anyone know of a card that does
BOTH PAL-I and NTSC or do I need to get 2 cards? And will 2 cards live
happily together in the same box?
cheers
adrian/witchy
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the Online Computer Museum
