test-drb December 2000

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by cmcmanis＠mcmanis.com

Ok, thanks to Zane and Mitch I got my memory installed (and it _is_ really weird how one must order the simms. I now have from "back" to "front" : 16M, 4M, 16M, 4M, 4M, 16M, 4M, 16M for a total of 80M. This makes for a nice tasty VAX! Now I'm installing some hard drives in it (it didn't have any) and I've got an "H" block with an RZ28 and an RZ26 for it. Since I want this machine to be "dual boot" :-) I need to jumper the hard drives to spin up on power up. The RZ26 was easy since it had a jumper legend on the top of the drive but the RZ28 I've been guessing. And by trying several options (moving the jumper and powering up the drive) I've finally moved it to jumper #4 from the right. If anyone knows if this is the correct jumper (or incorrect jumper) for sure, let me know please! --Chuck

23 years, 7 months

VAX questions, memory

by cmcmanis＠mcmanis.com

I finally got my hands on a VAX 4000/90 (yipee!) and it now takes its place as my fastest VAX. It has 32MB of memory (8 x 4MB modules) and I was wondering if, because it looks a lot like a VAX 4000/60 if I could use memory modules from a 4000/60 in the 4000/90. Also since I've only got 4 16MB modules, can I mix 4MB and 16MB modules? --Chuck

23 years, 7 months

TI MicroProcessor Learning System ???

by rigdonj＠intellistar.net

Has anyone here ever seen one of these? Here's a picture from a TI bulletin, "http://www.intellistar.net/~rigdonj/a8/ti-mls.jpg". Joe

23 years, 7 months

mailing list issues

by jwest＠mppw.com

Several folks have asked about a problem yesterday sending email to the list. Yesterday the server that hosts the list was moved from one building to another, and it's IP address changed. Silly me didn't realize that a drive that normally takes 20 minutes takes 2.5 hours during a snowstorm. Thus, that server was down for a good portion of the day. Some of you may still have sporadic problems emailing to the list until the ip address change is fully propagated through DNS, but all should be well for everyone shortly. Please let me know if you still have any problems with the list after today. Thanks, and sorry for the interruption! Jay West

23 years, 7 months

Steve Wozniak on A&E Biography tonight

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> Steve Wozniak is profiled on A&E's Biography tonight. > > And my hands make their television debut, playing Steve > Wozniak's hands in a couple re-enactments. > > Now that my hands have achieved celebrity status, they are > available for other bookings, such as dinner speeches, Bar > Mitzvahs and bachelorette parties. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sam, Sam... ;-) So, how much for a likeness of Woz in corned beef? -dq

23 years, 7 months

VCF Archive Online Searchable Database

by vcf＠siconic.com

I've put up an alpha version of the forthcoming VCF Archive Online Searchable Database. It is at: http://www.vintage.org/archive/ The only database currently available is the book database, and there are only currently 280 records (I have a loooong way to go :) The point of posting it now is to get feedback on the output format, the interface, and the data itself. It's very rudimentary currently. Eventually, everything in the VCF Archives will be catalogued and entered into the database. You'll be able to search on it and see if we have something you're in need of (hardware, software, documentation, etc). The point will be to facilitate the commercial entities we are increasingly serving but it will also serve to allow hobbyists to find things they are looking for, and hobbyists will always be allowed free access to the items in our archive (though we're not currently set up for that yet). So please take a quick look and let me know what you think. Thanks! Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org

23 years, 7 months

CRT Problems was:(no subject)

by whdawson＠mlynk.com

-> Also, Several people have used intermittent in this context and I'm not -> quite sure I understand... it is intermittent in the fact that it -> intermittently starts and stops glowing... Yes. -> I have my TV closed again, but when I open it up again I want to have a list -> of all the things I need to look for and what to do about them. So far, I know -> I need to look for bad connections, broken 'pins', to make double sure the -> little mark is silvery instead of gray. However, all the wires and soldering -> seemed to be in tact, of the connections I could see everything was fine. The thing to look for as far as bad connections go is a cold solder joint. These are a result of thermal fatigue/cycling and physical stresses. You should look _very_ closely in the places Tony mentioned, especially where the CRT socket is soldered to the little board at the rear of the CRT and where the flyback is soldered to the mainboard. A cold solder joint will usually look normal without a close inspection (unless you have a lot of experience at these things), but a closer look will reveal a slight ring around the socket pin, flyback pin or wire, within the circumference of the solder pad. Sometimes the contact will be bad right at the solder/pin interface. That is unless the solder has totally popped away from the circuit pad, which is another type of cold solder joint related to initial improper soldering. I'd recommend resoldering every connection for the CRT socket and flyback transformer and seeing if this fixes the problem. If you are inexperienced at soldering/resoldering, I'm sure we can start a new thread. d8^) Bill

23 years, 7 months

amiga 500

by jim＠calico.litterbox.com

I just got my hands on an amiga 500. I realise I have to get my hands on a workbench boot floppy for it, etc, and I have an idea what all the ports are on one. Does anyone have any tips, tricks, etc that I should know? Something like "how to wire a monitor cable and monitors that will work with it" would be a huge help. Whee! I've wanted an Amiga since they were new. :) -- Jim Strickland jim(a)DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- BeOS Powered! -----------------------------------------------------------------------

23 years, 7 months

DECTalk DTC01

by r.stek＠snet.net

I recently picked up a mint condition (at least cosmetically) DTC01 - it's about the size of a small desktop PC with 2 25 pin serial ports, one for COMM and one for a terminal, two phone jacks, two audio jacks and a volume control. What I was looking for was a Votrax Type 'n' Talk or an IntexTalker, but hey, who's complaining? I did some searching and found that Megan has a commmand summary, Eric Smith has one, and maybe one or two others on the list. There is a list of some initialization commands and sparse docs on the web, but they are rooted in VMS and I don't speak DEC. Since this was way beyond my price range when it came out, I don't know much about it, so any help would be appreciated. What I am hoping is that, like the Intex or Votrax, I can just send a serial text stream to it and hear it spoken. This weekend I will break out my trusty Televideo terminal and fool around with it, but if anyone has docs, I'd happily pay copying/postage. Or just point me in the right direction. I was planning to see if just sending double-square-bracketed [[command string]] in straight ASCII allows me to control it. After that I'll use HyperTerminal to send it "The Hound of the Baskervilles" and let it read me to sleep! Bob Stek Saver of Lost Sols

23 years, 7 months

Professors worry that engineering students don't tinker

by ard＠p850ug1.demon.co.uk

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