test-drb December 2000

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World's Crappiest Drives (was Re: A&J Microdrive)

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Michael Nadeau wrote: > > > BTW, never write on a CD with a felt-tip pen or magic marker. The ink > > can easily seep through and affect the laser's ability to read the > > data. Labels are a bad idea, too, as they will cause the disc to spin > > out of balance. > > So how are we supposed to label them, buy a 30-micron layer lacquer > machine? Yeah, Sam, I'm with you... I use a Sharpie when I'm in a hurry and I don't need it to look pretty, otherwise I use a type 'S' Staedtler Lumocolor 318, black. -dq

24 years, 1 month

RS/6000 needs to be rescued.

by harrison＠timharrison.com

Anyone in the Yonkers/NY area want an RS/6000 box? The info I have is spotty at best right now, but here's the stuff: If you're interested, please contact me directly, and I'll pass on the information. To: Tim Harrison <fsck(a)timharrison.com> Subject: Re: You want more boxes? >On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, Dr Warren Kumari wrote: > >> I know of a place that is getting rid of an RS6000 (bout the size of >> a side-by-side refrigerator). Are you interested? It is now in great >> shape, and is missing some stuff, but is still kinda cool. It would >> require a fair number of people getting it o\into something like a >> u-haul... Oh, it would also make a killer 19" enclosure! >What kind of cost is involved (read: do they want money for it)? Free, free, free.... Lug it away and it's yours..... It's REALLY big and heavy.... And Says IBM... And Experimental Tokenring Router... The bottom has a BIG UPS... Runs on 208V... Had a +- 1Gb SCSI drive.... Lots of Token ring ports.... Missing a processor or two... and s front panel... Has the BIG steel ears to bolt it down.... Perdy.... ---------------------------------------------------------- Warren Kumari Lead Network Engineer Register.com ----------------------------------------------------------- Build a man a fire, and he's warm for the rest of the evening. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life. -- Tim. Geek. harrison(a)timharrison.com EOF

24 years, 1 month

Epson QX-16 needs new home

by vcf＠siconic.com

If you are interested, please reply directly to the original sender. Reply-to: hogman(a)newulmtel.net ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 08:33:42 -0600 From: Darwin Stresemann <hogman(a)newulmtel.net> Subject: Obsolete computer Hi: Ran across your site, and might have something you can use. I have an Epson QX-16 computer (CPU, Monitor, and Keyboard, plus virtually all of the original documentation), and am trying to find a home for it. Please let me know if you can use it. If not, maybe you know of someone who can. Thanks, Darwin Stresemann New Ulm, MN 56073 hogman(a)newulmtel.net Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org

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manual available for free - pcjr

by jwest＠mppw.com

We're moving our offices.... in packing just came across a manual that someone may want. If no one speaks up for it it's going in the trash in a few days. The manual is spiral bound, about 432 pages, and titled "Hands-On BASIC for the IBM PCjr". Also on the cover is "Personal Computer BASIC Self-Tutor" and the IBM logo. The part number appears to be 1502176, ISBN 0-07-049169-0 The manual is free if anyone wants it. Please reply to jlwest(a)tseinc.com Jay West

24 years, 1 month

Bytronix B435 disk controller

by bkr＠WildHareComputers.com

To: "Nova Nostalgics" I need to get definitive programming information for a Bytronix B435 disk controller, specifically the "block mode" I/O functions. Anybody have information? Bruce bkr(a)WildHareComputers.com "Novas are forever..." www.SimuLogics.com

24 years, 1 month

68040 cpu needed

by jhellige＠earthlink.net

Does anyone have an extra 68040 cpu running at 33mhz that they don't need? I'vd had a LC-575 mainboard here to put in my Color Classic but it's original CPU came out on it's way to me and a good portion of the pins are pretty mangled. Thanks Jeff -- Collector of Classic Microcomputers and Video Game Systems: Home of the TRS-80 Model 2000 FAQ File http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lakes/6757

24 years, 1 month

CDC Sabre information

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> On Wed, 6 Dec 2000 18:03:20 -0500 Douglas Quebbeman > <dhquebbeman(a)theestopinalgroup.com> wrote: > > Grrr... Thanks, John, I forgot how I had that page set up, and > > the link I got from the properties was for the thumbnail, > > not for the image for which it was a link. The full-sized > > picture is indeed at: > > > > http://members.iglou.com/dougq/p2455/ICS&Cipher.jpg > > > > This is an FSD 500 (?), and predates Seagate's purchase of > > CDC's drive division. > > Oh, weird, I have exactly the same Cifer front-loading tape > drive in my living room, next to a CDC FSD 500 disk drive. > My FSD 500 has a blue front panel, though. It's an SMD > interface drive, but I have no source for jumper > information and I need to change the sector size to suit a > Sun host. Yes, the Cipher F880 Microstreamer is a Pertec-interface device. Some of them support 6250bpi, like the Pr1me version shown in my photo, while I have a DEC TS05 version that has only the 1600/3200 densitys. Be advised that my Prime cables must be put on backwards (i.e. the triangle on the connector does NOT go to pin 1/2). YMMV, etc. -dq

24 years, 1 month

IBM cash register displays

by JRichardson＠softwright.co.uk

OK, somewhat off-topic (maybe) and slightly less than the ten year mark (these things are dated '92) but anyway... I've just been given a couple of IBM cash register displays, IBM part 4863. They're dual height, 20-character dot-matrix displays. I was going to pull them apart and just use the display units themselves, but as these things have all sorts of built-in decoding logic in them I thought I'd ask here first... So, has anyone come across these before? I've found the pin connections for the 4-pin connector which they use for comms from the host system (12V, GND, 2 serial I/O lines - I assume one per line on the display) What I don't have is any information on the protocol that the host system uses to talk to these things. IBM defined a 12-bit device protocol which could be used for other devices, but I have no idea if that's what these things use (actually, they may have a character generator on-board, in which case they perhaps can't generate arbritary dot-patterns and so I'm better off just keeping the display units anyway) Long shot, I know, but I thought I'd ask here first... :) cheers Jules

24 years, 1 month

UK relays

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Dec 7, 4:58, Iggy Drougge wrote: > I downloaded the comp.sys.acorn FAQ, but it seems to have dumped info on > machines no longer in production. Where may, pray tell, a guide to all > Archimedes machines be located nowadays? I've not read the Acorn FAQ for a while, but I have a copy dated 1996 which says it was (is?) maintained by Philip Banks, and he had a machine list on his server. Some of the questions do relate to the older machines (the bits about video, for example, include appropriate information). The machines I listed -- A310, A4xx, A540, R260 -- are mostly 8MHz and 12MHz-25MHz Arm2/Arm3 machines, originally with RISC OS 2 but usually found with RISC OS 3.1 nowadays. A quick look through it suggests that my old copy, at least, contains a fair amount of relevant information; I can mail it to you if you like. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager Dept. of Computer Science University of York

24 years, 1 month

2.88 mb floppy drives

by fauradon＠mn.mediaone.net

>BTW isn't it nice that a lot of new games are for the PS2. ;) Yeah but I wish they would have them on floppys instead of CD because I don't have a CD-ROM drive on my PS2 model P70. > >Cheers, Mike Ford > >

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