test-drb February 2000

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Wait! There's more including MS-DOS 1.25!!!! was Sanyo MBC-550 (Yuck!) software available

by rigdonj＠intellistar.net

I'm still digging. I found more 550 stuff. I think this is everything that came with the 550. Here's a chance for you 550 owner's to get the whole set at one shot! Original DS-DOS box and invoice. Original Sanyo Easywriter ver 1.3 disk Original Sanyo disk box with 550 dos ver 2.11 and BASIC 1.25, two original Sanyo disk for InfoStar (set B disk 2 and 3 of 4; disks 1 and 4 are below), original Sanyo disk for DOS 1.25 and BASIC ver 1.1 Original Sanyo disk box with all three original disk of set A, WordStar and CalcStar and a backup copy of DS-DOS. Two card board dummy disks used to protect the floppy drives duing shipment. Joe > >A few weeks ago we were talking about the Sanyo 550 series and someone mentioned one of the alternates operating systems that supported 80 track drives in the 550. I said that was DS-DOS by Michtron. > > Today I found an old Sanyo disk package with four disks for the 550. One of them is DS DOS 2.11, one is InfoStar, one is MailMerge/SpellStar and the other is a disk of misc utilities. The first three are original disks. In additon, the InfoStar, MailMerge/SpellStar are Sanyo labeled disks that came with the 550. If anyone wants them, trade me something I can use and they're all your's. > > Joe

11 years, 6 months

recent additions

by KenzieM＠sympatico.ca

I recently filled the car with these: Apollo DOMAIN Series 3500 Domain series 3000 model 3010 HP/Apollo series 400 (2) Sun 3/60 + tape drive and tapes Sun 3/50 Apple lisa 2 (2) apple II Ci Mac SE/30 with radius monitor Mac color classic Quadra 610 Quadra 800 Quadra 860 power mac 7200/90 Also available was a volker Craig terminal, and a copy apple's unix I also have "quite a pile of HP 712/715/725s in various condition" for me to pick up when I get some space cleared. IKEA has said that the missing piece to complete the shelving will be delayed another 3 weeks, and my wife says no more machines until the shelves are up!

22 years, 11 months

Equipment needs home: Portland, OR. area

by wolf＠nwinfo.net

hey do you have any ideas about using relays or some thing connected to a parallel or aerial port to control the power to an outlet, you know like a dimmer switch controlling motors ETC if you have any thought or ideas I'd be glad to hear them.

23 years, 1 month

ldb4401 can be replaced by .....?

by General＠cyber.net.pk

dear sir please address the issue regards nasir

23 years, 2 months

TRS-80 Model II

by pdp-11＠swbell.net

>Also, if anyone wants one of these things, $10 plus shipping. The >condition >is unknown since I haven't fired them up ... and they don't include >keyboards :). Do you know how much shipping will be?

23 years, 10 months

PDP-11/34 & RK05 Questions

by pdp-11＠swbell.net

I am getting my PDP-11/34 and my RK05 disk drives and packs tommorrow, and I have a few questions.They have have been in storage for years, and, although they have been kept dry, they are probably dusty. Can anyone tell me how to clean the drives and the disk packs before I use them? Thanks, Owen

23 years, 12 months

WD1770 help needed

by aek＠spies.com

"In the case of the 1771 and 179x series it's possible to build a really neat circuit I've seen but never tried to match, which uses the /TEST pin on the FDC to cause the device to put out its pulses much faster, allowing them to be accumulated externally in a counter, which, drives a DAC which drives a VCO, which drives the counter as it downcounts the number of steps, thereby slewing the head assembly. This could lead to an interesting but lengthy discussion. " Sounds like an ideal candidate for reimplementation in a single chip microcontroller.

24 years, 1 month

Need RS6K help

by peter.pachla＠wintermute.org.uk

Hi, I've just gotten hold of an RS/6000 which appears to be a model 520 (7013?). Since the thing appears to be a server (POWERserver?), and thus has no display adapter, I need to get hold of at least one of the 10-pin to 25-pin serial port converter cables. Can anyone, preferably in the UK, help please? Also, does anyone know where I can track down a set of AIX 3.1.0 manuals - printed or electronic form? TTFN - Pete. -- Hardware & Software Engineer. Sound Engineer. Collector of Arcade Machines, Games Consoles & Obsolete Computers (esp DEC) peter.pachla(a)wintermute.org.uk | www.wintermute.org.uk --

24 years, 4 months

Can someone here telnet to my 11/35

by dylanb＠sympatico.ca

Thanks everyone for telnetting into the 11/35. It seems the 11/35 could handle the guests but not my PII-350 :-(. The terminal server is now repaired and it looks to be stable. .. though probably not as stable as the 11/35. I will be putting online many different PDP-11s/PDP-8s online throughout this week and the coming months. The 11/35 will have FORTRAN IV, MACRO and FOCAL added to it (with a lot more games) later on today. http://www.pdp8.com/telnet.htm Enjoy! PDP-8 and other rare mini computers http://www.pdp8.com

24 years, 4 months

Dumpster stories!

by dylanb＠sympatico.ca

-----Original Message----- From: thomas.h.lindberg(a)se.abb.com <thomas.h.lindberg(a)se.abb.com> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Date: Thursday, February 10, 2000 6:37 AM Subject: Re: Dumpster stories! > > >A coule of years ago we had two very tragic dumpster stories in Sweden, >three kids vere killed while reading magazines in covered >newspaper/magazine dumpsters. >The kids had seaked in through the narrow opening where we dump our old >newspapers/magazines and sat there while the truck came to pick up the >dumpster content. The dumpster was automatically emptied into a compacter >at the truck and all taken to the fragmentation site where the kids wer >found crushed. >The dumpster openings are now just about the size of a mail box. > I can't believe some list members here dive into dumpsters for computers. That's dangerous. There could be dangerous,sharp items inside some. Toxic residues (not all companies respect the environment), Legal reasons (maybe?) not to enter one. There are so many better ways to find old computers in much better condition than something thrown into a dumpster with everything else piled on top. john PDP-8 and other rare mini computers http://www.pdp8.com >Thomas > > >

24 years, 4 months

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