>Those chips are 256K*1 DRAMs, so the card is a 512K memory card. My >guess
>is that it's a close clone of the Tandy 512K RAM card (there >were several
>such cards around when the CoCo 3 was in production), >and that it replaces
>the standard 128K RAM on the CPU board (look >for 4 empty 18 pin sockets).
>
>You therefore have a 512K machine.
>
>-tony
Wow!, I thought it to be a RAM expander, but I'd never thought it would be a
512K card. I'll check the sockets & see if they're empty.
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I have just recently picked up a Tandy Color Computer 3 (which I have
nicknamed "Spectrum") at a local thrift store. After opening it up, I found
an internal card plugged into some connectors on the system board. The card
does not look to be a Tandy add-on. The unknown board bears a name of "DISTO
CANADA" & has 16 Mitsubishi M5M4256P chips on it. What is this card? Is it
some sort of internal RAM expander or internal disk controller card? Any
help would be more than welcome.
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Computer Collection:
"Triumph": Commodore 64C, 1802, Double FDD, GeoRAM 512, Okimate 20.
"Leela": Macintosh 128 (Plus upgrade), Nova SCSI HDD, Imagewriter II.
"Delorean": TI-99/4A.
"Monolith": Apple Macintosh Portable.
"Spectrum": Tandy Color Computer 3.
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<> Possibly. But only if you actually have common carrier status, or can
<> make a credible claim that you should. Have they passed any law grantin
<> such status to ISPs? I'd think that would be big news, and I haven't
<> heard of it.
Common carrier status is often implied as part fo a generic communications
service. I had to deal with this 30 years ago with RCC(radio common
carrier) otherwise known as UHF repeaters. We were if anything indirectly
responseable for FCC language mandates if not by law certainly by possible
civil penelty. So if we had a customer that tended to run a little hard
with a seven deadly dirty words it was a risk to us as well. So it was a
condition of service or else...
Allison
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Certified TCP/IP Network Analyst
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Hans Franke wrote:
>
> > We have recently made changes to our mail servers here that may possibly
> > affect some list users. In our ongoing effort to limit SPAM, our mail
> > servers were recently configured to utilitize the MAPS RBL, DUL, and RSS
> > databases (see www.mail-abuse.org for details).
> > [...] (ie. they are "open relays"). [...]
> > [...] We really really really dislike spam, and feel that this action is
> > wholly appropriate.
>
> First of all, I realy apreciate your efforts to reduce SPAM,
> and I feel that choosing your system was a real good isea.
>
> Just, I have a bad feeling about droping esential parts of
> free networking - the shareing of resources. Only because
> some Jerks missuse them. It's like puting an expiration
> date on the driver licence and ask for renewal just because
> some guys like to drive slow on the left lane. Or to ban
> free speech just because some idiots don't know eht hey say ?
I wholeheartedly support this MAPS RBL, et al, blocking.
The simple fact-of-the-matter is, open relays are wrong. They are
the result of bad administration and serve no purpose other than
to provide spammers the mechanism to operate anonymously.
Performing this SPAM blocking not only protects the subscribers of
a list from the resultant abuse of mismanaged mail servers, it forces
legitimate operators of mail systems to properly administrate their
machines.
If a subscriber finds themselves receiving reject responses to their
submissions, they should receive within the reject reason a reference
to the URL for the service which has listed them or their mail relay
as a SPAM source or Open Relay. The submitter should either correct
their local problem, or notify their ISP or mail server administration
of the issue. The SPAM/anti-relay database servers all provide for
quick and fair consideration for removal from these lists once the
blocking issue is resolved.
To say that this will "ban free speech" is totally unwarranted.
There is absolutely no reason for an open relay EXCEPT to facilitate
spam. The InterNet is much too sophisticated for any claim of
necessity for such a facility. Anonymity is not a factor in Free
Speech.
I applaud this action, and encourage everyone with the ability to
have their mail agents interract with the MAPS RBL, and other databases,
to fully support and integrate this spam-blocking service.
Respectfully,
Scott G. Taylor
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I have here a perfectly good SCSI device I'd like to use, it's just that
the +12V pin in the power connector has broken off. Can I just solder another
pin right on the trace on the PCB, or is there some sealer over the traces?
(Or anything else I should know about?)
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I have 5 Lexmark type 4033-001 print servers for token ring coming to
install on a small network for a non-profit group but I don't seem to be
able to locate any docs on Lexmark's site. Anyone either know of a URL
for a text or PDF file, or have one they could photocopy and mail (with
reimbursement of course)???
Russ Blakeman
Clarkson, KY
There's a good article in this month's Wired on what they call
"retroactivism" - people using trailing edge computers in preference to the
latest Wintel box - for all the reasons we're familiar with: stability,
well-understood O/Ses, nostalgia, etc. The VCF gets some mention, and
several classiccompers (notably Allison Parent) are quoted. A good,
balanced article that doesn't have the faintly mocking tone of that other
recent article (in the magazine with Rosie the Robot on the cover).
Cheers,
Mark.
Does anyone know of a site listing upcoming swapmeets?
I'm interested mainly in the midwest area.
Dayton Hamvention?
Trenton Computerfest?
thanks... Jim
