Does anyone know what the above is? I have been offered 2 Suns and a
DECSystem 5000 by someone who is looking for one or anything else which
will connect to a Stride 460 running UCSD p-system. Obvoiusly I would
like to help him if possible. Does anyone know of any software which
will emulate the above?
He contacted me through the Computer Rescue web page so it works ;-)
--
Regards
Pete
Wouff-Hong (sp?) Boy, that's an obscure reference. When I was
in high-school, (back in the 70's) I picked up a couple of big
boxes of QST magazines at a ham auction. Most of 'em were from
the 1940's and 50's, but they were _very_ interesting reading,
especially if you were into tinkering with old world-war II
receivers (like the ARC-5 series...) I ran across a number of
articles that mentioned the Wouff-Hong. From what I can remember,
it was a wierdly-shaped piece of wood with a couple of rusty bits
of metal hanging from it (probably was a fragment of an old cart
hitch or something along those lines) From what I can remember,
someone at ARRL headquarters found this item lying around somewhere
in a storage area, and hung it on the wall just for grins. Nobody
knew what it actually was, but it became kind of a joke to threaten
to use it on someone as a punishment instrument if they did something
against the ham ethic. I haven't heard a reference to it since
high-school reading foray into the ham-past. (until now, that is :-)
-al- (KD4TTQ)
-acorda(a)geocities.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Wilson [mailto:wilson@dbit.dbit.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 10:11 PM
> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: ham radio?
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2000 at 06:49:55PM -0600, jeff.kaneko(a)juno.com wrote:
> > I think someone hit him with the Wouff-hong.
>
> Geez, it's been waaaay too long, what's that again? And I forget what
> a Wollongong (sp?) is too...
>
> John Wilson KC1P (formerly KA1BNJ from Sep '78 -- Bad News John!)
> D Bit
>
In a message dated 2/19/2000 4:12:55 PM Pacific Standard Time,
jrkeys(a)concentric.net writes:
>
> Anyone in Minneapolis area know were I can get a warehouse over 2000 sq.
feet
> for real cheap ?
>
>From many years of looking I suggest that you check out basement space in the
older industrial district. You want to make sure that it has a freight
elevator that works and big enough for full size racks. You also want to make
sure that it is dry and has a good floor that a pallet jack will roll around
on. Basements are warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer. They are
usually the cheapest space around. Sometimes a business real estate rental
agent can be a help. Sometimes you can rent partial bays but they may not be
secure.
Good luck.
Paxton
FWIW, the patent on MSCP, the DEC Mass Storage Control Protocol is
#4,449,182. I found it and looked it up at www.uspto.gov. It was issued in
May 1984 so should expire in May 2004 (given the revieed 20 yr rule)
--Chuck
Well, you need to pay for boxing and shipping, but other than
that....
Here's what I have. I already have two full IIgs systems and my
wife is getting a mite touchy about the decreasing free space in
the basement.....I'd rather these go to a good, warm, loving
home than put 'em on ebay.
4 cpu's All boot through the roms, at least.
4 AppleColor RGB monitors All work
1 Apple HiRes monochrome display (13")
2 5-1/4" floppy drives
2 Imagewriter II's Assume they work, haven't tested 'em.
Fairly clean.
I'm in the NW Indiana/Chicago area if you want to swing by and
pick 'em up and save some shipping. If you want part, fine. If
you want the entire pile, better. Just let me know ASAP. I need
the space.....
Thanks.
Paul Braun
NerdWare -- The History of the PC and the Nerds who brought it to you.
nerdware(a)laidbak.com
www.laidbak.com/nerdware
1. Picked up most of the manuals for Windows 1.0 at the thrift for 10 cents each.
2. about 56 more books
3. Gridcase 386 does no power up but cost 10 dollars at Goodwill.
4. IBM 7208-001 tape unit for my RS6000 box
5. Tandy 600 power supply
6. about 20 mouse pads for my collection
7. Data General 66824 terminal working for 3.95
8. 20 cartridges some coleco and atari 2600's
9. working TRS80 model 100 in nice case for 5 dollars at Goodwill.
10. lots of cables I will to test and figure out what they go to.
11. lots of other items but most are not under the 10 year rule.
Anyone in Minneapolis area know were I can get a warehouse over 2000 sq feet for real cheap ?
Hi,
As the subject says, I would like to get hold of a Technical Reference Manual
for the IBM 3363 WORM drive.
Any ideas where I might find one? (And an ISA adapter card for the 3363 too.)
Regards,
-- Mark
Hi,
I looking for the following Byte issues. I dont need the whole magazine,
just scans of the following articles. TIFF files would be the best as I can
run an OCR to convert it to text. Also clear scans of the figures, etc is
needed as well.
1. Pountain, Dick. Microprocessor design: the transputer and its special
language, Occam. BYTE, August 1984, page 361.
2. Walker, Paul. The transputer: a building block for parallel processing.
BYTE, May 1985, page 219.
3. Wilson, Pete. Floating-point survival kit. BYTE, Volume 13, Number 3,
March 1988, page 217.
Thanks.
Ram
Yes, I've bought a few of the "real" tools on behalf of one client or
another. They're expensive, but it seems that their expense comes mainly
>from making it difficult to use them with other manufacturers' connectors.
My version came from Gateway Electronics, but I've seen them for sale in the
same blister-pack elsewhere. I'll phone up the guys at Gateway (St.Louis,
Denver, Houston, SanDiego, not all of which are open any longer and none of
which are associated with Gateway Computers) since it's Saturday. IF all
else fails, I suppose you could call them in Denver at (303) 458-5444. Ask
for Mike, and he'll know which crimping tool you want.
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net>
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Date: Friday, February 18, 2000 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: scroungers -- a new chalenge
>Dick,
>
> Where do you buy such a wonder? I worked on some of the first 8085
>computers in the mid 70s and we bought a press that was made for putting on
>ICD connectors and I remember that it cost about $450! Personally, I use a
>vice and have no trouble with it.
>
> Joe
>
>At 08:49 PM 2/18/00 -0700, you wrote:
>>There's a tool made specifically for attaching ICD connectors that costs
>>only $15-16. That's quite a bit less than what the fixe-grips cost.
>>They're a parallel-jawed arrangement made of cleverly formed black sheet
>>metal with a yellow plastic seat that fits in the jaws, hinged at the end,
>>like a nutcracker, and which works MUCH better, faster, and more easily
than
>>a vise, plier, even a parallel-jawed pair, as they're usually too small.
>>That seat is almost perfect, but it has a relief for the index tab in the
>>middle of the odd-numbered side of most IDC connectors, but it won't take
>>the ones with two such tabs. I've never seen one of these blister-packed
>>wonders cost more than $19.95, and bought mine for $15 or so.
>>
>>Dick
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: John Wilson <wilson(a)dbit.dbit.com>
>>To: classiccmp <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
>>Date: Friday, February 18, 2000 7:28 PM
>>Subject: Re: scroungers -- a new chalenge
>>
>>
>>>On Fri, Feb 18, 2000 at 06:00:51PM -0700, Clint Wolff (VAX collector)
>>wrote:
>>>> IDC cables are pretty easy to crimp with a panavise, or bench vise and
>>>> nylon jaws.
>>>
>>>Or a "duckbill" vice grip, available at welding supply shops and some
auto
>>>parts shops. Works nicely, and not too strong... A vice is OK but you
>>>have to be really careful to listen for the clicks, the first one is the
>>>connector seating, the second one is the connector shattering!
>>>
>>>John Wilson
>>>D Bit
>>
>>
>
Same deal, contact the person offering this, not me. I think I translated
the dimensions correctly, blasted MS! Another example of where Eudora
couldn't read the garbage MS OE spewed. He included a scan of the cover
that I can forward to anyone that wants it, it's got a little more info,
I'm on a fast line, so forwarding it isn't a problem for me.
Zane
From: "J. Darren Peterson" <jdarren(a)ala.net>
I'd like to find a home for this book instead of trashing it. I'll send it
to anyone for the cost of shipping.
Penril Corporation 300/1200 Data Modem
Operations Manual, December 1982
The manual is 8.5-inches x 11-inches in size, .5-inch thick, soft cover, in
very good condition, and has five sections and two appendices. The sections
are (1) Introduction, (2) Installation, (3) Operating Instructions, (4)
Maintenance, and (5) Fault Isolation and Diagnostic Tests. The appendices
are (1) Selectable Options Descriptions and (2) Functional Notes.
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