test-drb April 2000

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by ethan_dicks＠yahoo.com

--- Ethan Dicks <ethan_dicks(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > --- Mike Ford <mikeford(a)socal.rr.com> wrote: > > >> > > So... does anyone out there have a Mac "null-modem" cable... > > > > How is this cable different fromAAAIcAAACIAAAAiQAA > > AIoAAACLAAAAjAAAAI0AAACOAAAAjwAAAJAAAACRAAAAkgAAAJMAAACUAAAA > > lQAAAJYAAACXAAAAmAAAAJkAAACaAAAAmwAAAJwAAACdAAAAngAAAJ8AAACg > > AAAAoQAAAKIAAACjAAAApAAAAKUAAACmAAAAp > > Say what?!? > > -ethan I don't know why this resurfaced (I didn't resend it myself), but since it did, I can provide two follow-up comments on it... 1) The source of the garbage appears to be Yahoo Mail! corrupting random messages in my inboxes. As stuff moves in, I sort it into several categories. I'll read a message one minute, then when new stuff comes in, a formerly legible message garbles in the middle and the end is a message that I had previously deleted. I am now in the process of emptying all of my archival messages from Yahoo before I contact their tech support, lest their "helpful" and "qualified" individuals wipe my mailboxes from the face of the earth in an attempt to root out the cause of the corruption. 2) I did finally get a working cable for my QuickTake 150 and MacIIci. Thanks to all who provided information and advice. It's not a great camera, but for $35, it's a camera I've used before and it's better than nothing. -ethan ===== Even though my old e-mail address is no longer going to vanish, please note my new public address: erd(a)iname.com The original webpage address is still going away. The permanent home is: http://penguincentral.com/ See http://ohio.voyager.net/ for details. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com

25 years

iOpener

by lsommo＠hotmail.com

This now appears when you begin a purchase transaction on the Netpliance web site. By purchasing the i-opener you are agreeing to use the i-opener Internet service. The fee is $21.95 a month and will be billed to your credit card approximately 2 days after the i-opener is shipped to you. i-opener Internet appliances shipped after March 20, 2000 can no longer be reconfigured in the manner described in recent reports. Modification of the i-opener in any way is in violation of our terms and conditions. >From: Brian Roth <broth(a)heathers.stdio.com> >Reply-To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org >To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org >Subject: Re: iOpener >Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 22:29:30 -0500 > >Its possible that they could goo the area with epoxy which will make it >very >difficult but not impossible to add the drive. I have seen other manu's do >this as a quick fix until a more permanant solution can be >engineered.(remember Videocipher?) > >I still have one ordered hoping the mod will still be possible. > >Brian. > >Megan wrote: > > > >OK, I got a 6.4 GB laptop drive hooked up and right now the iOpener is > > >running DOS/BATCH V10-01A on an emulated PDP-11/40+RK05 system. I love > > >it!!! > > > > >It's going to take some real butchery to get the case closed, but I >guess > > >that's to be expected. The low-profile 3M connector barely fit under >the > > >CPU heat sink w/o needing it to be clearanced, that was nice. > > > > >BTW the CPU seems to be 200 MHz, not 180 MHz. But it still gets only > > >about 80 BogoMIPS, pretty slow. > > > > I heard last night that Netpliance is making modifications so that >people > > can no longer do this... they are apparently losing a LOT of money >selling > > the machines, having expected to recoup it in the service charges... > > > > Can someone confirm this... and maybe confirm the change that they > > have done (which I understand is simply removal of the cable connector > > for the drive). > > > > Oh, and supposedly back-ordered units will have the mod... > > > > Megan Gentry > > Former RT-11 Developer > > > > +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ > > | Megan Gentry, EMT/B, PP-ASEL | Internet (work): gentry!zk3.dec.com | > > | Unix Support Engineering Group | (home): mbg!world.std.com | > > | Compaq Computer Corporation | addresses need '@' in place of '!' | > > | 110 Spitbrook Rd. ZK03-2/T43 | URL: http://world.std.com/~mbg/ | > > | Nashua, NH 03062 | "pdp-11 programmer - some assembler | > > | (603) 884 1055 | required." - mbg | > > +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

25 years

Research Machines Link 480Z )380Z ^IEEE)

by PeksaDO＠Cardiff.ac.uk

>> Please feel free to say 'impossible' - my knowledge of electronics > I was rather covering my own back when some clueful person points > out that it is possible to make a GPIB interface using those chips > (althoughI still can't see how ;-)) >> at this level is minimal. > I wasn't trying to 'get at you' and I apologise if I gave that > impression. I didn't think you were 'getting at me'; looking back I should have put a few :-) :-) in my reply! > I am firstly trying to find out what all the options for the 380Z > really were -- my machine is rather cut down, and contains : > Z80 CPU (with 32K RAM) > 40 column VDU > RAM expansion (32K) > Hires graphics > Floppy controller > Terminator I'm going to have to dig my other 380Z out and record what's in that. > Secondly I wanted to warn you against connected PET or HP > peripherals here, as the results would probably not be good for > either the 380Z or the peripheral. I do have the standard PET IEEE peripherals, thanks for the warning. > It would be interesting to figure out just what it does. Feel like > a morning with the TTL databook and a continuity tester? :-). When I get the time, I'll do this. I also thought I could scan or photograph/scan the board and e-mail you a tiff/jpeg Doug.

25 years

One of only 3 "enigma machine" stolen; A piece of ENIAC was up forauction.

by mrdos＠swbell.net

Just out of curiosity, is there still a chance of getting that piece of the ENIAC? -----Original Message----- From: John Lewczyk <jlewczyk(a)his.com> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Date: Sunday, April 02, 2000 11:36 PM Subject: One of only 3 "enigma machine" stolen; A piece of ENIAC was up forauction. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_698000/698804.stm An Enigma machine used by the Nazis to send coded messages during World War Two, has been stolen from the code-cracking Station X at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire. The machine, worth about ?100,000, is one of only three in the world. It was brought to the UK after the war. I bet it was somebody on this list who grabbed it! Fess up! ;-) I see it as another sign of how serious our hobby is becoming. Its valued at 100,000 pounds! I wonder what it will fetch on ebay? ;-) On the other hand, a piece of ENIAC from Eckert's estate was up for auction this weekend in Philadelphia (http://skinner.lycos.com/Scripts/ListingInfo.asp?LotNo=10083515&SiteCatNo=8 1397). Opening bid was $4K, they expected it to go to $8-$12K US. They didn't get a nibble! Go figure! I was rather tempted, but don't have that deep pockets.

25 years

Mailing list archives? Questions...

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Apr 2, 13:32, Aaron Christopher Finney wrote: > I've been thinking of making a new archive of the list available at > retrobytes.org (starting with this month); any comments/concerns/advice? I think that's a good idea. I miss the archive. > Lastly, assuming I go through with this, would people prefer that I set > Mhonarc to obfuscate everyone's email addresses? I'd prefer mine to be obscured in some way, though I don't mind if it's not completely obliterated. If it prevents the more simplistic address-gatherers from reading it, that would be sufficient as far as I'm concerned. > perhaps I could create two archives...one private for classiccmp list > members to search the archives *with* addresses, and one public with the > obfuscated addresses. Sounds like a lot of extra storage :-) I'd just go for one, possibly with munged addresses. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Dept. of Computer Science University of York

25 years

RC-25 power

by oliv555＠arrl.net

Just picked up one of these, was a pull from a 11/725 and has a 4-pin plastic in-line plug in the back. Don't have any docs for this. Can anyone provide the pinouts for this power plug ? ------- | O |< | O | | O | | O | ------- Thanks ............. Nick

25 years

Santee swap serendipity

by CLASSICCMP＠trailing-edge.com

>So what do you call the plug on a 'walkman' headphone? We'd call it a 3 >pole (or 'stereo') 3.5mm jack plug. Here when it's not called 3.5mm, it's called 1/8th inch. And the 2.5mm version is 3/32 inch. -- Tim Shoppa Email: shoppa(a)trailing-edge.com Trailing Edge Technology WWW: http://www.trailing-edge.com/ 7328 Bradley Blvd Voice: 301-767-5917 Bethesda, MD, USA 20817 Fax: 301-767-5927

25 years

Santee swap serendipity

by CLASSICCMP＠trailing-edge.com

>> >So what do you call the plug on a 'walkman' headphone? We'd call it a 3 >> >pole (or 'stereo') 3.5mm jack plug. >> >> Here when it's not called 3.5mm, it's called 1/8th inch. And the 2.5mm >> version is 3/32 inch. >Yes, but what do you call that type of connector? Is it a 'phone plug' >even though it's not 1/4" in diameter, or what? Yep, it's still a "phone plug", often listed as a "mini phone plug". -- Tim Shoppa Email: shoppa(a)trailing-edge.com Trailing Edge Technology WWW: http://www.trailing-edge.com/ 7328 Bradley Blvd Voice: 301-767-5917 Bethesda, MD, USA 20817 Fax: 301-767-5927

25 years

IC ID help needed

by ethan_dicks＠yahoo.com

--- allisonp <allisonp(a)world.std.com> wrote: > 74C92x is TI and you need to find a TI or maybe motorola CMOS databook > CA1980ish. > >NS 74C921... These are not TI, they are Nat Semi as indicated by the double squiggly lines before the number. In any case, if I have the relevant data book, it's backed way far away in a box somewhere. Thanks to all for all the info. -ethan ===== Even though my old e-mail address is no longer going to vanish, please note my new public address: erd(a)iname.com The original webpage address is still going away. The permanent home is: http://penguincentral.com/ See http://ohio.voyager.net/ for details. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com

25 years

Santee swap serendipity

by Innfogra＠aol.com

3.5mm is a 1/8" Mini phone plug, stereo or mono 2.5 is a 3/32" Micro phone plug, stereo or mono Paxton

25 years

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