test-drb April 2000

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by allisonp＠world.std.com

>Hi, I'm Doug and I collect AOL disks. Well, not really, but I do have >*one*. AOL actually produced a disk that was labeled "collector's >edition". I found it so funny that I saved it -- sort of a self-fulfilling >prophecy.... I use AOL, Earthlink and CS cdroms for things like IE4.01 as cdrom and there are other items buried on them like patches and infamous SPn kits from MS with security fixes. I don't however collect them as collectables and teh excess are cut up as sun catchers. ;) Allison

25 years, 1 month

AOL Disks Collectable

by paulrsm＠ameritech.net

---------- > From: healyzh(a)aracnet.com > To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: AOL Disks Collectable > Date: Thursday, April 27, 2000 09:01 PM > > Someone mind explaining what possible reason *ANYONE* could have for wanting > to collect AOL disks! I actually do have a set of AOL disks I am keeping. It installs the old GeoWorks desktop instead of using Windows. I do not know if I will ever use them, though. Paul R. Santa-Maria Ann Arbor, Michigan USA paulrsm(a)ameritech.net

25 years, 1 month

Can a Mac Portable battery be "trickle charged"?

by mgregory＠vantageresearch.com

Hi. I've recently acquired an original Macintosh Portable, without any of the accompanying paraphenalia, most notably the AC adapter. I'm currently hunting for a PowerBook 1xx adapter, which I'm told is usable with the Portable, but in the meantime, I'm looking for other ways to fire up this new Mac to check it out. According to the specs, the Portable AC adapter is 1.5 amps at 7.5 volts, center positive. I have one of those "universal" AC adapters that can do 7.5 V, but only 300 mA. If I plug in this adapter to the Portable, will the internal battery eventually obtain a usable charge (assuming it's not totally dead, as so many are)? Any suggestions gratefully received. Mark Gregory

25 years, 1 month

Opening CP/M files (.asm/.bas)

by ernestls＠home.com

I have an Apple II with a Z80 card, and lots of CP/M disks for it but I'm having a problem opening the .ASM and .BAS files. I thumbed through a book on both Mbasic and CP/M but neither of these books clearly describe how to work with these files. The Mbasic books says to open Mbasic, and at the "OK" prompt type RUN "B:MAINT.BAS" (for example)but when I do that, it gives me a "Direct Statement in file" message, and then it goes back to the "OK" prompt. I don't have a clue how to work with the .ASM files -like SUPRTRK3.ASM or BLKFRI2.ASM. I can see that they are games by typing TYPE SUPRTRK3.ASM but the text flies by so fast that I can't see much else. I have a lot of disks that have nothing but .BAS and .ASM files so any help that you can give me would be appreciated. Also, I have one disk that has a single large file called PILOTA.LST. What do I do with that? Thanks for your help. Ernest

25 years, 1 month

Of course... a few more VMS questions... ;-)

by CLASSICCMP＠trailing-edge.com

>> That is, DIR <...> ? > >Can I be curious? I left off I think (1988) before angle brackets >came in to existence, or at least in use at my office. They're compatible with the more conventional "[" and "]" brackets for specifying directories in VMS. The general concensus seems to be that they were put in so folks migrating from TOPS-20 (where angle brackets are the standard way of specifying directories) would be more comfortable. Tim.

25 years, 1 month

AOL Disks Collectable

by zmerch＠30below.com

Rumor has it that Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) may have mentioned these words: >Why collect AOL disks? >Because, at least for the older ones before they switched to CD, they are >easier to reformat than beenie babies or Pokemon cards. I don't think so... I can reformat beenie babies & Pokemon cards *very* easily! You just need the right equipment.[1] Come to think of it, I can even reformat AOL CD's with the same equipment! Roger "Merch" Merchberger [1] The right equipment in this case being a Chainsaw... ;-) -- Roger "Merch" Merchberger --- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers Recycling is good, right??? Ok, so I'll recycle an old .sig. If at first you don't succeed, nuclear warhead disarmament should *not* be your first career choice.

25 years, 1 month

Gene Sequencer at rummage shop in Seattle.

by cmcmanis＠mcmanis.com

At 09:54 AM 4/28/00 -0700, you wrote: >A few days ago, I walked into a no-name rummage shop, on Pine and Summit in >Seattle, and found a large Gene Sequencer, with attached teletype, ... > ... like from the late sixties-early seventies (just a guess.) The interesting thing for this list is that often times there is a classic computer "buried" inside these things. If its late sixties it could be a PDP-8, if it is early 70s it could be a PDP-11. Or a Honeywell 160, etc etc. Why not go back, try to follow the teletype connections back to the innards and see what is inside. --Chuck

25 years, 1 month

Of course... a few more VMS questions... ;-)

by CLASSICCMP＠trailing-edge.com

Allison wrote: >> Roger Ivie wrote: >> > >> > $ dir *.? >> > %DCL-W-PARMDEL, invalid parameter delimiter - check use of special characters >> > \?\ >> > $ >> >> That's interesting. Do angle brackets still work in directory specs? >> That is, DIR <...> ? > >No. Huh? Angle brackets certainly do still work: $ DIR/GRAND/SIZ=ALL <...> Grand total of 7342 directories, 128634 files, 9436890/9477680 blocks. > The ? may be a holdover from earlier RSTS, RSX and RT11. Huh? Booting into RT-11, I find that the CSI won't even take "?"'s on a command line: Starting system from DU3 RT-11ZM (S) V05.07 .DIR ??????.??? ?KMON-F-Invalid command In RT-11 the single-charcter wildcard is "%". A similar error message comes from RSX, where the single-character wildcard is "%" as well. I don't know too much about RSTS (as opposed to RSTS/E). The only PDP-11 operating system I know that uses "?" for single-character wildcarding is XXDP (if you want to call it an OS...) DOS-11 might take it too. -- 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, 1 month

RCA Cosmac Dev. System IV update

by dogas＠leading.net

From: allisonp(a)world.std.com <allisonp(a)world.std.com> > >I'd love to get a copy of the 18s801 floppy interface schematic if you >have it. > >Allison Do you want a schematic of the Parallel I/O board CDP18s646 (got that,) I don't have one for the CDP18S801 floppy system that I do have and the manual for the (FDS II I think) CDP18S805 floppy system dosent have much in the way of schematics, except....a schematic of CDP18S813 (the disk interface module for the CDP18S005 CDS) Will any of that help? Cheers - Mike

25 years, 1 month

RCA Dev System IV another update...

by dogas＠leading.net

From: technoid(a)cheta.net <technoid(a)cheta.net> >Excellent. What are the specs on the machine or do you know yet? The options installed in the machine are listed at: http://users.leading.net/~dogas/classiccmp/cosmac/cosmac.htm It's an 1802 microprocessor based system (of course) with 60K of ram, 15 slot (Microboard buss) "card nest", rom( ut21 utilities/monitor), parallel&serial i/o interfaces, integrated ascii keyboard and crt, extertnal dual 8" floppies (CDP18S801), and ports that tightly link in an external Micromonitor (CDP18S030) microprocessor ICE unit. CDOS, The disk based operating system has (I'm looking for) programs for full screen editing program and various levels of interpreters/compilers for Basic, Assembler, Pascal, etc... I found a source for the PLM compiler and MOPS (the Micromonitor Operating System) so the machine won't be completlely without software soon and I can already now hand assemble stuff and poke it in through the the ut21 monitor ;) - Mike: dogas(a)leading.net

25 years, 1 month

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