-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis(a)mcmanis.com>
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Date: Sunday, May 07, 2000 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: I wrote 'Nuke Redmond'
>Has anyone mentioned WordPerfect. You know the Word processor that had
>over 90% of the market until Microsoft changed their OS licensing terms
>such that their OEMs had to bundle either Office (or later Works) with
>every copy of Windows they sold.
>
>--Chuck
Sorry, but WordPerfect contributed a lot to their own demise. First, they
abandoned many of the non-Windows platforms that made them attractive in the
first place (e.g. DOS, Amiga, NeXT). The ability to exchange documents
between different platforms was a huge win for WordPerfect, and they threw
it away. Second, when they belatedly jumped on the Windows bandwagon, they
produced a buggy, unstable, all but unusable version - WP for Windows 6.0.
The time it took them to fix all of the problems with WP 6.0 enabled MS-Word
to catch up on features, when WP had been demonstrably better up until then.
The corporate merry-go-round that saw WordPerfect go from an independant
company, to Novell, to Corel probably didn't help either.
Mark.
>majordomo(a)classiccmp.org wrote:
> Welcome to the classiccmp mailing list!
Jerome Fine replies:
Hi all, just wanted to confirm to myself that I am back on the list.
Hi, folks,
Got some good ones here. Recent acquisition activity has
netted me a nice Motorola MVME945B chassis stuffed full of
cards. Any docs or data I can get on said chassis would be most
welcome. Jumper diagrams are what I need the most.
In addition, I have some boards here that I don't recognize,
including:
MVME372A (three of 'em).
MVME333-2 (one)
I seem to recall, from my field service days at Motorola, that
the big 'M' published a field engineer's guide that showed specs
and jumper assignments for the entire MVME line. Perhaps I can
snare one of these?
Thanks in advance.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Bruce Lane, Owner/Head Honcho,
Blue Feather Technologies (www.bluefeathertech.com)
kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com
"SCSI Users, Unite! Beware the IDEs of March!"
>win9x, Unices, Vaxens, Linux is more of nerd's dormain and clueful
>users who know better to call for help first if some kind of problems
>becomes out of their depth understanding how to deal with it.
This left me mystified. VAX/vms running DECwindows is a good
interface without give away the farm for the user. It's user proof.
The system admin part is definately not for he average user but
then neither is linux, unix or NT.
Its possible to build a OS that has the needed protections that
seem to be missing from Win9x.
Allison
Does anyone know what computer Ford Motor Company used in the 1960's?
I've read that Shelby used a computer to find the proper location for,
among other things, the upper control arm on the '65 Mustang for his
GT350 and used one to help design most, if not all, of his other
creations' critical parts. I've searched IBM (must've been IBM!) and
Ford and came up with nothing. Although IBM's timeline has the 608
('57, calculator),1401 ('59), Stretch ('61), SABRE ('62) and the System/360
('64),
they don't give detailed descriptions. I don't know what the others
are, but I've read a bit on the 360. I'm willing to bet it was the 360,
but I'm not sure how often a company would buy a computer considering
the price of the computers then. But considering the severe race
competition between the Big Three (and the world), in that era, I'd
imagine they'd pay almost anything to gain any edge over the competition
(Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday). Anyone know for sure? Did Ford use any
other computers before then? What about other car manufacturers?
Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net> wrote:
> >HP Series 100 Communicator Volumes 7-12 (very cool)
>
> Now those are unusual. I have two volumes but I've never been able to
> find any more of them. Where did you find them?
HP used to ship the current "Series 100 Communicator" in the box with
your new Series 100 (i.e. 120, presumably 125, and 150) computer, or
more likely in the box with its keyboard. I don't remember seeing
them with 110s or Portable Pluses, but that could just be my defective
memory.
If you liked it and wanted more you had to buy a subscription. Given
that it was mostly filled with new-product announcements for stuff
that we either wouldn't use or could ask our sales rep about, and
usage tips that weren't especially non-obvious, we didn't bother.
-Frank McConnell
This has been one of those dream weekends, all week I did not pick a thing and then starting Friday night it was wild. I was at a callers house to pick up some items and got there at 6:30pm and left at 11pm with many items still left there. My van was full even in the front seat. I got alot of early colorcomputer stuff; manuals, tons of software, 3 systems. I got NeXt software and manuals brand new unopened boxes, same for Mac software and manuals. This guy had many items that he had been collecting over the years. Saturday I went to a police auction and got several notebooks, complete systems, parts, manuals it was great. I will be putting out a better list as I go through the items. I hope everyone had a good computer hunting weekend. John
On Sun, May 07, 2000 at 07:50:01AM -0500, Lawrence LeMay wrote:
> Someone mentioned that the cable for connecting a RK05 to a PDP 8/E
> is different than the one for a PDP 11/45. Is this correct, and if
> so does anyone know the DEC name and part numbers for the cable
> that is used with a PDP 8/E?
I *think* the paddle card is M993, but could be wrong. The entire assembly
including the ribbon cables (which connect to the paddle board using soldered
IDC endings rather than the usual Berg connectors) has another #, 54-class
I think?????
IIRC the reason it's different (besides the fact that the RK8E plugs into
regular Omnibus slots and wouldn't be able to dedicate a backplane slot to
the Unibus style cable that the RK11D uses) is that the RK8E uses the old
individual drive select lines (for four drives max), not the new encoded
drive selects (for eight drives). Could be remembering wrong though.
Anyway this only matters between the controller and the first drive, after
that you can connect the other drives using Unibus cables.
John Wilson
D Bit
Someone mentioned that the cable for connecting a RK05 to a PDP 8/E
is different than the one for a PDP 11/45. Is this correct, and if
so does anyone know the DEC name and part numbers for the cable
that is used with a PDP 8/E?
-Lawrence LeMay
This might be of some interest to European Classiccmpers...
respond directly to the original poster, and it looks like you will
have to arrange shipping, but hey, it's free...
Maybe someone in the Tennessee area can cache it..?
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sun, 07 May 2000 10:32:11 -0500
From: Tom Norris <badger(a)telalink.net>
To: greenkeys(a)qth.net
Cc: boatanchors(a)theporch.com, BASWAPLIST(a)foothill.net
Subject: FREE! Siemens TTY and converter
FREE FREE FREE
Siemens T100 ( ASR ) teleprinter, several rolls of punch tape
Siemens FSE-1306 converter with full spares kit including
spare tubes and CRT. Both items refurbished 1987, both look
like new. There may be some literature, most likely just an
ops manual on one or both.
Currently mounted in my ex-Bundeswehr radio truck, and
I need the stuff out of the way to redo the truck for Field Day
use.
Photo at http://www.telalink.net/~badger/tty_dec.jpg
After a week, they go to the trash, I hate to trash the stuff
but am absolutely running out of room and the gear needs
220VAC 50Hz, which I don't have. ( no BA guys, the tubes
and good parts stay with me, I have not got totally bonkers )
Is in Manchester, TN are, near Nashville. No shipping, sorry.
Tom Norris KA4RKT
