I'll definitely be looking at alternatives in the future. The other shoe in
this is that it appears the shipper didn't bother to insure the package,
despite my instructions to the contrary. Of course, those instructions were
over the phone, not via e-mail, so I'm getting the "you didn't tell me you
wanted me to insure it". Gee, now why wouldn't I want it insured? :-(
-- Tony
> ----------
> From: Bruce Lane[SMTP:kyrrin@bluefeathertech.com]
> Reply To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 10:02 AM
> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
> Subject: An alternative to UPS
>
> At 08:25 27-07-2000 -0500, Joe Rigdon wrote:
>
> >>If it's used (like an old computer) it's "personal
> >>effects" and as such any damage or loss claims will be denied.
> >
> > That's the most rediculous thing that I've ever heard! I hope they
> find
> >your computer lab. If not, then don't give up. Demand to talk to their
>
> <snip>
>
> Absolutely don't give up! UPS is easily the most snooty company I've
> ever
> dealt with on insurance claims. A colleague of mine back east had to
> hassle
> them for months before they finally paid up on a claim.
>
> Also, you may want to look at an alternative. I don't know if they
> do
> ground to Canada yet, but I've had outstanding service from FedEx Ground
> (formerly RPS). Nothing I've shipped so far has been lost, or damaged in
> the slightest degree, and their customer service is excellent.
>
> Perhaps the capper is that I've found they're actually less
> expensive than
> UPS. I've had a shipper account with them for months now. If I drop all my
> outgoing at their depot, they don't even charge me a monthly fee.
>
>
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies
> http://www.bluefeathertech.com // E-mail: kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com
> Amateur Radio: WD6EOS since Dec. '77
> "Our science can only describe an object, event, or living thing in our
> own human terms. It cannot, in any way, define any of them..."
>
--- Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> What I/O port? The games port? There was rumoured to be a bit-banging
> routine to output serial data on one of the outputs there. But I never
> heard of it being in a PROM.
I don't know where my friend got it, but we rigged up a bit-banging-serial-
port between the joystick port of an Apple II and the User Port of a C-64
to transfer the data portion of an Infocom game from an Apple disk to a
C-64 disk (it all worked once we figured out the sector mapping).
> The bit-banging serial port is a pretty simple device. Single-bit in and
> out buffered to RS232 and current loop levels. And a program to shift
> data in and out in software.
We didn't even have level shifters - TTL on both sides, but RS-232 _is_
the more typical use.
> Believe me, after you've tried to use this card seriously you (a) wish
> for a real serial card with a 6850 or 6551 on it and (b) want to do
> unprintable things to the designers...
The C-64 comes with 1200-baud bit-banging in ROM. That's why we did it
that way. UARTS are much nicer (having later aquired a Super Serial Card),
but not all micros had them.
-ethan
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>Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net> wrote:
>> I recently picked up a nice Intel paper tape reader (model Intellec
>> 8-90?) to go with my Intellec MDS system. The only problem is that the
>> light pipe in it is broken. However both parts are still there. Does
>> anyone have any suggestions about how to fix the pipe or where I can
get
>> another one?
I'd check the plastic to see if it's suitable for solvent weld. Epoxies
tend to build
an optical discontinuitys as they are very different form the actual
plastic.
Allison
I have an Intel PPDS-100. Sounds the same. No docs or software but it will
boot from bubble memory to Isis ver 1.0. There is also a pod slot on the
side and holder accessable from the top. I have the EMV-51A poddy thing.
I'd like some software for it too
Cheers
- Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf(a)siconic.com>
To: Classic Computers Mailing List <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Date: Saturday, August 26, 2000 2:59 AM
Subject: Intel iPDS-100 boot disk/docs?
>
>Does anyone have the boot disk and/or docs for the Intel iPDS-100? It's a
>portable (like the Osborn) circa 1982, 8085-based (it actually has three
>8085's inside).
>
>Sellam International Man of Intrigue and
Danger
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>Looking for a six in a pile of nines...
>
> VCF 4.0 is September 30-October 1
> San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, California
> See http://www.vintage.org for details!
>
I recently picked up a nice Intel paper tape reader (model Intellec
8-90?) to go with my Intellec MDS system. The only problem is that the
light pipe in it is broken. However both parts are still there. Does
anyone have any suggestions about how to fix the pipe or where I can get
another one?
Joe
No, but if you describe them and tell us what else that they fit then we
might be able to find some.
Joe
At 07:27 PM 8/24/00 -0700, you wrote:
>
>Does anyone have a stash of these?
>
>--
>Aaron Nabil
>
>
I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction with this one...
I recently picked up this beast at a local yard sale. The owner said it
had been sitting in his attic for the past seven or eight years; when I
powered it on, all I could get was the blinking question mark in a disk
graphic, indicating that the machine couldn't find an operating system (I
believe).
After a few hours of net-research, I learned that the internal battery
needed to be charged up before the hard drive (Conner 40M drive) would spin
up. So, after charging for several hours, I tried again, only to be
greeted almost immediately with the 'Sad Mac' icon and the following code
below it:
0010 1B10
0000 1FFA
A visit to Apple's Tech Info Library turned up an article on the codes
(number 7748 for those interested), but was clearly meant as a general
overview rather than to address specific failures.
Once the internal battery charged, I could hear the whine of the Connor
spinning up, but that's as far as it gets.
/mpm
The speakers currently lined up for VCF 4.0 are:
Bill Godbout (S-100 Legend)
Jim Warren (Found of the West Coast Computer Faire)
Larry Tesler (Xerox PARC and Apple Computer Demigod)
Paul Freiberger & Michael Swaine (authors of _Fire in the Valley_)
Christine Finn (Computer Archaeologist)
Curt Vendel (Atari Historical Society Founder)
Jim Willing (Official VCF Celebrity!)
Dwight Elvey (Reviver of the Nicolet-1080)
Additional speakers will be announced in the coming weeks before the
event!
Brief bios of each speaker can be found at:
http://www.vintage.org/2000/speakers.html
Sellam International Man of Intrigue and Danger
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Looking for a six in a pile of nines...
VCF 4.0 is September 30-October 1
San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, California
See http://www.vintage.org for details!
