test-drb September 2000

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ldb4401 can be replaced by .....?

by General＠cyber.net.pk

dear sir please address the issue regards nasir

23 years, 8 months

Searching for PS/2-E (9533-DB7) reference diskette

by ethan_dicks＠yahoo.com

I know it's not _quite_ 10 years old, but it's getting there. The principle of attraction has worked and my IBM quad-PCMCIA card has attracted a couple of hosts - a PS/2-E that it originally came out of. I have been to the IBM support site - no concrete references to the PS-2/E. I have located reference diskettes for all sorts of IBM-brand products, but not the 9533. It's distinguishing features include a low-power design with one ISA slot for this quad-PCMCIA card to minimize peripheral draw. Additionally, it uses a 2.5" laptop disk (120Mb) and only has one serial port. As shipped from IBM, there was an LCD panel for a monitor, but I've never seen that part in person, only in old ads. Does anyone have a disk image they can ship me, or a pointer to an image somewhere? I'm thinking of turning this into a router box. I have the PCMCIA NICs to do it with. Thanks, -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!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/

23 years, 11 months

Dayton Hamvention?

by ethan_dicks＠yahoo.com

I had meant to put this up earlier this month, but better late than never. Is anyone here planning on being at the Dayton Hamvention? It is this weekend (I'll be there Friday at 08:00 if I can help it). If yes, please write me off-line and maybe we can make arrangements to have a classiccmp get-together. My memories of this question from last year was a collective and deafening "No". -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!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/

23 years, 11 months

Looking for....

by LFessen106＠aol.com

can anyone tell me where I might be able to find 1(one) ADM 5 or ADM 3 text terminal? Always wanted one, but they're hard to find and I would rather not pay the exorbident prices on ebay for one. Also, has anyone here had any luck hooking one of them up to a unix/linux box?

24 years, 2 months

OT?: NeXTstation color with *all* accessories--what's it worth?

by MTPro＠aol.com

In a message dated 9/18/00 1:14:52 PM, swperk(a)earthlink.net writes: << I have no idea what something like this is now worth, so any and all advice is appreciated! >> Hi Stan, well, of course eBay is always a gauge of what classic computers are actually selling for (even if some "collectors" on this list are negative about it). Take a look at what they are selling for there. Here is a helpful link to take you right there - http://search-completed.ebay.com/cgi-bin/texis/ebaycomplete/results.html?de… &cobrandpartner=x&ht=&maxRecordsPerPage=50&query=%28next+cube%2Cnextstation%2C next+computer%2Cnextstep%2Copenstep%29&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&SortOrder=%5Bd %5D After you've reviewed what they've been selling for over the last thirty days, click on the "Search Active Items" link near "Sort by" area to see what they are selling for now. I have many links already setup for eBay to search for specific computer types. See - http://www.classiccomputing.com/auctions.html Best, David Greelish Publisher Classic Computing Press www.classiccomputing.com

24 years, 2 months

Convergent Technologies Workslate

by r.stek＠snet.net

I recently acquired a Workslate and matching printer in excellent condition - still a pretty cool looking unit. The guy I got them from thought it ran CP/M, but it uses a 6803 with its own proprietary 'OS.' The manuals make no mention of the specs for the (missing) wall warts. Does anyone have a Workslate with the power supplies? Since both units use 4 AA, alkaline or nicads, I guess it's not too critical. Also, knowing the polarity would be helpful. Thanks. Bob Stek Saver of Lost Sols

24 years, 2 months

Halon dumps: a data point

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Date: Friday, September 15, 2000 8:36 PM Subject: Re: Halon dumps: a data point >That depends upon whether or not Algore is elected president. If he's The alternates scare me more. >I know what you're thinking. Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, etc. probably >won't stoop to this level, but, do they count enough for manufacturers >to still keep producing hardware for them if Microsoft, and even >manufacturers of commercial UNICES, etc. begin taking that approach And crazies like me will be running PX-8s with solidstate disks made >from all that huge and very cheap ram out there. >and electricity use is rationed, and those of us here in the states >can't get enough gasoline or natural gas to power a generator, what >good will our collections of power-hungry real computers over here do Any my CPM system running on solar/battery will run fine. Such a dark world your in. Me, I'll keep trucking, I did all those years before the so called great boom I'm still waiting to ride. I made it through the '73 oil embargo, and the three after that too. If you so doom and gloom try this... WE aka BELL bought vaxen that ran off 48V... Always wanted one of those BA213s. the Americas cup racer america carried one of those when PCeees were still useless. Now are there endless hacking possibilities or what? How about a 24x365 system that runs off hydro,or maybe wind... sure it's not going to one of those power nasty 733s but a laptop no problem. What may be missed is the internet is about who has info and what it may cost when it gets hard to find. Allison

24 years, 3 months

OSI model 600 find

by dcoward＠pressstart.com

It's been a while since I have picked-up any _digital_ computers, but I just could not resist this. I found someone selling a Ohio Scientific Model 600 on eBay, and when I went to check was it sold for, I discovered that no one wanted to bid the $20 minimum bid. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewItem&item=37585 7886 So I asked for a picture of the computer to make sure it wasn't just a baggie full of spare parts. http://www.best.com/~dcoward/osi600.jpg I paid for it and it arrived today. There seems to be only one empty dip socket that looks like it should not be empty. It looks like the key caps for the numbers were removed on purpose. Without taking it apart, I can see one ROM labeled "BASIC 3", and two EPROMS labeled "BASIC 4 modified 12/21/81" and "SYN 600 MOD". I found one web site that also calls this a SuperBoard II. The main board says: "Ohio Scientific Model 600 CPU @1978 Rev B" The large daughter board says: "@1980 AARDVARK". And it contains a MC6821 PIA. The small daughter board contains three 2716s labeled "REV 94 I", "REV 94 II", and "REV 94 III". All in all it looks to be in very good condition, but powering this up is going to have to wait. My wife wants my current projects off the dinner table and the analog flight simulator and the paper tape punches out of the dining room. --Doug =================================================== Doug Coward dcoward(a)pressstart.com (work) Sr Software Engineer mranalog(a)home.com (home) Press Start Inc. http://www.pressstart.com Sunnyvale,CA Visit the new Analog Computer Museum and History Center at http://www.best.com/~dcoward/analog ===================================================

24 years, 3 months

Got my PDP-11/34! Now what?

by pdp-11＠swbell.net

I recently got a PDP-11/34A, with 2 RK05 drives, about 10 packs with RSTS/E and maybe RSX-11M (not sure about what else). The main cabinet is almost completely full of cards that I know almost nothing about. I powered up the CPU, and it appears to work. I have a lot of manuals also. My question is: What should I do first? I have no idea how to clean this stuff. Right now I really want to know what I should do in preperation for setting everything up. Thanks, Owen

24 years, 3 months

by ncherry＠home.net

What are some of the default logins under VMS. Yes this is the first time I've played with the beast. BTW, how long does it take for DECUS to allow membership? I'm dying to get the CD's which I can't until the membership is approved. And lastly can I pop on a 3rd part SCSI drive on the uVax II? -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry(a)home.net http://members.home.net/ncherry (Text only) http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/lightsey/52 (Graphics) http://linuxha.sourceforge.net/ (SourceForge)

24 years, 3 months

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