>Anybody have any comments about this machine? How was the screen >clarity?
Well, as far as the screen goes, it's not anything to write home about, but
I'm sure that there are worse looking screens out there.
Then again, that could be just mine.
Hope this helps.
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Home page: http://www.geocities.com/netsurfer_x1/
Computer Collection:
"Triumph": Commodore 64C, 1802, 1541, FSD-1, GeoRAM 512, MPS-801.
"Leela": Macintosh 128 (Plus upgrade), Nova SCSI HDD, Imagewriter II.
"Delorean": TI-99/4A, TI Speech Synthesizer.
"Monolith": Apple Macintosh Portable.
"Spectrum": Tandy Color Computer 3, Disto 512K RAM board.
"Boombox": Sharp PC-7000.
"Butterfly": Tandy Model 200, PDD, CCR-82
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> > >
> > > On the other hand, I see nothing wrong with spending money
> > on a machine
> > > if you will then enjoy programming/using/repairing it. I
> > don't regard
> > > that as not 'sporting'.
> >
> > It's like the difference between the quaterback of the team
> > saying he won the superblow because he was on the field and
> > the owner saying he won the game because he paid the players
> > to do it.
>
>
> Perhaps somebody could expain the aims of this hobby of ours. Is it to :
>
> Obtain as many machines as possible without caring what they are
Probably not.
> Obtain as many of particular types of 'interesting' (to you) machines
Almost certainly.
> Getting (again) the machine that you 'used as a kid' and enjoying those
> ancinet games again (say)
Still got the machine I learned to program on (a Sinclair ZX Spectrum +2A).
Still works, too :-)
> Getting machines that you dreamed of owning many years ago and could
> never aford back then
Don't think that applies to me.
> Getting machines that have particular hardware (or software) features
> that you find interesting, whether or not you've ever heard of the
> machine before
Hmm... Depends on whether I've got enough place to store the thing.
> Preserving a piece of computer history
Yes.
> Programming a machine that is really simple enough to fully understand
Definetly.
> Repairing a machine that's built from parts you can get and understand
When it breaks :-)
> Learning about the operation of a computer by understanding a processor
> at gate level
Yup.
> I guess for me it's many of the above and more besides.
Same here.
> OK, I know most of us (myself included) can't afford to spend as much
> money as we'd like on this hobby, and we'd love it if the machines were
> free... However, it wouldn't bother me to spend say \pounds 100.00 on a
> machine of particular interest to me, knowing that I would get at least
> that much enjoyment/education from programming it, repairing it, learning
> about it, etc. And I don't thing that's against the aims of the hobby.
I wouldn't mind spending about ?50 on a machine if it was in decent (read:
working) condition. I've successfully restored a reel to reel tape deck and
I'm going to get myself a few MOS KIM-1s (one to keep going, the rest become
parts donors if need be) and keep at least one running. I'm going to test
and reform/replace the capacitors if necessary, and make sure the CPU/clock
circuits/LED display/keyboard still work. And if the keyboard fails I'll get
myself a Protolab membrane keypad kit and build a new one!
--
Phil.
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philpem(a)bigfoot.com
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Hi, gang.
I have a boxed copy, on tape, of Island Write/Paint/Draw for SCO.
It was given to me a couple of years ago, and since I have neither a
tape drive of the necessary format nor a SCO box, I really don't
need it. Pay shipping and it's yours.
If you need more details, email me off-list and I'll see what I can
come up with.
I also have an old Intel SBC developers board with some docs.
Don't know if it works or not. It's a little dirty, but considering it's
age...if you need more details, email me. Once again, pay
shipping, give it a good home, and it's yours.
Thanks!
Paul Braun WD9GCO
Cygnus Productions
nerdware_nospam(a)laidbak.com
"A computer without a Microsoft operating system is like a dog without a bunch of bricks tied to its head."
At 09:43 PM 1/26/01 -0800, you wrote:
>> >If the HP runs PalmOS then it can be used. Let me know and I'll send
>> >it.
>On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Joe wrote:
>> Nope, it runs MS-DOS. AFIK only the PalmPilots run PalmOS.
>
>This may be stretching things. A lot.
>The Code Warrior package for software development for PalmOS is available
>in Mac and Windoze versions. It includes a Palm emulator.
>Would the HP be capable of running that emulator?
Some of the newer HPs like the Jornada might since it runs Windows CE
but my 200LX only runs MS-DOS so it can't. FWIW I just bought a Jornada.
It's a nice machine but the OL has claimed it.
Joe
>
>
>
>
From: Jerome Fine <jhfine(a)idirect.com>
>
>I have been told that starting with V5.05, "the high priced spread" was
>split onto 2 RL02 cartridges with each only slightly more than half
full.
>Which versions of the RT-11 Source distribution do you have? Also,
DEC internal copy of the source kit for 5.4. Nominally you could buy
a license for it at some really obcence price (more that 3000$). It
fills
the better part of one RL02.
>I missed something - or I just don't understand what you are getting at.
>What was partitioned - RD52 or RL02 or a much bigger drive? And
>I also don't know if "run" means "boot" or something else.
The RD52 into 3 10mb "RL02s" as virtual images.
>I tried the TK50 - ONCE. Since I do a verify on any backup tape 99%
>of the time, anyone who has tried to do a BUP verify using a TK50
>vs a hard disk will understand. While it took about 19 minutes to write
>one 32 MByte RT-11 partition, it was over an hour during the
>"/VERIFY:ONLY" operation that I gave up.
>
>Now the TK70 (which uses the IDENTICAL DLT tape - CompacTape I)
>is another matter. The TK70 drive writes 4 times as much data on one
>tape and writes the data three time as fast and the "/VERIFY:ONLY"
>operation is just as fast as the BACKUP. So a BUP with the TK70
>can place 8.5 RT-11 partitions on one tape using a TK70.
Apparently a difference in how it handle streaming of small block sizes.
The TK50 does very poorly at writes of short blocks.
>Reliable - yes. Useful as compared with 256 MBytes - NO!
Well it doesnt require a SCSI board and I had it. If you have MO
Cool and all the better. If I had one I'd have used it.
>But if you restrict the comparison to RD51,2,3,4 drives, then
>yes!!!!!!!!!! I have had too many RD53 drives go in the last
>few years to count. Most were Micropolis 1325 drives with
>the R7 jumper inserted so that the RQDX2 thought they were
>a real DEC RD53.
Which is a M1325! That drive was the poorest of the lot and
only a bit better than RD32 (ST251). The XT2190 (RD54) is a
good drive but like many of that type and size 31 Watts is a
lot of heat that is unhealthy over time. RD52 was the coolest
running of the pack and still fast for it size (and MFM).
>But with Hitachi DK515-78 drives and a Sigma RQD11-EC
>that handles four drives, there is not much to choose between
>4 * RD52 (= 120 MBytes) and 4 * DK515-78 (=2.4 GBytes).
Killer if you have MSCP compatable SCSI, useless with the
more common RQDX3.
>Now this is one area I would like to solve as well. But what
>OS is needed if I want to use the first 64 blocks on the CD?
With that many who cares? I'd just use it as an image copy of
the real thing. I'd have little interest in booting RT-11 from CD
as CDs most are slower than MFM! Also how would you handle
RT-11 SWAP.SYS? That has to be read/write.
Allison
Hm, I know Richard Ottosen, I suppose I can ask him on Tuesday if he bought
it. Looks like the next CU surplus auction may have some Tek things, as the
auction catalog lists a few "Tektronix terminal"{s}. I really love their
totally detailed descriptions, lemme tell ya.. If anyone would be interested
I can try to find out more details.
Will J
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saw someone in an old message from 1999 mention that he had it on a CD
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