test-drb October 2001

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Classic Gaming OT and OT / Re: OT: Playstation 2 opinion?

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>So how many people collect gaming environments? I can't say I "collect" them, but more I have a collection of them (and more units gravitate to me from time to time). I have things like an Odessey (the original one with the littel card edge cartridges, and the screen overlays), Atari 2600 (one market one, one prerelease prototype), Intellivision, Stunt Cycle, Odessey 500(? the newer one), NES, Playstation (1001 model with mod chip, and a 9000 without), and an assortment of stand-alone non TV interface things (like a Donkey Kong, Tron, Crazy Climber, and a heap of space war or driving things). I HAD a colecovision (prerelease prototype unit) and an ADAM add-on (also prerelease), but a friend "borrowed" it many years ago, and it never came back (along with half my atari 2600 carts, the prick!). I was supposed to get a Turbo-Graphix 16 and a Turbo Express, but both fell thru (the 16, the owner forgot and threw it out, and the Express, I turned down because it was a Japanese prototype so I couldn't play it, hind sight I have kicked myself ever since, it HAD been one of 3 in the US at the time, and one of 10 in existance! ARGHH!!) I have not yet begun to aquire Arcade Machines, as I just don't have the room, but I did go half on a Tron with my sister (she stores it at her house). -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 6 months

[OT] New toy...

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

..... ! >NAOA - Not An Official Acronym ! >TTBOMK - to the best of my knowledge ! ! In no time somebody is bound to post the URL to some master list. ! ! You mean like this? :-) http://www.acronymfinder.com/ --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818

22 years, 6 months

[OT] New toy...

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

! > ISTR - it stands to reason (I'm guessing here) I thought this was " I Seem To Recall(Remember)" --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818

22 years, 6 months

VLB SCSI? (really 64-bit PCI & 100Mb ISA)

by ken＠seefried.com

Wrapping up a few things here... > <Re: 100Mb ISA cards> 3Com 3C515. Of course, you don't get full bandwidth out of it, but if you really, really have to get an ISA-only box on a 100Mb network, it does work quite well. And there's a Linux driver :-). FWIW...the HP ISA 100Mb card is probably a 100baseVG card, which requires a special hub. > A typical example is the 64-bit PCI. I've seen several desirable > cards offered for the 64-bit PCI, yet I've not seen even ONE advertised > motherboard that actually supports 64-bit PCI. Hmm...there are a bunch, actually. As far as motherboards (as in, not systems) that you can run out to web sites and buy: - Intel boards based on ServerWorks and i860 have them, and they showed up occasionally on earlier Xeon boards - Sun ATX form factor UltraSPARC boards have them - Later Alpha ATX form factor boards have them - At least one version of the Motorola MTX PowerPC ATX motherboard has them (well...okay...this one is pretty obscure) - Finally...my odd/rare Galileo MIPS-based system has them...:-) > From what I've read, 32-bit PCI boards work in a > 64-bit slot, yet nobody seems to be offering that feature in their > advertisement. I'd guess that's because it's cheaper/easier to > diverge slightly from the published standard in making these products, > hence they don't make claims about compatibility. Umm...not sure what you are trying to say. As far as I know 32-bit & 64-bit interoperability *is* part of the the PCI standard, and works vice versa. In fact, I'm pretty sure per the standard, there is interoperability between 33MHz and 66MHz cards. You really only get locked out with 5v v. 3.3v issues. In other works, a card that claims PCI 2.1 compliance will interoperate. Ken

22 years, 6 months

email/browser for DOS or C64/128?

by rhblakeman＠kih.net

I know I've seen many things on this in th epast but wasn't paying attention. I have some free time now and want to do some tinkering. Are there browsers and email agents for the Commodore 64/128 series and DOS (2.11 through 6.22). I prefer a free or shareware one to be able to test it to see if it's a POS or not. I want to use the DOS version on a few platforms from an 8086/8088 to a 386. I have a 286 portable NEC that I'd like to try it out on first. Thanks in advance.

22 years, 6 months

[OT] New toy...

by r_beaudry＠hotmail.com

>can anyone fill in the blanks here ... <snip> >FA - I've seen (and used) "FA" and "FS" in USENET posting subjects to warn the reader that an item is about to be advertised "For Auction" or "For Sale".... Rich B. "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Ben Franklin

22 years, 6 months

ATEX?

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>This wouldn't happen to have been the Bergen Record... >Used to work for one of their papers as a reporter back before I got into >PDP11's at DEC. Why yes, yes it is the Bergen Record. Right now my project has been put on hold. My friend asked the IT staff about a manual this morning, and they swore up and down that it doesn't matter, the newer version of ATEX will be going online in January. He doubts it, as it seems EVERYTHING they promise is about a year late before it actually gets in place. But until he can find a better person to talk to, there isn't much more I can do. However, I will keep my ears open, if I understand the Atex systems from their web site, the new system will no longer use the PDP-11 that the current one is based off. So one (or more? Atex implies that there may be multiples chained together) may be available soon. I don't have any pull down there to get them, but maybe I can get my friend to find someone I can talk to that does have some say in their disposal. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 6 months

Osborne 1 (was: OT :-)

by wrm＠ccii.co.za

Hi again all Tony asks: >Why suspect the FDC? This soulds like nothing more than a shorted or >leaky keyswitch. Have yoy taken the keyboard apart to check for this yet. When I unplug the keyboard and short out what I think is Enter (OK, maybe it's something else) the screen still refreshes, no lights on the floppy drives. >leaky (about 100k between the pins when the key is not pressed). This >will confuse some keyboard controller circuits. At least 3 of the switches seem to be dead shorts. And it's an assemble-once keyboard, the keys have little plastic pins that are melted to keep the whole affair together. Wouter ZS1KE for anyone interested www.retro.co.za

22 years, 6 months

[OT] New toy...

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

From: Derek Peschel <dpeschel(a)eskimo.com> >What I didn't know (until a Canadian guy at my ex-workplace explained >it to me) was that many of these abbreviations are French in origin. >("DE") That especially applies to the combined letter groups ("AR" with >no space in between = "end of message" = "arret", for example). > >This is not true of all abbreviations, of course. "FB" = "fine business" >(I know that only because I was looking for info on printing telegraphs >and stock tickers and found an old ARRL Handbook). There are plenty of others like... BT or break AR end of message SK end of work KN invitation to named station CL Closing station All of those are sent as one character. If you want to see a lot of abbreveated text read a sequence report as given for the aviation community. FCST CLDY TO BKN CLNG TO 10K.... Of course this would have been sent using ASR33 with 45 or 75 speed gears. Allison KB1GMX 6m-2m&70cm

22 years, 6 months

Almost on topic - Cassette I/O

by mhstein＠usa.net

Howdy to a fellow Canuck no doubt digging the long underwear out of the closet in preparation for winter... Might have something for ya; was just having one last look through some old Byte mags pulling out Cromemco ads before tossing 'em, and in July '76 there is a construction article for a fast cassette interface. Can scan it for ya if you're interested. Might also be able to find some others, was a popular project in those days. Can also ship you a Burroughs L series digital cassette drive (with some docs) if you're up to the challenge of interfacing it :) Also have tech info on some old computers (e.g. RS M100, AIM65) using cassette I/O. See on your web site you're also looking for PPT stuff; might even have something for ya in that department (Toronto area, though). While on the subject, anybody interested in an SwTPc AC-30 cassette interface? Just happen to have one; in fact, the reason I remembered that issue of Byte is 'cause the AC-30 is advertised on the inside front cover. mike ---------------Original Message------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 11:58:38 -0700 From: Ben Franchuk <bfranchuk(a)jetnet.ab.ca> Subject: Almost on topic - Cassette I/O I am building a FPGA ( Field programmable gate array ) computer in the style of the early computers that had a front panel and TTY for I/O. While I don't have have a front panel working the Hardware serial bootstrap does work on my prototype. Since I have a few LOGIC cells left in my FPGA to play with I was thinking adding a cassette interface. Does anybody know of schematics on the web that I can get ideas from. Ben Franchuk. - -- Standard Disclaimer : 97% speculation 2% bad grammar 1% facts. "Pre-historic Cpu's" http://www.jetnet.ab.ca/users/bfranchuk Now with schematics.

22 years, 6 months

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test-drb October 2001