> Love it or hate it, eBay is the most credible source of pricing or value
> that I know of. Last night, really the past week, I have been digging
> deeply into the purchases I have made in the last few months, and I found a
> really cool looking box, HP SureStore 12000e. 10 minutes on the HP site,
> and I knew all about the buttons on the front, but not what the damn thing
> WAS. 2 minutes on eBay and I knew I had a nice 48 GB DDS tape array storage
> thing worth $175 or so, that had drivers for windows etc. that I could
> download for free (and had the links to do so in the eBay ad).
Love it or hate it? I think love-hate is what most people experience. I've
found some great deals on eBay, esp. since they added the BuyItNow option. I
got an Intraserver dual channel U2W SCSI controller that had the VMS-enabled
ROMs for $75 that way. I also got a TZ867 that I upgraded to a DLT4700 for
$250 when the product wouldn't sell due to the seller's shipping costs (the
seller is local and I picked the item up; original opening bid was $500). The
drive included the library cartridge (usually sell for ~$50.00 alone on eBay
and four OpenVMS distributions tapes I added to my library). I also find good
deals due to typos or odd categories (such as a TKZ60 drive for $5.00; now all
I need is a SCSI 9-track drive to cover the media I need to access).
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!> > Chris wrote:
!> > > >It's easier to find an ethernet card for a
!> > > >Mac II than a localtalk card for a PC
!> > >
!>
!> Peter C. Wallace wrote:
!> > > hehehe... I have two of them! (localtalk cards for PCs
!> > > that is) :-)
!
!I have something better than either or both. A Webster Multiport/LT.
!It's an ethernet/Appletalk gateway.
!Additionally, it does DHCP for Macs on Appletalk or ethernet.
!Speaks IPX, (My Appletalk Macs have access to my Netware box, and the
!Netware box
!queue serves my Laserwriter IIF to the Macs and PC's)
! IP of course and even appears as a DECNET Node!!! etc etc etc.
!
!Came out of a $2 bag of cables someone nabbed at auction,
!didn't know what the heck it was, and gave it to me. I didn't
!know either, but I soon did. Ever surf the net on a Mac Classic
!2 in glorious B&W with Netscape 1.1?
!
!According to their website, US$1900+ (and all the management
!software is free to download :^)
!I'm happy......
!
!Cheers
!
!Geoff Roberts
That's basically all I'm looking to do... I knew I could've used
NetBSD, but I figured I'd keep the routing Mac in pretty much the shape it
was (could've been?) sold in. That is, MacOS 7.6.1 or some such. Historical
purposes, I guess you could call it.
Also hoping to keep this as cheap as possible. My budget for this
isn't all that big.. :-/
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Dear all,
I've decided that one of my goals is to run every networking topology
possible in my house, regardless if I actually NEED to run them or not. :)
My plan is to place 1 linux box running a card from each topology in it and
use that to bridge all (or almost all) topologies.
I currently have running 10bT ethernet, 10b2 ethernet, Localtalk over
PhoneNET and the beginnings of Arcnet.
In light of such, I have a series of questions:
1) Who knows some stuff about ArcNet? I've gotten 4 cards (8-bit ISA) and a
16-port active hub. I've read somewhere that cards are either hubbable or
not. Any other info on that?
2) Anyone have any (I think it is) 93ohm coax arcnet patch cables that they
want to get rid of?
3) Anyone got good resources on ThickNET? (10b5 I think it is?) I know it
was run back in the day, and I know some precursory things about it (the
funky vampire taps, etc.) Anyone have either resources or hardware on this
topology that they'd like to share/sell/etc? :)
4) Any other interesting topologies I should try? I have plans to do:
Arcnet, FDDI, Token ring, Localtalk, 10b2, 10b5, 10bT, 10bTX, 10bFiber, and
(eventually) 802.11b wireless.
Thanks folks!
Tarsi
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> --- Gunther Schadow <gunther(a)aurora.regenstrief.org> wrote:
> > - The DMB32 parallel printer is not a Centronics interface. But
> > I may actually have a printer to go with it. A BIG thing, not
> > heavy but taking up precious space if I put it into my
> > basement.
>
> We used to use an LP25 on our DMF32 (Unibus ancestor of the DMB32). It
> was a Dataproduct printer with a DEC badge. I do recall seeing a simple
> circuit somewhere involving an inverter or two to attach a Centronics
> printer to an LPV11. It shouldn't be a complicated matter to examine
> which signals on the DP port are low-true and which ones are low-true
> on a "Centronics" port and deduce which handshaking lines need inverted.
I seem to remember there was a converter (sold by Black Box, IIRC), but
the chances of finding one is pretty slim. You'd be more likely to find
a printer. Building your own converter would be the easiest as Ethan
suggests.
If you can find the manual on the DMB32 it should have the pinouts for
the cable, which will make building a converter even easier.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Frederick Scholl [mailto:freds@monarch-info.com]
HI, I just subscribed to classiccmp.org, but I'm not sure how to use this.
I get mail messages now, but how do I respond on the same thread of
conversation? Someone in your thread mentioned LocalTalk cards and I am
interested in buying TOPS for the PC if anyone has that.
It's quite simple... Just hit the "Reply" button in your e-mail
reader, and type away. Make sure the address "classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org" is
in the "To:" field. Should be automatic...
Someone here once said, "The only stupid question is the one not
asked" or something like that...
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> There is, I'm sure, a place for one-shots, but they've been abused so
> often it's
> hard to remember what that might have been.
>
Power on reset - before the clocks have safely started. PONG, an inspired
use
of monostables. Watchdog timers, sync fail detectors, three shot lockouts
....
Lee.
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Does anyone know if there is a free/share/money-ware program that
can turn a Mac into a DHCP server? For use on an older 68k Mac...
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Does anyone have a VLB system that needs a VLB SCSI controllers?
I have an Ultrastor 34F and an Adaptec 2842 free, just pay shipping.
Otherwise, I'll just toss them.
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On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Mike McCauley <mikem(a)open.com.au wrote:
> Anyone have more info or history?
http://www.rddavis.org/rdd/PERQ.html
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>It's easier to find an ethernet card for a
>Mac II than a localtalk card for a PC
hehehe... I have two of them! (localtalk cards for PCs that is) :-)
-chris
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