test-drb October 2001

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by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

Thats how my old address was destroyed. Likely this one too in time. Does little good to have a valid address if the address has to be dumped due to being a spam trap. Allison -----Original Message----- From: Pete Turnbull <pete(a)dunnington.u-net.com> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Date: Monday, October 22, 2001 9:12 PM Subject: Re: List Maintenance >On Oct 22, 12:39, Sellam Ismail wrote: > >> But for people using the archives for research it would be nice to be >able >> to e-mail the original poster (unless the address obscuring we're talking >> about will not completely remove the e-mail address from the message). > >I agree; it's been useful to me on a number of occasions, both when I've >searched for something and when someone else has found me through the list. > I wouldn't want my address removed, just altered enough so automatic >spambots won't get my address too often. > >OTOH, it's possible that my additional spam collection has come from Usenet >trawling rather than list archives, I suppose. > >-- >Pete Peter Turnbull > Network Manager > University of York

23 years, 2 months

electronics/computer surplus in Virginia?

by netsurfer_x1＠hotmail.com

I don't know of any dedicated electronics/cpmputer surpluse tores in that area. However, I suggest to you that if you ever run across any CHKD (Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters) Thrift stores to go there. Why, you ask? Very simple, I've been there on many occasions and see lots of computers (most are PC) but I had to pass on an Atari 520ST and (just yesterday!) had to pass on an Amiga 2000 (the whole setup cost less than $30!) just bacuse I live on ship, and have no room for this stuff. ____________________________________________________________ David Vohs, Digital Archaeologist & Computer Historian. 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. "Shapeshifter": Epson QX-10, Titan graphics & MS-DOS board, Comrex HDD. "Scout": Otrona Attache. ____________________________________________________________ >From: "Brian Knittel" <brian(a)quarterbyte.com> >Reply-To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org >To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org >Subject: electronics/computer surplus in Virginia? >Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 17:32:15 -0700 > >Does anyone know of any electronics / computer surplus >and/or computer / electronics recycling companies >in the greater Portsmouth - Norfolk - Virginia Beach - >Suffolk - Chesapeake, Virginia area? > >Thanks, >Brian > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >_| _| _| Brian Knittel / Quarterbyte Systems, Inc. >_| _| _| Tel: 1-510-559-7930 Fax: 1-510-525-6889 >_| _| _| Email: brian(a)quarterbyte.com >_| _| _| http://www.quarterbyte.com _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

23 years, 2 months

List Maintenance

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Oct 22, 12:39, Sellam Ismail wrote: > But for people using the archives for research it would be nice to be able > to e-mail the original poster (unless the address obscuring we're talking > about will not completely remove the e-mail address from the message). I agree; it's been useful to me on a number of occasions, both when I've searched for something and when someone else has found me through the list. I wouldn't want my address removed, just altered enough so automatic spambots won't get my address too often. OTOH, it's possible that my additional spam collection has come from Usenet trawling rather than list archives, I suppose. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

23 years, 2 months

Self-combusting Speccy

by optimus＠canit.se

So I find this nice little program called "Toot", which "toots" Spectrum snapshots into the earphone socket of said machine. What happens when I plug the machine in? A hideous smell, that's what. Now I'm back at square one. No working Speccy. All I get is a black screen. When fine- tuning the receiver, the border is sometimes visible. Is there something irreplacable, like the ULA, which has broken, or is it the CPU (I've got plenty of those) or just some discrete component? -- En ligne avec Thor 2.6a. "I believe OS/2 is destined to be the most important operating system, and possibly program, of all time..." Bill Gates 1988

23 years, 2 months

SGI Indigo keyboard and mouse wanted!

by marino13＠btinternet.com

Hi all... Have been trying to find these for ages now but may be worth a re-ask! I have an old SGI Indigo Personal Iris minus keyboard and mouse. Does anyone have one of these spare they would be willing to sell? Its a specific Personal Iris set of hardware that was changed for the later machines - the mouse is plugged into the side of the keyboard, then the keyboard to the back of the machine, pass thru fashion. I have tried keyboards from later machines but they arent recognised on boot up. If anyone can help me out I would be extremely grateful. Cheers! Shaun

23 years, 2 months

Portables wanted.

by netsurfer_x1＠hotmail.com

Does anyone here have a GRiDCASE 3 (or similar) or a Lexmark Lexbook MB10 that they want to get rid of. If so, hit me up off the list, and let's make a deal! ____________________________________________________________ David Vohs, Digital Archaeologist & Computer Historian. 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. "Shapeshifter": Epson QX-10, Titan graphics & MS-DOS board, Comrex HDD. "Scout": Otrona Attache. ____________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

23 years, 2 months

Are office people really that, umm shall we say...slow?

by alan.pearson＠cramer.com

> This is correct, the primary problem lies w/ teachers spewing GIGO, > good teachers is percious few. Too true... my brother-in-law was doing a C++ course earlier this year and sent me one of his assignments to have a look at. Imagine my horror when I looked at the bit of code his teacher had given him to work from and the first 5 lines were "#include <whatever.cpp>" ... There have been an alarming number of interviews where I've asked a graddie (who's supposedly been studying Java for a year) what the significance of java.lang.Object was, only to be greeted by incomprehension. What do they teach these people? At least they've moved towards Java now, 5 years ago I used to ask graddies who "knew C++" what a pointer was and get answers like "it's that arrow thing on the screen that you move around with the mouse". And Tony Blair wants to make us a nation of IT excellence :-) Hmmm. -al

23 years, 2 months

PCjr Stuff

by mbbrutman＠magnaspeed.net

There were a few 3rd parties that made hard drives for the PCjr, both MFM and SCSI versions. The SCSI ones are really interesting to me - there was a Future Domain TMC850Jr controller that PC Enterprises sold that attached on the side, and a card sold as part of an upgrade package by RIM that went in the internal modem slot. Unfortunately, I have neither - and I'd love to have one. I imagine that the SCSI solutions can be faked into using a SCSI Zip drive, which would be awesome .. Jr heads ... here is my contribution to the web: http://mail.magnaspeed.net/~mbbrutman/PCjr/pcjr.html I have the tech ref, the service book, and other goodies. I also wrote a cartridge & system ROM dumping program - might be handy if anybody ever decides to start copying the old cartridges. (Email me for source & .EXE) Mike

23 years, 2 months

DEC Lab 11/40

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Oct 21, 20:52, Tony Duell wrote: > > On Thursday I took possession of a DEC Lab 11/40 system. > Nice!. I've seen one once. AFAIK, it is (almost?) all standard DEC parts > -- an 11/40 CPU, VT11 graphics display, LPS11 lab I/O, RK05 + RK11-D > drives, etc. Yes, I can't see anything in it that's not original DEC -- except a couple of RK05 packs that turned up later, which are Scotch-branded rather than DEC. > Well, DL11 cards are simple enough to repair. If it is the RS232 chips, > they're just 1488s and 1489s, so no real problem to get replacements. Agreed -- I have umpteen sets of them. And I've previously upgraded -YAs to RS232, so no problem there either. The machine usedf to be used with an LA120, but I had to leave that behind as I simply have no room :-( > Yes, VT11 board set. [...] I have prints if you are missing them. I've found the manuals but not the print sets. > It's the same ribbon cable (BC11) as is used for Unibus, but it certainly > doesn't carry unibus singals here. It's a raw data interface to the drives. Yeah, I knew that, though I wan't clear in what I wrote. I just meant it's the same type of cable -- so if it *is* damaged, it can be replaced relatively easily. > > and check the PSUs before I do anything else. I'm no Unibus or RK05 > > expert; most of my -11s are Q-bus. What else should I look for before I go > > too far? > > Read the printsets. Read them again. Then, as ever, check the power > [...] Thanks! That's exactly the detailed practical advice I was hoping for :-) A quick look at the RK05s shows the foam ring on the blower is disintegrating. I imagine this needs replaced with some similar high-density foam before I put any packs in there. Any other places I need to look? I seem to have all the relevant maintenance manuals and engineering drawings print sets, plus several extra photocopies and some updates. I also have several copies of The Software Despatch for RT-11, and the original Site Maintenance Manual for the machine, with the original shipping notes, Field Service logs, etc. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

23 years, 2 months

Searching one TK50

by dittman＠directlink.net

> Hi, Eric. Mmm... Where this could be applicable ? > One DEC PDP ? One Microvax ? One PC with Scsi > board ? It is a SCSI drive, so anything with a SCSI interface and drivers. -- Eric Dittman dittman(a)dittman.net Check out the DEC Enthusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/

23 years, 2 months

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test-drb October 2001