test-drb October 2001

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by optimus＠canit.se

I found a keyboard-less Spectrum at the salvation army, and I got it at only 15 SEK. Great price, that's about one GBP. So I proceeded to mix and match a working Spectrum out of one and the one I already own. The keyboard ribbons on my old one were really beat up, so I took the matrix (and ribbons) off the one without a keyboard and transplanted it into the old one, which turned out to work this time. It was probably just a disagreement with an AC-DC adaptor or the tuner in the TV. So now I've got a working Speccy, with a luxurious on/off switch and all. The keyboard is... interesting. So far I've worked out how to generate all characters on the keytops (letters, keywords and symbols) using CAPS SHIFT or SYMBOL SHIFT. I've also discovered how to print the keywords listed above each key, by pressing both SHIFT keys in order to enter the "E" input mode. But I'm lost as to how to print the keywords and characters listed below the keys. No combinations of SHIFT keys seem to work out. -- En ligne avec Thor 2.6a. Iggy tipsar: Vill du l?sa en PDF-fil, men saknar l?sare, skicka den till pdf2txt(a)adobe.com, du f?r den tillbaka som ren ASCII till din epostadress.

23 years, 2 months

DEC Lab 11/40

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Oct 21, 9:41, Bob Shannon wrote: > Ah, you have a VT-11! > > Very collectable! Not to say "spacewar-capable" :-) Providing I can find some PDP-11 code -- I don't fancy recoding it, given only the PDP-1 assembly listing. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

23 years, 2 months

PCjr Stuff

by technos＠nerdland.org

Yep. The only restriction on Linus's final blessed tarball is a MMU. ELKS (and several other embedded/handheld ports) don't. ELKS will run on MMU less 'Intel' systems. I had it going on an overclocked V20 for a while. Jim On Monday, October 22, 2001 3:13 PM, Tony Duell [SMTP:ard@p850ug1.demon.co.uk] wrote: > > > Given enough RAM (640K?), is there any good reason why ELKS couldn't be > > > ported to the PCjr? > > > > > > No, I am not volunteering to try it.... > > > > > > -tony > > > > > > I believe that all versions of Linux require a 32+ bit processor to run. > > I thought the whole point of ELKS was that it didn't need the MMU of the > 386+ (it's that, rather than the 32 bit operations, that is the real > reason that full linux won't run on a 286 or below, I think). > > One problem with running ELKS (or Minix) on the PCjr is the keyboard. > It's very software-intensive -- the IR datastream goes to the NMI pin on > the CPU (and maybe to an input port, I would have to check the techref). > It's up to the CPU to work out the timing of the pulses and decode it. > This could be 'interesting' if running a multitasking OS :-)... > > -tony

23 years, 2 months

List Maintenance

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

Mike, I had to abandon the former world.std.com account as I was getting between 55-60 UCE/SPAM a day. After a while even wholesale deletes take too long. Whats this address your babbleling about as this address is getting on average 3-5 UCE/SPAM a day. This bugs me as I've taken pains to keep it out of circulation. Allison -----Original Message----- From: Mike Ford <mikeford(a)socal.rr.com> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Date: Sunday, October 21, 2001 4:20 PM Subject: Re: List Maintenance >>Some time ago, there was a discussion about address munging. I've noticed >>recently (ie the last few months) a large increase in spam arriving here, >>possibly correlated to my postings to the list. It not a really big deal, >>but I wondered if it's possible to anti-spamify my email address in list >>postings? > >This fear of spam always amazes me. I sign up at every idiot contest site I >find on the web (I won $3 of gas from Havoline), and I never get more than >half a dozen spam emails a day out of a hundred or so real emails on >important topics like replaceing the cord vs connector. Just hit delete, or >in the case of "real" spam drop the email into one of the antispam sites >and let the software go after the sender. > >

23 years, 2 months

GenRad Futuredata

by clandrum＠monumental.com

I have two Genrad Futuredata 2300 systems and accompanying software and am hunting for other owners. Specifically, I am looking for a 2716 or 2732 EPROM burner that these units supported. This was a small box with a ZIF socket that conected to a Microkit board on the Futuredata S100 bus. I have software for these machines and can exchange for leads on an EPROM box. - Craig Landrum CTO Mindwrap, Inc. home: clandrum(a)monumental.com work: craigl(a)mindwrap.com 540-675-3015 x 229

23 years, 2 months

OT: power & ground for wirewrap boards

by zaft＠azstarnet.com

Gang, Sorry for the offtopic post, but I need y'alls expertise... I've got a wirewrap SBC that I'm working on (6502-based system). I've got my wirewrapping skills down pretty well and that part is not a problem. For the power and ground connections for each chip, a friend suggested I should solder 16-gauge wire from a tie point or the power connector straight to each chip and/or its bypass cap. The only 16-gauge wire I have is stranded, and it's a mess to work with -- too large to work with easily and the strands mean it won't really bend and stay on the tie point or pin. Can someone who's done this successfully tell me how I should do this? Thanks! Gordon

23 years, 2 months

Archiving floppies?

by zaft＠azstarnet.com

Does anyone have any recommendations on software (preferably free) for archiving old DOS floppies? What I'd like to do is to be able to make disk images of all (okay, maybe just 'many') of the old DOS floppies I have so that if they disks get trashed or the bits fall off I can remake 'em. I'm assuming I'd probably be making these archives from a Windoze box although DOS or even FreeBSD or Linux is a possibility. Thanks in advance. GZ

23 years, 2 months

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

by mythtech＠Mac.com

> I just went to a local computer show today. I was happy to find that a > few vendors had components available from disassembled computers or > whatever. I picked up a 3com 3C905-TX PCI ethernet card, an ATI Mach64 > video card, and a very nice Sound Blaster 16, all used of course. The > Mach64 had "Monitor" written in marker on the slot cover. Do office > people really need to remind themselves where to plug the monitor in? I > have also seen a 3.5" floppy drives marked "hard drive a:" and the 5.25" > floppy, marked, "floppy drive b:". What's the deal? Yes... they really are that dumb... at least the ones that I have to support here are. I regularly have to mark cables and drives, or they screw things up. It seems to most staff here, if it doesn't fit, force it... so the fact that most cables only fit in one place doesn't stop them (I have found VGA monitors plugged into MALE 9 pin serial ports... yes, it can be done... lots and lots of force, but it can be done!). Of course, sometimes labeling everything can backfire... thanks to my efforts to make my offices idiot proof (make something idiot proof, and they'll build a bigger idiot)... my boss now thinks EVERYTHING can be made that way... he routinely complains that he needs written directions on how to fix problems with the WIndows NT network... so in case something unexpected goes wrong while I am out of the office, they can fix it. He doesn't grasp the difference between looking for a port marked "Mouse" and diagnosing Win NT problems. So yes, office people CAN be that dumb. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years, 2 months

email problems

by dittman＠directlink.net

Those of you I've been communicating with, my email is having problems due to my new ISP (GTE/Verizon) having messed up my DNS entries and not having any weekend DNS support (that sure surprised me!). If you need to contact me and mail to my usual email fails, try dittman(a)directlink.net. Thanks. -- Eric Dittman dittman(a)dittman.net Check out the DEC Enthusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/

23 years, 2 months

Looking for Videobrain system

by ebay＠gowebway.com

Picked one of these up today, didn't know what it was so figured it had to be good. Looks like that was a good bet. If anyone has carts, power supply, or joysticks for this that they'd like to sell, please contact me. If anyone want to place an offer for it, please send them to ebay(a)gowebway.com. I will be placing this item on ebay once I am certain it works. I will let you know when I list it if you send me an email. Thanks for any info.

23 years, 2 months

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test-drb October 2001