Naw.. Passenger pigeons were good eatin'.. They were hunted to death.
Jim
On Tuesday, October 09, 2001 11:41 PM, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)
[SMTP:cisin@xenosoft.com] wrote:
> > One is extinct, the other isn't.
>
> Due to trying to carry passengers?
One is extinct, the other isn't.
Jim
On Tuesday, October 09, 2001 10:37 PM, Dan Linder [SMTP:dlinder@uiuc.edu] wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Peter C. Wallace wrote:
>
> > > Haven't carrier pigeons been extinct long before IP and UUCP were
> > > developed?
> >
> > Nah, Its passenger pigeons taht are extinct...
>
> okay, I'll bite... what's the difference between a "carrier pigeon" and a
> "passenger pigeon"?
>
> - Dan
>
> Dan Linder / dlinder @ uiuc.edu
> Graduate Student, College of Engineering, Dept. of Computer Science
> - Dept. of Computer Science Teaching Assistant
> - DRES Computer Accessibility Researcher
For a birthday present, my girlfriend tracked down and bought me a Radio Shack
PC-1 with cassette adapter (Both in orig boxes!). It compliments nicely the
PC-2
and plotter I already have. After addition of four 1.35V zinc-air hearing aid
batteries,
it's humming along on my desk counting up by eights..
Does anyone still have software for this beastie?
My other Q is converter programs. wav2bin (Sharp calc converter) supports it
fine
(its just a rebadged PC-1211) but the companion program bin2wav does not. Do
other conversion programs exist? Are there any that run under *nixen? Any with
source? I have tried contacting the fine folks at www.pocketmuseum.com, as they
seem to be the author of the software mentioned already, to no avail (broken
email
addy).
Jim
It's NIBBLE Tinybasic, there was an old BYTE or KB Article
on the earlier 8a500 version of same. _If_ I ever get to the bottom
of my pile I have the manual for the National version of the SBC
with the 8073 on it.
Allison
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard A. Cini, Jr. <rcini(a)optonline.net>
To: ClassCompList <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Date: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 9:26 PM
Subject: 8073-based SBC info
Hello, all:
I just received a National Semiconductor SBC kit that's based on its
8070-series 8-bit processor. It's got a version of TinyBASIC written by
National as an instrumentation and control language.
I have a family data sheet and a short industry article but no
programming
or user's manual. The board is manufactured by Sterling. There is almost
no
information on this board available through the usual search engines.
Any info appreciated. Thanks.
Rich
Rich Cini
Collector of classic computers
Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project
Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/
/************************************************************/
Simple solution, use a PC for it's best other use {first one is doorstop}
and load up linux as a NAT box and put that in between cable and VAX.
Then you can run the vax with static IP. Or better yet use a
Microvax2000
and run netbsd so you dont have to have a PC in that spot.
Allison
-----Original Message-----
From: Iggy Drougge <optimus(a)canit.se>
To: Classic computing <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Date: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 11:39 AM
Subject: VMS, UCX, DHCP?
>Now that I've got "broadband", I'd like to see my VAXstation on the net.
It's
>running VMS 5.1 and UCX, but does it have any DHCP capabilities?
>It's not a great problem, but if there is some option for getting config
info
>via DHCP, it'd save me the trouble of setting up a NetBSD environment in
order
>to run dhclient. =)
>
>--
>En ligne avec Thor 2.6a.
>
>Amiga 4000/040 25MHz/64MB/20GB
RetinaBLTZ3/VLab/FastlaneZ3/Ariadne/Toccata
>
>
What about StarLan?? I think I have some full length 8-bit ISA StarLan cards
in a closet if you want em.. No other equip tho..
Jim
On Tuesday, October 09, 2001 1:50 PM, Tarsi [SMTP:tarsi@binhost.com] wrote:
> 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
> 210
>
>
> --
> ----------------------------------------------
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> binHOST.com: http://www.binhost.com
> Forever Beyond: http://www.foreverbeyond.org
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On October 9, Absurdly Obtuse wrote:
> > Unless I'm mistaken Dave is talking about a transmittion method that's
> > actually been used. There is actually an RFC for it.
>
> I know someone who measured the bandwidth and latency of himself carrying
> a backpack full of floppies across the campus of Clarkson.
This sounds like the age-old "never underestimate the bandwidth of a
station wagon full of magtapes" story.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Laurel, MD
Hello, all:
I just received a National Semiconductor SBC kit that's based on its
8070-series 8-bit processor. It's got a version of TinyBASIC written by
National as an instrumentation and control language.
I have a family data sheet and a short industry article but no programming
or user's manual. The board is manufactured by Sterling. There is almost no
information on this board available through the usual search engines.
Any info appreciated. Thanks.
Rich
Rich Cini
Collector of classic computers
Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project
Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/
/************************************************************/
> Simple solution, use a PC for it's best other use {first one is doorstop}
> and load up linux as a NAT box and put that in between cable and VAX.
> Then you can run the vax with static IP. Or better yet use a
> Microvax2000
> and run netbsd so you dont have to have a PC in that spot.
I actually prefer to use a little BookPC-format boxes running Linux
Linux for my Internet gateway. The system is cheap, little, quiet,
and doesn't get very hot. I can stick it behind my other systems.
It has a large capacity IDE drive in it and I also use it for a
mail and http server.
--
Eric Dittman
dittman(a)dittman.net
Check out the DEC Enthusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/
