test-drb October 2001

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Semi OT: Radio Shack Armatron & May '85 issue of Radio-Electronics

by knightstalkerbob＠netscape.net

Greets, arm6.tif.1 worked this time, but 2 & 3 still show "Not a valid TIFF" in Paint Shop Pro. Bob Mason "Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner" <spc(a)conman.org> wrote: >It was thus said that the Great Mike once stated: >> >> From: Chris <mythtech(a)Mac.com> >> > Can you get pic 2,3 or 6 to open? I can't get them to work (your >> >> OK, I reuploaded 2,3, and 6 to the same spot. Try them again at: >> >> http://personal.lig.bellsouth.net/lig/d/o/dogas/arm2.tif >> http://personal.lig.bellsouth.net/lig/d/o/dogas/arm3.tif >> http://personal.lig.bellsouth.net/lig/d/o/dogas/arm6.tif > > I just resnagged them and you can view them at > > http://www.flummux.org/radio/ > > The original ones I snagged earlier are still there under the original >name, while the new ones have a `.1' extention. If someone can test them >and get back to me, I would appreciate it. > > -spc (They are different, even if they are the same file size ... ) > > -- Bob Mason 2x Amiga 500's, GVP A530 (40mhz 68030/68882, 8meg Fast, SCSI), 1.3/3.1, 2meg Chip, full ECS chipset, EZ135, 1084S, big harddrives, 2.2xCD Gateway Performance 500 Piece 'o Crap, 'ME, 128meg, 20Gig, flatbed. Heathkit H-89A, 64K RAM, hard and soft-sectored floppies, SigmaSoft and Systems 256K RAM Drive/Print Spooler/Graphics board HDOS 2 & CP/M 2.2.03/2.2.04 __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/

23 years, 2 months

OT: Archaeological restorations (was RE: Restoring classic kits w e built way-back-when)

by Robert_Feldman＠jdedwards.com

On topic: Leave your old hardware the way it is, for historical reference. Off topic: Coins are so boring ;) (though they last and are dated; I admit I have used them myself, though). When I backfilled my excavations of a 3000 BC temple mound on the Peruvian coast, I put a basket-full of old shoes in first (the site was being used as the modern town's garbage dump). In another case, I dumped a load of washed and sorted shells in a pit at a village site, and put in a dated newspaper page. A few years later, another group re-excavated at the village, found the shells, but thought the newspaper was intrusive (there is a lot of site looting in Peru) until they happened to mention to me the "cache" of shells they found, whereupon I told them what had happened. -----Original Message----- From: Ethan Dicks [mailto:erd_6502@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 10:17 PM To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Restoring classic kits we built way-back-when <snip> Specifically, I have several things <snip> that I made when I was a teenager. <snip> I'm debating re-soldering these items <snip> I took history and archaeology in school; <snip> When my advisor restored the bed of a large monochrome mosaic near Isthmia, he threw several modern coins into the concrete bed so that future excavators would know that it wasn't ancient concrete. <snip> -ethan

23 years, 2 months

HP 9000/847S

by lance＠costanzo.net

>That's true :). I'm sort of doubting that about the H50 because it's just so >fast (well, 96MHz) but the memory helps out a lot. The CPU is a pain in the >back to carry though. Nearly broke my back when carrying it up the stairs. Pull the power supplies and disk cages next time.

23 years, 2 months

Scrapping LA100 & Diablo printers

by mhstein＠usa.net

Am scrapping several DEC LA100 DM and Diablo/Wang HyType DW printers; anybody need any parts before they go? Also have manuals including Service manual for the LA100. mike mhstein(a)usa.net

23 years, 2 months

HP 9000/847S

by steven_j_robertson＠hotmail.com

I have HP/847S and found it to be a very effective space heater. Since I wasn't particularily impressed with it's performance, I have opted to run a smaller and more energy friendly HP/832. I use my HPUX box(s) primarily as a database server (running APACHE, PERL, and INFORMIX), application develpment using a Z80 cross assembler, and a backup system for all my other "stuff". I have more trust in 9-track tapes than other backup media. As part of their Y2K support program, HP offered HPUX-10.2 as a free upgrade. The upgrade package included everything you would need to get your box up and running. As far as I know, the upgrade program has been discontinued. You can find release notes and installation instructions at: http://docs.hp.com As I recall, the basic install will give you licenses for two concurrent users. Additional licenses can be activated by installing the license upgrade. This requires a key to activate. The keys were provided by HP with the upgrade based on the number of licenses the user had previously bought. As with the software, those "Free" license upgrades are probably no longer available. Some of the CDs included applications but, you need keys to install them. An alternative is to download and install apps from the HPUX freeware site (http://hpux.cs.utah.edu ). Send me your address off list and I'll get a copy of the OS to you. NOTE: You'll need a bootable CD player to install the software. ALSO --- If any your disks already have an OS installed, there is a simple way to circumvent the ROOT password. SteveRob >From: jarkko.teppo(a)er-grp.com >Reply-To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org >To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org >Subject: HP 9000/847S >Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 09:16:35 +0300 > >Hello, >I just picked up a 9K 847S, upgraded to H50 with two SCSI-buses, one mux >panel, a few disks and 384MB of memory (hmmmmm...). I'm not sure on the >ten year rule as I'm relatively clueless regarding this machine. This is >my second PA-RISC machine and it seems refreshingly better than the 840. > >A few questions: >a) Introduction date ? >b) Where can I get HP-UX 10.x cheaply :)? (ie. for free) > >-- >jht _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

23 years, 2 months

IBM 4965

by Diff＠Mac.com

Hello, I have been offered a rather large collection of machines, including an IBM PC with the original monitor, and an IBM 4965 with an 8" floppy drive. The 4965 is mounted in a large white rack, with a power supply mounted at the bottom, and the cover has been removed from the power supply, Anyone know anything about these machines? It looks as though all the original disks and documentation is there, but I am wondering whether its worth my time to clean this up. Zach

23 years, 2 months

Cold/Hot storage of computers -- OK?

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Oct 4, 17:22, John Foust wrote: > At 05:36 PM 10/4/01 +0000, Pete Turnbull wrote: > >The easiest way to deal with it is to ensure that the loft > >is ventilated, but a better way would be to use a dehumidifier. They're > >not too expensive to run (at least, not compared to heating or air > >conditioning) > > They're like little refrigerators, and most of them > aren't very smart about the set-point you've selected > in consideration of the actual temperature and humidity, > so they'll happily run when they can't do their job. > They work by condensation on the cooled coils. That's a good description, and it's true they're not very smart, but they do work. If the air gets too cold, just run a PDP-11 to warm it up :-) -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

23 years, 2 months

TECO manuals

by mrbill＠mrbill.net

Anybody know of any online TECO manuals? I've got a set of DECsystem-10 TECO manuals that I'll scan if they dont already exist online.... Bill -- Bill Bradford mrbill(a)mrbill.net Austin, TX

23 years, 2 months

need some advice on some VAX boards ...

by technos＠nerdland.org

On Friday, October 05, 2001 12:58 AM, Absurdly Obtuse [SMTP:vance@ikickass.org] wrote: > On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Dave McGuire wrote: > > > The ST225 was indeed 65ms...scary slow. It made a great distinctive > > "peep-peep" sound, though...which I liked even more than the [still > > rather cool] "chirp-chirp" sound of the ST251 and ST251-1. :-) > > I *love* that sound. Another good one is the IBM WDA-105. That was a > nice-sounding drive. Another melodic one. Only 5 megs though. > > Peace... Sridhar I used to have a pair of full height Micropolis that sounded just wonderful.. Jet-engine noises on startup, and a thick twang-beeeeep sound when it seeked. Dun remember what model, and I'm too lazy to dig em out and see, but I'm sure they were 170M units. Jim

23 years, 2 months

IBM ROM BASIC or lack thereof

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

Tony Duell wrote: > However, I've seen too many computers with incorrect labelling. I've seen > PCs with a DE9 COM port with a mouse icon over it. OK, so the > pre-installed version of Windows presumably expected a serial mouse on > COM1: . That does not make that port a mouse port, though, at least not > to a hardware hacker like me. You are absolutely right that the port is not a "mouse" port, but if it has a picture of a mouse next to it then Suzy will know where to plug her mouse in. Glen 0/0

23 years, 2 months

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