test-drb October 2001

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770 discussions

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>/U (do a REAL format) is faster for you than >/Q (DON'T do a real format, just write an empty directory) ?? > >Would you care to post some measured times for how much faster it is? Speed will be HIGHLY dependant on what size disk it is. A 360k disk formats with /u fairly fast, and although it is STILL quicker to do /q, it isn't a huge difference... however, when doing a 1.4 disk, it cam be the difference between over a minute and under 10 seconds. /q is basically the same as doing "del *.*", it doesn't reformat the disk at all, it just rewrites the FAT so the disk thinks it is blank, the fastest way to clear a disk is "format a: /q /u"... UNLESS there are only a few items on it, then del *.* might edge it out Also, with all this /u business... be careful when doing that on 5.25" disks in a high density drive. If you put a DD disk in, and do format /u, it will NOT warn you that it is going to attempt to format a DD disk as HD. In MS DOS, when you format on a HD 5.25 drive, it automatically tries to format HD... you need to specify the format size (or use /4) to format 360k... leaving off the /u will warn you that the format is different then what you are about to try. Unfortuantly, leaving off the /u ALSO fails to remap bad sectors, AND saves the unformat info adding a few more seconds onto the disk format. None of this warning business applies to 3.5" drives, they will detect the HD vs DD disk, and format correctly... so with those it is safe to always use /u if you want to. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years, 2 months

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

by rmeenaks＠olf.com

Hi, I am planning on converting the Radio Shack Armatron to run off the parallel port of a PeeCee but need the plans to do it. I found the following site that contains the conversion needed for an Atari at: http://www.bitsofthepast.com/atari/arm.html The May '85 Radio-Electronics has the necessary instructions, sooo I was wondering if someone would be kind enought to either scan or mail me the article. Thanks, Ram -- ,,,, /'^'\ ( o o ) -oOOO--(_)--OOOo------------------------------------- | Ram Meenakshisundaram | | Senior Software Engineer | | OpenLink Financial Inc | | .oooO Phone: (516) 227-6600 x267 | | ( ) Oooo. Email: rmeenaks(a)olf.com | ---\ (----( )-------------------------------------- \_) ) / (_/

23 years, 2 months

ASCII Terminal Giveaway - Ottawa Canada

by jimmiejimjim＠hotmail.com

I've got a used ASCII Terminal, with detached keyboard for whoever is the first to contact me to take it away. (wife + messy basement = get rid of unused "junk"). I'm in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. If interested, contact me directly via email: jimmiejimjim(a)hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

23 years, 2 months

Odd VT100 question

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

OK, I'm thinking of doing a wierd mod on a VT100, just how much room is inside one of them? I need room for a 7 1/2" x 9" x 2 1/2" board (the 2 1/2" is thanks to the heatsink and RAM), and would also like to be able to fit in a smallish 250W PS (3 1/2" x 5 1/2" x 6"), and a 3 1/2" HD. I've got 2 or 3 VT100's, but they're so buried it's going to take a lot of work to get to them so was hoping to get an idea if there is room first. Basically I'm trying to build a PDP-10 into a VT100 by using an Intel D810EMO MicroATX board. Zane -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |

23 years, 2 months

CT Junk Fest? (was RE: Central FL Computer Junk Fest)

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

! From: Joe [mailto:rigdonj@intellistar.net] ! ! At 10:33 AM 9/28/01 -0400, you wrote: ! >Hmmm, is there going to be one up here around Connecticut sometime? ! ! Sure, if you'll organize it. ! ! Joe ! Okay then, what's involved with one of these festivals? Can someone who organized one of the other fests e-mail me with the info? --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818

23 years, 2 months

Central Florida Junk Fest report.

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>LOGO YEAH... that was the language (logo, topal... hey this goes back to the 4th grade, I am lucky I remembered playing with it at all) :-) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years, 2 months

Power connectors

by tniemann＠msn.com

Hans.... I may be wrong in my explanation to the following question you posed but I will give it a shot.....You said: I don't know any reason why the system has to be keyed, I always assumed the US development of keyed plugs was triggered by old DC systems (since in DC Eq. it is necersarry to know the orientation), but not a new addition. Strange, we dropped all orientationwhen switching to AC (with Protective Ground). Could anyone give give a reason why the system has to be keyed _IF_ a Protective Ground is included (other than define the Protective Ground pin) If you hook an scope up circuit such as a TV and hook the ground probe up to signal ground but you have the plug reversed the circuit will short out and you will blow the device you are testing. That is because you just provided a current path to frame ground for the signal which you thought was signal ground. TV repairman who have used scopes have done this more than once. Tony Niemann 2606 Merriwood Avenue Louisville Kentucky 40299 tniemann(a)msn.com 502-267-9233

23 years, 2 months

Boot Disk Needed

by Lee.Davison＠merlincommunications.com

> /u = Unconditional, it will do a real format, as opposed to > quick format > /U - unconditional, prevents checking of sectors for read errors before formatting them. This is the only way to format unformatted or non MSDOS disks or to overwrite any blocks on MSDOS disks that are marked as bad. Lee. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- This email is intended only for the above named addressee(s). The information contained in this email may contain information which is confidential. The views expressed in this email are personal to the sender and do not in any way reflect the views of the company. If you have received this email and you are not a named addressee please delete it from your system and contact Merlin Communications International IT Department on +44 20 7344 5888. _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service.

23 years, 2 months

DECserver 700

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

Just in case: The default password at the "#" prompt is access The default privileged password is system Otherwise, I'll see if I have the manual around somewhere to dig out the set-to-factory-defaults sequence. Antonio > -----Original Message----- > From: Absurdly Obtuse [mailto:vance@ikickass.org] > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 6:34 AM > To: Classic Computers Mailing List > Subject: DECserver 700 > > > > Hey there. I was wondering if someone could help me break into the > privileged mode on my DECserver 700 without the password. Do > I have to > remove the RAM, the battery, or something? Thanks. > > Peace... Sridhar > > >

23 years, 2 months

DECserver 700

by vance＠ikickass.org

Hey there. I was wondering if someone could help me break into the privileged mode on my DECserver 700 without the password. Do I have to remove the RAM, the battery, or something? Thanks. Peace... Sridhar

23 years, 2 months

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test-drb October 2001