test-drb November 2001

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by steven_j_robertson＠hotmail.com

Joe, Was thinking about coming to the area to visit some friends on Friday. You gonna be around? SteveRob _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

23 years, 1 month

Mac Restore CDs/Manuals

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> Unfortunately, Gamba's site has been closed by those folks at Apple that > received their training from M$. Read "cease and desist". The Heretics > sucked the site before his ISP cut it off. I'm thinking that perhaps Apple knew how to do this first, and may well have gotten the leson from Xerox.. >Try > <http://www.artaudsociety.com/manuals.htm> > Nice! Grabbed quite a few of these...

23 years, 1 month

Radio Shack abandons components

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> It is always nice to see a company buy out another company just so they can > rape it for all its worth before throwing that companies technology in some > vault so no one else can use it. Can you say "Hewlett-Packard"? Note to HP: Liberate the Apollo systems NOW! -dq

23 years, 1 month

Mac Restore CDs/Manuals

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>>I assume they exist somewhere, but the closest thing I've ever seen to a >>tech reference or service manual for any macintosh was the Chilton's book on >>macintosh repair. > >Apple published a series of manuals entitled "Inside Macintosh," volumes >3 and 4 of which I found in a thrift shop recently. They are for the >"goldfish-bowl" >MACs (copyright dates are 1985) and are primarily geared toward programmers, >but there are some hardware diagrams and pin-outs (nothing that Tony couldn't >figure out in less than 30 seconds, though...) Actually, there are tech manuals that give breakdown and assembly, and part numbers for almost every mac, and apple product. They also include basic diagnostic. I believe they are the same manuals the apple authorized repair centers use (which is really sad, since the diagnostics are pathetically simple, so obviously apple doesn't expect their techs to have much of a brain) You can download the manuals from an Apple FTP site, the catch is however, you can't browse the contents of the ftp directory, so you need to know what the manual is you are after. Fortuantly, someone has put up a web site listing many of them (and links to the FTP site for easy download). The web site WAS: <http://www.accesscom.com/~gamba/manuals2.html>, alas as of just checking it now, it seems to be gone. Maybe someone will know a newer site? (thankfully I pulled down copies of everything I own or am after... now I just wish I had taken the time to pull everything available down) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years, 1 month

Remington Rand 409-2/2R

by egendorf＠mit.edu

Hi! I am helping to gather original documents and/or artifacts concerning the Remington Rand 409-series computers for the Remington Rand museum being set up in Rowayton, CT. The models of interest are the 409-2 and the 409-2R. We are interested in documenting the location of all surviving artifacts, but also would like to acquire particularly interesting items by donation or purchase. If you have any original documents or artifacts (even as minor as Remington Rand brand punch cards), please e-mail me at: egendorf(a)mit.edu. Thanks.

23 years, 1 month

Mac Restore CDs/Manuals

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>Unfortunately, Gamba's site has been closed by those folks at Apple that >received their training from M$. Read "cease and desist". The Heretics >sucked the site before his ISP cut it off. I knew he had some trouble originally. From the story I heard (well, peiced together), he originally was hosting the manuals directly. Apple complained, so he changed the links to their servers. I figured if Apple complained once, it was only a matter of time before he was shut down entirely. Thanks for the new link... this time I was smart enough to save the page locally, so I can stick it on my web site. I think I will take some time next week to just start pulling all the manuals down (CD-Rs are such a wonderful thing) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years, 1 month

Toshiba disk & DSDD floppy

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>DSDD 3.5 drives are rare too, as most dealers threw them away. I have a >small stash, but I'm haning on to them as they are used in Amigas. I have one DSDD 3.5" drive (720k drive). I *think* it works. It is a standard size 3.5" drive, but the face plate is part of the unit, and it is for a 5.25" hole, so you really need a 5.25 half height bay to fit it. I don't really need it if someone was on the search for one (sorry, missed the beginning of this thread) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years, 1 month

Radio Shack abandons components

by mythtech＠Mac.com

> I've noticed that even the 'bargain bin' area that used to be >tucked back in one corner of most stores seems to be gone as well. >Used to be able to get some cool older discontinued stuff from that >section, including Model 2000 stuff. Unfortunately I also passed on >a portable disk drive in the same area at one point. One of the shacks near me still has that bin every year after christmas. It is nothing more than a big cardboard box full of broken or unpackaged items from the year. They also put all the unsold, or returned xmas gifts with it (which makes up a bulk of it, so is why I assume it shows up after xmas every year). -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years, 1 month

50th anniversary of the routine business use of computers

by Robert_Feldman＠jdedwards.com

I was looking at the Economist (Nov 17th) at the library last night and saw the following (p. 76) The Lyons Electronic Office (LEO) began use 11-17-1951 in a British catering company. It was used weekly to evaluate costs, prices, and margins for the week's output of bread, cakes, and pies. It was "the first dedicated business machine to operate on the 'stored program' principle, meaning that it could be quickly reconfigured to preform different tasks by loading a new program. It occupied 5,000 square feet of floorspace, contained 6,000 thermionic valves, and its mercury-delay-line memory could hold 2,048 instructions. LEO was built by a team led by John Pinkerton (pictured), and its design was based on Cambridge University's EDSAC computer."

23 years, 1 month

Toshiba Dynabook 286 software/DD disks Was: (no subject)

by csmith＠amdocs.com

-----Original Message----- From: joh869(a)aol.com [mailto:joh869@aol.com] Hi I need a systems disk that contains software for the Toshiba dynabook 286. Also where can I buy a low density floppy? You may -mail me with suggestions @ u-should-b(a)webtv.net I'm assuming that you mean double-density floppy, since that sounds about right for a 286. A quick yahoo search turns these up: http://www.athana.com/html/diskette.html http://www.filmemporium.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/data_storage.html http://www.amservices.com/amsionline/media.htm I don't know anything about these companies, never used them, but it seems that some of them even carry 8" disks (presumably soft-sectored) Regards, Chris

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test-drb November 2001