test-drb November 2001

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by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> I find it somewhat interesting how Americans define "foreign". Doesn't that > require something "indigenous"? =) Well, pemmican is indigenous... there are also some corn dishes that are supposed to predate European arrival. -dq

22 years, 8 months

Clearly OT (but what the hell...) (was: food

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> On Nov 7, 8:08, Douglas Quebbeman wrote: > > > > Traditionally served [...] on special occasions like Burn's Night with a glass of > > > whisky. > > > This Son of Clan Keith is wondering which night of the week that > > Burn's Night falls on? > > It varies. Which night would you like? :-) Any night whose name ends in the letter 'Y' and which occurs once each week... but Chris already informed me this is merely a yearly affair... one I'm sure to look forward to if I have to wait a year for a wee dram! -dq

22 years, 8 months

Dr Dobbs CD compression

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> I downloaded a few very old programs from the 80's from an on-line > (probably illegal) version of the DDJ CD (version 7). These programs are in > the ARC format, but when I use standard de-ARCing tools, I get CRC errors > and the like. > > Does anyone know if this CD has a specially tuned version of ARC on > it? The ancient ARC.COM from SEA in the 80s doesn't work? Have you tried PKXARC.COM? -dq

22 years, 8 months

I-Modem protocol

by mythtech＠Mac.com

I kind of half asked this once before, but it was stuck in on another thread, so I think it was overlooked. Does anyone have info on how to use the I-Modem protocol for data transfers? (that's Eye-Modem). All I have been able to find is that it is a protocol designed for long distance, slow connections. So it sends a packet, and doesn't wait for a check. Rather it just sends all packets, and at the end, the recipient sends back a list of bad packets to be resent. The idea is, it will be faster when sent over a high latency connection. I *think* the protocol was created by John Friel. I base that off the little info I was able to find thru multiple different online searches (google being the most useful). What I am looking for is the specs needed to write an implimentation of it. I have a system that can only send files via i-modem, and I want to write a new program to talk to the server. Right now I use Procomm Plus 1.1b since it is the only application that I have found that supports imodem. I would like to write a custom front end to the system, so I can make access safer, easier, and more automated. If anyone has specs, or source code for imodem they can send me, it woud be very helpful. Thanks -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 8 months

Stacking Apple ][ stuff

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

> From: Richard Erlacher <edick(a)idcomm.com> > The monitor seems to interact with the drives when the monitor is turned on. It > depends, I suppose, on the monitor, but I've got the IIe with the dual drive box Same setup I have, except mono monitor. > I'm told by more experienced Apple owners that it's a good idea to (a) ground > the disk drive boxes in the case of the old aluminum-cased Apple][ drives and > (b) put a sheet of grounded ferrous metal between the monitor and drives. I > don't know whether this helps, as I've simply stopped turning off the monitor > when I go away. Dick, thanks for this valuable information. I haven't lost any data yet but I think I'll take the easy way out and just set the disk drive unit off to the side. Glen 0/0

22 years, 8 months

More Apple Pimpers

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

In a message dated 11/8/2001 2:28:02 AM Central Standard Time, optimus(a)canit.se writes: > Douglas Quebbeman skrev: > > >Macs up through at least the MacPlus have a single-chip > >implemntation of the IWM that they used for both the > >never-shipped Twiggy drives (never shipped in Macs) and > >the later 400k/800k 3.5" floppies. > > The "integrated Woz machine". =/ > According to NetBSD, my LC475 is equipped with an IWM, too. What a hardy > little design. > > I have heard of the SWIM (super....) chip. What does that come in, macs or the GS? clearing the HYPE about bioterrorism www.formatc.org/terrorism.htm

22 years, 8 months

S100 stuff (was: Classic Gaming Collections)

by spedraja＠ono.com

>I offered a bunch of Cromemco (the folks who named the S-100 bus) >stuff here, 10 systems and probably about 100 cards, for next to nothing >or pretty reasonable prices depending on the system/card, and to my >surprise in the end I only got about 5 serious replies. And one of them wasn't me because I hadn't idea of this offer :-) (probably because I was off the list too). Never is too late to get one of these systems. Greetings Sergio

22 years, 8 months

Cromemco landmarks

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

From: M H Stein <mhstein(a)usa.net> >And that in 1987 an XXU equipped system was almost twice as fast as a >VAX 11/780, which cost over four times as much as the largest Cromemco >system at the time. Sounds impressive...save for in 1987 the VAX11/780 was 9 years old and out of widespread use!! By 1987 the microVAX had been around for a while, the midrange VAX was 4x-8x faster than the 780 and easily 1/3 the size! Cromemco was pretty neat but first, fastest not hardly. Allison

22 years, 8 months

OT: Dr Dobbs CD compression

by RCini＠congressfinancial.com

Hi: I downloaded a few very old programs from the 80's from an on-line (probably illegal) version of the DDJ CD (version 7). These programs are in the ARC format, but when I use standard de-ARCing tools, I get CRC errors and the like. Does anyone know if this CD has a specially tuned version of ARC on it? Rich ========================== Richard A. Cini, Jr. Congress Financial Corporation 1133 Avenue of the Americas 30th Floor New York, NY 10036 (212) 545-4402 (212) 840-6259 (facsimile)

22 years, 8 months

head-positioners - (was Apple Floppy Drives (was: More Apple Pimpers))

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

From: Richard Erlacher <edick(a)idcomm.com> >I don't remember at all (go figure!) what options there were at the time, short >of the lead-screw that was used on 8" drives, for moving the heads. I've got a The options of the day were: type comment used on lead-screw -widely used SA800, 3.5" Voice coil -complex but very fast, persci spiral cam -slow and could be cranky SA400, others Band positioner - fast reliable as implemented not cheap. TEAC FD55 series The feature of the day for SA400 was low cost.

22 years, 8 months

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test-drb November 2001