test-drb December 2001

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by uban＠ubanproductions.com

I get replacement bulbs for my PDP11 at the local electronics store. If you know the voltage, all you have to do is match the base. You may also be able to find them at: http://www.digikey.com --tom At 10:19 PM 12/2/01 -0800, you wrote: >I'm making progress on the PDP-8/E I got this last week. The powersupply >checks out once the Front Panel is plugged in, and thanks to all the spare >lightbulbs I've got all the burnt out bulbs replaced. Unfortunatly I'm now >down to two spares which my -8/m could probably use, the -8/e had nearly >half it's bulbs out. This brings up the question, how hard is it to get >replacement bulbs? > > 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/ | > >

22 years, 11 months

Is it a Lisa or Mac XL?!

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> I understand discontinuing a product but could never quite figure out why > you would actually destroy equipment. I mean what is the point? I'd imagine they were concerned about 10,000 MacXLs cutting into the selling of Mac 512ke & Mac Plus models... OTOH, if it happened during the Jobs era, no logic or reason was likely involved; Jobs has a proven track record of killing Apple products he personally dislikes. But pepsiboy may have been Lisa's nail-in-the-coffin, I just can't recall... -dq

22 years, 11 months

Anyone have a MicroVax II in a BA123 available?

by msell＠ontimesupport.com

Hello, I saw a couple of MicroVax II's over the weekend and they look like good project machines. Does anyone in the Houston, TX area have any they want to part with? Never hurts to ask! - Matt Matthew Sell Programmer On Time Support, Inc. www.ontimesupport.com (281) 296-6066 Join the Metrology Software discussion group METLIST! http://www.ontimesupport.com/cgi-bin/mojo/mojo.cgi "One World, One Web, One Program" - Microsoft Promotional Ad "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer" - Adolf Hitler Many thanks for this tagline to a fellow RGVAC'er...

22 years, 11 months

Scrapping hardware to get it off the books

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

! From: Chris [mailto:mythtech@Mac.com] ...... ! But I will take anything Apple related that people will just give me ! (although not everything stays with me, better useable macs ! get given out ! to people that can't afford a computer... for instance, the ! Classic II I ! got from David I am giving to someone for Xmas that has no ! computer, the ! kid can at least use it for writing school papers, checking ! email, basic ! web browsing, and playing some games... it is a step ahead of the ! nothingness he can use right now). ! ! -chris Well, I should've just sent the LCII along also, if I knew that. No-one seems to want it! --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818

22 years, 11 months

Anyone have a MicroVax II in a BA123 available?

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Tothwolf [mailto:tothwolf@concentric.net] > On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Matthew Sell wrote: > > I saw a couple of MicroVax II's over the weekend and they look like > > good project machines. Does anyone in the Houston, TX area have any > > they want to part with? > > Never hurts to ask! > I'm in Houston and have a MircoVax II, but I don't really want to part > with it...I bought mine for a project machine a few years ago, but I > really don't know when I'll get around to getting it up and running. I'm not in the area. I do have an enclosure for a MicroVAX II, and some boards (CPU and some RAM) I believe I tested the CPU, and it's working. The RAM may not work with that specific CPU, and the enclosure has power-supply problems. (basically it's all left-overs from when I was trying to get parts for mine) I don't want to ship, though, since it may as well be a 3-foot-tall block of solid lead. Nice machines -- built like tanks ;) Regards, Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

22 years, 11 months

Ebay madness -- Kaypro II for $515

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Wayne M. Smith [mailto:wmsmith@earthlink.net] > Two guys who have bid up a Kaypro II to $515 on eBay . . . and there's > still 13 hours left. [snip] > I'm going to get my "rare" "museum-grade" Kaypro 4 up for > auction right > away! I suppose my $3 kaypro 2 was a good investment, then. Wonderful machine, btw -- built like a tank. Regards, Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

22 years, 11 months

Sun Roadrunner

by LFessen106＠aol.com

In a message dated 12/3/01 11:08:59 AM Eastern Standard Time, vance(a)ikickass.org writes: > Hey people. I was wondering if anyone here were familiar with the > internals of the Sun Roadrunner (386i). Specifically, I am looking for > someone who can tell me exactly what is different between a Roadrunner and > a PC. Depending on how difficult it will be, I might try to build a > modern Roadrunner from new commodity components. I have an actual > 386i/25, and a 486i for compatibility testing. > > Peace... Sridha > > You have a 486i? Wow! I have a 386i, but can't really get it working *yet* because it has a bad prom.. -Linc Fessenden In The Beginning there was nothing, which exploded - Yeah right... Calculating in binary code is as easy as 01,10,11.

22 years, 11 months

Off Topic - stereo to PC question

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Carlos Murillo [mailto:cmurillo@emtelsa.multi.net.co] > Get a good cassette deck; I hope that your tapes were recorded > using Dolby C, or at least B. In either case, the high > freq response is already lost, but during playback/recording, > you might actually null out some high frq noise... As long as we're hypothetically copying hard to find tapes, and willing to shell out for hardware, you might also consider a recording device that was designed for the task. It seems to me that one can get a decent digital multitracking device for the cost of a decent multitracking software package these days ;) (I may be exaggerating here... but they're cheap) For instance, I've seen a new unit -- a Boss BR-532 -- which records on "smartmedia" (4-track), and lists around $400 (I think). I hear that the 128M cards, which are said to hold 90 minutes of audio run about $45. Obviously this uses some compression, and you wouldn't get the best quality, but it would provide an easy way of mixing some of the hiss out and adding some mastering effects if you'd like. This might also be problematic for recording a cassette tape since I think it only has one channel in. (You could do it, though) I wouldn't use this for doing original recording personally, but for re-mastering a cassette, or other light-duty stuff, it may be just the ticket. I personally have a Fostex VF08, which I paid about $480 for from audiolines.com, but which lists around $599. It's a slightly more heavy solution, and has 5GB or so of disk in it. No compression, sound records at 44.1khz 16-bit. The unit also has 20-bit ADC and 24-bit DAC with 64/128x oversampling respectively. It's an 8-track unit with 2 channels in. I can tell you from experience that this machine could probably make "smashing pumpkins" sound good. (My opinion, of course... and don't get me started on "smashing pumpkins.") (These are mostly from memory, so I might be wrong on some of this... look it up) At any rate, one could record, mix, and master the cassette on a similar unit, and transfer the resulting digital audio to your computer through the SPDIF digital out. Wow, that was tangential. Regards, Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

22 years, 11 months

Sun Roadrunner

by vance＠ikickass.org

Hey people. I was wondering if anyone here were familiar with the internals of the Sun Roadrunner (386i). Specifically, I am looking for someone who can tell me exactly what is different between a Roadrunner and a PC. Depending on how difficult it will be, I might try to build a modern Roadrunner from new commodity components. I have an actual 386i/25, and a 486i for compatibility testing. Peace... Sridha

22 years, 11 months

B+H Iris board sets

by Robert_Feldman＠jdedwards.com

Free for postage/shipping (or pickup in Chicago): 4 - B+H Iris (ca. 1986-88) 2-slot/3-board sets: CPU Board w/TMX34010 32-bit Graphis System Processor, 32 chips D41264-15 Video RAM; SCSI (?) board; Parallel Printer/Scanner board. 2 sets are complete, 1 is missing the TMX chip, 1 is missing the TMX and a Bt454KPJ170 chip. 1 copy Texas Instruments TMS34010 User's Guide. Board sets weigh 2 lb 3 oz each. email me off-list at Robert_Feldman(a)jdedwards.com.

22 years, 11 months

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test-drb December 2001