test-drb December 2001

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by djg＠drs-esg.com

One more thing you might want to watch out for with excessive +5 voltage drop on an 8/E is the 5V fuse. I have mine almost full of cards and the fuse holder melted. I have a maintenance handbook (which I got after the failure) which said that this was a known problem. I measured the current draw and found it was slightly above the power supply rating so added another supply to power half the backplane.

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Apple II serial number 2000?

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Dec 24, 6:31, Ernest wrote: > > I have an Apple II, serial number 2000. There is some question as to whether > or not this acurate so I thought that I would toss it out here and see if > any of you can verify it one way or the other. [...] > One person told me that it is in fact, a revision 0 board, and the edge > connectors are unusual (?) but someone else (Sellam) mentioned that he > believed that Apple began the A2 series with serial number 2001 (a spin on > the 2001 movie.) I would like to hear if anyone has any thoughts or opinions > about it. It certainly looks like an early Rev.0 board -- it has the memory configuration blocks, the right kind of sockets, old DRAM, and no extra video pin in the corner. It's an old keyboard as well (look at the power light). It's amazingly clean. You must have taken a bit of care over it, from your description. A nice find, anyway. > The pictures will expand to 640x480 if you click on the main images. Not, alas, in Netscape. But right-clicking on them works. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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720k floppy

by Golemancd＠aol.com

anyone know where i can find some 720k floppies thanks Joee

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I'm back!!!!

by vaxman＠earthlink.net

Bet y'all missed me :) Got the new Covad/Earthlink DSL hooked up finally... The firewall may actually be working too... Need to check it out... Anything of great import happen in the last two months (since 31-oct-01?) Laters, clint

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720k floppy thanks

by Golemancd＠aol.com

thanks for the info i am going to see if i can find some on ebay will try the hole covering thing also i have a couple of computers that use 720k tandy and a toshiba laptop thanks again Joee

23 years

I'm back!!!!

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On December 24, Ernest wrote: > I would wish that at least SOME linux snobs would grow up, and stop acting > like conceited jackasses. I think this is less of a pro-Linux issue and more of a use-the-right-tool-for-the-job issue, which sure as hell ain't Windows if you want to put stuff on the web. But, that said, you did a great job on your site, and I like it a lot. Your choice of layout is interesting and easy to use, and I especially like the method of flipping through the photos. -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

23 years

I'm back!!!!

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On December 24, Pat Finnegan wrote: > And I must say I love the use of IIS and Javascript... oh wait did I say > love? No, thats not the word... oh yes. I frown upon it. > > I would wish that at least SOME geeks would avoid using sh*t software. > Even Apache on NT is better... Personally I don't find anything wrong with Javascript; at least it's not a crappy microsoftism. But certainly nobody with even half a clue should be running IIS. I still think it's a really nice website though. -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

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CD32 and CD-TV (was Re: Hardest to Find Classic Computers)

by Adrian.Graham＠corporatemicrosystems.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Matt London [mailto:classiccmp@knm.yi.org] > Sent: 21 December 2001 20:09 > To: 'classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org' > Subject: RE: CD32 and CD-TV (was Re: Hardest to Find Classic > Computers) > > > Speaking of the A570, has anyone got a spare PSU for one? > > I've got an A570 here - the A570/A500/A500+/A600/A1200 PSU's are > interchangable. I wondered about that, but various postings I found indicated the A570 PSU was switchless and also 'pulsed' the power lines to help booting off the CD-ROM.....it didn't mention pinouts so I didn't want to try it! > I'm after one ATM :&) > > I might finally give up and just get a normal CD player, and > use my A570 > for any CDTV games I get. Yeah, but just look at the *Styling* :) You KNOW you want one...... -- Adrian Graham, Corporate Microsystems Ltd e: adrian.graham(a)corporatemicrosystems.com w: www.corporatemicrosystems.com w2: www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk (Online Computer Museum)

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I'm back!!!!

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On December 24, Ernest wrote: > You guys crack me up -complaining and lecturing about the evils of IIS. Just > take a > look at the page for crying out loud, and forget about whether or not it's > running on > Linux or Windows. I couldn't care less about your opinions on IIS or Apache. > I'll > move it to a linux server as soon as I can. I'm a newb at webpage stuff, so > give me > fucking break. Don't take it so personally, man... -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

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Fw: Looking for new home: VAX6620 + VAX6530 cluster

by rschaefe＠gcfn.org

This looked too good to not pass it along! Please reply to original poster-- I just saw it on c.o.v and am not involved. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil Franklin" <neil(a)franklin.ch.remove> Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.vms Sent: Monday, December 24, 2001 11:32 AM Subject: Looking for new home: VAX6620 + VAX6530 cluster > Crossposted alt.folklore.computers and comp.os.vms, I only monitor > alt.folklore.computers, so leave that one in. Feel free to post it to > other interested groups or mailing lists. > > > Just got a mail from an colleague, that his employers 2 machine > VAX cluster that is about to be scrapped. > > AFAIK they are to be given away for free, the new owner arranges > and payes for transport (read: truck). > > Place to fetch them from is network building of University Hospital > of University Zurich, Switzerland. > > > System data, as mailed from him: > > 1 VAX 6620 W77xH155xD80cm > 1 VAX 6530 W77xH155xD80cm > 1 HSC50 W54xH107xD80cm > 1 StorageWorks W76xH170xD88cm > containing: 1 TSZ07 tape unit > 2 HSJ40 controllers > 29 4GByte SCSI disks > 13 power supply modules > 1 Infoserver 100 > 1 MA-50 tape controller W48xH13xD55cm > with 2 Exabyte tape units > > There is also an VT320 to go, but I am having that. > > > This stuff must be gone before 2002.02.11, and he must have an firm > commitment before mid 2002.01 (else he will be ordering removal service). > > > -- > Neil Franklin, neil(a)franklin.ch.remove http://neil.franklin.ch/ > Hacker, Unix Guru, El Eng HTL/BSc, Sysadmin, Archer, Roleplayer > - Intellectual Property is Intellectual Robbery

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test-drb December 2001