test-drb December 2001

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by mcguire＠neurotica.com

Ahh, while another thread is busy eating bandwidth on the subject of terminology...it's a drive, not a drive in a chassis. ;) I'd have to find it first; I just moved. I think I know where it is, though. I'm most desperately in need of cash at the moment, but I can't imagine this drive being worth much. Got anything cool to swap? -Dave On December 31, Chad Fernandez wrote: > Dave is this an external or an internal drive? What would you want for > it? > > Chad Fernandez > Michigan, USA > > Dave McGuire wrote: > > > > On December 29, Chad Fernandez wrote: > > > The other day I found a SCO Open Desktop 2.0.0 media kit, on Qic24 > > > tape. I don't have the correct drive...... I don't have any tape drive > > > experience, actually. > > > > > > Does anybody have an unneeded Qic24 SCSI tape drive? I checked Ebay and > > > I didn't see anything that I thought was what I needed. > > > > This is going back into a very fuzzy memory...but does anyone know if > > an Archive 2150S drive (QIC-150) will read QIC-24 tapes? Those drives > > are pretty common, and they're standard SCSI so they don't require > > less common interface hardware. And, I think I have one. :-) > > > > -Dave > -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

22 years, 12 months

Apple 2gs boards, what are they?

by r_beaudry＠hotmail.com

>The other is from Apple but I don't know what it is. It has a cable >off the back to a 25 pin connector. On the board is "Apple >Computer 820-0153-A" Over one set of chips it says something >about "sandwich II". I don't know any of the chips on it (never was >great at IDing more than a handful of chips). Could post pics if it >would help. This is an Apple High-Speed SCSI card. Allows you to hook up an external SCSI-1 device to the IIgs. A bit finicky (termination power, and some other gotchas), but works mighty nice when you get it all set up right. I believe it will also work on the IIe as well. See Rubywand's faqs (http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/A2FAQs2CONTENT.html in general, and http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/Csa2HDNSCSI.html for SCSI specifically) for more details... If you have no need of it, I can certainly use it in my IIgs... Rich B.

22 years, 12 months

Make up your mind soon. (was: Help, I will now buy another VAX 6000-420 in Virginia Beach, I can't possibly take that thing ....

by gunther＠aurora.regenstrief.org

The VAX 6000-400 is in Portsmouth VA (Virginia Beach area) and for the most part is still up for grabs. The maximum fee I would want is $24.99 to cover my eBay costs. If I take stuff out first, there will be no charge for the rest. If there is real interest I will leave it at a working system, otherwise I may remove things more thorroughly. But make up your mind soon. I know that there are no disks with it, and I will find out more and let you know. If I don't hear a clear committment, there will be another nice VAX going to into the melting oven. If you have never seen a 6000: it's the size of an American fridge, weighs 800 lb (400 kg), sucks 800 W power, needs 3-phase power or at least 220 V (laundry dryer hookup.) I have instructions for a relatively easy power conversion (just make another plug.) It does not (yet) run NetBSD, but Ultrix 4.4 and 4.5 and may be Ultrix 4.2 and higher. VMS of course. regards -Gunther -- Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D. gschadow(a)regenstrief.org Medical Information Scientist Regenstrief Institute for Health Care Adjunct Assistant Professor Indiana University School of Medicine tel:1(317)630-7960 http://aurora.regenstrief.org

22 years, 12 months

Amiga Question

by lgwalker＠mts.net

I have an A3000 (as well as a 1000 and 2000) and when I use the sysinfo, it displays that I am using Workbench ver. 37.xxx. What does this refer to as compared to 1.3 and 3.1 ? Lawrence Reply to: lgwalker(a)mts.net

22 years, 12 months

OT: Older inventory programs for home computers

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

In a message dated 12/31/2001 4:02:35 PM Eastern Standard Time, jpero(a)sympatico.ca writes: << > From: "Lawrence Walker" <lgwalker(a)mts.net> > To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 13:22:27 -0600 > Subject: Re: OT: Older inventory programs for home computers > Reply-to: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > Thanks all for the suggestions. > I've decided to go with a spare IBM 8580 I have. They're built like a tank and > could survive the rigors of a machine shop. Also I don't want to part with a >> Can't go wrong with a PS/2! if anything can live in a bad environment, a PS/2 can do it. I'd change the ESDI for SCSI. controller cards and drives are cheap and plentiful. I can help in that respect... The only other machine that would be better is an IML based 386 slc PS/2. Then you'd have builtin SCSI and reference partition instead. --

22 years, 12 months

NEXT Color Printer find

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Dec 30, 16:03, Louis Schulman wrote: > With all due respect, I disagree. The term "Centronics", whatever its original meaning, refers to a type of > connector. Looking at the Jameco catalog, for example, the catalog pictures 14, 24, 36 and 50 contact > male and female connectors, all referred to as "Centronics". I have never heard the term "blue ribbon" used > to describe these connectors. > > My understanding is that Centronics was the first to use this type of connector on its parallel printers, so > when it became the standard type connector the name stuck. No, Tony is correct. Just because a name is commonly (mis)used in a particular way, doesn't mean it's correct, especially in catalogues. This discussion has come up before in relation to "DB9" connectors etc. A Centronics connector is a specific size, 36pins. The other sizes (14, 20, 24, 50, etc) are NOT Centronics connectors. The 24-way is sometimes referred to as an IEEE-488 connector. Does that make all the other sizes IEEE-488 connectors too? The common misuse is fairly recent, too. 50-pin conectors in that shape have been around for a long time, as SCSI connectors, as telco connectors, and for datacomms. Only in the last 5-8 years have I seen them referred to as Centronics. > BTW, this type of connector, regardless of the number of pins, when made for ribbon cables, is referred to > by Jameco as "IDC Centronics Connector". So they're misusing the term, that's all. If they'd said "Centronics-style" that would be different. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

22 years, 12 months

classiccmp-digest V1 #819

by rdd＠rddavis.org

Quothe Richard Erlacher: [...] > detail. Where the language used in our society is rapidly heading for the > point at which everyone will only be taught a single syllable, leaving > inflections to communicate whatever little meaning there is, I'd suggest we, This reminds me... Did you ever notice that most thesauri appear to be written for people who apparently favor the use of single syllable words? Finding the most appropriate words in such thesauri is often dang near impossible, since most of the synonyms listed are intended for those with a seventh grade, or lower, vocabulary. It makes me wonder all the more about why increasingly larger sums of money are stolen from us by the government for "education." Have a happy new year! Robert -- Copyright (C) 2001 R. D. Davis The difference between humans & other animals: All Rights Reserved an unnatural belief that we're above Nature & rdd(a)rddavis.net 410-744-4900 her other creatures, using dogma to justify such http://www.rddavis.net beliefs and to justify much human cruelty.

22 years, 12 months

WTB SGI Indy

by macrecycle＠earthlink.net

Anybody got any good suggestions on where to go to get a nice SGI Indy, just for playing around -- preferably cheap? R. P. Bell ARS KX7Q My friends call me "RB" ================= Mac Recycle Project Recycled Macintosh Computers and Services for Educational or Non-Profit Enterprises Email macrecycle(a)earthlink.net

22 years, 12 months

Xyplex terminal server

by csmith＠amdocs.com

It just occurred to me that I have had a Xyplex terminal server setting in the closet for a while. :) I have no software for it. It's not "classic," being relatively new, but I intent to use it to hook my Unix PC, Kaypro 2, and perhaps some other things up to my home network, so it's not completely off-topic. Does anyone know where I can find something to run it? I will try to get the model number and post it. Right now all I remember is that it's an 8-port (I think) model in a 1U package. 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, 12 months

Nomenclature (was: NEXT Color Printer find

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Dec 31, 11:47, Eric Dittman wrote: > There was a recent thread on the linux-kernel mailing list about > changing all references to KB, MB, etc. to the new standard KiB, > MiB, etc. Some people were for the change, since the new names > are unambiguous, while others think it is kind of ridiculous for > a third-party to change the definitions that have been accepted > for years. I'm in the camp that 1KB of RAM is 1024B, and 1MB of > hard drive is 1024*1024B. That's what they've meant for years, > and the hard drive manufacturers playing with specs and getting > the public thinking 1MB=1000*1024B is not a good reason to change. It's a bit silly, really. 'k' is the SI prefix for 'kilo', meaning 1000, and 'K' was deliberately chosen for 2^10 or 1024 to be distinguishable. Pity about 'MB', though. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

22 years, 12 months

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