test-drb February 2001

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by kyrrin＠bluefeathertech.com

In addition to the books I posted earlier: Make it an even $10.00, and I'll throw in a reference manual and product data book for the Nmos 'Transputer.' -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies http://www.bluefeathertech.com // E-mail: kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com Amateur Radio: WD6EOS since Dec. '77 (Extra class as of June-2K) "I'll get a life when someone demonstrates to me that it would be superior to what I have now..." (Gym Z. Quirk, aka Taki Kogoma).

23 years, 10 months

VAX Books available

by kyrrin＠bluefeathertech.com

First person to send me $8.50 (that's $5 for the books and $3.50 Priority Mail) gets the following. 1986: VAX Architecture Handbook. 1982: Programming in VAX-11 'C' PayPal works great. Thanks much. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies http://www.bluefeathertech.com // E-mail: kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com Amateur Radio: WD6EOS since Dec. '77 (Extra class as of June-2K) "I'll get a life when someone demonstrates to me that it would be superior to what I have now..." (Gym Z. Quirk, aka Taki Kogoma).

23 years, 10 months

Shugart SA850/851 8" floppy drive

by dan.kuse＠lmco.com

We have a collection of test programs stored on 8" floppies which were part of a Fairchild F70 PCB tester. We're trying to convert them to be read by a PC. A field Eng. from Schumberger (who took over the Fairchild tester line) tells me the 8" drive was a Shugart SA850/851. We need to know the format information. We have a couple of old 8" drives, but can't seem to make out the format. I noticed in one of the emails that you mentioned a SA850 manual. Does the manual contain information regarding the disk format? If so, is there anyway we could get a copy of the manual? Any information you could give would appreciated. Thanks Dan Kuse Lockheed Martin NE & SS - Mitchel Field Mail Station C3-002 55 Charles Lindbergh Blvd. Uniondale, NY 11553 Voice: 516-228-2809 Fax: 516-228-3040

23 years, 10 months

Posted on E-pay...

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On February 3, Bruce Lane wrote: > Sound for the day: Sploog. Hey, I made that sound earlier today! -Dave McGuire

23 years, 10 months

Posted on E-pay...

by kyrrin＠bluefeathertech.com

Ok... I've taken the "Toss it to the Wolves" approach, and posted an HP 88780 SCSI 9-tracker on E-pay. If anyone's even remotely interested, it's at this link. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1212301804 Don't have a clue if this will help find it a home, but I started it off at $25.00, no reserve, with the caveat that it is heavy and that shipping would probably be costly. It's also a Diff-SCSI interface, which may cause grief for some folks. Sound for the day: Sploog. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies http://www.bluefeathertech.com // E-mail: kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com Amateur Radio: WD6EOS since Dec. '77 (Extra class as of June-2K) "I'll get a life when someone demonstrates to me that it would be superior to what I have now..." (Gym Z. Quirk, aka Taki Kogoma).

23 years, 10 months

Old SGI's?!

by LFessen106＠aol.com

Can anyone on the list help me out with my SGI's? I made a trade a trade for 2 Personal Iris 4D/35's. Cool lookin' computers, however, I have a few problems..... Neither one has a KB, Mouse or Monitor, and although a decent SVGA works fine, I can't for the life of me find the KB/Mouse for these anywhere (they have the ps2 style connector, but are *not* ps2 compatable). After hooking them up to a Dumb Terminal I find that they both work (at least up to the prom) and 1 actually will boot into Irix 4.0.2... The other has no detectable OS. The one that *does* boot to Irix has a root password that I don't have (of course). Is there any way to gain root access on that machine other than removing the drive and mounting it on another box to change the passwd / crack it? After I do actually get the one box running can I somehow transfer the OS >from one to the other? I read somewhere there was a prom command to duplicate hard drives??? Is there someone on the list willing to part with an old copy of Irix? These machines will only run up to 5.0.3 I think.. Anyone have a spare KB/Mouse for these machines? I can run them (when I get them working) from a Dumb Terminal, but would rather experience the famous SGI GUI. Any other hints / tips / suggestions would be greatly appreciated! -Linc F.

23 years, 10 months

FW: TRS-80 Magazines

by RCini＠congressfinancial.com

Hello, all: I got the following message from someone. Can we help him out?? Rich > -----Original Message----- > From: Nicholas J Leon [mailto:nicholas@binary9.net] > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 11:32 AM > To: rcini(a)msn.com > Subject: TRS-80 Magazines > > Greetings! > > I am currently trying to prove that I am the author of an old TRS-80 > program that someone else has taken credit for, Bullet-80. > > At one point, in the early 80's, I was written up in a small magazine (not > Compute, not Byte, something smaller) for this. Unfortunately it was 20 > years ago and I can't remember what the magazine was. > > When you are looking through all your old stuff, could you do me a favor > and keep an eye out for my name? (And the name of Joe Simon, too). At the > time I was 13-years-old and living in Wilton, CT. > > Your help in this would be much appreciative. > > Thank you!! > > --------------------------------------------------------- nicholas j leon > [personal web] http://nicholasjleon.com > [email ] sig(a)nicholasjleon.com > [work ] Eagle Design & Management > [work web ] http://www.aerie.com > [work email ] nicholas(a)aerie.com > [pgp ] http://nicholasjleon.com/plan.txt > [top secret > messenger ] http://nicholasjleon.com/mypublic.tsm > --------------------------------------------------------- elegance through > Proud resident of Greensboro, NC simplicity > >

23 years, 10 months

Needed: 4 - 4meg 72pin non-parity SIMMs

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> >There are *updates* to 7.5 (like 7.5.1, etc) that are freely > >available from Apple's sites, but I've never seen 7.5 itself > >freely available for download. > > I only have a direct link to the Swedish version of 7.5.3, but there are a lot > of English versions. Let me have a look. > Hmm, here is a truncated link to version 7.0.1: > ftp://ftp.apple.com ... > /System/Older_System/System_7.0.x/System_7.0.1.smi.bin > Ah yes, here is 7.5.3: > http://asu.info.apple.com/swupdates.nsf/artnum/n11346 > > It's just a matter of looking around, or perhaps reading > Pickle's classic Mac > FAQ. Try to have a look at http://www.lowendmac.com/. I think you're missing my point. System 7.5 was a retail-boxed version of MacOS, as was System 7.1, and NEITHER of them are available for free download. The last version of MacOS that was available for free download was OS 7.0.1. Everything else that's available is an UPDATE, and CAN NOT be used for a fresh install. You can't, for example, install System 7.5.3 on a Macintosh UNLESS it already has 7.5 or 7.5.1. Respectfully, -doug quebbeman

23 years, 10 months

uVAX II Memory Board

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On February 2, Jeff Hellige wrote: > Isn't the max memory in a MicroVAX II 13 MB? Mine has 1 MB > on the CPU board, an 8 MB board, and a 4 MB board and it is my > understanding that this is maxed out. No, the MicroVAX-II maxes out at 16mb (two 8mb boards). In that configuration, the 1mb of onboard memory is disabled. -Dave McGuire

23 years, 10 months

uVAX II Memory Board

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On February 2, healyzh(a)aracnet.com wrote: > Aren't the 4MB MicroVAX I boards the same as a 4MB MicroVAX II board? I've > never even seen a MicroVAX I, so I really don't have a clue on this. Nope, not even close. -Dave McGuire

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test-drb February 2001