In a batch of power adapters and cables I found a stereotypical Commodore
style beige serial type cable, having the DIN plug on the end - but only on
one end. The other end is a 25 pin female d-sub. I know it's factory as the
housing for the 25 pin has the C= emblem molded into it.
Anyone know the function of this cable? Is it possibly a factory cable to
allow connection to a PC serial port with Commodore peripherals, or PC
peripherals to a Commodore port? Never seen one like this and I don't think
I've heard of one like this. I know there's Commodore savvy people on this
list and they'll know exactly what it's for. Any help is appreciated very
much...
Hi,
The PS in my IBM Portable seems to be dead.
I would appreciate it if someone could send me a new
PS!
Thanks!
Steve
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In a message dated 4/24/2001 6:48:48 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
rigdonj(a)intellistar.net writes:
> I just picked up a Commodore 8050M dual 5 1/4" disk drive with a HP-IB
> interface in a surplus place. Can anyone tell me what system(s) it's made
> to work with?
I have seen them used on newer Pets.
Early Commodores used GPIB for disk drives, printers etc. The 8040 was a huge
Dual DSDD floppy drive, re. weight/mass & storage for the 8 bit days.
It should work on any Commodore with a GPIB port. This was usually traces
brought out to the Circuit card edge for an edge connector to connect with.
Edge connector on one end and GPIB on the other end. I ran across a couple of
those cables a couple of days ago. Prominently marked "Commodore."
Several of the early machines had HPIB or GPIB. Of course the HP 8X series is
the most well known. The Osborne came out with a GPIB port also IIRC.
There was also a 4040 dual SSDD drive.
Paxton
I could not scan the ouside but this is what it says
AC ADAPTER MDLE PPC640 AC-B
FOR USE WITH PPC 640S/PPC640D/PPC512S/PPC512D
MAINS SUPPLY 220-240V 50HZ-35W
DC OUTPUT 13V 1.9AMPS
> >> >> "Shipping cost will be $6.00 in the continental US Via US Postal Service"
> >> >
> >> >Psst.
> >> >
> >> >1. I'm in Canada.
> >>
> >> Hmmm, that isn't part of the united states yet, but I think it might be
> >> later on.
> >>
> >
> > Naahh, with the US running out of energy and water, we'll become like some
> >of the oil-rich Arab states. Every Canadian will have a limosine and foreign
> >workers will do the dirty work.
> > We might have to seal the border tho to prevent american wetbacks from
> >getting in.
>
> Tsk tsk, sniffing gasoline is a nasty habit. ;)
>
Well we have so much laying around up here that it can't be avoided.
BTW, every British Colombia resident just got around a $200 rebate based
on their sales of surplus electric power to California. Hope you have enough
light to read this.
I might be able to bootleg you some fresh water if you like. The government
won't allow exports. It's possible that they might be willing to cut a deal to
accept Alaska back tho. As global warming continues it's becoming positively
balmy up here, on the other hand I guess increased air-conditioning needs
should push up power consumption down there. More bucks in our coffers.
&^)) heheheh.
I had intended to send the previous message to the list but Pegasus
defaulted to the previous reply mode.
larry
Reply to:
lgwalker(a)look.ca
Hey,
I recently picked up a VIC-20 with Tape Recorder, Joystick, 5 games, etc.
on EBay for 11 bucks. It was my first purchase as a classic comp collector,
and I had a few questions concerning it and was wondering if any of you guys
could answer:
1. Are there any mods to improve that god-awful display???
2. Are there any companies that still sell the memory upgrades for these
things?
3. Did i get a good deal for 11 bucks? was it worth it??
And finally, are there any schematics/tutorials on the net for creating
text terminals? I wanted one to interface with a 6502 board i'm working at,
but I wanted to build it myself and running some prog like HyperTerminal or
whatever just didn't seem as fun.
-Lanny Cox
I have two excess machines in good condition just posted on ebay, not sure
how many Apple/mac enthusiasts are out there: Here are the links to them in
the event you want to look without committing to email with me:
Mac LCII (just the main unit/pizza box):
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1232152984
Really good condition but yet untested other than power-up.
Mac 580 all-in-one, complete:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1232132300
This one has some minor plastics damage to areas that are not noticeable but
otherwise it's in excellent condition
On Tue, 24 Apr 2001 07:22:46 -0700 (PDT) Cameron Kaiser
<spectre(a)stockholm.ptloma.edu> writes:
> > I just picked up a Commodore 8050M dual 5 1/4" disk drive with a
> >HP-IB interface in a surplus place. Can anyone tell me what system(s)
> >it's made to work with?
>
> PETs, of course! And any Commodore with an IEEE-488 interface, even
> the 64 if you happen to have an IEEE interface cartridge.
Or even a VIC-20 for that matter (just happen to have a GPIB cart for
mine :^).
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In a message dated 4/24/01 9:48:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
rigdonj(a)intellistar.net writes:
> I just picked up a Commodore 8050M dual 5 1/4" disk drive with a HP-IB
> interface in a surplus place. Can anyone tell me what system(s) it's made
> to work with?
>
> Joe
>
Should work with the old PET computers - it should have an IEEE interface.
-Linc Fessenden
A good magician never reveals his secret; the unbelievable trick
becomes simple and obvious once it is explained. So too with LINUX!
The nice thing about Windows is - It does not just crash, it displays a
dialog box and lets you press 'OK' first.
On Apr 23, 19:48, Tony Duell wrote:
> > >AFAIK it is not backwards-compatible, at least in the sense that no
> > >10Mbps ethernet controller supports the 3Mbps data rate (at least,
I've
> > >never seen one that does).
> >
> > Oh, I mean as in being able to plug a 3Mb device into a 10Mb network.
>
> ALmost certainly not. Remember there were no 'hubs' back then -- ethernet
> was implemented using relatively dumb transceivers (certainly without any
> form of data buffering or rate conversion) linked by coaxial cable. A
> 3Mbps system is not going to be able to handle 10Mbps data on the cable.
A hub is just a repeater, it doesn't do anything to the data stream, and it
wouldn't make any difference. But repeaters were part of the 3Mb/s spec,
and Xerox did have some.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
