test-drb April 2001

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by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On April 10, emanuel stiebler wrote: > > Now, though, I have two VT100s with the VT125 graphics option > > installed. They're neat! > > Was there really an option, or is it just aother mainboard ? It's really an option. It's a secondary board, almost as large as the main board, that sandwiches onto it. Then both slide into the card cage. The option kit also comes with a replacement back cover that has extra holes for stuff like the RGB BNC connectors (it can drive an external color monitor)... > P.S. You need both of them ? > ;-) ;) I hadn't thought about parting with one of them, but I might consider it... -Dave McGuire

23 years, 9 months

Way OT (was RE: OT somewhat. China, our aircraft, delays.)

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) <cisin(a)xenosoft.com> > >Was the missing radome collision damage? >Or would jettisoning the radome be standard procedure? No. That would be an aerodynamic disaster as it could hit something important further back. FYI: that is an older survialence plane and likely hold fewer secrets that is believed. Allison

23 years, 9 months

Way OT (was RE: OT somewhat. China, our aircraft, delays.)

by rigdonj＠intellistar.net

At 04:19 PM 4/9/01 -0400, you wrote: >There is some disagreement about jettisoning the radome. Not sure what >made it fall off, but it is only a fiberglass bubble over a radar >transceiver. Not terribly sturdy because it has to be transparent to >radar waves. It is only there to protect the antennae and for aerodynamic >purposes. > >I bet that is one of the only senders on the plane. Of course it is. Did you happen to notice that big dish on the bottom of the fuselage? Guess what's in it? Also take a look at the long dome on top of the fuselage. I'd be willing to bet that it contains a fixed antenna for a side looking RADAR. FWIW the RADAR antenna that was in the forward radome probably contained an antenna for a STANDARD weather and naviagation RADAR. The system certainly contains nothing that would have to be jettisisioned. The rest of it are >antennae for receiving electronic intelligence such as radar frequencies, >radio traffic, microwave traffic, and the like. > >In <Pine.GSO.4.21.0104082328560.11155-100000(a)lanshark.lanminds.com>, on >04/09/01 > at 04:19 PM, "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin(a)xenosoft.com> said: > >>On Sun, 8 Apr 2001, Chris Kennedy wrote: >>> - The radome is missing. I'm at a loss to explain how the radome >>> got ripped off the aircraft by contact on the wing -- especially >>> given that the fuselage forward of the wing root doesn't appear >>> damaged. Most likely it collided with the vertical stablizer (ie "rudder") when the fighter tried to "bump" the EP-3 by passing underneath it at high speed. The debris probably did the damage to the propellors and other external antenna. Joe

23 years, 9 months

HP 9815 (was Re: HP 9000 520)

by fmc＠reanimators.org

Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net> wrote: > The two expansion slots were optional on the early 9815 "A" models but > were standard on the later "S" model. There are several interfaces that can > go in those slots. Here's the list of the ones that I know of: One I didn't see on your list, don't know the part number of, and don't have, but have seen in the hands of another subscriber: a cable with a 9815 cartridge on each end, used to connect two 9815s together for tape duplication. -Frank McConnell

23 years, 9 months

vt100 & graphics

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On April 8, emanuel stiebler wrote: > In the beginning of the '80 I was sitting on a VT100 with an > additional/optional > "selenar graphics board" > > Anybody out here, ever heard of such beast or has one ? > > As far as I remember, it had an z80 on it, and was emulating an > Tektronix 4010 or something similar. Yes, I used to have one of those. I had a huge amount of fun with it. I ran it hooked up to my pdp11/34a. I have no idea what happened to it...sure wish I'd hung onto it. Now, though, I have two VT100s with the VT125 graphics option installed. They're neat! -Dave McGuire

23 years, 9 months

OS-65U and/or OS-65D boot disks?

by jfoust＠threedee.com

Someone is looking for these boot disks for emulator use. Can someone here help him? See below. - John : Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 20:37:03 -0400 From: Chris Ott <cott(a)bellatlantic.net> Organization: Acclamation Systems Since I noticed you'll be downloading the Ohio Scientific manuals next, I'm reminded of a question I wanted to ask. You wouldn't happen to know if anyone out there has a disk image of OS-65U and/or OS-65D, would you? I'd like to try to run them on my C4P emulator. I actually have my own copies, but since I don't have a computer that'll read them, I don't think I have any other options. Chris

23 years, 9 months

Heath/Zenith stuff

by KB9VU＠aol.com

I have 3 H-89s, 2 H8s, an H19, H29, original Zenith 10 Meg HD with the on board 8" drive, several 8" dual drives, spare SS and DS 5" drives, several spare 5" HH and FH hard drives, controller boards, CPU and TLB boards, spare I/O and RAM boards, drives, chips, hardware. A ton of original documentation and software. All of the systems are in operating condition. Spare parts are used and NOS. Free to the first person that picks it up within the next 7 days in St. Louis, MO E-Mail direct if you want the collection. kb9vu(a)aol.com After 7 days it goes to the dump. We are moving and it just can't be moved with us this time. Thanks. Mike

23 years, 9 months

just outta curiosity

by Demon02554＠aol.com

In a message dated 4/8/01 3:20:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time, KenzieM(a)sympatico.ca writes: << My APPLE ][ plus came with CP/M manuals. Reading them I found a reference to the new mini diskettes, they were referring to 5.25" floppies. Browsing in used book stores this weekend I found TI, heathkit, Intel and Motorola chip reference books and a manual for my Amstrad 1640. I'm afraid that many of the older machines won't even be recognised as an old computer by people who started out with a Pentium. When I ask if they have any old hardware they say that they had a Pentium 100 but it was too old and they threw it out. >> WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THOSE PEOPLE?!? i have a little shelf that has all of my old processors sitting on it....since the machines wouldnt work....i have a processor from every generation of the X86...some Atari processors...and i think actually a few gaming console processors....

23 years, 9 months

Now taking exhibit entries for VCF East!!!

by vcf＠siconic.com

I think I am about to announce that the first VCF East will be held at the Centrum Centre in Worcester, Massachusetts. The tentative dates are June 23-24. With that in mind, I would like to start taking exhibit entries. If you would like to exhibit at the VCF East then please go to the following page and fill in the form: http://www.vintage.org/2001/east/exhibit.php3 First, Second and Third place awards will be given based on attendee votes. $50 will be given to the First Place exhibit. As an enticement, exhibitors get free admission to the event and a free t-shirt. Please remember that this is COMPLETELY PRELIMINARY. The dates and the venue are by no means cast in stone at this point. I just want to start getting exhibitors signed up because the timeframe is so tight. I would also like to take this opportunity to welcome suggestions for speakers at VCF East. If you have suggestions, please send them to <sellam(a)vintage.org>. I will know in the next day or so if Centrum Centre will indeed be the place. Within a few days after that the VCF East area of the VCF website will begin to carry information about speakers, exhibiting, vendors, admission rates, etc. The VCF East message board will open up shortly as well. There will be a link to the message board on the VCF East main page once things get rolling. Stay tuned!!! Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org

23 years, 9 months

Slabs, kids, shipping, cdtv.

by agraham＠ccat.co.uk

> Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 06:39:56 -0400 > From: Jeff Hellige <jhellige(a)earthlink.net> > Subject: Re: NeXT slabs, recent finds and a request > > I've got a CDTV myself, but it's CD-ROM doesn't work. > Otherwise it > works fine booted from a floppy, acting like an A500. I've got > keyboard, wireless mouse, remote and a black Roctek floppy > drive. What > does your keyboard look like? Mine is black and looks > identical to the > A3000/A4000 keyboard except for the connector but it doesn't > have 'CDTV' > below the Amiga logo in the upper right corner and it almost > looks like > it was spray painted black. The cord and connector don't look like a > homebrew job though. My keyboard DOES say 'CDTV' but doesn't have the amiga logo (I don't think) and it looks identical to the keyboard for the Amiga 1500 its sitting on top of, apart from being black and having a mini-din connector. There's a thought - the wired mouse connector looks identical to the Apple ADB port......anyone know if I could use a 2-button Kensington Mac mouse? Got one floating around somewhere....heh..... > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 09:37:24 -0400 > From: Curt Vendel <curt(a)atari-history.com> > Subject: Re: NeXT slabs, recent finds and a request > > Hi Adrian, > > Sure, I'd be happy to ship one, I'd highly recommend > shipping by boat, > no air as it'll cost into the hundreds. Do you want a monitor? (its > actually a necessity since the keyboard/mouse plug into the > monitor and the > monitor cable plugs into the slab and also takes its power > from the slab.) > > Let me know and I have no problems lugged down two boxes (1 cpu, 1 > monitor) to the post office for you. Yes please; slab/monitor/kbd/rodent and I agree about the boat shipping - I haven't got any spare arms and legs to pay for airmail :) Actually, you could probably ship it to my gf's sister in Providence, RI 'cos she's coming over here next month and might be able to bring it with her since her bf's a pilot! > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 15:50:43 +0100 (BST) > From: "M.Buckett" <M.Buckett(a)dcs.hull.ac.uk> > Subject: Re: NeXT slabs, recent finds and a request > > Hi, > If your prepared to ship to the UK I would be very interested > in getting a > slab, monitor, keyboard and bits if there are still some going. > How much do expect shipping by boat to the UK will be? and > how long will it take? 4-6 weeks and probably round the $30-$50 mark I'd guess...... > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 10:34:10 -0500 > From: "McFadden, Mike" <mmcfadden(a)cmh.edu> > Subject: Re: just outta curiosity > > Being a kid is a state of mind. I know a few 17 year old > adults and a few 40 year old kids. I'm a (nearly) 34 year old kid :) > I consider myself a kid because I sit on the floor when I take apart > computers, I stand on my head in containers/dumpsters pulling > out computers, > I occasionally look like a dust bunny/dirt devil after > crawling around a warehouse. Check! > My kids think I'm a kid or crazy because I talk > to the computers when I'm taking them apart. Check! > Kids also get excited when they get new toys, and that's me > when I've found a new computer. I don't get excited per se since I haven't been excited about anything for 10 years or so, hence the Prozac I'm on now and the past tendency to want to jump off tall buildings (over that now, fortunately :) but I DO get a sense of satisfaction that it's another machine that's been saved that I'll eventually get time to play with. > Maybe I'll go back to school when my kids are in college and > teach kids. > Actually my goal is to be able to work/play on interesting projects. Check! My daughter's school has expressed an interest in bringing the kids round to see the museum when its in some sort of order since they're all PeeCee based apart from a couple of Beebs and the odd Mac. She thinks its great that I've got a couple of Colour Classics now since that's what she uses at school! Right. Back on me head :) -- Adrian Graham MCSE/ASE/MCP C CAT Limited Gubbins: http://www.ccat.co.uk (work) <http://www.snakebiteandblack.co.uk> (home) <http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk> (The Online Computer Museum) 0/0

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test-drb April 2001