On Apr 4, 21:33, Tony Duell wrote:
> A word of warning. Do not use the water-boiling device often used to
> prepare water for tea/coffee for boiling belts
Similarly, the low-vacuum generator often found in the broom cupboard
should be used with care. Whilst it is useful for gathering up small
mechanical or electronic components dropped in awkward places, if it is of
the type that "beats as it sweeps etc", it must not be used be used to
recover the contents of a box of Winchester primers. The primers will not
be usable afterwards.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
Hello,
What kind carwash do you recommend.... the kind with brushes, or
no-touch? Will the brushes leave scratches in the finish? :-)
Kidding.... Actually I just took the plastic case from my 3400 up the
do-it-yourself car wash. I used the engine/tire cleaner on it, and then
Comet Cleanser. It turned out nicely..... it is drying now. Usually I
do this kind of thing in the bathtub, but since the Microvax case is
quite a bit larger than a PC, I decided to do it outside. Since I live
in an apartment..... that meant the carwash. The high pressure hose was
nice :-)
Once I get the case put back together, I'll set it up next to a PC, in a
more permanent location. Then I'll get the capture file of "show ***",
and post it to the list.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Heeeeellllou all!
So I'm going to be playing around with a 7933 disk drive during the
weekend and I'd really appreciate some help.
The 7933 is a big honkin' washing machine sized hard disk circa <1985
with a nice keypad and a nifty display (it's not seven segment, more
likely ten-segment or something like that).
The procedure for powering it up is something like this: connect power
(normal single-phase 230V), hit circuit breaker, wait, hit "load/unload"
button, wait 3 minutes for the disk to spin up, wait 4 minutes for
airpurge (I gather this was simply "purge" in previous models, much
to the delight of MPE users) and if you're lucky you'll get "drive #"
on the display.
So this much I know, but I was wondering if anyone has even a short list
of the keypad commands (test numbers etc.) I think it has bad blocks
and before I try mediainit I might as well run the built-in diags.
TIA,
--
jht
Errm, since I'm assuming you're talking guns here, I'd imagine the vacuum
stands a good chance of not being operable afterwards, too! Reminds me of my
mom's friend's mother, who quit vacuuming forever after she mistakenly
vacuumed up a bullet.. scratch one vacuum cleaner!
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could everyone who sent me an email about that cdp1802 chip resend please....
my little sister deleted them all before i had a chance to read them....thanks
I have a copy of Teledisk, but have not used it, so my comments might not be
on the mark. But, I have used other disk format copy programs and know that
they have trouble copying Kaypro disks unless the source disk was formated
on the target (non-Kaypro) computer. Apparently the Kaypro (and also Zorba)
format had some strange features. Might the unusual formatting be the source
of Joe's problems?
Robert Feldman
Robert_Feldman(a)jdedwards.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Lane [mailto:kyrrin@bluefeathertech.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 9:55 AM
To: Joe
Cc: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Teledisk not working
At 10:10 04-04-2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Bruce,
>
> I just tried Teledisk again with the SAME results. This time I used two
>known good Kaypro 2 disks. Teledisk copied them to files with no
>complaints. TDChck said that the files were OK. However each file was only
>281 bytes in size. When I tried to make disks from the files it said that
>the data had a CRC error.
<snip>
I went scrounging last week with one of my buddies and we found some
new toys. A Kaypro 2 and a Kaypro II along with a good size pile of Kaypro
software. Both of the Kaypros are in mint condition. I kept the 2 and Bob
kept the II. Upon checking the 2, I found that it has the Micro Cornicopia
Pro-8 ROM. I'm not sure what all it does but it will support up to four 80
track drives in the Kaypro. Now if I can just find that stash of HH 80
track floppy drives!
More checking revealed that it also has the 5 MHz Z-80B speedup from
Micro C and the Micro C enhanced version of CPM 2.2 (CPM 2.2E). It also has
the 88-CoPower card with the 128k daughter board that lets you run MS_DOS
on the Kaypro. All in all, a very nice find!
Does anyone have the docs on these upgrades? Does anyone have the MS-DOS
that runs on the 88-CoPower card?
Joe
does anyone know where i could purchase an RCA Cosmac CDP1802 microprocessor?
i've looked for one on ebay and at random antique places....
if anyone could help i would appreciate it
At 10:10 04-04-2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Bruce,
>
> I just tried Teledisk again with the SAME results. This time I used two
>known good Kaypro 2 disks. Teledisk copied them to files with no
>complaints. TDChck said that the files were OK. However each file was only
>281 bytes in size. When I tried to make disks from the files it said that
>the data had a CRC error. Since they're so small I'm attaching the files to
>this message. You can look at them and see what you think.
<snip>
Joe, and other Teledisk group buy participants,
I've got some bad news. It appears that, within the last year or two,
Sydex has completely sold off the rights to Teledisk, and the product
itself, to a company called Forensics International. FI's web page clearly
states that they will sell only to law enforcement agencies and
Fortune-1000 companies that can show a need for the software.
I've written FI a note giving our group license info, and asking if they
picked up tech support responsibility for existing customers when they
bought TD. I would certainly think they would have! However, I think we
also need to be prepared for the worst (read: no more support.)
I will also drop a note to Sydex, but I don't hold out much hope at this
point.
Joe, I'll see if I can do anything with the files you sent.
Stay tuned...
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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).
Yesterday, while prowling through the University of Oklahoma surplus shop,
I found a HP 3388 Integrator. It looked vaguely computerish, with ports
for a terminal and tape, and a power switch with a label like "memory
contents zeroed when set to off". The only relevant thing returned by a
quick Google search for "hp 3388 integrator" is this page:
http://www.alphaomegatech.com/datahint.htm
Have I found anything interesting (for the $10 it costs)?
--
Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss(a)ou.edu
