test-drb May 2001

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by vcf＠siconic.com

On Wed, 2 May 2001, you wrote: > On 2001-05-01 classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org said: > >On Wed, 25 April 2001, John Keys wrote: > >> Picked the issue at the news stand today that had the 2 page > >>article on classic computers staring our own Sellam Ismail. It > >>was fun reading and now I have to see this former car plant that > >>serves as your warehouse. I have to get me rich uncle so that I > >>can get that kind of space. Articles like this are great for our > >>collecting efforts as more and more people learn about they seek > >>us out to donate their old computers. Keep up the good work. > > Is it possible to put a scan of this article online somewhere? > This magazine isn't available over here... I'm not able to do a scan just yet but here is a URL where an abstract of the article can be found. Mind you, it's a very small excerpt. The full article is two pages. http://www.archaeology.org/curiss/abstracts/scene.html Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org

23 years, 2 months

Apple /// - Mac Port!

by patrick.cardon＠x-ca.com

Can't believe my luck having found an Apple /// with HDD and /// monitor for not even $30 at a local fair here in Belgium. The guy had a whole pile of them. He even "forgot" his only DOS system disk in my drive... A once in a lifetime chance... The_Applefreak

23 years, 2 months

Toshiba T2000SX laptop

by mark_k＠iname.com

Hi, I bought a Toshiba T2000SX laptop PC a while ago. This was made in early 1991. 16 MHz 386SX CPU, 1MB RAM on board with another 4MB on plug-in memory card. Monochrome LCD screen, with VGA port on rear for connection to monitor. Anyway, there seem to be two problems with it. Other than these, I can boot it >from floppy disk and (just about) read text on the screen. - The LCD backlight does not work. Is there a special key combination to turn it on? Assuming it is faulty, how would I open up the screen; there doesn't seem to be an easy way to do that. - The supplied hard disk was a 40MB 2.5" Conner CP2044PK, seemingly defective; it made funny noises when powered on. I replaced this with a known-good Seagate 500MB drive. Still no luck, that drive is not recognised. Perhaps the on-board IDE controller is faulty, or the machine's BIOS is hard-coded for certain specific drive types? Does anyone have any ideas? -- Mark

23 years, 2 months

Is there a viable alternative for DEC Omnibus-era interconnector blocks?

by ethan_dicks＠yahoo.com

I have this PDP-8/e with at least 12K of core, a spare KK8E board set I could throw in a PDP-8/a box, and an RK8E on the way. The RK8E isn't coming with its own set of module interconnects and I don't have any spares. Has anyone come up with a decent substitute? I've only ever seen shallow edge connectors, but I suppose they'd do. I restored an H-11 that had been turned into a hex-wide box with home made CD interconnects on one end (for an RLV11) by my old boss. He used Heathkit backplane connectors (I have an unsoldered backplane from his spare parts bin). I suppose if I had enough of them, it'd be worth manufacturing a board to make it all more reliable (his were wire-wrapped). Any suggestions? -ethan ===== Visit "The Seventh Continent" http://penguincentral.com/penguincentral.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/

23 years, 2 months

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - q276304

by foxvideo＠wincom.net

This article pointer was forwarded to you from the Microsoft Online Support site. http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q276/3/04.ASP Charlie Fox Chas E. Fox Video Productions 793 Argyle Rd. Windsor ON N8Y 3J8 foxvideo(a)wincom.net Check out: Camcorder Kindergarten at http://chasfoxvideo.com

23 years, 2 months

Back to booting that MicroVAX...

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

From: Brian Chase <bdc(a)world.std.com> >There is no VAXstation 3100/10! You might mean a VAXstation 3100/M30 >(a.k.a. the VAXstation 3100) or the MicroVAX 3100/10. The former has the >weird 68pin connecter, the later... well I don't know. I don't have one >yet. Likely he's lumping Decserver, Vaxserver, decstation and vaxstation all in one pot. Some are similar, some are not! Also the model number does not give away design date and the SCSI-II 50 pin systems were earlier than the HD68. Allison

23 years, 2 months

Flaky SCSI etc. ( was Re: Back to booting that MicroVAX...

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis(a)mcmanis.com> >At 07:16 PM 5/3/2001 -0400, you wrote: >>Only on the M76 and later machines. > >Tell that to the VS3100/M30 :-) > >I'm guessing its all VAXStation machines but its hard to be sure. Vaxstation, Microvax3100 or Vaxserver3100 all mostly the same or similar. >is a brass door that covers the card cage. Now I'm looking at one that has >a brass plate that covers both the card cage and much of the drive area. >When was this introduced? It's not brass it's Cd plated steel. Mid 80s. The first versions was PDP-11 populated. Allison

23 years, 2 months

DEC finds and wants

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

From: Chad Fernandez <fernande(a)internet1.net> >BTW, I have an M3104. It's supposed to be an 8-line Asynchronous >Multiplexor, with DMA. What does that mean/Do/etc? > >Chad Fernandez >Michigan, USA Eight serial ports that can run at full bore with minimal cpu drain. Great for modems and serial interfaced printers. Allison

23 years, 2 months

Back to booting that MicroVAX...

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

From: Eric Dittman <dittman(a)dittman.net> >> The SCSI connector on the back tends to be flaky on the MicroVAX 3100s? >> Hmmm...that knowledge will save me a lot of frustration. Thanks... :-) > >No, the SCSI connector is just a strange DEC-only format. It >looks like a 68-pin SCSI connector, but it's not. You'll need >the special SCSI cable to use external devices. Only on the M76 and later machines. Allison

23 years, 2 months

DEC finds and wants

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On May 3, Chad Fernandez wrote: > BTW, I have an M3104. It's supposed to be an 8-line Asynchronous > Multiplexor, with DMA. What does that mean/Do/etc? It's eight serial ports that use DMA (Direct Memory Access) to transfer blocks of characters to/from buffers set up in the host processor's memory. Using DMA is a way to improve the performance of an I/O subsystem by reducing its dependency on the host processor for moving data back and forth. -Dave McGuire

23 years, 2 months

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