test-drb June 2001

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273 participants
682 discussions

by fmc＠reanimators.org

Bill Pechter <pechter(a)bg-tc-ppp75.monmouth.com> wrote (after Anthony Clifton): > > BTW, they killed the mapping project last year in August or September. > > Actually... it was dead for years... The map chances I sent in for the > last 5 just didn't get in. > It appears most of the regional coordinators were gone. So were a lot of the sites. Stan Barber eventually took over for missing regional coordinators and set about contacting sites to find out whether their map entries were still valid. At least he did for California. I know at least one stale entry that no-one had thought to delete when the machine got shut down got removed then (twg-ap). How do you figure out that a map entry has gone stale and can be safely removed? -Frank McConnell

23 years, 1 month

Announcing VUNIC/VUnet

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> Well, don't listen to <squeak> Barney, he's just a clone, but > maybe "uh, Clem" has the right idea... Well, with his retirement the other day, there is on less Bozo on the bus...

23 years, 1 month

Announcing VUNIC/VUnet

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> > > > I think there's a lot of...going "forward into the past" (tm, Firesign > > > > Theatre). > > > > > > Classic computist *and* firehead... now, how do I send this message, > > > ah, perhaps it's this little chromium switch here <zap!> > > > > ?UNHAPPY MACNAM I had sampled this from the CD for use as an alert sound on the Mac, but I lost it somewhere along the line... guess it's time to sample again... > Hey, man, you broke the President! (Hey, Pablo? He broke the > President!) This one, too... I do still have "Hello...Welcome to the Future <cough>" -dq

23 years, 1 month

Does anyone collect Apollo workstations?

by xds_sigma7＠hotmail.com

Uh, they were used a lot for mechanical CAD... my dad's company's main product was mechanical CAD based on Apollos, screw that AutoDesk crapola... Never heard of Auto-Trol? Will J _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

23 years, 1 month

Trade?

by rhudson＠cnonline.net

I have Mostly complete Compaq 386 Portable - No memory, One of the keys is busted (Z), but unit starts and gives memory error so screen works. Coulple of missing columns on screen, nothing bad I want The addon card cage for the Compaq 386 Portable that connects to the "Expansion" port on the back and allows the use of regualr ISA PC cards.. Contact rhudson(a)cnonline.net

23 years, 1 month

Neat book

by vcf＠siconic.com

Just thought I'd pass along the title of a very cool book I found. It's called "Digital Magnetic Tape Recording: Principles and Computer Applications" by Bernard Bycer (1965). I imagine this would be very useful for those wanting to develop their own storage systems for re-creational computing projects. I found my copy on ABE for US$8.00. Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org

23 years, 1 month

Announcing VUNIC/VUnet

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> > Please give me "lepton". I've never even *used* UUCP before, but > > darnit, this will be fun and educational. > > I think there's a lot of us in this boat, who could benefit from the > experience and fun of going "forward into the past" (tm, Firesign > Theatre). Help appreciated (tip of the hat to Frank who has been trying > to get me started). Classic computist *and* firehead... now, how do I send this message, ah, perhaps it's this little chromium switch here <zap!> -dq

23 years, 1 month

Tomy Tutor and Secret Weapons of Commodore updates

by spectre＠stockholm.ptloma.edu

Well, as sort of a pre-emptive thing while the DNS updates, the Commodore (and Tomy) services I've maintained on retrobits.com with the generous support of Earl Evans have now moved off to my own server. Fortunately for y'all, you can still access them under the retrobits.com addresses; it will redirect to the floodgap site until I figure out what to do next. Hidden in here is a new update for Secret Weapons of Commodore, by the way (when you get the 16 June-dated ninth edition, you're ready). There's now a completely new entry on the *original Lorraine prototype*, along with shots of the unit and the boards, plus concept sketches, of the unit that Dale Luck showed off at the last VCF (4.0) in San Jose; complete photographs and a completed entry on the *Commodore Cash Register* "PET Register" (thanks to Ric Rainbolt); additional photographs for the Ultimax (thanks to Rayzor); additional photographs of the 900 plus new technical information on expansion cards and peripherals from (I suspect) Dave Haynie, though the original information was unattributed; and lots of news clippings scattered about the site courtesy of Anthony Beckett, including the LCD, 1572 and 900. Also a lot of custodial updates, as well. I'll start loading in the backlog into Commodore Knowledge Base in the near future. The Tomy Tutor site on retrobits also got an update, for those curious. If your DNS has already updated, you too can enjoy an updated cartridge list with most of the Japanese imports now added, more programming information and keyword analysis, and now a growing memory map of the Tomy's VDP usage for all you Tutor hackers. :-P Again, the address(es) is (are) the same; just wait for your ISP's DNS to update if you keep getting the old site. http://www.retrobits.com/ckb/ http://www.retrobits.com/ckb/secret/ http://www.retrobits.com/tomy/ -- ----------------------------- personal page: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ -- Cameron Kaiser, Point Loma Nazarene University * ckaiser(a)stockholm.ptloma.edu -- This message will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Jim. -- M:I ----

23 years, 1 month

Transputer on eBay.

by bdc＠world.std.com

Well, it's an eBay auction. I'm experimenting with selling items there for once. The reserve is $50, but given that I spent twice as much on it a few years ago, I don't feel too guilty trying to get that out of it. Besides, baby needs a new VAX. It's a nice kit which I never got around to using myself. It's pretty little T425 w/1MB RAM with MS-DOS based cross-compilers for Occam 2, C, and all the docs. It's also one of the first 100 of these kits made by CSA (SN# A00096)--if that holds any significant value for anyone. This one is unusual enough that I think it merits mentioning it here. Hopefully I won't get flamed too badly. -brian.

23 years, 1 month

VAX Hobbyist licenses

by mbg＠world.std.com

Encompass also recently sent me a membership ID... however, it appears that the encompass numbers aren't being generated properly... the one I got was already assigned to someone else, who had a DECUS id number (in the meantime I found out my DECUS ID is still around and available, so I reactivated it)... Megan Gentry Former RT-11 Developer +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Megan Gentry, EMT/B, PP-ASEL | Internet (work): gentry!zk3.dec.com | | Unix Support Engineering Group | (home): mbg!world.std.com | | Compaq Computer Corporation | addresses need '@' in place of '!' | | 110 Spitbrook Rd. ZK03-2/T43 | URL: http://world.std.com/~mbg/ | | Nashua, NH 03062 | "pdp-11 programmer - some assembler | | (603) 884 1055 | required." - mbg KB1FCA | +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

23 years, 1 month

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test-drb June 2001