test-drb July 2001

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by rschaefe＠gcfn.org

Found this a while back, and it's been sitting here ever since. Anyone interested in it, for trade or something maybe? Part number F5058-00 A (I think), serial number 47y791. I hate to let this kind of stuff just lay around, when someone could be using it! Contact me off-list, I'm not subscribed. Bob rschaefe(a)gcfn.org

23 years, 5 months

Stupid discussions and a Xerox floppy format question

by Alan.Pearson＠cramersystems.com

> There's a wide range of what folks perceive as reality. Yeah, my take on it all is that the sunspots have got to a few people on this list too. Oldham, Bradford, ClassicCmp.. "has the world gone mad or is it me?" :-) Now then, the real reason for my post: does anyone have a tool for formatting floppies in Xerox "Pilot" format, for use with GVWin? If not, does anyone have any docs relating to the Pilot format so that I could write my own formatter tool? Thanks in advance! Al

23 years, 5 months

Ended auction for qbus SCSI

by fernande＠internet1.net

Did anybody see this? http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1252001410 It went for $305.00! Chad Fernandez Michigan, USA

23 years, 5 months

VCF Down Under?

by vcf＠siconic.com

I'm currently running a survey for guaging the potential for a VCF in Australia. If you are interested in taking the survey and getting your vote in for a possible location, go to: http://www.vintage.org/2001/oz/survey.php G'day! :)~ Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org

23 years, 5 months

Tandy TRS-80 Model 3 needs home

by vcf＠siconic.com

As always, reply to original sender. Reply-To: <John.Flaherty(a)intermec.com> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 13:53:31 -0700 From: John.Flaherty(a)intermec.com Subject: Tandy TRS 80 model-3 I am the owner of a Tandy TRS-80, model 3 which is looking for a home (presumably a collector) It is "pristine" * dust cover * dual disk drive * vintage '82 * 48K RAM * operator's manual * TRS-DOS manual * other stuff * a few disks probably including SuperScriptsit (word processor) * all original packing materials, includes box and padding (but these are not quite so "pristine") As far as I know it is in perfect working order, at least it was when put into storage (has not been powered-up since) --- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org

23 years, 5 months

Reading first of VMS 3.2 TU-58s now!

by ethan_dicks＠yahoo.com

Thanks to all and sundry for the help... I have a TU-58 drive from a VAX-11/730 sitting on top of my old PC, new rubber (tygon) rollers, a custom power cable, parts from a DataRAM chassis for a serial adapter, and PUTR from www.dbit.com all rolled together. I tested the rig by slurping up a three-tape set of Ultrix 2.2 standalone boot. Running "strings" on the first image reveals all the sorts of messages one would expect in a VAX boot program. In a few minutes, I hope to be looking at something similar for VMS 3.2. Got lots of tapes to read in. The process seems to run about 4 tapes per hour with all the seek time (the media is 4:1 interleaved which is supposed to improve performance on file access, but for a physical backup, it sucks). By tomorrow I should have something interesting. I wonder if any of the VAX emulators support console media? -ethan ===== Visit "The Seventh Continent" http://penguincentral.com/penguincentral.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

23 years, 5 months

QBUS Board ID?

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On July 9, Chuck McManis wrote: > Ok, here is a stump the audience question. > > I've got a board that I found that was made by SMS. Its dual width, has a > 50 pin header that is terminated like a SCSI connection. A boatload of > chips one big one marked > > N8X305N A Not that this will help much, but the 8X305 is a zippy little microcontroller that was the predecessor of today's PIC family. -Dave McGuire

23 years, 5 months

Way too much computer stuff in my basement...any good ebay alternatives for unloading some of this? (ebay seller must now give credit card AND bank account info!)

by claudew＠videotron.ca

Hi all Some of you probably have seen some of my posts. I have given away a lot of computer stuff vintage and semi-vintage and traded a lot. I have trashed a lot lately. I recent years, I have accumulated way too much computer stuff (mostly vintage and semi-vintage) in my basement...I can only trade so much and trades arent really helping with the "space issue"... I dont wanna junk it and can see most of it can be used...I have paid some money for most of this... I have always "boycotted" ebay as both a seller and a buyer...now online auctions look like the only way to unload quickly the tons of stuff I have... Ill have to pack and ship but I was ready to give it a shot....rather then junk tons of working computers...and related equip... I have now gotten "cold feet" from signing up as a seller on US ebay (with good reason!) since now they ask for both credit card and complete checking bank account info!!! (how bout my fingerprints and social security no...?) Thats way too much info too have "floating around on the net" for me...even just giving my credit card is "unconfortable" for me... I can only imagine the ebay seller sign-ups going way down now...I know there is a lotta fraud on ebay but this is not a good idea for ebay IMO... I have also heard horror stories like paypal fetching funds from sellers bank accounts when stuff was undelivered or problems happened...gee... I could sign up for ebay canada, they only ask for credit card info (weird hey?) but would not be able to have the stuff listed on the US ebay....I have to open up a new account and given the bank account info to be on US ebay.... So anybody with any good alternatives to ebay? Claude http://www.members.tripod.com/computer_collector

23 years, 5 months

RA90/RA81 drives available

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On July 9, Gunther Schadow wrote: > > Ordinarily I would be willing to do this, but my life is all but > > falling apart at the seams right now and I'm afraid I just don't have > > the cycles. I'm sorry, man.. > > sheesh, sounds quite bad, I hope you'll recover. Forget about the ' > drives and get your life back together! Thanks man, workin' on it...not much else to do but that... -Dave McGuire

23 years, 5 months

Attention NeXT Owners

by Mzthompson＠aol.com

I acquired some NeXT stuff. At this point it does not looking too promising mostly due to the monitors (all mono). The ones I have fired up are very dim and require a flashlight to be able to read the screen. Some questions for the list: I have adjusted the screen control on terminals like the VT320, so I was wondering is there a comparable control in the NeXT N4000 monitor? Depending on the monitor situation, I may have some spares with regards to keyboards, mice, cables, etc. I was wondering if the keyboards and mice are hot swappable. Can I boot a machine and test several keyboards or mice without a reboot for each? Next I would like to know if there are any current owners that are looking for a specific item to get their machine up and running. Granted we all know that there are plenty of list members wanting to acquire the first NeXT, But at this point I don't know if I am going to have even one good complete machine out of the mess. Therefore I would like to hear from those that just need an item or two. I am not offering at this time, just trying to get some direction as I tackle the job of discovering what I have and what works. If and when I figure that out, I will post what is available. Thanks, Mike Thompson

23 years, 5 months

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test-drb July 2001