test-drb August 2001

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by jeff.kaneko＠juno.com

On Wed, 29 Aug 2001 09:46:26 -0700 "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh(a)aracnet.com> writes: > >Some of their 20-year-old FDD's are priced right at where they were >> when new. Do you suppose it's possible they're old inventory? Of that, I'm almost certain. They've been sitting on some of this stuff for over twenty years. I run into establishments like this IRL: Some old geezer, store filled to the gunwales with NOS 'stuff', and positively *refuses* to mark down any of the merchandise that's 'slow moving'. Ten years later, the store looks about the same, with the same 'stuff'. . . > In looking at their page last night I noticed that while some of > thier prices are quite reasonable, a lot of them are insane! When I say > insane, I mean insane even for dealers whose sole reason for existance is > keeping old hardware alive! Yep. Like I said: *DRUGS*. Jeff ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

22 years, 8 months

Osborne 1 Video -- again

by r_beaudry＠hotmail.com

Hello all, I dove back into the Osborne again ... just to recap, on power up there is no video output. Nothing is obviously damaged internally (no broken parts, loose connections, burn marks, etc.). Also, it does respond to the keyboard, as pressing "Enter" after power up causes the floppy to spin (as if looking for the disk you just inserted). Tony suggested tracing the +12V lines to the CRT. My trusty digital multimeter shows me +11.88 volts all the way to the connector on the neck of the CRT. I don't know if 11.88 is close enough to 12, but that's what I get. The CRT neck does not glow at all.... What's the next step, assuming the 11.88V is a "good" voltage? Rich B.

22 years, 8 months

HP 1820-1691 microprocessor pinout

by ard＠p850ug1.demon.co.uk

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22 years, 8 months

Are office people really that, umm shall we say...slow?

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On August 29, Tony Duell wrote: > So, to avoid confusion I tend to use 'male' and 'female'. And then I run > into problems over whether it's the pins or the housing I am describing. Pins vs. housing is easy to remember if you picture...well, umm, sex. Housings are seldom...umm, well, round. 8-) -Dave -- Dave McGuire Laurel, MD

22 years, 8 months

OT: IBM AS/400 Advanced 36

by dbetz＠xlisper.mv.com

I know this is a bit new to be of much interest to people here but I was recently given one of these and am at a loss as to what to do with it. I only received the actual box and I believe it requires a proprietary terminal as a console so I am unable to even determine whether it works. Does anyone here know anything about these machines?

22 years, 8 months

Opening a Z-19: Thanks!

by r_beaudry＠hotmail.com

Tony, Why does this not surprise me? :-) I will definitely let you all know when I dive in.... Rich B. ----------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 21:47:24 +0100 (BST) From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) Subject: Re: Opening a Z-19: Thanks! FWIW, I have a Z90 hardware manual alongside me (including schematics, etc). I believe the Z19 is a cut-down version of this (just a terminal,

22 years, 8 months

TI Stuff for Sale

by r_beaudry＠hotmail.com

Ram, No problem! I'm kinda embarrassed that I didn't check out that site first myself... The RF mods I have are untested, and certainly not new, so I can't beat $1.00... Oh well, I'll hang onto them just in case.... Rich B. --------------------------------- Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 14:50:55 -0400 From: Ram Meenakshisundaram <rmeenaks(a)olf.com> Subject: Re: TI Stuff for Sale Not to burst Rich's bubble, but you can get *BRAND-NEW* TI RF Modulators for $1.00 plus shipping at the following site: http://www.99er.net/rfmod.html

22 years, 8 months

california digital

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

! On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 11:44:54PM -0500, Jeff L Kaneko wrote: ! > But the prices on *most* of [cadigital.com's] stuff is outta sight-- ! ! And their web site seems to be Macromedia Flash-only--at least using ! Netscape on Linux without Flash all I get is a hit counter. Stupid. This should get you by that crap... http://www.cadigital.com/cadigtl.htm --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818

22 years, 8 months

Pinging Joe Rigdon

by steven_j_robertson＠hotmail.com

Sorry to bother the list but, has anyone heard from Joe? I'm trying to make final plans for the CFCJF (Central Florida computer Junk fest) and need to speak with him. I know his service was down. Not sure if he has a ETA on getting back online. Thanks, SteveRob _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

22 years, 8 months

SS1 ethernet MAC address... (and my collection!)

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

! I've got an SS1 with a dead NVRAM chip. From the FAQs I've read, it's ! trivial to set the MAC address after the chip dies and it's set to ! FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF. Providing I use the Sun "standard" of ! 08:00:20 as the ! first three bytes of the MAC address, is there any real issue with me ! choosing a random value for the last three bytes? You might want to check out this web page... "SUN NVRAM/hostid FAQ" http://www.squirrel.com/squirrel/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html ..it talks about how to change the MAC address, as well as changing the battery in the NVRAM chip. I haven't tried resetting the MAC addresses on my 2 SparcStation 1+ and SparcStation 2 yet, haven't had the chance. BTW, talking about collections, besides the 3 Sparcs, I also have... - Sun SparcStation LX (w/ 20" monitor, and optical mouse) - DEC VaxStation 3100 M38 (32MB RAM) - DEC 3000/400 (with the 20" color monitor) - AlphaStation 200 4/100 (dead power supply, and I think the mainboard might be dead too.) - various 68k Macs (LCII, LCIII, SE30, SE HDFD, Classic, IIci) some for sale/trade - 2 HP ScanJet flatbeds (for sale/trade) The Macs are in the basement at home, and the big stuff is in my office at work :-) --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818

22 years, 8 months

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