test-drb August 2001

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726 discussions

by jss＠subatomix.com

Well, I've now acquired a PC05 high-speed paper tape reader/punch for the PDP-11/20 I'm currently restoring. I still lack the PC11 board, though. Megan's list says the following: M781 PC11 U PC11 control board for KA11 M7810 PC11 U Paper tape reader/punch controller Do I *have* to use the M781 version, or can I also use the M7810 if it's all that I can find? What is the actual difference between the two boards? Next: why were the backplane modules mounted at the top of the BA11, wire wrap up, in the 11/20? It's easy to flip the thing over while it's not in a rack, but when it's in a rack... Some trivia: the two partial 11/20's from which this one is being built have serial numbers 786 and 1102. -- Jeffrey S. Sharp jss(a)subatomix.com

23 years, 4 months

NOTICE FROM THE LIST HOST (re: recent political commentary)

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Aug 21, 10:53, Sellam Ismail wrote: > On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Daniel A. Seagraves wrote: > > > Maintain two lists of subscribed people: A moderated list and an > > unmoderated list. Normally people are on the unmoderated list of > > subscribers. When someone posts offtopic enough to warrant it, they > > get moved to the moderated list of subscribers, and then (and only > > then) their posts have to be OKed to make it to the list. > > What a great idea. I also think it's a good idea. I get pretty fed up with long off-topic threads especially those of a political nature, though I don't mind the occasional off-topic post. Deleting a few OT posts is fine, wading thorugh dozens isn't something I enjoy. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

23 years, 4 months

SemiOT: Mourning for Classic Computing

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> > On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Tony Duell wrote: > > No, I disagree. Leanring programming is not the same as learning a > programming language (the latter is much easier, even for a beginner). > You should learn to think about the problem long before you ever write a > single line of code. I'll take this even one step further... learning programming isn't learning how to construct applications. They didn't teach how to construct applications when I was in school; and now, with RAD/IDE and class libraries/frameworks, most people never learn. Since constructing applications is (generally) platform-dependent, it might never have been/be appropriate to cover in a college course. Fortunately, my career path put me in the position of maintaining systems constructed (or *not* constructed) by others. I found that I learned how to conceive a large system and implement it by factoring by immersing myself in a previous system that someone else wrote, and while immersing myself, watching out for bad habits to be avoided. Regards, -dq

23 years, 4 months

SemiOT: Mourning for Classic Computing

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> But then is Pascal that bad? Bad? Bad at what? bad *for* what? > Whenever I think of BASIC, and I don't think this applies only to me, I think > of a cosy 40-column TV screen on a micro with 64 k of addressable memory. > Other languages just don't seem as cosy. Must be because of the environment. > If the eight-bitters had booted into Pascal, perhaps things would have looked > differently? Most likely you're correct, but then I associate BASIC with a full compiler that could generate 132-column headered listings complete with symbol table and assembly language output for each statement. Some 8-bitters *did* boot directly into Pascal... at least I never saw a copy of UCSD Pascal that was anything other than language environment *AND* operating system combined... And as for booting directly into a language environment, any old FORTH programmers here? At one time, I thought FORTH would rule the world.

23 years, 4 months

NOTICE FROM ....... -- NO HTML please! --

by sipke＠wxs.nl

One of the rules that would make sense to me would be that people would stick to plain text mail, rather than fancy large letters etc. NO HTML PLEASE (so of us can't even read it !) As an example I've recoded the offending posting ..... Sipke de Wal --------------------------------------------------- http://xgistor.ath.cx --------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: Marvin <marvin(a)rain.org> To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 6:51 PM Subject: Re: NOTICE FROM THE LIST HOST -- a vote in favor of limited moderation Hear, hear!!!! I too have taken to scanning the top line of each message and end up basically deleting them with the decision made in about .2 seconds. I used to read everything but there is just too much garbage to do that anymore with my limited time. I do not favor moderation, but I do favor responsible posting. Jonathan Engdahl wrote: > > Jay: > > I vote for the selective moderation idea. A monthly FAQ is also a good idea. > There are three things that need to be corrected on this list: > > - off topic volume is way too high > - we need to eliminate insults, personal attacks, and language that is > obviously intended to offend > - subject lines need to correctly identify the content of the message when > the topic has drifted > > Perhaps a warning to offenders, and the knowledge that you *could* put them > on the moderated senders list, might be enough to correct the majority of > the problem posts. > > I don't know why, but the other classic computer related lists I am > subscribed to have almost none of these problems. On the others, I at least > glance at each message. On this list, I have been forced to scan for > messages that seem to have relevant subject lines, and delete 97% of the > rest without even looking at them. Effectively, the garbage-senders have > crowded me out of full participation in the list. > > On the other hand, I remain subscribed because it is the most active, and > has the highest likelihood of being helpful in a short time when someone > comes up with a question. > > -- > Jonathan Engdahl Rockwell Automation > Principal Research Engineer 24800 Tungsten Road > Advanced Technology Euclid, OH 44117, USA > Euclid Labs engdahl(a)cle.ab.com 216-266-6409

23 years, 4 months

Who reads their email the most Classically?

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> "Curt Vendel" <curt(a)atari-history.com> wrote: > > Is anyone running any internet connected lynx servers with dialup > > capability??? I've wanted to do this myself as many older Atari 8-bit > > groups would like access for email and newsgroup reading to stay connected > > with the online Atari communities. > > They're called "shell accounts". Yes, they exist as commercial > offerings. For example, Panix in NYC (http://www.panix.com/) and a2i > communications in the San Francisco Bay Area (http://www.rahul.net/). And IgLou (Internet Gateway of Louisville) in Louisville, KY metro area, Cincinnati metro area, Lexington Ky, and Memphis, TN. How they missed Nashville I've yet to figure out... -dq

23 years, 4 months

OT: Need Source for Sharp LCD Screens

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

Hey Y'all... My Sharp PC-3040 notebook has suffered psychedelic screen death... likely cause being one too many episode of rough handling. Does anyone know of a source for these things? Regards, -doug q

23 years, 4 months

Exidy Sorcerr - IT WORKS

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Aug 20, 19:09, Louis Schulman wrote: > I would like to report that after 3 months of probing, poking, desoldering, soldering, studying schematics, > reading data sheets, etc., etc., my Exidy Sorcerer WORKS! > In any event, I want to publicly thank Pete Turnbull, without whose help and encouragement this project > would not have been possible. Thanks for the acknowledgement, but I have to say that it was Louis's own perseverance and hard work that got the machine going :-) No mean feat, considering he didn't know much about logic circuits before he started, and this machine actually had several faults! -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

23 years, 4 months

Room for Collections

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Aug 22, 13:29, James Carter wrote: > the two main obstacles to the collection are the space, it is a very > small room and there is barely room for a chair left, and the stairs, > which are steep and narrow. getting some of the heavier stuff up there > is, err, interesting, isn't it, pete? Yes, though I don't think "interesting" was quite what we said while we were moving the 3/160 :-) > my partner is very good about it all. i do try not to anagonise her too > much by keeping all the machine in one room.. mostly. She liked that NeXT on the dining room table, though :-) > i got her to agree > in principle to using a module from an sgi o2000 as a coffee table in > the living room though - quite impressive, i thought. Now all we need are those modules :-) -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

23 years, 4 months

CBM 8032 SK

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Aug 22, 9:58, Adrian Vickers wrote: > At 11:39 pm 21/08/2001 GMT, Pete Turnbull wrote: > >Yes to both parts -- on the 8032, the ROMs can be replaced by Texas 2532 > >EPROMs (that's from memory but I might be able to look it up), and I have > >dumps of the ROMs from my 8032 (which I sold a while ago). I checked the pinouts -- the EPROMs do need to be TMS2532. Ordinary 2732 EPROMs won't do (the chip select and A11 address line are in the wrong places). > I've already got the ROM dumps (they are available on funet), what I don't > have is the means to burn EPROMs. Still, that's fixable - Maplin do EPROM > burners. If you get stuck, I can burn them for you, if you send me blanks. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

23 years, 4 months

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