test-drb August 2001

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by technos＠nerdland.org

A couple days back, there was talk of using PC systems with MCA busses to identify and test commercial cards (AS/400, etc). I've got a few, IBM PS/2 model 76S. They're cheesy DX2-66, but they're tested and running well under OS/2. Was going to use them as a test cluster, but my source of cheap MCA periph dried up. They come with 500M SCSI drives and either 4x slot load CDROMs or 16x drives I have left over from some AS/400 I scrapped. If you'd like one for testing, free to good home for those that live in MI and cost of shipping to those that ain't.

25 years, 1 month

Stuff I looked at today

by diannetroup＠yahoo.com

I'm interested in getting my TI-59 working. It's in great shape but no AC adapter so don't know if the battery pack will charge. Do you have an AC adapter and/or battery pack to sell? Tony _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

25 years, 1 month

My other computer is a Cray!

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On August 7, Iggy Drougge wrote: > >The half gig of memory is on heavily packed boards loaded > >with ZIP package dram - likely 256k by 4 or 1 chips with lots > >of nasty flying lead series terminating 33 ohm resistors on all > >signals - maybe added as an afterthought to improve signal integrity. > > Expect Amiga 3000 users hungry for ZIPs closing in on this machine like a pack > of hungry buzzards. ;-) Yes...but one of three dozen different kind of zips.... -Dave -- Dave McGuire Laurel, MD

25 years, 1 month

A few more Apple ][ cards

by Lee.Davison＠merlincommunications.com

and a MC3418 (is that some kind of Codec?) It's an op-amp. Cheers, Lee. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- This email is intended only for the above named addressee(s). The information contained in this email may contain information which is confidential. The views expressed in this email are personal to the sender and do not in any way reflect the views of the company. If you have received this email and you are not a named addressee please delete it from your system and contact Merlin Communications International IT Department on +44 20 7344 5888. _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service.

25 years, 1 month

DEC 3000 trouble

by zmerch＠30below.com

Rumor has it that Francis. Javier Mesa may have mentioned these words: >On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Tom Owad wrote: [snip] > I power up the DEC, it does its whirling and spinning >> up, but I never get anything at all on my terminal. I've tried booting >> with the S3 switch (whicdh I understand is supposed to change from kb/ >> mouse/monitor to console mode) in both directions, but to no avail. >> >> The LED on the front reads "FD". It's possible that the RAM I have >> installed (which I got from another DEC 3000) is not appropriate for the >> system. > >Putting RAM is also tricky, you need to put them in groups of 8 simms per >bank, all of the same type in each bank. A bank is defined by all the >simms at the same height (the model 600, which I am familiar with has the [snip] I very well could be wrong here, but my DEC 3000/300 (desktop machine, 150Mhz Alpha, 64Meg RAM uses banks of 4 each standard 72-pin true parity SIMMs... Were there any DEC 3000's that *required* 8 SIMMs in a bank? (or, more accurately, are the DEC 3000/300's the only 3000's that need only 4 SIMMs per bank?) Cheers, Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- Roger "Merch" Merchberger --- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers Recycling is good, right??? Ok, so I'll recycle an old .sig. If at first you don't succeed, nuclear warhead disarmament should *not* be your first career choice.

25 years, 1 month

Blanket insults for one's peer group, was Re: VCF East makes The Economist

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On August 6, John Foust wrote: > >...and it also shows what incompetent loonies the publishers of biz > >rags like the Economist apparently are, to actually believe that all > >computers crash frequently and are unreliable like Windoze PeeCees. > >Talk about incompetent journalism! > > The Economist stands head and shoulders above most US media > in terms of the depth of thinking in most of its articles. > Perhaps you could browse their web site to see what I'm > talking about. Obviously the author was referring to the > Windows PC, the mostly commonly used type of personal computer > on the planet, at least among those of us who don't live > in their parent's basement. Now THAT's a pretty shitty thing to say. Personally, I moved into my own place when I was 19, thank you very much, and have been supporting a good portion of my family for several years. I prefer to associate the use of real computers with KNOWLEDGE, rather than financial failure. I don't think I've ever read anything quite so infuriating on this mailing list. -Dave -- Dave McGuire Laurel, MD

25 years, 1 month

Apple IIGS for parts

by Randbcomputers＠aol.com

I am looking for a monitor cable to fit an apple IIgs computer. The cable that I need is a 15-pin (2 row) double ended cable. The monitor is a 12" RGB monitor, I beileve.. am not sure of the monitor size but it is an RGB monitor. I would be interested in knowing if you still have the system. Would you be interested in getting rid of just the monitor cable? Thank you for your time. Sincerely Toby Bibeau R & B Computers

25 years, 1 month

My other computer is a Cray!

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On August 6, Heinz Wolter wrote: > Most interesting is that Cray signed a sales/service distribution deal > with of all companies -DEC- but but later cancelled when they couldn't > sell enough units. The YMP-EL gave rise to EL-98, 94 and 92 models > and was the basis for the J90, J90se (100Mhz clock) and SV1(300Mhz) One other point...The T90 comes between the J90 and the SV1. Also, the SV1ex was announced four months ago. The T90 and SV1 both come in around 1 gigaflop/proc, and the SV1ex runs 2 gigaflops/proc. -Dave -- Dave McGuire Laurel, MD

25 years, 1 month

epson Q150A , i need a hard disk :)

by Fedsouilles＠aol.com

hi , i am french and i just had a epson portable but it doesn't have any hard disk , only two floppies , could you help me finding one on the net i am really lost , or at least do you know what kind of HD do i need ? THANKS A LOT :))

25 years, 1 month

DEC manuals available

by Mzthompson＠aol.com

Earlier today I scribbled: > The DEC haul from last month included some manuals that I > already have so I will make them available to the list. > The manuals and the quantities: > TK50 Tape Drive Subsystem; User's Guide - 2 copies > TK70 Streaming Tape Drive; Owner's Manual - 1 copy > TZK10 Cartridge Tape Drive; User Guide - 1 copy > TZK12 525mb SCSI Tape Drive; Installation Guide - 2 copies > VT320; Installing and Using the VT320 Video Terminal - 2 copies The TK50, TK70, & VT320 manuals are all spoken for. The TZK10 & TZK12 manuals are still available. Mike

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test-drb August 2001