test-drb August 2001

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by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

> Rob Lion wrote: > >For those of you who were discussing the merits of CD-R manufacturers and >dyes a week or so ago, I ran across a Windows program tonight that might be >of interest. Apparently it can tell you the real manufacturer and dye type >used on the disc. Find it at: http://www.gum.de/it/download/english.htm Has a useful facility to copy to the clipboard too :-) So from the info below (taken from a 700MB 80min blank 16x) how worried should I be about long-term data retention? And why? And what answers would be better? Antonio ATIP: 97m 15s 17f Disc Manufacturer: Ritek Co. Reflective layer: Dye (Short strategy; e.g. Phthalocyanine) Media type: CD-Recordable Recording Speeds: min. unknown - max. unknown nominal Capacity: 702.83MB (79m 59s 74f / LBA: 359849)

23 years, 4 months

HP-64000 Development System Manuals

by MRiley＠avt-hq.com

I realize this is a long shot, but it is worth the try. I found an old letter in the 'classiccmp' archive: http://www.classiccmp.org/mail-archive/classiccmp/1998-06/0103.html It was from "Joe" at "rigdonj(a)intellistar.net" which is apparently a bad address now. He was trying to sell and/or get rid of a whole stack of HP-64000 Development System manuals. If Joe, or someone else, still has such manuals I would be very interested to know. We would probably be interested in purchasing those manuals. We have inherited an HP-64000 Development System and are in the process of resurrecting an old firmware project. Progress is slow. I think we could use the manuals to help understand how to use the system more effectively. I also think that we will have to support this new firmware for some time to come. Therefore, manuals (operations, service, etc.) would be very nice to have, on-the-shelf. My contact information is provided below. Thank you. Mike. -- *************************** * Notices: * * We will close at 1700 hrs on 8 August, 2001. * We will re-open at 0800 hrs on 17 August, 2001 * --->> Plan Accordingly !! <<--- * * Our electronic addresses changed in the summer of 1999. * Please update your address list and bookmarks. *************************** Michael Riley Advanced Vehicle Technologies, Inc. 1509 Manor View Road Davidsonville, MD 21035 USA +1-410-798-4038 (voice) +1-410-798-4308 (fax) support(a)avt-hq.com (e-mail) http://www.avt-hq.com (home page)

23 years, 4 months

SCSI Scanner

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> Does anyone in the S.F. Bay area need or want a UMAX 600DPI/30bit > color/flat bed/SCSI interface scanner? Comes with scanner, software (PC Win > 3.1/Win 95/Win NT), cables, terminator, and SCSI card (ISA). This was my > scanner of choice until I upgraded to a USB based scanner. I can make you a > good deal ($10 and its all yours, bwa-hahaha) or come by Saturday to our > garage sale and bargain us down :-) If no one wants it as-is, might you consider removing the lamps and selling just them (I've got one with unusably dim lamps). Regards, -dq

23 years, 4 months

Chevy Vega Re: Cheap cars (was: 1%...)

by rigdonj＠intellistar.net

At 09:48 PM 7/30/01 -0700, Fred wrote: >GM saved a lot of money by making an aluminum block with a friction >reducing coating (Teflon??). It worked well for a limited time. Actually they didn't add a coating to the cylinder wall. What they did was to make the engine out of high silicon aluminium, then they chemically etched away some the aluminium in the cylinders to leave high-silicon content for the pistons to ride on. This was GM attempt to get away from having to add steel cylinder sleeves to an otherwise aluminium engine block. (You CAN NOT run aluminium against aluminium.) Needless to say this design was highly dependent on high quality oil, frequent oil changes and a GOOD oiling system. Unfortunately the oil pump and oil system were a joke and Americans aren't known for frequent car maintainance. Joe

23 years, 4 months

Newsweek mentions VCFe and Sellam

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> > Almost as good as Kilobaud. Perhaps you have to be a "kook" to put out a > > great magazine. (apologies and kudos also to Jim Warren) > > > Speaking of Kilobaud... does anyone have a few copies of that and > Interface Age they'd like to part with? Ray Borrill was selling his collection on E-Bay (he has health problems and needs the money), but I think he's all out now. However, last year, I saw several other people selling them, so that might be your best bet for picking up missing issues. Regards, -dq

23 years, 4 months

O.T.: Things to do/see in San Francisco?

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> Hi. Totally off-topic, but my friends and I are going to be in San > Francisco the first two weeks of October, and I was wondering if > anyone can recommend anything cool to do/see. We're all vegetarians, > so vegetarian/vegan restaurant tips would be welcome. Can you find a vegan restaurant in San Francisco? Can you find a coffee shop in Seattle? Can you find a redneck bar in Louisville? Seriously, I think if you'd need any help in S.F., it would be to find where you could get a good steak; clearly, steak is not on your itinerary. Never even been there, but I'll bet you can't swing a dead cat (oops, another meat joke) without hitting a vegetarian place. Good luck! -dq

23 years, 4 months

Chevy Vega Re: Cheap cars (was: 1%...)

by rigdonj＠intellistar.net

At 04:43 PM 7/31/01 -0400, you wrote: >You do have an option today. Buy a nice looking car and put an Edelbrock >engine, four-barrel, intakes, etc. in it. Four barrel ???? That would be a step backwards. I'm currently running 3x 2 barrels on an Edelbrock designed intake. (original 1970 Dodge Challanger RT convertible with 440 six-pack) Gas mileage? What's that? Actually it's not too bad. I get about 15-16 MPG on the highway. But you should see what the gas gauge does when I put my foot to it and the second and third of carbs kick in! Joe >Peace... Sridhar > >On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, R. D. Davis wrote: > > > On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, joe wrote: > > > and Americans aren't known for frequent car maintainance. > > > > There was a time when frequent car maintenance was easier and more > > convenient for Americans who aren't shade-tree mechanics. What I'm > > referring to is the scarcity these days of convenient places to get a > > tune-up, grease job and oil change. Places like Jiffy Lube don't > > count, as they're as likely to damage a car as they are to change the > > oil, etc. properly. Not so long ago, there was a higher percentage of > > corner gas stations, with more than one mechanic working in them, to > > cars. One could often just drive up to a service station, pull into a > > bay, and get a car repaired without having to drop it off or make an > > appointment. > > > > Even finding a mechanic who can perform a tune up is becoming > > difficult; many don't know how to adjust points or carburators, and > > one can forget about having the dwell adjusted or getting a > > distributor curved; one shop that I called about the later had no idea > > as to what I was talking about. If they'd get all these new cars with > > ridiculously overly complex engines off the road and put carburators > > and distributors with points back in cars, people would have fewer > > problems with maintenance and finding parts 20 years later. Of > > course, Big Brother wouldn't like that, as the old cars can't be > > stopped by a high-energy blast that makes electronic components in the > > new engines break down. > > > > -- > > Copyright (C) 2001 R. D. Davis The difference between humans & other > animals: > > All Rights Reserved an unnatural belief that we're above > Nature & > > rdd(a)rddavis.net 410-744-4900 her other creatures, using dogma to > justify such > > http://www.rddavis.net beliefs and to justify much human cruelty. > >

23 years, 4 months

Newsweek mentions VCFe and Sellam

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> > >> > > Don't be such a cynical bastard. You'll end up like Wayne Green. > > >> > Yick. Now THAT's an insult. :) > > >> to cynical bastards. > > > > > >Hehehe. I have to admit though, 80 Microcomputing was a pretty neat > > >magazine. > > As was HotCoCo; especially in the early years... > > Almost as good as Kilobaud. Perhaps you have to be a "kook" to put out a > great magazine. (apologies and kudos also to Jim Warren) Kilobaud was great, as was SCCS Interface Age/Interface Age. -dq

23 years, 4 months

I am in the big newpaper today about my vintage computer collecting hobby...no link to me or my site but one to VCF...

by claudew＠videotron.ca

Hi Well I am in the big Montreal newspaper today but no link to me (email) or to my site... I guess the circulation of that paper is maybe around a million...(?) Headlines translates to english : "Computer Archeologists" (...) Photo of me with a TRS80 mod I in my hands and a Pet in the background and shelves in the back with some of my collection. I was counting on this to get me offers for new machines - dont think its gonna happen... They post a link to www.vintage.org (and others) but not to me (email or my site) ! What did I do? I was part of an article with a local console collector who runs a console/game collector club that I am part of. Most active members are big ebay sellers and the club site was mentionned in the article so I guess the webmaster/president of that club will get the offers for the maybe 1 or 2 interesting machines this article might "uncover"...and to ebay they will go...perhaps some of the guys should question themselves if the hobby is collecting and restoring or the "commerce" of buying and selling of that kinda stuff...one of these guys in the article even said he managed to live one year (in is car and eating once a week?) on selling carts and consoles on ebay...now everyone will think their 286 is worth $100 and an Atari 2600 is worth $120... Anyways, the article is in french. I dont know the legal/copyright implications of scanning and posting this on my site but Ill try to scan and maybe translate and post... Claude http://www.members.tripod.com/computer_collector

23 years, 4 months

trojan room coffee pot on ebay

by mrbill＠mrbill.net

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1260882480 -- Bill Bradford mrbill(a)mrbill.net Austin, TX

23 years, 4 months

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