test-drb January 2002

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by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

I have 7 Conner CP1080E drives with a sun quick-release mounting bracket on them. No specs on these drives, so go Google for that. Because the unique connector, I cannot test these either.

22 years, 4 months

Warp 4 Redux

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

In a message dated 1/1/2002 8:55:44 AM Eastern Standard Time, wpointon(a)earthlink.net writes: > i never would have accused you of that -- i am a very patient person -- > i have to be with the lousy slow dialup internet access i am stuck > with -- if you are referring again to warp 4 server i would love to > download a copy but if you put it up for ftp you will have to leave it > up long enough for my max 20 meg/hour speed to get it all -- much > obliged for your consideration ---- billp > > On Tuesday, January 1, 2002, at 01:28 AM, Doc Shipley wrote: > > > Y'all thought I blew it off, didn't ya? > > Several of you asked about it, but I expect the best way to handle it > > is off-list. > > .... > > > > Doc > > > why not have some duplicate the CD and take it from there? ...

22 years, 4 months

Warp 4 Redux

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

I have access to high speed cd burner and could make duplicates the minute I get my hands on the cd... In a message dated 1/1/2002 5:02:04 PM Eastern Standard Time, wpointon(a)earthlink.net writes: << i will volunteer to copy them if no one else has any kind of whiz bang cd duplicator and can do it quicker -- or we could make this faster with a tree algorithm -- i will dupe some and send them on to some others who will dupe them again for more interested parties -- how many interested parties do we have? ----- thanx - billp On Tuesday, January 1, 2002, at 04:15 PM, SUPRDAVE(a)aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 1/1/2002 8:55:44 AM Eastern Standard Time, > wpointon(a)earthlink.net writes: > > > i never would have accused you of that -- i am a very patient person -- > i have to be with the lousy slow dialup internet access i am stuck > with -- if you are referring again to warp 4 server i would love to > download a copy but if you put it up for ftp you will have to leave it > up long enough for my max 20 meg/hour speed to get it all -- much > obliged for your consideration ---- billp > > On Tuesday, January 1, 2002, at 01:28 AM, Doc Shipley wrote: > > > ?Y'all thought I blew it off, didn't ya? > > ?Several of you asked about it, but I expect the best way to handle it > > is off-list. > > ?.... > > > > ????Doc > > > > > > why not have some duplicate the CD and take it from there? ... >> -- Kwanzaa is NOT a real holiday.

22 years, 4 months

Any AMIGA users?

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

Decided to pull out my amiga 500 and a PHOENIX hard drive that fits it. plugged it all in and the hard drive spins up, but the amiga still prompts for a system floppy. can a PC download and create an amiga system disk? i want to see what this computer is capable of. -- Kwanzaa is NOT a real holiday.

22 years, 4 months

Hep me!! scsi adapter DOS drivers (ot?)

by vze2mnvr＠verizon.net

Dick, That was a strange one. Now I understand the reference to it's being dangerous to even have in the car. Actually, I found many tape backup programs to be unsatisfactory, mostly because I was getting larger and larger tape drives faster than the backup software ( that I liked ) was supporting them. I like PC Tools for disk and file management. I haven't ever really liked any tape backup software, to the point that I hardly even like tape drives anymore, and would rather just backup a hard drive to another hard drive of equal capacity. Ian Richard Erlacher wrote: > > I gave a fellow a ride to the office once, because his wife needed his car, > since hers was in the shop. He had, in his briefcase, which he left in the > car, a copy of the then-current PC-Tools suite, that he'd bought that > morning at the computer store where I picked him up. At the moment we drove > into the lot, all the systems in the building went down and wouldn't run > again until I sent this fellow, together with my car, on an errand to fetch > some parts, after which the systems all came up and functioned nicely until > he returned, at which time the whole kit and caboodle crashed again. His > wife later picked up the copy of PC-Tools from him, and, when she left with > it, all the systems promptly came back to life and continued to operate > nominally. This was, BTW, before Windows9x. > > >From this, I conclude that it wasn't the car, it wasn't the briefcase, it > wasn't the guy, but it was that one item that apparently was the index. > > Dick > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ian Koller" <vze2mnvr(a)verizon.net> > To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>; "Richard Erlacher" <edick(a)idcomm.com>; "Ben > Franchuk" <bfranchuk(a)jetnet.ab.ca> > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 11:33 AM > Subject: Re: Hep me!! scsi adapter DOS drivers (ot?) > > > > > > > > But all I want to do is read a CD rom from $#@! DOS! > > > > But someone was having problems downloading these ASPI > > managers from Adaptec's site, so it's a second alternative > > source. Some might not have realized that if they have the > > PCTools program, they may already have these drivers, and > > just not have known it. > > > > > Why would anybody use PC-Tools-anything???? It's dangerous > > > even to have it the car, let alone bringing it inside ... > > > > Dick, I used that program for a long time. I never had any > > problems with it. I found it to be a useful suite of tools > > for disk and file management in the "DOS" days. > > > > > > Why not simply use what ADAPTEC provides? > > > > Those ASPI managers were provided by Adaptec. They were the > > "real deal". Licensed by Central Point Software to be included > > in the PC Tools package. > > > > > > > > > > Richard Erlacher wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Why not simply use what ADAPTEC provides? There's nothing else that > does > > > the job better, though there are MANY driver sets that do it worse, > notably > > > the stuff from IOMEGA. > > > > > > Dick > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Ian Koller" <vze2mnvr(a)verizon.net> > > > To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>; "Ben Franchuk" > <bfranchuk(a)jetnet.ab.ca>; > > > "Ron Hudson" <rhudson(a)cnonline.net> > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 9:26 AM > > > Subject: Re: Hep me!! scsi adapter DOS drivers (ot?) > > > > > > > > It's been a while, so I may not be remembering correctly, > > > > but I think PC Tools had a series of Adaptec ASPI drivers > > > > with it, probably to support the backup program ( to SCSI > > > > tape drives ). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ben Franchuk wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Ron Hudson wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --probably off topic... > > > > > > > > > > > > I am not sure of the age of the board but > > > > > > Adaptec seems to think it's not supportable > > > > > > any more... :^( > > > > > > > > > > > > Anybody have DOS ASPI drivers for the > > > > > > ADAPTEC AHA-1542CF?? > > > > > > > > > > > > Tis an ISA scsi card with floppy attach > > > > > > and I have it in a 486 machine > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------- > > > > > > The machine seems to be a 486dx in a "lunchbox" > > > > > > style case with color lcd. looks like a normal > > > > > > motherboard is inside.. > > > > > > > > > > > > goes by the name of PCIII, with no other markings > > > > > > as to MFG. > > > > > > > > > > > > Any one know anything about this? > > > > > > > > > > Don't look at me... I still have my 1542 in this PC here > > > > > and no drivers.I could use the 'dos' drivers to read a CDROM just in > > > > > case > > > > > 95 crashes and I need to reload windows. > > > > > -- > > > > > Ben Franchuk - Dawn * 12/24 bit cpu * > > > > > www.jetnet.ab.ca/users/bfranchuk/index.html > > > > > > > > > > > >

22 years, 4 months

VMS 6.1 S/W Kit

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On January 1, jeff.kaneko(a)juno.com wrote: > I just bought a VMS 6.1 media kit (I think): > > VMS 6.1 'Binaries and DOc disc' > 'COnsolidated software distribution' (Jul 1994) > 'Online documentation' (april 1994) > > > SO, did I score, or did I blow $10? I'd say you scored...the CSD is very cool to have, even if 6.1 is a little old. -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

22 years, 4 months

VAXStation 16MB simms on ebay

by rschaefe＠gcfn.org

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1315144257 I believe this is the part number that will fit the VAXStation 4000 m90, and maybe a few others. Still nearly two days to go. A few price points: Last I heard, dealers were buying at ~$1(US)/MB. My 1st 64MB kit was ~$68, and my second 64MB kit was ~$48. Bob

22 years, 4 months

Too much college? (was: Connectors (was: NEXT Color Printer find

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On January 1, John Allain wrote: > > ...Marconi, become the "inventor of Radio" which we > > are now celebrating, despite the fact that Tesla won > > a court decision ... > > One book I have (I think it was written in the 1930's, when the > people who knew the history were Alive) suggested that Radio > was Discovered rather than invented. Some people were > working on well calibrated Telegraph equipment and noticed > that they could get signals from a loop that wasn't physically > connected to the recieving loop. This of course set of alot of > peoples' curiosity going and led to directed experimentation > and then the Science only much later. This is a very interesting piont...I think there's a pretty clear line between invention and discovering a phenomenon and then devising a way to control or take advantage of it. -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

22 years, 4 months

Warp 4 Redux

by doc＠mdrconsult.com

Y'all thought I blew it off, didn't ya? Several of you asked about it, but I expect the best way to handle it is off-list. .... Doc

22 years, 4 months

Nomenclature (was: NEXT Color Printer find

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>If WE use the wrong term >amongst ourselves, we'll certainly never show others that there's benefit in >calling it a crescent wrench when, to some folks, "the silver-colored >thingie," would do. But, given the arguments that have been going on, you shouldn't call it a Crescent wrench either. That is the name of the manufacturer of a particular kind of wrench, and although generally accepted as meaning an "adjustable wrench" is not any more technically correct than the "Centronics" connector's name. If you ask some mechanics for a crescent wrench, you might get locking pliers... ones that are commonly called a "Vise Grip", which is ALSO technically incorrect for the same reason Crescent is wrong. But then, for the question of the century... if you strictly adhere to calling an item by its name, and NOT by the commonly used term, which in many cases is the manufacturer's or common usage name... what should you call a Yo-Yo? (just seeing how many people know the answer to this one) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 4 months

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test-drb January 2002