test-drb January 2002

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by Robert_Feldman＠jdedwards.com

Nah, you can put Minix on an HP LX palmtop, which is smaller and lighter than a Poqet (see http://www.technoir.nu/hplx/minix.html). BTW, Last year Thaddeus had a number (about 4000!) of 1.5MB SRAM cards on sale (unadvertised) for 5 for $25. Check the message at http://www.technoir.nu/hplx/hplx-l/0104/msg00231.html. Bob -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Smith [mailto:csmith@amdocs.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 10:59 AM To: 'classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org' Subject: RE: Netscape (was Re: PayPal = payola?) > -----Original Message----- > From: David Woyciesjes [mailto:DAW@yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu] > Well, if I have my way, my Gateway Handbook will be a > smaller Unix > box... 10" x 6" x 1.5" ;-) > And it just squeaks by 10 years old too ( I think, maybe 9...) I have been thinking about putting Minix on my Poqet PC, which would probably take the record. ;) I need a 2M SRAM card or two, though. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

22 years, 10 months

That's not a _real_ computer(Was: Netscape (was Re: PayPal = payo la?))

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Lawrence Walker [mailto:lgwalker@mts.net] > On the other hand MY TRS80 5meg HD is bigger than your XT, > and my pre-Sprint Qume power supply is known to dim lights in > the neighborhood. And it don't use no steenking, cheating, 220V > power source. I read that as "TRS80 Smeg HD" :) Are you sure you're not exaggerating? TRS-80s themselves wouldn't be that big without the monitor attached. :) Regards, Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

22 years, 10 months

StorageTek drive

by pat＠purdueriots.com

I just picked up a *really cool* 9 track StorageTek drive on Saturday (thanks Jon!). I'm having trouble trying to find docs for one to indicate possible diagnostic routine #'s (I've entered all 256 combinations, and not observed too much interesting). The model number seems to be something like this (assuming it has a real model #): 4000002383-4 Also, does anyone have a QBus PERTEC card they would be willing to part with? Or, does anyone know of a source for an ISA or PCI card that is supported under some sane OS (Winders or Linux preferred)? -- Pat

22 years, 10 months

Looking for a M200 card reader WITH card weight

by lemay＠cs.umn.edu

Does anyone here have a M200 card reader with the card weight? What I need is a good picture of the card weight, so I can attempt to obtain one for my card reader. Yes, there are people who have these card weights available, but its extremely difficult to describe something I havent seen for 20 years myself, just using words ;) -Lawrence LeMay

22 years, 10 months

IIgs Rom 1 vs Rom 3

by mythtech＠Mac.com

What is the difference between a Rom 1 and a Rom 3 Apple IIgs? I have 4 IIgs's sitting in my garage (law of aquisition... I wanted a IIgs for years, finally bought one, then I get 4 given to me for free!). It looks like I have two different styles (based on opening the lid and looking inside), one has a two rom chips, one has one rom chip (among other differences). I would guess they are Rom 1 and Rom 3 machines (I can tell by booting them right? the starting splash tells me? or how is it determined?). But what is the difference between a Rom 1 and a Rom 3 machine (besides a Rom 3 being newer I assume). Is one better than the other? What changes were made to the machines? (from the looks of the logic board, one of the two styles looks like it might have more ram on board... but maybe they just used a different chip and needed more of them... I don't know). Anywhere these details are listed out? I did a google seach, but didn't see anything fantastically helpful. So I am turning to the logical starting point to find this stuff out... the experts on classic computer hardware. Also, two of the four have a Ram upgrade board in it. All sockets are filled with chips, so how much Ram is that? 1mb? Or does it depend on the board and/or the chips (they are Apple branded boards). Are these upgrade boards usable in any IIgs (rom 1 or rom 3), the slot for it is in both style logic boards, so I would assume it works for both... but before I go swapping them around and frying something, I figured I would ask. TIA -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 10 months

TV tuner cards... [was: RE: hey"!]

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>BTW the modern method, which I do not have, >is to get a digital camcorder with "firewire" and >the same for your PC, and just download. >Apparently the camcorder stores in MPEG. The few times I have done it, I do similar to that. My camcorder has an anolog to digital passthru. So I can play an analog source (like a VHS tape), pass it into the camcorder, which passes it along to the firewire port and into my iMac. I then just use iMovie to capture it, and then export as Toast VCD format. Chews up a bit of space as iMovie only captures in DV format (which is freaking huge because it is supposed to be lossless), and I also need the additional space to store the VCD formated MPEG before burning, since I can't export directly to the burner. But it works for shorter clips (The longest I have tried is a 7 minute Tex Avery cartoon... but I could probably do up to an hour or so on my 60 gig drive... not sure) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 10 months

Netscape (was Re: PayPal = payola?)

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Smith > Hear Hear. Though, I may listen when Athlons have casters > and a respectable console firmware with "deposit" and > "examine" commands, at least. Bonus points if you can't get > them to run windows should your life depend on it. Ehh -- I never actually had thought this may become necessary, but... Since there was a somewhat nasty response to the original post which this was in reply, I should state clearly that I'm at least half-joking ;) On the other hand, I _would_ find any system which meets the above requirements more impressive than one that does not. I'd also like to offer a sincere (and hopefully non-offensive *fingers crossed*) request to all the people on this list who've been having (occasionally personal) flame-wars recently to lighten up some. Regards, Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

22 years, 10 months

Packrat genome project questions

by kapteynr＠cboe.com

I personally get attached to these things, and I have had access to lots of storage space. So I have every computer I ever owned, and they all work (last time I checked). The first I ever used was a PDP8-L running FOCAL that someone donated to my high school in 1974. When I went to another school, the Altair 8800 came out, and I got one right away. During college and work, I had access to DECs and mainframes. My next "personal" machine was a Fortune Systems 68000 based unix box. Then an Apple Mac II Powermac 6100 Now I am awash in various PCs and Macs. -Rob -----Original Message----- From: Mike Ford [SMTP:mikeford@socal.rr.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 12:29 PM To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Packrat genome project questions How many people on this list still have their 1st computer? second? third? every computer you ever used/owned? The first computer I ever used was a IBM 360 via punched cards in Fortran. First I ever sat in front of and worked on directly was an IBM 1130 via selectric console running a French version of APL. First I ever owned was a Apple II, which I still have. Same for the next five I owned/used; Mac Plus, Mac IIx, Mac 7200/90, Starmax 4160, and my Athlon based PC.

22 years, 10 months

Old 9-track tape data

by pb＠Colorado.EDU

I wonder if anyone can give me suggestions on the "best" way to get data (not all that much) off of some old 9-track tapes I have. They are all written with tar, on BSD 4.1-4.3 and BSD 2.8-2.9. If I was smart, the tapes are all written at 800 or 1600 bpi; I may not have been, and one or more may be at 6250 (?) bpi. I would be delighted to hear two types of offers: (1) someone in the Denver area who has the proper hardware and software, and to whom I can bring the tapes and some other medium (1.4/2.8 meg floppy; 100 meg zip) and extract the files; (2) someone with the proper hardware and software who would be willing for me to ship them the tapes, and make the data (tar files) available to me via ftp. I would certainly entertain other reasonable possibilities, as well. Thanks in advance. (This must not be a terribly uncommon "problem," right?) PB Schechter

22 years, 10 months

Gateway Handbook [was: RE: Netscape (was Re: PayPal = payola? )]

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

Got the Handbook all together, no extra parts or screws laying around, wait a minute... ..except for the darned plastic/foil sleeve that the HDD is supposed to be in!!! Grrr..... --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 90581 Mac OS X 10.1.2 - Darwin Kernel Version 5.2: Fri Dec 7 21:39:35 PST 2001 Running since 01/22/2002 without a crash

22 years, 10 months

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test-drb January 2002