I haven't seen this sent to the list yet even though it's a bit old at
this stage. It's on-topic for certain, but if you have any issues
w.r.t. vintage and contemporary computer erotica, I suggest you skip
over this message and move on to the next.
http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?itemid=19252878
In some recent discussions with Kibo, we'd agreed that any fetish which
can be conceived by human intelligence, most probably exists. The above
represents one I speculated would exist, but I think this qualifies as
the first example of it I've seen. I've read about the student "art
film" done with SAIL and an "attachment" to a robotic arm that system
controlled.
Also of note, I did e-mail her to ask what OS she was running on the
VAX. Apparently the system isn't hers (points deducted). She doesn't
know what OS it has on it (points deducted), and she believes it isn't
even an operational MicroVAX-II (even more points deducted). I mean,
sure, having the naked woman option with your VAX is great and all, but
if the VAX doesn't actually work then what's the point?
I believe she programs as well, so this is relevant to one of the other
threads here about female programmers... And I do mean it's RELEVANT
though certainly not representative-- at least not based on my
experiences.
-brian.
I saw your message about an boot disk dos for apple computer
i have a power computer that apple own my boss try to load another
os on to the computer and now it does not power up with a system on it
can you tell how to get a boot disk.
On January 25, SUPRDAVE(a)aol.com wrote:
> Mine runs AIX 2.2.1, but just in mono and I need a 6157 controller card so I
> can use my tape drive. I think my RT has a 286 development board in it and I
> have the software to run it still wrapped up. I might have to power it up and
> see what i've been missing.
I think there might be a tape controller board of some sort (with no
drive) in mine. I will crack it open and find out. Do you know what
the FRU number would be on the 6157?
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf
In a message dated 1/25/2002 6:28:18 PM Eastern Standard Time,
mcguire(a)neurotica.com writes:
<< On January 25, Doc Shipley wrote:
> There are numerous refernces to the use of IDE drives in the RT
> newsgroup. Although AIX actually will install in 70MB, it leaves little
> room to play in. Plus, that one E70 alone was warming my house and
> whining loudly enough to make my cats cry.
Oh wow...I didn't know you could do that. I have a 6150 here (from
BSD Bob) that I'd love to stick some more disk in. I will have to
investigate this further. :)
> I've been offered a copy of 4.4BSD/Romp for it, which I may try out.
> I'd like to try AOS, but I can't find the full distribution, just the
> tools, updates, and diagnostic utilities.
I'm running 4.4BSD on mine. It's a really neat machine. I just got
a megapel board for it (thanks Gordon!) and now I need to find a tube
and a mouse. >>
Mine runs AIX 2.2.1, but just in mono and I need a 6157 controller card so I
can use my tape drive. I think my RT has a 286 development board in it and I
have the software to run it still wrapped up. I might have to power it up and
see what i've been missing.
--
Antique Computer Virtual Museum
www.nothingtodo.org
On January 25, Doc Shipley wrote:
> There are numerous refernces to the use of IDE drives in the RT
> newsgroup. Although AIX actually will install in 70MB, it leaves little
> room to play in. Plus, that one E70 alone was warming my house and
> whining loudly enough to make my cats cry.
Oh wow...I didn't know you could do that. I have a 6150 here (from
BSD Bob) that I'd love to stick some more disk in. I will have to
investigate this further. :)
> I've been offered a copy of 4.4BSD/Romp for it, which I may try out.
> I'd like to try AOS, but I can't find the full distribution, just the
> tools, updates, and diagnostic utilities.
I'm running 4.4BSD on mine. It's a really neat machine. I just got
a megapel board for it (thanks Gordon!) and now I need to find a tube
and a mouse.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf
Hi Guys,
Can I throw in my 2 cents worth?
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>
>Hmmm. I guess then an xBox being sold at a price above the MSRP is not
>'too high' of a price.
Apparntly not. I've seen the same thing at flea-markets and other "live"
events. BUT one of the things that affect this is the fact that the MSRP
aren't the same eveywhere. I used to collect HP calculators but I almost
never bought any from E-bay. Why? Because calculators that sold new in
this country (USA) for say $250 sold for twice as much in Europe and other
places simply due to the import tariffs that their countries charge. As
result, I might be willing to pay say $150 for the same model used but
someone in Europe is happy to pay $300 or more. Well above the MSRP. In
short there are lots of factors that affect the price more than MSRP. It
all goes back to the law of supply and demand. Where HP 9825s are common
and cheap in this country, they're rare and expensive in Europe.
Or the example of dead UPS's being sold for $50 a
>pop.
Did you ever stop to consider that the buyer might know somehing that you
don't? Perhaps he is knowledgeable on that model and knows that 90% of the
"dead" ones can be fixed by changing an internal fuse even when the
manufacturer claims that "there are no user serviceable parts inside".
Or a CISC AS/400 being sold for $140k. Sorry, but a lot of the time
>things are available for much lower prices outside of eBay than they are
>on eBay.
I COMPLETELY agree! My personal opinion: E-bay is for people that are
too lazy to search out there own bargains. Example: I've found TWO
Altairs in the last three years. Both of them were FREE. OTOH I could have
bought one from E-bay and paid a rediculous price for it. Don't get me
wrong, there are some great bargains to be had on E-bay but I'm sick and
tired of people complaining about E-bay prices. It just like shopping at
Sears, if you think their price is too high THEN DON'T SHOP THERE.
Ignorant people go around buying and selling things for much
>more than they're worth on eBay.
Wrong! It takes at least two bidders to push the price up. Therefore at
least two people think that it's worth that much. I wouldn't pay $100,000+
for a Rolls-Royce but that down't mean they aren't "worth" it.
>
>I personally have no problem with bid sniping. I've done it myself a
>number of times. The problem lies in the fact that some people do not
>have enough FINANCIAL RESOURCES to be bidding 2x what something is worth
>on eBay.
That's fact of life, Get used to it! That's like complaining because you
can't afford a Rolls-Royce and someone else can.
As a college student that has just been laid off from my job at
>Purdue (!) I know what it's like. Sure, there are a lot of good deals to
>be had on eBay, but there are also plenty of bad deals.
But no one is forcing you to buy those bad deals. So take the good ones
and leave the rest. That's how you "win" on E-bay.
Joe
After 13 years off I'm finally going to get to play with a VAX again (the
last system I used was an 11/785!) - I've found a VAXstation 3100, and it
should be landing on my doorstep in the next week :) Happy happy happy!
Finding a VAX that's small enough for "Al's Toy Barn" hasn't been easy, they
don't seem to be that common here in the UK (UK classiccmpers correct me if
I'm wrong, and please point me in the right direction ;-)).
A couple of "newbie" VAXish questions:
The box I'm getting is just that - no monitor/keyboard/mouse etc - I've read
that you can use the printer port for the console so I'm planning using
that. I'm not bothered about using DECwindows, console is just fine thanks
;-) Since I don't have any "real" terminals I've got various options.. the
most likely is to use my ST's VT52 emulator (got to keep it "classic"!) -
anyone tried this? Other options are to use the TERMINAL package on one of
my BBC Masters, hook it up to the Linux box, or use the Windows terminal
emulator. I guess I need a null modem cable to hook the 3100 up to whatever
I'm using for the terminal, right?
There's no backup media for the OS - any ideas where I'd get VMS on
floppies? (It has a floppy drive, no CD). Or do I need to hook up a CD?
Also, does anyone know what version of VMS shipped with the 3100s?
Cheers
Al.
I have a friend in AZ who is a sometime writer and
would love to have an AlphaSmart:
http://www.streettech.com/archives_hardware/alphaSmartPro.html
Alas, her current finances aren't up to it, and it
occurred to me that, especially after the recent bunch
of free M100/102s, someone on this list might have a spare
one they'd like to contribute and make an old woman happy in
the meantime (good thing she doesn't read this list
or she'd kill me).
Anybody? And maybe a null modem cable to let her
transfer .do files to a PC?
mike
> From: Dave Mabry <dmabry(a)mich.com>
> I used to have the computer he was referring to in the original post, a
> Zenith MastersPort SX and it's AC adapter was an inline variety. Cords
> on both ends. I never would have guessed it being called a wart.
Having never seen the transformer/power supply/wart/whatever, I didn't know
it was of the inline variety.
Does anyone have the specs on this thing???
Glen
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