test-drb January 2002

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by donm＠cts.com

Is there an accessible archive that will relate Imsai serials to manufacturing year, etc? A friend has one of the blank panel boxen that he is thinking of offering up and is looking for some detail of its date of origin. Thanks! - don

22 years, 11 months

Sequent Symmetry S2000-450

by csmith＠amdocs.com

Hi Sergio, Sequent was/is relatively stingy with information. They are now owned by IBM, who wouldn't even talk to me about my old machine. That said, the Symmetry series may be the closest thing to a real parallel computer that was ever done with Intel CPUs. They're very cool machines. I don't know the exact models you're seeing. Mine is a Symmetry S81, which accepts up to 30 386/16Mhz CPUs and accompanying Weitek co-processors. It is in a coke-machine sized cabinet, and impresses people even without the CPU cards ;) Regards, Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); ' -----Original Message----- From: SP [mailto:spedraja@ono.com] It's possible I could obtain one Sequent Symmetry S2000-450 in a relatively short place. A similar system can be viewed in this eBay address: http://cgi.ebay.de/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1311505028&ed=1009557… The system comes complete, with software, hardware and documentation. It need three pallets to be transported. There is another opportunity to get one Sequent Symmetry S5000 that uses 4 Pentium processors and 1 Gb of memory, but this is in private negotiation. Do Somebody has information about these systems ? They appears to use Four processors 486, a Numa architecture to share memory, and one version of Unix named Dynix. Is there some porting of the Gnu utilities to it ?

22 years, 11 months

7/01/97 ClassicCmp FAQ - Part 1

by marvin＠rain.org

With so much OT stuff going on, this FAQ might be interesting reading for some of the newer members of this listserver. And just for the sake of curiosity, who has been on the list the longest? I joined sometime around June 5, 1997. NOTE: This is an OLD FAQ and the contact information is OUTDATED!!! I do not know if the listserver commands still work, Jay??? ============================================================================= DO NOT DISPOSE OF THIS PART OF THE FAQ. THIS IS THE PART THAT EXPLAINS HOW YOU CAN SUBSCRIBE AND UNSUBSCRIBE. IT WILL TAKE ME MORE TIME TO DO THESE THINGS FOR YOU THAN IT WILL TAKE FOR YOU TO DO THEM YOURSELF ============================================================================= ClassicCmp - The Classic Computers Discussion List Part 1 in the ClassicCmp FAQ Trilogy Mail/Internet Basics FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) v1.2 Last Update: 7/01/97 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This FAQ is written with the primary purpose of making readily available answers to the more common questions appearing on ClassicCmp. It is Maintained by Bill Whitson <bill(a)booster.u.washington.edu>. The infor- mation in this document has been gathered from a variety of sources but, in general, the members of ClassicCmp should be credited for all contain- ed herein. I have, of course, endeavored to be as accurate as is possible and often failed ;). This FAQ is Part 1 of the ClassicCmp FAQ Trilogy. The information presented deals with the use of mailing lists and internet-specific tools. If you have questions, comments, or corrections (always welcome) please contact me at the address above. A current copy of this FAQ is available on the web at http://weber.u. washington.edu/~bcw/ccl.html or via anonymous FTP at 140.142.225.27 in the directory /pub/classiccmp/faqs as classiccmp.faq. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Updates: New Sections: 2.1, 3.1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Mailing Lists ---------------- 1.1 Mailing List Basics 1.2 How to Talk to the Robot How to set to Digest How to Subscribe How to Unsubscribe 2. FTP ------ 2.1 FTP Basics 3. World Wide Web ----------------- 3.1 WWW Basics ============================================================================= 1.1 Mailing List Basics A mailing list is a simple device which takes an e-mail and redistributes it to a group of people. People can add and remove themselves from the distribution list by Subscribing and Unsubscribing. When you send a message to the list, it is first examined by the robot for key words that tell it to process an automatic funtion (like help, subscribe, unsubscribe, etc). If the message does not contain a keyword it is sent to the distribution list. 1.2 How to Talk to the Robot There are a few List Processor commands that you might want to use. To send a command to the list processor, write a message to listproc(a)u.washington.edu (Do NOT send the message to classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu). In the body of the message (not the subject line, that is) write one of the following commands, then send the message. SET CLASSICCMP MAIL ACK Tells the robot to send you a copy of messages you write to the list. This is the default. SET CLASSICCMP MAIL NOACK Tells the robot NOT to send you a copy of messages you write to the list. I don't recommend this. SET CLASSICCMP MAIL DIGEST Tells the robot to send you a digest of messages rather than each as it is posted. With this option you will get a weekly bundle of messages and keep a nice, tidy in-box. SUBSCRIBE CLASSICCMP Your.Address Subscribes you to the list. UNSUBSCRIBE CLASSICCMP Your.Address Removes you from the list. [][][][][][][][][][] 2.1 FTP Basics FTP is a protocol by which files can be transferred over the internet. You can use FTP to connect to a remote site and retrieve files. The commands you use with FTP depend on the software you use. In general you must make sure that you are in BINARY mode before transferring a program file or compressed files. The process of downloading a file is usually termed GET and the process of uploading a file is usually termed PUT. Your FTP program will require an address to connect to. For the ClassicCmp site that address is 140.142.225.27. You then may be asked to log in (unless your program assumes an anonymous login). When asked for a name, use anonymous. When asked for a password enter your internet e-mail address. [][][][][][][][][][] 3.1 WWW Basics The only complicated thing with the WWW is knowing what bells and whistles your web browser supports. You don't really need to know much other than the address for ClassicCmp. The web site is all text which means just about any web browser from the oldest Lynx to the newest Netscape or Microsoft browser should support it. The ClassicCmp site is http://weber.u.washington.edu/~bcw/ccl.html. =============================================================================

22 years, 11 months

BYAD CP/M disks

by paul＠wccnet.org

I have two pairs of BYAD 5.25" diskettes for CP/M-80 Version 2.20. One of each pair is a System Disk, the other is a Program Disk. Condition unknown, no way to test. Does anyone want these? Paul R. Santa-Maria Monroe, Michigan USA

22 years, 11 months

CCITT G4 compression in WIN98

by mranalog＠attbi.com

I wrote: > And if I still have anyone's attention, does anyone > know where I can find program to do Group 4 fax > compression under Windows 98? Or a program to put > a .PDF wrapper around scanned pages (for the budget > conscious) under Windows 98? Again I'm on digest, so I have not seen any replies to these questions. But I have been searching the web half the night and ......... .....WILL SOMEBODY, PLEASE HIT ME WITH A HAMMER. After years of wanting one, it seems to have been right under my nose and I didn't see it. It turns out that Windows comes with a program that does CCITT Group 3 and 4 compression. OK, no more 15 MB files. --Doug ========================================= Doug Coward @ home in Poulsbo, WA Analog Computer Online Museum and History Center http://dcoward.best.vwh.net/analog Analogrechner, calculateur analogique, calcolatore analogico, analoogrekenaar, komputer analogowy, analog bilgisayar, kampiutere ghiyasi, analoge computer. =========================================

22 years, 11 months

Trailing-edge compute farm seeks gainful employment

by Robert_Feldman＠jdedwards.com

They're called "false cognates." My favorite one in Spanish is "embarazada," which would make you very embarrassed if you use it to mean "embarrassed" (as it means "pregnant.") There's the story of a female exchange student who told her host family "Tengo hombre" ("I have a man") when she meant to say "Tengo hambre" ("I'm hungry"). When informed of her error, she blushed and said "Estoy embarasada!", which only compounded her chagrin. (She said "I'm pregnant" instead of "I'm embarrassed.") :-) -----Original Message----- From: Richard Erlacher [mailto:edick@idcomm.com] Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 11:03 AM To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Trailing-edge compute farm seeks gainful employment You're suffering from a misconception popular among immigrants from Germany and elsewhere, assuming that words spelled and even pronounced similarly actually mean the same. <snip>

22 years, 11 months

Trailing-edge compute farm seeks gainful employment

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk [mailto:ard@p850ug1.demon.co.uk] > the right punctuation. Or anything like that. Or starting and ending sentences with "Or." I had to say that. :) It reminds me of the legendary German tendency to say "Also!" a lot. 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, 11 months

FreeVMS

by msell＠ontimesupport.com

The VAX 11/780 is a 32-bit machine. Nuff' said. - Matt > > way so that some of the programs I tend to write would work. I guess you're > > going to try to make a FreeVMS for VAX clone, emulating 64 bits on a 32 bit > > machine would be a project killer from the start. > >Weren't there vaxen that didnt support the 64bit instructions? From >reading (excessively) the VAX Architecure Handbook, I seem to also >remember it saying that the address space was only 32bits. I could easily >be wrong, and it woudn't suprise me too much. Anyways, FreeVMS on a Sun >Enterprise 10k (or S/390 -- zSeries) would be cool, if not horribly wrong. >:P > >Personally (as I stated in my original post) I don't know much about VMS, >yet, I was just trying to throw some ideas off the top of my head. > >-- Pat Matthew Sell Programmer On Time Support, Inc. www.ontimesupport.com (281) 296-6066 Join the Metrology Software discussion group METLIST! http://www.ontimesupport.com/cgi-bin/mojo/mojo.cgi "One World, One Web, One Program" - Microsoft Promotional Ad "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer" - Adolf Hitler Many thanks for this tagline to a fellow RGVAC'er...

22 years, 11 months

Strange and Possibly Wonderful Cable

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Doc Shipley [mailto:doc@mdrconsult.com] > cable with a (Doc ducks & prepares to rub) 36-pin Centronics > connector, > plus eyelet ground, on one end and a female card-edge connector on the > other. The shrouds are steel, squared, and embossed "TANDY" on both > ends. While I've never seen one, I'm guessing it's a Tandy printer > cable. Doc, this may be for a Tandy 1000. I have one in the basement which I seem to remember has a card-edge parallel port. I haven't counted the contacts, but I seem to remember the "port" is male (IE It's got the edge, the cable would have to clip on to it.) 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, 11 months

Lithium/Lithium-ion batteries

by doc＠mdrconsult.com

OK, I've been watching the thread for a couple of days about battery damage. I just realized what's confusing me. I'm also fully aware that I'm about to expose the true depth of my electronic ignorance. "Never recharge a lithium battery?" (Yes, I've also been watching the grammar thread.) My laptop has lithium-ion batteries. That Apple camera came with "Energizer Hi-Energy Lithium" AA cells that I was planning to stick in the wall-wart battery charger. I'm fairly certain they're _meant_ to be rechargeable. I think I'm missing a crucial concept here. As they say in West Texas, "Could somebody please 'splain this wonderment to me?" Doc

22 years, 11 months

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test-drb January 2002