test-drb October 2002

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by mtapley＠swri.edu

> gil smith asked: > I am curious what your favorite cp/m system might be. As usual, my favorite is the DEC Rainbow. Z-80 for CP/M, 8088 for CP/M 86-80, both available via anonymous update from ftp.update.uu.se, and you can even run (early) MS-DOS, and move data back and forth between OS's, on the same platform. Color and graphics available, with the right monitors and graphics card; MFM (ST-506 format) hard disk possible, again with the right add-on card. Price is usually right (just take it away), *if* you can find one. The unusual floppy format is an issue, but that's true of many CP/M systems. - Mark

21 years, 8 months

Destructive labelling (was RE: Tandy XENIX Disks)

by zmerch＠30below.com

Rumor has it that Gene Buckle may have mentioned these words: > > I'm surprised that Intel didn't try to blame the Pentium FDIV bug on > that... > > >This supposedly happened sometime in the late 70's early 80's. As long as the Pentium was on the drawing board... That could've too! (Hell, the Itanic is almost on topic already... ;-) > > It still cracks me up that according to Intel I'm a 48,000-year-old > man... ;-) > >Oh do tell. :) One of Intel's "excuses" before actually acquiescing and replacing the original Pentiums was that "under normal computing use [1], a person would only trigger the bug once every 24,000 years..." I had 2 separate Autocad files that when rendered in 3-D wouldn't render right on a buggy Pentium but would render fine on a non-buggy Pentium or a 486. They weren't anything mongo, either... one was a 3-D rendition of a door canopy, and the other was a simple desk with a couple of shelves. When rendered, the center shelf on the desk jutted out 4 or 5 inches past the desk on the buggy pentium! We couldn't figure out what the Hades was wrong with my drawing file, until I rendered it on my workstation (an old bodged-up 486-33). Granted, it took a very long time to do it [2], but both files rendered fine on that old beast, but rendered wrong on 3 different brand new pentium-based machines. Laterz, Roger "Merch" Merchberger [1] as in, not *trying* to execute special code or computations that would prove the bug exists; like doing that special Calculator routine that would spit out wrong numbers... [2] Set up job, go get lunch (15-20 minutes). See one error, make change, set up job, go do 4-5 services calls... etc... Granted, that was better than rendering on my old 386sx-16 (With Math-Co) - Set up job, go make dinner, eat dinner, watch a couple hours of TV... check job, make one change, set up job, go to bed.... Took me all weekend to do a job that I could have done in 30 minutes on my 700Mhz (dual 350's) Pentium-2 Machine... -- Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers zmerch(a)30below.com What do you do when Life gives you lemons, and you don't *like* lemonade?????????????

21 years, 8 months

Destructive labelling (was RE: Tandy XENIX Disks)

by zmerch＠30below.com

Rumor has it that Gene Buckle may have mentioned these words: > > The Stores in a certain college where I once worked insisted on checking > > every delivery to make sure it was complete. I couldn't undertand why one > > or two ICs in several orders were faulty, until I realised they took them > > all out of the tubes to count them :-( > > >Intel or AMD had a similar problem (huge yield problems) because of an >overzealous clerk counting silicon wafers by hand. By *touching* them. I'm surprised that Intel didn't try to blame the Pentium FDIV bug on that... It still cracks me up that according to Intel I'm a 48,000-year-old man... ;-) Laterz, Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers zmerch(a)30below.com What do you do when Life gives you lemons, and you don't *like* lemonade?????????????

21 years, 8 months

Destructive labelling (was RE: Tandy XENIX Disks)

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Oct 26, 0:12, Tony Duell wrote: > I'm not going to say where it happened, but I remember an incident where > the Stores engraged the ID number onto (delicate) winchester drive HDAs > with a Dremel-like tool. Needless to say the number of bad blocks was > somewhat rediculous! The Stores in a certain college where I once worked insisted on checking every delivery to make sure it was complete. I couldn't undertand why one or two ICs in several orders were faulty, until I realised they took them all out of the tubes to count them :-( -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

21 years, 8 months

hp300 for free in Portland, OR (fwd)

by spc＠conman.org

Someone from another mailing list I'm on is giving away a stack of HP300 equipment. Please contact the person---I'm just passing on the information. -spc Forwarded message: > From port-hp300-owner-spc=conman.org(a)netbsd.org Fri Oct 25 16:48:44 2002 > Delivered-To: port-hp300(a)netbsd.org > Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 13:48:30 -0700 (PDT) > From: Zetan Drableg <gelbardn(a)skylab.org> > To: port-hp300(a)netbsd.org > Subject: hp300 for free in Portland, OR > Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0210251341140.32398-100000(a)magic.skylab.org> > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > Sender: port-hp300-owner(a)netbsd.org > Precedence: list > > Hello friends, > > It is time I get rid of my stack of hp300 equipment. > There's a 380, a 400, and a bunch of lower-than-380 > boards & cases available. I know the 380 & 400 work great. > > These items aren't really shippable because of weight, > so I suppose this only applies to Portland/Seattle/SanFran > areas. > > Gotta get rid of them by the end of the month, so lemme know > quick! > > thanx > nate > > > >

21 years, 8 months

Need SA400 help

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

Can anyone help me with settings on this drive? Specifically, drive select, termination, and pinouts on the power connector (J2) would help. Also, the specimen I have has a power switch on the front which appears to be factory-installed. Is this common for this drive? The photos I found on the 'net don't have a switch . . . TIA, Glen 0/0 If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And if not now, when? -- Pirkei Avot

21 years, 8 months

Televideo 912 terminal problems

by ian_primus＠yahoo.com

I just got a Televideo 912 from an ebay auction. It seems to work fine, it feeps, and a cursor appears in the upper left. I have tried to connect it to my Linux computer in place of my regular terminal (a DEC VT100),and it didn't work. I noticed that after the terminal had been on for a minute or so, the cursor disapears from the screen, regardless of wether it was connected to the computer or not. Then, if I turn it off and on again, the cursor reappears, and then goes away again. I have tried setting the baud rate, etc. according to the manual I downloaded from vt100.net. Any suggestions? I really want to get this terminal working. Thanks! Ian Primus ian_primus(a)yahoo.com

21 years, 8 months

[OT?] Supra FaxModem

by Gary.Messick＠itt.com

Hi George, Try: http://www.supra.com/support/diamond/default.asp?menu=support <http://www.supra.com/support/diamond/default.asp?menu=support&submenu=Legac y_Modems> &submenu=Legacy_Modems Gary -----Original Message----- From: Voyager [mailto:voyager@hol.gr] Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 11:24 AM To: cctech(a)classiccmp.org Subject: [OT?] Supra FaxModem Hi, It may sound a bit offtopic, but it's near the 10yrs margin :-) I have an external 28.8 Supra FAX modem, the one with the 2 digit green LED display. It's never flashed, and contains one of the very early firmware versions. I recall that Supra had an extensive file list (including manuals in PDFs) for downloading at supra's site, then moved to Diamond, then nothing, they vanished. Could anybody help me locate a mirror of these files? I need the flash files to upgrade it up to 33.6 version (needs several consecutive flashes) and the AT command set that supported (the non standard commands). Cheers George ************************************ If this email is not intended for you, or you are not responsible for the delivery of this message to the addressee, please note that this message may contain ITT Privileged/Proprietary Information. In such a case, you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. You should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Information contained in this message that does not relate to the business of ITT is neither endorsed by nor attributable to ITT. ************************************

21 years, 8 months

modem help

by oliv555＠arrl.net

I have a couple of (almost classic) external modems missing the wall warts. Anyone on list running either of these that can provide the dc voltage/current requirements? Thanks. Sportster 33.6 faxmodem Motorola ModemSurfer 33.6 -nick

21 years, 8 months

OT Re: Naming Computers (strategy, and WHY)

by xds_sigma7＠hotmail.com

>Questionable taste! > >There, *now* we've hit bottom. :-) Well the taste, according to various women I've talked to, depends somewhat on what you eat.. And some of them like the taste... Heh *puts away shovel after digging past the bottom* Will J _________________________________________________________________ Unlimited Internet access -- and 2 months free! Try MSN. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/2monthsfree.asp

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test-drb October 2002