test-drb October 2002

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Avail: Bull Gamma 115 (1968); IBM 3803; IBM 4361-6; IBM 3705-80 .. in Hungary

by xds_sigma7＠hotmail.com

Well if you had a 3420 and no controller, you'd be quite happy to find it... Hell I'd drive to NJ for skins for my 4381, 3880, and 3380.. MOTHERF**KING Consolidated Freight! Sorry, rant has reached termination point, Abort, Retry, Fail? Will J _________________________________________________________________ Get faster connections -- switch to MSN Internet Access! http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/default.asp

22 years, 2 months

Avail: Bull Gamma 115 (1968); IBM 3803; IBM 4361-6; IBM 3705-80 .. in Hungary

by xds_sigma7＠hotmail.com

Umm isn't the 3705 just a communications front-end processor? If you want a 3725, one of the yards out here in CO has one... Have a Ramtek too, and an HSC-50, both of which are rusty as hell... The 3725 has probably only been there about a year or so. Will J _________________________________________________________________ Get a speedy connection with MSN Broadband. Join now! http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/freeactivation.asp

22 years, 2 months

[OT] paper on Retro ?

by foxvideo＠wincom.net

At 05:08 PM 17/10/2002 +0200, you wrote: >All, > >Today I got a call from one of Holland's major daily newspapers (for >those >of you who are curious: its the NRC Handelsblad). They asked me if I >were >willing to write them a feature article on "Retro computing: strange >people, >or a necessity for the future?". This (working) title is mine; what >they >mean is: are we just being weird geeks, or is preserving the computing >past >something required for future generations to understand the world in >which >they live, and how things got to be that way? > >I have done books and various articles in papers before, but I do feel a >little uncomfortable writing about things I have been involved in for >only >about 5 years or so. > >Any suggestions here? > >[the answer, by the way, is: "yes, we're weird. so deal with it."] > >Cheers, > Fred Hi, Fred: The particular reason that I think old computers (hardware, software, and documentation,)should be preserved is that the field is changing so fast when compared with any other technology that one can think of. Railroading? Fifty year old locomotives are still in use. Automobiles? About the only recent changes are emission standards. Even electronics is not changing that fast, but if your computer is more than a year old, you are no longer"state of the art". On this basis, preserving a ten year old computer is about equivalent to restoring a 100 year old locomotive or a 75 year old car. (And cheaper too.) Cheers Charlie Fox Charles E. Fox Video Production 793 Argyle Rd. Windsor Ontario Canada N8Y 3J8 519-254-4991 foxvideo(a)wincom.net Check out the "Camcorder Kindergarten" at http://chasfoxvideo.com

22 years, 2 months

Reading HP series 80 ROMs

by gil＠vauxelectronics.com

Hi folks: I am forwarding this on behalf of John Shadbolt, a buddy of mine who is not on this list -- he describes below a technique for reading HP-85 roms, for burning into eproms, which can then run from the prog-rom card. gil >From: john_shadbolt(a)talk21.com >To: gil(a)vauxelectronics.com >Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 09:54:03 GMT+01:00 >Subject: Reading HP series 80 ROMs > >Gil, > >Here is the procedure I used, please post this 'as is' onto cctalk, including my spam proof e-mail & web site address: > > >Reading HP Series 80 ROMs >========================= >Here are the steps. > >You need: > >HP series 80 machine with Assembler ROM or EPROM :-), a serial adapter, a PC. I have performed the following on my HP-85, I assume this will work on a 86/87/9915. > >1. Determine the ROM number for the ROM. You may have this anyway (as it is used for error messages). For example my guess for the HP 85 EMS ROM is that it is 317 octal / 207 decimal (the same as for the HP 87 EMS ROM which I do have). To check run the command: > >MEM 60000:207,2 > >This should display >317 061 > >If not then you need to try other numbers in the MEM command from 1 to 254 (eg usng a FOR / NEXT loop) until you have found all the ROMs on the system (the Assembler ROM is 40 decimal). The first two bytes of the ROM are the ROM number followed by the complement of the ROM number. > >2. Connect up a PC to the serial port and capture the output from the HP 85. > >3. CRT IS 10 - to redirect output to PC. > >4. MEM 60000:207,20000 > >This dumps 8192 bytes + text to the PC. Then send me the file on e-mail (john_shadboltREMOVETHISBIT(a)talk21.com) and I will run a conversion program to make it into binary, I can then send you the binary + Intel hex file version to blow onto a 2764 EPROM. > >5. To use the EPROM the Programmable ROM module and also I assume the 9915 carrier has to have switches set to show the ROM number. > >I will publish all ROM listings on my website: > >http://www.vintagecomputers.freeserve.co.uk/hp80/ > >Regards, >John > ;----------------------------------------------------------- ; vaux electronics, inc. 480-354-5556 ; http://www.vauxelectronics.com (fax: 480-354-5558) ;-----------------------------------------------------------

22 years, 2 months

Selling old(er) computers in NJ

by cb＠mythtech.net

I'm having a garage sale this weekend in Northern NJ. I will be selling off most all of my 486 and earlier systems. Now I know this isn't of too much interest to people here... BUT, I will also have available the 4 IBM System 23's that I have yet to unload (not do to lack of interest, but due to lack of my ability right now to ship). As well I will probably have some other odds and ends of older machines and equipment. (ATs, and similar, dot matrix printers, a few laser printers,... I have to see what all I have). I may also have some older Macs (all 68k, most 030 or lower), I have to see what I have that I don't currently have a use for, and can bear to part with (I might have enough Mac Pluses and SEs to unload a few, if I can bring myself to doing so). I'm not expecting to get much for the PCs (if anything, really I am putting them on the lawn to see what I get before they are stripped down and thrown out), but I would like to get something for things like the IBM System 23's. There will also be some older A/V equipment, but the only stuff probably of interest here would be some 3/4" Umatic VCRs, the rest is just older amps, tape decks, and TVs, nothing fancy. And of course some of your normal garage sale fodder (I'm bringing some junk over from my house as well). If anyone is in my area and wants to stop by, let me know, I'll give you directions. Its in Ridgewood on Franklin Turnpike on the front lawn of my office (as well as some inside, we have odds and ends of office equipment to unload, and I don't feel like dragging it all outside) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 2 months

Reading old disks on Linux

by cpg＠aladdin.de

On 10/16/2002 08:05:04 PM EST Patrick Finnegan wrote: > >Granted. I was just speaking of the type of 'automatic determination' >that Teledisk does - my primary goal would be to create a replacement for >Teledisk that runs on linux (and *BSD, eventually). Mentioning *BSD, I made a patch to NetBSD to support different disk formats (MFM only, similar to Linux fdutils). go to http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=15199 if you're interested... regards, chris

22 years, 2 months

HP 9915 keyboard (PN 98155)

by gil＠vauxelectronics.com

Hi Joe: Thanks for peeking in your keyboard again -- it seems you may have the only one out there. gil At 07:01 PM 10/14/02, you wrote: > I opened up my keyboard and traced out the circuits again today. I HOPE this is right, I haven't double checked it. Everything in caps is as it appears on the keyboard. Names that are too long are abbreviated and shown in lower case. A list of the abbreviations and their meanings is also shown below. > > >pin 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 >2 nu kl K1 K2 K3 K4 ^ da >3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 >4 Q W E R T Y U I >5 A S D F G H J K >6 sb Z X C V B N M >13 nu nu -l da -CHAR REP -> <- >12 nu RESET bs nu = - 0 9 >11 nu nu nu sca ) ( P O >10 nu nu nu nu el ' ; L >9 nu nu nu RUN PAUSE ? > < > > > >Abbreviations: >nu = not used >da = down arrow (up and down arrow are used to recall previous commands and for editing)(I just noticed that I have this listed twice so there's probably an error there somewhere). >k1 = Key Label >el = End Line (this is what HP uses for carriage return/Enter) >sb = space bar >bs = Back Space >-l = -Line (erases the entire line) >sca = Scratch (erases all memory, just variables, etc depoending on what argument you give it) > >Notes: The K keys are programable function keys. K5 through K8 are K1 through K4 shifted. You can assign programs or functions to these keys and use the Control input lines to trigger the program or function. >The -Char key erases one character at a time. >the REP key toggles between the insert and replace modes. > > There are a few more keys that don't fit into a matrix. Here's a list of them and the two pins that they connect to: > > Both SHIFT keys are tied together in parallel and connct to pins 18 and 7. > There is a 8 Ohm .2Watt speaker inside. It connects to pins 25 and 7. > CNTL key connects to pins 23 and 7. > CAPS LOCK key connects to pins 24 and 7. > > I'll try to photograph the keyboard and post the picture tomorrow so that you can see what the layout and key legends and shifted legends are. > > > > > > ;----------------------------------------------------------- ; vaux electronics, inc. 480-354-5556 ; http://www.vauxelectronics.com (fax: 480-354-5558) ;-----------------------------------------------------------

22 years, 2 months

FS or FT - Bare Cromemco System Three

by SecretaryBird＠SoftHome.net

I still have that stripped down Cromemco System Three taking up space here and serving as a shin-bruising hazard in my living room, if anyone in the Pacific Northwest is interested. All it has is a pair of 8 inch floppy drives. I'm open to reasonable offers on this (not sure what would be considered reasonable, truth to tell). Cash is always good, but a trade would be nice as well. I would especially be interested in getting a Commodore PET (the type with the full keyboard instead of the chicklet keyboard, and perhaps a disk drive). The only catch is you would have to come pick it up, as I still do not have a working vehicle to deliver it myself. Any takers? -- Scarletdown

22 years, 2 months

Location of Cromemco System One Revealed

by SecretaryBird＠SoftHome.net

I finally heard back from someone at my unit on the location of that Cromemco System One and Hard Drive. I was told that it went to Re-PC in Seattle (I'm assuming that they didn't mean the one in Tukwila). So hopefully, some collector in this area can find it and score it cheap. I had my shot at it earlier in the month and blew it. Live and learn, I guess. I simply didn't have enough information to go on when deciding what pieces to bring home. There should also be a System Two there as well, since there were two of them, and I only took one. Happy hunting! -- Scarletdown

22 years, 2 months

HP ThinkJet 2225P

by BNELSON＠nwtel.ca

Tony: Its parrallel NOT (HP1B=GP-1B=IEEE488) Let me know if you find the info on the interface pinout. I have one with the same problem no printer cable for it? Please send info to wnelson(a)yt.sympatico.ca and bnelson(a)nwtel.ca Thanks Bill PS have infot for IBM & Centronics if you need it

22 years, 2 months

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test-drb October 2002