test-drb October 2002

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654 discussions

by foo＠siconic.com

So, does anyone know what ever happend to Richard Erlacher? Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org * Old computing resources for business and academia at www.VintageTech.com *

22 years, 2 months

Paperwork to move classiccmps from .ca to .us?

by classiccmp＠crash.com

Why do now what you can put off until the last minute... A gentleman in Canada has some hardware that he's willing to give me (old computers in questionable state). Thing is, neither one of us is sure if there's any paperwork required to bring these boxes over the border. He's even willing to deliver, but not without any necessary paperwork. Can anybody fill me in on what would be required? Would working versus non-working make a difference? It's close to 15 years old if that matters... Thanks, --Steve. smj(a)spamfree.crash.com

22 years, 2 months

BSD 2.9

by pat＠purdueriots.com

Does anyone know where I could find a distribution of BSD 2.9 that I could install on my PDP-11/23. Also, will it work with just a 'TU58' (or possibly two) - I should hopefully have a working emulator by the end of the week - and 32kW of ram? I don't need it to do much - I'd just like to have something set up to play with a little. Thanks! Pat -- "This fucking university has shown time and time again that it is completely fucking incompetent when it comes to employing technology" -- Anonymous http://dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/images/dilbert2040637020924.gif

22 years, 2 months

DEC SDI Drives

by vance＠neurotica.com

Does anyone have any DEC RA7X drives they would be willing to let go real cheap? Size doesn't really matter all that much. Peace... Sridhar

22 years, 2 months

Stuff on ebay

by dwightk.elvey＠amd.com

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2057697313 Ok, the price is high but this is surely a one of a kind. Dwight

22 years, 2 months

Quite OT : Im looking for 168pin 3.3v edo 2k refresh dimms - anyone?

by altertech＠blueyonder.co.uk

At 04:57 PM 10/13/02, you wrote: >The dimm must be 2k refresh. I dont wanna spend a lot on this. It is. >Its for a StarMAX 4000/160. I bought the box ram-less for $10CAN and now I >learn it might not roll OS8 but just 7.5....it might just be thrashed... It will run any OS from 7.5.3 through 9.1. See http://www.lowendmac.com/moto/4000.shtml >this would be my fastest mac in my "home-network" , replacing an old and >slow 6100/60... I know the feeling. Apart from the compact macs in my collection, I've got two powermacs on my lan. A dual 233MHz 604e running 9.1 and a 7300/166 running Yellow Dog Linux. >Think of what you might want (small item) in a trade for this... I don't know. An accelerator or Z80 card for an Apple II? Stuff for a TRS80 model 1 or 100? A NIC for a C64 (joking!)? Most of my stuff is 1980s or there abouts, space is at a premium in London so I don't have room for any of the bigger, older kit. Mail me off list with an offer of whatever you feel is appropriate. Best Regards Rob

22 years, 2 months

Erikb has been found

by roosmcd＠dds.nl

Hello, Erikb has already been contacted. Thanks! greetings, Michiel

22 years, 2 months

Fortune 32:16 (was: Amusing book cover)

by fmc＠reanimators.org

John Lawson wrote: > On 13 Oct 2002, Frank McConnell wrote: > > What's so amusing? The cover photograph is of a Fortune 32:16, and > > placed to the left of the title and blurb "An Insider's Advice on How > > You Can Earn Thousands of Extra Dollars". What I found amusing was the placement of a computer made by a company named "Fortune" next to those words. Not because of any particular failings of the company or its hardware. > Actually a similar thing went on with Molecular - which I thought were > quite advanced machines for the time. We sold several of them, got Molecular apparently did build some interesting machines, multiprocessor Z80 systems which were connected to an in-the-box CSMA/CD bus for communication with the computer that had disks attached. Haven't seen one but have heard about it from some folks I work with who used to work for Molecular or with their systems. > It was such a snazzy name: Fortune 32:16. A business name - substantial, > executive - not like having Fruit on your desk... or a business computer > touted by... Charlie Chaplin???? Puh-leeeze! Also a good way for one executive to tell his peers and underlings how much he could blow on a desk ornament. -Frank McConnell

22 years, 2 months

Contacting erikb@cyberspace.org

by roosmcd＠dds.nl

Hello Erik, Your e-mail address "erikb(a)cyberspace.org" doesn't exist according to my server. Please let me know the correct address, so I can reply. greetings, Michiel ps. (almost) old-computer-related bit: I just got a Jamma-converter for CD-i players complete with snackbar-type quiz game. The questions are in German, but it's still great fun to play; especially since you get credits by just pressing a button instead of throwing money into the machine...

22 years, 2 months

Favorite terminal

by mtapley＠swri.edu

>From: emanuel stiebler <emu(a)ecubics.com> >what is THE favorite terminal you folks here use ? Textronix 4025. No color, but nice graphics, macros, screen scrollback, contained a Z-80 (or 2?) and 64k RAM back when that was actually an OK computer system. Intuitive graphics language. Very nice physically. Loved it. Can't find one, now... - Mark

22 years, 2 months

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