In a message dated 11/22/2002 2:04:05 PM Eastern Standard Time,
pat(a)purdueriots.com writes:
<< I've got an MCA SVGA-NI Display Adaptor/A sitting here that I'd like to
find display drivers for some OS. Does anyone know where I can find some?
I've found the ADF files, but no drivers for any version of Winderz, or
OS/2 (or XFree86 on linux, but I'm doubtful I'll find anything to work
there).
It's FRU number is 71G4877. >>
That's a plain old server display card, most likely from a 9595 type. Best
you can get is VGA in OS/2. Fairly useless, get XGA-2 instead.
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Hmm, I have an NMOS PACE.. does that count as odd?
Will J
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Hah, I wish I had much info on it.. I pulled it from, of all things, an old
automotive test system... I think the part number is INS8900.. that sounds
right...
Will J
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Mac Haul (& ImageWriters II's available)
I found out yesterday morning just how many Macs will fit in my car.
Here's the list:
Performa 6116CD - 1
Performa 400 - 1
LC475 - 15
LC II - 1
LC - 1
IIsi - 1
IIe - 1 with 2 Disk II's and a couple of separate spares.
SE - 3
Monitors - 14" Color Display - 9, plus one other with the
odd connector for the 6116
ImageWriter II - 5
So what's that? Two dozen machines, 10 monitors, and five printers.
No wonder my car was riding low.
Most of the above was delivered to a private church school last night.
I have a friend whose daughter attends the school, and he maintains their
machines in his spare time. In fact, I doubt the school would have many
computers if it were not for his efforts. So I try to help out some.
All of these came from a local Intel reseller. He has no interest in
Macs and I knew that he had just gotten in several pallets of hardware that
included the above machines. So my friend got the school to approve $50
for me to get as much hardware as I could. I went in and made a deal for
what I could and talked the reseller into donating the rest with a promise
of a letter from the school to cover the donation. In essence, all the
machines you can cram in one car for $50.
There was a gotcha in this of course. I had to take the ImageWriters.
As we were unloading, I gave my friend the option of refusing them. He did.
So I have 5 ImageWriter II's, one is missing a cover.
I would like to get rid of these, so I will make these available to the list.
However, I don't have time right now to either store them or mess with
shipping.
So if you want these, they are available for PICKUP ONLY just south of
Terre Haute, Indiana, USA. The business next to me allows me to fill their
unused dumpster space on Wednesday night just prior to Thursday's pick up.
If you want these they will have to be out of here by next Wednesday,
11/27/02.
Mike Thompson
>Before I got my VAX, it went down because the power supply went out. I
have the print set and the >'Technical Description' document for the
power supply and I am fairly comfortable dealing with this >stuff, but I
am not an expert.
The print sets are already on the web but is there any chance of
scanning
the PSU TD? Yours is the 3rd or 4th VAX-11/750 with potential PSU issues
mentioned here in the last year or so.
>If I attempt to repair the power supply myself, is there anything that
I should avoid doing so I
>don't kill myself?
Keep away from the machine and you'll be safe :-)
Seriously, think about each step you are taking,
don't do anything unless you think you know what you
are doing and why, keep one hand in a pocket or behind your back,
and (most important I guess) make sure there is someone
nearby who knows what you are up to and what to do if they find
you writhing on the ground.
If you post more details about the symptoms (which, if any, lights
come on, what readings you have already taken etc) I expect you'll
find this list full of useful advice.
Antonio
Has there ever been a lawsuit over Microsoft's trademark of the word
"Word" for its word processor that anyone knows of?
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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Hi Don:
Yes! Using the " key for drive-B boot on the Osborne worked.
And this double-density unit booted with my single-density software.
That's the first the machine has booted cp/m. When I try to access drive
A, it sounds like the stepper is constantly driving the head against a
stop. I'll need to check the drive out.
It didn't want to format a disk properly though. Does this mean that a
proper double-density version of cp/m is needed?
I need to get a pc together to run this 22DISK I've been hearing about.
thanks,
gil
At 12:29 PM 11/21/02 -0800, you wrote:
>
>
>On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, gil smith wrote:
>
>The difference between the SD and DD machines is a small daughter card
>that fits between the floppy drive header on the motherboard and the
>ribboncable to the drives. The drives themselves are the same for both
>SD and DD.
>
>You can try to boot from your B drive by depressing right shift and the
>'/" keys. Depressing Return/Enter will return to A boot.
>
> - don
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> > the press misunderstood the Canadian official...
> > saying "What a moron" in reference to George Dubya.
>
> > In some circles up here there is a slang phrase of approval
> > meaning "more on top of it", hipper. I'm sure that's what he
> > meant.
>
> Unclear.
> Is the Canadian Official saying that He himself is a moron,
> so that George Bush is hip by association? Explain.
>
> John A.
>
I think he's saying that instead of "moron" the official may have said "more
on", as in, "that George Bush, he's really 'more on'".
-W
