test-drb November 2002

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by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

> By the late '80's it covered most of Western Europe and the States > including non-academic sites. CIX (Compulink Information > Exchange) was > founded in 1987, and Demon Internet in June 1992, both offering public > services in the UK. Demon charged UKP10/month for dialup access. In The Netherlands, Internet (not UUCP, but IP-based service) was simply not affordable until the mid-to-late nineties. Demon, too, started off as an UUCP provider- I worked with Cliff :) A lot of politics were involved too, at least in The Netherlands. Even right now, if you not an organization or a company, you *cannot* get a domain in the .nl space, and several other totally BS rules. (I got my Trailblazer UUCP link straight into the U.S. in 1988, because we were denied a connection by NLnet (aka UUNET aka WorldCom.) For regular people, I doubt one could get a decent and affordable conn in 1992 in the UK, Pete. Thats why Cliff started doing UUCP first :) --fred

21 years, 5 months

Cosmac Elf Lot on Ebay

by truthanl＠oclc.org

I saw this,and am in no way associated with the seller. I thought others might want to peruse: http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=basements ale&include=0&since=-1&sort=3&rows=25 Cleveland OH Sincerely Larry T

21 years, 5 months

OT: _spam_

by Innfogra＠aol.com

In a message dated 11/30/02 9:01:19 AM Pacific Standard Time, Fred.van.Kempen(a)microwalt.nl writes: > I have been checking some dates, and I'm quite sure that someone on > this list isn't for real, but a spam-address-collector instead. If I > post something on this list, I get spam pretty soon thereafter. And > yes, I varied my sender address (a little), and it takes over that > spelling. > > I don't think this is true for me. I use a separate email address for this list, that only is used for this list, and it gets almost no spam at all. I see no differences when I reply to the list. I get no increase of spam that I can detect. Paxton Astoria, OR

21 years, 5 months

Selling it off. What would you keep ?

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

James wrote: > I think my wife says prayers of thanks each day, that I don't > like or collect big iron or mini's. Owww... if you change your mind, I still have a Masscomp 5700 for you... wife can use it for laundry dryer, too ! Seriously.. anyone interested in a Masscomp 5700? Cheers, Fred (trying to make room.. VAXen are trying to assimilate me..)

21 years, 5 months

MicroVAX II

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

>Which connector are you referring to? The KA630 and KA65x both use the >same console bulkhead, and in turn use the same two cables that connect >it. The KA630 and KA65x do of course use different memory boards, but the >ribbon cable that connects them is the same. Those are the only 3 >connectors that I can think of offhand, except for the Q/CD bus >connectors... The over-the-top connector in question is the one used to connect the memory cards to the CPU; sometimes also called the PMI connector. The KA630 one and the KA650 one(s) are different. The KA630 one does have some issue in a KA650 system, but I don't know exactly what the problem is. IIRC the KA630 one has three connectors (two mem boards max) so a four connector one (three memory boards) would be a KA65x one. (I don't have part numbers and a quick google didn't help). This may, of course, have nothing to do with your actual problem. >Well, *none* of the memory boards are faulty :) OK - if you know they work, that's different. >For some reason, they seem to not be getting clean power, so they are not >working properly. I won't know for sure until I get my scope probes, but I >expect to see lots of noise on the power supply output that happens to >power most of the chips on those boards. Antonio

21 years, 5 months

ASR33 - now working

by david_comley＠yahoo.com

Thanks to Tony and Dwight for their advice on repairing my ailing teletype model 33 ASR. It is now functioning correctly. The problem turned out to be the trip lever which had come unseated from its guide, plus a mal-adjusted distributor. The distributor clutch was permanently engaged, not synchronized with the keyboard. Characters printed OK when holding REPT because the keyboard reset concided with the start of the distributor cycle, bringing them both into sync while REPT was held down. I should have realized this before as I watched that distributor whiz round and round... D'oh. Anyway now it runs a lot quieter too and the carriage responds crisply to keystrokes after all that cleaning. Dave __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

21 years, 5 months

Found another Mac mouse

by cb＠mythtech.net

>This is a all beige mouse with a long 9 pin connector. On the connector is >the number KPT-0044J-03 and on the mouse is model A2M4015. Going off the model number, it would seem to be an Apple part. If it is all the same color beige (button isn't a slightly darker color), then I would think it is the original Apple II mouse (which would fit with the model number designator A2M for Apple 2 Mouse). I believe these were used with the Apple IIe (pre IIe Platinum). -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

21 years, 5 months

Cybiko (was Modern replica/implementation of a dumb terminal?)

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Nov 29, 12:33, Brian Chase wrote: > On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, Peter Turnbull wrote: > > After some of the posts here, I'm seriously thinking of getting one. Can > > anyone tell me what the screen resolution is (chars x lines) if I use it as > > a terminal? > > I found a site that offers a VT100 emulator for it. > > The original model (which is now selling for 25$US on Amazon.com), has > the following specs: > > 32bit, 11MHz Hitachi H8S/2246; a 4MHz Amtel AT90S2313; 512KB of RAM, LCD > display of 160x100 pixels, I found that, and also saw in the terminal emulator blurb that there's a choice of fonts including 3x5, 4x6 and 5x7, so it should be able to make a reasonable display, say 40 chars by 16 lines. The software is hardly a VT100 emulation though; it only does clear screen and cursor movements, and none of the other VT100 ops. So far :-) > an RF2915 transceiver, RS232 serial port. The > RF communication specs are that it operates in the frequency of > 902-928MHz. It supports 30 digital channels, with rates of 19200 > bps/channel. The range is 150ft indoors, and 300ft outdoors. It says "up to 150ft". In some places I've been, I bet it would be pushed to manage 150" :-) > And it > mentions a "max on-line Cybiko computers" of 3000 (100 units on each of > 30 channels). My impression that each unit can communicate > simultaneouly with that number of other units. > > This information was found near the end (pg 46 or 47) of their online > guide: http://www.cybiko.com/guide/guide.pdf > > The newer Xtreme (gah!) model has more RAM, a faster main processor, and > a USB port (I don't see an RS232 port mentioned.) > http://www.cybikoxtreme.com/support/specs.asp USB isn't useful to me. None of my SGIs, Suns or older machines support it. BTW, the RRP in the UK is ?29.99 according to Cybiko's online shop. I've seen it for ?26.99 at Jungle, it may be cheaper elsewhere. That includes batteries, charger, RS232 cable, etc, so it's worth buying "on spec" at that price. And the Linux SDK is free, like the Windows one, except it's (the Linux SDK) currently one revision ahead, interestingly. Anyway, I found the terminal emulator. More importantly, I found Asteroids and Colossal Cave ;-) Now I just need Wumpus ;-) http://www.devrs.com/cybiko/download.php -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

21 years, 5 months

Cybiko (was Modern replica/implementation of a dumb terminal?)

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Nov 29, 17:00, Philip Pemberton wrote: > Just out of interest, how many people here over the age of - shall we say > twelve - have got a Cybiko? From the photos I've seen it would make a nice > portable terminal, but it looks a bit "kiddy". Nothing a can of Humbrol > spray-on matt enamel paint and matching varnish wouldn't cure, though. After some of the posts here, I'm seriously thinking of getting one. Can anyone tell me what the screen resolution is (chars x lines) if I use it as a terminal? -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

21 years, 5 months

Shameless eBay Self-Promotion

by jss＠subatomix.com

I'm still unemployed (but hopeful), and last week I spent about $200 on classiccmp gear that I couldn't really afford. I've got to recoup the cost of this or bills don't get paid this month. So I did some housecleaning and put a bunch of items up on eBay. There is some DEC stuff, an HP workstation, and a grab bag of other miscellaneous items: http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=xor-ax-ax In a few days, I'll add more to that list: 2 HP-85s, a couple more DEC boards, and maybe some more cables. -- Jeffrey Sharp

21 years, 5 months

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test-drb November 2002