test-drb February 2002

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Question for Tony or other Old-Chip Wizzards

by sipke＠wxs.nl

The 2147 that I thought I still had turned out to be MB2149-45 (Fujitsu). I vaguely recall that they are indeed compatible with the 2147 but their pin-outs are mirrored The datecode = 8204 45 = 450ns accesstime Can you confirm this (I can't find the databook right now) Regards, Sipke de Wal ---------------------------------------------------

23 years, 1 month

Rush! ( was: RE: Once in a Lifetime, Twice in Forever)

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On February 25, Doc wrote: > The last time I saw them was in Lubbock in '92?, the tour with the 30' > bunny-rabbits on stage. The 5'2" teenybopper next to me, a total > stranger, spent the entire show standing tippy-toe on my motorcycle > helmet. One of the best rock shows I've seen since Black Oak Arkansas > broke up. Ahh, the Presto tour. I caught that one a couple of times. Was the 5'2" teenybopper cute? -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

23 years, 1 month

BBC story: Computer Dumping 'polluting Asia'

by PasserM＠umkc.edu

Saw a referemce to this BBC story on Slashdot about China's problem dealing with old computers dumped there: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1839000/1839997.stm

23 years, 1 month

Magnetic media and mold cleanup

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> Does anyone know of a way to remove the mold that won't damage the > magnetic media? Also, does anyone remember the trick to opening the > shutter on these 8" cartridges? For floppies, I just break 'em open any way I can, and then use bare, clean hands with dish detergent. Let dry on a lint-free rag and you're through. For 9-track magtapes that had either mold or lichens growing (after a flood), I unspooled and manually cleaned about 100 feet of the tape using Formula 409. The tape was subsequently readable, recovering 100% of the data and programs on the last night my Prime was still operational; however, I was using my previously-discussed "wet read" technique. Regards, -dq

23 years, 1 month

Rush! ( was: RE: Once in a Lifetime, Twice in Forever)

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On February 25, David Woyciesjes wrote: > 'Rush' is for up-tempo rock, Great programming music. > "Power Windows" is a good album to start with. > Their lyrics are written by the drummer, if that's any > indication. Ahh yes, Rush is my all-time favorite band. Wonderful stuff! -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

23 years, 1 month

Rush! ( was: RE: Once in a Lifetime, Twice in Forever)

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

> From: John Allain > > > For the others of us who may also lead sheltered > > lives, he's the lead vocal and Bass for Rush, the > > rock band. > > 'Rush' is for up-tempo rock, Great programming music. > "Power Windows" is a good album to start with. > Their lyrics are written by the drummer, if that's any > indication. > This may not help my argument here, but the cover art > from PW was used on one of those High Falutin' think > tank magazines recently, Wilson Quarterly IIRC, even > though the album was made nearly 20 years ago. > > John A. ---- Hmmm... Being quite the Rush fan (waiting for them to finish the albumn, and come around on tour!), I have to politely disagree with the Power Windows recommendation. My suggestion is to buy the Chronicles 2 CD set. It's probably on tape too, maybe even vinyl! You should be able to find it used. It covers Rush's first 20 years, and the style changes they've went through. If not that, I would recommend Rush (first albumn) for good classic rock, or Roll The Bones and Test For Echo for more modern rock. --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 90581 Mac OS X 10.1.2 - Darwin Kernel Version 5.2: Fri Dec 7 21:39:35 PST 2001 Running since 01/22/2002 without a crash

23 years, 1 month

Packing materials

by Mzthompson＠aol.com

On Sun, 24 Feb 2002, Paxton <Innfogra(a)aol.com> wrote: > I should also mention The US Postal Service. If you ship Priority or Express > Mail they will give you boxes, tape and labels. Not only will they give you the boxes and other supplies, they will deliver the stuff to you. You can go to the PO and get an order form, fill it out, and mail it (postage paid). You can also go to www.usps.com or call their 800 number. The minimum order for most boxes is 1 bundle of 25 boxes. There is also a minimum on some other items. All this is listed on the form. IIRC, they send you a letter asking you to estimate future needs and also ask you to verify that you intend to use the stuff for its intended purpose. Yeah, right, like I intended to use them for my bottlecap collection. ;) So if you're constantly sending your small stuff to other packrats^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H collectors on this list, this may be a way to go. Probably as close to a free lunch as you can get these days. Mike

23 years, 1 month

10BaseT Friendlynet media adapter

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>Anyone one in NJ care for 2 Asante FN10TA (free)? I bid on 2 EN/SC 10T >and they shipped the wrong stuff. They've said I could keep it and I'm >hoping they'll find the EN/SC's. If no one else wants them, I'll take them (I have an extra or two right now, so if someone else wants them, give them first dibs) I'm in Ridgewood (North-East NJ) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years, 1 month

MicroVAX 4000/VLC

by mbg＠TheWorld.com

> I've sort of been wondering, since we're on AXP anyway, is anybody at > all still running Tru64 or NT on Alpha? > Everyone I know who owns AXP runs either *BSD or Linux or OpenVMS, > including me. NetBSD flat screams on the LX164. I have a PWS500a with 3x4Gb disks ... two are dedicated to Linux and one is Tru64... I can boot whichever I want whenever. My other alpha is an AXPpci33 166Mhz CPU overclocked to 200Mhz, rock solid and running Linux (working on getting RHL7.2 on it to do some testing) Megan Gentry Former RT-11 Developer +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Megan Gentry, EMT/B, PP-ASEL | Internet (work): gentry!zk3.dec.com | | Unix Support Engineering Group | (home): mbg!world.std.com | | Compaq Computer Corporation | addresses need '@' in place of '!' | | 110 Spitbrook Rd. ZK03-2/T43 | URL: http://world.std.com/~mbg/ | | Nashua, NH 03062 | "pdp-11 programmer - some assembler | | (603) 884 1055 | required." - mbg KB1FCA | +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

23 years, 1 month

OT: HP 9Track questions

by g＠kurico.com

Does anyone know the differences between the 7980S and the 88780A 9track tape drives? If you could only have one, which one would you keep? George

23 years, 1 month

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