test-drb February 2002

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293 participants
1043 discussions

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Vintage Computer Festival [mailto:vcf@vintage.org] > I have here an excess NEC MultiSync Color monitor (model > JC-1401P3A) that > is very useful for the vintage microcomputer enthusiast. It I have one of these myself. It works well, though I have trouble getting it to connect to the monitor port of my Amiga 1000. Haven't tried that in a while. Come to think about it, I ought to see if it will attach to the Atari ST. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

22 years, 4 months

Computer Garage Fund Raiser Status

by vcf＠vintage.org

The initial response to the Computer Garage fundraiser has been phenomenal. So far, we've gotten pledges worth $821. We need just $179 and we're at the $1000 goal. The generosity of the pledges received so far is wonderful. People from all over the world have pledged. It's great to see such a strong community spirit. I'm hoping that by the end of today we'll have the $1000 raised, and then we can move on to phase two, which is to get the money into the right places to secure the Computer Garage collection, and then onto phase three which is to move it to Kansas. Thanks very much to all who have pledged to contribute. There is still time to contribute. If you want to use PayPal to contribute, you can send it to <vcf(a)vintage.org>. You can also send a check to: Vintage Computer Festival STCG Fund 1141 Catalina Drive #283 Livermore, California 94550 Please make the check payable to: Vintage Computer Festival. -- 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, 4 months

HP Cxxx drive rails, & moulding plastic

by timwa＠snowgoons.fsnet.co.uk

Tothwolf wrote: > On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Tim wrote: >> I've got an HP C180 and want to fit some more drives, but I'm short of >> the plastic rails you use to fit them. > > What do these look like? I've got piles of rails I'll likely never use, > but I wouldn't know HP rails from another type... As promised, I took a couple of snaps last night with the IndyCam (the only thing that keeps this almost on topic :-). Apologies for the poor quality, but you can't do a lot better with those things <g>: http://213.152.32.6/hp/driverail1.jpg http://213.152.32.6/hp/driverail2.jpg If you do have any to spare which you could sell me, I would of course be eternally grateful... Otherwise, it's off to the railway modelling shop to follow the excellent suggestion of a resin moulding kit! Cheers, Tim. -- Tim Walls at home in Croydon - Reply to tim(a)snowgoons.fsnet.co.uk

22 years, 4 months

Trying to netboot a VAX 6000-300 (6300)

by setala＠elisa.fi

Hi all, I have been trying to netboot a Vax 6300 for a while now. Only succeeded loading netbsd kernel via netbsd mopd, not too much help since netbsd does not support Vax 6000 yet. Another thing what works is "infoserver mopboot". Ultrix 4.5 diskless boot does not work, OpenVMS 7.2 vaxcluster diskless satellite boot does not work. My Microvax 3100 and 3400 work fine on both cases. I've pulled out all extra processors and interfaces, only ethernet left. --clip--(So here's the Infoserver mopboot image which loads from OpenVMS 7.2 vaxcluster) >>> B/R5:100/X:D/B:6 ET0 Initializing system. F E D C B A 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 NODE # A A . . M M M . . . . . . P TYP o o . . + + + . . . . . . + STF . . . . . . . . . . . . . B BPD . . . . . . . . . . . . . + ETF . . . . . . . . . . . . . B BPD . . . . . . . . . + . . . . + . XBI D + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + . XBI E + . . . . B1 A2 A1 . . . . . . . ILV . . . . 32 32 32 . . . . . . . 96 Mb ROM = 6.0 EEPROM = 2.0/6.0 SN = GA92000372 Loading system software. Filename: ISL_LVAX_072.SYS The filename for NICDrom MOP boot is: ISL_LVAX_072.SYS * Passing control to transfer address Network Initial System Load Function Version 1.2 FUNCTION FUNCTION ID 1 - Display Menu 2 - Help 3 - Choose Service 4 - Select Options 5 - Stop Enter a function ID value: --clip-- (earlier try with VMS, the same problem happens with Ultrix 4.5) >>> SHOW BOOT DEFAULT /XMI:E /BI:6 MUA6 KOE /XMI:D /BI:6 ET0 >>> BOOT KOE Initializing system. F E D C B A 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 NODE # A A . . M M M . . . . P P P TYP o o . . + + + . . . . + + + STF . . . . . . . . . . . E E B BPD . . . . . . . . . . . + + + ETF . . . . . . . . . . . E E B BPD . . . . . . . . . + . . . . + . XBI D + . . . . . . . . . + . + . . + . XBI E + . . . . B1 A2 A1 . . . . . . . ILV . . . . 32 32 32 . . . . . . . 96 Mb ROM = 6.0 EEPROM = 2.0/6.0 SN = GA92000372 ?2D For Secondary Processor 2 ?59 System serial number mismatch. Secondary processor has GA82000002 ?2D For Secondary Processor 3 ?59 System serial number mismatch. Secondary processor has GA82000002 Loading system software. * Passing control to transfer address Any suggestions? Thanks. --Saku Setala saku.setala(a)kolumbus.fi

22 years, 4 months

Not As OT As Driving Rants....

by doc＠mdrconsult.com

But still a couple of years "green". I found a copy of Yggdrasil Plug-n-Play Linux today, the User's Manual, CD & boot floppy. It's the Summer '94 edition; Linux v1.1. I've been looking through the HCL (so I can install it, of course!) and IDE/ATAPI CD-ROMs aren't even mentioned. Neither are any of the graphics adapters I own. Although I think the ET6000 will pretend to be an ET4k. But this bloat-hog demands 4M RAM and at least 3M diskspace, recommended 300M. This might get hairy... Doc

22 years, 4 months

Bering HP-IB disk drive?

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

Is anyone familar with the Bering HP-IB disk drives? I found one that looks like it uses the 8" Bernoulli cartridges. Joe

22 years, 4 months

STAPLES STORES WILL TAKE OLD COMPUTERS

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>I went to their web site and searched for all stores in and around >Houston within 100 miles and got zero hits? There are NONE in Houston or the surrounding 100 miles?!? Man... I have 2 in Paramus and 1 in Ramsey... all within 5 minutes of each other! And other 3 more that I can think of within a 15-20 minute drive. You poor Texans must feel left out (now I see why my mother left TX and came to NJ) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 4 months

KeyStone 3 for 2

by krissyburke＠keystonelearning.com

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22 years, 4 months

SPAM - RFC from list admin

by steven_j_robertson＠hotmail.com

>Jay West wrote: > > I have noticed a few pieces of spam lately on the list. Our mail server > checks all the normal relaying databases, so that has kept most of the spam > out for ages. However, now a few have trickled in and it bugs me a bit. In > the past it has been suggested that the list be closed - ie. only > subscribers could post to the list. I have always avoided that because > fairly frequently someone will post from a non-subscriber that they have > equipment available, and I don't want to take that opportunity away from the > list. I see two options: > > 1) I can close the list from non-subscriber posts > or perhaps > 2) I can require non-subscriber posts be approved before I send them to the > list > > I would prefer to do number 2 above. However, this does give me the ability > to occasionally see available equipment before the rest of the list. Of > course I wouldn't abuse this, but - I don't even want that perception. > So.... advice please? > > Regards, > > Jay Wests Frankly, I'm getting tired of the off topic posts, the spam, and the other trivial BS that is being posted. IMHO, the list should be moderated. If that means that you'd have first shot at some really cool gear... So be it. That's one of the reward's for hosting the list. My $.02 SteveRob _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

22 years, 4 months

Radio Shack (Was: STAPLES STORES WILL TAKE OLD COMPUTERS)

by mythtech＠Mac.com

The one nearest me is so bad... >1. You learn that the Radio Shack slogan, "you've got questions, we've got >answers"' is true. They have answers alright, it just may not be the right >ones! They don't have answers... their conversation skills are limited to chatting with other clerks, or trying to explain to me why I should drop my cell phone plan, and sign a contract with them. >2. The people that work there think you are trying to contact someone from >Mars or outer space, with all the cables, adapters, connectors, etc., that >you buy there every week. They don't know what any of them do... nor where (or what) Mars is. >3. You think of opening your own store, because with a name like Radio >Shack, they ought to sell lots and lots of amateur radio equipment. Nah... then I would be forced to employee morons. Oh wait... I do that now anyway. >4. You know your way around the store better than the employees that work >there. That is a given... and god forbid one of them TRIES to help... I end up wasting more time trying to explain that I don't need what they are saying, I know what I am looking for, get away (and NO I don't want a freaking cell phone from you!) >5. You spend so much time and money driving there, you think of buying one >of everything. The only reason I still go is because I am too impatient to wait 3 days for parts to be shipped to me (that and most dealers have a $25 or so min order... when all I need 99 cents of resistors) >6. The people who work there think you own one heck of a radio station, (in >a way it might be a little truth to that), or you're trying to build a bomb. And god forbid you try to purchase a portable auto dialer... if they think everyone makes red boxes out of them... WHY do they continue to sell them?!? (although, I'm not sure I have seen them recently... but now they have mini digital audio recorders... which are even easier to turn into all sorts of cool fun toys.) >7. You realize you know more about electronics and computers than they do. I think we have already established that cats know more about electronics and computers than any run of the mill clerk does. >8. You spend more money in a week at Radio Shack than you do on food. Humm... not recently, but I can think of a time in my life when I did (now I spend more on old computers, or odd Mac parts) >9. You know everyone who works there by their first name. Nope, that would require looking at them... only one clerk is worthy of looking at... and only because she is REALLY REALLY attractive (but once she starts pushing those cell phones... I want to choke her too) >10. You have your own private parking spot there. Its in a mall, so no luck on that one >11. When they call you for a stocking item because they are out. They can't call me... I still give them my parents info when they ask my name, phone number, address, zodiac sign, favorite color, and pets names just so I can buy a freaking battery.... and NO, I do NOT want a cell phone!!! -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 4 months

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test-drb February 2002