test-drb February 2002

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by mythtech＠Mac.com

>I've come up against a few companies that do that. It's the reason I'll >no longer consider Sharp products, for example. Odd... here in the States, Sharp will deal directly to the public... you don't even have to go thru a reseller (I have actually picked up Sharp parts by driving up the road to the Sharp factory and just walked in... I got a bunch of drive tires that way). Unless their policy has changed in the last 5 or 6 years (last sharp part I bought was a remote for a TV about 6 years ago). >Hmmm... Is there a PAL equivalent to this deck? Don't know... I'm not even sure how to check, as the TV/VCRs are OEM'd by Funai, but sold under the name Symphonic, and there is almost no info about them on the company web site (too old I guess) >There are also sets of felt washers available to >be used to rebuild worn-out VCR clutches if it's that type of device. Or >can you do the old kludgers trick of turning the friction washer over or >something? They are felt clutches... and I tried rebuilding them with new felts... no luck... I couldn't seem to get it exactly right (never found exactly the right thickness). It always ended up either too little friction and it ate the tape, or too much friction and it stretched the tape. At least the TVs still work fine... so I gave them out to family/friends to use as 13" remote control, cable ready TVs. I still keep my eyes open hoping some day to find a way to get the replacement parts so I can get the VCRs working again. Its actually about time for me to give Funai another call and see if they will sell me parts (I bug them about every 6 months, figure maybe one of these times I'll get someone who doesn't know any better and will sell me the stuff... of course, one of my pit falls is, they will only sell via part number, and the clutches aren't stamped, so they need to look up the part, which keys them off that I am not an authorized repair center, and they nix the order... so I guess if I can just find the part number I might be golden to sneak thru) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 10 months

Once in a Lifetime, Twice in Forever

by Lee.Davison＠merlincommunications.com

but at that precise time something will happen which has not occurred for 1,001 years exept for the time 11:11 11/11 1111. As the clock ticks over from 8.01pm on Wednesday, February 20, time will, for sixty seconds only, read in perfect symmetry 2002, 2002, 2002, or to be more precise - 20:02, 20/02, 2002. and will never happen again. exept for the time 21:12 21/12 2112. Lee. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- This email is intended only for the above named addressee(s). The information contained in this email may contain information which is confidential. The views expressed in this email are personal to the sender and do not in any way reflect the views of the company. If you have received this email and you are not a named addressee please delete it from your system and contact Merlin Communications International IT Department on +44 20 7344 5888. ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________

22 years, 10 months

Honeywell 316 Question

by cdl＠proxima.ucsd.edu

> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 21:21:05 -0800 > To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh(a)aracnet.com> > Subject: Re: Honeywell 316 Question > > >I suppose "picked up" was a bit of an understatement. However I don't think > >the reality of the fact that a Honeywell 316 is sitting in my sun room has > >quite sunk in. Thank you for the advice. I will certainly follow it. > > Which brings up the point of what I'm wondering. Just how big is a > Honeywell 316? What peripherals does it support, and what OS's? I'm only > familiar with DPS-6, DPS-8, and DPS-8000 systems, and of those, even the > DPS-6 isn't exactly small. Google is your friend. See < http://users.ids.net/~mikeu/h316/index.shtml > A contemporary of the PDP-11/20. the H-316 was about the same size. 19" rack width, about 30" deep. Somewhat taller, perhaps 8U (14"). carl -- carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego clowenstein(a)ucsd.edu

22 years, 10 months

SCSI Terminator

by vance＠ikickass.org

Anyone know where I can find a VHDCI-68 SCSI terminator in the Tampa Bay area? I need it right away. Peace... Sridhar

22 years, 10 months

OT: Recent Sun acquisition...

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

***Yes, this is off topic, but I know some of you can help a little, off-list that is... Well, I am the proud new owner of a Sun Ultra1 Creator machine ( p/n 600-4385-01). It came with 128 MB of RAM (2 pieces - 501-2480-78431410 and 501-2480-78431417), and a Creator video card. The video card has the 13W3 connector, and looks like a 1/8" jack. No drives included. But then again, what do you expect for $50? Couple quick questions, and yes, I do know about SunSolve online... - The info I found on the Creator card, (501-4127-061144) says the 1/8" jack is stereo. Okay, stereo what? Sound in or out? - I have the Sun/Hitachi 19 inch tube. It's safe to assume that the Creator can handle the weight, and the Hitachi can handle the video output, right? - Apparently, the Creator3D is listed as not supported in NetBSD, and the SBus cgsix is. I assume the Creator I have is lumped with the 3D. I guess I'll yank the video from my 1+ for now. Anybody working on the Creator support? This is my To-Do/To-Get list. Hopefully someone will correct me if I'm wrong, or help out with parts... - Take floppy drive from SPARCstation 1+ - Install CD-ROM, need to find power wire harness (p/n 530-2176) - Need to find speaker and LED wire (p/n 530-2175), or at least a pinout... - Get a fan in the front there by the HDDs... Looks like a wrestling match to get that out. - Wait for the HDD spuds to arrive in the mail... --- 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

22 years, 10 months

OT (kinda) HP Laserjet 2 fonts

by jrasite＠eoni.com

You guys would know if anyone does... Is there any market for used HP Laserjet Font cartridges? I just fell into an apple box full of them and don't know whether to keep, sell or pitch. Jim

22 years, 10 months

OT: cleaning pots on my vintage audio amp

by fernande＠internet1.net

Hello People, I just set up a new shelf unit from InterMetro for my TV and my audio/video system in my living room. My Amp is an old Onkyo from the early 70's. I need to clean the switches and pots. I get reduced sound output occasionally and I can usually fix it by wiggling a few of the switches, so I'm thinking a good cleaning is in order. I tried once before, but used an electrical cleaner, probably not meant for fine electronic use. Also, I didn't remove the faceplate, so I didn't have very good access. What can I buy, hopefully at Radio Shack, that I can clean the switches with? Also, is there some sort of lubricant I should spray into the switches afterwards? I like my audio/video system as it's a mix of new amd old, but I need it to sound good besides look cool! Chad Fernandez Michigan, USA

22 years, 10 months

SPAM - RFC from list admin

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: William Donzelli [mailto:aw288@osfn.org] > about some relatively new Windows bug, slamming AOLers > because they are > such "losers", and pot shots at Bill Gates. There are plenty of other > places to rip these people to shreds. On this list, it is > just plain old > _noise_. I guess I can agree there. The impression I got was that that you'd like not to see any of it. I might even agree with that, but given the topic of the list, it's bound to come up, and that was my point. > > PeeCees (I assume in the IBM sense) older than 10 years, are, > > according to the FAQ, and no matter how much you or I may dislike > > them _on topic machines_ > The term "PeeCee" generally means cheap clone. Real IBMs get better > respect that that. I am talking about crappy 386plus > machines. Talking > about them really dilutes the interest in this list. I agree, except (I'm not good with chronology) that I think some cheap generic 386 clones may be on topic these days. Again, according to what I've read about the topic of this list, they can't be considered off-topic. I don't like them, but I'm sure some people do. > With this argument, almost _anything_ electronic can be > related to classic > computers. You have to draw the line somewhere. Are digital watches Ok, so I was on a roll ;) > included? Microwave ovens? Alarm systems? Radios and Radars? > CD players? > Audio amps? All of these _could_ be called "computers", simply because > they have some sort of analog computation or digital electronics, but > I think that might really be going over the line. Seriously, though, I think at least any digital computer should be considered (and perhaps analog computers). That's personal opinion; take it for what it's worth. I'd also note that I haven't seen any spark computer (as opposed to sparc computer) discussions in the old car threads. > The problem here is that _almost_invariably_ the threads turn > to "Linux is > so great, Windows sucks, I have Linux running on True, though, again, strictly speaking, a thread on the historical ratio of bugs in windows vs. linux may be on topic. > such-and-such Pentium". This, of course, wouldn't. > This is NOT classic computing at this point, and should be moved to an > appropriate forum (and there are several hundred of them, at > least). This True -- the minute you remove the "classic" stuff from the discussion, it becomes off-topic. > is _not_ a Unix sysadmin list. If you want to run Linux on an > old machine > - great (although I don't see why - the fastest way to > cheapen a VAX is > to have it run Unix - personal opinion) - but keep the topic FWIW, I share that particular opinion too. > focussed on the old machine, _not_ the newest version of Linux. Linux > _itself_ is basically off topic, as only a tiny percentage of the talk > about it refers to the early releases. In that sense, yes, but there are plenty of 10+ year old computers that will handle running it, so if the discussion were on how to get one of these computers to talk with linux, I'd consider it on topic. > It just might be common sense, however. I am _not_ saying that these > threads should be nipped off at the bud. If a moderator was > to exercise a > little control when the threads get out of hand, perhaps throwing the > offenders in the "penalty box" for a short amount of time, I'm not a big fan of "penalty boxes," but you're right in saying that it might help. My original beef with the idea was only that the subjects you mentioned as off topic were sometimes very plausibly "dead on." Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

22 years, 10 months

STAPLES STORES WILL TAKE OLD COMPUTERS

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>MCM Electronics, amongst others, carries various clutch felts. I don't thik >it's so much the thickness as the density and possibly some sort of additive >to make them stiff. I have tried MCM (actually, that is my supplier of choice), and using assorted different premade clutches that are similar... as well as just buying assorted felts, and even a clutch rebuild kit (comes with a dozen different felts)... I have just struck out on getting it right. It has gotton to the point that I am not willing to just randomly try parts anymore... I have sunk around $50 into "trying" and struck out... and we are talking about bringing back to life, cheap, low quality, 2 head, mono VCRs... in my book... not worth the continued experimentation costs. When/if I find the correct part... I will buy a dozen of them, and fix the 5 units I have (and keep the others as spares)... but until then... they have been religated to plain old TV duty. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 10 months

Honeywell 316 Question

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> > -----Original Message----- > > From: Douglas Quebbeman [mailto:dhquebbeman@theestopinalgroup.com] > > > My understanding is that it ran a small single-user disk-based OS > > and possibly a realtime OS... Bill Poduska and David Udin & Co. > > worked with these a bit and based the architecture of the first > > Prime Computers on the Honeywell 316. I always assumed that the > > early Prime DOS and RTOS were made to resemble something they'd > > used before (they weren't ready yet for their magnum opus). > > According to what I've read in preparation for picking one up, > later Prime systems also have the instruction set(s) for these > in the core. Oh yeah, they've got the same sector-zero-relative addressing mode; I mostly worked with the later 50-series instruction set, but I did a little disassembly of some older code, and it was an enlightning experience. -dq

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test-drb February 2002