test-drb February 2002

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1043 discussions

by Huw.Davies＠kerberos.davies.net.au

At 11:55 AM 17/02/2002 -0500, Pat Finnegan wrote: >After cleaning, same problem. Now, when I try to copy data off the tape >using "COPY MUA0 NEWS.TAR", VMS gives me these errors: > >%COPY-E-READERR, error reading _MUA0:[].; >-RMS-F-RER, file read error >-SYSTEM-W-DATAOVER, data overrun >%COPY-W-NOTCMPLT, _MUA0:[].; not completely copied > >when I use dump, like "DUMP MUA0 /OUT=NEWS.DMP", it works just perfectly >fine, which leads me to believe it might be a VMS problem. Prior to now, >I was able to copy straight from the foreign mounted volume OK, but now >it's not working at all, even after I power-cycled the drive and the vax. > >Help? I'm assuming from the file name that the tape contains a Unix tar file. If this is so, there are at least two "native" VMS programs designed to read tar files. One is tar2vms (with it's partner vms2tar) which I've used many times to read Unix tar tapes. A quick web search should find a copy nearby. Huw Davies | e-mail: Huw.Davies(a)kerberos.davies.net.au | "If God had wanted soccer played in the | air, the sky would be painted green"

22 years, 5 months

OT: cleaning pots on my vintage audio amp

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

> From: Chad Fernandez <fernande(a)internet1.net> > All my stuff is solid state, no tubes. I don't have anything that is > truly worth a lot, I don't think. I'd just like to have consistant > sound. Where's Tony, on this? In England, I expect ;>) Chad -- I smoke, and although it has never bothered my computers the smoke bugs the shit out of my audio gear. Every couple of months I take my main amp and mixer apart and spray a lot of plain old tuner cleaner into the switches and pots. Then I pull *all* the plugs and spray tuner cleaner all over them and into *all* the jacks. Then I wiggle everything around a lot and the problems go away -- for a couple of months. BTW I probably don't need to tell you this but make sure the fluid has evaporated before powering anything up. Glen 0/0

22 years, 5 months

Some nice IBM finds

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

Yesterday at Goodwill I found a PowerServer 350 and 370; a PowerStation 340 for $12.99 each. Have not tested them yet but all were full of memory and not stripped of parts that I could tell. They also had a TI 99 color monitor but it needed some work for $6.99. There were also about 10 external SCSI tape units with no names on them, so I just purchased one at $9.99.

22 years, 6 months

Looking for sparcbook2 batterys, info

by rschaefe＠gcfn.org

Hi all! I'm in need of batteries for a sparcbook2, even if they don't hold a charge. Also, does anyone know the extent of the Y2k problems? Are they just generic OS problems (SunOS 4.1.2B1) or are there firmware problems too? Thanks! Bob

22 years, 6 months

Xerox 820 boot media

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

> From: Chris Craft <ccraft(a)springsips.com> > Sun workstations, Kaypro IV, Xerox 820 (does anyone have 8" boot media for > this thing?) I believe I have 8" boot disks for this critter (thanks, Joe) but currently have no way to copy them or to verify their condition. If you'll pay round-trip postage and SWEAR to return them, I'll be happy to lend them to you. They're at my shop, & I'm at home, so I'll check it out tomorrow and let you know exactly what's there. Glen 0/0

22 years, 6 months

Destructive charities (was: STAPLES STORES...)

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>If these computers were still useful and interesting, they wouldn't be >candidates for the crusher. Likewise, if there were any real value in those >cars to which you refer, someone would figure out a way to profit from them. >If they look good, it's probably the typcial "appearance over substance." That is SO not true. (was this flame bait? did I just fall for it?!?) For instance, there is a perfectly good, running 1992 Toyota Celica sitting in my fire department lot waiting for us to tear it apart. It runs, fine... the only thing wrong with it is the catalytic converter is bad so it fails emissions testing during inspection. The owner used that as an excuse to buy a new car, and donated this one to us. Book value, $4,000. We will be tearing it to shreds Wednesday and then our scrapper will haul it off to his yard on a flat bed. So no... just because it has real value, doesn't mean it will be used for that value. Frankly, I am a little amazed you can participate on a list like this and NOT have an intimate understanding of how many perfectly usable computers are sent to the junk yard all the time. (I have a garage full of working LC5xx macs that are being cleaned up and given to people that can't afford a computer... they were all pulled from a school dumpster... if they hadn't been pulled out by a wise computer enthusiast, they would be in a land fill by now) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 6 months

OT Mothers (was Re: Dumpster in the alley, Part II)

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

> From: bill pointon <wpointon(a)earthlink.net> > wasnt dumpster in the alley part II on that mothers bootleg album from > 69 -- i think they played it at their boston tea party gig in spring of > 70 but i may not be remembering correctly -- thanks -- billp Could you be referring to "Wino Man" from the bootleg "Freaks & Motherfu#@%!" which was recorded (poorly) at the Fillmore East in '70, released on vinyl in '82, and re-released in '91 on Rhino's FOO-EEE label? Glen 0/0

22 years, 6 months

Bondwell B310Plus

by dorchard＠tconl.com

I was preparing to throw these out but thought someone else out there might have some fun with them. I have two (2) Bondwell B310 Plus notebooks with power converters, three (3) batteries between the two of them and one charging unit. They are 286's with 1MB of ram and 40MB hard drives. Both have small issue with the contrast controls causing problems when you try to make adjustments and one is in need of either a new floppy drive or at the least some TLC. They are also in need of OS's. They are free to a good home but you have to pick up the shipping.

22 years, 6 months

Win 3.10 (was: Old HP scanner

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

> From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) <cisin(a)xenosoft.com> > The primary design goal of Windoze 3.10 was to get rid of the > multitudinous UAEs ("Unexpected Application Error"s) > > To some extent, they succeeded. (Now they were EXPECTED.) > > > For the difference between 3.10 and 3.11, use the built-in calculator > accessory to subtract 3.10 from 3.11. What do you get? IIRC the reason we did the "upgrade" was that Win 3.0 didn't support TrueType fonts. > UAE was a poor choice for an error message, as few if any knew what it > meant. It was replaced by the even less understood "General Protection > Fault". The issue of the message was finally addressed with the change to > "program has performed an illegal operation", which had the major benefit > of pointing the blame away from the operating system. (even though it was > often Windoze that had done the dastardly deed.) >From time to time I will get a call from someone who bought a PC from us asking (in a frightened or angry voice) why we sold them an *illegal* computer . . . "it says so right here on the screen, and my program won't work." Glen 0/0

22 years, 6 months

Victor 9000

by Robert.Allbery＠exch1.drum.army.mil

I agree with Philip Belben, The Victor 9000 runs both (Victor/MS) DOS and CP/M86 run on it and someone out there has it/them. There was an IBM above board built for it. That made it IBM compatible (don't know if that included a way to have drive support (e.g. - drive support software for multiple formats - like the original Wang PC and APC), or accepted other drives that might be installed. Any way, without that option you can't boot from any IBM or Industry Standard DOS. The Act Sirius-1 (a re-badged Victor 9000) should work. Try Google - or another search engine - and search for Victor 9000. There is a surprising amount of info out there. I have just begun digging through the 25,000 (not a typo) separate items that Google found. Take someone up on getting disk copies for Victor 9000 or the Sirius, whether in the States or wherever. Bob Allbery

22 years, 6 months

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test-drb February 2002