> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doc [mailto:doc@mdrconsult.com]
> What's happening more and more, though, is a long pseudotechnical
> mis-explanation of the part's function. I was looking at digital
I love those. :) See my previous comment about the composite video
input.
> cameras last year, and asked the salesperson at the camera
> counter what
> 3.2 megapixels translates to in terms of resolution and color
> depth. He
I always assumed megapixel was referring to the number of pixels at
a fixed color depth (probably 24-bit)... I'm certain that it's just
a manufactured slang term to make digital cameras sound more impressive
and annoy people who know what they're talking about.
Chances are that we're either talking about 1024 * 1024 pixels, or 1000
* 1000 pixels, in which case 3.2 megapixels gives one a resolution of
something like:
3355443.2 (?) pixels -- that's using 1024, so it's probably incorrect :)
(The .2 of a pixel makes me wonder)
3200000 (Sounds better to me, so it's based on 1000s)
A square picture of 1789 * 1789 would be slightly larger than this. You
can probably assume some kind of a rectangular aspect ratio, though. I
would guess that a normal camera is something around 1.5 (wide) to 1,
but I don't really feel like calculating that. ;)
> explained to me at length that megapixels was a measure of "how many
> pictures you can take on one smartcard"
> Not being busy that day, and being unduly irritated by his
> condescension, I made him repeat himself in front of the
> store manager.
> I don't know if the manager cared at all, but it made _me_ feel much
> better.
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Erlacher [mailto:edick@idcomm.com]
> IOMEGA again. I've still got about 500 lbs of useless IOMEGA
> hardware in the
> basement ...
Speaking of iomega hardware in the basement... :)
I have a 1/4 length 8-bit ISA board that looks like a SCSI
controller, and is stamped with the iomega logo. Anyone know
what it might be, or where to get drivers?
I can try to get the numbers from it over the weekend, but all this
talk of iomega stuff has made me curious as to what it may be...
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
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'
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 17:59:40 -0500 (EST)
> From: "r. 'bear' stricklin" <red(a)bears.org>
> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Drive inventory
>
> On Fri, 15 Feb 2002, Carl Lowenstein wrote:
>
> > The only Data/DAT drives I ever used (Gigatrend) were hardly ever
> > compatible from one drive to another. In fact they were seldom compatible
> > on the same drive from month to month.
>
> FWIW I have one of those drives. The mechanism was manufactured by JVC,
> and I have not had much luck with it. I recall it being extremely
> persnickety about errors on tapes, and even when I managed to get a whole
> backup onto a tape without the drive going into fits, I was never able to
> read that tape back to verify the data.
Yes. I have a box of unreadable backup tapes and data tapes that someone
else made while under the impression that the Gigatrend was really a
working tape drive. :-(
> OTOH if the tapes had to be formatted before use and were block
> addressable, that might tend to explain why I had such terrible luck using
> that drive as a normal tape device under unix. What was the prescribed
> method for using a tape in this drive?
Scrabbling around in the back room, he finds the Gigatrend 1230 Operators
Manual. From Appendix B:
Press ONLINE to go offline
Press TEST to get to menu -- you want level 1.
Press SETUP to increment displayed digit
Press ONLINE to enter that level
In level 1 you want function 1
Cycle through digits with SETUP
Press ONLINE to select format function using default values.
Lights will blink "FFFF"
Insert tape and press ONLINE to activate format operation.
Simple, isn't it. I think I got it all correctly summarized from the manual.
If you want a copy of Appendix B TEST PROCEDURES it is only 8 pages.
Send me a postal address.
carl
--
carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego
clowenstein(a)ucsd.edu
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) [mailto:cisin@xenosoft.com]
> How can you possibly squeeze the system into a DeLorean?
> There isn't even
> enough room for a REAL computer!
Well, provided you could fill some of it up with boards and disks,
in such a way that it would function as a computer, the DeLorian
itself may be considered a REAL computer, since it has wheels, and
a sufficiently large case.
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
/usr/bin/perl -e '
print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
'
> But overall, why not just buy a real $4,000 fiche scanner
The pro imaging market is very pricey and proprietary. 4K
won't buy you much more than a microfiche reader with a
scanner back. Something that can do auto-indexing is closer
to 20K.
I have a mid-80's indexing fiche scanner that I've not been
able to get any info on, and a 3M 7710 with SCSI interface
that I've been trying to find software for about 6 months.
Most of the companies have either been bought by a pretty
non helpful company that I've been unable to get any info
from, or have gone out of business.
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 12:34:53 -0600
> From: Dan Wright <dtwright(a)uiuc.edu>
> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Drive inventory
> In-Reply-To: <3B55D7F383B0D31197D9009027541CBF1A1A3952(a)cmiexch1.cmi.itds.com>
> Sender: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
> Reply-To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
>
> Christopher Smith said:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Clint Wolff (VAX collector) [mailto:vaxman@earthlink.net]
> >
> > > DAT is the same as DDS except for the identification holes on the
> > > case, and I would assume a royalty to the recording industry...
> > > My Maynard/Archive/Seagate drive won't take DAT tapes. Irritating
> > > because I wanted to write music to them at the time.
> >
> > Well, if you mean that you wanted to write it in standard DAT format,
> > very few drives will handle that... most, though (every one I've
> > used, at least), will write DDS data to a normal DAT.
>
> SGI is one company that makes sure the DAT/DDS drives they sell do audio DAT
> too... I know that you can read/write audio tapes on an SGI you get if you
> buy the tape drive from them, and possibly using a drive from another
> manufacturer too. I imagine they do this since their machines are often used
> in high-end multimedia type things...sill, kind of a cool capability and all
> :)
Two comments. Nearly all current DDS cartridges have an optically-sensed
pattern at the beginning of the tape itself. This is termed MRS or
Media Recognitions System. A DDS drive is usually configured by switch
setting to treat tapes without the MRS stripes as read-only. DAT
tapes sold for audio purposes don't have MRS.
Back in the early days of DAT, there was a second competing tape format
besides DDS, it was called Data/DAT. This required pre-formatting of
the tape cartridges before use, and had the advantage that the tapes
were block-addressable and block-replaceable, like a disk drive.
The only Data/DAT drives I ever used (Gigatrend) were hardly ever
compatible from one drive to another. In fact they were seldom compatible
on the same drive from month to month.
carl
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clowenstein(a)ucsd.edu
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> ----------
> From: Feldman, Robert
>
> Well, Harold Washington College is at it again this morning. However, I
> have
> saved something that someone here might want: a Digital Prioris HX 5100
> MP/2. Don't know much about it, and it looks to be less than 10 years old,
> but it is DEC. Appears to be clean and complete, except it is missing the
> left side panel. Has four FR-PCWVR-AZ 4.0GB drives. Free for pickup _only_
> in the Chicago Loop (35 E. Wacker). Email me at
> robert_feldman(at)jdedwards.com if you want it.
>
> Bob
>
>
Found the following while unpacking in the warehouse:
1. Commodore 1700 Ram expansion unit - not tested yet
2. Heathkit H8 missing 3 keys - not tested yet
3. Pet CBM 2001-32B - tested not powering on will need repair.
4. Heathkit H9 - not tested yet
5. Atari Lynx models I and II - both tested fine from the trip.
6. Radio Shack m100 - tested last night and works fine
7. Found a cartridge for the TI99 called Ant Eater 8K - not tested yet
8. Unpacked the black metal Kenworth Playstation tractor trailer - looks
good on display with the other ad items. Now if I can just get some of
those old oval display signs.
9. Tested the six Vectrex cartridges I found at the shop and they all
work fine on the console.
Took some other goodies home to play with like the 20th Annv. MAC, SEGA
Nomad, and others.
Hello all,
I did a little more reading and found out that the model number for the
computer was PMS 100. I could still use any information anyone might have -
and hopefully, the model number might help. The machine is the Protec PRO-83
z80 Single Board Computer. Thanks.
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