test-drb February 2002

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Mounting drives (was RE: What's your specialty?)

by Robert_Feldman＠jdedwards.com

I like using pieces of aluminum cookie sheets -- right thickness, cuts & bends easily. Used some to make brackets to mount hard drives over the motherboard (where a short card would go) in AT&T 6300's so we could put in a 3.5" floppy and keep the 5.25" floppy. Bob -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Hellige [mailto:jhellige@earthlink.net] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 4:01 PM To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: What's your specialty? > > Velcro... the drive sled of champions. > >I like that idea, I'd never thought of it. I'll have to keep it in mind. >Beats just sitting it in there loose like I do. I used it to stick a 1" Seagate drive to the side of the case of my Power Computing Mac-clone when I ran out of actual drive bays. It worked pretty good! Jeff -- Home of the TRS-80 Model 2000 FAQ File http://www.cchaven.com http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lakes/6757

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What's your specialty?

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

> ---------- > From: Chris > > >Bzzzt! Wrong answer, smart-ass! Everybody knows the answer is duct tape! > > > >Now, what about the face plate? > > More Duct Tape? > > -chris > Very good grasshopper! Very soon you too will master Improvisational Manufacturing... --- 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

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Mac Plus NIB! (yep, the 1986 comp, still new in the box)

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Jon [mailto:jon@slurpee.org] > pieces for computer parts let me know also, I find a lot of old > dec/rs6000/hp9000/apple/sgi/next/misc (I dont really like x86 > stuff) so > let me know and I'll keep my eye out for you. I'm in need of a monitor cable (b&w, with 19 pins (I think) on both ends), and a non-adb mouse for a NeXTStation. :) Please let me know if you run into one of those. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

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What's your specialty?

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>Anyone have a sled and >faceplate to stick a CD-ROM in the Quadra 800? Velcro... the drive sled of champions. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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Quadra 8x0 (950?) Drive Sleds

by mythtech＠Mac.com

> What is a CD sled with screws worth? considering shipping will be >another $3-$4.... Well.. I just paid $1 each for 7200 sleds from Small Dog... and there is another vendor I saw selling IIvx sleds for $0.25 each (well... no, I was TOLD they were selling them at $0.25 each... but I couldn't find them on the site, or I would have bought some) So... I would have to say, they aren't worth much. That being the case... I would like 3 of them :-) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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What's your specialty?

by mythtech＠Mac.com

> Any idea what the specs are, or the P/N of the backup battery is? I >have a MP120 that throws an error about the backup battery every time it >powers up. Works fine, though, and isn't losing data when powered down. The backup battery only does its thing when the main batteries are dead (or removed for changing). It should be a user changable part in the battery compartment. On the 100 and 110 it is just a standard button cell battery (I think I bought my last replacement one at Rat Shack) The 110 in front of me uses a CR2032 battery (large button cell, 3v lithium). As long as the 120 isn't missing its battery, you should be able to just remove it and read the numbers off the back of the battery. If it is missing, it is probably the same battery as the 110, since the 120 was built around the same design (110, 120 and 130 were all "sister" units... the OMP and 100 were sisters, and the 2000, 2001 were sisters) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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Taking control of your collection

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Doc [mailto:doc@mdrconsult.com] > I see that your Spousal Equivalent has good taste, too. I want the Well, _I_ think she does. :) > AT&T and the Tadpole..... I know they're fairly common, but > the price! The Tadpoles are pretty common, and coming down into the three-digit range fully working ;) Unix PCs are less common. I have one, but she got the original box with hers ;) (mine has a larger disk, though, and a couple extra serial ports) Mine was given to me -- saved from the trash. We paid $20 for hers, which was still wrapped in plastic and everything. It was offered to me by a local computer dealer who just happened to have it setting around in the back of the shop. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

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Computer Museum of America on Tuesday night's PBS NOVA (fwd)

by Innfogra＠aol.com

After reading my own message I realized I should have given some context. The program was about VENONA, the codebreaking operation which uncovered the secret of the Soviet Union's atomic success. It included quite a personal insight into the soviet agents at Los Almos in the 1940s. In Oregon it will be repeated Thursday evening. I will be earlier than it's normal time Thursday 9:00 instead of 11:00 PM I believe. Early in the program they showed how coded messages were keypunched and sorted on 1940s IBM equipment. I saw no computers. I suspect this is what they were at the Museum to photograph. When I had my warehouse I rented equipment to movies. Usually had a set designer come through and pick out equipment. Then negotiated a price for the rental. They usually picked it up and returned it. It did not need to be running equipment, it just had to look good. Generally they took good care of it. A couple of times they wanted computer equipment to destroy. They did break a copier once but paid for it quickly and fairly. It didn't generate a lot of income but it was fun. Paxton Astoria, OR

24 years, 1 month

PDP8 Terminal info?

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Feb 6, 6:13, Kris Kirby wrote: > On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Dave McGuire wrote: > > You don't need other hardware. I'd send you the pinouts but I don't > > remember them offhand. > > Great. The occasion is that the gentleman with the PDP8 knows it counts > out of the console port, but doesn't have hardward to do so. I'm going to > give him a little gift. :) > > Anyone know where I can get (2) of those 20MA male connectors? Not the shells (they're obsolete, unfortunately) but were part ofthe AMP Mate-N-Lok Commercial range, the same as is used on 5.25" drive connectors. You can still get the pin inserts and socket inserts, of course. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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What's your specialty?

by r_beaudry＠hotmail.com

Well, like others, I am trying to limit things, and going more for depth than breadth (ie, not focus on every motherboard revision, but try to get one system with all docs and peripherals)... The collection seems to center around a few nexuses (nexii??): - All-in-one CP/M machines (Kaypro 4, Televideo TS-803, Zenith Z-121, Northstar Advantage, Osborne 1) - "Single-board computers" (AIM-65, Big Board, Xerox 820) - Apple II (IIgs w/ ZIP GSX, High speed SCSI, 4MB RAM, ComputerEyes. A "killer" IIe w/ 1MB RAM, SCSI Rev. C, CP/M card, Super Serial. A couple of IIc and IIc+ machines) - S-100 (Two sweeeeeeeeet CompuPro setups, docs, disks, etc. Also several misc. motherboards, cards, power supplies, docs.) - Macintosh is rapidly becoming a nexus, though I am trying to avoid it (simply for lack of space) ... a Performa 6360 w/ 80MB RAM, 256KB cache, video in and TV cards, a PaperPort scanner, and a Sylewriter 1200 printer. Also a Performa 630CD DOS Compatible, several LC IIs, and a Mac Plus w/ 20MB external Hard Drive. - Also several oddballs, like a TI-99/4A w/ PEB, a TRS-80 Model III, a memodyne M-80, a Tandy 102, and a couple of old DOS/WIN 3.1 laptops... I try to thin things out sometimes(as my occasional free stuff and informal auction postings to the list will verify), and focus more when I stray. It's hard, though.... What do I want? heh... an SDK-85 would be nice (I have the docs already), a Transwarp for the IIe, a 3.5" disk interface card for the IIe, a MEK6800D2 (I have half of one -- keypad and display, and docs), an MECB (??) -- the Motorola 68000 SBC, w/ "TUTOR" monitor (I have the docs), a G3 upgrade card for the Performa 6360.... Rich B. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

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