test-drb March 2002

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list changes & RFC on archives & rack chassis

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

> From: pete(a)dunnington.u-net.com > > On Mar 20, 12:59, David Woyciesjes wrote: > > > From: Jay West > > > > B) I also like the 'self-policing' idea of making posts to the list > > from > > > non-subscribers get a subject tag of [OL] or something like that. > > > > Another good idea. > > > > Can't the system compare the From or ReplyTo field against the > > subscriber list, and take action from there? > > People like me might need some assistance here. You see, my > _actual_ > > e-mail address is DAW(a)yalespress3.unipress.yale.edu. Yale ITS just > provides > > an alias for me which is David.Woyciesjes(a)Yale.edu. Both work fine, and > I > > think both are in the headers of my messages. Confuses some other > automated > > mail systems... > > Good point. There are almost certainly people on the list who've > subscribed from a different address than the one they have the mail sent > to. Not insurmountable, but it does need consideraton. > > -- > Of course, it depends on how people get subscribed/added to the list. I would think addresses can be changed by hand on the server, right? Maybe this would be fixed on a case by case basis. Either way, messages would still go through until Jay, or someone designated by him, updates the address list... --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818 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, 4 months

TI 980B picture

by erd_6502＠yahoo.com

As requested, I have posted a picture of my recently aquired TI980B at... http://penguincentral.com/retrocomputing/pix/ti980b/02cj003a.jpg I am still in the cleaning/checkout phase. I have not applied power to it yet. I need to get a better digital camera. Right now, I'm using an Apple QuickTake 150, but I don't have the close-up lens. It would cost new >from Apple about 50% of what I paid for the camera, PSU, external battery pack and download cable. :-( As it is, I've taken hundreds of excellent outdoor shots with it. It's awful for indoor photos where detail is important. I think its default minimum focal length is about 24" and the flash is so bright it causes spots on reflective surfaces (the closeup lens also has a flash diffuser). I might try to rig up a 2' string and a flash diffuser to at least not take pictures that will be clearly outside the boundaries of the camera's physical limitations, but even so, I still need a new camera. My current favorite is a Kodak DC290. The only thing I've seen with as much manual control that's newer is the DC4800. Comparing them side-by-side, I still think I want the DC290. Even got a fistful of 16MB CF cards to go in it! As for the TI 980B, with the exception of the very scary, undocumented, rack-mounted 2-square-feet of prototyping board that was cabled into the DMA slot, it looks very clean. I have no idea what this peripheal was supposed to do, and since it was stored at a high-school electronics shop (which is being cleaned out this year which is how I got the TI in the first place), it's covered in bent pins and broken wires. I also know there are several missing chips (they came in the bottom of the box - some jumper blocks with jumper resistors and a few 74181s, at least). I doubt I'll ever be able to discern what this homemade peripheral ever did, so I expect to photograph it and recycle the chips into other classic machines (there's some Motorola RTL chips on there! Perfect for my attempts to replicate a DEC W706/W707 if I ever get that far). If I can get my camera happy making closeups, I'll see about adding some pictures of the CPU and memory boards to the pic of the front panel. -ethan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.yahoo.com/

22 years, 4 months

list changes & RFC on archives & rack chassis

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Mar 20, 12:59, David Woyciesjes wrote: > > From: Jay West > > A) Reject posts to the list which contain any kind of HTML content... > > > Sounds good to me. > > I think a Reply To Sender telling them why it got rejected might be > a good thing. Then we might not piss off some 70 year old guy trying to give > his F-1 a good home... You probably still would, becasue although I've yet to find a mail client that can't send plain text (every version of Outlook I've seen can), chances are the 70-year old isn't sure how to change it. My father certainly wouldn't know how. > > B) I also like the 'self-policing' idea of making posts to the list from > > non-subscribers get a subject tag of [OL] or something like that. > > Another good idea. > > Can't the system compare the From or ReplyTo field against the > subscriber list, and take action from there? > People like me might need some assistance here. You see, my _actual_ > e-mail address is DAW(a)yalespress3.unipress.yale.edu. Yale ITS just provides > an alias for me which is David.Woyciesjes(a)Yale.edu. Both work fine, and I > think both are in the headers of my messages. Confuses some other automated > mail systems... Good point. There are almost certainly people on the list who've subscribed from a different address than the one they have the mail sent to. Not insurmountable, but it does need consideraton. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

22 years, 4 months

list changes & RFC on archives & rack chassis

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Mar 20, 10:53, Jay West wrote: > A) Reject posts to the list which contain any kind of HTML content. I think > this would be fairly unobtrusive - most people don't want HTML posts here > anyways. This would reject a lot of spam, I think, but would reject some "real" posts as well. Personally, I find the multipart/alternative posts aren't too hard to deal with, it's the ones that use odd MIME settings (like multipart/signed and various other unnecessary stuff) that irritate me most. > B) I also like the 'self-policing' idea of making posts to the list from > non-subscribers get a subject tag of [OL] or something like that. This one I > am not sure how to do off the top of my head, but would think it pretty > straightforward. Comments? I think that's a good idea. Then people can do their own filtering if they want -- by eye if not by procmail or similar. I'd be very happy with that. > 2) WRT the archives at www.classiccmp.org THAT is a project I have fallen > far behind in. When I moved the list from the old ISP to the new ISP (me in > both cases, long story)... something broke in getting emails from the list > to the archive mechanism. I noticed this maybe a month ago, and when I > started digging into it I realized it was time for a change - the archives > there are not searchable and that just isn't acceptable. I really miss the archive. I find the threading very useful, and I'd certainly regard that as an important factor, more so than searching (I can use Google for that). However, I have some idea of the resources that go into maintaining lists and archives, and I'm grateful for what I've got :-) Thank you for providing it. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

22 years, 4 months

Toilett processing (Was: ZX-TEAM meeting and Webcam)

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Mar 20, 15:50, Hans Franke wrote: > Isn't using a PDP-11 as perhipheral processor for a ZX81 > a bit out of scope ? Surely you don't think it should be the other way around? :-) > (*) Ach ja: if the TU (toilet user) had tried to open the > door, a message like 'The sanitary sywstem of this UDP > facility would apreciate if you also cleanthe door handle' > should be added. LOL! -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

22 years, 4 months

list changes & RFC on archives & rack chassis

by mythtech＠mac.com

>BTW, the latest AOL cannot be 'de-HTML-ized' from what I've heard - you can >send plaintext mail, but if you reply to an HTMLized email, the entire >message stays HTMLized and you can't change it. This is correct. There is not way to "turn off" HTML at all in the latest AOL. The only thing you can do is use ONLY the default email text settings. If you do that, then AOL will send a text only email. But ANY alterations to it will cause AOL to send HTML email (you can redefault it in the prefs to turn it back off). And if you receive an HTML email, you can't de-HTML it in AOL. Once HTML, always HTML in AOL. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 4 months

Disabling DSD-440 bootstrap

by tom＠sba.miami.edu

Does anyone know what jumpers to change to disable the bootstrap on the DSD-440 controller? Actually, if anyone has the rest of the jumper settings, I would also like to know for reference, since I don't have any docs for it. Thanks, Tom

22 years, 4 months

list changes & RFC on archives & rack chassis

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

> From: Allison > > From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502(a)yahoo.com> > >I know that some people (very few) have technological impediments that > >force them into HTML (Outlook, etc., I think). > > This is bunk! Outlook can and does post without html, it's easy to turn > off. > > Please, NO HTML and No IMAGES. The latter was part of a few spams > we got! > > Allison > > Well, I'm using Outlook on my Mac, and HTML/Richtext crap is off... Or should be... --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818 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, 4 months

Toilett processing (Was: ZX-TEAM meeting and Webcam)

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

> From: Chris > > >- How about a TP holder that measures the weight? Or a spring loaded > >arm, that contacts a switch when it get near empty. With a wheel at the > end, > >you can also have it provide drag on the roll, for spin control. Then it > >won't be so easy for my cat to run all around the house with it... > > You read my mind... I was going to suggest a spring arm pressing against > the roll. The further the arm travels, the lower the roll. This should > also take very little adjustment since you are looking for % left. > Actually, since rolls all share a common spindle diameter... it would be > easy to have this auto adjust for good thick rolls vs, cheap economy > paper. You know the end location, so add a sensor to know when the roll > has been changed. When the "new roll" sensor is tripped, take the current > reading, that is max size. Now you can calculate the difference from > there to empty, and relay a % left no matter what the initial thickness > is. (the only time this would start to be off is on roll "reloads" of > partially used rolls).... > > .... > Nah... a simple spring arm reading resistance based off roll diameter > would probably work best. > It doesn't even have to be that complicated. The cardboard tubes are all the same thickness, give or take a millimeter, so you know where the stop point is, all the time, every time. Set the switch to trigger the TP=LO warning about 1/4 or 1/2 inch away from that point. --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818 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, 4 months

list changes & RFC on archives & rack chassis

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On March 20, David Woyciesjes wrote: > Dave - what/where are the web mail services that don't send html > mail? I investigated this some time ago and found several; I didn't keep a record of them though. > Or even a service I can telnet/ssh into for e-mail... For the latter, a friend of mine runs a shell account service...I will ask her if she's interested in a little publicity; if she is I'll send a message to the list about it. > I'm going to be switching to a new ISP for home (Comcast cable), so > this is a good time to really start some SPAM prevention measures... Sounds like a good idea. -Dave -- Dave McGuire "Watch those lateral G's man, St. Petersburg, FL I've got sandwiches in my lap!" -Sridhar

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