test-drb March 2002

test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

292 participants
932 discussions

by jkunz＠unixag-kl.fh-kl.de

Hi. I converted a VAXstation 4000/60 to a /90 by replacing the main system board. The new machine works well: KA49-A V1.0-006-V4.0 08-00-2B-37-58-9D 32MB OK 83 BOOT SYS but when I plug in the old graphics board from the /60 I get: KA49-A V1.0-006-V4.0 08-00-2B-37-58-9D 32MB ?? 016 2 0000 >>> Is the /60 graphics board not compatible with the /90 main system board? -- tsch??, Jochen Homepage: http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/

22 years, 9 months

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

by mythtech＠mac.com

>- 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) Two problems with the earlier mentioned rotation counter... 1: you need to deal with vastly different sheet counts (Scott will turn WAY more times than Charmin will, but both are roughly the same diameter, just Charmin is thicker so has fewer sheets per roll, thus fewer turns till empty). And of course, a turn based counter needs to subtract for roll re-rolling... for the times the cat decides to use it as a batting toy, and unrolls half of it onto the floor. The counter has to subtract turns as you spin the paper back onto the roll. Oh yeah... and a spin counter would be throw off by those 4am "where did the end of the roll go blind half asleep multiple rotations trying to find the start" situations. Nah... a simple spring arm reading resistance based off roll diameter would probably work best. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 9 months

list changes & RFC on archives & rack chassis

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Jay West [mailto:jwest@classiccmp.org] > 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. And - I would bet that most all SPAM contains some > form of HTML, so > this might not get rid of all SPAM forever, but I think it > would make the > very few that come here dwindle to even less. Comments? > 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 like plan B. It sounds simple enough, and people can decide whether to trash the off-list mail themselves. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

22 years, 9 months

list changes & RFC on archives & rack chassis

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On March 20, Ethan Dicks wrote: > In theory, I support this, but if it's possible to filter them down > to their textual content on the way through, that might be good, also. > I know that some people (very few) have technological impediments that > force them into HTML (Outlook, etc., I think). Nope. Even LookOut Express can be told not to HTMLize messages. Some people use webmail services which spew huge amounts of HTML...but quite frankly, there are plenty of such services that don't...and anyone who chooses one that does should probably be suspended by their toenails and pummeled into unconsciousness with an organically-grown cucumber. In short...there is *no* excuse for sending HTML email other than inexperience or stupidity. -Dave -- Dave McGuire "Watch those lateral G's man, St. Petersburg, FL I've got sandwiches in my lap!" -Sridhar

22 years, 9 months

ZX-TEAM meeting and Webcam

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: John Lawson [mailto:jpl15@panix.com] > Press-fit roll spindle with shaft encoder attached to one > serial port on > a PDP-11 running a backround job counting total turns, > comparing against > approximate turns-to-roll-exhaustion, and triggering (thru > another serial > port) an appropriate alarm, or perhaps printing out a TP-LO Warning. Actually, I think it may be better to mount a strategically placed laser diode, and a reflector on the opposite side. That would take a visual cue at the point the roll got thin enough to let the laser hit the other side... > Now how do you tell if the previous occupant actually washed their > hands? A very low-power line running to the edge of the drain, that would allow the water to complete the circuit when it hit the bottom of the sink. You could couple that with a soap dispenser sensor (Is that anything like conjunction junction?) and get a pretty good test. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

22 years, 9 months

ZX-TEAM meeting and Webcam

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On March 20, Doc wrote: > > > Go stand in the corner. > > > > Oh c'mon Doc. Surely I didn't get you with THAT one. ;) > > It was just so *lame*! Yeah, I know...I'm sorry. I'll try to do better next time. ;) -Dave -- Dave McGuire "Watch those lateral G's man, St. Petersburg, FL I've got sandwiches in my lap!" -Sridhar

22 years, 9 months

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

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

> From: Ethan Dicks > > --- Hans Franke <Hans.Franke(a)mch20.sbs.de> wrote: > > > On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Ben Franchuk wrote: > > > > Glen Goodwin wrote: > > > > > 1 -- Build an interface for every device under the sun, including > > > > > the toilet seat. > > > > That is easy -- a micro switch ... now how do you tell if the ROLL > is > > > > almost empty ? > > > > > Press-fit roll spindle with shaft encoder attached to... a PDP-11... > > > counting total turns, comparing against approximate turns-to-roll- > > > exhaustion, and...printing out a TP-LO Warning. > > Or an optical sensor mounted parallel the axis of the roll that would > trigger when the diameter was too low. How about a color-based sensor > that could detect the difference between the cardboard core and the > paper? What about a shaft encoder that measures angular velocity... > for low velocities, there must be lots of paper (when the roll is full, > 3 squares per second produces, say, 1/60 RPM; but when the roll is nearly > empty, the same linear pull rate produces 1/20 RPM - kinda the opposite > of linear bit-density calculations on variable zone recording floppies > and hard disks). There's probably a way to embed an inertial sensor in > the holder to measure the force it takes to start the roll moving... the > possibilities are endless! > - 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... --- 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, 9 months

list changes & RFC on archives & rack chassis

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

> ---------- > From: Cini, Richard > > Jay: > > I like the HTML filter, although the number of HTML posts is pretty > small. > > The only thing I ask you to consider is somehow obfuscating member's > email addresses in the searchable article database. I've noticed spam in > two > email accounts that I've previously used when posting to the list. These > two > accounts I don't use in any Web-related way that could be clipped by a > spambot (like posting in newgroups). That's why my MSN account is mostly > spam but my work account and Optimum Online account are virtually > spam-free. > > Obviously this makes it hard for off-listers to contact individual > members relating specifically to that post. Comments? > > Rich > > ========================== > They can always send a message to the list itself to find someone. Jay - Is there a reason that the Reply To All field only goes back to the 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, 9 months

list changes & RFC on archives & rack chassis

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

> From: Jay West > > 1) Ok, here are the two things I was considering doing to change the > mailing > list settings.... > > 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... > 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? > 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... > 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)... > Understandable. > 3) This isn't really important - just random "what if" thinking out loud - > I > was considering moving the mailing list and mail list archives off to a > separate machine that does nothing but classiccmp. This is being > considered > for logistics reasons, not for horsepower/load reasons..... > Makes sense. Sorry I can't help with a case tho... Many thanks to you and for your effort here... --- 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, 9 months

urgent business/investment deal

by foo＠siconic.com

On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, minespower steel wrote: > VERY CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS ATTENTION STRICTLY FOR YOU ONLY > > FROM THE DESK OF > ALHAJI USMAN YERIMA. > IKOYI, LAGOS. > PHONE;234-803-3088-100 > BUSINESS ATTENTION. > URGENT BUSINESS DEAL If the number of these Nigerian scam offers I get is any indication, we're now on a mailing list for these freaks and are doomed to receive at least 2-3 of these a week. Now it is really time to clamp down on non-subscriber posts. I mean for real. This is really getting annoying. Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org * Old computing resources for business and academia at www.VintageTech.com *

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test-drb March 2002