test-drb March 2002

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Fwd: Re: Is anyone interested in military Compupro s-100 computers?

by kyrrin＠bluefeathertech.com

Hi, gang, I received an E-mail this morning from a fellow who's looking to offload a whole bunch of older S-100 stuff for cost-of-shipping only. Said E-mail is attached below. His area code is 914, which I seem to recall is somewhere on the east coast. Since I'm no longer in the computer arena, outside of what I keep around to maintain my 'net presence, I figured someone on the list could give the stuff a good home. Enjoy! *********** BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE *********** On 30-Mar-02 at 11:35 Joe Soll, CSW, DAPA <cera(a)idt.net> wrote: >I have a large collection of S-100 computers (mostly Compupro) and >peripherals which I want to give to a collector for the cost of shipping >only. > >The list of equipment is at: >http://www.adoptioncrossroads.org/antiqcmp.html > >It's your for the asking > >Be well, > >Joe:) > > > > > *********** END FORWARDED MESSAGE *********** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy, Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com ARS KC7GR (Formerly WD6EOS) since 12-77 -- kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com "I'll get a life when someone demonstrates that it would be superior to what I have now..." (Taki Kogoma, aka Gym Z. Quirk)

22 years, 1 month

PowerMac 7100/66av

by mythtech＠mac.com

> I have a PowerMac 7100/66av (almost 10 years old now) and i broke like > half the keys on the keyboard and the mouse, i was wondering if there is > any > way to do one of the following to get it up without them. > > Make a disk of some sort which runs and sets up VNC and the network? > Get a MkLinux disk that sets up the network and sshd? If you have access to another mac, you could burn a bootable CD preconfigured with what you want, boot from it (provided you can still use the letter C on the keyboard), and then access the Mac via VNC (or whatever you setup on the CD). Or, you could just check eBay, as new ADB keyboard for that computer will likely be found for around $5. (mouse being about the same cost) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 1 month

FYI: Yahoo Mail Account info Alert. (fwd)

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On March 30, Russ Blakeman wrote: > In addition to that, you'll no longer be able to get the mail from your > Yahoo! mail via POP (I get mine into Outlook rather than using the webmial > reader at mail.yahoo.com - this is unless you fork out some cash. Wow...sounds like Yahoo got some suits. -Dave -- Dave McGuire "...it's leaving me this unpleasant, St. Petersburg, FL damp feeling on my shorts..." -Sridhar

22 years, 1 month

"New" PDP-8

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On March 29, Loboyko Steve wrote: > I just completed the very nasty job of downloading the > operating system and a few BASIC programs to my "new" > PDP8, which is built from Robert Armstrong's design. > It only draws about 5 watts, so it isn't a problem to > keep on all the time, unlike others that people on > this list might own! ... > sloboyko.home.mindspring.com/pdp8e.htm HEY! That's a really REALLY nice piece of work! :-) -Dave -- Dave McGuire "...it's leaving me this unpleasant, St. Petersburg, FL damp feeling on my shorts..." -Sridhar

22 years, 1 month

Neat trick I just thought of!

by fernande＠internet1.net

I just bought a IBM PS/2 Model 9577 today for $10. It's got some areas of sticky sticker residue on it. Usually, I use "Goo Gone" to remove that type of thing. A lot of times I need to let it sit and soak. The Goo Gone tends to flow to other areas, However, which can make a mess, and waste the stuff too. I decided to use toilet paper to control the flow. Basically, I used a single sheet or even less, lay it over the desired area, and soak it with the Goo Gone. The toilet paper controls the Goo Gone by surface tension..... at least I assume it's the surface tension between the toilet paper, case, and the Goo Gone. Let it soak, then you can pretty much wipe the area clean :-) -- Chad Fernandez Michigan, USA

22 years, 1 month

North Star Horizon c/pm machines cpm to dos

by ron＠yosemite.net

I just found the thread a few days ago, it looks like it lived and died in 1998? - but I'm hoping there's still life out there. I need to transfer cpm floppies to dos, hardsectored unfortuntely to dos soft-sectored, otherwise there is software I could use. I have ten years of work on cpm which I can't access, and being financially challenged I can't hire someone to do it. What I need is a northstar horizon that reads hardsectored 5.5" floppies, which I could borrow or buy at a low price. Thanks for any help you can give, -Ron

22 years, 1 month

DEC Hardware design available

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On March 26, Huw Davies wrote: > > > Just a note that <http://www.alibris.com/home.cfm> lists two copies of > > > Computer Design: A DEC View ... for sale. One is $34 and one is $57. That's > > > cheaper than Ebay by a long shot. > > > >I have one up for $49 with no bids right now. > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2011505056 > > US$49! That's nearly $100 Aussie dollars. > > I know it's a good book (I have two copies, one of which I've read, the > other I just acquired and has never been opened) but I wouldn't pay $100 > for it. In fact, I don't recall paying for either copy, they were just > "Huw, have this book". Heh...does that mean you'd sell yours for US$49? -Dave -- Dave McGuire "...it's leaving me this unpleasant, St. Petersburg, FL damp feeling on my shorts..." -Sridhar

22 years, 1 month

UCSD P-System & "compile once, run anywhere"

by sieler＠allegro.com

Hi, A friend was claiming that with the UCSD P-System, one could "compile once" and then "run anywhere" (where "anywhere" means different kinds of computers running the P-System, not different instances of the same computer). Was this true? Did users commonly compile on system A and then take the P-Code to system B and run it successfully? I'd have thought that media incompatibility would have tended to limit this capability. Was any commerical P-System software sold that was a single binary, but the vendor expected the user to be able to install/run it on any brand/model of P-System? (Or, did vendors have to produce a version for every platform?) thanks, Stan Sieler sieler(a)allegro.com Stan Sieler sieler(a)allegro.com www.allegro.com/sieler/wanted/index.html www.allegro.com/sieler

22 years, 1 month

A few old Commodores

by kenziem＠sympatico.ca

I received a call saying there was a few old commodores to rescue. I called and he mentioned a couple of 64's, a vic 20 and a B128. I pick up several boxes, when I get them open there is a Pet 4032 inside one of them with the B128 keyboard. there is a 103 modem, and another bookshelf worth of games, programs and a bunch of old Popular Electronics and Radio-electronics including one with an article entitled 'Hobby computer Main-Frames'. Lot's of extra cables a few dongles, a D9090 hard drive, . A capture card 2 beat up 64's.

22 years, 1 month

RK07 head lock???

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On March 29, Tony Duell wrote: > Err, that's it. The RK07 has a solenoid that locks the head carriage when > the drive is powered down. There it no manual parking bracket or similar. I distinctly remember a drive of a similar form factor in which there was a metal peg with a grab-ring on the end that you stuck into a hole in the positioner assembly to immobilize it...am I thinking of the RM02/03 (a.k.a. CDC 9762)? -Dave -- Dave McGuire "...it's leaving me this unpleasant, St. Petersburg, FL damp feeling on my shorts..." -Sridhar

22 years, 1 month

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