test-drb April 2002

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by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

>I made a quick mirror of it a couple of years ago when it looked like it >might vanish. Since Gaby is doing such a good job, I necer saw fit to >keep the mirror at retroarchive.org updated. Tim was kind enough at that time to send me his master for that site on Cdrom... faster than DSL. ;) Gaby is doing a great job. Allison

22 years, 9 months

DEC part aniti-static matt?

by fernande＠internet1.net

Hello Listers, Awhile back I scrapped/recycled/trashed an R400X DSSI expansion chassis. Between the steel back cover a back of the backplane, I found a plastic sheet, part number 7438980-01 rev. c01g?r0? The question marks follow guesses on smeared digits.... My question is this: Could this succesfully be used as an anti-static work surface? It doesn't seem to attract lint like I would expect, which makes me wonder. Maybe it was simply to protect the backplane from shorting? Would I be better off using a sheet of cardboard? It would be nice to have something to lay cards on while sorting/re-assembling/etc. Chad Fernandez Michigan, USA

22 years, 9 months

The Future End of Classic Computing

by mythtech＠mac.com

>(greedy self interest note: anybody know how I can keep a > copy of the MR trailer on my PC for repeated viewing?) Rumor has it (haven't gotten around to trying, as most trailers suck anyway), if it is streamed with QuickTime, and you have the QuickTime 4.0 or earlier player, you can bypass their anti-save ability. Also, I know a number of the non savable streams become saveable in QuickTime 5.0 IF it is registered as a Pro version. Humm... better send Apple's QT team to jail, sounds like they are releasing software that can bypass copy protection. :-) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 9 months

Shoddy Hardware (Was: Re: WW fixtures (was Re: "New""

by dquebbeman＠acm.org

> > > PCB boards, cheap dykes of various sizes. I used to have > ^^^^^^^^^^^ > > This one was just *too* good to let go past :-) As you might expect, this requires a lot of social engineering... ;)

22 years, 9 months

Shoddy Hardware (Was: Re: WW fixtures (was Re: "New" PDP-8))

by blacklord＠telstra.com

----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas H. Quebbeman" <dquebbeman(a)acm.org> Date: Thursday, April 4, 2002 10:25 am Subject: Re: Shoddy Hardware (Was: Re: WW fixtures (was Re: "New" PDP- 8)) > PCB boards, cheap dykes of various sizes. I used to have ^^^^^^^^^^^ This one was just *too* good to let go past :-) cheers! ---------------- Powered by telstra.com

22 years, 9 months

Anyone know where I can find a FAQ...

by steven_j_robertson＠hotmail.com

The MPE news group is quite active. A lot of helpful people participate in that group. The OS documentation is available at docs.hp.com . Hardware related info is harder to come by. Good luck, SteveRob >From: Frank McConnell <fmc(a)reanimators.org> >Reply-To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org >To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org >Subject: Re: Anyone know where I can find a FAQ... >Date: 03 Apr 2002 16:08:35 -0800 > >Sridhar the POWERful <vance(a)ikickass.org> wrote: > > ...for MPE/iX? > >http://www.3k.com/faq/hpfaqi.html > >The HP3000-L mailing list (gatewayed to newsgroup comp.sys.hp.mpe) is >a good place to ask HP3000-related questions. > >-Frank McConnell _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com

22 years, 9 months

Shoddy Hardware (Was: Re: WW fixtures (was Re: "New" PDP-8))

by dquebbeman＠acm.org

> > Tony, > > As hard as it may be to envision, I bet _most_ of the subscribers to > > this list do not own tap & die sets. Many probably own only one hammer, > > People here don't have soldering irons, they don't have tap and die sets. > What the heck do they use to repair computers (;-) in case you're wondering). Once upon a time, when I worked as a programmer for an hourly wage, with time-and-half for overtime, and lived rent-free, I was able to acquire a reasonable set of tools, but most of them were for the other hobby, working on my Audi's. But I do have a logic probe, a RatShack-labeled Ungar iron, heating elements up to 43 watts (glows red!), and lots of TTL parts, etc. No scope, no analyzer, nothing esoteric. But a breadboard, a manual wirewrap tool, a few spools of wirewrap, protoboards, some material for making cheap PCB boards, cheap dykes of various sizes. I used to have heat sinks, IC pullers, two rechargeable Wahl irons (well, I still have one). But now I mostly have a salary that grows 1% behind the rate of inflation and a mortgage that consumes most of the cash, with food coming in second. So, debugging hardware ofen involves totems, incense, etc. Or lots and lots of "remove and replace"... ;)

22 years, 9 months

Anyone know where I can find a FAQ...

by vance＠ikickass.org

...for MPE/iX? Peace... Sridhar

22 years, 9 months

Anyone know where I can find a FAQ...

by fmc＠reanimators.org

Sridhar the POWERful <vance(a)ikickass.org> wrote: > ...for MPE/iX? http://www.3k.com/faq/hpfaqi.html The HP3000-L mailing list (gatewayed to newsgroup comp.sys.hp.mpe) is a good place to ask HP3000-related questions. -Frank McConnell

22 years, 9 months

Core Memory Interfacing?

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

From: Douglas H. Quebbeman <dquebbeman(a)acm.org> >The Hazeltine 2000 is a 1972-era computer terminal. It used core >memory, but did not have a microprocesor, and therefore, no >software. > >So at least the Hazeltine did it in hardware. As did the VT52 and a slew of others. >When you'd turn it back on, it usually lost some bits, but you >would always bring up the last screen that had been displayed, >if someone didn't explicitly clear it. Not the kind of terminal >to use in secure installtions... Later ones had a power on circuit to effectively punch the clear button. Allison

22 years, 9 months

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