>
> Pardon the ignorance here,
>
> But which would you guys consider to be the most
> modernly functional one of the 1986 bunch?
>
> (What I am trying to do together here is get a setup of only stuff made in
> 1986.... It'd be neat to have a system exactly the same age as me :))
I do believe most of us had that figured out.
This list isn't really about modern computers. But hands down, the
Macintosh would be the most modern of the bunch. Although it's
not color-capable, the user interface is has is what Bill Gates stole
>from Apple and used to build Windows. So you'd be most at home
there.
I've been a Mac advocate from the beginning, but for my own purposes,
computers with operating systems that provide a text-mode shell, such
as the *nixen and its derivitives, VMS, Primos, DOS, are preferable. As
someone with a tiny bit of a math background, the ability you gain with
a sophisticated command-line environment is great. In most of these
operating systems, you can string commands togther like factors in
an equation, and perform complex transformations on sets of files all
at once. Hard to do that with a Graphical User Interface.
To the List: Was the AT&T 3B2 still being made in '86? If so, there's a
good choice for him. I even know where he could get one...
-dq
-Douglas Hurst Quebbeman (DougQ at ixsnayamspayIgLou.com) [Call me "Doug"]
Surgically excise the pig-latin from my e-mail address in order to reply
"The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away." -Tom Waits
----- Original Message -----
From: Christopher Smith <csmith(a)amdocs.com>
Date: Thursday, April 4, 2002 1:20 am
Subject: RE: RE: Computers Manufactured in 1986
> For a 1000 -- are you sure? :) I have a much easier time finding
> software for my 520ST.
As long as the software isn't AGA specific (or takes advantage of some
of the graphics boards available), or will only run on one of the later
OSes, then it'll run on the A1000.
cheers,
Lance
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> care of it. For example, reading core is destructive, that is
> it erases the contents so you have to store the contents back
> into it before you do anything else (unless you don't care if
> it's lost). That seems like it wou!
> ld be easy enough to do in HW but I don't know if that's
> what they did.
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.
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...
-dq
-Douglas Hurst Quebbeman (DougQ at ixsnayamspayIgLou.com) [Call me "Doug"]
Surgically excise the pig-latin from my e-mail address in order to reply
"The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away." -Tom Waits
Forwarded for any possible help; REPLY TO MR. DOWNMAN, not to me. I'm
just the nosey forwarder....
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 17:15:52 +1000
From: Jim Downman & Assoc. <djhdow(a)big.net.au>
Reply-To: dxsoft(a)yahoogroups.com
To: dxsoft(a)yahoogroups.com
Subject: Language Converter
How does one convert old Smith Corona Word Processor Diskettes for use on
the hard drive of my Windows XP System. They contain years of hard work
and valuable imformation ??? The diskettes are low density 740KB size.
Can somebody help.?? Jim VK4FAD
--------end fwd-----------
In a message dated 4/3/2002 12:14:38 PM Central Standard Time,
pat(a)cart-server.purdueriots.com writes:
> Don't remeber the model number, but the 286-based micro-thin PS/1 my
> parents bought back in '90 had 13 disks for it's 'install/backup set'.
> The system was about 2in thick, 12in wide, included a Mouse, PS/1 software
> crap, IBM DOS 4.0, MSWorks for Dos, 1M of RAM, a 1.4M floppy drive and 40M
> IDE hard drive. the included 12" monitor also included they system's
> power supply (how the thing was made so dang small). Also included a
> weird internal 2400baud modem with a non-standard interface.
>
> The system got tossed (not sure I can say I'm sad about it either) when my
> parents move to a condo a couple years ago.
>
>
yes, that's the 2011 model with DOS in ROM. pretty neat little machine. You
could even get one with 512k, no HDD and mono screen. Found the addon second
story 5.25 addition for $5 in the box a few weeks ago.
>Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 19:07:15 EST
>From: SUPRDAVE(a)aol.com
>Subject: Re: IBM PS/1 Recovery/Install diskettes available
>In a message dated 4/2/02 5:05:52 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>r_beaudry(a)hotmail.com writes:
>
>><< A bit too new to be on topic, but... I was scrounging through some
>> >>stuff
>>yesterday, and unearthed a set of original diskettes for an IBM PS/1.
>> >>
>
>do you know what model PS/1?
Well.... I only have the disks, and not a PS/1. They were part of another
lot of stuff that I got...
Is there a way to tell from a file on the disk, or some number on the
outside of the disk?
Rich B.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris [mailto:mythtech@mac.com]
> Humm... better send Apple's QT team to jail, sounds like they are
> releasing software that can bypass copy protection. :-)
Not only that, but the OS team too, since their OS allows one to
just copy files all over the place willy nilly! ;)
Get those nasty people at IEEE, while you're at it, since some
of their standards are designed to facilitate "data interchange."
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
/usr/bin/perl -e '
print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
'
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) [mailto:cisin@xenosoft.com]
> At NCC (which was once the biggest show in the US, soon
> thereafter passed
> by by Comdex), booth staff at several manufacturers were incapable of
> imagining ANY possible use of disk format conversion other
> than the making
> of unauthorized copies of their proprietary software. In fact,
Yes, folks, people really are That Stupid. I wouldn't have suggested
this if I didn't think it was a possibility, but I find it incredibly
funny that it's actually been tried already. :)
> representatives of TWO companies threatened to sue me if I
> included their
> disk formats!
> Although I was out of town, and staying in a hotel room, I
> stayed up late
> that night to make sure that theirs were the very next formats that I
> added.
You did exactly what I would have done in that situation, perhaps
with a prominent note in the manual as to why.
> But neither company kept their promise of providing me with
> massive free
> publicity.
My only worry is that these days, they might actually go through
with it.
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
/usr/bin/perl -e '
print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
'
I found what looks like to be a line monitor. It has two RS-232C DB25
connectors on the back, labeled connector 1 and connector 2, there is also a
barrel type connector labeled video out. The front panel which is hinged at
the bottom and is the keyboard, folds down and reveals a small monitor. The
keys appear membrane contact type. There are buttons labeled send and
receive. There is a QWERTY keyboard and number pad and additional buttons.
The label is Atlantic Richfield and immediately below it is Interview 3600.
It appears to be the size and form factor of a Compaq luggable. There are
no card slots or other openings on the back besides the power connector, 2
DB25 connections and external video.
Has anybody seen one of these? I suppose if could be some kind of disk or
interface exerciser.
Google turns up nothing.
Thanks
Mike
mmcfadden(a)cmh.edu
> This idiodic bill bill sounds like a sure fire way to
> kill the electronics industry in the US. I wonder who Fritz
> Hollings really works for, the Taliban? In any event, it
> will NEVER happen in the US, we already smuggle in huge
> quantities of drugs, gun s, booze, parrots and everything
> else that the US government attempts to ban so I guess we may
> have to add computers to the list next.
Doc's response seems to be typical- it sounds so outrageous
that there's no way it could happen.
However, I nonetheless urge everyone to write their U.S.
representative and Senator and inform them that this and
any similar legislation is unacceptable to you. In order
to keep your message short, I suggest that you not elucidate
the many reasons why it's bad, but instead offer to do so
in a follow-up correspondance.
Regards,
-doug q
