test-drb April 2002

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by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

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22 years, 3 months

WTT: HP9000/700 system

by thomas＠tstrathmann.de

Hi, I have a HP 9000/700, 50 MHz, 128 MB RAM, 1.x GB SCSI disk. Original HP keyboard and mouse included plus an HP 99784A 19'' monitor. Everything is in good working condition and so far I have had no problems with this system. HP-UX 10.20 is installed, I'll include media if needed (you know, the license is bound to the hardware). I wand to trade for something, dunno, make an offer. You would have to fetch it from northern Germany or send a freight forwarder. Thomas -- Thomas S. Strathmann http://pdp7.org If God had intended Man to Smoke, He would have set him on Fire.

22 years, 3 months

Fw: Off Topic? PDP 11 1134/1145's

by rschaefe＠gcfn.org

----- Original Message ----- From: "maximum entropy" <entropy(a)tappedin.com> To: <wonko(a)arkham.ws> Cc: <fordluvr(a)juno.com>; <wonko(a)arkham.ws>; <port-vax(a)netbsd.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 11:01 PM Subject: Re: Off Topic? PDP 11 1134/1145's > >Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 22:28:45 -0500 > >From: Brian Hechinger <wonko(a)arkham.ws> > > > >On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 08:46:25PM -0800, joseph p bennardo wrote: > > > >> I can't say why they want them destroyed, but if you knew the company > >> you'd understnad a bit better. > > > >i probably still wouldn't understand. there is no good reason that i know of. > > I did get an almost reasonable justification for this sort of demented > behavior once. Some computer parts are considered hazardous waste. > If I take a machine from some company, then dump it for whatever > reason, there's a possibility (however remote) of it being traced back > to that company (via serial numbers or whatever). They could then > potentially be held liable for the illegal dumping. Of course, it > would be simple enough to provide a bill of sale for $0.01, or some > other documentation of the transfer of ownership. But I did lose out > on one deal where that was seen as just too much hassle for the > beaurocrats involved. When I aquired my VAX 6310 I signed a paper absolving them of all responsibility for the beast. (Didn't sign one for the TU81+...) At first I didn't want to sign, but after a few seconds of thinking about it I couldn't come up with a plasuable reason not to, so I did. Got a copy for my records though, it should be stuffed inside her somewhere. Bob > -- > entropy -- it's not just a good idea, it's the second law.

22 years, 3 months

The Future End of Classic Computing

by mythtech＠mac.com

>You've misinterpreted my meaning. I was responding to a poster who >suggested that the intent underlying the development of a >product was relevant to the appropriateness of its use. That I disagree >with this position does not mean, as you have assumed, that >I automatically adopt the other extreme -- that because there is an >inappropriate use for a product, it cannot be used at all. Your >attempt at a false dichotomy is rather transparent. I would HOPE it was transparent... it was meant as a tongue in cheek response. I didn't honestly think you believed in the extreme logical end to the concept. Sorry, I thought it would be understood as a goof when I asked for your car. :-) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 3 months

ibm thinkpad parts

by clillie1＠socal.rr.com

call for your ibm think pad system boards 949-646-2181 <www.solidtechnology.net> all ibm think pad parts in stock

22 years, 3 months

Apple IIe card

by pat＠cart-server.purdueriots.com

I've got a card out of an Apple IIe that has a bunch of 7400 chips on it, a 4-switch dip switch, a 26pin header, and an EPROM with a label that says "GPC" on it. The board also has "GPC" and "519" silk-screened on the comonent side and "Made in Taiwan R.O.C." on the solder side. Google doesnt seem to reveal anything useful. Any ideas what this is?

22 years, 3 months

The Future End of Classic Computing

by mythtech＠mac.com

>The reason why something is developed is really not that relevant to how >it may ultimately be used So, according to you... if someone can find an illegal use for an otherwise legal item, that item should no longer be available to ANYONE, regardless of if it has legitimate legal uses? That being the case... please IMMEDIATELY surrender ALL your computers to me, since they are potentially capable of pirating software, which according to your logic, means you can not legally have said computers. I will make sure they are properly disposed of for you. While you are at it, I need a new car, so give me yours as well... after all, cars are used every day as transport mechanisms for illegal activity. I'll make sure it too is "disposed" of in a proper and fitting manner. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 3 months

The Future End of Classic Computing

by dquebbeman＠acm.org

> >The reason why something is developed is really not that relevant to how > >it may ultimately be used > > So, according to you... if someone can find an illegal use for an > otherwise legal item, that item should no longer be available to ANYONE, > regardless of if it has legitimate legal uses? > > That being the case... please IMMEDIATELY surrender ALL your computers to > me, since they are potentially capable of pirating software, which > according to your logic, means you can not legally have said computers. FYI... John Draper was arrested and convicted in Pennsylvania in '77 or '78 for "possession of a device capable of defrauding the telephone company of its rightful tarrifs". I met him on his journey back to the left coast after he got out. The device in question? The Apple (autodialing) Modem, which he was developing for Woz. Why? Well, Woz doesn't like to do too much in hardware; he always like to minimize the logic design and use software to do the job (a great philosphy for controllers, a louosy one for general purpose computers). So rather than design the hardware to have fixed-frequency tones, the software could determine the tones to be used. Of course, that meant you could select the ESS interswitch "MF" tones instead of DTMF. Today, virtually every modem with a Rockwell chipset has this feature. Has Rockwell been locked up? Unlikely... -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

22 years, 3 months

Soldering and other skills (was Re: QL-Quality (Was: ZX-81 Question))

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On March 31, John Chris Wren wrote: > It's true. The mercury was used to stiffen the brims. Chronic hat wearers > also had problems. So does anyone have any idea how much lead is present in the vapors produced by soldering? I know (for our kind of stuff, anyway) the smoke is mostly flux and crap, but is there much lead in there? I solder a *lot*, especially lately...I'm wondering if I should be concerned. -Dave -- Dave McGuire "...it's leaving me this unpleasant, St. Petersburg, FL damp feeling on my shorts..." -Sridhar

22 years, 3 months

Strange idea in VAX

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

> Sridhar the POWERful wrote: > >Ok. I wonder what would happen if I stuck a DWBUA in the BI cage of my >VAX 7000-650, and added a UNIBUS cabinet, then I were to take a Qniverter >and add a Qbus framebuffer? I imagine you'd be carted off to the funny farm :-) I assume you were not serious but just in case ... Your path to the Qbus widgets would be: LSB->XMI->BI->UNIBUS->QBUS which I suspect is a tad tortuous even for the normally well designed DEC stuff. Bus adapters generally only work well one bus down. Beyond that you start to hit timing issues and other such trivia such as locking. As an aside, surely with a little bit of thought you could get TURBOchannel and PCI involved in there? How hard can it be? Antonio

22 years, 3 months

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