Hi I am from Argentina, and i have a complete deskpro
286 in perfect conditiions.
I wonder where i can find the setup software for the
bios setup.
I looking in compq and they dont hav'nt any old
software
thanks!.
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> OK. I have a much better, more secure way to obliterate data from
>IDE/SCSI drives.
> Just
>
>1) Remove partitions
>2) Donate drives anonymously to local Linux/*BSD User Group
Install Windows, use Outlook, open Email.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
>> Hard Drives are being reformatted with one of those secure wiping
>> programs and then opened and smashed.
>
>Here in Houston, one place drills holes in them with a 1/2" drill. Another
>place dumps box loads of them into an industrial chipping machine. I can
>verify these...I've seen it, and it isn't a pretty sight :/
The thing I and the guy who told me about it were laughing at is how
useless their "destruction" methods really were.
They are using an off the shelf secure delete program (Norton?) and then
opening the top of the HD and hitting it with a mallet to damage the
platters.
So what does this mean... well, I am sure one of those data recovery
companies could still extract the info from the drive if someone was
willing to pay the fee (which I would assume a rival company that really
wanted the info, and was willing to bribe the trash hauler would be able
to afford).
The computers are (were? they may be done now) under guard and only
accessable after the hauler has collected the contents of the dumpster
and driven off property... I do know this first hand... I tried to make a
midnight run to collect some of the PC remains since it was supposed to
ONLY be the mobo and HD being trashed, that leaves lots of good parts for
the picking... but I was stopped at the manned gate, where I could see
the dumpster and a poor guard sitting by it reading a book... in the cold
of winter... so he wasn't there for kicks... and no, the guard at the
gate wouldn't look the other way for $100 which was all I could afford to
offer (didn't try the garbage truck driver... too afraid it is a Soprano
Special company).
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
The subject says the first part...
I'm seeking a source for the specifications for 7-track tape
heads. I'm thinking what I really need is just the mechanical/
physical specifications... that leads me to the second part..
Has anyone here have any experience with disassembling a
tape head and re-assembling it? I have in mind delaminating
a 9-track head stack and rebuilding it as a 7-track.
I can already see that a microscope with a precision
mechanical stage will be a must-have for this work.
The end-result of this project will probably involve
reading 7-track tapes in analog mode and digitizing
the analog data stream in order to use modern computing
power to reconstruct the data.
Yes, this is bascially what Tim Shoppa does now, but
I'm not going into business, this would be a labor of
love and once operational, would be used only to assist
other hobbyists/preservationists in their conservation
efforts.
And of course, this is the last-ditch effort, as I
continue to scan my purview for a working head or a
working 7-track drive.
Comments appreciated too, but especially pointers to
the requested info if online, and maybe an offer of
photocopies of not...
Tia,
-dq
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gene Buckle [mailto:geneb@deltasoft.com]
> Chris, if you get the chance can you find out if they're CISC or RISC
> machines?
Sure -- here's what I know about them (it? We'll get to that) so far...
The first cabinet is marked "Application Server/400 9406" If I'm not
mistaken, that makes it a RISC model.
It contains two EMC SCSI arrays, a tape library of some sort, made by
Phillips, a <whatever that box with the power switch on it is...>, a
QIC-1000, or similar tape drive, and at least one card cage which is
mostly full.
There is a second rack, but I'm not convinced that it's a separate
system. It only says "Application Server 400" on the tag -- no model
number, no "system cabinet" label in the back like the other one has.
This second rack has (I think) some cards in the cage, and the unit
in the middle of the rack with the power switch on it, but nothing
else.
There are a few other things floating around with these. Twinax cable,
power cords, an (I wrote IBM 7206-002, but I can't find that model, and
I see that 7206 is a 4mm drive, which this is not... so I think...)
7208-002 external tape drive.
So does anyone know how to tell whether these are one system or two?
They're actually a bit smaller than I had been told. Each rack is about
the size of a relatively small refrigerator. I'm right around 6' tall,
and these are shorter than I am.
On another note, my fiancee has expressed some interest in it. I'll try
to find out over the weekend whether she wants it or not. Personally I
don't like AS/400s enough to have one this large ;)
The last thing is that the guy who has it will probably want some money
for it. As of now, I have no idea how much, nor does he, AFAIK.
Anyway, John, if you're still interested, let me know, and I'll see about
putting you in touch with the current owner -- assuming that the fiancee
doesn't decide she really needs a very large AS/400.
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
/usr/bin/perl -e '
print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
'
Did I already mention that I will get a real (*1)
Zuse machine next month ? The machine is a spare
unit from the Leopard test facility and was used
to collect data from a bunch of analog computers
which where usedto measure various components of
the finished tanks.
;)
Gruss
H.
(*1) Well, it is a Siemens 404/3, but that's just
a rebadged Zuse - Siemens bought Zuses company
in 1967-69
--
VCF Europa 3.0 am 27./28. April 2002 in Muenchen
http://www.vcfe.org/
Ethan Dicks wrote:
> cubic-foot-BTU/Hr-lb-amps per KByte-MIPS.
> ........
> What's _your_ "best" machine?
I like this!
Since all analog computers have a KByte*MIPS
equal to zero, I have few computers with an
infinite zuse.
--Doug
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Doug Coward
@ home in Poulsbo, WA
Analog Computer Online Museum and History Center
http://dcoward.best.vwh.net/analog
Analogrechner, calculateur analogique,
calcolatore analogico, analoogrekenaar,
komputer analogowy, analog bilgisayar,
kampiutere ghiyasi, analoge computer.
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> On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Hans Franke wrote:
>
> > > > German(*), but rather because there is still no basic
> > > > or derivated SI unit starting with Z, so Z would give
> > > > a prety good symbol. There is already the Bq (Bequerel),
> > > > so Babbage wouldn't be so nicht - the same is true for
> > > > Calcula (C -> Celsius) and Ambit (A -> Ampere).
> >
> > > Since when has 'Celsius' been an SI unit? And since when has the
> > > abreviation for it been 'C'? C _is_ used for an SI unit -- the Coulomh.
> >
> > It is a derivated unit, as Coulomb, but you'r right, the
> > name is Degree Celsius (C), and youre right, C is Coulomb.
>
> Coulombs aren't derived.
Well, the 'erg' is derived... it's also sick...
That is, it's a dyin' centimeter...
And in what it pleases me to think of as my mind, that's a
joule of a pun...
;)
Hi
I was just trying to think of what I could
use to replace the hammer of a model 33. Mine
had turned to crumbs. I think one of the stick
on rubber feet for projects boxes should work.
Dwight
