test-drb April 2002

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by csmith＠amdocs.com

I have a PS/2 - E. It's a little tiny 80387(?) with a 387 math coprocessor. Four PCMCIA slots, and a floppy drive. Integrated video, parallel and serial. 1.4M floppy, and unknown(right now) hard drive. Does anyone know anything about it? What can I do with it? Will OS/2 work? What interface does the hard drive use, BTW? What are my chances of getting BSD or linux to drive the PCMCIA slots? Anything else I should know about this one? Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

22 years, 9 months

Harris Model 8 CPU

by aek＠spies.com

Does anyone have any docs on the Harris 24 bit line (or the Datacraft 6024?) Considering there are still H-series machines in use, I've not been able to turn up much at all on them.

22 years, 9 months

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

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On April 4, Tony Duell wrote: > > I can stuff it in my front side pocket with reflector end sticking > > out. Doesn't feel uncomfortable. > > Do you guys have small pockets or something? I've carried things a lot > larger than a 2*AA maglite in my pocket. Is that a maglite in your pocket, or... -Dave -- Dave McGuire "I thought it would go quickly, St. Petersburg, FL that rubberized bottom..." -Sridhar

22 years, 9 months

[was: RE: The Future End of Classic Computing]

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

> From: Chris > .... > F-ing scary! > > Remember, this is the country that awarded 3 million dollars to a lady > because she put her hot coffee in her lap, and then spilled it... and was > able to sue McDonalds because the coffee was too hot and it burned her > (yes, there is more to that story, but the fact that she was even able to > get to trial is just f-ed up... where is the personal responsibility in > this country?!?) > > -chris > <rant> Amen brother! C'mon who, in their right mind, would put a _paper_ cup full of hot coffee between their legs while in a car! That chick has to some kind of moron! Are people afraid of taking responsibility for their actions? Geez, they only claim it when it's for their benefit, or when the result is good. Otherwise, it's the other guy's fault... </rant> Sorry about that. Had to get it off my chest... --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818 Mac OS X 10.1.2 - Darwin Kernel Version 5.2: Fri Dec 7 21:39:35 PST 2001 Running since 01/22/2002 without a crash

22 years, 9 months

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

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On April 4, Chad Fernandez wrote: > >>They _are_ incredible. And since we're on the "Stupid Laws and > >>Legislators" kick this week, here's another one. I can't verify it, > >>though. One of Austin's City Councilmen wanted to draft an > >>ordinance against carrying the LED flashlights, as they could > >>be used as a "stunner" in robberies, rapes, etc. The word I got, > >>from a stenographer, was that he was temporarily blinded by one. > >>The one he had in his own hand, that is. He was looking at it in > >>the store, pointed it at his face, and, yes, you guessed it, > >>pushed the button. What a maroon. These are the dolts who get > >>to decide what I can and cannot do. > > What's an LED flashlight? Do you mean one of thelaser pointers? No, an LED flashlight. ;) See http://www.photonlight.com. -Dave -- Dave McGuire "I thought it would go quickly, St. Petersburg, FL that rubberized bottom..." -Sridhar

22 years, 9 months

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

by dquebbeman＠acm.org

> > While we're on flashlights I really should rave again > > for white LED ones. My favorite can cast a 150 > > degree solid pyramid of pure white light, absent of > > any filament artifacts, for 10 hours off one 9v battery. > > If you turn it down 1 notch, you get 100 hours life. > > These things are incredible. > > They _are_ incredible. And since we're on the "Stupid Laws and > Legislators" kick this week, here's another one. I can't verify it, > though. One of Austin's City Councilmen wanted to draft an > ordinance against carrying the LED flashlights, as they could > be used as a "stunner" in robberies, rapes, etc. The word I got, > from a stenographer, was that he was temporarily blinded by one. > The one he had in his own hand, that is. He was looking at it in > the store, pointed it at his face, and, yes, you guessed it, > pushed the button. What a maroon. These are the dolts who get > to decide what I can and cannot do. An officeholder elected by your neighbors... The tyranny of kings is nothing compared to the tyranny of the majority... -Douglas Hurst Quebbeman (DougQ at ixnayamspayIgLou.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, 9 months

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

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On April 4, John Allain wrote: > While we're on flashlights I really should rave again > for white LED ones. My favorite can cast a 150 > degree solid pyramid of pure white light, absent of > any filament artifacts, for 10 hours off one 9v battery. > If you turn it down 1 notch, you get 100 hours life. > These things are incredible. I second this. I now use them exclusively, while my trusty Maglite sits in a drawer. I use Photon lights, http://www.photon.com, and I like them a *lot*. If you like to use flashlights to peer into machines and such, and like the idea of having a tiny but astoundingly bright one to carry with you everywhere along with your wallet or house keys, this is the way to go. (not an employee, just a satisfied customer, yadda yadda) -Dave -- Dave McGuire "I thought it would go quickly, St. Petersburg, FL that rubberized bottom..." -Sridhar

22 years, 9 months

Amish Virus

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

AMISH VIRUS: Thou have just received the Amish Virus. Since we do not have electricity nor computers, thou art on the honor system. Please delete all of thine files. Thank thee.

22 years, 9 months

Core Memory Interfacing?

by bill＠timeguy.com

Right off, let me say that I know next to nothing about the realities of using core memory. I only know that it looks like pretty cool stuff to play with. Would I be completely off my tree to try to build a core memory interface from scratch, assuming I had a pre-strung core frame with all the cores and wires intact? When I say "interface", I mean basically something that will let me talk to the core from a PC or from my recently-completed Mark-8 using TTL or CMOS levels. If I have a 64x64 frame, would I just need something on the order of 256 driver transistors (one to drive each of the X and Y wires in either direction) plus some kind of op-amp or comparator circuit to monitor the sense wire (is there just one of these per frame?) and determine whether or not a bit has flipped during a read pulse? Or are there all sorts of ghosts and goblins lurking in core memory that I don't want to confront?

22 years, 9 months

DSD-440 manual needed

by aek＠spies.com

> I really need a copy of the manual for a Data Systems Design DSD-440 I scanned it yesterday. It should be up at www.spies.com/aek/pdf/dsd later today. I'm interested in finding other DSD product manuals to add to the archive, also. I should have the Multibus disc/tape manual somewhere.

22 years, 9 months

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test-drb April 2002