test-drb May 2002

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947 discussions

by mythtech＠mac.com

>To go back to the hammer for a moment, if I go out and buy a hammer and >bash somebody's head in with it, then I am guilty of murder. The company >that made the hammer, and the shop that sold it to me, are not. And >that's how it should be. Scary thing is... here in the US, it doesn't seem to work that logically. People have been sueing gun manufacturers off and on because they made the gun that was used to kill someone. I don't know if anyone has WON a suit, but I do know the suits have been filed (and win or loose, you are costing the gun maker needless legal troubles). Sueing people has become so much the norm here... that the government has had to step in and offer insurance backing for the companies cleaning up the world trade center... because the companies know ALREADY that there will be lawsuits when they are done, and without insurance, they know they will be sued into bankruptcy. AND, since it is such a known fact that they will be sued... no insurance company was willing to insure them, which meant they weren't willing to do the work... so the government had to step in and offer backing. 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 <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 1 month

Making an MMJ to DE25-F adapter

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

>Unfortunately, my MMJ to DB25 adapter is made in such a way that I can't >see inside to tell which wires go to which pins. All I can do is assume >that the wire colors are the "standard" colors, i.e. green/red in the >center, black/yellow one pair out, etc. You can do a lot better than assume: use a multimeter and see what goes where! If you don't have a meter, try a bulb, a battery and some wires :-) Unless you enjoy guesswork, wiring details are to be found in the OpenVMS FAQ http://www.openvms.compaq.com/wizard/openvms_faq.html >I found a source to sell me an adapter to do exactly what I need (this >adapter is what I thought I was getting in the first place, I didn't >realize I was getting a "make it yourself kit"). So I figured I might as >well order it and save myself a lot o f headaches. It should be here >tomorrow. But you are missing out on so much fun :-) Antonio

22 years, 1 month

What was that mystic Commodore 6509 computer?

by gunther＠aurora.regenstrief.org

There was this computer Commodore was going to make and then pulled out of the market. It was based on the 6509 CPU, I guess right before the 6510 / C64. I thought then as now that the case was especially nicely shaped (such beautiful round corners, reminescent of my 91 Chevy Caprice.) I still remember when all those boards came onto the surplus market in a German electronics mail order catalog. When Commodore pulled them all from the market. I actually bought one back then, because I needed a replacement SID or something like that (I don't remember.) So, now I was looking for something in my old junk box and that board fell back into my hands. I think I don't need it any more, may be there is some collector here who would appreciate that board and bring it to life? Nothice that this is not a running system. It's just a mother board and all ROMs are pulled. The 6509 is on there and I'll be darned if it wasn't still good. cheers, -Gunther -- Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D. gschadow(a)regenstrief.org Medical Information Scientist Regenstrief Institute for Health Care Adjunct Assistant Professor Indiana University School of Medicine tel:1(317)630-7960 http://aurora.regenstrief.org

22 years, 1 month

Commodore 128 LED re-install???

by fernande＠internet1.net

Okay, How do I re-install the double LED power indicator? It doesn't have a screw holding it, it doesn't seem to push into anything, and I have a clear piece of plastic that I don't have a clue about. How does this thing stay in place? When I took it apart I think it pulled out of the top part of the case. Chad Fernandez Michigan, USA

22 years, 1 month

Overtemp

by jpl15＠panix.com

There are many things one can do with a non-functioning Next Cube. The following URL was generated by someone who, a) apparently has found the most obsessive ultimate activity, and, b) has way, way, way too much time on his mind. IMHO, anyway... http://simson.net/photos/hacks/cubefire.html Ya jus' cain't make this-here shit up, I'm a-tellin ya! Cheers John

22 years, 1 month

HP calcualteor power adapter

by hansp＠aconit.org

A little while ago I seem to remember someone in the UK saying they needed a power adapter for one of the original HP calculators - HP35/45/55 etc. I have one if that person would contact me off list.... -- hbp

22 years, 1 month

CP/M TCP/IP (was Re: CP/M coding question)

by dwightk.elvey＠amd.com

>From: "Pat Finnegan" <pat(a)purdueriots.com> > >On Thu, 30 May 2002, Glen Goodwin wrote: > >> > From: Pat Finnegan <pat(a)purdueriots.com> >> >> > What I'm looking to do is provide a (small) SLIP or PPP based TCP/IP >> stack >> > for a machine that will stay resident and can be used by CP/M 2.2 [or >> > perhaps MP/M II] user programs. >> >> Pat -- >> >> I would be extremely interested to learn of your progress in this area. >> Please keep us posted, or contact me off-list. > >I'm starting to have some second thoughts about how I'm going to do this. >I'm considering an external 'black box' that will connect to a PPP server >on one end and have a RS-232 connection on the other that will provide >something like a serialized verion of BSD's sockets. I'm also thinking >about implementing a raw tcp port that would connect to an extra RS-232 >port [optionally password protected] that could be used to attach to the >system's console, and replicate it on the other end of the network. > >Right now I'm looking at either a Z80 with 32k of ram, 16k of flash, a CTC >and one or two DUARTS, or a uC that'll provide as much of that in hardware >as possible. PICs are nice, but generally seem to have too little memory >for TX/RX buffers, and Basic stamps are too slow. (and who wants to >program in BASIC anyways?) > >Any suggestions on a good uC to use? > >-- Pat > > Hi Although, I don't care for BASIC, there is a company that is about to release a stamp like board with a BASIC that is benching at 500 to 1500 times faster than the original PIC stamps. It gets it's speed from having a better memory model. You don't have to program in BASIC with it. In fact, the BASIC is written in Forth that underlies the BASIC. From what I'm told, you can access the Forth. If Forth isn't your cup of tea, most all Forths have been able to access the raw assembly level without using yet another tool. The processor is based on the 8051 instruction set but it one or two clocks per instruction instead of 12 to one. Of course, it runs in the tens of megahertz. Mixed assembly and Forth often makes a good optimization of speed and memeory size. Later Dwight

22 years, 1 month

it's networked! (my VAXstation)

by carlos_murillo＠epm.net.co

Yeeeeehah! I devoted maybe four hours today and yesterday to reading more about VMS, paks, UCX vs. TCPIP, DECNet plus and such stuff, and I was finally able (after a two year hiatus) to install the TCPIP product more or less correctly in my Vaxstation 4000/60. It seems to work and I could finally ftp the complete hobbyst paks to it (before I had to do each by hand). I get errors on startup about some proxy database. I think that I still have some configuration errors (especially in the DECnet plus side, but then again, I won't be using it to communicate with anything else DECnet), but the basic stuff seems to run (telnet and ftp clients and servers). Question: where can I get ssh for vax openvms 7.2? Question: can somebody tell me what are the step by step commands/dcl incantations to create a user with reasonable privileges? (I don;t want to login remotely to the system account). And, does the concept of a user home directory exist in vms? Where does one normally create user directories? Regards, carlos. -------------------------------------------------------------- Carlos E. Murillo-Sanchez carlos_murillo(a)nospammers.ieee.org

22 years, 1 month

Apple II cards from Topeka

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

> From: Tarsi <tarsi(a)binhost.com> > 93 computers at my house now and counting.....:) Have you considered seeking professional help? ;>) Glen 0/0

22 years, 1 month

Osborne 1 Video Adapter? (was:RE: IBM 026 Printing Card Punch)

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

> From: Feldman, Robert <Robert_Feldman(a)jdedwards.com> > I was looking through the Alltronics listings and noticed a TTL-Composite > video adaptor (http://www.alltronics.com/computer_miscellaneous.htm , > #92C024) that looks like the adaptor I have for my Osborne 1! Robert -- Please tell me more about this adapter. I like my Oz 1 but hate the screen. Where does it connect to the Oz? Glen 0/0

22 years, 1 month

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test-drb May 2002