test-drb May 2002

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[CCTALK] [CCTECH] Orlando junkfest, anybody want a Sony MO drive?

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

I have a Sony SMO_D501 MO drive with the separate C501 controller card all mounted in a case with PS. Does anyone that's coming to the junkfest want it? If I don't hear from a taker by morning it's going in the trash. Joe _______________________________________________ cctech mailing list cctech(a)classiccmp.org http://www.classiccmp.org/mailman/listinfo/cctech

22 years, 8 months

[CCTALK] Re: Subject Lines

by fmc＠reanimators.org

"Zane H. Healy" <healyzh(a)aracnet.com> wrote: > Can the [CCTALK] & [CCTECH] be shortened to something that does't take up > most of the the viewable subject line? I read most CLASSICCMP mail via Yesterday I sent Jay e-mail about subject tags and footers, and he wrote back that he'd look at them when he got a chance. -Frank McConnell

22 years, 8 months

[CCTALK] HD repair techniques?

by tothwolf＠concentric.net

Well, today I lost the first drive in years due to a head crash. The data it contained wasn't extremely important, since I can reconstruct it given time, but sadly, I didn't have a listing of the drive's contents. After getting the air reasonable clean in a makeshift clean-room, I took a look at the platters, and found the topmost surface of the upper platter is the one that took damage. (If I decide to do any serious work on the drive, I'll have to build a clean-box...) I'd like to get the drive to a state where I can at least get a directory listing, but the data it contained isn't worth what it would cost to send it off for 'professional' recovery, especially since those shops tend to charge a small fortune for Linux e2fs formatted drives. I have another drive that is identical to the one that failed, so I have donor parts to repair it with. The second drive has a bad head, but it affects one of the lower platters. I've never had to replace a head before, so I'm looking for advice, or even a step by step guide to replacing it. The drives are both a Conner CFS1275A, 1.2GB, 3 platters, 6 surfaces. I'm starting to suspect the top surface of the upper platter is the servo surface, due to the behavior of the drive when it failed. Can anyone confirm if this is the case, or if these type of drive even use a servo surface? The 1275A doesn't quite yet meet the 10 year rule, but with all the experts here, I figure someone is bound to know more about these drives then I currently do. -Toth

22 years, 8 months

[CCTALK] RE: [CCTECH] TRS-80 Model 1

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

> From: Sellam Ismail > > ... > > Note: As a benefit to those here on the cctech side of the list who value > topical messages, I am only sending these many referrals I receive every > month to cctech. > ...... > > -- > Ummm, aren't all cctech messages supposed to automatically get sent to cctalk also? If so, then that 'benefit' wouldn't exactly work they way you intend, Sellam... -- --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818 Mac OS X 10.1 - Darwin Kernel Version 5 Running since 01/22/2002 without a crash _______________________________________________ cctech mailing list cctech(a)classiccmp.org http://www.classiccmp.org/mailman/listinfo/cctech

22 years, 8 months

[CCTALK] Subject Lines

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

> > Can the [CCTALK] & [CCTECH] be shortened to something that does't > > take up most of the the viewable subject line? > > I'd like to vote to get rid of them altogether. I'm quite capable of > filtering list mail into folders without them. I would agree. On my Mac I had filters setup to deal with CLASSICCMP, and under 'elm', the long subject lines are a nightmare. Zane

22 years, 8 months

[CCTALK] [larrys@lexis-nexis.com: [rescue] Excellent news]

by mrbill＠mrbill.net

FYI, about ftp.digital.com... ----- Forwarded message from Larry Snyder <larrys(a)lexis-nexis.com> ----- From: Larry Snyder <larrys(a)lexis-nexis.com> To: rescue(a)sunhelp.org Subject: [rescue] Excellent news Reply-To: rescue(a)sunhelp.org Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 17:44:47 -0400 (EDT) I lifted this shamelessly from another list.... -ls- > From: Paul Vixie > Subject: Re: Off-Topic: Goodbye to ftp.digital.com? > > I have just communicated with the operators of gatekeeper.dec.com (with > whom ftp.isc.org shares a cage at PAIX) and was told two things. > > 1. HP plans to fully support gatekeeper (now that the merger is done), > and has approved a 1-Terabyte expansion to its disk storage subsystem; > > 2. ftp.digital.com is no longer the same computer as gatekeeper.dec.com, > it's a machine on the east coast somewhere. > > I've asked whether there's any problems looming for ftp.digital.com, and > I'll report back here if I hear anything. but gatekeeper.dec.com (which > I had a hand in creating back during my 1998-1993 stint at dec.com) is > absolutely safe from harm. _______________________________________________ rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Bill Bradford mrbill(a)mrbill.net Austin, TX

22 years, 8 months

[CCTALK] Re: [CCTECH] test

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

Dammed quite list! I haven't gotten anything from it except the test messages. Joe At 10:11 AM 5/15/02 -0400, Jeff wrote: >> Steve wrote: I sent a test yesterday but, it was refused. Said I wasn't on the >>list. Wonder if this one will go through? > > Came through fine > > _______________________________________________ cctech mailing list cctech(a)classiccmp.org http://www.classiccmp.org/mailman/listinfo/cctech

22 years, 8 months

[CCTALK] Re: [CCTECH] Keycap cleaning strategy

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On May 15, 14:11, <pdp11(a)bellsouth.net> wrote: > > > I'm going to clean a Sun 3 keyboard today. Its keycaps are filthy. The > > strategy I've used in the past for the keycaps is: [...] > > I have a dishwasher, but I don't trust it. > > I've had pretty good luck cleaning the caps on Sun keyboards without removing them. By using a good quality commercial spray cleaner sprayed on a cloth, you can get them looking almost like new. If they were really bad, I could see taking them off and soaking them. > > The dishwasher would be a bad idea. You could easily end up with a bunch of little bits of melted plastic and a broken dishwasher. I've done it with a bowl of warm water and the sort of low-foam detergent used for cleaning floors, then a rinse. I've also done it with the sort of spray cleaner used for kitchen worktops. Either way, many of the caps usually need some rubbing with a cloth or fingers -- if they're dirty enough to need cleaned, they need some help. I often add a little water-based furniture polish at the end to help give them a nice sheen I wouldn't use a dishwasher. The water temperature isn't a problem, but the caps are just too small and light to stay where you put them, and if one falls beside the heating element, it will be destroyed. If I'm *really* lazy, I tie them up in a pillowcase and put them in the (clothes) washing machine, and follow up with the tumble drier. No.1 tip: make a note of the layout before you take the keycaps off. It all looks very logical until you actually try to put *every one* of the symbol keys back in the right place. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

22 years, 8 months

"[CCTALK] CPU temperature monitoring

by dougq＠iglou.com

> I'm sure that most of you are aware that many of the newer > Intel and clone processors are real heat generators and that > it's critical to keep them with specified temperature limits. > I downloaded and installed a CPU and motherboard temperture > monitoring program called MotherBoard Monitor. My question > is how accurate are these types of programs? On CPU intensive > task my CPU frequently pegs out the temperature gauge in the > MBM but the BIOS temperature monitoring never shows any > indication of overheating. There is a calibration procedure you can go through, it's all in the documentation... -dq

22 years, 8 months

[CCTALK] CPU temperature monitoring

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

I'm sure that most of you are aware that many of the newer Intel and clone processors are real heat generators and that it's critical to keep them with specified temperature limits. I downloaded and installed a CPU and motherboard temperture monitoring program called MotherBoard Monitor. My question is how accurate are these types of programs? On CPU intensive task my CPU frequently pegs out the temperature gauge in the MBM but the BIOS temperature monitoring never shows any indication of overheating. Joe

22 years, 8 months

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