test-drb June 2002

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502 discussions

by jos.mar＠bluewin.ch

> >These kits probably started my love of Philips products (OK, the modern >ones are the same cheap rubbish that everone else sells, but...). Ooh, an unsatisfied customer of my employer .... The operating word is "cheap" : those for whom price is the only guide will never find good quality. Not at Philips, nor at any other brand.... Jos

22 years, 1 month

Source for components on Internet?

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

---------- > From: Louis Schulman <louiss(a)gate.net> > I was speaking of Starcraft. They have crazy old stuff available > nowhere else. I could spend hours there sifting through bins and > filling envelopes with little parts. > > Louis Oh, I thought the discussion was on stocking distributors as opposed to salvage/surplus places. As for Starcraft, anyplace with a giant tin spaceship on the roof is bound to be good :>) Glen 0/0 If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if not now, when? -- Pirkei Avot

22 years, 1 month

Up For Trade; Was Re: Timex Sinclair 1000....

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

> From: Doc <doc(a)mdrconsult.com> > *Pinball > *The List Manager > +SuperMath > *The Check Book Manager > -The Mixed Game Bag I # has black&red insert, just no jewel box > +Mixed Game Bag II > *Mixed Game Bag III > +The Organizer > *The Coupon Manager > +The Gambler > +Vu-Calc > +The Budgeter Sorry, Doc, I've got all those :>( Glen 0/0 If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if not now, when? -- Pirkei Avot

22 years, 1 month

Computers in cars (was: I hate Radio Shack

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

>Do you mean a component that gets rackmounted, or a whole rack? I suspect a whole rack :-) Antonio

22 years, 1 month

any advice on IMSAI testing/repair?

by dpeschel＠eskimo.com

Sorry, I don't know the exact model number (it belongs to a friend who got it from his dad). It hasn't been turned on in a long time -- what is the procedure for slowly bringing it up to make sure nothing gets fried? I imagine it would be to check the power supply and backplane wiring, then the CPU card (including the voltage regulator), then memory (including the voltage regulators), then other cards -- and the front panel has to be checked at some point too. I could use more specifc directions, a list of potential problems particular to the IMSAI, etc. Thanks, -- Derek

22 years, 1 month

One SCSI tape connected to 2 hosts?

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jun 18, 13:40, Geoff Reed wrote: > There are SCSI sharing devices out there that will allow one device to be > hooked to 2 machines concurrently. You can do it directly providing the controllers (and their hosts) are well-behaved (which lets Windows off the hook). Back in the days when a SCSI disk of any size cost nearly as much as the computer you might want to attach it to, one enterprising company produced a system for the Acorn Archimedes which allowed six Archimedes computers to share one SCSI disk (and, I think, to "talk" to each other). I saw it working at an exhibition, and I think it was made by Lingenuity. You might be able to get more information from their sister comapany, Lindis: http://www.lindis.co.uk, or from Jack Lillingston at Castle Technology: http://www.castle.uk.co/ (no that's not a typo, it is uk.co not co.uk) -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

22 years, 1 month

VERY good weekend

by doc＠mdrconsult.com

Well. I've been working on, and cleaning & testing, the weekend's finds. It was a nice haul. The aforementioned Macintosh System Software bundle, in shrinkwrap. Way too much, but it's eBay Bait from hell. $6.99 An Atari 1040ST with SC1224 display and mouse - works great, no burn-in, floppy reads & formats perfectly. $5.98 A Telex EB6 Dead Reckoning Computer. Telex still sells them, but I'm sure this one's at least 15 years old. Not a computer, but computerized, and the perfect ClassicCmp Collector's accessory -- 1991 Ford F-150 with Straight-6 EFI and overdrive manual transmission. It's on its 4th trip around the odometer. 328,755 true miles. Doc's in love. Free. By the time it's street legal I'll have $75 into it. Doc

22 years, 1 month

VS4000/60 and VRE01 problems

by mrbill＠mrbill.net

Anybody had luck hooking a VAXstation 4000/60 with "GS-2" (?) graphics adapter up to a VRE01 flatpanel? I finally got the VS4K from Doc today (thanks for dropping it off, BTW, hope that mono video cable works for you), and got around to hooking it up to the VRE a bit ago. However, all is not right - there looks to be a scan rate/resolution mismatch, and I cant find ANY dipswitches, etc, to set.. Suggestions? Links to the 4000/60 owners manual possibly? I've got pictures of the results: http://gallery.mrbill.net/view_album.php?set_albumName=vre01&page=2 Any help appreciated. I'd LOVE to get this display working.. (and the pictures show the display as yellow - its actually orange..) Bill -- Bill Bradford mrbill(a)mrbill.net Austin, TX

22 years, 1 month

RKV11D - RK05 media to CD or other DEC media

by jhfinepw4z＠compsys.to

Last year, I acquired an RK05 drive along with a number of very old RK05 packs with RT-11 files. Since these distribution are all older than V5.03, they are covered under the Mentec license which allows usage under the SIMH emulator. Last week, I was able to borrow an RKV11D Qbus controller and copy most of the 17 packs (there were a few packs with bad blocks) with the RT-11 files to a CD. Within a few months, it should be possible to make these distributions available under the emulator license, just as V5.03 and V4.00 or RT-11 are now. In addition, while I still have the loan of the RKV11D, if there are any users with RK05 media that wish to rescue the files, I will be able to do so providing the media are still in readable condition. If the RK05 media are in satisfactory condition and I only need to read the files once for the COPY and a second time for the verification (there are no bad blocks), then there will only be a nominal charge for the destination CD or other DEC media that I am able to use such as RL02 or TK50 or TK70. If there are some "difficult" blocks that I am asked to try and recover, then I will also charge for my time. Sincerely yours, Jerome Fine -- If you attempted to send a reply and the original e-mail address has been discontinued due a high volume of junk e-mail, then the semi-permanent e-mail address can be obtained by replacing the four characters preceding the 'at' with the four digits of the current year.

22 years, 1 month

A VAX 6610 is rolling toward my garage ...

by xds_sigma7＠hotmail.com

What about mass storage devices that have blinkenlights computers built into them? For example, old StorageTek libraries had Prime's in them, forget what model, but they were ones with front panels. Will J _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

22 years, 1 month

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test-drb June 2002