test-drb August 2002

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by mythtech＠mac.com

>ISTR doing that with MacTCP 1.x (an addon install, not included >in System 6) and a SCSI<->Ethernet box. I'm fairly certain that >the ethernet box came with System 6 drivers, but if someone here >knows that it flat-out can't be done, then I'm probably mistaken. >I have never tried it with dial-up, if that's what you mean. I don't recall if I have ever personally done it... but I see no reason it CAN'T be done. There are MacTCP drivers for System 6, and at least the Asante SCSI->Ethernet box has System 6 drivers available. There are also System 6 drivers for the Farallon Etherwave localtalk->ethernet adaptor, however, the Etherwave doesn't support TCP/IP (limit of the Appletalk, not of the etherwave), so you have to use MacIP (TCP/IP wrapped in AppleTalk), and a MacIP to TCP/IP bridge (like IPNetRouter running on another Mac). And again, I see no reason it can't be done. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years, 1 month

OT: Digital Watch Recommendations?

by mythtech＠mac.com

>I like BIG, HEAVY, INDUSTRIAL watches, so none of those effeminate >little dressy things! It isn't really gadgety... but I feel I need to say it anyway. DO NOT buy a Pulsar Spoon watch. They are more on the "dressy" side, but they are definitly big and heavy... and they suck royal ass!!! A friend of mine talked me into buying one (he used to sell them at an upscale watch store, the place had things like Movado's and Rolex, and a typical watch there was $4,000). I wanted a digital watch that went against the norm and had a black display with highlighted numbers rather than the norm grey/white display with shadowed numbers. The spoon has that (black display, with a red light to illuminate the numbers... display looks very much like an old LED TI calculator). It was one of the cheapest watches they sold there at $160. It broke about a month after I got it (light stopped working... and you NEED the light to see the display). It went back, was repaired (after about a 6 week wait). Then about 3 or 4 months later... broke again... went back again, was repaired (another 6 weeks). Repeat as needed. It has been back 4 times total... and as of right now, the light turns on when you just brush the watch, and all other buttons work when they want to. When I bitched to my friend that the watch sucks shit... he told me "What do you expect for a $160 watch"... oh, I don't know... for $160 I expect it will offer me head! I am in the process of digging out my $20 Casio that I had prior... it also had a black display (with grey numbers), and unlike this attractive peice of shit on my wrist now... it worked just fine. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years, 1 month

Way OT How to set Microsoft Outlook as plain ASCII only.

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

> From: McFadden, Mike > > I'm tired of bothering you'll with the mime junk. My clueless helpdesk > can't help. I don't use address books. I'm forced to use outlook. How > do I set all of my messages to plain ASCII? I've tried google searches and > even read the book at the library, I'm still sending MIME. I tried just > lurking but I want to contribute. > > Thanks > Mike > mmcfadden(a)cmh.edu > You're using it on a PC, right? Well, on a per-message basis, you can change it under the Format menu, then select Plain Text. For all new outgoing messages, it's under Options, the IIRC, Mail format... -- --- 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

23 years, 1 month

Way OT How to set Microsoft Outlook as plain ASCII only.

by mmcfadden＠cmh.edu

I'm tired of bothering you'll with the mime junk. My clueless helpdesk can't help. I don't use address books. I'm forced to use outlook. How do I set all of my messages to plain ASCII? I've tried google searches and even read the book at the library, I'm still sending MIME. I tried just lurking but I want to contribute. Thanks Mike mmcfadden(a)cmh.edu

23 years, 1 month

WTD: support ICs

by dwightk.elvey＠amd.com

Hi By the way, there is a company in Texas some place that is actually making DTL and most likely RTL as well. They make parts for obsolete equipment. I've lost the url but I found it with a search on the web. I was always afraid to even ask what they were charging for the parts ( most were mil spec as well ). Dwight >From: "Arlen Michaels" <arlen(a)acm.org> > >on 31/7/02 3:12 PM, Ethan Dicks at erd_6502(a)yahoo.com wrote: > >> I am looking for some DTL chips to make a repro W706/W707 TTY >> interface set for my Straight-8 and PDP-8/S (got *no* serial >> I/O for them. :-( ) >> >> http://www.pdp8.net/w-boards/pics/w706.shtml?small >> http://www.pdp8.net/w-boards/pics/w707.shtml?small >> >> The chips there are: >> >> W707 >> MC799 Dual Power Buffer (1) >> MC790 Dual J-K Flip-Flop (8) >> MC724 Quad Input Gate (5) >> MC789 Hex Inverter (5) >> W706 >> MC790 Dual J-K Flip-Flop (9) >> MC789 Hex Inverter (6) >> MC724 Quad Input Gate (5) >> MC799 Dual Power Buffer (1) > >The MC7xx were RTL, not DTL. Motorola made them. They typically used a 3.6 >volt power supply, like the Fairchild uL9xx RTL series of the same era (late >'60s I think). > >Arlen Michaels > >

23 years, 1 month

Mac SE/30's available (was Re: Anyone using their old Mac?)

by mythtech＠mac.com

>One disturbing trend nowdays is that 99% of the computers >come with out any software or manuals. Sure you can get that >machine for $10 but if the OS is bad or you want to install >software you are out of luck. True on a general note, but at least with the SE/30 referenced, you can get System 6.0.8 from Apple's web site, as well as System 7.5.3 (and the .5 updater). Which means, really, you can fairly easily get that SE/30 resetup with an OS. And then there is NetBSD which runs on the SE/30 pretty happily (or so I have been told... personally, every time I get to the point of booting, something else on my SE/30 breaks, no fault of NetBSD... just a nasty string of coincidence). NetBSD is of course a free download as well. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years, 1 month

Fortran Coding Form Pads...

by Robert_Feldman＠jdedwards.com

Speaking of odd screen widths, the Osborne I was 52 characters wide. With the 80-column upgrade, you could also get 104 characters on the Osborne's tiny screen. (Using 60-character lines in WordStar, the screen would jump-scroll whenever you reached the last part of a line -- a rea PITA. Until I got the 80-column upgrade, I would write using a 50-character line and reformat to 60 before printing.) -----Original Message----- From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk [mailto:ard@p850ug1.demon.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 6:19 PM To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Fortran Coding Form Pads... > > > Certainly, screen dimensions were modelled after punched cards: There > were 80 columns on a punched card, and once everybody was used to that > line length, it was an obvious choice to make the screen just as wide - > except for a couple of clever guys who made the screen 64 columns wide, > which happens to be a power of two. I've seen 132 column screens too (why 132???) but did anyone ever try to make a 128 column screen (or printer)? It would seem to be a logical size to make it, but I've never seen one. -tony

23 years, 1 month

Harddisks with SA1000 interface

by xds_sigma7＠hotmail.com

*Drool* I'd kill for a DN300 or 330 or any model of Apollo... especially a DN10000... hehe... Will J _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

23 years, 1 month

Fortran coding forms VS. dollar bills

by xds_sigma7＠hotmail.com

FYI the last year of large-size dollar bills (and larger denominations), was 1923. I personally own a Series 1923 1 Dollar bill and would be willing to scan it and measure it if there is interest... Will J _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

23 years, 1 month

Harddisks with SA1000 interface

by P.Gebhardt＠gmx.de

Hello everybody ! A Micropolis 8" HDD (1222-i), I got 1 year ago and anaother Quantum 8" drive (Q2020) are equipped with a SA1000 Interface. I'd like to test (and save) them but I don't know wich systems support that kind of interface. Does anybody know any systems, which support these drives ? I found manuals for the Quantum drive but I found nothing for the Micropolis drive on google. What is the configuration for the power connector ? Thanks alot for any help ! Pierre -- GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.net

23 years, 1 month

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test-drb August 2002