test-drb August 2002

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[OT] UK TV Licenses (was Re: These darned old computers)

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

At 09:27 AM 8/26/02 -0500, you wrote: >On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Dave Woodman - dave(a)naffnet.org.uk wrote: > >> Unfortunately, the licence now applies if you have equipment capable of >> receiving TV transmissions, regardless of the purpose for which it used, so >> you can try to convince the authorities all you like... >> >> A monitor, as you used, always avoids the license, so you would still have >> been safe, but even owning a VCR or TV and keeping it in the loft requires a >> license now. > >Ok, now you've got me wondering... I've never heard of anything like that >on this side of the pond. Why exactly do you have to purchase a license >to own a TV? Is it similar for AM/FM radios? ... Why do we have to pay a tax on telephone service? The answer is the same for both questions. Government revenue! You can claim that it's for this cause or that cause but in reality it's just another source of revenue for big government. Joe > > >

21 years, 10 months

WTB: box of 8" cleaning disks

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

A friend of mine is looking for a box of cleaning disks for 8" floppy drive for one of their customers and they're willing to PAY for one. If anyone has one for sale let me know. Joe

21 years, 10 months

These darned old computers

by mythtech＠mac.com

>Some US company (I forget who) made an ultrasonic remote controlled valve TV >where the remote was essentially tuned metal bars that were mechanically >hit when the button was pressed. No electronics in the handset at all. >The receiver in the TV detected one of 4 (or so) different frequencies >corresponding to the 4 buttons on the remote, and then operated a relay >to trigger the appropriate function (I think channel selection was done >using an electromechanical stepping swtich, etc). My grandparents had a TV with an ultrasonic remote. I think it was a Zenith, may have been an RCA. And my parents have a Sony with an ultrasonic remote. The remote is long since dead, but back when it worked, you could hold the remote up to your ear and actually hear it clicking different patterns for each button pressed. The remote ceased to work after a bad battery leakage incident. Actually, I should see if they still have the remote as the last time I saw it, I didn't have the skills needed to repair it, but today I probably could. They probably do have it, knowing them, it is still in the holder on the back of the TV where I put it some 20 years ago when I decided it was no longer working (I definitly get my pack rat problems >from them). But at least with the Sony remote, IIRC it was transistors that did all the work. I don't know about my grand parents one, as I never opened the remote, but that TV was old enough it might very well have been one of the first with a remote at all. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

21 years, 10 months

OpenVMS/Alpha Games?

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

> If this is the one I'm familiar with, I've got the source and > executable for a version written in BASIC. > -- > Eric Dittman Do you know how to rebuild it? Or do you happen to have an executable for the Alpha, or one that can be Vested? The source I got from the webpage I listed earlier has been through some odd changes (apparently VAX to PDP-11 to VAX again), and I'm having problems (though my problems might be Alpha Related). If I can find the time this weekend, I'm going to see about getting some of these games running on either my VAXstation 3100/20 or one of my VAXstation 4000's. Zane $ r dnd Welcome to DUNGEONS & DRAGONS %BAS-F-VIRBUFTOO, Virtual buffer too large -BAS-I-ON_CHAFIL, on channel 2 for file MONK$DKB500:[HEALYZH.WORK.DNDARCHIVE.DIST]DNDNOT.;1 at user PC 00000000 -BAS-I-FROSUB, In subprogram NEWDND -BAS-I-FROMOD, In module DND %TRACE-F-TRACEBACK, symbolic stack dump follows image module routine line rel PC abs PC 0 FFFFFFFF8045EF94 FFFFFFFF8045EF94 DEC$BASRTL 0 0000000000010AE0 0000000000082AE0 ----- above condition handler called with exception 001A8154: %BAS-F-VIRBUFTOO, Virtual buffer too large -BAS-I-ON_CHAFIL, on channel 2 for file MONK$DKB500:[HEALYZH.WORK.DNDARCHIVE.DIST]DNDNOT.;1 at user PC 00000000 ----- end of exception message 0 FFFFFFFF8009271C FFFFFFFF8009271C DEC$BASRTL 0 0000000000052CC4 00000000000C4CC4 DEC$BASRTL 0 000000000001EE10 0000000000090E10 DEC$BASRTL 0 000000000005AE40 00000000000CCE40 DND NEWDND NEWDND 82 00000000000058F4 000000000004CEE4 ND DND$MAIN DND$MAIN 17 0000000000000360 0000000000030360 0 FFFFFFFF859B5474 FFFFFFFF859B5474 $

21 years, 10 months

OpenVMS/Alpha Games?

by dittman＠dittman.net

> >From what I've read, banned inside of DEC is the best description :^) It > >uses creatures and spells straight from D&D. > > Yep, I know exactly which one you speak of... I have the sources > for the pascal version of the game, along with the data files, > preserved for almost 20 years. > > I have ported the game to C using curses (actually, it was mostly > a brute-force translation from the pascal) and have it running > at least as well as the original pascal version (which was incomplete) > at home on my Alpha PWS running Linux. > > I've been in contact with one of the people who was responsible for > writing the pascal version, and am trying to get ahold of all the > others so that I can figure out how to write up a 'copyright' page > with proper attributions. If this is the one I'm familiar with, I've got the source and executable for a version written in BASIC. -- Eric Dittman dittman(a)dittman.net Check out the DEC Enthusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/

21 years, 10 months

OpenVMS/Alpha Games?

by mbg＠TheWorld.com

>From what I've read, banned inside of DEC is the best description :^) It >uses creatures and spells straight from D&D. btw - there is a write-up somewhere, by the person who wrote that original 'banned in DEC' memo, explaining what *really* happened. I think it is generally available (read, on the web somewhere)... Megan Gentry Former RT-11 Developer +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Megan Gentry, EMT/B, PP-ASEL | email: gentry at zk3.dec.com (work) | | Unix Support Engineering Group | mbg at world.std.com (home) | | Hewlett Packard | (s/ at /@/) | | 110 Spitbrook Rd. ZK03-2/T43 | URL: http://world.std.com/~mbg/ | | Nashua, NH 03062 | "pdp-11 programmer - some assembler | | (603) 884 1055 (DEC '77-'98) | required." - mbg KB1FCA | +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

21 years, 10 months

OpenVMS/Alpha Games?

by mbg＠TheWorld.com

>From what I've read, banned inside of DEC is the best description :^) It >uses creatures and spells straight from D&D. Yep, I know exactly which one you speak of... I have the sources for the pascal version of the game, along with the data files, preserved for almost 20 years. I have ported the game to C using curses (actually, it was mostly a brute-force translation from the pascal) and have it running at least as well as the original pascal version (which was incomplete) at home on my Alpha PWS running Linux. I've been in contact with one of the people who was responsible for writing the pascal version, and am trying to get ahold of all the others so that I can figure out how to write up a 'copyright' page with proper attributions. >Basically all I know is what's written up at the following webpage: >http://www.io.com/~adastra/rancourt/dnd/ >It was written by Daniel Lawrence, started on the PDP-10, was ported to >RSTS/E part way through, and after that ported to VAX/VMS. I played it on RSTS/E when I was working at Parker St (DEC) in Maynard back in 1977. Actually, the pascal version was also built on RSTS using, I believe, the OMSI compiler, and ran on RT-11. Dan has apparently given permission for any and all versions of the game to exist with his blessing, but since the source I have had a copyright which is problematic (since it doesn't mention him), I have to try to do the right thing. >I grabbed the source off of the web page above, and it almost works. In >fact it might work, IF, I could figure out exactly how to build it. BTW, >the "TOPS-20" executable, looks to be a VMS V1.0 executable. If/when I can resolve the issues of attribution, I'd love to make it available... should I even bother with sourceforge? :-) Megan Gentry Former RT-11 Developer +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Megan Gentry, EMT/B, PP-ASEL | email: gentry at zk3.dec.com (work) | | Unix Support Engineering Group | mbg at world.std.com (home) | | Hewlett Packard | (s/ at /@/) | | 110 Spitbrook Rd. ZK03-2/T43 | URL: http://world.std.com/~mbg/ | | Nashua, NH 03062 | "pdp-11 programmer - some assembler | | (603) 884 1055 (DEC '77-'98) | required." - mbg KB1FCA | +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

21 years, 10 months

Found Goodies for Sale

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

Here's a list of items I found today while being shown some new places to go by a friend. Send me an email stating what you want to pay and I will make a offer to the dealers (I went to 4 places today). TomoScan 60/TX Siemiens Saturn I IBM 3174 11R MicroVax 3800 Xyplex terminal servers Let me know if anyone is interested in these items?

21 years, 10 months

OpenVMS/Alpha Games?

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

>I'm trying to get a selection of games that will work on a Serial Terminal >up and running on my OpenVMS server (a PWS 433au running OpenVMS 7.2-1H1). >I'm finding that most games that are available for VMS date back to VAX/VMS >V3 or earlier. Does anyone know of any besides the following that will >work? Look at the Freeware CD stuff: http://www.openvms.compaq.com/freeware/freeware50/FREEWARE/00FREEWARE_ABSTR… as there are a few there. The V4 Freeware disks had a few more: http://www.openvms.compaq.com/freeware/freeware40/FREEWARE/00FREEWARE_ABSTR… Obviously many of the later games required X11 but there are some in there that I believe to be text based. There used to be a reasonable collection of games on the various DECUS tapes. I recall the L&T/VMS tape sets having a fair smattering of bits and pieces. I also don't see LARN in your list. I know it was available on OpenVMS (I used to have it, I don't know where it would be now ...) There is also the stuff Patrick Moreau maintains: http://membres.lycos.fr/pmoreau/decw/index.html (a little French helps, and much of this is now on the Freeware CDs I think). Antonio

21 years, 10 months

VMS TCP/IP?

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

> Besides Multinet and TCPware, are there any freeware TCP services for VMS > 6.1 and higher??? Anyone have any experience with the Purveyor webserver > for VMS? > > Curt Last I checked Multinet and TCPware weren't freeware, however, they are available via the Hobbyist program. Also available via the Hobbyist Program is Compaq TCPIP/DEC UCX. If you really want freeware, there is CMU TCP/IP, it's only for the VAX. If you want to run with something as old as 6.1 your best bet is likely to either be Multinet or TCPWare. As for Purveyor, I tried it out shortly after Process Software made it available. It seems pretty nice, but it's unsupported, as a result I'm running WASD on my VMS server. Zane

21 years, 10 months

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test-drb August 2002