I saw this on The Register's US web site (http://www.theregus.com/) today...
First ever smiley found, preserved for posterity
- MS researcher and CMU staff find backup tape
13 September 2002 4:33am
http://www.theregus.com/content/6/26295.html
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I'm looking for a 1974, or 1975 Intel Data Catalog. Will pay $200 for either.
Will pay $100 for a scanned copy on CD.
Also looking for Intel 1301 ROM. Don't care what's programmed on it. Also looking for Intel C3102, C3104, C3106, or C3107 Static RAMs. Will pay $50 to $200 ea. depending on condition.
email me: gmphillips(a)earthlink.net
I've recently acquired a DECstation 5000/240, a MIPS-based workstation
made in 1992. I've got it to respond to the serial console (by
removing the frame buffer card) and now I want to try to net-boot it.
However, the console PROM is version KN03-AA V5.1b, which is too old
to boot via tftp. Version KN03-AA V5.2b would be OK. Now, does
anyone know if I can upgrade the console PROM somehow? If so, how?
I do have an EPROM programmer, of course!
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John Honniball
coredump(a)gifford.co.uk
I heard this a little while ago, also. You don't know how much this ruined my day... Warren is one of the best. Met him a couple of times, seen him a dozen, was at one of the shows that got recorded for "Learning to Flinch."
Damn it. I hate it when we lose the good ones.
Paul
ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS:
I think Warren Zevon has come up here a couple times. I figured I'd let
any fans that don't already know, know the bad news. I know my day is
ruined now.
Zane
September 12, 2002
Warren Zevon has inoperable cancer
Sep. 12, 2002
"Werewolves of London" rocker Warren Zevon, the singer-songwriter whose
satire, cynicism and wit went on display in the 1978 album "Excitable Boy,"
has been diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer, his publicist said
Thursday. Zevon, 55, was told of the terminal diagnosis last month by
doctors and he is spending time with his grown children, spokeswoman Diana
Baron said. The entertainer lives in Los Angeles. "He has been diagnosed
with lung cancer which has advanced to an untreatable stage," she said,
adding he's writing and recording as many songs as possible and will be in
the recording studio next week. Zevon said in a statement, "I'm OK with it,
but it'll be a drag if I don't make it till the next James Bond movie comes
out." (AP)
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vance(a)neurotica.com wrote ..
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> Refresh my memory. What are these machines?
>
> Peace... Sridhar
>
> On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Eric Dittman wrote:
>
> > While cleaning up some old stuff I found my TI-74, TI-95, and
> > PC-324 printer. I completely forgot I had these, even though
> > I used to use them all the time. I think the most interesting
> > accessory is the Pascal module for the TI-74, allowing programs
> > to be written in Pascal instead of BASIC.
> > --
> > Eric Dittman
> > dittman(a)dittman.net
> > Check out the DEC Enthusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/
> >
Early handheld computers/calcs with a single line display somewhat along the lines of the RS model 100. What TI ultimately put out instead of the much-touted TI-88. (Actually saw one of those a while back on Ebay. Went for about $600 IIRC. The seller was an ex-TI engineer who expressed surprise when I brought up the subject of the TI-99/8, many more of which escaped Engineering and found their way out into the world than said calc.)
The 74 has a BASIC interpreter, while the 95 is more an advanced scientific calculator. Both are programmable at the assembly level. The PC-324 printer works with both. Nice machines. You can still by them new/refurbed from an outfit in the Pac. Northwest. Name of which escapes me at the moment.)
jbdigriz
what voltage is UK mains power, out of curiosity
Best
John
-----Original Message-----
From: melt
Sent: Sun 9/15/2002 2:20 PM
To: ccmp
Cc:
Subject: Re: VAX 11/750 power requirements
On Sun, 2002-09-15 at 20:04, John Willis wrote:
> Do these things require (as I have heard rumored) 240-volt
3-phase
> power?
Nope, my (UK) model is a single-phase model, and will run off a
standard
UK mains plug.
Alex
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After a year search I am now working at HALTED.
Any of you in the area, stop by and say Hi.
Sorry, can't get you any discounts :^)
I am usually there Thurs, Fri and SAT
This saturday is Halted's 25th aniversary SALE, many-but-not-all things
discounted! Come and see what they drag out of the dark corners of the
warehouse! (probably very little classic comp stuff, lots of components!)
