All,
well, 2 years off-topic, anyway. A co-worker of mine is trying to
find a good, preferably working home for a 1994 Power Mac. Send
applications to me or sdykes(a)datasys.swri.edu . Sandy's not looking for any
money for the machine, but has fond memories of it and wants to see it put
someplace where it won't get trashed. Museums get preference, but let one
of us know if you are interested.
- Mark
Hello,
Just a quick introduction... My name's Justin, and I've been collecting old computers for quite a while
now. Just joined the list today. :)
Now for a requests:
Among my collection is an NEC ProSpeed 286 laptop computer, which seems to be in full working condition.
The only problem is I have no manuals, drivers, or utilities for it. I couldn't find anything on the
internet despite extensive searching, and contacting NEC support as well as scouring through the NEC FTP
site. My specific problems are I can't switch to the external video output, or activate the serial port,
parallel port, or internal modem (which I think is 2400 bps).
Second, I have a 486 Philips P 3464 server tower, which I think runs at 25 MHz but I'm not completely
sure. Likewise, I don't have any software or documentation for it. Fortunately, I do have the key which
was conveniently stuck in the keyswitch when I picked up the computer! And although it looks like it has
a ROM based BIOS setup complete with a debugger, I have no idea how to use it's arcane interface and I
can't even get the computer to boot from a hard drive!
If anyone has any information on these computers, drivers, utilities, setup programs, etc, please let me
know! Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
-Justin
www.trailing-edge.com (and it's subordinates, like
simh.trailing-edge.com) has been unresponsive for about a day now. Does
anyone know if this is just temporary, or a permanent situation?
>Now this is *cool*!. Why didn't Apple include a Dvorak keymapping with the
>early Mac's, if they knew enough to do this in hardware with the //c+? Oh
>well, it's in there now, and ElectricDvorak exists for the earlier macs.
I'm not sure when it first appeared, but they DID offer alternate key
mappings on the early Macs. I know for sure they were available in System
6. Dvorak was just one of a few alternate maps (most dealt with
international keyboards).
I think this showed up VERY early in the Mac System Software (may have
been there from the begining, but I'm not really sure).
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
On Aug 31, 8:02, Jeff Hellige wrote:
> > > I also have a rebadged Logitech mouse, model# M-S43, SGI
> >> part# 063-0010-001, that is dark gray, almost black in color.
> I put a query on Usenet concerning the mouse and I got a
> reply back stating that it had shipped with the 230/330/550 line of
> workstations, as well as being shown in some product shots of the
> Octane2.
Ah, that makes sense. I've never paid much attention to those funny Intel
things that SGI plasyed with for a while, but AFAIR some of them did have
that sort of colour scheme. I wondered if the mouse had been from a
rebadged machine, but 230/330/550 sounds more likely.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
We are looking for a few spare parts:
paper guide
output tray
paper support
Have 2 units - now with broken components. Looking for a source to buy
these parts.
Regards,
Geoff
wienke_geoff(a)msn.com
>There's a product called "Disc Doctor" that's supposed to clean
>mold/mildew from vinyl LPs, as well as other aspects of cleaning them;
>from what I've read, this cleaning solution was created by a chemist
>who spent years researching and creating it.
Don't confuse this with the "Disc Doctor" for CDs. The CD thing will
destroy your discs. It is a hand crank unit that the CD clips into, and
comes with a spray on chemical. You are supposed to use it with badly
scratched or dirtied CDs. Spray the fluid on, clip it into the hand
crank, and turn the crank. Then it rebuffs the CD surface, and "grinds" a
new coat on it to remove sratches.
Well, I have one, and after trying to recover 3 CDs with it and it didn't
work, I decided to try it on a new CD (because I didn't like the looks of
the CD when it was done). It rendered the new CD useless. And was
repeatable on 4 more CDs (you know, just making sure I wasn't doing
something wrong).
It grinds a new surface all right, it grinds the surface right off!
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Tim Linder asked:
> Did anybody ever market a floppy disk system that communicated via
> RS-232?
The floppies for the Epson Geneva (PX-8) communicated via RS-232.
Roger Ivie
ivie(a)cc.usu.edu
Found this old 'puter that works..has power supply as well. Appears to have modem built in..."Zenith Data Systems Supersport...Any further info?..........Lane Roberts
Hi All,
I would like to contact Marvin Johnston who posted a message on Sun, 07 Jul
2002 16:52:49 in regards to parts of a computer collection that he was
selling. I am interested in getting hold of a Novell 68b File Server (this
was the one with the Motarola 68000 CPU). Could Marvin, or anyone that has
one of these for sale please email me at PHardwick(a)cybersols.com.au. I am
currently in the USA and not Australia as my email domain would suggest.
Many thanks and Kind Regards,
Paul.
