test-drb January 2003

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by julesrichardsonuk＠yahoo.co.uk

> You lucky devil - I've been looking for a BBC Micro ARM Evaluation Kit for > years! I saw one at a show ("Last ARM Evaluation Kit In Existence") - that > just made me want one even more :-) :-) Any idea how many were released into the wild? I certainly had no luck tracking down any info for mine when I last tried (which was about 8 years ago now, admittedly) They don't seem to have been that common at all... cheers Jules __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page >from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com

21 years, 6 months

Octane comes from October (WasRichard Crandall just cancelled a payment to you)

by xds_sigma7＠hotmail.com

Damn, You can't hardly find higher than 93.5 or so here in Colorado... < jealous of those who can get 100 octane at the pump. Sure, my car needs only 87, but if I could get higher octane gas I could drive a car with higher compression ;p Will J _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail

21 years, 6 months

IBM system 3 Re: PDP-12 on eBay (IBM 650 on ebay)

by xds_sigma7＠hotmail.com

This thread is a good indication of why we need some sort of register of machines, by serial number, including "mutt" machines made from bits of others. Most classic cars have registrys devoted to them, so why not classic computers? A PDP-8/I one would be interesting, for example. Plus, if the members were willing to provide their e-mail addresses, it would centralize the knowledge of who has, say, extra boards or manuals... Just a thought... Will J _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8 is here: Try it free* for 2 months http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup

21 years, 6 months

Technique for scanning in documentation

by alanp＠snowmoose.com

I have a bunch of documentation for my VAX 11/750 and peripherals that I would like to scan in and make available. What technique should I use? I can scan individual pages, but how do I stitch them together to make one big PDF file? alan

21 years, 6 months

A couple of Good Finds Today

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

At Goodwill I got a book titled BIT BY BIT An Illustrated History of Computers by Stan Augarten for 25 cents and it has lots of great pictures and stories in it. At another thrift I got a TI-99/4 with power supply and nothing else ( It's the 99/4 not the later 99/4A). It's in pretty good shape with a few dents. Looked for the Doc's for it but only found TI-99/4A books.

21 years, 6 months

M100 Keys Sought

by 3sdiarftt02＠sneakemail.com

> Should I bet on the galaxy? No keys. > > On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Ed Chiodo wrote: > > > I have a mint condition M100 that I would like to sell. > > > One problem: the original keys were replaced with custom screened > > > keys for an OEM application. Does anyone know of a source for > > > replacement keys?

21 years, 6 months

Progress (PDP-8/L repair)

by charlesmorris＠direcway.com

I'm still looking for an M220 board since one of the six won't carry from its LSB to MSB. Probably just needs a 7482 adder; I have one on order. In the meantime I've been looking at the core memory and MB registers which appeared to be totally dead (no bits ever changed on the front panel). (M+) - (M-) = 22.3 volts. This weekend, after quite a bit of signal chasing, I found that I had put the variable delay line in the wrong slot some time ago while cleaning connectors/mice nests! When I replaced it in the correct slot there was still no STROBE output. I then found that the 7400 output buffer was internally shorted to Vcc (probably >from the mis-slotting). Replaced the 7400. Now it cycles. The MB now lights up with the contents of the SR on a DEP, but I can't tell if anything is getting stored, or whether it isn't getting read, since EXAM always shows all-0's to the MB. I can't run any diagnostics yet since I can't store any instructions! Any help/hints greatly appreciated. -Charles

21 years, 6 months

Mac TV

by cb＠mythtech.net

>Is this something worth buying? If you are a Mac collector, sure, since its a cool little peice of Apple history... if you want it as an investment, not unless you get it nearly free. The prices for them have been steadily falling on eBay, so it is unlikely that you will be able to purchase one and be able to resell it at a high enough price to make it worth your time and effort. But, if you happen to come across them in an auction or scrap yard or otherwise, and can snag one for $10 like John did... then grab it. I think there are a few people on this list alone that might be willing to give you $25 to $50 for one, and you can probably get closer to $100 on eBay still. If it is totally complete, manuals, software, remote, everything, and is in good cosmetic condition, and everything works properly, then you might just might be able to snag upwards of $250 on eBay. Just remember, this is eBay... that means one will sell today for $250 and tomorrow for $35. Outside of eBay, I have not noticed Mac collectors willing to pay more than $100 for a complete, working system. The MacTV is not a terribly rare item (I think Apple sold something in the range of 10,000 units... and there is usually at least one on eBay in a given month) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

21 years, 6 months

Fw: NeXT archives/museum?

by alanp＠snowmoose.com

I actually got a bunch of offers to take the documents (uh, now I have to remember which box they are in :-( Thanks a bunch. Oh, and I guess I need to figure out which offer that I am actually going to take ... alan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Perry" <alanp(a)snowmoose.com> To: <cctech(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 10:53 PM Subject: NeXT archives/museum? > > Is there a NeXT archive or museum anywhere? I have a few documents that > are historically interesting (one is a receipt for the very last > magneto-optical cartridges that Canon had in stock) and would like them > to go to a suitable home, if there is such a place. > > alan > > >

21 years, 6 months

Semi OT: Apple CD-ROM Driver 5.3.1

by cb＠mythtech.net

>Anyone out there have the Apple CD-ROM Driver 5.3.1 that they might >be willing to email my way? I just recently picked up a Toshiba XM- >520 SCSI CD-ROM drive in hopes of being able to use it with both my >Apple IIGS and my Performa 405. I've been told that the GS (equipped >as it is with a RAMFast SCSI Card) should handle it fine; but since >the Performa is running System 7.5, I need the Apple CD-ROM Driver >5.3.1 from System 7.6 to be able to use non-Apple CD-ROM drives. http://www.macdrivermuseum.com/disk/Apple_CD-ROM_D-5.3.1.sit.hqx and http://www.macdrivermuseum.com/disk/Mac_CD-ROM_Setup_5.3.2.sit for the ISO 9660, audio and High Sierra additions -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

21 years, 6 months

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test-drb January 2003