test-drb January 2003

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by geoffr＠zipcon.net

Oh, I am -NOT- going to power any of htis up, I don't want to chance blowing anything, this is a ca. ~ 1974 system so there's no knowing what condition the caps are in...

21 years, 5 months

Ok, details.

by geoffr＠zipcon.net

I've got the 2100 now. no paper tape reader :( oh well.... it's a HP 2100A main chassis, i -THINK- it has it's full compliment of boards, I also have 2 HP 2640B terminals that went with it (according to the guy I got it from) he may also have 2 more of the terminals. one of the keyboards has some plastic damage but they -look- like they should be functional. unfortunately he doesn't have any of the cabling except the one connected to the terminal's keyboard.

21 years, 5 months

Sun 3 Hardware available in the Portland Area

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

If anyone is interested in some Sun 3 stuff in the Portland, OR area, contact "rick at eaglet rain com". I'm not sure what he has, he contacted me, and since I wasn't interested, I offered to forward it to the mailing list. Zane -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |

21 years, 5 months

Sierra Adventure Games

by drido＠optushome.com.au

>> Hey! I still have LSL1 1.0 - 5.25" original disks, not a copy (fished it >> out of a pile of debris left by a departing college student a number of >> years ago) >> > It's... um... a *classic*! >I have the original, text-based adventure game that Leisure Suit Larry is >based on. It's for the Apple ][ and is called "Softporn Adventure". I have the Atari 800 version, from memory there was also a TRS-80 version. I'm sure I have an ad for it in at least one of my old magazines. I know I remember ads for a series of porn themed text adventures, not sure if they are related. Some of them were simple black and white text ads, but at least one has a picture of a cheesecake model in a teddy sitting on a bed with a TRS-80 model 3.

21 years, 5 months

Wanted: HP 9880 hard disk drive

by dan＠ekoan.com

Hello, I'm looking for an Hewlett-Packard 9880A/B hard disk drive to use with a 9830 desktop computer, either to buy or borrow. I've got half a dozen platters for this drive that I'd like to pull the data from. Does anyone have, or know where I could find such a drive? Or even borrow some time on someone's working drive? Any leads would be appreciated. If it's relevant, I'm located on the east coast of the United States. Cheers, Dan www.decodesystems.com/wanted.html

21 years, 5 months

I opener hackable lcd pc $65

by cb＠mythtech.net

>One of the deal pages I haunt had this link, remember the I opener pc in a >lcd screen people were sticking in a laptop drive and making little linux >boxes etc.? > >Anyway this joint has refurbs for $65 shipped, >http://www.badflash.com/iopener.html I picked one up on eBay for just under that including shipping ($20 shipping, $35 win). That was with MUCH waiting and patience to get one that low... so personally, if anyone wants one, $65 including shipping is a pretty good deal. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

21 years, 5 months

Early Mac games, and SmoothTalker demo wanted (was Re: Sierra Adventure G...

by cb＠mythtech.net

>>Anyone know where to get a copy of Virtual Valerie? I >>remember hearing about it years ago. > >I might have a copy... I think I also have VV2. I'll take a look later >and let you know. Ok, I have Virtual Valerie, but now I have changed computers and your email address is on my other computer... so I'm letting you know via the list, sorry. I don't see Virtual Valerie 2 in my list of software, but I thought I had it as well... alas if it isn't in my database, then I can't say for sure where it would be (I do have a ton of software that hasn't made it into my database yet, so I can't rule it out... but I can say that it isn't something that will surface soon). -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

21 years, 5 months

Removing duct tape residue.

by sml49＠attbi.com

> Message: 48 > Subject: Removing Duct Tape Residue > From: Christopher McNabb <cmcnabb(a)4mcnabb.net> > To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org > Organization: The McNabb Family > Date: 27 Jan 2003 22:28:26 -0500 > Reply-To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org > > While out in Idaho picking up a PDP-11/83 I also managed to pick up a > working LA-100 at a government surplus place. It had a piece of duct > tape stuck to the clear plastic cover with the word "Spare" written on > it. Anyone know of a good way to remove the remaining duct tape residue > from the cover? Try a product named "Goo-Gone" which is a citrus-oil based concoction meant to remove adhesive residues and whatnot from items on which you'd rather not use hydrocarbon-based solvents. Works well (though slowly) at removing adhesive labels so should probably work on duct tape residue, especially if you warm the residue up a bit. Full-service hardware stores should have the product. Seth Lewin

21 years, 5 months

OT: the 1U system

by Robert_Feldman＠jdedwards.com

Folklore for PC's was that if you recorded data on a hard drive with the platters horizontal, remounting it vertically could cause read errors. Any truth to this? -----Original Message----- From: John Allain [mailto:allain@panix.com] Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 10:32 AM To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: OT: the 1U system <snip> I wonder if disk drives fail at the same rates horizontally as they do vertically (an open question) ? John A.

21 years, 5 months

Sierra Adventure Games

by ejchapel＠attbi.com

Remember the early Kings Quest series of adventure games? KQ1 has been remade for VGA graphics by a group called Tierra Entertainment. They are doing a terrific job of rebuilding the games. Same great gameplay. The remade version is a free download and works fine in Windows. KQ1 site: http://www.qknowledge.net/royalquest/KQ1index.htm Tierra main site: http://www.qknowledge.net/royalquest/index.html Ed Vancouver, WA

21 years, 5 months

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test-drb January 2003