test-drb October 2003

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by aloerchner＠hotmail.com

Hi Lance, I came across your name while searching the web for Data I/O 29a. I have had such a unit for several years, but have been unable to locate the software to drive it. It seems to me that it is a DOS application. Would you have the software available? -Axel-

20 years, 8 months

FA: more DEC cards

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

Just finished listing a pile of DEC cards on E-bay. See <http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=rigdonj> Joe

20 years, 8 months

Available: Televideo TS-806/20 computer

by ss＠allegro.com

Hi, Available: Televideo TS-806/20 computer Location: Cupertino / San Jose, CA ("Bay Area"). Cost: free (but pay for shipping). Condition: unknown Comes with: Apple III monitor, nothing else (nada)

20 years, 8 months

How do _you_ move equipment? What "tools" do you use?

by jplist＠kiwigeek.com

Greetings; I am faced with picking up a sizeable IBM some hours from where I live in the next few weeks. What I had originally planned to do has fallen through, and now I am left trying to work out how best to lift what has been estimated as 800+lbs of 1978 IBM. I have a decent half-ton pickup truck, its more than plenty for carrying this machine home. The magic trick is - how do I get the heavy sucker into the deck? I was planning on "borrowing" another truck with a lift-gate on it, to lift the IBM up to the pickup deck height, and then waffling it into the pickup. That has fallen through, and actually renting one is, as far as I'm concerned, cost prohibitive ($78 + 29c/mile + $150 deposit). If you were to move this IBM, how would you have done it? Keep in mind while I can cover $100 worth of gas for my pickup - more than that is a pinch. JP

20 years, 8 months

Fluke pods - request for quote, revised request

by micheladam＠theedge.ca

We have 2 of each available, priced at one gazillion dollars each. Our bulk discount starts at quantity 3, and is one half a gazillion dollars. Please contact us for advanced payment to our Cayman Island bank. Tony (T) Soprano ----- Original Message ----- From: "Art Mallet - Artfromny - formerly A218(a)aol.com" <artgames(a)nycap.rr.com> Date: Thursday, October 23, 2003 7:46 am Subject: Fluke pods - request for quote, revised request > > Please quote for the below items in any quantity you may have up > to 2 each. > I am also looking for "closeout" deals on larger quantities of > Fluke pods in > bulk, assorted numbers. > > quantity 2 - 9000A-8085 pods > quantity 2 - 9000A-6809 pods > > Please note - I need the pods themselves not just the manuals > > Please include air insured shipping to US zip 12118. Payment will > be made > in > certified funds in advance of shipping. Thank you > > Art Mallet > >

20 years, 8 months

FA: S-100 system, H19, SWTPC TVT

by dave＠mitton.com

I have placed the following items on eBay for auction: A working Heathkit H19 video terminal: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=51280&item=3055591307 An Integrand S-100 chassis with two CPU and floppy disk controllers, two Shugart 8-inch disk drives, and an assortment of support boards. This was a CBBS system in the late 1970s until some problems developed. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4193&item=2762098884 And from the fixer-upper & parts shelf; a Southwest Technical Products, CT-1024, TV Typewriter. Not working, but a complete bit of history that someone could revive. Includes a TV Typewriter Cookbook, and Cheap Video Cookbook. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1247&item=2762098937 Thanks, Dave.

20 years, 8 months

RFQ Fluke pods

by artgames＠nycap.rr.com

Hi I saw a vectorlist mention that you had Fluke pods. Please quote for quantity 2 - 9000A-8085 quantity 2 - 9000A-6809 Please include air insured shipping to US zip 12118. Payment will be made in certified funds in advance of shipping. Thank you Art Mallet Art NOTE: The tax message below applies only to items that I am selling NOT items that I am buying or have bought or won on eBay. If I have posted an item for sale or this email is in reference to an item that I have for sale, NY State sales tax of 7.25% applies to all sales shipped to a NY State address or picked up at my warehouse.

20 years, 8 months

MCM/70 : first "laptop"?

by sieler＠allegro.com

Hi, My candidate for the first "laptop" is the MCM/70, from 1973. It was an 8008 computer, with APL in ROM, a one line 32-character video display, dual cassettes for mass storage, internal batteries (so it could run "on your lap" for a bit :), and "virtual memory" via the casettes. Some more info at: http://www.yorku.ca/yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=1044 http://www.cs.yorku.ca/~zbigniew/MCM_col.html I got a phone call yesterday from a guy who owns a working MCM/70 ... that he bought new in 1975. Sadly (for me :), he doesn't want to part with it :( He confirmed that it could run for a short while on batteries. The MCM/70 was announced in 1973. I'm not sure of the actual first shipping date, but his was received in Jan 1975. (The Computer History Museum's MCM/70 is dated 1974 on the display card.) Misc notes about the MCM/70 from the guy... He ordered his MCM/70 in August, 1974 ... and started threatening legal action in December ... that got him a machine in January 1975. (I'm not 100% sure of the months.) This makes me wonder: did the machine *ever* ship in 1973 or 1974, or did it first ship in 1975? He said that if the batteries were low, powering on the machine often resulted in a failure in the power supply. He reduced the problem by (1) adding a 10-ohm resistor (somewhere unknown); and (2) switching to a different kind of battery pack (instead of the individual batteries). Did I mention that he doesn't want to sell it? I'm working with him on trying to copy/scan some of the material he has about the computer (including original advertisements). Stan

20 years, 8 months

experiences with portable LCD TVs for classic micros?

by cb＠mythtech.net

>I have four Timex Sinclair micros sitting in my basement and I've been >thinking about turning one (or more) into the world's slowest >"franken-laptop" using one of those portable LCD TVs that seem to be >on sale at every second-hand store & pawn shop for $10-$20. >Has anyone had any experiences in the quality of the TV tuner in >these portables? Will I have to keep re-tuning it every 10 minutes >or should I look for one with some method of locking into a channel? >(or are they too fussy to bother with?) >How about screen resolution? Will I be able to make out the 32 characters >per line on such a tiny screen? I have an old Casio one, and it sucks... at least as a TV. But then, for what I expected from it, its actually really good... if that makes sense. I had low expectations when I bought it years ago, what I wanted it for was to kill time while sitting in a car in a parking lot for 12 hours a day. For that, it worked great. But, it was about the level I expected... crappy resolution, tiny screen, and almost no reception. Its a 2.5" screen model, and if that is the size you are looking at, then I don't think there is any way you can use it for a computer. You can't make out any real details on the TV, so I would expect that you won't be able to read jack squat as a computer screen. Also, every time I turn the Casio on, it starts the tuning of the channels back at the begining, and there is no way to fine tune a channel. You press the channel up or down buttons and it scrolls until it finds something other than static then stops. You get whatever it deems a channel, and nothing more. BUT, I have also used a portable LCD screen that was meant for a Playstation and the likes. This doesn't have a TV tuner, and is a 5" screen with MUCH better resolution. It uses standard NTSC composite input for video (RCA connector), and RCA connectors for Audio. I have it hooked up as the monitoring screen for a closed circuit video recording system. I personally have been rather impressed with it considering I bought it new for $60. VCR on screen displays are fully readable on it, so I would think your 32 characters per line would be fine (I've never counted, but my guess is the VCR OSD text is at least 32 cpl). The only downside I can see is this screen doesn't accept battery power. It does have a power pass thru that lets you piggy back it to the game system it was designed for (which I think was actually a Dreamcast, but I don't recall). And it came with a 12 volt car adaptor for powering the screen and game system. I know when I bought it, there were other models, and IIRC there were some that took batteries. I bought mine specifically because it fit the exact needs I had for it, and battery power wasn't one of the items on my list. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

20 years, 8 months

DSSI connector Q...

by meltie＠meltie.com

Hi guys Would a cable described as "VHDCI connectors, but they only have 50 pins. They are female connectors." possibly be an external DSSI cable? thanks alex/melt

20 years, 8 months

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test-drb October 2003