test-drb November 2003

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Your web posting on surge suppressor fires

by michael.r.holder＠boeing.com

Hi - I just stumbled upon your posting (at http://www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctech/2002-December/006703.html ) from last year - can you tell me if you had any other occurrences of this, or if you had any other responses beyond those linked to your post? Our fire protection engineers tell me this has been a bit of a problem, but I am not finding much information as I look into it for a class project. Did your local fire department respond to the three you mentioned, and was there an investigation / report? Thanks - Mike Mike Holder Boeing Fire Inspection (206) 544-7950 (206) 416-2020 pager (P.S. - Would you have saved the faulty suppressors by chance? I'd be very interested in seeing one - or more!.... MH)

20 years, 6 months

PDP-8/I memory problem (fwd)

by root＠parse.com

Forwarded message: > From: jim <jwstephens(a)msm.umr.edu> > > Robert Krten wrote: > > > If I deposit 7777, I can examine and get 3777. This machine has 8k of > > core, and the problem is the same in both 4k banks. > > Cheers, > > -RK > > when you read memory, are here any locations where you get back a 1 bit > in this position from residual junk data in the core? Nope, unfortunately. I've been running "junk programs" and it looks like they scribbled all over memory; I looked through the first thousand or so memory locations, hoping for a 4000 bit, but no luck :-( > might be a clue what is wrong with deposit vs rad. > > can you examine other registers from the front panel and change that bit, or > is it just the core? No other registers are accessible from the front panel -- you're think of the PDP-11 :-) > if you can examine the registers, IIRC, can you put a program in there to load > a constant and deposit it in core? This would exercise a different path to the > core, though I know that the front panel is probbly doing a step to do the > deposit. > > I may be crossing wires with the pdp11 as far as the registers being > addressible in > memory, if so I apologize, it's been a long time, and I have no handy manual to > verify > this for you. No problemo; appreciate any help I can get :-) Cheers, -RK -- Robert Krten, PARSE Software Devices +1 613 599 8316. Realtime Systems Architecture, Consulting and Training at www.parse.com Looking for Digital Equipment Corp. PDP-1 through PDP-15 minicomputers!

20 years, 6 months

The Geek Test...

by CyndeM＠vulcan.com

Well, I'm surprised to be only : 39.44773% - Major Geek But at least i'm a FEMALE GEEK! Cynde Moya, MLIS, PhD(c)

20 years, 6 months

vax station keyboards

by INNERCTYCMP＠aol.com

have available (9) pct710 keyboards use with the vaxstation systems if interested please reply see pic thanks george ics computers

20 years, 6 months

Any suggestions for cleaning yellowed computer parts?

by PLancashire＠columbia.com

don't do the dry/sanitize cycle ! or you may get a Salvador Dali case when you are done. -----Original Message----- From: Ernest [mailto:ernestls@attbi.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 10:05 AM To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' Subject: RE: Any suggestions for cleaning yellowed computer parts? > A run through the dishwasher sometimes helps (note: sometimes). Yes. Beware on this sometimes, too. I ran a Coco-3 case through the washer and it cleaned the case very well but it also washed out the colors on the label. Now, the case and label have a uniform washed out look to them. Also, I've noticed that sometimes, running a case through the dishwasher doesn't always clean thick grime off. It only bleaches it so that it looks like it's gone, and the drying heat can bake and harden the grease so that it's more difficult to remove. I still prefer to use a sink full of hot soapy water, and a medium stiff paint brush, and lots of elbow grease. The brush gets down into the cracks and crevasses, and any texturing on the case. I also prefer this method because I enjoy the act of scrubbing everything up. I like to see the cleaned piece emerge from years grime and dirt, and the work gives me time to think. A toothbrush and a facial buff pad are also useful. Short of painting, there is no way to restore a sun damaged case that I've found. I have nothing against painting an old computer case, since many of them were painted to begin with -even the plastic case were often painted.

20 years, 6 months

Any suggestions for cleaning yellowed computer parts?

by billdeg＠degnanco.com

Does anyone have a secret recipe that is *safe* for cleaning yellowed/stained plastic computer parts that were originally white? I have had some success with various cleaning agents, but nothing spectacular. -bill wilmington, delaware

20 years, 6 months

New find: Digital LA424 MultiPrinter

by waltje＠pdp11.nl

Hiyas, Yay! Today wasa good day... besides having (finally) collected some of the VAXen I was supposed to pick up last week, I also got around to grabbing the LA424 I bought online. Nice printer! Came with everything included, *including* the DS200/DL they were using as a printerserver :) and the VT420 which was its console. Also, a (still sealed) box with ribbons. Now.. to find its manual. Anyone? (oheyah, and a box of wide fanfold ;-) Cheers, Fred -- Fred N. van Kempen, DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) Collector/Archivist Visit the VAXlab Project at http://www.pdp11.nl/VAXlab/ Visit the Archives at http://www.pdp11.nl/ Email: waltje(a)pdp11.nl BUSSUM, THE NETHERLANDS / Sunnyvale, CA, USA

20 years, 6 months

Hummer / Asteroids TV commercial

by evan947＠yahoo.com

Hi everyone, check this out, Hummer used the old "Asteroids" video game in their latest commercial: http://www.hummer.com/hummerjsp/world/tv/index.jsp

20 years, 6 months

The Geek Test...

by GOOI＠oce.nl

How many of us clicked the link "This link is broken " just to see ... now that's geeky! - Henk (just a "geek" with 17.xxxxx% :-( > -----Original Message----- > From: David Woyciesjes [mailto:dwoyciesjes@comcast.net] > Sent: dinsdag 4 november 2003 20:20 > To: ClassicCMP > Subject: The Geek Test... > > > How many of you have seen this one? > http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html > > I only got a 7.88955% result... > > -- > --- Dave Woyciesjes > --- ICQ# 905818

20 years, 6 months

hp 75000

by browe58＠comcast.net

i have an hp 75000 mainframe w/ plug ins. if anyone is interested, please contact me directly for details at: browe58(a)comcast.net. thanx. bill

20 years, 6 months

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test-drb November 2003