test-drb February 2003

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by jrice54＠charter.net

I need one of the beige plastic headed screws that secure the side cover on a Dell Dimension case. The is for my UMAX S900 that shares a PaloAlto Design case with the earlier Dell Dimensions. I also need two blank drive filler panels for a HP NetServer LC II. James -- http://webpages.charter.net/jrice54/classiccomp2.html

21 years, 10 months

OT Avalanches (was: Columbia)

by julesrichardsonuk＠yahoo.co.uk

>When I was a kid, I tried and tried to make an igloo of packed cubes of >snow. I never could get one finished as once the walls started to curve >I couldn't get the layers to stick long enough to close the thing up and >complete it. An igloo is a very stable structure, but a half-finished >one isn't at all stable... I have a feeling that in survival situations you don't make an igloo, but a tunnel that you lay down in. Dig a trench into the snow first, then you just use a few blocks above surface level to make the roof. Pack snow on top of that to seal the gaps. One end is sealed, then after reversing in you use your pack to seal the entrance up beind you. The other alternative is to dig a tunnel. You make it T-shaped for some reason that currently eludes me; the entrance is at the lowest point of the T and you lay across the 'arms'. Biggest problem if you're sheltering is making sure that someone can find you - using the pack to seal the doorway off goes a long way to achieving that but overnight snowfall could still hinder the rescuers. cheers Jules 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, 10 months

VAXELN HELP!! needed

by hofmanwb＠worldonline.nl

Hi All, VAXELN is new to me, but I am reasonably at home in the internals of RSX11M, MTS and OS 360. I was called in by the application programmer when he encountered a somewhat deep problem. One or two times a month in the 3rd of three RT1000 running V4.0 of VAXELN the two communications tasks with the microVax 3300 running VMS 5.2 stop. One with access violation, reason mask 05 and one with access violation or with a kernel stack not valid exception. These tasks are identical and each serves its own sorting unit. The VAXELN systems use the DDCMP_V2 module. The systems run continuously. The stop address is for both tasks always in the DAP module (from june 7 1989) at 1FFC from the start It looks as if the FP register contains 0 during the last CLRB -4C4(FP) intruction.I conclude this from the virtual address =FFFFFB3C message.. The system stopped at the same location during startup earlier in the project each time when the 3rd realtime vax was started, but then:maximum links was 32 and maximum circuits was16. This error disappeared when these quantities were doubled to maximum links=64 and maximum circuits=32. The earlier values were ok during the years when only two realtime vaxes were active.and with 2 realtime vaxes these crashes were not noticed. The realtime vaxes all have the remote debugger. The installation is 140 km >from my home. It looks as if register information is hard to get at. Suggestions? Has anyone encountered a similar error? Who has suggestions?. When this gets highly detailed contact off list might be best. Any help will be greatly appreciated! Wim

21 years, 10 months

WANTED: RA7x Enclosure/Operator Ctrl. Panel

by jwillis＠arielusa.com

Wanted: RA7x Enclosure/Operator Ctrl. Panel

21 years, 10 months

Looking for source of MFM or RLL drives

by CCTalk＠catcorner.org

Yes, the OS allows entering of drive geometry. Actually only supports MFM up to 70Meg. RLL drives will of course work, just not to RLL capacity. I'm looking for the largest drives I can find. From: Ethan Dicks --- Kelly Leavitt <CCTalk(a)catcorner.org> wrote: > Any good sources of MFM or RLL drives. This would be for a Tandy 6000 > running Xenix. > > I'm looking for 70 Meg or higher MFM (110 RLL capacity). Hmm... those aren't so common (in the DEC world, there are two choices - the RD53 (Miniscribe 1325) and the RD54 (Maxtor XT2190). I take it you aren't constrained by a narrow set of expected geometries? (i.e. - you have a running system and/or the install procedure asks you about the drive rather than assuming?) -ethan

21 years, 10 months

Burroughs

by moored＠student.charleshays.net

Hi folks , >And, while we're asking, does anyone know what happened to Burroughs? >The Burroughs corporation eventually merged with Sperry Univac and got >absorbed into Unisys > > I've been lurking for a while , have a few old box's about but the ones i'm curious to know the rareity of are 3 Burroughs desktop type units from early 80's they are all 3 different models one newer 85 maybe , I'd have to dig them out and check the model numbers if need be , they all run the "B-20" operating system and booted and ran the last time they were plugged in (one is a smart terminal type ala net boot) . On a couple occasions i've searched all over the net for information and found very little other than the company history stored at the Babbage institute . Are these things as odd as I think they are or has info and availability just managed to elude me ? Thanks for your time Dean.

21 years, 10 months

Interesting technique for removing tape discovered

by vcf＠siconic.com

Someone sent me an unassembled Ohio Scientific Superboard II kit in its original box the other day. Unfortunately, they didn't put the original box inside another box before applying tape and the Fedex shipping receipt pouch on the box (over the original OS label). So I had to carefully peel off the various stickies. I was able to do a pretty good job and except for the label tearing due to age, I was able to remove the pouch without damaging it. When I was removing the tape I accidently discovered that if I pulled the tape in a horizontal plane, it actually causes the tape to lift from the box without taking the top layer of the cardboard or any paper labels with it. Grab on to the tape and start pulling on it (hard) rather than peeling it back. It will lift off. The kind of tape I am referring to here is the clear packaging tape. Anyway, something to try the next time someone does this to you. To avoid this, be sure to have your sender put any original boxes inside another box before shipping. I didn't realize this was coming in the original box or else I would have instructed him to do so. -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org * Old computing resources for business and academia at www.VintageTech.com *

21 years, 10 months

Old computers from HP, maybe? Anybody know where HP is collecting/storing them?

by RCTech＠cnri.us

HP: Don't trash that old computer By Ian Fried Staff Writer, CNET News.com February 5, 2003, 5:10 PM PT Hewlett-Packard is hoping a little green will help make computer owners recycle more of their old tech gear. The computer maker is testing a program that gives those who recycle their old computers, monitors, printers or other gear a coupon worth up to $50 for any purchase of $60 or more on HP's online store. Under a program announced nearly two years ago, HP charges anywhere from $17 to $31 to recycle products. The company says the coupon will offset the amount customers must pay for the service, which ensures none of the gear ends up in landfills. The need for recycling is growing, particularly as nonprofit agencies become less willing to accept older gear, said Renee St. Denis, manager of HP's recycling effort. The problem of what to do with all this aging equipment has become a major issue facing the tech industry. "Now there is nobody to use it, and (charities) are coming to understand there is a cost to disposing of it properly," St. Denis said in an interview. With the promotion--which runs through April 30--HP hopes to find out whether a financial incentive will boost the number of products being recycled. The company said it already receives thousands of products each year, but would not be more specific on the amount. "We thought we'd give this a shot; then we'll evaluate how to move forward," St. Denis said. Those who return PCs, scanners, handhelds or inkjet printers will receive $20, while those who return monitors and laser printers will receive $30 coupons. A PC with a monitor fetches $50. While most of the products HP gets back are obsolete, the company does keep a list of what some charities are looking for and will donate any gear that meets the charities' minimum standards. "For the most part what we get in here is pretty darn old," St. Denis said. HP's recycling program accepts its gear as well as similar products made by competitors. "We don't want toasters, but we'll take other people's printers," St. Denis said.

21 years, 10 months

OT: RE: Collecting, Hacking and the Spooks (was: Gulf War,

by doug_jackson＠citadel.com.au

Wow. That's extremely good news. Unfortunately, my experience in repairing the samsung TV's is that you *start* by replacing about AUS $50 worth of power supply components, then you see what else failed. AARRGGH. Doug Jackson Director, Managed Security Services Citadel Securix +61 (0)2 6290 9011 (Ph) +61 (0)2 6262 6152 (Fax) +61 (0)414 986 878 (Mobile) Web: <www.citadel.com.au> Offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Hong Kong, Boston -----Original Message----- From: Philip Pemberton [mailto:philpem@dsl.pipex.com] Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 8:49 AM To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: OT: RE: Collecting, Hacking and the Spooks (was: Gulf War, Bryan Pope wrote: > And thusly Fred Cisin spake: >>> How much power / heat does a distiller use / generate?! >> How much shine could you make from a still heated by a Pentium? > Oooooh! ooooooh! How bout an ethanol cooling system for a P4?!! The > next 'leet mod! Only one problem with that approach - isn't ethanol, er... highly flammable? i.e. if it gets spilt on the CPU, said CPU goes up in flames along with the methanol cooler and pretty much everything else in the system case... Speaking of naffed up PCs, I was given a Celeron 400 box to play with. The CD ROM was (supposedly) dead. And rattling - uh-oh... Opened up the drive and found out that some in-DUH-vidual put a badly cracked CD in there. The CDROM was a 48x. Can you guess what happened to the CD when the drive got up to speed? That's right. It shattered. I spent 25 minutes picking bits of CD out of the mechanism. And then I powered it up again. And it came up to speed and read a CD fine. Guess that says something about Samsung CD drives then... Unfortunately, the other Samsung 48x drive I was given really was dead - the spindle motor bearings seized up... Later. -- Phil. philpem(a)dsl.pipex.com http://www.philpem.dsl.pipex.com/ CAUTION - The information in this message may be of a privileged or confidential nature intended only for the use of the addressee or someone authorised to receive the addressee's e-mail. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify postmaster(a)citadel.com.au. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Citadel Securix. Feel free to visit the Citadel Securix website! Click below. http://www.citadel.com.au

21 years, 10 months

Rookie HP-85 problem

by rhahm＠nycap.rr.com

OK, I took it apart to take alook inside and clean it up. Now I can't get the damn cover back on. It seems to get caught on the tape eject button. Don't want to break the cover forcing it. Are you supposed to separate the monitor/tape brown faceplate from the rest of the cover first? HELP RH

21 years, 10 months

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test-drb February 2003