test-drb March 2003

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by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

I don't know if anyone is interested in these and I know nothing about them but I spotted two of them in a scrap place yesterday. If someone wants them come and get 'em. (They'll be cheap.) They haven't been there more than a couple of days and look like they're in decent condition. I'll guide you to them but I have NO way to move, store, or ship them. Joe

21 years, 9 months

License PAKs claimed.

by kyrrin＠bluefeathertech.com

Zane Healy was the first to E-mail me, and is the lucky winner of the LicensePakStak. ;-) I'll bet he'd be willing to share if asked nicely. Thanks to the group, again, for putting up with my occasional burst of adverts. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy, Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com ARS KC7GR (Formerly WD6EOS) since 12-77 -- kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com "I'll get a life when someone demonstrates that it would be superior to what I have now..." (Taki Kogoma, aka Gym Z. Quirk)

21 years, 9 months

MicroVAX 3800 Power Cable

by univac2＠earthlink.net

I have a MicroVAX 3800 in really good shape that I would like to be able to use, but I have a problem. The power connector looks like a standard grounded power cable connector, but has been made in such a way that the power cable must have a notch on the top in order to plug in. Is there any reason for this? Does that mean that I need a special cable or can I just take a hacksaw to a regular power cable? -- Owen Robertson

21 years, 9 months

Large Collection of DEC & other License PAKs: Any takers?

by kyrrin＠bluefeathertech.com

Hi, folks, Hey... I've got an item here that I really didn't want to put up for auction. I'd much rather pass it on to a fellow Classiccmp'er who can use it. It's a file folder, nearly a half-inch thick, crammed full of old DEC and Wollongong license PAKs for all kinds of products, including VMS 5.x, DECNet, and other assorted goodies. First person to E-mail me directly (kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com, or kc7gr at qsl dot net), with an offer of $15.00 (includes postage), can have the entire pile. I'll go by time/date stamps on any responses to determine who's message got here first. Thanks much. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy, Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com ARS KC7GR (Formerly WD6EOS) since 12-77 -- kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com "I'll get a life when someone demonstrates that it would be superior to what I have now..." (Taki Kogoma, aka Gym Z. Quirk)

21 years, 9 months

Classic items up for auction

by kyrrin＠bluefeathertech.com

Hi, gang, Another shameless plug. I've posted another bunch of auctions on E-pay. The first one's a collection of Emulex and PDP-11 hardware reference handbooks. I think there's one for the VAX in there too. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3519&item=3408289058 Owners of Motorola MVME188A systems would probably find this one useful. It's the distribution tapes and manuals for the System V/88 Base OS, Network Extensions, and the tapes and manuals for Uniplex and Looking Glass as well. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1247&item=3408291146 These next three are, in sequence: A tech manual for the VAX 4000-200, a TK50 tape of the MicroVAX II Customer Diagnostics, and a manual set for the TI-58/59 programmables. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1247&item=3408295497 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1247&item=3408296865 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3294&item=3014465606 Thanks again for putting up with the occasional ad. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy, Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com ARS KC7GR (Formerly WD6EOS) since 12-77 -- kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com "I'll get a life when someone demonstrates that it would be superior to what I have now..." (Taki Kogoma, aka Gym Z. Quirk)

21 years, 9 months

"The Art of Electronics" - edition differences?

by erd_6502＠yahoo.com

To those that have "The Art of Electronics", is there much difference between the first and second editions? Is one "preferable" to the other for those of us with Classic interests? Did they take anything we would find useful out in the editing process? -ethan

21 years, 9 months

"The Art of Electronics" is priceless and amazing!

by Paul.Hills＠siemens.co.uk

I discovered this one 15 years ago after failing to comprehend analogue electronicsa in my first year at university. It made everything clear in one read! As a coincidence, I just got an email off Winfield Hill the other day asking me about my website. I congratulated him on his book! paul -----Original Message----- From: jpero(a)sympatico.ca [mailto:jpero@sympatico.ca] Sent: 19 March 2003 20:23 To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: "The Art of Electronics" is priceless and amazing! I just got my book after over 4 weeks of waiting since the order placed. I wondered why I didn't get it eariler because it's so good compared to my college electronics technology textbooks! Cheers, Wizard

21 years, 9 months

Holy cow, what a find...

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

> It cost a few bucks to get, but I know what these beasties can do... > > What beastie? Oh, sorry... an Ancot DCS-216FT standalone SCSI bus > analyzer, in pretty darn good shape. Snagged it from Ebay for $250. > Considering that I've rarely seen them going for less than a grand, > I think I got a decent enough deal. <CLANK> That was the sound of my jaw dropping! There is a certain major manufacturer of SCSI devices that I'm familiar with that only has two SCSI Bus Analyzers (and the FE that works on our equipment can never get one). So, I'd say that's a pretty good score! Zane

21 years, 9 months

4M expanded memory cards

by melamy＠earthlink.net

actually history wise, there was a memory specification called LIM (Lotus/Intel/Microsoft) that used a 16K/32K/64K memory slot in the 1 meg real memory region where the 8088 could access it to bank switch blocks of memory in and out of the window area. Lotus 123 was a big user of the Expanded Memory because of the typical size of spreadsheets would quickly eat up normal memory and require disk access that would slow down the spreadsheet even more. Memory boards that were referred to as extended memory were the ones that could be accessed by 286 and above processors by having the processor go into protected mode. best regards, Steve Thatcher >--- Original Message --- >From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502(a)yahoo.com> >To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org >Date: 3/20/03 11:15:43 AM > --- TeoZ <teoz(a)neo.rr.com> wrote: >> I remember paying close to $400 for 4 x 4mb 30 pin sims for my 386/40 >> homebuilt machine so it would scream using windows 3.0. >> Funny how memory prices have gone to hell over the last few years. > >As someone already pointed out - prices only drop drastically per meg for >new technologies. For old memory, the price drops slowly, then it rises >a bit once it's old enough to be legacy. Try and find some largish 30-pin >memory now - it's not the $25-$40/meg it once was, but some places still >get a lot for it (not that they *sell* a lot ;-) > >> What was the point of the ISA memory addon boards, people running >> windows/286 and OS/2 1.x/2.x? > >Yes, that and productivity apps that needed more space than 640K >(spreadsheets, CAD packages, etc.) plus games. There were plenty >of DOS games that needed more than ~500K. > >-ethan

21 years, 9 months

Freeware CDs for RSX-11 and RT-11

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

OMG how embarassing!.... ----- Original Message ----- > Umm most definitely - including sites under www.classiccmp.com :) *SIGH* that would be .org, not .com Jay "suffering from brainlock" West

21 years, 9 months

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test-drb March 2003