test-drb March 2003

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by cb＠mythtech.net

> Fellow classic'ers, I have a very specific set of old radio service >software packages that require running. Since they were written back when >the 386 was still in the "Ooooh, Ahhhh!" phase, and discontinued soon >after, they won't run reliably (if at all) on anything newer than a 486. I have some friends that make the same claim. That they have radio/scanner programming software that will NOT work on anything newer than a 386. I'm curious... WHY? What happens at the faster speeds that makes it useless? I've tried asking my friends, but they are clueless on these matters (and actually, all except one had no idea, they were making the claim simply because they were told that was the case... only one claims to have actually tried it). Is it something that is solveable by running some kind of speed killing software (I had an app that did that. I used it to play old DOS games on newer Pentium machines. The graphics ran so fast that the games were unplayable, so I ran this processor stealing software and it slows the machine down by the % you tell it to). > Here's what I'd like to find. A small tower-style 486, mini or mid, with >PS/2 type ports for keyboard and mouse built in. Speed-wise, it should be >in the DX33 or DX2/66 class. It should have switchable "Turbo/Non-Turbo" >mode, either from a front-panel switch or from a keypress combination. >Finally, it needs to have at least two PCI slots in addition to the usual >ISA or EISA. Ugh.... should have asked a few months ago. I just junked scores of 486's. I'm sure one of them probably fit your bill (or at least came close). I have some more coming up to be scrapped, so I'll keep an eye out. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

21 years, 2 months

Wang OIS web pages

by jim＠smithy.com

---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Jim Battle <frustum(a)pacbell.net> Reply-To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 20:27:27 -0800 >At 06:34 PM 3/2/03 -0500, you wrote: >>I have put up a set of pages on the Wang OIS System.Currently, it can run most of the OS utilities, program development, and >>Wang Word Processing. I have tested it with Red Hat Linux 7.2 and 7.3. >>The pages are located at http://www.cass.net/~jdonoghu > >That is excellent, Jim! > >Is there any chance of talking you to convert your emulator to use >wxWindows ( http://www.wxwindows.org )? It is a cross-platform GUI and >system toolkit. It is quite well done, and would allow running your >emulator on a much larger range of platforms (PC, linux/unix, Mac, OS/2, >...) It is rather well done, has a very active developer community, and >uses the native look & feel of the targeted GUI (it will look like a GTK >app if that is what you link to, or a Motif app, or Win32, or XP, OS X, etc.) > I have considered this, but I've never done any Windows programming, and I'm using UNIX IPC to communicate between processes. The emulator consists of a Master process that represents the master CPU unit, and one or more Slave processes (each their own Z80 emulator) that represent the workstations. You can have up to four active Slave processes attached to the master (it gets slower the more slaves you run.).

21 years, 2 months

Ebay - Neat PLATO system (AOL before AOL)

by cbajpai＠attbi.com

This is pretty neat.A Plato terminal. I never knew a on-line community existed before Lee Feldstein's Community Memory project.In hindsight it looks like he was trying to copy Plato. A Description: Welcome to PLATO. The PLATO system, started way back in 1960, was developed as a technological solution to delivering individualized instruction, in thousands of subjects from algebra to zoology, to students in schools and universities across the nation. As the system grew and evolved, it became, pretty much by accident, the first major online community, in the current sense of the term. In the early 1970s, people lucky enough to be exposed to the system discovered it offered a radically new way of understanding what computers could be used for: computers weren't just about number-crunching (and delivering individualized instruction), they were about people connecting with people. For many PLATO people who came across PLATO in the 1970s, this was a mind-blowing concept http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3404078052&category= 4193> &item=3404078052&category=4193

21 years, 2 months

making disk images

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

In a message dated 3/2/2003 11:36:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, jhfinepw4z(a)compsys.to writes: > For drives with any file structure, Ghost V7.0 can make an exact > copy of the drive and restore every block in the exact same location. > With SCSI drives or drives where the controller does the bad block > mapping, this allows the image to be restored on the same size or > larger drive. When the bad blocks are handled by the OS, then > the restore must be done on the identical drive if you did not start > with a Windows/DOS file structure. > > Sincerely yours, > This is probably true for only FATxx,and NTFS partitions though. I don't think HPFS is supported anymore, unfortunately. I know on earlier versions, the image source and target must be the same size. -- Antique Computer Virtual Museum www.nothingtodo.org

21 years, 2 months

Wang OIS web pages

by jim＠smithy.com

I have put up a set of pages on the Wang OIS System. The OIS is a minicomputer system based on the Zilog Z80 processor. It was made from 1979 until around 1990. I also have an OIS emulator in development. Currently, it can run most of the OS utilities, program development, and Wang Word Processing. I have tested it with Red Hat Linux 7.2 and 7.3. The pages are located at http://www.cass.net/~jdonoghu

21 years, 2 months

Free Dynalogic

by rborsuk＠colourfull.com

Hi All, I have a free dynalogic KDM-900 to a good home. Just pay shipping and it's yours. It was part of my dynalogic system. This is the only part I have left and I hate tossing. If you want to see it , please go to: http://idisk.mac.com/colourfull_creations/Public/ads/kdm.jpg Thanks Rob

21 years, 2 months

WD1002s-shd

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

Found this a few days ago. I think it's a SASI to ST-412 bridge board. Does anyone have more information on it? It has a 50 pin ribbaon cable header on one end. The other end has a 34 pin card edge connector, nearby are two 20 pn ribbon cable headers and a 4 pin molex power cable connector. Anyone have a manual for it? Joe

21 years, 2 months

Another variation on the Nigerian Oil SCAM! Remained Blessed in the lord!

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

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21 years, 2 months

HP 2109B on eBay

by avickers＠solutionengineers.com

Shocking, isn't it? I get a HP, and suddenly I'm looking all over eBay for them.... Anyway, see here: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3403922546&category=12… Not sure if "jeffruss" (current high-bidder) is on this list or not. Anyhow, just a heads-up in case any of you were interested. -- Cheers, Ade. Be where it's at, B-Racing! http://b-racing.com

21 years, 2 months

Classic SF Bay Area places to visit

by RCini＠congressfinancial.com

Hello, all: I have a business trip out to the Bay Area next week (and then on to Los Angeles). I will probably have a few hours to kill up in the Bay Area. What are your recommentations for places to visit, including places for surplus equipment? Thanks. Rich ========================== Richard A. Cini, Jr. First Vice President Congress Financial Corporation 1133 Avenue of the Americas 30th Floor New York, NY 10036 (212) 545-4402 (212) 840-6259 (facsimile)

21 years, 2 months

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test-drb March 2003