Hi All
Was just browsing ebay and this might be of interest to someone on the
list...
(not my auction, don't know the seller etc)
TRS-80 Modem 1 (Radio Shack)
currently at $5 with about 5 hours left to go.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/
eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3412343006&category=3692
Alan
Hello,
I am having trouble interfacing an HP 9134 HDD to my HP 85. I have connected
other drives without difficulty such as the 9121D so I believe the computer
is set up properly.
I recently picked up a 9134A HD. It apparently emulates a 9895A 8" flexible
drive and 3 slaves each with 1.15MB capacity.
I set the HP-IB address to zero on the HD and typed MASS STORAGE is ":D700".
I then typed CAT and Initialize and keep getting a "Timeout". Also if I turn
the 85 on with the HD connected and running and type CAT the HD does not
respond as my 9121 would without typing a mass storage is command.
Can I assume the drive is bad or am I using the wrong syntax. The drive
spins up nicely, and the light comes on but I get that error message and the
disk access light does not come on.
I hate to toss this drive into the dumpster if it is functional.
Thank you for your thoughts.
Bob H
Hi folks,
I have an HP 9133 HDD that I'm going to have to re-format (for an HP based
measuring system).
The drive already has quite a lot of software on it that it seems a shame to
destroy.
I've stuck a bus analyser on the drive and had a quick look at the data
passing back and forth between a controller and it. I think that I can
control the drive OK (using cs80 protocol) from a PC with HPIB controller
card - i.e. I can identify the drive, check block sizes and pull data off or
write data to the drive.
It strikes me that an application that enables the information on a cs/80
drive to be pulled onto a PC, backed-up on another format (e.g. CD ROM) and
then written back to the cs80 drive would be useful - does such an
application already exist?
With the data clocks off the drive, I'm having a few problems working out
the actual format that HP use to record files on the disk.
It looks as though the first block on the disk (block 0) contains
information about the volume label, number of blocks available, number of
blocks allocated etc. (and I assume the length of the catalog).
The next few blocks seem to contain the catalog information itself - file
names, start locations lengths, file types etc.
Does anyone have access to details of the format that HP use to store files
on cs80 protocol disks/tapes?
(I already have a document 'cs/80 instruction set' dated March 1983 that has
proved invaluable in understanding the messages between the controller and
disk drive.)
Any help much appreciated.
Cheers
Peter Brown
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>From: "Paul Berger" <sanepsycho(a)globaldialog.com>
>
>On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 16:46, Lawrence Walker wrote:
>> Why does this legalistic crap with high moral tone
>> forever come up on the list. For the most part almost
>> all old computer collectors are using programs illegally.
><snip>
>> a thousand others sitting on a program which they won't
>> put into public domain due to not giving a shit about the
>> end user.
>
>I usually take the extremely legalistic point of view to highlight to
>people that the current system of copyright is broken, and only getting
>more so to protect the interests of a few.
>
>Whenever I catch somebody I know doing something that is technically
>illegal I point out this fact most strenuous and let them know they can
>get a criminal records, do jail time and receive millions in fines if
>somebody takes offense at what they are doing. I will then suggest that
>if they think this is wrong they should contact their representative and
>suggest things be changed.
>
>Most shrug, figure I'm a kook (probably right) and don't do a damn thing
>... this is why things won't change.
>
>> Why is there not an similar outcry about companies like
>> Lotus or Borland that put out products that were obsoleted
><snip>
>> companies it's tit for tat. Apple and a few others do the
>> decent thing but they are the exceptions not the rule.
>
>Borland has released some of their old dos compilers on their community
>site, so I would not knock them too much. They sold off the rights to
>many of their applications so I would not expect them to release them to
>the public.
>
>I'm hoping that the shareware type idea will come back with the rise of
>open-source software creating new niches, and the big software companies
>charging for support & updates. You don't want support, the software is
>free, but if you want somebody to answer questions, you need to pay the
>author something.
Hi
The only problem here is something I saw done ( and
admitted to ) in shareware. The product was release to
shareware with a known bug. In order to get it fixed,
simply pay for the support/upgrade. I chose to delete
the original and not use either.
I had a couple of shareware programs that I released.
They were used by many hundreds of people. I only had
4 people send me the $5. I'm not complaining. Actually
I'm happy that so many found them useful. I'll have to
admit that most were college students so they have a good
excuse.
I've also used several shareware programs without sending
any money in so I can't complain about others. There were
a couple that I did send money in for and used quite a bit.
My only complaint is with abandonware. When the code is
no longer relevant, why hang onto it as though it were
of some value. I can see that one could make a point that
there might be something in the source that was of value
but the application is different.
Dwight
>
>Regards,
>Paul
>From: Geoff Reed <geoffr(a)zipcon.net>
>
>Looks cool, however :( please warn about the pop-ups at your host, I got
>cascading popups because I didn't ahve my pop-up killer loaded when i
>visited your site :(
Hi
I never got the pictures to come across?? I only got
one popup.
Dwight
From: Antonio Carlini <arcarlini(a)iee.org>
> Just checking since I've seen others slip before ...
>
> The RRD42 takes the standard "flip-top" caddy that
> must have been made in their millions.
Well, that's a relief. Can you point me to a source for these common caddies?
I have ZERO experience with DEC equipment but recently acquired a VaxStation
3100 m76, with the specific goal in mind of gaining familiarity with DEC gear
and VMS. I'll be pestering the list with a lot of newbie questions as things
progress . . .
Later --
Glen
0/0
Sorry, should have mentioned the timeframe: this was a disaster
recovery datacenter being setup in early 2002. So clearly this
stuff is in current use and probably will be for some time.
--S.
Mr. Hartman --
I now add my voice to the voices of others who have repeatedly requested that
you stop your grossly off-topic and impolite posts to this list.
Will you please stop this?
> Anyone who would like to read my replies may e-mail me
> off list to get them. I will send them in full.
Your continued attempt to justify your actions (posting private messages to a
public list) is very distasteful to me, and I'm sure others also find it so.
> I can't control either. But, I won't be stifled in my
> opinions because someone else wants to coddle people
The fact that you have an opinion does not entitle you to use this list to
express that opinion. We are all here as guests.
> I posted these messages because I want it to stop.
>
> I want him to stop doing this, rather than having it
> tolerated.
You have no control over what others choose to tolerate, regardless of what
you "want."
> You say you know about it. How about doing something
> about it, rather than letting others be attacked and
> harrassed by him?
If Sellam should "attack" and/or "harass" someone other than yourself, is that
not their battle to fight?
> Because, I'm not willing to just ignore him and allow
> him to attack others on the list in the future.
I am not at all sure what you are suggesting here, but I *am* sure that I don't
like the sound of it. Since you do not have the power to banish Sellam or
anyone else from this list, and since such a banishment would still not prevent
Sellam or anyone else from sending private email messages, the above-quoted
statement implies that you are prepared to take *some other course of action*
to achieve your stated goals. Mr. Hartman, I am certain that posting such
sentiments to a public forum is not a wise thing to do.
> In return for that, he needs to control himself and
> treat members of this list with the respect he himself
> receives.
Mr. Hartman, who *are* you to state as a fact your opinion of what anyone
needs to do, on this list or off?
> So, posting to this list was an attempt to get others
> to cooperate in stopping his hate, without resorting
If this is so, then why have you not asked for help in clear and simple
language? I believe you will find that the members of this list are not so
easily manipulated.
Again, I respectfully request that you cease these impolite, manipulative,
defensive, and off-topic posts.
Glen Goodwin
Orlando, FL USA
0/0
Hi
I just thought I'd share with you a few of my finds this week (maybe
someone will be able to shed a little light on one or two items?)
Sinclair Spectrum+ (nice condition in its original box) complete with
data cassette, joystick, games and thermal printer. I've already had
this up and running.
Dick Smith VZ-200 (again good condition) complete with 16kb memory
expansion (taking it to a heady 24kb), twin joystick adaptor. No power
supply with this but I've found out it takes 10V 800mA so that
shouldn't be too hard to rig up. Apparently these were sold in
Australia between 1983 and 1989, the VZ-200 being the first of the
model range. It uses the Z80 processor. (For those that don't know Dick
Smith is a Radio Shack style electronics outlet - he used to use the
catchy but rather self depreciating slogan "The Electronic Dick" )
IBM 122-key keyboard - this is the clicky type board with 24 function
buttons across the top and a group of preset functions to the left of
the main qwerty board. It has an 8 pin RJ45 style plug (rather than the
4 pin versions I've seen on Digital and Wyse keyboards). I don't know
where this comes from or what it was originally hooked up to.
Commodore PC10-III (this is the small case version) very clean
condition, came with the keyboard but no monitor. It powers up without
a problem.
Canon A-200 (that is the model stated on the back) This powers up fine
but the inbuilt graphics card does not like my mono monitor (in fact my
monitor doesn't like most cards, I must get around to changing it). It
has twin 5.25" floppies with a rather neat eject system that requires
you to push the button to lock the disk in and also to eject it (well,
I thought it was neat anyway). There is no hard disk but it came with a
boot floppy of a really cut down version of DOS 2.11 and a word
processing programme. I don't have a keyboard or anything else for that
matter with this. I can't find any information on the web about this
computer, it appears to have an 8086 or 8088 chip - I haven't
dismantled it all yet. Anyone know about this one?
Advanced Electronic Applications PAKRATT model PK-64 radio modem.
This is for the Commodore 64, SX64 and C128 (in C64 emulation mode). It
came with the manual, power adaptor and cables. In the blurb it states
that you can send and receive Morse, Baudot, ASCII, Amtor and AX.25
V2.0 (or below - but to receive morse you need the HFM-64 module). I
haven't tested this and don't have a C64 or Ham radio... it was just
one of those strange add-ons that would have bugged me if I'd let it
pass.
A couple of 2400 and 9600 modems and a box full of cards that I haven't
gone through yet.
Not a bad week in all.
Alan
Hi Bob & Joe,
At 04/15/03 12:01 PM Joe wrote ...
> > At 11:52 AM 4/15/03 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >I am having trouble interfacing an HP 9134 HDD to my HP 85. I have
>connected
> >other drives without difficulty such as the 9121D so I believe the
>computer
> >is set up properly.
> >
> >I recently picked up a 9134A HD. It apparently emulates a 9895A 8"
>flexible
> >drive and 3 slaves each with 1.15MB capacity.
>
> I'm not sure that the 9134A will work, you may need the 9133 or 9134 VX
>model.
The 9134A will work just fine with a HP85. It's the same as a 9135A
without the
5.25" floppy drive that the 9135A has. I've used a 9135A with both the HP85/87
family machines and with a HP9835B.
> >I set the HP-IB address to zero on the HD and typed MASS STORAGE is
>":D700".
>
> Try using "D700,0", "D700,1", "D700,2" and "D700,3", That will address
>the individual logical drive units.
I believe those commands are for a 9826 or something else. On the HP85,
the 9134A/9135A drives emulate four 9895 8" floppy drives (approximately
1.2 Mbytes
each). If the unit address switches are set for 0, the individual logical
drive
units are ":D700", ":D701", "D702", and "D703" on the HP85.
>I then typed CAT and Initialize and keep getting a "Timeout". Also if I
>turn
> >the 85 on with the HD connected and running and type CAT the HD does not
> >respond as my 9121 would without typing a mass storage is command.
> >
> >Can I assume the drive is bad or am I using the wrong syntax. The drive
> >spins up nicely, and the light comes on but I get that error message and
>the
> >disk access light does not come on.
I had much the same trouble with the hard drive in my 9135A when I got it.
It appears that the drive mechanism got "sticky" during a long period of
storage.
Much of the other stuff I got from the same lot as the 9135A was
rusty. Anyhow,
with some encouragement from list member Vassilis, I opened up the case,
unscrewed the hard drive (I think it's an ST-506) from the mounting
hardware and
set it on it's side, still hooked up, and was able to eventually get the disk
to initialize. It took a number of tries before I could get all four
partitions to
initialize, but once I got them all going, it worked fine.
I would try MASS STORAGE IS ":D700" and then INITIALIZE. If that doesn't work,
then try the same thing with ":D701", then ":D702", then ":D703". I wouldn't
give up unless you've tried it multiple times, alternating between partitions.
If you do decide to open up the case, you can see an arm on the side of the
drive that is supposed to move - it moves about 90 degrees going from the :D700
partition to the :D701 partition.
Once I got it working on the HP85 I tried it using my 9835B with Mass Storage
ROM, but I had to re-initialize the partitions I wanted to use with the
9835B because
they weren't compatible with the HP85 (too bad, I'd hoped to be able to
transfer data that way). Right now I have two partitions in HP85 format
and two in
9835 format.
At least Bob got the hard drive in his 9134A. I bought a second one that was
listed on eBay that ended later the same day as his, and when it arrived I
found that
the unit had been stripped and there was no hard drive inside :-(
Anybody have a spare ST-506???
Hope this helps,
Alex
The Calculator Museum Web Page
http://www.calcmuseum.com
