test-drb July 2003

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by grobinson＠transpose.com

I have a need to read some 8-inch CP/M disks. They're pretty old and I'm nervous about sending them anywhere because I'm afraid that post-9/11 package scanning could ruin them. If anybody has any hardware they'd be interested in loaning to me (or selling) for this purpose that would be great. Or if anyone has a machine and lives in the U.S. Northeast, I wonder if I could pay for some of your time to help me get this done. Many thanks in advance for any help! --Gary -- Putting http://wecanstopspam.org in your email helps it pass through overzealous spam filters. Gary Robinson CEO Transpose, LLC grobinson(a)transpose.com 207-942-3463 http://www.transpose.com http://radio.weblogs.com/0101454

20 years, 12 months

List shenanigans?

by cpg＠aladdin.de

On 07/25/2003 11:09:10 AM AST chris wrote: > >>Is it just me or is the list dumping the same messages over and over >>again? > >Just you. At least I'm not getting duplicates I do. I thought that due to some local mail system hiccup somehow I was subscribed twice (I probably have sent multiple subscribe mails...). But if someone else gets them too.... ? regards, chris

20 years, 12 months

List shenanigans?

by cb＠mythtech.net

>Is it just me or is the list dumping the same messages over and over >again? Just you. At least I'm not getting duplicates -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

20 years, 12 months

Need to read 8-inch CP/M disks

by Robert_Feldman＠jdedwards.com

I remember a cartoon in a photo magazine showing a mangled envelope labeled "Photos Do Not Bend" with "Yes they do!" scribbled below that. ;) Bob -----Original Message----- From: Vintage Computer Festival [mailto:vcf@siconic.com] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 4:27 AM To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Need to read 8-inch CP/M disks <snip> I also make sure anyone sending me magentic media writes in big, bold, red lettres on the packaging "MAGNETIC MEDIA INSIDE".

20 years, 12 months

Obscure Fuji Unix Computer

by d_l_mcd＠hotmail.com

Hi Everybody, If you come across the following computer, or know where to find one, or know anything interesting about it, please let me know! Labelled as: Fuji MCS-16F Alleged OS: Unix OS9 Custom User Interface Software: Fuji MCS/2E V3.33 Installed Custom I/O Cards visible on back: 1. VM1161 2. VM1410 3. VM1310 There is one 5-1/4" floppy drive installed. This appears to be a mid-1980's era customized controller, and is being used to control a mid-1980's era Fuji SMT system. The problem is that the system owners are beginning to be very nervous about the long-term feasibility of the computer/controller and are searching for a backup while preparing for a surprisingly expensive software upgrade sometime in the future. Fuji no longer supports the installed software. This is also the type of thing that one may encounter in the usual places... in a dumpster, or in a pile at an auction or, well, you know, where ever. Rest assured that this particular model of obscure computer has some worth left in it, so please let me know if you encounter one! Thanks, Dan M Bellows Falls, Vermont USA

20 years, 12 months

Panasonic KXP4400 Laser Printer

by dwightk.elvey＠amd.com

Hi Sellam A while back there was one of these that Patrick Rigney responded to. He got no reply from that person. I have also replied to one such mail without a response. It seems to be a real slow way of fishing for email addresses but maybe that is what it is. It surely is funny since, so far, these seem to be bogus. The questions they ask sound like they almost know what they are doing but they are often right on the edge of being incorrect questions. I don't see what they are up to. Maybe this is used to create an exclusive list for the Nigerian letters. I get more of these now at this mail address then I do with my hotmail account. I'm only on two mail groups with this account. My hotmail is bursting with offers to enhance or reduce various parts of my body. I can't think why anyone smart enough to work on classic computers would be stupid enough to fall for one of these scams. I've even started replying to some of these scammers to let them know that their email address harvesting methods were being used by so many other scammers that they were most likely worthless. I do this in the hopes that they'll find some other method that doesn't include me. Dwight >From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf(a)siconic.com> > >On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Hanan Friedman wrote: > >> I have the same drum problem. I appreciate very much if you could help me on >> advise of how to put the printer into Service Mode and reset the page >> counter to 00000 > >I've noticed in the past few weeks a lot of messages from newbies that >don't seem to be subscribed to the list, but who are responding to old >messages or just posting general questions and such. Was the list address >posted as some sort of open help forum in some news article or something? > >Or is this just the magic of Google? > >-- > >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 *

20 years, 12 months

scanning booklets for archive

by cb＠mythtech.net

>It worries me (a lot) that you'd throw anything out after scanning it, >considering that that paper version is easier to read and will last a >lot longer than any scanned version... Space... I'm out of space. I can fits lots and lots of stacks of paper onto a single CD if I scan them all. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

20 years, 12 months

_offline_ scanning.

by cb＠mythtech.net

>Anybody offer a scanner that goes directly to disk, >possibly via TWAIN over USB? Seems possible >since there are digital camera solutions that do that. >My dad wants to do scanning and is computer shy... >the idea is that I would visit him semiregularly and >offload/OCR/organize his work then. >This would involve the destruction of NO manuals. I don't know about directly to disk, but I can say that Adobe Acrobat's "Import from Scanner" feature makes it just about directly to disk. With Acrobat (full version, not Reader), when I choose import, it brings up my scanner control, I click SCAN (or change options if I want, but I have it preset to how I want things and it keeps it how I last set it). My scanner starts, scans the sheets in the sheet feeder, and then Acrobat prompts me to reinsert for the back side, or asks if there are any more pages (depending on if I said it was double or single sided). Once the scan process is done, I'm left with an open new PDF file of all the scanned pages, in order (including properly ordering the double sided pages). I just choose Save, give it a name, and I'm done. So basically, it isn't directly to disk, but it is only about 6 steps to a finished product, and all the steps are fairly simple so a quick cheat sheet of directions might be enough for all but the full fledged technophobes. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

20 years, 12 months

Data conversion (Commodore 64, 8250 Disk Drive, SuperBase)

by ls＠essential.com.au

Teoz, The specs differ a fair bit from the 8250 to the 1571. The 8250 can store 1024k per disk (http://www.zimmers.net/cbmpics/deieee2.html) whereas the 1571 can store 360k per disk (http://www.zimmers.net/cbmpics/d1571s.html) so I don't think this is an option. As far as importing into access goes, I am willing to do a bit of mucking around. Getting the data in plain text would be great. Lance. -----Original Message----- From: TeoZ [mailto:teoz@neo.rr.com] Sent: Friday, 25 July 2003 9:05 AM To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Data conversion (Commodore 64, 8250 Disk Drive, SuperBase) If a commodore 1571 drive can read your disk you can connect the 1571 direct to a pc via parrallel port and use software to dump the files directly to the pc. Converting the database to access might be a problem if the format isnt standard. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2743816122&category=1247 I have used this type of cable to copy files from a pc to a 1541 drive and back , supports 1571 (double sided 5.25) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance Semmens" <ls(a)essential.com.au> To: "Cctalk (E-mail)" <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 7:19 PM Subject: Data conversion (Commodore 64, 8250 Disk Drive, SuperBase) > I have 4 disks (5 1/4 floppies) full of data that I'm looking to import into > an Access Database. > The data was written on a Commodore 64 with an 8250 double disk drive. The > custom software > that was being used sat on top of a SuperBase database. > > If anyone has the means to convert this data or can offer some tips as to > how I could go about > doing this it would be much appreciated. > > Thanks, > Lance.

20 years, 12 months

More Acorn finds + Numonics graphics tablet

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jul 24, 23:03, Jules Richardson wrote: > Details on the A310 cards would be nice - specs of the video digitiser, Can't remember the specs offhand. IIRC it's possible to get colour out of it (all the early Acorn demos were made with one) but I think the native mode of operation is monochrome. I have one, and I have the software on an 800K ADFS E disk, though I haven't used it in at least a decade. I also have some of the colour demos done with it. The only thing I don't have, and which I'd dearly like to find, is the spoof of the BBC rotating globe that was done using images from the digitiser -- Aunty complained and all the copies I had access to got withdrawn. It uses SWIs contained in the EPROM on the card to drive the hardware; the version I have is 2.51, which I remember getting from Mike Harrison (who designed it) specially -- it's not the normal release version. > what > scanner plugs into the scanner card (it has an 8 pin min-DIN, a 20 pin > connector, and what appears to be power output), Sounds like the Beebug scanner, or possibly the Computer Concepts one (which may have used the same scanner head). Mine used a Mitsubishi scan head which was the width of A4 and rolled over a flat sheet, but there was also a sheet feeder available which used the 8-pin miniDIN. The 20-way subminiature D-connector is the connection to the scan head. It could also be used with those little scanner hand units (the ones that look like a fat barcode scanner). IIRC, the power jack is an input, for scanners that take more power than the backplane is supposed to provide. > and what the hell a Nexus card > is / does... If it's what I think it is, it was something that either SJ Research or Lingenuity built to hook a few Archimedes machines onto a SCSI bus to share a hard drive. I could be thinking of something else, though. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

20 years, 12 months

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test-drb July 2003