test-drb July 2003

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279 participants
450 discussions

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

A few posts back there was something about a sun box staying up six months? Humm which release of Solaris was it that 'fixed' a documented 30,000 bugs? There's a saying about wherever you see one cockroach there is 1000 more hidden... *grin* Anyways... that got me thinking so I had to check. I popped into one of our FreeBSD web servers. It hosts a fair number of high volume sites (stevewinwood.com, kellerwilliams.net, and some stringcheeseincident support sites)... the current uptime is.... 5:43PM up 353 days yeahhhhh baby! Jay West

21 years, 5 months

Teh over priced Mark-8/IBM 5100 is back

by David.Kane＠aph.gov.au

I think we should give this guy his very own wet dream. I will bid one MILLION dollars for it (left small finger in mouth), and someone else can bid a few buck less. That should be a good laugh for him. David -----Original Message----- From: Dwight K. Elvey [mailto:dwightk.elvey@amd.com] Sent: Tuesday, 8 July 2003 9:06 AM To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Teh over priced Mark-8/IBM 5100 is back "He's Back!" It looks like the same fellow with a new name. That'd be my guess. Who was it that contacted eBay last time? Maybe he should drop them another note. As a side question, weren't most of the front panels for the Mark-8's home made. In which case you couldn't use someone else's photo. Dwight >From: chris <cb(a)mythtech.net> > >> The seller is the overpriced systems and swiped descriptions and photos >>is back. >><http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2544091022&categor y=12> >>Is this the same seller ID or a new one? > >I'm really curious what exactly he is selling. The listing doesn't say >that ANYTHING is really for sale. Although whatever the nothing is, its >$50 for shipping, and $5,000 to insure it (wow, it costs more to insure >it than to buy it!) > >-chris ><http://www.mythtech.net>

21 years, 5 months

OS uptimes

by geoffr＠zipcon.net

<Geek> Had a sparc IPC with almost 4 years of uptime, until the mainboard died :( </Geek>

21 years, 5 months

Cray X-MP ENgraved I/O SS Access Door For Sale

by Mark.Jackson＠artsfest.org.uk

Hi There, I have a Cray Research I/O Sub System metal access door from a Cray X-MP that I reluctantly wish to sell. If you click on the link below you will see a picture of the machine and also in the distance, you will see the silver access door. If you make the pic bigger you will see it properly. It is engraved 'Cray Research Inc - I/O Subsystem'. I also have all the fittings for the door, ie the hinges and the magnetic contact strip. I don't want to sell it but unfortunately I need the cash. Would you be interested? email me at mrjackson99_uk(a)yahoo.co.uk http://www.cbi.umn.edu/exhibits/cray/crayxmp.html Thanks Mark

21 years, 5 months

CBM PET Software (&H/W)

by mhstein＠canada.com

I've got a few boxes of PET S/W somewhere (diskettes, ROMS and tapes), but whether after 25 years or so of sitting in a damp basement & wet garage the hardware still works (or if I can remember how) to copy it is another question; what sort of S/W are you looking for? Assuming the hardware works, the diskettes shouldn't be a problem, nor the EPROMS, and I seem to recall making a "null-cassette" adapter to copy tapes; anybody remember that? Hmmm, archiving those on a CD, or e-mailing them, should be an interesting project... In fact, I also recall making a cassette port to cassette port cable to "network" two PETs; anybody ever try that? And of course the famous switch to switch an 8032 into 4032 mode for compatibility with all the 40 col stuff out there at the time. Well, my interest being revived, I just went out to the garage and found a 2001 covered in racoon s**t (fortunately with a plastic cover on it), with an MTU graphics board installed. That looks dead, but the 8032 in the basement with mushrooms growing on the floor fired up after all these years with that vaguely familiar start-up tinkle (no, I didn't bother to reform the PS caps :); lifted the cover and there's even a DEC modem inside, but don't ask me if or how THAT worked. Now to find the disk drives (and then there's the pile of C64s, VIC20s and monitors up at the cottage, some even brand new in the box from the days when I planned to replace some AIM65s with VIC20s in a quite successful industrial controller application, believe it or not, but by the time I finally got a round tuit, PC's had arrived). Ah, memories, however vague and distant... m --------------------Original Message------------------ From: "Chandra Bajpai" <cbajpai(a)comcast.net> To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> Subject: RE: Fwd: RE: 8250 LP Double disk drive for the commodore 64 Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 07:38:56 -0400 Reply-To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Can 8050 diskettes be read on the 8250 (can the 8250 sense single sided diskettes)? Which PET drive is compatible with 1571? Ethan...I've accumulated a lot of PET stuff, including a dozen 8032's, a dead SuperPET, some drives (including an 8250) and 3-8K PETs. Love to hear what you have? I wish I had some software! -Chandra

21 years, 5 months

Eagle computer question?

by grg2＠comcast.net

Well, I've done it now. I put an old Eagle computer up for auction, and I included a bit of history about "Eagle Conmputer", but now I wonder if I goofed up big-time on the history. As I recall, Many many years ago (around 1982?) I read in InfoWorld that Eagle Computer's president met a tragic end, just after the company went public, or get a big bunch of financing, or somesuch. Something along the lines of his car ran off the road after a celebratory party. If you've driven Hwy 17 at night (between San Jose and Scotts Valley), you know it's a real damp-armpits trip, even when sober. About 300 twisty turny bits, rising and falling, no streetlights, few guardrails, steep dropoffs. But now as I search the Web, I can't find any trace of this news item. Did I imagine it? Have I got the wrong company? Anybody recall? It's awful turning 50! Thanks, George

21 years, 5 months

iUP-201 PC software

by dwightk.elvey＠amd.com

>From: Joe <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com> >Subject: Re: iUP-201 PC software > >Hey Dwight, > > If you write something, I'd like to get a copy too. I finally got a >working iuP 201. BTW I've been thinking of making a PC interface for the >UPP 103. I've finally got some docs on it and found out that it only uses >about six commands; three writes, two reads and one read status. I don't >know what they are but it should be too hard to grab the data with a logic >analyzer. I'm not planning on doing it anytime soon, right now I'm busy >re-building some MDSs. > > BTRW do you know if there was ever any software written for ISIS to >operate the iUP 201? Hi Joe I'm not sure. I wish Intel hadn't trashed the user library. It seems like every combination of thing was done by someone, at one time or the other. I still haven't had time to bring up my MDS800. I've been busy entertaining a visitor from Singapor for the last few weeks. I'm still working on the H89 to PC transfer software. I'm trying to figure out how to stop windoz from trashing serial data when I do direct port accesses to the serial. The code works otherwise. Dwight > > Joe > >At 10:26 AM 7/7/03 -0700, you wrote: >>Hi Tim >> If someone else doesn't get you anything, I can write something >>for you. I think you can easily drive it from the printer port >>with an adapter cable( I've not totaled the signals needed ). >> Some of the newer boards require sequencing that I don't have >>information on but for cards that program things like 1702A's >>or 2708's, I have info on the sequences needed. >>Dwight >> >>>X-Authentication-Warning: huey.classiccmp.org: mailnull set sender to >>cctalk-admin using -f >>>From: "Tim Shaw" <T.Shaw(a)corp.amc.edu.au> >>>To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org >>>Subject: iUP-201 PC software >>> >>>Hi Robert >>>I found your request for modules for a iUP201 Universal Programmer. >>>I have just dusted off a iUP-201 we have had sitting on a shelf for as long >>>as anyone here can remember. >>>I cant help you with modules but I would be very grateful if you could help >>>me with software to drive it from a PC. >>>I need to use it to read the contents of a 2732 EPROM from an engine volume >>>generator I hope to update. >>> >>>regards >>> >>>Tim Shaw T.Shaw(a)corp.amc.edu.au >>>Senior Technical Officer (Elect) +61-3-63354805 Ph >>>Technical Services +61-3-63266493 Fax >>>Australian Maritime College www.amc.edu.au

21 years, 5 months

otrona parts?

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

At 07:05 AM 7/3/03 -0600, Robert_Feldma wrote: >I finally remembered to pull out my Attache 8:16 last night. There _is_ a serial number on the outside, under the right front corner, below the "Attache" name (mine is 7840). It's stamped on a small metal plate and glued in a shallow recess, so it could have been lost. > >Bob Hey, You're right. I got mine out today and looked it does have the SN on the outside. It's on the bottom right in the front RH corner. I got the software today and it runs like a champ! Thanks for the help. Joe > >-----Original Message----- >From: Joe [mailto:rigdonj@cfl.rr.com] >Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 10:43 AM >To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org >Subject: otrona parts? > > > I've been playing with the Otrana Attache that I found last week. ><snip> > > FWIW I took it apart and checked it this morning and I noticed something >funny. The no serial number anywhere on the outside of it but inside >EVERYTHING has the serial number on it. The INSIDE of the case, the >monitor, both disk drives, the power supply, the sheet metal, etc are all >numbered 4616 but there's no number anywhere on the outside. > > Joe

21 years, 5 months

Windoze crash (was Re: Well, I was at Fry's in CA...)

by loedman1＠juno.com

Sellam observed, >Most versions of Windows up until XP were buggy as hell and a pain in the >ass to maintain. When I was running Windows 95, I had to reboot a few >times a week. When I switched to Windows 98, a few times a month. Now >I'm using XP, and I still have to reboot once in a while. Definitely an >improvement. But the fact is, most of us have become so jaded with MS >"operating systems" that we instinctively think of them as crap. >Now, the real question is, why do you take attacks against an operating >system personally? -- I too grew tired of the "Blue screen of death" on my horribly overclocked box running Windows 95a but with a wonderful program called Xteq I was able to end it forever, it is now the Red screen of death. Rich

21 years, 5 months

PDP-11 Freeware CDs for RSX-11 and RT-11 (Originally Produced by Tim Shoppa)

by jhfinexgs2＠compsys.to

I will make this post just a few more times since hobby users seem to see it on a random basis. In regard to the Freeware CDs for RSX-11 and RT-11 that Tim Shoppa originally produced: I am in the middle of finishing a third (very small) batch of CDs and could easily add a few additional copies. I will be making all copies of the CD images from: ftp://ftp.trailing-edge.com/pub/cd-images/ http://www.classiccmp.org/PDP-11/RT-11/ http://www.classiccmp.org/PDP-11/RSX-11/ Since not everyone has both a high speed internet connection and a CD burner, I thought it would be helpful to make them available. If you have both requirements and are using Windows 98 SE / Nero Burning, I can help with the details if you don't know how to burn a CD from an "Image File". I have even been able to produce a label for each CD that is close to the original label from Tim Shoppa, although since they were scanned (THANK YOU FOR THE HELP), they are not perfect. They are available at $ 5 / $ 9 / $ 12 for 1 / 2 / 3 CDs. In addition, I understand that Memorex Black CD-Rs have a longer shelf life and are available at Business Depot. If anyone wants those instead, add $ 1 for each CD that you are requesting. Thus those amounts are $ 6 / $ 11 / $ 15 Please contact me directly for my snail mail address. I picked up some Memorex Black CD-R blanks and started on the copies for those who have already requested that a Black CD-R be used. Please include your snail mailing address!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In general, I will regard any funds you send as a gift so that if anyone really can't afford the CDs, please state why that is so. Outside of the US, probably about $ 2 should be sufficient for extra postage. All amounts are in US dollars. Please ask if you are not in the US. No point in converting twice. In addition, probably most people do not follow the exchange rate between the Canadian / US dollar, but the current rate is MUCH less favourable. If a 4th batch is ever made, the amounts to be sent will need to be changed. I will keep the amounts the same this time, but the $ 12 will become $ US 14 and the $ 15 will become $ US 18 based on the current exchange rate and adjusted at the time if the exchange rate changes again. Sincerely yours, Jerome Fine -- If you attempted to send a reply and the original e-mail address has been discontinued due a high volume of junk e-mail, then the semi-permanent e-mail address can be obtained by replacing the four characters preceding the 'at' with the four digits of the current year.

21 years, 5 months

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test-drb July 2003