test-drb July 2003

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by dwightk.elvey＠amd.com

"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&category=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

Teh over priced Mark-8/IBM 5100 is back

by cb＠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&category=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

Boot original Mac from an external floppy?

by cb＠mythtech.net

>Is it possible to boot the original Macintosh, or perhaps the Mac 512K or >Mac Plus, from the external floppy drive? Yes. I seem to recall doing that on a regular basis with the 128k, and although I don't recall having ever booted from an external floppy with the Mac Plus, I have booted the Plus from the old Hard Disk 20 that used the floppy interface. So I would imagine that an external floppy drive would also be bootable on that machine. In fact, I thought (but could be wrong) that you could boot all Macs that had a floppy port via an external floppy disk. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

21 years, 5 months

Seeking info on AT&T Gemini-100 Electronic Blackboard

by vcf＠siconic.com

In the late 1970s, AT&T's Bell Labs invented the "electronic blackboard". It was basically a digitizing tablet that allowed one to draw and transmit images. Might anyone know where one exists? How about similar products prior to December 1979? When was the first digitizing tablet invented? This is research I'm conducting for a client, so any useful leads will be compensated. Thanks! -- 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 *

21 years, 5 months

Boot original Mac from an external floppy?

by cb＠mythtech.net

>Cool. So can I assume that if there is no disk in the internal drive, but >an external drive with bootable disk is attached, the Mac will find that >and boot from there? Correct. IIRC, the boot order is internal floppy, external floppy, internal SCSI, external SCSI. It *might* go internal floppy, internal SCSI, THEN external floppy, external SCSI. I know there are key combos you can hold down to get it to skip the internal SCSI which is why I'm thinking that might come before external floppys. It has been a LONG time since I have had to deal with external floppies (my only normal use external drive was a 400k drive, so the last time I seriously used one and would have had to boot from it was probably 1988 or so) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

21 years, 5 months

Early,Nixdorf personal computer

by vcf＠siconic.com

This is a PC clone basically. Normally found in Germany, and throughout Europe. Reply-to: 3cargrandma(a)earthlink.net ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2003 17:04:51 -0500 From: Shirley Miezwa <3cargrandma(a)earthlink.net> To: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf(a)siconic.com> Subject: Early,Nixdorf personal computer. I have an old NIXDORF PERSONAL COMPUTER which came out in about 1987-88. maybe before then. I seem to have misplaced the DOS instructions. I do have serial #. It has a green display screen. and orange -ish- letters. It has a printer attached which heat prints on rolls of fax paper. It is in a suitcase style. It is located in my home in Mpls. Mn. I found it at a rummage sale in New England, I think it was in N.H. about 5 years ago. If their is a Market for it , I want to sell it .I have been told it might have GREAT value to the right person. If you can direct me to the right places to look,I would greatfully accept your help. I do have Poloride Pix I can e-mail if you are intrested. Thank You 3cargrandma(a)earthlink.net -- 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 *

21 years, 5 months

Substitute for DEC SS/QD Floppies

by geoffr＠zipcon.net

At 10:01 PM 6/11/03 -0500, you wrote: >On 10 Jun 2003, Barry Skidmore wrote: > > > I am looking for blank disks to use in a DEC RX50 drive. I have seen > > posted several places that DD disks can be used, but so far my attempts > > to initialize Verbatim DS/DD disks under RT-11 have failed: > > > > "?DUP-F-Size function failed" > >You can't format RX50's with any Dec PDP-11 hardware. You probably can >with a VAXstation 2000, or using a PC and the proper software - there's >instructions for doing it under Linux with a 1.2MB floppy drive and DSDD >disks on the web. If you want to I can probably find them. Get yourself a Dec-Rainbow to format them :) or the Pro380 IIRC will format RX-50's :)

21 years, 5 months

Boot original Mac from an external floppy?

by vcf＠siconic.com

Is it possible to boot the original Macintosh, or perhaps the Mac 512K or Mac Plus, from the external floppy drive? -- 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 *

21 years, 5 months

Eagle computer question?

by dwightk.elvey＠amd.com

>From: "Fred N. van Kempen" <waltje(a)pdp11.nl> > >On Sun, 6 Jul 2003, Vintage Computer Festival wrote: > >> > 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. >People crossing the f* road (when you get closer to the Sta Cruz end), >and so on. On the way TO sta cruz, beware of drunk-as-a-skunk party >people driving (!) back to their homes (around san jose) ... bah. > >--fred Hi It wasn't on 17. It was on University Ave. I saw the smashed guard rail the next day. I drive 17 every day. You need to treat it with respect. Dwight

21 years, 5 months

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

by dwightk.elvey＠amd.com

>From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf(a)siconic.com> > >On Sun, 6 Jul 2003, Fred Cisin wrote: > >> > You don't like my theory, too bad. To quote yourself: "YOU ARE AN ASS." >> >> Aren't we all > >I certainly am. > I resemble that remark. Dwight

21 years, 5 months

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test-drb July 2003