test-drb July 2003

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by dwightk.elvey＠amd.com

Hi Fred Not only new but minutes new. He was driving it from Los Gatos Ferrari on University Dr and lost is next to the reservoir, just before his companies building near Lark Ave. Dwight >From: "Fred Cisin" <cisin(a)xenosoft.com> > >On Sat, 5 Jul 2003, George R. Gonzalez wrote: >> 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 > >Yep. >My recollection was that it was a brand new Ferrari. > > >> 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! > >I don't know where to find a citation of it. > > >It keeps getting worse after 50. > >-- >Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com

20 years, 10 months

Older wordprocessing software

by Robert_Feldman＠jdedwards.com

The last MS Word for DOS (5.5) was available for free download from the MS site, as a Y2K update, but I can't find it there now. It is, however, available from S.U.P.E.R. (the HP LX Palmtop software site) at http://www.palmtop.net/super5.html. I am not aware of any sites where you can download WordPerfect. Bob -----Original Message----- From: Fred Cisin [mailto:cisin@xenosoft.com] Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 11:26 AM To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Older wordprocessing software On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Zane H. Healy wrote: > >I'm taking suggestions for wordprocessing software to run on an older 486 > >laptop (1994, so almost within the 10 year limit!) that's running Windows 3.11 > > I'd think the choices would be obvious, Word Perfect which has been suggested, might be a decent choice, however, I for one would be inclined to go with > MS Word 6.0. Personally I have a strong dislike for Ami Pro, though I'll admit that is due to my using the OS/2 version. IF you operate in isolation, then consider the later versions of the DOS products, specifically Word-Pervert, Weird, and PC-Write. If you are going to be transferring files with more "modern" machines, then condsider running MICROS~1 OFFICE (Weird, Excel, etc.) The version of Office for Windoze 3.11 usually came on 26 1.4M floppies, but there WAS a CD-ROM available.

20 years, 10 months

[GreenKeys] Fwd: BBC News E-mail: Babbage printer finally runs (fwd)

by jpl15＠panix.com

From the Greenkeys (mechanical teletype) mail list: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2003 11:20:11 -0400 From: Henry Minsky <hqm(a)ai.mit.edu> To: greenkeys-mailman.qth.net <greenkeys(a)mailman.qth.net> Subject: [GreenKeys] Fwd: BBC News E-mail: Babbage printer finally runs >hqm(a)ai.mit.edu saw this story on BBC News Online and thought you should >see it. > >------------ >Message: > > >------------ > >*Babbage printer finally runs* ><http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/sci/tech/710950.stm> > >A computer printer that was originally designed more than 150 years ago >has finally been built.

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CIS chip for 11/23[+]

by mbg＠TheWorld.com

Since this chip has been asked about on occasion here, I thought I would point out that one is up for auction on ebay (no, I have no connection with the auction)... it has a picture of the chip, for those who have wanted to see what it looks like... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2739025363&category=1247 Megan Gentry Former RT-11 Developer +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Megan Gentry, EMT/B, PP-ASEL | email: mbg at world.std.com | | Member of Technical Staff | megan at savaje.com | | SavaJe Technologies, Inc. | (s/ at /@/) | | 100 Apollo Drive | URL: http://world.std.com/~mbg/ | | Chelmsford, MA 01460 | "pdp-11 programmer - some assembler | | 978 256 6521 (DEC '77-'98) | required." - mbg KB1FCA | +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

20 years, 10 months

OT Re: OS uptimes

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jul 6, 18:12, Jay West wrote: > > I just retired my colocated 486 server (33Mhz, 20M RAM, Linux 2.0.39) > > which had a final uptime of 444 days, 13 hours, 13 minutes. > > Now I have something to shoot for. You can bet I will be running in circles > anytime I have to do something with that machine to keep from having to > reboot it *GRIN* A few months ago, my mail server had an uptime of 416 days. I was even watching it to see the magic 10000 hours roll over, having postponed the move to the new UPS just for that. You can guess when we had the 5 minute power cut :-( -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

20 years, 10 months

http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~itda/doc mirror?

by aek＠spies.com

Did anyone mirror the contents of http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~itda/doc before it disappeared in a disc crash last year? I have some of it (the Terak manuals) but didn't copy everything.

20 years, 10 months

New finds and disorganization

by ian_primus＠yahoo.com

This week has been pretty hectic, what with working late and at the same time acquiring new hardware, all in the midst of my current project of trying to reorganize and clean the basement. The three day weekend should give me some time to catch up on stuff though. Anyway, apologies again to those of you that wanted to buy something, I'll get everything straightened out here soon. My new finds this week: A Prime 5340 minicomputer. This is a really interesting machine, it seems to be pretty loaded with expansion hardware, and even came with two waist high rack cabinets, one with a 9 track tape drive, and one with two more hard drives. I even got a stack of software manuals. This thing took a lot of work to move, and I haven't really had the time to start cleaning and documenting any of it yet, let alone even think of powering it up. Before I power it up I need to go through and check the power supply, as this had been sitting for a while. I also don't have any software for it, although the hard drives should have the operating system and stuff. This will be an interesting project, especially since this is the first large computer in my collection, and I haven't really worked on machines like this before. Tektronix 4051 computer. This is pretty neat too, it has a built in storage tube for the screen, and a tape cartridge drive. It was absolutely filthy when I got it, but I managed to get it cleaned up and tested. The computer works, but the tape drive needs some help. The eject mechanism is broken, and it won't read any tapes. Now, I only have two tapes, and they were stored in the back of the manual, which was with the computer, in a filthy storage area, so I don't know how good the tapes are. I would be interested in getting a known good tape so I can be sure the drive reads. This weekend will be spent on cleaning the basement, finding someplace good in the basement to put the large Prime computer, and getting stuff ready to ship out to people. Ian Primus ian_primus(a)yahoo.com

20 years, 10 months

slightly OT: looking for an HP deskjet accessory

by ghldbrd＠ccp.com

I'm sorry, this is only 5 years old, but I'm looking for the large paper feeder that holds a ream of paper for a Hewlett Packard 1600CM printer. I've never seen one, but I think it is a separate unit the printer sits on. Maybe in your travels you might see one in a dusty corner somewhere. Thanks. Gary Hildebrand St. Joseph, MO

20 years, 10 months

Highest capacity ESDI hard disks

by msokolov＠ivan.Harhan.ORG

Hello folks, I wonder, does anyone know what were the highest capacity ESDI hard disks made? Were there any in the 1 GB range? And last but not least, where can I find such drives? MS

20 years, 10 months

honeywell manuals

by Fritz_Chwolka＠t-online.de

Hi.. I got some documents about honewell GCOS6 and other. The computers were used in the 8ths in an powerstation for collecting informations for the management. I don't know what models were used. Untill I own no hardware from honewll I'll scan the documents and put them onto. After scanning they go into the dumpster as I have no place left. http://oldcomputers.dyndns.org/public/pub/rechner/honeywell/manuals/ Greetings from Fritz Chwolka <collecting old computers just for fun> > www.alterechner.de <

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test-drb July 2003