Hello, all:
Does anyone have a copy of some old BBS software for the PC
platform, like WildCat, that I could get a copy of? I'd like to do some file
transfer testing among my classic platforms and thought an internal BBS
would be a clean way to do it.
Thanks.
Rich Cini
A recent article in Antique Radio Classified states that CHAC was
absorbed into the Perham Collection, which has now itself been absorbed
into a project called History San Jose.
Does anyone out that was have more information about this?
It would be nice to see these two collections finally get a permanent home.
William Donzelli
aw288(a)osfn.org
Is there any chance that someone has an Iomec removable platter
disk drive? The type that I am looking for uses an IBM 2315 style
2.5Mb cartridge, similar to an RK05.
--
you could check with Doug Jones if he still has these. RK01's
were IOMEC's
to be honest, you'd be better off trying to adapt a Diablo interface
to whatever needed the IOMEC, as they weren't very good drives.
They were also 100tpi. If you have some media you need to read
it should be possible to double step tracks with a 200tpi drive.
From: jones(a)pyrite.cs.uiowa.edu (Douglas W. Jones,201H MLH,3193350740,3193382879)
Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp8
Subject: Strange code fragment
Date: 31 Mar 1994 16:58:01 GMT
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I was going over the paper tape reader I picked up from Rockwell's surplus
outlet, and I found, written in pencil on the inside of the plate that
covers the lamp, the following:
0030 load-addr
6743 dep
5031 dep
0030 load-addr/clear/cont
This looks suspiciously pdp8ish, despite the fact that the reader was
interfaced to a General Radio Peripheral Expander box. The same lot
of surplus parts contained 3 RK01 drives, though, also with interfaces
>from the GR box.
/U is format, period or die trying :) it doesn't save anything, although
you still can recover the data :)
At 07:18 AM 8/25/03 -0600, you wrote:
>I thought /U was "unconditional", meaning that you cannot later reverse
>the formatting and recover the previous data. Without /U, FORMAT would
>save a hidden copy of the FAT (or something like that), IIRC, making it
>easier to recover from the format. My MS-DOS 5.0 manual says that with the
>/U, FORMAT "Destroys all existing data on a disk", whatever that means.
>
>Bob
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Fred Cisin [mailto:cisin@xenosoft.com]
>Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 5:16 PM
>To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
>Subject: Re: Low Level Format
>
><snip>
>If /U is active, then it at least "VERIFIES" every cluster.
><snip>
>--
>Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
My recent acquisitions seem to have fallen into the category of
handheld calculators and are as follows:
Corvus 411 - Introduced in 1974 at $49.95. It operates on four
ni-cad AA cells and/or a 6VDC 100ma (shell +) wall wart, which I
do not have, but can obtain a compatible one.
Casio fx7000G - Seems to be the first graphics handheld, and was
introduced in 1985 at 70 UK pounds. Operates on three 2032
lithium cells. No external power offered.
HP41C - Introduced in 1979 at $295. It operates on four N cells.
A ni-cad power option and external charging source was offered
which this unit does not have. It is the basic 41C with no
modules and lacks the cover plate and leather case.
Each of these units is operating and the displays are clear and
sharp.
I will entertain offers for these units, either individually or as
a package, until 5 September when I will determine who gets what -
if any.
There is a fair amount of information available via google search.
I'll try to answer questions about these particular units, but
claim no special expertise in the calculator field.
- don
> I think you are entirely correct. But AFIK the /U and /Q only apply to
>formatting floppy disks. However I could be wrong about that.
I've used /Q when formatting hard drives as well. I think it does pretty
much the same thing as when formatting a floppy with /Q, it just zaps the
FAT and goes under the assumption that the drive format itself is good.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
I picked up a SEGA/Scientific Atlanta Channel device from 1994. From what I
can find on the web it was device used as part of the interactive service
(24/7) from Sega of America, Telecommunications, Inc., and Time Warner. For
$12.95 you got to download 50 games per month and play them on your machine
until you turned the machine then the games were deleted. What I need to
know is the actual cost of this device itself, it's a model D-9593 and
comes with a ac adapter? Also looking for a box and manual for it. Thanks
>Sorry, that sucks.. Some companies require address information for
online purchases
>to reduce fraud. They check the billing address against the address on
the credit card.
>That's what I've heard, at least.
I was thinking the same thing, but the charge apparently went through,
since he's going to contact his bank to have it reversed.
