test-drb October 2004

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NEEDED: DEC 17-00867-01 BA123 rx50 cable

by msokolov＠ivan.Harhan.ORG

Is it the one that goes from the distribution board to the RX50? I don't have that one, but why can't you just make one yourself? It's just a 34-conductor flat ribbon cable with female header sockets on both ends, isn't it? MS

20 years, 2 months

NEEDED: DEC 17-00867-01 BA123 rx50 cable

by waltje＠pdp11.nl

Hi, Does anyone (pref. in Holland) have one or two of the 17-00867-01 cables (BA123 RX50 cable) they'd like to get rid of? I am in dire need for one, and could use an extra one for spares.. Thanks, Fred

20 years, 2 months

Need Altair Front Name Plate

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

Anyone have a spare Altair 8800 front name plate to sell or give as a donation? The unit I just got is missing the name plate. Thanks

20 years, 2 months

Vector Graphic MZ 2.1 ROM needed

by gtulloch＠shaw.ca

Hi there: I have a Vector Graphic MZ machine in nice condition except that the Flashwriter II board seems to be broken, so using the Mindless Terminal is out of the question. I understand that the version of the Monitor ROM I have (either 3.1 or 4.0) does not support serial terminals so I'm dead in the water unless I can dig up a 2.1 ROM or write my own (with two young kids pretty doubtful I'll get to it real soon). Using a serial terminal is fine with me until I can get a new FWII or fix the one I have. So, I'm hoping someone out there has a Vector machine kicking around with a 2.1 ROM - I'd love to simply drop a new ROM into the machine and go, but a binary file will do or even a listing, I don't care. I'm happy to reimburse you for your trouble and materials, of course. Please reply or send me a note at gtulloch (at) shaw.ca if you can help me track this animal down, I'd love to get this MZ back in action. Thanks! Regards, Gord

20 years, 2 months

PC BIOS Access

by marvin＠rain.org

I seem to recall that the IBM setup disk would work on other computers that required a setup disk. Another useful piece of information would be the ways to access the HD format routines on PCs. Somewhere I have a list that came from ComputerLand that gives the debug entry addresses for a number of controller cards. IIRC, the Xebex card required a sequence of debug instructions to start the format routines. > >> It might be interesting to have a list of ways that the BIOS gets > >> accessed during startup. These are the ways that I know about; are there > >> others I've missed? I don't recall which keys work with what BIOS and > >> that might also be interesting information to have. > >> > >> * Setup disk (IBM AT) > >> * Del key > >> * Cntl-Alt-Insert > >> * Cntl-Alt-S > >> * F1 key > >> * F2 key > >> * F10 key (Compaq) > > > >It would be great if there was a database of all computer models that gave > >this information, as well as other useful tidbits. It could be a Wiki > >thing, or certainly an open, public thing that people could contribute > >to. > > It would be nice if they could post the unique setup programs there too. > > Joe

20 years, 2 months

Looking for Motorola MC14500B ICU Handbook (dead tree, PDF, whatever)

by jcwren＠jcwren.com

I'm looking for a copy of the Motorola MC14500B Industrial Control Unit Handbook. If anyone has a copy they'd like to part with (sell, give), or loan for scanning, I'd be greatly appreciative (I'll cover postage both ways). --jc

20 years, 2 months

LaserJet IIISi reassembly

by mouse＠Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA

Some of you may recall that back in early September I wrote about an HP LaserJet IIISi that I disassembled and repaired after a capacitor fried. Well, even though I got the printer working again, I made a mistake. Just about the time I got it working again, I left on a month-long trip around the continent. (A few of you contacted me when I said I'd be traveling around. I didn't actually end up rendezvousing with any of you, and I apologize for it - I didn't realize how short of time I'd end up being. A month-long trip sounds like a lot, but it ends up being awfully short when there are five people/places to be visited, and some of the trips in between are multi-day trips.) Now, I want to put the printer back together, and there's the mistake: I didn't leave notes to myself on how it came apart and thus how it went back together. Would any of you happen to have a service manual that could guide me? I could probably figure it out eventually, but if I can save myself annoying mistakes, I'd like to. /~\ The ASCII der Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML mouse(a)rodents.montreal.qc.ca / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B

20 years, 2 months

Some documentation availabe

by quapla＠xs4all.nl

I have the following documentation available for the cost of postage. The Remex manual is for a remex paper puncher/reader interface card, the Dataram manuals (3) are for their core memory box usable in PDP-11's. Ex-Cell-O Corporation : - Remex installation & checkout instructions PDP-11 interface assembly model RIxxxxx/DE1/1xx/-000 card assembly 109831 and 113631 Dataram: - Diagnostic Program BC-202/212 Bulk Core Memory System - Core Mermory System DR-128 - Bulk Core Memory System BC-202

20 years, 2 months

WTB: Zenith Minisport.

by netsurfer_x1＠fastmailbox.net

Does anynone here on the list have a Zenith Minisport that they want to get rid of? If so, lets make a deal off list. David M. Vohs Digital Archaeologist & Computer Historian Computer Collection: "Triumph": Commodore 64, 1802, 1541, Indus GT, FDD-1, GeoRAM 512, MPS-801. "Leela": Original Apple Macintosh, Imagewriter II. "Delorean": TI-99/4A, TI Speech Synthesizer. "Spectrum": Tandy Color Computer III. "Monolith": Apple Macintosh Portable. "Boombox": Sharp PC-7000. "Butterfly": Tandy 200, PDD-2. "Shapeshifter": Epson QX-10, Comrex HDD, Titan graphics/MS-DOS board. "Scout": Otrona Attache. (prospective) "Pioneer": Apple LISA II (prospective) "Mercury": HP-85. (prospective) "Evolver": Commodore Amiga 2000 "TMA-1": Atari Portfolio, Memory Expander +

20 years, 2 months

Linux OS

by CCTalk＠catcorner.org

Jim Isbell wrote: >"Uncle Bill" has me by the balls until I find an OS that >can either read or convert my existing files. snip >>creator, Adobe Photo Shop, Netscape, and particularly Easy Office 2001 >>which contains all my data in Easy Spreadsheet files that are not >>compatible with Excel (even though they are supposed to be). >> Actually it sounds like Easy Office 2001 is the one crimping your conversion. There are plenty of Linux tools that will do what Adobe Photoshop does, if it doesn't run in the emulators. Same for PDF file creation and manipulation. The Netscape mail files will convert over pretty easily. I've done that several times myself for various people. However, if "Easy Office 2001" is your choice for spreadsheet and word processing files, then talk to the people at www.e-press.com. And if you only have the free version, then I wouldn't expect too much in the way of support. Just my $0.02... Kelly

20 years, 2 months

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