test-drb October 2004

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by jfoust＠threedee.com

"In 1977, Ken Olsen, the founder and CEO of Digital Equipment Corporation, said, "There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home." http://www.snopes.com/quotes/kenolsen.asp - John

20 years, 2 months

Interesting article on UCSD Pascal team annual reunion

by jfoust＠threedee.com

I'd previously mentioned the UCSD reunion page at: http://alumni.ucsd.edu/magazine/vol1no3/features/pascal.htm but there's another at: <http://soeadm.ucsd.edu/events/Pascal/>http<http://soeadm.ucsd.edu/events/Pascal/>://soeadm.ucsd.edu/events/Pascal/ And if you're closer to Mountain View, Wirth will be there the same week: http://www.computerhistory.org/events/index.php?id=1097188078 - John

20 years, 2 months

URGENT - DEC 11/83 (?) needs to be picked up this weekend (10 /9)

by GOOI＠oce.nl

Correct. I have an 11/84 in 10.5" box (console at the right-hand side) and one 11/83 in 5.25" box (console in the middle of the front). The original poster is maybe not so "DEC-aware", but then again, I often doubt my DEC knowledge too. How much difference is obvious in just a glance at an 11/73 and an 11/83? - Henk, PA8PDP. > [mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Christopher McNabb > Sent: vrijdag 8 oktober 2004 16:10 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Subject: Re: URGENT - DEC 11/83 (?) needs to be picked up this weekend > (10 /9) > > > On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 15:48:18 +0200, Gooijen H <gooi(a)oce.nl> wrote: > > So, my guess, it is probably an "11/83". > > The 11/83 QBUS CPU board plus memory on QBUS side, then the > > QBUS-UNIBUS bridge and the rest is UNIBUS with its famous > > line of (beautiful) peripherals. > > > > - Henk. > > That would make it, in fact, an 11/84. The 11/83 is all QBUS, the > 11/84 is the 11/83 CPU with the Bridge.

20 years, 2 months

URGENT - DEC 11/83 (?) needs to be picked up this weekend (10 /9)

by GOOI＠oce.nl

So, my guess, it is probably an "11/83". The 11/83 QBUS CPU board plus memory on QBUS side, then the QBUS-UNIBUS bridge and the rest is UNIBUS with its famous line of (beautiful) peripherals. - Henk. > >>>>> "Jack" == Jack Rubin <jack.rubin(a)ameritech.net> writes: > > Jack> DEC 11/83 (or 73?) system with 2 RP06 drives ... > > ??? A Q-bus system with RP06 drives??? > > paul

20 years, 2 months

URGENT - DEC 11/83 (?) needs to be picked up this weekend (10/9)

by jack.rubin＠ameritech.net

DEC 11/83 (or 73?) system with 2 RP06 drives and several DECwriter terminals needs to be picked up this weekend in the New Buffalo, MI area (Lake Michigan near the Indiana/Michigan border) - you'll need at least a van or large pickup truck. Please come prepared to take it all - no cherry picking! Email me immediately or call me tomorrow (Friday, 10/8) at 847.424.7320 (work) or 312.804.4508 (cell). Owner is clearing out his warehouse over the weekend. Jack Rubin jack.rubin -at- ameritech.net

20 years, 2 months

reading 3480 tapes

by chris.muller＠mullermedia.com

Hi gang, >>3490 is 36 track<< Hate to pick nits, but 3490 is actually 18 track with compression--physically the same recording method as 3480, but with an IDRC compression chip. The 3490E is 36-track. regards, Chris www.mullermedia.com

20 years, 2 months

OT Re: now there's a good head crash

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Oct 7 2004, 19:31, Bob Shannon wrote: > Be careful with high velocity rounds against pins, I've seen shots come > right > back at you. > > Bowling pin shooters (its a handgun sport) use flat-pointed, heavy rounds to > 'smack' the pins back off the table. Indeed, we used to use "pin-grabbers" -- like a flat-nosed "wadcutter" but with teeth moulded into the front to reduce the chance of bouncing back. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

20 years, 2 months

Ohio Scientific Challenger 4P/MF

by JMeyer101＠aol.com

Hello all, Does anyone have any information or instructions on how to connect the 4P to a display? I have the computer but I'm not able to connect it to anything. There are 6 what appears to be RCA type plugs on the back, 2 wide by 3 tall, with + over one column and - over the other. What do I need to do to get this thing working? I also have an Intellec 4 that I am trying to find accessories and information for. Thanks, Jeff

20 years, 2 months

media what died a'bornin'

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

>From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf(a)siconic.com> ---snip--- >There was also a discussion about bouncing signals off the moon to create >a delay-line memory of sort. > >What if we were to preserve software by encoding it as audio and bouncing >it off the moon? I figure we could probably save a few old programs that >way :) > Hi You'd need a few different frequencies. The round trip to the moon and back is only 2.6 seconds. It would be much more reliable if there was a repeater on the moon otherwise the signal would be weak. Dwight

20 years, 2 months

media what died a'bornin'

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

>From: "Tom Jennings" <tomj(a)wps.com> > >On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, Dwight K. Elvey wrote: > >> You'd need a few different frequencies. The round trip to >> the moon and back is only 2.6 seconds. It would be much more >> reliable if there was a repeater on the moon otherwise the >> signal would be weak. > >Fill the intervening space with a gas or liquid and do it >accoustically, you'd get a lot more bits in there. I will >hand-wave the accoustic energy loss problems as obvious. > Hi Use a mercury delay line hung from a sky hook. Put multiple repeaters along the line. One can add some switch boxes along the line so that one can short path the delay for more rapid response for specific packets. You'd basically exchange an originally out going packet of an in going packet. If a good algorithm wasn't used, some packet might not ever make the full loop. Dwight

20 years, 2 months

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test-drb October 2004