test-drb February 2004

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504 discussions

by jpdavis＠gorge.net

Has anyone seen an altair 8800 with a circular keylock power switch, I would like to track down the bastard that ripped me off a long time ago. This was in Oregon, 20 years from before, He ripped off a bunch of other people, IMHO, Jim Willing and Mike Boyd. His position was last reported in Eugene, that was years ago. Jim Davis.

20 years, 1 month

Looking for Interand 3000 (a.k.a. Interand CT-2)

by vcf＠siconic.com

Ok, now I'm looking for a manual (or actual hardware) for the Interand 3000, which was sold in the Japanese market as the Interand CT-2. The full product name is the Interand 3000 Multi-Point Imaging Worksystem. It allowed full color video-conferencing over a digital or two analog phone lines and had features that enabled conference participants to create and edit documents collaboratively, draw on the screen (allowing the same image to be seen on both sides) and other nifty features. It's similar to the Telestrator that John Madden "invented" (from what I know the Telestrator was based on the Interand 3000). This is related to the Koby Electronics HS300-01 power supply that I'm trying to locate. Anyone have any clues? Are there any museums around that might have one? These are old enough and significant enough that they should qualify. -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]

20 years, 2 months

Weird

by SPEDRAJA＠ono.com

Hello all: Take a moment to visit this place, please: http://newdos.yginfo.net/msdos71/ I did it, downloaded it, installed it in one Pentium III, one Pentium IV and under Bochs. Works. In the Pentium IV case, I can access the NTFS partition. Cheers Sergio

20 years, 2 months

digital "test connectors"

by auringer＠tds.net

Hello again, I have the three following digital test connectors. All in good condition. I really have no idea what they are worth and really don't want to take the time/effort to ebay/VCM them. Any offers? H3271 Staggered Turnaround Test Connector (DZ11[-x]) H325 Line loopback test connector(DMV11, DMP11, DMR11, DPV11, DUP11, DV11, DZ11, DZV11) H315B MODEM TEST CONN Jon Jon Auringer auringer(a)tds.net

20 years, 2 months

HP 9845B

by ckotter＠gmx.at

Hi, my company is about to through away this computer. Do you need it ?

20 years, 3 months

Apple IIc

by lyosnorezel＠yahoo.com

Hey ya'll I just located an old Apple IIc and was trying to figure out it's power supply... anyone know where I can find pinouts for this computer's power supply port? It's the male side of a 7 pin plug. Thanks. Lyos Gemini Norezel P.S.- I'll be getting a Commodore 64 (fully loaded/equipped) and a TRS(trash)-80 in the next coupla days... oh boy, oh boy!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love getting "new" toys. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Get better spam protection with Yahoo! Mail

20 years, 4 months

Linux Box + DOS 3.2 box + (1)5.25 floppy drive (okidata 3305BU) = HELP!!!!!!!!

by lyosnorezel＠yahoo.com

Hey y'all... I need some help. I recently acquired a Compaq Portable(ye right... at 35LBS no one is crazy enough to carry this machine around) II... with a hard drive and a 5.25 floppy disk drive. The hard drive apparently has MSDOS 3.2 and some Novell application. When booted up it first checks the memory then it checks active partions... then it starts going in some kinda loop looking for a file server that isn't there. I don't have any other 5.25 floppy drives so I am unable to create disks to transfer files to this box. I was wondering if it was possible to connect the floppy drive to my linux box and copy the files to the disk(s) from there and retransfer the drive to the compaq to use. Problem is that the Linux box is an RH9 platform on a PII (686) system. Would RH9 even have the needed drivers for a drive this ancient? Can this be done or am I, for all intensive purposes, screwed? Lyos Gemini Norezel --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Get better spam protection with Yahoo! Mail

20 years, 4 months

Strange Old Disk

by tim＠spiritsphere.com

I picked this disk up the other day knowing almost nothing about mainframe storage methods. I've spent hours upon hours trying to figure out what exactly this is but the closest thing I can get to it is an RL02 removable cartridge disk, but it's not (I think)! I don't see how the same drive could read these since the holes are so much different, but it's the same general idea. I'm not sending attachments, I put them on a site for you to look at, the url is http://www.spiritsphere.com/14inchdisk.html , any and all information you could give me about this disk would be greatly appreciated, I'm still in the dark about it, and have found very little reference at all to CDC ever making a cartridge like this. Thank you! Best Wishes :) Tim

20 years, 4 months

Linux Box + DOS 3.2 box + (1)5.25 floppy drive (okidata 3305BU) = HELP!!!!!!!!

by billdeg＠degnanco.com

I would not attempt to remove the 5 1/4" drive from the compaq, at least not yet. Someone someplace must have a 5 1/4 DOS disk and simple terminal program like Smart Term that you can use with a modem to download files to your compaq. 1) Maybe you already tried this, but ....After the computer completes the memory check and spins the 5 1/4" diskette drive, just after the drive light stops flashing, hit CTRL+BREAK to halt the autoexec.bat file from initiating the Novell program. You may have to try more than once, but you should be able to break into a DOS prompt of some kind. Next, archive the programs that call the Novell program so that they will not be executed when you boot. 2) type this command at the DOS prompt : copy autoexec.bat autoexec.nov [enter] 3) type this command at the DOS prompt: del autoexec.bat [enter] 4) type this command at the DOS prompt : copy config.sys config.nov [enter] 5) type this command at the DOS prompt: del config.sys [enter] reboot the compaq. should end with a C> prompt only. 6) create a DOS boot disk for the Linux box (oldest OS you can find), and reboot linux box into DOS. 7) you can use the serial ports on both computers to transfer files (via modem or cable). Possibilities: a) There is a program called Laplink that you can use to copy files to the Compaq without using the diskette drive. You'll need a straight-through serial cable, or a parallel cable that's made specially for laplink. Using serial mode only (somehow) laplink can install itself on a target computer (compaq) through the serial port without having to install software via the disk drive. b) You can use Smart Term (or some modem program) to upload and download files from linux computer to the compaq. You'd need two modems and two phone lines. And you'd need a modem program (like smart term) on 5 1/4. you can download smart term to the linux box, and then copy to DOS formatted disks so that when you boot with DOS disk, you can swap out for the smart term disk. What I did for these situations was go to the Good will and find a PC with both 5 1/4 and 3.5" drives. Very useful! Every vintage computer hacker needs a system with multiple drive types. >Hey y'all... I need some help. I recently acquired a Compaq Portable(ye right... at 35LBS no one is crazy enough to carry this machine >around) II... with a hard drive and a 5.25 floppy disk drive. The hard drive apparently has MSDOS 3.2 and some Novell application. When >booted up it first checks the memory then it checks active partions... then it starts going in some kinda loop looking for a file server that >isn't there. I don't have any other 5.25 floppy drives so I am unable to create disks to transfer files to this box. I was wondering if it was >possible to connect the floppy drive to my linux box and copy the files to the disk(s) from there and retransfer the drive to the compaq to >use. Problem is that the Linux box is an RH9 platform on a PII (686) system. Would RH9 even have the needed drivers for a drive this >ancient? Can this be done or am I, for all intensive purposes, screwed? >Lyos Gemini Norezel

20 years, 4 months

Here's a weird one (kinda OT)

by vcf＠siconic.com

I have a 3Com 3C509B-TPO (16-bit network adapter) in a 486 PC running in DOS 6.22. All the drivers are loaded and working and I can connect up to my Win2000 box and mount its volumes locally. All good. But when I try to transfer large files the DOS system invariably locks up. I have to do a cold boot. I played around with the BIOS, disabling one feature at a time until I found the culprit. Once I disabled the Internal CPU cache then things worked fine. So my question is, why? 3Com's 3C509B FAQ didn't address this issue and I couldn't find anything >from Google. I don't expect an answer really. This is one of those problems that only occurs to one unlucky person somewhere in the world at the worst possible moment. Fortunately I can move files but it would be nice to know what might be the problem if there is a solution. -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]

20 years, 4 months

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test-drb February 2004