test-drb February 2004

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by ohh＠drizzle.com

I'm baaaaack!... Apologies if this has been posted here already... I found this little horror story on alt.sys.pdp8, and it made me cringe. If anyone has a good estimate for this guy, it's probably best to reply to that newsgroup. I'm just going to go put those tank-traps and reinforced concrete into the front yard now... :/ -O.- -- forwarded message -- From: David M. Razler <REMOVECAPSdmrazler(a)rREMOVEazler.net> Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp8 Subject: CRISIS - need estimates on recent Straight-8 sales/parts/repairs for insurance claim You're not going to believe this one Message-ID: <iq8t005iqpiudnu93ih6m3vifg3prf3b7f(a)4ax.com> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 16:12:47 GMT Fortunately no one was hurt. But my friends Jeff and Candice Nisler were home from their honeymoon for about a week when their home was struck by a flying car - which took out every floor joist and sent cinder blocks crashing through his Straight-8 destroying a glass front panel, powdering the covers and modules, shooting the power supply into a steel post (which it wrapped itself around (pix at nisler.org/crash)) [The PDP-8 - or what's left of it - is in the photos on http://nisler.org/crash/down/ .] Jeff doesn't want to give up on Kermit - his first computer, but wants to force the auto owner's insurance company to repair/ restore the box. He is also looking to establish value based on recent purchases of Straight-8s, especially tabletop machines with glass panel and mod covers. Please post to me, he's a bit busy at the moment restoring the rest of his life. <I am also looking for anyone who is qualified to give me an assessment on a Raytheon CRT of the type used in the PDP-1 - it is being donated to THCM to help in the PDP-1 rehab project, and I'd like to take the full legal deduction.> -- end of forwarded message --

20 years, 3 months

Ultrix on an 11/730?

by classiccmp＠crash.com

Brad Parker wrote: . > Has anyone tried either of the tu58 "emulators"? I found one > software tar and another hardware device. Here are the two items Brad referred to: Spare Time Gizmo's solid-state TU58 replacement: http://www.sparetimegizmos.com/Hardware/TU58_Emulator.htm A copy of Dan Dan Tso's software emulator, originally written to run under 4.2BSD: http://www.tuhs.org/Archive/PDP-11/Emulators/TU58/ I haven't tried either one yet -- I still need to figure out how to get mass storage for my 11/730... FYI, --Steve.

20 years, 3 months

new find: Sun Ultra 10 - NVRAM and Boot

by dave＠mitton.com

well this thread has wandered and fragmented before I saw it. I have a Sun Ultra 5 running in my basement. It took me a little bit of work to keep it running. One problem with these platforms is that they have a battery powered NVRAM chip in them, that will give out after a several years. (Sort of like a PC's CMOS) If they die, the boot fails. Good news is that the replacement parts are available. Here's a FAQ http://www.squirrel.com/squirrel/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html I got one from Digikey for about $20. A tip: I found if I left the system powered up for several days, that the NVRAM would charge up enough to boot ... sometimes. wrt: boot process - Scrounge around on the Sun website in the docs area, you need to find the detailed documentation on the boot process and commands. - There is a extended diagnostic mode that you can evoke with the right key combinations at power-up. - It will display running POST diagnostics while booting to the screen or a serial terminal. You can also get it to leave a failure code in the various lights on the keyboard. (get that keyboard hooked up!) You need the docs to decode the indication. Solaris 9 and Companion software CDs are availible from Sun for FREE on their website. There are also sunfreeware sites out there. Dave. On 1/31/2004 10:51 AM -0600, cctech-request(a)classiccmp.org wrote: >Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 20:20:07 -0500 >From: "Joe R." <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com> >Subject: Re: new find: Sun Ultra 10 >To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> >Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20040130202007.00849530(a)pop-server.cfl.rr.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >At 06:14 PM 1/30/04 -0500, you wrote: > >> Subject: new find: Sun Ultra 10 > > > >> Found one of these today. Tried to boot it but it goes into terminal > >> mode because I don't have a keyboard attached. > > > >And won't boot as well? Odd. > > It probably is trying to boot but I don't have a keyboard attached so it >reports that there's no keyboard attached and that it will connect to a >terminal on COM 1. Then the screen blanks out. > > > > >> No idea of the amount of memory or CPU speed since I can't get to the > >> OS. > > > >Older Suns report their RAM config and at least some info about their > >CPU in the ROM-generated banner. If it has the "ok " prompt the older > >machines use, typing "banner" at it might do something useful. > > It never gets that far without the keyboard. I have a keyboard in >storage. I'll go get it tomorrow. > > Joe

20 years, 3 months

Silent 700

by kb3hag＠comcast.net

I read in some mailing list posts that you have a few silent 700's. How many 765's do you have? do you have any schems/docs for it ? i have a 765 here that is somewhat broken, nothing out the coupler and non of the keys respond, the lights all light up in the right corner. Anything you can do to help would be nice

20 years, 3 months

OT: ebay search question, excluding sellers

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

Is there a way to perform an eBay search that excludes specific sellers? My wife and I collect Neo Geo MVS carts and are getting really tired of seeing all the auctions belonging to a seller that is a bootleg selling crook. Zane -- -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |

20 years, 3 months

how do I connect a BBC micro to a VGA monitor?

by vp＠mcs.drexel.edu

I would like to connect the RGB TTL output of a BBC micro to a VGA monitor, does anybody have any pointers - suggestions? Thanks **vp

20 years, 3 months

BRUCE LANE / BLUEFEATHERS TECH - please contact me

by jack.rubin＠ameritech.net

Bruce, I've attempted to email you at your public address and your backup (.qsl) address with no success - apparently you have an anti-yahoo filter in place. Please email me directly. Thanks. Jack Rubin jack.rubin(a)ameritech.net

20 years, 3 months

Vhmrrxutkvbziepg (MyDoom/Novarg)

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jan 31, 18:36, chris wrote: > >The message contains Unicode characters and has been sent as a binary > >attachment. > > Despite allegedly coming from me, I was not the sender of the above > email. I assure you none of my Macs are infected with this Windows worm. > :-) > > Someone else with my addy on their machine has been infected. IP in the > header traces back to RIPE Networks in Amsterdam. > > Fortunately, it appears the list strips attachments, so the email is > nothing more harmful then a minor annoyance to the list. Yes, this is standard MyDoom/Novarg. It spoofs the sender in the "From:" and for good measure uses their hostname in the SMTP exchange when it contacts the destination. Then it adds a zipfile which contains the payload. The list does strip attachments -- you can't send attachments to this list, nor HTML. Incidentally, Sellam: just not using OE isn't a cure. It might reduce the problem, but enough people will save and then open attachments anyway; besides, there are other ways of passing a virus or worm. I've seen a few of these at work last week. I blackholed about ten machines. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

20 years, 3 months

how do I connect a BBC micro to a VGA monitor?

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Feb 1, 12:01, Dan Williams wrote: > >Probably the easiest solution if you're not a video expert is to use a PC > >with a TV input card. You could at least feed the Beeb's composite output > >into such a card (do any such cards exist with RGB inputs?) > wasn't there a hack on the mainboard to convert the composite to colour It's not a hack, it's a jumper on S39 on later Beebs (or add a small capacitor on early ones, which I admit is a hack, even if "official"). You don't need that for the UHF output, though, only for the composite video on the BNC socket. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

20 years, 3 months

quicktime of the old 20 year old mac 1984 orwellian ad.... this is cool! there is also some good mac

by esharpe＠cox.net

view the QuickTime of the old 20 year old Mac 1984 Orwellian ad.... this is cool! there is also some good Mac interviews also on this npr web site http://www.npr.org/display_pages/features/feature_1627800.html Thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC Please check our web site at http://www.smecc.org to see other engineering fields, communications and computation stuff we buy, and by all means when in Arizona drop in and see us. address: coury house / smecc 5802 w palmaire ave glendale az 85301

20 years, 3 months

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test-drb February 2004