test-drb March 2004

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273 participants
673 discussions

by penson＠email.arizona.edu

Good morning. I came upon your email address while doing a google search for information on the Heathkit ES-400. You had posted an inquiry asking if anyone knew how many ES-400s had been made or sold. Wondering what you found out? An ES-400 recently turned up at a museum in Minneapolis. Cheers, Chuck Penson University of Arizona

20 years, 2 months

Vax Tapes Give Away

by edelen＠sierra1.nrl.navy.mil

Do you still have those Vax tapes? If so I'd love to get them from you. Keech Edelen IT Specialist III 202-767-4244 office 877-428-8780 pager 240-346-6829 cell

20 years, 2 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, 2 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, 2 months

[OT] Strange/Help

by patrick＠evocative.com

Is anyone able to open http://java.sun.com/?

20 years, 2 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, 2 months

A/UX 1.1.1

by teoz＠neo.rr.com

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3080044561&category=1123… Apple A/UX 1.1.1 (internal use only) cd went for $374.99, good price for a rare item that I never seen anywhere else before.

20 years, 2 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, 2 months

[OT] Strange/Help

by RCini＠congressfinancial.com

Yup. -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Patrick Rigney Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 3:03 PM To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: [OT] Strange/Help Is anyone able to open http://java.sun.com/?

20 years, 2 months

Various Apples available in northern California

by witchy＠binarydinosaurs.co.uk

Hi folks, Got this mail in from Jo Ann Pryor who has a bundle of stuff available. Please contact her directly if you're interested :) --------------------- Jo Ann Pryor (wjpryor(a)sunset.net) on March 2nd, 2004 at 03:33AM (GMT). Former elementary teacher that has an Apple III, and Apple IIe (128k), epson MX80 printer, Brothers HP 15 and tons of software, all manuals, computer magazines, extra cards in both machines. ---------------------- Cheers -- Adrian/Witchy Owner & Webmaster, Binary Dinosaurs www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - possibly the UK's biggest online computer museum www.snakebiteandblack.co.uk - ex-monthly gothic shenanigans :o(

20 years, 2 months

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