test-drb June 2004

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by vcf＠siconic.com

Whilst doing an unrelated search, I came across this gem: Twenty-One + Years of Dr. Dobb's Journal Indexed http://www.cstone.net/~bachs/ddj/ It's maintained by a person who used to get paid by DDJ to index their magazine, but after CMP bought it out he says he continues the service gratis. He has a donation link to help keep the site up. I did my part ;) -- 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

MDS-225 available in France

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

I've been contacted by someone in France that has an Intel MDS-225 that he wants to sell. Is anyone in that area intersted? I'm getting the detail now. I would be intersted but I'm much too far away to consider it. Joe

20 years, 4 months

Processor Technology Question

by Watzman＠neo.rr.com

Question for those who know Sols, Solos, Cutter, etc. I have many old original PT cassette tapes - basic, Gamepak 1 & 2, ALS-8, etc. Will an MP3 of those tapes work? [for the sake of argument, assume a 128k bitrate]? Anyone tried this? Thanks, Barry Watzman Watzman(a)neo.rr.com

20 years, 4 months

3com etherlink III MCA

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

>That's disappointing as I've got one too. Given that its MCA I thought it would be at >a premium and therefore quite valuable. >The one I've got is in an IBM PS2 Model 60 but when I boot it I get some gobbledy->gook on screen which is not very promising - if anyone has any clues I'd be >grateful. I thought of disabling the HD and trying to boot from a floppy to see if it >was just the HD that's cactus. MCA stuff is pretty common still if you know where to look. Plenty of cheap stuff on ebay all the time. I've got loads of goodies meself. What's harder to find is the interesting stuff like the MCA servers and upgrade parts/boards. As for the mod60 problems, I'm sure it can be fixed. They seldom go bad. You might be getting a password skeleton key prompt, or a numerical POST code. If all else fails, remove the battery for a while, take out all adaptors except for the hard drive one, build a reference disk and then try to boot from it. After you build a ref disk, don't let Win9x read it as it messes it up and the PS/2 wont boot from it.

20 years, 4 months

Prime 5320 *possibly* up for grabs (Ascot, UK)

by julesrichardsonuk＠yahoo.co.uk

Hi all, I just heard of a Prime 5320 (1990 vintage) up for grabs in Ascot, UK. It's possible the museum are going to take it (if only to save it from the crusher), but it really depends on what the transport arrangements are, as it's too far away from any of the staff to do a pick-up. If the owners can deliver then it's not a problem! Apparently there's an unknown PSU fault with it, and attempts by the company who own it to get it professionally fixed have failed - hence the reason it's going out the door. Comes with hard disks, tapes and floppies I've been told (no idea about documentation) Unfortunately I don't have a timescale on how long it can stay where it is before it gets dumped - I've lost track of how many times people contact us about stuff and if they don't hear back within a couple of hours they haul it off to be crushed... :-( I'm still waiting to hear about the delivery issue. As these machines aren't that common though on this side of the pond, it would seem nice to line up someone who can save it assuming that the museum can't. cheers Jules

20 years, 4 months

Northstar question...

by wh.sudbrink＠verizon.net

Does anyone on the list know what kind of wood the case of the Northstar Horizon uses? General consensus is that it is stained to look like walnut. It seems a little nicer than plain old pine plywood... a friend of mine guesses birch. Does anyone know for sure? Doing some display material for VCF east. Thanks, Bill Sudbrink

20 years, 4 months

Available: Compaq Deskpro 386/20e Manuals/Diskette

by rosellino＠tin.it

I need manual, disdette for compaq 386/20 send me conitions and price please. rosellini(a)ieee.org

20 years, 4 months

Info on Magnesys 720KB card wanted

by r_beaudry＠hotmail.com

Hello all, I recently acquired a Magnesys 720KB card (eBay number 5100117037 for some pictures). This is an 8-bit ISA card, copyright 1988 so it's on-topic :-). It is labeled "Magnesys Assy. 506-402 (c) 1988 Made in U.S.A. Drive Card". It has 2 EPROMS, labeled "890-332 Rev. D" and "890-364 Rev. B". It also has an LED, four jumpers, and three sets of switches (a bank of 10, a bank of 6 and a a bank of 4). The only information I could find w/ Google was that it is a bubble-memory card used to emulate a 720KB Disk Drive, and was used for a military application. If anyone has manuals, drivers, jumper/switch settings, etc. Could you please let me know what I could do to get a copy? Thanks! Rich B.

20 years, 4 months

Nobody teaches assembly language

by aek＠spies.com

> It doesn't have a 80x86 simulator yet. MESS would be suitable for the micros, and x86. It also has a simulation for the TI 990/10, which SIMH doesn't have.

20 years, 4 months

Net Booting IRIX 3.3.2 (for install)

by cvisors＠gmail.com

Hi. I have managed to find the tape images for irix 3.3.2 (.tar.gz) but unfortuntely I can't work out how to network boot the Personal IRIS. As far as I can tell I have included the right information in the /etc/ethers file and the /etc/bootptab files.. but when I try and start the net boot up and running, it tells me, couldn't load bootp()192.168.0.2:/video/irix/sa(sash.IP6) any ideas... I have managed to get network booting working on many other platforms but for some reason this is stumping me... Benjamin -- one you lock the target two you bait the line three you slowly spread the net and four you catch the man Front 242 Headhunter

20 years, 4 months

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test-drb June 2004