test-drb June 2004

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by tomhudson＠execpc.com

I just found out about this list and thought I'd mention that I've just listed a Casio CFX-40 scientific calculator watch (circa 1985) on ebay (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4906266445). I bought my original CFX-40 back when they were originally sold, and started getting paranoid that it was going to die, so I bought some spares from a guy who had a few of them. Well, my original watch is still going strong, so I decided to unload one of the spares on ebay. I love this watch! My wife once joked that if anything ever happened to my CFX-40, she was worried that I'd off myself! Seriously, I told her after getting the spares that she never had to worry about getting me a Rolex or anything, because this is the only watch I would ever need, or want. When the year 2000 rolled around I was a bit concerned that it wouldn't properly deal with the calendar issues, but it never had any problem with it. Those Japanese engineers really know their stuff. I'm a programmer, and since this is the classic computer list, I thought I'd mention that my first computer was a Compucolor II, an 8080-based system with a color screen and built-in floppy drive and a whopping 32K(!) of memory. I think I kept it running for 9 months once without it blowing up. It was great -- The thing normally died fairly routinely, but I remember sitting at it one day and my mom came into the room (I was in college) and I said something about how great it was that the computer seemed to be getting more reliable. The VERY NEXT MORNING I turned it on and there was a loud SNAP! and smoke came out of it. There was no local repair center so I had to take it 180 miles to Kansas City for service. Any other Compucolor veterans out there? -Tom

20 years, 2 months

Places To Visit in NYC?

by evan947＠yahoo.com

I happen to like Disney World. Anyway, re: New York. There used to be a great store downtown called Computer Bookworks, but I think it's gone now. There is the famous J&R Music and Computer World, which is no Fry's, but is still a fun and large store to wander around. Across the river are the Stevens Institute of Technology (in Hoboken) and the New Jersey Institute of Technology (in Newark.) Both are easily reached by train from Manhattan. If you're interested in the history of PDAs/handheld computers, then you're welcome to contact me -- been working hard on building a nice collection. As for baseball, I highly recommend Yankee Stadium, not Shea! I am, however, a lifelong Yankees fan. :) Evan > At 06:16 PM 6/18/04 -0700, you wrote: > > > > > >Hey, all: > > > >Any good places to visit in New York City?... and I should be clear that > >I'm asking regarding classic-computing kinds of places, rather than MOMA > >or Shea Stadium > > > >or the hellish Disneyesque nightmare that Times Square has > >become. :) > > Sheesh, be glad that you don't live here in central Florida, home of > Dismal World! > > Joe > > At least Orlando has Universal Studios, you can skip Disneyland and head there.

20 years, 2 months

The Future of Commodore (fwd from cbm-hackers)

by jbmcb＠hotmail.com

How about an all-singing, all-dancing super Commodore emulator? Emulates PET, C16, VIC20, C64, Plus4, C128, Amiga 500/1000/2000, all relevant cartridge and expansion slots, internal IDE hard drive to store program, and disk/tape images. >From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre(a)floodgap.com> >Reply-To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic >Posts"<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> >To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org >Subject: The Future of Commodore (fwd from cbm-hackers) >Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 07:01:08 -0700 (PDT) >I spoke with Darren Melbourne, the man behind Ironstone, as well. Ironstone >is responsible for the C64-joystick C= will start to sell around >october/november. I, of course, asked him about the hardware. >The bad news: it will a single chip ASIC. I only forgot to ask him if the >ROM with OS and games were inside the ASIC or apart. >The good news: I know about who is behind the development of this C64 and >therefor we can expect quite some suprises: >- The new C64 will have at least 265 colours >- It will have higher resolutions >- It will have two SID's onboard >- The ASIC runs on 27 MHz. I hardly can imagine it needs 27 cycles to >emulate one of the original C64. >- I asked Darren if there are plans to produce a big C64 based on this >print. So he revealed that, although it resembles a joystick, all >connections of the normal ports are available in the form of pads. So one >could solder his own expansionport, userport or whatever to this stick. >- Regarding the extra features: they want to publish the memorymap and >other >technical details so programmers are able to develop new games etc. for >this >new C64. > _________________________________________________________________ Getting married? Find great tips, tools and the latest trends at MSN Life Events. http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=married

20 years, 2 months

Resend: TSZ07, "5F MOTOR FAULT"

by drb＠msu.edu

Pardon the nag. If anyone has any clues on working on these drives, or thoughts about someone who can fix them (cost?) would be greatly appreciated. Is this drive a rebadged F-880? Dennis Boone ------- Forwarded Message To: cctech(a)classiccmp.org From: Dennis Boone <drb(a)msu.edu> Subject: TSZ07, "5F MOTOR FAULT" Reply-to: drb(a)msu.edu Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 18:32:08 -0400 Sender: drb(a)yagi.h-net.msu.edu Dear all, I just obtained a TSZ07, and of course promptly tried to load a tape. The drive blows for a while, rotating the front hub, routinely seems to get the tape about halfway through the serpentine path, then emits an error message "5F MOTOR FAULT". The rear hub seems to be moving at least some, the front hub works the way I remember these units working. (Ok, _my_ memories are of 1600bpi Cipher-badged units from my Prime days.) Any suggestions, or am I screwed? Thanks, Dennis Boone ------- End of Forwarded Message

20 years, 2 months

Washington DC classic computing resources/museums?

by jplist＠kiwigeek.com

Greetings all; I'm heading off to DC tomorrow, and it occurred to me while there are all the usual haunts for museums (NASM, Holocaust, monuments, so on, so forth) that there quite possibly is a computing museum, or at least "Warehouse o' Junk" somewhere in DC. Anyone have suggestions as to things to look at along this vein? JP

20 years, 2 months

Master 5S external 5.25" floppy drive for Atari

by d_cymbal＠hotmail.com

Can anyone give me the lowdown on this drive? I found a drive and power adapter, but no docs. There are some dips on the back. Thanks.

20 years, 2 months

need hex prom code or source for Intel MDS-800 monitor

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

Hi Steve I've got the source someplace if Joe doesn't come up with it before I do. Of course, I should be able to do a ROM dump but I'll be busy with a couple things this and next weekend. Dwight >From: "Steve Thatcher" <melamy(a)earthlink.net> >> >I have finally had time to start bringing up my Northstar Horizon system. What I was hoping was that someone had the hex prom code or source for the Intel monitor in the MDS-800. In past time, I actually had ISIS-II running on a Northstar system and it requires a Intel style monitor program at 0f800H. Once I get access to my 8" disks again, I will be able to supply modified source that would allow someone else to do the same thing. > >best regards, Steve Thatcher >

20 years, 2 months

A case for downgrading to PCs (was: WARNING: RANTING COMPUTERNUT...

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

Hi Most know about motor rotation but he was talking about delta versus Y. This can be quite different. Dwight >From: "Antonio Carlini" <arcarlini(a)iee.org> > >> I can't think of a specific incident like that, but I do know >> that our University uses a non-standard order of phases, and >> that all the electrical contractors who come on site get a >> lecture about it, for obvious reasons! > >What's a "standard order of phases"? I know if you inadvertently >swap any two you potentially end up spinning the other way. For >some things this matters and for other it doesn't. > >I can only assume I'm missing something obvious ... > >Antonio > >-- > >--------------- >Antonio Carlini arcarlini(a)iee.org > >

20 years, 2 months

OT: EBay UK search hanging

by julesrichardsonuk＠yahoo.co.uk

Knowing that there's a few EBay users on the list who also know how to fix modern software... :-) On the rare occasions that I do actually bother to search EBay for anything classic computer related I quite often find that hitting the search submit button just hangs, with the browser (Opera under Linux in my case) sitting there saying "Waiting for DNS confirmation of cookie domain(s)". If I open another browser window at this point and then try and go to any other site it'll just sit there with the same message. If I close the browser and come back later it's fine. Very frustrating. Anyone else see this or know what causes it? I've *only* seen it happen trying to do an Ebay search, never with any other website - but it's been this way for months. Whilst it's hung like this in the browser I can do DNS lookups from the shell fine, so it's not a DNS problem or a local configuration problem. I assume Opera happens to use shared DNS lookup code and for some reason something to do with EBay's search *sometimes* makes it hang. Presumably others might be able to shed some light on this, or at least confim / deny that they've seen similar problems with EBay UK from different platforms and browsers... cheers Jules

20 years, 2 months

Compiling a list of "neo-retro" hardware

by vcf＠siconic.com

I'd like to create a resource listing of all the neo-retro hardware being developed today. For example: - IDE or CF interfaces for the Apple ][ and other 8-bits, - IDE HD interfaces for minis like Bob Shannon's for the HP1000, etc. - Vince's M452X and W076X PDP-8 replacement boards - Vince Briel's Replica-1 - Catweasel (I count this as "neo-retro" because it's useful to us) - Bob Armstrong's SBC6120 - etc. So basically, I'd like to know about any new hardware (and I guess software) being developed and/or sold for vintage computers. I'm going to compile a directory for this stuff and I also have other plans that may or may not come to fruition. I imagine you can post them to the list since it might be useful for other folks to know about these projects, but please copy me directly <sellam(a)vintage.org>. Thanks! -- 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

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test-drb June 2004