test-drb July 2004

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by transit＠lerctr.org

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/features/polyplay.shtml The Poly Play videogame was Eastern Bloc's answer to the capitalist's Pac Man but resembles something more like on old-fashioned TV set in a tall wooden cabinet. Nevertheless, with up to eight games, a simple firing button and 8-way joystick, and a slot to take tokens rather than coins, the Poly Play is, in fact, less grim than it sounds. Simon Webb, the curator of Swindon's Museum of Computing told BBC Wiltshire, "The story goes that this was the only arcade approved machine to be produced in East Germany and they used to go into places like municipal swimming pool and leisure centres. "When the Berlin Wall came down, for some strange reason they recalled the machines to the factory and had them dismantled. A few were salvaged. There were probably about 1000-1500 made."

20 years, 1 month

motherboards

by BUFFYBRON＠aol.com

Hi Chris I am after 386 and 486 motherboards, please advise if you will ship to the UK if I pay the costs etc. Brgds Steve.

20 years, 1 month

VCF and lisp machines

by brad＠heeltoe.com

Hi All If anyone going to VCF and is interested in Symbolics workstations or any type of Lisp Machine (like CADR's), and would like to get together and talk about them, let me know (via email). I should probably have put together a talk about my explorations tracking down old lispm's and emulating lisp machine microcode - maybe for next year. I'll certainly be there, floating around looking for (more) unibus hardware and I'll be at the Atari 7800 talk. -brad Brad Parker

20 years, 1 month

Booting a VAXstation 4000 VLC off the hobbyist boot CD-ROM

by dbetz＠xlisper.mv.com

I have my VAXstation 4000 VLC running to the ">>>" prompt and would like to boot the hobbyist CD-ROM to install VMS on the hard drive but I'm having trouble getting the CD-ROM to boot. If I type 'boot dka400' at the prompt, the CD-ROM spins up and I get the text "-DKA400" displayed on the console but then I get the ">>>" prompt again. Can anyone tell me why that would happen? I'm using a NEC CDR-1910A SCSI CD-ROM drive set to SCSI ID 4.

20 years, 1 month

Fw: Mitsubishi Monitor

by geoffreythomas＠onetel.net.uk

For some reason my original post got corrupted - try again. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoffrey Thomas" <geoffreythomas(a)onetel.net.uk> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 10:32 AM Subject: Re: Mitsubishi Monitor > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Philip Pemberton" <philpem(a)dsl.pipex.com> > To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> > Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 10:04 AM > Subject: Re: Mitsubishi Monitor > > > > I'm still trying to find a way to make a hole in a plastic panel to mount > a > > BNC properly. I failed miserably on the frequency counter I made - the BNC > > connector spins while you're trying to plug a probe in. Oops. > > Usually there's a flat section on the BNC socket , I usually drill a smaller > hole and then file out to suit - especially easy in plastic. Otherwise look > for a purpose made chassis cutter for BNC connectors - could be pricey. > > > > Later. > > -- > > Phil. | Acorn Risc PC600 Mk3, SA202, 64MB, > 6GB, > > philpem(a)dsl.pipex.com | ViewFinder, 10BaseT Ethernet, > 2-slice, > > http://www.philpem.dsl.pipex.com/ | 48xCD, ARCINv6c IDE, SCSI > > ... DANGER! DANGER! Computer Store Ahead, Hide Wallet. >

20 years, 1 month

OT dsl

by dan_williams＠ntlworld.com

I have been looking at bulldogdsl they have a 4 meg line with 400k up for 30 pounds a month. Has anyone hear used this or know anyone that does. I was wondering about reliability this is less then I pay ntl for a 1mb line. They also have 8 fixed ip's for an extra 9 a month. It seems too cheap to me. Thanks Dan

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wtb: Ungermann-Bass NICps MCA Ethernet

by bear＠typewritten.org

Howdy y'all. I'm trying to dig up one or more ancient microchannel ethernet cards. Due to software limitations, it MUST be the Ungermann-Bass NICps. This will be a 16-bit full length microchannel card, with a single AUI jack (DA15F). It will NOT have an i80186 CPU on it; if it has an i80186, it's the newer Net-ONE NIUps, and won't work. I've got a pile of these cards already. Hopefully somebody out there will have one or two of these stashed away somewhere. Thanks! ok bear

20 years, 1 month

Pet Computer Software?

by pbmain＠wideopenwest.com

Does anyone out there have any sources for Pet computer software? Preferably tape, but I could probably track down a disk player as well. Better yet, has anyone designed a 'tape emulator' or anything like that?

20 years, 1 month

Compaq Luggable

by blair＠averagebacon.com

Hey all, Before I say anything else, I've posted here before and even passed along a couple of classic computers to members of the list, so please, bear with me. I've got a Compaq luggable here that's just taking up space. I've included links at the end of this message showing pictures of the system itself, since I've no real information as to what sorts of internals it has, or even what the various expansion cards are for (save one, which is obviously parallel, and is labeled "printer"). My father used it a long time ago when he was the regional service manager for a major food and beverage equipment supplier. The system does work. One of the two floppy drives -- no hard disk on this thing -- seems to go on the fritz every once in a while, but otherwise, everything else works, AFAIK. NOTE: This declaration of fitness doesn't include the expansion cards, as I've no way to test them. Anyway, I know better than to ask "what's this thing worth," so instead I'll ask "is this thing worth anything to anyone here?" I'm from south-western Michigan, but I make semi-regular jaunts all over the state, and make the occasional trip to Chicago as well. If someone here wants the system, make me what you feel is a fair offer. If you want me to drop it off, I'll charge you for gas money in addition to whatever your fair offer is. Otherwise, you can pick it up. I'd rather not ship it, as it's large, heavy, and might not make it through the shipping process. NOTE: This system is, compared to the comparable models I've seen on eBay, in great shape. It includes the original brown Compaq labeled base, which is clean and tear/rip free. The computer itself if fairly clean, no dust accumulation outside (inside might be a different story). Anyway, on with the pictures: http://www.averagebacon.com/ebay/compaq_running.jpg http://www.averagebacon.com/ebay/compaq_screen.jpg http://www.averagebacon.com/ebay/compaq_software.jpg http://www.averagebacon.com/ebay/compaq_ports.jpg http://www.averagebacon.com/ebay/compaq_case.jpg If no one wants it, it'll probably just go to eBay. If multiple people want it, I'll take a look at the offers, and if they're all the roughly the same, put it up for private auction (and inform the list). If the offers are wildly different, I'll just take the highest one. That should keep everything and everyone (including me) nice and fair. Thanks for listening, and please feel free to drop me a line -- compaq(a)averagebacon.com -- if you have any questions or want another photo or whatnot. Sincerely, Blair Miller

20 years, 1 month

Mitsubishi Monitor

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

>From: "David V. Corbin" <dvcorbin(a)optonline.net> > >>>> [1] Bonus points for people who know what BNC stands for.... > >Bayonet Neil-Concelman or British Naval Connector! > >Although I have never been sure why the English would want to connect their >belly-buttons.... > > bayonet something connector Dwight

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test-drb July 2004