test-drb August 2004

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by vcf＠siconic.com

I'm working on a research project for a client and am looking for a large lot of mid-90s laptops. They do not need to be in functional condition, nor do they even need to look pretty, but the screen should be intact (i.e. not missing, no breakage). Otherwise, missing parts (keys, drives, batteries, etc.) is fine. I'm willing to pay a reasonable fee plus shipping for each. If you have any of these, please e-mail me directly. Toshiba T1000LE Acer AcerNote 750C Acer AcerNote 760CX Acer AcerNote 780CX Ambra N450T AMS TravelPro 5325 Apple PowerBook 270c AST Ascentia 900N AST PowerExec 173W AST PowerExec 203W AST PowerExec 4/33SL AT&T Globalyst 200 AT&T/NCR Safari 3180 Business Audio Compaq Contura 400C Compaq LTE Elite 4/40CX Compaq LTE Elite 4/50CX Compaq LTE Lite 4/33C CTX LMT-5020 Dell Latitude XP Dell Latitude XP 4100CX Everex StepNote IBM 701C IBM ThinkPad 360C IBM ThinkPad 360CE IBM ThinkPad 750C IBM ThinkPad 755CD IBM ThinkPad 755CE Midwest Micro Elite 486SX/DX Midwest Micro SoundBook MPC 799 MPC 875 MPC 899 MPC CD-Book 800 NCR 3150 NEC LCD1280 NEC UltraLite Versa 33c NEC Versa M NEC Versa P NEC Versa S NEC Versa V NEC Versa V/50C Notemaster S394ST SENSLite 200 Panasonic V21 Panasonic V41 Samsung SENS 700 Sharp LC-10C1U Sharp PC-8900 Tadpole P1000 TI TravelMate 4000E TI TravelMate 5000 TI TravelMate TM4000M Toshiba Portege T3400CT Toshiba Portege T3600CT Toshiba Satellite T1950CT Toshiba T2100CT Toshiba T2150CDT Toshiba T2400CT Toshiba T2450CT Toshiba T3400CT Toshiba T4600C Toshiba T4800CT Toshiba T4850CT TwinHead SlimNote 486E TwinHead SlimNote 5100T WinBook XP Zenith Z-Note 433Lnc Plus Zenith Z-NoteFlex ZNF75CT8/5 Zeos Meridian 400A -- 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 ]

19 years, 10 months

Semi-OT: Data Recovery?

by dickset＠amanda.spole.gov

So here I am... doing backups of an 80GB Maxtor drive when it craps out in the _middle_ of the backup. :-( >From my digging around this morning, there appears to be a problem reading the reserved area that results in it being detected by the BIOS as a "Maxtor ROMULUS" (the class of drive). >From further digging, it appears that I won't be able to shake this thing loose without professional help. I got 25GB of data off of it before it died, but since I don't have a directory, I can't even evaluate if it's worth $$$ to get the rest. So... before I proceed, I was curious who on the list has used professional data recovery services, and who does a good job at a good price. I've already written to a company in N.Z. that has a base rate of under $300 NZ + recovery media (DVD-R, CD-R, blank drive...) I've seen companies ask 400 Eur. and up to $700 US. Obviously, I'm not in a hurry now... it's still about 2 months to the first plane. Thanks, -ethan -- Ethan Dicks, A-130-S Current South Pole Weather at 23-Aug-2004 23:00 Z South Pole Station PSC 468 Box 400 Temp -85.7 F (-65.4 C) Windchill -127.3 F (-88.5 C) APO AP 96598 Wind 11.6 kts Grid 036 Barometer 676.1 mb (10772. ft) Ethan.Dicks(a)amanda.spole.gov http://penguincentral.com/penguincentral.html

19 years, 10 months

Following getting scrapped tomorrow

by rich_bramante＠yahoo.com

Unless anyone is willing to save them (Massachusetts). Corona Data Systems MT14KS monitor Taxan 630U 12" monitor Leading Edge DR-1240 monitor Okidata microline 292 printer Okidata microline u84 printer Data Impact Products D-92 Dot Matrix printer I can't speak as to the working status of any of these. They are in the storage shed I am cleaning out and looked to be a little more interesting than the mounds of generic PC schlock I'm plowing through. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

19 years, 10 months

Drive alignment

by KParker＠workcover.com

I have a TRS80 Model 12 that's been upgraded to a 16B (with two 8" slim-line floppies). I am trying to copy some discs but not having much joy. One theroy is the media is cactus. The other theory is that following some reading about these machines, because of the size of the drives they tended to get out of alignment regularly. How do I check alignment on the old classics. TIA!!! +++++++++++++++++++ Kevin Parker Web Services Manager WorkCover Corporation p: 08 8233 2548 e: webmaster(a)workcover.com w: www.workcover.com +++++++++++++++++++ ************************************************************************ This e-mail is intended for the use of the addressee only. It may contain information that is protected by legislated confidentiality and/or is legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient you are prohibited from disseminating, distributing or copying this e-mail. Any opinion expressed in this e-mail may not necessarily be that of the WorkCover Corporation of South Australia. Although precautions have been taken, the sender cannot warrant that this e-mail or any files transmitted with it are free of viruses or any other defect. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and destroy the original e-mail and any copies. ************************************************************************

19 years, 10 months

Cleaning up yellowed/grubby plastic?

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

>From: "Fred Cisin" <cisin(a)xenosoft.com> > >> > Jif is a brand of peanut butter. >www.jif.com > >On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Adrian Graham wrote: >> Heh, is it? That'll confuse any holidaying Brits over there :D > >Not half as badly as vacationing Americans who want a sandwich over there! > >> Cif (as it's now called) is a cream cleanser for kitchens/bathrooms etc and >> bits of me think it's ever-so slightly abrasive but I could be remembering >> wrongly. I thought it had been renamed from Jif for the global market - do >> you not have Cif over there? > >Peanut butter is commonly suggested for cleaning chewing gum >out of kids' hair and dog fur. >I wonder how well it would work for cleaning plastic cases? > > > Hi Another thing to try that I've used is melted butter. It seems to work well on removing grim on textured surfaces. I don't know if margarine will work because I've never tried it. Dwight

19 years, 10 months

trade my Amiga 1080 for your Amiga 1080

by adamg＠pobox.com

I have a Commodore 1080 monitor (Amiga branded, non-stereo version) and the original cardboard box. The box and monitor have matching serial number stickers. I've saved the box for a while for completeness's sake, but now I want to get rid of it. Maybe someone has a loose 1080 they want to trade for a "1080 with original packaging"? The monitor was working the last time I tried it, and I will test it again if anyone is interested. The front panel hinge is intact. The box is a little scuffed/torn but not ripped to shreds. There is a noticeable tear along one side. I do not have any documentation, cables, styrofoam, bags, etc. In trade I will accept a working Commodore/Amiga 1080/1084/1902/S/whatever. I am in the Los Angeles area and am willing to deliver/pick up within a reasonable radius. I'm willing to ship, but I'll be slow and you'll have to pay shipping. OK, so it's a long shot, but is anyone interested? -- Adam

19 years, 10 months

DEC country codes

by meltie＠microvax.org

Does anybody have a link to a document listing DEC's country code suffixes? -AA, -AB, -YA etc cheers! alex/melt

19 years, 10 months

cctech Digest, Vol 12, Issue 33, Re: Drive Alignment

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

>From: "Barry Watzman" <Watzman(a)neo.rr.com> ---snip--- > >The "modern" (about 1981) way was with a digital alignment diskette. This >was a normal data disk, almost, but various tracks on the diskette were >either correctly aligned, or intentionally mis-aligned by varying known >amounts. By seeing which tracks could be read, and which could not, you >could determine the alignment status of the drive. This was useful for >checking alignment, but not nearly as good for setting it. SOME of these >disks ALSO had the analog patter on track 38. You needed the digital >alignment disk and software that knew what to do with it. > ---snip--- Hi This track is created by having two signals recorded a half track apart. One signal has one extra cycle in it per revolution of the disk. This makes the cats eye pattern when the two signals add together in the head. Another method used was to microstep 5 times across the track with a tone. The tone centers on the track would be the highest. If you take my ascii art and lay it on its side, that would be what u see on a scope: | # # ### ### ##### ##### ### ### # # | # # ### ### ##### ##### ### ### # # | A misaligned track might look like: | # # ### ### ##### ##### ##### ##### # # | # # ### ### ##### ##### ##### ##### # # | This tended to look more blocky than smooth like the cats eye pattern but didn't require a tone to be exactly one cycle different per revolution of the disk. One could make there own disk like this with a micro stepping controller for the stepper and a micrometer to set the track position relative to the center of the disk. Dwight

19 years, 10 months

PDP 11/03 vs. PDP 11/03-L

by squidster＠techie.com

Hello list, Anybody can give an authoritative answer as to the difference between a 11/03 and a 11/03-L? What I can gather is that the 11/03 used a BA11-M/H9270 (4-slots) while the 11/03-L used a BA11-N/H9273 (9-slots). Another important thing is that the DEC logo is different! :-) On the 11/03 the font used is the regular lower-case font, while on the 11/03-L the font used looks like uppercase Avant Garde.. /wai-sun -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm

19 years, 10 months

Mac SE 800k boot disks

by davidewardjr＠yahoo.com

Hello List, Help. I rescued a Mac SE, mouse, and keyboard. My problem is it has the 800k low-density diskette drive and a wiped hard drive. I don’t have a Mac compatible drive needed to create the boot disks. Would anyone have a set of boot disks? Sincerely and thank you in advance, David --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages!

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