>From: "Paul Koning" <pkoning at equallogic.com>
>>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Peters <tpeters at mixcom.com> writes:
>
> Tom> I believe this is a T-shirt with a lear-sigler ADM-3 terminal on
> Tom> the front- only $11 (and up)
>
> Tom> http://www.cafepress.com/lt_goodcomputer
>
> Tom> More shirts at http://legaltshirts.com/
>
>Cute...
>
>Maybe I should republish the T-shirt I made up in college, with the
>text:
>
> C6 A4 83 92
> 40 C9 C2 D4
>
>:-)
>
OK, I'll be the first to byte. What does that sequnce mean?
Dwight
>From: "Fred Cisin" <cisin at xenosoft.com>
>
>On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Dwight K. Elvey wrote:
>> >> Wrong step rate! Poke a new on eint othe chip, or does it use the old
>> >> table of junk INT 13h used to supoprt?
>>
>> Hi
>> There is a table that one stores the step rate
>> for the drive. You need to alter the value for
>> slower drives, like your 8 inch. I forget where
>> is it but it is in that lower area someplace
>> ( 40:xxx or something ). It isn't a problem
>> of the controller. It should work with any controller,
>> you just need to find the table and change it.
>> It has been a while since I've fiddle with it
>> to make my drives step with less noise ( and wear ).
>> Dwight
>
>While the default table is often in low memory,
>sometimes it is even in ROM.
>It is pointed to by INT1Eh.
>To alter values in the table, copy it, alter the copy,
>then repoint INT1Eh to point to the new address.
>Be sure to restore INT1Eh when you are done,
>or INT13h may encounter serious difficulties.
>
>If you've got a copy of the PC Technical Reference Manual,
>most of the disk parameter table is documented right after INT13h.
Ah yes, the big purple book. I couldn't remember where
I saw that info.
Dwight
>From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf at siconic.com>
>
>On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Dwight K. Elvey wrote:
>
>> There is a table that one stores the step rate
>> for the drive. You need to alter the value for
>> slower drives, like your 8 inch. I forget where
>> is it but it is in that lower area someplace
>> ( 40:xxx or something ). It isn't a problem
>> of the controller. It should work with any controller,
>> you just need to find the table and change it.
>> It has been a while since I've fiddle with it
>> to make my drives step with less noise ( and wear ).
>
>OIC.
>
>Are there any drives that don't require such a modification of the stepper
>table? I'm not sure what drives I'm using. They're mounted in an
>enclosure and I'm too lazy to dismount them to check.
>
Hi
For 8 inchers, I doubt that their are any that
are fast enough for the standard 5-1/4 step rates.
There was a program out there that modifies the
step rates. I know it is on the web someplace.
As I recall, it would try the full span of steps
available and watch for errors. I would guess that
this would work for your 8 inchers, even though,
it was inteneded to be used to optimize the steps
for faster drives.
Maybe one of the others can remember what it is called.
Of course, you are always the one that states that one
should do a good google search first ;)
Dwight
Found today. Still wrapped up like new but can't test since it doesn't
fit my Dell. Dell PN 32499. This is supposed to fit the secondary
compartment on the Latitude LS, LX and M models.
Joe
> http://www.degraeve.com/translator.php
>
> Way off topic.
> Hint: You have to use the full address including http:// in the
> input box on the page above.
>
It is missing PaperTape can Punched Card formats [then it would be on-topic]
btw: I literally fell of my chair for about 10 minutes....
Recent discussion about photographing machines prompted this one.
Has anyone got any useful tips for photographing (with a digital camera)
running machines such that whatever's on the screen is captured with
some kind of decent quality?
I've been playing around with all the manual settings on my camera and
just experimenting (using any kind of auto mode results in banding on
the computer's display, and of course use of flash is no use for a shot
of a glass screen). So far results have been mixed though...
Any useful hints much appreciated!
cheers
Jules
At 04:34 PM 2/28/05 -0500, you wrote:
>On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 15:00 -0500, 9000 VAX wrote:
>> Before you guys start to laugh at me, I would like to itemize some.
>> 1. The original IBM PC 5150/5160 MB
>> 2. The HP 100LX, 200LX palm PC
>> 3. The original Nexgen pentium class PC
>> 4. The IBM "butterfly" 486 laptop
>> 5. You name it
The Compaq Deskpro 386 for beating IBM to market.
The Tandy 1000 series for outliving the PCjr that it was a clone of.
I'm not familiar with the Nexgen, was it anything like the Compaq Deskpro
5/60? EISA bus (no PCI), motherboard chipset was Compaq's own. It would
have to be one of the 1st Pentium based PCs, but mines too hard to get at
for me to go looking for date codes.
I am going crazy trying to find the text of an article in the October 1992
issue of "The C Users Journal" without paying $80 (the official fee of the
CDROM containing all the texts). Does anyone have this issue and would be
willing to scan a few pages for me? I'd be willing to pay you $10 or so for
your time...
--
Jim Leonard (trixter at oldskool.org) http://www.oldskool.org/
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