test-drb April 2005

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MFM/RLL data recovery

by Alwrcker82＠wmconnect.com

Ryan, the twist on the harddrive cable is on the other side of the cable. They are differance. Al

19 years, 8 months

QIC-02

by silvercreekvalley＠yahoo.com

Hi all Looking for a QIC 02 drive for a Sun 3. This needs to be either the Archive 5945S or Wangtek 5099EG11 Actually I just need the bare tape drive as I have the MT02 board, shoebox, etc. Anything considered ... Thanks Ian. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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Have You Protected Your Collection?

by bpettit＠ix.netcom.com

David Corbin wrote: >>> On Behalf Of Billy Pettit > > >>>He left most of his estate to his church. The fanzines were left to a >>>University collection. He mentioned this is letters and conversations - >>>but not in the will. > >>>But probate ruled that the church gets everything since it wasn't in the >>>will. The church wass fighting to keep the stuff because they smell big >>>money. > > If they smell money, they are unlikely to scrap it off the top. They should > be contacted... > >>>So the collection now is lost to the group that would appreciate it >>>most. I know of two major collections of science fiction lost the same >>>way. > > See above...were they really lost??? > > >>>One of them was original art worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. > > Sounds like money to me.. > > > This does not changer the fact that you NEED to document your desires to > make sure the person (o organization) YOU WANT gets your posessions... > > But it its CRITICAL to differentiate something which is lost/DESTROYED from > something that merely goes to a different destination.. > The difference is not as big as you think. These collections usually are taken to auction houses. They sort out the few items that can sell for big bucks. The rest are discarded. Once in a while they will be sold by the pound. But ususally it goes in the dumpster. Thus the best sf collection ever put together, that of Sam Moskowitz, now is about 5% of its original size. Worse, the desisions relative to what to keep, are made by appraisers with limited information. They research but the info is not always accurate, or subject to misunderstanding. For example, the recent article on Business Week online could mislead an appraiser about the value of PDP-8s. It mentions the different models, but doesn't include all the info on how to tell rare from common. That's what happened to the fanzine collection I mentioned. The lawyer found a collection that had been donated with a huge assigned value. So he concluded all fanzine collections were worth a few hundred thousand. You see it all the time on eBay, all those "solid gold rare" Apple IIs for hundreds of dollars. The saddest of all is that those items that are not easy to research, that don't have a lot info on the Internet or books. So their true rarety and value is not appreciated. As an example, the recent April fool joke, what is the value of a G-15? How would a person know? Billy

19 years, 8 months

HP ThinkJet 2225P

by bentley02＠alltel.net

I was wondering if anyone ever came up with the Pinout for this printer and if so if they could send it to me. Thanks

19 years, 8 months

Corrosion pains

by jfoust＠threedee.com

At 12:42 PM 4/4/2005, vrs wrote: >> I have been seeing the same thing with my C= GPIB cables (as well as >> certain tool handles from the same era). AFAIK, it's inevitable with >> that sort of plastic. > >My RK05F has a white powdery junk all over the inside, and all the plastic >bits have hardened (some have shattered). Is this the same problem? I >figured something had caused all the plasticizer to boil out or something. Could be. I thought it was either a mold from old finger-residue or the plastic decaying. Any experts on plastic decay out there? Is it an out-gassing of plasticizer or infiltration of ozone, or both? - John

19 years, 8 months

MicroVAX 3800 info?

by musicman＠satcom.whit.org

Can anyone point me to info on the MicroVax 3800? I may be able to aquire one, but would like to know a little about it first. Also, I am really looking for the dimensions/weight of the unit also? Thank you David Whittaker musicman(at)sitcom.whit.org -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 4/1/2005

19 years, 8 months

HP9133 user guide...?

by vp＠cs.drexel.edu

I have a 9133H connected to my IPC. I have the 9133H manual and the only reason that I have not bothered to scan it is because it contains no useful info AT ALL! It was written by brain dead people (whenever a manual starts with "Don't let the terminology scare you", you know that the manual is not worth the paper its printed on). Anyway it says zip about the configuration switch other than "it changes disc formatting". Thanks! There are many different models in the 9133 family and they are VERY different between each other. Early ones are amigo, while later ones are CS-80. Anyway the setting that works for me is Configuration switch in position 1, address in position 0. With these settings, I get: /dev/A built-in floppy /dev/D000 9133H hard drive /dev/D001 9133H floppy Connect the external HP-IB hard drive and look in /dev to see the name(s) assigned to the hard drive. Then use the format_disc utility (int he Utilities diskette) to format it. A lot of software for the IPC is available at: http://www.coho.org/~pete/IPC/integral.html There is also an ongoing discussion at http://www.hpmuseum.org/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/hpmuseum/forum.cgi?read=70969 Best Regards **vp

19 years, 8 months

AVAILABLE: complete SunOS 4.1.4 documentation set (two boxes)

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

.. in The Netherlands, pickup only. NO SHIPPING. Cheers, Fred

19 years, 8 months

Corrosion pains

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

If I was going to keep anything in an outside building I would first seal it in a plastic trash bag to keep the varmits and bugs out of it. I would probably help if you could put some kind of dissicant pack in the bag as well. Then box it in a sturdy box to protect it and the bag and it should keep fine. I have a friend that has books this way and stored them in an outside shed and they've kept fine for over ten years. Considering the heat, bugs and humidity here in Florida that's little short of a miracle! Joe At 11:57 AM 4/4/05 +0930, you wrote: > >Appreciate a little bit of advice from the list please. > >I started getting my shed full of gear in order on the weekend. >Following a renno of the kitchen the plan is to rebuild the kitchen >cupboards in the shed to provide additional storage. > >I noted when moving stuff around on the weekend that some corrosion has >set into DB plugs and PS2 connectors etc. Fortunately its on a couple of >AT machines of which I have about a zillion so its not a big drama but >I'm more concerned about the longer term effects on my more precious >assets. > >Storing stuff in the house would be great but that also equates to >divorce :-) > >How do people store their computer stuff medium to long term. > >++++++++++ >Kevin Parker >Web Services Consultant >WorkCover Corporation > >p: 08 8233 2548 >m: 0418 806 166 >e: kparker at 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, 8 months

Corrosion pains

by James＠jdfogg.com

> I was hunting for odd bits in my piles the other night and > was shocked at the decay of several plastic parts. The ends > of a set of GPIB cables for an old CBM disk drive were > covered in a white powder coating - not mold, but slow decay > of the plastic. This might still be mold. There are thousands of types of mold, and they all need to "eat" what they grow on. I'm battling mold now that I'm sorting/cleaning my basement. Lots of surprises, as there seems to be a mold type for just about any material.

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