test-drb October 2006

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by aliensrcooluk＠yahoo.co.uk

Hi, I'm starting to get a rather large collection of Amiga and PC disks. What is better for storage and easy access, small cardboard boxes (W:5" D:4" H:5") that I can get for nothing from work or the proper plastic case things that can hold 50 or 100 disks? Regards, Andrew B aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk

18 years, 5 months

vax/vms file archival ideas and suggestions

by aek＠bitsavers.org

I want to take the hundred or so TK50s I have and restore them to the hard drive -- I would suggest leaving them as blocked tape images and save them uncompressed. If the tapes read without errors, you can deal with them in the future using an emulator or using file extraction programs on whatever system you eventually deal with them on. Tapes with errors are more difficult.

18 years, 5 months

M9312 boot rom offer

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

I'm going to be burning some M9312 boot roms within the next few days, as I find myself short on the ones I want. If anyone wants a particular image, let me know and I'll do it for my cost of the chip, plus $2.00 to get me a rallyburger, plus postage :) I have just a few blanks on hand, so if more than just a few people want roms I'll have to place an order and it'll take a week or so. I don't mind doing that if need be. Off-list please... Jay West

18 years, 5 months

DEC H8571-J MMJ adapters?

by tothwolf＠concentric.net

I've had a hard time finding inexpensive H8571-J equivalent adapters, but I have a huge box of surplus DE9-F to 6-conductor RJ11 adapter kits. I was planning to make up a batch of H8571-J equivalent adapters out of these and some RJ11 to MMJ cords and wondered if anyone else out there could use some? Based on what I've seen on eBay, I suspect I could sell some there, but I wasn't sure if there would be any demand from classiccmp folks as well. I could also wire up some H8571-B equivalent adapters if there is any interest in those as well. Those would actually be simpler to make than the H8571-J. I personally don't need any more H8571-B adapters as I have plenty for the few MicroVAX systems that I have, but they aren't always easy to find. -Toth

18 years, 5 months

M9312 boot rom offer

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

18 years, 5 months

vax/vms file archival ideas and suggestions

by trash3＠splab.cas.neu.edu

Hi all, I must be missing something, but I have not found a good way to preserve a bunch of vax/vms files. I've looked at VMSZip, Gzip, VMSTar, etc, and I must be missing something. Here is what I am trying to do: Before my vax finally dies, I want to take the hundred or so TK50s I have and restore them to the hard drive and then move them to PC-land for long term storage. This is halfway done with the tapes that are easily readable. I now have a bunch of directories, one for each tape, with files in them on the VAX. So the tree is only two levels deep on the vax. The files are pretty mixed: backup files, savesets, distributions, text files, etc. Right now the files amount to about 2Gb. Now, the environment is: VAX 3100-30 with SCSI external. THis is where I hooked up the TK70 (TZ30?) to read the tapes. I have network access and can get to it via FTP and TELNET from elsewhere, namely my PC. I also have a bunch of different SCSI tape drives, 8mm, 4mm, 9 track, etc. So, I could transfer all the files if I could containerize (zip) them. Do I try to Zip them somehow (what program) and FTP them, or do I just write them to duplicate disks/tapes and throw them on a shelf, hoping I have a machine to read them in the future? I'm usually pretty good with this stuff, having been around the VMS world for a few decades, but I just have this memory block, or the blinders are on. Any suggestions? Thanks Joe Heck

18 years, 5 months

Help about am2901

by akbari1ir＠yahoo.com

Dear Mr I am working on a project and I need gate level schematic or VHDL code of any one 4bit (or a simple)processor like AM2901 . Description by details will be useful . Do you have any ideas where I can find it? Respectfully, Amir __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

18 years, 5 months

Stan Veit's History of the Personal Computer Audio Book Podcast

by david＠classiccomputing.com

Hi everyone, I would like to announce my newest project, a weekly podcast of an excellent book on computer history, in audio format. I have received permission from the author, Stan Veit, and his publisher to pursue this. The first installment is now ready. My podcasts are in m4a format, but there is a zipped mp3 version of this one that can be downloaded from my web site. Though I am not a professional broadcaster, announcer or reader, I have worked hard to make this production as professional as possible. Please give it a listen if you have a chance. The publisher hopes to put out a new edition of the book soon. This original edition was published in 1993. I have personally sold 250+ copies of it over the years, as I am a big fan and I have met Stan personally. Stan opened the first personal computer store on the east coast in New York City, which was only the second one in the world. He was also the founding Editor-In-Chief of Computer Shopper magazine. Thanks very much, David David Greelish classiccomputing.com The Classic Computing Podcast Home of Computer History Nostalgia Stan Veit's History of the Personal Computer Audio Book Podcast

18 years, 5 months

Wow; $192 for a 5.25" floppy disk drive

by Watzman＠neo.rr.com

Re: " Hmmm, I've still got a few 3.5' BP drives in original shrinkwrap..." No go. There is no demand for either the 3.5" drives or the CD drives. Only the 5.25" drives ($192 was high, but these usually go for about $100). Reason: There ARE USB 3.5" floppy drives, and USB external CD drives. But, at present, if you need to read a 5.25" floppy on a PC, there is no easy way to do it. Modern motherboards no longer even support two floppy drives [at all, of any kind]. And laptops? Forget it. We NEED a USB 5.25" (and I'd argue even 8") drive interface device. It should support both 360k and 1.2MB 5.15" drives, and perhaps 8" drives as well. At present, the old parallel port 5.25" drives are the only option for many people. So they will fetch absurd prices. I have a 3.5" backpack also. And a backpack tape drive, which used a floppy interface. I'd love to convert either/both to a 5.25" drive if you know how.

18 years, 5 months

Trying to identify a Macro Assembler

by kelly＠catcorner.org

>From the header of the assembled files: SYSTEM ANALYZER IN-III IN-III MACRO ASMB IN-III LINKER VERSION 3-2 840801 IN-III MACRO ASMB. (Z80.ZILOG) VER. 1-01 830131 DATE 58.09.22 (Japanese style date, Showa 58 = 1983) Dates to around 1983/1984. Supports the 6301, 6809 and Z80. Thanks, Kelly

18 years, 5 months

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test-drb October 2006