test-drb November 2006

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Spending $$$ on classic hardware (was Re: lisadraw)

by mtapley＠swri.edu

At 22:30 -0600 11/8/06, Ethan wrote: >$600 for an RL8A in the mid '80s, $400 for a KT24 (to run 2BSD), over >$1000 for a PDP-8/S, $800 for a SPARC1 in the early 90s... > >Guilty, guilty, guilty. $800 for a pile of NeXT gear, because it included a NeXTDimension card. Still working on restoring, equipping, and distributing the slabs, which has cost hundreds more dollars so far. $800 for a NeXT cube, but at the time that wasn't "classic". I'm not quite sure how to count the gas, storage space, etc. over the years, but that might be substantial. Still a cheap hobby, compared to many things. -- Mark Tapley, Dwarf Engineer (I haven't cleared my neighborhood) 210-379-4635 Dwarf Phone, 210-522-6025 Office Phone

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SN94281

by PLM3128＠aol.com

Do you have any SN94281 or know where I might acquire them I need a fist full. Thank You

17 years, 11 months

Gould Biomation K-105D Logic Analyzer Available

by sloboyko＠yahoo.com

Certainly, there are a lot of logic analyzsers (or analysers, if you are English) floating around. I was told by a guy who specializes in "refurbished" (i.e. dusted off) test equipment that this is because a lot of it is gov't surplus where they just grab the unit. He also mentioned that a lot of university surplus has partially blown pods because of carelessness - due to the nature of what they do, not much protection on the inputs. I have a Tek 1230 which I was lucky enough to get some pods with. I had another one w/o pods and GOOD LUCK on getting schematics, etc on this stuff - it's a "black art" proprietary sort of thing. ===== -Steve Loboyko Incredible wisdom actually found in a commerical fortune cookie: "When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day." Website: http://juliepalooza.8m.com/sl __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/

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OT: Where have electronics hobby stores gone?

by cclist＠sydex.com

Awhile ago there was a thread on the decline of electronic hobby- related retailers in the US and UK. Well, I think I've figured out where they've gone--Thailand! Take a look at the catalog on this site (Warning--it's a 12MB PDF): http://www.etteam.com/ I wish I could read Thai... They have a English-language dealer site at http://www.futurlec.com but they don't carry half of the good stuff in the catalog. Cheers, Chuck

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Someone want to 'splain this one to me?

by cclist＠sydex.com

Sorry for harping on an old topic, but this really has me mystified: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320044031900 Cheers, Chuck

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FA: Litton disk drives?

by legalize＠xmission.com

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OT: Software for Transtronics/Intronics EPROM programmer

by KCOCF＠NETINS.NET

Bob, I have the pocket programmer and have lost the disk as well, did you ever find a file to run it? I know it's a dos only disk, but that is not a problem. Let me know. Mike IOWA

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OT: Where have electronics hobby stores gone?

by compoobah＠valleyimplants.com

What Warren Wrote: > Hey, it's worse than that. I recall seeing, about a year ago, an ad >for an electronics project SIMULATOR in Windows software. You build the >project, and it pretends to run it, and does what real components would >do, producing a signal on screen, and as sound, if appropriate. *SIGH* Perhaps the software in question was slightly different, but electronics simulation software (such as PSPICE and its variants) have been around for a while- used it in college. Very convienient to be able to mock something up with the magic smoke being completely virtual, especially when you barely know what you're doing.

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semi-ot: are zip drives being phased out?

by chrism3667＠yahoo.com

I just found a bow of brand new Iomega 100meggers for $20 (x10). Was thinking of hacking a scsi card for the T2K, but how long will zips be available? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link Mortgage rates near 39yr lows. $420k for $1,399/mo. Calculate new payment! http://www.LowerMyBills.com/lre

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Need Docs for XT RAM Board...

by chrism3667＠yahoo.com

is anyone familiar with a IIrC sip module that has probably smt 4164s (or 41256s). Besides the obvious physical difference, could they replace normal ics? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link Get a free Motorola Razr! Today Only! Choose Cingular, Sprint, Verizon, Alltel, or T-Mobile. http://www.letstalk.com/inlink.htm?to=592913

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test-drb November 2006