I have a terminal server (NIB) but it didn't come with any of the
cabling for connecting a gaggle of serial devices to the server. I
could always make one, but its pretty tedious. I'd consider buying
them for a reasonable price from someone who has some they're not
using.
Thanks!
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All:
I have a question. I'm getting a Tandy 2000 that doesn't have a
color monitor (it comes with a VM-1 monochrome). I've read that you could
use a third-party (i.e., non-Tandy) color monitor like the old NEC
Multi-Sync, but I was wondering if a modern VGA monitor could be used if I
made a 9-pin to 15-pin adapter.
Thanks for any hints.
Rich
Rich Cini
Collector of classic computers
Lead engineer, Altair32 Emulator
Web site: <http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/>
http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/
Web site: http://www.altair32.com/
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On 2 Nov, 2006, at 18:00, cctech-request at classiccmp.org wrote:
> The Versatec V80 electrostatic printer is another odd beast -- it
> builds up a charge image on special paper and then flows liquid toner
> over it (yes, I have one, and not just beacuae it was one printer
> supported on the PERQ).
We used to have a V80 on long term loan from Versatec so we could
develop a 'GreenSheet' interface card for the NuBus slots in the older
Macs along with driver software to drive their wide (up to six foot)
electrostatic and Laser printers. It never gave us any problems, so
few moving parts to give trouble. I wonder, can you still get the
bottles of toner or do you mix your own?
On the subject of peripherals, my 1301 has a card reader, card punch,
line printer, paper tape reader (Elliott type) and a non standard
paper tape punch (Teletype BRPE). I'm not sure if the drums really
count as peripherals, but I have two connected, 12000 words by 48 bits
and of course the mag tape drives from my recent e-mail.
The second machine has card reader, card punch, printer, one drum
and more tape decks (13 in total).
More modern, I have an Apple Imagewriter 2 and some of the older
Apple parallel printers made by C.Itoh to connect to the Apple 3 and
the Lisa. Shortly before I joined the list we chucked out one of the
original Apple Laserwriters and their DaisyWheel printer. They both
still worked but took up too much space (and the LaserWriter made
a lot of Ozone). If anyone has one of the old HP electrostatics
printers (A1 size or D size to the guys in the states), I still have
some
bits from it, the ink pump, the big transformer and some rollers. I
have quite a few manuals for pen plotters and some printers from the
eighties if anyone is lacking a manual for their plotter.
--- Jim Battle <frustum at pacbell.net> wrote:
> aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> ...
> > Can we *please* stop acting like kids? As I
> > figure (forgive me if I'm wrong) it most of you
> > guys are in your 50's/60's. The only exceptions
> > I know of are myself (27, before you ask)
> > and Cameron Kaiser (Cameron, I got a copy
> > of Robert Bernardo's footage from both
> > CommVEx 2005 & 2006 and would like to say
> > that even though I don't own a C64 I love
> > the intro to Geotrope).
> >
>
> Andrew --
>
> There are many people (hundreds) under 50 on this
> list. A couple years
> ago there was a thread about demographics. You
> should also be aware
> that there are > 1000 people on the list, even if
> most don't post very
> often.
>
Ahhh, ok.
*feels this >< big*
I didn't know the list had >1000
members. I thought it was more around the
500 mark. Either way, it's still alot of people.
That said, the demographics have probably
changed slightly.
Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk
> On Nov 2, 2006, at 12:47 PM, woodelf wrote:
> >> Not to be argumentative, but you sound exactly like someone who's
> >> never
> >> really participated in a wiki-centric community.
> >> If you tried it (and correct me if you have), you might find you
> >> like it.
> >
> > Well I like email-lists ( other than send.me.spam :) ) since I
> > don't have to navigate thru a web site. How soon do you expect the
> > wiki will have 'Pee Cee' stuff on it, my guess is 15 minutes or
> > a sex ad posted.
>
> Yep. It's rare for a community survive a mailing list -> wiki
> transition. Things that start out as wikis seem to do ok, but they
> tend to attract a slightly different crowd...those who think a web
> browser is "how you access the Internet". ;)
>
> -Dave
And I think that if those wanting classiccmp to "go wiki" would try some classic computer searches
at wikipedia.org (assuming they haven't already done so), they'd find that there's already a
tremendous amount of technical and historical information there with more easily added by anyone
who desires to. And, of course, new topics can be created if some system you have expertise on
isn't represented.
Of course, I might be misunderstanding their request since I'm not familiar with wiki sites being
used as substitutes for email groups. Perhaps there's some great advantage of which I'm not
aware. However, since the wiki topic has apparently been discussed here before at length and
didn't meet with approval, I'll go with those previous conclusions.
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I've got a bunch (maybe 10) of the 50 pin blue-ribbon connector SCSI-
1 cables. Most are about a foot long, though some are longer. I've
also got a bunch of 10base2 50 ohm RG-58/U coax cables with BNC's on
each end. Several are 10 foot, a couple are longer. Heck, I'll even
throw in a bunch of terminators and tees.
Anyone interested in the whole lot for the cost of postage?
Cheers,
Chuck
> > Tony Duell wrote:
> >
> > > You do. It saved them having to fit a tokenising routine into the ROM.
> > >
> > > So how do you distinguish 'calculator' from 'computer'?
> > They work better as a door jam. :)
>
> Except that a common name for the ZX81 over here was the 'black
> doorwedge' :-)
>
> -tony
That's what Commodore used them for:
"Under this steady promotional blitz [of the C64], plus a trade-in option that offered a $100
rebate on any other computer or video game console (a clever New York chain called Crazy Eddy
started selling the cheap Timex Sinclair 1000, an Americanised Sinclair ZX-81, for $10 so that
users could get the rebate; Commodore donated most of them to charity but kept some, reportedly,
for doorstops!), sales skyrocketed and the C64 eclipsed its older sibling within a short time."
http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/ckb/secret/history.html
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--- Julian Wolfe <fireflyst at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > NO ONE SAID THAT CLASSICCMP WAS GOING TO BECOME
A
> WIKI, AND
> > STOP BEING A MAILING LIST.
> >
> > NO ONE.
>
> Starting Monday, it will only be available via WAI
S.
>
Huh?! I hope you are joking Julian, as it is
Jay in charge of this list. I have no desire to
move to Wiki. I enjoy reading emails from the
list.
Can we *please* stop acting like kids? As I
figure (forgive me if I'm wrong) it most of you
guys are in your 50's/60's. The only exceptions
I know of are myself (27, before you ask)
and Cameron Kaiser (Cameron, I got a copy
of Robert Bernardo's footage from both
CommVEx 2005 & 2006 and would like to say
that even though I don't own a C64 I love
the intro to Geotrope).
Sheesh......
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk
I have a paper tray for an Apple Laserwriter Select, free for price of
postage.
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dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
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