test-drb February 2006

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[UCSDPascal] UCSD Pascal I.5 is available for download.

by jfoust＠threedee.com

At 02:08 PM 2/21/2006, David Barto wrote: >The following link is the UCSD I.5 sources, as distributed by UCSD >for all to use as they wish. This has been validated and released >from UCSD. I'm very happy to make this announcement to this group. http://invent.ucsd.edu/technology/cases/1995-prior/SD1991-807.htm Amazing news! Wonderful to hear. Who can we thank for this, both inside and outside UCSD? Was this a consequence of the anniversary celebration? I know I tried in 1996 to have the source released or at least some sort of hobbyist licensing enacted - but to no avail. What do you know about the provenance of these particular I.4 and I.5 sources that have been released? - John

18 years, 5 months

What to do with that old IBM Graphics Printer

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

>From: ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk > >> >> Tony Duell wrote: >> >> All is not lost: I got my 6-yr-old to sit down and play Rocky's Boots=20 >> > >> > I don't think I'ev ever heard of that, what is it? >> >> Oh my, you've never heard of it? Here: >> >> http://www.warrenrobinett.com/rockysboots/ > >OK, I'll take a look. > >> > At about that age, I built my first radio receiver (nothing original, I >> > just followed the instructions in the book...), and I suspect I'd made at >> > least one relay from either Meccano or Fischer Trchnik... >> >> Yes, well, not every 6-yr-old boy has your kind of aptitude. We can't >> all be Tony Duell :-) > >Considering the number of things I am totally _useless_ at, this is a >very good thing IMHO.... > >-tony Hi Tony I know what you mean. I disassembled the toaster and cleaned the clock mechanism when I was 5 and a half but I still need a spell checker to write simple email. Dwight

18 years, 5 months

What to do with that old IBM Graphics Printer

by marvin＠rain.org

Fascinating project, and it looks like your thrust is youth education. Looking at the PDF of "Computer Demolition", this quote really caught my eye: ?Will American kids be Inventors in 10 years, or just operate appliances designed elsewhere?? and, by the way, ?Whatever happened to the Kid who took Alarm Clocks apart to discover how they worked?? Part of the answer to your quote is that those people are right here :)! > Since you seem to be the ones who "didn't throw that stuff away", like me :-) > > Thought you might like to look at this: > > P.R.CRANE is a Computer Demolition Project that creates a PC-Controlled > Robot Crane. > > You can control the crane manually with the arrow keys, have it learn a > series of steps, and create and edit a robot control program. P.R.CRANE is > made from an old IBM 5152 Graphics Printer, plus about $25 of parts > available at the hardware store and Radio Shack > > You can find this at www.terryking.us (Hit the PARPORT button), and then > PRCrane is a one-liner near the top. > > Somehow I think you'd also have an old DOS machine to run this... If not, > there are ways to force > XP to let go of it's IO-Priviledge compulsion... > > Let me know if you get one of these running... I have some photos of kids > running these a few years ago. > > Also: Anyone have an old XT that you want to know what to do with??? I have > an idea. > > Regards, Terry King ...On The Mediterranean in Carthage > terry at terryking.us

18 years, 5 months

'82 issues of Byte?

by news＠computercollector.com

Hi all, I need to search through all the 1982 issues of Byte for a specific article co-authored by Dave Winer. I don't know the article title of the issue number. All I know is that the article included one of the earliest references to a "laptop" computer, according to Dave himself. The archives on Byte.com only go back to 1994. Does anyone know if the older issues are scanned anyplace? Or if anyone has the issues, would you help me out by doing a quick flip-through for the article in question? (Mike N., perhaps you have them?) Much thanks, - Evan ----------------------------------------- Evan Koblentz's personal homepage: http://www.snarc.net Computer Collector Newsletter: >> http://news.computercollector.com Mid-Atlantic Retro Computing Hobbyists & Museum: >> http://www.marchclub.org >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/midatlanticretro/

18 years, 5 months

Looking for Tiny Pascal

by paulrsm＠buckeye-express.com

This is a frequent item in comp.os.cpm Look for the Byte Book of Pascal. -- Paul R. Santa-Maria Monroe, Michigan USA

18 years, 5 months

Perq Boot disks

by williams.dan＠gmail.com

I have a Perq 2 which will not boot from it's hard drive. I don't know which OS is installed on it either. If I send out some floppies can anyone copy a boot/maintenance disk for POS and MPOS Thanks Dan

18 years, 5 months

Available: Canadian Superplus IV machine + bits (London, UK)

by julesrichardsonuk＠yahoo.co.uk

Hi all, I've just been asked by the owner of this to ask around to see if anyone wants to give it a good home: Superplus IV machine from 1982 (integrated screen, separate keyboard) Daisywheel printer + hood 13 AES printwheels and 7 AES Ribbons Original AES Operator Instruction Manual and Software Manual (both A4 ringbound) 7 Master and 3 working system/software discs . 30 AES Brand and 10 RPS Brand blank disks, formatted for AES and still shrink wrapped. AES disk box. The owner's tested the machine and it all seems to be working. Unfortunately we've got enough machines of this sort of class at the museum - it sounds like a nice box though, so hopefully someone can give it a good home! Contact Madeleine Melling at: mlamelling at gmail.com cheers, Jules

18 years, 5 months

Repairing wall warts

by Bob.Adamson＠sli-institute.ac.uk

> > I don't understand how a receptacle can trip a circuit breaker. At > worst, > > it would seem that it would fail to make contact or have high resistance > > contacts. > > Well, if the insulation carbonised and became slightly conductive, it > could pass enough leakage current to trip an RCD/RCCB/ELCB/whatever it's > called thise week. > > I once witnessed a metalclad socket outlet fail in the UK. Apparently, > repeated unplging of high-power devices without turning off the built-in > switch (UK socket outlets often contain a double-pole switch) had either > depostied enough metal on the insulator to become conductive, or had > carbonised the insulator. Anyway, the resulting failure caused a > spectacular arc that lasted for several minutes. I've seen many (240V) plugs, sockets and lighting fixtures fail similarly, in several cases becoming conductive enough to blow the circuit fuse, considerably more difficult than unbalancing a leakage trip. It's not at all uncommon in damp environments and another cause (though uncommon nowadays) is where an old-fashioned piece of fuse-wire has previously vapourised to produce a slightly conductive film. Bob Adamson

18 years, 5 months

[Fwd: GB> Teletype manuals.]

by recycler＠swbell.net

not mine, see below.. From: Bob Roehrig <broehrig at aurora.edu> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: GB> Teletype manuals. Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 13:04:23 -0600 (CST) From: Bob Roehrig <broehrig at aurora.edu> To: glowbugs <glowbugs at piobaire.mines.uidaho.edu>, Boatanchors <boatanchors at theporch.com> Cleaning out and downsizing, I have over a dozen original Teletype manuals for model 28 equipment. They are adjustments, operation, parts, for typing units, keyboards, stunt boxes, TD's, reperf, etc. Free to anyone that wants them but shipping won't be cheap. All or none - I am not going to pick and choose. Bob Roehrig Aurora University Telecom dept. broehrig at aurora.edu K9EUI W9ZGP WC2XSR/11 WD2XSH/19 630-844-4898 fax 630-844-4222 "Nostalgia is a thing of the past"

18 years, 5 months

classiccmping and cold weather

by lee＠geekdot.com

> What is the danger related to storing CC gear in extreme cold > temperatures? One thing to keep in mind is that some liquid crystal displays will be permanently damaged by freezing. Others will stop working, usually turning completely opaque or completely transparent, but will recover when they warm up. Lee.

18 years, 5 months

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