test-drb February 2006

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Truely Ancient 2400 Baud Modems, last call!

by aw288＠osfn.org

The big cleanup continues, and these damn grey boxes are in the way. The grey boxes in question are a bunch of rackmount Western Electric 102B (or is it 201B?) modems, ex Goddard Space Flight Center. Apparently these handled encrypted voice and data, and perhaps some AUTODIN traffic. These are mostly 1967 builds, maybe a few from 1966. Getting 2400 baud thru a phone line back then required a foot tall section of rack space (21 inch!) full of cards stuffed with transistors. I have tried to sell these things, but they apparently belong in the lead balloon department. Being Western Electric from the good ole' days, these are dripping with gold, so I really need to get $50 a piece. So this is the last call. If you are interested, let me know, else they get scrapped. William Donzelli aw288 at osfn.org

18 years, 10 months

LEGO Difference Engine

by bob099＠centurytel.net

Building A Calculating Machine Using LEGO http://acarol.woz.org/ If you want something different.

18 years, 10 months

Mounting new hardware in vintage hardware

by oldcpu＠rogerwilco.org

Jim Leonard wrote: > I finally got a chance to try the Silicon Valley Computer ADP50L (an > 8-bit ISA IDE controller) in my IBM 5160 and I have to say, I love the > thing and want to put it to full active use. My problem is, how do I > properly mount a "modern" (3.5" half-height) hard drive into the case? > ... > Any ideas? Is there a safe, non-flammable, non-disintegrating material > I can use to wedge it in perhaps? (ick) There are mounting brackets available to allow one to mount a 3-1/2" devide in a 5-1/4" wide bay for modern PCs. Seems that this trick should also work with your 5160. The brackets add 'width' to the smaller drive and provide mounting holes on the outer dimension where they would normally be expected for a real 5-1/4" device. You can buy these kits, but you might actually be able to pick some up free from a local recycler. J

18 years, 10 months

sad ebay listing

by jwstephens＠msm.umr.edu

I saw a calculator listing just now that said "turned it on, it glowed a minute, now it only glows green on the screen" "I'm not going to try to fix it"... THANK YOU. I'm not listing numbers so I don't get sued, but it isn't hard to find. Jim

18 years, 10 months

What is an "AT&T 345i Safari"?

by trixter＠oldskool.org

Random woman emailed me that she has this thing and I don't know what to tell her. She uses the wording "monitor" but I can't tell if it really is a monitor or a laptop. She wrote: "The Monitor looks like a laptop with a handle on it. Sort of like a 60's 70's first battery operated radio. Very, very heavy. It is flat and opens like a laptop and has a screen and keyboard. I can send a pic to you if you like. The telephone don't go with it I figured out. LOL someone must have just stuck it in the big case for some reason. The booklet says it is an AT&T Color Monitor CRT 345i and it has Safari written on the top of it." What is this thing? -- Jim Leonard (trixter at oldskool.org) http://www.oldskool.org/ Help our electronic games project: http://www.mobygames.com/ Or check out some trippy MindCandy at http://www.mindcandydvd.com/ A child borne of the home computer wars: http://trixter.wordpress.com/

18 years, 10 months

Unix on BBC micro with 16032 coprocessor

by hollobon＠gmail.com

Does anyone know if Xenix / Unix were ever available on the NS 16032 second processor for the BBC micro? I remember reading that it was intended to be made available in the user's guide years ago. Pete

18 years, 10 months

Multibus 1 386.387 wi 8 megs on epay.

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

>From: "Jules Richardson" <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk> > >Paxton Hoag wrote: >> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8761090577 > >(for once someone posting a URL that isn't a billion characters long - well >done :-) > >> Looks like no eproms. > >Agreed. If it's anything like this '286 board in the system I've been looking >at then it should at least ship with a monitor ROM. Doubtless someone out >there has a board like this and can supply one, though. > >> there is no IDE, those are iSBX headers) > >Is there such thing as a Multibus IDE adapter? I've only ever seen >SCSI/ST412/SMD before. Hi I've seen iSBX IDE adapters someplace. I'm sure a search on the web will find one someplace. If the board takes iSBX it is a done deal. Dwight > >cheers > >Jules >

18 years, 10 months

Mythbusters (was: OT - Need fuse and jumpers from APC battery pack)

by zmerch＠30below.com

Rumor has it that Simon Fryer may have mentioned these words: >On 2/2/06, Richard <legalize at xmission.com> wrote: > > > I'm thinking things like oh... if you put your wallet on top of device > > X, then all your credit cards will be demagnetized. Stuff like that. > >You need something with a bit of a bigger bang and/or a higher level of >danger. Like, say, for example, ads that advertised ruggedized computers by saying they could survive a drop from the empire state building... Were there any? ;-) That would be a good show... Laterz, Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- SysAdmin, Iceberg Computers zmerch at 30below.com What do you do when Life gives you lemons, and you don't *like* lemonade?????????????

18 years, 10 months

SEMI OT END OF TELEGRAM AGE STOP

by spectre＠floodgap.com

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060201/sc_space/eraendswesternunionstopssen… elegrams STOP -- --------------------------------- personal: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ --- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckaiser at floodgap.com -- It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.-Cervantes

18 years, 10 months

VCF East 3 plans, part two....

by news＠computercollector.com

Part 2: (in case you missed part 1, it's below) -- I forgot to mention in Part 1 that all exhibitors also get one free guest pass -- We have hotel rate of $109 at the Holiday Inn (wifi, decent food) -- (732) 544-9300 -- We could use some volunteer staffers, if anyone's willing just ping me... --------------- Part 1: Our club, MARCH (Mid-Atlantic Retro Computing Hobbyists), is now announcing the prices and times for VCF East 3.0: General public admission: Adults -- $10 13 and under -- $7 Hours: Sat. 9:30AM-6:00PM ------------------- Consignment area: - $1 to be included / First-come, first-served (limited space) - 20% of sale goes to MARCH / 80% goes to seller - Anything unclaimed becomes a MARCH donation ------------------- Exhibitor fees: Standard booth (approx. 6x8 ft.): MARCH members -- $20 Non-members -- $25 Extra-large booth (limited availability) MARCH members - $30 Non-members -- $35 Included for all exhibitor booths: basic 110V power, one t-shirt, a 2x6-ft. table, and dinner (pizza etc.) Friday set-up -- 3PM - 8PM / Saturday set-up -- 7AM-9AM Exhibitor / VIP dinner -- Sat. 7PM ------------------ Lectures will run all day long. Questions / Special requests: please email me at evank at marchclub.org (NOT at my newsletter address) ----------------------------------------- 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/

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test-drb February 2006