test-drb May 2006

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346 discussions

by staylor＠mrynet.com

Chuck Guzis cclist at sydex.com wrote on Tue May 23 23:57:10 CDT 2006: > On 5/23/2006 at 10:01 PM staylor at mrynet.com wrote: > > >all soft-sectored floppies, > > Scott, that's a pretty tall claim! How are you at Durango 850 100 tpi GCR > floppies? How about 3.25" Dysan floppies? > > Cheers, > Chuck Hey Chuck, Valid points. I've never been able to obtain 3.25" floppies, so I can't validate that I can make my one drive do anything--and I certainly did not think of considering the media smaller than 3.5". Sorry for disregarding all you Amstrad fans, as I thought there was a specific hobbybase concern there already. I do have 100 tpi drives (teacs), but I've never heard of them recorded with GCR. You certainly will have more experience with those obscure formats for sure. No doubt you can come up with dozens I'll never encounter or even be able to verify existence of in my lifetime. Suffice it that I may disappoint if called upon for any of those one-shot proprietary media formats :-D Shall we instead see what practical potential for discount arises? Cheers :) -scott

18 years, 1 month

New Altair32 Emulator Release/New Web site

by rcini＠optonline.net

All: Over the weekend I finalized the latest release of the Altair32 Emulator. This latest version - two years in development - wraps-up a string of changes to the emulation and adds some new emulated hardware: a Z80 CPU core, emulation of the Cromemco Dazzler, and, the best of all, support for the Altair32 Front Panel (another project of mine). The Altair32 Front Panel was introduced at VCFe two weeks ago and is a USB-based peripheral for the PC that enables one to interact with the Emulator as if at a real Altair. The Front Panel is a full-sized replica of the original Altair 8800 front panel. The dress panel I created can even be used as a replacement for a real 8800. The Front Panel should be ready for sale in the next 60 days after performing some last-minute optimizations to reduce manufacturing costs. As part of this, I have launched a new Web site specifically for the Altair32: http://www.altair32.com <http://www.altair32.com/> which also has a support bulletin board. In the Announcements section of the BBS, there is a short survey to gauge interest in the front panel. Of course, feel free to send me any questions. The picture on the index page of the site is the actual front panel (with the exception of the name plate strip, which I haven't made yet). Enjoy the emulator. Rich Rich Cini Collector of classic computers Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project Web site: <http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/> http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/ /************************************************************/

18 years, 1 month

DECwriter Correspondent wanted, trade available

by sethm＠loomcom.com

Hi folks, I've been hunting high and low for a DECwriter Correspondent (LA12). These are smallish dot matrix printing terminals made by DEC in the mid 80s, designed to be portable. They take 9.5" x 11" pin-feed paper. Some models have acoustic couplers on the side. I'm interested in any working model. I have a Teletype Model 43 KSR I'd be very happy to trade for one. This is also a dot matrix printing terminal, upper and lower case, and takes 12" x 8.5" pin-feed paper. It's in good working condition. For information on the Teletype 43, see <http:// www.atariarchives.org/bcc3/showpage.php?page=287> and <http:// www.kekatos.com/teletype/gil/M43.htm>. Anyone have a DECwriter Correspondent they'd be willing to trade or sell? If so please let me know! -Seth Santa clara, CA

18 years, 1 month

FA UNIVAC plasma display serial #1

by recycler＠swbell.net

almost free.. anyone still collect univac? anyway here it is: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8815960416 Hope someone can give it a good home, it must exit the lab along with the military computer monitor here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8816479230 I hate getting rid of these things, maybe doing it on the cheap will encourage collectors. If I had $1 for every time I rented a truck and drove 200 miles for a VAX 6500.. well. I'd still be out alot of $ I suppose. PJ

18 years, 2 months

Reading old tapes

by aek＠bitsavers.org

> Al, this is tall Dave I'm talking about. I can take care of them for him.

18 years, 2 months

Reading old tapes

by kossow＠computerhistory.org

> Al, this is tall Dave I'm talking about. I can take care of them for him.

18 years, 2 months

atari printers

by technobug＠comcast.net

On Tue, 23 May 2006 14:41:21 +1200, "Ethan Dicks" <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote: > I have several mechanisms, some as printers (Atari, Commodore), some > as bare frames (surplus from Electronic Goldmine a few years back) - I > don't think I have 4 good gears in the entire pile. Anyone here ever > come up with a solution? > > -ethan An excellent source: <http://www.wmberg.com/> CRC

18 years, 2 months

OT (though not entirely) - old air compressor maintenance

by chrism3667＠yahoo.com

well weve all seen how dusty the insides of computers get. I had been using a shop vac to blow out the crud, but its awkward and doesnt pack the same umph. So I picked up an oldie at a flea market. The motor is shot (easily replaceable) but before bolting a new one on, should I perform any maintenance? No obvious place to oil it. Pops or farts when I rotate the pulley by hand - is this a favorable sign of its condition? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

18 years, 2 months

Adventure for the KIM-1

by Richard.Cini＠wachovia.com

All: I just read a reference in Compute! Magazine (March/April 1980) to a version of Adventure for the KIM-1. I did some quick Googling but didn't come up with much. The article mentions that it was written by Robert Leedom. Do any of the KIMers on the list have a copy of this I could get? Thanks. Rich

18 years, 2 months

MVME Docs/Data Needed

by Zevik.Ben-Ephraim＠ecitele.com

Hello, I have an old system using this card with VMEexec OS. The disk with the backup files crashed and I need the software drivers or at least file M334Statics.H or M333statics.h can you help me or give me a pointer to someone who can ? thanks, Zevik Ben-Ephraim ECI Telecom Ltd. Tel: 972-3-9287501 P.O Box 448 Fax: 972-3-9266200 Petach Tikva 49105 mobile: 972-54-5787501 Israel Email: zevik at ecitele.com

18 years, 2 months

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