test-drb May 2006

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by chrism3667＠yahoo.com

o man thats cold --- cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org <cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote: > > >> nit-picker. And how exactly does one pick a nit? > > > Nits are lice eggs. A very fine tooth comb will do > On Mon, 29 May 2006, Jules Richardson wrote: > > a fine tool for combing your teeth? :-) > > actually, most flea and nit combs look exactly like the comb like tool > that Intel provides for removing Pentium. But the Intel pins are larger > than a normal flea or nit. I showed one to a dog groomer; she said that > it was "exactly the same, but this 'Intel' outfit must be dealing with > a lot of BIG bugs." > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

17 years, 11 months

Semi-OT: IDE & SATA to USB "dongles"

by Billy.Pettit＠wdc.com

Zane H. Healy wrote: I also see that SATA-Firewire enclosures are available, I'll probably pick one of those up one of these days, as going forward, SATA looks to be the better choice. ---------------------------------- Better or not, most OEMs are driving hard to eliminate IDE. SATA gives a reduction in cable costs, connector costs, test fixtures, etc. This can be a big saving on a large array. Plus less physical cable space needed, and a small but significant power savings in drivers. Finally, it gets rid of some of the skew problems for parallel transfers as the speed ramped up. ATA was getting so bad that cable length was only 8 inches at the highest transfer speed. Here at WD, many of our new generation products will be offered in SATA only. Whether USB is better/worse than Firewire - I tend to avoid religious arguments. And interfaces are not static anyway. The portable device market has lead to new generations of interfaces being created. CF+ and CF-II are widely used. And in the background being prepped for the future, CE-ATA, a simplied ATA (only 8 commands). And it has variations using MMC as a physical layer, and new layers including 1, 4 and 8 bit serial interfaces. Ain't life grand? Billy

17 years, 11 months

Cromemco 3101/Beehive B150 score

by legalize＠xmission.com

Thanks to someone on this list (sorry I can't remember who it was) who enlightened me that Beehive OEM'ed their terminal to Cromemco, I was finally able to get a Beehive terminal into my collection. Its a Cromemco 3101 terminal in excellent cosmetic condition and amazingly enough for a Beehive design, it still works. Because of the cosmetic condition and the Cromemco labelling, I had to pay a premium for it on ebay, but considering that I've yet to find anyone with a working Beehive terminal in their collection I still consider myself lucky in being able to find one. If it weren't for this list, I would've remained ignorant of the Beehive connection on this terminal and probably would have passed it by. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline"-- code samples, sample chapter, FAQ: <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/> Pilgrimage: Utah's annual demoparty <http://pilgrimage.scene.org>

17 years, 11 months

DECnet network at VCF Midwest 2.0?

by fireflyst＠earthlink.net

Hey, is anyone here interested in getting an ethernet DECnet network together at VCFMW? I'll be bringing my PDP11 which has DECnet/E on it :)

17 years, 11 months

Can anyone identify this IBM magnetic tape cartridge?

by rsilacci＠prodigy.net

Hello, I might be a little late with the answer but that tape cartridge is used to program the IBM Magnetic Tape Selectric Composer "MTSC" announced in 1967. This was a cold type printing machine which was quite advanced for it's time. I worked for IBM and serviced these machines. Its nice to talk about the old days so let me know if there are any more questions, as long as I can remember the right answers. Richard Silacci http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=ibm+mtsc&ei=UTF-8&fr=FP-tab-…

17 years, 11 months

OT: nit (was: ISO: Wide HVD SCSI SBUS

by chrism3667＠yahoo.com

nah not more then I needed to know whatsoever. But excuse me while I mop the rest of my lunch off the floor...but yet the implications of the expression seem negative. Now...I wouldnt know firsthand, but if you were looking to get rid of lice, you would think it would be expedient to get rid of every last one. Hence a little nit-picking wouldnt necessarily be a bad thing. One would think. But Im sure we can all agree the undertaking would be a pretty lousy job LOL LOL LOL LOL! O man. O my God... --- cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org <cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote: > On Sat, 27 May 2006, Chris M wrote: > > Sorry to be a > > nit-picker. And how exactly does one pick a nit? > > Nits are lice eggs. A very fine tooth comb will do (looks like, but is > much finer tooth than the tool that intel gives away to remove > processors). When dogs start rapidly, even frantically, diting at a spot > of their fur, they may be nit-picking fleas. > > If that isn't more than you wanted to know about it, . . . > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

17 years, 11 months

Designing a Classic Computing Library

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

A good chunk of my collection of documentation will be going to a "Historical Resource Center" (aka Library) that is being built in the area. There is also a good chance that at least some of the hardware will eventually go there as well. I'm currently planning on starting to clear out some of the documentation starting tomorrow, as I desperatly need the storage space. As they don't have a building yet, it will be moving from my storage, to thier storage. Does anyone have any advice as to what kind of stuff should and shouldn't be in a "Computer History" section? Zane

17 years, 11 months

ISO: Wide HVD SCSI SBUS

by chrism3667＠yahoo.com

neither of you did. I had thought the correct terminology was HDV. Could swear I had seen references to that effect. My goof. --- cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote: > You've got me confused, where do either I or the original poster say HDV? > > HVD is High Voltage Differential SCSI, an "archaic" form of SCSI that > allows for greater cable lengths than standard SCSI. I just retired > a system where the HVD Jukebox sat about 50 feet away from the Sun > Ultra 2's it was connected to. > > Zane > > >isnt it HDV - High Differential Voltage. Sorry to be a > >nit-picker. And how exactly does one pick a nit? > >--- cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org > ><healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote: > >> At 4:36 PM -0700 5/27/06, Don Y wrote: > >> >I'm looking for two or three HVD wide SCSI SBUS > >cards > >> >to connect some storage arrays to an SS20. Does > >anyone > >> >have any that they would care to part with? > >> > >> Depending on what OS you intend to use, you'll want > >to watch out for > >> which cards you get. I know most of the ones we > >used at work > >> wouldn't work on newer than Solaris 2.6. > >> > >> Zane > >> > >> > >> -- > >> | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems > >Administrator | > >> | healyzh at aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS > >Enthusiast | > >> | MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic > >Computer Collector | > >> > >+----------------------------------+----------------------------+ > >> | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role > >Playing, | > >> | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer > >Museum. | > >> | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ > > | > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > -- > | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | > | healyzh at aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | > | MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic Computer Collector | > +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ > | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | > | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | > | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ | __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

17 years, 11 months

Bad ideas, cont'd; the Pereos tape drive

by cclist＠sydex.com

The "25 worst" list made me remember the Pereos tape drive--backed up about 1 GB (compressed) onto tiny postage-stamp sized tapes. Here's one cheap on e-Pay: http://tinyurl.com/pczbk I first saw one of these things in 1994, when I was contacted by the company to include support for the thing in one of our forensics products. After 2 weeks of struggling to get it working so that I could actually read tapes that were written by it at least some of the time, I sent the sample unit back with a polite refusal. For those collecting oddball vintage media, this definitely fits the bill. One couldn't go to, say, Fry's and buy tapes for it either--you had to call an 800 number and wait for Fedex to deliver them. I think Datasonix sold these units up until about 1998. Cheers, Chuck

17 years, 11 months

Original boxes to Philips/Magnavox "Odyssey" game/computer

by wpileggi＠juno.com

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