test-drb June 2006

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I got this from OLD-COMPUTERS.COM, any interest?

by witchy＠binarydinosaurs.co.uk

-- Adrian/Witchy Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer collection? ------ Forwarded Message From: "OLD-COMPUTERS.COM Newsletter" <mail at old-computers.com> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 05:49:46 -0400 To: <old-computers at binarydinosaurs.co.uk> Subject: OLD-COMPUTERS.COM ~ Donation for members Hi, Paul Kramer (based in Farmingdale, NY) contacted us to donate us two 2 computers : - a Power Tower Pro computer, clone of the Macintosh 9500 - blue clam-shell iBook (see its orignal email at the end of this text). Sadly, we can't accept/handle them. Would you be interested? If so, please contact DIRECTLY Paul Kramer <kramerpr at farmingdale.edu>. Please remember: - tell him you are a member of the OLD-COMPUTERS.COM collectors database, - though he donated these systems, you will have to pay shipping costs - most important, be POLITE :-) with this kind donor. Good luck! --- ORIGINAL EMAIL --- While I do not want to keep my Power Tower Pro, I do think it is worth preserving. I would be happy to give it to another collector if someone is interested in having it. All I would want is to be reimbursed for shipping costs. I would like to include all software and manuals as well so they do not have to be discarded. By the way, I also have an old blue clam-shell iBook which is in working condition except that the battery will no longer hold a charge. I would be happy to include it with the Power Tower Pro. You have my permission to make this offer by e-mail to other collectors and provide my e-mail address and phone number so anyone interested can contact me directly. Sincerely, Paul --------- Paul Kramer, Ph.D. Professor of Physics Farmingdale State University of New York 2350 Broadhollow Road Farmingdale NY 11735-1021 voice: 631-271-8311 [9 am to 9 pm, 7 days] fax: 631-673-1095 kramerpr at farmingdale.edu _____________________________________________________ OLD-COMPUTERS.COM Collectors Mailing ------ End of Forwarded Message

17 years, 11 months

backing up PAL chips

by julesrichardsonuk＠yahoo.co.uk

what's the most sensible format for backing up PAL chips such that they can be recreated on a different system to that which they were backed up on? My standalone EPROM/PAL unit seems to understand the following data formats: ASCII binary motorola s rec intel std & 8086 elan fuse map jedec mos tech texas tags tex hex ... some of which are presumably EPROM-only formats (I don't have a manual for the programmer) is there some sort of common format/size for PALs too when reading (akin to always being able to read a 27128 EPROM as a 16KB device regardless of who actually manufactured it)? I'm concerned that this programmer might be too old to have data on some of the PAL chips that I want to archive - but if I'm only interested in archiving them (and so can set the type to something of the right 'geometry' from a different manufacturer) that's not necessarily that big a deal. Advice appreicated :) I'm used to working with EPROMs, but PALs are a total unknown to me! cheers Jules

17 years, 11 months

OT: Signed binaries

by dgy＠DakotaCom.Net

I'm not sure if this is too technical for discussion here -- except for hysterical raisins... Are there any OS's that have implemented (non-trivial) signatures on loading executables as a scheme of protecting the operating environment? I.e. something more than verifying the proper COFF/ELF/etc. load format... --don

17 years, 11 months

HP 264x terminal status

by gginben＠cebridge.net

Attn: Jay West & Others I just happen to notice the thread that was written. So I would like to clear things up a bit. I never said that I wouldn't do the terminal deal. When you asked me about it I simply said "My number one priority is making sure that all the guys that purchased one received all of them ok. My customers are always first, and would hate to get rid of all of them, and then somebody didn't get theirs. So honestly at this point Jay I haven't forgot about you." As far as your quote about having someone pick them up is not correct either. This is the email that I received >from you "I've read this, and empathize. I'm not sure I follow though, if you still want the bulk purchase deal or not. Please let me know so I can let the other folks know. Jay West" Where all the other came from I am unsure. I am not meaning this email to be in any way demeaning or anything close. Just simply wanted to make sure that I could explain what happened. As far as as this quote from John A. " The other thing was that I was looking for positive word from anyone that the shipments were getting through and Gessman 'lost it' before Anyone was able to respond, deal cancelled. John A." I didn't lose it. , but thanks. You simply lied to me at first by telling me that you had sent a money order. Just to find out later the truth was that you wanted to wait and make sure that someone received one before you made a payment. I don't blame you for wanting to be like this. I just didn't care to do business with someone that wanted to pull wool over my eyes. I even canceled the non paying dispute to keep you from getting a strike from ebay since you finally did tell me the truth. Just so you could tell everyone here that I "lost it" Should anyone have any questions at all please don't hesitate to email me Thanks, Greg (Gessman Business Services)

17 years, 11 months

Scanner choice question

by mtapley＠swri.edu

At 12:01 -0500 6/24/06, Scott Quinn wrote: >I have a Umax Astra 2400 and a HP ScanJet 6100c, both SCSI. I'm not >sure which one to keep. Hm. Our most recent computer purchase was a used HP6100c. No complaints with it so far; it seems to run just fine with our OS9 Powerbook 3400s. So for selfish reasons, I'd vote you keep that one so that you can supply hints on how to maintain, interface, etc. it that I'll pick up on the list. :-). I probably still have the URL from which I grabbed the driver software - it was on the HP site but not trivial to find. But I'm ignorant wrt the Umax, so I can't compare their values. -- - Mark Cell Phone: 210-379-4635 office: 210-522-6025

17 years, 11 months

Top Posting and Message Trimming

by marvin＠rain.org

Top vs inline posting is just another religious war, and no amount of discussion will change anybodys mind. > From: der Mouse <mouse at Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA> > > [...] when basically responding to one issue, top posting is > > appropriate. > > Only if you don't care about people following what you're saying. <snip>

17 years, 11 months

Fwd: VAX11/780 available

by tuban＠ubanproductions.com

I recieved the following email this morning from a fellow who used to run a company supporting DEC equipment. He is located in the Boston area and has always treated me right. Please contact him if you are interested... --tom Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 14:14:04 -0400 From: "Joe Moir" <ppsjm at verizon.net> Subject: VAX 11/780 To: "'Tom Uban'" <uban at ubanproductions.com> Message-id: <0J1600JAI7ZOIE56 at vms048.mailsrvcs.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000F_01C69473.C97ADCA0" Thread-index: AcaUlU/NrijqonadQnSr7IfVmptDGA== X-UIDL: 3da9a0898547fa3fceee42a38db5de09 Tom, How are you doing. We just came across a VAX 11/780 with expansion cabinet. It is deep in an old warehouse wrapped up in shrink wrap. At this point, we don?t think it is worth our time to pull it out of the warehouse, load it on our truck, and bring it back to our building. If we could cover the labor to pull it out, plus maybe make a few hunded bucks we?d consider it. Are you, or would you know anyone that is interested?? I?ve been out of touch with the vintage DEC buyers lately. I wanted to run it by you just in case you knew of anyone that was searching for such an item. I probably need to know within a week. The building that this item is in is going to be cleaned out and everything inside is to be scrapped. Thanks very much, Joe Joe Moir Peripheral Parts Support 293 Second Ave Waltham Ma 02451 781-895-4892 p 781-895-4893 f

17 years, 11 months

Who wanted the Fujitsu 2444 power cable?

by shoppa_classiccmp＠trailing-edge.com

I promised a Fujitsu 2444 power cable to a kind fellow a few months back but only today, digging under the workbench, did it turn up. If I promised this cable to you, please E-mail me at shoppa at trailing-edge.com with your address so I can ship it out! Tim.

17 years, 11 months

Old Computers

by gilcarrick＠gmail.com

J.C. ... > Hello from Monticello, Kentucky > > My husband and son have been wired, going back to the very > first Sinclair. We have gone the route of Commodore, Radio > Shack, Macs without hard drives, then Macs with, the earliest > of IBM. With these, we have handbooks, diskettes, software. > > I know this is probably wishful thinking, but if I can tear > these items away, is there a place for these to be sent? At the present time we are downsizing and can probable not help you with your offer. However, I will copy this to a number of collectors I know of and I suspect that collectively we will be able to help you out. You will probably need to be more specific about what you are offering. You can just send a reply to the names I will copy on this email. Thanks for thinking of us. I am sure that some museum or collector will be in touch with you. Gil A. G. (Gil) Carrick, Director The Museum at CSE University of Texas at Arlington Department of Computer Science & Engineering Box 19015, 471 S Cooper Street Arlington, TX 76019 817-272-3620 http://www.cse.uta.edu/TheMuseum at CSE/ Be A Maverick. > Thanking you in advance for the gift of your time and reply and > > kindest regards > > J.C. Daffron >

17 years, 11 months

P/OS for Pro-350 (was VT180/Robin CP/M Distribution on Floppy ?)

by david_comley＠yahoo.com

I had an overwhelming response to my post for Robin CP/M - thank you very much to everyone who responded with assistance. So how about this for a follow-up challenge ? I'm looking for an image of P/OS + applications that I can boot from floppy on a Pro-350. The hard drive's died and since is is an RD5x I'm hoping to just skip the drive altogether and run it off diskettes. Anyone have diskette-based P/OS images for the 350 ? -Dave --- David Comley <david_comley at yahoo.com> wrote: > I hooked up with Bill P this week and picked up the > VT180 he was offering on this list and on the MARCH > list. It's in my kitchen right now awaiting > check-in. > > I seem to remember that a few weeks back some kind > soul had offered to provide software for the > machine. > > Does that offer still hold good and can I ask > whoever > it was to contact me please ? > > Thanks, > -Dave > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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test-drb June 2006