test-drb June 2006

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by aek＠bitsavers.org

Al Kosso mentioned a while back that he might help do this and i was wondering if the 11 X 17 pages are hard to do or if they can be done on his scanner or another??? -- They are easy to do. My scanner handles 11 x 17 double sided.

18 years, 1 month

Paratronics Bus Grabber

by dgriffi＠cs.csubak.edu

I just now unearthed this little gem, a Paratronics Bus Grabber. It's composed of an S100 board and a 4-inch square mini front panel less blinkenlights. Anyone remember this thing or know where I can find docs for it? -- David Griffith dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

18 years, 1 month

ClassicCMP.org direction

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

I've been alluding to some things in the works for the ClassicCMP.org website and ClassicCMP.org as a whole, mailing list included. I wanted to give a heads up that I will be posting a long list of all the things I've been considering and/or actively planned in a few minutes. Most of the items on this list have been planned for over a year. Quite some time ago I asked for listmembers to volunteer to help with development on the classiccmp website. One member spearheaded the new look, but then had a variety of work issues, sabbatical, paying projects, etc. come up. He's getting back to the project, so he has the same list that I'm going to post here momentarily. Based on the size of the work on the list, I'm sure he'd be willing to accept volunteers to help in the coding. The goal is to move more towards ClassicCMP.org being a tier1 resource for vintage computer collectors and hobbyists - a full fledged resource and not just a mailing list - a launching board to other sites as well. I'm not trying to hurt anyone elses website or resources. I just want ClassicCMP.org to be more of a branded entity, and provide a large de-facto starting spot for collectors and hobbyists. Not just a mailing list. Bear in mind that many of the things on the "to-do" list are still ideas being formed. Some may prove not to be practical after further thought. But, I wanted to at least show people where I planned to head. If you have words of encouragement or further suggestions I'd LOVE to hear them. I'd love to hear reasons why some of the ideas are bad (but that doesn't necessarily mean I won't do them anyway). The new look is at http://dev.classiccmp.org Best regards, Jay West

18 years, 1 month

Welcome home DG Nova 3 System

by rborsuk＠colourfull.com

Hi All, Thought some of you might want to see my new (? old) Nova 3 System. This system came courtesy of Bob H. who was the owner for several years and thought it might be time to send it to a new home (mine) (yeah!). Here's some pics. http://homepage.mac.com/irisworld/PhotoAlbum3.html Enjoy, Rob

18 years, 1 month

Top Posting and Message Trimming

by marvin＠rain.org

> Jim Leonard trixter at oldskool.org > > I get far more annoyed at: > > > > 1) long posts with one liners inserted someplace. > > 2) not trimming out parts of a message not being responded to. > > 3) not changing the subject line to reflect the content. > > 4) not putting a space between the portion of the message being responded to, > > and the comments. > > These are people who don't quote properly. Don't damn quoting just > because some people don't do it eloquently. Don't put words in my mouth I didn't say; I am not damning quoting, inline posting, top posting, or anything else. My point is that communication rather than form is the goal!

18 years, 1 month

Vintage computer diagrams scanning

by Billy.Pettit＠wdc.com

* BOB LAAG wrote: ________________________________ I was wondering about getting some of the diagrams and text documentation scanner and made available for those needing it... I have stuff for Computer Automation Alpha-16 and LSI-2 with the diagrams being on 11 X 17 sheets... I called around and it seemed that they wanted $5 a page, and this just sounded like a rip off... Al Kosso mentioned a while back that he might help do this and i was wondering if the 11 X 17 pages are hard to do or if they can be done on his scanner or another??? I am in so. cal. in Riverside.... --------------------------------------------- Billy: Bob, I see Al has already answered you that he can do it. If you want, I can do it also. I have a Microtek 9600X on an old Apple G4 system. Al's is faster and duplex. But mine does color which is likely not important. Either of us will glad to help you. I will send the TIFF files to Al so he can convert them and link them to put on his site One big difference is that Al is in the Bay area. I'm in Laguna Woods, right off of I-5. So you could come over, get them scanned and then take them home. I stay down in Orange County around 3 weekends a month; the other one I go up to the Bay area. Billy

18 years, 1 month

looking for two Kennedy 9100 tape drive terminator cards

by henk.gooijen＠oce.com

I have found a chap in The Netherlands (!) who also has a Kennedy 9100 tape drive. I asked him, and he checked: his tape drive is also *without* the two terminator cards. As a reminder, they are: card cage slot #3: "data terminator", part number 190-3860-001, and slot #8: "control terminator", part number 190-3841-001. BTW, these cards are also used in the Kennedy 9000 tape drive. Is somebody on the list, who has a Kennedy 9100, and is willing to look at the card cage (at the left side, looked from the front side to the drive)? The most-left card is #1 ... Or can somebody confirm that these card *must* be installed, or can indeed be left out? thanks, - Henk. This message and attachment(s) are intended solely for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient or agent thereof responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone and with a "reply" message. Thank you for your cooperation.

18 years, 1 month

fun for the EE guys (board design)

by compoobah＠valleyimplants.com

Found a problem in my IRIS 3k - didn't have a terminator on the IM1 memory bus. I doubt that this is still available through retail channels Gerhard helped quite a lot by taking pictures of the board and giving a description of where it went, now I need to fab one. The board looks to be 4-layer (front&back traces with power and ground planes), which is a bit difficult to do at home. This runs in a 16MHz 68k system. Would it be possible to fab it using a barely-etched dual sided board for power/ground planes and running point-to-point wires for the signals, or is this asking for trouble as far as timing issues go? Termination is standard 331/331 resistors. Scott Quinn

18 years, 1 month

floppies and the SCB6120

by dgriffi＠cs.csubak.edu

For comepleteness and just for fun, shouldn't the SBC6120 be able to support floppy disks? How hard would it be to come up with an interface board? -- David Griffith dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

18 years, 1 month

atari printers - gears

by pete＠dunnington.plus.com

On Jun 12 2006, 1:30, Philip Pemberton wrote: > Tony Duell wrote: > > Personally, I'd want to use a metal gear that was a sliding fit onto the + > > motor sprindle, and then fix it on with a suitable Loctite. >ues whoch p > I'd be tempted to file a flat section on the shaft and add a matching flat to > the gear, or use a small screw to fix it. I'm not sure what the lifetime of > Loctite is, but I wouldn't want to be pulling a plotter apart a few years down > the line just to put some more glue on a gear... >From memory, the gear is too small to make that practical, even an M2 would be far too big. Tony is talking about engineering Loctite designed to fit parts onto cylindrical shafts, not not superglue, and the life is decades. I've got model steam engine axles assembled that way in the 1970s. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

18 years, 1 month

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test-drb June 2006