test-drb August 2006

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by dm561＠torfree.net

----------Original message From: Don <THX1138 at dakotacom.net> Subject: Votrax TNT, PSS, et al. "bricks" Hi, Has anyone reverse engineered any of these products requiring *external* power supplies (bricks)? E.g., *not* the VS6.x devices but, rather, the "consumer-ish" devices mentioned in the subject line? I have several and wonder if the different models share a common power supply design. Or, if I'll have to disembowel a few of them to sort it all out. Thanks! --don ----------Reply: Coincidentally, I've got a VSS on the desk in front of me without a PS and was just investigating the same thing. There was a post here a while back very helpfully listing the pins & voltages (20VDC & 28VAC IIRC); I believe it also said that the PSs were _not_ the same for various different models. Let me know what you find pls. TNX, mike

18 years, 4 months

ebay bet pays off (Ohio Scientific)

by wh.sudbrink＠verizon.net

I have to crow a little about this... There was an auction last week of Ohio Scientific literature on ebay. I looked at it and, at first, I thought I had everything in the lot. Then I looked again and realized that I didn't recognize the little (difficult to see) pamphlet in the upper right corner of the lot photo. I thought about it for a few days and wondered whether it could be one of their first pamphlets. I decided "what the heck" I'll bid if it doesn't get too expensive. Well, I won the lot. It just arrived today and sure enough that little pamphlet is one of the first (if not the first) ad pamphlets from OSI. It introduces the original Challenger (no 1, 2, etc.) available with 6502 or 6800 processors, the original Superboard (Model 400, not the SuperboardII Model 600) and the Model 300 6502 trainer with the Superboard upgrade program (buy a fully assembled Model 300, keep it for up to two months and then trade it in for a Model 400 kit). Happy, happy, happy! -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006

18 years, 4 months

C64 Packet carts

by wdonzelli＠gmail.com

I have a pair of cartridges for the C64, headed to the trash: AEA Com Fax AEA Com Pakratt I have not looked into these, but AEA makes packet stuff for ham radio. Anyone want these things for postage? Obviously very light and small. -- Will

18 years, 4 months

Age cutoff, was: Recommendations for operating system

by aliensrcooluk＠yahoo.co.uk

--- William Donzelli <wdonzelli at gmail.com> wrote: > > Both places have noise problems. On the web > forums it is generally a 'less > > professional' audience > > That is an interesting use of the word > "professional". I find the > members of this list extremely non-professional in > their list conduct, > and yes, it all comes down to the noise level. The re > are way too many > people here that like to post off topic threads, o r > steer threads very > off topic. Sure, a little happens - even I have do ne > my bit - but not > stretching out OT threads for days at a time, with > dozens of messages. > The > people on this list > are by far the worst offenders for disregarding li st > charters and > rules. Very little self control, and too lazy to > post off topic > questions on the myriad of other lists that are > online. Why is this? > Also, does it not bother these people > that obviously the > whole OT issue has been brought up before, and > generates flames and > anger for many list members? > > -- > Will > Sheesh. All you had to do was say a line or two, but no you had to write several paragraphs rambling on. Also, the main point of me posting, this IS CCtalk, that is designed to cover *on topic* AND *off topic* posts, so why all this fuss. If you wanted *on topic* posts ONLY then why didn't you sign up for CCtech, which only deals with *on topic* posts. If his reply was to cctech and was sent to us cctalk members, then I apologise. If that was the case then perhaps cctech members should be asked (or nudged) onto the cctalk list? Regards, Andrew B aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk

18 years, 4 months

INS8073 interface?

by jwhitton＠bellsouth.net

On the off chance that this address is still good.., I'm seeking app. notes for the INS8073 Tiny Basic chip. Thanks, John

18 years, 4 months

Votrax TNT, PSS, et al. "bricks"

by THX1138＠dakotacom.net

Hi, Has anyone reverse engineered any of these products requiring *external* power supplies (bricks)? E.g., *not* the VS6.x devices but, rather, the "consumer-ish" devices mentioned in the subject line? I have several and wonder if the different models share a common power supply design. Or, if I'll have to disembowel a few of them to sort it all out. Thanks! --don

18 years, 4 months

Age cutoff, was: Recommendations for operating system

by dm561＠torfree.net

---------Original message: Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:32:30 -0400 From: "Evan Koblentz" <evan at snarc.net> Subject: RE: Age cutoff, was: Recommendations for operating system But communities like the web forum at www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum and the group blog at http://community.livejournal.com/vintagecomputer/ are growing faster than classiccmp, at least to my perception. Why? ---------Reply: The elitism and inflexibility seen in the current discussion perhaps? More dross on the pile... m

18 years, 4 months

Age cutoff, was: Recommendations for operating system

by aek＠bitsavers.org

> A Google > search for a specific item will show hits on the vcforum and most likely the > livejournal site you listed, but nothing would come up for an email list. classiccmp.org archives all of the mail through a web interface (which is how I QUICKLY scan over all the drek, I NEVER actually receive it as mail) and Google picks posting here just fine, thank you.

18 years, 4 months

Recommendations for operating system

by mtapley＠swri.edu

At 7:25 -0500 8/28/06, cctalk-request at classiccmp.org wrote: >I am looking for suggestions for an operating system for a PC, specs 75 >MHZ Pentium, 16 MB Ram, 4 GB HD, currently running PC-DOS Ver 7. Depending very heavily on what motherboard, video card, etc. you have, NeXTStep 3.3. 16MB is thinner than what you'd like, but 4 G hard drive is fine and if the disk is fast enough, swap should not be a horrible problem. -- - Mark Cell Phone: 210-379-4635 office: 210-522-6025

18 years, 4 months

Recommendations for operating system

by compoobah＠valleyimplants.com

Look at BeOS Max or BeOS DevEd. Good, fast OSes, and downloadable freely. Application availability is somewhat on the spotty end, though. OS/2 (not sure about the UNIX environment) doesn't come with headers/compilers, and IBM doesn't sell the devel kit anymore (and it was very pricy when they did). I think you can get StarOffice, though.

18 years, 4 months

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