>Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:05:55 -0600
>From: "Jay West" <jwest at classiccmp.org>
>Subject: Re: OT Crimp tools & Cutter Re: DEC MMJ
>Sridhar wrote...
>> It's just a finer instrument. It does the same job.
>>
>> If you want to trim a lead flush to a surface, it's very difficult to do
>> with a pair of scissors.
>Ahhh this makes sense. Example... trimming the excess from an IDC type
>connector. This flush cutter would get right next to the wall of the
>connector as my scissors won't. Gotcha.
>Jay
-------------------
A sharp utility knife has always done that for me.
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I just got in some LD-V1000 laserdisk players that are basically NOS units. The
LD-V1000 was used for a number of laserdisk games including Cinamatronics Space
Ace. They were powered up quite a few years ago and there is a sticker on each
one with the measured laser output (76 mW for the one in front of me.) While the
units themselves are pretty much prisitine, the boxes are in probably very good
condition and show signs of mice/rats having visited. $125.00 plus $10.00
packing and shipping from zipcode 93105. They will be shipped in another box 30"
x 24" x 12".
Each one will be tested to make sure it will play okay, and will be shipped with
the lens cap and a shipping screw of some sort (these had the shipping screw
removed, and I'm not sure yet exactly what they look like.) No paperwork except
the registration card on the outside of the box.
I suppose I'll be sorry for this, but I want to mention that one of the
hardest to find early 6502 systems just showed up on eBay: the PAiA 8700.
But it wasn't on the vintage list; it was on the music instrument category.
Most of these were built into keyboards. I've been looking for one of these
for 5 years and only seen 3 of tem on eBay. Always get outbid. Had to stop
bidding on this one at $93..
Anyway, if anyone else wants one for their collection, take a look at this:
110079964730
You can see the keyboard and the display in one picture. The description
gives it away.
So if you are looking for these, do a search pointed to midi keyboards or
PAiA.
Billy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexandre Souza" <>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only" <cctech at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 5:50 AM
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Is MSX on topic?
>> which do you own? Are they easy (whatever that means)
>> to find?
>
> Almost all of them. Experts are very easy to spot here in pawn shops
> and "ferros velhos" (place where you sell scrap metal). Hotbits are more
> scarce but no one likes it, it is too easy to break, the internal PCBs are
> too fragile and almost all MSX hobbist likes to open his puter to mess
> around.
>
> Take a look at http://www.tabajara-labs.com.br and
> http://www.msxpro.com (both in portuguese but you can at least take a look
> at the figures, or use babelfish). There are many interesting photos of
> MSX.
>
> About my "collection", I have:
> - Some expert 1.0
> - Some expert 1.1
> - one Expert Plus
> - One expert DDPlus with pc power supply, floppy drive/controller,
> megaRAM, SCC chip, 2+ kit, 256K memory mapper and lots of small mods
> - Some hotbit (white model, 1.0/1.1)
> - NO black hotbits :(
> - Panasonic A1-WSX (2+, great puter)
> - Philips VG8235 (2.0)
>
> And lots of other brazilian puters non-related to MSX
which do you own? Are they easy (whatever that means)
to find?
--- cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org
<alexandre-listas at e-secure.com.br> wrote:
> > there was at least one Brazilian made unit, with a
> > detachable keyboard. Ive heard a rumor to the
effect
> > that they were somewhat common in Mexico. Anyone?
>
> In Brazil there were:
> - Expert 1.0 (detachable kbd)
> - Expert 1.1 (same, different ROM)
> - Expert Plus (same, but black, different
innards
> - Expert DDPlus (same as plus, but with internal
floppy drive)
> - Hotbit 1.0 (white and gray)
> - Hotbit 1.1 (same, different ROM)
> - Hotbit "1.2" (black, but everything the same
as 1.0)
>
> They are somewhat common in argentina, but I
don't know about mexico.
> Ask me if you want to know something else
>
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I got these out of "Upgrading and Repairing PCs", 3rd ed., which is a
wonderful source of information on all sorts of PC-related gear.
In case others need them, I added the pinouts to WikiPedia.
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> Two thoughts... SCSI IDs are send by a 1-of-N code on the data lines,
> so
> the fact that devices show up at the correct IDs means that the host
> can
> assert data lines.
That's similar to what I was thinking
>
> But 191 is 10111111 (hex BF) IIRC. Now that seems to be a significant
> bit
> pattern, particularly as bit 6 is the '0' -- your host adapater
> wouldn't
> happen to be device 6 on the SCIS bus, would it? (it's a common address
> for the host adapter). Do you have any idea what the 'Type' should be?
SGIs all have the SCSI host adaptor at SCSI ID 0. Generally, the PROM
matches known types to user-identifiable strings (e.g. SCSI Disk:
dksc(0,1); SCSI Tape: dksc(0,4))
I know that CD-ROM devices were not included in the PROM, and they
appear as
"Unknown SCSI type 5 / removable: SCSI (0,6)" [or whatever the address
is], which correlates to the decimal conversion of the "Perepheral
Device Type" field returned in byte 0 by the inquiry command
(CD-ROM=0x5).
I'm not sure where 0xBF is coming from- that doesn't look like a valid
type. So there must either be a spurious signal (or excessive skew) or
a bad host controller. It sounds like the 0xBF is being reported for
all types, including a tape drive (should be 0x1), ZIP, and something
else that I can't find in an email right now, but I think it was a MO.
bear made a suggestion that it might be a problem with the termpwr.
Hmm- he says he's already desoldered the 33C93A and put in a socket, so
I might just go ahead and scavenge another 33C93A from a board in the
garage and send it to him (the PI owner, not bear).
