test-drb January 2007

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by aek＠bitsavers.org

> I stumbled across this on an auction site. It looks like a cardcage, > but for what? Kinetic Systems made CAMAC crates and boards.

17 years, 11 months

Cleaning House

by marvin＠rain.org

I probably should mention that stuff has been sold at VCF that was originally listed on VCM. I tried to remove most of it from VCM, but there are still a few items that I missed. My apologies for any inconveniences there!!! Marvin

17 years, 11 months

Cleaning House

by marvin＠rain.org

It is looking more and more like I'll have to move and thus have a ****<<<LOT>>>**** (ask Hans) of stuff that needs to be tossed, sold, or stored. I'll be putting stuff on VCM and Ebay to 1) see if I can still make enough money to buy this house, and 2) reduce the clutter :). This will be a continuing effort for the next several weeks and I'll be listing more stuff daily. Off topic for VCM and maybe of interest here, I have a couple hundred Belkin NOS Cat5 (not Cat5/e) cables w/RJ-45 ends. They are bagged as 10 sets per bag and I have 30", 42", and 48" available at $10.00/bag plus $6.50 Priority Mail US shipping. Email me offlist if interested. Check out VCM and Ebay (ID=KE6HTS) for the stuff I am getting rid of. Thanks!

17 years, 11 months

Compuserve wayback machine

by tim＠tim-mann.org

On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:00:45 -0600 (CST), cctech-request at classiccmp.org wrote: > ate: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:52:51 -0800 (PST) > From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com> > Subject: Re: Compuserve wayback machine > To: cctalk at classiccmp.org > Message-ID: <200701101752.l0AHqpJr014860 at onyx.spiritone.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > James B. DiGriz wrote: > > > The message below is from August of last year. I just tried and got the > > > old familiar CIS user ID prompt. Still can't remember mine, though. > > > > > > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ti99-4a/message/44436 > > > > I *so* wish I could remember mine. > > > > Peace... Sridhar > > > > It wasn't hard to find my CIS ID, however, I don't remember my password. > Besides, I've not had an active account since sometime around late '93 most > likely, so I kind of doubt I'd actually be able to log in. Cool, I just tried this and actually remembered my old password (!). I got the following message. Note the "Last access" date. CompuServe Information Service 02:03 EST Thursday 11-Jan-2007 Last access: 20:00 28-Sep-98 Copyright (c) 2007 CompuServe Incorporated All Rights Reserved One moment please ... Thank you for signing on! Our records show that you once were a CompuServe member. Please call your local CompuServe Customer Service to re-activate your CompuServe account [70040,504] or use 'Sign-up' to set up a new account. 1-800-848-8990 (US and Canada) All other countries, please contact your local sales/service office. Thank you for using CompuServe! Off at 02:04 EST 11-Jan-07 Connect time = 0:01 Connection closed by foreign host. -- Tim Mann tim at tim-mann.org http://tim-mann.org/

17 years, 11 months

floppies

by aek＠bitsavers.org

> what's the expected > remaining lifetime of a floppy? Time is probably of the essence Chuck and Fred have more experience, but I'm assuming once they're in a stable temp/humidity environment they should be ok for another 10 years. The stuff I'm dealing with now is stuff WAY past its shelf live (20-30 year old tapes). I've read hundreds of floppies over the past five years or so, and the only problems I've had have been with 70's 8" media that was stored in poor conditions where the oxide strips off upon head contact, and the common problem with all head-contact media of oxide/binder buildup reducing the signal level off the head. I absolutely agree that the discs should be copied in image format.

17 years, 11 months

HP 21xx

by ken＠seefried.com

Marathon HP Mini knowledge dump makes me want one. Very much. This cannot end well...

17 years, 11 months

Compuserve wayback machine

by ethan.dicks＠gmail.com

On 1/10/07, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote: > There is a web server for TOPS-20, however, I believe only a couple > sites were running it and the last ones running it have stopped due > to some serious security flaws. That it exists is mildly surprising. That it has security flaws (i.e., is old and exploited, not that it's obviously sloppily written) is not so surprising. > From what I've heard there isn't enough interest in patching them. That is unsurprising at all. -ethan

17 years, 11 months

Beehive Topper (was: laptops and 5.25 inch floppy drives?)

by aek＠bitsavers.org

>> I have many hundreds of "alien" diskettes that were to go to him when I >> blue-screen. Now I don't know who to will them to. > Same here--probably nobody. My collection's a little unusual in that > it has a lot of embedded systems diskettes in it, for everything from > a CNC EDM machine, to embroidery machines to electron microscopes to > a cardiac monitor. Interesting, but who needs this kind of stuff > anymore? Someone who still owns one of these devices. Really more of an issue for software for test equipment, though, since that kind of stuff has a longer useful life (assuming the floppy for it doesn't get lost..)

17 years, 11 months

floppies

by aek＠bitsavers.org

> it's nice that the stuff ends up with a museum where > lots of people can see it Another minor point is it is probably unlikely that ANYONE other than archivists would see the physical discs unless there is something really unique about how they look. The important thing to preserve is their contents.

17 years, 11 months

floppies

by aek＠bitsavers.org

>> > Amen. Just this week, I found the envelope for the Kaypro disk he >> > sent me years ago. > > I have many hundreds of "alien" diskettes that were to go to him when > I blue-screen. Now I don't know who to will them to. There's always CHM. I may not get to them, but my successors will.

17 years, 11 months

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test-drb January 2007