test-drb January 2007

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by legalize＠xmission.com

Wasn't there some discussion recently looking for < 10 GB drives? There's a bunch of 2.5GB drives on dovebid right now... -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html> Legalize Adulthood! <http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/>

17 years, 11 months

not quite on topic but, classic analogue satellite tv decoding boxes

by RodSmallwood＠mail.ediconsulting.co.uk

Hold on!!! I have a use for FM analogue Sat RX's.. We use them for amateur television (a branch of Amateur Radio) I'll take any you have and if they have manual tuning so much the better!! Rod Smallwood Email rodsmallwood at btconnect.com -----Original Message----- From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jules Richardson Sent: 06 January 2007 00:01 To: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: not quite on topic but, classic analogue satellite tv decoding boxes Witchy wrote: > Hello folks, > > I've got a pair of old UK SKY TV boxen (1997 era) that are pretty > useless as analogue SKY TV was switched off in 2001; can the hardware > be used for anything else or is it pretty much paperweight material? Paperweight, I would have thought - I've never heard of them being able to do anything 'clever' (unlike, say, some of Acorn's set top boxes which do resemble a computer closely enough to fire up a web browser on, talk to a few very specific hardware add-ons etc.). I doubt there's even many useful components that can be salvaged as it'll likely all be surface mount stuff and big shiny screened silver boxes inside. cheers Jules

17 years, 11 months

Sun plastics

by chrism3667＠yahoo.com

try something less potent. Testors, 2 part epoxy, gorilla glue, Goop... --- cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org <compoobah at valleyimplants.com> wrote: > Has anyone had success fixing the plastic "alloy" that Sun uses in > their cases? > > MEK and cyanoacrylate turn it into a mushy grainy mess. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

17 years, 11 months

Free stuff near Seattle WA

by compoobah＠valleyimplants.com

More may come up, but here's the list for now 1x DEC DSSI tri-link connector 12-39921-02 Used to connect DSSI busses to beasties like HSD controllers. 1x either a Sun SPARCstation 5/110 256MB or a Tatung COMPstation 20 (SPARCstation 20 clone) 1x SM40, 128MB RAM.

17 years, 11 months

Upcoming Scrounge, Southern Cal.

by kyrrin＠bluefeathertech.com

This is being posted to: TekScopes, HP, TestGear, and CCTech lists. Fellow techies, I'm going to have a day or so of opportunity to do some serious scrounging in the southern California region, specifically around Anaheim and vicinity, coming up in May of this year. Being that I haven't been near the area since 1993, I could really use some pointers on who's who in the electronic surplus arena that would be worth a look. My primary interests are in test gear (usually RF and telecommunications, but I keep an open mind), specialized hand tools for connector crimping (both mil-spec and commercial), and "legacy" telephone equipment from the Bell System/Western Electric heyday. So... Let the suggestions fly! ;-) Thanks much. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy, Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech do/t c=o=m "If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped with surreal ports?"

17 years, 11 months

House cleaning! Everything must go!

by derschjo＠msu.edu

Ok, not _everything_ but rather an incredible simulation! I've managed to amass quite a bit of vintage-ish computer hardware that I haven't got much use for any longer -- I figure that someone out there can make better use of this stuff than I currently am. All of this stuff is free, unless otherwise noted -- I just want this stuff _gone_. At the moment I realllly prefer local pick-up (in the Seattle area) since I don't have a lot of time to be shipping stuff out. Unless otherwise noted, the items are in working condition (or were the last time I used them). A lot of these are listed sans RAM/hard disk/keyboard -- I have a lot of extra parts lying around and if you need one I'm happy to throw it in for you, if I have suitable spares. Some of these I don't remember all of the details of offhand (just did a quick perusal of my inventory), so if you have specific questions or need clarification, let me know and I'll figure it out for ya... And of course, since this stuff is free, you get what you pay for -- I've tried to do my best to be honest about the state of the below junk, but I haven't used some of it in years so I make no guarantees. Thanks! Josh The items are as follows: Computers: - Apple Network Server 700/200. 200Mhz 603 PPC, 128mb of ram, CD-ROM, tape drive, and a number of empty drive trays. Notable as the only Apple computer made after the original Mac that doesn't run MacOS. Makes a great Linux/NetBSD machine, or if you have a copy of AIX 4.1 for it... - SGI Octane, 200Mhz R10k, 512mb ram, no hard disk (or tray, unfortunately...). Cabinet is slightly scuffed in front. - SGI Indigo2, 250Mhz R4400, Solid Impact video, unknown RAM (fully populated). No hard disk (or trays... sigh...) - 2x Sun Sparcstation 10, framebuffer, 40Mhz CPU, sans RAM & hard disk. - Sun Ultra 5, 266Mhz UltraSparc. - Sun Ultra 1, Creator 3D video. - Sun SparcServer 670MP. 4x40Mhz, 64mb RAM (huge, good for an anchor, ballast, scrap iron, or if you have a lot of Sun VME boards...). CD-ROM, 2.0gb hard disk w/SunOS 4.1.4 installed. Missing rear cover, and missing wheels on bottom, which makes it fun to move. - 2x HP Apollo 715/75 -- not working, no ram, no hard disk, missing 1 CPU in one of them. Listing this just in case someone needs parts... - HP Apollo 735, 24mb ram (I think...), no hard disk. - HP Apollo 700, no hard disk. - Zenith luggable PC (no idea on the model, the label sticker on the back is unreadable). 2x5.25" floppy, 8088, 640k ram (all you'll ever need.) Missing keyboard, but takes standard XT keyboard. - Intergraph TD-310. Dual PPro-200Mhz, no RAM. - Sony "ViewSystem" VIW-5000. Is it a 286 PC? Is it a Laserdisc player? No, it's both! I have no idea what this was intended to be used for, but it sure is weird. And large. And free! - Apple G3 "All-In-One". 233Mhz G3, built in 15" CRT, no hard disk. Will run OS X 10.3, with some trickery. - Apple Powermac 8100/80av. Ugly as sin, but has 233Mhz G3 upgrade in PDS slot, which evens that out a bit. - PowerComputing PowerBase 200. - Unknown portable X-Terminal w/plasma display. No power supply or peripherals. I have no idea if it works. - Network Computing Devices X-Terminal. Misc parts: - Big box of 386, 486, and Pentium motherboards & expansion cards (serial/parallel/ide combo cards, video, etc...). Most have CPUs, and ignoring the inevitable CMOS battery failures, should still work fine. - Mac IIfx motherboard, sans RAM and ROM simm. Works, but ROM simm is missing. Monitors: - Intergraph Intervue 20". Multi-frequency (not multisync), works at standard VGA frequencies, higher resolutions are at specific frequencies only, and are somewhat oddball. If you have a Matrox video card, their "Powerdesk" drivers have special support for this monitor, which makes using it under Windows quite easy. Works fine under X with specialized timings. - Radius Portrait/15 Pivot. 15", portrait/landscape. Neat. - Mag 17" monitor. Works OK most of the time, but screen sometimes randomly changes width. A fun weekend project for someone! Printers & Peripherals: - HP Laserjet II. Non-working, but probably easy to fix (has trouble pulling paper out of the tray, otherwise works fine last time I tried it). Needs new toner cartridge. - TRS-80 DMP-120 printer, unknown condition, but seems complete. - HP PaintJet. Very early inkjet printer. Worked the last time I used it, no idea if you can still buy ink for it... - Kodak Photo CD burner (external SCSI box). This is a standard 2x CD-R drive, as far as I know... Other, sort of OT, but sort of computer related: - Sony LDP-1000A Laserdisc player (hey, it has an RS-232 port on the back!) - Pioneer LD-V4200 Laserdisc player (also w/RS-232 port)

17 years, 11 months

RL02 parts, controllers, etc.

by useddec＠gmail.com

I have 3 or 4 RL02 drives I am parting out. I also have Q-bus, Unibus, and > PDP8 controllers. If you have any interest, please contact me off list. Thanks, Paul

17 years, 11 months

HP2000 & terminal fun

by josefcub＠gmail.com

Bob, On 1/6/07, Bob Brown <bbrown at harpercollege.edu> wrote: > I'm not fortunate enough to have any real hp-2000 class hardware to > play with, but this evening I hooked an old ADM3A that I picked up a > while back (on someone's curb) to my linux pc which runs vmware, > which runs windows-NT which runs SIMH which runs my emulated HP2000 > (mickey.ath.cx).... > That sounds like the arrangement I usually have, to run things. ;-) But you do know you can compile and/or run SIMH on Linux directly, without the slowdown of Windows NT and VMWare in the middle, right? If your distribution doesn't support compilation easily, I'm sure someone on the list would compile it for you if need be. :) > So, while I don't have the back-end hardware, I can sit at a nice > classic terminal, running at 9600 baud (I may step it down to 300 > baud just for memories), and play with my emulated hp. Sounds like loads of fun! I did the same thing, albeit with a Wyse terminal and a SIMH emulated VAX, until I'd gotten a real VAXstation bootstrapped using the same emulator. :-) Josef -- "I laugh because I dare not cry. This is a crazy world and the only way to enjoy it is to treat it as a joke." -- Hilda "Sharpie" Burroughs, "The Number of the Beast" by Robert A. Heinlein

17 years, 11 months

my second Mac

by spectre＠floodgap.com

> One thing I didn't expect is the involved model and OS requirements > for various bits of software. I thought that the idea was that one > didn't have to engage in the upgrading game on a Mac like PC people > do. From what I've seen thus far, if anything, the Mac world seems > to be almost worse in that respect. I assume by this you're referring to the particular constraints of running a particular OS on a particular hardware configuration. Just to put it into perspective, the first beige G3 was introduced in 1997, but the Public Beta was not released until 2000 and OS X 10.0 not until 2001. The hardware issues that affected OS X didn't become apparent, then, for several years. These were originally OS 8 machines, after all. -- --------------------------------- personal: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ --- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckaiser at floodgap.com -- Honk if you're illiterate! -------------------------------------------------

17 years, 11 months

Ebay: HP 82045A Thermal Paper

by billy.d.tucker＠smithbarney.com

I am interersted in buying some thermal paper for a Hewlett Packard printer. Can you give me any help? My email at home is btu68 at aol.com. Billy T. -------------------------------------------------------------- Reminder: E-mail sent through the Internet is not secure. Do not use e-mail to send us confidential information such as credit card numbers, changes of address, PIN numbers, passwords, or other important information. Do not e-mail orders to buy or sell securities, transfer funds, or send time sensitive instructions. We will not accept such orders or instructions. This e-mail is not an official trade confirmation for transactions executed for your account. Your e-mail message is not private in that it is subject to review by the Firm, its officers, agents and employees. --------------------------------------------------------------

17 years, 11 months

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