Rumor has it that Curt @ Atari Museum may have mentioned these words:
>New thing these days, thieves are stealing the krypton headlights out of
>cars...
Is this so when they get caught by Superman they have a chance of getting
away???
Sorry, just had to. Grabbing coat, calling taxi... ;-)
Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
--
Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- SysAdmin, Iceberg Computers
zmerch at 30below.com
What do you do when Life gives you lemons,
and you don't *like* lemonade?????????????
This isn't even close to on-topic, but maybe it's of general interest.
Paypal is offering a SecureID fob, the "Paypal Security Key", for
authentication to your Paypal account. I haven't seen it mentioned on
the Paypal descriptions, but the coworker who showed me his tells me
that it works with eBay too. Worth mention, I suppose, is that it's *in
addition to* your email/password login info, not instead of.
Also, it's $5 USD shipped. :)
Doc
..Sellam really outdid himself this year. VCF X rocked. I'm looking forward to seeing all the pictures, because there sure were a bazillion people taking 'em.
I've got a BASF 6185 ST412-interface drive which is spinning up, zeroing the
heads, and then giving three short pulses on the LED followed by one long one.
Anyone have a reference handy to tell me what that particular error code
means? I suspect it's the same on various BASF ST412 drives, so a manual from
one of their other models might give the answer too. I'm kicking myself as I
found these once a few years ago online and now they seem to have vanished.
I had the drive working - briefly - this morning, although it was throwing up
too many data errors to actually boot the OS [1] that was on it. Now it's just
giving the LED fault code above and not returning anything though, so I
suspect something terminal has happened. (And the exact meaning of the fault
is probably academic)
[1] It's the only copy of Torch UNIX for BBC micros (using a Torch 68000
co-processor) that I'm aware of, and a viable set of install media doesn't
seem to exist, unfortunately.
cheers
Jules
Hey folks. Does anyone know of any used raised flooring
available, either free or really cheap, preferably in the
southeastern US? I'm only looking for about 800 sq. ft. or so.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
Farewell Ophelia, 9/22/1991 - 7/25/2007
> Anyone? Please speak up now if you are interested.
Real 5251s and their keyboards are just annoying uncommon enough that
a number of IBM collectors on this list will probably kill you for
every modification you make.
Use another keyboard, please.
--
Will
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Well, I suspected as much when I did some quick google searches and only
found them in either computer museums or at parts resellers charging some
fairly steep prices. I had a hunch this part deserved a better fate than
what I had in store for it. I can do without the death threats though, I
did at least *ask* before gutting it. :-)
I have nothing against IBM mainframes or their collectors and I can
sympathize with their plight as to finding those rare parts. However, I
still need a rather mundane parallel ASCII keyboard and am going to either
build or buy one.
If any of the IBM collectors out there want this keyboard, I will gladly
trade it for a like valued item. No, that does not mean those ridiculus
prices the IBM parts resellers are asking, just something I need or want
like a parallel ASCII keyboard, a 100tpi 5.25" floppy disk drive, or some
other S-100 related doodad.
Me keeping this keyboard in my basement is not much better than throwing it
away. I have zero interest in IBM system 34's or 5251 terminals or whatever
these things are really used for. Someone please make a reasonable offer.
Thank you.
Andrew Lynch
>>I can get one of those for $0-10. It's called a DSL modem and even
>>comes with wireless networking in addition to USB, serial, and
>>10/100BaseT interfaces.
>
>But no VGA interface for the monitor. : (
Watch for NS Geode thin clients (like Neoware EON). I picked up five of them yesterday for $10 ea
mostly to use as firewalls.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320157041439
for example.
Hi,
I recently purchased an old keyboard looking to reuse
the parts for another project. I did a little
research into exactly what I bought since no one
seemed to know. It turns out it is a keyboard for an
old IBM 5251 terminal from approximately 1977. Here
are some photos:
http://www.eldocountry.com/Computer/5251.jpghttp://content.techrepublic.com.com/2346-10878_11-3370-4.html
Now, I don't really care too much about IBM mainframe
terminals or whatever this thing is but as I *do* care
about vintage computers. I know how hard it can be to
get parts sometimes so before I tear this keyboard up
and recycle it into something else, is anyone looking
for one of these keyboards? Are they common? Are
they rare? It is IBM part 7361073.
All I want it for is the case, the mechanical switch
keyboard, and the cabling. I was planning on tossing
the small controller inside into the trash but I
thought I would ask the CCTALK list to see if anyone
cares before I rip this keyboard up for my latest
project.
Anyone? Please speak up now if you are interested.
Thanks!
Andrew Lynch
