test-drb March 2007

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by Billy.Pettit＠wdc.com

Dave McGuire wrote: > you looked in my box! found the same box of crap, minus dos in my > cleaning last saturday. Perhaps they're actually the same box...maybe there's an Einstein- Rosen Bridge connecting our closets. ;) Billy writes: Sort of like Terry Pratchett's Library that has all the books in the universe if you go far enough down the stacks (because all libraries are actually one library). All of our junk boxes are actually one - lovely idea. Just have to dig deep enough to find that old model 73 IBM typewriter I need so badly. Billy

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Looking for old computer book

by melamy＠earthlink.net

it was the 1967 issue of Electronics Illustrated that was sold on eBay (not Radio-Electronics) http://www.nzeldes.com/HOC/DialComp.htm >To which Mike replied... >> Take a look at item #270101277189 on Ebay, in the completed section. Is >> that it?

17 years, 1 month

1967 Electronics Illustrated computer (was: Looking for old computer book)

by wbblair3＠yahoo.com

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17 years, 1 month

1967 Electronics Illustrated computer (was: Looking for old computer book)

by wbblair3＠yahoo.com

More on the 1967 Electronics Illustrated computer: http://www.nzeldes.com/HOC/DialComp.htm Anyone know which issue in 1967 this was in? If I can get that, I can get my local library system research people working on getting me a photocopy of the article. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a PS3 game guru. Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! Games. http://videogames.yahoo.com/platform?platform=120121

17 years, 1 month

Looking for old computer book

by wbblair3＠yahoo.com

> On 30 Mar 2007 at 0:00, Steve Thatcher wrote: > > > it was the 1967 issue of Electronics Illustrated that was sold on eBay (not Radio-Electronics) > > I remember reading that article when it came out. I recall the neon- > bulb ring counters--they looked like a nightmare to get right and > something that would eventually require more tweaking as the bulbs > aged. > > There were other "computers" that made their showing at science > fairs. One was a tic-tac-toe playing design that, IIRC, used Stroger > switches (something that might have also worked for the calculator > shown in the magazine article). When I did a Wikipedia search for "Electronics Illustrated," I found a link to this full set of page images about another "computer" from that magazine. Not the same as the one sold on eBay, but still interesting: http://www.ece.rice.edu/~jdw/images/ei0160.html Bill ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html

17 years, 1 month

Old UPSs

by dkelvey＠hotmail.com

>From: Tom Peters <tpeters at mixcom.com> > >Hmmm... That's a great idea. Hopefully, the charging circuit works on >tractor batteries as well as the pricey SLA's specified. > >And Mark G had the idea of looking for online manuals via archive.org, also >an excellent suggestion. Unfortunately, the index / top layer pages seem to >be in the archive, but little else. So far, no manuals. > >Thanks, to both you guys. ---snip--- Hi I prefer to use marine batteries. They are made in large enough volume to be inexpensive and the deep cycle ones are more forgiving of being flattened occasionally. Dwight _________________________________________________________________ i'm making a difference.?Make every IM count for the cause of your choice. Join Now. http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwme0080000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://im…

17 years, 1 month

Sytos

by ygehrich＠yahoo.com

There is a copy of Sytos available on epay <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120101504185&ssPageName=…>SYTOS Plus Backup WIN DOS Netware from Sytron <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120101504185&ssPageName=…>NEW

17 years, 1 month

Old UPSs

by tpeters＠mixcom.com

At 03:53 PM 3/28/2007 -0500, you wrote: >I'm trying to get two old UPS units to work. They were made by Best >Electric / Best Power Technologies and apparently, that firm (in Necedah >WI) has changed hands at least twice. Entering www.bestpower.com into a >browser gets you an immediate redirect to >http://www.powerware.com/UPS/BestPower/Products.asp, an Eaton company, >which knows nothing at all about these units. > >I've got a model ME2.1KVA unit that needs four 12V, 35Ah batteries. I >think it works, I just can't afford the batteries. Best price I've seen is >about $49. The UPS is huge-- about 18 inches front to back, and darn near >two feet high. > >I also have a ME700VA unit that uses the same battery, just one of them. > >Both have serial ports and lots of dipswitches. > >Anyone know where to find a manual for these? Well I'll be dipped. The direct approach paid off! I sent an email to Eaton via their "Contact Us" form on their website, which I reached by trying to reach www.bestpower.com, being redirected to http://www.powerware.com/UPS/BestPower/Products.asp?CC=1 (Service and support --> Contact Support) and finding the BestService at eaton.com email address. Or maybe it went to http://www.powerware.com/USA/contact It's hard to tell. Anyhow, someone at BestService at eaton.com sent me a 27-page PDF with most of the user-side documentation. It includes a pin-out of the DB-25 connector on the back, and the command guide. Pin 1 n/c 2 transmit data 3 receive data 6 +12v level 7 signal ground 11 contact opens on inverter running 12 contact closes on inverter running 13 contact on inverter running common 14 +12v, -.5 amp 18 +12v level 19 n/c 20 AS/400 option 21 remote emergency power off- short to pin 6 or 18 to shut ups down (off state) 22 n/c 23 contact closes on alarm 24 contact on alarm common 25 contact opens on alarm -T ----- 99. [Computing] "The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected" --UNIX Prg Man, 2nd ed, June 1972 --... ...-- -.. . -. ----. --.- --.- -... tpeters at nospam.mixcom.com (remove "nospam") N9QQB (amateur radio) "HEY YOU" (loud shouting) WEB: http://www.mixweb.com/tpeters 43? 7' 17.2" N by 88? 6' 28.9" W, Elevation 815', Grid Square EN53wc WAN/LAN/Telcom Analyst, Tech Writer, MCP, CCNA, Registered Linux User 385531

17 years, 1 month

Looking for old computer book

by melamy＠earthlink.net

speaking of relay based counters... http://www.retards.org/library/technology/electronics/relay-counter.pdf > >I think this is the one I remember seeing when I was in grade school in 1960 >or 1961. It used a phone dial and relays. As I remember, the article was >in a magazine, but I cannot remember which magazine. It would have been one >of the electronic magazines of the era. Was Popular Electronics published >at this time? > >Martin Marshall > >

17 years, 1 month

On topic? Looking for old computer book

by melamy＠earthlink.net

if that is the right article on eBay, then it was in Radio-Electronics magazine if I recollect. I started the same project, but never had enough money to build it. The article was written pre-microcomputer and would have been around 1965-1968. I don't know what book the article could have been in though. best regards, Steve Thatcher > >On Thu, 29 Mar 2007, Paul Heller wrote: > > Take a look at item #270101277189 on Ebay, in the completed section. >Is that it?

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