>
> I hope everyone came through alright. Is anyone on the list from
> Folkestone?
Not Folkestone but I felt it just West of Ashford. The joints in the
timber framed upper floor made a lot of noise, but nobody downstairs
(which is brick built) noticed anything. I had to turn the TV on to
confirm it was an earthquake. I'd felt one or two when I was in
Cupertino years ago but never expected to feel one in Kent. I think
the same 'quake in California would not even get a mention in the
news, but our buildings are not designed for them here.
190107136286
Told him about the timeline of CP/M and DOS and he gave me a very rude
response. So he got a "Inappropriate or excessive use of terms not
relevant to the item " from me.
Maybe otheres should point out the facts. : )
It really ticks me off when people try to take advantage of others...
Grant
Need to start paring down my book collection/pile!
Will send this to whoever wants it for the cost of shipping. "Linpack
Users' Guide" from 1979. ISBN 0-89871-172-X. Authors Dongarra,
Bunch, Moler, Stewart.
It's in good shape but has some writing on the first page. Appears to
be a second printing. Preface contains a nice list of Linpack test
sites and the machines in use, including the CDC Cyber 175 at NASA,
and a Honeywell 6080 at Bell Labs.
I'm in 60074 zip, will send book rate or whatever you like.
--
jht
> There are quite a number of versions of Utek (@&^!&^ Outlook won't let
> me capitalize the "t"). The first versions were for the National 320xx
> CPUs. This ran on the 6205's, 6130, and 4132. Later, a Motorola
> 68000-based verson was released.
FWIW, there was a V7 based system called TNIX which shipped on the 8560
development systems (11/23 and 11/73 based). Would be nice to find the
8" diag and release floppies for this (I have a couple of them).
Hi,
> I 'only' have the HP150-II. It's in a larger case, with a 12"
>CRT, an optional touchscreen (which is fitted on mine)....
I have one of these too, though without the touchscreen or any expansion
cards (it's even missing the rear plastic cover).
Seems like an interesting machine, one of these days I must get it set up;
I've only had it 9 years, LOL! How difficult are HP/IB hard drives to come
by for them (I've got the dual floppy drive unit)?
Always hankered after an original 150 though, it's a really cool shape! :-)
TTFN - Pete.
Hi,
we've cleaned and powered up our TI 960B at our museum, it seems to be
working fine. I've entered a small test program to test the basic parts:
1000 7007 0000 NOP
1002 7007 0000 NOP
1004 7082 1000 B @1000
Both single step and run mode work. But that's all we are able to do at
the moment because there is no documentation available for the 960B.
The machine (from 1975) has 8k of MOS memory, and only few CRU interfaces,
one TT/EIA (TT), one data interface (DI) (I think it's a digital I/O
board) and one timer interface (TI). So we need at least the programmer's
guides for the TT and DI, maybe the service manuals for the entire
machine. Is there a chance to find them somewhere?
Christian
Hi folks,
I am looking for docs about my PDP8/E CPU.
I found a maintainance manual ("volume 1" of ???) on bitsavers.
But no schematic.
So, who knows what documents I need and where to get them?
Best wishes,
Philipp :-)
Does anyone on the list own a Bandai Pippin - marketed in the UK and
Japan as the "Atmark"?
As owners of this Apple Power PC-powered box are well aware, software
(mostly games and edutainment stuff) is difficult to come by, and when
it appears on Ebay, often goes for stratospheric prices. For example:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Bungie-Super-Marathon-for-Pippin-world-mark_W0QQitem
Z150114489326QQihZ005QQcategoryZ62053QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
So, I am looking for Pippin owners who might have software to exchange.
Here is a list of what I have:
@World TV Works
@World Basics
@World Registration
@World Browser
Compton's Encyclopedia
Racing Days
Mr. Potato Head ("award winning")
Home Improvement 1-2-3 (Home Depot)
Ugoku Burotsuku (Japanese - "moving blocks")
Fortullia (Japanese - "fortune teller")
Victorian Park (Japanese)
-W
Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 1 May 2007 at 9:09, Billy Pettit wrote:
> The Cricket was the first 1.6 inch hard drive. Never made it to market
> though a few samples exist. It was 20 years before the 1.8 inch which did
> get to market.
Didn't HP roll out a very small hard drive before that? I seem to
recall that there was something about the head suspension that would
enable it to withstand very high G-forces.
Cheers,
Chuck
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Billy wrote:
HP rolled out the Kittyhawk in the mid-'80s. It had reasonable success in
some printers and copiers, as well as a few other applications. They are
fun little drives to play with.
The Cricket was about 8 years earlier and had no success - the technology
wasn't there.
There were many other experiments in small factor over the last 30 years. I
remember a Comdex in the late '80s where IBM showed off a 7/8" drive. They
were going to mount 32 of them on both sides of PC card and have a plug in
RAID system. Like all multiple drive applications, the vibration from drive
working gave errors to the rest.
Conner made a 1.3 inch drive in the early '90s. I see them on eBay a few
times a year. I have one that is still operational.
There have been numerous attempts at the small form factor. The iPod was
the first practical application so it drove the 1.8" development and
production. It also drove the 1" development. That turned out to be a
disaster for everyone involved when the Price War on NAND Flash destroyed
the 1" market. It didn't help the Flash people either. (So far this year,
NAND prices have dropped 65%!)
There must have been other small drives. It's an idea that looks great
until you try to do execute. I've only mentioned the ones that I worked on
or have samples to study.
Billy
