test-drb September 2007

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406 discussions

Apple Quicktake 150 disk image anywhere?

by ethan.dicks＠gmail.com

Hi, all, This is a repeat of a 7-year-old topic, but I find myself in front of a CD full of Quicktake photos and no software. One of the strange things about the Apple Quicktake 150 was that it compressed its images with a special codec that was only available if you loaded the software that came with the camera. Once you loaded that software, any Mac app could view and manipulate the image, but you had to have the right little tidbit from the disk to do _anything_ with the pictures. The "problem" is that there was other, non-Apple, software on the disks for image manipulation, and according to the Apple ancient download page, the Quicktake disks are unavailable for download from them due to "licensing restrictions" (and there's a specific note from Apple in their info archives that there is no OS X software to handle Quicktake photos, so I'll be using some emulator, but that's an easy problem to solve). I can use ImageConvert or any other tool to process what I have once I have the camera software, but I don't happen to have those disks on hand (the camera was borrowed, 12 years ago). Does anyone happen to have image files of those floppies? Please respond off-list if you can help. Thanks, -ethan

16 years, 9 months

Any good/bad experiences with Forward Air?

by curt＠atarimuseum.com

I've used Forward Air for about 10 years, mostly shipping Video Arcades and they've been quite good about Hub to Hub shipping, the only downside is you have to go and get Money orders from a local shop near the hubs to pay unless you have an account which is next to impossible to obtain from them. I've used North American Van Lines for most big computer gear and they have been fairly good, some stuff has gotten roughly handled, but they have been okay. I prefer FA, but you just have to deal with the hassle of dropping off and picking up at the hubs. FA pricing is obviously a little better too. Curt -----Original message----- From: "Ethan Dicks" ethan.dicks at gmail.com Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:49:11 -0400 To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" cctalk at classiccmp.org Subject: Any good/bad experiences with Forward Air? > Hi, All, > > I'm looking at moving a medium quantity of DEC gear from a friend's > house in Denver to Columbus, and he suggested Forward Air. I checked > their web site and just learned that their National Hub is 8 miles > from my Farm (that a couple of you have seen). As such, it sounds > like a good plan, and I remember that I've heard chatter about Forward > Air, but I'm a bit fuzzy about the nature of the chatter and if it was > mostly good, mixed, mostly bad, or what. I'm planning on shipping > things like an LA180, most or all of an -8/a enclosure and boards, and > perhaps a DECmate I or VT100 (I'll get to see the stuff this > Sunday)... so we are looking at probably a single pallet between 100 > and 200 lbs. > > I'd rather this not turn into a flame-fest or a "why don't you try > *this* method" discussion. I specifically want to hear about any > experiences or recommendations for or against Forward Air. I know my > other options; this one is new to me. > > If you feel your comments are not quite on-topic, please, by all > means, feel free to send to me off-list. Other mini-collectors might > be interested in pertinent comments, though. > > Thanks, > > -ethan

16 years, 9 months

Kaypro 4 keyboard problem

by redodd＠comcast.net

Hello again Kaypro fans, I've got a Kaypro 4 with a PC81-240A motherboard and 81-232 rom. The machine boots and shows the disk directory on startup. The problem is that the keyboard makes the audible clicks but no characters are shown on the screen. I've tested with other known good keyboards so that's not the problem. I've swapped all the socketed chips. A Google search found another person who had the same problem but he never got an answer. I sent him an email but I haven't gotten a response yet. I've also resoldered the keyboard jack to the mobo. Jiggling the keyboard connector doesn't help. It looks like the wires in the jack are OK. Anyone got any ideas? TIA Ralph

16 years, 9 months

Any good/bad experiences with Forward Air?

by ethan.dicks＠gmail.com

Hi, All, I'm looking at moving a medium quantity of DEC gear from a friend's house in Denver to Columbus, and he suggested Forward Air. I checked their web site and just learned that their National Hub is 8 miles >from my Farm (that a couple of you have seen). As such, it sounds like a good plan, and I remember that I've heard chatter about Forward Air, but I'm a bit fuzzy about the nature of the chatter and if it was mostly good, mixed, mostly bad, or what. I'm planning on shipping things like an LA180, most or all of an -8/a enclosure and boards, and perhaps a DECmate I or VT100 (I'll get to see the stuff this Sunday)... so we are looking at probably a single pallet between 100 and 200 lbs. I'd rather this not turn into a flame-fest or a "why don't you try *this* method" discussion. I specifically want to hear about any experiences or recommendations for or against Forward Air. I know my other options; this one is new to me. If you feel your comments are not quite on-topic, please, by all means, feel free to send to me off-list. Other mini-collectors might be interested in pertinent comments, though. Thanks, -ethan

16 years, 9 months

anyone near Phoenix 85040 to grab some pdp parts ?

by stephane.tsacas＠gmail.com

Hi, Anyone near : 4439 South 38th Place Phoenix, Arizona, USA 85040 and interested by a some pdp 11/34 (heavy) parts (chassis, psu) ? thanks regards, -- Stephane Paris, France.

16 years, 9 months

ibm

by mcmsolutions＠sbcglobal.net

still interested? http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/sys/400141802.html Later

16 years, 9 months

Qualstar 9 track

by davzimm＠excite.com

I picked up an old Qualstar model 1054 9 track scsi tape drive for reading old data tapes. It is missing the Users Guide, document #500100, that I need to correctly set the dip switches so that I can use it on my old RS6000. I've found a reference to the guide (http://www.qualstar.com/pan003.pdf) telling me what to do but not how. As it is, when I try to read a tape it rewinds and unloads. Dave _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!

16 years, 9 months

Unknown S100 system

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

> >Subject: Unknown S100 system > From: Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk> > Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:22:08 +0100 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org> > > >Kind of posting on a whim that this might be something obvious... > >All of the S100 systems I've seen to date have comprised a backplane and then >cards for various system components - including CPU and memory. However, I >unearthed one today which held much of the system logic on the backplane >itself (i.e. more like a modern-day PC motherboard - I'd heard such things >existed, but this is the first one I've actually seen). I have at last one that qualifies. Netronics Explorer 8085. The base board mas a8085 cpu, space for 8K Eprom and 4k ram plus the 256bytes ram for the monitor and the 2K (8755) Eprom monitor. What makes it different is you could add the bus interface and two sockets for 2 S100 sockets and there was an exptension backplane that stacked on it for another 5 S100 slots. >Unfortunately I forgot to bring the thing home with me, so I'm a bit light on >remembered details (but can get more tomorrow if needs be). However, it >appeared to have both an 8088 and 8085 CPU on board, memory, what is probably >ROM, a handful of S100-bus [1] connectors, parallel port, a light-pen port >(unusual!), plus a few other ports (at least one was serial I expect). There >were a few other IDC-style pin headers too - perhaps for some sort of storage, >but none of them were obviously labeled as to function. > >Sound familiar to anyone? No, very few systems I've seen carry both 8085 and 8088 and those were mostly Compupro S100. > Allison

16 years, 9 months

Fibre Channel-related items up for grabs

by KenO＠tescomusa.com

Do you still have XMT1300-1.2 fo transmitter? I need some. They go in Tektroniix/agilent test equipment. Ken Owen Technical Manager Tescom keno at tescomusa.com

16 years, 9 months

Next EPROM Question - Sizes

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

I was happy to find earlier today that while I gave away most of my tubes of chips and other parts about 3 years ago as I wasn't doing anything with chips, I still have a 4 partial tubes of 27256's and 27C256's. IIRC, thankfully I'd thought they might be useful to hang onto. So the question of the minute is this, is it possible to substitute a 27C256 for a smaller 27C128? If so I should have all the pieces I need for the first project with the exception of the EPROM programmer and EPROM eraser. Zane -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh at aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |

16 years, 9 months

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test-drb September 2007