Hello,
Sorry to bother the list, but I've tried four or five times, and written
to what appears to be Jay's address to no avail.
I'm trying to swich my current list address, warren at ... to lists at ...
I need some assistance, please.
Warren
>>> It's a UNIX box, man. The most (programmer-)friendly OS in
>>> existence. At least for even moderately technical people.
>> There are UNIX-compatible people and non-UNIX-compatible people (cf
>> Unix Hater's Handbook).
>
>Even aside from that, I'm not convinced. I think Symbolics Genera is
>arguably more programmer-friendly, though that could just be because I
>find Lisp a much nicer language than C. (There may be even better
>OSes; that's just what I have personal experience with.)
This message pertains to der Mouse's comment... Out of idle curiosity I looked up Symbolics Genera and the story of the Lisp machines... Fascinating! Any idea of how to get one's hands on such a machine? eBay is not forthcoming although they have been mentioned in some old messages on cctalk.
- Alex
Old news for many here perhaps, but here's a writeup about physicist William
Higinbotham's creation of "Tennis-for-two" at Brookhaven Labs in 1958:
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/15/tech-games.html
Mentions how the initial inspiration came from reading the manual for an analog
computer and how it could be used for ballistic trajectory calculations.
All,
Thanks to all who responded with the good information. For now my plan is to put a decent Apple ][ together for keeps and sell the other software and hardware. I listed it at http://www.applefritter.com/node/23531
I have put up a few items on ebay :
Apple II Pascal
Apple II Fortran
Apple II GEOS
Apple II Software Cassettes
I'll be putting more up there over the next couple weeks. If you like Apple stuff keep a watch for
ebay seller "10types". I want to spare cctalk these "I'm selling this
and this and this" posts.
BTW, I told those who responded to me that I just remembered a fun college project with an Apple II, Pascal and a Diablo print wheel printer (actually a print terminal). I programmed it to form graphics and mathematical symbols by taking advantage of the Diablo's micro-spacing features (controlled with escape sequences). Does anyone else remember that? When? Well... I graduated college in 1981 (way back after the discovery of the first bit).
Scott
----- Original Message ----
> From: Scott Austin <us21090 at yahoo.com>
> To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
> Sent: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 2:28:06 PM
> Subject: Apple ][* stuff needs new homes
>
> All,
> Out of the shadows to say, I need to sell/trade/other my Apple ][* gear.
>
> I've detailed some of the Apple ][* items at
> http://www.applefritter.com/node/23531
>
> I'm also interested in hearing which items may be more valuable and
> worth putting up on ebay (be that as it is).
>
> If you have any interest or comments, contact me off-list.
>
> Thanks,
> Scott
> us21090 at yahoo.com
On 15 Oct 2008 at 12:16, Brent Hilpert wrote:
> I sure do remember that: as an undergrad, my first task for an OS
> research project was to convert the system troff-style fixed-pitch text formatter
> to support proportional font spacing. Output was to a daisy-wheel printer (don't
> recall the actual printer manuf/model) using that same sort of micro-spacing feature.
>
> This would have been late-'79/early-'80, so the same time frame as your task.
The first impact printer that I owned was a Diablo 1340 (? the one
with the very noisy separate PSU). Raw 12- bit interface. I hooked
it to a 3-port S-100 parallel I/O board and then went about figuring
out how to make it act like a regular printer under CP/M, including
bidirectional logic seeking. I even wrote up proportional spacing
tables and still have the code somewhere.
Sometime in the late 70's, I picked up a copy of "Proportional
Spacing with WordStar". It seems that WordStar 3.0+ did have hooks
for PS, but they were a bit buggy. The document I purchased (still
have it if anyone's interested) gives patches and workarounds for the
bugs. I used it for quite awhile.
FWIW, I have a Diablo 1620 (RO, serial interface) for adoption if
anyone wants to see to packing and shipping. It works.
Cheers,
Chuck
I am Looking for Gifford's Concurrent Dos-86 for CompuPro 8-16.
I have a set of 8" Floppies but the Files are not complete.
I need a CCP/M.sys that boots to Concurrent Dos-86 V 5.0
Hopefully someone out there can help me
Bob in Wisconsin
Brad Parker said:
> This is something I've never seen before; I'm trying to revive an old
> dead Compaq for a friend of a friend.
>
> I went to plug in a stock VGA cable (15 pin) and it would not go. The
> connector on the Dell motherboard (this is a very very old 386) has one
> pin blocked.
>
> Someone here must know what that means; what do I do? grab the needle
> nose and hack my cable?
The VGA connector specification shows that Pin 9 is not connected and sometimes used as a key, that is, blocked, see:
http://pinouts.ru/Video/VGA15_pinout.shtml
I doubt it would hurt any future use of the cable to pull/break the pin on your monitor cable, but if you want to keep that side of things stock, you could use a 1/32" bit and drill out the position on the motherboard's connector, to allow the pin to pass through the plastic.
- Jared
> A local auction site ( Switzerland ) lists a Data General
> DG/20 Micreclipse system. I believe it is rare enough to
> mention here .
>
> I would take it but there is just so much you can tackle.
>
http://www.ricardo.ch/accdb/viewitem.asp?AuctionNr=550137758
That is beautiful. And small. And and probably an odd
voltage for the USA. I can provide 220V, but if it requires
50hz I'm out of luck.
Greetings from an old DEC Tech, Australia.
I have a number of DEC LA 75 printers for repair.
I am looking for circuit diagrams/ service manual for the
LA 75 printer family. Can you help ..just a circuit diagram for the electronics board would be of assistance.
Regards,
Malcolm Holroyd malcolm_h at optusnet.com.au
31 Renwick Street, Marrickville. NSW
Australia. 2204
Ph: 61 2 9558 7808
