test-drb February 2008

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Converting ASCII to Hex (was: 1st stage loader for IMSAI - need ascii to binary conversion)

by tsw-cc＠johana.com

Really this is pretty easy (this does NO error checking, and only accepts upper case characters): int hex (char ascii) { int value; value = ascii - '0'; if (value > 9) value += '0' - 'A' + 0x0A; return value; } Improvements are left as an exercise for the reader/student. -- Sorry, No signature at the moment. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

16 years, 10 months

Metaphor Computer Systems

by john＠johnweeks.com

Curt, I happened to stumble over a posting that you made on the web about a year ago talking about installing some "Metaphor" computers. I am a former Metaphor engineer. I have a slide show on my web site that they developed to celebrate the death of the company. The software is still around, now called "Meta5". I don't want to invest too much in a note that I don't know will ever be delivered, but if it does make it to you, let me know, and I can fill you in. -john- ============================================================ John A. Weeks III 612-720-2854 john at johnweeks.com Newave Communications http://www.johnweeks.com ============================================================

16 years, 10 months

Apple Computer

by alaskacc＠yahoo.com

Hello Rob, I am interested to know if you still have any of your Apple computers. Thank you. Clay Cummins alaskacc at yahoo.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

16 years, 10 months

Video: Meet the ultimate computer-UNIVAC!

by gmanuel＠gmconsulting.net

Pretty cool video about the UNIVAC. Thought this may be of interest here. http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/geekend/?p=1178 Greg

16 years, 10 months

eBay Monkey Business

by mardy＠voysys.com

I could be wrong, but there's something fishy going on over at eBay. First an IMSAI and an Altair 680 being bid up to astronomical prices and now a less than stellar SOL-20 goes for $7100.00 to someone who's last couple of purchases were cell phones. This all this activity is in fact some type of a scam, it is going to seriously hurt legitimate buyers and sellers. -Mardy

16 years, 10 months

E-Mail-Adress

by Soenke.Backhaus＠FH-Augsburg.DE

To Whom It May Concern I'd like to know the E-Mail-Adress from Bob Maxwell. He wrote an article in your forum about HP64000-floppys in the year 2004. I need more Information about these floppys. I have the same problem. I want to get the information out of 5.1/4"-hp64000-floppys. I'd like to store the files at a windows95 or windowsXP-computer(or maybe dos). Can you please help me? With best regards S?nke Backhaus (from Germany)

16 years, 10 months

Border US to CA (Was:Ebay: pdp 11/34 + lots of stuff)

by devonstopps＠gmail.com

I remember the discussion about bringing classic computers across the border from Canada to the USA, but, has anyone got any experiences going the other way? Any issues since many of these systems are USA country of origin? Especially with big iron, where you'd have a trailer or big truck... Devon ---------------------------Original Message----------------------------------- Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:06:08 -0700 From: Richard <legalize at xmission.com> Subject: Fwd: [alt.sys.pdp11] Ebay: pdp 11/34 + lots of stuff This message has been forwarded from Usenet. To reply to the original author, use the email address from the forwarded message. Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:38:28 +0100 (CET) Groups: alt.sys.pdp11 From: Jeff Davis <jdaviscl2 at soupwizard.com> Org: Aioe.org NNTP Server Subject: Ebay: pdp 11/34 + lots of stuff Id: <Xns9A4BE64E9F5D4jdaviscl2soupwizardc at 194.177.96.78> ======== Just fyi, it's not my auction, but there's a pdp-11/34 in two racks, a tape drive and large hard drives on ebay. Two days left, I figure somebody with a big truck wants to save it. I normally wouldn't post about an ebay auction, but this one doesn't mention pdp-11 in the auction title and seems to have been overlooked. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=120223434668 jdavis

16 years, 10 months

EBAY Alternatives, was Re: eBay Monkey Business

by marvin＠west.net

I stopped selling on ebay before the January 29th announcment and am totally disgusted with what passes for management. (major rant deleted) Search youtube for ebay boycott or ebay strike and there are a number of "editorials" there as well. I suggested to Sellam that NOW would be a good time to get the Vintage Computer Marketplace back online, but it hasn't happened yet. Since I haven't kept track, are there other classic computer related places to buy and sell? A "yes" answer should be followed by the sites URL :). > In case you all had not noticed, there was a major change at Ebay this > week. Google for details. > > Also, there is a good sized strike amongst sellers this week as well. > Some decided just not to sell. Some decided to shut down their stores. > And some have decided to play games, just to play games with Ebay's > bean counters. > > The best thing to do this week, and most of next, is to just NOT USE > Ebay for EITHER buying OR selling. > > -- > Will

16 years, 10 months

VAXstation/MicroVAX 2000 CPU/FPU overheating?

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

> >Subject: VAXstation/MicroVAX 2000 CPU/FPU overheating? > From: "Dave Dunfield" <dave06a at dunfield.com> > Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:50:56 -0500 > To: cctalk at classiccmp.org > >Hi Guys, > >I've just acquired a VAXstation 2000 (thanks Mouse!) which exhibits what appears >to be an overheating issue. > >Powered up ir runs for about 10 mins or so (just sitting at the console prompt >doing things like TEST 50 to display the configuration, pressing ENTER to get >another '>>>' etc.). After about 10 mins (give or take) it fails, sometimes >appears to reset, hangs etc. > >Firt thing I noticed is that the two surface mount chips with the round heatsinks >affixed to them get *HOT* ... Hot enough that you wounldn't want to keep your finger >on either of them for very long. > >I believe these are the CPU and FPU chip? - Is this normal for them to run this >hot? They don't heat up alarmingly quickly, but after a few minutes they are >hotter than I'd think normal. Yes, CPU and FPU. They do get hot. Makes sure then fan is running and there is airflow. >Aside from the eventual failure, it seems to run correctly - the self tests >(including the FPU test) pass (except for those which don't have hardware installed, >loopback connectors etc. > >When I got the system, it was jam packed with cards, including the main board, >color frame buffer, double-sided memory expansion and an ethernet interface. A maxed out machime. >During my testing, I've removed all of these except for the main board, and am >running the system as a MicroVAX. I do have the resistor/loading card installed >as is recommended when running the system lightly loaded. > >Power rails all look good - There is a 9V supply which the technial manual >describes as "for loading" which has a separate supply and return. Relative >to ground I measure about +5.6v on the supply and about -3.3 on the return, >which I'm assuming is normal (?) Makes sure the 5V line(s) is good and really at 5V. >Anyone know where I can obtain anything resembling a schematic? Other technical >information (I have a PDF of the technical manual, however it's mostly "system >information" from an operational point of view). Any known issues etc.? One of the signals from the PS is power good. Makes sure that line isn't bouncing. I think it's an orange or white lead it's been a while since Ive been in one. Allison >Regards, >Dave > > >-- >dave06a (at) Dave Dunfield >dunfield (dot) Firmware development services & tools: www.dunfield.com >com Collector of vintage computing equipment: > http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/index.html

16 years, 10 months

HP2100 MSU BASIC

by Tim＠Rikers.org

I've gotten back to trying to get MSU BASIC running. My current edited sources are here: http://rikers.org/hp2100/22255.asm http://rikers.org/hp2100/22255mon.asm Here's a transcript: sim> g 30000 CLOCK I/O ADDRESS? 10 LOG TTY I/O ADDRESS? 12 NUMBER OF CHANNELS? 1 CHANNEL 1 TTY I/O ADDRESS? 11 CARD READER IN SYSTEM? YES OR NO: NO PHOTO READER IN SYSTEM? YES OR NO: YES PHOTOREADER I/O ADDRESS? 14 ENTER CODE-WORD TABLE ACCOUNT NUMBER? 0 CODE WORD? ROOT ACCOUNT NUMBER? /E ENTER INFORMATION TABLE 0 /E DECIMAL FREE CORE AVAILABLE: 8828 STANDARD FREE CORE IS DECIMAL 8828 ACCEPT STANDARD CORE? YES OR NO: YES PUNCH ABSOLUTE TAPE? YES OR NO: YES SYSTEM PUNCH DEVICE I/O ADDRESS? 13 HALT instruction 102077, P: 23420 (LIA 1) I have no idea what to enter in the "INFORMATION TABLE" so not sure that's right. Also not sure if my account information is valid. Running yields: sim> g 100 YEAR? 78 MONTH? 12 DAY? 12 TIME? 1212 YEAR? with then loops forever. Seems to be valid date info, but not sure why it's kicking me back into the loop. Anyone have docs on this? -- Tim Riker - http://Rikers.org/ - TimR at Debian.org Embedded Linux Technologist - http://eLinux.org/ BZFlag maintainer - http://BZFlag.org/ - for fun!

16 years, 10 months

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test-drb February 2008