test-drb September 2008

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by alanp＠snowmoose.com

My uncle, who develops compiler tools, insisted that, since I work for Sun, I take his 10-plus-year-old Sun h/w and s/w that has been sitting in his garage. Figuring that I might be able to find a better home for it, I agreed. I haven't gone through all of it yet. The most obvious thing in the boxes is media and documentation for Sun Workshop 7.0, C++ compiler 4.2 and Java Workshop. There is Solaris 2.5.1 and 2.6 media and documentation. I need to go through that to compare with what I already have. There is also a SparcStation 5, a 16" Sun monitor (the one with all of the display control buttons along the bottom), kbd, mouse, etc. However, I haven't had time to go through it and confirm that it works (though it should), what is in it as far as memory, disk, etc., and that it doesn't contain any of my uncle's business info. Once I do, I will probably sell it (for whatever you can get for a SS5 these days). If you have an interest in any of this stuff, let me know. I don't want it to get thrown out, but I don't really want it in my garage either. alan

15 years, 8 months

Wanted: System V Release 4 (Intel) OS

by pitlog＠gmail.com

Greg, I've never used UnixWare, but if it is essentially SVR4.2 with some additions and comes with a development system, I'm happy to give it a try. Do you remember if it was on floppy or tape? Thanks very much for offering. Feel free to contact me off list to work out the details. Cheers, Tom -------------- Greg said --------------- Hi Tom, I'll have to check this week, but I believe I have a set for UnixWare 1.1 >from Novell. If you are not familiar with it, it is basically System V Version 4.2 with an IPX protocol added IIRC. Let me know if this will work for you.

15 years, 8 months

Wanted: System V Release 4 (Intel) OS

by tonym＠compusource.net

>-----Original Message----- >From: The Pitlog pitlog at gmail.com >Sent 9/1/2008 9:05:37 AM >To: cctech at classiccmp.org >Subject: Wanted: System V Release 4 (Intel) OS > >Greg, > >I've never used UnixWare, but if it is essentially SVR4.2 with some >additions and comes with a development system, I'm happy to give it a >try. Do you remember if it was on floppy or tape? > >Thanks very much for offering. > >Feel free to contact me off list to work out the details. > >Cheers, >Tom > >-------------- Greg said --------------- >Hi Tom, > >I'll have to check this week, but I believe I have a set for UnixWare >1.1 >from Novell. If you are not familiar with it, it is basically System V >Version 4.2 with an IPX protocol added IIRC. Let me know if this will >work >for you. > > Hmmm....wasn't UnixWare on CD? We had fun with them, and called it Novix. I think they they used the name Univel at some point, didn't they? After first acquiring USL? I THINK I have a UnixWare 1.1 CD, but don't think I have a boot disk any more, and I'm not entirely sure if the CD itself is bootable, as this goes back to around 1995, doesn't it? Tony

15 years, 8 months

Service manuals and classis computer Was: Free Linux and OpenOffice

by tonym＠compusource.net

>-----Original Message----- >From: Tony Duell ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk >Sent 9/1/2008 5:04:06 PM >To: cctalk at classiccmp.org >Subject: Re: Free Linux and OpenOffice - even if your email address doesn't > > I never take delivery on a car until AFTER I have a copy of the FSM > (Factory Service Manual). >You have sense!. Although I suspect I'm one of the few people who >actively uys serivce manuals for cars (and other devices) that I am very >unlikely to ever own. Just for interest. > > I'm in agreement with you there. I like doing CERTAIN things on my own cars. I won't do things like oil changes, because most times, it isn't financially worth the effort. I'd have to buy oil, buy a filter, get the truck up, drain it, then figure out what to do with the old oil, as here you have to pay to dispose of it. Frankly, by the time it's said and done, most times it's cheaper to have someone do it, as someone ALWAYS has a special in my area for $14.99-19.99. Of course, sometimes I'll do it just because i feel like doing it... However, things like brake work, etc, I'll do myself. It's highway robbery what they charge. Last time, they wanted $149.99 parts+labor to change the stinking brake PADS on my pickup! Cost me $30 + about 15-20 minutes for BOTH sides! > > but when does someone get the source code for anything, outside of > open source warez? > (curious what open source stuff TD is using...) > Although we have the source to some of the systems we run that are developed in-house, other systems that we are pretty dependant on, we will negotiate a source code escrow contract, so in the event the company goes belly-up, we aren't completely screwed. I mean, yeah, it'll take a while to get people looking at the code, figuring it out, etc... but at least you have SOME kind of chance! One prime example is Royal Caribbean. They run a property management system named Encore, which originally was named "The Captain," from a company named Encore, which ran on Tandems (I think on Linux now, or will be - most dev systems are under SCO or Linux, and the programming environment is DB/C), and they had a source code escrow agreement. When Encore went under (I think RCI was their only major deal), they basically bought the assets, and got the source out of escrow, and have maintained it in-house ever since. Tony

15 years, 8 months

eBay: Vintage HP-2115A Computer and Power Supply

by aek＠bitsavers.org

> Curious to see if anyone snags it. J.A.M. did. CHM received a prototype 2114A last week. The interesting news, along with a large set of paper tapes, is a set of blueprints for it, and an external box with nixies that can display A, B, and P.

15 years, 8 months

about shipping

by dgriffi＠cs.csubak.edu

Some people have asked me to catalog and ship stuff from my storage unit. The stuff for which I can do that I list on Ebay (http://myworld.ebay.com/frotz661). A batch of ten items goes up this Tuesday and more will go up in similar volumes in the coming days. What I'm asking people to do is come and cart off mostly documentation that I haven't the time or willpower to catalog and scan. If you see something special sitting alone, make an offer. There are also some large "good lord, what is that?" things that someone might be more interested in than the scrapper would. I'd love it if I can get someone from southern California who, for whatever reason, needs to drive up to the SF area to stop off at my place to get a load for the Computer History Museum. -- David Griffith dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

15 years, 8 months

OT: Needed information since the list is slow

by tonym＠compusource.net

>-----Original Message----- >From: bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca >Sent 9/2/2008 12:23:59 AM >To: General Discussion GeneralDiscussion@ >Subject: OT: Needed information since the list is slow > >*FOUND READING ON THE NET* > >This ultra modern aluminum foil hat will protect your pet from the brain >scanning rays of the NSA, certain 'auction' websites, fbi.com, and CIA >satellites that are monitoring their little subversive thoughts. You may >not have considered this before, but your lead lined hat is worthless if >your pet can give away your secrets to the very people most dangerous to >you - your government! >But we both know that the government's 'pet mind reading threat' pales >in comparison to the unknown dangers of aliens reading your pet's >brainwaves. The PFHT Special Edition [PFHTSE, pronounced Pfootsie], has >a hydrocarbon-chain lining specially designed to filter the hydrogen >band alien brain scans. This space age material may appear to the >untrained eye to be just plain plastic shopping bag, but your pet will >know the difference. All government and alien I/O is cut off. It's like >a firewall for your pet's brain. > That the same material as in that Mel Gibson movie a few years back, with the aliens? What was it called, Signals, or Signs, or something similar? When his younger brother (or widow's brother - I forgot) put foil hats it on his head, and Mel's kids heads? "Swing Away!" Tony

15 years, 8 months

Stuff to get rid of in Bakersfield California

by dgriffi＠cs.csubak.edu

I have too much crap in my storage units and I need to get rid of one. I thought I'd be able to sell off this stuff on ebay, but I don't think I have the drive to deal with the volume I've amassed. The highlights here are a Macintosh SE, a Northstar Horizon (missing the lid), several 8-inch floppy drives, assorted S100 cards, and lots of documentation. I need to get rid of this stuff in a week and a half. -- David Griffith dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

15 years, 8 months

Osborne items available

by tonym＠compusource.net

For Osborne 1: 2 floppies, setup as A: and B: from factory CRT Mainboard (SD, but I think I have one DD upgrade board) I THINK I also have a front panel or 2 No case or psu available - PSU was bad, and case was in HORRID condition For Osborne Executive: CRT, FDD's, frame, and questionable mainboard for Exec, although 128kb ram card IS good. CRT and Mainboard are questionable, so those 2 can go free+shipping. Might also have the front panel for this... Make an offer that at least covers gas to the post office :) Items are in S. Fla Tony

15 years, 8 months

Heath/Zenith S/W Docs & Mags Available

by jeff.kaneko＠juno.com

I have some H/Z Software manuals; they're for the assembler, BASIC-80, etc. Also the manual for the z-80 assembler course, the CP/M 'Introductory guide', and some other stuff, plus a few REMark magazines from the early-mid 80's. Asking postage (should go media mail, no problemo) plus 10%. If there's no interest, this will all be recycled. E-mail me off-list if interested. WOuld prefer to unload all of this at once. Thanks, Jeff ____________________________________________________________ Find the right teaching school to meet your educational needs. Click to learn more. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3njBiBW5OwmMA98olWQ4tRv7C…

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test-drb September 2008