test-drb September 2008

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Vinyl Data- Classic Computers / Indie music tricks crossover

by oldcpu2＠rogerwilco.org

On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:44:04, Tom Peters wrote: > http://www.kempa.com/wp/2004/03/09/vinyl-data/ > > Excerpt: > > One strategy that major record companies have been employing lately to > deter downloading is adding bonus computer content to new CD releases. I > recently discovered that this technique is not unique to CD?s, but had in > fact been practiced in the vinyl era as well. That?s right: there were a > handful of records released in the late 70?s and early 80?s that contained > computer programs as part of the audio. This is totally insane, and totally > great. > > Most of these programs were written for the Sinclair Spectrum home > computer series. The Sinclair Spectrum was a relatively cheap home computer > system that used a television set as a monitor and loaded programs from > tapes. It thrived in England in the early 80?s: The very first example of this 'computer encoding' on vinyl that I'm aware of is on Isao Tomita's "The Planets" (1976) album of the Gustav Holst piece done up with various -- new at the time -- synthesizers. When I first heard this in 1977 I was just getting my fingers into computing, but had no way to decode the message. According to my memory, the liner notes specify that it is played into a certain cassette I/O interface on an Altair 8800 (or was it Imsai 8080?) one would find a special message. I never had the hardware for that, nor have I thought much about it over the years. I'm going to have to dig that album out (yes, I still have all of my old vinyl!) and confirm the target system, and then see what can be done to decode it with today's tools. Hmmm.....yet another project on the list! - Jared PS. If anyone is more determined than I am, let me know and I'll create a .WAV file of the section in question for your enjoyment.

15 years, 7 months

Stuff available for free/donation -> cheap

by rescue＠hawkmountain.net

As ppl have asked for a list... I've put together a non comprehensive one... but the first list covers the most likely stuff to go into the dumpster... the second one covers items that are not currently on the dumpster list but are open to offers for anyone interested. This stuff is definately going to the dumpster if unclaimed. I will part most of this stuff out if you want parts. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SS10/20 bases Gateway PC AT Tower 386/25 with power supply, no mobo, drives, etc Packard Bell Legend 406CD complete (no monitor, kb, mouse) Gateway G6-200 tower. PPro system with cpu (200mhz), no ram,drives Apple Macintosh IIsi in excellent condition (no yellowing) Macintosh LC III Apple IIGS, unknown condition, believed bad PS, believed mobo good Apple PowerMac 5260/100. no mobo, no drives, but can inc a PPC mobo PowerMac 7100/66, nice shape Packard Bell Pack-Mate 3500CD upgraded to PPro 200mhz (Intel mobo) HP Scanjet 5P. cosmetic issue with the lid, unknown working status Generic Pentium 166? (or 133?) in AT (not IBM AT size!) desktop case Agfa Arcus II scanner (has lid + bed lights), may have hv or lamp prob generic full and mid size AT tower cases (most if not all have PS only) Apple Macintosh II monitor. works, bezel was 'repaired'... so not 'pretty' HP Deskjet 660Cse (I'm sure this will need new ink) Generic Pentium 200 (probably MMX) mini tower computer. Laserwriter IINT Laserwriter IINTX Tektronix Phaser (don't have model # handy, pre Xerox), nds mech work Apple Macintosh IIcx Generic Pentium 133, 166, or 200 (I'd have to check) in AT mini tower Minuteman Alliance A500 UPS, needs batteries Xyplex Network 3000, two of them with different cards, one flaky? 56K CSU/DSU Compaq 1600R rackmount, dual cpu box with 1 PII cpu Sony 600meg external magneto Optical drive 2U Rackmount PC case, I think has PS, missing PCI riser Make an Offer pile (some of this is in consideration for the dumpster) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Ultra-10. No HD, has CD. 333 mhz proc, 2M cache, ?Meg of RAM Supermac 19" Sony Trinitron monitor, nice shape, fixed freq Leading Edge fortiva 5000 (Pentium 60 desktop system) Apple Macintosh II/IIx power supply (will work in IIfx too) Commodore MPS803 printer in the box (not new) Apple Quadra 950 mainboard Digital (DEC) LN03X-CR cartridge Digital (DEC) LN03X-CX cartridge (CG Times 24 font) Digital (DEC) LN03X-CY cartridge (CG Triumvirate 10 + 12 font) Digital (DEC) LN03X-CB cartridge (CG Times 10 + 12 font) Digital (DEC) LN03X-TA toner Digital (DEC) LN03X-AD maintenance kit (corona, filter, cart, glass) APC SmartUPS 600 rackmount (w/o rack ears), needs batteries Apple Workgroup Server 95 (w/o WGS board, so basically Q950) SGI Indigo 2 Purple, Impact PS + midplane, R4400-250 2M, GR3-ELAN SGI Indigo 2 Teal R4400-200 2M, GR3-ELAN Livingston Portmaster 3 with modem cards Cisco 2501 T1 CSU/DSU OpenRoute GT60 router OpenRoute GTX1000 router Compaq 1600 tower, two 550mhz PIII Katmai CPUs, ? 384+M RAM, RAID -- Curt

15 years, 7 months

IBM RS/6000 Help / advice wanted

by john_a_s2004＠hotmail.com

Hi, Last year I bought an RS/6000 Model 34H as I wanted a cheap example of an old Unix/AIX workstation. Having sorted out a monitor (with 3W3 lead) the machine appears to be faulty. So far whenever I power it up, I see: - a series of numbers on the front LED display (got them listed on a piece of paper somewhere, sorry not got it to hand). - Nothing on the monitor - No activity on either of the 2 serial ports (using an RS232 break-out box to a PC running terminal emulator) The machine didn't come with a manual, looking on the net I haven't found a source to buy a suitable manual let alone download one. Currently the machine is sitting out of the way doing nothing, I would like to see what the problem is before deciding whether to scrap it or try and repair it (assuming it is something like a failed SCSI hard drive). Can anyone advise what to try, or a list of what the LED numbers mean? Should for example the external SCSI connector have a terminator? I think next time I buy an RS/6000, I will look for one that comes with a manual! Regards, John _________________________________________________________________ Make a mini you and download it into Windows Live Messenger http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/111354029/direct/01/

15 years, 7 months

power supplies offered

by rtellason＠verizon.net

I have a couple of power supplies, condition unknown, that I believe are for some early Zenith Data Systems machine. There is some slight marking on them saying "ZDS 234-999" and that's it. The connector is the molex-type and not your typical PC type PS connector. Are these worth anything to anybody? Or should I just scrap 'em out? -- Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters" - Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James M Dakin

15 years, 7 months

Fwd: [CPLUG] OT: Free: Computer Automation I100 UNIX terminal

by rtellason＠verizon.net

This guy is local to me and I know where he is, he mentions Tuesday as being his deadline, but if there's some interest I can probably get a hold of it and deal with it from there. I would be willing to pack and ship if somebody wants it enough to cover my expenses "and a bit". Feel free to contact me offlist. ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: [CPLUG] OT: Free: Computer Automation I100 UNIX terminal Date: Sunday 28 September 2008 12:46 From: Chris Moates <six at mox.net> To: cplug at cplug.net I've got this UNIX terminal lying around, which is going to the big computer graveyard in the sky unless someone wants it. Here's a picture: http://jet.mox.net/~six/i100.jpg And here's what I know about it: Computer Automation I100 Workstation 40MB Hard Drive 5.25" Floppy Drive Mouse Keyboard Green screen monitor AT&T UNIX 3.5 Boots, works, root can log in with no password Has AUI ethernet jack on the back If you want it, let me know and make arrangements to come pick it up, since we're not having another CPLUG meeting for 2 months. Otherwise, it's on the curb on Tuesday. :) Chris _______________________________________________ CPLUG mailing list To unsubscribe send a mail to cplug+unsubscribe at cplug.net Archives: http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.cplug.general ------------------------------------------------------- -- Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters" - Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James M Dakin

15 years, 7 months

atc-510 simulator

by oldcpu2＠rogerwilco.org

> I am with the Alaska Chapter of the 99s and we have two of the ATC-510 > simulators (desktop model). We do not have any manuals and one of them is > giving us trouble. I am looking for two bits of information. 1) How can I > get copies of the training and service manuals and 2) where can I have them > repaired? Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Try contacting the manufacturer at: http://www.atcflightsim.com/

15 years, 7 months

First 16 issues of Byte

by hatfield＠bellsouth.net

For those of you that might be interested --- I am selling my Byte magazine collection, starting with the first 16 issues. They are nearly newsstand mint, some in the original mailing wrappers and contained in a decorative Banker's Box. BYTE MAGAZINE Sept 1975-Dec 1976 First 16 issues! (260293045819) Bidders: 2 Shipping cost: $10.00 Started: 09/27/08 at 17:25:29 for $9.99 Listed On: eBay Duration: 7 Days So, excuse the interruption but I thought some members might be interested... Fred.

15 years, 7 months

HP 5036A microprocessor lab - searching for copy of "Practical Microprocessors"

by hpjimbondoris123＠dorisland.net

hi: I Guess I was not clear in my message sorry! I need someone with a site that I could ftp or something to share this file with so others whom dont have a manual could download it. jim

15 years, 7 months

HP9836C colour alignment (grey scale tracking)

by jonas＠otter.se

> Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:05:23 +0100 > From: Philip Belben <philip at axeside.co.uk> > Subject: Re: HP9836C colour alignment (grey scale tracking) > To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only <cctech at classiccmp.org> > Message-ID: <48DE67D3.5080506 at axeside.co.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > >> Well, apparently only in Great Britain since in Germany, we call > that > >> 'screen grid', too. Only the final anode is called anode. > > > > Waht, even in CRTs? > > > > In the UK, the electrodes of a pentode -- a signal ampiifying valve > are : > > cathode, control grid, screen grid, supressor grid, anode. > > > > But for a CRT they're cathode, (control) grid, first anod, second (or > > focus) anode, somethimes third anode and final anode. > > > >> All other electrodes in a normal tube besides the cathode are called > >> 'control grid' (or just grid), 'screen grid', 'supressor grid' and > so on. > > > > Are you seriously saying that in Germany, the focus electrode in a > CRT is > > called a 'supressor grid'? > > Are you sure you two aren't talking at cross purposes? The biggest > difference between UK and US English here is probably Tube (US) = Valve > (UK). The usual German word for a thermionic valve, die Rohre, > literally means "reed", and I think it is also used for "tube" or > "pipe" > in a lot of other contexts. > In German, a vacuum tube or valve is called "eine R?hre" (or "Roehre" for those without umlauts), a pipe or other kind of tube is called "ein Rohr", "(das Rohr)" AFAIK. "?" is pronounced like "er" BTW. Jonas

15 years, 7 months

Apple 1 Reproduction on Ebay

by us21090＠yahoo.com

All, I'm having to divest myself of some of my computer things. Listed tonight is my Apple 1 Obtronix Reproduction. I built a hefty wood and plexiglass case for it. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290263898155 Tomorrow I'm planning on listing a Apple-II Switch-A-Slot which I'm not using. Thanks, Scott

15 years, 7 months

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