test-drb October 2009

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by classiccmp＠vintage-computer.com

Someone just posted a really nice original Mac setup on the VCGM with pretty much everything but the box - from the pictures it looks just about perfect. http://marketplace.vintage-computer.com/auction_details.php?auction_id=1052… Not my auction but I thought I'd pass it along. -- Erik Klein www.vintage-computer.com www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum - The Vintage Computer Forums marketplace.vintage-computer.com - The Vintage Computer and Gaming Marketplace

14 years, 7 months

Free DEC junk

by wdonzelli＠gmail.com

I have a NOS envelope feeder for the DEC LN06 laser printer. Anyone need it shipping (from 10512)? Please reply of list. -- Will

14 years, 7 months

road trip, truck space available

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

Folks, Starting this coming Sunday (10/18), I'm planning to embark on a road trip in a truck from SW Florida to Poughkeepsie, NY, then to Boston, then back through the Columbus, OH area. I will have LOTS of extra room (at least half of a 28' truck) on all legs of this trip. The truck has a hydraulic lift gate and I have experience moving big, heavy computer equipment. I can be bribed to move big stuff along this route, should that be of use to anyone. I'm looking to defray the cost of the trip for my employer, but if it doesn't cost any extra money (i.e., not too far out of the way and not too time-consuming) I can be bribed with Cool Stuff too. Also, if anyone along that route has any spare DEC H960 racks or RA60 drives (preferably functional) that they want to unload, I'd happily take them away. :) -Dave -- Dave McGuire Port Charlotte, FL

14 years, 7 months

Largest ST-506 (MFM or RLL) type HDD?

by classiccmp＠philpem.me.uk

Hi guys, Does anyone know what the largest capacity MFM or RLL (i.e. ST-506/ST-412 type interface) hard disk was? I know the AT drive types go from 0 to 46 (plus user defined type 47), and the largest of these is #46: 1224 cyls, 15 heads, 17 secs (152MB). Question is, did anyone ever make an MFM drive that big, or was that strictly IDE territory? I know 80MB and 120MB IDE drives existed -- I used to have a Conner 120MB that was an utter pig to make work with any other drive, and I still have an IBM WDA-L80 80MB IDE drive. Thus far, the largest MFM drive I've found is the Micropolis 1325 (85.3Mbytes unformatted). Reason I'm asking is that I'm working on the seek logic for the disc analyser. At the moment, you can seek 127 cylinders at a time in either direction (there isn't a track-counter on the hardware, so all seeks are relative) and I was wondering if there's any point in increasing this further to accommodate drives with higher track counts. Cheers, -- Phil. classiccmp at philpem.me.uk http://www.philpem.me.uk/

14 years, 7 months

N8VEM VDU board

by lynchaj＠yahoo.com

Hi! I just finished building and testing the new N8VEM VDU board PCB version. It is a 6545 based video board for monochrome character display on your home brew computer much like a KayPro 10 display. It works OK and provides a composite video display, PS/2 keyboard, PS/2 mouse and a parallel port printer interfaces. It is meant for the N8VEM SBC but the design is general enough it should be useable on most any Z80 style system. If you are interested in building your own and/or writing software for the N8VEM VDU please contact me. When the SBC, ECB backplane, Disk IO board and VDU are combined they offer the potential for a completely stand alone home brew Z80 CP/M computer. The software for the VDU is still in development and it There are pictures and code on the N8VEM wiki in the VDU folder. Schematics and PCB layout are available. I have several PCBs. Constructive comments welcome. Please no flames. Thanks and have a nice day! Andrew Lynch

14 years, 7 months

Please support the Indivision ECS for brian fund. :-)

by brianlanning＠gmail.com

I "need" two of these things at $121 a piece. So I figure I'll start ebaying some things to feed my habit. If anyone would like a working amiga 2000 with hard drive or a steel case commodore 128D, let me know. I'd prefer to make a deal with someone on the list than to put up with ebay. I also have three JVC TM-9U 9" studio color monitors with BNCs and RCAs on the back. thanks. brian

14 years, 7 months

CRT Controller Handbook by Gerry Kane

by lynchaj＠yahoo.com

Sorry, that's "Controller" not "Controllers" Hi! I seem to recall there was a scanned version of the "CRT Controller Handbook" by Gerry Kane online someplace. Does anyone know if that is true and if so, where? Thanks and have a nice day! Andrew Lynch PS, I already have the print edition but a scanned edition would be very helpful.

14 years, 7 months

CRT Controllers Handbook by Gerry Kane

by lynchaj＠yahoo.com

Hi! I seem to recall there was a scanned version of the "CRT Controllers Handbook" by Gerry Kane online someplace. Does anyone know if that is true and if so, where? Thanks and have a nice day! Andrew Lynch PS, I already have the print edition but a scanned edition would be very helpful.

14 years, 7 months

Reverse engineer the MatchPoint PC card?

by jhriley＠earthlink.net

I am moving ou of some office space I have occupied forty years and have come across a large cache of hard sectored NorthStar CP/M diskettes that I would like to obtain the data from, a daunting task. I have long wished to obtain a MicroSolutions MatchPoint board to try this before my diskettes decompose. Would you consider either selling me your board or loaning it to me for a fee? Inthe latter case I would return it to you with the .286-based computer I would have to build to access it. I am located in Southern California. Are you interested. They are hard to comr by. Sincerely, John Riley Sent from my iPhone

14 years, 7 months

OrangePCi 3.4.2 drivers

by spectre＠floodgap.com

Anyone out there have the 3.4.2 drivers for the OrangePCi card? This is a WinChip-type PC-on-a-card for classic Macs. Orange Micro seems defunct and all the echo chamber download sites simply point to it. -- ------------------------------------ personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckaiser at floodgap.com -- BOND THEME NOW PLAYING: "Die Another Day" ----------------------------------

14 years, 7 months

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test-drb October 2009