test-drb October 2009

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Fwd: [merton freegle] Offered: various old XT dev kits sm4

by lproven＠gmail.com

This might be of interest to some folk? Don't mail me, contact the originator directly... I think he's expecting for the stuff to be collected, too... - LP ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: doug at dougneale.co.uk <doug at dougneale.co.uk> Date: Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:25 AM Subject: [merton freegle] Offered: various old XT dev kits sm4 To: mertonfreegle at yahoogroups.com Definitely an item for the computer whizz/hacker/museum These PC cards fit into the old XT slots, not the newer PCI ones. They are all cards for experimenting with non-pc chips: TMS 34010 TMS 320C30 Novix 4000 ARM chip 68302 (OS9 for windows kit) Inmos 4008 Transputer Inmos Quadputer (with software) Some manuals, but no other software. Regards, Doug Neale ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: ? ?http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mertonfreegle/ <*> Your email settings: ? ?Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: ? ?http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mertonfreegle/join ? ?(Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: ? ?mailto:mertonfreegle-digest at yahoogroups.com ? ?mailto:mertonfreegle-fullfeatured at yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ? ?mertonfreegle-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: ? ?http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- Liam Proven ? Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Email: lproven at cix.co.uk ? GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lproven at gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 ? Cell: +44 7939-087884 ? Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AOL/AIM/iChat/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven ? LiveJournal/Twitter: lproven MSN: lproven at hotmail.com ? ICQ: 73187508

15 years, 1 month

TU56 lamp replacement

by hachti＠hachti.de

Hi folks, I'm currently checking out some TU56 DECTape drives. Stuck motors, burnt electronics, dirt, and other issues usually come my way. And broken indicator lights. Does anybody have experience replacing those bulbs? Originally there are those white plastic blocks that should be replaced as one piece. Nice idea - I have ONE complete replacement and at least 6 to repair. Those blocks are easily opened, fiddling a new lamp inside is easy and no problem. So what I ask you is only for ideas about the right lamps to use. It should look similar to the original lamps (or could be a bit brighter). Some blasphemy to add: If I don't find a quick solution, I'll fit one of the TU56s with crazy colored LEDs. That might be considered a sacrilege by some people, but it's quite reversible and non-destructive. I have LEDs in two RK05 drives, too (They're soldered to their series resistors and plugged in like the original lamps, so everything can be reverted instantly). The read and write indicators are quite more interesting that way (with incandescent lamps you don't even see many accesses!). But at the moment the question is for incandescent lamps. So please share your ideas/experience with me! Best wishes, Philipp :-)

15 years, 1 month

the FORCE ... :)

by bfranchuk＠jetnet.ab.ca

>> Has anyone here tried to disguise a 19-inch rack as some sort of >> unobtrusive piece of furniture? I'm pondering making a bench or >> sideboard-like thing to compactly conceal computer equipment. >> > > The high-end home theater crowd do things like this. You might want to look > there. Otherwise, I'd just build a piece of furniture around it. Sofa's are a great place to mount things that move. That is not the drive shaking, it is the FORCE from the latest Star Wars movie. > brian > The Dark side of course. :)

15 years, 1 month

annoying ebay behavior

by brianlanning＠gmail.com

I had a bid on a laser 128 computer, working complete with power supply. It had been listed in the past for too high a price. This time, the pirce was reasonable though so I bid. There was a second one with a matching external floppy also. I was hoping to make an offer on all of it at the end of the auction. Yesterday, the items disappeared. I guess the seller pulled the items. I wish there were a more sane place to trade this stuff. I guess I have just have to wait for somoene to give up another storage facility. lol thanks for putting up with my venting.

15 years, 1 month

Canon BJC-250 printer problems

by aliensrcooluk＠yahoo.co.uk

Hi, I acquired a 2nd-hand Canon BJC-250 printer back in January. It seemed to work fine, as the test page printed* and Windows 2K SP4 auto-detected the printer when it was switched on (which is good because I got a "data error (cyclic redundancy check)" when trying to copy the drivers from floppy disk to my laptop). On closer inspection though, all doesn't appear to be fine. I thought I had a black only cartridge installed (which came with the printer), but it turns out to be a colour one. Now the problem occurs when I print a page with black text. The text is printed with alternating black and green lines, instead of just black. Now I never saw this problem at work when we used the same printer model, but that may have been a black only cartridge. Is this problem a side effect of having a colour cartridge, bubble jet printers, or indicative of a problem with the read head / cartridge? I have very little experience with printers and would appreciate any pointers anyone can offer. I hope it fits withing the 10 year rule... not sure how old the printer model is. *The test page requires no input from the computer, so I ruled out a possible driver issue. Regards, Andrew B aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk

15 years, 1 month

No subject

by tshoppa＠wmata.com

Dan writes: > In the end, having it in a universally available format (PDF for example) > and available on the web would be best. > Can someone explain why "hording" documentation and keeping it private on > a "degradable" media like paper is a better idea? I certainly agree that the extreme of hoarding everything in one place is the worst possible scenario. I don't even think that hoard is necessarily the word most would use; think of Don Maslin's careful archive of every CP/M boot floppy ever, that was by no means a hoard because he shared it, one piece at a time with whoever needed it, but because it was all concentrated in one place it's now gone. Don and I had talked about hosting disk images etc. but we never got it done in general. But I don't think anyone so far has said that they would hoard it that way. Everyone agrees that PDF's for electronic distribution are a real win. Those who are seriously into it also know: 1. Scanning books without lopping off the spine can make for some pretty crappy scans. 2. After you're done, you gotta do something with the remaining paper. 3. In many (most!) cases the paper is already decaying. 4. There's just such a huge quantity of books, and manuals, and printsets, and they've already decayed some, and they're all gonna decay more. Tim.

15 years, 1 month

pdp8/e frontpanel lamps

by hachti＠hachti.de

Hi folks, I just read your responses to my TU56 lamp question. That brought the "lamp discussion" back to onto my mind. I have some information to share, perhaps it might help: I recently got a box of original lamps from a retired DEC service engineer. The blue ones (blue seemed to be VERY important as someone also wrote the word "blue" onto the box!). The box is labelled "Oshino Sub-miniature Lamp". Made by Oshino Electric Lamps Works, Ltd, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. The box calls the lamps "OL-2, 10V, 40mA". The part number is 12-09129. The "OL-2" is stamped onto the box along with the ratings. The part number is written by hand - together with the "blue". The lamps carry the part number. (I have another box with lamps for RK05 etc. They have the part number on the box and "OL-1" directly on the lamps.) Now I used google - and Oshino is still around! I found their German website with some part lists. All article numbers start with "OL-". The T1 3/4 sized bi-pin lamp that takes 40mA at 10V is now called "OL-367BP". Perhaps it's just the same. The light output is told to be 0.08 MSCd. The company's logo is the same as on my box and the CEO's name is Takeshi Oshino. So there is a good chance to get the original lamps. I have not yet checked if the lamps I got were the same I find in my machines, but the brightness perfectly matches and they come from DEC. Stored together with little boxes containing new DEC labelled ICs and transistors. That should vouch for them. Best wishes, Philipp :-)

15 years, 1 month

Trouble installing system on a Macintosh Quadra 660AV

by thrashbarg＠kaput.homeunix.org

Hi, I've got a Mac Quadra 660AV which refuses to install any system software, except System 7.1, which it refuses to boot from (apparently it needs a newer version, but web pages about the Mac say it should work). I've tried System 7.1, 7.5 through 7.5.3, and Mac OS 7.6. It happens right at the end of the install, when the system is being finalised. I've replaced the battery, cleared the NVRAM, updated the disk driver and set the date. I'm using the original hard drive. Does anyone have any ideas? Alexis.

15 years, 1 month

Request for computer displays at 2010 Midwest Gaming Classic

by wgungfu＠gmail.com

Heya all, doing the annual display request for the museum hall of the Midwest Gaming Classic. Looking for people from the list who specialize in classic computers to run a display area for their computer of choice at the show. I cover the bulk of of the pre-'84 consoles and computers, so it's harder for me to set up as dedicated a display as somone who specializes. The MGC is an all encompasing electronic entertainment show (consoles, computers and coin-ops from past to present). We hit around 4000 people this past year's show, and are expecting even more growth with the move closer in to Milwaukee this year (we're at about 30,000 sq. ft now as well). Besides the retro crowd, most of our actual attendance are the casual and family gamers of all ages, so it's a chance to expose this great hobby to a newer generation. Currently we have people coming to support their own Commodore and TI areas. Here's photos from the show this past March to give everyone a feel for the show: Museum area http://www.flickr.com/photos/91071283 at N00/sets/72157615834963880/ Underdog Chamber (also in the museum hall) http://www.flickr.com/photos/91071283 at N00/sets/72157615746538685/ Family Game Room (also in the museum hall) http://www.flickr.com/photos/91071283 at N00/sets/72157615835258766/ Competition Area http://www.flickr.com/photos/91071283 at N00/sets/72157615745281965/ Coin-ops http://www.flickr.com/photos/91071283 at N00/sets/72157615745260231/ Vendling hall http://www.flickr.com/photos/91071283 at N00/sets/72157615745200729/ It's Saturday, March 27, 2010 from 10:00am to 8:00pm and Sunday, March 28, 2010 from 10:00am to 5:00pm, at the at the Brookfield Sheraton, just outside Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Please contact me if you're interested in helping out, or midwestgamingclassic.com if you're interested in the show in general. Thanks! Marty

15 years, 1 month

Picked up some new toys today...

by brianlanning＠gmail.com

I actually got some good deals from ebay today. One was an amiga 1200. It included a 68030-50 accelerator board (with scsi controller), 3 external scsi-2 hard drives, an external nec scsi cdrom drive, a 3com pcmcia network adapter, a commodore 1902 monitor, and about 300 floppy disks. (I will never run out of floppy disks again, lol) That was $250. I also bought a power computing ppc604e mac clone with a 17" (i think) apple monitor, several keyboards, and a mouse. That one was $20. :-) He also mentioned another computer that he'll be pulling out shortly. He claims it's an ibm 5150 or 5160 with original cga monitor and... a 386 upgrade board. Not sure what's up with that, or even if he'll want a reasonable price for it. I guess we'll see what happens with that. brian

15 years, 1 month

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test-drb October 2009