test-drb July 2009

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Do not call them PCMCIA Cards (was "An interesting eBay find ....)

by Watzman＠neo.rr.com

The correct name for what you are [incorrectly] calling a "PCMCIA Card" is a "PC Card". PCMCIA is the name of the organization that owns the trademarks and they changed the name of the CARDS from "PCMCIA cards" to "PC Cards" more than a decade ago (early 1990's), but people just won't let go. The "MC" in PCMCIA stands for "Memory Card", which was [ALL] that they were when they came into existence, but that hasn't been the primary use of these cards in almost 20 years. And the "A" stands for "Association". Neither is appropriate to the cards themselves as they are used today, and "PCMCIA Card" is not in accord with the organization's registered trademarks [They own both the standard and the trademarks, they get to decide the "right" names for them.] PC Cards come in 3 mechanical form factors [thicknesses]: Type I, II and III PC cards also come in two electrical types (unrelated to type I, II or III]: 16-bit 32-bit (aka "Cardbus") A "Cardbus" card is still a PC Card. Note that, electrically, a 16-bit PC card is the laptop equivalent of an ISA card and a 32-bit (or "Cardbus") PC card is the laptop equivalent of a PCI card. You can put any function onto a PC card that a desktop slot of the corresponding type would have supported (and, conversely, you cannot, for example, create a 16-bit PC card USB adapter with USB ports; the necessary resources and data rates don't exist on the ISA bus, a PCI slot is required). 32-bit PC Card slots are generally backwards compatible to 16-bit cards. The reverse is not true. Laptops (and desktop card slots) changed from 16-bit to 32-bit in approximately 1997, about the time of the Pentium [one] 120 to 166 MHz class CPU. From: Richard <legalize at xmission.com> Subject: Re: An interesting ebay find and what to do with scsi do-dads > Also, the memory card reader has a slot for a type 1 or 2 pcmcia card. > What could I put in this? A pcmcia flash memory drive seems obvious. > What else? There's scads of PCMCIA cards out there. Amazon.com has 4 pages of search results for PCMCIA. Firewire, modem, wireless, memory card adapters, etc. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html> Legalize Adulthood! <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>

14 years, 10 months

Framemaker packages gone

by dgriffi＠cs.csubak.edu

All ten Framemaker packages have been claimed. Thanks! -- 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?

14 years, 10 months

Disk drive FAIL

by mross666＠hotmail.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcc5fJOgp7A Enjoy Mike http://www.corestore.org _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live? SkyDrive?: Store, access, and share your photos. See how. http://windowslive.com/Online/SkyDrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_CS_SD_photos_072009

14 years, 10 months

Tape Drive FAIL

by mross666＠hotmail.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-MOkZ2d1Ls Enjoy Mike http://www.corestore.org _________________________________________________________________ Bing? brings you maps, menus, and reviews organized in one place. Try it now. http://www.bing.com/search?q=restaurants&form=MLOGEN&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TXT_…

14 years, 10 months

Framemaker R5 for SunOS and more available

by dgriffi＠cs.csubak.edu

Do you remember some months ago Dave McGuire dug up ten copies of Framemaker for SunOS. He didn't want the rigamarole of packing up each of them, so I volunteered to do that. Today I just received a big box containing the packages. I picked up one, noticed the tape on the media box was already cut, so I took a look. On the CD, dated January 1996, I see this: ===begin-quote=== FrameMaker Release 5 UNIX Silicon Graphics Sun HP DEC Alpha IBM AIX FrameMaker FrameMaker, International Edition Frame Developer's Kit Frame Reader ===end-quote=== I mounted ths disc and, yes, it seems as though those other versions are there (including for Solaris and SunOS). Anyhow, Kelly Leavitt has already emailed me to claim one. The other nine are available first-come-first-served. If you want one (one per person), email me NOW. They're available for cost of shipping, which works out like this: $price_to_you = ($shipping_from_mcguire / 10 ) + $shipping_to_you + $price_of_carton $shipping_from_mcguire == $45 $shipping_to_you == $5 (media mail in the US) $price_of_carton == $2 This works out to $11.50 if you're in the US. A package weighs 6 pounds and 5 ounces or 2.9 kilos -- 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?

14 years, 10 months

Consignment sales @ VCF East

by evan＠snarc.net

We're going to have consignment sales @ VCF East this year. In the past we didn't do much of that. Very simple rules: - Bring your on-topic things to sell. - Fill out form w/ description, asking price, lowest accepted price. - VCF keeps 15% of the final sale price (to the nearest whole dollar.) - Retrieve any unsold things at the end of the day (or end of show, your choice.) Show is Sept. 12-13 in Wall, New Jersey. More details (speakers, exhibitors) frequently updated at http://www.vintage.org/2009/east/

14 years, 10 months

pdp-10 SUCCESS

by mross666＠hotmail.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVAHSzz9-Zg That's more like it! Mike http://www.corestore.org _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live? Hotmail?: Celebrate the moment with your favorite sports pics. Check it out. http://www.windowslive.com/Online/Hotmail/Campaign/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_…

14 years, 10 months

More thinning of the herd

by alanp＠snowmoose.com

Thanks. For everyone else, cross the 13W3 adapter off of the list of things that I am looking for ina a trade. alan Chris Halarewich wrote: > check here for sun 13w3 adapters > http://www.monoprice.com/products/search.asp?keyword=13w3 > > On 7/20/09, Alan Perry <Alan.Perry at sun.com> wrote: > > > > > > The NeXT slab and the DEC power supply is now in good hands. > > > > The Canon BJ-10e is still available. It is the printer and power > supply, > > the user manual and the programmers manual. It worked the last time > that I > > used it, but that was some ago. > > > > CentreCOM MR820TR 8-port 10baseT hub with AUI and 10base2. Comes > with the > > manual as well. > > > > Sun Ultra 1/200 Creator 3D with 20" Sun CRT monitor (the one with the > > remote control for adjusting the display). 384M memory. 18G SCA > SCSI. CD > > drive (I think, may have DVD). Will reinstall OS (Solaris 7, *BSD or > > Linux). Local delivery only. > > > > NeXTSTEP 3.1 User and Developer for Black (NeXT) hardware. Includes box > > and manuals. > > > > Trades considered, but I am mostly in purge mode right now. I am > looking > > for: > > - a copy of OpenSTEP that will run on SPARC > > - replacements for the fluorescent tubes that illuminate the LCD the > > display in a SPARCstation Voyager > > - 13W3 (computer end) to VGA or DVI (display end) adapter > > > > Located in the Seattle area.

14 years, 10 months

More thinning of the herd

by alanp＠snowmoose.com

Yesterday, I posted the message below. However, I accidentally posted it from my work e-mail at Sun. If you respond, please respond to my personal e-mail - alanp at snowmoose.com. Thanks. > The NeXT slab and the DEC power supply is now in good hands. > > The Canon BJ-10e is still available. It is the printer and power > supply, the user manual and the programmers manual. It worked the last > time that I used it, but that was some ago. > > CentreCOM MR820TR 8-port 10baseT hub with AUI and 10base2. Comes with > the manual as well. > > Sun Ultra 1/200 Creator 3D with 20" Sun CRT monitor (the one with the > remote control for adjusting the display). 384M memory. 18G SCA SCSI. > CD drive (I think, may have DVD). Will reinstall OS (Solaris 7, *BSD > or Linux). Local delivery only. > > NeXTSTEP 3.1 User and Developer for Black (NeXT) hardware. Includes box > and manuals. > > Trades considered, but I am mostly in purge mode right now. I am > looking for: > - a copy of OpenSTEP that will run on SPARC > - replacements for the fluorescent tubes that illuminate the LCD the > display in a SPARCstation Voyager > - 13W3 (computer end) to VGA or DVI (display end) adapter > > Located in the Seattle area.

14 years, 10 months

looking for ASR43 tech docs

by ronan.scaife＠dcu.ie

Dear all, 1. my several attempts to subscribe to this list have failed; can anyone help? 2. I bought the ASR43 paper tape attachment for a Teletype Model 43 on Ebay last month. As the punch advance does not seem to work, I need to gain access to any relevant technical documents that may be available. I have done an exhaustive search. I am prepared to pay a reasonable amount for a scanned pdf (or even paper) copy of service or assembly drawings or schematics. I am located in Dublin, Ireland. Best Wishes, --

14 years, 10 months

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test-drb July 2009