test-drb August 2010

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220 discussions

by silent700＠gmail.com

This probably comes up every other year or so, but I am looking for the font used on older DEC literature. It may or may not be the one used for the actual PDP11 logo (only three character examples there ;) but it is the one used on the covers of the old Handbooks, like this one: http://gargravarr.cc.utexas.edu/cc/artifacts/dec-pdp-11-processor-handbook-… There are many similar round fonts out there, and one could make the pdp11 logo out of them, but the other characters fail. Has this mystery been solved? Internal font? All hand drawn? -- jht

14 years, 8 months

Anyone got a GRiDlite 1040, Sharp MZ-200?

by bdamer＠digitalspace.com

Anyone here have a GRiDlite 1040 I could acquire or borrow for a project here at the Digibarn? Also anyone got documents for a Sharp laptop (MZ-200) which I cannot find in my mountain of documentation. Bruce

14 years, 8 months

Todd Fishcer's IMSAI 8048 Doll House up for sale on eBay

by mardy＠pernetics.com

I hope that this ends up on display in a museum and not sitting in some collectors basement... Item number: 230508849284 -Mardy

14 years, 8 months

BC19V-02

by pete＠dunnington.plus.com

Anyone need a BC19V-02 cable? I believe it's a modem cable for a microVAX option, and I have no idea why I have it. 50-pin female D connector one end, DB25M the other (not all pin positions populated). Free for cost of postage from York, UK. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

14 years, 8 months

Pronouncing acronyms (was Re: DEC acronyms)

by ethan.dicks＠gmail.com

On 7/30/10, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> One of my "hobbies" (some >> might call it an obsession) is figuring a way to pronounce any given >> acronym as a word.... > > :-) > > I've been know to refer to the 5150 as the 'I-Bum Puck' :-). The first > 'I' is short --'e' not 'eye' as I pronounce it... Here, I've heard "Ih-bem Peck" (same 'i' sound you describe), but it was usually used in a less-than-flattering context. The most gratuitous example of this I can recall is the Sesame Street character Big Bird attempting to pronounce the 26-letter Western alphabet as a single word ("ab-cer-def-gee-jeckle-mernop-kur-stoov-wik-siz" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC%E2%80%93DEF%E2%80%93GHI) -ethan

14 years, 8 months

HP Omnibook 425 available

by jfoust＠threedee.com

Forwarded from email: At 05:09 PM 8/8/2010, you wrote: >Hi my name is Eli Yarborough and I have an old HP Omnibook 425. I cannot find any place online that buys or sells this type of computer. I saw your website and thought you could help. I don't know if my Omnibook is the type of computer you would want or collect but I was wondering if you could provide me with some general insight about it. I'm not necessarily trying to sell it but I want to know if a computer like this is in demand and whether or not it's worth anything. It still works like new and comes with Microsoft Word and Excel along with a few other features. I still have all the accessories that came with the computer (the manuals and charger) along with external memory cards and other add-ons. I would just like to know if you or anyone you know is looking to add this to their collection. It would be a huge help if you could provide me with any information you have about this computer. It certainly was a great computer in its day and a fascinating example of the rap! id cha nges in technology. Thanks for your time and help! > >Eli Yarborough > >NC Tech Sales ><mailto:carolinatechsales at gmail.com>carolinatechsales at gmail.com

14 years, 8 months

P112 board edits

by dgriffi＠cs.csubak.edu

I'm almost ready to start taking orders for P112 kits now. Before that I need some help from someone who knows how to edit gerbers. The edits are pretty minor, but I lack the appropriate software. -- 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, 8 months

FS local pickup only-Kansas City, MO area-OSI C1P, C4P, SuperPET, PET 4016, DEC VT-180, TRS-80 4 and 4P

by michael.passer＠gmail.com

Greetings, all. Have the following for sale--need to move these quickly and they are priced as such. I am in Greenwood, Missouri (a few blocks east of Lee's Summit along Missouri 150). I am not looking for eBay prices but am also not looking for eBay-level hassle--I just don't have time to pack and ship these systems anywhere; they would have to be picked up locally and paid for with cash. I would of course be happy to allow prospective buyers to power up each machine and verify its operation to his satisfaction before paying. Ohio Scientific C1P with disk drive - $125 Ohio Scientific C4P with disk drive - $150 Commodore SuperPET with 8050 (one drive needs a part for the door) - $90 Commodore PET 4016 - $50 DEC VT-180 - $50 TRS-80 Model 4 - $20 TRS-80 Model 4P - $30 I additionally have several VIC-20s, C-64s, a C-128 or two, disk drives, Atari 8-bit machines, an Atari ST, monitors, and software for those interested in things along those lines as well. That said, I will listen to and consider any reasonable offer. Thank you for taking a moment to read this! Michael Passer michael.passer at gmail.com

14 years, 8 months

ANN: liblpfk (IBM LPFK driver library), tumble-0.33-philpem1

by classiccmp＠philpem.me.uk

Hi guys, A few of you might remember the IBM LPFK bulk-order a couple of years back, and the ensuing chaos of figuring out the control protocol (which was eventually resolved when Michael Brutman found some old IBM protocol docs which covered the LPFK). I figure I've been sitting on the code for long enough: it's time to make a proper release! Anyone who wants to have a play with this is welcome to do so: the code is on my website, under "Code :: liblpfk", or if you'd prefer a direct link: http://www.philpem.me.uk/code/liblpfk/ I've also uploaded my fork of Eric Smith's "tumble" utility, a TIFF-to-PDF converter. I found a couple of bugs (which haven't been fixed seven months later) and figured it was a shame not to share the patches. After all, it is open-source :) URL for that is http://www.philpem.me.uk/code/ -- click "Tumble". At some point I'll give this a separate page instead of just linking to the version-control repository, and may well document the control file format (which IIRC isn't documented at the moment). Somewhat offtopic, but I've also released a driver for one of the Brother P-touch label printers. I needed labels for my spare parts boxes and really didn't feel like making them with a Dymo gun when I had a perfectly good stock database (which is next on the 'stuff to release' list) which I could use as a data source for said labels. Work smarter not harder and all that ;) These were written for Linux, but should work decently well on BSD too. Forget running them on Windows unless you want to port the serial-line (liblpfk) and/or usb-lp (libptouch) stuff across... I didn't (this be a Linux-only ship, yarrr!) Comments, criticism and so on should be sent to the address below. Sensible patches are, as always, gratefully received 8^) FYI: I'm working on getting a copyright release from university for the DiscFerret software. At the moment most of the Department of Computer Science is on holiday so this is proving somewhat difficult... PCB design is still ongoing, though a lack of funds means it might be a while before I get prototype PCBs made. I'm hoping to release the firmware, microcode and decoder engine under the GPL or LGPL, and the hardware access library will most likely be distributed under a "BSD-with-attribution" type license (I forget, is that 3-clause or 4-clause?). Either way, it'll be GPL-compatible (for obvious reasons!) and commercial-use-allowed. Thanks, -- Phil. classiccmp at philpem.me.uk http://www.philpem.me.uk/

14 years, 8 months

To scrap or not to scrap?

by hachti＠hachti.de

Hi, just followed the thread about ENIAC pieces and went to the website announcing a VCF southeast. There I saw announced sales of Arcnet and Token Ring adapters. That was the inspiration for this posting. * I came across a box of Token Ring and Arcnet stuff. Mostly NICs. * IBM PC AT and around * Sun Ultra 1 (or 5?) pizza boxes * 5.25" and 8" disk floppy drives and HDDs * Philips P4500 computer (or 5400?) Is there any interest in that kind of stuff? Might that be of sufficient quality (quantity isn't the problem) for a dedicated flea market event? Opinions very welcome. And btw I'm talking about stuff in Northern Germany... Regards, Philipp

14 years, 8 months

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