test-drb September 2010

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OT: Vintage electronics/HAM radio for sale-Costa Mesa, CA

by tosteve＠yahoo.com

Slightly off-topic, but still interests many of you. Dozens of vintage (mediocre condition) electronic and HAM radio equipment for sale in Costa Mesa, CA. Storage unit needs to be cleaned out! None of it is mine, I'm just assisting. There is a Kaypro II, Kaypro 4, a floppy drive assembly or two. No S-100 systems. The owner is very unlikely to ship anything, but I can if required. See pics at this link: http://popbottlecaps.com/temp/electronics.html I took the Altos 586, with 2 feet of manuals, and some software.

14 years, 11 months

Are there any Tektronix graphics terminals demos out there?

by ethan.dicks＠gmail.com

Hi, All, I'm dusting off a Tektronix 4105 color graphics terminal (for VCFmw) and while I have the docs and such, I lack the time to write any code >from scratch to scribble on the tube. Does anyone know of any demos out there (for any platform, really - I can emulate anything that's likely to come up if I don't have an original system)? I see some mention out there about software for TOPS-20, and I'm sure there was stuff for VMS, and there may be some stuff out there for UNIX (the terminal was made in 1983). I'd also be happy with older Tektronix demos. The terminal is pretty versatile about what it emulates. I know I could find plot libraries and such and write something from scratch, but I have so much else going on that I just won't have time to be writing code as I collect, test (and probably repair) gear to go this weekend. Ideally, there's either some canned files that can be emitted to the terminal, or some FORTRAN or C code that can be compiled and pointed at a terminal. Thanks for any tips. -ethan

14 years, 11 months

imaging multi-session CDs

by spectre＠floodgap.com

What are people using to make images of multi-session CDs? I have a lot of old Mac games I'm trying to image and store that have both audio and data sessions (in fact, this was pretty common). I can certainly rip them separately, but it would be nice to be able to hold them in a single archive, preferably something Toast or Disk Utility can burn. Any suggestions? -- ------------------------------------ personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckaiser at floodgap.com -- Everyone is entitled to my opinion. -- James Carpenter ---------------------

14 years, 11 months

How to repair Tektronix 4696 inkjet and what to use for

by Arno_1983＠gmx.de

Philip Pemberton <classiccmp at philpem.me.uk> wrote: > During a demonstration at a trade show, a high-ranking Tek > executive picks up a solid ink block...... > > And eats it. > > The whole damn thing. It's certainly widely known, but with some differences. From the description I read of the incident when I googled stuff about my then-new printer, the person just took a bite off the ink block. The Wikipedia entry on "Solid Ink" also uses the wording "...ate part of a stick...", which IMHO is a bit more credible than the other version. So long, Arno -- GMX DSL SOMMER-SPECIAL: Surf & Phone Flat 16.000 f?r nur 19,99 Euro/mtl.!* http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/dsl

14 years, 11 months

Mispronouncing acronyms

by tshoppa＠wmata.com

My favorite was an undergraduate computing help desk that Always managed to insist that the "vi" editor was pronounced "six". More than once I saw PDP-11 become PDP-II become PDP-2. And from the 70's onward I often felt a twinge of pity whenever I saw References to the ASC2 character set. Tim.

14 years, 11 months

Nice FreeCycle find!

by snhirsch＠gmail.com

I picked up a UMAX Astra 2400S scanner with sheetfeeder for free. While the unit itself is not classic by any means, it is extremely well supported by Linux and I'm now able to do batch scanning of classic computer documentation :-). Would appreciate suggestions on application software and techniques, since I know that some folks on the list have considerable experience in this field. Also wondering if there is a "wish list" being kept for items that folks need. Steve --

14 years, 11 months

Commodore PETs, SGI Personal IRIS & More @ RE-PC in Tukwila

by derschjo＠mail.msu.edu

Just a heads up -- dropped by RE-PC in Tukwila today to recycle a few things (nothing classic, I assure you!) and they had a lot of cool old stuff for the first time in awhile; not the best prices but I thought I'd let you guys know, just in case. - They have several PETs -- 2 or 3 8032s and a couple of 2001s (none with chicklet keyboards, alas). Prices were between $100 and $200. They all appeared to be described as "not working" but were in good cosmetic condition. - There's an SGI Personal IRIS 4D/25. Looks to be complete, with tape drive & hard drive. $90, unfortunately... - An Intertec Intertube II terminal, marked as "not working", $35 - A Data I/O 120A gang EEPROM programmer. Kinda neat, a bit big for my tastes, though. $50. - A Franklin ACE 1000, good condition, $16. Probably a few other things that have slipped my mind, but those are the major ones... - Josh

14 years, 11 months

Why CD carriers? was: Wanted: DEC RRD50 CD-ROM Manuals

by chd＠chdickman.com

What was the reason for the carriers used on first generation CD-ROM drives? My first CD-ROM drive cost about $800, but it included an encyclopedia. :-) It used the "standard carrier". I have a Pinnacle RCD-1000 disk burner that also uses the same carrier. I remember that it was attached to an IBM PC-AT or something close and that we basically turned out the lights in the room so as not to disturb it during a burn. The audio drives used the drawer. I know the error correction is better on the audio disk than the data disks, but I haven't found the data disks to be that unreliable. Anyway, why the carriers? -chuck

14 years, 11 months

OT: Akai VT-100 video tapes

by hp-fix＠xs4all.nl

A small OT question is there someone on the list who can digitize Akai VT-100 video tapes. I'm asking this in behalf of the owner of the tapes and a non-working VT-100 system. I suppose the tapes are PAL because the owner of them lives in the Netherlands. The digitizer can have the system if he likes. -Rik

14 years, 11 months

Availeble Barcrest CPU and ROM boards

by hp-fix＠xs4all.nl

I suppose this is on topic, I got a few (5) Barcrest CPU boards and ROM modules. If someone needs them contact me off-list. Items are located in the Netherlands. -Rik

14 years, 11 months

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