test-drb December 2011

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by dj.taylor4＠verizon.net

I was looking on ebay at pictures of Balltimore. Lo and behold I saw something the Classic Computer folks would appreciate. See ebay item 260916992297 It is a picture of an actor, but who cares, it's the background that caught my eye.

12 years, 8 months

wanted: raised flooring for cheap

by legalize＠xmission.com

I figure there are three classes of "cheap" for raised flooring systems: - it's new and on sale - it's used and removed/reclaimed from a decomissioned data center/machine room - it's used and sitting in the existing machine room and you come pull it out so they don't have to deal with it Ideally I'd like to pick up something for free, because this is not a high priority item for the museum. It's more in the "nice to have" category. It would make it much easier to supply power to exhibits in the middle of a large open area because I could run power and data cabling under the floor. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 version available for download <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com/the-direct3d-graphics-pipeline/> Legalize Adulthood! <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>

12 years, 8 months

FS. PDP 11/35 + RK05 units in Yorkshire

by silvercreekvalley＠yahoo.com

I'm thinking of thinning down my PDP 11 collection a bit and have a nice PDP 11/35 unit which may be of interest. This is a collection only item in Yorkshire. This is in good condition and fully functional. It is fitted with the max memory 128KW I think, and the MMU. I also have the incredibly rare FPU for this unit, but its not fitted or tested. Also available with the unit, three RK05 drives with disks, cables and the driver cards (which are fitted to the 11/35). Other spares, parts available too including a spare CPU set (minus the MMU and FPU). This is a very tidy unit and as I say its fully functional, powers up cleanly, and even has its original key. Fitted with a UK plug (European voltage) and can be powered from regular mains. Email if interested. Sorry no postage on these units, I cant even lift them never mind post them :)

12 years, 8 months

Data General One: searching manuals and disk images

by shadoooo＠gmail.com

Hello. I have a nice DG One portable computer; it's the 2T version, and appears to be fully working. I doesn't have however manuals nor original OS disks for it, so I'm asking if someone has something to share. It would be very interesting to find also copies of the CPM OS disks. Thanks Andrea

12 years, 8 months

cctalk Digest, Vol 100, Issue 52

by spasticcolin-cctalk＠yahoo.com

...When it first started happening, I heard the excuse it was a case of industrial espionage gone wrong where an ingredient was left out of the recipe... at the time I heard 3 guys from the factory got together and stole 3 parts of the formula from a tiawanese factory and defected to mainland china for a $1M bounty. But they didn't know of a 4th part; the corrosion inhibitor. Without the 4th part the caps were supposed to little time bombs, slowly eating away at their aluminum cases. I do know I woke up one night after having a dream of popcorn popping only to find a ATX p/s with caps going off like popcorn in the room next door. I unplugged the PC and put it in the bath tub and went back to sleep. Changed out the p/s the next day and it worked fine.

12 years, 8 months

Automatic file associations - Re: Unix handles file extensions "very poorly"? - Re: Mac/Mac Programming/Cocoa/HyperTalk

by dm561＠torfree.net

---- Original message: Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:13:38 +0100 From: Holm Tiffe <holm at freibergnet.de> > Files should have an header wich describes what type of data the file > represents. Why? What is so terribly wrong with using the file's _name_ to describe the type of data a file represents, so that those "humans" that you seem to disdain elsewhere can also know and work with its type, not just the computer? Always sad to see that in a community one would expect to be eager and open to explore different and perhaps even better ways of doing things, this sort of discussion so often is mostly just defending the status quo and _arguing_ over DOS *versus* UNIX, Win vs. Linux, Apple vs. PC etc., even sometimes to the point of insulting and name-calling, not to mention the all-pervasive disdain and contempt for those unwashed [L]users 'out there' whom all this is ultimately actually for and who indirectly pay most of our salaries. We are all in the same business/hobby after all and surely there are better ways to spend our precious time... But alas, it has ever been thus... BTW, I think this quote from Ritchie himself sums it up perfectly: "Unix is simple. It just takes a genius to understand its simplicity." m

12 years, 8 months

ISO: Binary editor with bit shift/complement, etc.

by cclist＠sydex.com

I'm looking for a binary editor (platform doesn't really matter) that can take blocks of bytes (or bits), shift them right (extended shift, carrying bits throughout the entire block, not just shifting things on a byte or word basis), XOR, AND, OR with a repeated value (i.e. 12 means 12 12 12 ...), modulo add or subtract, etc. Anyone know of such a thing? Most binary editors I've seen are very weak in the area of binary data manipulation. --Chuck

12 years, 8 months

SCSI to IDE/SD bridge project

by LYNCHAJ＠YAHOO.COM

[resending message as ASCII only due to severe HTML mangling of URL] Hi, I ordered some additional SCSI to IDE/SD prototype boards.? The project has a working design (so far) and some preliminary software. If you are interested in a helping to develop a completely free and open design please contact me. http://n8vem-sbc.pbworks.com/w/browse/#view=ViewFolder&param=MINI%20SCSI%20t o%20IDE%20prototypes This project uses the older style technology consistent with the rest of the N8VEM style boards for easy construction and customization. While I concede there are many paths to designing a SCSI-1 drive replacement this approach has merit and has shown some real progress. What we need is some additional help to get the project finished so it can be offered to the vintage/hobbyist community as a means to preserve computers or other devices which rely on SCSI-1 drives. Thanks and have a nice day! Andrew Lynch

12 years, 8 months

SCSI to IDE/SD bridge project

by LYNCHAJ＠YAHOO.COM

Hi, I ordered some additional SCSI to IDE/SD prototype boards. The project has a working design (so far) and some preliminary software. If you are interested in a helping to develop a completely free and open design please contact me. http://n8vem-sbc.pbworks.com/w/browse/#view=ViewFolder <http://n8vem-sbc.pbworks.com/w/browse/#view=ViewFolder&param=MINI%20SCSI%20 to%20IDE%20prototypes> &param=MINI%20SCSI%20to%20IDE%20prototypes This project uses the older style technology consistent with the rest of the N8VEM style boards for easy construction and customization. While I concede there are many paths to designing a SCSI-1 drive replacement this approach has merit and has shown some real progress. What we need is some additional help to get the project finished so it can be offered to the vintage/hobbyist community as a means to preserve computers or other devices which rely on SCSI-1 drives. Thanks and have a nice day! Andrew Lynch

12 years, 8 months

cctalk Digest, Vol 100, Issue 22

by Arno_1983＠gmx.de

Sorry for the lapse, was meant to go privately of course... > Hallo Herr Eichberger, > > vielen Dank f?r Ihre Nachricht und Ihre Angebote. > Ich merke das vor und melde mich gegebenenfalls... -- NEU: FreePhone - 0ct/min Handyspartarif mit Geld-zur?ck-Garantie! Jetzt informieren: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freephone

12 years, 8 months

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test-drb December 2011