test-drb December 2011

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by Arno_1983＠gmx.de

Hallo Herr Eichberger, vielen Dank f?r Ihre Nachricht und Ihre Angebote. Ich merke das vor und melde mich gegebenenfalls. Selbstverst?ndlich stehe im Gegenzug auch ich zur Verf?gung, wenn sich in meinem Einzugsbereich etwas anfindet, was f?r Sie von Interesse ist. Im ?brigen trifft sich das sehr gut, denn wir besuchen etwa einmal im Jahr Freunde und Verwandte in ?sterreich und Tschechien und fahren dabei die Strecke Passau - Linz - Wien - Drasenhofen oder umgekehrt - da l?sst sich ein Treffen bestimmt einmal einplanen. Die Computersammlung am Universit?ts-Rechenzentrum in Erlangen, wo ich einige Zeit gearbeitet habe, besitzt ?brigens einige pdp-11 Rechner und hat evtl. vor, einen davon wieder in Betrieb zu setzen. D?rfen wir in diesem Fall auf Sie zur?ckkommen, wenn wir dann auf der Softwareseite einige Fragen haben? In meiner eigenen Sammlung habe ich bisher von DEC ?brigens "nur" zwei microVAXen und einen alpha-Rechner, die auch noch auf ihre betriebsf?hige Wiederherstellung warten. Mit freundlichen Gr??en Arno Kletzander // Vy 73 de DO 4 NAK -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:53:31 +0100 > From: Wolfgang Eichberger <oe5ewl at gmail.com> > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > <cctalk at classiccmp.org> > Subject: Re: Alpha, VAX available in Sweden > Message-ID: > <CANJYbi--vh5OW2MD1j1aKBzQ_LD5xE7b34d9Y_Jwtmz0AFqskg at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Arno, > > I can offer you Store and Forward Service if you find something in Austria > / Southern Germany you'd like to have (offer is available to others if > desired). My collection "radius" is like yours somewhat limited too, but > for at least temporary storage I could manage that... > > My second offer is (as usual) a scanning service for everything up to A3. > If you are (more or less) local and having vintage documentation available > nowhere else that you'd like to have scanned in feel free to contact me. > This is a no charge offer, as I would scan in my spare-time. I have > permanent access to production scanners with reasonable image-quality (B/W > and color). > > BTW: Does anyone wants to get rid of a 9track Tape or a RL02 drive in the > Area mentioned above? I don't mind restauration-project-items as > hobby-capital is a bit limited here. My 11/23 feels a bit naked without > mass storage. > > Regards, > Wolfgang > > -- > Wolfgang Eichberger - OE5EWL > Operating System Collector > Blog: 5ewl.blogspot.com > Homepage: www.eichberger.org -- NEU: FreePhone - 0ct/min Handyspartarif mit Geld-zur?ck-Garantie! Jetzt informieren: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freephone

12 years, 7 months

SOLUTION (Was: Unix handles file extensions "very poorly"?

by technobug＠comcast.net

On Sat, 17 Dec 2011 09:09:20 -0800, "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> wrote: > Has anyone here used CENVID--an interpreted C-- type of shell on DOS, > OS/2 or NT? It's in the SIMTEL collection from about 1995 or so. > There are 16 bit real, protected and Win32 versions. > > I found it to be quite handy when taking files from other systems > with strange names and converting them into something that most > DOS/Windows apps would be comfortable with. > > It was sold by Nombas, which seems to have long gone bye-bye. I remember we used something of that ilk in the late '80s or early '90s to support one of our products. However, specifics have fallen off the rear of the table of my mind. Currently, I've been using SoftIntegration's "Ch" <http://www.softintegration.com/products/chstandard/>, an interpreted, C-enhanced, scripting language which works quite well across the OSs I use. -> CRC

12 years, 7 months

Computyper (friden?) on eBay

by derschjo＠mail.msu.edu

Not affiliated with the seller... Looks interesting but in rough shape. Anyone know more about this thing? 260917141380 Josh

12 years, 7 months

Classic Picture (PDP 11/x Newspaper Printing System)

by billdeg＠degnanco.com

> > >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. We just rescued a system just like this from another news paper, this one in central New Jersey. A gentleman somehow affiliated with the paper had been holding onto it all these years. It's presently at our museum in Wall, NJ (Mid-Atlantic Retro). I don't know if anyone from our group took any photos, but many of the same components. Bill

12 years, 7 months

russian PDP-11 like K1801BM2 CPU Startup reading w/o, address?

by jonas＠otter.se

>>> YEs, a great book. Along with Bob Pease's book ('Analog circuit >>> > > troubleshooting' or soemthign like that). Well worth reading. >> > >> > I shall have to obtain a copy of this book. > I will try to dgi out my copy and post the exact title, ISBN, etc if you > like. Troubleshooting Analog Circuits Robert A. Pease (author) ISBN-10: 0750694998 ISBN-13: 978-0750694995 Publisher: Newnes; New edition edition (17 Jun 1991) /Jonas

12 years, 7 months

russian PDP-11 like K1801BM2 CPU Startup reading w/o address?

by tshoppa＠wmata.com

Tony writes: >> On 12/14/2011 08:14 PM, Mouse wrote: >> > On the other, I'm considering an AGC circuit that doesn't use a bulb, >> > but instead uses a FET as a variable resistor, and trying to figure out >> > where it's got anything nonlinear in it (assuming the amplifier is >> > running class A). >> >> Jim Williams (RIP) did a LOT of research on this. The bulb >> outperformed the FET by a gigantic margin. (just sayin'..) > I thoguht in the end he amanged ot get the FET cirucit to be better than > the light bulb, but it took a lot of work (and probably wasn't worth it). Good reference: AN-43: http://cds.linear.com/docs/Application%20Note/an43f.pdf I'm sure Jim Williams thought it was worth it and I really enjoyed reading about it so it was worth it to me for sure :-) A highlight was Note 5: "What else should be expected when trying to replace a single light bulb with a bunch of electronic components? I can hear Figure 39?s #327 lamp laughing." I had previously met Sir Denys Wilkinson and he had mentioned something to me about his pioneering days in nuclear instrumentation (including pinball machine multichannel analyzers). When he had told me that he had invented the D/A converter I didn't really believe him but kinda nodded along. Then I read it in Jim Williams' application note - with an actual reference - I felt a little sheepish in retrospect! Tim.

12 years, 7 months

Cheap Chinese electrolytics - a plague - Re: TV -> D-Sub converter possible?

by dm561＠torfree.net

---- Original Message: Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:18:55 -0500 From: "TeoZ" <teoz at neo.rr.com> > Before ewaste was cheaper to ship overseas I am sure quite a bit of it > ended up in US landfills. Sooner or later those landfills will be dug up > and recycled since it will be cheaper then digging 5 miles into the earth > looking for it, plus anything currently junked will go straight to be > recycled and reused. Your optimism is truly refreshing! m

12 years, 7 months

Tandy Videotex and Office Information System

by robert＠irrelevant.com

Hi All. sorry about the quoting - only just re-enabled emails from the list; pasting this out of the web archive: Back in October Kelly Leavitt wrote: >>>In July of 1983 Tandy announced the "Tandy Videotex and Office Information System" that ran under Xenix. It was an early attempt at a hypertext system. It used dialup lines and was hosted on Tandy Model 16b (and later 6000) computers. An 8 port and 16 port multiplexor (that's how they spelled it) were announced. I don't know if either ever shipped. There is some information available in the July 25, 1983 issue of InfoWorld. There is also an article in "TRS-80 Microcomputer News" V5,I 11 (#54 ). I used to run one of these for a local company (that I still work for). Does anyone have the manuals or software from one of these systems? I still have the hardware (not the mux, just the 16b and hard drive). Kelly <<<< One of my standard searches on eBay brought up item 270408833511 "Tandy TRS-80 - Model 2000 - Videotex Plus (1983)" Looks like a complete set - manual in binder and software diskette. I'veNo connection to seller, etc.. I'm now firmly into collecting Prestel/Videdata/Videotex hardware and software, which is fairly easy on the pocket as not much exists, and nobody else seams interested in it. This one is borderline, but way too expensive for me! oh, I also run www.videdata.org.uk. (Hi Tony!) Rob.

12 years, 7 months

Looking for powerpc and decent graphics card for Apple Quadra 950

by silvercreekvalley＠yahoo.com

I'm dusting off my Quadra 950 and thought it might be good to try and upgrade it a bit if I can. I have a fairly slow TrueColour graphics card installed at the moment, so I'm looking for a better quality/faster NuBus card. I'd also like to put in a PowerPC upgrade if I can find one. I used to have one of these years ago, and it used to work pretty well. The Quadra has a PDS type slot. Anyway - anything considered. I'm in the UK - but shipping this weight of item from overseas wouldnt be too much I think. Contact me off list if you have anything. Thanks Ian. :)

12 years, 7 months

H200 series ID?

by phil+ccmp＠ultimate.com

I looked at the wikipedia entry for the Honeywell H200 series today, and when I came to the "Pupular Culture" section I remembered that when I was in High School (and our Computer Club got to use my school district's H1200 stand alone one night every week) Lily Tomlin did a "We don't care, we don't have to, we're the phone company" bit that I could swear included an H200 series system. I found the video at: http://vimeo.com/16175616 http://www.movieweb.com/tv/TEbXhcfhdjEkec/HUOVvPTWha0QSW It still looks like a Honeywell to me. Can any one make a solid identifcation of what model? http://snltranscripts.jt.org/76/76aphonecompany.phtml says the skit aired 9/18/76. H200's were over ten years old at the time.. That's 5 computer generations these days! The wikipedia page has some H200 photos: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeywell_200 And more at: http://www.feb-patrimoine.com/PROJET/honeywell200/h-200.htm http://starringthecomputer.com/computer.php?c=48 says H200's appeared in several movies, including the original Casino Royale! There's a good still of the programmer's panel from the "Billion Dollar Brain". I still remember the boot sequence: 4 4 BOOTSTRAP RUN

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test-drb December 2011