test-drb December 2011

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by vintagecoder＠aol.com

I don't know, I don't have a TV. ------Original Message------ From: John Foust Sender: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org To: cctalk at classiccmp.org ReplyTo: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: TV -> D-Sub converter possible? Sent: 13 Dec 2011 14:11 At 06:04 AM 12/13/2011, vintagecoder at aol.com wrote: >Hmmm, will any old CRT monitor work? I might be pursuaded to see if I can >scrounge one of those even though finding a home for it would be a problem. Oh, no, this thread has so much miscommunication in it, we have to keep it going. I assume you're not in the USA? So when you buy the average LCD TV in Europe, does it not include the same threaded "F" connector for an RF input, that would be able to tune this "channel 3" (61.25 MHz)? - John

12 years, 8 months

Craigslist Wang - Seattle, WA

by glen.slick＠gmail.com

Can anyone id this Wang system? Looks like maybe a box on a desk with another box in the desk with maybe an 8" floppy? http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/sys/2746923849.html Also, a Tek 4051 system and accessories asking $550. (No connection to this listing other than it being local to me.)

12 years, 8 months

Follow up on the PDT 11/150 recent posting

by jgessling＠yahoo.com

I got the picture scanned in that triggered my previous post so I include the link for your enjoyment. http://uaskies.blogspot.com/2011/12/pdt-11150-and-kids.html Regards, Jim

12 years, 8 months

Unix handles file extensions "very poorly"?

by brian＠quarterbyte.com

For the "very poorly" category, I'd like to nominate the DOS & Windows command line globbing semantics, where ? matches one character OR NOTHING. Likewise, ?? matches zero, one or two characters. And ??? matches zero, one, two or three characters. So, del *.? will not delete just "file.a", it will delete "file" as well. This sort of sets the gold standard for poor behavior. Even Microsoft is at odds with itself about what ? means. In the Windows world, the command shell doesn't expand wildcards. Applications have to do it for themselves. The Visual Studio C runtime library globbing routine incorrectly states that '?' matches "exactly one char". So even some of their own developers aren't aware of this. Brian

12 years, 8 months

Seeking HP Vectra models for purchase

by sellam＠vintagetech.com

Hello folks. I need any one of the following models of HP Vectras: - HP Vectra VL2 4/33se - HP Vectra VL2 4/66 - HP Vectra M2 4/50 - HP Vectra VL2 4/50 - HP Vectra VL2 4/50 CD - HP Vectra XM2 4/66i Bonus points (in increasing value) if: 1. They are original (i.e. no upgrades) 2. Complete 3. Have original OS and software installation 4. Come with original software install disks, manuals and paperwork. If you have any one of these models, please contact me ASAP. I am looking to purchase them. Thanks! -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]

12 years, 8 months

Unix handles file extensions "very poorly"? - Re: Mac/Mac Programming/Cocoa/HyperTalk Books free - Melbourne

by jfoust＠threedee.com

At 01:43 PM 12/12/2011, Liam Proven wrote: >Perhaps it's just me, but I really quite /liked/ the VMS system: >name.extension;version. Saved my bacon a few times, did file >versioning. Given how cheap disk space is now, I'm saddened it's not >made a comeback. It's Time Machine in OS X, it's "previous versions" in Windows 7. - John

12 years, 8 months

TV -> D-Sub converter possible?

by vintagecoder＠aol.com

Oh, I'll have to look at my junk pile. I seem to remember getting a TV card along with a few boxes of misc parts when I bought a desktop a few years ago. I had no use for it at the time. Maybe I will. Thanks. ------Original Message------ From: Cameron Kaiser Sender: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org To: cctalk at classiccmp.org ReplyTo: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: TV -> D-Sub converter possible? Sent: 12 Dec 2011 18:30 > > Or you can get a TV card for a PC for under $20. Most of them work > > nicely with Linux and all of them work with Windows, though the actual > > viewing applications get a bit ugly. > > I meant to ask about this since I have no idea what it is, I thought it > would be used for receiving over-the-air TV signals. Are you saying they > have input jacks that would work with old computers that had TV output > connections? Yes. Many (even most) of them have composite inputs, and some even have S-video inputs. I used an Aurora Fuse card for this in my MDD until I got a FireWire Canopus ADVC-300. -- ------------------------------------ personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckaiser at floodgap.com -- Everything is permissible, but not everything is expedient. -- 1 Cor 6:12 --

12 years, 8 months

The National Museum of Computing enjoys tablet resurrection of BBC Domesday Proj

by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com

The National Museum of Computing enjoys tablet resurrection of BBC Domesday Project | Culture24 In 1986, to mark the 900th anniversary of the Domesday Book, the BBC launched the Domesday Project, a then-pioneering campaign where the public could submit pictures and insights on their local area which were then etched onto immortal laserdiscs. High costs and technological advances meant the project was never fully realised in spite of its futuristic ambitions, but last April BBC Learning resurrected the project by making the archives accessible online. _http://bit.ly/tA7ueH_ (http://bit.ly/tA7ueH) Thanks, Ed Sharpe, Archivist for SMECC See the Museum's Web Site at _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org/)

12 years, 8 months

Apollo Domain/OS programming?

by legalize＠xmission.com

I was reviewing the Domain System Call Reference on bitsavers <http://bitsavers.org/pdf/apollo/007196-01_Domain_System_Call_Reference_Jan8…> and was browsing the PAD (Display Manager) section. Has anyone here done any GUI programming on Domain/OS? I'd like to understand the programming model better. -- "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

HP 1000 boards on epay (I think)

by mark.kahrs＠gmail.com

These are not listed as such, so I'm taking a guess: http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Agilent-13197-60001-1K-WCS-Board-Assembly-/16069… http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Agilent-12897-60004-DCPC-Board-Assembly-/1606970… http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Agilent-12892-60003-Memory-Protector-Board-Assem… http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Agilent-02102-60001-Memory-Controller-board-Asse…

12 years, 8 months

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test-drb December 2011