test-drb December 2011

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by doug＠blinkenlights.com

Not mine, but I had to post it.... http://youtu.be/w68qZ8JvBds instruments a. HP Scanjet 3P, Adaptec SCSI card and a computer powered by Ubuntu v9.10 OS as the Vocals. (hey, the scanner is old) b. Atari 800XL with an EiCO Oscilloscope as the Organ c. Texas instrument Ti-99/4A with a Tektronix Oscilloscope as the Guitar d. Hard-drive powered by a PiC16F84A microcontroller as the bass drum and cymbal

12 years, 5 months

Old Apple price lists

by dgriffi＠cs.csubak.edu

Where can I find an archive of old Apple price lists, particularly from the 70s and 80s? -- 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?

12 years, 5 months

Word Perfect 5.1 Documents?

by halarewich＠gmail.com

>from something I dug up "OpenOffice Writer can read WordPerfect 5.1 documents, as can Microsoft Word" see http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/reading-wordsatar-… On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote: > Out of curiosity, what is there in the way of modern software that can > read Word Perfect 5.1 (probably some 5.2 as well) for DOS documents? The > good news is that I retrieved all these files at some point in the past > from the 3.5" floppy they were on. :-) > > Zane > > > > -- > | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | > | healyzh at aracnet.com | OpenVMS Enthusiast | > | | Photographer | > +-----------------------------**-----+------------------------**----+ > | My flickr Photostream | > | http://www.flickr.com/photos/**33848088 at N03/<http://www.flickr.com/photos/33848088 at N03/> | >

12 years, 5 months

The Strange Birth and Long Life of Unix

by a50mhzham＠gmail.com

Interesting article about the 40th anniversary of the progenitor of many modern operating systems. It even mentions our very own Al Kossow, "One holy grail that eluded us for a long time was the first edition of Unix in any form, electronic or otherwise. Then, in 2006, Al Kossow >from the <http://www.computerhistory.org/>Computer History Museum, in Mountain View, Calif., unearthed a printed study of Unix dated 1972, which not only covered the internal workings of Unix but also included a complete assembly listing of the kernel, the main component of this operating system. This was an amazing find?like discovering an old Ford Model T collecting dust in a corner of a barn. But we didn't just want to admire the chrome work from afar. We wanted to see the thing run again." http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/the-strange-birth-and-long-life… I love the picture of the very first man page. 601 . [Science] All science is either physics or stamp collecting. --Ernest (1st Baron) Rutherford (1871-1937) NEW: a50mhzham at gmail.com ? N9QQB (amateur radio) "HEY YOU" (loud shouting) ? Second Tops (Set Dancing) ? FIND ME ON FACEBOOK 43? 7' 17.2" N by 88? 6' 28.9" W ? Elevation 815' ? Grid Square EN53wc LAN/Telecom Analyst ? Open-source Dude ? Musician ? Registered Linux User 385531

12 years, 5 months

Tandata TD1100 printer port

by ard＠p850ug1.demon.co.uk

As I mnentioend the other night, I've added the parallel printer port to that TD1100 viewdata terminal. The output is a DA15 socket, and in fact the hardest part of adding the port was cutting the back panel of the unit ot allow the conenctor to come through. I had to remove the back panel entirely from the PCB, which invovled desoldering the line wires and the mains wiring.... Anyway. I then had to make a cable from the DA15 to a 36 pin Microribbon conenctor to conenct ot a Cnetronics-interfaced printer. As I mentioend, I'd gueessed as to what the signals were, so I sued those guesses for the initial wiring. Connected the unit to an old Epson FX80+ and pressed the 'print' key on the terminal. It printed. Some garbage, some readable text. I then rememebred the pritner setup screen (type 'P#' at the dialer screen) and found it was set to 'teletext compatible' -- i.e. it would handle the various teletxt/viewdata controll codes and graphics. I reset it to 'ASCII text' and tried again. This time it printed correctly -- almsot. It was double-spacign the lines. I then realsied that the pritner had previously been used with a BBC micro, a machine that, by default, sends only a <CR> as a newline. There's a DIP swithc in most old Epsons to cater for this, it foces the AutoFeedXT line on the inteface conenctor low. Only problem was, I didn't haev the printer manaul. Oh well, I just took it apart and traced the conenctions from the AutoFeedXT pin through the filter resistor to a DRIP swithc. Turnrf it off (so it no longer asserted the AutoFeedXT signal) and put the pritner together. This time it worked fine. My gueses on the printer port signals had probed to be correct. In case anyoen else wants to do it, here's the wirelist (and colours) of the cable I made : 1 o----D3------Or----o 5 2 o----D6------Bu----o 8 3 o----D7------Pu----o 9 4 o----D0------Bk----o 2 5 o----D4------Y-----o 6 6 o----D5------Gn----o 7 7 o----Err/----R/Bu--o 32 8 o----Gnd-----Gy----o 19 9 o----Gnd-----W-----o 30 10 o----D1------Be----o 3 11 o----D2------R-----o 4 12 o----Init/---Tq----o 31 13 o----Stb/----Pk----o 1 14 o----Ack/----R/Y---o 10 15 o----Busy----R/Gn--o 11 DA15P 36 pin Microribbon -tony

12 years, 5 months

Wanted -- cheap GPIB / HPIB / IEEE488 cables!

by classiccmp＠philpem.me.uk

Hi guys, Does anyone here have a surplus of GPIB, HPIB or IEEE488 cables (they're all the same thing) with metric threads? (the thumbscrews will probably be black -- the silver ones are AIUI usually some SAE thread type or other). I'm after a couple of the short 1-2ft "instrument to instrument" cables, a 1-metre (to replace a nasty little knockoff cable which has excessively long thumbscrews) and a 2-metre (to replace a buggered up Belden cable). These seem to be commanding utterly insane prices on Greed-Bay, and are basically unavailable elsewhere... Thanks, -- Phil. classiccmp at philpem.me.uk http://www.philpem.me.uk/

12 years, 5 months

Multiple IBM System/34 systems available in Albany, Georgia

by tosteve＠yahoo.com

Some good looking, vintage systems, located in Georgia. Contact KAY below if interested: See photos here: http://oldcomputers.net/temp/ibm_system34.jpg http://oldcomputers.net/temp/5291_monitor.jpg http://oldcomputers.net/temp/5251_monitor.jpg http://oldcomputers.net/temp/5225_printer.jpg Kay writes: I have *four* IBM System/34 minicomputers from the late 1970s. I also have *three* 5225 Printers, monitors, instruction books. Also 8" floppy disks to complete the sets. Interested in selling or donating to a good cause. Thank you, Kay Ragan kgragan at bellsouth.net Flint Beverage Co., Inc. Albany, GA

12 years, 5 months

Paging Vince Briel

by sellam＠vintagetech.com

Does anyone know how to get in touch with Vince Briel these days? I've tried e-mail to no avail and his website is a closed loop. If you are in contact with him please pass along that I'd like to speak with him. 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, 5 months

Computer Graphics Museum sprawl

by legalize＠xmission.com

I've moved the collection of the Computer Graphics Museum to its new home in Salt Lake City and now I'm organizing the collection. Here are some pics of everything sprawled out over the floor during the initial move: <http://manx.classiccmp.org/collections/cgm/index.html> -- "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, 5 months

Idioms (was: Re: Mac/Mac Programming/Cocoa...)

by mtapley＠swri.edu

At 7:29 -0600 12/6/11, <cctalk-request at classiccmp.org> wrote: >On Tue, 6 Dec 2011, Liam Proven wrote: > > > As I write I am on my easy hinge from an excellent early Yule party. Mine >> Joys of predictive text entry on a keyboardless smartphone. Er, when >> drunk. That was /meant/ to say "I am on my way home..." 8?) > >Damn. > >I thought that it was a nice colorful idiomatic expression. LOL. I have always wondered where all the nice colorful British idiomatic expressions come from. At last I know! -- - Mark 210-379-4635 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Large Asteroids headed toward planets inhabited by beings that don't have technology adequate to stop them: Think of it as Evolution in Fast-Forward.

12 years, 5 months

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