test-drb December 2011

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247 discussions

by billdeg＠degnanco.com

I have received a few requests for the Donner 3500 instruction manual, which I have posted on my site, with related docs http://vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread_record.cfm?id=421&tid=9 It appears a few of these are popping out of the woodwork lately. There are now at least 8 now known to exist, maybe more. Bill Degnan

11 years, 10 months

Steve Jobs

by evan＠snarc.net

Tonight I finished reading Walter Isaacson's book about Jobs. It is very good, and I highly recommend it. I urge cctalk'ers to read it and constantly keep in mind * the big picture * instead of being your usual nit-picky selves about tech details.

11 years, 10 months

Christmas cleanup!

by bdwheele＠indiana.edu

Hey everyone! I need to raise some money for gifts this year so I'm cleaning out some of the systems I don't play with any more. Terms: * I'm in Bloomington, IN (47408) * Everything works as of the last time I turned them on * Things that are shipped: Payment via paypal + actual costs for shipping * Things that aren't shipped: Cash only, and I can meet within a 50 mile radius or so. That means the south side of Indy, Terre Haute, etc. * If it seems too high, make me an offer. Of course, if it seems to low you can offer too :) * Sun Ultra 5 ($40, will ship) 333 MHz UltraSPARC IIi, 256M RAM, CDROM, Floppy, Needs ATA HD * IBM RS/6000 43p 7248 ($20, will ship) 133 MHz PPC 604, 96M RAM, 2.2G SCSI Disk, CDROM * DEC VT-420 ($25) Amber, Keyboard, 2 MMJ Ports * DEC VT-220 ($25) Green, Keyboard, DB25 Port * DECserver 200/MC ($25, will ship) 8 db25 ports * AUI 10BaseT Tranceivers ($1 each, will ship) 10 available, 12" cable * 21" NeXT MegaPixel Color ($25) Model N4005A, 13w3 connector * Kaypro 4/84 ($150) a: 5.25", b: 3.5", original disks for: cp/m 2.2g, basic-80, microplan, c-basic, datastar, reportstar, calcstar, wordstar, mailmerge, s-basic, suprterm,dbase ii; looks like a pretty full set of manuals. I have the 2nd 5.25" drive if you want it as well. Broken right hand keyboard latch. * Amiga 1000 System ($350) In original box with manuals. 256K expansion, 1M side expansion, kickstart/workbench 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 (originals and copies, some disks fail due to age, but I could boot 1.1 and 1.3). Zenith color composite monitor, and misc software. * Apple IIgs System ($100) 3.5" and 5.25" drives. System 5.0.4 software plus lots of educational stuff. 12" color monitor. Owner's reference and getting started guide. * 22 8" floppies ($10, will ship) If they weren't so big they'd make great stocking stuffers. Maybe they can be hung outside the stocking?

11 years, 10 months

Storing cables

by ard＠p850ug1.demon.co.uk

I suspect many of use have this sort of problem, and I'd be interested in hearing any solutions to it. Moat classic computers have various little bits that go with them, in particular cables and connector adaptors. In some cases these are specific to one particular type of machine (e.g. the user prot adaptor for the Acor Cabridge Workstation), others are rather more generic (the same cassette lead fits all TRS-80 M1, M3, M4 and M100 machins, along with the IBM 5150), and still others are totally generic (HPIB cables, 'kettle leads', etc). I find storing thes parts, partircularly the 'somewhat generic' ones is a problem, and I can never find what I need. You cna't categorise them by machine (becase, for example, a TRS-80 M1 RS232 cable is specific to that machine (it plugs into an esdge conenctor on the EI), the pritner cable also fits the M3 and M4 machines, the cassette lead also fits the IBM PC), you vcan;'t realy do it by function (a DBd25-DB25 lead could be used for several purposes, not only RS232), and so on. Any ideas? I am getting fed up with having to re-make a cable which I know I made a couple years earlier, but for a different machine, and which I now can't find. -tony

11 years, 10 months

Data General computer

by a50mhzham＠gmail.com

I believe they have multiple (6? More?) Pentium or Pentium Pro processors. At 07:20 PM 11/30/2011, you wrote: >Do you know if these are Intel AViiON computers or Motorola 88k based >machines? > >-Matt > >On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Tom <a50mhzham at gmail.com> wrote: > > > I might be soon coming into possession of some Data General stuff. Maybe > > an Aviion 66. There's a second one, maybe a model 37? I'm not sure. No > > drives. I'm going to see what's there and post the inventory in the next > > few weeks. I've never heard of any demand for these; anyone know if there > > would be any interest? I realize my question is based on pretty sketchy > > information so far, but that's all I know. > > > > -T > > > > > > > > > > > > 434 . [Humor] My school colors were clear. --Steven Wright > > 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 > > 140 . [Philosophy] Faith means not _wanting_ to know the truth. --Nietzsche 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

11 years, 10 months

Data General computer

by a50mhzham＠gmail.com

I might be soon coming into possession of some Data General stuff. Maybe an Aviion 66. There's a second one, maybe a model 37? I'm not sure. No drives. I'm going to see what's there and post the inventory in the next few weeks. I've never heard of any demand for these; anyone know if there would be any interest? I realize my question is based on pretty sketchy information so far, but that's all I know. -T 434 . [Humor] My school colors were clear. --Steven Wright 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

11 years, 10 months

Archiving Xebec S1410 / S1410A controlled ST-506 drives

by glen.slick＠gmail.com

As a follow up to Richard's question, does anyone have any experience archiving an Xebec S1410 / S1410A SASI controlled drive from a relatively modern system? If the SASI controller doesn't support the standard SCSI Inquiry and Read Capacity commands I wouldn't expect that you could simply connect it to a SCSI host controller on a Linux box and "dd" the drive contents to a disk image file. -Glen

11 years, 10 months

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