test-drb April 2011

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by chrism3667＠yahoo.com

I have (2) I will be getting rid of soon. No k/b's (I know where you can get them though, if the guy is willing to ship). Both have h/d's, but neither will boot (as far as a quick test showed). Make offer. I also have (2) mono monitors, but have screen mold. Make offer.

13 years, 1 month

Portable Computing Turns 30

by trash80＠internode.on.net

Portable Computing Turns 30 according to PC Authority Mag - may be of interest to some subscribers... http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/253319,portable-computing-turns-30.aspx ++++++++++ Kevin Parker

13 years, 1 month

Advice on Lisa 2 restoration

by technobug＠comcast.net

On Wed, 06 Apr 2011 23:34:41 +0100, Philip Pemberton <classiccmp at philpem.me.uk> wrote: > Oh, too true -- I found this out to my cost while I was building the > DiscFerret boards. "Electronics grade" isopropyl barely did a thing to > the flux without a long soak and a good scrub with a toothbrush, > followed by a rinse in fresh IPA. Deities! You are truly dedicated using India Pale Ale to rinse your boards. The waste boggle the mi........ Oh ipa = isopropyl alcohol. Nevermind.

13 years, 1 month

probably OT, but still cool: found an HP large format printer on the road

by chrism3667＠yahoo.com

Can't say anything other then it's in my car. It'll be the second "plotter" I've picked up for little or nothing (I was actually a good 10 miles from "ground zero" before I realized this thing is just a big ink jet printer, not a plotter). Anyway it should be good for making large format schematics and whatnot. Doesn't everybody love those? Anyone w/docs or drivers please contact me. Perhaps offlist.

13 years, 1 month

Advice on Lisa 2 restoration

by alhartman＠yahoo.com

I use cheap plastic ice cube trays to segregate screws and small parts by sub assembly. Al Jonas wrote: >> Taking things apart in a photographic developing tray is a good start. >> It won't keep things from pinging off to somewhere where only the cat >> will find them, but it catches things like small screws and >> ball-bearings that fall out. I like to use old plastic 35mm film >> containers to keep small items in, one container for each >> subsystem/part/whatever, keeps related parts together so you don't end >> up with 55 nearly identical screws that you can't remember where they >> went. Taking pictures as you go along with a simple digital camera also >> helps if you do not have a service manual. >> >> /Jonas

13 years, 1 month

Advice on Lisa 2 restoration

by jonas＠otter.se

> Perc is even better; washes the grease and oils right off and leaves > a bone-dry surface. > > Smells kinda purty too, duh... Indeed it is, and does. Forbidden over here though, highly carcinogenic, and will dissolve your brains as well if you get too fond of the smell. /Jonas

13 years, 1 month

Vax 3100 disk recommendation and suggestions

by CCTECH＠beyondthepale.ie

> >If the restriction comes from the host only using SCSI Read(6) >commands then the limit is a 21-bit Logical Block Address (LBA) field. > SCSI Read(10), Read(12), and Read(16) have larger LBA fields. > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCSI_Read_Commands > >With a 21-bit LBA the host can access 2,097,152 blocks. >If those blocks are 512 bytes each that works out to a total of >1,073,741,824 bytes. > That figure looks familiar. This used to be covered in the VMS FAQ. IIRC attempts to read or write to higher block numbers by the console firmware result in the address wrapping rather than an outright failure. It should be possible to arrange the files on a larger disk so that the code that the firmware needs to access for booting is located below the limit. However, this is not as easy as it sounds as VMS BACKUP restores files in alphabetical order and some of the critical bits are located under the VMS$COMMON directory which may end up getting written late in the restore. Special care needs to be taken of the dumpfile (or pagefile if used for dumping). A system crash will result in the firmware writing to it and this can be very bad news if part of the file is located beyond the limit which will cause the address to wrap and something near the beginning of the disk to get overwritten. Disks that are not used for booting or system dumps are not affected by this limitation so a system can have a small boot disk and a much larger data disk. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

13 years, 1 month

Bitsavers rsync

by cc＠informatik.uni-stuttgart.de

The rsync daemon on bitsavers is still down, and noone seems to know the reason why. I've already got a request from someone using my mirror on a regular base... At least, one could expect a notice on the home page. Christian

13 years, 1 month

DEC Legacy Event 2011 Announcement - October 8th, 9th 2011, Windermere, UK

by mark＠wickensonline.co.uk

I'm pleased to announce DEC Legacy 2011 which will take place on the weekend of October 8th-9th 2011 in Windermere, UK. Following the success of last years event I would like to invite all those interested in DEC's range of computers to join me and other DEC enthusiasts for the two day event to celebrate the fantastic work of Digital Equipment Corporation and the legacy it has inspired. Registration is Open. More details at: http://declegacy.org.uk Kind regards, Mark Wickens Event Organiser

13 years, 1 month

For future reference

by dgriffi＠cs.csubak.edu

I've sold stuff to several cctalk list members over the years and I like to think it has all been pleasant. This evening I was accused by someone of shilling an auction for an XCOMP ST/S hard disk controller board set. I'm quite interested in your homebrewing efforts and I wish I had the space and money to buy some of your wares. Accusing people of impropriety is not the way to earn accolades. -- 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?

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test-drb April 2011