test-drb June 2012

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by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

I have 2 count them 2 Zenith minisports with 2.5 inch drives. Now thats unusual. No disks though. ------------------------------ On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 10:37 PM PDT David Griffith wrote: >On Tue, 5 Jun 2012, Chuck Guzis wrote: > >> On 5 Jun 2012 at 18:17, David Ryskalczyk wrote: >> >> I'm looking for other unusual floppy drives, but even these Kodaks are >> hard enough to find. >> >> I do have a 6.6MB Kodak drive (and media). It looks a lot like the >> 3.3. > >How about some photos and a write-up? They would be nice to add that to >Wikipedia's articles on floppy disks. > >-- >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, 6 months

Death of Ray Bradbury

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

>From the earliest writers, Verne, A.C. Doyle, etc. sf was all about futurism. They attempted to predict what the future would be like. Primarily. Some stories were set in the present. The combination became the genre as we know it today. Keep in mind a fair amount of scifi became scifact. ------------------------------ On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 11:19 AM PDT Curt @ Atari Museum wrote: >Bradbury was more of a Futurist imho. He truly saw what things would be like and put them into realworld context and perspective. > > > > > > >Chuck Guzis wrote: >> Did Bradbury ever refer to himself as a "science fiction writer"? Although he wrote stories set in futuristic (or alternate reality) places, I was under the impression that such stuff was mostly the backdrop for his storytelling. >> One of his short stories that's a favorite of mine isn't SF (and perhaps not fiction at all) --"The First Night of Lent". >> >> --Chuck >> >> >> >>

12 years, 6 months

social media was Re: OS9 (for 6809) communication

by dm561＠torfree.net

Original Message: Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 01:03:20 +0100 From: Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> > I am rather offended, TBH. By what? My comment on your definition of and attitude towards your 'friends', i.e. if they won't do it your way "then sod 'em"? Or my comment that a professional writer should know the difference between who and whom? No offence intended, just commenting on examples of two all-too-prevalent current trends; just add winking smilies...

12 years, 6 months

which word procs used 2.5s David was Re: DD versus HD 5.25" floppy drives

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

name them please. We need a thorough discussion of w/p's anyway. The Canon VP-3000 is 8088 based in the event you werent aware. Used 5 1/4s though. ------------------------------ On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 4:10 PM PDT David Griffith wrote: >On Wed, 6 Jun 2012, Fred Cisin wrote: > >> On 6 Jun 2012 at 6:48, Chris Tofu wrote: >>> I have 2 count them 2 Zenith minisports with 2.5 inch drives. Now >>> thats unusual. No disks though. ------------------------------ >> On Wed, 6 Jun 2012, Chuck Guzis wrote: >> Yup, I've seen them. AFAIK, the Minisport was the only widely- >> available system to use them, unless there was an early digicam. No >> radical advance in technology, just a different physical size. >> >> Wasn't there a camera (Canon?) that used them? Or was that a DIFFERENT >> 2.5"? - there were several competing 2.5" (and a 2.9" spiral) technologies >> being shown around that time. > >The Canon Xapshot took a VFD or Video Floppy Disk. The disk measured roughly 2.5" and stored analogue still images. This was fairly rare, but was much more common than the LT1 disk that the Zenith Minisport took. There was another 2.5"-ish disk called the QuickDisk which had a single track in a spiral. This was most commonly found in word processors, musical equipment, and the Japanese version of the NES. > > >-- 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, 6 months

social media was Re: OS9 (for 6809) communication

by dm561＠torfree.net

----- Original Message: Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 16:08:37 +0100 From: Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> > ...I commonly invite a couple of hundred people at once to events. I > cannot do that by phoning them all; even emailing them all is a major > pain. This is the sort of thing social networks excel at. > You don't have to use them; feel free not to. But my friend who refuse to > are, by and large, friends who I do not invite to things. ----- Reply: Considering how little you obviously value those "friendships", they probably don't mind at all... And I suppose even semi-professional writers ignoring rules of grammar is just another one of those modern "efficiencies"... Signs of the times...

12 years, 6 months

Mystery Panel

by silent700＠gmail.com

I received this 23" panel strip recently along with a large lot of unrelated (DEC) items. I've tried some creative googling but have been unable to ID it. I'm hoping somewhere here may have encountered it in their past travels. Here is a gallery of pics: https://picasaweb.google.com/102190732096693814506/MysteryTelcoPanel Whatever it came from, it appears to be hand-wired with great care, perhaps even a one-off for its particular application. I thought at first it was telco-related, rather than computing, being a 23" rather than 19" mount. That may still be the case. Or, it could be both, given the intersection of the two industries. So, do those panel codes stir up any memories here? -- jht

12 years, 6 months

P800 boards

by camiel＠camicom.com

I've completed a list of boards in the P800 haul: CPU BOX 1 - labeled P859 . CP7RA : 5111 199 62019 (P857R/A CPU for P858,P859) . MCU3 : 5111 199 77442 (Paper tape, serial control unit (partially populated)) . 2 x M128E : 5111 199 67592 (128Kx21 RAM) . MCU2 : 5111 199 78181 (Line printer, card reader control unit) . MTCU : 5111 199 72467 (Pertec 9 track magnetic tape control unit) . 2 x M128ES : 5111 199 58622 (128Kx21 RAM) . MCU3 : 5111 199 77444 (Paper tape, serial control unit (partially populated)) . AMA-8A : 5111 199 75318 (Asynchronous line multiplexer) . SLCU2 : 5111 199 69373 (Synchronous serial line control unit) CPU BOX 2 - labeled P859 . 2 x CP7RA : 5111 199 62019 (P857R/A CPU for P858,P859) . M128E : 5111 199 67592 (128Kx21 RAM) . MCU2 : 5111 199 78185 (Line printer, card reader control unit) . MCU2 : 5111 199 78186 (Line printer, card reader control unit) . MCU3 : 5111 199 77445 (Paper tape, serial control unit (partially populated)) . BIGD : 5111 199 73289 (Big disk (40/80MB CDC) controller) . BIGD2A : 5111 199 57852 (Big disk) The weirdness of Box 2 is - obviously - a second CPU in the same box. This can't be right. CPU BOX 3 - labeled P859 . CP7R : 5111 199 67589 (P857R CPU for P858,P859) . M128E : 5111 199 67593 (128Kx21 RAM) . TIMER CARD : 4022 422 20091 . ? : 4522 107 62304 . CU-ADIOS : 8222 255 50942 Box 3 has three cards with part numbers in different series from the normal 5111 199 xxxxx CPU BOX 4 - unlabeled, P856 type M4M box . 2 x CDD : 5111 199 78176 . CDD : 5111 199 78177 . CDD : 5111 199 78178 . 2 x MCU3 : 5111 199 78198 (Paper tape, serial control unit fully populated)) . MMU : 5111 199 75183 (Memory Management Unit) . GPC : 5111 199 79382 (Custom card) Box 4 just looks wrong. I don't know what the CDD cards are, but there doesn't appear to be a CPU or memory in there. However, there are P856 CPU's in the spare cards box, and I found references to the P856 being able to use MOS memory as well as core, so all might not be lost here. EXPANSION BOX - E2 type (6 slots) . BIGD2A : 5111 199 57852 (Big disk) . MTCU : 5111 199 72467 (Pertec 9 track magnetic tape control unit) . BIGD : 5111 199 59755 (Big disk (40/80MB CDC) controller) . MTCU : 5111 199 72462 (Pertec 9 track magnetic tape control unit) . 2 x MX : 5111 199 79335 CASSETTE BOX - P833 . K7S2 : 5111 199 79329 (P833-152 Cassette Control Unit) Combined with the spare M-format cards in the haul, the complete list of boards is as follows: . ? : 4522 107 62304 . AMA-8A : 5111 199 75318 (Asynchronous line multiplexer) . BIGD : 5111 199 59755 (Big disk (40/80MB CDC) controller) . BIGD : 5111 199 73289 (Big disk (40/80MB CDC) controller) . 2 x BIGD2A : 5111 199 57852 (Big disk) . 4 x CDD : 5111 199 7817X . 2 x CP7R : 5111 199 67589 (P857R CPU for P858,P859) . 3 x CP7RA : 5111 199 62019 (P857R/A CPU for P858,P859) . CPB : 5111 199 74979 (P856 CPU) . CPB : 5111 199 76227 (P856 CPU?) . CPB / CP7B : 5111 199 63142 (P856 CPU?) . CU-ADIOS : 8222 255 50942 . 4 x F1MB : 5111 199 6742X (modified for 5.25" FDD) . 3 x F1MB : 5111 199 67427 (8" Floppy disk controller) . F1MBY : 5111 199 58742 (Floppy disk controller) . FLDB : 5111 199 69667 . GPC : 5111 199 79382 (Custom card) . 2 x IOP : 5111 199 73185 (I/O Processor) . K7S2 : 5111 199 79329 (P833-152 Cassette Control Unit) . 5 x M128E : 5111 199 6759X (128Kx21 RAM) . 2 x M128ES : 5111 199 58622 (128Kx21 RAM) . 3 x MCU2 : 5111 199 7818X (Line printer, card reader control unit) . 5 x MCU3 : 5111 199 7744X (Paper tape, serial control unit (partially populated)) . 2 x MCU3 : 5111 199 78198 (Paper tape, serial control unit fully populated)) . MMU : 5111 199 75183 (Memory Management Unit) . 3 x MTCU : 5111 199 7246X (Pertec 9 track magnetic tape control unit) . 2 x MX : 5111 199 79335 . SLCU2 : 5111 199 69373 (Synchronous serial line control unit) . TIMER CARD : 4022 422 20091 Looks like I should be able to get a few systems going with these parts. There's also a second box with spare cards, having different formats. Some of these are double eurocard format, like those used in the P85xE systems. There's also a spare power supply for a P859 box, as well as a spare power supply for a P856 box. I'm interested in finding out more about the cards I couldn't identify, these are: . ? : 4522 107 62304 . 4 x CDD : 5111 199 7817X . FLDB : 5111 199 69667 . 2 x MX : 5111 199 79335 . TIMER CARD : 4022 422 20091 I'm hoping CDD means Cartridge Disc Drive, and that these are the controllers for the X1215 disk drives. The 2 8" floppy disk drives are CDC BR8A8A type, looks like they are 800KB double sided, double density drives. They're very dusty. Kind regards, Camiel Vanderhoeven Camicom Software Services & Consulting Tarthorst 1009 6708 JH Wageningen, The Netherlands www.camicom.com | camiel at camicom.com | +31 (0)6 432 568 98

12 years, 6 months

social media was Re: OS9 (for 6809) communication

by holm＠freibergnet.de

microcode at zoho.com wrote: > Hi Holm > > > I don't have any phobia, but it seems you have one: that you are get > > disconnected... > > No kidding, look at the guy's signature! No less than 14 points of contact! > I could understand if he was a stockbroker or movie star but... > > > > Liam Proven ? Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile > > > Email: lproven at cix.co.uk ? GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven > > > MSN: lproven at hotmail.com ? Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven > > > Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 ? Cell: +44 7939-087884 > > > Anyways, do what you like, so as I do. > > He's been an idiot for a long time on this list and this post finally was > too much. He's in my killfile and I don't ever have to read his garbage > again unless somebody quotes his whole post ;-) > > Cheers! > > Israel > People always conclude by themselves on others. Congrats! The sig is containing the information that the german law will see as minimum for business related mail. Don't remember that I've read ever anything interesting from you,i this Mail included... Holm -- Technik Service u. Handel Tiffe, www.tsht.de, Holm Tiffe, Freiberger Stra?e 42, 09600 Obersch?na, USt-Id: DE253710583 www.tsht.de, info at tsht.de, Fax +49 3731 74200, Mobil: 0172 8790 741

12 years, 6 months

Mac IIci/IIcx/Quadra 700 PSU schematics?

by fraveydank＠gmail.com

I've recently acquired a Quadra 700 from eBay. The power supply seems to be dead in the water; no voltage whatsoever on any of the lines, including the +5v trickle. Before I go delving into finding what may be wrong with the supply, does anyone happen to have a schematic for the GE version of this power supply? There's one available from bomarc.org, but they only deal with physical checks and mail, which means it would probably be about a week before I got anything back. Likewise, if anyone knows common failure modes for this particular supply (the Astec one has a known failure in the +5v trickle with a known hackish workaround, but the GE supply has a totally different reference designator schema and possibly completely different circuitry), I'd be interested in hearing about it. - Dave

12 years, 6 months

2.9" spiral disks. Was: DD versus HD 5.25" floppy drives

by fjkraan＠xs4all.nl

> Wasn't there a camera (Canon?) that used them? Or was that a DIFFERENT > 2.5"? - there were several competing 2.5" (and a 2.9" spiral) technologies > being shown around that time. Akai used a 2.8" spiral disk in a range of samplers in 1985. To add to the confusion, the disks were called QD, for "quick disk". The whole disk was read into memory in one read action, maybe that makes them quick. http://www.vintagesynth.com/akai/s612.php Fred Jan

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test-drb June 2012