test-drb February 2013

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Computing the old way - Is it a thing of the past?

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

------------------------------ On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 11:09 AM PST Murray McCullough wrote: >Should we be surprised at how and why classic-computing, this site in >particular, is so popular amongst the hobbyist/experimenter community >today? There is a modicum of control that?s lacking in today?s >computing, or computing-like, technology. Granted it?s ?easier? to >use/employ, nearly by all; everything, or almost, done without >consumer input but turning the infernal beast on. Or, maybe not with >the ?intelligence agents? been employed today! And even our computers >I dare say going this route. Automatic updates, etc., etc., >happen?Making a computer or otherwise do what you want it to do, >rather than say an Apple or something akin, is fast becoming a thing >of the past. Freedom. Let?s hope it?s not pass? either! > >Murray-- For a lot of people in the various seasons of life, being acquainted with every aspect of their machines just isn't practical. Most people don't even care, much less have the background to understand what's going on/wrong and what's needed periodically. OS's are way too complex (MS-DOS was complex). Linux is everywhere these days. Yet even it has effectively been hijacked by a malicious corporate monster (in Android). I bought a tablet a few weeks ago, and one of the initial setup screens declared "I agree to accept updates from Google". Apart from hitting "Learn more", and that's only a possibility, don't know, thought of utilizing that after the fact, I had no way of opting out. I won't use the thing on the internet until I figure out how to disable that. Freedom has a price.

11 years, 10 months

PANASONIC HHC RL-H1800 TV DISPLAY ADAPTOR

by n8uhn＠yahoo.com

Hi All, I have an rl-h1800 HHC that is part of a GE two way radio programmer. the display is not displaying full characters from the middle of the display to almost the last third of the display and i noticed that a tv display adaptor was available for the hhc. anyone have one or know where i can get one? i haven't checked out how the display is wired into the hhc but, i'm guessing that it used the flex strip or worse yet, that rubber multi conductor bridge strip with the microscopic wires. has anyone fixed loss of dots on the single line lcd? the ge suitcase programmer does have the i/o expander and also has the printer along with two custom i/o boxes for the radio interface and eprom radio program storage box, so, i do have room for a display adaptor. Thankx, Bill

11 years, 10 months

Stardent documentation now online; Dore' documentation wanted

by legalize＠xmission.com

David Gesswein sent me a bunch of Stardent graphics workstation documentation. The last of that documentation has now been scanned, uploaded to bitsavers and added to manx: <http://manx.classiccmp.org/search.php?cp=126> I would still like to get the documentation for Dore', Stardent's proprietary graphics rendering API. If anyone has Dore' documentation, please contact me so that I can get that online as well. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" free book <http://tinyurl.com/d3d-pipeline> The Computer Graphics Museum <http://computergraphicsmuseum.org> The Terminals Wiki <http://terminals.classiccmp.org> Legalize Adulthood! (my blog) <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>

11 years, 10 months

More DEC Module photos

by v.slyngstad＠frontier.com

Hi, Having finished the work for the modules used in the straight-8, the 8/S, PT08, TU55, and the TC01, I'm moving on to other PDP-8 modules. Toward that end, I've made a list of what I'm missing for various pieces of gear related to various models of PDP-8. What I'm looking for here is fairly decent resolution photographs of the component and solder sides of the boards, so I can do the placement and routing accurately. Any revision of these boards is fine for this initial work. 8/L: M703 M705 (I also need these same modules for the 8/I.) 8/I: M702 M703 M704 M705 M714 M716 TC08: G879 M228 M633 M916 PDP-12: A215 A404 A811 G718 G780 G783 G793 G916 M141 M166 M711 M720 M760 W078 Linc-8: A130 B117 B171 G906 R122 R410 W024 W031 W035 W072 W073 (I imagine these will be the hardest to locate, as there are very few surviving examples of some of them.) Thanks, Vince -- o< The ASCII Ribbon Campaign Against HTML Email!

11 years, 10 months

Computing the old way - Is it a thing of the past?

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

Think "PADDs" in Star >Trek: TNG. > > -Dave You keep pulling me into something that'll likely turn into a rant. I am no fan of TNG, and I don't know what they are. I know the original series was considered pc in it's time. But TNG was order of magnitudes more so. So much so I'm sure if it was produced today, Riker and Picard would be having sex in the turbolifts between decks.

11 years, 10 months

Computing the old way - Is it a thing of the past?

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

> Just "root" it and install something (relatively) open like CyanogenMod. I turned a Nook Color from a useless brick (I haven't read fiction in ~30yrs) to a tablet that I use every day thanks to that approach. > > -Dave The Asus tf300 is a different beast. I realize there are roms you can substitute (and haven't heard of that one, previously preoccupied with Zenithink, thanks), but you could brick your tablet in the process, as well as void your warranty. I will root mine prior to the year mark. A bit queasy about swapping out roms though. I'll at least have to see if it's been done on my unit. Is yours the original Nook or the Nook tablet (not the latest)? Are you delving into A* at all?

11 years, 10 months

need DEC Rainbow keyboard for spare parts

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

------------------------------ On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 6:24 PM PST Dave McGuire wrote: > I have a few busted LK201s; I will dig through them this weekend. >Send me your shipping address. Do you require one that's mechanically >sound but electrically busted, or the other way around? Assuming that kb still works, just parts, like keytops and that white plastic component that's visible along the top rows at least when the keys are pulled. Even that got chopped up. I'd probably be interested in whatever you got. Why did I sell my Rainbow?? I've sold off 3 in less then a year! Never did find a color card. O sher this stuff is easy to find. Keebees maybe. Not much else.

11 years, 10 months

Manual for BASF6105 8inch Flp drive

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

All those bits of rubber are now blobs of goo--and tough as the devil to get cleaned up, much less replaced. Try GooGone and a host of other things. Can't say for certain but I have to believe there's some way of removing it w/o too much fuss. Tape residue and I realize it's entirely different comes right off with what used to be called Afta, but they were bought by someone years ago.

11 years, 10 months

Cross country hauling available.

by wdonzelli＠gmail.com

Once again, late-April/mid-May will see my roadtripping across the country, from coast to coast. I have quite a lot of unclaimed space that I need to fill up. As in the past, I am offering to move vintage computer equipment for a decent price from source to your doorstop - single items like bulky terminals to six foot racks to mounds of documentation and tapes. Prices are quite reasonable, especially seeing how much freight costs have exploded recently. I can load from just about anywhere, and unload just the same. All items get great care when being loaded, shipped, and unloaded. At this point, it looks like the journey will be New York to Chicago to Denver to Salt Lake to Seattle to San Jose to San Luis Obispo, then back to Boulder to Chicago to New York. At this point, only the Denver to Seattle portion is completely booked, however, this has not been confirmed yet. I also have partial loads from New York to Denver, and hopefully a partial load from San Jose to New York. So, if you need something rescued and hauled, please contact me off list, and we can see what can be done. -- Will

11 years, 10 months

Computing the old way - Is it a thing of the past?

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

"I agree to accept updates from Google". > >For most idiot users this is a sensible setting. But they don't even have an opt out. Even MalGrowSoft LOL LOLgives you the option. >Looking at :- > >http://www.transformerforums.com/forum/transformer-prime-general-discussion… > >and assuming yours is the same you probably can't unless you rootkit >it, but of course being Linux you should have that option. Hey thanks Dave! Mine isn't the Prime though, the next one (muuuuuch cheaper, not that I payed anything up front). Not that it would matter. But don't worry I'll be busting up this thing in no time. I'll root the DVM and send Google periodic updates!! Those monkeys. >-- >Dave Wade G4UGM >Illegitimi Non Carborundum >

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test-drb February 2013