test-drb February 2013

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by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

------------------------------ On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 10:40 PM PST Eric Smith wrote: >I'm not sure when "then" was, but I think you've confused the company "eMachines" with the older UMAX/Supermac brand. eMachines was from their inception a PC clone company. Through acquisitions, eMachines was most recently an Acer brand, but has just been discontinued recently. > >Eric Nuh uh. The original emachines at least sold mac cards. Check ebay. I still have my old Futura SX video card stuck in a IIcx.

11 years, 10 months

NEC 8001 A docs available

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

E-majl your needs. I sold the drive cabinet like an idiot but the cpu w/1 busted key (and does not work), and the expansion cabinet w/a few digs I still have. I'll probably put this stuff on ebay soon. I can at least provide digital stills of the manuals though.

11 years, 10 months

Long Live the Quad was Re: NO QUAD (Was: 3B2 floppies

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

I've readily created and reproduced images of Tandy 2000 720k 5 1/4" floppies with run of the mill 1.2 Meg drives. All kinds.Imagedisk, Teledisk wotevuh. In early pentiums and whatnot. Didn't tamper with jumpers nor data rates. And I do seem to recall W2K server straitaway raeding quads in 1.2 drives. Again w/no tampering or fenagling anything. Not even a pretty please. Don't listen to the Fredster. Quads are alive and well and are the de facto Uber Density.

11 years, 10 months

3B2 floppies

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

------------------------------ On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 12:43 AM PST Sam O'nella wrote: >Have you tried making any of those 5.25 to 8" converters with them? Most of the drives I"ve seen have 50 pin male headers like a scsi-1 or something else entirely. >-----Original Message----- >From: Chris Tofu <rampaginggreenhulk at yahoo.com> >Sender: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.orgDate: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:58:42 >To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org> >Reply-To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > <cctalk at classiccmp.org> >Subject: Re: 3B2 floppies > > >I also have a bag full of the card edge to header converters. 1$ + shipping. >

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Long Live the Quad was Re: NO QUAD (Was: 3B2 floppies

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

Despite my illiteracy I was SIMPLY STATING that I've readily worked with quads w/o having to fiddle with anything. What are we supposed to call them if not quads??? Clearly it's not about density when even I stated DD disks seem to always work. It's about a format that is unusual yet common enough to warrant a separate designation. ------------------------------ On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 3:49 PM PST Fred Cisin wrote: >On Wed, 13 Feb 2013, C:\Derp wrote: >> I've readily created and reproduced images of Tandy 2000 720k 5 1/4" >> floppies with run of the mill 1.2 Meg drives. All kinds.Imagedisk, >> Teledisk wotevuh. In early pentiums and whatnot. Didn't tamper with >> jumpers nor data rates. And I do seem to recall W2K server straitaway >> raeding quads in 1.2 drives. Again w/no tampering or fenagling anything. >> Not even a pretty please. >> Don't listen to the Fredster. Quads are alive and well and are the de >> facto Uber Density. > >For those who are literate, I clearly stated that MOST "1.2M" drives can >do "720K" formats, once the drive select and cabling issues of >installation are done, and after somebody COMPETENT writes software that >switches speed or data transfer rate to the correct values (which they >will often DEFAULT to, and prevents software from double-stepping. >Any problems that occur are installation issues, and/or the result of >running software that does stuff that you do not want. > >However, calling them "quad" is a completely clear determination of >incompetence. > >There are no "FREDSTER"s here. > >

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My EACA Colour Genie on YouTube

by terry＠webweavers.co.nz

Another one of my computers in the spotlight. The not-so-well-known EACA Colour Genie. http://youtu.be/8HozhCgfXWA Terry (Tez)

11 years, 10 months

Terminals Wiki 1st Anniversary

by legalize＠xmission.com

One year after it's initial creation, the Terminals Wiki has basic data for approximately 550 different terminals. <http://computergraphicsmuseum.org/2013/02/14/terminals-wiki-1st-anniversary/> -- "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

Macintosh 128K in Portland, Cheap

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

------------------------------ On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 8:46 PM PST Toby Thain wrote: >On 13/02/13 9:50 PM, Chris Tofu wrote: >> >> Do 128k Macs go for big bucks? Guess I've been out of the loop. >> > >I heard they stopped making them. O MY SIDE STOP STOP I heard on good authority they ain't making twinkies no mo either. And then one turns up on this forum.

11 years, 10 months

NEC D765D

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

------------------------------ On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 10:27 PM PST Chuck Guzis wrote: >On 02/13/2013 09:03 PM, Fred Cisin wrote: > >> "It works on a real IBM PC" carries no weight when a reviewer's machine >> is buggy. > >Apparently, the Sanyo piece-of-something MBC-550 series machines are now collectors' items. One of the worst PC-compatibles/non-compatibles ever. Used a WD17xx floppy controller and ran (by CPU clock) slower than the 5150. Has a sort of VCR-look to it. No BIOS, except for a very simple bootloader--the BIOS had to be loaded from your boot floppy. > >One wonders what possessed Sanyo to make the thing. > >--Chuck I thought you liked the Silver Fox. Yes it had a 3.58 mhz clock, a hybrid digital-linear power supply, one red key and the largest return key you'll ever need. My dookey machine don't work currently. It may look like a vcr because it's so compact. Warez are available on the Tandy 2000 yahoo group or at least there's a recent threadc telling you where to find them. They had a following back in the day. Had better color graphics then cga if you could imagine.

11 years, 10 months

Long Live the Quad was Re: NO QUAD (Was: 3B2 floppies)

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

------------------------------ On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 10:00 PM PST Scott Quinn wrote: >I AM UNWORTHY! > >I have recited the proper names of the D-shells 10 times through as penance. Scrub out That Which Shall Not Be Named Again and insert whatever descriptive term you prefer. > >Some marketer got to the manuals and put in That Which Shall Not Be Named Again, and the 3B2 is my first introduction to that particular format. I have been instructed in the mysteries and now know the proper terms to use. I have heard on good authority that even the priests and priestesses, Fred, Chuck, Allison,... utter such blasphemies in secretive chambers. So just don't swet it. Everybody's doing it.

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