test-drb March 2013

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by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

------------------------------ On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 4:33 PM PST David Riley wrote: >On Feb 28, 2013, at 4:24 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote: > >> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote: >> On Thu, 28 Feb 2013, Cindy Croxton Electronics Plus wrote: >>> I have never seen Autocad for a 5150, but there are color games for the >>> 5150, and if you have a color monitor, the games have code in them to set >>> the colors and resolution... >> >> For some reason, CGA AutoCad never really caught on. >> >> I'm sure there's very little if any CAD for CGA. The oldest program I >> personally used was OrCAD, and that was in the 5170 PC-AT days, and >> that was, IIRC, EGA, or at least that's what was on the machine I was >> using it on. > >The original AutoCAD (for some degree of the term "original") was >developed for DOS on 8086 and CP/M-80 (plus early development for >the TI 9900). John Walker has a document-based history of >AutoCAD development here: > >http://www.fourmilab.ch/autofile/ > >I think my favorite document is this one: > >http://www.fourmilab.ch/autofile/www/section2_10_8.html > >I'm still a little upset that we've ended up (OK, not ALL of us) >with the 8086 as the dominant processor of the computing world. > >In any case, I would imagine that the DOS version of AutoCAD in >1982 wasn't using anything better than CGA. Some of the dev >notes for AutoCAD-80 note that work got done faster because the >CP/M port relied on more intelligent output devices that needed >less low-level control than the IBM and Victor 9000 ports. > > >- Dave And unless I'm mistaken, Autocad ran on a cga equipped 5150 through version 7 or 9. I think it was 9 I got from the job. And all they had in my dept was the early 5150. Later upgraded it to a hybrid 286.

11 years, 8 months

IBM 5150

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

------------------------------ On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 12:13 PM PST Fred Cisin wrote: >On Thu, 28 Feb 2013, Chris Tofu wrote: >> It seems what you're saying is the pc will startup w/o video (usually >> returns an error, but you can use a pc w/a terminal off the rs232 port, >> just don't ask me the particulars). Then initialize the video card as >> dos is starting. Seems possible, would be interesting to see someone do >> it. > >Yeah, we used to. > >It is nice, however, to have boot video! So why didn't you use a terminal? You can run a video card and a terminal simultaneously, no?

11 years, 8 months

DOS video device drivers

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

That...might be a good place to look! I may already have every IBeeMer refernce manual known to man (or wimminz). Also got another journal thing on the subject. Where is that thing... But what I was looking foris more or less a skeleton flowchart description. Maybe if I hum and contemplate Josh's goofy answer, I'll come to the discovery that it's sufficient. NOT. ------------------------------ On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 2:48 PM PST Cindy Croxton Electronics Plus wrote: >I will drag out my old 8088 IBM ref book and get back to you on that. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] >On Behalf Of Chris Tofu >Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 3:07 PM >To: cctalk at classiccmp.org >Subject: DOS video device drivers > > >What do they consist of? Is a brief description possible. Please. > >----- >No virus found in this message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 2013.0.2899 / Virus Database: 2641/6136 - Release Date: 02/27/13 > >----- >No virus found in this message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 2013.0.2899 / Virus Database: 2641/6136 - Release Date: 02/27/13 >

11 years, 8 months

Qudos MINICHIP / Quickchip ECAD and Ferranti ULA docs

by classiccmp＠philpem.me.uk

In my long-running tradition of obscure requests... Does anyone know if a copy of the Qudos Ltd "MINICHIP" gate array design tool still exists anywhere? This was a CAD tool designed for the BBC Micro (with 6502 Second Processor) which allowed the machine to be used for the design of Ferranti ULA gate arrays. There was also a similar tool called "Quickchip" for the Acorn Archimedes ("A440 only" according to page 22 of this: http://acorn.chriswhy.co.uk/docs/Acorn/Brochures/Acorn_APP155_HardwareExpan… ) There's some mention of MINICHIP here: http://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/inf/literature/newsletters//ecn01-20/p0… http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GzPpAAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA85&ots=sR_gUYkMii&dq=… I'm also interested in a copy of any documentation on Ferranti ULAs - databooks, details on the logic cells (specifically the ULA9C series but ULA5C may also be useful), design software (or documentation thereof) and so on. Examples: Qudos Ltd. - Qudos Logic Array Design Software Manual QED2 (pub. 1986) Ferranti - Ferranti ULA Design Manual A/F002 (pub. 1981) Guessing what I'm trying to do is left as an exercise to the reader... but it involves photos of the Tube ULA layer masks and a copy of Degate... :P Thanks, -- Phil. classiccmp at philpem.me.uk http://www.philpem.me.uk/

11 years, 8 months

Xerox 16/8 was Re: HPUX Enterprise Operating Environment

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

Got one too :) But the "box" doesn't work, too well anyway. I just figured I could hit ya up for a rom image if necessary. ------------------------------ On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 2:04 PM PST Dave Land wrote: >On 2/28/13 12:43 PM, Chris Tofu wrote: >> >> Hey Dave, is your Xerox fully functional? >> >> >Chris, > >Yes, it works very well as a matter of fact. :) ..and before you ask, >that's the one I'll probably hang onto for a while, heh heh! > >D- > >-- >Dave Land >Land Computer Service > >Check out my site at http://www.landcomp.net

11 years, 8 months

Raspberry Pi

by barythrin＠gmail.com

Its not going to be rpi specific but it will be at risk for any standard exploit for services it hosts. You could pwn it via apache, dns, mail server, etc but again its mostly app vulnerabilities and no real blame to the product itself. For protection it shouldn't have any problem running simple iptables (firewall rules), clamav (on demand virus scanner) if desired or I suppose even snort or other ids/ips although thatd certainly take away from the limited resources. Either way it should have all the charm of the ported OS.

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test-drb March 2013