test-drb April 2013

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by useddec＠gmail.com

More stuff in the way: 5 epson SD-680L sysgen sticker on front 1 teac FD-55EV-12-v 3 teac FD-55 GFR 1 panasonic 455 5 455-7aag 1 475-3A10 take one or all. shipping from IL, 61853. please contact me off list Thanks, Paul

11 years, 6 months

subject tagging, was Re: Who is the moderator of this list?

by barythrin＠gmail.com

In fairness a lot of times its a nondefault but mailing list per user configurable option. I think it isn't perhaps on this server or software but that would be one method of satisfying most. Its not a problem on a real computer or mail client worth a grain of salt however I'm often mobile and also can't view subfolders easily from this crapberry so having a subject line but keeping it in my main inbox would also benefit my ability to keep track of mailing lists and topics. Its also the reason I can't modify the original mail text I'm replying to half the time.

11 years, 6 months

Sights in NYC?

by evan＠snarc.net

Come see our computer museum here in New Jersey! We're about a brief train or rental car trip from the city. Ping me for details and I'll arrange a tour for you. - Evan ------Original Message------ From: b4 at gewt.net Subject: Re: Sights in NYC? Sent: Apr 19, 2013 1:59 PM On Fri, 19 Apr 2013, Jason McBrien wrote: > > I forgot about the math museum, we're definitely going to check that out. > Also not computer related but somewhat geeky - I'm going on a free > forgotten-ny tour. They show the history of various neighborhoods, focusing > more on infrastructure, showing where roads have been diverted, rivers > buried, buildings re-purposed - that kind of trainspotter-ish stuff. > That sounds rather interesting! > > > On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Tony Aiuto <tony.aiuto at gmail.com> wrote: > >> The Museum of math is not quite computing but is supposed to be great. >> On Apr 18, 2013 12:33 PM, "Jason McBrien" <jbmcb1 at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I'll be taking an extended trip to NYC next week - are there any >>> retrocomputing related sights to see? Museum installations or whatnot? >>> >> > -- Cory Smelosky http://gewt.net/ Personal stuff http://gimme-sympathy.org Experiments

11 years, 6 months

A Complete History Of Mainframe Computing

by lproven＠gmail.com

Tom's Hardware - a popular site for PC hardware tweakers and overclockers - has done an ambitious article on the development of the mainframe: http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/508-mainframe-computer-history.html It's a little American-centric but it's not at all bad. -- Liam Proven ? Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Email: lproven at cix.co.uk ? GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lproven at gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 ? Cell: +44 7939-087884 ? Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AOL/AIM/iChat/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven ? LiveJournal/Twitter: lproven MSN: lproven at hotmail.com ? ICQ: 73187508

11 years, 6 months

cctech Digest, Vol 116, Issue 36

by mcquiggi＠sfu.ca

On 2013-04-19, at 10:00 AM, cctech-request at classiccmp.org wrote: > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:00:34 -0700 (PDT) > From: Thomas Dzubin <dzubint at vcn.bc.ca> > To: cctalk at classiccmp.org > Subject: PDP-11 software designer job. yes, in 2013! > Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1304181456420.17466 at vcn.bc.ca> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > I had to check my calendar to make sure I didn't go back in time > > Here's a job advertisement for a "Senior PDP-11 Software Designer" > > http://jobs.itworldcanada.com/Jobs/Ggnt_nt-yM0A2pqNiGCgnQ==/Senior-PDP-11-S… > > This would be my dream job if I was single and unattached... I'd move > to Peterborough in a heartbeat. > > ...sigh... > ---------------------- > Thomas PDP-11 Dzubin > Calgary, Saskatoon, or Vancouver CANADA > Well, give it some consideration anyway. Talk to your spouse/partner. I live in Vancouver BC, but took a job in Halifax, Nova Scotia because it was a real opportunity and a "dream job" for me. These opportunities don't come up often. I was able to work out a generally-achievable "two weeks on; two weeks off" schedule, and commute to Vancouver to see my wife. The distance is tough, but there's Vonage/Skype for free calls, and I get home every 2 - 3 weeks, or at worst once a month for a week. Kevin

11 years, 6 months

Sights in NYC?

by jbmcb1＠gmail.com

I'll be taking an extended trip to NYC next week - are there any retrocomputing related sights to see? Museum installations or whatnot?

11 years, 6 months

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

by Arno_1983＠gmx.de

"Cory Smelosky" <b4 at gewt.net> wrote: > On 04/15/2013 03:45 PM, Tony Duell wrote: > > The only thing I 'own' thet I don't fix myself is my cat :-) > > Yeah, manufacturers don't exactly release schematics for those. :) But they've been around for so long that others have traced them out and released in book form. Heck, they're even giving lessons about them. It's called "anatomy" though :) OTOH, they require quite a different set of tools and skills to work on than what we usually have and do. Arno PS: Condolences to Tony from me as well. I'm dreading the day I'll be losing one of my parents.

11 years, 6 months

floppies

by fjkraan＠xs4all.nl

Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote: > Someone on the list was lamenting the rarity of 8" floppies - anyone > still sell those NIB? Here I have two boxes of unused '3M 740-32 SS, SD single side, single density, write protect, 32 hard sector' 8" floppy disks, One box is still shrink wrapped. Not much use to me as all my 8" floppy systems are soft sectored. Trading them for soft sectored disk might be a better option than taping over 32 holes per disk or adding a sector hole masking circuit to all the drives... Fred Jan

11 years, 6 months

What are these Tektronix paper rolls? (8.5-inch wide, 3.25-inch diameter)

by glen.slick＠gmail.com

I have some boxes of Tektronix paper rolls and I have no idea where they were used. The rolls are 8.5-inches wide and have a diameter of 3.25-inches. They are packed 6 to a box and I have around six boxes of these which are all sealed except for one. I can't find any obvious part numbers anywhere. The boxes say Made in Japan and have JAL Cargo stickers on them and were shipped to PDX. These might date back to somewhere in the 1980's. They came along with some Tektronix 4170 systems I picked up a while back. Anyone know what equipment would have used these rolls? Are they most likely thermal, or something else? Anyone have a use for these? Would they still be suitable for the original application after 25 years? The boxes are a bit heavy if someone has a use for these and wants them. -Glen

11 years, 6 months

Last chance on Local Pickup machines in Flushing MI

by slandon110＠gmail.com

These machines need to find homes ASAP before my move, otherwise they will be headed to goodwill IBM PC 5150, Nice original machine with Sysdyne Color RGB Display Original Boxes, Has a 20MB Hardcard installed, along with an ethernet card $200 Nice original Apple II Plus System Monitor /// z80 Card ThunderClock Plus Clock Card Monitor /// Stand Kensington SystemSaver $200 Apple IIGS System Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse AE GSRam Plus Ram Upgrade with 1MB RAM, Expandable to 6MB SCSI Card and 80MB External HDD $200 Apple //e System CFFA 3000 Z80 CPM Card Super Serial Card Apple UniDisk 3.5 Drive card with 2 Unidisk 3.5 Drives DuoDisk 5.25 Drive Apple II Appletalk Card- Connects your Apple II to your localtalk network Apple RGB Monitor Card Apple Color Monitor 100- Digital RGB Monitor for //e $300 dollars Bell & Howell Apple II 1 Matching Bell & Howell Drive Hayes Micromodem II with Microcoupler z80 Card Super Serial Card Matching black 9inch CRT Monitor $300 Atari ST520FM TOS 2.0 ROMs included not installed Monitor and Mouse 52MB SCSI HDD with ICD ACSI to SCSI Adapter Card $100 Osborne 1 System- Bad caps $40 Compaq Portable /// Works $40

11 years, 6 months

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