test-drb June 2013

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271 discussions

by dm561＠torfree.net

I was curious... Out of 143 people who posted to the list in the first half of June, 116 posted 5 times or less. On the other hand, only 9 people (and we know who they are ;-) are responsible for half (462) of the total 923 posts, with Dave easily the winner... Must be nice to have so much time to waste...

11 years, 2 months

IBM 5150 or 5170 reference PDFs?

by jce＠seasip.demon.co.uk

There are a number of problems with describing scancodes unambiguously, particularly when it comes to the backslash. Depending on the layout, it could be found at: Scancode in set | 1 | 2 | 3 | --------------------------------------------------+----+----+----+ * The key above "Tab" | 29 | 0E | 0E | * The key between "=" and "Backspace" | 7D | 6A | 5D | * The key below "Backspace" and above "Return" | 2B | 5D | 5C | * The key to the left of "Return" | 2B | 5D | 53 | * The key between "Left Shift" and "Z" | 56 | 61 | 13 | --------------------------------------------------+----+----+----+ An 84-key AT keyboard will return the Set 3 codes for these positions. -- John Elliott

11 years, 2 months

[cctalk] People suck++ (was:Play ID the DEC boards on ebay)

by dm561＠torfree.net

----- Original Message ----- > > Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:10:47 -0500 > From: John Foust <jfoust at threedee.com> > If it's difficult to ship the larger item, and easy to disassemble, > and there's a market for the parts, and it's easier to ship the parts, > and you have too much time on your hands and don't value your time, > then why not part it out? You can tell someone you got a sum total > of $300 for all the pieces when they assured you you'd only get $100 > for the original. Of course. Unless it's a 'real' classic like the Apple I, most of the time just a few parts will sell more easily and for more money than the system they came out of, especially with today's shipping costs and hassle, so from a financial perspective it makes a lot of sense to part out. Even from the hobbyist perspective it make sense to make parts available; often scrapping one machine will yield the parts to get three or four other machines running again. And of course the very people who condemn folks for breaking systems down for parts are often the first to snap up those parts when they need them... m

11 years, 2 months

PCBs to build your own home brew CP/M computer

by LYNCHAJ＠YAHOO.COM

Hi! There are plenty of PCBs still available for anyone who would like to build their own home brew computer. Building a home brew computer is highly entertaining and a great way to teach about computer fundamentals, electronics, digital logic, etc. http://n8vem-sbc.pbworks.com/w/page/35044530/PCB%20Inventory These are available from myself and others on the N8VEM mailing list. Feel free to sign up and ask questions. http://groups.google.com/group/n8vem http://n8vem-sbc.pbworks.com Thanks and have a nice day! Andrew Lynch PS, all you need is the SBC V2 to start and it will boot to CP/M 2.2 from ROM with a RAM drive. Next builders add an ECB backplane, a DiskIO V3 for storage, and ColorVDU for display but those are optional.

11 years, 2 months

SCSI preprocessor for HP16500

by alexandre.tabajara＠gmail.com

Howdy, people! I'm trying to help N8VEM project (and a local project) into making a SCSI emulator. I'd like to have a SCSI bus preprocessor on my HP16500C to help. Maybe someone has a spare stashed somewhere and wants to sell by a nice price? :o) Ok, it is not easy to find, but what is the problem in asking? ;o) Thanks a lot, Alexandre Souza --- Enviado do meu Motorola PT550 Meu site: http://www.tabalabs.com.br

11 years, 2 months

[cctalk] People suck++ (was:Play ID the DEC boards on ebay)

by dm561＠torfree.net

----- Original Message ----- Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:32:25 -0700 From: "Rick Bensene" <rickb at bensene.com> > > This same person is selling the guts from a Sharp COMPET 361 calculator. > What's so special about this? Besides the K@@L NIXIE tubes, this model > featured CORE memory. > > "...sold as is but carefully taken out..." > > I say people suck++ > Arggghhh! This is total sacrilege to an old calculator enthusiast such as myself. It hurts to see a machine like this gutted out and sold as a trinket. It hurts even more because the Compet 361 is a machine I've been looking to find for the museum for a very long time. I agree...many people do suck! Rick Bensene The Old Calculator Museum http://oldcalculatormuseum.com --------- Reply: --------- --- My query to the seller: Dear nancytemple202020, May I ask what happened to the rest of this calculator? Are any other parts still available as well? --- Her reply: I wish there was I would have sold it whole it was sitting for so many year rust got to alot of it and it was the only board that was very nice and clean. - nancytemple202020 So, does she deserve to be insulted for not realizing that a nasty, rusty piece of junk is worth more to some people than the only nice and clean board out of it, or should we be grateful that she at least saved that board and made it available? S**t happens, life is full of disappointments and people don't always do what we want them to; get used to it! Sheesh!

11 years, 2 months

TEAC FD-55B jumper setting for Kaypro?

by brain＠jbrain.com

Thanks to Dave Dunfield, I now possess some TEAC FD-55B units for the Kaypros. I popped one in and it booted CP/M fine. Formatted a disk fine. But, before I install them, I thought I should ensure the jumpers are correct for the drive. Reading the manual, I have a few questions: * Should IU (head load on pin 4) or HL (head load on pin 4) be enabled? * Any reason to leave ML (motor running) on and have the motor run all the time? * What combination of IU/U0/U1/UR should I use? I tried IU+U0 thinking the light would be on only when the drive is running, but that's not true. * HS + MS or HM + MS? Neither seems to make any difference on the Kaypro * teac notes it ships the 55B with HS,DS0,IU,SM,and PM. I have DS0 (or DS1), HM, SM, and PM. The unit had ML strapped, but I removed it.

11 years, 2 months

Altair 8800micro and replica 1

by tom_a_sparks＠yahoo.com.au

I am think of buying a Altair 8800micro and replica 1 from http://www.brielcomputers.com What should I know? ? --- tom_a_sparks "It's a nerdy thing I like to do" Child of the Internet born 1983 PGP ID: A7EF6006 Please use ISO approved file formats excluding Office Open XML - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html Ubuntu wiki page https://wiki.ubuntu.com/tomsparks

11 years, 2 months

[cctalk] People suck++

by dm561＠torfree.net

----- Original Message ----- Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:35:31 -0400 From: Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> On 06/14/2013 12:13 PM, MikeS wrote: >> ...But now that I know that buying and selling parts from gutted old gear >> are 'crimes', I'll throw them in the landfill first thing tomorrow >> morning (after first using them for target practice of course). I >> certainly don't want you, Dave, N0body H0me, etc. to think that I suck; >> bad enough to be chastised by Dave for scrapping for parts some LA100s >> that I'd offered several times with no takers. > Ohhhh no you don't! *I* did not speak out against BUYING stuff like > this. I spoke out against the morons who tear it apart! If I had an > extra $200 lying around, I'd have scored that auction in a heartbeat, for > all the Pro boards. You take my name right out of that list. > -Dave ----- Reply: ----- There's that reading comprehension problem of yours again... But I'm sure someone will come up with the rosewood/whale oil argument that by buying this stuff you would in fact encourage the 'morons' like me... Just think: if instead of boring us with your current average of 6 largely OT posts per day you invested that time in paying work, you might well have that extra $200 and then some... m

11 years, 2 months

Fw: [TI-99/4A] Free TI stuff

by alexandre.tabajara＠gmail.com

No connection to donors --- Enviado do meu Motorola PT550 Meu site: http://www.tabalabs.com.br ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris and Veronica Schneider" <c.v.schneider at att.net> To: <ti99-4a at yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 6:20 PM Subject: [TI-99/4A] Free TI stuff > All, > > I have quite a bit of Free TI hardware, software, books, etc.. > > I'm in the Houston area, must pick up all at once. > > I have, a few consoles, a couple of PEB's, carts, books, etc. > > > Chris > > >

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