test-drb June 2013

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Many vintage computer items for sale -- moved to VCGM!

by LYNCHAJ＠YAHOO.COM

Hi I've added many vintage computer items for sale. Please check out my consolidated listing on VCGM. http://marketplace.vintage-computer.com/other_items.php?limit=100&owner_id=1 00048&item_type=all Please contact me if any questions! Thanks and have a nice day! Andrew Lynch

10 years, 10 months

Kaypro 10 HDD formatting

by brain＠jbrain.com

More good news. List member Jon (not sure of last name) sent me a known good ST251 to use on the K10. Installed, it spins up, and hdskfmt seems to claim the entire drive is good (which I know it is, but I wanted the app to know it as well). But, the !readme on the disk says that app formats the disk. It does not appear to do so, and thus I need to know how to format the drive (at least as a ST225, I know I can't do more than that without newer ROMs...) Does anyone have some guidance? I see references online to format06.com, but it's unclear if that's what I need. Jim -- Jim Brain brain at jbrain.com www.jbrain.com

10 years, 10 months

Tech Time Warp of the Week: IBM STRETCH, 1961

by lproven＠gmail.com

1981 mini-documentary about a /then/ 20Y old machine. The doc is historical in its own right, it now being longer since the doc was made than the subject of the doc was from the film. Sadly scant on technical detail, though. http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/06/ibm-stretch-nsa/ -- Liam Proven ? Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lproven at cix.co.uk ? GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lproven at hotmail.com ? Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 ? Cell: +44 7939-087884

10 years, 10 months

OT: parking meters

by dgriffi＠cs.csubak.edu

On a lark, I bought an old mechanical parking meter with the intention of putting it in my den. Does anyone else here have at least a passing fascination with these things? I'm trying to figure out where I can get a base and post for it. -- David Griffith dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu

10 years, 10 months

C64 Power Supply Replacement Options

by dm561＠torfree.net

----- Original Message ----- > Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 21:49:04 +0100 > From: Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> > On 25 June 2013 20:07, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> Unlike a lot of people these days, when I find I want to do somethign >> that I don't know how to do or don't have the skill to do,my reaction si >> nto to give up, but to learn how to do it and to practice until I can do >> it. > > You have told me that you cannot drive or ride a bicycle, Tony. > Explain to me how this commendable attitude of "I can't do that, so I > will learn" applies to these activities -- daily activities for > billions of people, skills that would be very useful to you almost > every day. ----- Reply: ----- Apparently you missed the words "when I want to"; I'm sure that, like me, you know many people, especially people like Tony who live in large metropolitan areas with good public transit facilities and taxi service, who choose to *not* want to drive and would not dream of getting on a bicycle; do you harangue them the same way? Is it just envy because Tony is such a generous and prolific contributor of generally useful information while your posts despite their much greater number and size usually contribute mostly noise, that makes you jump into a discussion about power supplies just to 'pick on him' like this? For once I have to agree with Tothwolf and his "You, sir, are a bona fide troll," and an often rude and silly one at that; my apologies to the list for adding to the OT. m

10 years, 10 months

SBC6120 Serial Params

by wheagy＠gmail.com

Hi, Anyone running an SBC6120 connected to a PC serial port? A couple questions: 1) Are you using a null modem cable - I've seen conflicting info 2) What baud rate are you using and what are the other serial parameters (8,N,1)? POST looks ok, but I only get garbled text on TeraTerm with every configuration I've tried. Thanks, Win

10 years, 10 months

FS: DEC pdp-11/23 -- SOLD.

by js＠cimmeri.com

For sale, located in Harpers Ferry WV (near Frederick, MD) OR Washington, D.C. area: DEC pdp-11/23, circa 1981, in BA11-N with H9273 4x9 Q18/CD backplane, and with the often missing outer cover (shroud). Machine has been restored and tested. currently configured and tested as: (1) M8186 11/23 KDF11-A CPU (18 bit addressing) (2) M8044-DB MSV11 32KW RAM (16 bit) for 64KW total (1) M7940 DLV11 SLU (console) (1) M8012-YA BDV11 boot, term, roms (18 bit). also included, are likely working but untested are: M8013 -\ M8014 -- RLV11 RL01 drive controller (18 bit, DMA) M8029 -- RXV21 RX02 drive controller (18 bit, DMA) Please email me for more info.

10 years, 10 months

Gr8bit – a multi-card modular MSX2 compatible hobbyist computer

by lproven＠gmail.com

I'd not heard of this before. http://www.gr8bit.ru/what_is_gr8bit.html The website is a little messy but the machine does seem to be comprehensively documented. I'd be more interested if it was Spectrum-compatible, myself. ;-) -- Liam Proven ? Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lproven at cix.co.uk ? GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lproven at hotmail.com ? Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 ? Cell: +44 7939-087884

10 years, 10 months

Setting the Scrolling Region on VT100's VT220's VT320's VT420's, VT510's etc.

by cctech＠beyondthepale.ie

> > This is the first time I have heard of DECterm supporting more than 24 lines, > so the answers which you provide are particularly helpful since they confirm the > results that have been found by E. Groenenberg and John Wilson, and > specifically in respect of screens of more than 24 lines of which you are the only > one to note what DEC did when more than 24 lines are available. > For another data point, I dug out my VT510 and set it to 48 lines per page. The results were the same. The scrolling region was not altered if the second parameter was larger than 48. In light of what John said in another posting, I also tried defaulting the second parameter and setting it to zero. In both cases, the scrolling region was set to start at the line specified by the first parameter and end at the bottom of the screen. This also worked for me on a DECterm. Finally, I tried a Qume QVT202 (80x24 only) which behaved the same. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

10 years, 10 months

Setting the Scrolling Region on VT100's VT220's VT320's VT420's, VT510's etc.

by cctech＠beyondthepale.ie

> > There is one other test which would be extremely helpful > to confirm. You mention the case when you set the second > parameter to zero. I tend to assume that you used ONE > zero character, i.e. "<ESC>[TOP;0r" where TOP was the > upper line number. My question is what occurs if you use > THREE zero characters for the second parameter, i.e. > "<ESC>[TOP;000r" since that would help quite a bit > Unfortunately, I've already put the terminals away and I don't have an opportunity to dig them out again until mid next week at the earliest. However, I've checked on the DECterm in front of me and <ESC>[016;000r works as expected. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

10 years, 10 months

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test-drb June 2013