test-drb March 2014

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by simski＠dds.nl

Hello all, we at https://hack42.nl just bought a very cool looking terminal, a Lexicon Videotype like this one: http://aheckofa.com/FoolMeOnce/MiscScans/EarlyVideoWP400.png but it is only the terminal. We think it is missing some cpu box, because it has a 96pin connector on the back. does someone have information on this thing? -- Met vriendelijke Groet, Simon Claessen drukknop.nl

10 years, 9 months

kennedy 9000

by info＠drukknop.nl

Hello all, we've got a couple of those and have not find the time to power them up. are there things to look after before you do that, besides the elcos and caps in general? are there docs around. found something for a 9100, but is is totally different. -- Met vriendelijke Groet, Simon Claessen drukknop.nl

10 years, 9 months

Bugger the jetpack, where's my 21st-century Psion? • The Register

by woyciesjes＠sbcglobal.net

Interesting bit: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/07/bugger_my_jetpack_wheres_my_21stcen… -- --- Dave Woyciesjes --- ICQ# 905818 --- CompTIA A+ Certified IT Tech - http://certification.comptia.org/ --- HDI Certified Support Center Analyst - http://www.ThinkHDI.com/ Registered Linux user number 464583 "Computers have lots of memory but no imagination." "The problem with troubleshooting is that trouble shoots back." - from some guy on the internet.

10 years, 9 months

Bizarre floppy drive behavior

by snhirsch＠gmail.com

I'm hoping someone can shed light on this. I picked up a couple of NOS Teac FD-50A-03 floppy drives with DEC badges on the front and have been trying to use them in various older systems with little success. Yesterday I sat down with ImageDisk on my duplicating machine and started digging deeper. These things are behaving very oddly. From what I read on the web, the FD-50A-03 is a single-sided, 96tpi drive that supports 250KB/sec data rate and spins at a conventional 360rpm. This seems nominally to be true, but... I created a reference diskette by formatting single-sided on a known good 1.2M drive at 300K/sec (to account for its 300rpm operation). This should be the correct layout for the Teac drive. Here's where things get weird: - If I configure IMD to treat this as an 80-track drive and tell it to read the reference diskette single-stepped, it can read even numbered tracks only. The odd number tracks all throw read errors. - If I put IMD into alignment mode and select a track at even decade using the 0-9 command, it properly seeks to that track and reads it with no errors! Since this works for, e.g. 4-7, the drive clearly is a 96tpi unit. BUT, if I single step in either direction from an even track using +/-, it tells me it's seeing data from a track that's _two_ steps away and reads as if it was slightly out of alignment. If I try to move back to the even decade, that is now off as well. Moving back to zero and trying a seek to that same track gets me back to a good read! - If I take a new, bulk-erased diskette and try to format it 80-track single-stepped, it starts banging into the limit stop at slightly past track 40 - almost as if it were actually double-stepping. So, question is: What in blazes is this thing doing and why? Both drives behave the same way. If they're both defective, it's a rather odd defect. Steve --

10 years, 9 months

Bugger the jetpack, where's my 21st-century Psion? o The Register

by gwenhwyfaer＠gmail.com

On 15/03/2014, Philip Belben <philip at axeside.co.uk> wrote: > Late in 2012 finally gave in and bought a pocket-sized tablet PC (for > which read "smartphone" - in fact a Samsung Note)... [on folding keyboards] > The trouble is, it would probably use bluetooth, and there is little to > beat a bluetooth keyboard for creating security holes! OTOH, phones > usually have a jack socket for speakers, handsets, etc. These days, they also tend to have USB OTG ports; buy an OTG-to-host funnyplug and a USB keyboard, and you might just have what you need. USB keyboards are available in a huge range of sizes, including pocket-sized. And they won't run out of batteries just as you're about to commit your masterpiece to the screen. :) And given that you already have a Samsung Note, it could cost as little as a tenner for the keyboard and OTG-to-host widget. Alternatively, there are still no-name laptops emerging from China with WM8850 processors, 7" screens, real keyboards and price tags of about sixty quid on ebay.

10 years, 9 months

Affordable Disk Cartridge Storage Ideas Needed

by a50mhzham＠gmail.com

When I was storing many RK05 carts, long ago, I had a 7 foot high steel shelving unit. For what ever reason, it was supplied with holes drilled in all the shelves, a few inches apart, in a neat row about 2 inches from the front of the shelf, and in another row across the back. I used cheap paneling to close off the back of the space between two of the shelves, and the sides, to keep the dust out. Threaded rods through the holes at front and back left gaps about the right size for the packs to be stored on edge. I even constructed a cover out of 3/8" plywood, with a 3 inch lip around it to accommodate the fact that the shelves were about 2 inches too shallow. Don't have shelving like that? You'll have to come up with something else. Maybe wood shelving with 3/8" dowels between them. -T At 04:01 AM 3/16/2014, you wrote: >Does anyone have recommendations for affordable/DIY space-saving >storage for disk cartridges? > >I have ~30 or so RK05, RL01, & RL02 disk cartridges that take too much >floor space in my workshop. I store them vertically, like vinyl >records, but the floor isn't the best place for them. :P > >Does anyone have a design/photo of a DIY shelf for safely storing >their disk cartridges, using the least "floor space" possible? > > >Thanks, > >Bob 780 . [Prosperity] Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity. --Plutarch a50mhzham at gmail.com ? N9QQB (amateur radio) "HEY YOU" (loud shouting) ? Second Tops (Set Dancing) ? FIND ME ON FACEBOOK 43? 7' 17.2" N by 88? 6' 28.9" W ? Elevation 815' ? Grid Square EN53wc LAN/Telecom Analyst ? Open-source Dude ? Musician ? Registered Linux User 385531

10 years, 9 months

Affordable Disk Cartridge Storage Ideas Needed

by bobvines00＠gmail.com

Does anyone have recommendations for affordable/DIY space-saving storage for disk cartridges? I have ~30 or so RK05, RL01, & RL02 disk cartridges that take too much floor space in my workshop. I store them vertically, like vinyl records, but the floor isn't the best place for them. :P Does anyone have a design/photo of a DIY shelf for safely storing their disk cartridges, using the least "floor space" possible? Thanks, Bob

10 years, 9 months

Free QIC Tapes

by drac7ft＠gmail.com

I have about 35 Quarter Inch Cartridge tapes (QIC) tapes that are free for the taking. Most are 3M DC 6150s and DC 600s (150MB and 60MB). They are in the Portland Oregon area and I would prefer not to ship. Contact Dennis at: drac7ft at gmail dot com

10 years, 9 months

FS: Motorola Droid Ultra 16GB

by slandon110＠gmail.com

I know its not ClassicCmp, But I recently switched back to iOS from Droid. Had the droid just over the 14 day return limit at verizon. Used it for a couple days found out I like my iOS Better Its a Motorola Droid Ultra 16GB in White, Running Android 4.4 Kit Kat- Fully Unlocked, works on verizon and all the GSM Providers out there. It has its original box and is in mint condition. Id like $300 for it. Thanks Steve

10 years, 9 months

You have got to be kidding me

by BHuntsman＠mail2.cu-portland.edu

A VAXstation just sold on eBay for $2,021.51. I may be off my rocker, but that seems a bit high... :) http://www.ebay.com/itm/DEC-Vaxstation-4000-90-VS49K-AB-CPU-KA49-May-Work-P…

10 years, 9 months

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