test-drb April 2014

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by jon＠jonworld.com

I'm moving and need to pare things down. Here are some vintage books. Some are in bad shape. FFS from 46219. 6809 Assembly Language Programming -- Lance Leventhal A Fortran Primer -- Elliott I. Organick (c) 1963 A Guided Tour of Computer Programming in BASIC -- Dwyer & Kaufman (c) 1973 (completely falling apart, but complete.) -- -Jon Jonathan Katz, Indianapolis, IN.

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Apple III

by sales＠elecplus.com

Who bought the Apple III system a couple of years ago from me? The original system disks have showed up, and I want to mail them to you.. Cindy Croxton

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Documentation. FFS

by jon＠jonworld.com

I have the following three books, still in shrink-wrap. All are from AT&T and dated 1988. . Unix System V AT&T C++ Language System Release 2.0: Product Reference Manual . Unix System V AT&T C++ Language System Release 2.0: Selected Readings Select Code 307-144 . Unix System V AT&T C++ Language System Release 2.0: Library Manual Select Code 307-145 -- -Jon Jonathan Katz, Indianapolis, IN.

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Progress on new shop

by ggs＠shiresoft.com

Hi, I've made enough progress on getting my new shop set up that I thought I'd share. Here's the link that shows what I've been doing (top tabs will get you to the different pages): http://www.shiresoft.com/new-shop/Shiresoft/New_Shop.html At this point, I've unpacked (but not setup) the "large" pieces. I had to arrange them so that the electrician and I could figure out how to route the power. Hopefully before too long I'll actually be able to set some of them up and get them running again after being in storage for a number of years. TTFN - Guy

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Novelty "Retro" Cell Phone Handset in an Acoustic Coupler?

by nf6x＠nf6x.net

Have any of y'all tried using one of those novelty "retro" cell phone handsets in an acoustic coupled modem? I wonder whether their output level and mic sensitivity are sufficient, and whether their dimensions are close enough to a good ol' Model 500 handset to fit an acoustic coupler well. I may just order one up and try it, but I figured I'd ask if anybody else has tried it first. It would be silly fun to dial up over my iPhone with an acoustic coupler attached to my TRS-80 Model 100, or the DEC LA12 Correspondent terminal I have on the way from the ePlace. Not that I know of any 300 baud modems to call up, though... -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

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FS: ISEPIC Clone Cartridge & Software for C64

by slandon110＠gmail.com

Clearing out some excess commodore stuff I have an Isepic Clone Freezer Cartridge & Software- Pretty hard to find. $100 shipped or best offer. Thanks Steve

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Mid-1970s Pictures Posted

by leec2124＠gmail.com

I scanned some slides of mid-1970s computing at Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lee_courtney/sets/72157644104898422/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/lee_courtney/sets/72157644157374324/ Enjoy! -- Lee Courtney

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Overland Data OD3210 error codes?

by js＠cimmeri.com

Many thanks to _Bernhard Wulf_, who found Overland OD32XX tape drive info and software at this extremely helpful link: http://www.pestingers.net/antique_computer_Gallery.htm From the User Manual, my unit appears to have a Critical Error (alert flashing 4x per second). This error translates into error 60, "Bad NOVROM magic" -- whatever that means (see page 41 of manual). This error if I understand it correctly makes sense, as I removed the button cell battery off the main PCB to replace it. Anything backed up by that battery would've been lost, so seemingly, the NOVROM contents were lost. Very sadly, the recommended service procedure for this fault code is "RC 1" -- Call a Service Tech to replace Main PWB. Insane that a battery replacement would render a perfectly good PWB useless. - John S.

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The US Military still use 8-inch floppies.

by dzubint＠vcn.bc.ca

The American TV Show "60 minutes" showed 8-inch floppies are still being used by the military http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/04/60-minutes-shocked-to… Good to see people still use 8-inch floppies.... or maybe not :-) -------------- Thomas PDP-11 Dzubin Vancouver, Calgary, or Saskatoon CANADA

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One Source for 8-inch Diskettes (was: Re: The US Military still use 8-inch floppies.)

by bobvines00＠gmail.com

> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 15:10:03 -0700 > From: "Mark J. Blair" <nf6x at nf6x.net> > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > <cctalk at classiccmp.org> > Subject: Re: The US Military still use 8-inch floppies. > > On Apr 28, 2014, at 14:56 , Thomas Dzubin <dzubint at vcn.bc.ca> wrote: >> The American TV Show "60 minutes" showed 8-inch floppies are still >> being used by the military >> >> http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/04/60-minutes-shocked-to… > > To a certain extent, I'm a fan of "if it works, don't fix it". However, with aging hardware using consumables that are no longer in production such as 8" floppy disks, there's risk in using the old hardware. > > As silly as it seems to keep on using 8" floppies in mission-critical hardware in 2014, if some company resumed manufacturing old floppy disks for .mil and was willing to also sell to us collectors, I'd be happy to stock up if the pricing wasn't too insane. > > -- > Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net> > http://www.nf6x.net/ I just received the following response from info at floppydisk.com at http://www.floppydisk.com/ "We have DS/DD and SS/DD 8 inch disks. We sell them for $10 each. Sealed packs of 10 are $89. If you need more info, let us know." They didn't state whether or not they were NOS, new manufacture, or used, or who the manufacturer is/was. I did ask for information about "new or usable" 8-inch diskettes though. In a moment of insanity, I paid another vendor more than that (for a pack of 10) over 10 years ago, so at least they are a "bit" less insane. Bob

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test-drb April 2014