test-drb May 2014

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by lproven＠gmail.com

>From a techie friend in London, repeated by permission from Fesse Bouc: << This is a PIA. SCSI and other stuff: I have here a relatively large carrier bag stuffed full of old internal and external SCSI cables of various types/lengths/widths. These will shortly be wending their way towards our local recycling center unless someone raises a hand and asks for something in particular. This message probably expires at lunchtime on Saturday next. >> Contact me directly if interested. -- 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 Cell: +44 7939-087884

9 years, 11 months

Son and I's Project- Recreating the Dial in ISP, Experience

by elson＠pico-systems.com

On 05/07/2014 02:06 AM, cctalk-request at classiccmp.org wrote: > Date: Wed, 7 May 2014 00:55:45 -0600 > From: Eric Smith<spacewar at gmail.com> > > Cool project! I'm interested in hearing how well V.32bis > QAM modulation (14.4 Kbps) works over VOIP, since a lot of > VOIP applies compression schemes intended specifically for > voice. On uncompressed PCM, or PCM with only basic > companding (mu-law or A-law) it should work fine, since > that's what has most commonly been used by the phone > companies for carrying domestic POTS calls. International > voice calls often used more compression, which at the very > least could be expected to increase the error rate. Eric I have Charter VOIP, and have used a 14.4 modem for faxes with no trouble. That may not tell you a whole lot, but at least it works in that limited mode. Jon

9 years, 11 months

Bidding

by marvin＠west.net

The loss of wildcards just shows the ignorance/stupidity/out of touch attitudes of the people who made these decisions... and their supervisors/management. And along those lines, my favorite (unfortunately true) saying about eBay is I've never seen a company work so hard to destroy the community that built it. The only people who I've heard complain about the loss of wildcards are those people who know what they are and how to use them. Those that don't complain fall under the people in my first statement classification :). I am constantly amazed by the prices some people ask for their goods including vintagecomputermeuseum... and get them. I did some research using TeraPeak on selected sellers, and realized the amount of money they were making. Eye opening would be a good description. BTW, top posting is only for people who haven't lost their memory... yet :). > I would sure like to have a permanent blacklist that automatically > applies across all of my searches. I would REALLY love to be able to > search with real regular expressions. The loss of wildcards annoys the > heck out of me. Don't forget "vintagecomputermuseum" and "newsgroups". g. --

9 years, 11 months

Wanted: Ann Arbor Ambassador terminal

by ian_primus＠yahoo.com

I ask every few years if anyone has one of these things - and I haven't in a while, so I figured it was worth a shot... Does anyone have an Ann Arbor Ambassador terminal that they'd like to part with? I would, of course, be interested in any other weird terminals - but this is one I've been specifically looking for, for probably fifteen years at this point. Thanks! -Ian

9 years, 11 months

Wanted: 12 Modems & Some other Term Server Goodies

by slandon110＠gmail.com

Looking for the following for my son and I's build 10-12 Serial Modems, Preferably 14.4 or faster, all same make and model Annex Terminal Server T1 PCI Cards Pretty much anything modem related we can use Thanks Steve

9 years, 11 months

Wanted: Old Unix workstations/Telephony Equipment

by slandon110＠gmail.com

Looking for some interesting unix workstations to add to my collection and get them set up for connection to the C*NET telephone collectors network I love sun stuff, Old AT&T Stuff is quite alright along with HP UX Also looking for an Annex Terminal Server and any old modems/telephony equipment and cards for machines. Thanks Steve

9 years, 11 months

Bidding

by bpettitx＠comcast.net

In article <536580C2.2000506 at jwsss.com>, jwsmobile <jws at jwsss.com> writes: > [...] there is no justification to > drop in and run up the bid and clearly not want it other than either > being a shill or an asshole. Why do you assume that anybody who bids early is evil? I frequently bid early for an amount that is what I am willing to pay. If I miss out, that is life. I don't spend every minute watching the bidding. And I don't check eBay every day for items I'm interested in. Again, why can't I drop in an bid my limit? How does that make me a shill or an asshole? I do get most of my bids, by the way. Not every item goes to the snipers. In fact, I find sniping a foul practise. If I put an item up for sale and have no bids, I will cancel the auction 24 hours before the final date. Billy Pettit

9 years, 11 months

Looking for the "ESC" key for a //C+

by arrowrunner＠gmail.com

I have an Apple //c+ that's has had the escape key snapped off an missing. Might anyone on here have any spare parts keyboards for that system laying around? -- Sent from my time machine

9 years, 11 months

Wanted: Shugart 851 floppy drive

by ottosson_55＠hotmail.com

Hi! I'm looking for a shugart 851 8" floppy drive for my Wang 2200 system! Preferable 110v 50Hz, but all versions of interest(110-220v, 50-60Hz) or/and parts to change to correct version! A fixer or one in good condition!Best regardsKenny Ottosson

9 years, 11 months

Scanning old IBM Manuals from my old CPD

by spedraja＠gmail.com

Hi there. I've rescued some old IBM manuals in what once upon a time was our CPD. Such a good bunch of them are quite old. My intention is to scan all what I could and leave the manuals for everyone who wants one or more. Many manuals are in english language but some of them are in spanish (from Spain) being the most curious a copy of "Messages from DOS/VS" from 1975. I'll put the files with the scans in one URL of mine which address I'll send to this list. Gracias | Regards - Saludos | Greetings | Freundliche Gr??e | Salutations ? -- *Sergio Pedraja* -- mobile: +34-699-996568 twitter: @sergio_pedraja | skype: Sergio Pedraja -- http://plus.google.com/u/0/101292256663392735405 http://www.linkedin.com/in/sergiopedraja http://www.quora.com/Sergio-Pedraja http://spedraja.wordpress.com https://www.xing.com/profile/Sergio_Pedraja <http://spedraja.wordpress.com/> ----- No crea todo lo que ve, ni crea que est? vi?ndolo todo

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