test-drb May 2014

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Anyone Remember the Up Yours BBS in Kalamazoo Michigan

by slandon110＠gmail.com

Guys looking to see if anyone remembers the Up Yours BBS in Kalamazoo Michigan, The guy I got the amiga from ran a big warez BBS. Turns out this is how he got all this software and why he had the MO drive in the machine. Thanks to some research on IRC we figured out what it was. Now just waiting to see whats on the carts Steve

9 years, 11 months

Eyelet size on DEC PDP8/11/etc boards

by cramcram＠gmail.com

Anyone on the list happen the know the diameter and length of the eyelets that are used to fasten handles onto DEC PDP-X boards? Thanks, Marc

9 years, 11 months

DEC RX8E Device Code

by michael.99.thompson＠gmail.com

The RX8 Maintenance Manual shows the "Standard" Device Code for the RX8E controller as 70. I looked through the OS/8 RX01 handler source and it shows the Device Code as 75. The OS/8 RX01 bootstrap uses Device Code 75. David Gesswein's RX01 dumprx01 and restrx01 programs use Device Code 75. So, I guess that the RX8 Maintenance Manual is wrong and I should set the Device Code to 75? -- Michael Thompson

9 years, 12 months

IBM 1050

by BHuntsman＠mail2.cu-portland.edu

New arrivals today: I landed two of these! They're pretty dirty, and there's no 1051 to go with them... yet! https://www.flickr.com/photos/87479714 at N05/14234226025/in/set-72157644757489351 I will post more pictures when I have them unboxed and cleaned. -Ben

9 years, 12 months

Available : Axum 5.0 for Windows

by stephane.tsacas＠gmail.com

Hi, I have 11 floppies of : Axum Ver 5.0 for Windows (Windows 3.x, NT and 95). Here is the announcement of this version : http://www.thefreelibrary.com/MathSoft+introduces+Axum+5.0,+offers+revoluti… CAMBRIDGE <http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Cambridge>, > Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 12, 1996--MathSoft, Inc. (NASDAQ<http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/NASDAQ>: > MATH) today announced Axum 5.0, a major new release of their powerful > technical graphics and data analysis software. > New enhancements and features include panel plots for revealing hidden > patterns in data, the ability to customize Axum's toolbars and menus, and a > unique link that lets users create PowerPoint presentations automatically. > Axum 5.0 is the first point-and-click graphing package to offer panel > plots, modeled after TRELLIS<http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Trellis> graphics > pioneered by Bill Cleveland at Bell Labs and Rick Becker at AT&T Labs. > Panel plots allow users to condition data on multiple variables and to > examine different relationships in the data. I can't read them, so I can only ship them. -- Stephane

9 years, 12 months

MAGMA SBus Serial Ports doc

by stephane.tsacas＠gmail.com

Hi, If anyone is interested by this user's manual, drop me a mail. I'll ship anyywhere. It is an installation manual and has two separate sections one for SunOS and the other for Solaris. -- Stephane

9 years, 12 months

Sun V280R + Doc CD + SB100 CD + SunPCI 2.2.2.1 CD

by stephane.tsacas＠gmail.com

Hi, I have a Sun280R for sale or trade. The computer is located near Paris, France. You must reply asap if you want it because I have nowhere to store it. Also if anyone interested by these CD, all new, sealed : Sun Blade 100 Hardware documentation, new, unopened. 724-4191-02. (Service manual + ShowMe How Multimedia). Sun fire 280R server Online documentation, multilingual, 724-4202-02 Sun PCI 2.2.1 724-6973-01. I'll ship anywhere if you pay for postage + enveloppe. If you're only interested by an ISO image of a CD, I can do that but my ADSL access has only 1Mbit/s upload, so it'll take some time to upload (I guess in multiple RAR files +checksum). -- Stephane

9 years, 12 months

Large circuit board storage

by jplist2008＠kiwigeek.com

I recently picked up an E10k and an Onyx rack for spares from one of our own and am pondering how to most safely wrap and store the Onyx boards and, in particular, the E10k midplane. I don't exactly have an anti-static bag of that size. I once read that tinfoil works well as it helps dissapate the static energy by spreading it over a larger surface, or something like that. Not sure about the validity of that, of if there are better options. I was then thinking, once appropriately protected, I'd simply keep them in decent sized cardboard boxes with some kind of foam at each end to stop them from slapping up against each other (providing tension to hold the boards upright). What does everyone else do for storing naked boards? Cheers; - JP

9 years, 12 months

TeX vs. roff [was RE: UNIX Posters]

by RichA＠LivingComputerMuseum.org

From: Richard Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 9:49 PM > In article > <CAEfH1SFQwgcxieLQRMP7tm_Opi7fH_L+piO18FcWAueur6_y2Q at mail.gmail.com>, > Jason T <silent700 at gmail.com> writes: >> Still, there's a chance they were derived from existing Latex or some >> other old file. > The more I think about it, the more I think troff may have been used. > It was for typesetting, after all :-) What, and (La)TeX wasn't??? ;-) Rich

9 years, 12 months

HP16700A and the SCSI2SD

by keithvz＠verizon.net

Hi all, I just saw Josh Dersch's message thread right before I came here to talk about another upgrade I did to my HP16700A. I replaced the SCSI hard drive with a SCSI2SD. The device worked out of the box with just a regular off-the-shelf microsd card. I've used both the windows and linux software for firmware-upgrading and configuration and they work quickly and without fuss or drivers. The primary boot device was configured to SCSI ID 6. (and so I adjusted the ID of the SCSI2SD to match) I replaced the drive with the SCSI2SD device. I booted the HP off an external scsi cdrom drive, using the official HP media, and the entire installation process succeeded, all without user intervention. The whole process took about an hour. This installed HPUX 10.20 onto the SCSI2SD. I tested the data rates from an ubuntu PC with an adaptec card, and I was getting between 720KB/s - 820KB/s. This is slower, but there's room for optimization via software upgrade. (and even higher speeds available with newer uC or FPGA, if there's a future version) The logic analyzer definitely runs SLOWER with the SCSI2SD....perhaps in the neighborhood of 75% of the original speed. I haven't made up my mind whether I'll keep the modification, try another device, wait for upgraded software, or maybe just keep it as a spare. I *will* say that imaging the SD and producing a copy means you can instantly (as fast as a PC can copy to the microsd card) get back to factory default. This might be useful, especially with those that like to tinker! I've also had discussions with the developer, Michael McMaster, who is very responsive. The shipping from Australia was around $15 and took one week to the East Coast US. I'm going to type up a blog post or two on my website once I finish it. I just went to the hardware store last night, and I think using some standoffs and new screws that the SCSI2SD will mount nicely to the factory hard drive mounting plate. I think that this device would be perfect for those older devices where the speed requirements are much less. The other thread mentions the A3000 -- yes, I think it might be ideal. Keith M techtravels.org

9 years, 12 months

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