test-drb December 2015

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by rodsmallwood52＠btinternet.com

Calling All Panel Fans In my panel picture gallery I have the following: 8/e type A 8/e type B 8/e (galway) 8/e (maynard) 8/f (maynard) 8/f (galway) 8/m (maynard) 8/i (-----"-----) 8/l (-----"-----) 8/s (-----"-----) 11/20 11/35 11/40 11/45 11/50 11/70 Scans/Pictures of anything with a perspex/plexiglass or similar front panel not listed above would be most welcome If possible I would prefer an attachment as opposed to a link Thanks Rod

8 years, 7 months

TOP POSTING

by radiotest＠juno.com

At 11:47 AM 12/10/2015, Ian S. King wrote: >Ooh, another email formatting rant thread! It is not the formatting that is the crux of the matter - it is the lack of editing. If someone can't be bothered to edit his message quotes I can't be bothered to read his messages. I have a low tolerance for those who ignore or who are ignorant of basic reflector netiquette. Dale H. Cook, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA Osborne 1 / Kaypro 4-84 / Kaypro 1 / Amstrad PPC-640 http://plymouthcolony.net/starcity/radios/index.html

8 years, 7 months

IDE knowledge anyone?

by marc.verdiell＠gmail.com

Alexandre, I have the SCSI pre-processor too, but not the precious software that goes with it. Do you happen to have it? I'll contact you offline. Marc > Alexandre Souza wrote: > A proper HP16500C or better (series 17000) is way cheap nowadays. > [...]I don't know if there is an IDE analyzer for it (I have it for SCSI) > but you can look for it.

8 years, 7 months

NO POLITICS! (was RE: TOP POSTING

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

It was written by two people.... --------------------- >> I hear that Donald Trump top-posts... > > also > Michael Dell > Carly Fiorina > Mark Zuckerberg > Sarah Palin > Meg Whitman > Paris Hilton > Bill Gates > And he is one of the smartest finatual men in the world and soon he will be your pres.... CRAZY hmmmmm. ---------------------- Starting a political discussion on this list is a surefire way to get banned. Keep it somewhat on topic please. J

8 years, 7 months

Source for DEC DC005 bus drivers.

by mattislind＠gmail.com

I just recently had a RXV21 board that I inserted into the backplane and then completely hung a few bits on the bus. It was a DC005 bus transceiver chip that had failed. First it seemed impossible to find such a chip, but then I recognized that Signetics had put their own code own them as well, C2324N. Searching on Ebay gave this result: http://www.ebay.com/itm/281679682476 I bought some and they just arrived and worked perfectly. /Mattis

8 years, 7 months

QIC Tape help with CRC - Dwight?

by microtechdart＠gmail.com

While I'm new to speak up here, I've been watching for a while. I've also used the name "MightyFrame" on groups, although that email address is not registered with this list. A few months back, I published a page decoding QIC-24 format. http://mightyframe.blogspot.com/2015/08/qic-24-tape-data-block-format-decod… Dwight posted a very meaningful response to this about the CRC on my site, and it has taken me this long just to get to it. Thanks again for that, Dwight! This project has gone very well for me, with one hangup...the CRC. I've never calculated one of these before, and I'm struggling with this one. I have a QIC-24 block of data attached in a .txt file, and I just can't get the calculations to work. For my simple understanding so far, I'm using an online calculator to test this: http://bit.ly/1YbHUZ7 That URL is pre-programmed with the polynomial and the "message" that should provide the CRC result of 0xE8CE (decimal 59598) But, it doesn't. I created this file, wrote it to tape, then read it again and tested it. It is 100% correct for the QIC-24 tape system. This is block 3 of 4 of the file that I have extracted, and am testing here. The ANSI QIC-24 standard booklet (X3.136-1986) says something that I know is a clue, but I just don't understand. "The cyclical redundancy check (CRC) shall consist of two bytes, calculated over the 512 bytes of interchange data, and the 4-byte block address, *starting with all ONEs, CRC initial value*, and using the CRC Generating polynomial: x16 + x12 + x5 + 1 *"starting with all ONEs, CRC initial value"*? What does THAT mean? Do I need to do some kind of register shift? xorin or xorout? I've even played with http://reveng.sourceforge.net/, but I'm having trouble even understanding the meaning of the input values and parameters with this. I appreciate any feedback that anyone can give, here. -- Thanks, -AJ http://MicrotechM1.blogspot.com http://MightyFrame.com

8 years, 7 months

TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

by cctalk＠beyondthepale.ie

> > This is a bit like the old toilet seat up/down argument... > > On Dec 9, 2015, at 3:58 PM, Jay West wrote: > > > Please make an effort not to top-post :| > > > > J > > > > After reviewing the 61 posts from the list I received this morning, I can only conclude that Johnny Billquist had the right idea. Regards, Peter Coghlan.

8 years, 7 months

New Special Project

by rodsmallwood52＠btinternet.com

Hi All I am working on a new special project. I can't reveal what it is yet. But I can tell you the bell is finished in polished brass with electromechanical striker and the whistle has its own air supply. Rod If you understand this and you are not out to grass (retired) like me you may want to consider it.

8 years, 7 months

CREEPYPASTA

by tulsamike3434＠gmail.com

What is your favorite CREEPYPASTA? I read one tonight called exploration of room -B. . . What are your fav'z? I am not a fan of the ones about games or the lame ones like Jeff the killer, Slenderman, Five nights at Freddy's ecp for the one called " The one in Crystal Cove". I am a big fan of Natenator77 and Otis Jiry "Chilling Tales For Dark Nights"!!! For those of you who do not know what creepypasta's are google it ot check out creepypasta.com . . I think this will be a great thread!

8 years, 7 months

AppleWorks for the Apple II

by tulsamike3434＠gmail.com

Does anyone here still use Apple Works for day to day use? I find it very useful it has a great word processor and a database / spreadsheet I use it to write Creepypastas in my Motorcycle shop late at night.

8 years, 7 months

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