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by spectre＠floodgap.com

For the Classic Mac cctalkers not on 68KMLA or the Mac OS 9 list, I booted out Classilla 9.2 for Mac OS 8.6 through 9.2.2, a Mozilla-based web browser for classic Mac systems (thus darn near almost on topic [2002]). This version has a rewritten JavaScript interpreter and a lot of omnibus fixes. Enjoy :) http://www.classilla.org/ -- ------------------------------------ personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckaiser at floodgap.com -- Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. -- Oscar Wilde

15 years, 10 months

Lightbulb police? (was RE: Anyone off to VCF-UK)

by woyciesjes＠sbcglobal.net

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Cameron Kaiser <spectre at floodgap.com> wrote: > > Meanwhile, the California State Ass'y voted to ban plastic bags, so that > > we can all either cut down trees and pay a nickel each, or pay the store > > a couple bucks for cheapo 'reusable' bags that tear at the slightest glance. > > I'll just be making more frequent trips for smaller shopping lists to avoid > > using bags at all. Environmental conservation is fun! > > Huh? Why? I never use plastic or paper bags. I just take a backpack or > a set of bike panniers (or in extremis both) to the store. Much easier > and comfier to carry, too, and they get used hundreds or thousands of > times. I've got a couple of plastic crates, built liek milk crates, same width, but 1.5 times wider. Perfect for when the wife sends me grocery shopping at BJ's Warehouse. > Disposable bags are just plain evil, nasty and stupid... And great for the evil nastines that you get cleaning the cat's litter box. I've got a bucket that just the right size for holding the plastic grocery bags open for dumping the shit in. Tie it up and done... -- --- Dave Woyciesjes --- ICQ# 905818 --- AIM - woyciesjes --- CompTIA A+ Certified IT Tech - http://certification.comptia.org/ --- HDI Certified Support Center Analyst - http://www.ThinkHDI.com/ Registered Linux user number 464583 "From there to here, From here to there, Funny things are everywhere." --- Dr. Seuss

15 years, 10 months

Semi-OT: Apple iPad

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

Okay, I know the iPad is totally OT, but here is my question, does anyone on this list have one, and have you tried using it for reading PDF's off of Bitsavers? How practical is this? I'm finally making real progress at getting my computer "lab" setup with the systems I plan to keep, and don't have a way to read manuals out there. Currently the only computer that doesn't have a VT420 attached is the Commodore 64. Guess I should get the SGI o2 or Sunblade 1000 hooked up... Zane -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh at aracnet.com | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |

15 years, 10 months

VAX 4xxx DSSI drive sleds, drive covers and DSSI node plugs available, UK.

by binarydinosaurs＠gmail.com

Folks, Found a few of these whilst tidying up our surplus stock room, there's 3 or 4 plug-in drive sleds for RFxx ISEs, quite a few device cover/node plug combos and a couple of TLZxx/RRDxx removeable device covers. We don't want any cash for them but you'd have to pay shipping from Cambridge UK, pick up obviously welcome. Oh, there's a metric buttload of the QBUS slot covers too, though I suspect they'll end up in the recycling. Cheers! -- adrian/witchy Owner of Binary Dinosaurs, the UK's biggest home computer collection? www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk

15 years, 10 months

C64: Chameleon 64

by brianlanning＠gmail.com

I'm waiting for it too. It's ridiculous. Basically, you don't even need the c64 anymore. iirc, you can run a c64 emulator just inside the cartridge. But anyway, it acts like the CMD type accelerators, with three different speeds: normal, CMD supercpu which I think is 20x, and full blast. There's 16megs of memory, SD card slot for 1541 emulation, there's also vga and ps/2 mouse and keyboard connectors. I think it has ethernet also (or accepts that module). It's expensive, but I'm getting one anyway. I'm sure there will be a limited production run and I'm sure it will go for insane amounts of money on ebay later, so it's not lost money. I wish they'd make something like this for the amiga also. brian On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote: > I was just looking to see if there was any updated software for my "MMC > Replay" cartridge, and I ran across information that the "MMC Replay" has > been discontinued (http://www.vesalia.de/e_mmcreplay.htm), and is being > replaced by the "Chameleon 64". > > Does anyone have any info on this? ?It looks like it will be expensive > (about 200 Euro), but I want one! > http://www.vesalia.de/e_chameleon.htm > > Zane > > > -- > | Zane H. Healy ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?| UNIX Systems Administrator | > | healyzh at aracnet.com ? ? ? ? ? ? ?| OpenVMS Enthusiast ? ? ? ? | > | ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?| Classic Computer Collector | > +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ > | ? ? Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, ? ?| > | ? ? ? ? ?PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. ? ? ? ? | > | ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? | >

15 years, 10 months

C64: Chameleon 64

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

I was just looking to see if there was any updated software for my "MMC Replay" cartridge, and I ran across information that the "MMC Replay" has been discontinued (http://www.vesalia.de/e_mmcreplay.htm), and is being replaced by the "Chameleon 64". Does anyone have any info on this? It looks like it will be expensive (about 200 Euro), but I want one! http://www.vesalia.de/e_chameleon.htm Zane -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh at aracnet.com | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |

15 years, 10 months

8" boot disk for Disk Jockey 2D/B

by dgriffi＠cs.csubak.edu

I was wondering if anyone here has an 8-inch CP/M disk set for use with a ThinkerToys Disk Jockey 2D/B. -- David Griffith dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

15 years, 10 months

Authenticity opinions

by chrise＠pobox.com

I have brought my SWTPC 6800 system back to life that I built as a kid in 1976. It is pretty heavily loaded with RAM cards, floppy controller, etc. and the 8V power supply rail was never really able to hold its own. It sits at about 6.5V now... driving many 5V regulators on the various cards. No where near enough margin going into those. So, I am contemplating the following, 1) rebuild entire power supply using three switchers, 7.5v unit nudged up to 8V and two 12V units to supply +/-12 on the backplane. All of these will fit inside the original cabinet in place of the linear supply's transformer, giant electrolytic cap, bridge rectifier, etc. I'd mount these switchers to an aluminum plate that would fit into the chassis and use existing mounting holes thereby not drilling any new holes in the chassis. This would be the least "period" solution but allow all of the original cards to run in the machine with power to spare. 2) add a new transformer to the existing supply just for the 8V rail. This will also fit but requires moving the existing transformer, cap, DC distribution board-- all efforts that require drilling new holes in the chassis. This would be a more authentic solution since I wouldn't be introducing power supply designs that didn't exist back then. There were actually published mods along these lines in the day but I am little hesitant to butcher the chassis to accomplish this. 3) scuttle the legacy RAM cards, most of which are 4K in size built with 2102's... and one 16K built with 2114... and replace them with a single homebrew RAM card using one 32Kx8 SRAM drawing almost no power in comparison to these old cards. Definitely not period and all the authentic RAM cards would be sitting on the shelf then but the power supply could remain unmodified. Any recommendations on the best choice? Chris -- Chris Elmquist

15 years, 10 months

good news on P112 parts

by dgriffi＠cs.csubak.edu

I took a casual survey of parts needed for making a new run of P112 kits. Good news! The hardest parts to source, the SuperIO chip, processor chip and RS232 drivers are all still currently manufactured and the prices aren't bad. -- David Griffith dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

15 years, 10 months

(beerp) returns t for PLATO@50 tomorrow?

by legalize＠xmission.com

Hey folks, I'll be flying into San Jose tomorrow for the PLATO @ 50 presentation at the Computer History Museum. My flight gets into San Jose around 3:55 PM, but the presentation at CHM doesn't start until 7 PM. I wasn't planning on renting a car, so my mobility will be limited. However, it would be great to meet up with folks for beer and/or dinner before the PLATO presentation. I'll be checking my email until about 10 AM MDT tomorrow (9 AM PDT). -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com/the-direct3d-graphics-pipeline/> Legalize Adulthood! <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>

15 years, 10 months

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