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by ddameron＠earthlink.net

At 10:49 PM 1/31/99 -0800, Sam wrote: >I just opened the terminator and it looks like it has some sort of blue >chip inside (a resistor pack?) > >The numbers on it are: > >14-3- >221/331 >8440 <- date code? Yes, it is with the values of 220 and 330 Ohms from each pin to ground and Vcc. > -Dave

27 years, 8 months

OT: PC parts available

by dlw＠trailingedge.com

The guy below seems to have a bunch of old PC parts he was going to dump. They're not "classic" in mine or the list's terms but I know some of you here might be able to use them and he was just going to throw them away. Told him I'd pass his email along. You can get in touch with him at the address in the email below. ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date sent: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 19:30:38 -0500 From: Timothy Shandonay <tims(a)lascoinc.com> Subject: parts I didn't read your web page very carefully....so I'm not sure if you purchase computer parts. I have many motherboards, I/O cards, video cards, memory, etc that I am looking to get rid of. Let me know if you are interested. ----- David Williams - Computer Packrat dlw(a)trailingedge.com http://www.trailingedge.com

27 years, 8 months

Fw: Y1K Crisis Loomed...

by foxvideo＠wincom.net

>From: "F.J. Ted Douglas" <tdouglas(a)MNSi.Net> >To: "Charles Fox" <foxvideo(a)wincom.net> >Subject: Fw: Y1K Crisis Loomed... >Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 14:57:50 -0500 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 >X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Rev. Iain Macdonald <iain.macdonald(a)ns.sympatico.ca> >To: Alf & Sue Baldwin <abaldwin(a)ns.sympatico.ca>; Allan Cunningham ><acunning(a)execulink.com>; Barry Leslie <bleslie(a)ns.sympatico.ca>; Bethe >Nolan <lexian(a)ns.sympatico.ca>; Bob Perry <rjperry(a)idirect.ca>; Chris >Ewington <cbe(a)h2oent.com>; David Hart <hoppnerhart(a)sprynet.com>; David >Nichols <prisma(a)ns.sympatico.ca>; Debbie McKee <mckeebr(a)gov.ns.ca>; Dr. >Wayne Stobo <stobow(a)mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca>; Fisher McKay ><f.mckay(a)ns.sympatico.ca>; Fred & Elizabeth Durham <bulld(a)azstarnet.com>; >Jack Waller <ab497(a)chebucto.ns.ca>; Mary Miller <at747(a)chebucto.ns.ca>; >Moira Laidlaw <laidlawm(a)ozemail.com.au>; Peg Perry <pegperry(a)idirect.com>; >Peter Hogan <peter.hogan(a)ns.sympatico.ca>; Phil Cummings ><phil.cummings(a)ns.sympatico.ca>; Rev. Richard Fairchild <rjf(a)rockies.net>; >Val Chappel <valchap(a)admin.unr.edu> >Date: January 30, 1999 9:51 PM >Subject: Y1K Crisis Loomed... > > >>Canterbury, England. A.D. 999. >> >>An atmosphere close to panic prevails today throughout >>Europe as the millennial year 1000 approaches, bringing with >>it the so-called "Y1K Bug," a menace which, until recently, >>hardly anyone had ever heard of. Prophets of doom are >>warning that the entire fabric of Western Civilization, >>based as it now is upon monastic computations, could >>collapse, and that there is simply not enough time left to >>fix the problem. >> >>Just how did this disaster-in-the-making ever arise? Why >>did no one anticipate that a change from a three-digit to a >>four-digit year would throw into total disarray all >>liturgical chants and all metrical verse >>in which any date is mentioned? Every formulaic hymn, >>prayer, ceremony and incantation dealing with dated events >>will have to be re-written to accommodate three extra >>syllables. All tabular chronologies with three-space year >>columns, maintained for generations by scribes using >>carefully hand-ruled lines on vellum sheets, will now have >>to be converted to four-space columns, at enormous cost. In >>the meantime, the validity of every official event, from >>baptisms to burials, from confirmations to coronations, may >>be called into question. >> >>"We should have seen it coming ," says Brother Cedric of St. >>Michael's Abbey, here in Canterbury. "What worries me most >>is that 'THOUSAND' contains the word 'THOU,' which occurs >>in nearly all our prayers, and of course always refers to >>God. Using it now in the name of the year will seem almost >>blasphemous, and is bound to cause terrible confusion. Of >>course, we would always use Latin, but that might be even >>worse -- the Latin word for 'Thousand' is 'Mille' - which is >>the same as the Latin for 'mile.' We won't know whether >>we're talking about time or distance!" >> >>Stonemasons are already reported threatening to demand a >>proportional pay increase for having to carve an extra >>numeral in all dates on tombstones, cornerstones and >>monuments. Together with its inevitable >>ripple effects, this alone could plunge the hitherto-stable >>medieval economy into chaos. >> >>A conference of clerics has been called at Winchester to >>discuss the entire issue, but doomsayers are convinced that >>the matter is now one of personal survival. Many families, >>in expectation of the worst, are >>stocking up on holy water and indulgences. >> >> >> > > Charles E. Fox Chas E. Fox Video Productions 793 Argyle Rd. Windsor N8Y 3J8 Ont. Canada email foxvideo(a)wincom.net Homepage http://www.wincom.net/foxvideo

27 years, 8 months

List of interesting stuff was RE: Time to share a source - W.J.Ford Surplus

by chrish＠knet.kootenay.net

While looking around Andrew'secret suplus site at > http://www.falls.igs.net/~testequipment/index.html > i found the following that might interest you guys and gals:) http://www.falls.igs.net/~testequipment/video.html COLOUR VIDEO MONITOR Make:SONY Model:PVM-1910 TRINITRON COLOOUR, RGB, COMPOSITE VIDEO, EXT. TUNER, VTR, AND COMPUTER INPUTS, SEPARATE AUDIO INPUT, 24" DIAG. CRT Dimensions: 19.00"w x 19.00"h x 21.00"d Weight: 63.00 lbs. 1.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:B2340N RAMP Price: $ 150.00 ----------------------------------------- http://www.falls.igs.net/~testequipment/compute.html BASIC COMPUTER Make:HEWLETT PACKARD Model:85 BASIC LANGUAGE COMPUTER WITH BUILT IN PRINTER AND TAPE DRIVE, STD. 16K MEMORY, IDEAL FOR HPIB SYSTEMS (REQUIRES SEPARATE HPIB INTERFACE) 2.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:B2540 RAMP Price: $ 75.00 COMPUTER Make:HEWLETT PACKARD Model:300 / 9000 DESKTOP COMPUTER WITH 250 W POWER SUPPLY, BACK PLANE, COLLING FANS ETC. - MEMORY BOARD HAS BEEN REMOVED Dimensions: 12.75"w x 5.00"h x 15.00"d Weight: 21.00 lbs. 22.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:1749 WRHS-06 Price: $ 10.00 COMPUTER Make:HEWLETT PACKARD Model:9826 TABLE TOP COMPUTER WITH BUILT IN CRT AND KEYBOARD, INCL. HP 98626A RS-232 INTERFACE AND HPIB INTERFACE, C.W. 17 FLOPPY DISCS WITH OPERATING SYSTEM ETC., SYSTEM BOOTS UP, CRT CLEAR AND BRIGHT Dimensions: 17.00"w x 7.00"h x 25.00"d Weight: 45.00 lbs. 1.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:B2579 RAMP Price: $ 125.00 COMPUTER Make:HEWLETT PACKARD Model:HP 85A C.W. 82903A MEMORY MODULE & 82936A ROM DRAWER 1.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:B2563 RAMP Price: $ 75.00 COMPUTER Make:HEWLETT PACKARD Model:HP 85A C.W. 2 82936A ROM DRAWERS 1.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:B2564 RAMP Price: $ 75.00 COMPUTER Make:HEWLETT PACKARD Model:HP 85B C.W. I/O ROM 1.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:B2565 RAMP Price: $ 90.00 DISC DRIVE VARIOUS MAKES & MODELS OF 5 1/4" FLOPPY DRIVES - REMOVED FROM SURPLUS EQUIPMENT Dimensions: 8.00"w x 8.00"h x 3.00"d Weight: 3.00 lbs. 10.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:1563 UM04 Price: $ 5.00 DISC DRIVE Make:HEWLETT PACKARD Model:9121S USES 3.5" DISKS, 270 KBYTE CAPACITY, HPIB COMPATIBLE Dimensions: 13.00"w x 3.00"h x 11.00"d Weight: 12.00 lbs. 2.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:B2712 UM01C2 Price: $ 50.00 DUAL DISC DRIVE Make:HEWLETT PACKARD Model:9121D USES 2 3.5" DISKS, 270 KBYTE CAPACITY EACH, HPIB COMPATIBLE Dimensions: 13.00"w x 3.00"h x 11.00"d Weight: 13.00 lbs. 1.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:B2713 UM01C2 Price: $ 75.00 MONITOR, COMPUTER Make:ZENITH Model:ZVM-1240 AMBER SCREEN, 9 PIN DATA CABLE, REQUIRES 110 V AC, ONE UNIT HAS SWIVEL TILT PAD, OTHER HAS ANTI GLARE SCREEN, BOTH UNITS LIGHT UP WHEN PLUGGED IN (NOT TESTED ON A PC) Dimensions: 12.00"w x 10.00"h x 13.00"d Weight: 3.00 lbs. 2.00 on hand Image ID: ITEM473 Item No.:0473 UM01 Price: $ 8.00 PAPER Make:HEWLETT PACKARD Model:9281-0401 BOX OF 6 ROLLS THERMAL PRINTER PAPER 2' X 250', ONS Dimensions: 8.00"w x 11.50"h x 3.00"d Weight: 4.00 lbs. 3.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:1985 WRHS-SK16 Price: $ 12.00 PERSONAL COMPUTER Make:HEWLETT PACKARD Model:85B ALPHANUMERIC KEYBOARD, CRT, THERNAL PRINTER, TAPE DRIVE & ROM OPERATING SYSTEM, 64 K MEMORY, BUILT IN HPIB INTERFACE 1.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:B2541 RAMP Price: $ 90.00 PRINTER Make:HEWLETT PACKARD Model:2631A opt.046 SERIAL DATA PRINTER, DOT MATRIX 180 CHAR/SEC BI-DIRECTIONAL HEAD *** Dimensions: 25.00"w x 9.00"h x 19.00"d Weight: 52.00 lbs. 1.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:1431 UM03 Price: $ 30.00 PRINTER SWITCH Make:TANDY Model:26-2820 PRINTER INTERFACE SELECTOR 2, CENTRONICS COMPATIBLE PARALLEL PARALLEL INTERFACING, C.W. POWER SUPPLY, 2 CABLES & MANUAL, BOXED Dimensions: 12.00"w x 9.00"h x 3.50"d Weight: 3.00 lbs. 1.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:2340 UM01 Price: $ 10.00 PRINTER, DOT MATRIX Make:DIGITAL Model:LA50 9 PIN HEAD, 8 1/2 " CARRAIGE, FRICTION FEED, 25 PIN DATA CONNECTION, SELF TEST ACTIVATES PRINT HEAD BUT NOT ALL PINS LIVE, UNIT HAS BEEN EXPOSED TO HIGH HUMIDITY Dimensions: 16.00"w x 5.50"h x 11.50"d Weight: 10.00 lbs. 1.00 on hand Image ID: ITEM474 Item No.:0474 UM01 Price: $ 5.00 PRINTER, DOT MATRIX Make:DIGITAL Model:LA75 TRACTOR OR FRICTION FEED, SELF CHECKS OK, FRONT PLASTIC LID OVER CARRAIGE MISSING Dimensions: 18.00"w x 5.00"h x 14.00"d Weight: 22.00 lbs. 2.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:1853 UM01 Price: $ 35.00 PRINTER, DOT MATRIX Make:EPSON Model:FX-100 136 CHAR. CARRAIGE, TRACTOR OR FRICTION FEED, SELF CHECKS OK Dimensions: 24.00"w x 5.00"h x 14.00"d Weight: 24.00 lbs. 1.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:1852 UM01 Price: $ 45.00 PRINTER, DOT MATRIX Make:EPSON Model:FX-286 136 CHAR. CARRAIGE, TRACTOR OR FRICTION FEED, SELF CHECKS OK Dimensions: 24.00"w x 6.00"h x 13.50"d Weight: 23.50 lbs. 1.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:1855 UM01 Price: $ 35.00 PRINTER, DOT MATRIX Make:HEWLETT PACKARD Model:2394 RS-232-C INTERFACE, COURIER CARTRIDGE, TRACTOR FEED, RESPONDS TO TEST, NEEDS RIBBON, COMMERCIAL GRADE CONSTRUCTION Dimensions: 23.50"w x 7.00"h x 14.00"d Weight: 45.30 lbs. 1.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:1854 UM01 Price: $ 125.00 PRINTER, DOT MATRIX Make:OKIDATA Model:MICROLINE 812 PLUS FRICTION OR TRACTION FEED, INCLUDES HOLDER FOR PAPER ROLLS, DON'T KNOW WHAT BUTTONS FOR SELF CHECK Dimensions: 15.00"w x 3.50"h x 11.00"d Weight: 13.40 lbs. 1.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:1851 UM01 Price: $ 45.00 PRINTER, DOT MATRIX Make:PANASONIC Model:KX-P1092i TRACTOR OR FRICTION FEED, HIGH SPEED, NLQ, 8-1/2"W FORMS, SELF TESTS OK Dimensions: 17.00"w x 5.00"h x 14.00"d Weight: 22.00 lbs. 1.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:1846 UM01 Price: $ 55.00 PRINTER, INKJET Make:HEWLETT PACKARD Model:DESKJET SELF CHECKS OK Dimensions: 17.50"w x 8.00"h x 15.00"d Weight: 17.00 lbs. 1.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:1858 UM01 Price: $ 95.00 RS-232 INTERFACE Make:HEWLETT PACKARD Model:82939A (OPT.001) RS-232 INTERFACE MODULE FOR HP 85 COMPUTERS, OPT.001 IS 25 PIN MALE RS-232C CONNECTOR, C.W. COPY OF OWNER'S MANUAL Weight: 2.00 lbs. 1.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:B2575 PRG0 Price: $ 75.00 RS-232C SERIAL INTERFACE Make:HEWLETT PACKARD Model:98036A INTERFACE MODULE FOR HP 80 COMPUTERS Weight: 2.00 lbs. 1.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:B2578C PRF0 Price: $ 25.00 TAPE DRIVE Make:HEWLETT PACKARD Model:9144 16 TRACK DATA TAPE DRIVE UNIT, FROM HP WORKSTATION NETWORK ENVIRONMENT Dimensions: 13.00"w x 5.00"h x 15.00"d 1.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:1288 RAMP Price: $ 25.00 http://www.falls.igs.net/~testequipment/data.html DATA TAPE Make:3M Model:TK 50 1/2" COMPACTAPE CARTRIDGES COMPATIBLE WITH DIGITAL TK 50 DRIVES, PACKAGED NEW Dimensions: 4.25"w x 4.25"h x 1.13"d Weight: 1.00 lbs. 12.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:1721 UM10 Price: $ 4.00 DATA TERMINAL Make:TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Model:707 SILENT 700 SERIES DATA TERMINAL, ACCEPTS ACOUTIC COUPLE AND PHONE LINE INPUTS. Dimensions: 11.50"w x 3.00"h x 8.50"d Weight: 5.00 lbs. 4.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:1694 UM08 Price: $ 25.00 DATA TERMINAL Make:TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Model:707/1200VT SILENT 700 SERIES KEYBOARD & PRINTER, HAS A 2 1/2 X 9 LCD DISPLAY Dimensions: 11.50"w x 3.50"h x 8.50"d Weight: 7.00 lbs. 1.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:1695 UM08 Price: $ 40.00 DATA TERMINAL Make:TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Model:D765 PORTABLE SILENT 700 PORTABLE TERMINAL, SELF CONTAINED KEYBOARD,, PRINTER & MODEM TO ACCEPT TELEPHONE HANDSET Dimensions: 16.00"w x 4.50"h x 15.00"d Weight: 14.00 lbs. 2.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:1689 UM08 Price: $ 30.00 DATA TERMINAL Make:TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Model:SILENT 700 CONNECTS TO STANDARD TELEPHONE HANDSET TO ALLOW TRANSMISSION OF TEXT BETWEEN COMPATIBLE UNITS, SUITCASE STYLE UNITS WITH BUILT IN KEYBOARD AND PRINTER Dimensions: 15.00"w x 4.50"h x 16.00"d 2.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:1195 WRHS-G Price: $ 20.00 DUMB TERMINAL Make:DIGITAL Model:VT240 VT-240 TERMINAL, DOES NOT INCLUDE KEYBOARD OR MONITOR Dimensions: 18.00"w x 3.75"h x 12.00"d Weight: 12.00 lbs. 5.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:1768 RAMP Price: $ 10.00 MAINFRAME Make:HEWLETT PACKARD Model:64100A THE 64100A IS THE FUNDAMENTAL UNIT OF THE 64000 DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM, CONSISTS OF CONSOLE WITH INTEGRAL 12" CRT, FULL ASCII KEYBOARD, RS-232 INTERFACE AND SPACE FOR 10 OPTION CARDS. UNIT HAS 64941A OPTION CARD CONTROLLING 2 X 5" FLOPPY DRIVES Dimensions: 20.00"w x 13.75"h x 28.00"d Weight: 75.00 lbs. 1.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:0670 UM03 Price: $ 45.00 MODEM Make:TEAM TECHNOLOGY INC Model:1200AT FULL OR 1/2 DUPLEX, RS-232C PORT, COMPATIBLE WITH BELL 103 & 212A MODEMS, 0 - 300 BPS OR 1200 BPS, BOXED C.W. USER'S MANUAL & DC ADAPTOR Dimensions: 6.50"w x 3.50"h x 14.50"d Weight: 3.25 lbs. 1.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:B2452 UM02 Price: $ 10.00 TAPE CARTRIDGES Make:3M Model:DC300A DATA TAPE CARTRIDGES, NEW, INDIVIDUALLY BOXED, (USED TAPES TAPES ALSO AVAIL. AT 1/2 PRICE) Dimensions: 6.00"w x 4.00"h x 0.63"d Weight: 0.50 lbs. 14.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:1894 WRHS-19 Price: $ 2.00 TAPE UNIT Make:COLUMBIA DATA PRODUCTS Model:300 D 110 DATA TAPE CARTRIDGE UNIT Dimensions: 7.00"w x 5.00"h x 14.00"d Weight: 13.00 lbs. 1.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:1567 UM02 Price: $ 15.00 TELETYPE Make:TELETYPE CORP Model:43 TABLE TOP TELETYPE MACHINE, 1/2 & FULL DUPLEX OPERATION Dimensions: 17.00"w x 5.00"h x 21.00"d Weight: 30.00 lbs. 1.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:1798 UM Price: $ 20.00 http://www.falls.igs.net/~testequipment/misc.html BOOKS Make:HEATHKIT Model:INDIVIDUAL LEARNING PROG 8 LOOSE LEAF BINDERS COVERING MICROPROCESSORS, DIGITAL TECHNIQUE, ETC., SOME VOLUMES DUPLICATED (NOT A COMPLETE SET), ALSO INCL. 2 VOL. OF FLIP CHARTS Weight: 37.00 lbs. 1.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:B2505 MEZZ Price: $ 50.00 CABLES Make:HEWLETT PACKARD Model:82937A HPIB INTERFACE CABLE FOR HP 85 Weight: 2.00 lbs. 4.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:1719 UM08 Price: $ 10.00 RIBBON, TTY Make:UNKNOWN TYPEWRITER / TELETYPE RIBBONS, 1/2" CLOTH REUSEABLE INKED RIBBON ON 5/8" X 2" DIA. REELS, 12 PER BOX Dimensions: 8.38"w x 2.38"h x 4.00"d Weight: 0.50 lbs. 50.00 on hand Image ID: ITEM433 Item No.:0433 FRWALL Price: $ 0.25 U-MATIC CASSETTES Make:SONY Model:KCA6U SET OF 13 PRE-RECORDED U-MATIC CASSETTES WITH MICROCOMPUTER COURSES - INCLUDES CONCEPTS, ALGORITHMS, HARDWARE, ETC. Dimensions: 7.00"w x 10.00"h x 1.50"d Weight: 25.00 lbs. 1.00 on handNo Graphic on file Item No.:2306 WRHS-16 Price: $ 30.00 ------------------------------------------ http://www.falls.igs.net/~testequipment/manuals.html list of all the manuals they have for rent ------------------------------------------ There is is .....phew :-) I had nothing to do so just thought you guys might be interested Chris Halarewich

27 years, 8 months

Kaypro II and Kaypro 16 available

by KFergason＠aol.com

hey, are they here in Houston? hows life? Kelly In a message dated 1/31/99 10:59:12 PM Central Standard Time, dlw(a)trailingedge.com writes: > I've been talking with a guy who has a Kaypro II and a Kaypro 16. I > I already have a Kaypro II and I'm not interested enough in the 16. > Anyone out there who might like these, he used them for several > years and just wants to see them go to a good home. Hmm, > maybe I need another storage space. Let me know if you're > interested and I'll put you in touch with him. >

27 years, 8 months

new toy!

by jim＠calico.litterbox.com

I just got my hands on my first Kaypro - a Kaypro 4. Everything seems to work, but it never boots from the only boot floppy I have. I tried reversing the two drives and booting from the other drive and got the same results, so I'm convinced it's the floppy itself. Can anyone point me to a site where I can get the software to create a new one from my win95 machine (if possible). I have some questions. First, I tried connecting a 360k 5.25 inch floppy from a PC to the kaypro. At first nothing happened, then when I changed the device select to 0, it hung the machine every time it tried to boot. Should I interpret this to mean you can't connect PC drives to Kaypros? If you CAN, can you connect 3.5 inch drives to it? It would be far more convenient... Also, on www.psyber.com/~tjc/ it says there's a western digital hard disk controller. WD-1002-05 HDO. Is it possible to connect this to a K4? If so, how? I don't see any open connectors on the motherboard offhand. Anyway, the guy I got my K4 from has a K2 and a K2x - the latter of which appears to be unable to boot, although I suspect reseating the chips would solve it, and the former of which has a soda-contaminated keyboard with some missing keys. If anyone's interested in these machines, let me know and I'll forward your e-mail to him. -- Jim Strickland jim(a)DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Vote Meadocrat! Bill and Opus in 2000 - Who ELSE is there? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

27 years, 8 months

new toy!

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<Actually, on the downstream side of the adapter card you are tremendously <close to an IDE interface. As I understand it, the IDE interface is <premised on the commands that are required by the WD1002-nnn controller. <zI have forgotten the exact model, but it must be near to the WD1002. Incorrect. IDE is the buslevel equivelent of the ISA16 card WD1003WA. The register format, addresses of the registers are identical, the interface is also the same save for there are only three addres bits and two selects(like chip select) where the board would take a full 10 bit address and decode it. The 1002 HOST interface gas a different address, register command structure though there are similarities wbeing both from WD. To do a IDE on kaypro you would need to do the 8<->16 bit translation and from what I have here there is not enough addresses brought out to the host adaptor plug. That means a CPU piggyback adaptor (GIDE is one case). SCSI would be easier as a cpu interface but the SCSI bios is a nightmare for the 5380 type chips. In any case adding a hard disk to kaypro requires utility software, an interface and BIOS. Going the turborom route and putting two to three 3.5" disks is easier. With 3.5" drives there is auto write portect on power down so you dont need to eject the disks and with the that would be 2.3mb of available storage plus the 360kb drive for compatability. I have one setup in such a mannor with an old IBM PS/2 drive inside the case (I treat it as 781k hard drive) and two drives on the front (3.5" and 5.25" 360k). For what I use the kaypro for that's plenty of on line storage. To do 1.44mb would require far more effort due to data rate and the fact that DMA is not available so it would be hardware mods for floppy controller and also big time bios mods. Allison

27 years, 8 months

Kaypro II and Kaypro 16 available

by dlw＠trailingedge.com

I've been talking with a guy who has a Kaypro II and a Kaypro 16. I I already have a Kaypro II and I'm not interested enough in the 16. Anyone out there who might like these, he used them for several years and just wants to see them go to a good home. Hmm, maybe I need another storage space. Let me know if you're interested and I'll put you in touch with him. ----- David Williams - Computer Packrat dlw(a)trailingedge.com http://www.trailingedge.com

27 years, 8 months

Looking for boot disks for Gould K450 Logic Analyzer (fwd)

by donm＠cts.com

If anyone has an inkling of how to help this chap, please reply directly to him. I'd appreciate a Cc if convenient. - don ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 15:16:23 -0500 From: Rich Joyce <rjoyce(a)altairavionics.com> To: donm(a)crash.cts.com Subject: Looking for boot disks for Gould K450 Logic Analyzer CPM/86, 5 1/4. I don't know if there are any special files required. got the Logic Analyzer with the dual disk system attached but no disks!. Any help is much appreciated!! Richard Joyce Altair Avionics 106 Access Rd Norwood MA 02062 Ph: 781 762 8600 Fx: 781 762 2287

27 years, 8 months

Other UK early comp title

by jpl15＠netcom.com

Taking books from the various piles on the floor and putting them snuggly on their new shelves, I have encountered the other 50s UK computing book: "Automatic Digital Calculators" by Booth and Booth, Butterworths Scientific Publications, 1956 (2nd ed, 3rd reprinting) While it only has four plates, it is *full* of circuit diagrams, element descriptions, and much advanced maths :) in connection with the fundamentals of the devices. I am accumulating material for a marathon scanning session, as I said in the previous post on this subject. It's a stack about 2 meters high right now. Hmmmm.... Cheerz John

27 years, 8 months

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