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by yaksaken＠hkstar.com

HI Allison: ...... It means.... I still can't take some from you.... Err... BTW, if possible, you can give me your full name and the snail address, I will send you a bank draft.... You can ship the discs to me after you received the bank draft, okej? Yours, Ken Yaksa > <May I have few blank disks from you too...?? I live in Hong Kong, and I > <discover that I never can find 8" disks in my location! :( If so, I woul > <pay the shipping... :) > < > <Yours, > <Ken Yaksa > > OK, here's the scoop. > > 1) I don't want to ship if I don't have to. > 2) I'd really rather not ship international > > No one is interrested in paying me to package them to ship. Even with > free boxes and wadded up newpaper as padding it's still my time and tape. > > 3) the games disks... that was an unfortunate inclusion and the number > of disks that represents is small compared to the SIGM and CPMUG portion > which is some 300 or so. The rest are belived blank, or what have you > on them. > > 3a) the cpmug and SIGM disks are all on the WCcdrom and simtel, I feel > no guilt dumping them as it's not like they are anywhere near the last on > earth. They are more useful as media of if you have a 8" cpm system > convenient. > > 4) they are all CP/M sssd though some may be ssdd. > > 5) local pickup prefered. > > > Allison

28 years, 2 months

Preservation into Eternity (was: IMSAI 8080)

by jeff.kaneko＠ifrsys.com

> >So, what to use ? Writable CDs ? They have only a guaranteed > I suggest real CD-ROMs The 'real' ones can be expensive to master . . . > >lifetime of less than 15 years. Tapes ? Maybe - I have some > >PBS Tapes from 1976 and they are still readable, but they are > >900 and 1600 BpI tapes. Any modern optical and magnetical > >medium is less reliable. So printing the hex dump and then > >try to scan it back (ocr) when a replacement is needed ? > >This sould be reliable, since it is human readable (Like > >old magnetic tapes). > > I think paper is the best option. It shouldn't be a big deal to print a > hex dump for a 20-K program with a line printer. Just make sure it's Teflon, or Tyvek based paper (if such things exist), using some very high-tech ink/toner most modern papers (that I know of) have a finite shelf-life. Now papryrus-- that's rugged! S.L. = Several millenia > >Or just put it again on EPROMS - with propper handling ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ > >EPROMS could survive at least 50+ years - and PROMS > >(real one not EPROMS without window) should live even > >longer. So just copy them. And beside the information - > > What is the problem with EPROMs? Why not just put them in styrofoam? ^^^^^^^^^ Eeeek! Is this guy crazy? It would have to be stuck in carbon-loaded foam, and kept in a Faraday-cage container (metallized stat bags, or similar). > That should keep IR out... IR would be the LEAST or your worries. Now if you're a follower of Erich von Dainken, :-) you could inscribe your source in Gold leaves, as certain pre-pre-columbian 'civilizations' supposedly have done. Your assembly code will then be forever immortalized for future generations to puzzle over. Who knows? It may even become an object of worship . . . . <Tongue now removed from cheek> Jeff +------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Disclaimer: | | | | These opinions are entirely my own, and in no way reflect the | | policies or opinions of my employer. | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------+

28 years, 2 months

Convergent Miscellany

by jeff.kaneko＠ifrsys.com

<Stuff about Convergent Heavy Iron SNIPPED> > Convergent Technologies of San Jose California built a number of Unix > and other platforms, most of which were OEMed by other companies -- > NCR, Burroughs, Sperry, AT&T are the most prevalent. A few years > after Burroughs and Sperry merged into Unisys, they bought Convergent, > so I'm an ex-Unisys person since I got there a year later. Anything > you find running CTOS or CTIX is a Convergent box -- the AT&T Unix PC ^^^^^^^^^^ > ran CTIX, though the name didn't show up on screen. Convergent's ^^^^ OKay, so what happened to the source for CTIX? Did it vanish? Who does it belong to? WHo do you think I belongs to? Just Curious-- Jeff > 68xxx systems included the Miniframe and the Megaframe that later > evolved into the Convergent S-Series and the Unisys 5000 series. > (When I was there I got stuck on the damned U/6000 series, with > bloody Intel CPUs and ISA buses). > -- > Ward Griffiths > They say that politics makes strange bedfellows. > Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else. > Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_ > > >

28 years, 2 months

Preservation into Eternity (was: IMSAI 8080)

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<Just make sure it's Teflon, or Tyvek based paper (if such things <exist), using some very high-tech ink/toner most modern papers (that <I know of) have a finite shelf-life. Now papryrus-- that's rugged! <S.L. = Several millenia Not a big thing, use a low acid archival paper intended for that use. Also the printing should be done using an impact technology, it puts the ink deeper into the fibers. Ink jet would be good save for the ink stability is unknown, I'd suspect it's good though. Toners are wax resin based and while storage life is good it's not great. Allison

28 years, 2 months

Not really on-topic haiku

by dastar＠ncal.verio.com

A Win95 Haiku Yesterday, it worked Today it is not working Windows is like that (found in the local newspaper :) Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ever onward. September 26 & 27...Vintage Computer Festival 2 See http://www.siconic.com/vcf for details! [Last web page update: 06/11/98]

28 years, 2 months

LCD DIsplay for Allison

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<From: Robert Kirk Scott <scottk5(a)ibm.net> <Don't know if this will work for you, but I knew I had seen something <like it somewhere....took a while to track it down. On page 2 of their <online catalog, BGMicro (www.bgmicro.com) has a LM 211 by Hitachi: <480x64 dot pixel display, comes with drivers but no controller, +5v and <-9v supply recommended supply voltages, part no. LCD1008, cost...$3.50. Close but no cookie... the DELL mono/VGA (640x480) LCD came from BG also. The lm211 display is very nice but we're talking 40charx8 and I want 80x24 minimum, Graphics not needed. Allison

28 years, 2 months

Not really on-topic haiku

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

In a message dated 98-06-23 22:09:20 EDT, you write: << A Win95 Haiku Yesterday, it worked Today it is not working Windows is like that (found in the local newspaper :) >> lol. i have a bunch more. message me privately if you want em. david

28 years, 2 months

Preservation into Eternity (was: IMSAI 8080)

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<Sorry, I guess it would degrade, wouldn't it... <Why DO EPROMs go bad? Eprom technology relies on a stored electrostatic charge. The gate structure it uses as a capacitor is insulated with (SIO2) glass so its very high resistance but over time it can absorb mosture and the charge can leak off. UV accelerates that as do xrays and cosmic rays. The Xrays, this I know from erasing OTPs back when. I hadd help from a site were they were using industrial xray hardware on pipes. They thought I was nuts until I explaned that the parts were then worth about 25$ a peice and I have maybe 100 with me. The problem with OTPs is they are plastic and are not hermetic. The best for storage are the two slabs of ceramic types with kovar header or IBMs titainium/ceramic package. Allison

28 years, 2 months

MacWorks has old mac systems for more or less free... *shrug*

by poesie＠geocities.com

http://www.macworks.com/html/computers.html have old systems for "free", although there is a $25 handling 'fee' to make sure everything is inside. and if you're not in the kansas city area, there's 25 for shipping too. so they're not free, but i thought i'd just mention it if anyone for some strange reason is interested. -Eric

28 years, 2 months

Macintosh II (lisa???)

by poesie＠geocities.com

Not a mac collector, or user, but I spotted a box at a computer salvage place today that said "Macintosh II", big long box... about 2.5 feet wide, about 1.5 deep, about 6" high? had one 3.5 floppy slot on the right hand side and what appeared to be another slot next to it, but it was filled in. do not know if this was one of those remarketed Lisa's or if it is just another old mac. regardless, if it is anything, the store is www.dexis.com (they have a back area full of junk- mainframes, minis, racks, tons of old and quite cool stuff). let me know if it is anything interesting, i will be happy to go pick it up for somebody. -Eric

28 years, 2 months

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