For one thing, why not build a reader? Ought to be a fun weekend
project ;) The other question is whether the Scantron units use
optics or electric sensors for checking multiple choice tests.
>The mark sense readers depend on a series of "timing marks" printed on
the
>(lower?) edge of the card in order to work and I don't think they're
very
>good at sensing anything but very dark marks (remember the "special"
(#1
>lead) pencils you had to use when you filled out those cards in grade
school?)
>
>Visit Doug Jones' web site and drop him an email. He's very interested
in
>punched cards and knows quite a bit about readers, old and new. And
while
>you're at it, invite him to subscribe to this list. ;)
>
>http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/cards/index.html
>
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Thursday was a pretty good day as I found the folowing: a real nice book
called Microprocessors and Microcomputers Manufacturer's Literature by the
learning tree, great information on microprocesors, microcomputers,
peripherals, logic analyzers, logic chips, probes, breadboard systems;
another by Horowitz and Hill The Art of Electronics; HP9121 model D; IBM
7207-001 tape unit; IBM 7210-001 CD-rom; Apollo monitor 17"; IBM 3363
cd-rom unit; VT240 unit; Honeywelll Bull computer; HP9816 monitor/terminal;
Mac 128k mouse;3M D-2500 character generator; Unite digital test board; NEC
PC-8201A computer; and other items not in the 10 year rule.
Anyone have a manual laying around for a Commode-Ore C128D? This is the
128 model that has the separate keyboard and built in drive and power
supply, in a PC style case. If anyone has one we can work out a good
price or swap something for it. I need it for my own machine that I
recently acquired and the regular 128 manual just doesn't get it.
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Phone: (502) 756-1749 Data/Fax:(502) 756-6991
Email: rhblake(a)bbtel.com or rhblake(a)bigfoot.com
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Hello, all:
I just got myself a Diamond TrackStar Apple//-in-a-PC board. What little
info that I could find says that you can hook an Apple floppy drive to it.
However, in two places, the info says that it takes a standard Apple floppy,
and then it says a Unidrive.
Has anyone used this board? Which drive would it use? I know that it has
a 20-pin header on the board for the floppy. Any clues??
Rich Cini/WUGNET
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MCP Windows 95/Windows Networking
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Turned up one of these on Friday. It has a 21 meg HD, an 8088, and is
about like having a flat bed scanner on your lap!
No power supply and battery pack (10 size "D" nicads) shot, but got it
working off my bench power supply. It appears to be working normally and I
think I can rig up a power supply from a Sony version for a portable VTR.
Is anyone familiar with this beast? It must be one of the earliest laptops.
I also got three C-64's in the '128 style cases, but didn't get into them
yet.
Regards
Charlie Fox
Sorry about not checking the reply-to address in the message to Bill.
I'm getting brain dead anymore and will move it to private email from
now on.
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:I know this is off-topic, but this is the type of crowd that can
:appreciate this.
[spam frittered away]
this is odd - we got exactly the same message chez communa. we're just
wondering which address list they used, for sam's name to be on it as
well as ours...
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Communa (together) we remember... we'll see you falling
you know soft spoken changes nothing to sing within her...
Someone I know wants to identify an interesting Intel board they own.
Its about 18" wide by 12" high. It has the following markings on it:
Intel
System Interface and Control Module
MCB8-10
It has some odd chips, a 3-prong oval power socket and a S-100 like
connector.
Does anyone know what this is or for?
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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Coming in September...Vintage Computer Festival 2.0
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Yes, indeed, Warez people are the 3rd generation hackers. For the most
part, they're not to good at all. They pretty much just take software and
pirate it (hence the name "warez" pronounced "wares") They can hack NT
(like someone can't!) And for the most part, think that UNIX is dead. They
couldn't tell you the differance between a modem and a sound card, except
"one has the phone jack".
They don't do good, or even do anything that no one's done before. They
just go in, say that they've "hacked" a website, and brag about it in a chat
room for the next 50 hours. They're mostly teens, and techies-gone-bad.
Tim D. Hotze
-----Original Message-----
From: Christian Fandt <cfandt(a)servtech.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Friday, April 17, 1998 7:20 PM
Subject: Warez?? Was: Re: James Willings still up?
>
>At 21:01 16-04-98 -0700, <jimw(a)agora.rdrop.com> wrote:
>>At 11:50 PM 4/15/98 +0000, you wrote:
>>>For nearly a week, have anyone seen James Willings's postings or in
>>>private emails between anyone?
>>
>>No, contrary to popular belief (and random hopes) I have not fallen off
the
>>edge of the world...
>>
>>My local ISP got hit with a large scale 'warez' attack a couple of days
ago
>>and is still recovering... And of course that puts me just that much
>>further behind in my mail... (and other things...)
>>
> --snip --
>
>Forgive me for not knowing what _might_ be common knowledge amongst some
>folks here, but what is this "warez" thing?? I guess I don't hang around in
>any online areas, etc. which would have clued me in. Just a brief
>explaination, please, or even a pointer to an info source. No need to take
>up much bandwidth on this.
>
>Judging from Jim's statement, these are possibly individuals who have taken
>the good old, original 'hacker' expression and turned it into something
>truely bad? Glad you're still around, Jim.
>-- --
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I got a July '87 copy of a computer catalog, and it had a product
which I found pretty interesting. This was a small modem-sized box
that went between the keyboard and the computer. It was a hardware
spell-checker, powered off the keyboard, costing $20. It was supposed
to beep upon detecting a mistake. Seems like a good idea. Anyone
seen something like it?
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