- test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org - classiccmp.org

by sjhill＠realitydiluted.com

Greetings. I discovered on Google that about a year or more ago, you had copies of SGI Pipeline magazine and such. Any remote chance you still have this stuff? Thanks. -Steve

22 years, 6 months

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Wooden cases (was: New find: Nascom)

by witchy＠binarydinosaurs.co.uk

Jules' message about ugly wooden cases made me think about the Tangerine Microtan 65 I had in the back of the car the last time we met. Top quality case, designed to withstand being trampled by a herd of Wildebeeste I think. http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/Museum/Tangerine/DSCF5879.JPG Yes, that's an Apple ][ keyboard :) On top is the T.U.G ROMboard (1981), a blinkenlights panel and an Eprom blower that are both connected to internal serial ports on the TANEX expansion board. The machine came with the ASCII keyboard and the original Tangerine Hex keypad and the case features RF, power and keyboard connectors. Inside is the PSU, Microtan itself and the TANEX on a 2 slot backplane. Marvellous :) -- Adrian/Witchy Owner & Webmaster, Binary Dinosaurs www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - possibly the UK's biggest online computer museum www.snakebiteandblack.co.uk - ex-monthly gothic shenanigans :o(

22 years, 6 months

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UP600 Software

by WilcoxNS＠nv.doe.gov

I read your message on one of the boards and was wondering if this offer is still avalible: " I also have a copy of the UP600 software :)". Anything dealing with the UP600 would be great. NIck

22 years, 6 months

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Parallel keyboard interfacing

by RCini＠congressfinancial.com

Hello, all: I was browsing the Mini-ITX motherboard site recently (http://www.mini-itx.com) and was intrigued by some of the cloaked "classic" PC projects. The Mini-ITX is an extremely small form-factor PC motherboard and this site outlines people's homebrewed projects. Anyway, there's a project using an Atari 800, a Commodore 64 and a Commodore SX-64. This got me to thinking. In these projects the keyboard is left in the case as a prop (non-working). I was thinking about using a busted Amiga 500 (more internal space to mount stuff) for a project but I want to find out how hard it would be to make the prototype keyboard "working" by connecting it to a hacked PS/2 keyboard controller. Does anyone have a schematic for an actual PS/2 or AT keyboard? How are the keys connected to the keyboard controller? Thanks in advance. Rich

22 years, 6 months

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cctalk Digest, Vol 6, Issue 33

by MTPro＠aol.com

In a message dated 2/16/2004 12:47:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, cctalk-request(a)classiccmp.org writes: A quick browse thru one of my catalogs - (Newark) in the Belden section, shows them currently available - part number 17280 for 'hot left of gnd' and 17952 for 'hot right of gnd' pinning. Newark stock numbers: 36F987 for the 17280 36F986 for the 17952 -986 is $6.32 -987 is $5.67 Hi John, thank you for that information. Do you know how I can tell if I need hot left vs. hot right? Is the Newark catalog available in the US? Thanks, David

22 years, 6 months

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ever de-rack a TS11?

by brad＠heeltoe.com

Has anyone ever removed a TS-11 from a rack? Any advice? I assume the first thing to do it to remove the door (after disconnecting all the cables :-) Once the door is odd it looks like the front screws will allow the frame to slide forward and out. Is the frame heavy? (i.e. can one person remove it?) -brad

22 years, 6 months

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FS: Compaq Proliant 4100 with Wide-Ultra SCSI-3 (Model UE) interface

by vcf＠siconic.com

I just got in a Compaq Proliant 4100 Storage System UE with Wide-Ultra SCSI-3 interface (Model UE). It has 5 drive chassis and dual hot-swap power supplies. Both supplies fire up nicely, fans come on, all pertinents LEDs show normal operation. I have no drives to test with so selling as-is. Interested? I'm not expecting much. Make an offer. Best offer by 2/21 gets it. Reply directly (private mail). List responses will be mocked and derided. Shipped weight: 55lbs >From ZIP code 94550 -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]

22 years, 6 months

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Got a DEC 2000 Alpha server, need help

by aek＠spies.com

> Isn't it time to either kill DECUS, or turn it into something more useful? It died when they threw out the program libraries for anything that wasn't a VAX Resurrection of those libraries will take years, thanks a lot guys..

22 years, 6 months

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RSX11m.dsk needed

by artem_55555＠yahoo.com

Dear All: Could you advise me on where I can get the above to use for E11? Thank you. Artem Kovalenko. artem_55555(a)yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html

22 years, 6 months

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VT420 experiment needed

by msokolov＠ivan.Harhan.ORG

Witchy <witchy(a)binarydinosaurs.co.uk> wrote: > It sends a <CR>. Dot sends a dot :) OK, so these are out-of-compose keys like arrows and function keys, and like the whole keypad on VT2xx/3xx. > Verified against asciitable.com..... Umm, you don't remember the entire ASCII table by heart? Tsk tsk. This is the kind of thing that everyone should know as most basic, so if anyone wakes you up in the middle of the night and asks you to recite the ASCII table, you ought to be able to just recite all 128 characters immediately. (Or at least the 96 characters from space through delete plus the most basic controls, I'll grant that most of the C0 control characters are not used anywhere and have no real meaning beyond the paper spec.) > I get a beep and the 2nd keypress, as I expected. Wait a moment, are you saying that if you enter a code between 80 and 9F through hex compose while the terminal is set for VT400 mode, 7-bit controls in Setup, it beeps in error and sends nothing? This is not what the manual says, it says that it sends the two-byte 7-bit escape sequence equivalent to the C1 control character entered. So the actual behaviour differs from documentation here, right? MS

22 years, 6 months

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VT420 experiment needed

by msokolov＠ivan.Harhan.ORG

Witchy <witchy(a)binarydinosaurs.co.uk> wrote: > Keypad Enter just ends the compose sequence, So after canceling the compose, it does NOT transmit the normal code(s) for keypad Enter (CR, CR LF, or SS3 M)? Are you sure? Maybe you were testing in a mode where it sent CR which was invisible? Could you try again with the terminal set to local mode, display controls? According to the docs (and actual behaviour on VT320) whenever you press a key outside "normal" in a compose sequence, it cancels the compose and then the key does its normal action. The only exception is Delete, which is the key you should press to get out of compose mode you entered unintentionally. > Interesting. I've always had my terminals set to 7 bit space parity - > software needs from many moons ago I used to use the VT100 mode (and still do on console/test terminals) which has the same effect of forcing a 7-bit only Universe. In spring of last year I migrated to using an 8-bit environment on the terminal on my desk in the command room (one I'm typing on right now) to support Russian. Of course DEC built its classic hardware during the Cold War and didn't support Russian, but I've hacked it in. I use a downline-loaded 96-character KOI8-E set for my GR set on output, and since I don't have the guts to tear the VT apart, get to its firmware ROM, and Russify the keyboard input firmware, I have instead implemented a hack in the Berkeley UNIX tty driver to enter Russian in KOI-8 from the VT320 keyboard. > - but setting it to 8N shows some > interesting things going on with 'display controls' enabled: Yup, it's a whole new exciting 8-bit world out there. I was quite excited when I took a VT3xx out of VT100 mode and put it in its native mode for the first time. > Compose key plus keypad: > > 00 = <NUL> This is the hexadecimal compose feature. The keys of the numeric keypad become hex digits in compose mode. 0-9 are themselves, PF1-PF4 are A-D, '-' is E, and ',' is F. You can enter any 8-bit character from 00 to FF as two hex digits. > 11 = nothing Actually it's XON (^Q), though of course it's normally unseen. > 22 = " > 33 = 3 > 44 = D > 55 = U > 66 = f > 77 = w These are just ASCII. > 88 = HTS (horizontal tab stop?) > 99 = '99' stepped like a fraction. C1 high control characters. According to the manual the terminal only allows you to enter them if it's set for 8-bit controls in Setup. If it's set for 7-bit controls, the manual says that C1 chars entered through hex compose will be turned into equivalent 7-bit escape sequences. Can you test (using local mode, display controls) whether this is actually true? > Mixing keypad and keyboard keys results in a beep and end of sequence. OK, the reasonable behaviour, just as I was going to implement in my code. > With > parity set to 7S I get slightly different results, but then a lot of compose > sequences don't work with 7S. Well, yeah, Compose is basically for entering 8-bit characters. The standard ASCII main keypad supports all 128 possible 7-bit ASCII characters, so you should never need Compose or anything else for 7-bit ASCII, unless of course you are one of those strange people who configure their LK201s for some non-ASCII national mode. MS

22 years, 6 months

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CP/M and other software...

by patrick＠evocative.com

Through the generous donations of several individuals (especially Gaby Chaudry for allowing me to mirror her site and Barry Smith for a copy of his archives) I now have available over 600MB of CP/M software and data, as well as machine-specific information, from a variety of sources. I'm making this available now, although I'm not finished organizing it (there's a lot of duplication, gaps, etc.). Also a lot of the archives are in old (current-at-the-time) formats, and I will be indexing them for easier traversal. This has already been done for most of the ZIP archives, particularly those from Barry's collection. Please feel free to browse/download. I've hobbled the bandwidth a bit at the moment just to get a feel for how much this may affect my network, so please forgive the temporary configuration of the server. ftp://ftp.staunch89er.com/pub/ Suggestions, pointers, info about broken files, donations of missing files, etc., are all appreciated! --Patrick

22 years, 6 months

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[OT] HP 1630 Manual?

by patrick＠evocative.com

Does anyone have an electronic copy of the operator's manual for an HP 1630 logic analyzer (specifically 1630G, but I think any of the series will be pretty much the same). TIA! --Patrick

22 years, 6 months

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Two Strange Finds Today at Auction

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

Well today I got a pallet with 2 strange items on it: One was a AS/400 Advanced Type 9402 with all it's cables and a internal QIC 2GB tape drive. The second item was a Hitachi Color TV Camera with a zoom lens by Fujinon mounted on it. This a large unit dated as mfg'd in Oct 1979. There were several other items on the pallet but nothing of interest but for $5 I can't complain.

22 years, 6 months

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VT420 experiment needed

by msokolov＠ivan.Harhan.ORG

I'm writing a software module that turns a DEC LK201 keyboard into an IFCTF keyboard (one that generates ASCII/ISO codes and sequences) and among other features supported on LK201 in various DEC products I want to implement hex compose on the numeric keypad like on VT420. The problem is, some fine details of how it should work are unclear and I don't have a VT420 to experiment on, only VT320 and VT340 which don't have hex compose. I'm wondering if someone on this list has a VT420 and could test something for me. First, what happens if you press keypad Enter or keypad '.' in a compose sequence? I can think of 3 reasonable ways the firmware can handle this: * Do what it does for Tab, Return, arrow and functions keys in a compose sequence, i.e., cancel the compose sequence and let the pressed key do its normal non-compose action. * Ignore the key (suppress the keyclick) and remain in the compose sequence in the same state. * Store the invalid key in the compose sequence accumulator and proceed to the next character of the sequence. Then at the end of the compose sequence complain with a warning bell about the invalid sequence. Can someone with a VT420 please try this and see which of the above (or something else altogether) does the firmware do? Also what happens if you mix a main keypad key and a numeric keypad key in a compose sequence? MS P.S. Reverse-engineering state machines is fun, isn't it?

22 years, 6 months

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tu58 - reading off end of reel?

by toresbe＠ifi.uio.no

Well, might not help much, but no, there was no EOT detection. The TU55's on 'my' PDP-7 would often hit EOT while doing DECsys formatting. -tsb

22 years, 6 months

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OT: Paging James Willing

by aek＠spies.com

It's been a few months now.. Did anyone have any luck contacting him or recovering anything they bought?

22 years, 6 months

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sol-20'2

by nickpug＠hotmail.com

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22 years, 6 months

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sol-20's

by nickpug＠hotmail.com

This is what I have and will be selling in the near future. Two sol-20's both working perfectly in original condition. One is fully loaded with everything you could get from the factory(64k, networking board, ect). The other has either 4k or 16k (?) it acted as the others slave and does not have all the boards. Both have original monitors. I have all the documentation from the manuals to copy's of receipts, and original software (cp/m, cbasic). A micropolis 1054 5 inch 4 stack of drives which I still need to test just to be sure it still works( I cannot even find a reference to them on the online). And one decwriter with the form feed option and a built in keyboard. So you could network all this stuff and have three separate inputs (it is pretty cool). I have not decided how to auction them off yet (as a collection or individually). Any who that's what I got so tell me what you think if any one wants a preemptive bid let me know. thanks nIcK nickpug(a)hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Say “good-bye” to spam, viruses and pop-ups with MSN Premium -- free trial offer! http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200359ave/direct/01/

22 years, 6 months

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Heathkit Trainer Kit on eBAY

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

This is at $437 with 3 hours to go. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2786040034

22 years, 6 months

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Smoke on the Horizon... oh s**t!

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

Hi The problem is that they are the best for some applications. The board space to use electrolytics is prohibitive. Even electrolytics can be an issue. There was the formula snafu a couple years ago for the electrolyte. I always replace old tantalums with similar looking ones. I just expect them to fail and don't otherwise worry about it. Most regulators can handle a few minutes of short. Dwight >From: msokolov(a)ivan.harhan.org > >So here is my question then: if not tantalum, then what? > >I've always been told that aluminum electrolytic caps were cheap stuff that >doesn't last and that tantalum caps are much better and (that was the claim) >eternal. So I guess this is wrong. What is the truth then? Is it the other >way around? Or are they both bad? And why are so many people, including on >this list, saying "aluminum electrolytics are cheap crap, use tantalum"? > >And what are the *good* caps to use? > >MS >

22 years, 6 months

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[OT] Speaking of explosion...

by patrick＠evocative.com

Sorry everyone, it's Friday, and my mind isn't on focused on work at all. I thought I'd share something I found humorous. I just got a recall notice and replacement battery for my Kyocera phone. In the letter that accompanied the new battery, written by a Kyocera attorney, it was said that there was little risk of a widespread problem, and only a few people had been affected by the (I quote) "rapid disassembly" of the device, and of those, only one person had received second degree burns, and property damage in other cases was minor. "Rapid disassembly" ??? As if angry little gnomes in the battery wake up and start taking it apart and throwing pieces around (flaming pieces, I'd assume, given that burns and property damage resulted)? I assume he meant it can *explode*, or is that a "forceful rapid disassembly" (and therefore something entirely different). Anyway, whatever you do, don't let those gnomes into your classic computers. I can only assume those of you with caps that have given in to rapid disassembly (or perhaps even forceful rapid disassembly, or worse, sudden intense warming accompanied by forceful rapid disassembly and ensuing off-gassing of combustion by-products) let those gnomes get in there. Have a great weekend, all... --Patrick :o)

22 years, 6 months

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Memory

by wilconsys＠terra.com.br

Dear John I?m try to find information on DEC memory M7551 5017547-01-D1-P2. Do you have it. If so please can you provide me a copy? Many thanks Wilson Barbosa A Brazilian user of OLD lsi-11/73. Thanks

22 years, 6 months

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A cable! A cable!

by vcf＠siconic.com

My empire for a cable! I need a male DC-37 to female DC-37. Blast you, IOmega! -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]

22 years, 6 months

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tu58 - reading off end of reel?

by brad＠heeltoe.com

Anyone seen a TU58 read off the end of the reel? I replaced the capstan rollers in my TU58 today and tried to boot an VAX 730. It buzzed in reverse for about 5 seconds and then stopped. So naturally I tried again. And again. And again. (hey, if one aspirin is good, then 15 must be *really* good :-) Needless to say, it eventually read past EOF and the tape came off the takeup reel. Heh. There seems to be no EOT detection on these little drives. My guess is something is bad in my TU58 or it's not reading the tape properly (no doubt it can read backwards and is looking for some sort of block marker - yes?) Any hints? I've never booted a 730 before. (long ago I booted a 750 many times but I don't recall how it went - it "just worked" :-) And well, 780's - that was much more fun with all that clicking of the floppy drive :-) -brad

22 years, 6 months

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S-100 Plug

by MTPro＠aol.com

Does anyone have a plug for sale for this S-100 system, please see: http://members.aol.com/mtpro/plug.jpg Thanks, David, classiccomputing.com

22 years, 6 months

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Wire Wrapper needed for PDP-7

by aek＠spies.com

I think it's a bit presumptuous to say that it would be impossible to re-wire a PDP-7, especially since someone or something (was it done in an automated fashion at the factory?) had to do it to begin with. -- I'm in a betting mood... I will wager $1000 USD that this machine won't be operational (running all existing diagnostics or at least the CPU/memory/DECtape tests) by this time next year. FWIW the wire wrap bit and unwrapper is larger than the std #28/#30 since the pins on first generation flip chips were rectangular.

22 years, 6 months

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DEC RL02 carts on eBay

by jpl15＠panix.com

Says '10 available' - these are RL02-DCs and the one in the picture has a white shock-watch... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2786753916 starting bid $3.00 - each, I assume. Cheers John

22 years, 6 months

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Interesting NY Times story...

by Lee.Davison＠merlincommunications.com

> Stuff today is so inaccessible from a retroist point of view. > The cellular networks 50-75 years from now probably won't support > what we use today, and unless cellular towers will be cheap, > abundant, and easy to store in our garage, we probably won't be > setting up our own networks to see how far we can call for fun. Setting up a celular base station while not trivial is not impossible. The hardest part is the RF Tx and Rx sections, of which you need at least two if you want to place calls and three if you want to place a call to another phone on the same base. 50 to 75 years from now the cell phone collectors should be able to make their own base stations and route calls to other like minded people via their ever-on broadband network connections. Cheers, Lee. ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________

22 years, 6 months

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Old Amiga game... "Portal"?

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

In a message dated 2/15/2004 12:56:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, vcf(a)siconic.com writes: Gawd damn dave! Will you please use a quoting system that makes it seem like you are actually replying to an e-mail message and not just adding to it? Look at your message below. Can you tell right off where Ethan's message ends and yours begins? I surely can't. This is complete lameness. This is not the first complaint lobbed your way. Are you listening? Better yet, I'll postpone any futher posts indefinately.

22 years, 6 months

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Xerox Monitor

by marvin＠rain.org

I just ran across this Xerox monitor, and don't recognize it. Is this anything I should keep? http://www.rain.org/~marvin/xerox.jpg

22 years, 6 months

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here's a beautiful HP rack

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2788085365&category=1247 and if anyone likes that one, I have several I'd like to find homes for. Jay West

22 years, 6 months

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Old Amiga game... "Portal"?

by dickset＠amanda.spole.gov

Long ago, before I even had a hard drive on my A1000, I had a game for the Amiga that I think was called "Portal". It was more of an interactive story where you played the part of an astronaut returning to a deserted Earth. I have been googling, etc., and can't find it on any game lists. Given that AFAIK, it runs under AmigaDOS 1.1 and probably doesn't have a hard-disk- installable version, I'm sure all of these newcomers to the Amiga scene have never heard of it. So... does this ring any bells with anyone? Do I have the title right? -ethan -- Ethan Dicks, A-130-S Current South Pole Weather at 15-Feb-2004 11:50 Z South Pole Station PSC 468 Box 400 Temp -50.9 F (-46.1 C) Windchill -80.2 F (-62.3 C) APO AP 96598 Wind 7.8 kts Grid 065 Barometer 689.9 mb (10254. ft) Ethan.Dicks(a)amanda.spole.gov http://penguincentral.com/penguincentral.html

22 years, 6 months

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HP 8" Drive eBay 2 hours left

by jpl15＠panix.com

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=167&item=2786529895 $50 min bid - from Hawaii Cheers John

22 years, 6 months

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Help with RT-11 V02B

by jhfinexgs2＠compsys.to

I have found two RX01 images for V02B of RT-11. But I would prefer to have the files on an RK05 image. Thus, I copied all of the files to an RK05 image after which I used E11 to BOOT the RX01 image (I tried to "BOOT RX0" using SIMH, but I was not successful, although "BOOT RK0" was successful under both SIMH and E11): For those of you who don't remember, the original PIP program handled all of what are now (DIR, PIP, DUP). I am able to BOOT DX0 under E11 and: .R PIP *DX0:/L *RK0:/L and see a directory listing of the files on both devices, so E11 and the code must be working OK. I am also able to take an RK05 image of a V02C RT-11 distribution and BOOT the RK05, so the boot program in E11 is also correct (and works on SIMH as well). HOWEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!! After I "BOOT DX0" and: .R PIP *RK0:*=RK0:RKMNSJ.SYS/U Then back to E11 and "BOOT RK0" It does not work! But if I "BOOT DX0" again and: .R PIP *RK0:*=RK0:MONITR.SYS/U and repeat, then I am able to "BOOT RK0", but I end up on DX0, which is what I would expect since under V02B, the file MONITR.SYS is really DXMNSJ.SYS and has all the stuff to boot DX0 which it does do! So what might be wrong? Any Ideas? In addition, when I: .R PIP *DX0:*=DX0:DXMNFB.SYS/U and then go back to E11 and "BOOT DX0", the expected boot of DXMNFB.SYS also does not work. Maybe I am using the wrong switches for V02B of RT-11 or the files DXMNFB.SYS and RKMNSJ.SYS are corrupted. Note that I am not really concerned with using V02B of RT-11, but I wish to make up a CD containing as many versions of RT-11, including V05.03 and prior, as are available. So while I have two RX01 images for V02B of RT-11, I would also like to have a bootable RK05 image of V02B as well. Sincerely yours, Jerome Fine -- If you attempted to send a reply and the original e-mail address has been discontinued due a high volume of junk e-mail, then the semi-permanent e-mail address can be obtained by replacing the four characters preceding the 'at' with the four digits of the current year.

22 years, 6 months

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cleaning a TU58 tape head - is alcohol ok?

by brad＠heeltoe.com

Does anyone know if it's ok to clean a TU58 tape head with alcohol? (or, perhaps, does working on a tu58 lead one to drink? :-) -brad

22 years, 6 months

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OT: another reason to not like microsloth - caution, may contain rant.

by witchy＠binarydinosaurs.co.uk

In other news I've just managed to delete my entire classiccmp folder from Outlook, which is nice. All 600-odd messages of stuff. I installed Office 2003 'cos I'm unofficial IT support for Mrs Witchy's school, and the edu version allows 3 home installs. Thing is, because the new Outlook is obviously a complete rewrite of the previous version the default behaviour of folder selecting has changed, only they don't tell you that. In Outlook 2000 when you selected a folder the first message was automatically selected, so if it was one you weren't interested in you could just hit delete and it would be gone, or you could up'n'down arrow to select messages. (Yes, I shift-delete so I don't have to keep emptying 'deleted items'). You could TAB and CTRL-TAB round the windows perfectly happily and whichever folder you tabbed or arrowed onto would be displayed. In Outlook 2003 you can't just TAB round the windows any more. Oh no. You have to TAB and space-to-select just like a web browser. If you select a folder then you've *just selected the folder*, so deleting will delete the folder and it's contents with no warning other than 'are you sure you want to delete the selected item'. Bastards. And before anyone says 'backup' yes I probably should. But since I've had the same outlook file with pretty much no disasters since 1996 why should I start now. More to the point, why should the behaviour of Outlook change with no warning.... And another thing - I have a rule set that all messages from classiccmp go into said folder, and since the deletion I've recreated the folder amidst much swearing. A message has just arrived and a box has popped up saying 'can't move to the classiccmp folder' when it quite clearly can 'cos the fucking folder is there! Gah! -- Adrian/Witchy Owner & Webmaster, Binary Dinosaurs www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - possibly the UK's biggest online computer museum www.snakebiteandblack.co.uk - ex-monthly gothic shenanigans :o(

22 years, 6 months

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OCR of 644 TIFF files?

by brad＠heeltoe.com

Hi, If you had, say, 644 TIFF files, containing black and white scanned text >from a patent application. And say, you wanted to turn that back into a text file, what would you do? The images contain code listings. Is a commercial OCR program the way to go? Any suggestions? Is there any freely-available OCR which would be up to the task? (it's the Symbolics 3600 patent) If it was 64 pages I'd type it in. But 644... :-) -brad

22 years, 6 months

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Things for sale on Vintage Computer Marketplace

by MTPro＠aol.com

In reference to some items I mentioned for sale recently; the items that I haven't sold directly are now on http://marketplace.vintage.org/. The most recent nine postings are all from me. I would appreciate anyone taking a look. I am motivated to sell these and some other items, reasonable offers are welcomed. Thank you, David Greelish, classiccomputing.com

22 years, 6 months

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Orlando Hamfest finds, Finally day.

by technobug＠comcast.net

"Joe R." <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com> at Sun, 15 Feb 2004 12:18:01 -0500 bragged: [hack...] > NuBus prototypiong board made by Apple. This one has two ROMs and a > 68000 installed at the factory. Anybody know what the story is on that? You found yourself a Macintosh coprocessor board. They developed a RT/OS called A/ROSE (and the extension A/ROSE that no one knew what to do with...) to go with it. <http://www.mactech.com/articles/develop/issue_04/coprocessor.html> has a good write-up on the beast. [...] > Drum roll please. Taa Da! > National Semiconductor Pacer SBC Another monument to Nationals propensity to shoot themselves in the foot. I was running a DG Nova 1200 at the time this POS came out and was one of the first to stand in line to get the micro version of the 1200, And then only tot find that they split the Program Register into two 8-bit registers thereby making it a paged machine and rendering the thing useless. And then there's the static registers in the 32000 series... National had the chance to do right in many cases, but always got it wrong. AHHHHHHH!!!!! Enough of my rant. Claude

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Old Amiga game... "Portal"?

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

In a message dated 2/15/2004 6:55:57 AM Eastern Standard Time, dickset(a)amanda.spole.gov writes: Long ago, before I even had a hard drive on my A1000, I had a game for the Amiga that I think was called "Portal". It was more of an interactive story where you played the part of an astronaut returning to a deserted Earth. I have been googling, etc., and can't find it on any game lists. Given that AFAIK, it runs under AmigaDOS 1.1 and probably doesn't have a hard-disk- installable version, I'm sure all of these newcomers to the Amiga scene have never heard of it. So... does this ring any bells with anyone? Do I have the title right? heh, I remember that game and have it for my apple //e. Something about finding out where everyone went and you interact with some computer system that will help you find out what happened. -- I am not willing to give up my liberties for the appearance of 'security'

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Orlando Hamfest finds, Finally day.

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

Just got back from the last (1/2) day of the hamfest. Todays haul; Two boxs of HP and Tektronix manuals. A pile of IBM RS/6000 docs A studio grade RGB monitor (hopefully to replace SEVERAL of the Sun, HP and SGI RGB monitors that I current have) A Compaq Portable III A HP 214A Pulse generator (an oldie but it will pulse 100V into 50Ohms and none of the new stuff will do that) A Sinclair ZX-61 with accessories (Glen, are you listening?) An IBM PS/2 model 8525 (Kelvin?) A pouch with a HP Logic Probe, Currrent Probe, Chip Clip and Logic Pulser. Joe PS the LD Xpro programmer has the plug in for the 44 pin PLCC 80x51 type devices. Two days down and one to go. Here's the haul so far" HP 9845B (appears to be loaded) HP 1000 computer (yes, another one!) HP 1351 Graphics Generator (vector graphics for the HP 1000!) HP 3468 DMM with HP-IL interface Three large boxs of early data books Original early IBM PC. Appears to be untampered with. Some NEC APC III manuals. Passed up several more boxfuls of these. Anybody need them? NuBus prototypiong board made by Apple. This one has two ROMs and a 68000 installed at the factory. Anybody know what the story is on that? P133 notebook computer with Network Stumbler installed (this should be fun!) A like new Logical Devices XPro EPROM programmer with the PLCC plugins. An IR black body source with controller Drum roll please. Taa Da! National Semiconductor Pacer SBC Passed up a Sparc notebook computer but got a lead on some Apple Lisa parts. Joe

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**********Re: Straight 8 -- front panel repair

by aek＠spies.com

> I believe all they need is a good sample from which to shoot a master. -- I have a high resolution scan of the panel If someone were to do repros, I'd suggest using polycarb instead of glass The good thing is, unlike later machines, it is just a rectangle w/o cutouts

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Straight 8 -- front panel repair

by bfranchuk＠jetnet.ab.ca

McCollum, Peter wrote: > Hi all, > Just joined up. > I have a straight-8 in the garage (not working, but repairable I think) with an ASR-33. No other perpherals. > Also have an 8-E (almost working I think). It has several option/IO cards in it, but no actual perpherals. > > I started with DEC in 1981, in a Test Engineering group for Storage. > > Here's my first question: > What should I do about the glass on the straight-8 front panel? The paint markings are peeling off. > Is there a recommended way to preserve it? > Or, has anyone made a graphic template that can be used to print a new panel, and put it behind a piece of plain glass? > > Regards, > Pete You need to get in touch with this guy about getting your straight 8 working. His 8 has suffered major damage and needs major parts like a core memory and backplane and front panel. See this web site for details. http://nisler.org/crash/ ** warning -- not for the faint hearted ** I am also posting this to classic computers since a lot of people have 8's there. A replacement front panel and other parts may be a good group effort for the people that still have straight 8's. Ben.

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Orlando Hamfest finds

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

Two days down and one to go. Here's the haul so far" HP 9845B (appears to be loaded) HP 1000 computer (yes, another one!) HP 1351 Graphics Generator (vector graphics for the HP 1000!) HP 3468 DMM with HP-IL interface Three large boxs of early data books Original early IBM PC. Appears to be untampered with. Some NEC APC III manuals. Passed up several more boxfuls of these. Anybody need them? NuBus prototypiong board made by Apple. This one has two ROMs and a 68000 installed at the factory. Anybody know what the story is on that? P133 notebook computer with Network Stumbler installed (this should be fun!) A like new Logical Devices XPro EPROM programmer with the PLCC plugins. An IR black body source with controller Drum roll please. Taa Da! National Semiconductor Pacer SBC Passed up a Sparc notebook computer but got a lead on some Apple Lisa parts. Joe

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Classic Computing in LA

by rcini＠optonline.net

John: My company's office is on South Lake at the corner of Del Mar. I don't have a map handy but I think that it's a softball's throw from CalTech. Where in Old Town is Empire Electronics? Usually I walk to Old Town from my hotel to kill some time. Rich ----- Original Message ----- From: dundas(a)caltech.edu Date: Saturday, February 14, 2004 1:31 am Subject: Re: Classic Computing in LA > Well I work at Caltech (Pasadena) and live in a city immediately > adjacent and > I'm not aware of any good "classic computing" spots. Wish I did. > > My favorite electronics spots are Dow (now Mavac) and C&H, both on > Colorado > Blvd. Tim Shoppa turned me on to Empire Electronics in Old Town > Pasadena. > That's about it. > > Good luck, > > John > > > I'm going to Los Angeles, CA for a few days next week on > business. Are there > > any good spots to check out for classic computing / electronics > gear? I'll > > probably be in the Pasadena area. Last time I went I was in > Ceritos, and all > > the cool electronics surplus places I've heard of were closed. I > also have > > the luxury of several equipment boxes that will be shipped along > with me and > > returned on my way back :) > > > > > > > > > > > >

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HP find + VME

by Lee.Davison＠merlincommunications.com

Recently rescued .. HP 9000/300 - 68010 CPU, 1MB RAM + video (so it says) HP 9153A - 2 of, floppy + HD (probably 10MB) HP 35731A - 12" 512x400 monochrome monitor (some burn) HP 46021A - keyboard HP 46083A - HP-HIL rotary control HP 46084A - HP-HIL ID module One of the 9153A drives is alleged to contain the software to dribe a gas chromatograph (written in PASCAL) the other is alleged to contain the PASCAL compiller environment. Not tested as yet. Also .. MEM/340 - 4MB multibus II(?) memory card And bought recently .. Heurikon M220 - 5 of, VME, 68020/68881, 4MB DRAM, SCSI, 2 x SERIAL Matrox MMG640 - 2 of, VME, graphics, ?? I need info for the Matrox and Heurikon boards, and possibly ROM images, and I could use a VME backplane or two (or other VME cards such as ethernet) so the HP stuff and the multibus card are available for swap/sale. I can probably deliver/collect within the UK. Cheers Lee. ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________

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RLL vs. MFM

by uban＠ubanproductions.com

A friend wants to know if he can use an ST238R RLL drive with am MFM controller. It has been to long for me to remember the answer to that question, so I'll let the knowing people of this list enter your votes. --tnx --tom

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PerSci manual wanted (classiccomp)

by herbjohnson＠comcast.net

Saw your msg below while searching the Web about Persci drives. I have a 277 manual, courtesty of Cromemco, in my inventory. I normally sell copies by the page but I would trade for copies of some of your manuals. Confirm you are still interested and we can work the details. I have the Persci 277, 299, (8-inch) manuals; what is the 207 and 272? Herb Johnson Your msg, late in 2003: My newly-acquired Cromemco System 3 came with lots of disks, spare boards, manuals, licences, and a terminal, but only one dual PerSci S299 floppy drive, which needs some attention (it seeks but returns read errors). Anyone got a manual I can download, borrow or trade? I have two sets of manuals (2 of each of the "Product Specification" and "Logic and Schematic Diagram") for the 270/272/277 drives, several spare ADM-5 manuals, and some spare Cromemco FDC manuals. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York -- Herbert R. Johnson voice 609-771-1503, New Jersey USA <a href="http://njcc.com/~hjohnson"> link to my web site</a> <a href="http://retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff"> mirror of web site</a> email address: hjohnson AAT njcc DOTT com (if mail bounces, try herbjohnson ATT comcast DOTT net) good used Mac, SGI, 8-inch floppy drives S-100 IMSAI Altair computers, , docs, by "Dr. S-100"

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Classic Computing in LA

by toresbe＠ifi.uio.no

>Make sure you post your successes/feedback when you get back. I'm going to >Pasadena in mid-March. Yeah, I'd love to see that too, I might be going there some time in the future.

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sol-20

by nickpug＠hotmail.com

Hi was wondering if you know anyone that would be interested in two working sol-20 one 16k and the other 64k with the helios 4 disk drive, and two original moniters.

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cctalk Digest, Vol 6, Issue 29

by sastevens＠earthlink.net

At 12:00 PM 2/13/2004 -0600, nickgraber(a)mchsi.com wrote: >Im looking into buying a 2430 tek scope but was wondering if you found out >what was wrong with your scope. the one I with to buy fails trigs ccd and >pa. I was just wonder if you would know what that ment for the >scope. and my >other question is that the scope says it is 50 ohm 5v and 1 Mohm 400vp is >that >switchable at the scope or do you have to get a fet probe to use the scope at >1Mohm 400vp ? I would stay away from the Tek 2400 series if at all possible. That generation of Tek 'scopes use custom Integrated circuits that are no longer produced and are virtually unobtainable. There are a dearth of replacement parts. You'll find you have to canibalize other 2400 series 'scopes to keep yours going. Particulary I would avoid any 2400 series scope that has problems. Unless you need parts out of it, of course. Or, of course, if you're a Tek Scope collector. I am old fashioned and wouldn't part with my Tek 465. The 7000 series mainframe 'scopes are incredibly inexpensive on the used market these days as well. I have one I may list on eBay soon.

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Apple II workstation Card

by sean＠macassist.com.au

Hi there, Just saw your post from December about the software for the Apple II Workstation Card. I was just sent the software for this - a Shrinkit archive containing a 800k (3.5") disk image - would you like it? Regards Sean ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sean McNamara mailto:sean@macassist.com.au MacAssist Ph: (02) 8920 0866 Authorised Apple Solutions Reseller Fax: (02) 8920 0877 ABN 95 758 412 281 Mobile: 0414 270 132

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GRiD PalmPAD Docs?

by doc＠mdrconsult.com

Does anyone have them, or have any information on where to get a user's manual? Doc

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Odd question about microwaves and magnetic media

by Lee.Davison＠merlincommunications.com

> Can magnetic media setting in proximity to a microwave be affected by the > microwaves or anything else in the oven (the magnetron for instance)? Not unless the microwave is in some way defective, if it does then it's more a hazzard to you than the magnetic media. > so I've put the microwave oven for heating my burritos on the same table > where I'm setting up my data conversion station. > I guess it probably isn't be a good idea. Probably not, food near IT equipment is never a good idea. > Ok, another experiment: place a floppy disk with data on a large monitor it would be quicker on a small monitor, the degauss field tends to be stronger as the coil is smaller for about the same current, but ... > and hit the degauss button, then check to see what is left on the disk Whatever was on it before for HD disks and usually the same for DD. The inverse square law for the field means you need linear motor strength fields before you can approach the field strength found under the head and reliably erase data. Cheers, Lee. ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________

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finds from TRW Swapmeet (AKA Northrup Grumman swap meet) today

by william.gallas＠ngc.com

Hi- I'm trying to get in touch with Jim W. Stephens. Any help you could give me on how to contact him would be appreciated. Thanks very much.

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Odd question about microwaves and magnetic media

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

Hi Does the tupperware work for un-cracked eggs as well or do they just blow the lid off? Dwight >From: "Patrick Rigney" <patrick(a)evocative.com> > >> I am (of course) presuming your not putting the media in >> the microwave and cooking it. I'm also assuming your >> concern is the data contained on the media. :-) > >I always put mine in a Tupperware container first, so the bits don't spray >all over the inside of the oven. --P > >

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[OT] Speaking of explosion...

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

>From: "Patrick Rigney" <patrick(a)evocative.com> > >Sorry everyone, it's Friday, and my mind isn't on focused on work at all. > >I thought I'd share something I found humorous. I just got a recall notice >and replacement battery for my Kyocera phone. In the letter that >accompanied the new battery, written by a Kyocera attorney, it was said that >there was little risk of a widespread problem, and only a few people had >been affected by the (I quote) "rapid disassembly" of the device, and of >those, only one person had received second degree burns, and property damage >in other cases was minor. > ---snip--- When I worked at Intel ( years ago ) we tested power supplies at incoming. One of the units had a "rapid disassembly" of a 2in Dia X 5 in Len electrolytic can. Interesting effect. Dwight

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Odd question about microwaves and magnetic media

by vcf＠siconic.com

Can magnetic media setting in proximity to a microwave be affected by the microwaves or anything else in the oven (the magnetron for instance)? -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]

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Encompass (was: Re: Hobbyist VMS (was: Got a DEC 2000 Alpha server, need help))

by waltje＠pdp11.nl

All, Whoa. You dont hear for ages, and then boom, there it is! > Dear Fred, > > Welcome to Encompass! Your associate application has been processed and > your Associate ID is listed above. We apologize for any delay in > processing. As a complimentary Associate of Encompass, you will have > access > to our web site in the public areas that do not require a password. If > at > any time you would like to upgrade your membership to the Individual > level, > a password will be granted to you for the privileged areas (discussion > forums, discounts, seminar proceedings, Encompass business and minutes, > etc). > > In a few days, you will be able to access the VMS Hobbyist license using > your ID number. More information about that program can be found at > http://www.montagar.com/hobbyist/. Over the next few months, be on the > lookout for changes to our web site, www.EncompassUS.org, and other > communications from the Board of Directors and our headquarters office. > > If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact > us > at Information(a)EncompassUS.org or call us at 877-354-9887. ... Do note, that this is based on my *US* info, not the European one; that one is still, um, in progress? --f

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Yay - got my Encompass ID!

by witchy＠binarydinosaurs.co.uk

And the email says I'll be able to access the VMS Hobbyist licenses in a few days.... Fred, I think they're picking on you, mate :) Just got to sort out an oddity with PHP and the webserver will be up and running.....seems quick too, though from inside the firewall it would, wouldn't it. -- Adrian/Witchy Owner & Webmaster, Binary Dinosaurs www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - possibly the UK's biggest online computer museum www.snakebiteandblack.co.uk - ex-monthly gothic shenanigans :o(

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PDP11/34

by toresbe＠ifi.uio.no

>I visited a customer in Sweden today. In the corner was a packed-up PDP >11/34. I dont know beans about PDP, but that is what they told me. There >seemed to be a CPU, a disk drive and a few disc packs >Would that be interesting for anyone ? If so, I can ask the customer if we >can have it Oh my God - I choked on my evening coffee reading this... I'd truly love it, and my geography aligns slightly. Being 15 and without a driver's lisence, I have no opportunity to drive it myself. But I do have some friends with lisences... I don't know for sure if I can get it (If it's availible I'd walk over corpses for one ;)) I would really really really love it. Where in Sweden is this? What configuration is it? One rack? Many? Mange mange tak for brevet! -tsb

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Quick Basic (Bob Mason): Zipping it

by suzyqfw＠msn.com

I ran accross a posting and your email address while doing a search for Quick Basic 4.5 I have been looking for some replacement disk. I am not a professional programmer, but I do have some personal programs that I wrote during the time that I took programming in collage. I purchased Quick Basic 4.5 so I could work on programs at home and not at the collage computer lab. The computer that I used at that time is long gone. And not I find the need to upgrade a program. I have the all the source code, but the disk that I have are 5.25 and neither of my computers have that size disk. How much are you selling Quick Basic 4.5 for? Please email suzyqfw(a)msn.com ThanksGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com

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Odd question about microwaves and magnetic media

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

Hi I do know that some monitors can produce a strong enough field to disturb the writing action on floppies. I've not had them erase by these fields but it seems that the writing of the floppy is more sensitive to stray fields. I found that increasing the distance by as little a a telephone book can make the difference. Dwight >From: "John Allain" <allain(a)panix.com> > >> Can magnetic media setting in proximity to a microwave be affected... > >In general I try to keep any magnetic media at least 1 foot from >any electrical devices. For a major consumer of watts, it's more >like 3+ feet. > >John A. >so, how do I get the floppy into the drive then? <g> > >

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Odd question about microwaves and magnetic media

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

Hi Yes, the stray magnetic fields can cause problems. The RF shouldn't be an issue. It might be a fun experiment to place a floppy in one to see if it gets thermal damage. Not only the magnitron that has a strong magnet but also flux leakage from the power transformer that is used to produce the high voltage. Dwight >From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf(a)siconic.com> > > >Can magnetic media setting in proximity to a microwave be affected by the >microwaves or anything else in the oven (the magnetron for instance)? > >-- > >Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org > >[ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] >[ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ] > >

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Need drivers for Bernoulli PC2/PC2B interface

by vcf＠siconic.com

I need to get a Bernoulli Box hooked up. I've got two IOmega PC2/PC2B interfaces but no drivers. I've found drivers for Linux (which is a fallback option), but I'd like to just do this in DOS to keep it simple. Now, I need the drivers for these cards so I can hook up my Bernoulli Box (CDS-PC/20) to my PC. However, the PC2 card is basically just a SCSI interface. Will the Bernoulli Box work with any SCSI interface? THANKS! -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]

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Need drivers for Bernoulli PC2/PC2B interface

by TRASH3＠splab.cas.neu.edu

Sellam, I have a few Bernoulli 150 drives set up on machines currently. They can read from 60 to 150Mb disks. I have both the SCSI and the IDE versions. I could not tell exactly what Bernoulli box you were trying to hook up. I have the OADDOS software that came with the Bernoulli drives, or if you have disks that fit my drives, I can read them. Joe Heck

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need some info on some sort of pocket terminal

by quapla＠xs4all.nl

Hello All, I found an unusual handhel pocket terminal. It's housing is the same as the older LED pocket calculators used by Texas Intruments, but is is not the TM990/xxx terminal as used for Texas own PLC's or TMS9900 based computers. This one is apparently made by Gr Electronics, who were based in the UK and in the US. This is based on the fact that is says 'GR 185-2' on the board. I searched Google, but I couldn't find any info. As the housing was loose, I opened it, and it uses an Intel 8048 microcontroller, has 8 character and has a curled cable which has a DB25 connector at the end. The cable has 7 wires, and when the battery door is opened (this device get's it power via the cable), a 6 position dip switch is revealed. There is also a little plastic block which does do some power conversion (i.e. +5V into + and - 12V)? and a little buzzer. The crystal on the board has a value of 6.144 (Mhz?). What I would like to find out is some kind of information/usage/whatever of this device. It would be great if this device just acts like a plain RS-232 terminal. Thanks, Ed --

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For Chip Collectors

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

Check this auction, I have NOTHING to do with it or the parson selling. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2786033645&category=1247

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Help ID this bizarro Sound Blaster

by sastevens＠earthlink.net

At 10:19 PM 2/12/2004 -0600, you wrote: > > You know what would be *really* cool (and expensive, and useless...) is > > to interface a punch card read/writer so you can punch a google request > > card, run it, and have it punch the URLS back out on cards, or print on > > paper. When my father was writing software at IBM (he programmed on the 650) he tells me that coding involved: 1. Punching in your program on cards. 2. Loading the compiler/assembler program into the machine off punched cards. 3. Running the compiler/assembler. 4. The compiler/assembler reads in your program card deck as data. 5. The compiler outputs your object code as a deck of punched cards. 6. You load in the punched cards (the object deck) to test your program. This cycle is repeated, churning out a new deck of object cards, for each iteration of your program. We sure have it easy these days. He speaks of the drum memory as having been a big improvement at the time, when it could be used. These days Dad will dabble once in awhile in Lotus 123 but mostly Mom has the Thinkpad (their only computer) to herself. Her heritage is the years she spent before computers, typing right and left justified text on memeograph stencils for church bulletins. I'm sure she can still center text of arbitrary length on a typed page with a Selectric.

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PDP11/34

by nico＠farumdata.dk

Hi I visited a customer in Sweden today. In the corner was a packed-up PDP 11/34. I dont know beans about PDP, but that is what they told me. There seemed to be a CPU, a disk drive and a few disc packs Would that be interesting for anyone ? If so, I can ask the customer if we can have it Nico ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Allain" <allain(a)panix.com> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 3:05 AM Subject: Re: Yay - new DEC arrival (not *strictly* on topic. Or is it?) > > That is exactly why I *still* run critical or security-sensitive > > stuff on such platforms. It leaves those kiddies with a severe > > headache. :) > > At last! A motivation behind all this. I was beginning to wonder. > > I saw a digital animation festival last night and was thinking of > getting a new compute server. By my calculations a midsized > PC passed even the CRAY-1 in compute speed sometime in 2002, > give or take a year. It probably would require a stripped down O/S > to do the computing. MS must take out at least 3/4 of the machine > power. > > John A. > > >

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Help ID this bizarro Sound Blaster

by vcf＠siconic.com

I have a Sound Blaster CT1600 with an odd daughterboard attached by a 40-pin ribbon cable. The daughterboard, labelled CT1331, actually plugs into an adjacent slot and just has a socket for the ribbon cable, a bunch of diodes (17 to be exact) which I assume are some sort of protection for the signals coming off the card, and a DC-37 connector on the outside. Nothing googles up. -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]

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New VAX-11 documentation online!

by pat＠computer-refuge.org

I'm proud to present two new pieces that have been added to my web site today: First, after getting my VAX-11/750 just two days ago, I've now got a decent sized summary page from information I've found via various internet sites, and have a large collection of picture I've take of various parts of mine. Now I just have to con^Wget someone to give me a UNIBUS disk adaptor or reasonably small Massbus disk and maybe a DEUNA/DELUA, so I can try to get NetBSD and/or 4.xBSD up and running on it. For once, I've got a VAX that I don't really care to try to put VMS on. :) Second, after talking to one of the authors (whom I work for ;), I got permission to put the Mike Marsh and George Goble Dual-Processor VAX (11/780) paper online. Both are reachable from the front page of my web site: http://computer-refuge.org/ Or via these links: http://computer-refuge.org/compcollect/dec/vax/11750 http://computer-refuge.org/classiccmp/dp_vax/dual-vax11-780.pdf Pat -- Purdue University ITAP/RCS Information Technology at Purdue Research Computing and Storage http://www.itap.purdue.edu/rcs/

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Z8 TinyBasic and Intel SBC on eBay

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

Hi He only has one feedback and that was as a buyer. Bad email + no feed back + overpriced item. You add them up. Dwight >From: "Joe R." <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com> > > It's over-priced even with the docs. And FWIW I tried to contact the >seller and ask some questions but his E-mail bounced. Not a good sign. > > Joe > >At 10:21 AM 2/12/04 -0800, you wrote: >> >>Those Intel boards have been selling in the $35.00 or so range. As such, >>it is overpriced unless it comes with all the docs. >> >>John Lawson wrote: >>> >>> Intel SBC 80/10 >>> >>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4193&item=2786604189 >> >

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Z8 TinyBasic and Intel SBC on eBay

by jpl15＠panix.com

Z8 homebrew: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4193&item=2786076863 min bid $100 Intel SBC 80/10 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4193&item=2786604189 also starts at $100 Cheerz John

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Pixel Machines

by jhs＠edg.com

> There's a AT&T/Pixel Machines model 964d 'video thing' down at university > salvage, and I was wondering if anyone had any information on them. It > appears to have been produced in 1989 by an offshoot of AT&T called "Pixel > Machines". Using google, the only result I can get that matches "Pixel > Machines" and 964 or 964d is a thesis of some sort, which doesn't have a > whole lot of useful information on the beast. As far as I can tell, it's > some sort of redering/raytracing 'thing', and from its outputs, it appears > like it might output NTSC video. > > I'm not sure yet if I want to bother lugging it up here - it's about > 2ft x 2ft x 1ft in size, and looks like it might weigh as much as a small > car. > > Thanks for any information you guys can turn up, > I just did a search on "AT&T Pixel Machines" and came up with this thread. I don't know if this reply will end up anywhere or not! I used to work for AT&T Pixel Machines. The Pixel Machine is a programmable graphics system. It used AT&T DSP32 signal processing chips, which featured impressive (for the time) floating-point performance. Each system had a 9 or 18 stage systolic array that was normally used as a graphics transformation pipeline. Each system also had between 16 and 64 processing nodes. Each node contained an interleaved portion of the frame buffer. The DSP32 ran at 5 MHZ and could do a floating-point multiple/accumulate each cycle, for 10 MFLOPS per processor. The system had up to 82 processors, for a maximum theoretical throughput of 820 MFLOPS. It did some pretty impressive graphics. Particularly high-end rendering, ray-tracing, and image processing. It operated as an attached processor to a VME bus based Sun system. It output video in 1280x1024 and also NTSC. Nowadays, of course, a single Pentium would run circles around it. John Spicer Edison Design Group

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2430

by nickgraber＠mchsi.com

Im looking into buying a 2430 tek scope but was wondering if you found out what was wrong with your scope. the one I with to buy fails trigs ccd and pa. I was just wonder if you would know what that ment for the scope. and my other question is that the scope says it is 50 ohm 5v and 1 Mohm 400vp is that switchable at the scope or do you have to get a fet probe to use the scope at 1Mohm 400vp ?

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DEC question: DVD drives and/or CDROM changers

by waltje＠pdp11.nl

Hi All, Just a thought. Did anyone ever try to connect DVD drives, or CDROM changers, to VAX-class machines, such as 3100's or InfoServers? I *would* assume InfoServer cant handle the DVD data format, although newer VMS systems might. How do they deal with multiple-LUN devices such as changers? Cheers, Fred -- Fred N. van Kempen, DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) Collector/Archivist Visit the VAXlab Project at http://VAXlab.pdp11.nl/ Visit the Archives at http://www.pdp11.nl/ Email: waltje(a)pdp11.nl BUSSUM, THE NETHERLANDS / Mountain View, CA, USA

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Yay - new DEC arrival (not *strictly* on topic. Or is it?)

by witchy＠binarydinosaurs.co.uk

Hi folks, Courtesy of a UK university I'm now home to a nice wee Alpha 3000-300LX, which is important to me as it was the machine I taught myself enough to install/maintain/upgrade/troubleshoot DEC OSF/1 and bluff customers back in 1995. Bits of the machine fit the 10 year rule since the chips and cables have 1994 date codes :) In fact wasn't the 300LX released in '94? I can't remember and my Systems and Options catalogues are down in the garage. And it's *cold*! I've a feeling that running Apache on Alpha VMS might be a bit slow, which is a shame, but the machine came will a full set of Tru64 4.0F media so that's my first port of call for running the Binary Dinosaurs website on one of its inhabitants :) Cheers, -- Adrian/Witchy Owner & Webmaster, Binary Dinosaurs www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - possibly the UK's biggest online computer museum www.snakebiteandblack.co.uk - ex-monthly gothic shenanigans :o(

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Chips

by pgor＠thestar.co.za

I am looking for the MC 679 P chips. If you still have them I would like to get my hands on them. Thanking you Patrick Gorman ***************************************************************************** "Private, Confidential & Privileged" This e-mail, and any files and attachments transmitted with it, is confidential and/or privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the intended recipient. Any views and opinions expressed are those of the individual author/sender and are not necessarily shared or endorsed by Independent News & Media SA (Pty) Ltd, Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd or any associated or related company. The content of this e-mail, and any file or attachment transmitted with it, may have been changed or altered without the consent of the author. If you are not the intended recipient, please note that any review, dissemination, disclosure, alteration, printing, circulation or transmission of this e-mail, and/or any file or attachment transmitted with it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail or any file attachment transmitted with it, in error, please notify Independent News & Media SA (Pty) Ltd, Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd or any associated or related company, by e-mailing admin(a)independent.co.za *****************************************************************************

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huge 2 bay 19" rack with 2x 6000btu a/c built in

by brad＠heeltoe.com

I, um, well, ended up with a vax 11/730 from a military site. I'm removing all the boxes from the racks and what's left is a *very* robust cabinet on wheels containing two 19" racks and two 6000 btu a/c units on the back. There are plexi doors on the front and the whole thing seals up very tight. Quite the thing if you have sensative equipment you want to rack mount and keep cool in a harsh environment. The A/C units are 115VAC. I don't know if they actually work but they sure look like they do. The units are a little dirty but in fine shape mechanically. And they have a nifty "d-i-g-i-t-a-l" logo on the front in blue and red. The whole thing is wired up with nice DEC power modules and power switches on the front. If anyone on the east coast would like these units, please call/email me. I may try to sell them on ebay (hah) but I thought I'd mention it here. Most likely I'll have to pay someone to haul them away :-) I suspect they weight a few hundred pounds empty but have large wheels so they can roll easily. I can provide a picture in a few days once I'm done de-racking. (and, woo - hoo - I now have an RL02! :-) -brad

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Computer Collectors List - update

by brianmahoney＠look.ca

For several years I have maintained a list of computer collectors on my home page and for the last year I have had a specific site at another url. The list has over 40 names on it. Besides listing the collectors and their contact information (well, most of them anyway) there is an email address for the list itself and I send out emails to list whenever I get a query about donations or sales. Ok, so far so good. The problem is that I don't have email addresses for everyone on the list. Also, there may be members of this group who would like to be on the list. Therefore : 1. Anyone who wants to be on the list, please send me an email at : antiquecomputers(a)hotmail.com Make sure you have a good email addy in your response. Thanks! 2. Anyone on the list who has not provided me with an email by March 1st will be deleted from the list until an emaill address is provided. Please don't respond to this post, unless it is to comment on the lists, respond to : antiquecomputers(a)hotmail.com Lastly, I assume that nearly everyone here has some sort of site on the web. Mine has been up since 1995, relocated in 1997, and has spawned hundreds of emails from all over the world. The list of collectors provides me with a place to turn when I get leads about computers in Europe and the States. Since I don't buy computers any more, only taking donations, any offers of computers for sale or from locations outside of metro Toronto that are sent to my home page email adress, are sent to the members of the list. ALL requests to the antiquecomputers(a)hotmail.com email address are re-sent to members of the list. Hope this makes sense ! Brian Mahoney

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FW: Query on Data I/O model 19

by kyrrin＠bluefeathertech.com

Could someone who owns a Data I/O System 19 device programmer please see if you can answer this gent's question? Being that my education on DIO stuff started with the 29B, and continued to the Unisite, I'm not going to be of much help. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= From: jack.rubin(a)ameritech.net Simple question - I have a Data I/O System 19 and I'm curious about decoding the config code I get when I run the config check - output is 41A4. You seem to have lots of Data I/O info - can you help? Thanks. Jack -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Please direct replies to Jack. Thanks much. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy, Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech do/t c=o=m "If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped with surreal ports?"

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Fluke 8100A manual

by sastevens＠earthlink.net

At 09:21 PM 2/9/2004 -0600, you wrote: >Anybody have one they would be willing to copy for this nixie multimeter? > >Thanks, >David Gesswein >http://www.pdp8.net/ -- Run an old computer with blinkenlights. I don't have a Fluke 8100 anymore, but at one point I did. Just a warning >from my experience with it: Be very careful working inside that meter. Fluke was fairly casual about the routing of the high voltage traces. Well, probably not in terms of performance - it's a great meter - but certainly in terms of safety and reliability. I had several of those meters and at one point a solder splash hit just the wrong spot on the circuit when the meter was open, and the next time it was powered up it pumped the high Nixie voltage into the low voltage circuit. It let out a lot of smoke. The high voltage lines (at least one of them) are routed right through the board unprotected and uninsulated. Scott

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vintage vacuum tube electronic test equipment

by d_cymbal＠hotmail.com

If anyone is interested in the following, it is free for pickup (in the neighborhood of Salem, NH I believe). Please contact Marty at: mpdts20004(a)yahoo.com ===== > Hickok mdl 539B tube tester W/crt adapter > Dumont mdl 304-A o'scope > HP mdl 623B frequency/time counter > EICO mdl 304 signal generator (I built from a kit while attending Mass Radio School in 1961) > > Note: I haven't used any of this equipment since the 70's.

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Altair 8800B sells for $2651

by jcwren＠jcwren.com

That Altair that was on eBay < http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2784770538 > sold for $2651. Sheesh. I have no real idea of their value, but my gut feeling was it was going to go between $1400 and $1700. $2651 surprised me. --jc

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DECUS (Was Got a DEC 2000 Alpha server, need help)

by mmcfadden＠cmh.edu

David V. Corbin" <dvcorbin(a)optonline.net> wrote >It is interesting how times change. When I was heavily involved in DECUS >['77-'91] it was a resource who's worth was almost beyond calculation. Now I >hear these types of discussions. > >On a related front, makes me wonder why I keep up my IEEE >membership.......... > > >David. I just dropped my IEEE membership after 30 years. Mike

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Anyone ever seen a Greyhound Computer?

by TRASIOL＠cs.com

I believe you will find that GREYHOUND was nothing more than a leasing organization and dealt primarily (if not exclusively) with IBM Main Frames. When I was Director, Central DP Division for the State of Delaware (1973), I leased systems from Greyhound at greatly reduced rates (saving the taxpayers' money). Art Hill

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Intel iUP-201

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

>From: K6OKL(a)aol.com > >Hello Dwight- > >Google led me to your discussion with Gilis in the Netherlands a while back >and >I thought you might be able to help with a little problem I have if you were >willing. > >I borrowed an iUP-201 from a friend and it seemed to initialize OK. After I >plugged >in a 27128 ROM to see what was in it, the unit froze and now gives a "Power >Supply Failure" display and won't do anything else. > >I looked inside to see what the four power supplies were up to and it appears >two >of them turn on with commands from the F27/128 module, and were not doing so. Hi I don't have enough information on the insides to help you here. Maybe Joe Rigdon can help. You'll need to get schematics. Dwight > > >The only documentation I have is a Pocket Programmer Reference and it's not >much >help. Do you have any suggestions on how I might troubleshoot this machine >or >at least get some documentation on it? > >Thanks for your help... > >Walt Lindell k6okl(a)aol.com >

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7 track drive located!

by aek＠spies.com

> are you going to run it on a 2100 , 21mx or interface it to PC? The plan is to reproduce the setup Paul Pierce has.. Seven high speed A/D converters off the head preamps and a lot of DSP software. http://www.piercefuller.com/collect/proj.html http://www.piercefuller.com/collect/a7tv.html

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DATA I/O PROM Programmer

by classiccmp＠vintage-computer.com

Is anyone familiar with a DATA I/O MPD 60A Programmer? There is one for sale that I'm thinking about but I have no idea what proms it can handle, etc. A Google search turned up a goose egg. Any help would be appreciated. Erik Klein www.vintage-computer.com www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum The Vintage Computer Forum

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Kinda OT: Adaptec AHA-2920A BIOS utility?

by vcf＠siconic.com

Is there a BIOS utility on the Adaptec AHA-2920A SCSI card? If so, how does one enter it? -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]

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OKIDATA OL830 LASER JET PRINTER - ERROR ENGINE FAN PROBLEM

by travel＠itl.net

Did you ever get to resolve your Oki Printer problem??? Mine has just started doing exactly the same thing and can't get any sense out of local Oki engineer!! Kindest Regards Trevor Beckford MANAGING DIRECTOR Colbacks Travel 31 Gloucester Street St Helier, Jersey JE2 3QR Tel:(44) 1534 700500 Fax:(44) 1534 700598

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Ok folks... BIG problem... LCD screen backlight is dead

by lyosnorezel＠yahoo.com

Hey ya'll... I have a MAJOR problem here. My laptop (PII, 512MB's ram, 4.1GB HD) has an LCD screen in which the backlight has died. No warning just died ten minutes into a computer session. Tried restarting, tried taking it apart, jimmiing switches, etc... took it down to it's bare components and reassembled... NADA... nothing works. Any ideas? can the backlight be replaced? Could a replacement backlight be jerryrigged into place? Really need this laptop... I use it everyday... but can't afford a replacement LCD. Any advice? Ideas? HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lyos Gemini Norezel --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online

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HP 9000/715 Keyboard Adapter Module?

by wlewis＠mailbag.com

Hello all, This is right on the edge of being ontopic, so I hope this is acceptable. I recently scored an HP 9000 715/64 cheaply to run Nextstep on. It does not have it's keyboard adapter module. Does anyone here have a module and cable for this machine that they would be willing to sell? Thanks in advance, William

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Intel iUP-201

by K6OKL＠aol.com

Hello Dwight- Google led me to your discussion with Gilis in the Netherlands a while back and I thought you might be able to help with a little problem I have if you were willing. I borrowed an iUP-201 from a friend and it seemed to initialize OK. After I plugged in a 27128 ROM to see what was in it, the unit froze and now gives a "Power Supply Failure" display and won't do anything else. I looked inside to see what the four power supplies were up to and it appears two of them turn on with commands from the F27/128 module, and were not doing so. The only documentation I have is a Pocket Programmer Reference and it's not much help. Do you have any suggestions on how I might troubleshoot this machine or at least get some documentation on it? Thanks for your help... Walt Lindell k6okl(a)aol.com

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Anyone ever seen a Greyhound Computer?

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

Has anyone ever seen a Greyhound computer or worked on one or have one? All I can find is how they sued and won $21 from IBM nothing about their hardware.

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Got a DEC 2000 Alpha server, need help

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Feb 10, 18:23, Dan Williams wrote: > Eric Dittman wrote: > > >>>>DECUS or Encompass? Where are you located? > >>>> > >>>> > > Decus (well not know), in the UK That explains it -- DECUS UK (and now Encompass in the UK, or whatever HP are calling it this month) have always charged several times what the US and European branches do, for anything. Yes, they do charge for the minimum membership required for a Hobbyist License. I forget the amount because I threw the renewal papers out in disgust, but it was not far short of ?100; certainly over US$100. That membership, BTW, is not good for anything except the Hobbyist License, either. No seminars, meetings, w.h.y. And don't let your membership lapse or they'll charge an extra ?25 to renew it :-( -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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Got a DEC 2000 Alpha server, need help

by KVanMersbergen＠RandMcNally.com

Hey all, I got a DEC 2000 Alpha server and it is working great! It has VMS 5.2 installed on it and that's where I'm stuck. Since I don't have a login user name or password I can't really do anything with it. Is there a way to "hack" VMS so I can get in? Or do I just need to reinstall VMS and start from scratch? -Ken V. *************************************************************** This E-mail is confidential. It should not be read, copied, disclosed or used by any person other than the intended recipient. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying by whatever medium is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this E-mail in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the E-mail from your system. ***************************************************************

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HP 9845B in Graz, Austria

by dan＠ekoan.com

Hello, Apparently there is a Hewlett-Packard 9845B awaiting disposal in the basement of a company in Graz, Austria. I'd love to rescue the machine, but because I'm on the east coast of the United States it's a little too far for me to go and pick it up. It's also an extremely heavy machine, so shipping across the pond isn't affordable (for me). So, if anyone closer to Austria is interested in saving this classic computer, contact me off-list and I'll put you in touch with the owner. Thanks! Cheers, Dan www.decodesystems.com/wanted.html

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