Tony,
Do you have any idea who still supplies this item?
Esther King
Technical Support Engineer
Renewal Parts & Services
GE Industrial Systems
1501 Roanoke Blvd.
Salem, VA 24153
Ph: 540-387-8616 DC-278-8616
Fx: 540-387-7016 DC-278-7016
e-mail: esther.king(a)indsys.ge.com
http://www.GEindustrial.com
I'm going to be stripping another round of machines... probably 10 or so.
All 286, 386, or 486 systems. If anyone wants ANY parts from machines of
that range, let me know and I'll see if I come across them.
This goes for drives, cards, chips, cables, screws, anything. About the
only parts I am currently interested in are standard AT power supplies
(the plain box style that can be used in many different cases... any that
are odd shaped I have no use for). Everything else that I will be finding
will either be of no use to me or redundant enough that I will be happy
to share.
Let me know as this is what I will be doing the rest of today, and part
of next week. The end of next week, the pile of unclaimed scrap goes to
the dumpster.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
I have bought a Sun DWIS/S card to drop in an old SPARCstation and
hopefully talk to some differential SCSI drives. What I can't
confirm is which kind of differential SCSI the card supports. I'm
guessing that the absense of any information means that it's HVD
(which is not what I need right now).
The SunSolve page on the controller is at:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Devices/SCSI/SCSI_DWIS_S.html
...to remove any ambiguity about what card I have coming.
Thanks for any illumination,
-ethan
For those that helped... I found my problem, and solution (sort of).
It seems that the HP JetDirect EX's BootP client doesn't agree with
Sustainable Softwork's DHCP server built into IPNetRouter.
Once I moved my Win2k machine to a private lan, and setup the DHCP server
on it, the JetDirect EX came to life quite nicely. It gets its IP address
and runs very happily doing everything it should do.
I would think that this problem might be fixed in a later firmware
version, but in order to upgrade the firmware, I need a Flash SIMM for
the JDEX. So unless someone on this list has one (or two since I have two
of these things) and wants to give it to me for dirt cheap (free?), then
I can't use these things on my network, and I just killed a day to find
that out.
So thanks for all the help everyone gave me.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
> You mean you can see it in the Chooser, right? But not in JetAdmin on
>the Mac? If you can see it in JetAdmin you should be able to configure
>it right there.
I can see it in the Chooser, but also, I have an HP LaserJet utility for
the Mac, and it gives you 4 types of printer/devices you can look for.
Postscript printers, JetDirect EX devices, DeskJet printers, and
AppleShare hosted printers.
The printer connected to it shows up when I look for Postscript printers,
and I can configure the printer. But the JDEX doesn't show up when I look
in the JetDirect EX device list, so I can't cofigure it directly.
But since I can send a print job and configure the printer connected TO
it, then it looks like the JDEX is at least doing its job.
All this may wind up being abondonded and I may toss these things... if I
understand the info I just found out, I can't upgrade the firmware on
them anyway because they need a flash simm card to do that, and they
don't have it and HP no longer sells them. If this is a problem with
interaction with my DHCP server (which is what it is looking like) then
if I can't upgrade the firmware and fix the bug, then these become pretty
useless to me.
And when you figure for $60 I can buy a brand new NetGear print server,
it doesn't become worth much more effort (and certainly not worth much
more cost)
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
> IIRC, once you reset one of these to factory settings, there is a
>default IP address you can telnet to to configure it. Don't remember
>what it is, tho...
> BTW, can you see it from the JetDirect software on the Mac? Or is it
>not seen by JetDirect from both the PC and the Mac?
I had thought it should have a default IP as well, but it doesn't seem
to, rather it has a non IP (0.0.0.0) and waits for BootP info. Kind of a
pain.
I can see the printer attached to it from the LaserJet software on the
Mac when looking for Postscript printers, but when I look to see
JetDirect EX devices in that software, it does not show up. I'm not aware
of any other software for the Mac than the app I have (although there may
be a newer version then the one I have).
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
In a message dated 6/13/2003 11:36:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
mmonetta(a)dssinc.org writes:
<< Do you need more equipment for the museum?
>>
sure, always looking for more stuff
I was browsing the mailing list archives and noted that the addresses are
not munged or hidden. Was any consensus reached about this?
--
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> Well, can you at least print the test configuration page now?
I could always print a test page as long as I wasn't on the network. Now
I can print a test page while on the private network, but it doesn't have
an IP because there is no BootP server to send data to it.
BUT, I can connect via my Mac on the private network and print a page, so
it looks like the device is physically working just fine, and it just
doesn't like something on my normal network (my guess being the BootP
response from my DHCP server).
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
I have an Intel N80387SX-16 PLCC chip here.
I know some people have been looking for these, so the first person to
send me an address gets it. Totally free, 100%, not even shipping on this
one. :-)
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
>The flashing _Activity_ LED (middle one of the 3), with the Status LED On
>(Left one of 3, also green) should indicate that the unit is receiving
>
>network activity.
>If it is the _Status_ LED that is flashing, then the unit is either not
>configured, not able to reach the network, or running a self-test.
>
>In its ever-helpful way, the manual says that if the yellow Fault light is
>on, disconnect and reconnect the DC power to the unit. If the Fault LED
>again lights, "then replace the unit." :)
In order of what happens.
I connect the printer to the JDEX, connect power. I get Status Light
blinks slowly. I connect network, Status light goes solid, network blinks
a few times, Status light goes out, Fault light blinks, error page prints
on printer. Status light returns to solid, Act light blinks, Status light
goes out, Fault On, error page... repeat until I disconnect from network.
As soon as I disconnect from the network, Status light starts blinking,
error pages stop. If I disconnect the printer but leave connected to
network, Fault light stays on solid all other lights off.
When I run this on a "private" network, everything works just fine. I can
even print to the printer normally from my Mac (haven't tried the PC).
However, the HP firmware downloader still can't locate the JDEX.
So it looks like it is getting an error due to something on my network.
My guess would be it doesn't like the BootP info my DHCP server is
sending. So I am going to try getting a different BootP server for my
Win2k box, one that also handles downloading of config files, and then
run that on a "private" network. I'm hoping once I give it an IP address,
I can get to it via the HP firmware downloader and upgrade the firmware
and the error problem will go away.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
I would like pugrading my vaxstation 4000/90 from 16 Mbyte to 32. To my understanding you have to fill
the slots (8) with always 4 identical memory banks. I have already bought 2 * 4 Mbyte ram banks and
need two more. In case someone has two for selling, please let me know
Frank
PS: I saw a vaxstation 4000/90for > 350 USD at ebay, can't believe such high price
Hello,
I found your message on the internet while doing a search for Craig
Electronics. My parents have a sound system (Model H400) that needs
some parts and I have been trying to locate this company. Do you have
any info on who or where I would call / contact to try to find out if
there are some replacement parts available for this model or if there
are companies to do the repair of this item?
Thanks for any help you can supply.
--
Tambi R. Willis
Assistant to Creative Designer / Tex K. Otto
SYNCHRONIS LLC
1514 17th Street # 202
Santa Monica, CA 90404
310-453-4100 v
310-453-4885 fx
tambi(a)synchronis.com
> Chris, do you have a crossover ethernet cable handy? Try using that to
>connect the JetDirect box directly to the NIC on the Win2K box, and see
>if that helps. That way you eliminate any interference for any other
>device on the network.
> Of course if your Win2K box gets a IP address from the DHCP server,
>you'll need to switch it to a static address... But since they'll be
>isolated, it won't matter what address you give it.
One step ahead of you. I just pulled my Win2k machine from the network
and plugged it and the JetDirect directly into their own hub (was easier
to use a spare hub then to crawl under the desk and use a crossover
cable).
Now the error problem has gone away (not too surprised), but the HP
Downloader on the Win2k machine STILL can't see the jetdirect. Next step,
add my Mac to the mix and see if I can see it over AppleTalk.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
The flashing _Activity_ LED (middle one of the 3), with the Status LED On (Left one of 3, also green) should indicate that the unit is receiving network activity.
If it is the _Status_ LED that is flashing, then the unit is either not configured, not able to reach the network, or running a self-test.
In its ever-helpful way, the manual says that if the yellow Fault light is on, disconnect and reconnect the DC power to the unit. If the Fault LED again lights, "then replace the unit." :)
-----Original Message-----
From: chris [mailto:cb@mythtech.net]
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 9:08 AM
To: Classic Computer
Subject: Re: JetDirect EX print server
<snip>
As soon as I connect the box to the network, it's activity light blinks
for a few seconds, and then the Fault light comes on. If I also have the
box connected to a printer, it dumps out a "Reboot" page to the printer,
and gets stuck cycling like that (Goes to Ok, then fault, prints a page,
repeat until I disconnect from the network).
<snip>
>>From the manual:
<snip>
Thanks!
>Chris, what OS are you using with the JDEX? The manual mentions IP address
>only with UNIX. Run hpnpcfg to create the BOOTP configuration files,
>specifying the IP address. The configuration info is downloaded from BOOTP
>each time the JDEX is powered on.
Right now, no OS because I can't get it on the network without it
erroring. I do have a DHCP server that claims it is giving it an IP, but
I can't tell if the device is actually accepting it.
I do have HP's firmware utility on Win2k, but it can't see the device
(but it also can't see any of my working JetDirect internal servers
unless I tell it what specific IP to look at... its auto discovery
feature doesn't seem to work). I also have HP's LaserJet Utility on a Mac
which also can't see the device.
I'm going to look into the hpnpcfg app you mention above, and see if I
can create a BootP file for it. Maybe my DHCP server isn't giving it what
it wants as a BootP response and it is getting confused. (my DHCP server
doesn't fully do BootP, rather it responds to a BootP request with an IP,
but it can't handle config file downloads, so I might need to run
something that can).
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
>Anyway. When revamping that place later, I took a bunch of
>em home, obviously. So, I have the manuals for both the
>standard JetDirect (white-ish box), the 1-port EX (brown
>box) and 3-port EX (larger brown box.)
>
>Lemme know which one you need - I dont have the HP numbers
>handy here...
The one I have is marked JetDirect EX, is a white-ish box about the size
of a betamax cassette, and has a single Parallel port on the back with
RJ-45 and BNC ethernet connections.
My guess is, it would be the same one as the 1-port EX brownish one
mention.
>And: yes, keep the TEST button depressed for 12 seconds while
>powering it up, and it SHOULD reset. I said "should", because
>many of the earlier firmware versions were buggy as hell.
I tried for 2, 5, 10, 12, 15, 30, and all sorts of other lengths of time.
Should the status lights change to tell me it is resetting? I can't tell
>from the test page if it has or has not reset (the test pages are the
same no matter what I do, so maybe it is resetting each time and I'm just
seeing the page that is printed with default info).
In any case, it errors when I connect it to my network. Again, one unit I
would think it was broken, but two I tend to think I'm doing something
wrong.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
>You are using a bootp server or a DHCP server set to support bootp?
I have a DHCP server running, and its logs indicate that it is responding
to the BootP request and issuing an IP.
>Does the status page show that it's receiving an IP address?
I can't print a status page if I connect to the network. So the only
status page I can print shows no IP address assigned (naturally, since it
isn't on the network yet).
As soon as I connect the box to the network, it's activity light blinks
for a few seconds, and then the Fault light comes on. If I also have the
box connected to a printer, it dumps out a "Reboot" page to the printer,
and gets stuck cycling like that (Goes to Ok, then fault, prints a page,
repeat until I disconnect from the network).
The first one of these, I got a while back from someone who knew nothing
about it, so I assumed it was probably just broken. But the other day I
bought one on ebay for $5 (missing the power supply, which was fine since
I had a power supply already), and it too does the exact same thing. That
kind of makes me think there is nothing wrong with the unit, but rather
something wrong with either the settings, or I just need to upgrade the
firmware. Alas, I can't upgrade the firmware without an IP address
because for some reason the HP Downloader software on my Win2k machine
won't find any of my JetDirect devices until I specify their IP address
(it couldn't find the 3 internal ones I have on the network that work
just fine).
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Just grabbed these out of a trash pile here in the hallways of the Yale
School of Med...
- User's Guide, Functions and Macros Guide, Quick Reference, and Getting
Started books for Lotus 1-2-3 for DOS ver 2.4.
- IPC Peripherals MCD-1040 4X 7 disc CD changer library.
I grabbed the books, figuring someone here would want them. As for the
CD changer, does anyone know/have about special drivers for the beastie,
or should work as a standard SCSI CD drive?
--
--- Dave Woyciesjes
--- ICQ# 905818
>I don't have the manual, but I thought you had to hold the
>TEST button down for ten seconds while powering up the
>device.
I've tried a number of different lengths of time in holding the test
button. Its possible that it is in fact resetting, but I see no visual
indication of it, so I can't tell.
If it is resetting, it still isn't taking a BootP assigned IP, and is
erroring out when I connect it to the network. If it was one unit, I
would assume its broken... but two units doing the exact same thing, I
think I am doing something wrong, and I hope a manual may tell me what
that is.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
I'm not sure if this is older than 10 years yet, but people on this list
have a library of manuals, so I'm asking anyway.
Does anyone have a manual to an HP JetDirect EX print server device?
Specifically model number J2382.
I'm trying to find out how to default it to factory settings, and how to
get in and change configurations. Holding the TEST button on power up
doesn't seem to do default it (or if it is, it isn't clearing the error
condition, but that might also be because it isn't taking the BootP info
for its IP address).
I have two doing the same thing, and I tend to doubt both are broken, so
I'm guessing that the manual HP has on their site for the EX Plus doesn't
have the right directions for it (not too surprised).
So, anyone have that manual?
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Hello,
I've recently aquired a model 43 Teletype with a paper tape reader/punch,
which makes the unit an ASR43. It looks very much like the one described
here: http://www.vauxelectronics.com/gil/tty/M43.htm
I'm interested in finding a manual and/or any documentation that might
still exist for it. Scans and/or copies would be fine.
Thanks!
--tom
First, a confession... I test databases for a living!
Having said that, I'm remarkably ignorant when it comes to the process of
actually manually shoving great wedges of data into them...
I'm trying to design a database to catalogue the Corestore collection. It's
my intention ultimately to construct a database-driven website to make much
more of the collection publically-accessible - the present website is
woefully out of date and generally inadequate.
I can design the backend database no problem - I'll probably use DB2, create
tables with the fields you would expect - catalogue number, manufacturer,
serial number, date, free-text description, etc etc. Also binary fields to
hold images, if it's an artifact worth photgraphing, and data, if it's a
data artifact - e.g. if it's a disk pack or paper tape, an image file of the
contents.
What I'm looking for is some suggestion as to a 'ready to use' front-end
data entry package that would be suitable. Critical to this is the ability
to drag and drop, for instance, .jpg images into the appropriate data fields
- there are going to be so many of these that the idea of typing path or
file names into something doesn't bear thinking about. I've no idea where to
start with this - my career testing databases has lef tme clueless on how to
go about data entry!
Suggest anyone willing to assist replies via email, unless they feel that
discussion of this topic on the list would be helpful to others.
TIA
Mike
http://www.corestore.org
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>P.S. The few accidents I have been in (none of which involved another
>vehicle if I was at fault - I always steer for the ditch in times of
>trouble) I *never* wore the belt, and I *always* walked away from them.
And you are LUCKY!
I can say this, not from some "study" that was done, but from hands on
experience. In the last 13 years, I have operated roughly 6 major motor
vehicle accidents a year, so figure roughly 78 major car accidents.
Extricated an average of 3 people per accident, so I've cut roughly 230
people out of cars.
So out of 230 people... exactly TWO have sustained fewer injuries as a
direct result of not wearing a seat belt. I know both incidents well as
for both of them, we looked and said, "WOW, lucky they didn't wear their
seatbelt today or this could have been much worse".
I can't tell you how many I have looked at and said "if only they had
their seatbelt on, they would probably be walking away right now".
And I haven't seen an accident yet that the person sustained greater
injuries due to the seatbelt (this is a tough thing to judge, so I am
basing it off the types of injuries they sustained and where the car was
damaged and where they may have been thrown had they not worn their
seatbelt).
Much of the "myth" that seatbelts cause greater injuries are based on
facts BEFORE shoulder straps were in use. Lap belts only can cause
greater injuries, but that is why they moved to shoulder straps as well
(and airbags are a wonderful creation for the occupants... horrible for
EMS workers if they don't deploy on impact... they have a frightening
tendency to fail)
So if you want to continue to gamble on that 0.8% chance that you will
walk away because of not wearing a belt, go right ahead. Me... I buckle
up every time I am in a car, regardless of what seat I am in (and I won't
move a car I am driving until the front passenger is buckled in... I do
leave rear seats up to the riders).
Oh, but I do have to agree with you... if you fail to wear a belt, it is
you that gets hurt, no one else. I have not seen ONE accident where
someone that failed to wear a belt caused a greater injury on anyone but
themselves. (However, I can give you stories of load shift that have
caused greater injuries... in my opinion, it is more dangerous to have
unsecured objects in the car than unsecured passengers).
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Yep, had read about that a few months ago.
See my text on the website:
www.pdp-11.nl/pdp11-35/memory/core-intro.html
MRAM is described (brief) at the end. Also has
a link to a Motorola article!
greetz,
- Henk.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan Pope [mailto:bpope@wordstock.com]
> Sent: dinsdag 10 juni 2003 16:23
> To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
> Subject: Magnetic Memory making a comeback?
>
>
> There is a _new_ type of memory being developed called MRAM,
> which uses magnetic fields to store data.
>
> An interesting quote from the article (to bring it on-topic):
>
> "Magnetic fields have been used to store data since time immemorial,"
> he joked. "We were using it in the early 1960s and 1950s."
>
> The article can be found at:
> http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103_2-1014865.html
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bryan
Hey folks,
There is some interesting (and heavy) IBM unit record equipment up
for auction on ebay. View
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1247&item=27353
14909
and click on "View Seller's Other Auctions" for the whole list:
IBM 077 collator
IBM 083 sorters (two)
IBM 088 collator plugboards and manual only
IBM 548 alphabetic interpreter
IBM 129 keypunch
Documation RM600LCC card reader
The minimum bids are reasonable for all but the Documation reader.
It's interesting and relatively rare stuff -- shouldn't be let to go
to scrap.
Also, I got my Documation reader working tonight -- it was misreading
because of worn feed rollers. I learned a lot about the these
machines trying to diagnose and fix that. The USB interface is
finished and working now (if anyone wants the schematic and code,
write to me), and I was able to read in the system load deck for
APL\1130. So -- sometime in the next few weeks the IBM 1130 emulator
will have APL and a bunch of other old code I have here on cards.
Brian
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Looks like the Univac III lot actually may have resulted in a sale. Check
it out:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2733726990&category=1247…
The one who bought it seems like a good guy (you can read his "Me"
profile).
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I've just gotten one, without the instruction manual, of course.
Seems that it needs to save to HP-IB instruments and so forth, also
can us HP-IL....
I'll have to see if I can find data on HP-IL, might be worth rolling
an interface for it, or just stick to the IEEE-488....
Question: Is this model supposed to be able to remember setups
between sessions, or does it lose its memory when the power goes off?
Kinda silly for HP to design it like that, so I wonder if there's not
a backup battery that's down.
Harvey
madyn(a)ix.netcom.com
Hi Tore
I would suspect that there should be a label stating
the input voltage range. If not, use a transformer.
You might also look inside. Many switcher supplies had
jumpers to select input voltage.
Dwight
>From: "Tore Sinding Bekkedal" <toresbe(a)ifi.uio.no>
>
>I may (or may not) get an Osborne 1 soon, but it's rated for 120v. The
>Executive autoswitched voltage levels; does the 1 do this too? (It was
>found in a dumpster, two of them :O) Norway is 235v. I thought it was odd
>that the machine would be 120v here.
>
>Much love,
>______________________
>|Tore Sinding Bekkedal|
>|toresbe(a)ifi.uio.no |
>|+47 91 85 95 08 \_________________________
>------------------------------------------------/
The O1 can be switched between voltages. The procedure depends on how old it is. Check out the information on pp 31-32 of the "Osborne 1 Technical Manual" at http://www.spies.com/~aek/pdf/osborne/osborne1TechnicalManual.pdf.
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: Tore Sinding Bekkedal [mailto:toresbe@ifi.uio.no]
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 4:12 PM
To: cctech(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Osborne 1 Voltage
I may (or may not) get an Osborne 1 soon, but it's rated for 120v. The
Executive autoswitched voltage levels; does the 1 do this too? (It was
found in a dumpster, two of them :O) Norway is 235v. I thought it was odd
that the machine would be 120v here.
Much love,
______________________
|Tore Sinding Bekkedal|
|toresbe(a)ifi.uio.no |
|+47 91 85 95 08 \_________________________
------------------------------------------------/
I may (or may not) get an Osborne 1 soon, but it's rated for 120v. The
Executive autoswitched voltage levels; does the 1 do this too? (It was
found in a dumpster, two of them :O) Norway is 235v. I thought it was odd
that the machine would be 120v here.
Much love,
______________________
|Tore Sinding Bekkedal|
|toresbe(a)ifi.uio.no |
|+47 91 85 95 08 \_________________________
------------------------------------------------/
Does anybody have a listing of translations for the drive types for a Compaq
Deskpro 286? (i.e. type , cylinders, heads, sectors) I have couple of hard
drives I'd like to add, but can't tell what drive type to select. The setup
disk doesn't have a user definable type.
Jack
>From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk
>
>> >Maybe. Does the Model 33 work correctly when switched to 'local'? If not,
>> >then you certainly have problems in the Teletype. If it does work in
>> >'local' mode, then you might still have problems in the Teletype, but
>> >problems with the interface are also possible.
>>
>> Hi
>> It is also possible that he has the wrong speed gears/motor.
>> A 60Hz motor will run in local with 50Hz connected but the
>> Baud rate to the outside will be wrong.
>
>That was one of the 'problems in the Teletype' that I was thinking of. I
>suspsect the easiest kludge for this these days is to fiddle with the
>clock at the computer interface end, and run the whole thing at 91.667 baud
>
>-tony
>
Hi
One could buy a new pulley and add some additional capacitance
to the motors capacitor and it might work well at 50Hz. I don't
think I'd run it too long without the capacitor increase. They
run the motor hot at 60Hz. It'd be even hotter at 50.
Dwight
I believe I have one at home. I'll check tonight and let you know tomorrow.
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: chris [mailto:cb@mythtech.net]
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 3:16 PM
To: Classic Computer
Subject: JetDirect EX print server
I'm not sure if this is older than 10 years yet, but people on this list
have a library of manuals, so I'm asking anyway.
Does anyone have a manual to an HP JetDirect EX print server device?
Specifically model number J2382.
I'm trying to find out how to default it to factory settings, and how to
get in and change configurations. Holding the TEST button on power up
doesn't seem to do default it (or if it is, it isn't clearing the error
condition, but that might also be because it isn't taking the BootP info
for its IP address).
I have two doing the same thing, and I tend to doubt both are broken, so
I'm guessing that the manual HP has on their site for the EX Plus doesn't
have the right directions for it (not too surprised).
So, anyone have that manual?
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Sorry you both had problems with Stewart.
I've known him for over 20 years now, and never had
problems like this.
I'll ask him about it.
I'm pretty sure the items ship from State College, PA
and he lives in Brooklyn, NY. So there's some quite
large physical distance between he and where the
shipping is done (about 5 hours or more by car).
I know he can be a little funny about selling large
quantities of things. I've tried to set him up with
people to buy large amounts of software, or to license
his software that he isn't selling anymore only to
have a perfectly sound deal fall through.
I guess he feels if he holds out, he'll make more
money selling it piecemeal overtime than selling it
discounted in a lump.
I'd also guess he really WANTS a slow income stream,
rather than a large lump sum for tax purposes, and to
have that steady income coming in.
I don't know. I live in Philadelphia, PA now and only
talk to him once or twice a year. He hasn't come to
the Trenton Computer Festival in two years now.
Since getting married, he's been busy with other
things.
If I get any answers, I'll let you know.
I CAN tell you he isn't a crook...
If anything, he's been abused by thieves quite a bit
over the years I've known him...
But, he is definitely an honest guy. He's NEVER ripped
me off in the 20 years I've known him. He's always
been fair, honest and generous.
Not knowing the details of your deal from his end, I
can't comment on what happened. In these kind of
things, there are always three sides...
Your side, his side, and the unvarnished truth.. LOL!
I hope you don't feel harmed in any way.
You can tell I like him a lot.
He introduced me to some Personal Improvement work
over 10 years ago that literally "Saved my life". And
so, I have a rather large soft spot for him.
But, given that... He is still an honest guy. I'm sure
he wouldn't purposely rip anyone off. He might
dissappoint someone by screwing up, as humans are wont
to do...
But I can guarantee it wasn't a purposeful rip-off.
But, I have no problem with any one reading about
these two dealings with him deciding they don't want
to buy anything from him.
There are plenty of Timex items on eBay.
You can go anywhere to get this stuff...
I have a few odds and ends I might get rid off (like a
Thermal Printer), but I'll keep my ZX-81... If only
because I built it with my own butter-fingered hands.
Regards,
Al
> From: acme(a)ao.net
> Subject: Re: ZX81 Kits (was:cctalk digest, Vol 1
> #633)
>
> From: Hans Franke <Hans.Franke(a)mch20.sbs.de>
> Subject: Re: ZX81 Kits (was:cctalk digest, Vol 1
> #633)
> Date: 06/10/2003 1:29 PM
>
> > Jup, and understandable. I still have a hard time
> > to get a complete picture here. I tried several
> times
> > to order a bunch of ZX81s from him, back when he
> > asked 29.95, and when the price rose to 49.95. I
> > never got any reply. I tried eMail and since this
> > didn't work Fax and finaly a real letter.
> >
> > And I wanted to buy more than just one little Kit.
> >
> > Now, I have a hard time to see any business minded
> > structure (and the whish to earn money) in
> ignoring
> > potential customers at all.
>
>
> Well, I've done a certain amount of business with
> Mr. Newfeld, and every
> transaction has been a little flaky around the
> edges: order (and prepay for)
> two kits, only receive one, wrong product received,
> etc. The last time *he*
> called *me* and told me about some obscure expansion
> devices he had "found"
> in his warehouse, and did I want them? We agreed on
> a price, he charged my
> Visa, and two months later I still had not received
> the merchandise. He then
> stopped answering my phone calls and emails, and,
> sadly, I had to threaten
> one of his subordinates over the phone in order to
> get Mr. Newfeld's
> attention. Ultimately, he did not ship the promised
> goods, but sent something
> else instead.
>
> Also, I and others have made *very* generous offers
> to him concerning large
> quantities of other merchandise he claims to have
> "mountains" of, and his
> response has been to ignore us. No counter-offer,
> nothing but dead silence.
>
> This is the behavior of someone who's "trying to
> make a living?" Seems
> counter-productive to me . . . almost like some sort
> of weird power trip . . .
>
> Glen Goodwin
> Orlando, FL USA
> 0/0
I am looking for blank disks to use in a DEC RX50 drive. I have seen
posted several places that DD disks can be used, but so far my attempts
to initialize Verbatim DS/DD disks under RT-11 have failed:
"?DUP-F-Size function failed"
Thanks,
Barry
--
Barry Skidmore <skidmore(a)worldvenue.org>
re: Request For Assistance with National Instruments Unibus GPIB Controller
If anyone wants to take on this project, this apparently is an oil exploration
company in Texas that is CAT scanning rocks probably in support of oil
exploration?
GPIB 11-2 ... Assy 179002-01 Rev G Assy 179003-01 Rev G HexWid
do you know how to hook one of these up?
John Welch
Westport Technology Center, Intl
6700 Portwest
Houston TX 77024
713-479-8420
You negotiate your own terms as you see fit.
Both of these are likely to be labelled "memory detection". I have
seen both appear in module listings (and, from reports, in the real
world) in slot B10 of a PDP-8/i. I keep entertaining delusions that
I will be able to upgrade my -8/i to 8K someday. This module is the
only one that I cannot borrow from another machine or my pile of spare
parts.
ISTR the M702 contains a delay line and some buffering TTL. I'm told
that the M720 contains some TTL chips and a few transistors.
My goal is to understand them well enough to fabricate a substitute,
either from scratch, or by co-opting some blank spaces near slot B10 and
using DEC M-series modules.
Thanks,
-ethan
Hi all !
Check out this auction:
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2735735348&category=21926
On the picture, you can see the hole mainframe as it is sold.
The olny thing is, that the seller doesn't say if the machine still works.
Wow, I thought that auctions like these only exist in the states...
Pierre
______________________________________________________________________________
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At 02:58 PM 6/10/03 -0400, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
> Do you know how to get ignore as one of the error prompts along with abort,
>fail, retry?
>
> I could not find the answer in DOS help.
There's an undocumented command option to enter the F(ail) but I don't
know of one to enter I(gnore). Use /F with the Shell command in the
Config.sys file. Here's the config.sys file from my old drive.
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS /testmem:off
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE 1024
BUFFERS=17
FILES=40
DOS=UMB
LASTDRIVE=Z
FCBS=4,0
REM BUFFERS=17,0
DOS=HIGH
SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS\ /p /f
DEVICE=C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
switches=/f
STACKS=9,256
rem DEVICEHIGH /L:1,13904 =C:\SB16\DRV\SBCD.SYS /P:220 /S:A0 /D:MSCD001 >NUL
rem device=c:\utils\nav_.sys
Joe
>
> Thank you.
>
> Ken.
Apologies for this post, but I do recall there are some guys here from
Christchurch, NZ...
>from The Register...
Suicide chicken terrorizes NZ
- Kamikaze poultry the new face of international terror?
11 June 2003 12:25pm
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/31140.html
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--- ICQ# 905818
My favorite is that the re-entry heat shields on early missions were not ceramic, like ours, but were made of green oak.
-----Original Message-----
From: TeoZ [mailto:teoz@neo.rr.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 3:17 PM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Magnetic Memory making a comeback?
<snip>
Some of the things the russians did were low tech but usefull. <snip>
I figure this is at least somewhat on topic. I've been reading through
_The Art of Digital Design_ by Prosser and Winkel [1] to with the
intention of building the PDP-8/I clone project outlined in the book.
I skipped ahead to the meaty chapters outlining the design of the
system; I found myself pleasantly surprised. I can say that I've a
reasonable understanding of how it all works. I can certainly
understand the fascination people have with the "8"; it's not that hard
at all to wrap one's brain around it.
Having satisified myself that I'm up to the task, I've now moved to
reading the initial chapters so I'll understand the basics. There are a
few rough spots where I feel the authors impatiently gloss over some of
the topics. And then there's one section in the second chapter where
they basically deride "postive logic" and "negative logic" notation
conventions as evil while promoting what they claim to be their own
"mixed logic" convention.
Methought they protested /a bit/ too much, and not being familiar with
what it proper or put into practive, I pulled out Horowitz and Hill [2]
to see what they had to say. From what I can tell, they seem to be
advocates of "assertion-level logic" notation--which looks to be the
same as Prosser and Winkel's mixed logic. What I'm wondering is whether
mixed logic and assertion-level logic notations are in fact the same,
and then which notation convention(s) are most commonly found in
practice.
It was only a decade ago that I had my intro to digital logic design
lectures and labs, but I don't remember there being any discussion of
different notation conventions. Then again, it's possible that ten
years worth of software knowledge has squeezed out what hardware bits
we covered.
-brian.
[1] The Art of Digital Electronics: An Introduction to Top-Down Design,
2nd Ed, Franklin P. Prosser and David E. Winkel, Prentice Hall,
1987.
[2] The Art of Electronics, 2nd Ed., Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill,
Cambridge University Press, 1989.
Hello,
Do you know how to get ignore as one of the error prompts along with abort,
fail, retry?
I could not find the answer in DOS help.
Thank you.
Ken.
i have a DECstation 5000/125 system
(case,monitor,keyboard,mouse,cables,MAGMA SBUS I/O card). i don't know what
it is worth so please be honest if anyone wants to make an offer. i live in
San Diego California so think about shipping costs.
...real offers only please...
my email- philliphale(a)cox.net
I just acquired an 11/23 with RT-11 5.03. It has a DZV11-A board that I
would like to use to interface a LA75 serial printer. Running 'show'
indicates an LS slot. I have a set of RT-11 documentation and the 11/23
manual, but so far have not found instructions on how to do this.
Thanks for any help,
Barry Skidmore
--
Barry Skidmore <skidmore(a)worldvenue.org>
The most recent FAQ for the Tandy 600 can be found at www.digitaldinos.com
in its Classic Computer Information section. Please link to the home page
of the site as the FAQ's location is bound to change as the years go on.
The Tandy 600 Software Archive is located at
www.30below.com/~zmerch/classics/Tandy600 and is operated by Roger "Merch"
Merchberger. You may login anonymously; just use your email account as your
password if asked.
Lee,
I'm posting a copy of this on the CC list as well as replying directly
to you since this is of interest to several of the list members.
At 11:20 PM 6/11/03 +0100, you wrote:
>Hello Joe,
>
>> I missed the first part of this thread but if you're talking about HP
>> 9121 disk drives ...
>
>We were. I dragged one out of a dumpster on Sunday.
Oh. I did see your message about that.
As far as I can see
>the only thing wrong is a crack in the case top where someone stood on
>it.
I just tossed a complete but GRUNGY 9121 in the trash. If you want the
case let me know before the trashman gets here and I'll rescue it for you.
It was FILTHY. The outside cleaned up pretty well but bugs had been living
inside and it was full of dirt and debris. I took it apart and tried to
clean it up but finally gave up in disgust. The drives were packed full of
crud. I cleaned them as best as I could without going through a complete
rebuild. One drive seems to work but the head wouldn't seek on the other
and it's pulling too much current. Both had gobs of stuff wound up on the
lead screw and that may be what's jamming it. I spent several hours working
on the thing and finally decided that it just wasn't worth the trouble so I
tossed the whole mess.
>
>> What kind of docs are you looking for?
>
>I'm looking for the Amigo and/or SS/80 protocoll docs so I can roll my
>own code to drive the HP 9121 from a PC using an HP-IB card. I just
>want to test the thing, it would be nice if it works.
Well you're in the right place at the right time. We were discussing
these protocalls on the list a few weeks ago. Peter Brown asked some
questions some of the protocalls and that's what started that entire
discussion. Frank McConnel scanned and posted one of the protocalls on a
web site. Contact him and ask about the address. I THINK it was the SS-80
protocall. Peter is working on a program to read CS-80 disks on a PC via a
GPIB card and he has a working version of it. He's sent me a copy but I
have to set up a W'98 machine to run it on. I think Peter wants to add
Amigo and SS-80 support in addition to the CS-80. ALSO FWIW several of us
including Steve Robertson have been playing around with the old HP 1000
computers and are writing our own operating system for it. Steve has
written a driver for the CS-80 hard drives and has it working (crude but
workable he says).
Also I've been playing around with the old HP LIF Utilities. LIF stands
for Logical Interchange Format and was widely used by HP for some of their
early disk drives. LIF is a real simple format and it's also like the old
tape format. HP has now placed the LIF Utils in the public domain and you
can download them from HP for free. The utils are supposed to alow you to
read, write, initialize and format LIF disks on a PC but the other day I
noticed that it also said that it would support LIF disk drives connected
to a PC via a HP-IB card so I decided to try it. I've played with that a
little but I haven't been able to get it to work. I posted a question about
it on the list a couple of days ago but didn't get any responses. I got the
PC to recognize the drive but it keep saying that the disk was
incompatible. I used THE SAME drive and disk with a HP-85 so I know they're
compatible. I don't think the HP-85 writes a LIF format so I can understand
why the PC couldn't read the disk but I should have been able to format and
initialize it but couldn't so there's something else going on. I was using
a National Instruments GP_IB card and that might be the problem but the
utils recognized it and didn't complain about it so I don't know for sure.
I some HP HP_IB cards so I'll have to install one, find the drivers for it
and see if that's the problem but that's going to take some time too.
I've got several projects cooking right now that take priority but when I
get time I'm dabbing around with trying to interchange files between the
HP-85, 9000 200s and a PC. I've done some work on it but at the moment I'm
mostly just gathering up drives, systems and SW to try out. When I get
everything I'll sit down and do some serious research. FWIW I can read a
disk written by a HP-85 on a 82901 disk drive in a PC drive using LIF but
the programs are stored in a tokenized format so it comes out as mostly
garbage. There's no option on a 85 to save the program files in an ASCII
format but there is one in the HP 9000 200s so I should be able to trasnfer
files between the 9000 200s and a PC via sneaker net. One the things that
I'm going to try is to read a tokenized HP-85 file into a 9000 200 (or
something else like an Integral PC) and then resave it in an ASCII format
so that it can be transferred to a PC.
So there you go. Lots of avenues to pursue! Let me know what you come up
with.
>
>Then I'll have to get an HP computer.
Good! Go to it. A LOT of HP computers support that HP 9121 drive. The
HP 85*, 86, 87 or any of the HP 9000 200 or 300 series. I'm sure that many
of the newer 9000 series also support it but I'm not familar enough with
them to tell you which ones.
* The original HP-85 needs a Mass Storage ROM but the 85B has it built
in. I think all the 86s and 87s have it built in.
Joe
Hi
More back on subject, the MRAM looks like it is
a non-distructive read, unlike the core.
Back on cores:
It seems like they also used a 1/2 opposite
inhibit while doing reads to give them a little
more noise margine. This way, cores without a
x or y would have a 1/2 wrong way and those
with only x or y driven would have 1/2 positve.
The matching would get 2 - 1/2 or a full 1.5
write. Both X and Y would be driven with the
average Im, of all of the cores, and not half.
Dwight
Well today I got the last piece of news about starting my non-profit museum
here in Texas and I have got all the official okays from Austin (Secretary
of State and Texas Comptroller). Now all that is left is to get the
non-profit status ok from the IRS. I hope to start fund rising here in Texas
first since they can get tax right off here and then nationwide after I get
the IRS OK. So far my only cost was a $25 fee to the State plus the cost of
priority mail. The IRS is going to be a little more costly with a minimum
fee of $500 to file. Since I still do not have a job it's hard to spend that
kind of cash right now but the cost of keeping the collection is getting
higher and higher plus no one can really se it right now.
> These drives are notorious for having broken mounts at
> the heads.
The only damage is a crack in the back of the case top
where someone planted his/her size 12 boot on it.
Everything else is intact, even the cageless fan.
Cheers,
Lee.
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I have been monitoring this new problem for a few days. Actually,
it first surfaced weeks ago, but I had zero time to look into it.
Anyway, I have a three drive Smoke Signal Broadcasting disk system,
in which one drive, 2 (last one on 0,1,2 chain), has this nasty whine
when
powered on. The other two drives work and sound fine.
The faulty one's driver motor never stops when powered on whereas the
other two do. The others must have the last one due to the terminator
which functioned correctly in the chain. I have managed to pull the bad
drive and managed to get the two working ones to work with terminator
resister moved to drive 1. I put 2's (bad drive) large electronics board
onto 1's drive mechanism and it works fine. That leaves 2's drive
mechanism
as being bad; either the small circuit board or the drive motor.
Also, when 2 is selected the red LED does light up, but no diskette can
be read.
Something is forcing the drive motor to stay on or the drive motor
itself is defective.
Any suggestions? I plan to put 1's (good drive) small electronics board
onto 2's drive mechanism to see if the drive motor control or the drive
motor itself is bad. Left my soldering iron at work. :^(
While dumpster diving at the end of a radio rally (what,
doesn't everyone do this?) I found, in with the usual PC
scrap, an HP 9121 dual disk unit.
The unit powers and a small LED flashes five times but
that's as far as I've got because I've not got anything
to plug it into.
I take it I can use DSDD 3.5" disks in this and that with a
General Instrument HPIB card and some hand rolled code I can
try it out. Anyone done this? Any pointers to where to start?
Any online docs for the command set/protocols?
Cheers,
Lee.
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>From: "Brian Chase" <vaxzilla(a)jarai.org>
>
>On Wed, 11 Jun 2003, TeoZ wrote:
>
>> Never heard of the lower pressure before. I thaught humans breath
>> because of the buildup of co2. So lowering the pressure and just using
>> oxygen wouldnt help much would it? Besides 100% oxygen makes things
>> that are normally low combustible highly combustible.
>
>Take a cubic meter of air at STP. Remove all the non-essential gasses,
>leaving only the oxygen behind. You'll end up with same amount of
>oxygen necessary to support human life, but the overall pressure will
>be lower owing to the lack of those useless gasses.
>
>Well, that's my educated guess at least.
>
>-brian.
>
Hi
Brian is correct. They run the capsules at lower pressure
so that they don't have to make the skins as thick and can
reduce overall weight.
Humans also breath to bring in oxygen as well as to exhale
CO2. It is kind of a dual purpose.
Dwight
>From: "William Donzelli" <aw288(a)osfn.org>
>
>> Well I would be more worried about the guy with the methane farts next to me
>> then the stray pencil lead dust.
>
>NASA was also very concern about the conductive carbon dust or particles
>causing electrical problems.
>
>> Some of the things the russians did were low tech but usefull. Whose smart
>> idea was it to fill a capsule full of electical boxes with 100% oxygen
>> environment for no particular reason?
>
>There was a sound reason - use a high oxygen atmosphere, so you can lower
>the pressure inside the capsule and still have it breathable. With a
>lower pressure inside, the walls of the capsule can be much thinner,
>saving weight.
>
>William Donzelli
>aw288(a)osfn.org
>
Hi
The big error was having a bunch of wires dangling
through the hatch where they could get squished. The
oxygen was a contributing factor.
They were practicing in reduced atmosphere to look
for potential problems. As William stated, they needed
the increase oxygen level to keep from passing out.
I zero G, fire doesn't spread much.
Dwight
At 06:41 AM 6/11/03 +0100, you wrote:
>> It's going to be either SS/80 or Amigo protocol (I forget
>> which).
>
>From what I've found it's most likely Amigo
I have one HP manual that says that the 9121 uses the Amigo protocall
and another that says that it uses SS-80. However I believe that it is Amigo.
>
>> (I have some printed documentation from HP on this, which
>> I guard with my life -- it's that hard to find!).
>
>No chance of a .txt version?
What kind of docs are you looking for?
Joe
i have a DECstation 5000/125 system
(case,monitor,keyboard,mouse,cables,MAGMA SBUS I/O card). i don't know what
it is worth so please be honest if anyone wants to make an offer. i live in
San Diego California so think about shipping costs.
...real offers only please...
my email- philliphale(a)cox.net
Can anyone on the list that has set up a non-profit email me a copy of their
bylaws? Or tell me where I may see them online. Since the IRS says they are
public documents I hope someone could share what they put together with me.
Thanks in advance. Send to jrkeys at concentric.net
>From: "Hans Franke" <Hans.Franke(a)mch20.sbs.de>
>
>> >If you want to talk about long lines, waits and delays, how about the
>> >DMV?
>
>> Heh Heh, I live in a small town. The wait at DMV is never more than
>> 5-10 mins. No stop lights either.
>
>Well, Munich is supposed to be a large city, still the
>waiting line is usualy less than 10 Minutes (*1) And
>best of all, they changed the line policies some time
>ago: As soon as you reachend the counter once, and you
>have to go for another counter, like paying a fee, you
>may jump the line when you return. So only one waiting,
>followed by a real express handling. It's a totaly new
>feeling.
>
>Gruss
>H.
Hi
At least the Santa Cruz DMV does have lines any more.
You take the number and sit down and read your mail
or whatever. They call you when you are next.
Dwight
"Fred N. van Kempen" <waltje(a)pdp11.nl> wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, Zane H. Healy wrote:
>
> > > Does anyone have a copy of MicroRSX V4.x which I can install
> > > on a MicroPDP-11/53 ? I have a very old version (label says
> > > V1 !) but although it will install on the /53, it freezes
> > > after the final reboot, probably when it hits some feature
> > > specific to the /53.
> >
> > Why on earth are you looking for a copy of MicroRSX? The system can run
> > RSX-11M or M+, either of which are far better.
>
> Yeah, well, the guy that owns the box used to run MicroRSX on it,
> and asked if it could be made to run that again.
>
> So, teh question is: is it around?
Sure. Just ask Mentec. They're still selling it.
http://www.mentec-inc.com/
Micro/RSX is at V4.6 currently.
Johnny
Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
|| on a psychedelic trip
email: bqt(a)update.uu.se || Reading murder books
pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
From: Hans Franke <Hans.Franke(a)mch20.sbs.de>
Subject: Re: ZX81 Kits (was:cctalk digest, Vol 1 #633)
Date: 06/10/2003 1:29 PM
> Jup, and understandable. I still have a hard time
> to get a complete picture here. I tried several times
> to order a bunch of ZX81s from him, back when he
> asked 29.95, and when the price rose to 49.95. I
> never got any reply. I tried eMail and since this
> didn't work Fax and finaly a real letter.
>
> And I wanted to buy more than just one little Kit.
>
> Now, I have a hard time to see any business minded
> structure (and the whish to earn money) in ignoring
> potential customers at all.
Well, I've done a certain amount of business with Mr. Newfeld, and every
transaction has been a little flaky around the edges: order (and prepay for)
two kits, only receive one, wrong product received, etc. The last time *he*
called *me* and told me about some obscure expansion devices he had "found"
in his warehouse, and did I want them? We agreed on a price, he charged my
Visa, and two months later I still had not received the merchandise. He then
stopped answering my phone calls and emails, and, sadly, I had to threaten
one of his subordinates over the phone in order to get Mr. Newfeld's
attention. Ultimately, he did not ship the promised goods, but sent something
else instead.
Also, I and others have made *very* generous offers to him concerning large
quantities of other merchandise he claims to have "mountains" of, and his
response has been to ignore us. No counter-offer, nothing but dead silence.
This is the behavior of someone who's "trying to make a living?" Seems
counter-productive to me . . . almost like some sort of weird power trip . . .
Glen Goodwin
Orlando, FL USA
0/0
> The MA [ == Massachusetts ] RMV, OTOH, made me sign up *5 weeks* in
> ...
> That was about 10 years ago, though, and I think they're doing much
> better now.
They are indeed. Since I moved back from Manhattan (late '98) I've
rarely had to wait more than 10 minutes for anything. In this period
I've been in there quite a few times registering two different cars,
taking the test for a motorcycle permit, registering a bike, etc.
It's still a gummint bureaucracy, but I have to say it's not a half
bad service they're running these days.
--Steve.
smj(at)spamfree.crash.com (lose spamfree to get through, m'kay?)
Just a thought, there is a festival coming up this next month for Apple II wackos, I'm thinking of actually going. It is in Kansas and is apparently called KFest, oh how original. Anyway, it would be neat to go and save money, if someone from Denver or CO (or Utah) is going, maybe I can hook up and carpool to save some money. Apparently Steve Wozniak is going to conduct the Keynote and be present for a good part of the week, the festival (or conference) is 5 days, with tutorials, old programming stuff, new, gettogethers, hang outs, get drunk and be silly kinda stuff.http://www.kfest.org/email me directly if you are going and want to carpool. (be smart, edit this address)Laterz
Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM).
Possibly the idea was taken from the recent movie "The Dancer Upstairs", which is about the Sendero Luminoso in Peru. IIRC, in the movie they use a chicken to deliver dinamite. I know that the real Sendero did use a dinamite-carrying duck at least once.
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: David Woyciesjes [mailto:dwoyciesjes@comcast.net]
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 7:50 AM
To: ClassicCMP
Subject: OT: Suicide chicken in NZ...
Apologies for this post, but I do recall there are some guys here from
Christchurch, NZ...
>from The Register...
Suicide chicken terrorizes NZ
- Kamikaze poultry the new face of international terror?
11 June 2003 12:25pm
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/31140.html
--
--- Dave Woyciesjes
--- ICQ# 905818
On Jun 10, 22:23, Eric Chomko wrote:
> I have been monitoring this new problem for a few days. Actually,
> it first surfaced weeks ago, but I had zero time to look into it.
>
> Anyway, I have a three drive Smoke Signal Broadcasting disk system,
> in which one drive, 2 (last one on 0,1,2 chain), has this nasty whine
> when
> powered on. The other two drives work and sound fine.
>
> The faulty one's driver motor never stops when powered on whereas the
> other two do.
Sounds like the motor control board is faulty.
> The others must have the last one due to the terminator
> which functioned correctly in the chain. I have managed to pull the
bad
> drive and managed to get the two working ones to work with terminator
> resister moved to drive 1.
The terminator should be on whatever drive is last in the chain (the
end of the ribbon cable).
> I put 2's (bad drive) large electronics board
> onto 1's drive mechanism and it works fine. That leaves 2's drive
> mechanism
> as being bad; either the small circuit board or the drive motor.
> Also, when 2 is selected the red LED does light up, but no diskette
can
> be read.
Motors sometimes burn out, but other faults are relatively uncommon.
These motors normally have three or four wires; two are the power, and
the other(s) are the tachometer signal back to the control board; this
tells the control board how fast the motor is going. The tacho may be
broken, but a faulty control board is more likely. If one of the other
drives uses the same motor you could try swapping, which at least would
tel you whether its the control board or the motor itself.
The whine is probably because the motor is running far too fast, and
that is why you can't read a disk. Don't let it run like this too long
or you'll damage the motor.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Hello,
My father has used his bondwell b310sx for the last 10 years or so.
It's 16 shades of grey lcd screen is beginning to go so I suggested he
get an external monitor to use as the screen instead.
However, while there is a vga output at the back where I have attached
the monitor noting appears on the screen of the monitor.
The b310sx seems to recognize that a monitor is attached by blanking the
lcd but nothing appears on the external monitor.
Does anyone have experiance with doing this?
Thanks for your time,
Mike
Hi,
I came across a whole boxful of Apple II cards at the weekend that I'd
forgotten I actually owned. Unfortunately nearly all of my Apple hardware is
too far buried to really dig out at the moment and play around with any of this
stuff, but there's still a few cards that I'd be interested in finding more
about if possible and getting necessary software for.
Card images [640x480 resolution and around 60KB or thereabouts] are at:
http://www.moosenet.demon.co.uk/temp/apple2
PAL Colour Card: No idea as to manufacturer; mainly analogue circuitry on
board plus the modulator and a bit of TTL. Am I likely to need software for
this to work with a UK TV?
IC Test Card: Made by a Japanese company called Fairy, given the 20-pin ZIF
socket that (I assume) goes with this, I imagine it's a tester for TTL logic
chips. Most of the card's logic is buried beneath black gloop with black
cardboard over the top, so who knows what's under there - the 40-pin chip with
the 'test OK' sticker on it has had the markings ground off too. Anyone heard
of one of these or have software for one?
Vitalograph card: I gather Vitalograph these days make medical equipment.
Whether this card is from the same company or not I don't know - and ideas what
the 3-pin (XLR?) connector would have hooked up to? Some TTL on board, some
OP-amp chips. 40-pin chip is a 6522. All chips are date-coded 1980 or 1981.
Z80 Card: Actually a "Z80 Card II" made by Creative. Presumably software
exists for one of these somewhere still. No on-board memory, and 4 unknown
DIP-switches in the lower-right corner. CPU is Z80-A, card seems to have been
made in late 1982.
ROM Card: No idea what this is; presumably the 6 ROMs (2716 chips) contain
utilities that could have been accessed under software control? No idea what
the switch at the rear edge of the card does either.
80-column card: Marked as 'Chinex' and made by Creative, presumably necessary
software for this still exists somewhere? Any ideas what the 'middle' connector
(with no cable attached) is for?
ZIF-socketed card ("unknown_04.jpg" on the website): The ZIF socket is a
28-pin unit. I'd say it was a programmer, but wouldn't it need an external 24V
(??) supply if that were true? The 40-pin chip is marked as "S6821P", whatever
one of those is. The first 3 of the switches are labelled as '16', the next 3
as '32' and the last 4 (overlapping by 1 with the previous 3) as '64'.
Card with 8 LEDs and 4 empty 16-pin DIL sockets ("unknown_02.jpg" on the
website): Any ideas? Possibly a joystick controller or something and the
joysticks plugged in via the DIL sockets? The two 40-pin chips are 6522's.
There's a back of 8 DIP-switches on board, plus a switch in the top-right which
just seems to enable or disable the LEDs as far as I can see.
Card with remote pushbutton switch ("unknown_03.jpg" on the website): All TTL
logic on board, ROM is a 2716 chip. Underside is labelled "Wild card". Anyone
seen one of these or know what it is?
cheers for any help or pointers on the above,
Jules
Re: Sunday, June 01, 2003
The 6610 has been outplaced and moved, and,
to a person who is decidedly a non-scrapper.
To all those that responded, Thanks.
John A.
I have a Slt 286 that powers up fine and was working fine. it has lotus, and
word on it and when i turned it on today it says insert setup disk into a: and
there is no way for me to get around it. i can't get to c:, please help
tim_goober(a)hotmail.com
I have a Wyse 386 PC available if anyone wants it. Its a WY3116SX-01. It
has 3.5 and 5.25 drives in it, and had an IDE hard drive, but I pulled
that a while ago (I will be happy to supply a replacement, I think it was
a 40 MB drive). I'm not sure how much RAM it has in it (probably 2, 4, or
8 MB, but I doubt any more than 8 MB). Also has a VGA video card it in.
I might have the config software as well, but I'll have to dig. I do have
the RJ-12 to Din-5 keyboard adaptor to enable you to connect a standard
AT keyboard to it.
If anyone wants it, just come pick it up, or cover shipping costs (from
Ridgewood NJ 07450).
It gets stripped and tossed if I don't hear from someone before the end
of the week.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
>It
>helps bunches if you actually speak (or, at least, understand)
>English, unlike several people from apparently Korea who demanded
>their gramma was given a drivers license. Sadly, she didnt speak
>a word of English, couldnt read it either (so much for the YIELD
>sign..) and got into frantic-rage mode when made clear that she
>could not get a license, as she could not even be asked her
>name.
Here in NJ, the DMV drivers manuals are printed in English as well as
Spanish, and I think Arabic (possibly others as well). The exam is also
given in English or Spanish written, and with special reasons, English or
Spanish oral for people with reading problems (I wonder if that's a valid
excuse for ignoring speed limit signs? Sorry officer, I can't read, if
you would read the sign to me I'll be happy to obey it).
Of course, currently, almost all street signs of any kind are only
printed in English, so I guess once you pass the oral Spanish exam, you
are on your own for knowing what a sign says. (There are some parts of
some cities that post signs in Spanish, but they are not the norm).
And of course, when you NEED a drivers manual, the only ones the DMV ever
seems to have in stock are the Spanish ones.
Oh, and nothing beats the speedyness of the Trenton No-Fee DMV (a special
office for No-Fee registrations and plates). They had my reg and plates
ready before I could finish writing out the check. Yes, this is NJ DMV...
the only place you have to PAY for No-Fee registrations!!!
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
I just posted some new bounties of stuff I am seeking for a client. If
you've got these and are willing to part with them (at least for a
temporary amount of time) let me know.
Laboratory and Industrial Data Acquisition and Control (Strawberry Tree
Computers)
Lotus Measure: Data Direct to Lotus Spreadsheet
Lotus Comprehensive Developer Tools for 123 and Symphony
These and other bounties can be reviewed here:
http://www.vintagetech.com/index.html?section=bounty
--
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org
* Old computing resources for business and academia at www.VintageTech.com *
> May I suggest that you check Zebra's web site? Mr.
> Newfeld has these kits priced at *$99.95*
>
> A few years back he was listing them at $29.95. I
> bought a couple, and so
> did some friends. He immediately raised the price
> to $39.95, then $49.95, and
> finally the ridiculous price of $99.95. He's been
> sitting on these damn kits
> since the early eighties, and the only explanation
> for the price increase is
> plain and simple greed.
>
> Glen Goodwin
> Orlando, FL USA
> 0/0
Could be...
Being he is the last source of them.
Don't buy one, if you don't want one...
They were $50.00 last time I checked. Which was 2
years ago when I did a Trenton Computer Festival with
him, and helped him sell them from his booth.
Thanks for the update. I didn't know he raised the
price.
They ship from a warehouse in State College, PA. And
I'd guess he has to pay someone to fulfill the
orders...
He used to ship them from his offices in NYC, but no
more.
He does consulting now.
So, his costs have gone up (as far as storage, and
paying someone to pack and ship them...).
People who bought the kits at $29.95 got a deal. I
paid $100.00 for mine, and it was a good deal. (at the
time)
Knowing how much money Stewart lost in the Timex
Market when Timex quit, and in the Coco Market for
products we developed and then couldn't release (for
both platforms)...
I wouldn't call it greed. He could easily dumpster the
remaining kits and make MUCH more money doing other
things.
I guess you don't know Stewarts history as I do, so
you call it "greed".
Remember ORCH-80? It was a rip-off of Stewarts MUCH
BETTER Music Box. He got stuck with THOUSANDS of
Dollars of product that became unsellable, since the
Orch-80 was so much cheaper (a less sophisticated
design, and the sound wasn't at nice...), that it sold
BELOW the Music Boxes cost, AND with one SuperZap to
the Music Box Software, could use all the MB songs.
Not to mention all the S-100 Product he got stuck
with, AND the companion pieces, the Rhythym Box, which
now wouldn't sell because he wasn't selling Music
Boxes.....
I could tell you stories.
Stewart isn't quite greedy... But, definitely
interested in making a living, as we all are. No?
Al
trying find out exactly which part number can replace u6049b,which offered by
Atmel applicated in radiator fan control timer for car.
any one have any idea.
jackie
[demime 1.01a removed an attachment of type application/pdf which had a name of U6049B.pdf]
Greetings!
When I got home yesterday, waiting on my doorstep was a package I had
totally forgotten about. Someone sent me an original HP2000F Users Guide in
an HP binder :) WooHoo!
Also, I am on vacation this week, (a working vacation sort of, so no big
joy), but I will be a little harder to reach and slower to respond than
usual (yes, I can hear you all laughing now). Should be back to normal
monday.
Jay West
There is a _new_ type of memory being developed called MRAM, which uses
magnetic fields to store data.
An interesting quote from the article (to bring it on-topic):
"Magnetic fields have been used to store data since time immemorial,"
he joked. "We were using it in the early 1960s and 1950s."
The article can be found at:
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103_2-1014865.html
Cheers,
Bryan
On the "Turner Classic Movie" cable channel, at 3AM EST
tomorrow morning, _Hot_Millions_ will be shown. Made
in 1968, it's one of the first, if not the first, depection
of computer crime in a movie. I haven't seen it in many
years, but I seem to remember it being pretty amusing. I'm
going to try to record it. Here's the IMDB link:
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0063094
With Peter Ustinov, Maggie Smith and Karl Malden.
Bill
Hi all,
Been doing some more scrounging from the curbside, found an NEC APC
III. I thought at first it was just an XT style computer, but closer
inspection showed it was at least a little more unusual than that. The whole
inside of the system is filled up with descrete component boards pluged into a
coman bus system. I asume this is memory expansion, HDD and FDD drive. It was
significantly diferant from the standard XT hardware that I considered it was
at least worth a second look. If some one could give me some more info or
direct me to some long forgoten site with details of this machine I would
apreciate it. Otherwise I'll just "throw it on the pile" and keep it around
for good looks......
Peter T.
The old building of the Sunnyvale store (their first) was
a giant chip :)
==
That was their SECOND location in Sunnyvale. The first was two blocks
east, on the other side of Laurence Expr. MUCH smaller, but a larger
selection of useful stuff (like ICs).
I don't think I've been there more than three times since they moved
>from there.. It is such a hateful experience I'll go anywhere else
first.
I have one each parallel port and SCSI 100 mb zip drives (Iomega) with power
supplies and cables. $10 each + shipping or trade for older CPU processors.
Thanks Norm
I have a Sinclair ZX81 with the power supply and the 16K RAM module. Not
sure how to get working, but appears in good shape. Best order + shipping
or trade for old CPU processors.
Thanks Norm
I finally got my teletype pages in a reasonable condition. With
the recent discussions I thought people might be interested. Have
pictures, videos, and my stilted prose. Let me know if you have any
comments.
http://www.pdp8.net/asr33/asr33.shtml
Does anybody know what a ASR 33 cost around 1970?
Here's my fix for the gooey rubber print hammer
http://www.pdp8.net/asr33/pics/ph_top.shtml
And the resistors browning the power supply card.
http://www.pdp8.net/asr33/pics/ccu_left.shtml
David Gesswein
http://www.pdp8.net/ -- Run an old computer with blinkenlights.
Have any PDP-8 stuff you're willing to part with?
Yesterday I drove about 250 miles (round trip) to get a small truckload
of old computers and parts. The partial list is below:
Various manuals including, but not limited to:
Teletek FDC-1, SBC-1, System Master, SBC 86/87 guides and others
Digital Research Assembler and Tools manual, Macro Assembler Manual and
Link-80 manual
Turbodos (various manuals)
Lync Telecom (Manuals, disk, etc.)
Peak 68K S-100 card docs
Soroc IQ130 Operators Guide
MPM OS Guide, Users Guide, Programmers Guide.
Western Digital FDC 1771m 1791 datasheets
CP-Net Network OS guide
Jameco JE664 EPROM Programmer Manual
Solid State Music PBI and IO4 Manuals
Heathkit H-88 Operators Manual
Godbout/Compupro Product User Manuals 1975-1980 (bound)
A variety of N* manuals including MDS-A and MDS-A-D, DOS, System SW and
others
Zilog 82/83 data book
ST506 OEM and Service manuals
Books including:
TV Typewriter Cookbook (from Radio Shack)
Intro to Microcomputers (1976 - Osborne)
Z-80 How To Program - Zaks
8088/8086 programming - Cofferton
Tons of disks (at least 100 each of 5.25" and 8" and a hand full of
3.5") including:
Minix on 5.25
Turbodos Boot, etc.
Basic/C-basic versions
Sourcer 5.25
Modula-II 5.25
Turbo-Pascal 5.25 and 8"
OS-88 5.25 (about 15-20 disks)
CP/M (8")
3 S-100 computers
1 tall rackmount chassis with 2 8" drives and 1 Hard Drive
1 shorter rackmount chassis with 2 8" drives but no cards
1 shorter rackmount with 1 N* 5.25" and several cards
About 6-10 loose S-100 cards including IMS 8K and 4K RAM, a partial
populated 86/87 card and a few others.
Other machines
1 Heathkit H-19 terminal in good condition
1 Zenith H-88 or H-89 equivalent, beat to piss but maybe reparable.
2 AT class (I think) clones.
Misc:
Some DC300XL tapes
A pile of MM5257N-3 parts (I have no idea what they are)
Lantastic-Z package with cables, software, docs, etc.
A really neat National Semiconductor Series 32000 kit including docs,
spec sheets, data sheets and some chips.
I even got a nearly full box of Greenbar
I haven't had a chance to clean or power up any of the machines, nor
have I really looked at all of the disk labels to see what software
there is. All that will take some time.
Once I do that I'll just have to figure out what to do with everything!
:)
Erik Klein
www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum
The Vintage Computer Forum
>From: "Tore Sinding Bekkedal" <toresbe(a)ifi.uio.no>
>
>I have recently bought colour tape for the 33.
>
>The printer has a black substance that pushes the printhead towards the
>paper. This has dissolved into an oily-like thing, and there is zero
>pressure for the head against the paper. I will try to put a licorice
>candy (L?kerol) in its place as a kludge, but it very likely won't last.
>Do you know what causes it? Where to get a new one? Is that SUPPOSED to
>happen?'
>
>Confused Regards
>
>-Tore
>
Hi
I've seen this happen to others but mine did just
the opposite. The rubber turned to brittle stuff and
crumbled.
I guess the issues is that like some plastics, rubber
just doesn't last.
I think the stick on feet idea is the best home remedy.
Dwight
From a local SIG list.
I am not affiliated yadda yadda
Doc
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [Siglinux] Symbolics Lisp machine to a good home
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 17:21:44 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mark <mindfunk(a)mindfunk.net>
Reply-To: SIGLinux GNU/Linux Users Group <siglinux(a)utacm.org>
To: siglinux(a)utacm.org
Anyone want a symbolics lisp machine. It worked as of 6 months ago. I
don't have any time to invest at the moment to it, So, I'm looking for a
good home for it.
It's free, but you have to come get it. I live in ft. worth. Bring many
people with you.
namaste,
Mark
_______________________________________________
Siglinux mailing list
Siglinux(a)utacm.org
http://www.utacm.org/mailman/listinfo/siglinux
Well the Commodore CD-1000 CDTV box came today and now the search starts for
the mouse, 3.5 FD, remote control, keyboard, and monitor for it. Also the
manuals for it. There is a good write-up and pic's of it at
www.cdtv.org.uk/1254.html.
It's based on the Amiga with a 68000 @ 7.14Mhz chip. Anyone having extra
parts for this computer that they do not need contact me off list.
> Focus Systems makes scan converters to go from VGA or RGB to an
> assortment of things. IIRC, one of their products was a translucent LCD
> panel that you put on an overhead projector for showing the image of your
> computer screen.
>
> This sounds very much like the scan converter box for that LCD panel. I
> would not at all be surprised if it is really just a fancy RGB to VGA
> converter and can probably be plugged into any VGA monitor.
Thanks - I wondered whether that was actually VGA output too. I don't know what
frequencies the Mac II outputs - but I was hoping the box might buffer each
line of video and do something intelligent with it before spitting it out to
the LCD connector, but it doesn't look like it given the chips that are in
there.
Still, I do have a Mac II somewhere so might hang onto it as-is, or failing
that the metal case might come in handy and as interface box for something!
cheers
Jules
>From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf(a)siconic.com>
>
>On Sat, 7 Jun 2003, Jim Davis wrote:
>
>> You will be treated like crap at all levels of any transaction at fry's.
>> Expect, No, assume that
>> any advertised product will be out of stock, that the pepsi machine
>> will of be of more help
>> then the sailsdroids. Don't even think about using a check, unless you
>> have about an hour or
>> two to wait ( I AM NOT KIDDING ), Check all the packages, as frys simply
>> returns
>> defective and returned products to the shelves. Returns? Plan on
>> spending the day.
>> Need I say more?
>
>And that's on a GOOD day!!!
>
Hi
First, one needs to realize that Fry's is a discount store.
They do everything as cheap as they can. They do not hire
sales people with computer knowledge. I don't expect them
to answer any question more complicated than "where is
such-an-such?". They are require, now, by law to mark items
that have been returned as such. Most items that have been
returned are working and have nothing wrong with them. They
do not have in store personal that can test everything in
the store.
I often buy return items when on sale. I expect to test them
when I get them. I have only had one bad item that was re-wrapped.
They replaced it without question( they may have put it back
on the shelf ). It did take time standing in line.
I guess it is mostly expectations. One can often find most
any of their items cheaper, someplace else. Unless you happen
to be at that someplace else, it isn't worth the gas to look
for it.
As for people ripping them off, their biggest problem has
and always will be with the store personal.
Dwight
Hi,
Just came across a little 5x5x1" high metal box with the following connectors
on it:
15-pin connector labelled "to computer"
15-pin connector labelled "to monitor"
15-pin high-density connector labelled "to LCD panel"
connectors for "power in" and "power out"
It's badged as being made by In Focus Systems, "For Macintosh II" and model
"A-35C".
Before I just trace it inside to see what it does I thought I'd ask here about
it - maybe someone knows exactly what it is. Presumably some sort of frequency
convertor unit; any ideas what LCD panel connected to it and the specs of it? I
was hoping it would actually contain some sort of buffer memory inside (and
might come in handy for something else with a bit of hacking), but it seems
not. Chips inside are standard logic / timers, a couple of 8-pin "7660CPA"
chips (whatever those do), and analogue sections for R, G and B. Chip dates are
all within 1990.
May still prove useful for something one day anyway!
cheers
Jules
>Just came across a little 5x5x1" high metal box with the following connectors
>on it:
>
> 15-pin connector labelled "to computer"
> 15-pin connector labelled "to monitor"
> 15-pin high-density connector labelled "to LCD panel"
> connectors for "power in" and "power out"
>
>It's badged as being made by In Focus Systems, "For Macintosh II" and model
>"A-35C".
Focus Systems makes scan converters to go from VGA or RGB to an
assortment of things. IIRC, one of their products was a translucent LCD
panel that you put on an overhead projector for showing the image of your
computer screen.
This sounds very much like the scan converter box for that LCD panel. I
would not at all be surprised if it is really just a fancy RGB to VGA
converter and can probably be plugged into any VGA monitor.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>