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

by mhstein＠usa.net

Just happened to have a 3.11 box beside me; for those not as fortunate, the answer displayed is 0.00 ------------ > For the difference between 3.10 and 3.11, use the built-in calculator > accessory to subtract 3.10 from 3.11. What do you get?

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What's your specialty?

by foo＠siconic.com

Ok, now's your chance to discuss your specialty and get the attention of other folks who have stuff that you may want. I disqualify myself from this discussion because technically a "Specialty of Everything" is not really specialization. I want everything and anything ;) Actually, I do like to specialize where few fear to venture. I have massive amounts of computer books, magazines, documentation and manuals. I do not discriminate. If it's a book and it has just about anything at all to do with computing, it goes into my library. Again, there is a purpose to this seemingly unquenchable psychosis. My collection of Y2K preparedness books is probably unrivaled (at this point probably 30+ volumes and counting). Somebody's got to do it. 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 *

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Protec PRO-83 Computer - More Info

by rdcoll＠hotmail.com

>But, if it's the same Protec in Quebec who did indeed >make Z80 SBCs in the old days before they specialized in KVMs, they're >still very much alive; why not try a phone call or e-mail. I actually sent a few emails to them already (6, I believe). They only ever answered 1 of them (the 2nd) to tell me that they didn't make personal computers. I replied and told them the machine was made by a Protec Microsystems Inc. in the 80's and I sent them a picture of it. They have yet to respond. Hmmm... Maybe when they talk about providing unlimited post sale support, they don't mean items that are 20 years old! :) The only remaining option I can see is to keep posting until someone recognizes the name. Thanks for the advice anyway. Rob _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com

23 years, 10 months

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Programmeren van de 6502

by vcf＠vintage.org

I have here a book titled _Programmeren can de 6502_ by Rodnay Zaks. It's just what it sounds like: a book on programming the 6502 in Dutch. What it was doing in a local charity shop is a mystery. >From the back: Dit boek is zo' geschreven dat men het programmeren in assemblertaal van hef begin aan leren kan. De eerste engelstalige editie was reeds een bestseller op het gebied van programmeren en deze herziene en uitgebreide editie bevat nog meer recente informatie en illustraties. De versheidenheid der programmeringen en technieken richt zich naar de interessen van elke programmator of hij nu een beginneling of een expert is. (I understand enough of this to know that it should give you a description of the book ;) (I think :) I'll send it to any native Dutch speaker that wants it. In the case of more than one interested party, I'll give it to the person who could most use it, so please include a short description of why you want the book and what you would use it for. Please reply to me directly off-list. -- 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 *

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Varian 402 Data Station

by vcf＠vintage.org

I found a Varian 402 Data Station. It's basically a Z80 machine with a built-in CRT, 2 disk drives, and a thermal printer. It's huge. When I fire it up, I get no activity on the CRT, but the thermal printer goes into a self-test, pauses for a moment, then repeats. It does this endlessly, so something must be wrong. No activity on the disk drives either. A Google search turned up nothing useful. Anyone have any experience with these things? -- 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 *

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%20OT:%20Nasty%20Hangnail;%20Cuban%20Cigarettes;%20Caberet%20Voltaire%20and%2

by Latinluvin911＠cs.com

This response is a little late, and its only about the cuban cigarettes. Cuban cigarettes are not better than american cigarettes. If you don't believe me, you can order some on cigarpuff.com the two main brands are "cohiba" and "romeo y julieta" and they both suck. Cuban cigars are far superior than american cigars, but the same is not true of cigarettes. For the worlds best cigarettes, go with turkish imports ( not camel, the genuine stuff ).

23 years, 10 months

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New Acquisitions

by jss＠subatomix.com

Yesterday, another list member and I had a trading session. Here's what I ended up with: * Teletype ASR-33. It's a fixer-upper, but even if I can't get it to work, it will make good spare parts for another tty. I love this thing. * AT&T 3B2/EXP. This looks like a 3B2/1000. Working condition. Docs included. I can't seem to find anything about the /EXP model in particular. Does anyone know what's special about the /EXP? * A few Honeywell terminals. Some may work, some probably don't. After watching the recent thread on specialization, I think I need to start working on converting breadth to depth. I think I'd rather have a few near-perfectly complete systems than piles of unrelated parts. I'll be putting some stuff up for trade soon, looking for some specific items. -- Jeffrey S. Sharp jss(a)subatomix.com

23 years, 10 months

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Some nice IBM finds

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>I go to a place called "Electronics Barn" (in Bloomfield IIRC), I'll have to go check that out... my brother lived in the Bloomfield area for a while, so maybe he knows right where it is (if not, I will drag him along anyway as he and I are always swapping parts, so I am sure he would like a nice cheap source as well) Thanks -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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Xerox 820 boot media

by aek＠spies.com

> Sun workstations, Kaypro IV, Xerox 820 (does anyone have 8" boot media for > this thing?) I should have it as well. If someone has the diagnostic disc, please keep me in mind. All of the manuals I had on it are up now at www.spies.com/aek/pdf/xerox/820 too.

23 years, 10 months

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DEC Rainbows ...

by cdl＠proxima.ucsd.edu

> From: "Lawrence Walker" <lgwalker(a)mts.net> > To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 03:06:06 -0600 > Subject: Re: DEC Rainbows ... > In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0202161252510.91051-100000(a)crash.cts.com> > > How would you do that ? I waited about 2 years before I finally found a > BCC02 to connect my mono 'bow to my VR201. To build one with ribbon > cable using the 15-pin plugs would be a lot of fiddly soldering. There's 8 > leads on each end to solder. For color to make a BCC03 that would be 12 on > each end. Crimp-on IDC. (Insulation Displacement Connector). Just slide the flat cable into the connector and squeeze it all together. Repeat for the other end, being sure that you have the orientation correct, pin 1 to pin 1 etc. carl -- carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego clowenstein(a)ucsd.edu

23 years, 10 months

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RS/6000 FAQ?

by Mzthompson＠aol.com

On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Kris Kirby wrote: > With all this talk of RS/6000s, I've become a little interested in what > these machines can do / are capable of. A company I used to work for used them as the foundation of their Network Management applications. Their software would among other things, manage the events (alarms & other messages) coming from the network devices and manage the configuration of the network. Later versions of their software would graphically display the configuration and status of the network in the form of a network map. One such instance was a state wide (& state owned) fiber network carrying voice, data, & video. Unfortunately, the company went under in the mid 90's. As the bankruptcy dust settled, I found out that the bank had repo'd several machines. I contacted the bank and the loan officer said something like "Duh, I doubt what I can resell these Unix boxes in this podunk town". With that I made an offer on one of the RS/6000 boxes which he accepted. So for less than 1% of its original cost, I hauled home a model 320H. It was complete with 80mb of memory, two SCSI hard drives, an external tape drive, network card, and 16" color monitor. It has AIX (IBM's Unix) 3.2.5 on it as well as IBM's version of X-Windows. Nobody bothered to 'clean' the disks, so it was still loaded with the company's software as well as a then current version of Oracle DBMS. Also at the time, I manage to scrounge a few manuals for the RS/6000 series. One has specs and setup info (drive SCSI select, etc). If anyone needs some info, I might be able to help. Mike

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Some nice IBM finds

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>I wish I could find stuff like this in NJ. I wish I could just find >the SCSI tapes in NJ. I wish I could just find a decent place in NJ to get salvaged stuff... I am jealous of the others that have all these nice goodwill stores that seem to have a plethora of older fun machines. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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IBM Server 500

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

In a message dated 2/17/2002 11:36:13 PM Central Standard Time, pcautomation(a)mindspring.com writes: > I purchased an IBM Server 500 series computer yesterday at a yard sale for > only $10 That's a quite nice MCA machine! Impressive looking, would like to have one myself. If you decide to part it out, I'd love to have the CPU complex. I think, therefore I am dangerous --

23 years, 10 months

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More drives for the project

by vcf＠vintage.org

Here's what I recently picked up: Apple PC 5.25 Drive (DC-37) - was this for connecting to a PC or a special card in the Mac? Maynard Electronics MaxStream 60 digital cassette drive (SCSI) Everex digital cassette drive (same as I already have but with the DC-37 cable; I still need interface card) Sysgen Reliant-215 digital cassette drive (DC-37) Mass Optical Storage Technology (SCSI) - it has a 3.5" slot...is this floptical? The model is RMD-5200-S SyQuest 270 (SCSI) IBM 2.88MB Floppy (gotta have one of those) Exabyte EXB-4200T DAT/DDS (SCSI) IBM Type 3363 (SCSI) - is this WORM or MO? Also says P/N 63X4130 I definitely have digital cassette covered now. I found in my piles of software and docs I was going through last night a complete set of software and manuals for the Everex tape drive...sweet. I still need the interface card. I also found a set of tools from Flagstaff Engineering subtitled Data Conversion Systems. The disks are labeled 1/2" Tape Utility Programs, 1/2" Tape Data Extraction and 1/2" Tape Language Interface. Haven't tried to boot them up yet, but is any familiar with these tools? -- 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 *

23 years, 10 months

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9track drive woes

by Huw.Davies＠kerberos.davies.net.au

At 11:55 AM 17/02/2002 -0500, Pat Finnegan wrote: >After cleaning, same problem. Now, when I try to copy data off the tape >using "COPY MUA0 NEWS.TAR", VMS gives me these errors: > >%COPY-E-READERR, error reading _MUA0:[].; >-RMS-F-RER, file read error >-SYSTEM-W-DATAOVER, data overrun >%COPY-W-NOTCMPLT, _MUA0:[].; not completely copied > >when I use dump, like "DUMP MUA0 /OUT=NEWS.DMP", it works just perfectly >fine, which leads me to believe it might be a VMS problem. Prior to now, >I was able to copy straight from the foreign mounted volume OK, but now >it's not working at all, even after I power-cycled the drive and the vax. > >Help? I'm assuming from the file name that the tape contains a Unix tar file. If this is so, there are at least two "native" VMS programs designed to read tar files. One is tar2vms (with it's partner vms2tar) which I've used many times to read Unix tar tapes. A quick web search should find a copy nearby. Huw Davies | e-mail: Huw.Davies(a)kerberos.davies.net.au | "If God had wanted soccer played in the | air, the sky would be painted green"

23 years, 10 months

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OT: cleaning pots on my vintage audio amp

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

> From: Chad Fernandez <fernande(a)internet1.net> > All my stuff is solid state, no tubes. I don't have anything that is > truly worth a lot, I don't think. I'd just like to have consistant > sound. Where's Tony, on this? In England, I expect ;>) Chad -- I smoke, and although it has never bothered my computers the smoke bugs the shit out of my audio gear. Every couple of months I take my main amp and mixer apart and spray a lot of plain old tuner cleaner into the switches and pots. Then I pull *all* the plugs and spray tuner cleaner all over them and into *all* the jacks. Then I wiggle everything around a lot and the problems go away -- for a couple of months. BTW I probably don't need to tell you this but make sure the fluid has evaporated before powering anything up. Glen 0/0

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Some nice IBM finds

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

Yesterday at Goodwill I found a PowerServer 350 and 370; a PowerStation 340 for $12.99 each. Have not tested them yet but all were full of memory and not stripped of parts that I could tell. They also had a TI 99 color monitor but it needed some work for $6.99. There were also about 10 external SCSI tape units with no names on them, so I just purchased one at $9.99.

23 years, 10 months

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Looking for sparcbook2 batterys, info

by rschaefe＠gcfn.org

Hi all! I'm in need of batteries for a sparcbook2, even if they don't hold a charge. Also, does anyone know the extent of the Y2k problems? Are they just generic OS problems (SunOS 4.1.2B1) or are there firmware problems too? Thanks! Bob

23 years, 10 months

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Xerox 820 boot media

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

> From: Chris Craft <ccraft(a)springsips.com> > Sun workstations, Kaypro IV, Xerox 820 (does anyone have 8" boot media for > this thing?) I believe I have 8" boot disks for this critter (thanks, Joe) but currently have no way to copy them or to verify their condition. If you'll pay round-trip postage and SWEAR to return them, I'll be happy to lend them to you. They're at my shop, & I'm at home, so I'll check it out tomorrow and let you know exactly what's there. Glen 0/0

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Destructive charities (was: STAPLES STORES...)

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>If these computers were still useful and interesting, they wouldn't be >candidates for the crusher. Likewise, if there were any real value in those >cars to which you refer, someone would figure out a way to profit from them. >If they look good, it's probably the typcial "appearance over substance." That is SO not true. (was this flame bait? did I just fall for it?!?) For instance, there is a perfectly good, running 1992 Toyota Celica sitting in my fire department lot waiting for us to tear it apart. It runs, fine... the only thing wrong with it is the catalytic converter is bad so it fails emissions testing during inspection. The owner used that as an excuse to buy a new car, and donated this one to us. Book value, $4,000. We will be tearing it to shreds Wednesday and then our scrapper will haul it off to his yard on a flat bed. So no... just because it has real value, doesn't mean it will be used for that value. Frankly, I am a little amazed you can participate on a list like this and NOT have an intimate understanding of how many perfectly usable computers are sent to the junk yard all the time. (I have a garage full of working LC5xx macs that are being cleaned up and given to people that can't afford a computer... they were all pulled from a school dumpster... if they hadn't been pulled out by a wise computer enthusiast, they would be in a land fill by now) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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OT Mothers (was Re: Dumpster in the alley, Part II)

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

> From: bill pointon <wpointon(a)earthlink.net> > wasnt dumpster in the alley part II on that mothers bootleg album from > 69 -- i think they played it at their boston tea party gig in spring of > 70 but i may not be remembering correctly -- thanks -- billp Could you be referring to "Wino Man" from the bootleg "Freaks & Motherfu#@%!" which was recorded (poorly) at the Fillmore East in '70, released on vinyl in '82, and re-released in '91 on Rhino's FOO-EEE label? Glen 0/0

23 years, 10 months

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Bondwell B310Plus

by dorchard＠tconl.com

I was preparing to throw these out but thought someone else out there might have some fun with them. I have two (2) Bondwell B310 Plus notebooks with power converters, three (3) batteries between the two of them and one charging unit. They are 286's with 1MB of ram and 40MB hard drives. Both have small issue with the contrast controls causing problems when you try to make adjustments and one is in need of either a new floppy drive or at the least some TLC. They are also in need of OS's. They are free to a good home but you have to pick up the shipping.

23 years, 10 months

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Win 3.10 (was: Old HP scanner

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

> From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) <cisin(a)xenosoft.com> > The primary design goal of Windoze 3.10 was to get rid of the > multitudinous UAEs ("Unexpected Application Error"s) > > To some extent, they succeeded. (Now they were EXPECTED.) > > > For the difference between 3.10 and 3.11, use the built-in calculator > accessory to subtract 3.10 from 3.11. What do you get? IIRC the reason we did the "upgrade" was that Win 3.0 didn't support TrueType fonts. > UAE was a poor choice for an error message, as few if any knew what it > meant. It was replaced by the even less understood "General Protection > Fault". The issue of the message was finally addressed with the change to > "program has performed an illegal operation", which had the major benefit > of pointing the blame away from the operating system. (even though it was > often Windoze that had done the dastardly deed.) >From time to time I will get a call from someone who bought a PC from us asking (in a frightened or angry voice) why we sold them an *illegal* computer . . . "it says so right here on the screen, and my program won't work." Glen 0/0

23 years, 10 months

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Victor 9000

by Robert.Allbery＠exch1.drum.army.mil

I agree with Philip Belben, The Victor 9000 runs both (Victor/MS) DOS and CP/M86 run on it and someone out there has it/them. There was an IBM above board built for it. That made it IBM compatible (don't know if that included a way to have drive support (e.g. - drive support software for multiple formats - like the original Wang PC and APC), or accepted other drives that might be installed. Any way, without that option you can't boot from any IBM or Industry Standard DOS. The Act Sirius-1 (a re-badged Victor 9000) should work. Try Google - or another search engine - and search for Victor 9000. There is a surprising amount of info out there. I have just begun digging through the 25,000 (not a typo) separate items that Google found. Take someone up on getting disk copies for Victor 9000 or the Sirius, whether in the States or wherever. Bob Allbery

23 years, 10 months

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Amstrad's email phone and Spectrums

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

> From: Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk> I wrote: > > Here's a cheaper solution (and a better selection): go to World of > > Spectrum at http://www.void.jump.org/ and download an emulator. They're > > available for a lot of platforms including Unix, Amiga, and Win CE. > > (Warajevo is my personal favorite for Win9x). You now have *free* access > > to over 10,000 programs, which you can also download from WOS. Tony replied: > Hang on a second. To do that you have to have a PC. People with PCs will > generally use them for e-mail (if they want e-mail), since it's cheaper > (and better) than buying a dedicated 'e-mail phone'. Surely the Amstrad > 'e-mail phone' is aimed at those people who _don't_ have a PC, and who > therefore couldn't run a spectrum emulator. Tony, I'll grant that your logic concerning the targeted market for the device is correct, but you *don't* have to have a PC to run a Spectrum emulator. Software emulators are available for platforms such as Gameboy, Dreamcast, and Playstation. Of course, you might have to use someone else's internet-capable system in order to download the emulator and games, but strictly speaking PC ownership is not a prerequisite for running a Spectrum emulator. Glen 0/0

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STAPLES STORES WILL TAKE OLD COMPUTERS

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Ford [mailto:mikeford@socal.rr.com] > Day). Individuals and businesses can bring in their old > computer equipment, > including monitors and hard drives. There is no charge for > this service. I would read that: "Give us some stuff so that we don't have to buy so much of it." > country. Computers that are unable to be rebuilt "will be recycled > responsibly to generate reusable materials," according to the > press release. ... and translated, this probably means: "Anything that we don't know what to do with will be turned into bicycle spokes and sent to China." > number. To confirm store hours and whether they will accept a > certain type > of computer equipment (especially anything unusual), people > can call the "We may not actually accept anything that we don't know what to do with, since it's expensive to make things into bicycle spokes." > store directly. People who bring in old computer equipment to > Staples during > this event can receive a $100 savings on a new computer with an Intel > Pentium 4 processor, or $20 off a purchase of $100 or more > for other Staples > products purchased during those two days. "... but buy some normal off-the-shelf stuff, please!" Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

23 years, 10 months

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uVAX II + KFQSA + DSSI Drive and the last touch?

by gunther＠aurora.regenstrief.org

Hi, so I just came home from BSDcon 2002 (was nice to see all the old names as life people with noses in their faces.) Anyway I just came home and there my new KFQSA card I got on eBay was in the mail. So, now I can finally use some of my DSSI disks that I bought for the time I'd get a KFMSA, now I get to use the in my uVAX instead of having to bother with formatting that MFM disk :-). I don't know much about DSSI however and I'm not sure I have all the pieces I need. I have a KFQSA, a 50-60 pin cable, round and two connectors each side, then a bus cable, same number of pins to be connected to that round cable and 3 connectors, apparently for three drives. Good. But at the end of that cable is a male connector with about half as many pins. What is that for, please don't say it's a terminator, where the heck would I get such a terminator from? Could I just connect the round cable directly to one DSSI drive without that bus cable, such that I would not need that terminator? Then there are some DIP switches on the card, what are they for? And of course the drives have front panels and I have three drives and just one front panel. How essential is that front panel? Has anyone ever installed DSSI in a uVAX-II with the small cabinet? It's pretty tight in there. How about this: right now there is that cable for the RQDX3 that goes into the front part of the box and apparently is spliced there to connect to the MFM drive and the RX33/50 (?) floppy drive. What if I throw all this stuff out and use that flat cable to route the KFQSA into the front and hook up the DSSI drive where I have the MFM drive now and put in a TK50 where the RX50 is now. Anyone ever done that? I must also say I really appreciate the VAXBI and XMI busses with their zero-insertion force and their clean way of connecting peripherals all to the backplane instead of just anywhere in the front. The way these Q-BUS and UNIBUS cards are jammed into their slots with all the cables squeezed between those cards, and the cards all bent to make room for the cables and connectors is not beautiful, if not frightening. Isn't that terribly rough on the hardware? regards -Gunther -- Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D. gschadow(a)regenstrief.org Medical Information Scientist Regenstrief Institute for Health Care Adjunct Assistant Professor Indiana University School of Medicine tel:1(317)630-7960 http://aurora.regenstrief.org

23 years, 10 months

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9track drive woes

by pat＠purdueriots.com

I've finally got my StorageTek 2920 9-track drive talking to my Emulex QT13 QBUS->PERTEC adaptor under VMS... It *appears* to read the tapes OK (I have no VMS formatted tapes, so I'm just guessing here), but when I try and INITIALIZE MUA0:, the drive spins the tape for a second and then gives me a "CC7" on its display and "Mach Chk" flashes. VMS calls it a 'parity error'. Anyone know what is going on with this thing? Thanks. -- Pat

23 years, 10 months

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Rayovac 844b cmos batteries

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>OTOH I still have several cases of new old stock I am selling off. So if >you need an 840 or 844b 4.5v alkaline cmos battery, email me while I still >have them. 1/$5, 3/$10, 10/$20, and case of 60 for $50, all plus shipping. I wound up ordering some from MCM... so I am ok for now... thanks anyway. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years, 10 months

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9track drive woes

by rmurphy＠itm-inst.com

At 11:55 AM 2/17/02 -0500, Pat Finnegan wrote: >After cleaning, same problem. Now, when I try to copy data off the tape >using "COPY MUA0 NEWS.TAR", VMS gives me these errors: > >%COPY-E-READERR, error reading _MUA0:[].; >-RMS-F-RER, file read error >-SYSTEM-W-DATAOVER, data overrun >%COPY-W-NOTCMPLT, _MUA0:[].; not completely copied > >when I use dump, like "DUMP MUA0 /OUT=NEWS.DMP", it works just perfectly >fine, which leads me to believe it might be a VMS problem. Prior to now, >I was able to copy straight from the foreign mounted volume OK, but now >it's not working at all, even after I power-cycled the drive and the vax. When you DUMP the tape, DUMP uses a large buffer. When you use COPY, you get the default RMS buffer size, which is too small for the tape blocks. Use DUMP MUA0:/BLOCK=COUNT=1 to get the block size, then MOUNT/FOREIGN/BLOCK=xxx MUA0: to mount the tape with the right blocksize. COPY should then work. -Rick

23 years, 10 months

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Fiche scanning redux

by tony.eros＠machm.org

I started playing with fiche scanning using an Intel QX3 microscope. This microscope comes has three built-in objectives -- 10x, 60x and 200x. The results are mixed, but tempting. I've put some sample images here: http://www.machm.org/fiche/fiche1.jpg 60x http://www.machm.org/fiche/fiche2.jpg 60x http://www.machm.org/fiche/fiche3.jpg 60x http://www.machm.org/fiche/fiche4.jpg 60x http://www.machm.org/fiche/fiche5.jpg 60x http://www.machm.org/fiche/fiche6.jpg 60x http://www.machm.org/fiche/fiche7.jpg 10x http://www.machm.org/fiche/fiche8.jpg 200x At the 60x magnification, it takes about 9 images to capture a single frame >from a fiche. I've put together a web page at http://www.machm.org/fiche/fiche.htm that roughly arranges the sample to show a sample frame from a VMS source listing fiche. I like the resolution, but need to find a way to expand the field of view. I'm sure I can rig up a scanning frame, but don't want to have to stitch multiple captures per frame. If I can get this to work, it would be a very affordable way to do high-quality fiche scans. Does anyone have any suggestions on how this might be improved? -- Tony

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ex DEC-field service people: what KC780 memory upgrade makes a KC785?

by gunther＠aurora.regenstrief.org

Hi, DEC field service veterans will know this: what exactly is the memory upgrade needed in the PDP11/03 console computer for the VAX 11/780 that makes it suitable for the VAX 11/785? I want to be able to search for such boards, so would need to know which it would be. Appreciate if you have an Mxxxx-AB number (e.g., M8044-DF ?) Thank you so much! -Gunther -- Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D. gschadow(a)regenstrief.org Medical Information Scientist Regenstrief Institute for Health Care Adjunct Assistant Professor Indiana University School of Medicine tel:1(317)630-7960 http://aurora.regenstrief.org

23 years, 10 months

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Identify Magneto Optical Drive / Switch Settings?

by jhfine＠postoffice.idirect.com

I suspect this is quite on topic. I have acquired a 5 1/4" magneto optical disk drive that is equivalent to a Sony SMO S501. The label says it was put together by DYNATEK Automation Systems. I suspect that the two internals are a C501/D501 from Sony in any case with just the external box and power supply being from Dynatek. SW1 is an unusual rotary switch which is used to select the SCSI ID - I have tested that and confirmed that it works. The drive works quite well as the last drive in the daisy chain, so I presume that a terminator and terminator power are part of the selectable equipment. Of course, the drive works very well as the only drive on the host adapter. My question concerns SW2 which is an 8 position dip switch. On the Sony drive, there is ONLY an 8 position dip switch with 3 positions being used for SCSI ID. Might anyone have some documentation on which parts of the dip switch on the Dynatek drive are used and for what?

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HP1000 manuals on Ebay

by ojw＠dircon.co.uk

nothing to do with me, but recollecting the HP1000 discussions a while back I thought this may be of interest to someone: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem <http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1704075698> &item=1704075698 all the best oliver

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Radio Shack (Was: STAPLES STORES WILL TAKE OLD COMPUTERS)

by mythtech＠Mac.com

> At least that's what it was last week when I went into my local RS to >check on a 3v lithium battery for my NeXT cube. You mean they didn't stock it? I had a good laugh the other day when I went in to find a standard PC CMOS battery (the little blocks used in practically every PC thru 486's)... and it was a special order part... but two out of the 3 Mac battery styles (large AAish and small 1/2 AA) were standard stock and had pleanty on the racks. I suppose at least it is nice that ONE store doesn't think the Mac is an inferior product, not worthy of carrying parts for it (they also have a nice supply of ADB cables... only they call them S-Video :-) ) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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STAPLES STORES WILL TAKE OLD COMPUTERS

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: John Chris Wren [mailto:jcwren@jcwren.com] > A) Isn't the problem that *everything* is considered classic > by this group? That's a problem? Seriously, though, you'd likely get agreement from most of the group that there are a lot of Macs and peesees that certainly aren't classic, despite their on-topicness. :) The trouble is that we could never agree on _which_ ones... well, maybe we could agree that anything made by (the new) packard bell probably isn't. I don't know if there are any packard bell fans here, but most people I've spoken to about it specifically think the new company's never made anything good. Regrads, Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

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RS/6000 3xx

by torquil＠nyip.net

Hi, First, to introduce myself, I am new to the list. My name is Torquil MacCorkle III, I live in Lexington, Virginia. I have just now gotten into classic computers(namely, the RS/6000) thanks to my friend. I was wondering if anyone had a functional 3xx series RS/6000 which they would be willing to let go of for the cost of shipping? Thanks

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Effect of temperature cycles on electronics ?

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On February 16, Tom Uban wrote: > What experience have people had with computer equipment being stored > in a unheated environment for 10-20 years, where the temperature runs > from -10 to 100 degrees at the extremes of the seasons? Does this > tend to kill ICs, caps, etc? I've had some problems with uneven thermal expansion and contraction cracking old PCB traces and solder joints. Not too badly, though. -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

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HP 9825B

by steven_j_robertson＠hotmail.com

>There are 2 versions of the disk ROM according to the docs I have. The >older one had a tape cartidge that went along with it which included >routines to format the disk, put the system programs on the disk and so >on. The later ROM doesn't need the tape. They have different HP model >numbers, but I don't have the manual to hand to look them up OH... I see... :-( I've probably got the older ROMS as well. Thanks for the info. Steverob _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

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TRS 80

by rajackson＠oncomdis.on.ca

Hi, I have a TRS 80, colour monitor, kbd, 2 disc drives & tons of programs, and documentation. Needs a good home. everything worked the last time I checked, (15 yrs ago?) Worth any $ to anyone. R. A. Jackson rajackson(a)oncomdis.on.ca

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OT Microsoft Mail & News (was Re: OT: But too funny...)

by ken＠seefried.com

From: Sellam Ismail <foo(a)siconic.com> > If people are still using MS Outlook inspire of all the viruses and crap > that have plagued that pathetic piece of shit in the past few years then > they not only deserve whatever damage gets done to their system via such > vehicles but they shouldn't be allowed to use e-mail at all since they > only end up contributing to the greater problem by running it! Thankfully, most people accept the hypocracy of not saying something so juvinile about sendmail. Ken

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Fujitsu/Amdahl Bubble Memory System?

by ken＠seefried.com

From: Joe <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com>> >Didn't some of the NEC or some other japanese brand laptop use bubble >memory? I wonder if it's for one of those? There have certainly been laptops that use bubble memory (Grid being the canonical example), but this device is much too big to be for a laptop. Interestingly, it seems the caridges have been used in an Anritsu oscilliscope (the 620J?). Ken

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Docs/Supplies for DEC LN03R printer?

by r_beaudry＠hotmail.com

Hello all, Today I was given a Digital LN03R ScriptWriter. This is a serial, postscript printer. It started life as an LN03, and received the "R" upgrade on 12/8/87. It is serial number 007 (NOT a typo), and I have been told it may have been originally a prototype for the LN03 series. Surprisingly, Windows 98 (and 2K) have a driver for it, and when I hooked it up, the test page printed beautifully! The power-on page reports it is version 47.2, as well as listing the fonts installed, and the setup. What I need to know is: 1) Does anyone have docs for this printer that I could borrow long enough to make copies of? At a minimum, I'd like the settings for the DIP switches on the rear of the unit. It's set up now for 9600 baud, and that's a bit slow. I'm hoping it can go faster... 2) Does anyone know where I can get toner, drums, and other consumables for this printer?? 3) Obviously DEC software would support this printer, but does anyone know of any MS-DOS, or maybe even CP/M programs that would support this printer? Thanks! Rich B. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

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Pennsylvania tech

by foo＠siconic.com

Hi guys - thanks for that story - in fact I am reading from Artifacts and discussing technology at the library in Intercourse, Lancaster County, on April 15th - I am fascinated by Amish technology... all best, Christine >From: Sellam Ismail >To: >CC: >Subject: Re: Programmeren van de 6502 >Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 07:15:01 +0000 (UTC) > >On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Carlos Murillo wrote: > > > >Where else do they speak Dutch besides some rural parts of Pennsylvania > > >where they generally shun technology? :) > > > > The "Pennsylvania dutch" are actually german, for all I know. > > Seems that like a case of one person saying "deutsche" and > > another hearing "dutch". At least that's the explanation > >Wow, I'm doubly ignorant. You are, of course, correct :) > > > that I heard from a native. This native was born in a farm, > > then went to Drexel university, and now he's a phd and a top > > programmer of web applications for research purposes. So > > not all "Pennsylvania dutch" are technology averse. His > > dad, still a farmer, uses a Mac. So they even have taste > > in technology. > >That would probably make a terrific story for Christine Finn. Would you >mind passing along his contact information in private e-mail? > >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 * > ________________________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: Click Here

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Fujitsu/Amdahl Bubble Memory System?

by ken＠seefried.com

I have been lucky enough to pick up some new bubble memory gear, and now I'm trying to figure out what I have. Any hints appreciated. Apparently, this is a FBM-U502GU-J Fujitsu bubble memory cartridge system. The drive is roughly 3"w x 2.5"h x 7"d, and consists of a 3-board sandwitch. It uses FBM-C128GA bubble memory cartridges. Interestingly, many of the cartridges that I got have "Amdahl" stickers on them. Anyone seen this sort of thing before? Ken

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More drives for the project

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>> Apple PC 5.25 Drive (DC-37) - was this for connecting to a PC or a special >> card in the Mac? > >I think the latter, to allow a Mac to read/write PC disks. I have an >Apple book on designing add-on cards for the Mac, and one of the design >examples is the PC-compatible disk controller. It uses a 765 chip in the >obvious way. > >I am not sure if that card was ever a commerical product, but something >similar might have been, > >I think the drive is just a standard PC disk drive in an Apple case. The drive came in two flavors. In both cases, the drive was the same, the change was the controller card. One version came with an SE PDS controller card, the other came with a NuBus controller card. In either case, the card works ONLY with either the SE (800k or FDHD), or the Mac II, no other NuBus Macs. You need the card to control the floppy drive, but I believe you are correct, it is just a standard PC drive in an Apple case. I have one with the SE card. There were also 3rd party PC drives that hooked up to the standard Disk Drive port on all the early macs, but I don't think Apple ever made one like that. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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More drives for the project

by aek＠spies.com

> Apple PC 5.25 Drive (DC-37) - was this for connecting to a PC or a special > card in the Mac? It connects to a Nubus card with a 765-style floppy disc controller There is mention of it in the original Mac cards and drivers book. >From memory, the card doesn't support super-slot address space decoding.

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HP Calculator on ebay

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

I used to and I'm sure Tony D does but I doubt that he'd use E-OverPay. I went ahead and put a moderate bid on the stuff but most of the other stuff is ballast as far as I'm concerned. Does anyone know what the "node locator" is for? Thanks for the notice. Joe At 01:27 AM 2/16/02 -0600, you wrote: > >#1705353697 > >Who was it here who collects these? > >-Toth > >

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seek info for Ciprico Rimfire 3200

by aek＠spies.com

> I'm looking for any information I can find on the Ciprico Rimfire 3200 VME > SMD controller, and ideally drivers for it to run under SunOS 4.1 I should have this in storage. I'll try to pull it out in the next week or so.

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HP 9825B

by steven_j_robertson＠hotmail.com

I have a HP 9825B, 9885 floppy disk drive, and ROM cart for that specific disk. I can run the system and it tries to talk to the disks but gives an error when accessing the drive. It seems like the computer doesn't have all the disk routines that it needs to talk to the floppy. Are all the disk routines included on the one ROM or do I need another ROM with those routines? Thanks, SteveRob _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

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Destructive charities (was: STAPLES STORES...)

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>The car that can't pass emissions is like the computer that won't run. It's >of no real use, except maybe for parts. Um... WRONG... the $4,000 Toyota just needs a new cat ($100 in parts and $80 in labor). The guy just felt like buying a new car. But since he donated it to us with the understanding it would be cut up, we can't sell it (like we would have liked, since we would have done the labor ourself, and used the money we got by selling the car for 4 grand to buy a new scott pack). Its about the same as throwing out a computer saying it is good only for parts, because the OS install has become corrupted. >(have you tried to salvage parts >from >a computer lately?) I do it weekly, when I pick up PCs sitting in curbside garbage. I built my home PC out of 90% salvaged parts. I have also upgraded most of the computers at my office entirely out of garbaged PCs. Some are mix and match, but many are picked up and need nothing more than a shot of 409 to clean the case as they work perfectly. I get a working 14 inch SVGA monitor weekly at this point. Heck... I have a Mac LC5200 sitting on the floor next to me that I just grabbed out of the garbage on my drive home Sunday... works fine... its heading to one of my office sites to upgrade an older 68k Mac. >there are lots of perfectly useable >PC's (you know, the ones with 640KB of RAM and no HDD) out there. They still >do everything a PC ever did, and a lot more than the mainframes of 1960 did. >What should we do with them? Once people don't want them any longer, whether >they're still functional is entirely moot. But there ARE people out there that still want them... they just aren't being given the option to have them... they are being scrapped without anyone checking. >If someone's interested in 'em, >well, that's why there's this list. Sure, great, ok, contact the group taking all the computers from Staples, and get them to agree to list all the computers they don't feel like keeping (what was it 90% of them are being junked?) and have them offer them up to others... either on this list, or a web site, or whatever. Bet they will tell you to bugger off, they can't be bothered... they are going to pick thru for the few they want, and the rest will become scrap metal. That is unfortunately true for most organizations (the local salvation army store told me they stopped taking computer donations because of return problems... when I pressed them on the topic wondering how they tell someone they can't donate an item... they told me that they actually still take them, they just toss them in the dumpster to avoid the heartaches of selling them... needless to say, I have been trying to keep an eye on the dumpster) So you are STILL wrong... a huge number of perfectly good... and WANTED machines, get scrapped all the time. I could continue to give you examples if you want... like the pharmaceutical company up the road that is tossing working Pentium II PCs and 17 inch monitors, because they are upgrading to P4's and flat screens. The PCs are being junked under contract to have them destroyed because the hard drives may contain sensitive info, and they didn't want to take the time to remove them, or securely wipe them (a friend works at the site, I had him look into it). Should I give you MORE examples of machines being scrapped that are wanted, or useful, or interesting? -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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Fiche scanning redux

by aek＠spies.com

If someone on the east coast is interested, the company that I bought the TDC microfilm scanner from contacted me that they have another one that they'd be willing to sell for $500. It would be a non-trival effort to get working, but it would be a good place to start if someone was thinking about building an auto-indexing device from scratch. Phyllis Miller (703)550-1994 Diversified Equipment Co., Inc. 7213 Lockport Place Lorton, VA 22079

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Programmeren van de 6502

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, William S. wrote: > > > Although I am in the Netherlands I am not a native > > speaker. I will begin my Dutch language course in > > April but doubt I will be reading Nederlands > > very proficiently too soon. :) > > Where else do they speak Dutch besides some rural parts of Pennsylvania > where they generally shun technology? :) FYI- Dutch as in Pennsylvania Dutch is Deutsch ie German not Hollandische... -dq

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Programmeren van de 6502

by ceby2＠csc.com

Please allow me to second this emotion. I'm originally from York, PA -- about as Pennsylvania Dutch as anyplace. While I intensely disliked it growing up -- 'technological backwater' would be wrong. Backwater would be right. Don't think of it as picturesque farms with no electric. Think of it as aging trailer parks with abuntdant rent-to-own electronics, and plaques above the toilets reading 'If you sprinkle when you tinkle, be sweetie -- wipe the seatie'. It the sort of place where the peeling paint from bent-over farm-girl lawn ornaments blend nicely with the recycled tire flowerbeds and crab grass. I don't know about taste, but the Pennsylvania Dutch are as technologically adept as poor white trash anywhere in America. Colin Eby (escapee living on the Massachussets coast) At 01:01 AM 2/16/02 +0000, you wrote: >On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, William S. wrote: > >> Although I am in the Netherlands I am not a native >> speaker. I will begin my Dutch language course in >> April but doubt I will be reading Nederlands >> very proficiently too soon. :) > >Where else do they speak Dutch besides some rural parts of Pennsylvania >where they generally shun technology? :) The "Pennsylvania dutch" are actually german, for all I know. Seems that like a case of one person saying "deutsche" and another hearing "dutch". At least that's the explanation that I heard from a native. This native was born in a farm, then went to Drexel university, and now he's a phd and a top programmer of web applications for research purposes. So not all "Pennsylvania dutch" are technology averse. His dad, still a farmer, uses a Mac. So they even have taste in technology. carlos. -------------------------------------------------------------- Carlos E. Murillo-Sanchez carlos_murillo(a)nospammers.ieee.org

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FA: IBM 3270 PC Operations and Maintenence manuals

by Innfogra＠aol.com

Last 3 hours. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2002097255 This is the IBM documents to support the IBM 3270 PC. It covers all of the odd 3270 PC cards

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Fujitsu/Amdahl Bubble Memory System?

by Innfogra＠aol.com

In a message dated 2/15/02 7:08:57 PM Pacific Standard Time, ken(a)seefried.com writes: > The drive is roughly 3"w x 2.5"h x 7"d, and consists of a 3-board sandwitch. > > It uses FBM-C128GA bubble memory cartridges. Interestingly, many of the > cartridges that I got have "Amdahl" stickers on them. > We got in several 100 units that had a drive installed that sounds similar to this. They were remote power monitoring stations, kind of like an electric meter but with a bubble memory drive with a bubble memory cart plugged into it. We got lots of carts, too. This was about 10 years ago. They came from the State of Washington IIRC. I was surprised to see them. Before that the only bubble stuff we had seen came from Intel. IIRC they were of Japanese mfg., I don't remember if they were Fujitsu but it is possible. They used a removable 128K memory module, about 3/4X1X2 inches in size that plugs in and out of a socket on the drive. They were remote power loggers. Someone showed up, pulled the bubble cart, replaced it with another and took the just pulled one down to the office and read it. Paxton Astoria, OR

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VMS Question

by pat＠purdueriots.com

OK, now that I have a bunch of 9-track tapes, how do I dump a copy of the tape to a file? I've found "mount /foreign mua0:" and "dump /out=bleh mua0:", but I'd rather have a binary copy of the tape end up in a file. I've seen the MKD program, but that requires a library that I don't seem to have: -CLI-E-AMAGEFNF, image file not found DUA0:[SYS0.SYSCOMMON.][SYSLIB]CMA$TIS_SHR.EXE; Any suggestions? -- Pat

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Protec PRO-83 Computer - More Info

by mhstein＠usa.net

Well, as Murphy would have it I just threw out a thick folder of Protec docs & literature. But, if it's the same Protec in Quebec who did indeed make Z80 SBCs in the old days before they specialized in KVMs, they're still very much alive; why not try a phone call or e-mail. www.protec.ca Protec Microsystems Inc. 297, Labrosse, Pointe-Claire, Quebec H9R 1A3, CANADA Tel.: (514) 630-5832 -------------Original Message----------- From: "Robert Collier" <rdcoll(a)hotmail.com> Subject: Protec PRO-83 Computer - More Info Hello all, I did a little more reading and found out that the model number for the computer was PMS 100. I could still use any information anyone might have - and hopefully, the model number might help. The machine is the Protec PRO-83 z80 Single Board Computer. Thanks.

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seek info for Ciprico Rimfire 3200

by red＠bears.org

Howdy. I'm looking for any information I can find on the Ciprico Rimfire 3200 VME SMD controller, and ideally drivers for it to run under SunOS 4.1. Actually, I know what it is so perhaps I should amend my request for "configuration information" in preference to "information". (; ok r.

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HP Calculator on ebay

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On February 16, Tothwolf wrote: > #1705353697 > > Who was it here who collects these? Lots of us, myself included. :-) -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

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HP Calculator on ebay

by tothwolf＠concentric.net

#1705353697 Who was it here who collects these? -Toth

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X-10 (was: A *real* classic)

by mhstein＠usa.net

You may find that interfacing to X-10 is a little easier today than it was then, with friendlier stuff >from X-10 and also Micromint's PLIX chip/kit (the same folks who brought us the elsewhere-mentioned 80C52-BASIC). http://www.micromint.com/chips.htm mike -----------Original Message---------- From: Chris <mythtech(a)Mac.com> Subject: RE: A *real* classic <snip> Some day I will get an old interface and hook my X10 system up to a Mac Plus or SE or so that I have kicking around.

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DECpc labeled MS-DOS diskettes on EBay

by vaxman＠earthlink.net

One of the disks pictures says 'DECpc MSDOS 5.0 supplemental drivers' Item #2003139722

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OT Microsoft Mail & News (was Re: OT: But too funny...)

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

> From: Sellam Ismail <foo(a)siconic.com> > If people are still using MS Outlook inspire of all the viruses and crap > that have plagued that pathetic piece of shit in the past few years then > they not only deserve whatever damage gets done to their system via such > vehicles but they shouldn't be allowed to use e-mail at all since they > only end up contributing to the greater problem by running it! I'm using (please don't puke, at least not in my direction) MS Mail & News, simply because it's *there* and I've never heard of any Outlook-like holes in it. Has anyone out there ever heard of any major vulnerabilities in this program? Glen 0/0

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STAPLES STORES WILL TAKE OLD COMPUTERS

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Doc [mailto:doc@mdrconsult.com] > What's happening more and more, though, is a long pseudotechnical > mis-explanation of the part's function. I was looking at digital I love those. :) See my previous comment about the composite video input. > cameras last year, and asked the salesperson at the camera > counter what > 3.2 megapixels translates to in terms of resolution and color > depth. He I always assumed megapixel was referring to the number of pixels at a fixed color depth (probably 24-bit)... I'm certain that it's just a manufactured slang term to make digital cameras sound more impressive and annoy people who know what they're talking about. Chances are that we're either talking about 1024 * 1024 pixels, or 1000 * 1000 pixels, in which case 3.2 megapixels gives one a resolution of something like: 3355443.2 (?) pixels -- that's using 1024, so it's probably incorrect :) (The .2 of a pixel makes me wonder) 3200000 (Sounds better to me, so it's based on 1000s) A square picture of 1789 * 1789 would be slightly larger than this. You can probably assume some kind of a rectangular aspect ratio, though. I would guess that a normal camera is something around 1.5 (wide) to 1, but I don't really feel like calculating that. ;) > explained to me at length that megapixels was a measure of "how many > pictures you can take on one smartcard" > Not being busy that day, and being unduly irritated by his > condescension, I made him repeat himself in front of the > store manager. > I don't know if the manager cared at all, but it made _me_ feel much > better. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

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Drive inventory

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Erlacher [mailto:edick@idcomm.com] > IOMEGA again. I've still got about 500 lbs of useless IOMEGA > hardware in the > basement ... Speaking of iomega hardware in the basement... :) I have a 1/4 length 8-bit ISA board that looks like a SCSI controller, and is stamped with the iomega logo. Anyone know what it might be, or where to get drivers? I can try to get the numbers from it over the weekend, but all this talk of iomega stuff has made me curious as to what it may be... Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

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Drive inventory

by cdl＠proxima.ucsd.edu

> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 17:59:40 -0500 (EST) > From: "r. 'bear' stricklin" <red(a)bears.org> > To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: Drive inventory > > On Fri, 15 Feb 2002, Carl Lowenstein wrote: > > > The only Data/DAT drives I ever used (Gigatrend) were hardly ever > > compatible from one drive to another. In fact they were seldom compatible > > on the same drive from month to month. > > FWIW I have one of those drives. The mechanism was manufactured by JVC, > and I have not had much luck with it. I recall it being extremely > persnickety about errors on tapes, and even when I managed to get a whole > backup onto a tape without the drive going into fits, I was never able to > read that tape back to verify the data. Yes. I have a box of unreadable backup tapes and data tapes that someone else made while under the impression that the Gigatrend was really a working tape drive. :-( > OTOH if the tapes had to be formatted before use and were block > addressable, that might tend to explain why I had such terrible luck using > that drive as a normal tape device under unix. What was the prescribed > method for using a tape in this drive? Scrabbling around in the back room, he finds the Gigatrend 1230 Operators Manual. From Appendix B: Press ONLINE to go offline Press TEST to get to menu -- you want level 1. Press SETUP to increment displayed digit Press ONLINE to enter that level In level 1 you want function 1 Cycle through digits with SETUP Press ONLINE to select format function using default values. Lights will blink "FFFF" Insert tape and press ONLINE to activate format operation. Simple, isn't it. I think I got it all correctly summarized from the manual. If you want a copy of Appendix B TEST PROCEDURES it is only 8 pages. Send me a postal address. carl -- carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego clowenstein(a)ucsd.edu

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Radio Shack

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) [mailto:cisin@xenosoft.com] > How can you possibly squeeze the system into a DeLorean? > There isn't even > enough room for a REAL computer! Well, provided you could fill some of it up with boards and disks, in such a way that it would function as a computer, the DeLorian itself may be considered a REAL computer, since it has wheels, and a sufficiently large case. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

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Fiche scanning redux

by aek＠spies.com

> There is a Canon MS500 microfiche scanner on e-bay right now. Read the description carefully. There is NO computer interface with it.

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Fiche scanning redux

by aek＠spies.com

> But overall, why not just buy a real $4,000 fiche scanner The pro imaging market is very pricey and proprietary. 4K won't buy you much more than a microfiche reader with a scanner back. Something that can do auto-indexing is closer to 20K. I have a mid-80's indexing fiche scanner that I've not been able to get any info on, and a 3M 7710 with SCSI interface that I've been trying to find software for about 6 months. Most of the companies have either been bought by a pretty non helpful company that I've been unable to get any info from, or have gone out of business.

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Drive inventory

by cdl＠proxima.ucsd.edu

> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 12:34:53 -0600 > From: Dan Wright <dtwright(a)uiuc.edu> > To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: Drive inventory > In-Reply-To: <3B55D7F383B0D31197D9009027541CBF1A1A3952(a)cmiexch1.cmi.itds.com> > Sender: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > Reply-To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > > Christopher Smith said: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Clint Wolff (VAX collector) [mailto:vaxman@earthlink.net] > > > > > DAT is the same as DDS except for the identification holes on the > > > case, and I would assume a royalty to the recording industry... > > > My Maynard/Archive/Seagate drive won't take DAT tapes. Irritating > > > because I wanted to write music to them at the time. > > > > Well, if you mean that you wanted to write it in standard DAT format, > > very few drives will handle that... most, though (every one I've > > used, at least), will write DDS data to a normal DAT. > > SGI is one company that makes sure the DAT/DDS drives they sell do audio DAT > too... I know that you can read/write audio tapes on an SGI you get if you > buy the tape drive from them, and possibly using a drive from another > manufacturer too. I imagine they do this since their machines are often used > in high-end multimedia type things...sill, kind of a cool capability and all > :) Two comments. Nearly all current DDS cartridges have an optically-sensed pattern at the beginning of the tape itself. This is termed MRS or Media Recognitions System. A DDS drive is usually configured by switch setting to treat tapes without the MRS stripes as read-only. DAT tapes sold for audio purposes don't have MRS. Back in the early days of DAT, there was a second competing tape format besides DDS, it was called Data/DAT. This required pre-formatting of the tape cartridges before use, and had the advantage that the tapes were block-addressable and block-replaceable, like a disk drive. The only Data/DAT drives I ever used (Gigatrend) were hardly ever compatible from one drive to another. In fact they were seldom compatible on the same drive from month to month. carl -- carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego clowenstein(a)ucsd.edu

23 years, 10 months

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Dumpster in the alley, Part II

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

Damn! If I could've, I'd skip right out of work for that puppy. But New Haven, CT is a little far... --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 90581 Mac OS X 10.1.2 - Darwin Kernel Version 5.2: Fri Dec 7 21:39:35 PST 2001 Running since 01/22/2002 without a crash > ---------- > From: Feldman, Robert > > Well, Harold Washington College is at it again this morning. However, I > have > saved something that someone here might want: a Digital Prioris HX 5100 > MP/2. Don't know much about it, and it looks to be less than 10 years old, > but it is DEC. Appears to be clean and complete, except it is missing the > left side panel. Has four FR-PCWVR-AZ 4.0GB drives. Free for pickup _only_ > in the Chicago Loop (35 E. Wacker). Email me at > robert_feldman(at)jdedwards.com if you want it. > > Bob > >

23 years, 10 months

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Re-finding more items as I open boxes

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

Found the following while unpacking in the warehouse: 1. Commodore 1700 Ram expansion unit - not tested yet 2. Heathkit H8 missing 3 keys - not tested yet 3. Pet CBM 2001-32B - tested not powering on will need repair. 4. Heathkit H9 - not tested yet 5. Atari Lynx models I and II - both tested fine from the trip. 6. Radio Shack m100 - tested last night and works fine 7. Found a cartridge for the TI99 called Ant Eater 8K - not tested yet 8. Unpacked the black metal Kenworth Playstation tractor trailer - looks good on display with the other ad items. Now if I can just get some of those old oval display signs. 9. Tested the six Vectrex cartridges I found at the shop and they all work fine on the console. Took some other goodies home to play with like the 20th Annv. MAC, SEGA Nomad, and others.

23 years, 10 months

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Protec PRO-83 Computer - More Info

by rdcoll＠hotmail.com

Hello all, I did a little more reading and found out that the model number for the computer was PMS 100. I could still use any information anyone might have - and hopefully, the model number might help. The machine is the Protec PRO-83 z80 Single Board Computer. Thanks. _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com

23 years, 10 months

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Fiche scanning redux

by Innfogra＠aol.com

In a message dated 2/15/02 7:33:31 AM Pacific Standard Time, tony.eros(a)machm.org writes: > I like the resolution, but need to find a way to expand the field of > view. I'm sure I can rig up a scanning frame, but don't want to have to > stitch multiple captures per frame. If I can get this to work, it would be > > a very affordable way to do high-quality fiche scans. > I think you have a good idea Tony, nice experiment with the QX3. I wish I had one. >From looking at the images It appears to me that it is a Fiche that should be read at 24X. You might try photographic close up lenses with the 10X magnification. I suspect distortion from getting too close would be a problem but worth trying If you had one, a simple concave lens in front of the 60X might be worth a try. Is there a published optical path plan for the microscope? If so one might be able to figure out correction optics. Good luck and keep us informed. Paxton Astoria, OR

23 years, 10 months

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Old HP scanner

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

> From: Don Maslin <donm(a)cts.com> > John, both the Scanjet and the Scanjet Plus used a HP proprietary > interface. The card for the Plus is reputed to work for both the > original and the Plus. The reverse is not true. In both cases, > however, it is definitely NOT parallel port. I bought one of these used (MIB!) for $200 in 1994, for use in my engraving shop. The card was 8-bit ISA and appeared to be some sort of half-baked SCSI. It was easy to configure if you happened to possess a working crystal ball ;>) The card-end of the cable was DB25, and the scanner-end was "Centronics" (you know what I mean by this term). The software included a runtime version of Win 3.0, which promptly crashed when run on our DOS-based 386/20. After installing the full version of Win 3.0 on this peecee, the software ran perfectly. When we upgraded to Win 3.1 (I don't remember the reason for the "upgrade"), the software generated an avalanche of error messages, then ran without error. As a side note, AFAIR the ScanJet was the only reason I installed Windows on this machine, which was used primarily to control engraving tables. All of the other applications were DOS-based, running under DesqView. All in all, the ScanJet was a nice piece of equipment for its time. I think I still have the software for it, in case anybody needs it. Glen 0/0

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Drive inventory

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Wright [mailto:dtwright@uiuc.edu] > SGI is one company that makes sure the DAT/DDS drives they > sell do audio DAT > too... I know that you can read/write audio tapes on an SGI > you get if you > buy the tape drive from them, and possibly using a drive from another > manufacturer too. I imagine they do this since their > machines are often used > in high-end multimedia type things...sill, kind of a cool > capability and all > :) It's for exactly that reason that I went out of the way to get an original SGI DAT drive for my Indigo2. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

23 years, 10 months

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Drive inventory

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Clint Wolff (VAX collector) [mailto:vaxman@earthlink.net] > DAT is the same as DDS except for the identification holes on the > case, and I would assume a royalty to the recording industry... > My Maynard/Archive/Seagate drive won't take DAT tapes. Irritating > because I wanted to write music to them at the time. Well, if you mean that you wanted to write it in standard DAT format, very few drives will handle that... most, though (every one I've used, at least), will write DDS data to a normal DAT. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

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STAPLES STORES WILL TAKE OLD COMPUTERS

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Peter C. Wallace [mailto:pcw@mesanet.com] > Actually the resolution is really about 1/3 the stated > "Megapixel > resolution", especially if you take pictures of things with > high spatial > frequency (say fine pitch IC leads) This is because the > stated resolution > neglects to mention that the three color pixels in a group > are counted as > individual pixels -- basically a X resolution B/W sensor > behind a color filter > array is called a X resolution color sensor, but it really isn't... > filtering after the fact attempts to fix the artifacts, > but makes a > mess out of high spatial frequency images that would have > been ok if the > camera really had the stated resolution.... I see -- well, divide the numbers in thirds, then. :) Unless you're lucky enough to find a camera that has a high-res b&w mode -- that would be nice. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

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STAPLES STORES WILL TAKE OLD COMPUTERS

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

A little different in Clarksville; back in the 70s, they lowered the speed on the main drag from 45 to 35. The reason stated (in a newspaper article) by one town board member was "to get the people driving 55 to slow down to 45". So the *real* speed limits in Clarksville are 10MPH over what's posted. That contention hasn't seen a court test, yet, tho... ;) > -----Original Message----- > From: Russ Blakeman [mailto:rhb57@vol.com] > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 10:16 AM > To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: RE: STAPLES STORES WILL TAKE OLD COMPUTERS > > > Same here - in town 35 mph limit = drive 33. On the parkways > and interstates > 65 mph = 75 (or get run over). > > => -----Original Message----- > => From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > => [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Kris Kirby > => Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 1:29 AM > => To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > => Subject: RE: STAPLES STORES WILL TAKE OLD COMPUTERS > => > => > => On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Russ Blakeman wrote: > => > I live out in the boonies of KY and within 25 miles there are > => 2, 50 mile > => > range there are 2 to 3 per city. (25 miles here is like 10 > => blocks in the > => > city). > => > => Around here, the problem is remembering to switch from > "country driving" > => to "city driving". "Country driving" is usually done at > speeds of up to > => 70MPH -- low rate of enforcement. But the city cops are > sticklers. They'd > => rather ticket than fix the traffic problem. > => > => -- > => Kris Kirby, KE4AHR | TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said. > => <kris(a)nospam.catonic.net> | IM: KrisBSD | HSV, AL. > => ------------------------------------------------------- > => "Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony." > => > => >

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STAPLES STORES WILL TAKE OLD COMPUTERS

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) [mailto:cisin@xenosoft.com] > When a microphone is labelled as being "directional", the angle of > directionality, or the shape of it's response curve is hardly > a "annoy the > sales droid". It is approximately the same order of > necessity as asking > what is the capacity of a hard disk. Would YOU buy a hard > disk without > knowing the size? I certainly would -- in the case where, for instance, I knew that the interface was SDI, I was in need of an SDI disk to test a system out, and it was only a couple dollars anyway. :) But I'm just being argumentative. I do agree completely with the point you're trying to make. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

23 years, 10 months

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Drive inventory

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk [mailto:ard@p850ug1.demon.co.uk] > The tape drives were designed to work on the same cable as _2_ floppy > drives. So they're selected by doing things that won't have > any effect on > the floppy drives. Typically they look for transitions on a > particular > line when both drive select lines are deasseted. Neither floppy drive > will notice that (they're not selected), but the tape drive does. This is exactly the explanation I was looking for yesterday. :) Thanks Tony. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

23 years, 10 months

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@@Rare@@Look@@ you can't pass this up!!!! :-)

by fernande＠internet1.net

Silly isn't it :-) http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2002965541 Chad Fernandez Michigan, USA

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Dumpster in the alley, Part II

by CARL.P.HIRSCH＠sargentlundy.com

>From a quick googling it looks like this is a dual-capable Pentium server. http://www4.service.digital.com/support_database/index/epid61.htm Not the exact server but Compaq is currently selling something called a "Digital Server 5100" that looks to be slightly upgraded in terms of processor, memory, etc. If revived it might make a pretty good workhorse. Redundant power supplies and all. -carl "Feldman, Robert" <Robert_Feldman@jdedw To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org ards.com> cc: Sent by: Subject: Dumpster in the alley, Part II owner-classiccmp@clas siccmp.org 02/15/02 08:09 AM Please respond to classiccmp Well, Harold Washington College is at it again this morning. However, I have saved something that someone here might want: a Digital Prioris HX 5100 MP/2. Don't know much about it, and it looks to be less than 10 years old, but it is DEC. Appears to be clean and complete, except it is missing the left side panel. Has four FR-PCWVR-AZ 4.0GB drives. Free for pickup _only_ in the Chicago Loop (35 E. Wacker). Email me at robert_feldman(at)jdedwards.com if you want it. Bob

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Dumpster in the alley, Part II

by Robert_Feldman＠jdedwards.com

Well, Harold Washington College is at it again this morning. However, I have saved something that someone here might want: a Digital Prioris HX 5100 MP/2. Don't know much about it, and it looks to be less than 10 years old, but it is DEC. Appears to be clean and complete, except it is missing the left side panel. Has four FR-PCWVR-AZ 4.0GB drives. Free for pickup _only_ in the Chicago Loop (35 E. Wacker). Email me at robert_feldman(at)jdedwards.com if you want it. Bob

23 years, 10 months

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HP9000/425e

by emu＠ecubics.com

Hi, Just got an 425e in. But, no software on it. Anybody out here knows, where to get the HP/UX for it ? cheers

23 years, 10 months

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Hubbell twist-lock connectors

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Schaefer [mailto:rschaefe@gcfn.org] > told to me and emperical evidence agrees) that it is the only > difference > between the various grades (ie spec & hospital) of devices. IIRC, hospital grade receptacles must exert more pressure to prevent sparks, which would be a bad thing to have around oxygen tanks. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

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Again, looking for a monitor.

by vance＠ikickass.org

Specifically an IBM 6091-023 or compatible. This is a monitor that is a fixed-frequency 23" Trinitron that does Sync-on-Green. Peace... Sridhar

23 years, 10 months

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RS/6000 E30

by Richard.Sandwell＠roebry.co.uk

Hey, Doc - off list to save everyone's bandwidth... What do you think to an RS/6000 E30? I'm going to have a look at one tomorrow for not_much_money. I have 2 questions - is it MCA or PCI? And is the memory proprietary - or just standardish stuff? Thanks in anticipation of your wise word :) //Rich

23 years, 10 months

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STAPLES STORES WILL TAKE OLD COMPUTERS

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) [mailto:cisin@xenosoft.com] > Response to request for specs on a product: "It's really good." A former Apple employee? :) > Answer to "what is the angle of directionality?" of a directional > microphone (Sony MC-100): "That means that it only picks up > what you aim > it at." It's probably ok that they didn't know, but it's inexcusable for them to be so terribly stupid. It reminds me of an episode at Worst Buy here in town -- something like this: Him: What kind of TV are you looking for? Me: Something smaller than 20". Otherwise it doesn't matter as long as it has composite video in. Him: Component video is still pretty expensive... Me: (wondering why he's telling me this) _Composite_ video. Him: You probably can't get it on a television that small, either. Me: Um... that's fine, I just want normal composite in -- like this (pointing to composite input on a tv) Him: That's not component video in... > They suck so much that I'd rather go to FRY'S! No fry's around here. Most people are stuck with Staples -- on the other hand, there are a couple of local shops that are ok for most things. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

23 years, 10 months

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A/UX install notes

by spectre＠stockholm.ptloma.edu

For those who asked, I put up my A/UX install notes on http://www.floodgap.com/retrotech/os/aux/ YMMV. -- ----------------------------- personal page: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ -- Cameron Kaiser, Point Loma Nazarene University * ckaiser(a)stockholm.ptloma.edu -- Faith is to be sure of what you hope for. -- The Kry, "Take My Hand" -------

23 years, 10 months

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OpenVMS 7.2 SPL package FT

by mrbill＠mrbill.net

Just found this in the closet, knew I had it somewhere... June 2000 OpenVMS/VAX Online Documentation Library (2 CDs, papers, in blue cardboard folder, for OVMS 7.2) June 2000 OpenVMS/VAX Software Product Library (7.2) OpenVMS VAX (tm) Software Product Library Disc 1 of 9 - June 2000 - Volume Label VAXBINJUN001 Disc 2 of 9 - June 2000 - Volume Label VAXBINJUN002 Disc 3 of 9 - June 2000 - Volume Label VAXBINJUN003 Disc 4 of 9 - June 2000 - Volume Label VAXBINJUN004 Disc 5 of 9 - June 2000 - Volume Label VAXBINJUN005 Disc 6 of 9 - June 2000 - Volume Label VAXBINJUN006 Disc 7 of 9 - June 2000 - Volume Label VAXBINJUN007 Disc 8 of 9 - June 2000 - Volume Label VAXBINJUN008 Disc 9 of 9 - June 2000 - Volume Label VAXBINJUN009 "KEEP ME" Disc 1 of 2 - June 2000 - Volume Label VAXBINKEEP01 "KEEP ME" Disc 2 of 2 - June 2000 - Volume Label VAXBINKEEP02 Consolidated Software Promotional ECO Distribution Disc 1 of 2 - June 2000 - VAXECOJUN001 Disc 2 of 2 - June 2000 - VAXECOJUN002 Compaq System Tools Disc 1 of 1 - April 2000 - AG-RJV3C-RE This is all original as it came from Compaq; I dont think I ever even took the CDs out of their plastic sleeves. Will ship it in the same box that Compaq shipped it in. I got it from Austin Energy here in town (the electric company); they'd gotten it in after they retired all their VAXen. Entire package order number is QA-YL48A-W8. FS/FT/whatever; I just need to get it out of here and dont want to eBay it. Bill -- Bill Bradford mrbill(a)mrbill.net Austin, TX

23 years, 10 months

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Subject: rk05 tester

by dancohoe＠oxford.net

> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Lawrence LeMay > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 1:11 PM > To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: rk05 tester > > > Is anyone here familiar with a RK05 tester? Any idea exactly > what it is, > and what it is capable of testing? I'm looking into possibly > buying one. > > -Lawrence LeMay > I have one. I can take a look at what it does and who made it etc. There are quite a few of them available from at least one source right now. I picked up a range of various test equipment for PDP 11 related uses about 3 weeks ago. If anyone is interested, I could make a list. Dan Cohoe

23 years, 10 months

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Orlando hamfest last weekend

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

Hey Mike -- Thanks for stopping by the shop. It was really good chatting with you again (even if Joe and I tend to get involved in our usual gripe sessions ;>) > From: Mike <dogas(a)bellsouth.net> > First, I knew that Joe's CC reentry was being fueled by a *few* cool Intel > MDS-800 systems so I brought down an Intel MDS 235 for him (that was > originally his to begin with) to add to his growing 'Intel Gravatational > Field' Yes, we junkies always encourage the return of "lost sheep" by giving them a couple of free fixes ;>) > > Joe and I started early Friday and Saturday and I scored all this real > cheap: [list detailing tons of cool classic stuff snipped] Nice work! Is there usually *this* much good stuff at hamfests? Not that I've been to one lately (being a slave to the shop) but ones I've attended in the past had little in the way of computer-related goodies. > There were also several classiccmps not picked up because of high prices > like: > > Several TRS-80 100 portables and one with the portable floppy and a > Model 4 > SGI Indy > Timex ZX81 Okay, was that a Timex Sinclair TS1000 or a Sinclair ZX81? What was the condition and what else was included (manuals, box, ps)? And what was the asking price? Anyway, I'm glad you had fun in O-Town. Next time you're heading this way drop me a line. Glen 0/0

23 years, 10 months

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A *real* classic

by mythtech＠Mac.com

> Now THIS is a classic: > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2003117896 > > Starts making me long my old Sphere I, and Outpost II. I personally liked seeing the original BSR-X10 setup at the bottom of the ad picture... I am still using some of my lamp modules from that era, and am still using my base controller as well. Although I have the clock model with timer, not the one that is pictured, that looks like it might have been the original alarm base controller, which would fit with the dialer, door sensor, and smoke detector also pictured. What software is shown on the screen? Looks like some early X10 software judging by the graphics of the lamps and TV. The first time I got to play with a software interface was only a few years ago on the Mac (and since I still lack a computer interface, all I got to do was look at what I COULD be doing). Some day I will get an old interface and hook my X10 system up to a Mac Plus or SE or so that I have kicking around. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years, 10 months

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Destructive charities (was: STAPLES STORES...)

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>I've seen some extremely nice looking, rust-free, apparently >well-maintained, older cars (e.g., late 1960's to late 1970's), with >good interiors, new tires, etc. sitting in a junkyard with stickers >from such charities on their windshields. Always donate scrappable cars to your local fire department or heavy rescue department so they can drill on them by cutting them up. Any self respecting department will have gotten themselves listed as a charitable organization so you will still get a tax write off. And if you have a running car... give it to me! :-) >It's my >understanding that the titles to such cars are kept by the >lame-brained cretins at those charities so that the classic cars can't >be put back on the road. Doesn't matter... once they hit the scrap yard, the existing title makes no difference. The car can be recovered via a "scrap" title, and then sold back out... it is just a messy, not easy ordeal... and 99% of junk yards aren't going to go thru the heartache when they can just sell the car in parts for more than the whole (and avoid ALL the paperwork)... or they will just crush it and sell it as scrap metal... also probably for more than selling the running car, and avoiding all the paper work. At least that is the understanding I have from the guy that takes the cars from my FD once we are done cutting them up. Maybe someone that works as a scrapper can confirm or deny my understanding (of course, this may very well also be a state by state kind of regulation). -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years, 10 months

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SA1000 interface

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

Today I picked up two 8" Shugart 851 floppy drives and two 8" hard drives. I checked the hard drives (Quantum 2030s) and they use the SA 1000 interface. How similar is that to the interface for floppy drives? The control cable for each hard drive also connected to one of the floppy drives so they must share a good bit of the interface. Does anyone have a pointer to a good on-line description of the SA 1000 interface? Joe

23 years, 10 months

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SUN-3 floating point info wanted...

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On February 14, Robert Schaefer wrote: > Hi! I'm looking for info on the SUN-3 floating point accelerators like the > FPA, and FPA+. Programming info, header files, maybe even the libraries if > they're avaliable. Under SunOS4, and perhaps previous versions, there are FPA libraries in /usr/lib. There are three separate math libraries if memory serves...one for soft floating point, one for 6888[12] fp, and one for use with the FPA. I don't remember what they're called, but if you look at the files in /usr/lib it should be obvious. Since those libraries are part of the standard SunOS distribution, studying the SunOS source code should allow one to glean all the programming info. FPAs are neat. If I recall correctly they use Weitek WTL1164 and WTL1165 chips. Very nice. :-) > Also, before I pop in to motorols.com, does anyone have a quick little > snippet of code to excersize a 68882? I just upgraded my SUN-3/280 to a > '882, and I want to verify that everything's working right before I solder > in some sockets and start playing with the clock. Also under SunOS4, there's a program called "mc68881version" or something very similar. That'll tell you what rev your 68881/68882 is, and I seem to remember it saying something about performance also, but it's been a very long time since I last messed with this and I may not be remembering that part correctly. -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

23 years, 10 months

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HP9000/C110 Video

by dittman＠dittman.net

I just got done installing HP/UX 11i on my C110. I was using 1024x768 @60Hz for the monitor settings, but after I was done installing I moved the box to my KVM switch and changed the settings to 1280x1024 @75Hz. With that setting the display blanks for a half second every few seconds. Is there a reason for that? Also, how can I tell which video card I have installed without pulling the card? -- Eric Dittman dittman(a)dittman.net Check out the DEC Enthusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/

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Drive inventory

by jwbirdsa＠picarefy.com

tony writes: >One nasty that I've come across is that many 9 track QIC24 tape drives >can do QIC11 as well. And they can do the 4 track QIC11. But you have a >similar sort of problem to using 40 cylinder disks in 80 cylinder drives. >Reading is fine, but don't try writing to an already-written tape. Actually, it's even a bit funkier than that. I spent a lot of time messing around with the tape drives that same with Sun-2's (QIC-11) and Sun-3's (QIC-24). SunOS on a Sun-3 had two devices for each tape drive, which determined whether it used QIC-11 or QIC-24, and for reading it was smart enough to autodetect and use the correct format regardless of which device you used. So far so good. I started out with Sun-3's, and for a while I didn't think there was actually any difference between the two devices, since I could get approximately the same capacity (~60M) on the tape using either one, whereas QIC-11 is supposed to only be 20M. When I got into Sun-2's, I discovered that there was a difference, and I had to use the correct device on a -3 when prepping a tape for use on a -2. In addition, I had to be very careful not to overrun the 20M limit, because the drives in the -2's would only read 20M, per the spec. As long as I wrote less than 20M, in QIC-11 format, the tapes would work fine, but I had to enforce the 20M limit manually. It took some investigation to discover that the QIC-11 standard was at some point extended from four tracks to nine tracks, and obviously the QIC-24 drives used in the -3's supported the extended standard. I wish SunOS had included a third device to allow distinguishing between four-track and nine-track QIC-11, but perhaps the drive or the drive/SCSI bridge didn't provide the necessary pseudo-EOT notification. --James B.

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