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

by tomtot＠charter.net

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Wire Recorder

by Penna2＠aol.com

Dear Sir I also have a minifon unfortunately in bits. I would like to restore it and am trying to obtain as much info. on it as possible. I wondered weather you might be able to help. I also have a 1942 Armour research recorder which I have just finished the restoration. It has a wire reel with some interesting recordings on it.Unfortunatly also a few breaks and I have not yet found a way of splicing wire! I can see why they went to tape. Hope to hear from you. Yours sincerely John Penna

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Here I Am

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

> From: Zane H. Healy > > > b) When I got back I discovered some little punk assed bitch had hacked > > into my server and it had to be taken off the local network where it > sits > > for security reasons. > > This sucks!!! Something you might want to consider is using OpenBSD for > your server. I've been using Linux for over 10 years now, and while I > think > it's a pretty good desktop OS, and OK as a server, if I want a stable > secure > server I'll use OpenBSD! Of course OpenBSD sucks in that it doesn't > support > multiprocessor systems! > > Oh, and yes, I realize you're probably not in the mood for someone > suggesting you switch to a different OS. > > > --- IIRC, NetBSD does support multiple processors, at least on some platforms... --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818

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Apple IIc+

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

> Speaking of VAXen...I've just aquired a DELQA with the CAB >kit. What things should I check for when installing the board in a >MVII (BA23)? Check that you have no other DELQA/DEQNA in there. Otherwise you need to flick a switch. There's a DEQNA manual at: http://208.190.133.201/decimages/moremanuals.htm and I've seen a DELQA manual somehwere too... > Do I need to install any additional software for use >under VMS 4.6? What like OpenVMS V7.2 :-) If you want to use IP you'll need a suitable version of UCX (or a 3rd party equivalent). Either you have one already or it will be tough to get one these days. My recollection is that in those days (pre-LMF) you needed a licence key tape to enable DECnet for any off-node use. Antonio

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Bell & Howell Apple II update

by LFessen106＠aol.com

In a message dated 1/23/02 10:39:28 AM Eastern Standard Time, csmith(a)amdocs.com writes: > Ok guys, I have to admit first off that I read the tags wrong on that Bell & > Howell. It is -- as someone suggested -- an Apple II Plus. > > Also, it doesn't have the D-shaped cut-outs after all, but rather it has > vertical slits with somewhat d-shaped metal inserts in them. (Ok so I > didn't look too well.. :) > > I've cleaned it up, and it looks in good condition, with two exceptions: > > There is a pin broken off of the power cord :/ -- I'm going to replace it. > > The monitor connectors are two ethernet-looking BNC plugs (WTF!?) Can > anyone tell me what's going on with these? > > Regards, > It has been a long time, but if I recall correctly, B&H dealt mostly with schools and businesses, so you probably have some kind of A/V kit on there - 2 composite bnc outputs to run 2 monitors. -Linc. In The Beginning there was nothing, which exploded - Yeah right... Calculating in binary code is as easy as 01,10,11.

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Bell & Howell Apple IIe

by csmith＠amdocs.com

Hi everybody. I've rescued a Bell & Howell Apple IIe (black, of course) just yesterday. Can anyone tell me anything about what these things were used for, what I can expect to find in the machine, etc, etc? I haven't even cleaned off the dust yet, but I vaguely recall that these were sold for some specific purpose. If so, what were they for? Regards, 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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Looking for some VAX stuff...

by vance＠ikickass.org

Ok. I am looking for two VAX parts. The first is a second set of CPU boards for my VAX 8700 (to make it an 8800). The second is a DWBUA boardset with UNIBUS cardcage. This thing is a UNIBUS bridge card for a BI system, and a UNIBUS cardcage. Thanks. Peace... Sridhar

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Apple IIc+

by ghldbrd＠ccp.com

finally got a bootable disk, and my $10 wonder does work, and rather well at that. Now all I need are a 5.25" disk and a 3.5" disk drive that will work with it, and I'll be happy as a worm in a . . . well, er, Apple. Still reading about old VW's and old Ford tractors here on the list, rather than stuff more apropos to the subject. 'Nuff said about both items, now let's get back to 8 bit machines and VAXen. Gary Hildebrand

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Security bits

by geoffr＠zipcon.net

bummer, none of them are the right bit for N64 :( it looks kinda like an inverst Torx, I was told it's a "television" bit?!?! At 10:16 PM 1/22/02 -0500, you wrote: >If anyone wants to see what the Radio Shack set of security bits looks >like, I put a scan of them at > >http://orchard.washtenaw.cc.mi.us/~paul/SECBITS.JPG > >Paul R. Santa-Maria >Monroe, Michigan USA

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VAXstation newbie

by Adrian.Graham＠corporatemicrosystems.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Ethan Dicks [mailto:erd_6502@yahoo.com] > Sent: 22 January 2002 17:18 > To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: RE: VAXstation newbie > > I have VMS 5.0 on RX50 diskettes. We had a MicroVAX-I that we bought > new at work ($10,000) and another that we bought shortly > thereafter and > upgraded to a MicroVAX-II ($17,000 for hardware and VMS > license upgrade). > We continued to receive MicroVMS and VMS distributions on floppy until > some point after 5.0, when DEC switched us to TK50 (good > thing, too... the > RX50 distro is a wad of disks). Gods; I thought installing/upgrading from TK50 was bad enough, but floppies? Eek. I remember the first time I watched an install from CD though - wow! :) That must've been around 5.4 or 5.5..... a

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Osborne 1 on EBay

by vaxman＠earthlink.net

Anybody else see it? I'm tempted, but my house is alread full of VAXen... clint

23 years, 10 months

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Here I Am

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On January 23, Eric Dittman wrote: > > > This sucks!!! Something you might want to consider is using OpenBSD for > > > your server. I've been using Linux for over 10 years now, and while I think > > > it's a pretty good desktop OS, and OK as a server, if I want a stable secure > > > server I'll use OpenBSD! Of course OpenBSD sucks in that it doesn't support > > > multiprocessor systems! > > > > That's why you go with NetBSD. > > I seem to remember the difference between NetBSD and FreeBSD > was NetBSD's goal was to run on anything, while FreeBSD's goal > was to run on x86 systems. Has that changed? Sorta. The FreeBSD evangelists started trying to port to other architectures some time ago. Sun funded their UltraSPARC port if memory serves, because some suit at Sun had heard of FreeBSD but not NetBSD...and NetBSD would have been a MUCH better choice because it was already 64-bit clean, already had lots of relevant device support, the team had relevant architectural experience, etc etc etc...Later, the FreeBSD folks ported their stuff to Alpha. The last time I played with it, about 1.5yrs ago, it was slow and very unstable. I've always drawn the lines like this: NetBSD does things portably, and runs on buttloads of different processor architectures. FreeBSD specializes in PeeCee hardware, and all their effort is [was] focused there, so it's more featureful and has more device support on x86. So the lines are blurring, and for primarily political reasons. We don't even want to TALK about OpenBSD. The whole reason for the very existance of that OS was a petty argument between a bunch of egotists in the NetBSD core group, and OpenBSD was started out of childish spite. Reminds me of clark.net. Pardon me whilst I throw up. -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

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5.25in. Floppies

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On January 22, Doc wrote: > > > > Is it just me, or is there something not-so-subtly ironic and > > > > gratifying about a 450mHz desktop with a working 5.25 floppy drive > > > > > > I think it's amazing that a 0.45Hz system doesn't have data overrun > > > problems when reading from a floppy controller :-) > > > > He shoots, he scores! > > Umm, so, how long do I get to take flak for a typo? Until we get bored with it. ;) -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

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5.25in. Floppies

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On January 22, Tony Duell wrote: > > Is it just me, or is there something not-so-subtly ironic and > > gratifying about a 450mHz desktop with a working 5.25 floppy drive > > I think it's amazing that a 0.45Hz system doesn't have data overrun > problems when reading from a floppy controller :-) He shoots, he scores! -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

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Sea Container Spelunking (Terminal Junkie Part Two)

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> containers. I half expected to find some ex-colleagues preserved in > aspic. "Oh, John? No, he never _really_ left. No one ever does". Aspic isn't a preservative, it's a sauce... Haven't you ever had Lark's Tongues in Aspic? ;) -dq

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PPro

by ken＠seefried.com

Once again, Wizard wrote: >Soothe... Sure, Bevis... >I was trying to see your thoughts on PPros, >keep in mind that PII and PIII are based on P6 which is PPro's >original design. Not the original design, the implimented design. Do pay attention: the PII was in most respects a reduced cost implimentation of the PPro with updated fab technology. > Also PPro boards relied on 72pin simms which is not > that great of a bandwith and capacity, Wrong...both of my PPro machines (Intel PR440 motherboards) use ECC EDO DIMMs. The IBM, Digital, HP and many other PPros used DIMMs as well. Also...once you understand computer architecture fundamentals a bit better, you'll figure out that modern processors are generally not tied to a particular memory subsytem. You can do all sorts of things to trade off between cost and speed. For example, my DEC Alpha PC64 uses 4 standard 72-pin ECC SIMMs for a 128-bit wide (+ECC) memory bus, which is in practice quite fast. And as far as capacity, 128MB 72-pin SIMMs are pretty common. Not bad capacity considering their obsolescence. > SDRAM has best density and > good bandwith, also still good cost even cost has recently risen. You actually want to compare performance and density of memory technologies that are years appart. Clearly, the DC-3 was the crappiest airplane of all time, because the 767 is so much better. > That the reason for later machines w/ PII/PIII, Xeon and it's > relatives P4 northwoods /w DDR (not the 1st generation P4), athlons. > still stands Ummm...random buzzword generator? Not even remotely intellegable. Or is it that you think it's remotely relevant to compare the PPro to chips which are 2 or 3 generations newer? D00d! The 386 b10wz compared to my P4. Duh. > Most of my scorn lies w/ > PPro's chipsets more than CPU themselves. Same w/ celeron. It is > okay but... First...what's wrong with the 440FX? Or the 450GX? Or the 450KX? Or the 440LX (also, BTW, used for your vaunted PII)? Or the Micron, Via & SiS PPro chipsets for the PPro? And the last time I checked, most motherboards supported PII, PIII & Celeron. So what exactly is wrong with the BX, etc. that is specific to the Celeron such that it earns your "scorn" <snicker>? Details, that is...not nonsense like we've gotten till now. ObBigGiantClue: you can't ding a chipset for not supporting technology that didn't even exist when the chipset came out (like AGP or SDRAM). Second...make up your mind. Is it the processor you criticize (with no detail, of course, in all previous postings) or the chipset. You do realize they are different animals, right?

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DC-100 cartridge tapes wanted

by mikem＠open.com.au

Hi all, Im looking for DC-100 cartridge tapes to use with my Tek 4041 GPIB controller. I think HP also used to use them a lot? Dont care about the tape length, just the mechanical size. Anyone (preferably in Australia) have a small number surplus to requirements? Cheers. -- Mike McCauley mikem(a)open.com.au Open System Consultants Pty. Ltd Unix, Perl, Motif, C++, WWW 24 Bateman St Hampton, VIC 3188 Australia http://www.open.com.au Phone +61 3 9598-0985 Fax +61 3 9598-0955 Radiator: the most portable, flexible and configurable RADIUS server anywhere. SQL, proxy, DBM, files, LDAP, NIS+, password, NT, Emerald, Platypus, Freeside, TACACS+, PAM, external, Active Directory etc etc on Unix, Win95/8, 2000, NT, MacOS 9, MacOS X

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Info needed on 1702A programmer

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On January 22, Tony Duell wrote: > > You wouldn't have any data on what, exactly, the voltages and timing for the > > 1702A would be, would you? > > If he doesn't, then I have the Intel 1702A data sheets and schematics for > their programmer, as used in the MCS8I (I think that's for the 1702A, not > the 1702, but I would have to check). I also have schematics, etc for at > least one DIY 1702A programmer (the PE CHAMP-PROG, FWIW). > > Be warned these are not friendly chips to program. Several of the pins > have to be raised to 40V-ish voltage levels.... A -47V programming pulse comes to mind, in particular... -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

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UK Teleprinter Seminar (fwd)

by jpl15＠panix.com

Forwarded for the possible interest of UK and European Classiccmpers: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 07:51:26 +0800 From: Larry Rice <oseagram(a)iprimus.com.au> Reply-To: greenkeys(a)mailman.qth.net To: greenkeys(a)mailman.qth.net Subject: [GreenKeys] Teleprinter seminar Got this from uk.radio.amateur - wish it was a bit closer... A Mechanical Teleprinter Seminar is being held at 1030 on Sunday 17th February 2002 at HMS Collingwood Communication and Radar Museum, Lee on Solent Road south of Fareham Hampshire after leaving the M27 at junction 11. Tour the Museum after. If you are interested places are to be booked in advance through Andrew Sinclair G0AMS Tel No 01329 235397. Or E:Mail to parr(a)athene.co.uk All requests for places must be made by Friday 15th Feb http://www.recelectronics.demon.co.uk/collingrad.htm Rgds Larry oseagram(a)iprimus.com.au _______________________________________________ GreenKeys mailing list GreenKeys(a)mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/greenkeys

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PPro (was: RE: Need manual URL/hardcopy for HP Netserver LX Pro 6/200 serve)

by ken＠seefried.com

From: "wizard" > PS: Still not conviced that PPro is "worthy" CPUs. I view it as > "bastard child" of PII, celeron is even worse. Excuse me? Considering the PPro is significantly older than the PII, it would be hard for it to be the child. Further...the PPro has faster cache (clock == core, as opposed to clock == 1/2 core on PII) and on some versions more cache than the PII (up to 1MB). Clock for clock, the PPro is a better chip than the PII, it simply never got clocked up as high as the PII (for a number of mostly economic reasons).

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Security bits

by paul＠wccnet.org

I purchased a 33 piece security bit set from Radio Shack for $8 last May. They had to order it and it cost me $2.50 more for delivery. I just checked www.radioshack.com and I found it for $13 in the tools section (catalog number 910-5247). The URL is http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&category%5Fname=C… Paul R. Santa-Maria Monroe, Michigan USA

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Toshiba T250 & moving files

by djg＠drs-esg.com

I got this and can't really help. From what I understand if you assist him so he can get the files off then he is willing to give the machine. Sorry, didn't think until now to ask where he lives. Reply to address in message below. -------- Original Message ----------- From: "Dave Bradshaw" <dave(a)fishmonger.com> I own a Toshiba T250 CPM PC that is around 17 years old. It is in excellent condition, and fully operational. It has 2 8 inch floppy diskette drives. The disk drives are high capacity, and the floppies contain 1MB of data. I have a lot of text data that I would like to move to a Windows based system. I'm looking either for an 8 inch drive that I can connect to a Windows PC, or another solution. I have never been able to locate a communications application that will wild card the file transfers, making the job way to ponderous to do one file at a time. There are literally thousands of small files. Do you know of an 8 inch drive that is compatible with a Windows PC and my high capacity 8 inch floppies. Also, if you are interested in my machine I am more than willing to part with it after I move all the data. -------- Original Message ----------- I pointed him to http://www.cpmspectre.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/cpm/cpm_faq.htm#q14 http://www.cpmspectre.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ and classiccmp. David Gesswein http://www.pdp8.net/ -- Run an old computer with blinkenlights.

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Info needed on 1702A programmer

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jan 22, 15:23, Richard Erlacher wrote: > You wouldn't have any data on what, exactly, the voltages and timing for the > 1702A would be, would you? This is from the Intel Data Catalog 1976: t(ACH) :<----- t(ACW) ------>: :<-->: 0V ___ :_____________________:__:_ :_______________________ _ ADDRESS \ / binary complement : : \ /: address of word \ / X of address t.b.p. : : X : to be programmed X -40 to 48V ___/ \_____________________:__:_/ \:_______________________/ \_ : : : : : : : : : : : t(VD)-->: :<--: 0V ___________________________: : : : :___:______ pulsed V(DD) \ : : : / : power supply :\ : : : /: : -46 to -48V : \:____:______________:__/ : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : -->: :<--- : : : 0V ___________________________: : : : t(ATW) : :___:______ pulsed V(GG) \ : : : / : power supply :\ : : : /: : -35 to -40V \:________:__________:__/ : : : : : t(VW)--->: :<-- : : : : -->: t(ATH) :<--- 0V _____________________________________ : : ______:_______ pulsed V(GG) \ :<-t(PW)-->: / power supply \: :/ -35 to -40V \__________/ : : : t(DW)---->: :<-- -->: :<---t(DH) : : : : 0V _______________________________ :___________________: ________ DATA data can \ /: :\ / data can change X : data stable : X change -46 to 48V _______________________________/ \:___________________:/ \__________ : : min typ max t(PW) Program Pulse Width 2ms 3ms V(GG)=-35V V(DD)=V(PROG)=-48V t(DW) Data Set-Up Time 25mms t(DH) Data Hold Time 10mms t(VW) V(DD), V(GG) Set-Up Time 100mms t(VD) V(DD), V(GG) Hold Time 10mms 100mms t(ACW) Addr.Compl. Set-Up Time 25mms t(ACH) Addr.Compl. Hold Time 25mms t(ATW) Addr.True Set-Up Time 10mms t(ATH) Addr.True Hold Time 10mms "mms" = microseconds. Input rise/fall times =< 1mms Ambient temp 25C Vcc = 0V Vbb = +12V +/- 10% /CS = 0V PROGRAMMING INFORMATION: 1702A and 1702AL family. Initially all 2048 bits of the PROM are in the '0' state (outpiut low). Information is introduced by selectively programming '1's (output high) in the proper bit locations. All 8 address bits must be in the binary complement state when pulsed Vdd and Vgg move to their negative levels. The addresses must be held in their binary complement state for a minimum of 25 microsec after Vdd and Vgg have moved to their negative levels. The addresses must then make the transition to their true state a minimum of 10 microsec before the program pulse is applied. The addresses shouyld be programmed in the sequence 0 through 255 for a minimum of 32 times. The eight output terminals are used as data inputs to determine the information pattern in the eight bits of each word. A low data level (-48V) will program a '1' and a high data input (0V) will program a '0'. All eight bits of one word are programmed simultaneously by setting the desired bit information patterns on the data input terminals. During the programming, Vgg, Vdd, and the Program Puilse are pulsed signals. See page 2 of the data sheet for required pin connections during programming. Pin Name Read Program 12 Vcc Vcc GND 13 Program Vcc Prog.Pulse 14 /CS GND GND 15 Vbb Vcc Vbb 16 Vgg Vgg Pulsed Vgg 22 Vcc Vcc GND 23 Vcc Vcc GND 24 Vdd Vdd Pulsed Vdd -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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[A bit long] Stuff for sale...

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On January 22, Tothwolf wrote: > > > That explains it. I also have some Black Box brand units that look similar > > > but have an F type coax connector on them instead of a terminal block. > > > Any idea what they might be intended for? > > > > A short-haul modem of some sort? > > Your guess is as good as mine. I ended up with another similar looking > unit still NIB, but the guy who gave it to me peeled the stickers off the > bottom of the thing as a "joke"...I don't even know who made it or what > it's for now. A "joke"?? Wow, that guy has a great sense of humor. I can hardly stop laughing. Heh. Heh. I can hardly contain myself. Heh. -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

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5.25in. Floppies

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

In a message dated 1/22/02 5:11:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, mythtech(a)Mac.com writes: << > Is it just me, or is there something not-so-subtly ironic and >gratifying about a 450mHz desktop with a working 5.25 floppy drive >installed? my 750mhz Athlon has a 3.5/5.25 combo drive in it (both drives in a single half height 5.25 case). I don't think I have used the 5.25 half... but I put it in "just in case". -chris >> I just put a Teac 5.25 in my AMD 1200. Win2k picked right up on it. I install 5.25 floppies on all my modern machines since older ones use the same size. I recently lucked out and found some electronic eject 5.25 drives that fit perfectly in my PS/2 95 servers. Pretty cool to have a computer that can natively support 3 floppy drives. old computers, old cars and sundry items www.nothingtodo.org

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[A bit long] Stuff for sale...

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On January 22, Tothwolf wrote: > That explains it. I also have some Black Box brand units that look similar > but have an F type coax connector on them instead of a terminal block. > Any idea what they might be intended for? A short-haul modem of some sort? -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

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[A bit long] Stuff for sale...

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On January 22, Tothwolf wrote: > > - Black Box 232/CL-E RS232 to Current Loop adapter -- modem-sized box > > What are these for? I've got two or three of these units on a shelf behind > some boxes. Uhh, they convert RS232 to a current-loop interface? :) PDP8, early PDP11, and lots of other systems used 20mA (and other) current-loop interfaces before +-15V RS232 came into vogue. -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

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[A bit long] Stuff for sale...

by r_beaudry＠hotmail.com

Yes, it's cleanout time again... Some of it is off-topic (not classic enough), so bear with it :-) I will take bids on these items until Thursday midnight, to give international and digest users time to jump in. High bid gets it, and $0.00, as usual, is a valid bid. In the case of multiple winners, I will draw names out of a hat, utilizing the state of the art in Apple II randomizing software :-) Shipping will be from Westminster, MA, USA (ZIP code 01473). Domestic bidders can choose from USPS Priority Mail, Parcel Post, or Media Mail. International items will be shipped Surface Mail, Air Mail, or Global Priority Mail, at bidders discretion. Hardware was working when pulled, but some have not been tested in a long time, so it is sold as-is... Email me any questions if you have them... - Morrow ThinkerToys S-100 Synchrofresh VIII Econoram III -- 16 RM1701G-20 chips, D/C 76 and 78 with manual - Dynabyte S-100 Dual Density Floppy Disk Controller -- two board set, Interface board only has 5.25" connector installed (space for 8" cable has no connector). With manual (copy), no cables (needs 50-pin between two boards). - Tatrbell S-100 CPU/IO Board 3033 (Z-80) with manual (copy) - Problem Solver Systems S-100 PSS RAM16 Static RAM Board -- With copy of manual, all sockets/regulators/caps, but no chips installed - Vector 8803 BARE S-100 motherboard -- No docs, no sockets, board only - Tandem TCL2M RS232 to Current Loop converter -- Looks like a gender changer, male RS232, female current loop, 25 pins each - Black Box 232/CL-E RS232 to Current Loop adapter -- modem-sized box - Apple Macintosh HyperCard User's Guide, 1988 - Apple Macintosh HyperTalk Beginner's Guide: An Introduction to Scripting, 1989 - IBM Guide to Operations, Personal Computer XT Model 286 -- with diskette (untested) - TI TMS990 Microcomputer System Programming Card (tri-fold, approx 6" x 3" folded) - TI TMS9900 Microprocessor Data Manual, August 1978 - Digital Research CP/M 2.2 manuals -- User's Guide, Intro to CP/M Features and Facilities, ASM User's Guide, ED User's Manual, DDT User's Guide, Interface Guide, Alteration Guide - Tektronix 834 Programmable Data Communications Tester manual - Oracle JDeveloper 3 Handbook, published 2001 - JSP: Java Server Pages, published 2001 - Reply DOS-on-Power-Mac Dos compatible card for Power Mac and Performa 52XX, 53XX, 62XX, 63XX computers. W/ manual, setup floppies, DOS 6.22 floppies, Win 95 CD, cables -- NOTE: REQUIRES a PDS slot. My Performa 6360 has a PCI slot, and not a PDS... - Ithaca Intersystems "User Manual" binder -- System Overview, Digital Research CP/M manuals, Interpak Utilities User Manual, Intersystems Policies - Ithaca Intersystems "Hardware Manual" binder -- Ithaca 800 Hardware Overview, XPU-80 manual, 64KDR (64K DRAM) manual w/ schematic, FDC-2 Double Density Floppy Controller manual w/ schematic, 6SIO Serial I/O manual w/ schematic, DPS Front Panel manual w/ schematic and assembly drawing - ZDS Z-150 backplane -- 85-2964-1 -- 8-bit ISA 8 slot backplane - ZDS Z-150 Video Board -- 85-2945-1 - ZDS Z-150 Memory Board -- 85-2891-1 - ZDS Z-150 Disk Controller Board -- 85-2890-1 - ZDS Z-150 CPU Board -- 85-2889-1 - Heath/ZDS MS-DOS Version 3, Volume II (command summaries and descriptions) - Heath/ZDS Computer Innovations, Inc. Optimizing C86 Compiler manual - Heath Company Service Publications and Training (05/1984) schematics: H-150 CPU Board (5 pages), H-150 Memory Board (3 pages), H-150 Floppy Controller (4 pages), Z-309/Z-309A Color Video Board (6 pages), H-150 Keyboard (1 page), H-150 Backplane (1 page) - Heath/ZDS Microsoft Word 1.10 manual - Heath/ZDS Z-100 PC Series Service Manual Volume 2 -- Chapters on System CPU card, Z-160 Base Unit, Video Deflection/Driver Boards, Winchester System, Z-309 Video Card, Video Board Schematics, Floppy Disk Controller Card - Heath/ZDS Z-DOS, Volume 2 manual -- MACRO-86, LINK, LIB, CREF, Appendices (Error Messages, MACRO-86 Errors, LINK Errors, LIB Errors, CREF Errors, Memory Test Utility, Single Disk Users Instructions, Directory Structures and FCB Definition, Interrupts Function Calls and Entry Points, System Structure and Memory Maps, MACRO-86 Directives, 8088 Instructions, Notes on Writing Z-DOS Programs, Procedure to Change Disk Parameters - Heath/ZDS Condor File Management System manual - ZDS Z-150 Technical Training manual (photocopy) -- TT-15, plus various articles/notes - Intersil MCB-512K Multibus I Memory Card w/ manual - Intel 215 Multibus I Winchester Disk Controller, w/ PSBX 218A and PSBX 217C daughtercards - National Semiconductor BLC-80/10 Multibus I CPU card, NS8080AD gold/ceramic, 3 2708 EPROMS w/ SBC-80P Prototyping Package. Includes manuals for SBC-80P (w/ listing!), and SBC-80/10 hardare manual (Intel version of this board -- includes schematics). - Intel 534 Communications Expansion board -- Multibus I, with manual - Intel SBC-80/05 Multibus I CPU Card -- missing EPROMS, and RS-232 driver/receiver pair (socketed, easy to replace) - Plessey PSM512 Multibus I memory card, w/ manual - Micro Industries BLC-508 I/O Expansion board -- Multibus I - Qty. 3 Multibus I Bus Extender Cards, various manufacturers - Qty. 2 Prototek Multibus I prototyping cards - Zendex ZX-907 Multibus I Bus Tracer card, w/ manual (includes monitor listing and schematics), Zendex product catalog (1982), marketing brochure, warranty registration card, welcome letter, set of "D" sized schematics, and a "C" sized block diagram. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

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Info needed on 1702A programmer

by r_beaudry＠hotmail.com

Hello all, I recently obtained a 1702A EPROM programmer, but it's having some problems. Does anyone have docs or schematics for the following programmer? Tenor Inc, Model 763 Solid State Programmer Other markings: EPROM Loader 763-7-0120, S/N 763 3303 P 1083 See http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1678511077 for pictures. It helps to see the item for the description below... Basically there are 16 switches/LEDs. In Read mode, the LEDs should show the byte values, and in Write mode, the switches select the data, and the LEDs should reflect the data being input. None of the LEDs fire. There is a display for memory location, and it properly resets when "reset" is pressed, and properly increments when "step" is pressed. One other note, the "load" button is supposed to write the data, and advance the memory location display, but the memory location does not advance... I suspect at least the "Read/Write" switch is bad, as it is very mushy feeling, and doesn't seem like it is switching. Perhaps that holds things in some weird state. Standard DPDT, so no big deal to replace. Beyond that, though, I'm at a bit of a loss w/out docs or schematics... Disassembly reveals no blown parts, no smoke marks/burns, and no broken connections.... Thanks! Rich B. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

23 years, 10 months

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5.25in. Floppies

by doc＠mdrconsult.com

Is it just me, or is there something not-so-subtly ironic and gratifying about a 450mHz desktop with a working 5.25 floppy drive installed? Not to mention the fact that I "just happened to have" enough new DS/HD floppies (~60) for this entire floopy-based (sic) install? And, am I the only one who forgets just what a PITA it is to handle lots of them? Doc

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Going to the dump...

by wh.sudbrink＠verizon.net

Located in Silver Spring, Maryland. Pick-up only, unless you can really convince me to ship (read $$$). Going to the dump tomorrow afternoon (1/23) unless spoken for: 1) TeleVideo Tele-XT. Flakey power supply. Physically OK... all parts present. No software or docs. 2) Heathkit Model IO-4550, 10MHz, Dual-Trace oscilloscope. Physically good, electronically unknown condition. No probes, some docs. 3) Hickok Teaching Systems Model OSK-4 D.C. Wide-Band oscilloscope. This guy is tube (valve) based! Physically OK (a little rust and dirt, missing "DC Bal." knob), electronically unknown condition. Some probes, no docs. 4) A mangy crate, with handle and casters, designed to hold a Teletype Model 33 KSR. Maybe made by Teletype but no markings to that effect. Didn't protect its last occupant very well. 5) A Compaq DeskPro 286e in original box. Good physical shape, unknown operational condition. You may end up with other stuff if you drop by, being unemployed is forcing me to clean up my basement. Please contact me before stopping by.

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5.25in. Floppies

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>Is is just me or isn't a 450-750 milli-hertz box rather slow? I've heard >of overclocking modern boxen, but underclocking by nine orders of >magnitude? God, and I thought my 8MHz Mac SE was slow... ;-) ROFL... oh the difference changing case of a letter can make! -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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MCA memory card

by aw288＠osfn.org

I recently pulled a Expanded Memory Adaptor/A card out of a PS/2 model 60 (part number 61X6752). I do not know much about this thing - I have never seen one before. This is not a great suprise - I am not really a PS/2 kind of guy, even though I ought to be. I need to sell this for RCS (we need money), and would like to know *anything* about it, like if it is even worth throwing into the 'bay. William Donzelli aw288(a)osfn.org

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ot... at it again scsi tape drive in windows 95

by rhudson＠cnonline.net

sorry, ot.... Although, this tape drive may be older than 10 years.. :^) I am trying to make a Tandberg TDC 3800 tape drive work with windows 95 (in a 485 machine). The scsi card sees the tape drive and windows finds new hardware but has no driver. I have googled all over and can't seem to find a windows driver for this at all. :^( can anyone help? grovel grover for off topic post.

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5.25in. Floppies

by mythtech＠Mac.com

> Is it just me, or is there something not-so-subtly ironic and >gratifying about a 450mHz desktop with a working 5.25 floppy drive >installed? my 750mhz Athlon has a 3.5/5.25 combo drive in it (both drives in a single half height 5.25 case). I don't think I have used the 5.25 half... but I put it in "just in case". -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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RFC; Request For Coaching. Was RE: RT 6150 Docs (and mouse??)

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: David Woyciesjes [mailto:DAW@yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu] > What/where are the instructions? I'd like to try them... Here are some. http://www.lemis.com/email/fixing-outlook.html 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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Security bits

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jan 22, 15:17, Chris wrote: > >They look like a Torx screw head turned inside out. > MCM sells bits for this. They market them as "Nintendo Type Screws" or > something like that, and say they are used to open NES Games (and is just > what I bought mine for... to replace the battery in a Monopoly cart). Yes, they're used in Sega cartridges too. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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RFC; Request For Coaching. Was RE: RT 6150 Docs (and mouse??)

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

! From: Christopher Smith [mailto:csmith@amdocs.com] ! ! ! > -----Original Message----- ! > From: Doc [mailto:doc@mdrconsult.com] ! ! > And Dude, I'm sorry, but you really NEED to go find the ! > IDG Outlook ! > Distress book or something. Line wraps, my man, line wraps. ! ! ! Well, actually, I've found some bits of documentation that ! say exactly how ! to make lookout wrap your lines. I've attempted to follow ! these instructions ! to the letter, and found that I don't have the right dialog ! available to do ! it. :) ! ! Chris (Who's really not sure whether to blame microsoft, ! Amdocs, or the ! people who wrote the reference) Chris --- What/where are the instructions? I'd like to try them... --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818

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RFC; Request For Coaching. Was RE: RT 6150 Docs (and mouse??)

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Doc [mailto:doc@mdrconsult.com] > And Dude, I'm sorry, but you really NEED to go find the IDG Outlook > Distress book or something. Line wraps, my man, line wraps. Well, actually, I've found some bits of documentation that say exactly how to make lookout wrap your lines. I've attempted to follow these instructions to the letter, and found that I don't have the right dialog available to do it. :) Chris (Who's really not sure whether to blame microsoft, Amdocs, or the people who wrote the reference) 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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RFC; Request For Coaching. Was RE: RT 6150 Docs (and mouse??)

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Doc [mailto:doc@mdrconsult.com] > Oh, yeah, I almost forgot. I had to remove the SIIG 8-bit > serial/parallel card before the poor guy could boot at all. First thing to check is whether it will work in a different slot. Some busses are very picky, and I have no idea what is used in the RT. (So don't take my word for it.. ;) > With just the good disk attached, the AOS miniroot gets adapter > time-outs from the EESDI adapter, and reboots endlessly. The > stand-alone > utility won't accept any device name I can come up with - /dev/hdc0, > /dev/hd0, hdc0, hd0, 0, slave 0 - to format the disk. Probably more like rdT0 or rhdT0 (where T is a type of drive... or not there at all), or rd0s0d0. The "r" is likely to be important because many unixes require a "character" type device to actually make a filesytem on a disk, and in fact to do many disk-level operations. The "r" device prefix generally denotes this. For instance, on RISC/OS, SVR3.5, and I believe SunOS 4, you'll see just that. I've always imagined the "r" to stand for "raw" or something similar, but I'm not sure. > > Also note that early version of AIX were much more like > "something strange" > than they were like normal Unix. From what I've heard they > I dunno. Modern AIX is 'much more like "something strange"' than it > is like modern Unix.... Well, ok, but my point was that they're supposed to be _more_ strange. :) Regards, 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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Security bits

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>They look like a Torx screw head turned inside out. Imagine something >between a pan head and a round head (ie slightly domed) with six small >notches in the edge. The sides are sloping/curved and they're usually >hardened, and the edges of the notches are slightly rounded off so you >can't get a grip with pliers. There's a picture at >http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman/zeroscrew.jpg MCM sells bits for this. They market them as "Nintendo Type Screws" or something like that, and say they are used to open NES Games (and is just what I bought mine for... to replace the battery in a Monopoly cart). IIRC, they sold the two different sizes I have as a single pack. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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Bell & Howell Apple IIe

by csmith＠amdocs.com

-----Original Message----- From: SUPRDAVE(a)aol.com [mailto:SUPRDAVE@aol.com] > cool machine. other than an oringinal umodified apple ][ that's the only apple I want now. > Even though I work at B+H, nobody even knows about them. heh. That's pretty funny, but I guess most cool machines end up in the same situation. 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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Bell & Howell Apple IIe

by Innfogra＠aol.com

IIRC all of the black apples I saw were IIs and II+s. I think a black IIe would be rare. The audio box on the back was used in a classroom setting to hook each operator to the teacher in an audio network. B&H was a big vendor into the A/V and classroom solution market. Paxton Astoria, OR

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Paging - Sellam Ismail

by RCini＠congressfinancial.com

I'm having trouble getting to Sellam via email. Sellam, if you're there, please email me. Thanks. Thanks for the bandwidth. ========================== Richard A. Cini, Jr. Congress Financial Corporation 1133 Avenue of the Americas 30th Floor New York, NY 10036 (212) 545-4402 (212) 840-6259 (facsimile)

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Bell & Howell Apple IIe

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Tothwolf [mailto:tothwolf@concentric.net] > Does it have the later IIe style case with D-Sub cutouts, or > does it have > slots in the back panel like the II/II+? I never have had a > good look at > one of the IIe machines marketed by them. It has D-sub cutouts. > I would expect it to be a typical IIe in a black case :) So far, but it has a strange "box" attached to the back... > These machines were sold primarily to businesses and schools. Bell & > Howell marketed audio/video and other electronic equipment to > such places, > so they were a well known brand. The above mentioned "box" seems to have some sort of audio amplification stuff in it, actually. 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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Bell & Howell Apple IIe

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

In a message dated 1/22/2002 12:50:55 PM Central Standard Time, csmith(a)amdocs.com writes: > Hi everybody. > > I've rescued a Bell & Howell Apple IIe (black, of course) just yesterday. > > Can anyone tell me anything about what these things were used for, what I > can expect to > find in the machine, etc, etc? > > I haven't even cleaned off the dust yet, but I vaguely recall that these > were sold for > some specific purpose. If so, what were they for? > cool machine. other than an oringinal umodified apple ][ that's the only apple I want now. Even though I work at B+H, nobody even knows about them. heh. --

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Documation M600L - HP 2893A Card Reader

by brian＠quarterbyte.com

I just picked up an HP 2893A punched card reader on eBay -- it appears to be an HP-badged Documation M600L. I haven't been able to find any documentation for it on the web. Does anyone have any info on this or similar card readers? Is it similar to any of the DEC-badged CR11 readers? Any help, especially interfacing info, will be appreciated, thanks, Brian

23 years, 10 months

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Sea Container Spelunking (Terminal Junkie Part Two)

by jfoust＠threedee.com

At 11:57 AM 1/22/2002 -0500, Douglas Quebbeman wrote: >> containers. I half expected to find some ex-colleagues preserved in >> aspic. "Oh, John? No, he never _really_ left. No one ever does". > >Aspic isn't a preservative, it's a sauce... No, it's the precursor of Jello. It's generally transparent to amber, though. - John

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Sea Container Spelunking (Terminal Junkie Part Two)

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Williams [mailto:celigne@tinyworld.co.uk] > and manuals for the Digital Engineering Incorporated > Retrographics card > for the ADM 3A. Unfortunately, none of the LSI manuals answer the > age-old question of what "ADM" stands for. Ok, I have an ADM-5 with one of these "Retrographics" add-ons. Can anybody tell me what they do? Regards, 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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VAXstation newbie

by Adrian.Graham＠corporatemicrosystems.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: David.Neal(a)ubsw.com [mailto:David.Neal@ubsw.com] > Sent: 21 January 2002 11:08 > To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: RE: VAXstation newbie > > > Hi Al, > > I highly doubt you can get the software on floppies, but I'm usually > proved wrong, so best of luck. CD is the way to go but not all 3100's > had SCSI as standard ( at least as an external option. Apart fromthat > you're probably looking at TK tape. Versions varied, long production > run, but the most usual was a 5.5, usually rev 2 or better. ISTR No VMS distro was available on floppy, the only VMS floppies I can remember were boot disks for MicroVMS round V4.x. Also, all 3100s have SCSI as standard, the only differences were the type of SCSI connector that was presented externally. Older machines had the female HD68 connector...... CDs were available for 5.4-2 and above I believe; I'm pretty sure I've got most versions from then upwards. a

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HP 9000 800/G40 serial cable

by csmith＠amdocs.com

Hi everybody, I've got a new project. An HP 9000/G40, which may not be (probably is not) 10 years old, but there's little information available on HP's site (that I can find), or any other, and I rescued it from a scrap yard, which may make it on topic anyway. I wonder if anyone can tell me how to get the cable that plugs into the mini-DIN looking port so that I can see the boot messages and talk to it? Also, where can I get information on this machine? (Max memory, number of CPUs, etc...) Thanks, 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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[Mike.Morisky@Unisys.Com: PDP-11 system available for surplus]

by mrbill＠mrbill.net

PDP 11/44s available in San Diego. Please contact Mike directly. Bill ----- Forwarded message from "Morisky, Mike" <Mike.Morisky(a)Unisys.Com> ----- From: "Morisky, Mike" <Mike.Morisky(a)Unisys.Com> To: "'mrbill(a)pdp11.org'" <mrbill(a)pdp11.org> Subject: PDP-11 system available for surplus Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 11:11:18 -0600 We have 2 complete, functional PDP-11/44 systems, spare parts, and approximately 15 RL02 disk packs ready for surplus. Are you aware of any interested parties? We are willing to make this available at little or no cost to the interested party. Michael G. Morisky Unisys Site Services Engineering San Diego, CA 92127 Voice: 858.451.4167 FAX: 858.451.4449 ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Bill Bradford mrbill(a)mrbill.net Austin, TX

23 years, 10 months

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windowed MC68HSR705J1ACS ?

by uban＠ubanproductions.com

I am looking for a source for a MC68HSR705J1ACS Motorola 20 pin DIP with window (erasable) MC68HC701J1A microprocessor. I have only been able to find the OTP versions, but would like to find an erasable one for development. Does anyone know of a source, or have one (or 2) that you would be willing to sell me? --tnx --tom

23 years, 10 months

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boot sector

by Golemancd＠aol.com

can anyone tell me if they can see the bug in this boot sector. i cant seem to get it to work. .386 .model tiny option segment:use16 cseg segment para public 'code' startt: mov ax,4000h mov ds,ax mov bx,0h mov bp,0300h ;setup far pointer mov word ptr ds:[bp],bx ;move from 0000:7c00 to 07c0:0000 mov bx,7c0h mov word ptr ds:[bp]+2,bx jmp dword ptr ds:[bp] ;start of my code mov bx,0b800h ;set up video write mov es,bx xor bx,bx mov ax,0731h mov word ptr es:[bx+80],ax stay: ;loop nop jmp stay org 510 dw 0aa55h cseg ends end startt Joee

23 years, 10 months

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classiccmp-digest V1 #840

by mtapley＠swri.edu

>From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh(a)aracnet.com> >Subject: Re: Intresting device for sale > ... > >On a slightly serious note, how do you think the Post Office or UPS would >react to someone shipping those "Magnets of Death" :^) > Good point! I have this vision in mind: Package #1 slides through USPS electron-beam sterilizer, comes out OK. Package #2 slides through e-beam, SmartMedia inside fried, but no anthrax survive. Package #3 containing "Magnets of Death" slides up to e-beam.... ...postal workers all over the building fried. No anthrax survive. - Mark

23 years, 10 months

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Need manual URL/hardcopy for HP Netserver LX Pro 6/200 serve

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 jpero(a)sympatico.ca wrote: > PS: Still not conviced that PPro is "worthy" CPUs. I view it as > "bastard child" of PII, celeron is even worse. Huh?? The PPro is easily the best x86-architecture processor those bozos at Intel have ever released. The PII is a total piece of crap in comparison, in my opinion. If anything, it's the PII that's the bastard child of the PPro! I'm not trying to be argumentative here...and I'm CERTAINLY not defending any of Intel's crappy designs...but I believe the PPro is indeed the best of the bunch, and as such, I suggest that it might be worth another look. -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

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boot sector

by Golemancd＠aol.com

forgot to say "this is for a basic x86 processor" Joee

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thanks from a VAXstation newbie :-)

by alan.pearson＠cramer.com

Heheh, OK, so VMS on floppies isn't realistic - I've obviously been spoiled by my time with a Sun 386i :-) I guess I'll get a CD drive, join DECUS and get myself the 7.2 CD. Thanks for your help and advice, everyone :) Cheers Al

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Intresting device for sale

by quapla＠xs4all.nl

For an unusual device, look at this intresting ebay item. No, I'm not the one selling it. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1693885087 Ed

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Looken for a HP7485C

by vaxman＠earthlink.net

contact me off list please...

23 years, 10 months

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Need manual URL/hardcopy for HP Netserver LX Pro 6/200 server

by rhblakeman＠kih.net

ANyone have a source on the net for a PDF manual or a spare hardcopy they'd sell or trade for? I pick this monster up from Columbus IH sometime this week.

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Need manual URL/hardcopy for HP Netserver LX Pro 6/200 serve

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On January 21, Brian Chase wrote: > > The thing with Intel based PCs is that there's nothing about them that I > find interesting or exciting-- even the ones from the 1980s that we can > talk about. They're so commodity in nature that there's little mystery > or novelty to them. <yawn> On this, my friend, I would have to agree. So, to drag us kicking and screaming to an on-topic conversation...can anyone point me to some information on the IBM 9377? Specifically, I'm looking for physical dimensions, weight, and power requirements. -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

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Electronics and Technology Cosmos International

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On January 21, CLeyson(a)aol.com wrote: > I agree, there is nothing really new, but it is nice to see a publication > without > any adverts. Given the choice I would go for 'Circuit Cellar'' every time. I > must > think about taking out a subscription. I've been a subscriber for years. I highly recommend it. -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

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Electronics and Technology Cosmos International

by CLeyson＠aol.com

In a message dated 21/01/02 ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk writes: >> >> Today whilst picking up a copy of Wireless World I noticed a new >> publication. "Electronics and Technology Cosmos International" > I've seen it too.. Unfortunately (for this publication) the same bookshop > had 'Circuit Cellar' on the shelf. Guess which one followed me home :-)... > An easy choice. >> So what I here you say. Well, the January edition is 72 pages of electronics >> with no adverts... > I looked at it, and decided there was nothing really new in it. It all > looked to be standard stuff that was covered in many of the books on my > shelf anyway. The main reason I buy magazines is to look at clever ways > of using the chips, not standard stuff... > > -tony > I agree, there is nothing really new, but it is nice to see a publication without any adverts. Given the choice I would go for 'Circuit Cellar'' every time. I must think about taking out a subscription. Chris

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ADAC Qbus A/D Board info

by taylor＠cem.nrl.navy.mil

I have an ADAC analog to digital convertor board but no info. Looking at the board I can tell this much; Sticker on the back says: ADAC Model 1012-8DI-B-3PGA-0 Dual width qbus A/D board, ADV11 compatible? ------------------------------------------------------------------ Large Components: DC-DC convertor Analog Devices 940 +5 to +/-15V ? ADAC Adaptive Data qcquisition module ADAM 12 APG-G=1,2,5,10 (12 bit A/D, two 8 channel mux, etc) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Switches: S1 - Dip SW 5 pos CSR? S2 - Dip SW 5 pos CSR? S3 - Dip SW 6 pos VEC? ------------------------------------------------------------------ Connectors: J1 - 20 Pin flat cable conn A/D Settings? J2 - 20 Pin flat cable analog inputs + trigger? ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jumpers on board - in sections outlined in yellow DMA - 2 holes not conn CSRMX - 5 G 4 all cut EXT TRIG - 1 hole VECTOR - 3 V 4 3,V conn A/D CONF. - 1 2 3 4 1,3 conn - 8 P M N not8 M,N,P conn A/D RANGE - U G B U,G conn - G 1 3 4 5 3,4 2,G conn CL - CL TR ET CL TR conn ------------------------------------------------------------------- Does anyone have docs and/or software for this card? Doug

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RT 6150 Docs (and mouse??)

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Doc Shipley [mailto:doc@mdrconsult.com] > The guy who's giving it away says he "has no boot disk, but > it starts > up just fine."!? He also thinks it has 3 drives and is maxed out on Could mean he has no distribution media, but there's an installed O/S... Also note that early version of AIX were much more like "something strange" than they were like normal Unix. From what I've heard they may be quite a bit different from new versions. Regards, 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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Sea Container Spelunking (Terminal Junkie Part Two)

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jan 21, 23:41, Paul Williams wrote: > I was hunting around at work today for manuals for the Lynwood Alpha > that I grabbed at the weekend. I was told to grab a torch and led to a > group of six sea containers out the back of our building. It appears > that we never really throw anything away -- it just gets put into sea > containers. > Time to don a hard hat and dig deeper... I have a hard hat. Do you need any help? ;-) -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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DRI 7200 8" floppy drive

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

Does anyone have a circuit diagram for a DRI 7200 floppy? This is a double-sided 8" floppy drive. I have a pair of them in a Baydel box, and Drive 1 has faulty electronics (I've checked the cables, connectors, and jumpers, and switched the boards just to be sure). It won't read (it does seek, load heads, detect disk, etc). I'd like to fix it, but tracing out the circuit isn't my first wish. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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OT? Apple Stylewriter problems (update)

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jan 21, 10:45, Mark Tapley wrote: > ..."heater?" IIRC, Pete said these transistors work up to 100 MHz and they > are being used to drive *heaters?* Does that mean the other 17 or so > connections to the print head carry the which-pixel information and > whatever (piezoelectric?) pulse it takes to actually send out the squirt of > ink? Oy. Or are there 8 heaters and one for the jet pulse, and the thin 17 > carry the jet-selection info? Maybe I am going to be be interested enough > to trace this whole circuit out. Or maybe I should just shred one of the > print heads to see what's inside it. The 100MHz just means it's possibly over-specced -- but probably not by much. The head travels at a fair speed over the paper and the dots are small, so you want the jets to turn on and off fairly fast; and you want a nice square wave (or at least fast rise and fall times) while you're doing it, not some ragged aproximation to a bent sine wave. I don't know much about inkjets, but isn't the very rapid and very localised heating part of what generates the jet? -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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Electronics and Technology Cosmos International

by CLeyson＠aol.com

Today whilst picking up a copy of Wireless World I noticed a new publication. "Electronics and Technology Cosmos International" Editor Constantine Delenardo 196 High Road, Wood Green, London N22 8HH So what I here you say. Well, the January edition is 72 pages of electronics with no adverts, not even one. There is no mention of a publisher and Google turned up zip. Has anyone else seen this on the news stands ? Topics covered: Going from Dual to single supply op amp operation Low voltage logic Families and Mixed Voltage Interfacing Techniques. Part 1 Data Interface Standards. Part 1. Introduction to the Theory and Design of Audio Power Amplifiers. Part 1 Cache Memory for Computer Systems. Part 1 Charge Pumps Simplify Portable Designs Simplified Bipolar Transistor Models & how to use them It is very well written and provides a clear introduction to basic principles. Rather than practical articles it seems to be more of a reference book with a lot of worked examples. Definitely worth a read. Chris

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How much?

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Dave McGuire [mailto:mcguire@neurotica.com] > I've got modern Alphas. Crays too. That's not the point. :) Crays? That would be nice. Anyone have an EL 92 they'd like to get rid of? ;) Regards, 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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OT? Apple Stylewriter problems (update)

by mtapley＠swri.edu

Toth asked: >Are there 3 indentations around the edges of the fasteners? If so, these >could be a type of Japanese fastener often found in mid '80s to early '90s >video game systems. Bits that fit those kinds of fasteners are available, >at about $1.50-$2 each, and they come in 2 different sizes. Hmmm - will look again. I was specifically looking for anything I could get purchase on to turn the things, though, and did not see it. --------------- Tony said: >Hnag on... I thought it was one printhead heater that was out. In which >case it's likely that 8 of the 9 transistors are still fine. Right ... but I don't know which one. I was hoping to end up unsoldering them all, and finding the bad one by the first-order test, then putting all but that one back and ordering a single replacement. In which case I might as well start off with just the four I couldn't get my VOM onto during the in-use testing I tried. I did not count on destroying components as I pulled them, however. Glad I only tried 4. ..."heater?" IIRC, Pete said these transistors work up to 100 MHz and they are being used to drive *heaters?* Does that mean the other 17 or so connections to the print head carry the which-pixel information and whatever (piezoelectric?) pulse it takes to actually send out the squirt of ink? Oy. Or are there 8 heaters and one for the jet pulse, and the thin 17 carry the jet-selection info? Maybe I am going to be be interested enough to trace this whole circuit out. Or maybe I should just shred one of the print heads to see what's inside it. >Do you know >if you tested one that was related to the dead row of pixels? No. I *thought* so, from the in-operation tests and locations on the ribbon-cable connector, but since I still have not got the PS working, I can't confirm that by trying to print again with the 4 transistors removed - which is the only way I'd believe at this point. BTW, would *that* toast anything? >It won't be. A diode junction is not an ohmic conductor, and there's no >reason why it should show the same 'resistance' under different test >conditions (such as changing the range on the VOM). Figured, which is why I put quotation marks around "resistance". >In the end it'll be to a +ve supply line, but there might be other >transistors or current sensing circuitry in the way. However, since this >is common to all pixels, it's not a problem (yet). 'cause I haven't tried to test or disassemble it (yet) >:-) >Probably resistors (read the numbers like you would the numbers on a >capacitor -- so 151 -> 15*10^1 = 150 Ohms, and so on). I'd expect a >resistor from base to emitter and another resistor from base to some kind >of open-collector output (maybe a discrete transistor, maybe a chip). I'll check, but that's consistent with what I've seen so far, I think. >The fault, of course, might be further back in the circuitry, so you >might have to trace out this array of components. More havoc to wreak... >Any depressions in those heads at all? Any way a tool could engage with them? I don't think so. I'll have one more look before I try the soldering iron (didn't get to it this weekend). >Oh, it can't be that complicated. After all, there are likely to be 9 >identical stages. I would conentrate on the base of the power >transistors. What connects there, what does it connect to. I don't see 9 identical groups of components anywhere else. There are several large DIP packages, one of which I'll bet I run into on the far side of the surface-mount things. >This 'surface mount array' : What does it contain? Any more transistors? >Any open-collector driver chips nearby? The only things I saw were the little (?) resistors described earlier. I didn't look at the chips nearby - I'll try that next chance I get. >Unlikely. The voltage is not going to damage parts of this printer, or >any other classic computer you're likely to be working on. OK, that's reassuring. ----------- And I have an offer of a replacement wall-wart and PCB coming from a very kind list member. Not an exact match PCB, which could lead to more fun still, but we'll see. - Mark

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Sea Container Spelunking (Terminal Junkie Part Two)

by celigne＠tinyworld.co.uk

I was hunting around at work today for manuals for the Lynwood Alpha that I grabbed at the weekend. I was told to grab a torch and led to a group of six sea containers out the back of our building. It appears that we never really throw anything away -- it just gets put into sea containers. I half expected to find some ex-colleagues preserved in aspic. "Oh, John? No, he never _really_ left. No one ever does". Presumably at some point in the future we're intending to load the containers on board a cargo ship and dump our archives in mid Atlantic. Anyway, these sea containers contain a treasure trove of old equipment and manuals. It appears that we used to be into Texas Instruments 990 computers in a big way -- we've still got a bunch of manuals in the library, but it's a tiny fraction of the files stuffed away outside. I've a feeling the 990(s) have long since been scrapped, but everything else is in storage. I found what I thought was a calculator like my first school one, with red LEDs (a TI-30?), but it was actually a mini terminal, called a TM 990/301 (I think). Sadly, no sign of a manual for the Lynwood Alpha, but compensation came in the shape of operator's and user's manuals for the LSI ADM 3A, ADM 11 and manuals for the Digital Engineering Incorporated Retrographics card for the ADM 3A. Unfortunately, none of the LSI manuals answer the age-old question of what "ADM" stands for. It appears that circumstances are conspiring to make my web site no longer exclusively devoted to DEC terminals. If anyone wants a manual for the Data General Dasher D410 I mentioned yesterday, the PDF and TIFF are online at http://vt100.net/dg/. The User Manual for the LSI ADM 3A is online at http://vt100.net/lsi/ (proper pages to come later, blah, blah). Time to don a hard hat and dig deeper... - Paul

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by m_asifmangel＠hotmail.com

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VAXstation newbie

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: pete(a)dunnington.u-net.com [mailto:pete@dunnington.u-net.com] > On Jan 21, 11:44, Adrian Graham wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: David.Neal(a)ubsw.com [mailto:David.Neal@ubsw.com] > > > you're probably looking at TK tape. Versions varied, long > production > > > run, but the most usual was a 5.5, usually rev 2 or better. > > ISTR No VMS distro was available on floppy, the only VMS > floppies I can > > remember were boot disks for MicroVMS round V4.x. > I have (parts of) 5.2 on floppy. It's a big box, but I don't > think it will > help anyone, though, as (a) it's incomplete, and (b) they're proper > floppies, ie 8", not modern miniature imitations :-) Given a VMS machine with a floppy drive, though, you could put standalone backup, and the distribution stuff onto floppies with little problem. That pre-supposes somebody with a working VMS install who can write the floppies you need. I have a roommate who's got the VAXStation 3100 with the 3.5" floppy drive, and I think they're relatively common, though all the ones I have are without... so it's do-able. It would be much easier, though, for all concerned if you can plug something else into the VAX. A CD (provided it will do 512 byte blocks) is acceptable, as is a TK50, DDS-1, etc. You may have to find a strange scsi cable for the thing to use external SCSI devices. It's a 68-pin "honda" connector, but it's not wide SCSI, and normal wide SCSI connectors don't work. Expect to pay ~30 dollars US for the cable unless you get lucky. Regards, 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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ASUS ISA-486SI Motherboard BIOS

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jan 21, 12:17, David C. Jenner wrote: > I have an ASUS ISA-486SI motherboard, Copyright 1992. > I have the manual for it. The manual does NOT describe > any sort of BIOS upgrade, such as reflashing it, like later > boards in my collection do. I've not seen any 486 of that era with flash. More likely a PROM. > The BIOS is not > Y2K compliant. It appears to work OK when I set the > current date/time, and when I turn it OFF/ON, it retains > the current date >2000 without problem. Is that a typo? If you can set dates after 1999 and it retains them, and gets leap years correct, what's the problem? My 1993 Phoenix BIOS (EPROM, not flash) is fine, for example. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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How do I startup this PDP10 with TOPS 10/20 ??

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

Your first stop should be my web site. http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/pdp10emu.html It has links to everything you need. For DEC emulation in general see: http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/decemu.html Zane > > This PDP10 simulator that is ;) > > I'm hacking on the simh ( http://simh.trailing-edge.com/ ) and have > the pdp10 module compiled and running a-ok. Also looking at the > PDP10 Software kit ( http://old-pdp-10.trailing-edge.com/ ) but I'm > rather clueless where to even begin. Everything in the TOPS-10 > table are *.tap tapes, one is tagged "BOOTABLE". I d/l that, attach > it to TU0 and boot TU0. Nothing happens but when I stop the sim > it reports: Simulation stopped, PC: 000000 (000000000011) > > Another one marked TOPS-10 7.03 KS Bootable tape I just tried, > with similar results. > > Any hints on where to start exploring or should I just give this up > as hopelessly impossible w/o a wall of orange books and years > of experience?? > > Thanks > > Chuck > cswiger(a)widomaker.com >

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How do I startup this PDP10 with TOPS 10/20 ??

by cswiger＠widomaker.com

This PDP10 simulator that is ;) I'm hacking on the simh ( http://simh.trailing-edge.com/ ) and have the pdp10 module compiled and running a-ok. Also looking at the PDP10 Software kit ( http://old-pdp-10.trailing-edge.com/ ) but I'm rather clueless where to even begin. Everything in the TOPS-10 table are *.tap tapes, one is tagged "BOOTABLE". I d/l that, attach it to TU0 and boot TU0. Nothing happens but when I stop the sim it reports: Simulation stopped, PC: 000000 (000000000011) Another one marked TOPS-10 7.03 KS Bootable tape I just tried, with similar results. Any hints on where to start exploring or should I just give this up as hopelessly impossible w/o a wall of orange books and years of experience?? Thanks Chuck cswiger(a)widomaker.com

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VAXstation newbie

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jan 21, 11:44, Adrian Graham wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David.Neal(a)ubsw.com [mailto:David.Neal@ubsw.com] > > I highly doubt you can get the software on floppies, but I'm usually > > proved wrong, so best of luck. CD is the way to go but not all 3100's > > had SCSI as standard ( at least as an external option. Apart fromthat > > you're probably looking at TK tape. Versions varied, long production > > run, but the most usual was a 5.5, usually rev 2 or better. > > ISTR No VMS distro was available on floppy, the only VMS floppies I can > remember were boot disks for MicroVMS round V4.x. I have (parts of) 5.2 on floppy. It's a big box, but I don't think it will help anyone, though, as (a) it's incomplete, and (b) they're proper floppies, ie 8", not modern miniature imitations :-) -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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New VAXARCHIVE mirror: http://vaxarchive.vax.org

by vaxzilla＠jarai.org

New VAXARCHIVE mirror: http://vaxarchive.vax.org This is a second mirror of Kees Stravers' original vaxarchive.org site (no longer operational). The primary mirror has been up and running at http://vaxarchive.sevensages.org for a number of years, but it's always nice to have more than one source for elusive yet indispensable information. The other mirrors, http://vaxarchive.decvax.org and http://vaxarchive.khubla.com, are no longer available. You will find that some of the VAXARCHIVE content is a bit dusty, and quite a few of the links which head off-site are dead. Still there's much useful information contained within, and oddly a lot of it isn't VAX specific. -brian.

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ASUS ISA-486SI Motherboard BIOS

by djenner＠earthlink.net

I think this just makes the "10 year rule". I have an ASUS ISA-486SI motherboard, Copyright 1992. I have the manual for it. The manual does NOT describe any sort of BIOS upgrade, such as reflashing it, like later boards in my collection do. All the ASUS Web sites and a Google search reveal no BIOS upgrading information. Was this too early for BIOS reflashing? The BIOS is not Y2K compliant. It appears to work OK when I set the current date/time, and when I turn it OFF/ON, it retains the current date >2000 without problem. Anyone have any experience with this motherboard? It was my original 486 back in 1992, but I haven't used it for over two years. Dave -- David C. Jenner djenner(a)earthlink.net

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How much?

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On January 21, Christopher Smith wrote: > > I've got modern Alphas. Crays too. That's not the point. :) > > Crays? That would be nice. Anyone have an EL 92 they'd like to get rid of? ;) I've got an EL92...Not sure if I'd be willing to get rid of it though. Of course, money talks. :) -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

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Amdek Color-1 Plus service manual

by tothwolf＠concentric.net

Does anyone have a service manual for the Amdek Color-1 Plus monitor? I'm getting ready to rebuild one of these monitors, and would like to have a manual on hand if one is available. -Toth

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VAXstation newbie

by David.Neal＠ubsw.com

Hi Al, I highly doubt you can get the software on floppies, but I'm usually proved wrong, so best of luck. CD is the way to go but not all 3100's had SCSI as standard ( at least as an external option. Apart fromthat you're probably looking at TK tape. Versions varied, long production run, but the most usual was a 5.5, usually rev 2 or better. I had mine hooked up to PC serial port running ( origianlly ) winterm, followed by a linux box too. Bonus of course being it you network it together you can have your DECWindows too, depends on how grunty your system is. Best of luck with it, give me a shout if you run into any issues ( mmm, need to dig VAXen out and play again ;-) ) Cheers Dave Visit our website at http://www.ubswarburg.com This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. This message is provided for informational purposes and should not be construed as a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or related financial instruments.

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VAXstation newbie

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

Alan Pearson wrote: >Finding a VAX that's small enough for "Al's Toy Barn" hasn't been easy, they >don't seem to be that common here in the UK (UK classiccmpers correct me if >I'm wrong, and please point me in the right direction ;-)). I occasionally come across them via newsgroups; they also crop up on ebay. They aren't *that* hard to find. >The box I'm getting is just that - no monitor/keyboard/mouse etc - I've read >that you can use the printer port for the console so I'm planning using Correct. Flip up S3 at the back. if you have the original case style then the switch is not exposed externally and you have to remove the case to get to it. >emulator. I guess I need a null modem cable to hook the 3100 up to whatever >I'm using for the terminal, right? Yes. I forget if it's MMJ or DB25 but the details should be in the OpenVMS FAQ anyway. >There's no backup media for the OS - any ideas where I'd get VMS on >floppies? You jest :-) >(It has a floppy drive, no CD). Or do I need to hook up a CD? Hook up a CD and get a hobbyist licence. Then you can borrow media from anyone. >Also, does anyone know what version of VMS shipped with the 3100s? The first version of VMS to support the VS3100s was V5.1B. Antonio arcarlini(a)iee.org

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Stan Veit's History of the PC Books - Blow Out - $4 Shipped!

by MTPro＠aol.com

<<Do you have any more of these? I enjoyed the one I had, but a friend would like one. Thank you, P Manney >> Hi there, I do still have copies left and the offer still stands for any subscribers of the list. $4 covers the book with shipping by USPS Media Mail to anywhere in the US, international buyers will pay $2.50 plus actual shipping. If you've never checked out this book, grab a copy now, it's worth the read! Thanks for asking! Best, David David Greelish Classic Computing www.classiccomputing.com "classiccomputing" on eBay - ----- Original Message ----- From: <MTPro(a)aol.com> To: <classiccmp-digest(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 10:32 AM Subject: Stan Veit's History of the PC Books - Blow Out - $4 Shipped! > I have a number of brand new copies I'd like to move out. This is a super > deal just for classiccmp subscribers. Please e-mail me! > For more info on the book, see: > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1289515294 > Best, David > > David Greelish > Classic Computing > www.classiccomputing.com > "classiccomputing" on eBay

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Fwd: FS: NeXT stuff

by doc＠mdrconsult.com

Thought the NeXT-heads might be interested. I could probably help with pickup & shipping, if needed. Doc From: Jon <jon(a)slurpee.org> Newsgroups: austin.forsale,dfw.forsale Subject: FS: NeXT stuff Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 14:52:06 -0600 I have 5 next cubes, 2 slabs (mono), 2 keyboards, and 1 monitor (dont know if it works). I have some other stuff too, so if you want we can kind of fish through the stuff and see what works. 1 of the cubes doesnt have anything in it, 3 are cubes, and one is a computer (all the cubes are upgraded computers... just for those of you who might be confused, the computer was the 68030 that came in the cube shaped case, and the cube was the 68040 that came out later but still in the same style case). I also have 4 printers (I can part with two of them), but need to make sure they work. I also have a set of openstep documents (I'll be getting the software soon). Most of the cubes have hd's, some dont, and some have magneto drives and some dont... so first come first serve. I'm asking 60 for the cubes, 50 for the computer, and 35 for the empty case. send an e-mail to jon(a)slurpee.org if you're interested, and let me know if you need any other next stuff as I find it often. Thanks, jon

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Looking for a CR11 manual

by quapla＠xs4all.nl

Hello All, Is there someone on the list who can supply me with a photocopy of the wiring diagram of the cable used between the reader and the interface? I need to fabricate the cable. If you have some punched cards as well to spare that would be great! Thanks, Ed -- The Wanderer | Politici zijn gore oplichters. quapla(a)xs4all.nl | Europarlementariers: zakkenvullers http://www.xs4all.nl/~quapla | en neuspeuteraars. Unix Lives! M$ Windows is rommel! | Kilometerheffing : De overheid '97 TL1000S | weet waar je bent geweest!

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OT?: Iomega auction in SF

by jfoust＠threedee.com

A "$12 million" auction of Iomega's old factory equipment. The preliminary manifest shows a nice assortment of test equipment... http://www.charynauctions.com/upcoming/iomega_home.htm - John

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PDP-11 with real ADV11-C board still unhappy

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jan 20, 14:52, Tom Leffingwell wrote: > > Thanks. I tried all that, and then I moved the system home. [...] > I decided to hook back > up the external hardware that talks to the DRV11 and DRV11-B. (I hadn't > attached it since I got home). Sure enough, it worked. I assume the > vector address on the DRV11 had something to do with it, but why it got > that little bit futher with nothing but hauling the equipment around still > bothers me. Anyway, hopefully it will stay that way. Well done! You've fixed it ;-) Seriously, it's often stuff like that which catches us out. On the positive side, you've learned a few things, and had a bit of fun (depending on your definition of fun). -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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PDP-11 with real ADV11-C board still unhappy

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jan 17, 0:36, Tom Leffingwell wrote: > > I finally managed to obtain an ADV11-C without parting with a > large sum of money, but unfortunately, it didn't solve my problem. The > system still hangs at the same point it did when I used a DZ to "fake" the > ADV11 by setting its CSR to 770400. If I remove the ADV11, the program > runs, but it is forced into its simulate mode because the missing > hardware. I set the vector to the default on the DRV11, DRV11-B, and > ADV11-C. I didn't check the serial module though. Could this be a vector > setting problem, or do I have the wrong symptoms? Is there anything I can > learn by halting the system when its hung and looking at addresses in > memory? Probably, but I'm not sure what :-) You could try halting it and see if i always halts in the same place(s). If so, it would be worth looking to see if you can figure out what instructions it executing at that point. It might be a WAIT or a polling loop. Also look at the vectors in low memory (from locations 0 to about 20), and the vectors for the devices you have in the system. They should point to somewhere in the program. > I did try doing a "770400/" and it returned 000000, with the > module out it gives a ?, so that seems good. 770402, the data buffer > returns 007777. Sounds like you have it set up correctly, at least as far as addressing is concerned. > Does anyone know what to try next? I'm running out of ideas. > The only difference between my system and the one I'm trying to replace is > that the backplane is 4 slot instead of 9, I don't have a BDV11-A like the > original had, and I have a DSD systems generic RX02, instead of the real > DEC M8029. Also, do the limit of backplane space, my modules are in a > slightly different order. The order of the modules shouldn't matter, though it's best to have CPU-memory-serial followed by whatever device needs highest priority response. I expect the DSD RX02 controller works just like a DEC one as far as addresses and interrupts are concerned, so that's unlikely to matter. The BDV11 is another story, though. It includes a line-time clock, and your system may need that. IIRC, it's controlled by a combination of a switch on the BDV11, a bit in a register on the BDV11, and the LTC switch on the front panel. All of those have to be enabled, and the BDV11 must be present, for the clock to run. I have seen systems that boot but then hang if the software needs a clock but it's not present or is disabled. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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Security bits and screws

by jfoust＠threedee.com

At 12:40 AM 1/20/2002 -0600, Tothwolf wrote: >On Sat, 19 Jan 2002, John Foust wrote: >> I've always wanted a bit set that will disassemble the >> McDonald's Happy Meal toys. They almost always have a >> screw with a triangular hole, perhaps rounded at the bottom. >> What are those called? Trilobe? > >That's fastener takes a tri-wing bit. They make about 5-7 different sizes >of them IIRC. Ah, that's the rub: I'd been expecting to see a security bit shaped like the triangular hole, but you're saying the tri-wing (with three vanes from the center) is the proper bit for those screws... - John

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RT 6150 Docs (and mouse??)

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

In a message dated 1/20/2002 2:58:31 AM Eastern Standard Time, doc(a)mdrconsult.com writes: << Hi. Does anyone have pointers for detailed documentation? A mouse, maybe? And which operating system - AIX v2.2, BSD4.3, or AOS - do I want to run? I'm leaning toward AIX, mostly because I work with "modern" AIX, but I'm plenty willing to take suggestions. For that matter, what *is* AOS, anyway? I just found out that I got in first claim for a functional RT 6150. I can't pick it up till tomoroww afternoon, though.... The guy who's giving it away says he "has no boot disk, but it starts up just fine."!? He also thinks it has 3 drives and is maxed out on memory. It comes with a display and keyboard, but no docs and no mouse. I've been googling, and there are a lot of mentions of it, but no real information. >> The ez way to tell an RT mouse is that it will have 2 round buttons like eyes. There is an RT newsgroup that has ontopic postings every once in a while so you can ask there for questions. Did you get the desktop or tower form factor? Desktop can only have 1 drive AFAIK. 16meg is the max mem i believe. Mine has a MDA so I can run text only but am getting a Megapel for it soon. Not rare machines, but I've never seen any besides the one I have. I'd hate to pay shipping for it though, extremely heavy! -- Antique Computer Virtual Museum www.nothingtodo.org

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RT 6150 Docs (and mouse??)

by doc＠mdrconsult.com

Hi. Does anyone have pointers for detailed documentation? A mouse, maybe? And which operating system - AIX v2.2, BSD4.3, or AOS - do I want to run? I'm leaning toward AIX, mostly because I work with "modern" AIX, but I'm plenty willing to take suggestions. For that matter, what *is* AOS, anyway? I just found out that I got in first claim for a functional RT 6150. I can't pick it up till tomoroww afternoon, though.... The guy who's giving it away says he "has no boot disk, but it starts up just fine."!? He also thinks it has 3 drives and is maxed out on memory. It comes with a display and keyboard, but no docs and no mouse. I've been googling, and there are a lot of mentions of it, but no real information. This is kind of a special score. I never used computers at all till late '95, and started building my own in '96. That spring, I went to pick up a video card from a guy who had an RT 6151, and it was the first time I really grasped that the world wasn't all Mac & PC. I've wanted one ever since. I guess all things come to those who lurk. Doc

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How much?

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On January 18, Julius Sridhar wrote: > > > How much would you pay for a VAX 7000-650? > > > > As much as I could afford to blow on it at the time. I'd love to have a VAX 7000. :) > > Well, the question's kinda moot, since I've decided not to sell it. Excellent! Now maybe I can get an account on it! 8-) (Just pickin' on you, Sridhar!) -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

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Collections vs. accumulations, was Re: How many collectors?

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> > > Does anyone know what sort of machine is in the car's > > > onboard controller? A few pictures I've found make them > > > look like PC104's. These machines are hitting zero value > > > quickly and may not last 10 years unless picked up now. > > > > What car? They don't all use the same controllers, you know... > > Want a fuel injection "brain" from a 1968 VW Squareback? Had Bosch come up with EFI already by 1968? Every VW (and Audi & MB, etc) of that vintage that I've seen used CIS, which was a purely mechanical system. I have seen a 1969 Audi Super 90 (wagon) that had an aftermarket Capacitative Discharge Ignition (CDI) System... by 1974, Audis had those as stock, while CIS was still 1 year off... My 1986 Audi 5000 CS Turbo Quattro uses a Motorola 6802-based controller... very simple to upgrade, too.... ;-) -dq

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looking for DEC VR160 monitor

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

Hey folks. I'd like to find a DEC VR160 monitor (19" mono) at some point. Does anyone have one that they want to get rid of? -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

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OS/2 V3 and Memory

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

Stupid question. Is there some kind of memory limit in OS/2 Warp V3. For some reason the system I've got thinks it has 48MB, and unless I'm mistaken it has 192MB of RAM. Zane -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |

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Toshiba T3100/20

by mhstein＠canada.com

Good advice; check that the switch is set to PRT, and replace the battery; If you can't find (or afford) the correct replacement, AAA Alkalines will indeed work well, and even AA's will just fit. However, once properly configured, it should work even with a dead battery, at least until you turn it off again. Use F10 after you set the configuration, not F1. The hard disk should be set to 11 if it's the standard disk. Also, you may find it easier to just remove the keyboard to replace the battery; 3 screws under the front and a couple of tabs to release in the display latch compartment; remove the keyboard & the shield, and you'll find the battery behind the keyboard on the right. As Chris will confirm, you should remove the dead battery ASAP to avoid corrosion problems. Good luck; I've got a T3100 if I can help. mike -------------------Original Message-------------------- From: CLeyson(a)aol.com Subject: Re: Toshiba T3100/20 In a message dated 19/01/02 driess94(a)dolfijn.nl writes: > HEllo, I have bought a Toshiba T3100/20 but it won't start. Stefan, This may help, it applies to a Toshiba T3200SX so may be of some use. If there is a small switch located near the floppy drive, set it to 'B' or 'PRT'. This switch configures the parallel port for printer or external floppy drive. If it's set to 'A' the bios goes looking on the parallel port for the A drive. The machine should now boot from a DOS boot disk. Bios settings. If the T3100 is anything like the T3200 then it is likely that there is a default bios setting for the hard drive. Try this setting. If there isn't a default setting you will have to open the machine up and see what HDD is fitted. You'll have to do this anyway to replace the battery. Getting the case apart. On the top of the case, at the rear, there are two small covers which slide off to reveal hidden screws. Undo all of the screws on the underside, take of the rear cover and metal panel and the case should come apart. The battery is probably stuck onto the back of the floppy drive chassis with Velcro. (The T3200's only bad feature in my opinion). If you need to take the display apart, the screws are located under the rubber 'feet' located in the corners and underneath the label marked FDD, HDD etc. A pair of AAA sized Alkaline cells will do as a temporary replacement CMOS backup battery. There is enough room under the keyboard for them.

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HP III PS claimed

by lemay＠cs.umn.edu

The postscript level 2 and the memory card have been claimed. Apparently there are quite a few people still using HP III's out there ;) -Lawrence LeMay

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