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

by ethan_dicks＠yahoo.com

> > I want to have as many different kinds of segments on my network > > as I can manage, which means running a model 95 OS/2 system to bridge > > between 10bt and tokenring on twinax. > > To round out that heterogeny, you need a set of Thomas-Conrad ARCNet > cards (unless you can find 20Mbps-Datapoint cards), a passive hub, > and a serial-port-based Token-ring network that uses software written > in Russia. The Russian software lets you host drives that are actually > shares from other machines! > > You'll want to use a Mac to bridge Ethernet to Localtalk, if you > can find the software... > > What else? > > -dq How about bisync or SNA? At one place, we used to have a VAX HASP point-to- point network for file transfer (it's easy when you don't have to buy the hardware or software). DEC used to make an ethernet to SNA gateway based on the uVAXII, didn't they? -ethan ===== Visit "The Seventh Continent" http://penguincentral.com/penguincentral.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

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Versatec board (ID and claim it)

by jss＠ou.edu

I have a board that describes itself as: VERSATEC LSI 11 DIFF INTF 22 BIT ADDRESS G10-024898- I believe it is an interface to some sort of hard copy device. If anyone wants it, it is theirs for the price of shipping. -- Jeffrey S. Sharp jss(a)ou.edu

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Trip to London, want BBC Micro stuff...

by AlistairMacDonald＠economist.com

=== ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk 26/06/2001 20:58:26 === > >> On Mon, 25 Jun 2001 18:40:44 +0100 (BST) Tony Duell >> Tony, any sign of a secondhand chain called Cash Converters >> in the London area? The big Bristol branch has closed, but > >Cash Converters were still going a couple of weeks back, so unless >they've closed very recently they are still trading. Cash Converters is a franchised operation. >But their prices >tend to be out-of-this-world (No, I don't think a battered C64 is worth >50 quid, OK...). I think I've found exactly one bargain in that chain >over the years. A lot depends upon how clued up the individual store is, and how much of a particular type of equipment is being sold in the area. >They may be the only shop where you will find classic computers, though. If you find anything other than consoles, or the occasional PsionII I'd be very surprised. Alistair

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Request for those skilling in locating odd bits-

by xds_sigma7＠hotmail.com

I believe there is an x-ray machine in my ex-girlfriends' parents' garage.. I need to get the rest of my Wang out of her garage anyways, so I can check if you want... Will J _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

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2 DEC DEREP and 2 VS240-B in Kansas City

by mmcfadden＠cmh.edu

I just came across at the local computer surplus a pair of DEC DEREP's. Some kind of network repeater. I also saw two VS240-B boxes. I haven't found the monitor. Anybody want me to pick them up. Mike mmcfadden(a)cmh.edu

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X-10 (was Re: controlling power)

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On June 27, Tony Duell wrote: > [1] Wintel, only, alas. Totally useless to me. There are "generic serial" interfaces now...PIC12C508-based, of course, and very tiny, with documented control protocols. The X10 people have bought VERY LARGE CLUES, and I'm very happy about it. > > They're all PIC-based, by the way...the modern dimmer modules contain > > 12c508 chips. > > I am not suprised. I think they used to be based on some kind of ASIC, > but it would make sense for them to use PICs now. I use a very nice commercial C compiler/dev environment for my PIC hacking, the PCW system from CCS. (see http://www.ccsinfo.com/picc.html) This system contains dozens of code snippets that implement practical examples of how to do things with PICs and their compiler. One of the examples is the X10 protocol. Very handy. (I don't work for CCS, I'm just a very happy customer!) -Dave McGuire

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Punched card readers

by jhellige＠earthlink.net

>>>Does anyone know where to find a punched card reader >>>these days? I'm looking for a small desktop unit that >>>I could interface to a PC. >> >> I know that Harris sold a very small table top unit that was >>used by the US Navy with the Harris SNAP-II mini. You might be able >>to find one someplace that deals with government surplus. > >Yes, but wasn't that a single card at a time, and hand fed? Or was there >another model? Yes, it was only single-feed, through a slot in the front of the box. I mentioned it though because he didn't specify a specific type and figured he might be able to find one with a little checking. Afterall, there are still ships using the Harris mini's as far as I know. I've not heard that Snap-II had been totally phased out of use yet. Jeff

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Whats a reasonable collection?

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

In a message dated 6/27/01 4:42:35 AM Central Daylight Time, mikeford(a)socal.rr.com writes: << >BTW, I'm also very fond of MCA. Just glad I haven't got on my own desktop. =) A model 9595 was the first computer I was really impressed with mechanically when I opened it up. Its built like a Porsche, and actually LOOKS good internally. I have a couple dozen of various models, with about a dozen 9595 servers. One of my big scores in the auction last month was a box of 3Com MCA 10bt cards I had been trying to buy for a year or two. >> I've enough MCA goodies to fill an entire room. My favourites are the 95xx series, since they are a bit more modern with the IML partition and all that. One of my neatest machines is the "E" machine and an ultimedia model with the MO disk drive and the video capture card, all running perfectly under OS/2.

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And The Award for Best ClassicCmp Troll...

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

...has to go to Will Jennings, who most certainly must have realized the traffic it would generate. Tee hee. =dq

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On Topic: power control

by fmc＠reanimators.org

"Steve Robertson" <steven_j_robertson(a)hotmail.com> wrote (after me): > >The sticky bit would be that the 3000's terminal I/O is essentially > >one-way-at-a-time: if the terminal device doesn't have a read request > >posted, then most data sent from the attached device will be discarded > With the exception of a few watchdog functions (which I wouldn't be using > anyway), all OPTO22 communications are done through polling. So, that > shouldn't be too big a hurdle. Maybe, maybe not. Remember that the terminal I/O device can only do one thing at a time. If you've done a write to send the poll request, you don't have a read pending and it will take you a little while to start the read. If your OPTO22 widget starts sending its response before you get that read up then you will lose some or all of the response. It is possible to get the 3000 to indicate when it's got the read up by sending a read trigger character. The typical read trigger character is DC1 (control-Q) on terminal types 9 and 10 (among others), but this is changeable somewhat if you fuss around with the workstation configurator (TTUTIL.PUB.SYS?) and make up a new terminal type definition file which you then associate with a terminal device through SYSDUMP. The intended use of the read trigger character is telling the HP terminals when they can start a block-mode transfer, but there's no reason you can't abuse it for your own purposes. -Frank McConnell

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X-10 (was Re: controlling power)

by AlistairMacDonald＠economist.com

=== ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk 27/06/2001 00:25:35 > >> On June 26, Richard Erlacher wrote: >> > communication via the power mains, isn't it? My notion to date has been that >> > the X-10 stuff is a mite costly, considering that one could hook up a triac, an >> > MOC30-something isolated triac driver, and a PIC, e.g. one of the 14-pin or >> > even 8-pin parts, and put the thing in the box with the switch. >> >> Costly? A 300W dimmer module costs like nine bucks. When I add up the > >This probably explains why X10 is not at all popular in the UK (and yes, >a 230V version does exist). I seem to remember that last time I looked at >the price of the modules they were all about \pounds 40.00 each. And the >computer [1] interface was about \pounds 90.00. I decided it was going to >be far too expensive for me to use. I checked with them, and they sent me a list of their European suppliers once. (They also put me on one of their spam lists - not just their spam, but their 3rd party European suppliers one too ....) When I queried the large jump in costs they tried to blame the need for 230V PSUs instead of 110V. Something else to consider is that a lot of the items are not approved for use in the EU. (One of their UK suppliers happens to list the approval status - don't ask me which) Alistair

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X-10 (was Re: controlling power)

by steven_j_robertson＠hotmail.com

>RS not only house brands theirs but they also get them from China and they >don't last long. None of the ones that I've gotten from RS have lasted >more than a couple of months and at least half of them die within a week. >Lesson: Don't buy anything from RS! X-10 has licensed it's technology to >Levitron, RS and a number of other companies so they're all interchangeable >but there's a big differrence in the quality of the parts. > Joe You live in the lightning capitol of the world. That could be a factor! Just wondering, how many modems you've had to replace? SteveRob _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

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Request for those skilling in locating odd bits-

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> I am looking for a real x-ray generator- Modifying kitchen > appliances or using thyratrons coated with magnesium won't due. I have > x-ray tubes and all the rest, but the power supply is the toasted bit. I recall an article in a late-50s/early-60s issue of Scientific American that detailed the construction of an X-Ray machine. hth, -doug q

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6502 software update?

by paul＠orchard.wccnet.org

Has there been any progress on the 6502 Tiny Basic and Focal software? Paul R. Santa-Maria

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cw2dmk 1.6: now does RX02 also

by tim.mann＠compaq.com

I've updated the cw2dmk program to version 1.6. This is a program that uses the Catweasel ISA disk controller to read disk formats that are hard or impossible to read with an ordinary PC floppy disk controller. The new version adds a few features, among them the ability to read the DEC RX02 double density format. See http://www.tim-mann.org/trs80resources.html Source code is included under the GPL, so those who prefer to build their own hardware instead of buying a Catweasel (let's not start *that* debate again) may find it of some use too. Tim Mann tim.mann(a)compaq.com http://www.tim-mann.org Compaq Computer Corporation, Systems Research Center, Palo Alto, CA

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Silent 700 Model 707

by fwhite＠pobox.com

I picked up a TI Silent 700 model 707 recently (a nice, small variant with built-in modem, see http://pobox.com/~fmw/misc/Silent700.jpg), with hopes of converting to use as a direct line serial terminal. Before I open it up and poke around, does anyone already know how to do this? Portwise, there are two RJ11 ports (phone&wall) and a 6-pin acoustic coupler port of unknown pinout. Thanks Fredric White

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preserving / ressurecting old docs?

by mrbill＠mrbill.net

As mentioned previously, I've registered DECDOCS.ORG, and have started the tedious task of scanning in all the documentation I have. I'm about halfway through scanning the '69 DEC Logic Handbook (positive logic edition), by laying the book as flat as possible (not using the scanner top cover), and scanning 2 pages at once. Some of the pages are starting to come unglued, and I'd like to avoid destroying the book while archiving it. Any suggestions on what to use to re-glue the pages, or rebinding, etc? I've got quite a pile of these handbooks and will be doing the same (scanning) to them, but this is definitely the oldest / most fragile handbook in the collection. Thanks for any tips. Bill -- Bill Bradford mrbill(a)mrbill.net Austin, TX

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On Topic: power control

by steven_j_robertson＠hotmail.com

>From: Mike Ford <mikeford(a)socal.rr.com> >Reply-To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org >To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org >Subject: Re: power control >Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 16:34:13 -0700 > > >But as I said, it depends on what you want to do. If all the devices are > >close together, a simple relay-driver + relays might is probably the > >Do you know what I mean by, the urge to engineer? It is the irresistable >force that makes us tinkering types want to make something instead of doing >it. ;) > >Maybe that is why I have ended up doing process control work so many times. >Its just fun to turn stuff on and off with the computer, and the bigger the >mess of stuff, the better. > You might consider OPTP22 devices. I'm currently working on a home automation project using OPTO22 technology. I have found them to be easy to interface, flexible, cost effective, and very reliable. The devices are controlled via a RS422 serial interface (easily converted to RS232) and drivers are available for a number of OSs including DOS, WINDOWS, and Linux. The protocols aren't that complex so writing your own driver, if one is not available, wouldn't be too difficult. Most of the work I've done so far is basic experimentation and prototyping. I currently have a OPTO22 controller interfaced to a HP 9000/832 running HP-UX 10.20. It can turn on and off a few lights, measure the temperature in the house, etc... All the collected data is captured into an Informix DB. The application(s) are written in PERL / CGI and I have put together a rudimentary web interface. I don't have a static IP otherwise, I'd publish the address so others could see the system in operation. My ultimate goal is to build an automated Printed Circuit Board drilling machine using a classic HP 3000 MPE computer running COBOL. I'm not sure if OPTO22 is suitable for that application or not, I'll need to do a lot more experimentation to make that determination. If it's too difficult, I may wind up using a STD BUS computer as a smart controller/interface between the drilling machine and the 3000. FWIW: All the hardware I'm running is over 10 years old so, it is on topic. With the exception of the 9000, most of it is closer to 20 years old. SteveRob _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

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More free stuff...

by fmc＠reanimators.org

Bill Pechter <pechter(a)bg-tc-ppp1654.monmouth.com> wrote: > Sounds like a Bay Networks router or ethernet bridge... > They were bought by Nortel... good luck finding docs. > Souns like it may be a late 1980's or early 1990's piece... similar > to Cisco AGS routers. Furthermore, Bay Networks was formed from a merger/acquisition between two previously-separate companies: Synoptics and Wellfleet. That happened in the mid-1990s sometime, maybe 1994 or 1995? I don't remember. -Frank McConnell

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Paging: John Lawson

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

Hi, Bruce. On Jun 26, 7:24, Bruce Lane wrote: > Please pardon the page, gang... > > John? Do you copy? If you would, please try to send E-mail to my > kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com address once again. I've received a firmware > update from Zyxel that should, supposedly, have fixed that SMTP problem. Well, I ain't John, but since I also had the same problem, I figure it won't hurt to test it... -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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A little OT: List of users who is getting CSA Software/Manuals/Inmos Books

by rmeenaks＠olf.com

Hi, Just to make it clear, all the transputer stuff is now gone. Here is a list of people and who is getting what: Hans Franke - one box of CSA transputer software Tony Eros - one box of CSA transputer software + Inmos ANSI C manuals Graham Scott - one box of CSA transputer software Michael Haas - one box of CSA transputer software + CSA transputer manuals Danny Rafferty - one box of CSA transputer software Dave Lowry - one box of CSA transputer software Jeff Shaw - one box of CSA transputer software If you have not already done so, please send me your addresses, so that I can find out what the shipping costs are. For others who werent so lucky, most of the software or equivalent to can be downloaded from my website at http://members.nbci.com/transputer. For others who is looking for a transputer, but doesnt have one, I suggest you take a look at the "transputing without transputers" section on my website..... Cheers, Ram

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X-10 (was Re: controlling power)

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On June 26, Eric Chomko wrote: > > > hey do you have any ideas about using relays or some thing connected > > >to a parallel or aerial port to control the power to an outlet, you know > > >like a dimmer switch controlling motors ETC if you have any thought > > >or ideas I'd be glad to hear them. > > > > X10, why reinvent the wheel? > > Does anyone on this list use X-10 in one of their systems? And if so, > what for? Just curious. I use it to control most of the lights in my house...I like it a lot. -Dave McGuire

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Whats a reasonable collection?

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On June 26, Russ Blakeman wrote: > I feel bad...Only 20 functionals in the house, but I do have over 150 > varying PC's in my storage building, mostly PS/2's.... Wow, neat, why so many PS/2's? Do you just like 'em, or are you planning something diabolical? ;) -Dave McGuire

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On Topic: power control

by steven_j_robertson＠hotmail.com

> >The sticky bit would be that the 3000's terminal I/O is essentially >one-way-at-a-time: if the terminal device doesn't have a read request >posted, then most data sent from the attached device will be discarded >(the exceptions being break and subsystem break indications). And >trying to do anything else with the terminal device will involve >aborting the read request, doing the something else, and starting a new >read request. > >If the OPTO22 protocol can work around this, you're probably OK. >Otherwise, you will probably need to build a front-end processor of >some sort. > >If you have questions, feel free to ask, but my COBOL is rustier than >my SPL, and so I will probably present terminal I/O examples in the >latter with heavy [ab]use of MPE intrinsics. > With the exception of a few watchdog functions (which I wouldn't be using anyway), all OPTO22 communications are done through polling. So, that shouldn't be too big a hurdle. Since I've never done any terminal I/O programming on the 3000, I decided to start with the 9000 which is much more familiar. Once I have a proof of concept running, I can port it back to the older box. SteveRob _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

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Dutch auction for 20 T8 transputer cpus on ebay....

by rmeenaks＠olf.com

Hi, A dutch auction for 20 T800 Transputer chips is currently running: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1250072346 Its a bit pricey IMHO, but with the shortage of T8s in general, it should go pretty fast. Any commercial users of transputers out there???? Ram -- ,,,, /'^'\ ( o o ) -oOOO--(_)--OOOo------------------------------------- | Ram Meenakshisundaram | | Senior Software Engineer | | OpenLink Financial Inc | | .oooO Phone: (516) 227-6600 x267 | | ( ) Oooo. Email: rmeenaks(a)olf.com | ---\ (----( )-------------------------------------- \_) ) / (_/

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stuff for sale and some free, plus shipping

by chomko＠greenbelt.com

I have the following items for sale: TTY paper canary yellow. See at: http://www.greenbelt.com/chomko/images/TTYrolls2.jpg $5 a roll, plus $5 shipping per roll in the continental US. Also, for free, but pay shipping: Sun Node Warrrior boards. See at: http://www.greenbelt.com/chomko/images/SunNodeWarrior.JPG free!, plus actual shipping.

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Looking for info - En-link Ethernet card for the Apple II

by jhellige＠earthlink.net

>I'm actually interested in one for purposes of data conversion (his card >will allow a 3.5" drive to be connected to an SS-50 machine). From what he said a couple of days ago, it was working well on his 6800 and a 6809 but that he was having intermittent problems while formatting on a S/09. I've been considering one myself, due to how flexible it is, once he works out the remaining bugs. He said there shouldn't be any compatibility problems between the board and most OS's. Jeff

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Freebies in London, UK

by mark＠mtapley2.space.swri.edu

All, but particularly the UK readers, You've probably already seen this, but today on comp.sys.dec and comp.sys.dec.micro respectively, I saw the below announcements. I have some interest, but probably not as much as the cost of shipping, in Rainbow manuals (but I'd rather ard gets 'em, he'll appreciate them better) DEC kb and mouse (to go with my VAX 4000 VLC) AIX 3.x manuals (a lab here has an AIX 3.2 machine with no manuals): so if anyone picks up the pile and is willing to investigate shipping to San Antonio, TX, I'm mildly curious as to the cost. - Mark ---------------------------------------------------------- Path: sn-us!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!195.224.53.60!nntp.news.xara.net!xara.net!gxn.net!server6.netnews.ja.net!server4.netnews.ja.net!jura.cc.ic.ac.uk!anahata.ma.ic.ac.uk!andy From: andy thomas <andy(a)ic.ac.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.sys.sun.wanted,comp.unix.aix Subject: Free manuals and kit Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 12:21:13 +0100 Organization: Imperial College, London, UK Reply-To: <andy.thomas(a)ic.ac.uk> During a clear-out I came across a lot of manuals for DEC and Sun kit we no longer have. Some of this is brand new and has never been taken out of its shrink-wrapping so it would be a shame to throw it away if someone has a use for it. If anyome wants. it they're welcome to it for free. We have the following: IBM AIX: various AIX 3.x manuals, application manuals, etc too numerous to list here DEC: manual sets for VR-319 monochrome monitor, RRD42 CD-ROM drive, DEC 3000 AXP models 400 and 600, manuals for the various Elsa graphics cards fitted to PWS 500's and XP1000's Sun: One complete documentation set for SunOS 4.1.3, several complete manual sets for SparcStation 1 and ELC 1 I've also got some hardware I don't want: DEC: One LA75 printer, three DEC Station 3100's (MIPS CPU) complete with disks (Ultrix 4.2) but various hardware faults, various DEC keyboards & mice. Sun: several SparcStation 1's (one is in working order with a noisy disk but the others have various faults), several Sun 17SMM1 monitors, three Sun EXP-2 external SCSI disk expansion units complete with disks and various Sun keyboards and mice. I'm located in Londion, UK. Please use my reply-to address (andy.thgomas(a)ic.ac.uk) as my from-address is broken (no time to fix my sendmail!). Andy ---------------- and ----------------------- Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro Subject: Re: DEC Rainbow Hard disks, rainbow software archive, reading rainbow floppies Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 11:52:56 +0100 Organization: Imperial College, London, UK Lines: 23 ... Reply-To: <andy.thomas(a)ic.ac.uk> On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, B'ichela wrote: > =09Hmm. I got a rainbow 100A With the Color/Graphics card but no > hard drives (although at least a second RX50 would be great! I've got an RX50 in good working order that I don't want. Whereabouts are you? I've also got the full set of DEC service manuals, schematics, etc for both the 100A and 100B, IPBs (illustrated parts breakdowns) which cost cost me well over UK =A3100 back in 1987. Any use to anyone? I gave my 3 Rainbows (one with 44 MB hard disk, colour graphics, VR-241 monitor, 3.5" I-drive, etc), Code Blue, all software, etc to a guy called Antonio who worked for Cabletron Systems in Reading, England sometime in 1997 or 1998. This was shortly after DEC bought up Cabletron but before Compaq in turn took them over - I don't know if he still reads this newsgroup. Andy

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preserving / ressurecting old docs?

by mmcfadden＠cmh.edu

R.D. Davis wrote >What we need is a method of good-quality printing, useful for archival >quality, that's reasonably affordable to most people who already own >computers. >Like manhy others here have most likely experienced, I've had >laser-printed pages stick together, injet printed pages become >unreadable when they get a little to damp, and dot-matrix output fade >out. >Suggestions? Maybe there would be a way to load archival quality ink into an inkjet cartridge and then print the documents on acid-free paper. I purchased 3 non-working HP 1200C printers for $20, included cartridges. They have cartridges for each color ink. I'll bet they might clog if not cleaned correctly. You could also perhaps find pens for a HP or other plotter containing archival quality ink and then plot the documents on acid free paper. I know you can get acid free plotting paper, the land plats I occasionally see are drawn on linen or cotton paper. I've seen 60 year old copies that look great. The modern ones are drawn by a plotter. Hire a team of scribes to read and transcribe the documents on vellum, any illumination would be a plus.:) After some thought and research I have found the following: Pointer to image permanence institute at Rochester Institute of Technology. http://www.rit.edu/~661www1/ Pointer to archival quality inks for inkjet printers. http://www.tssphoto.com/sp/dg/archival_inks/color.html Pointer about lifetimes of inks and papers for inkjets, may be more image oriented than text http://www.tssphoto.com/sp/dg/news/Wilhelm062000.pdf Mike mmcfadden(a)cmh.edu

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Ethan?

by jim＠calico.litterbox.com

Ethan, I tried to reply to your private e-mail, but it bounced. the address is the iname one. -- Jim Strickland jim(a)DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- BeOS Powered! -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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On Topic: power control

by fmc＠reanimators.org

"Steve Robertson" <steven_j_robertson(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > My ultimate goal is to build an automated Printed Circuit Board drilling > machine using a classic HP 3000 MPE computer running COBOL. I'm not sure if > OPTO22 is suitable for that application or not, I'll need to do a lot more > experimentation to make that determination. If it's too difficult, I may > wind up using a STD BUS computer as a smart controller/interface between the > drilling machine and the 3000. The sticky bit would be that the 3000's terminal I/O is essentially one-way-at-a-time: if the terminal device doesn't have a read request posted, then most data sent from the attached device will be discarded (the exceptions being break and subsystem break indications). And trying to do anything else with the terminal device will involve aborting the read request, doing the something else, and starting a new read request. If the OPTO22 protocol can work around this, you're probably OK. Otherwise, you will probably need to build a front-end processor of some sort. If you have questions, feel free to ask, but my COBOL is rustier than my SPL, and so I will probably present terminal I/O examples in the latter with heavy [ab]use of MPE intrinsics. -Frank McConnell

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Bay Networks

by ken＠seefried.com

>BTW, does anyone know anything about Bay networking systems? Err...too much. I've got some clients running them, and I've done several non-trivial networks using them. >I once bought a big, white case at the fleamarket, which had >been in service at a power station. One label said "LAN BRIDGE >REPEATER" or something to that effect, and when I finally wedged >it open, it seemed to be a VME system. The "main" board had two >68020s, one at 16 and one at 20 or 24 MHz. The system >also had a floppy drive, which was accessed at startup, and spome >status lights. Other boards had several serial ports, AUI and some >other ports which I couldn't recognise. They are VME (sorta), and long ago obsoleted. You had a really old one; they matched Motorola pretty close as far as processors, eventually being one of the few big adopters of the 68060. Backplane ran down the middle. You plugged a processor card in one side, and a ports card in the other, for each slot. Ran from, as I recall, a one slot fixed unit to a 13 slot monster (BN/BLN). The OS they ran was loosely multiprocessing, with an image running on each processor card. This allowed you to reboot a single processor board without bringing the whole box down (well...there were caveats, especially if you were running OSPF). Nice boxes, in many ways better than the competing Cisco product. As an aside, unless you were really good at remembering SNMP OID strings, you configured the things with a tool called Site Manager. This is *still* one of the worst pieces of software I've ever used; they've done nothing to fix it in a decade. And every different version of the router code required a different version of Site Manager; little or no forward or backward compatability. >Bay have since been bought by another companym which in turn has >been bought by yet another, which made finding information about >it quite impossible. Why do people feel such a desire to dismantle >the web sites of conquered companies? It's more complicated than that. That router was actualy produced by Wellfleet, who later merged with Synoptics to form Bay Networks. Bay was later purchased by Nortel Networks, who is now in the process of trying not to go out of business. A search for "Wellfleet router" should give you sufficient info. Ken Seefried, CISSP

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BIG haul of DEC docs!

by mrbill＠mrbill.net

I just got an incredible haul of DEC docs in the mail. Once I get through scanning these and putting them up as .pdf's on DECDOCS.ORG (which I just registered), the actual handbooks, etc, themselves will need a good home, and I dont have space for them - but I refuse to toss stuff like this away. I'd like to trade them for other DEC PDP stuff if possible. So, if anybody's interested, please let me know. I'll be done with these in a month or so, assuming I get plenty of time to use my scanner. The list: Everything is in "Good" or better condition, given some yellowing of the pages due to age, of course. Only one of the handbooks has a torn cover, and its only slightly dog-eared. Handbooks: Year Title ------------- 69 Digital Logic Handbook 70 Digital Logic Handbook 70 Laboratory Computer Handbook (PDP-12) (x2) 70 PDP-8/E Small Computer Handbook 71 PDP-8/E & 8/M Small Computer Handbook 71 PDP-11/45 Processor Handbook 72 PDP-8 Programming Langugaes Handbook 72 Microcomputers and Memories 72 Logic System Design Handbook 72 PDP-11/40 Processor Handbook 72-73 PDP-11/45 and 11/50 System Maintenance Manual 73-74 Digital Logic Handbook 75 PDP-11/70 Processor Handbook 75-76 LSI-11 PDP-11/03 Processor Handbook (x2) 75-76 Digital Logic Handbook 76 RK11-D & RK11-E Moving Head Disk Drive Controller User's Manual 76 DR11-C General Device Interface (x2) 76 PDP-11 Software Handbook 76 PDP-11/34 Processor Handbook 76 PDP-11 Peripherals Handbook 76-77 Digital Logic Handbook 77 PDP-11/60 Processor Handbook 78 PDP-11 Processor Handbook (04/34/45/55/60) 78 Microcomputer Processors 78 PDP-11 Peripherals Handbook 79 RSX-11M System Generation and Management Guide 81 VAX Architecture Handbook 83 Cables: Handbook for the System Builder 83 PDP-11 Software Source Book Vol. 1: Application Software 83 PDP-11 Software Source Book Vol. 2: Systems Software 83 RSX-11M Mini Reference (in mini binder) 83-84 Micro PDP-11 Handbook 84 ULTRIX Software Guidebook 88-89 Software Handbook Catalogs: Year Title ------------- 82 DECdirect Spring 84-85 DECdirect Winter 87-88 DECdirect Plus Summer/Fall 88-89 DECdirect Plus Summer/Fall 88-89 DECdirect Plus Winter/Spring 85-86 DECdirect Plus Fall/Winter 84 Add-Ons and Upgrades 83 (May) Emulex Controller Handbook: Communication and Peripherals The Software Dispatch Review (bug reports): Year Title ------------- 1974 RSX-11D (Sep, Oct, Dec) 1975 RSX-11D (Jan, July) RSX-11D V6A (Oct) 1976 RSX-11D V6B (Jan) RSX-11D / IAS (Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec) 1977 RSX-11D / IAS (Jan, Feb, Mar, May, July, -- Bill Bradford mrbill(a)mrbill.net Austin, TX

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Paging: John Lawson

by kyrrin＠bluefeathertech.com

Please pardon the page, gang... John? Do you copy? If you would, please try to send E-mail to my kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com address once again. I've received a firmware update from Zyxel that should, supposedly, have fixed that SMTP problem. Thanks much. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies http://www.bluefeathertech.com // E-mail: kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com Amateur Radio: KC7GR, active since 12-77 (Extra class as of June-2K) "I'll get a life when someone demonstrates to me that it would be superior to what I have now..." (Gym Z. Quirk, aka Taki Kogoma).

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power control

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> >But as I said, it depends on what you want to do. If all the devices are > >close together, a simple relay-driver + relays might is probably the > > Do you know what I mean by, the urge to engineer? It is the irresistable > force that makes us tinkering types want to make something instead of doing > it. ;) > > Maybe that is why I have ended up doing process control work so many times. > Its just fun to turn stuff on and off with the computer, and the bigger the > mess of stuff, the better. Hey, I used to do distribution centers: sortation conveyors, vertical and horizontal carousels, pick stations, etc. We used Quatech boards with Opto 22 modules stuffed in IBM PS/2 Model 80s which we stuffed in turn in big Hoffman cabinets, and, contrary to my specs, unventilated. They ran like gangbusters! We'd gone in to Rose's Distribution center down in Raleigh-Duram area, and found they had to keep a $250,000 inventory of spares *just* for the custom controllers they used. We figured it would be a lot cheaper to keep a couple Model 80s and some Quatech I/O boards around. We were told that if we botched the timing of the sortation conveyor, that the whole line could "explode"; the contractor said he'd seen conveyor rollers embedded in a warehouse ceiling, once... Lights going on and off, arms swinging lanes shut, packages shuttling off into other lanes, etc. Some of the most fun I've had in computing! And all on-topic, as everything described in the list is > 10years old. Regards, -doug q

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More free stuff...

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jun 25, 14:20, Iggy Drougge wrote: > BTW, does anyone know anything about Bay networking systems? Who bought SynOptics, and were in turn bought by Nortel... > I once bought a big, white case at the fleamarket, which had been in service > at a power station. One label said "LAN BRIDGE REPEATER" or something to that > effect, and when I finally wedged it open, it seemed to be a VME system. The > "main" board had two 68020s, one at 16 and one at 20 or 24 MHz. The system > also had a floppy drive, which was accessed at startup, and spome status > lights. Other boards had several serial ports, AUI and some other ports which > I couldn't recognise. The case had once been rackmouted, and had the mounting > brackets still. Sounds quite similar to some of the older 3Com kit, such as the Netbuilder. I've not seen much old Bay Networks equipment, but if it's like the Netbuilder, then it was a modular device into which you could put various interfaces (on the Netbuilders, each has it's own processor, and the main board is used to provide management facilites). Mine has FDDI, 10baseFL, a couple of AUIs and BNCs for 10base2. It boots from a 4MB 3.5" ED floppy, and I use it as a router (depending on what you put in, it can be a repeater, bridge, or router). > Bay have since been bought by another companym which in turn has been bought > by yet another, which made finding information about it quite impossible. Why > do people feel such a desire to dismantle the web sites of conquered > companies? Standard problem :-( -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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preserving / ressurecting old docs?

by djg＠drs-esg.com

From: Bill Bradford <mrbill(a)mrbill.net> >On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 11:20:44PM -0400, David Gesswein wrote: >> My scans (and other peoples) >> http://www.pdp8.net/query_docs/query.shtml > >Thanks for the tips. Looks like you've already done quite a few of the >handbooks that I have - which will save some work. I'll also link to >your site from decdocs.org if thats okay with you. More links are always good. I was also planning to contact you about putting any 8 relevant docs in my database pointing to your site when you had them online. Also about the DEC copying notice >From ftp://ftp.dbit.com/pub/pdp8/doc/README >From the January 1985 Software Documentation Products Directory (EJ-26361-78), first page: 3. RIGHT TO COPY Beginning January 1, 1985, Digital customers are given a right to copy, at no charge, any Digital Archival Software Documentation Publication (excluding restricted or third party owned) that we no longer offer for sale. However, the copyright is retained as the exclusive property of Digital Equipment Corporation. David Gesswein http://www.pdp8.net/ -- Run an old computer with blinkenlights.

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BIG haul of DEC docs!

by jeff.kaneko＠juno.com

Innovation is irrelevent. Freedom is irrelevent. Death is irrelevent. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. On Mon, 25 Jun 2001 21:04:30 -0500 Michael Passer <mwp(a)acm.org> writes: > Let's have a moment of silence for the Alpha, and for DEC. > > /me removes hat and bows head. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeff Hellige" <jhellige(a)earthlink.net> > To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 8:32 PM > Subject: Re: BIG haul of DEC docs! > > > . . . In addition, over the course > > of the next > > 3-4 years, Compaq will migrate all of its server-based > technologies > > (including OpenVMS, Tru64 and its Linux work) to the Itanium > platform.> > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

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classiccmp-digest V1 #639

by andyh＠netcomuk.co.uk

> From: charles hobbs <chobbs(a)socal.rr.com> > Subject: Trip to London, want BBC Micro stuff... > This fall (Sept 29-Oct 3) I'll be in London...while I'm there, I'd like to > pick up some BBC Micro stuff (disk drives, software, etc. would be nice). ... > I know there are issues about charity shops selling electronic > equipment, though... Virtually no chance of finding such in a charity shop - much better chance at a boot fair (still not brilliant, but I tend to see Acorn stuff (Beeb/Master/Electron) at about 1 sale in 3 - Spectrums, Amigas, and STs are more common. Macs used never to be found, but I have seen quite a few recently. If you have use of a car I can let you know the locations of 4 or 5 big boot fairs in Essex. Get up early and you should be able to go round that many in a morning (most of them finish around midday). Andy

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Dallas module battery replacement...

by cbhargava＠hotmail.com

You can see http://www.bhargavaz.net/nvram/nvram.html Thanks +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Hi all! Just curious, but are are the prices of these Sun NVRAM timer chips these days? I am looking for a replacement for the old SG Thompson M48T02 chip. Here in France they are on the order of $45-50!! What has happened to last year's $20-28 ? Are the Dallas chips identical to the ST ones, as concerns a Sun? --Ralph -- Dr. Ralph P. Sobek Disclaimer: The above ruminations are my own. Ralph.Sobek @ irit.fr sobek @ irit.fr http://beeline.to/genealogy/ Ph:(+33)[0]561556356 FAX:(+33)[0]561556847 http://www.irit.fr/~Ralph.Sobek/ =============================================================================== Estimates are that one-third to two-thirds of animal and plant species will disappear in forseeable future! AWFUL! SPAMMERS Beware: http://www.irit.fr/~Ralph.Sobek/welcome.shtml#Mail-Warning -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

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Hungarian minis

by optimus＠canit.se

My, this is certainly interesting, Hungary produced minis (mainly DEC clones, but developments of their own as well) for twenty years: http://www.telnet.hu/hamster/tpa/e_index.html I particularly recommend that you have a look at the Quadro, it is such a beaut! -- En ligne avec Thor 2.6a. I installed 7.6.1 on my Color Classic too. It has 6mb ram now, and no FPU yet. Things really slowed down when I installed the Appearance extention and control panel. But now the GUI is OS8ish! ;) That little creep is so cute, I'll probably leave instructions to have it made my urn. It'll hold my ashes, and still continue to function as a computer ;) iVan

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More free stuff...

by rmeenaks＠olf.com

5 to 6 ISA 3COM Ethernet cards 1 EPP Parallel Port ISA card (Brand New, never opened) 5-1/4 inch drive & 3-1/2 inch drive If not claimed, out to the dumpster it goes. Shipping/Pickup from Long Island, NY Ram -- ,,,, /'^'\ ( o o ) -oOOO--(_)--OOOo------------------------------------- | Ram Meenakshisundaram | | Senior Software Engineer | | OpenLink Financial Inc | | .oooO Phone: (516) 227-6600 x267 | | ( ) Oooo. Email: rmeenaks(a)olf.com | ---\ (----( )-------------------------------------- \_) ) / (_/

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Equipment needs home: Portland, OR. area

by wolf＠nwinfo.net

hey do you have any ideas about using relays or some thing connected to a parallel or aerial port to control the power to an outlet, you know like a dimmer switch controlling motors ETC if you have any thought or ideas I'd be glad to hear them.

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OT - Scheduling/Macro Software

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jun 11, 15:03, Marvin wrote: > > I would like to be able to schedule a web browser to go to a site, capture > the page, > and save it to a file automatically once an hour. Off hand, I don't of > anything that will do this; any ideas? Thanks. Use 'wget' in a 'cron' or 'at' script. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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FS on ebay.co.uk NeXT station Color & NeXTSTEP 3.3 & OPENSTEP 4.2

by brams＠mac.com

Hello, My NeXT station Color is up for auction in the UK here on ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1249868951 Thanks

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Powersupply VTech Laser 500 ?

by stefan＠softhome.net

Can anybody tell me what powersupply a VTech Laser 500 needs ? Like what voltage etc. Thanks, Stefan.

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Random change WTT: KA694

by cmcmanis＠mcmanis.com

Hi Everyone, on my wish list is a KA694. This was the CPU in the VAX 4000/705a and is basically the fastest Q-bus enabled VAX you could buy. It bookmarks the series (which starts with the MicroVAX I). I've got other VAXen I could trade for it including 4000/200 or a VLC or a 3800, etc. So if you are looking to round out your collection here's your chance! :-) --Chuck

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Recent cleaning of computer equipment

by rmeenaks＠olf.com

Hi, I am sorry if some of you guys missed out on the recent transputer stuff I gave away. In a month or so, I will be in London picking up 3 large boxes of transputer stuff (including an original mint condition IMSB001 in its original INMOS blue bag!). Due to my limited space, I will be giving away any duplicate books, software, etc to anyone who wants it. In the near future, I will also be cleaning out a warehouse full of transputer stuff (or whatever is left of it), so whatever I dont need, I'll definitely pass it along FREE OF CHARGE. I just dont have the heart to throw this out and I just cant get myself to post this on ebay especially when good people have donated all this equipment for free. I only ask that whoever wants this, just limit yourselves to *ONLY ONE* piece of equipment so that we have enough for everyone.... Cheers, Ram -- ,,,, /'^'\ ( o o ) -oOOO--(_)--OOOo------------------------------------- | Ram Meenakshisundaram | | Senior Software Engineer | | OpenLink Financial Inc | | .oooO Phone: (516) 227-6600 x267 | | ( ) Oooo. Email: rmeenaks(a)olf.com | ---\ (----( )-------------------------------------- \_) ) / (_/

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preserving / resurrecting old docs?

by mmcfadden＠cmh.edu

I seem to remember that the people at the Gutenberg Project have scanned over 3000 books and made them electronically available, I know they have done a set of encyclopaedias also. I bet then know about scanning books and documents. Maybe they have a FAQ. http://promo.net/pg/ Mike mmcfadden(a)cmh.edu

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NeXT cube problem fix

by mtapley＠swri.edu

All, I think I can finally report what was causing my intermittent NeXT cube "unexpected kernel page fault" crashes. Up-time is now over 240 hours and counting. The problems were heat, and bad ventilation. The short story is, I had the fan reversed (to blow into the cube) and had a very leaky enclosure as the first step on the cooling air path. This was due my installation of a floppy drive looking out through an optical-drive-sized aperture in the front of the cube. Clue for NeXT cube owners: seal up unused apertures and air leaks in the front of the cube. The air needs to go into the drive bay, down into the power supply, out into the motherboard bays, then out the bottom of the machine. In my case, sealing apertures alone didn't do it - I ended up putting the fan back to its original flow direction (exhausting from the cube, so that the CPU board gets the cool air *first* as it is pulled in >from under the cube, rather than last as it goes out via the power supply). I also sealed up the optical and floppy apertures completely, using blocks of black foam rubber (which I'll pull temporarily in order to use the drives as needed). This may eventually cause trouble with the optical or floppy, YMMV and I don't have any long-term experience with it. I'm hoping it will minimize dust build-up in the optical, which is the original well-known reason for reversing the fan. Hope this is helpful, and many thanks to the list members that helped me with hard drives, parts, etc. The "long story" of all the stuff I tried and why I tried it is available on request, for the next few weeks at any rate (until my WORN cranial storage system has purged the details....). - Mark

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CSA Transputer Education Kit Manuals for free...

by rmeenaks＠olf.com

I got a set of CSA TEK Manuals for anyone who is either willing pickup or ship from Long Island. All the books are in mint condition and never been opened. These books are very difficult to come by (especially the transputer assembly language book).... Ram

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HP 97 Calculator

by donm＠cts.com

> > Anyone interested in a HP 97 Calculator for the price of shipping? > > Comes complete with wall-wart, and a (probably tired) but still usable > > battery. Sellam is the winner of the HP 97 Calculator by a margin of about 5-hours. Nightowl! Thanks for all of your responses. - don Sellam, you are still on Rosewood?

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AS/400 Terminal Keyboard

by iwarford＠home.com

Hi, I have recently acquired an old AS/400 terminal keyboard in (apparently) working condition. The pinout on the keyboard, while 5 pins and the same size as an AT connector, has the pins misplaced, so as not to plug into an AT jack. I'm just curious if anyone has dones this sort of thing before (i.e. plugging an AS/400 terminal keyboard into a PC). I'm on the verge of Visiting Radioshack, however I have no information as to the functioning of this keyboard. Any information that I can find would be most appreciated (as I *love* how this keyboard feels, and desperately want to use it :). -- Ian Warford / iwarford(a)home.com When I consider the small span of my life absorbed in the eternity of all time, or the small part of space which I can touch or see engulfed by the infinite immensity of spaces that I know not and that know me not, I am frightened and astonished to see myself here instead of there... now instead of then. -"-,_,-"- Blaise Pascal

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More free stuff...

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> On 23 Jun 2001, Iggy Drougge wrote: > > > BTW, a while ago I looked at a very old 3Com full-length card. The PCB > > was a rich blue, much like the 3C501, but that's a small eight-bit ISA > > card, this one was full-length. For some reason the seller thought he > > could ask more for this card than the 3C509s of another seller, so I > > skipped them. Otherwise, they would have been a nice curiosity. > > Chances are good that these were 3C505 cards, which you need to make an > ISA-bus Apollo workstation speak ethernet. > > Better still if they had the boot ROMs on them, which would have made them > real Apollo parts and thus capable of netbooting same. As I told Ethan, I don't need them now, but I'd rather have more than see them in a landfill. OTOH, mine work, and have ROMs, so I can dupe the ROMs should anyone need a working Apollo 3c505 ROM. Regards, -doug q

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Wave of the Future (Spam)(further OT)

by mmcfadden＠cmh.edu

Interesting snail-mail postal spammer tidbits. My mother is a big enemy of regular snail-mail SPAM, she usually sends back the postage prepaid envelopes taped to all of the paper mail it came with. I believe that the postal service collects a fee for processing the prepaid envelopes on top of the postage. The only reason the SPAMMERS like it is that they normally only pay postage on the recipients that show some interest. If they get alot back that cost them they loose money. Maybe she should tape the postage prepaid envelope to a brick and return it. Mike mmcfadden(a)cmh.edu

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preserving / ressurecting old docs?

by GOOI＠oce.nl

Hi Bill. I have scanned some Field Maintenance Print Sets. I have done them in 600 dpi. When I print the file to ledger (or A3 here in Europe) the copy sometimes turns out better than the original. - white paper - high contrast b/w - at 600 dpi, the pin numbers of the IC's are clear to read I must agree that downloading these files is a bit of a pain in ... But many of these scans fit on a single CD-ROM. So, perhaps some sort of distribution scheme can be started? I do not have the disk space accessable to the Internet to host all these files, and found Chris Kennedy so kind to do that for me. You may link to them from decdocs.org as far as that concerns me, but if many downloads start, perhaps Chris is less happy with the bandwidth? Anyway, this is the URL: http://www.mainecoon.com/classiccmp success with the big task you are to embark on, Henk. > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Bradford [mailto:mrbill@mrbill.net] > Sent: zaterdag 23 juni 2001 6:04 > To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: preserving / ressurecting old docs? > > > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 11:20:44PM -0400, David Gesswein wrote: > > My scans (and other peoples) > > http://www.pdp8.net/query_docs/query.shtml > > Thanks for the tips. Looks like you've already done quite a > few of the > handbooks that I have - which will save some work. I'll also link to > your site from decdocs.org if thats okay with you. > > Bill > > -- > Bill Bradford > mrbill(a)mrbill.net > Austin, TX > >

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Troubleshooting/upgrading Sharp PC-4600

by Arno_1983＠gmx.de

Hi everybody, one of my dad's colleagues presented him with a Sharp PC-4600 Laptop and now it's my task to get it into "usable" condition. This covers several items: 1. Making the thing mains independent There was no accu pack inside the box when we got it. It starts up all right when powered by a wall socket PSU of the recommended voltage (9 V DC), but for portable use it'd have to have its own power source. What rating should the cell pack have? Can I still get an original one or do I have to build my own from several cells? 2. Providing mass storage The computer is equipped with two 720k 3.5" disk drives. Is it possible to upgrade to a 1.44MB drive and/or to install a hard disk? Where would the latter one connect? (There are several unused connectors inside and I've also seen a solder type jumper with the letters FDD/HDD on the PCB, so there should be a way...) 3. Getting the keyboard to work properly There is a keyboard problem. One key press ends up with two characters being entered (always the same for each key), as there are: key cap results german without with german driver Esc 8\ 8\ F6 ^Z ^Z F7 ^@ ^@ 1 91 91 2 02 02 3 -3 ?3 4 =4 ?4 5 <del> 5 <del> 5 6 <tab> 6 <tab> 6 7 q7 q7 8 8\ 8\ 9 91 91 0 02 02 ? -3 ?3 ? =4 ?4 <del> <del> 5 <del> 5 <tab> <tab> 6 <tab> 6 q q7 q7 I've already unplugged and reseated the keyboard connector. Anybody already encountered and successfully repaired this? The machine has the german QWERTZ keyboard layout so I've also tried installing a german MSDOS keyboard driver, but when it's installed, from the first keypress on as long as nothing is being entered, the machine continuously produces short beeps (about 2/sec) which get on your nerves in very short time. Is there a (perhaps Sharp-specific) driver that will not cause this problem? I hope than somebody out there can help me. Many thanx in advance Arno Kletzander P.S. I'm on the digest only, so answers will take about one day... -- GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.net -- GMX Tipp: Machen Sie Ihr Hobby zu Geld bei unserem Partner 1&1! http://profiseller.de/info/index.php3?ac=OM.PS.PS003K00596T0409a

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Check this out! 11/785 Board Set

by fernande＠internet1.net

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1249462025

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What's best to do?? classically speaking

by rhudson＠cnonline.net

I have a Compaq Portable 386... Classically speaking... what is best to do in the cases below? 1)I am running dos 6.12, but I am thinking about re-installing with DOS 4 or DOS 5. Or more generally is it better to use a circa operating system or a modern operating system (Assuming the machine will run both) ? 2) The machine came with a 5 1/4" diskette drive, I am considering replacing that with a 3 and a whatever" drive, or once again more generally when one has an older machine is it good to upgrade the hardware to make it more usefull. I suppose on my single machine no one cares really, the "historical Police" will not appear at my doorstep. Let us extend the argument, Given a running PDP/11, what of the person who installs a current day 60GB disk drive and DVD CD ROM? Curious in San Jose. BTW I have two of these portables and recently offered one in trade for a part, I am also willing to sell for cheap. _______________________________________________________

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Fastpath 4 boxes available

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

In a message dated 6/22/01 2:44:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, korpela(a)ellie.ssl.berkeley.edu writes: << > i still never got a decision from anyone on these. still interested? > I am. I sent a question about what type of hard drives you were interested in, but never got a response. Eric >> i prefer those IBM black 50pin scsi drives although anything comparable is fine. 1-2G capacity is acceptable. -- DB Young Team OS/2 old computers, hot rod pinto and more at: www.nothingtodo.org

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Research Machines Nimbus PC1

by witchy＠vorbis.demon.co.uk

Hi Folks, I gather nobody's interested in saving one of these pretty smart 80186 based machines? I certainly haven't got room for 3 of 'em...... cheers adrian/witchy www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the Online Computer Museum 0:OK, 0:1

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Anyone know Will Jenning's status?

by jss＠ou.edu

I was having an important conversation with Will, but he seems to have disappeared from the net. Does anyone on the list know his status? Thanks. -- Jeffrey S. Sharp jss(a)ou.edu

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preserving / ressurecting old docs?

by mtapley＠swri.edu

>Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 01:25:45 -0500 >From: Bill Bradford <mrbill(a)mrbill.net> >... >Some of the pages are starting to come unglued, and I'd like to >avoid destroying the book while archiving it. Any suggestions on >what to use to re-glue the pages, or rebinding, etc? > >Bill Check out http://www.brodart.com Pretty sure what you want is there, possibly cat # 40415001 (or -002, -003, -004), Brodart Acid-Free Bind-Art Adhesive. You may do better to just request a catalog, the website is a bit unwieldy. - Mark

25 years, 1 month

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O/T Spark Gap Transmitters was: Interest in UUCP?

by mmcfadden＠cmh.edu

**WARNING** Possible humor or not! :) I thought that the FCC was being outsourced to the lowest bidder and that it was a company in former Yugoslavia that was a large campaign contributor. Mike mmcfadden(a)cmh.edu

25 years, 1 month

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DECrepeater 90C

by dittman＠dittman.net

Does anyone need a DECrepeater 90C? I have one that I'll give to anyone for the price of shipping. There is no power supply, and I don't know if it works, and I don't even know what it does, but my best guess is it is for linking together thinwire network devices. -- Eric Dittman dittman(a)dittman.net

25 years, 1 month

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HP 97 Calculator

by Innfogra＠aol.com

In a message dated 6/23/01 10:34:27 PM Pacific Daylight Time, donm(a)cts.com writes: > Anyone interested in a HP 97 Calculator for the price of shipping? > Comes complete with wall-wart, and a (probably tired) but still usable > battery. > > Can't tell you for sure how it works as my direct Polish notation > doesn't seem to impress the reverse machine. I do think that the paper > tape drive has problems, though. > > Email me of list if you are interested. First come first served. > > - don > Hi Don; I am interested if it hasn't been spoken for. My off line email address is Whoagiii(a)aol.com. thanks for offering. Paxton Astoria, Oregon

25 years, 1 month

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retroarchive.org needs a new home...

by geneb＠deltasoft.com

Hey folks, I've come to the conclusion that I no longer have the time to properly maintain the the retroarchive.org site. I need someone that's willing to take it over and host it. The archive is roughly 650MB in size. If you're interested, please contact me off the list at geneb(a)deltasoft.com Thanks for your time. g.

25 years, 1 month

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HP 97 Calculator

by donm＠cts.com

Anyone interested in a HP 97 Calculator for the price of shipping? Comes complete with wall-wart, and a (probably tired) but still usable battery. Can't tell you for sure how it works as my direct Polish notation doesn't seem to impress the reverse machine. I do think that the paper tape drive has problems, though. Email me of list if you are interested. First come first served. - don

25 years, 1 month

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New CPM find today

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

Picked up a LOBO systems MAX-80 today at a Goodwill for $3.99, no drives or monitor was with it. I will be going back on Sunday to see if they have more. Looked it up on the web using google and found that it is a TRS-80 clone and runs CPM. If I can locate some drives and software I hope can fire it up soon.

25 years, 1 month

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preserving / ressurecting old docs?

by fmc＠reanimators.org

Bill Bradford <mrbill(a)mrbill.net> wrote: > I'm scanning them in as 100dpi grayscale GIFs, then I will convert to > other format(s) and eventually to PDF. Scanning directly to PDF with > HP's software produces horrible output with compression artifacts. HP's software? The stuff that came with my 6200 was disappointing: I either got very lossy JPEGs or insufficiently-colorful GIFs out of it. I installed FreeBSD, SANE, and the GIMP and was much happier. -Frank McConnell

25 years, 1 month

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Installing ULTRIX without a tape drive

by optimus＠canit.se

At the usergroup, there is a DECstation 3100 and a load of ULTRIX cartridges (I presume these are TK50, they are of the very square kind), some of which are marked "RISC". I'd like to install these onto the DECstation, but unfortunately we no longer have a SCSI TK50 drive (what did they call it now, a TZ30?), so I have no real idea as to how to install it. Not that I would have any such idea if we had the drive still, either. However, there is a MVAX IIGPX system there as well, running NetBSD, which has got a TK50 (I think this is a real TK50, since it's connected to a QBUS card of its own). Could the DECstation somehow be coerced into installing off of the MicroVAX? -- En ligne avec Thor 2.6a.

25 years, 2 months

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Wave of the Future (Spam)

by jhellige＠earthlink.net

>BTW, MOST of the SPAM that I receive does NOT show more than one address >in the header by the time that it gets here. Perhaps some of the SPAM is >being done with a script just like the one that Richard would write? >I think that we can assume that Richard has not been writing scripts for >them. The ones that really piss me off are the ones that arrive showing my name in the FROM: block Jeff

25 years, 2 months

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weekend scores

by cmcmanis＠mcmanis.com

Ok, I'm a happy VAXherd. I scored a 4000/200 in a BA215 cabinet (baby BA213) and it has the CQD-223/TM SCSI interface, 32MB of ram, and the COOLEST little three drive storage works box with a flip up lid. Yummy! --Chuck

25 years, 2 months

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SWTPC 6809 systems

by chomko＠greenbelt.com

Jeff Hellige and I just finished about a 5 hour working (playing?) session on our SWTPC 6809 systems. His system works great but lacked disk drives. We did manage to boot Smoke Signal Broadcasting DOS on his machine once we swapped disk controller cards and first properly set a couple of baud rate jumpers. My system had problems booting DOS and then had trouble even running until I swapped out the 6809 CPU card with another. I still can't boot DOS however. Both my CPU cards are missing a 74189 RAM chip, whereas Jeff's has it. It's not clear that that is the problem, but is a starting place. I have managed to boot DOS in the past with this RAM-less scenario, but the system always seems to work sparingly. Anyway that's a brief recap of today's fun and seemed to be list-worthy to boot (ah-geez another bad pun :). Next time we're planning on Osborne's and CP/M. Eric

25 years, 2 months

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OCR for punchcards?

by jim＠calico.litterbox.com

It just occurred to me that it should be possible to write OCR software to read punchcards on your scanner. Not that I have any punchcards mind you, more of an intellectual exercise, but has anyone written such a thing? Also, if you're desperate for a punchcard reader I suspect you could make an acceptable one with Lego Mindstorms. You'd have to use one of the popular input multiplexing schemes, and probably program it in nqc or legos, but it should be possible. Using the RCX's motor controllers and a couple motors and tires you should even be able to make it automatic feed. In fact, come to think of it, you SHOULD be able to build the thing with... lessee. two motors, a couple tires, and the light sensor. 'course your software on the RCX would have to translate awhat amounts to the scan of a card into data, but if the sensor is precise enough to tell holes from chads, I can think of a couple ways to do this. -- Jim Strickland jim(a)DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- BeOS Powered! -----------------------------------------------------------------------

25 years, 2 months

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cw2dmk/dmk2cw 2.0: read/write floppy disks with a Catweasel ISA

by tim.mann＠compaq.com

Background: The Catweasel ISA floppy disk controller is an add-in card for the PC ISA bus. It uses specialized hardware, not a standard floppy disk controller chip, and it can be programmed to read and write just about any disk format. I've written a pair of programs for the Catweasel called cw2dmk and dmk2cw. dmk2cw is new in release 2.0 of the package. cw2dmk can use a Catweasel ISA to read several kinds of floppy disk, some of which ordinary PC controllers have trouble with, and save them in the DMK disk image format. DMK is a format used by the Unix TRS-80 emulator xtrs and by David Keil's TRS-80 emulator for MS-DOS. cw2dmk does not just read TRS-80 disks. It can make an exact image of any disk written using a Western Digital 177x/179x floppy disk controller, a PC-style NEC765-compatible controller, or a Digital Equipment Corporation RX02 controller. dmk2cw uses a Catweasel ISA to write any DMK image back to a real floppy disk. It can handle the same kinds of disks as cw2dmk. Currently no tools other than TRS-80 emulators and dmk2cw can use disk images in DMK format, but perhaps more tools will be written in the future. The ability to read disks with cw2dmk and write out copies with dmk2cw already provides a useful way of archiving disks from old machines and making physical copies when needed. A likely future direction for cw2dmk/dmk2cw is to be able to write/read JV1 and JV3 disk images (these are other common TRS-80 emulator formats) or raw arrays of sectors, in cases where the disk can be represented in one of those formats. The programs are free software, released under the GPL. You can download the source code and executables for both Linux and MS-DOS from my TRS-80 resources page, http://www.tim-mann.org/trs80resources.html. The MS-DOS version also runs on Windows 95. Even those who prefer to build their own sampling hardware instead of buying a Catweasel may find the source code of some use. Tim Mann tim.mann(a)compaq.com http://www.tim-mann.org Compaq Computer Corporation, Systems Research Center, Palo Alto, CA

25 years, 2 months

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TI 8002A...

by Innfogra＠aol.com

Nice Find. I had one about 10 years ago. It is an early development system for 8 bit systems. Supported more than 8080s IIRC. Continue looking for the Docs and 8" Floppies. Paxton Astoria, OR

25 years, 2 months

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Anyone hear of PMC MicroMate?

by rcini＠optonline.net

Has anyone used a PMC MicroMate? It looks like the old Ciarcia SBC180 project with a Z80 processor and a 5-1/4" floppy drive in a single case the size of an external floppy drive for the TRS80. The processor is claimed to be a Z8400A with Z8430 and Z8470 support chips. All unfamiliar identifications to me. Any thoughts on this beastie? Rich Rich Cini Collector of classic computers Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/ /************************************************************/

25 years, 2 months

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OT: replacment tray for HP DJ1200C printer

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> >The 1200c and 1600c are durable and expensive printers and well worth the > >cost of even buying the tray kit from HP at list, unlike some of the junker > >inkjets made by Canon, Epson, Lexmark, etc. The 1200c and 1600c are more in > >the professional series as well. > > Now is the time to buy cartridges too, as MANY big dealers are dumping > them, and when its gone its gone (at decent prices anyway). Not a very successful strategy; the ink cartridges for the HP1200C, HP650c Plotter, HP750c/755CM+, and the black cartridges for the HP DeskJet 870 & 895 have a limited shelf life. However, I think you're wrong about these particular cartridges disappearing from the market any time soon. YMMV, etc. -dq

25 years, 2 months

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Boom cars (ot for sure...)

by brian.roth＠firstniagarabank.com

I know its off topic but I know there are a lot of electronics guru's on the list. I'm looking for a noise generator to mount in my car to defeat the "Boom cars" in my neighborhood. The local thieves(politicians) won't do a thing about it so its time for war. These thumping car stereo's are not there for musical enjoyment. They are there to disturb and upset people period. Please contact me off list if you have any creative idea's on this. Brian. Brian Roth Network Services First Niagara Bank (716) 625-7500 X2186 Brian.Roth(a)FirstNiagaraBank.com

25 years, 2 months

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Wave of the Future (Spam)

by steven_j_robertson＠hotmail.com

> >I agree with Tony here, in that there has to be a valid application for the >features of email that so many SPAMmers have exploited. However, if you >want to do away with bulk email, something's got to be done. This means >somebody, somewhere, will lose. Perhaps, if unsolicited bulk mailings were >just easier to recognize ... Since I can't keep SPAM out of my (snail) mailbox and I can't keep SPAM off of my phone (unsolicited calls), I really don't have any expectations about keeping it out of my email. With the costs being so low, I'm surprised we (Internet users) don't get a whole lot more SPAM. SteveRob _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

25 years, 2 months

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MS-DOS backup program - HARDSAVE

by blacklord＠telstra.com

> > Does anyone, by any chance, happen to have a copy of the > 'HARDSAVE' backup > program, circa 1987? > I'm hoping that someone here might, from their BBS days, happen to > stillhave a copy... > Can't help sorry, but that reminded me, I'd kill to get my hands on a copy of BBS-PC! for MS-DOs (not Amiga). cheers, BL ---------------- Powered by telstra.com

25 years, 2 months

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Helett Packard 2647A Graphics Terminal

by blacklord＠telstra.com

Just found this new toy, looks impressive! I know it has it's own version of Basic & this one is intact with it's serial cable & a collection of cards inside (if I can figure out how to open it, I'll post what they are). A couple of questions: What can I do with it? Is the serial cable straight through or null modem? Can I connect it to one of my modern PC's ? Where can I find info on this beast ? (alright, *4* questions then....) BL ---------------- Powered by telstra.com

25 years, 2 months

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preserving / ressurecting old docs?

by brian＠quarterbyte.com

Pardon me if I missed someone raising this issue yesterday, but if you're scanning grey level images, it might be worth seeing what happens if you raise the resolution and switch from grey level to black & white (line art) scans -- one bit per pixel. Then you can raise the resolution from 100x100 to 300x300 (9 times the pixels) , and end up with only a 12% increase in filesize. Photos & halftoned images don't suffer this well, but the text and line art will be much better off. This requires you to take some care setting the contrast and black level when preparing to scan, though. Alternately you could scan at 300x300 greyscale (8 bits per pixel ) and run the pages through a filter to reduce the bit depth >from 8 to say 2 or 3. This would only be feasible if you could automate that process, though. Before embarking on this huge project, it might be worth trying a few different techniques to obtain sharper images while keeping the file sizes reasonable. Brian

25 years, 2 months

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Boom cars (ot for sure...)

by jeff.kaneko＠juno.com

On Thu, 21 Jun 2001 23:31:21 -0400 (EDT) "R. D. Davis" <rdd(a)smart.net> writes: > On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Lanny Cox wrote: > > As a fan of fairly loud music, i think the idea of setting off car > alarms is > > much more interesting. :-) > > Funny that you should mention that. Interestingly, it's a > relatively > common occurance that when I start my engine when parked next to an > alarmed car, the alarm goes off. :-) Yeh, those 3/4-race cams and headers have this tendancy to do that . . . ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

25 years, 2 months

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Wave of the Future

by uoou＠nycmail.com

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25 years, 2 months

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TI 8002A...

by jweder＠telusplanet.com

Hi all... I just discovered, out in our dusty storage area, a TI 8002A microprocessor. It consists of three units, a main processor with several switches and two boxes with 2 8" floppy drives in each. The main unit has an EPROM programming socket on the front, and according to the boss it was apparently meant for 8080 RTU system development. Anybody know anything about these beasties? Joel A. Weder jweder(a)telusplanet.net 403-556-4020

25 years, 2 months

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Helett Packard 2647A Graphics Terminal

by fmc＠reanimators.org

blacklord <blacklord(a)telstra.com> wrote: > I know it has it's own version of Basic & this one is intact with it's > serial cable & a collection of cards inside (if I can figure out how to > open it, I'll post what they are). Oh yeah, how to open it: The terminal is sort of a clamshell design, with the CRT and its supporting circuitry in the top half, and the power supply and most of the smarts in the bottom half. The clamshell is hinged at the back. Along each of the left and right sides, there's sort of a horizontal slot where the halves of the clamshell meet. Inside this slot, about 3/4 of the way toward the front, is a vertical slot. You need to find something skinny, stiff, and flat, and push it into that vertical slot. What you're really trying to push is a catch that's just inside the slot on the top half of the clamshell. When you release both catches the top half of the clamshell should lift up from the front. If you have the manuals there may be a little manila envelope with them containing two flat metal "keys". They're the doohickeys that you're supposed to use to open the terminal. -Frank McConnell

25 years, 2 months

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Boom cars (ot for sure...)

by brian.roth＠firstniagarabank.com

Great stories and suggestions but I like Marvins transmitter idea the best. My son and I will work on it this weekend. He has a big sound tube in his car. Since he was raised to respect other peoples rights he just uses it to enhance the quality of sound in his car. Now it will be our laboratory. I had an idiot behind me halfway to work today. He just looked around to see who he was pissing off as he drove. I can't wait to get a working prototype. For all those that think I am a sound prude, I am not. Music is my second life. I play guitar and listen to everything from the LA guitar quartet to Social Distortion. I like to listen to my music but I don't feel I should make others listen to it against their will. Let the jamming begin..... Brian. Brian Roth Network Services First Niagara Bank (716) 625-7500 X2186 Brian.Roth(a)FirstNiagaraBank.com

25 years, 2 months

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Free CDC boards

by jeff.kaneko＠juno.com

I have a bunch of these too, but they're NOS. I got read/write heads even, plus the service manual/docs. They're for the CDC 'Phoenix' class drives. I'm gonna have to melt 'em if nobody wants 'em. Jeff On Tue, 5 Jun 2001 16:23:26 -0400 (EDT) "R. D. Davis" <rdd(a)smart.net> writes: > > In the spirit of avoiding E-bay, I'm offering a stack of CDC > controller boards scavenged from three or four washing-machine sized > drives that a former employer scrapped. > > Note: These boards were in the trunk of my car while it sat for a > few > months and mice got inside, so they'll need to be cleaned up a bit. > Still, it would be a sham to see them go to waste. I haven't space > for them. Any takers? (locally preferred, but I can ship them) > > -- > Copyright (C) 2001 R. D. Davis The difference between humans & other > animals: > All Rights Reserved an unnatural belief that we're above > Nature & > rdd(a)perqlogic.com 410-744-4900 her other creatures, using dogma to > justify such > http://www.perqlogic.com/rdd beliefs and to justify much human > cruelty. > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

25 years, 2 months

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preserving / ressurecting old docs?

by djg＠drs-esg.com

From: Bill Bradford <mrbill(a)mrbill.net> >I'm scanning them in as 100dpi grayscale GIFs, then I will convert to >other format(s) and eventually to PDF. Scanning directly to PDF with >HP's software produces horrible output with compression artifacts. I would really recommend higher resolution. 100 DPI is the lowest resolution fax quality. Being grey scale will help readability on the screen but printing probably won't work well on most printers. I recommend 300 DPI black and white (line art) minimum for most of the pages. For the pictures a grey scale scan makes the pictures better and if you have software which allows mixing them that would work well and allow for the smallest file size. The black and white compress well when you use group 4 tiff. PDF also supports that compression format which is how I do the on the fly conversion to PDF on my site, it just adds PDF wrapper to the tiff. For smallest size the tiff should be singe strip. You will need to adjust the threshold setting for best results. Also when you are looking at artifacts from grey scale scanning view at 1:1 scale so you aren't seeing the artifacts from the rescaling to screen resolution. It can make it look much worse than the scanned artifacts from the screen printing actually are. Since what I am using doesn't allow mixing I have just been doing the black and white scans and seperatly storing grey scale scans for future. I have also switched to doing the scans at 600 DPI for best quality and making 300 DPI copies available for people with slower links. Hopefully these will be around to when the size doesn't matter. I did the cut the pages out of the binding for the handbook I scanned since it was falling apart. I have found that I can't get good scans on my scanner otherwise since the pages are still too bent so the scans are warped. I know that this is a lot of personal preferences and their isn't one best way. Email me if you wish any more information on how I have been scanning. My scans (and other peoples) http://www.pdp8.net/query_docs/query.shtml

25 years, 2 months

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MS-DOS version (was: What's best to do?? classically speaking

by RCini＠congressfinancial.com

Large disk support == LBA translation (i.e., single hard disk partitions over 524mb in size). ========================== 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) -----Original Message----- From: SUPRDAVE(a)aol.com [mailto:SUPRDAVE@aol.com] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 1:53 PM To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: MS-DOS version (was: What's best to do?? classically speaking large disk support?? dos has supported partitions over 32meg since at least 3.3 hasnt it? I think version 6 had Antivirus support and dos 5 was the last version you could install on a set of floppies (or at least the setup program would let you) In a message dated 6/22/01 12:37:07 PM Central Daylight Time, RCini(a)congressfinancial.com writes: << DOS5 == DOS6 differences: SmartDrive disk cache Boot menus "Large disk" support in FDISK Drive compression That's what I can come up with without looking. How far off am I? >>

25 years, 2 months

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Software for Apple][ Z80 card

by rcini＠optonline.net

Hi: I came across a Z80 card in my box of random Apple ][ expansion cards. What software was used with this card? Was there a special boot dist to activate it? Rich Rich Cini Collector of classic computers Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/ /************************************************************/

25 years, 2 months

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Helett Packard 2647A Graphics Terminal

by fmc＠reanimators.org

blacklord <blacklord(a)telstra.com> wrote: > A couple of questions: What can I do with it? Is the serial cable > straight through or null modem? Can I connect it to one of my modern > PC's ? Where can I find info on this beast ? (alright, *4* questions > then....) HP offered several serial cables for the 264X terminal, but if it's got a DB25 plug then there is a good chance that it wants to be plugged into a modem or other DCE-pinout device. That means you will need a null-modem cable to plug it into an IBM PC serial port. -Frank McConnell

25 years, 2 months

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preserving / ressurecting old docs?

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jun 22, 7:47, Sellam Ismail wrote: > On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Ethan Dicks wrote: > > > Talk to Doug Jones. He recommends dismantling the book carefully > > for the best quality copies/scans. > I completely recommend AGAINST destroying the original. Not only is it in > some cases a historical artifact on its own, if the digital copy were ever > to be lost then you're SOL. I too was going to suggest Doug Jones, but Ethan beat me to it. however, if you read Doug's pages, you'll see he thought carefully about this, consulted conservators, and actually describes very carefully how and why to minimise the historical loss. http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/book/index.html -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

25 years, 2 months

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Punched card readers

by brian＠quarterbyte.com

Does anyone know where to find a punched card reader these days? I'm looking for a small desktop unit that I could interface to a PC. I know DEC sold a model CR11, and there were others out there. I remember using some neat little card readers that were stationed here and there on campus at UC Berkeley in the 70's for remote job entry to the CDC-6400 (and if I remember correctly they had a DG Nova underneath). Are there any of these out there, that I could take, borrow, or buy? I'll be starting an IBM 1130 software archiving project later this summer. (I did a google search and about all I found were requests just like this one, from the classiccmp archives. Hmm. And there's one place that'll rent you a desktop reader for $1500/month). Thanks, Brian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _| _| _| Brian Knittel / Quarterbyte Systems, Inc. _| _| _| Tel: 1-510-559-7930 Fax: 1-510-525-6889 _| _| _| Email: brian(a)quarterbyte.com _| _| _| http://www.quarterbyte.com

25 years, 2 months

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MS-DOS version (was: What's best to do?? classically speaking

by RCini＠congressfinancial.com

DOS5 == DOS6 differences: SmartDrive disk cache Boot menus "Large disk" support in FDISK Drive compression That's what I can come up with without looking. How far off am I? ========================== 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) -----Original Message----- From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) [mailto:cisin@xenosoft.com] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 12:40 PM To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Subject: MS-DOS version (was: What's best to do?? classically speaking On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Richard Erlacher wrote: > Yes, Compaq was the source of v3.31. That was, as you point out, an early > "large"-disk-volume-capable version. I swiped a version from one of the > Compaq's with which I had frequent contact, and happily used it with ESDI drives > for years. NO, Compaq was NOT "the source of v3.31". They were one of many. ALL OEMs were offered 3.31. Many did not want to pay the asking price. Compaq and Zenith were the most notable ones who did. There are minor differences in MODE.COM, IO.SYS, FORMAT.COM, and a few other files from one OEM's version to the next. 1.25?, 2.11, and 3.31 are the OEM versions that were most commonly customized, with changes such as support for 720K 5.25", 720K 3.5" (same, but a few messages altered), internal/external video, ... Whenever using 1.25, 2.11, or 3.31, ALWAYS keep track, AND IDENTIFY, which OEM it was. The customizations were different from one OEM to the next. Prior to 5.00, MS-DOS was, IN THEORY, available only from OEMs. Yes, there was such a giant gray market that nobody noticed the restriction. There appears to have been a 10 year non-competition contract between MICROS~1 and IBM, wherein MICROS~1 could sell to OEMs, but could not sell DOS as a retail product. 5.00 was the first version where DOS was available legitimately as a retail product. It was "NEW and IMPROVED!" The "NEW and IMPROVED" consisted mostly of bug fixes to 4.00, plus availability from MICROS~1. NOTE: 5.00 has met the 10 year rule for over a month now. Windoze 3.10 has 2 more months to go, even for BETA. OB_OT: NOT COUNTING bundling of additonal [third party] programs, who can name what the differences are between 5.00 and 6.00? -- Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com

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More finds for the collections

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

More finds: 1. Compaq LTE in great shape 2. IBM ext SCSI cdrom drive type 7210 3. Atari SC1224 ver2 monitor 4. IBM PC Color display model 5153 5. ATARI mouse model STM1 6. Valiant MKII robot turtle for the Apple II, got the software and warranty card but cables or manuals. 7. The other items are too new to list yet. Keep computing John

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MS-DOS version (was: What's best to do?? classically speaking

by RCini＠congressfinancial.com

Upper limit -- isn't it still 2gb per partition unless special disk manager software is installed? NT has no restriction theoretically. ========================== 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) -----Original Message----- From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) [mailto:cisin@xenosoft.com] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 2:49 PM To: 'classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org' Subject: RE: MS-DOS version (was: What's best to do?? classically speaking On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Cini, Richard wrote: > Large disk support == LBA translation (i.e., single hard disk partitions > over 524mb in size). Thank you The phrase "large disk support" will always carry some confusion due to it's RELATIVE nature. 32M, ~500M, 8G, ... What is the current limit?

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Boom cars (ot for sure...)

by cmurillo＠emtelsa.multi.net.co

My first msg hasn't come through yet, so I am resending it. Sorry if the first one does show up. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- At 04:52 PM 6/21/01 -0700, Chris wrote: >The big problem is power density -- these things only have to provide >cancellation in the confines of a headset ear cup. Cancellation in the >large would obviously require much higher power levels. It is actually more complicated. The dynamics of the room would have to be accounted for, which makes it many times more difficult than in the headset case. Also, to be able to cancel the noise in several directions you need more drivers and mikes. I once toyed with the idea of a feedback-controlled stereo system to completely elliminate the dynamics of your listening room and hear those of the recording hall, for example. The idea was: when you record, you place mikes separated 3-4" apart in one of the audience chairs, mimicking the directionality of human ears mounted on a cranium :-) . In fact, you install several such sets of mikes, all with a slightly different orientation wrt sound source. Then, at home, you put on a headset that doesn't cover your ears, but it has a second set of mikes like the ones used for recording, and some orientation sensing device. The stereo/DSP's job is the following: to project on your headset's mikes sound waves that produce identical local pressure at your ears (feedback control ideas would be used) to those that were received at the recording hall by the set of mikes that most closely matches your current head position. Voila`, Panoramic Sound. The algorithms for doing this exist already, and, while slightly complicated for the ocasional home stereo hobbyist, they are within the grasp of any grad student in the control/DSP/cancellation field. They involve the estimation of the reproduction room's characteristics, feedback control and active cancellation ideas. Somebody must be developing this exact idea somewhere. It is just a logical step given the state of DSP and active cancellation technology. Carlos. -------------------------------------------------------------- Carlos E. Murillo-Sanchez carlos_murillo(a)nospammers.ieee.org

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