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Video connectors (was: CGA Modes (Wuz: Win 3.0

by manney＠nwohio.nwohio.com

I had a customer who plugged in his IDE cable's middle connector (HDD one end, motherboard on the other) into the sound board's IDE pins, because "it looked like it fit." Some people will do ANYTHING! manney ---------- > From: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu > To: Manney > Subject: Re: Video connectors (was: CGA Modes (Wuz: Win 3.0 > Date: Tuesday, February 03, 1998 10:40 PM > > > <example, certainly is. I'm not saying we don't need 15 pins; I say we ne > <15 THICKER pins, and since this connector is typically the only connecto > <on the back of a VGA adapter, there's plenty of room. > > Par of the resoning was that it should have a connector that is not like > any other. if it were a standard db9 or db15 you'd have people plugging > into the serial port screaming it don't work. It's bad enough that you > have people that will force things no matter what. > > Allison >

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PS/1 How Much?

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

In a message dated 98-02-04 13:25:22 EST, you write: << Hi. There's this guy, in Bahrain, who's got a PS/1 386 2MB RAM, that's been "sitting in his closet." Now, he wants to know what it would be worth. I want to know what it'd be worth, too. (There's going to be arguements.... I'm sure.) Anyway, condition is currently unknown, but assumed in working condition. >> post the model number and i can give more info about it. david

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Altair 8800b + drive alignment

by adavie＠mad.scientist.com

I recently purchased an Altair 8800b from the original owner. He told me that last he used it (1984?), he was having trouble reading from the disk drive, and he was sure that it needed alignment. Apparently an alignment disk is required. I suspect an oscilloscope as well. I have two questions; 1) Can someone explain the process of aligning a disk drive, what is out of whack, and how tricky it is for a rank electronics amateur like myself 2) Where can I obtain an alignment disk, if required. Oh, I forgot to mention, the drive is an 8", the Altair model that has the same basic case and look of the Altair itself. This repair is one of the (I suspect) many that will be required to bring the Altair back to life. I've managed to get it (almost) firing up during the self-test stage, but one of the address lines doesn't behave (the light doesn't come on on A2 when I flick the switch that should light all of them, yet the light is operational at other stages). I'll get to that one later. Looks like a long, slow process. But worth it, no? Cheers Andrew

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Stupid bus tricks

by mtapley＠swri.edu

> >I thought the multiplexed NeXT "Zilla?" used the SCSI ports... > Zilla's copyright 1990, (so off-topic, please excuse me.). It uses regular ethernet networking. It's on my NeXT, but I've got no further information and no contacts about it. (If anyone else does, please contact me by email.) - Mark

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Slipsticks and calculators

by manney＠nwohio.nwohio.com

(I can remember the simpler functions (multiply, divide & the > like) but how to use the thing for calculus & whatnot I'm sure has > "slipped" my mind... (lame) Pun intended ;^> Lame is right -- you're slipping. You can'y use 'am for calculus...you must be thinking of trig. > > And tho we did have some TRS-80 Model 4's (and an old IBM Series/1) in high > school, I did use it occasionally during geometry / algebra class when > necessary -- took it to college a few times to, but just to watch people > gawk... ;-) I went through Navy Nuclear Power School in '76, and they were required...even tho' calculators were cheap, then. Texas Instruments was naming some of their calculators "SR" (for Slide Rule) up until the mid-80's, at least. My first one was the SR-10...the LED "wedge". $110, IIRC Was that TI's first? manney

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Altair 8800b + drive alignment

by adavie＠mad.scientist.com

The manual/documentation I have gives a procedure you can follow (manually flipping the switches all the way) which is a self-test. Following the procedure you can check if your 8800b is working correctly. Using this procedure I tracked down several problems (loose wires to fron panel) but still have the address light problem. I'll track down the procedure and explain further, if there is any interest. I appreciate the comments about the alignment problem, and can see how basically I should be concentrating on the Altair first. So thats what I'll do. More soon. Andrew -----Original Message----- From: Allison J Parent <allisonp(a)world.std.com> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Thursday, February 05, 1998 4:24 AM Subject: Re: Altair 8800b + drive alignment ><From CLASSICCMP-owner(a)u.washington.edu Wed Feb 4 11:40:41 1998 > ><> This repair is one of the (I ><> suspect) many that will be required to bring the Altair back to life. ><> I've managed to get it (almost) firing up during the self-test stage >< ><"self-test stage"? Is this a turnkey model with a boot in ROM, ><or not? > >ALTAIR 8800b (with altair disk controller) used a boot program or a boot >rom card and DID NOT have anything resembling PC self test(or any >diagnostics). > >Allison > >

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Altair 8800b + drive alignment

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<From CLASSICCMP-owner(a)u.washington.edu Wed Feb 4 11:40:41 1998 <> This repair is one of the (I <> suspect) many that will be required to bring the Altair back to life. <> I've managed to get it (almost) firing up during the self-test stage < <"self-test stage"? Is this a turnkey model with a boot in ROM, <or not? ALTAIR 8800b (with altair disk controller) used a boot program or a boot rom card and DID NOT have anything resembling PC self test(or any diagnostics). Allison

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How much do 8" Floppies hold?

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<I keep an 8" floppy disk in the front of my store to amaze people ("Jus <fold it twice and stick it in your drive...it holds a lot!") < <Just how much do (did?) they hold? (I'm sure there were different data <densities...just a range is all I want!) standard single sided single density was 128bytes*26 sectors*77 tracks or 256k. The high end is double density two sided and around 1mb. Allison

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PS/1 software

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

I used to support these machines but its been a while. i think the hard drive is proprietary, but i do remember someone somewhere mentioning adding a really big hard drive and getting it to work. send me another notice via private mail reminding me, and i will check on it when i get back to work. david In a message dated 98-02-04 00:20:43 EST, you write: << Yes, its a 2011-c34. I have no problem booting from the rom. I hear the hd spin up but then it slows down again and the light stays on. I get a 1701 error and an indication to press f1. After pressing f1 the computer boots from either the floppy or the rom. I wish I could have made backups first but it was doa when I got it. Do you know if the parts (hd floppy) are interchangeable with ps/2 hardware? Thanks for the software source tip. >>

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TRW Acquisitions, VCF/building s100 systems

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<>They may work muost just pull the 360k drives from an XT. < < Aren't SA 400's single density? XT drives are Double Density. Yes, <they'll probably work but the media wouldn't be interchangable. Sa400 would do FM (single density) and MFM (double density). the 360k drive also do single density. It's the 1.2m 5.25" drives that are weird. < Do you have the old NS* software that will run on the Alrair? By default yes.. and no. The stuff will run on an altair but the IO which is personalized for my NS* with it's two serial ports. there is no way I can personalize it for the altair as I have no clue of the IO (serial boards used and their addreses). The NS* motherboard (backplane) has two serial ports and a parallel port plus a few other useful things so their configurations were easier to be certain of. You need to track down a set of NS* manuals or copies. FYI: NSdos requires a minimum 16k of ram starting at 2000h it does not use ram below 2000h (or care). Also it assumes the ports start at 00 and the port devices are 8251s with hard jumpered baud rates. If you are going to configure an altair you need manuals, more manuals and it doesn't hurt to be able do digital design to understand what they did. You see the docs with early altairs were not amoung the best. Most of what you may need to know often had to be extracted from the printsets by understanding the logic. then you have the non-altair boards plugged in that manuals are very handy for too. If the boards require extra or specific software (some terminal interface or video display boards) the hadware and software manuals may be needed. Allison

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Altair 8800b + drive alignment

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<1) Can someone explain the process of aligning a disk drive, what is out <whack, and how tricky it is for a rank electronics amateur like myself It's tricky as you will need a good scope and the alignment disk and know how to use both. also getting the alignment disk after so many years will be a challenge. <Oh, I forgot to mention, the drive is an 8", the Altair model that has th <same basic case and look of the Altair itself. This repair is one of the <suspect) many that will be required to bring the Altair back to life. Before you align anything check to see if the head is clean and the head load pad(felt) is there and intact. <I've managed to get it (almost) firing up during the self-test stage, bu <one of the address lines doesn't behave (the light doesn't come on on A2 <when I flick the switch that should light all of them, yet the light is <operational at other stages). I'll get to that one later. I'd check the switch (may be dirty contacts from age). then follow the logic as it may be a poor contection or a bad chip. <Looks like a long, slow process. But worth it, no? Shouldn't be that bad. the altair 8800B was a later machine and far better/different than the 8800 or 8800A. Of the Altairs it was the industrial strength version. What will help your task is having documentation (a must for any old machine!). It wouldn't hurt if you have a techie near you that is familiar with old s100 hardware as a PC kid genius would not have a clue. Allison

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CP/M conversion

by alanr＠morgan.ucs.mun.ca

At 03:34 PM 03/02/98 -0800, you wrote: >"CP/M" machine is pretty vague. 8" floppy? 5.25" floppy? 3.5" floppy? > Sorry, it's for a Kaypro 4, which is 5.25" (i think) > >*Which* long filenames? CP/M is 8.3, too! > Sorry again, I am not familiar with CP/M. I was told however that when he (the one with the Kaypro 4) tried to convert files before, the CP/M <--> DOS <--> Mac conversion truncated his files, I must have misinterpreted this to mean filenames :( Thanks however for the link to the CP/M <--> DOS conversion utility, it is much appreciated :)

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PS/1 software

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

ah yes, the first ps1 series to come out. i presume its a 2011-c34 or m01. you might want to try this trick: with the machine off, press and hold down both mouse buttons, then power on. when it posts, let the buttons go. that will force an autoconfig, and make it boot from rom again. that trick works on all ps1 models. you shoulda made your disk backups when it was running, but too late now. you can still order the core software from ibm. i think it's ~$45. ring the helpcentre at 800.772.2227 david In a message dated 98-02-03 16:55:21 EST, you write: << I recently came into possession of a PS/1 model 2011. (I believe that this was one of the initial PS/1 models). It has a '286 processor and 30 meg harddrive. Unfortunately, the harddrive seems to be DOA (1701 error on boot up). The system will boot up to a 4 quadrant screen from the rom. I have downloaded the programs from IBM to switch the boot sequence to the floppy, but I cannot access any of the software that came with the system (MS Works et al.). The docs seem to imply that I can create a diskette version to run the software, which would be great if I had the original diskettes. So I'm wondering if there is anyone out there that I could get a copy of the diskettes that came with this system? Thanks, >>

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Video connectors (was: CGA Modes (Wuz: Win 3.0))

by photze＠batelco.com.bh

>If that works, you're lucky; if not, it's time for the needlenose pliers, >at which point the game becomes "straighten one pin without bending others." Actually, that's why I choose a screw driver. It's small enough that I don't worry about getting two pins, just the one that I want fixed. It's worked 10 or so times, no problems, 10 min. MAX for each, usually no more than 2 or 3. >Now that you've said that -- how about a Centronics-type connector, with >the female end on the end of the monitor cable, and the male end recessed >into the card bracket, where it would just be another feature connector of >sorts? This exact combination, when used for parallel printers or external >SCSI, is almost indestructible. That would work. Also, current monitors would be able to use it. You could even have a little plug-in thing for current monitors/video cards, with no re-design needed. I don't think that I've got the power to pull this off, but I do know a guy at Diamond MM, reviewing products for my web site. Ciao, Tim D. Hotze

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PS/1 software

by rector＠usa.net

I recently came into possession of a PS/1 model 2011. (I believe that this was one of the initial PS/1 models). It has a '286 processor and 30 meg harddrive. Unfortunately, the harddrive seems to be DOA (1701 error on boot up). The system will boot up to a 4 quadrant screen from the rom. I have downloaded the programs from IBM to switch the boot sequence to the floppy, but I cannot access any of the software that came with the system (MS Works et al.). The docs seem to imply that I can create a diskette version to run the software, which would be great if I had the original diskettes. So I'm wondering if there is anyone out there that I could get a copy of the diskettes that came with this system? Thanks, -- Dan Rector email: rector(a)usa.net

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Parallel ports

by sinasohn＠ricochet.net

At 02:39 AM 1/30/98 -0500, you wrote: >> Have you ever seen a Zenith "MiniSport"? Uses 2" floppies? I found [...] >do its upload and you've got at least one disk, you can probably >(don't count on it, but probably) attach a parallel Zip drive). Question: when did parallel ports become bi-directional (i.e., useable for zip drives and such)? Or, to put it another way, how likely would I be able to (ignoring software issues for the moment) hook up my new SyJet drive to say, my m100? What about my DG-1? (P.S., off-topic tip: The Parallel port SyJet is really a SCSI-2 SyJet with a fancy cable; if you've already got SCSI, and can maybe use the Parallel port feature...) --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/

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TRS-80 Model 1 and 4 questions

by dcoward＠pressstart.com

David Williams - Computer Packrat said: >Also, I picked up a TRS-80 Model 4, again with out manuals or >software. I have some software for the model 1 but can someone send >me LDOS or other OS for the Model 4? You can get LDOS with documentation and other Misosys software on Tim Mann's TRS-80 page at http://www.research.digital.com/SRC/personal/mann/trs80.html#down or Stefan's Old Computer Stuff page at http://www.xs4all.nl/~rimmer/trs/trs.html ========================================= Doug Coward dcoward(a)pressstart.com Senior Software Engineer Press Start Inc. Sunnyvale,CA Curator Museum of Personal Computing Machinery http://www.best.com/~dcoward/museum =========================================

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Video connectors (was: CGA Modes (Wuz: Win 3.0))

by photze＠batelco.com.bh

>Agreed, "with care." But too much care for the average user. Even I, who >like to think I know what I'm doing, repeat the mantra "Never jam in a VGA >connector no matter what" whenever I have the D-shell in my hand, just to >slow myself down properly. Actually, I've jammed the $^\&* things a few times myself. The solution (that I've come up with) is get a screw driver, (flathead) and then push it up and straighten it out. I've done the same thing with IDE connectors. I used the same solution, but instead of trial and error for getting them strait, I would get it straiter, then put an IDE cable into ONLY the damaged area, straiten it out a bit, see if it works, then try again. >But it's not a simple ENOUGH solution because, when I'm in the field and >detaching a monitor from its computer, 50% of the connectors I look at have >one pin bent in an L and jammed against the inner wall of the shell. The >design isn't adequate to real-world use, is my point -- whereas a DB9, for >example, certainly is. I'm not saying we don't need 15 pins; I say we need >15 THICKER pins, and since this connector is typically the only connector >on the back of a VGA adapter, there's plenty of room. Why not move away from this type of pins all together? Sure, it would cause major monitor incompatibility, but VGA type connectors are aging rapidly, and with new LCD monitors, the SVGA interface is reaching it's limits. Maybe something like a ethernet-type connector, or, as you said THICKER pins. Maybe switch the male-female part of this, with female-connector monitors. And, re-align the pins so that you can use a correctly configured (with the M-F type connectors, etc.) EGA, or CGA monitor. >Coming Spring '98: The Windows 98 Bible by Kip Crosby and Fred Davis! ^^^^^^^^^^^^ Keep me updated. Of course, MS wouldn't talk to me about reviewing it's products for my web site. :-(

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CP/M conversion

by alanr＠morgan.ucs.mun.ca

Does anyone know of a conversion utiliy which will convert files from a CP/M machine to Mac format? There is someone here willing to part with his Kaypro 4 but needs to convert his old files first. I know there is a conversion utility for CP/M to DOS, which then can be converted to Mac, but then you would lose all the long filenames. A CP/M to Mac would be preferable, any ideas?

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Pinouts on a DEC VT320 terminal

by spc＠armigeron.com

So I have this DEC VT320 terminal in front of me and it does work (very nicely, if I do say so). But what has me disturbed is the serial output port on this thing - it's the stranges port I've seen. Like a phone jack only not quite. And before I spend something like $50 on a cable, can anyone tell me what the pin outs are? -spc (Oh, and is it RS-232 even?)

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Info wanted (lots)

by sinasohn＠ricochet.net

I've started scanning photos of my collection, and want to build the web pages for each machine. Unfortunately, I don't know everything about all of them; so I'm asking for help. Here are the machines I've scanned so far: Altima 2 Apple Macintosh Portable Atari Portfolio Data General One Epson HX-20 Laptop Grid GridCase3 Hewlett-Packard Vectra LS/12 IBM PC Radio NEC PC8201A NEC PC8401A "Starlet" Radio Shack Model 100. I'm looking for any info, specs, anecdotes, whatever you might know of regarding these machines. Specifically, the specs I want to list (and I'm open for suggestions on other info) include: {mfr} Manufacturer {location} Mfr's Location {model} Model Number {processor} CPU used {opsys} Operating System(s) {bits-int} bits, internal to CPU (ex: 8088 = 16b internal) {bits-data} bits, external to cpu (ex: 8088 = 8b databus) {ram-min} Minimum RAM {ram-max} Maximum RAM (per Mfr) {rom} Amount of ROM {input} Type of input devices {display} Display size/type {stor-cas} Cassette Storage {stor-fdd} Floppy Drives {stor-hdd} Hard Drive {expansion} Expansion Capabilities {intro} Year introduced {discon} Year discontinued {cost} Intro price {size} Physical Size {weight} Weight {power-volt} Power Supply Voltage {power-conn} PS Type of connector {power-polar} PS connector polarity {notes} Other info If you know of any online resources, please forward the URL's as well. Thanks! --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/

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Looking for Melbourne collector

by adam＠merlin.net.au

Hi! I was just offered (possibly at a small cost - we didn't discuss any prices) a very large collection of Atari computers (800, 800xl, etc), plus manuals, books, software, peripherals and everything else you can probably imagine. However, I already have four Ataris of different sorts, so I thought someone else might appreciate it more (although, if you do, I may be interested in a couple of items *grin*). Anyway, as the collection is in Melboune I thought it might be of the most interest to a Melbourne collector, and I don't know any. Is anyone interested? Let me know and I can pass the phone number on to you. Adam.

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CGA Modes (Wuz: Win 3.0)

by photze＠batelco.com.bh

But, of course, MY PGA did. I've got a question I've been dying to ask: Why the heck do (S)VGA montiors have 3 sets of pins, and "older" monitors only have 2? I mean, the increased performance, for sure, but so many of the pins are "not used", or used for an odd purpose. Why not say put in 2 differnet plugs of 2 rows each, so that I could use my *surely* functional SVGA when testing out old computers? Thanks, Tim D. Hotze -----Original Message----- From: Kip Crosby <engine(a)chac.org> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Tuesday, February 03, 1998 7:25 PM Subject: Re: CGA Modes (Wuz: Win 3.0) >At 18:44 2/3/98 +0300, you wrote: >>Isn't PGA Pin-Grid-Array? (It's probably wrong, but hay....) > >Na-na-na. Professional Graphics Adapter, IBM's "other" attempt (besides >8514/a and XGA) at expensive design-grade video. It never went anywhere, >much. > >__________________________________________ >Kip Crosby engine(a)chac.org > http://www.chac.org/index.html >Computer History Association of California > >

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PGA (RE: CGA Modes (Wuz: Win 3.0))

by engine＠chac.org

At 09:08 2/3/98 -0800, Kai Kaltenbach wrote: >PGA is a three-card sandwich, not two... Mmm, no wonder it was so pricey. How many slots did it take? __________________________________________ Kip Crosby engine(a)chac.org http://www.chac.org/index.html Computer History Association of California

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EEPROM programmers again

by kevan＠heydon.org

Hi, Recently I picked up an EEPROM programmer (An Elan Universe 1000 to be precise) and I want to use it read and save the contents of the EEPROMs in my old computers. There is a small LCD display on the programmer >from which I can select various output formats, and I was wondering which ones are the best / most popular? The format are: Tek Hex ASCII Hex Space Binary Motorola S Rec Intel Std & 8086 Elan Fuse Map Jedec Mos Tech Texas Tags Also any specifications for the above formats would be much appreciated. Again through the LCD configuration options it seems that the programmer can be remotely controlled using the following formats: Chessels Philips PMDS Intel MDS Elan Easycom I have searched the Web but found nothing on these protocols. Can any body help me? Many thanks. -- Kevan Old Computer Collector: http://www.heydon.org/kevan/collection/

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9370 is a dog! Was: Re: Re[2]: Firsts

by cfandt＠servtech.com

At 12:30 03-02-98 -0500, William Donzelli <william(a)ans.net> wrote: > >Just because the sticker says 30 amps does not mean it will draw that >much! In general, those ratings are worst case (a fully blown system), and >includes some safety factor (as well as some surge). Oh I already knew that, William. A 30A breaker works out fine to handle the six 9332 DASD units (IBM's accronym for these type of hard disks for some of you other observers), 9345 tape drive, rack power controllers and the 9370-60 CPU. > >For example, the ex-NFSnet RS/6000s are rated for 240V @ 20 amps, but in >their current state (loaded with memory, one DASD shelf), they only suck >about two amps! > >Do not be suprised if that 9370 only sucks a few amps. Can't recall exactly, but total draw was about 11 to 12 amps or so when I checked last fall before I put the system to bed while we were shopping for a house. 30A dual-pole breaker was on hand and turns out to handle surge okay. I have done industrial wiring at work as part of my engineering responsibilities so have experience with handling stuff like this. Still dumped alotta heat! :-) We got cheap electricity in this town. $0.036 per KWH vs. about $0.08 or more per KWH outside of the area. Can't wait to work more with the system later this year if the wife has no additional remodeling in the new house for me to do :-( -- -- ======================================================= Christian Fandt Phone: +716-488-1722 -Home 111 Harding Avenue +716-661-1832 -Office Jamestown, New York Fax: +716-661-1888 -Office fax 14701-4746 USA email: cfandt(a)servtech.com

28 years, 2 months

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Visual Basic for DOS?

by MPritchard＠EnsembleStudios.com

And it sucked!!!!!!!!!! As for QuickBasic for DOS, it ended with version 4.5... sort of. There was a professional version, called PDS, which ended at version 7.1 -Matt Pritchard Graphics Engine and Optimization Specialist > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Withers [SMTP:bwit@pobox.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 1998 12:29 PM > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers > Subject: Re: Visual Basic for DOS? > > > There actually was a Visual Basic for DOS product. It was very much > like > Visual Basic V1 execpt that everything was in character mode. It > supported > menus, listboxes, comboboxes, and like like without graphics. > > Bob > > At 04:56 PM 2/1/98 -0800, you wrote: > >Max, > > > >There was a Microsoft QuickBasic for DOS. I believe it got up to at > >least version 4.0. I used it long ago on a project or two. > > > >You probably can find a cheap (~$20?) copy of this at some used > software > >store, like Half Price Software. > > > >Dave > > > >Max Eskin wrote: > >> > >> It is my understanding that there was once a (Microsoft?) Visual > Basic > >> for DOS. Was it like VB for Windows, and was it any better than > QBasic? > >> If someone has a copy, could they let me (ahem) borrow it? > >> > >> ______________________________________________________ > >> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > >Attachment Converted: "c:\program files\eudora\attach\vcard5.vcf" > >

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Visual Basic for DOS?

by maxeskin＠hotmail.com

Someone said they would post it at an FTP site,and I lost the email address; would the person email me? ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

28 years, 2 months

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new additions: //c lcd display

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

i decided to make a run for old computer stuff and i'm glad i did. i managed to find the apple //c lcd display in its original box. used, but in good shape. price? $3.18 no printed material came with it. i also saw a complete tandy 1000, a never used colecovision with steering wheel, imagewriter 1, apple //c, //c 9 inch monitor, apple 300/1200 modem in box, //c mouse never used, and //c disk drive and some apple laserwriter carts. i may go back for some of the other goodies. i might consider trades for the lcd. david

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Visual Basic for DOS?

by maxeskin＠hotmail.com

It is my understanding that there was once a (Microsoft?) Visual Basic for DOS. Was it like VB for Windows, and was it any better than QBasic? If someone has a copy, could they let me (ahem) borrow it? ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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PGA (RE: CGA Modes (Wuz: Win 3.0))

by kaikal＠MICROSOFT.com

PGA is a three-card sandwich, not two... > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Kaneko [SMTP:Jeff.Kaneko@ifrsys.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 1998 8:07 AM > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers > Subject: Re: CGA Modes (Wuz: Win 3.0) > > > It seems like it means "Professional Graphics Adapter" > > Hmmm. > > -Jeff > > > > Isn't PGA Pin-Grid-Array? (It's probably wrong, but hay....) > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jeff Kaneko <Jeff.Kaneko(a)ifrsys.com> > > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers > > <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> > > Date: Tuesday, February 03, 1998 6:39 PM > > Subject: Re: CGA Modes (Wuz: Win 3.0) > > > > > > > > You sure this isn't PGA? > > > > > I'm sure my 3270pc handles a "better" quality CGA. It just looks like > > > EGA, thought it was... It was running a version of Norton Utes and it > > > was just beautiful turquoise blue set and clear characters. > > > > > > I'd have to think this was better than CGA, especially since it took > two > > > coupled long cards to run the video... > > > > > > -Mike > > > > > > > > >

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RED ALERT! FREE VAX Cluster needs rescue!

by aaron＠orr.wfi-inc.com

I asked about the mass of the thing, just to dream about shipping it. 6 boxes, 250 kg's or so apiece (over a ton). It's a fairly large system, eh? Aaron From CLASSICCMP-owner(a)u.washington.edu Tue Feb 3 07:40:40 1998 Return-Path: <CLASSICCMP-owner(a)u.washington.edu> Received: from lists2.u.washington.edu (lists2.u.washington.edu [140.142.56.1]) by orr.wfi-inc.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA24217 for <aaron(a)orr.wfi-inc.com>; Tue, 3 Feb 1998 07:40:39 -0800 Received: from host (lists.u.washington.edu [140.142.56.13]) by lists2.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with SMTP id HAA04106; Tue, 3 Feb 1998 07:34:38 -0800 Received: from mxu4.u.washington.edu (mxu4.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id HAA34798 for <classiccmp(a)lists.u.washington.edu>; Tue, 3 Feb 1998 07:31:13 -0800 Received: from threedee.com ([208.18.183.65]) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.09) with ESMTP id HAA25999 for <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>; Tue, 3 Feb 1998 07:31:01 -0800 Received: from winnie (winnie [192.198.5.13]) by threedee.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA00712; Tue, 3 Feb 1998 10:29:27 -0600 Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19980203093044.00be26f0@pc> Date: Tue, 03 Feb 1998 09:30:44 -0600 Reply-To: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu Sender: CLASSICCMP-owner(a)u.washington.edu Precedence: bulk From: John Foust <jfoust(a)threedee.com> To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers" <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Subject: Re: RED ALERT! FREE VAX Cluster needs rescue! Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Cc: hulbertj(a)msoe.edu X-Sender: jfoust@pc (Unverified) X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: R >To anyone interested, my school is looking to make the old VAX cluster >disappear. It consists of two MV3600's, several racks of RA81/82's, one >MVII, and a TU-something-or-other. How large is all this equipment, in square and cubic feet? What sort of power does it take? Anything particularly interesting or novel about this system? MicroVAX III circa 1987, KA650 processor, QBUS, ~32 meg RAM, RA-82s are ~600 meg, VMS 5.x? Roughly 2.8 VUP? Main unit, rack-mount half-height? Maybe a TU-81+, half-height rack tape? - John Jefferson Computer Museum <http://www.threedee.com/jcm>

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VAXStation 2000 start-up questions

by IVIE＠cc.usu.edu

>It was thus said that the Great Allison J Parent once stated: >> >> <just typing a B to the prompt would do it, or B <bootstrap device> such >> <as >> <B CSA0 ,,, Allison'd probably know better on this... >> >> You have three bootable devices... >> >> B DUA0 *RD5x in the box, never seen one external but it can be done. >> B MUA0 or 7 *tk50 tape I forget the device number as it's slow. >> B XQA0 *boot via eithernet. It was possible to run them diskless. >> >> B does the default device first (dua0) then tape then eithernet. > > Does this also apply to the uVAX 2000 (or are they in fact the same >thing?) Also, do you have the specs about the boot protocol over the >eithernet? It does, assuming you use the right device name for the Ethernet. There is a MOP demon for Linux that some NetBSD folks have used to boot a 2000 diskless; you could look into that for info about the boot protocol. Roger Ivie ivie(a)cc.usu.edu

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greetings / my collection

by adavie＠mad.scientist.com

Hello to the list members. I've just joined you. Based in Australia, I have Altair 8800b (don't ask the price!) Kaypro II (found today - $30) Exidy Sorcerer x 2 ($25) Ohio Scientific Challenger 1P board (free) Dick Smith Wizzard (aka. CreatiVision) ($10) Sinclair ZX80 ($1) Sinclair ZX81 ($1) Sinclair Spectrum (trade for a slide rule) Atari 800 + 810 (well my Mum has it, but I'm working on that) Although not a big collector of the older computers, I am in general an avid collector of smaller computing devices such as slide rules and calculators. I'd like to announce my web-sites on these subjects... Museum of Soviet Calculators http://www.comcen.com.au/~adavie/slide/calculator/soviet.html Slide Rule Trading Post http://www.comcen.com.au/~adavie/slide/ My intent in joining, however, is to share my resources (boxes of software for Exidy Sorcerer - but I can't load any of it - no working drive!) and perhaps utilise the brain pool of this list to help me get my Altair up and running, and also enable my Kaypro II to boot to anything but <System?> I also have manuals for about 10 different Kaypro packages - email me for list. In any case, I was pleased to accidentally stumble on this list, and fervently hope it is still an active one. I do welcome private communications, but would generally prefer discussion on the list for the benefit of all. Cheers Andrew Davie

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VAXStation 2000 start-up questions

by IVIE＠cc.usu.edu

> <just typing a B to the prompt would do it, or B <bootstrap device> such > <as > <B CSA0 ,,, Allison'd probably know better on this... > > You have three bootable devices... > > B DUA0 *RD5x in the box, never seen one external but it can be done. > B MUA0 or 7 *tk50 tape I forget the device number as it's slow. > B XQA0 *boot via eithernet. It was possible to run them diskless. > > B does the default device first (dua0) then tape then eithernet. That's B ESA0 for the Ethernet. But if he can't type, he can't enter any of those commands. I don't know what the various failure modes of an LK201 look like (none of mine have failed), so I can't say offhand what's wrong with the keyboard. I would first try swapping it (since I have plenty of them lying around) and, failing that, going for a serial console. Also, the ? on 7 indicates some sort of problem with the disk controller. Roger Ivie ivie(a)cc.usu.edu

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CGA Modes (Wuz: Win 3.0)

by photze＠batelco.com.bh

Isn't PGA Pin-Grid-Array? (It's probably wrong, but hay....) -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Kaneko <Jeff.Kaneko(a)ifrsys.com> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Tuesday, February 03, 1998 6:39 PM Subject: Re: CGA Modes (Wuz: Win 3.0) You sure this isn't PGA? > I'm sure my 3270pc handles a "better" quality CGA. It just looks like > EGA, thought it was... It was running a version of Norton Utes and it > was just beautiful turquoise blue set and clear characters. > > I'd have to think this was better than CGA, especially since it took two > coupled long cards to run the video... > > -Mike >

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RED ALERT! FREE VAX Cluster needs rescue!

by jfoust＠threedee.com

>To anyone interested, my school is looking to make the old VAX cluster >disappear. It consists of two MV3600's, several racks of RA81/82's, one >MVII, and a TU-something-or-other. How large is all this equipment, in square and cubic feet? What sort of power does it take? Anything particularly interesting or novel about this system? MicroVAX III circa 1987, KA650 processor, QBUS, ~32 meg RAM, RA-82s are ~600 meg, VMS 5.x? Roughly 2.8 VUP? Main unit, rack-mount half-height? Maybe a TU-81+, half-height rack tape? - John Jefferson Computer Museum <http://www.threedee.com/jcm>

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VAXStation 2000 start-up questions

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<From: Captain Napalm <spc(a)armigeron.com> <> You have three bootable devices... <> <> B DUA0 *RD5x in the box, never seen one external but it can be don <> B MUA0 or 7 *tk50 tape I forget the device number as it's slow. <> B XQA0 *boot via eithernet. It was possible to run them diskless <> <> B does the default device first (dua0) then tape then eithernet. < < Does this also apply to the uVAX 2000 (or are they in fact the same <thing?) Also, do you have the specs about the boot protocol over the <eithernet? VS2k, uV2k and MV-II and a bunch of others. However if you have the manual....RTFM comes to mind. :) The NI boot protocal for small vaxen is MOP, to explain that requires a book...come to think of it you may have that in your book. Allison

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CGA Modes (Wuz: Win 3.0)

by Philip.Belben＠powertech.co.uk

>>Is it some kind of "Super CGA" that wasn't really supported by anyone? > > I know some game companies "tweaked" certain memory registers or something > so that standard CGA could do 320x200x16 colors, but as far as I'm aware, > there was only 320x200x4 and 640x400x2 for CGA, 640x400x16 for EGA, and of > course 320x200x256 for MCGA. (The latter was what my Compact IBM PS/2 Mac > wannabe had) I never heard of 320 x 200 x 16 for the CGA - I seem to remember 160 x 200 x 16 - surely it would not have had the memory for the other? The CGA never did 640 x 400 x 2 that I ever heard of - I assume that was a typing error for 640 x 200 x 2. The EGA did 640 x 200 x 16 on a CGA monitor, 640 x [was it 400 or was it 350] x [a number of colours dependent on the memory installed] on an EGA monitor, and even did 640 x 350 x 3 (I think) on an MDA monitor. I also once saw a demonstration on a CGA card that changed colours in real time faster than the scan rate and so gave more colours than you'd expect. But I digress. What was the question again? :-) Philip.

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TI 99/4A Exp. Box

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

In a message dated 98-02-02 18:38:17 EST, you write: << Uncle: Considering the rarity of this item, I'd say you made out like a bandit. Not too many of these were sold as it cost alot more than the computer itself! Jeff >> i have one also, but the front plastic panel is missing. concerning the disk drive, will an xt type floppy drive work? david

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Stupid bus tricks

by higginbo＠netpath.net

At 06:57 PM 2/2/98 -0800, you wrote: >It's not PS/2, it's MicroChannel Architecture. NuBus isn't PC, it's Mac. And PCI can also Mac. -John Higginbotham- -limbo.netpath.net-

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VAXStation 2000 start-up questions

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<just typing a B to the prompt would do it, or B <bootstrap device> such <as <B CSA0 ,,, Allison'd probably know better on this... You have three bootable devices... B DUA0 *RD5x in the box, never seen one external but it can be done. B MUA0 or 7 *tk50 tape I forget the device number as it's slow. B XQA0 *boot via eithernet. It was possible to run them diskless. B does the default device first (dua0) then tape then eithernet. Allison

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CPM86, GEMDOS, GEM Files - Whole free systems

by mallison＠konnections.com

I'm sure everyone knows about this, but for the few, such as I: For a bunch of CPM systems, 68k, 8080, Z80, Z180, CPM-86, MPM, checkout: http://cdl.uta.edu/cpm/download.html They have it all including CPM-86 OS + C compilers, Basic Compilers, Fortran and Pascal. Plus the same for CPM Z80 & 8080 system: Plus, the Digital Research Library with GEM stuff for Atari and DOS, including GEM Desktop, Draw, Write, and GEM Publisher You could have a good 8088 or 8080/Z80 or Atari system, for just a little time. -Mike

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System Info&config Archives

by mallison＠konnections.com

One place to find system configuration and info files: http://www.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/sysinfo/ -Mike

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TK50 tape drive and Linux (PC)?

by sethm＠loomcom.com

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Stupid bus tricks

by maxeskin＠hotmail.com

>Ah but to answer the question with out philosophy - NO. >In reality (with philosophy 8-) Yes! It is called networking 8-) > >Linux has been used in the Beowolf configuration where (I think) >16?? machines were/are set up for parallel processing. You could >net-research this and find a bunch of stuff. > >I have done it using Perl on two machines, one running a 6532 emulator >and the other running a 6502 emulator. > >BC (Sigh!) Well, it seems that I need more explanation. I was wondering if this would be a more resource-conserving way to do it, and technologically easier. I would do this with network cards if I had them. Serial ports might be good, as well as parallel. Is there a way to make the computer do TCP/IP via serial or parallel port? So, could you please tell me, COULD I STICK A RIBBON CABLE INTO TWO DIFFERENT MOTHERBOARDS AND PRETEND THAT THE MBs ARE CARDS OF EACH OTHER? ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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C-64c probs

by foxnhare＠goldrush.com

From: John Higginbotham <higginbo(a)netpath.net> Subject: Re: C-64c probs >>Assuming the drive's device number has not been changed from eight, then the >>correct command is LOAD "*", 8, 1 > >What's the differenct between "$" and "*"? I've seen both used in this >context. LOAD"*",8,1 loads the first file off of a disk to it's recorded start address in memory (This is usually the way you boot commercial software disks, rarely anything with various programs on it.) Loading the directory is done by loading "$", you can add file spec wildcards such as "$pac*" (load the first program with a filename starting with 'pac') > How does one change a device number? I'm not Commodore expert. The >only other Commodore product I've had is a C-16, and that seems like ages ago. > Via software is pretty complicated, the hardware method requires you to open the case of the 1541 and look for two 'jumper pads' on the circut board and cutting one or both 'jumper' connections to change the number. >>changed to 9, 10, or 11, then you will get a "device not found" error. Try >>the other numbers in place of 8 until you find the correct one. If the >>cable is bad or not connected properly, you should get a "device not >>present" error. > >I'll give it a try. How long should I wait for a device not present >message? Should be an immediate response. > It's just sitting there looking for the floppy. I've got both the >C-64 manual and the 1541 manual, but can't see anything that'll help me. > They are OK, but many people don't take them seriously... >>PS: I've got all kinds of 1541's if you really want/need one. > >I'd like to get a second drive if this one is good, or two drives if this >one is bad, but I think the problem is just me sitting in front of it, and >not the drive. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Visit our web page at: http://www.goldrush.com/~foxnhare/ Call our Commodore 64 BBS (Silicon Realms 300-2400 baud) at: (209) 754-1363 -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-

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C-64c probs

by foxnhare＠goldrush.com

From: Fritz Chwolka <Chwolka(a)nt-gmbh.de> Subject: Re: C-64c probs >John Higginbotham wrote: >> >[snip!] >> What's going on here? Drive misalign? How do I realign? Bad drive? Bad cable? >> >> Anyone have one or two extra 1541 floppy drives they want to sell? -- >I have my indos not by hand but I nelieve you must type >type LOAD "$",8,1 > ^^^^ NOOOOOOO!!!! That will make the drive do a 'non-relocating load' with the directory starting at memory location 1025 ($0401) which is screen memory on the 64. The load address of $0401 is remenants of 4040/2031 code left in for use by people with PETs whose BASIC starts at $0401 and cannot do any sort of relocating load. use just: LOAD"$",8 Larry Anderson -- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Visit our web page at: http://www.goldrush.com/~foxnhare/ Call our Commodore 64 BBS (Silicon Realms 300-2400 baud) at: (209) 754-1363 -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-

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Kids and classics (was: C-64c probs)

by sinasohn＠ricochet.net

Since there seem to be a few folks who want to save their classics from their kids, let me stray off-topic long enough to say my girlfriend is an educator (best in the business, honest) so if any one wants suggestions for kids software, let me know and I'll pass on her recommendations. --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/

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C-64c probs

by sinasohn＠ricochet.net

At 11:29 AM 2/1/98 -0600, you wrote: >I'll try it next time I get the system out to play with it. We've got an 19 >month old running around now, and something like the Commodore with it's >multiple cables and pieces is a prime target for her. At 19 months, she's definitely ready to start using the computer! (Be it classic or new.) Lemme know if you need software recommendations. --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/

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TRW Acquisitions, VCF

by fmc＠reanimators.org

Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net> wrote: > I wonder what a "virtual terminal" is? I'm thinking that the "virtual terminals" are the workspaces. > Do you remember how they moved text between windows? Is it a cut and > paste operation like MS Windows? Um, no. As I recall it used the logging function. You set up the "to" device to be a workspace and then turn on log top or log bottom. E.g. if you turned on log bottom, then as each line was received it would be copied (by the terminal) over to the workspace set as "to" device, and if that workspace is attached to the other datacomm port then the line gets sent out that port. So I don't think you can cut-and-paste very easily, but you can set the thing up to do simple data logging. -Frank McConnell

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CGA Modes (Wuz: Win 3.0)

by allisonp＠world.std.com

>>Is it some kind of "Super CGA" that wasn't really supported by anyo > > > > I know some game companies "tweaked" certain memory registers or so > > so that standard CGA could do 320x200x16 colors, but as far as I'm > > I never heard of 320 x 200 x 16 for the CGA - I seem to remember 160 > 200 x 16 - surely it would not have had the memory for the other? I have an ATI Graphics Solution board that does: 40x25 character 80x25 character 320x200 color graphics 640x200 color/graphics 600/200 b/w modes plantronics color/graphics ati 640x200x16 color graphics 640x200x4 color 320x200x16 color 132x25 color text mode IBM mono (MDA) Hercules graphics mode 132x25 mono 132x44 mono Off hand the 6845 could likely be programmed for other more odd modes. Allison

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Stupid bus tricks

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<You talked about a system where the bus had to be arbitrated, that <wouldn't necessarily be needed if you went through SCSI, would it... I've done it with shared memory, SCSI, and most buses. SCSI worked well with AmproLBs. the physical medium does not determine what networking protocal is or can be used only the physical layer. So IP over scsi is doable as is DECNET in shared memory or simple async serial lines (DDCMP). Allison

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Massively Classic System WAS(Re: Stupid bus tricks)

by higginbo＠netpath.net

At 08:53 PM 2/2/98 -0700, you wrote: >I think John's on to something here. How about connect together a >S-100, EEEI-696, EISA, MCI, PCI, VME and Multibus plane and create a >monitor that will allow CPU and memory on each system running >concurrently with mix and match boards as you like (or have) running >Concurrent CPM? > >To play PONG on..... Pong? Pong? At least have it run Spacewar, for pete's sake! -John Higginbotham- -limbo.netpath.net-

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VAXStation 2000 start-up questions

by sethm＠loomcom.com

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Fairchild Channel F

by COAKLEY＠AC.GRIN.EDU

> Checked on usenet, now I remember why I didn't go there at first: > --I am not interested in Making $$$$$ > --I DONT NEED PASSWORD FOR SEX SITES > --I have nothing to sell and I don't want to buy anything. > I better try the mailing list. The worst part is, rgvc is considered pretty high-signal these days. It's been a bad week, though. BTW, I think I just gave you the list address, rather than the list request address. At least, I got your subscribe message, and I suspect the rest of the list did too. You might want to try classic-videogames-request(a)moose.webworks.ca for the actual subscribe request. Sorry about that, -- Ben Coakley http://www.math.grin.edu/~coakley coakley(a)ac.grin.edu Station Manager, KDIC 88.5 FM CBEL: Xavier OH Wow, this is global. -Mtn Goats

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Stupid bus tricks

by maxeskin＠hotmail.com

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Apple ][+ OS

by sinasohn＠ricochet.net

At 07:26 AM 1/31/98 +0300, you wrote: >Actually, I was wondering what the heck Microsloth was thinking when they >made it 8 characters. And, the fact that in the next 5 FULL RELEASES If I'm not mistaken, the 8.3 convention comes from (at least) CP/M. Possibly from some other OpSys before that as well. When you've got 16K of memory, you probably don't want to waste 30 bytes when 8 will do just as well. --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/

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Stupid bus tricks

by higginbo＠netpath.net

An even better stupid bus trick would be to connect all those bus types together, and have any card on any bus recognized by any computer. (But don't look at me, I'm just an idea man!) At 04:20 PM 2/2/98, you wrote: >It would be a LOT easier to connect them via a null-modem or just use >LapLink or something similar (Fast Lynx is my preference). > > Joe > > >At 11:47 AM 2/2/98 PST, you wrote: >>Could I attach two PC motherboards (ISA? PS/2? PCI? EISA? NuBUS? >>Others?) together via a ribbon cable by the bus connectors and then >>transfer data among them, of course having written the approporiate >>drivers? >> >>______________________________________________________ >>Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >> > -John Higginbotham- -limbo.netpath.net-

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Fairchild Channel F

by francois.auradon＠worldnet.att.net

>To the original poster - you may have better luck asking on the classic >videogames mailing list (classic-videogames(a)moose.webworks.ca) or if you >have usenet access, on rec.games.video.classic. Checked on usenet, now I remember why I didn't go there at first: --I am not interested in Making $$$$$ --I DONT NEED PASSWORD FOR SEX SITES --I have nothing to sell and I don't want to buy anything. I better try the mailing list. -- Ben Coakley http://www.math.grin.edu/~coakley coakley(a)ac.grin.edu Station Manager, KDIC 88.5 FM CBEL: Xavier OH Wow, this is global. -Mtn Goats

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RED ALERT! FREE VAX Cluster needs rescue!

by kyrrin2＠wizards.net

Those of you in or near Milwaukee may want to take note of this... ;-) -=-=- <snip> -=-=- >Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 15:12:35 -0600 (CST) >From: "HULBERT JOSHUA" <hulbertj(a)msoe.edu> >To: port-vax(a)netbsd.org >Subject: Free VAX Cluster! >Sender: port-vax-owner(a)NetBSD.ORG >Delivered-To: port-vax(a)NetBSD.ORG > >Hi, > >To anyone interested, my school is looking to make the old VAX cluster >disappear. It consists of two MV3600's, several racks of RA81/82's, one >MVII, and a TU-something-or-other. I haven't had time to go down and look >at the innards of any of the machines, but I will if anyone expresses an >interest in them. The whole shebang was operational the day they took it >to the basement, so I assume it still is. > >We also have two or three VS3100's, but I'm really not sure what shape >they're in. > >We are located in downtown Milwaukee, WI. The machines would be free for >the taking, or if anyone wants to pay the shipping, we could work >something out. I'd really like to see it all go toward the NetBSD cause, >otherwise they'll be scrapped for the gold :( > >Please get back to me as soon as possible. I'm guessing we have until the >end of the week, at which time the scrap metal man comes. I've had >phantasies about bringing the stuff home, but "home" is actually a dorm >room. Dunno if plugging the 3600's in will actually cause a brownout or >not. Housing wouldn't be pleased, I'm guessing. > >Cheers! > >Joshua Hulbert >Milwaukee School of Engineering >hulbertj(a)msoe.edu >(414) 287-4827 > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Sysop, The Dragon's Cave BBS (Fidonet 1:343/272) (Hamateur: WD6EOS) (E-mail: kyrrin2(a)wizards.net) http://www.wizards.net/technoid "Our science can only describe an object, event, or living thing in our own human terms. It cannot, in any way, define any of them..."

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CGA Modes (Wuz: Win 3.0)

by higginbo＠netpath.net

At 09:09 PM 2/2/98 -0600, you wrote: >As a side note... the Tandy 1000 line also supported three-voice digital >sound--also stolen from the PCjr. You will also find this supported in >those games too. Yeah, I played quite a few games on my 1000tx with both these features. Sure beat standard CGA and PC speaker! -John Higginbotham- -limbo.netpath.net-

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Stupid bus tricks

by higginbo＠netpath.net

At 08:59 PM 2/2/98 -0500, you wrote: >logic that drives those busses is strong enough that if one were to >assert a logic 1 and the other a logic 0 the result literally would be >smoke. But wouldn't it be fun to watch as a spectator? :) -John Higginbotham- -limbo.netpath.net-

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TRW Acquisitions, VCF

by fmc＠reanimators.org

Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net> wrote: > Thanks Frank. I have two HP 2626s coming. I'd like give them a try just > for kicks. I understand that they'll support up to four sessions > simultanously. Seems stange to think of running the Altair via something > like that. 2626A or 2626W? The latter were intended for use with a word-processing product for the HP3000, called HPWORD. But that's another story, and as terminals they don't behave much different from each other. It's been a while since I did anything with them but I do remember setting one up to do the multi-session thing just to see how it worked. Conceptually it goes something like this: the terminal can have up to four workspaces, where each workspace has a chunk of the terminal's display buffer memory. You can then split the display into two or four windows (tiles) into the workspaces and associate devices with the workspaces (don't remember the details of this). But you only have two datacomm ports, so I'm not really sure how you can manage four sessions. Oh, how well did it work? I seem to remember thinking that it was cumbersome to use, difficult to switch between workspaces and to resize them as you were going. But I knew some other people who used this to move small chunks of text between two connected host computers, so maybe it was just something that you could get used to after a while. > I do have some junk VT-320s that I had forgotten about. I'll see if one > of them works in the mean time. Should be OK too, even if you end up working with software that expects a VT100. But I bet the Portable Pluses are easier to move! -Frank McConnell

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Stupid bus tricks

by maxeskin＠hotmail.com

Could I attach two PC motherboards (ISA? PS/2? PCI? EISA? NuBUS? Others?) together via a ribbon cable by the bus connectors and then transfer data among them, of course having written the approporiate drivers? ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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Fairchild Channel F

by francois.auradon＠worldnet.att.net

OK Thanks for the pointers. >To the original poster - you may have better luck asking on the classic >videogames mailing list (classic-videogames(a)moose.webworks.ca) or if you >have usenet access, on rec.games.video.classic. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Francois Auradon. Visit the SANCTUARY at http://home.att.net/~francois.auradon

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TRW Acquisitions

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<an Intel Multibus Single Board Computer 80/10A, and an Intel Multibus 80/ <card of some sort. The only reason I picked up the Intel Multibus board the 80/10a was a multibus 8080 card. I have a few but they are fried. When I get crazy I'll fix them. The 80/10 desn't date from '76 though the '76 is the date intel trademarked the MULTIBUS name. Allison

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by allisonp＠world.std.com

FROM: maxskin(a)hotmail.com; <make the computer do TCP/IP via serial or parallel port? So, could you <please tell me, COULD I STICK A RIBBON CABLE INTO TWO DIFFERENT <MOTHERBOARDS AND PRETEND THAT THE MBs ARE CARDS OF EACH OTHER? Max I answered the question and you didn't understand. ----> NO!!! YOU CAN NOT. <---- Doing that would have the two opposing CPUs competing without any way to resolve that nondestructively. That last word is important and the logic that drives those busses is strong enough that if one were to assert a logic 1 and the other a logic 0 the result literally would be smoke. Allison

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Stupid bus tricks

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

you asked for an straightforward answer? it's NO. In a message dated 98-02-02 17:49:20 EST, you write: << >>Could I attach two PC motherboards (ISA? PS/2? PCI? EISA? NuBUS? >>Others?) together via a ribbon cable by the bus connectors and then >>transfer data among them, of course having written the approporiate >>drivers? >> >>______________________________________________________ >>Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com For one thing, please answer the question without going into philosophy. The other is that I am looking not to transfer files, etc. but for a way to have two computers share information a la multiproc. systems. >>

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Interesting Find

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

In a message dated 98-02-02 17:09:25 EST, you write: << >Didn't the IBM Portable (or convertible...whatever) do that? I seem to recall that the convertible (the laptop) had a printer available that attached to the rear, although iirc, right side up and ready to print. (It connected directly through an expansion port on the back of the computer.) >> uncle is right, the pc convertible has a small printer that connects right to the back of the computer, and other options can plug into it. it can print on thermal paper, and print on regular paper i think too. i found the printer for my convertible at a thrift store for $1. talk about lucky! david

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TI 99/4A Exp. Box

by sinasohn＠ricochet.net

Last week (while running around trying do recover from a disk crash) I picked up a TI 99/4a Expansion Box. Has a couple of cards and a (loose) disk drive, but to be honest, I haven't even had a chance to take it out of my girlfriend's trunk (too much sh*t going down lately). Anything interesting that might be in there? Did I do good at $15 (with some elec. screwdriver bits thrown in)? Any info is appreciated! --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/

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Future Services & Events from the Vintage Technology Cooperative

by dastar＠wco.com

I just thought I'd give yous guys a sneak peek of some of the things I am working on... The Vintage Computer Festival v2.0 - the continuation of the legacy! ;) This year's show will be bigger and better than the first. More vendors, a bigger exhibition, more great speakers and workshops, more more more! Tentatively scheduled for late summer. Keep your eyes open for further announcements. The First Vintage Computer Festival Auction - you won't want to miss this. There will be a bunch of incredible stuff auctioned off this spring to help fund VCF 2.0. Check the VCF web page (www.siconic.com/vcf) this May for details. A new & improved VCF web-site. Thanks to TCI's cable modem service, I'll be hosting my own internet services. Among other things, I will launch a vintage computer software archive. Online history, trivia, interviews with industry legends, a comprehensive vintage computer gallery, and a comprehensive list of links to other vintage computer sites on the web. This will become the one-stop shop for vintage computing. The Vintage Computer Collector & Trader Web BBS. This will be a BBS as was discussed a couple weeks ago in the discussion. It will provide two services. First, it will offer free advertising for those wanting to buy/sell/trade vintage computer hardware, software, literature, etc. Second, it will provide a registry for those wanting to network with other collectors around the country. Post a message describing what you want and how much you're willing to pay. Other collectors around the country scour their local flea markets, thrift stores and salvage yards looking for your requests. You work out the final details with each other. Automatic database management insures that requests stay current. Stale requests get removed automatically. The Vintage Computer Software Archives - the plan is for an FTP site with all manner of software archives for all platforms: CP/M, DOS, Unix, microcomputers (Apple, Atari, Commodore, TI, Radio Shack, etc.), mini-computers (DEC, Data General, Sun, IBM, etc.), mainframes...whatever is legal to archive and make publicly available will be there. The archived equivalents of disks, magnetic tapes, paper tapes, punch cards, whatever, will be made available for download. ALL THIS AND SO MUCH MORE! A VERITABLE NERD EXTRAVAGANZA TO SATISFY YOUR VINTAGE COMPUTER HUNGER! Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Historian, Programmer, Musician, Philosopher, Athlete, Writer, Jackass Coming Soon...Vintage Computer Festival 2.0 See http://www.siconic.com/vcf for details!

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Fairchild Channel F

by francois.auradon＠worldnet.att.net

Hi, I found a Channel F on saturday. I'm having some problem with it: The horizontal lines are dashed. Could someone point me to a good hardware ref or help me out in troubleshooting it? Also it doesn't read the carts, I can select the internal game but the carts are not seen. Thank you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Francois Auradon. Visit the SANCTUARY at http://home.att.net/~francois.auradon

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Interesting Find

by sinasohn＠ricochet.net

At 08:14 PM 1/30/98 -0500, you wrote: >(Sharp PC-7100) > >> printer (I've only got one) that attaches to the back for portability. > >Didn't the IBM Portable (or convertible...whatever) do that? I seem to recall that the convertible (the laptop) had a printer available that attached to the rear, although iirc, right side up and ready to print. (It connected directly through an expansion port on the back of the computer.) The Sharp PC-7100's printer tips up* to attach for portability; to use it you have to detach it, set it down, and hook up a standard printer cable. *Tips up: take your standard mx-80 or what-have-you and grab the rear corners. Lift, rotating along the front bottom edge, and stand it on the front side. Now put your lunchbox in front of it. (Well, maybe Andre the Giant's lunchbox.) --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/

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Coleco Adam pricing

by sinasohn＠ricochet.net

At 01:25 PM 1/30/98 -0800, you wrote: >No way! Maybe $50 at the top end, but $75 is way too much. These are not [...] >someone was trying to sell one at a swap meet? What would you expect to >pay for an old-assed, obsolete computer with no current support that some >guy had lying on the ground in a parking lot? For a Coleco Adam, I'd say >that number is between $25 - $30. Well, certainly, one can always hope to find a deal. I recently paid $750 for a non-running, 1959 Land Rover with no rear wheels and last registered in 1988. The seller told me that the next day someone showed up at his door with $2000 in cash. So, yes, if you want to wait 'til you find one at a flea market, then you should be able to get one for $25-30. (Heck, I've seen 'em (missed out on 'em) for free!) But, if you want one, and you know of one for sale, with some extra parts, I don't think $75 is an unreasonable asking price. Not everyone will pay it, of course; many will wait for the flea market, but there will be those who would just as soon pay a little more to have it now. For comparison purposes, I bought my main Land Rover ("Indy") 8 years ago for $10K. It's also a '59. (Though in better shape, a long-wheelbase model, and had a few extras.) --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/

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AT&T 6300

by sinasohn＠ricochet.net

If anyone's desperate for an AT&T 6300, I saw one for $30. Dunno if it works, or if it's complete, but it's there. --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/

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GRiDCase 3 EPROM Programmer

by higginbo＠netpath.net

At 01:39 PM 2/2/98, you wrote: > Does it say anything about what it's looking for or what port it expects >to find it on? Well, there's only one 25-pin RS232 port on the GRiD, the other serial port is taken up by a 1200 baud modem (state of the art in 1985). I'm gonna try to find a cheap one at the next hamfest to tinker with it. Who knows? Maybe it'll work on the first try. (yeah, right) -John Higginbotham- -limbo.netpath.net-

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TRW Acquisitions, VCF

by allisonp＠world.std.com

< I had forgotten that I have a pile of VT 320s, will they work? ANY vtXXX. A VT320 is ok too. It only has to be RS232 or 20ms interface and not blockmode. Most of the latter terminals only do rs232/rs423 and 20ma was TTY or DECwriters. < Sounds like just picking up old software is a waste of time and money. <It's to be exactly right for the system that it's going on. Pretty much the case back then or you had to know it was hackable. < I wondered about using the drives out of an old Osborne model OCC 1 th <I have. They may work muost just pull the 360k drives from an XT. < You're right. I have manuals for NS* CPM, CPM assembler, CPM <interface, etc. I haven't had time to read all this stuff yet. I'm gla <you told me that CPM will run on an 8080. I've seen some very old CPM <stuff but I didn't think I could use it. But there is a chance. It was never a question. I've been running CPM for 21 years and also have a NS* horizon thats now 20 years old. < Actually now that I know what I'm looking for, my NS* CPM manual says <16K of Ram with an origin of 2000 Hex. I have a bunch of NS* manuals, I V2.x and later it had to be 20k so that is v1.4 (likely from lifeboat associates). <like to find the NS* software that goes with them. BTW the NS* CPM book <says that the NS* board is supposed to have a PROM on it that contains th <IPL. I did say it had a minimal boot. Allison

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Stupid bus tricks

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<Could I attach two PC motherboards (ISA? PS/2? PCI? EISA? NuBUS? <Others?) together via a ribbon cable by the bus connectors and then <transfer data among them, of course having written the approporiate <drivers? Only if you want to kill both of them. Use the parallel port via laplink or other software. Technically it can be done via the bus if you created an interface card to resolve the bus conflicts that would result from a direct connection. Allison

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TRW Acquisitions, VCF

by allisonp＠world.std.com

< I'd like to get away from having to use a terminal. The only terminal <I have are big HP things and I don't know if they would work with the <Altair (too fast?, block mode instead of character mode?) The hp thing would not work. Try and scrounge up a vt100 or other more commonplace terminal vt100, vt220, heath/zenith h19, PC running Procomm or other term program. < I'm aware to the addresssing problems. Sounds like you have to <re-address everything to match the program or else hack the programs to <change all the device adresses, program loation etc. That's putting it mildly. Some of the CUTS and tarbell format tapes assumed you were using their monitor programs in rom. If you weren't, zap, a whole lot of IO code was missing. < I have a NS disk controller. I don't know if it has a IPL or how that <has to be done. The manual I have doesn't say. I also need to find a <Shugart SA 400 to go with NS controller. I know other drives are <electrically compatable with the SA 400 but I don't know if the track <spacing and other physical parameters are the same or not. If the physic <parameters aren't the same then the media would not be compatable. First you don't have the software manual or the hardware manuals as they do explain that. The NS* controller has a minimal boot as part of the hardware. If it's the single density controller it will work with an 8080, however if it's the later double density controller a z80 at 4mhz is a must. The NS* OS has an area that must be configured to match the IO in your system if it is not it will boot and hang. As to the disk your not locked to the sa400 there are hundres of different drives that will work. Sa400 was 35 tracks 48tpi single sided, any single sided drive other than a few oddballs will be 48tpi. Most older 360k full or half height drives will work as well despite being two sided. < This is an 8080 machine. Will it run CPM? I thought that was for Z80s Go back and read up on history. CP/M-80 ran on all 8080 systems with a miimum of 20k ram starting at 0000h, a floopy disk system and some kind ot terminal. < Yes, I know. Bill Gates first commercial product. First commercial hack done using borrowed time on his employers cpu. Oh, he wan't that good it was Gates and Allen. Allison

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TRW Acquisitions, VCF

by fmc＠reanimators.org

allisonp(a)world.std.com (Allison J Parent) wrote: > Gee Frank vt100 was not the only thing in the list. Granted, on re-reading it (and thinking a bit) you did mention an H19 and that is not a VT100-compatible or superset. But what really got my attention was the statement that the HP terminals won't work. They work just fine, providing you've got the straps set right. And while you can set the straps so the terminal starts in block mode I can't recall that being done ever in the last 20 years save by accident (typically user getting into config menus and whacking buttons not knowing how to get back out, getting frustrated, calling me to come out and reset the configuration). And what was I really reacting to? Well, yeah, this is one of my hot buttons from way back, and I apologize if I came across too strong. > A terminal emulator on a PC was suggested as if you posted here it's a > fair likelyhood you have a PC. I'd have suggested a MAC and term emulator > but I don't know that space. And as I said that's probably more functional. Quite frankly that's one of the reasons I carry an HP palmtop and keep a couple of the older HP Portable Pluses around: the former makes a tolerable LCD VT100-alike and the latter do good VT100 and HP emulation (with Reflection in ROM). -Frank McConnell

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by fmc＠reanimators.org

allisonp(a)world.std.com (Allison J Parent) wrote: > < I'd like to get away from having to use a terminal. The only terminal > <I have are big HP things and I don't know if they would work with the > <Altair (too fast?, block mode instead of character mode?) > > The hp thing would not work. Try and scrounge up a vt100 or other more > commonplace terminal vt100, vt220, heath/zenith h19, PC running Procomm > or other term program. Remember complaints about programmers thinking "all the world's a VAX"? Now it's time to work on the ones who think "all the world's a VT100." I used to use an HP2645 as a terminal on a Compupro CP/M system, so am sure it can be done. But it definitely depends on the expectations of the software running on the computer. If it isn't assuming anything more capable than a Teletype, things will be fine. If your BIOS or other terminal I/O support wants the terminal to do ^S/^Q flow control it will be disappointed (264xs don't, 262xs and later can be configured to do so but don't by default). If your applications expect the terminal to act like a VT100 by way of responding to VT100 or ANSI escape sequences (i.e. suffering from "all the world's a VT100" disease) then the easiest thing to do is to get a VT100-alike as Allison suggests. All that said, if you want help getting the HP terminal working feel free to ask. If you'd sooner use a terminal emulator on some other computer, that's OK too and probably more functional. -Frank McConnell

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Computone Port Card

by chemif＠mbox.queen.it

At 19:54 29/01/98 -0700, you wrote: >Am I sure they're RJ11, no. They're physically the same jack with six >live wires. But beyond that, how would I know??? Because DEC plugs are different from RJ11: RJ 11= 4 pin; DEC=6 They share the same insertion size, but the DEC have "unplug key" not in the center as other RJ's ASCII-SAMPLE I=========I I=========I I ^^^^ I I ^^^^^^ I I I I I I-----i_i-I I---i_i---I DEC RJ11 >Does Xenix see these when it loads or do I have to tell it? You need its own device driver to let it go. >(Xenix/at 2.2.1) > >Do you if they are compatible/similar to anything that might recognise >the board and work it in today's UNIX world??? They were made for today's Unix world. The problem is to find its own software. ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ? Riccardo Romagnoli,collector of:CLASSIC COMPUTERS,TELETYPE UNITS,PHONE ? ? AND PHONECARDS I-47100 Forli'/Emilia-Romagna/Food Valley/ITALY ? ? Pager:DTMF PHONES=+39/16888(hear msg.and BEEP then 5130274*YOUR TEL.No.* ? ? where*=asterisk key | help visit http://www.tim.it/tldrin_eg/tlde03.html ? ? e-mail=chemif(a)mbox.queen.it ? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

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9370 is a dog! Was: Re: Re[2]: Firsts

by cfandt＠servtech.com

At 13:15 13-01-98 -0500, William Donzelli <william(a)ans.net> wrote: >> Me too! But I think a 4381, say or even a 9370, would be easier to work >> on. > >Getting a 9370 should not be a problem - they are dogs that really were >not sucessful. I have seen quite a few in the scrap yards (none suitable >for taking, however). > I'll agree it's no problem. I got the old 9370 from my company setting at home. Paid an official $1 to act as a transfer of ownership. It's just barely a classic now. Obsolete as heck -not too long after we paid $200k+ for it in '86/'87. Lot of Tylenol used to sooth aching back muscles when I dragged it home piece-by-piece. (Should have seen the wife look at me...) It's a dog, but nevertheless, something important in the line of S/370 lineage which I literally rescued from the dumpster. Notably, it is said to be the first actual production unit sold. Don't exactly recall complete serial number, but it probably is first since it is something like xxx0001. Will get back to the list later with SN, etc. if anybody interested in confirming this. I need OS books (VSE, I think) and help in bringing her completely up. Xerox, I believe, kept the OS manuals since they did all the software maintenace under contract. IBM did hardware maintenance, of course. We used the Xerox Business Management System (XBMS) product to run our company. Have virtually all other hardware books and most periferal books safely at home. Heard that AIX could run on the 9370 under (I think) VM or something. Any AIX and VM OS's around that I could scrounge for this iron?? Have tried to bring it up at home but, apparently, lack of certain periferals it expects to see hung off the terminal ports causes the IPL to quit before OS completely loads. Need a guru or present-day user to help figure this out. Any of you folks willing to help me with this project later in the year??? Wife and I just bought another house and will not be settled until summertime or later. I'm making provisions during my rewiring of the house to include a 30A double-pole breaker since the 9370 takes 230V, single phase. Will duct the air coming out of the CPU to heat the house instead of using the furnace (just kidding, but there's quite a few BTUs dumped outta the thing and could keep the house above freezing in the winter at least.) Will tell the list anything more on this machine if any interest. Regards, Chris -- -- ======================================================= Christian Fandt Phone: +716-488-1722 -Home 111 Harding Avenue +716-661-1832 -Office Jamestown, New York Fax: +716-661-1888 -Office fax 14701-4746 USA email: cfandt(a)servtech.com

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rescue old cassette data

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<I remember CUTS, but someone else mentioned 88-ACR and I'd never Altair cassette interface which was narrow FSK at 300baud. The actual board set was called 88-ACR and was a mits sio with a modified modem board (tx/rx frequencies the same). bell 103 uses differet tones for TX and recieve so for modem use it was useless. It is however narrow FSK. Allison

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GRiDCase 3 EPROM Programmer

by higginbo＠netpath.net

At 07:07 AM 2/2/98, you wrote: > If you run it with no ERPOM burner attached, it will probably give you >an error message stating that the burner is not attached to port X. That >should give you a clue. It runs fine, it doesn't go out looking for the burner until you tell it to actually burn something. -John Higginbotham- -limbo.netpath.net-

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Fairchild Channel F

by COAKLEY＠AC.GRIN.EDU

> >I found a Channel F on saturday. I'm having some problem with it: > What is a channel F, some kind of game machine like an Atari? There is > (was?) a Fairchild game machine in a trift store here. I don't remember > the name but I don't think it was channel F. The Fairchild Channel F is an old video games console - I believe it predates the original Atari VCS by a few months. They're regarded as pretty neat finds these days. To the original poster - you may have better luck asking on the classic videogames mailing list (classic-videogames(a)moose.webworks.ca) or if you have usenet access, on rec.games.video.classic. -- Ben Coakley http://www.math.grin.edu/~coakley coakley(a)ac.grin.edu Station Manager, KDIC 88.5 FM CBEL: Xavier OH Wow, this is global. -Mtn Goats

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TRW Acquisitions, VCF

by allisonp＠world.std.com

From: Frank McConnell <fmc(a)reanimators.org> <Remember complaints about programmers thinking "all the world's a <VAX"? Now it's time to work on the ones who think "all the world's a <VT100." Gee Frank vt100 was not the only thing in the list. I suggested those as I know they are common and usable. up here in MA (DEC country) they are as common as house flies. Actually an adm1 or three was more likely then. A terminal emulator on a PC was suggested as if you posted here it's a fair likelyhood you have a PC. I'd have suggested a MAC and term emulator but I don't know that space. Allison

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Development, round II

by photze＠batelco.com.bh

Actually, I think that OS/2 prices'll drop soon. As for Linux, there are several "minimal distrobutions" avaible. One is called "Mini-Linux" which includes X-Windows, several games, a word processor, etc. as well as full Linux support, and runs under MS-DOS FAT 16 or FAT 32, as well as OS/2's system, no repartitioning necessary. It also is in 4 .zip files, each under 1.44MB for diskettes. Another is called "Monkey", which includes Navigator, X-Windows, all kinds of stuff, and once again, runs without a partition. Each take up no more than 30MB. I haven't gotten either working. If anyone can help me.... anyway, they're both first class operating systems. Ciao, Tim D. Hotze -----Original Message----- From: Philip.Belben(a)powertech.co.uk <Philip.Belben(a)powertech.co.uk> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Monday, February 02, 1998 8:43 PM Subject: Re[2]: Development, round II >> > >BTW What is Warp? Is it the OS/2 windowing system? If so, why would I >> > >want to use it at all, let alone on a 286? ;-) >> > >> > Warp is OS/2v3. You couldn't use it on a 286, but if you had, say, a >> > 486/33 -- do pardon me for mentioning a nine-year-old part -- it would >> > begin to be worth playing with. My copy of Warp is still very much to >> > hand, and I think anyone who can scrounge up an appropriate computer should >> > run it (for a while) if they have the opportunity, because it's a real >> > education. >> >> Runs just peachy on my old 386/25. Faster than Windows 3.1 did, not >> that that's a compliment. I will admit that I prefer it, though of >> course all of my high-end machines run Linux. > >I seem to be reading a lot of good things about OS/2 here apart from the >price. Since it looks as though I may have found a source of decent >hard disk drives for my Compaq LTE Lite 20 machines I shall seriously >consider OS/2 for one of them. The other one, of course, will run >either Linux or Free BSD - Linux seems to have the vote so far. > >Thankyou everyone. > >Philip. >

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Dumpster Safari! (Stil: Off-topic...)

by photze＠batelco.com.bh

> > >I don't know of any *real* military surplus stores around SF anymore; > > >though you'd think there would be some, what with Mare Island Naval > > >ShipYard, Treasure Island, Alameda (Nuclear Wessels!), The Presidio, etc. I know. The Nuclear Wessels were hard to find. Actually, back to the off-topic topic, there *might* be another wave of stuff, depending on how many new gadgets various govenrment branches can make, and what we end up doing with Iraq. (Albright's coming here tommorow.) > > >There are a few electronics surplus stores around, especially down in the > > >(silicon) valley. Wha? (That seems strange to me) > As far as military surplus electronics goes, the end-all and be-all will > always be Fair Radio Sales of Lima, OH. They're even on the web now: > http://alpha.wcoil.com/~fairadio/ > >Yeah, but they're still a rip-off. Their prices were high in the >late 70's when I used to get their catalog, and they're high now. Of course they are. I mean, as has been pointed out, they can make a profit out of it. And, people GIVE them the money. I'm betting that many of the people buying the stuff haven't even heard of Hamfests. Also, on Classifieds 2000, they've got UNREASONABLE prices on classics under "Old Computers." I mean, I got a II+ form Jeff Kaneko for $10, and I saw several advertised, as "Real Rare Classics" for 3 digit figures. And, if people can make money that way....

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rescue old cassette data

by jfoust＠threedee.com

Tim Shoppa <shoppa(a)alph02.triumf.ca> wrote: >OK, I'll build a web site this weekend that describes the Kansas-city >and Tarbell standards. Will this be useful? Yes, that would be great. I haven't gotten around to digging through my old Kilobauds yet. Which other formats should I research? I remember CUTS, but someone else mentioned 88-ACR and I'd never heard of that. I'm sure Bell 103 is quite simple. Then there's all the other cassette formats: CBM PET, VIC-20, C-64, Sinclair, etc. >If you wanted to make some digitized fragments available, I'd gladly >make some guesses as to the format. You can still recognize them "by ear"? :-) - John Jefferson Computer Museum <http://www.threedee.com/jcm>

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Development, round II

by Philip.Belben＠powertech.co.uk

> > >BTW What is Warp? Is it the OS/2 windowing system? If so, why would I > > >want to use it at all, let alone on a 286? ;-) > > > > Warp is OS/2v3. You couldn't use it on a 286, but if you had, say, a > > 486/33 -- do pardon me for mentioning a nine-year-old part -- it would > > begin to be worth playing with. My copy of Warp is still very much to > > hand, and I think anyone who can scrounge up an appropriate computer should > > run it (for a while) if they have the opportunity, because it's a real > > education. > > Runs just peachy on my old 386/25. Faster than Windows 3.1 did, not > that that's a compliment. I will admit that I prefer it, though of > course all of my high-end machines run Linux. I seem to be reading a lot of good things about OS/2 here apart from the price. Since it looks as though I may have found a source of decent hard disk drives for my Compaq LTE Lite 20 machines I shall seriously consider OS/2 for one of them. The other one, of course, will run either Linux or Free BSD - Linux seems to have the vote so far. Thankyou everyone. Philip.

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Dumpster Safari! (Stil: Off-topic...)

by higginbo＠netpath.net

At 01:21 AM 1/30/98 -0600, you wrote: >I don't know of any *real* military surplus stores around SF anymore; >though you'd think there would be some, what with Mare Island Naval >ShipYard, Treasure Island, Alameda (Nuclear Wessels!), The Presidio, etc. > >There are a few electronics surplus stores around, especially down in the >(silicon) valley. I wasn't into computers at the time (I was 6 or 7) But my father used to take me on Dumpster Safaris at Charleston Naval Base, where he worked (civilian). Man, they used to throw out all sorts of stuff, some of it just had a few scratches on it. I remember seeing oscilloscopes, radio gear, terminals, tools, office furniture, you could live in one of those dumpsters (Hey, I was 6. I didn't have great expectations.) My big thing back then was swapping wires on connections, juicing it up, and see what explodes. Now I'm all grown up! :) -John Higginbotham- -limbo.netpath.net-

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I think this RD54 is dead...

by DSEAGRAV＠toad.xkl.com

I think this RD54 may have died. It DID have the spin-up disease, (Wouldn't spin up), but this was just a bad case of stiction. I spun the disk and it worked. Now, I try to format the disk (test 70 on uVAX 2000) and it acts funny. Before, it would only recognise as unit 1. It would fail the RdMbb step, format would be OK, and the Checkpass would take eternity. (I let it run overnight, it completed 3 dots.) I set it to unit 0, same trick but the RdMbb is OK. Jumper problem? -------

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GRiDCase 3 EPROM Programmer

by higginbo＠netpath.net

I came across a program yesterday called GRiDROM.EXE. Apparently, it was used to drive an EPROM Programmer via the GRiDCase 3's serial port. My only question now is this: Would this most likley be a proprietary EPROM Burner or could I use any model, as long as it talked through the serial port? I know nothing of EPROM Programmers, so be gentle. :) -John Higginbotham- -limbo.netpath.net-

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EPROM Boot ROM Programming

by mallison＠konnections.com

You Smart Folks: Can anyone give me some clues on a minimal set up to program boot ROMs for IBM PC & AT comps. I want to build DOS & ? boot roms, but I only have a faint idea where to start. What's the minimum and what are some good lowend chips to use that can be easily reused as development goes on?? Thanks, -Mike (PS, I don't want to get too far off topic, so please mail me directly, if poss..) mallison(a)konnections.com Thanks

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The Hardware Book

by higginbo＠netpath.net

I found this link this morning and thought that it would be of great use to the group, so here it is: The Hardware Book http://www.blackdown.org/~hwb/hwb.html Welcome to the Hardware Book. Internet's largest free collection of connector pinouts and cable descriptions. Created and maintained by Joakim ?gren. -John Higginbotham- -limbo.netpath.net-

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No subject

by kermit＠talent.com.au

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ken Hall Kermit(a)talent.com.au 9452 6280 0414 264 065 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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C-64c probs

by foxnhare＠goldrush.com

From: John Higginbotham <higginbo(a)netpath.net> Subject: C-64c probs > > I was playing around with the C-64c I picked up last month... It came with > a 1541 floppy... > > I think I have a problem: Don't believe what those 'other' people say, collecting old computers is O.K. *grin* > > Turn on floppy > turn on C-64c > C-64c inits the drive (light blinks, then goes out) Sounds normal for a 15xx reset... > insert disk > type LOAD "$",8 > nothing happens, no drive light, no response from the 64. > > What's going on here? Drive misalign? How do I realign? Bad drive? Bad cable? I'd start with the cables and connectors... Also try loading ,9 10 or 11, it is possible that they rigged that 1541 to be a higher device number than 8. Have you tried reading the error channel: 10 open 15,8,15,"i0":rem initilize disk (no, this is not a format command...) 20 input#15,e,e$,t,s:rem read error channel 30 close 15: print e,e$,t,s if the disk is alive and device 9 it should report something like "0 ok 0 0" > Anyone have one or two extra 1541 floppy drives they want to sell? I find them pretty regularly at thrift shops and flea markets for a fraction of what the shipping would be. I would suggest you hunt about a bit first. If you want to brush up on Commodore 8-bit drive usage I have two guides on-line: http://www.goldrush.com/~foxnhare/diskbasics.html http://www.goldrush.com/~foxnhare/loadingbasics.html Larry Anderson -- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Visit our web page at: http://www.goldrush.com/~foxnhare/ Call our Commodore 64 BBS (Silicon Realms 300-2400 baud) at: (209) 754-1363 -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-

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What files are RT-11 master distribution?

by rcini＠email.msn.com

On Sat, 31 Jan 1998 08:32:45 -0800 (PST), Tim Shoppa <shoppa(a)alph02.triumf.ca> wrote: >>Either Orange or Blue DEC binders, depending on the upgrade path that >>the previous owner took. All of the binders that I have have grey covers. >>Look for two files of the form DISMT.COM and DISMT2.COM. These >>will have the definitive list of all files on the official RT-11 V4.00 >>distribution. If you're missing these - or any other files - tell >>me what media your machine has and I'll get you copies of these and >>whatever other files you're missing. Nope, I don't have either of these files. I got 4 RK05 packs with this system, three of which work. None of these disks have these files on them. I'd love to get a whole copy of the V4 distribution, if you have it (since it would match the manuals that I have). Right now, the only media that my machine has is the RK05 disk packs. I'm looking to get a paper tape reader/punch, but I haven't been able to find one yet. I'd also like to put an RX02 (??) dual-floppy on it. Maybe in February, when I go to my Temple Univ. "supply house." What interface boards do I need to hang a dual-floppy off of the PDP-11/34a? Rich Cini/WUGNET <nospam_rcini(a)msn.com> (remove nospam_ to use) ClubWin! Charter Member (6) MCP Windows 95/Windows Networking ============================================

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eBay and online auctions

by higginbo＠netpath.net

At 07:35 PM 1/28/98 GMT, you wrote: >A friend is heavily into classic cars; he says a car depreciates >typically until it hits a low at about 13 years, after which its' >value rises. Computers probably do the same pattern although the time >probably varies. The trick is to know when the machine hits bottom and >which will go up from there. (If it climbs slowly, there's no hurry) Not anymore. There's no way all these Pentium systems out today will ever be worth anything, at least not in 13 years, IMHO. Maybe in about 30 years, when most have been destroyed will they be truly worth something as an classic. -John Higginbotham- -limbo.netpath.net-

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Sage IV microcomputer

by d_w_edwards＠hotmail.com

Please, someone help me! I have acquired, free of charge, a Sage Iv microcomputer circa 1983. Specification is : 512K RAM, 12MB hard drive, 1 x 5 1/4 inch floppy drive. I need help with : Group A/B microswitch settings, cable to connect to the serial port of an Amiga A600, serial comms settings, and what I am likely to find on the Sage IV once it's up and running. So far, it appears sane (Processor light blinks meaningfully) but without a terminal connection, I'm completely in the dark. I really would like to get this machine up and running because it was my dream machine circa 1982/1983, and I lusted after one of these for years. Unfortunately I couldn't afford the £7,000 price tag (U.K./British prices - always worse than American prices!) so it remained a dream - until now! Anyone with the relevant technical expertise please e-mail me at: d_w_edwards(a)hotmail.com. HELP!!!! Thank you for your time and consideration. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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eBay and online auctions

by allisonp＠world.std.com

< Actually, though, building a Transputer system is pretty easy. I did so <back in 1989 (so it's not quite a classic). The time from opening the <data book to having the machine boot was about 30 minutes!. That was <using bare chips, not TRAMs as well. Now the transputer is one that I never got to play with but would have liked to. Allison

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Computone Port Card

by chemif＠mbox.queen.it

At 21:06 28/01/98 -0700, you wrote: >I have a Computone 4(?) port card. long 16 bit ISA bus with 4 RJ11 >ports and 2 RJ45 ports. >Need info on real purpose and uses, jumpers and switches, thanks I have several Computone still in use. What I can say: They are Multiport card used mainly to hook several tty-devices to a xenix/unix box. Usually these cards have an external multiport (DB25) small box connected. In latest version I thnk they used space-saving RJ's Are you shure they are true RJ11? (or they are DEC RJ with side ?) ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ? Riccardo Romagnoli,collector of:CLASSIC COMPUTERS,TELETYPE UNITS,PHONE ? ? AND PHONECARDS I-47100 Forli'/Emilia-Romagna/Food Valley/ITALY ? ? Pager:DTMF PHONES=+39/16888(hear msg.and BEEP then 5130274*YOUR TEL.No.* ? ? where*=asterisk key | help visit http://www.tim.it/tldrin_eg/tlde03.html ? ? e-mail=chemif(a)mbox.queen.it ? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

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FW: PDP-8 or 11 wanted in Idaho

by kyrrin2＠wizards.net

Anyone help this fellow out? If so, please respond directly to him. Thanks! -=-=- <snip> -=-=- Path: Supernews70!Supernews73!supernews.com!news.he.net!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!205.139.62.16!news-incoming.cyberhighway.net!news.cyberhighway.net!not-for-mail From: "HeVi@rTi" <heviarti(a)cyberhighway.net> Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp11 Subject: wanted. PDP 8 or 11/45 /50 /65 Date: Sun, 01 Feb 1998 12:48:20 -0800 Organization: wouldn't you like to know Lines: 4 Message-ID: <34D4DF93.1DB4(a)cyberhighway.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.139.62.220 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.03Gold (Win16; I) Xref: Supernews70 alt.sys.pdp11:2976 looking for pdp-11's in idaho. also after pdp-8's my uncle needs a smallmainframe, and i figure an 8 or 11 will do the trick...mebbe pop a few vt-100s on.. heviarti(a)cyberhighway.net -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, SysOp, The Dragon's Cave BBS (Fido 1:343/272) kyrrin2 {at} wiz<ards> d[o]t n=e=t "...No matter how hard we may wish otherwise, our science can only describe an object, event, or living creature, in our own human terms. It cannot possibly define any of them!..."

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Stuff, while we're at it...

by manney＠nwohio.nwohio.com

I'd be interested in the Mac stuff manney(a)nwohio.com

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Apple //e

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

I'd like to find a copy of metal or modem MGR. anyone have copies of either? david In a message dated 98-01-31 15:54:59 EST, you write: << Some things that I would like to find are an Apple //e system, a copy of Networks II BBS, and a copy of Nexus BBS. I'm pretty sure that along my travels I will eventually find the Apple //e but I don't know if I have a chance of finding either piece of software. >>

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Development, round II

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

i ran version 3.0 on a 386dx40 and wasnt bad, although it took almost 10 minutes to restore an archive! i had it running on a dx2-80 with 8 meg, and was pretty snappy. it was interesting to place the swap file on the second hard drive, so you could hear when vm was being used. Ive experimented with version 4.0 but setting up my nic and a pnp soundblaster was difficult. thankfully, there are plenty of os2 advocates out there in comp.sys.os2.* that can help out. os2 trivia: os2 had a START command way before BILLGe thought of it! david In a message dated 98-01-31 10:36:27 EST, you write: << I ran OS/2 v. 2 on a friends system (and helped him with the memory upgrade from 16 to 32 meg). I also ran the Rexx gopher server on version 3 (Warp) on a system with 16 Megs of RAM. I never ran Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 on either machine so I cannot make a direct comparison (Win NT 3.51 was running on the latter machine long enough to allow setting up the OS/2 installation). We also played around with the Voice control on a beta release of Merlin (thanks for reminding me of the code name) but that machine was eventually pressed into service running NT (I never saw it after that). The advice of "you should have more than 4 MB RAM" was taken from my friend (who is still quite the OS/2 zealot) and I thought that I had read it in the paperback version of the OS/2 FAQ as well - but I could easily be mistaken about that latter source. I am quite glad to hear that your performance was so good with only 4 MB - great OS isn't it? >>

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"i"486

by mallison＠konnections.com

The "i" (intel) prefix is an intel copyright. It has been used, afaik since the beginning, esp the 80x86 series, as this is the iAXP series of microprocessor. Many took to using "x86" notation to avoid the copyright issues of "i86" -Mike Allison

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Development, round II

by photze＠batelco.com.bh

>BTW What is Warp? Is it the OS/2 windowing system? If so, why would I >want to use it at all, let alone on a 286? ;-) Yes, it is. Actually, if I remember, it came out in 1994, but it could have been early 1995, but definately PRE WINDOWS '95! You might want to use it for several reasons: If you've got software for it. There's WordPerfect for Warp, Netscape Navigator for Warp, amongst others. Actually, if you ask me, Warp's more of a competitor to NT than '95, as it's definately not consumer-oriented. It features a *nice* plug and play system. Actually, the interface on the older Warp's looks AMAZINGLY like Windows '95, which makes me wonder if it was copied, and who copied who. Theoretically, IBM's designing a completely new version of OS/2 Warp, called 'Bluebird' or something. This is a guess, but it's probably going to be NT as well as '95 compatible, plus rock-solid stability, much better than NT. The reason that we're using Windows as opposed to OS/2 is (in my opinion) because IBM did two things: With Windows 3.0 and 3.1, they waited until AFTER the MS release, and made it Windows compatible. They had relatively high success, but they weren't happy with it. So, with the 32 bit version, they released BEFORE Windows, but ruined all their success. The advantage is that if you want to run Windows 3.x apps with the current version of OS/2, you get 32 bit performance, compatiblity, and many of the features of a "next-generation" operating system. It's a good alternitive for people who want a Windows look and feel, but without the "Microsoft" beofore the name. I could be wrong on most/all of this, so please feel free to correct me. Hope that his helps, Tim D. Hotze

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Win 3.0

by photze＠batelco.com.bh

>(Does anyone else think that the sounds made by old MFM drives is really >cool??) Yep. I think that some sound like "lasers" or optical devices of some sort. Still make me feel like I'm living in the future. Tim D. Hotze

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Development, round II

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<1. The AT had been deliberately set up so that it couldn't make one of <the transitions between modes - IBM were being paranoid and thinking of <crackers having a back door - but this "feature" was removed in the <PS/2. Incorrect. the I286 has real and protected modes and intel for some wacky reason gave you a way to go from real to protected but not back. The only way to get to real mode agan was...reset! <2. Intel had a fault on a large batch of 286s that couldn't do some of <the things you'd expect. IBM bought a job lot on the cheap and stuck <them in XT286s. Nope, xt286 was a way to put a cheap system of slightly higher performance out there using slower parts. Allison

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EPROM programmers

by higginbo＠netpath.net

At 02:34 PM 1/30/98 -0600, you wrote: > >I have a very old e-prom programmer that uses this CPU. I'm hanging >on to it as it's the only programmer I have that can handle 2708's! I may be in the market for an e-prom programmer soon. I've never operated one before, so I don't know everything that is involved, but I'm looking for something that I can use to first read the ROMs and then copy them. Something with a PC interface and software would be nice too. What's the price range on these units? I've never even priced them. -John Higginbotham- -limbo.netpath.net-

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C-64c probs

by higginbo＠netpath.net

At 11:29 AM 2/1/98 -0600, you wrote: >The best way to deal with that is to create a diversion: place an old >keyboard on the floor and let the little one play with it. >It works for a while;) Been there, done that. :) That's one good thing about having a GRiD laptop laying around: I can give her a working computer to play with, and know I'll get a working computer back. Note: This is Ontopic, since it deals with the preservation of my old computers! :) -John Higginbotham- -limbo.netpath.net-

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IBM PC/XT-286

by ard＠p850ug1.demon.co.uk

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C-64c probs

by francois.auradon＠worldnet.att.net

My 3 year old is already telling me how to use "HER" sofware! and my 15 month old plays a lot with my test equipment (there are more buttons). I got my daughter started on a VIC20 then she moved to a PC (she loved maing it beep). Gotta find a list for Kids and computer learning :) -----Original Message----- From: Aaron Christopher Finney <aaron(a)orr.wfi-inc.com> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Sunday, February 01, 1998 11:42 AM Subject: Re: C-64c probs >I have two little ones, 2 /12 years and 15 months, and I try to get them as involved with this stuff as possible. My older guy loves to help me clean and restore the systems, as well as play games and simple learning progs (I have to admit that he's not turning out to be normal, he's got quite a knack for the stuff already). I wrote a nice program for the younger guy for the Atari 8, it divides the keyboard into 4 sections and a different colour/sound part executes depending on which quadrant he touches. He's already learned to be gentle with the keybards, so nothing gets hurt and he's learning how to use a computer! My older son learned the same way, and I just gradually made more sections of the keyboard until now he can type any letter or number on the keyboard (we're working on the other characters). > >Why all this rambling? And what does it have to do with classic computers? Well, my dad had his hobbies that were "adult stuff" and I was excluded (collecting old rifles). Older computers are a fun hobby for me, but are also something that lets me invest time with my kids and teaches them skills that will give them an advantage in life. Older computers, especially the ones that are so plentiful and inexpensive right now (C64's, Ataris, etc) are perfect for teaching them this stuff. I admit that I would be a little nervous about leaving my new Dell laptop on the floor for them to play with, but what can they do to an 800XL? And even if they manage to break it somehow, what is $25 when compared to what they're learning? So don't just try to divert them with a junk keyboard, put some time into helping them learn to use the stuff too. Believe me, 15 months is *not* too young, and it will save you a lot of yelling and frustration when they're terrible two! > >Aaron

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C-64c probs

by aaron＠orr.wfi-inc.com

I have two little ones, 2 /12 years and 15 months, and I try to get them as involved with this stuff as possible. My older guy loves to help me clean and restore the systems, as well as play games and simple learning progs (I have to admit that he's not turning out to be normal, he's got quite a knack for the stuff already). I wrote a nice program for the younger guy for the Atari 8, it divides the keyboard into 4 sections and a different colour/sound part executes depending on which quadrant he touches. He's already learned to be gentle with the keybards, so nothing gets hurt and he's learning how to use a computer! My older son learned the same way, and I just gradually made more sections of the keyboard until now he can type any letter or number on the keyboard (we're working on the other characters). Why all this rambling? And what does it have to do with classic computers? Well, my dad had his hobbies that were "adult stuff" and I was excluded (collecting old rifles). Older computers are a fun hobby for me, but are also something that lets me invest time with my kids and teaches them skills that will give them an advantage in life. Older computers, especially the ones that are so plentiful and inexpensive right now (C64's, Ataris, etc) are perfect for teaching them this stuff. I admit that I would be a little nervous about leaving my new Dell laptop on the floor for them to play with, but what can they do to an 800XL? And even if they manage to break it somehow, what is $25 when compared to what they're learning? So don't just try to divert them with a junk keyboard, put some time into helping them learn to use the stuff too. Believe me, 15 months is *not* too young, and it will save you a lot of yelling and frustration when they're terrible two! Aaron

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C-64c probs

by lfb107＠psu.edu

At 02:16 AM 2/1/98 +0930, adam(a)merlin.net.au wrote: >>At 10:02 AM 2/1/98 -0500, you wrote: >> >>>Assuming the drive's device number has not been changed from eight, then the >>>correct command is LOAD "*", 8, 1 >> >>What's the differenct between "$" and "*"? I've seen both used in this >>context. How does one change a device number? I'm not Commodore expert. The >>only other Commodore product I've had is a C-16, and that seems like ages >>ago. > >"$" loads the file directory from the disk, and you use "list" to see >what files are on it. "*" loads the first program on the disk, and I >assume the ,1 is to either load an assembly program, or to automatically >run the file once loaded. The ,8 is the device number - thus try, say, >,9. :) LOAD"*",8,1 will load the last program loaded. If there was none, it will then load the first program on the disk. The ",1" is what is called the relocate flag. When it is notr there (or ",0") it tells the 64(or any commodore) to load the program at wherever the BASIC memory space starts. A ",1" tells it to load the program into whatever area of memory from which it was saved. (Usually used for machine language) This is why you get a screwed up screen if you use LOAD"$",8,1 to get a directory. To change a devce number on the 1541 (1571, 1581 too) use: OPEN 15,"dn",15 PRINT#15,"M-W"CHR$(119)CHR$(0)CHR$(2)CHR$("New Device Number" + 32)CHR$("New Device Number" +64) CLOSE 15 "dn" is the current device number of your drive (probably 8) and "New Device Number" is the number you want to change it to. (Anything from 9-127 or so I think) Les

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by francois.auradon＠worldnet.att.net

The best way to deal with that is to create a diversion: place an old keyboard on the floor and let the little one play with it. It works for a while;) >I'll try it next time I get the system out to play with it. We've got an 19 >month old running around now, and something like the Commodore with it's >multiple cables and pieces is a prime target for her. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Francois Auradon. Visit the SANCTUARY at http://home.att.net/~francois.auradon

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Mac printer on PC (slightly off topic)

by francois.auradon＠worldnet.att.net

Hi, Is there a way to hook up an old Mac printer to a PC? Any kind of adapter serial or parallel will do. It's an old PC and an old printer;) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Francois Auradon. Visit the SANCTUARY at http://home.att.net/~francois.auradon

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C-64c probs

by cgregory＠lrbcg.com

Load "*",8,1 loads the first program found on the disk; I'm not sure what load "$" does, if anything. To change the device number in a 1541 is not difficult, but it is a PITA because you must open the drive and cut through one or more connections. It is also semi-permanent in that you need to solder the connection back to reverse the procedure. There is a way to configure device numbers on a two drive system by way of a command, but that method escapes me at the moment. You should get the error messages immediately. I pulled out a Commodore and drive to try to recreate your problem, but could not (always got an error message of one kind or another). The only thing I could suggest is that one of the two serial ports on the drive is flakey. Either should work equally as well, but try the other one just in case. Then maybe there is something wrong with the C64 itself or its serial port. I'm just throwing out guesses now. Cliff Gregory cgregory(a)lrbcg.com -----Original Message----- From: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> To: Cgregory <Cgregory> Date: Sunday, February 01, 1998 11:38 AM Subject: Re: C-64c probs >>Assuming the drive's device number has not been changed from eight, then the >>correct command is LOAD "*", 8, 1 > >What's the differenct between "$" and "*"? I've seen both used in this >context. How does one change a device number? I'm not Commodore expert. The >only other Commodore product I've had is a C-16, and that seems like ages ago. > >>changed to 9, 10, or 11, then you will get a "device not found" error. Try >>the other numbers in place of 8 until you find the correct one. If the >>cable is bad or not connected properly, you should get a "device not >>present" error. > >I'll give it a try. How long should I wait for a device not present >message? It's just sitting there looking for the floppy. I've got both the >C-64 manual and the 1541 manual, but can't see anything that'll help me. > >>PS: I've got all kinds of 1541's if you really want/need one. > >I'd like to get a second drive if this one is good, or two drives if this >one is bad, but I think the problem is just me sitting in front of it, and >not the drive. > > >-John Higginbotham- >-limbo.netpath.net- >

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C-64c probs

by higginbo＠netpath.net

At 02:16 AM 2/1/98 +0930, you wrote: >"$" loads the file directory from the disk, and you use "list" to see >what files are on it. "*" loads the first program on the disk, and I >assume the ,1 is to either load an assembly program, or to automatically >run the file once loaded. The ,8 is the device number - thus try, say, >,9. :) > >At least this is as far as my memory goes. I'll try it next time I get the system out to play with it. We've got an 19 month old running around now, and something like the Commodore with it's multiple cables and pieces is a prime target for her. -John Higginbotham- -limbo.netpath.net-

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Future Services & Events from the Vintage Technology Cooperative

by francois.auradon＠worldnet.att.net

Just one thing to say: <big> <bigger> <bigest> <bigger than that> Thank you. </big> </bigger> <bigest> </bigger than that> -----Original Message----- From: Sam Ismail <dastar(a)wco.com> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Saturday, January 31, 1998 8:41 PM Subject: Future Services & Events from the Vintage Technology Cooperative > >I just thought I'd give yous guys a sneak peek of some of the things I am >working on... [Major snip] >ALL THIS AND SO MUCH MORE! A VERITABLE NERD EXTRAVAGANZA TO SATISFY YOUR >VINTAGE COMPUTER HUNGER! > >Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- >Computer Historian, Programmer, Musician, Philosopher, Athlete, Writer, Jackass > > Coming Soon...Vintage Computer Festival 2.0 > See http://www.siconic.com/vcf for details! >

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C-64c probs

by higginbo＠netpath.net

At 10:02 AM 2/1/98 -0500, you wrote: >Assuming the drive's device number has not been changed from eight, then the >correct command is LOAD "*", 8, 1 What's the differenct between "$" and "*"? I've seen both used in this context. How does one change a device number? I'm not Commodore expert. The only other Commodore product I've had is a C-16, and that seems like ages ago. >changed to 9, 10, or 11, then you will get a "device not found" error. Try >the other numbers in place of 8 until you find the correct one. If the >cable is bad or not connected properly, you should get a "device not >present" error. I'll give it a try. How long should I wait for a device not present message? It's just sitting there looking for the floppy. I've got both the C-64 manual and the 1541 manual, but can't see anything that'll help me. >PS: I've got all kinds of 1541's if you really want/need one. I'd like to get a second drive if this one is good, or two drives if this one is bad, but I think the problem is just me sitting in front of it, and not the drive. -John Higginbotham- -limbo.netpath.net-

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C-64c probs

by higginbo＠netpath.net

At 09:31 AM 2/1/98 -0500, you wrote: >I have my indos not by hand but I nelieve you must type > >type LOAD "$",8,1 Manual says ,8 but I also tried ,8,1 and nothing happened -John Higginbotham- -limbo.netpath.net-

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C-64c probs

by cgregory＠lrbcg.com

John, Assuming the drive's device number has not been changed from eight, then the correct command is LOAD "*", 8, 1 The drive should light up and start spinning. If it is misaligned, you probably will get a "file not found" error. If the device number has been changed to 9, 10, or 11, then you will get a "device not found" error. Try the other numbers in place of 8 until you find the correct one. If the cable is bad or not connected properly, you should get a "device not present" error. I'm not sure how to advise you, if nothing happens and no error messages pop up. Cliff Gregory cgregory(a)lrbcg.com PS: I've got all kinds of 1541's if you really want/need one. -----Original Message----- From: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> To: Cgregory <Cgregory> Date: Sunday, February 01, 1998 2:15 AM Subject: C-64c probs > > > >I was playing around with the C-64c I picked up last month... It came with >a 1541 floppy... > >I think I have a problem: > >Turn on floppy >turn on C-64c >C-64c inits the drive (light blinks, then goes out) >insert disk >type LOAD "$",8 >nothing happens, no drive light, no response from the 64. > >What's going on here? Drive misalign? How do I realign? Bad drive? Bad cable? > >Anyone have one or two extra 1541 floppy drives they want to sell? > > >-John Higginbotham- >-limbo.netpath.net- >

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Are We Not Men? (& Women?)

by mallison＠konnections.com

The whole point is lists and newsgroups is that the majority are pertinent and one shouldn't have to sort through the impertinent. All of our email addresses are posted, if you want to have long discussions as a group there's no reason you can't do it off line... -Mike ---------- > From: Brett <danjo(a)xnet.com> > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> > Subject: Re: Are We Not Men? (& Women?) > Date: Monday, January 26, 1998 6:05 AM > > > > I personally enjoyed reading the posts. I usually pick and choose > anyway - something Sam could do as well. > > BC >

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C-64c probs

by higginbo＠netpath.net

I was playing around with the C-64c I picked up last month... It came with a 1541 floppy... I think I have a problem: Turn on floppy turn on C-64c C-64c inits the drive (light blinks, then goes out) insert disk type LOAD "$",8 nothing happens, no drive light, no response from the 64. What's going on here? Drive misalign? How do I realign? Bad drive? Bad cable? Anyone have one or two extra 1541 floppy drives they want to sell? -John Higginbotham- -limbo.netpath.net-

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Apple ][+ OS

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<I seem to recall a .3 limit in an early version of VMS that someone I spo <to who used to work for DEC recalls as well: was it as late as vms 2.0 pe <3.0 even? 4.x (memeory is fuzzy brought the loger file names. The earliest version of VMS I used was 3.4. The reason I was complianing is those long names can be horrid if you have to hand type them in and make an error with command editing not available. Allison

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Apple ][+ OS

by pvhp＠forte.com

classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu Subj: Re: Apple ][+ OS Allison J Parent wrote: !<Well, a 15 character limit's not bad to me at all. Actually, I've gotte !<used to 8 with MS-DOS, which I still use when I want something DONE. ! !I'm spoiled with VMS that has had EIGHTEEN.EIGHTEEN, yes, 36 character !file and directory names. The problem is; ! !VMS_C_COMPILER_NEW.VERSION_TWENTY_ONE can be a pain to type in. ;) ! !Allison I seem to recall a .3 limit in an early version of VMS that someone I spoke to who used to work for DEC recalls as well: was it as late as vms 2.0 perhaps 3.0 even? At any rate under VMS 7.1 at least the limit has been further increased to 39.39 as this little log demonstrates (apologies to folks if this gets MIMEd beyond recognition): $ create 123456789012345678901234567890123456789.123456789012345678901234567890123456789 Hello from 39.39! ^Z Exit $ type 123456789012345678901234567890123456789.123456789012345678901234567890123456789 Hello from 39.39! $ create 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890.1234567890123456789012345678901234567890 %CREATE-E-OPENOUT, error opening 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890.1234567890123456789012345678901234567890 as output-RMS-F-FNM, error in file name Hmm - I just tried that same thing on a VAX running 5.5-2 and was able to create the 39.39 but not the 40.40 just as on the Alpha running 7.1. I am not at home now so I can't test that on the uVAX running 5.4. As for directories - the following was done on the VAX running 5.5-2: $ create/dir [.123456789012345678901234567890123456789] $ create/dir [.1234567890123456789012345678901234567890] %CREATE-E-DIRNOTCRE, [.1234567890123456789012345678901234567890] directory file not created -RMS-F-DIR, error in directory name Peter Prymmer

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Development, round II

by pvhp＠forte.com

classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu Subj: Re: Development, round II Tim Hotze wrote: !>>name Warp arrived with 3.0. I don't know what rumour mill came up !>>with the "Borg" name, but it's total bullshit -- OS/2 predates that !>>Trek concept by several years. !>That too is what I thought (I don't follow Trek things at all). !The Borg were introduced in a single episode in 1988 or 1989. OK clearly the rumour I reported was worthless as OS/2 dates from 87 (or do I have that wrong as well?:-) ! Another great thing is 4.0's *standard* voice support. That (should) !make(s) it popular in the disabled market. I knew a grad student who - in his twenties - had arthritis so severe that excessive typing for him was out of the question. The voice navigable desktop was of great benefit to him. Before that he used a collection of standalone apps including a wordprocessor (from IBM) that really did not impede his data input speed one bit. I asked him to "type" some latex as demo and was quite favorably impressed. I've heard some folks point to the current round of voice recognition software as being the final success of one of those long outstanding AI research problems. It is interesting to see IBM take such a "quiet" lead with it. Peter Prymmer

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WTB laptop

by manney＠nwohio.nwohio.com

WTB cheapo laptop...anyone have 286 or 8088? Don't want anything collectible, just functional. I'd love a Grid -- do they run regular DOS? manney(a)nwohio.com

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re disk drive noises (was Re: Win 3.0)

by manney＠nwohio.nwohio.com

<Snip> > > sounded more gentile. Anyway, about two thousand on/off cycles later, > > I wonder what a Jewish head crash sounds like? > > Sam Parts are cut off. manney

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Apple ][+ OS

by photze＠batelco.com.bh

Well, it's not so much SPOILING as it is a privelige. Actually, I still name my documents using a relatively short filename (compared to those supported), like School 1.doc or English Report 1/31/98.doc, etc. not a short paragraph describing the file. Tim D. Hotze -----Original Message----- From: Allison J Parent <allisonp(a)world.std.com> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Saturday, January 31, 1998 9:21 PM Subject: Re: Apple ][+ OS > ><Well, a 15 character limit's not bad to me at all. Actually, I've gotte ><used to 8 with MS-DOS, which I still use when I want something DONE. > >I'm spoiled with VMS that has had EIGHTEEN.EIGHTEEN, yes, 36 character >file and directory names. The problem is; > >VMS_C_COMPILER_NEW.VERSION_TWENTY_ONE can be a pain to type in. ;) > >Allison >

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Apple ][+ OS

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<Well, a 15 character limit's not bad to me at all. Actually, I've gotte <used to 8 with MS-DOS, which I still use when I want something DONE. I'm spoiled with VMS that has had EIGHTEEN.EIGHTEEN, yes, 36 character file and directory names. The problem is; VMS_C_COMPILER_NEW.VERSION_TWENTY_ONE can be a pain to type in. ;) Allison

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Development, round II

by photze＠batelco.com.bh

>>Warp Connect was _not_ OS/2 4.0, it was still 3.x as was Merlin (I >>haven't bought it yet, the local stores no longer bother with IBM at >>all and I don't mail order software). OS/2 2.x was _just_ OS/2, the >OK - I stand corrected. BTW Fry's in the SF bay area has been selling >OS/2 4.0 for quite a while. Yes, but there is OS/2 Warp 4.0 Connect (or Connect 4.0), which has even more internet functions. >>name Warp arrived with 3.0. I don't know what rumour mill came up >>with the "Borg" name, but it's total bullshit -- OS/2 predates that >>Trek concept by several years. >That too is what I thought (I don't follow Trek things at all). The Borg were introduced in a single episode in 1988 or 1989. >!> *for the curious: system requirements on the box for Warp 3.0 were listed as >!> "Intel 386 SX-compatible of higher; 4 MB minimum of RAM" (<- widely regarded >!> as a joke among OS/2 users who knew that 8 MB RAM was a minimally configured >!> system). >!Runs better than Windows 3.1 on a 386/25 with 4 Meg RAM. I assume >!the above quote was pasted from from somewhere, because you've never >!used it (OS/2) yourself. Remember, Windows 95 supposedly can run on a >!4MB system, says my package. >I ran OS/2 v. 2 on a friends system (and helped him with the memory upgrade >from 16 to 32 meg). I also ran the Rexx gopher server on version 3 (Warp) >on a system with 16 Megs of RAM. I never ran Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 >on either machine so I cannot make a direct comparison (Win NT 3.51 was >running on the latter machine long enough to allow setting up the OS/2 >installation). We also played around with the Voice control on a beta >release of Merlin (thanks for reminding me of the code name) but that machine >was eventually pressed into service running NT (I never saw it after that). >The advice of "you should have more than 4 MB RAM" was taken from my friend >(who is still quite the OS/2 zealot) and I thought that I had read it in the >paperback version of the OS/2 FAQ as well - but I could easily be mistaken >about that latter source. I am quite glad to hear that your performance >was so good with only 4 MB - great OS isn't it? Actually, OS/2 is pretty good. The only problem is the price: $200 for a standard package. I think that the 4MB thing comes from a VERY BASIC INSTALL. Now, if I could see the OS/2 Warp Server with Windows NT 4.0 (or 5.0!) support, and the OS/2 Warp with Windows 95 (or 98) support, and have a 10% or better performance increase, that would probably get some heads turned, to say the least. Another great thing is 4.0's *standard* voice support. That (should) make(s) it popular in the disabled market. Ciao, Tim D. Hotze

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C-64c probs

by adam＠merlin.net.au

>At 10:02 AM 2/1/98 -0500, you wrote: > >>Assuming the drive's device number has not been changed from eight, then the >>correct command is LOAD "*", 8, 1 > >What's the differenct between "$" and "*"? I've seen both used in this >context. How does one change a device number? I'm not Commodore expert. The >only other Commodore product I've had is a C-16, and that seems like ages >ago. "$" loads the file directory from the disk, and you use "list" to see what files are on it. "*" loads the first program on the disk, and I assume the ,1 is to either load an assembly program, or to automatically run the file once loaded. The ,8 is the device number - thus try, say, ,9. :) At least this is as far as my memory goes. Adam.

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What files are RT-11 master distribution?

by rcini＠email.msn.com

On Fri, 30 Jan 1998 22:45:12 -0800 (PST), Tim Shoppa <shoppa(a)alph02.triumf.ca> wrote: >>At a very minimum, you need: >>SWAP.SYS >>RT11xx.SYS (where "xx" is SL, BL, XM, FB, or something else) >>TT.SYS (the console handler - not in RT-11 5.6 and later) >>RK.SYS (the RK05 handler) >>DIR.SAV >>PIP.SAV >>DUP.SAV >>FORMAT.SAV >>plus the handlers for any other devices you'll be using >>The full list of "distribution" files came printed in the RT-11 >>documentation for the version you're using, and varied from version >>to version. Which version are you using? When booting the disk pack, I get the following version info: RT11-SJ V04.00 What do the distribution docs look like? I have boxes of info that I haven't gone through yet. The guy I got the system from kept everything, so maybe he has it. Rich Cini/WUGNET <nospam_rcini(a)msn.com> (remove nospam_ to use) ClubWin! Charter Member (6) MCP Windows 95/Windows Networking ============================================

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Development, round II

by pvhp＠forte.com

classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu Subj: Re: Development, round II Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote: >Warp Connect was _not_ OS/2 4.0, it was still 3.x as was Merlin (I >haven't bought it yet, the local stores no longer bother with IBM at >all and I don't mail order software). OS/2 2.x was _just_ OS/2, the OK - I stand corrected. BTW Fry's in the SF bay area has been selling OS/2 4.0 for quite a while. >name Warp arrived with 3.0. I don't know what rumour mill came up >with the "Borg" name, but it's total bullshit -- OS/2 predates that >Trek concept by several years. That too is what I thought (I don't follow Trek things at all). !> *for the curious: system requirements on the box for Warp 3.0 were listed as !> "Intel 386 SX-compatible of higher; 4 MB minimum of RAM" (<- widely regarded !> as a joke among OS/2 users who knew that 8 MB RAM was a minimally configured !> system). ! !Runs better than Windows 3.1 on a 386/25 with 4 Meg RAM. I assume !the above quote was pasted from from somewhere, because you've never !used it (OS/2) yourself. Remember, Windows 95 supposedly can run on a !4MB system, says my package. I ran OS/2 v. 2 on a friends system (and helped him with the memory upgrade >from 16 to 32 meg). I also ran the Rexx gopher server on version 3 (Warp) on a system with 16 Megs of RAM. I never ran Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 on either machine so I cannot make a direct comparison (Win NT 3.51 was running on the latter machine long enough to allow setting up the OS/2 installation). We also played around with the Voice control on a beta release of Merlin (thanks for reminding me of the code name) but that machine was eventually pressed into service running NT (I never saw it after that). The advice of "you should have more than 4 MB RAM" was taken from my friend (who is still quite the OS/2 zealot) and I thought that I had read it in the paperback version of the OS/2 FAQ as well - but I could easily be mistaken about that latter source. I am quite glad to hear that your performance was so good with only 4 MB - great OS isn't it? Peter Prymmer

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Development, round II

by pvhp＠forte.com

classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu Subj: Re: Re[4]: Development, round II Tim Hotze wrote: >I'm actually interested in getting a copy of Warp. Is it true taht there's >still another version coming out (I've heard rumors...) > Thanks, I have seen those rumours posted to this list. But OS/2 Version 4 is great - why wait? Peter Prymmer

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Development, round II

by pvhp＠forte.com

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Development, round II

by pvhp＠forte.com

classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu Subj: RE: Re[4]: Development, round II Bob Withers wrote in response to Kip Crosby who wrote in response to someone else: >IIRC they started officially calling it Warp with V2.0, the >first release following the Microsoft/IBM breakup. That sounds about right to me. I had read somewhere that there was a general Star Trek theme to code names for OS/2 and the first was "Borg" - but I may be wrong about that. I have floppy and CD-ROM boxes from IBM on the shelf above me that have the name "OS/2 Warp Version 3" on them*. OS/2 Version 4 was called "Warp Connect" to emphasize the ease of internet connectivity. The next version was to have a different Star Trek name altogether but I do not recall what it was supposed to have been. Peter Prymmer *for the curious: system requirements on the box for Warp 3.0 were listed as "Intel 386 SX-compatible of higher; 4 MB minimum of RAM" (<- widely regarded as a joke among OS/2 users who knew that 8 MB RAM was a minimally configured system).

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Parallel ports

by higginbo＠netpath.net

At 09:20 PM 1/30/98 -0600, you wrote: >Question: when did parallel ports become bi-directional (i.e., useable for >zip drives and such)? I've seen bi-directional capability in the BIOS of a GRiD 286 desktop before. Before that, I can't really say. >Or, to put it another way, how likely would I be able to (ignoring software >issues for the moment) hook up my new SyJet drive to say, my m100? What >about my DG-1? That would be really cool, but sort of overkill, don'tcha think? I'd be happy with a 1.44mb or 1.2mb floppy on an M100. >(P.S., off-topic tip: The Parallel port SyJet is really a SCSI-2 SyJet >with a fancy cable; if you've already got SCSI, and can maybe use the >Parallel port feature...) "What about the parallel version of the EZFlyer 230?" He said, still quite untopically. -John Higginbotham- -limbo.netpath.net-

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Apple ][+ OS

by photze＠batelco.com.bh

Well, a 15 character limit's not bad to me at all. Actually, I've gotten used to 8 with MS-DOS, which I still use when I want something DONE. Actually, I was wondering what the heck Microsloth was thinking when they made it 8 characters. And, the fact that in the next 5 FULL RELEASES (Counting only the .0's, 2.0 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0) nothing was done about it. Thanks, Tim D. Hotze -----Original Message----- From: Tim Shoppa <shoppa(a)alph02.triumf.ca> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Saturday, January 31, 1998 1:05 AM Subject: Re: Apple ][+ OS >> On Fri, 30 Jan 1998 SUPRDAVE(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> > look inside your ][+ and see if you have a language card. if so, you have the >> > 64k needed to run prodos. the latest and greatest version of prodos 8 won't >> > run on a ][+ i think, only an enjanced //e. if you dont, you can only run dos >> > 3.3 i myself prefer both. i remember when prodos first came out and everyone >> > had an issue with the restrictive 15 character limit for filenames. that was >> > back before i worked with mess-dos and that 8.3 filename limit... >> >> The silliest thing they did was restrict spaces in filenames. You had to >> use a period instead. Blech. Its funny when you think about it. >> Intuitively and I'm sure without really think about it, Apple developed a >> very human interface with DOS by allowing one to save files with very >> readable names. Ie: "BIORHYTHM PROGRAM" or "PROGRAM TO BALANCE CHECKBOOK" >> (30 character limit). Then with ProDOS, they regressed into the >> function-forces-form syndrome by limiting filenames to 15 characters and >> requiring periods in place of spaces. > >Under Apple DOS 3.3, you can have anything in a filename you want. >Control characters, inverse/flashing, the works. Makes for some >pretty neat CATALOG listings, and is actually semi-workable as >a "security through obscurity" step (though every Junior High kid >knew how to bypass it...) > >DOS 3.3 made it easy and convenient to access filenames with embedded >spaces. Too bad Unix shell command lines are traditionally brain-damaged >such that spaces in filenames must be quoted. > >Tim. (shoppa(a)triumf.ca)

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Apple ][+ OS

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

look inside your ][+ and see if you have a language card. if so, you have the 64k needed to run prodos. the latest and greatest version of prodos 8 won't run on a ][+ i think, only an enjanced //e. if you dont, you can only run dos 3.3 i myself prefer both. i remember when prodos first came out and everyone had an issue with the restrictive 15 character limit for filenames. that was back before i worked with mess-dos and that 8.3 filename limit... david In a message dated 98-01-30 05:18:32 EST, you write: << OK... well, if I can't find anything else, I'll take the old copy, as I think that you might want to hang on to the shrinkwrapped copy. I wouldn't know what it was like, as I wasn't around when it was made. But, anyway, I'll take the old copy, you can use the new one, as a "liscense", make a backup copy of the disks, and then everyone's happy. ;-) Thanks for the help, >>

28 years, 2 months

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Development, round II

by photze＠batelco.com.bh

I'm actually interested in getting a copy of Warp. Is it true taht there's still another version coming out (I've heard rumors...) Thanks, Tim D. Hotze -----Original Message----- From: Peter Prymmer <pvhp(a)forte.com> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Saturday, January 31, 1998 9:17 AM Subject: Re: Re[4]: Development, round II >classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu >Subj: Re: Re[4]: Development, round II > > >Barry Peterson wrote: > >>On Fri, 30 Jan 1998 19:41:15 -0600, you said: >> >>> >>>IIRC they started officially calling it Warp with V2.0, the first = >>release following the Microsoft/IBM breakup. >> >>I have a copy of 2.0; it is not called Warp. That started with version >>3. > >The story that I read somewhere was that "Warp" was used internally at IBM. >With version 3.0 they were explicit about it and put that name on the box. > >Peter Prymmer > >,

28 years, 2 months

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Development, round II

by pvhp＠forte.com

classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu Subj: Re: Development, round II Max Eskin wrote: >I just picked up a book on Macintosh Think C (MS Press, 50c, I didn't >bother getting Macsbug and others, also 50c each). For one thing, does >anyone have an extra/unvalued license copy of THINK C, version 2.1-5.0? >Also, what was the first programming language (I mean not binary or >assembly)? According to Goldstine in "The Computer: from Pascal to von Neumann" the first working modern stored program was a sorting routine that John von Neumann wrote in roughly 1943 - and had working on the ENIAC/EDVAC by 1946/47, but it was in machine code (binary). An Assembler was available on the Princeton U/Institute for Advanced Study EDSAC by the Fall of 1949. Herman Goldstine and John von Neumann wrote a programming manual for it by 1951. Short-code (which would by today's standards be classified as a type of assembler) was available for UNIVAC machines by October 1952 thanks to Logan, Schmit, and Tonik. Heinz Rutishauser of the ETH in Zurich described the world's first compiler in a preprint issued by ETH in 1952 (based in part on work that Konrad Zuse had published in 1948/49). Grace Hopper (who had started out working with H. Aiken at Harvard) developed A0 then A1 and published results in the ACM Proceedings by 1952. By 1955 she released A2 - which was popular on UNIVAC computers. She went on the become instrumental in the development of COBOL. FLOW-MATIC and MATH-MATIC were also available on Sperry computers in the early(?) fifties. Remington Rand then developed a language called UNICODE by 1957/58 for use on UNIVAC 1103A and 1105 machines. John Backus (et al.) at IBM developed: 1] Speedcoding in 1953 for the 701 2] FORTRAN starting in 1954 (which took 18 person years to develop, and was released as Fortran I in 1956/57) 3] served on the international committee that developed Algol (starting in 1959 but continuing through the 60s). >Another thing: CP/M was run on just about everything, usually with >about 64K ram. How is it that MS-DOS blew up to about 384K? What >did they put in there? A DOS kernel is distinct from a DOS installation. The DOS kernel is tiny even for fairly recent versions. On a Dell boot disk for MS-DOS (I think 6.22 and thus not classic) I see the following file sizes: IO.SYS 40,774 MSDOS.SYS 38,138 COMMAND.COM 54,645 and on a bootable PC-DOS 7.0 (again not classic) partition I have: IBMIO.COM 40,614 IBMDOS.COM 37,066 COMMAND.COM 52,956 and in either case the configuartion files AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS are each less than 1 kB. The big user interface difference between these and CP/M is the full hierarchical file system. Of course they also come with loads of bloatware - but some of that is quite fun. e.g. PC-DOS can be optionally installed with Rexx and I chose that option. I also have a couple of different DPMI's available including the one for DJGPP. Peter Prymmer

28 years, 2 months

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HP-85 found - non functional :-(

by hansp＠columbia.digiweb.com

I recently received an HP-85 which was lying unused just next door! It is in good cosmetic and mechanical shape but unfortunately it is not operational. On power on, the indicator below the tape drive lights, but the main power LED does not and nothing appears on the screen.. I assume this indicates a PS problem. Can anyone send me a copy of the service (and user) docs for this machine? As always I would pay duplication and shipping costs. -- Hans B. Pufal : <mailto:hansp@digiweb.com> Comprehensive Computer Catalogue : <http://www.digiweb.com/~hansp/ccc/> _-_-__-___--_-____-_--_-_-____--_---_-_---_--__--_--_--____---_--_--__--_

28 years, 2 months

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486 vs 386 (was Development, round II)

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<>And you'll have to pardon my ignorance of the Intel parts after the 8085 <>but why wouldn't a 386 work if the 486 works? (Other than the speed <>difference.) It has always been my impression that few OS's/application <>need whatever extra software features that differentiate the 486 from th <386. The 486 was a series in incremental improvents over the 386, caching on chip, more piplining and other changes to execute the same 386 instructions in fewer clocks plus the math processor as part of the same silicon. With the scaling of transistors and other logic changes it was effectively lower power and faster for the same clock as the 386 while functionally identical. Allison

28 years, 2 months

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What files are RT-11 master distribution?

by rcini＠email.msn.com

I'm trying to make a new, blank "master" RT-11 RK05 disk pack from a bunch of "user" disk packs. What files are considered to be part of the "base" operating system. Thanks again! Rich Cini/WUGNET <nospam_rcini(a)msn.com> (remove nospam_ to use) ClubWin! Charter Member (6) MCP Windows 95/Windows Networking ============================================

28 years, 2 months

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Development, round II

by pvhp＠forte.com

classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu Subj: Re: Re[4]: Development, round II Barry Peterson wrote: >On Fri, 30 Jan 1998 19:41:15 -0600, you said: > >> >>IIRC they started officially calling it Warp with V2.0, the first = >release following the Microsoft/IBM breakup. > >I have a copy of 2.0; it is not called Warp. That started with version >3. The story that I read somewhere was that "Warp" was used internally at IBM. With version 3.0 they were explicit about it and put that name on the box. Peter Prymmer ,

28 years, 2 months

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eBay and online auctions

by higginbo＠netpath.net

At 08:06 PM 1/30/98 -0800, you wrote: >Maybe not in this day and age. Who knows what wacky contraption some whiz >will invent in the future which will allow just such a thing? (Perhaps it >will be somebody among us here for just the purposes of restoring classic >computers in the year 2050). I can see someone developing good enough VR that you'd be able to scan in about 20 different pics of a dead pc inside and out, throw some emulator code in the fray, and you'd be able to go under the goggles and actually use the system in VR. (It never would be the same as actually being there (at least not for a few years) but wouldn't it save a whole lot of physical storage space!) -John Higginbotham- -limbo.netpath.net-

28 years, 2 months

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Win 3.0

by lfb107＠psu.edu

At 11:43 PM 1/30/98 GMT, Barry Peterson wrote: >On Fri, 30 Jan 1998 17:17:51 -0500, you said: > >>Barry Peterson wrote: >>> >>> I sold a drive (IIRC, a micropolis 85MB) that would spool up and then >>> do a couple of "ching-chings" and worked fine. I tested the livin' >>> daylights out of it; no problems, but many folks told me and the >>> fellow I sold it to that it would die immediately. >> >>So how long has the guy you sold it to been using it? (I've had bad >>luck with the Micropolis 40MB drives in some AT&T 3B1s). > >I had it for >3 years, he had it for two more, now his grandson has >it... So far, so good. >_______________ The Micropolis I stuck in my AT&T has been dropped twice and actually caught on fire once! Still works too... Believe it or not, chkdsk and scandisk both give it the 100% ok. Les

28 years, 2 months

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EPROM programmers

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<The PIC is a lot older than most people think - I seem to recall that the <16C54 was first produced by GI (before they became Microchip) in about <1979. Of course there have been many new devices since then. Earlier and it was the cp1600 series (I think '77). GI was heavy in the embedded market then and used in the intellivison game to name one. I knew of them as they were down the block from me when I lived on LI(NY). Allison

28 years, 2 months

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Ricoh-based laser printers

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<Similar, but not the same. Most copies are 'illuminate for white', most <laserprinters are 'illuminate for black'. This means the corona wires are <at different voltages, amongst other things. Not as much as your expect. I worked with both the 3300 copier and the printer version (XP12/24) and same for the Ricoh 1040(40ppm). It was coincidence we had both in the group so copier repair was a common task and not in my basic training. ;) <Also, the scanning in a photocopier is entirely mechanical, and is (in <general) synchronised mechanically. Laser printers have a lot of <electronic sync stuff, things like the laser beam detect sensor, the <registration shutter, etc. Like I said different optics. <Still, understanding a copier is a good starting point for understanding <a laser printer. Just expect there to be a lot of changes. The packaging of of the optical system is where the differece are significant but a basic understanding of electrophotography is in order and the xerox texts does cover reverse printing (uses reversed relative electrostatic bias). FYI: when training the trainer I stopped a smart ass FSE cold by tweeking the bias so everything was reversed. Took him 4 hours to swap everthing and not fix it. Allison

28 years, 2 months

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486 vs 386 (was Development, round II)

by photze＠batelco.com.bh

Actually, the 486 had different things that made it different from the 386. There's the math-co-processor (DX only), the .8 micron design, (on DX/2 50 and above only), as well as a built in floating point. There's also the ZIF socket on MOST (but not all) 486 motheboards, as companies were using their own designs, some with integrated chip, others with this and that, etc. Tim D. Hotze -----Original Message----- From: jpero(a)cgo.wave.ca <jpero(a)cgo.wave.ca> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Saturday, January 31, 1998 5:34 AM Subject: Re: 486 vs 386 (was Development, round II) > > >And you'll have to pardon my ignorance of the Intel parts after the 8085, > >but why wouldn't a 386 work if the 486 works? (Other than the speed > >difference.) It has always been my impression that few OS's/applications > >need whatever extra software features that differentiate the 486 from the > 386. > > > I believe the 486 was supposed to be just a 386 with a built-in math > co-processor. Then Intel came out with the 486SX. Which was really just a > broken DX, a 486 in which the built-in math co-processor didn't work. > > -- Kirk Not very much difference but 486 is really ahead in getting more of performance usually runs at least 1 cycle per instruction. The 386dx excutes instuctions all over the map between 5 and 15 (guessing). Example: 386dx/387 33mhz bit slower than 486dx 25. Remembering from years gone by in clone/brands world... First, before I'm done, for clock to clock cycles, 286 and 386 is no better at excuting instructions most of time usually but buyer opted for XT's and 286's because Intel was asking Too Much for 386, the 387 chip actually cost 2k at that time. This is why 386 is sooo late becoming popular when win 3.1 came out. At that time, in late 91s loads of users were still on XTs and we upgraded them to either 286 boards (286/20mhz PcMate yuk!) and once in awhile series of 386sx or rare 386dx for other upgrades. Within short time later about half a year boatloads of 386dx 33/40 and few 386sx thrown in now and then were sold for either pc and upgrades when the price is Right Thing. After 93-94ish, things lost their luste n' fun then became very common thing. (yawn) while we sold long series of 486 machines then P5 ever since. I have NOT remembered how CHEAP, useful real and good pc anywhere or when til now. 1~2k CDN gets you *VERY* decent complete P5 or PII machine with 14" color monitor now. I'm kicking PS/1 original 2011 because it has no hd and too little ram and it did sport 1k price tag but! That old days is very interesting time indeed! Jason D. email: jpero(a)cgo.wave.ca Pero, Jason D.

28 years, 2 months

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EPROM programmers

by higginbo＠netpath.net

At 08:27 PM 1/30/98, you wrote: >portable and an EPROM eraser for $100. I bought another new that >interfaces to a printer port for $25 at a hamfest. Hey, I'm going to the Charlotte, NC Hamfest in March. Maybe I'll pick one up then. -John Higginbotham- -limbo.netpath.net-

28 years, 2 months

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EPROM programmers

by higginbo＠netpath.net

At 02:08 PM 1/30/98 -0800, you wrote: >If you want to build your own, find the 4-volume set of _Ciarcia's Circuit >Cellar_ (or find the corresponding late-70's issue of _BYTE_) and look >at some of his designs. Heck, if I could do all that, I wouldn't be asking about them. :) I never got into electronics too much, just one class in high school, and I have big clumsy hands when it comes to soldering irons. But thanks to everyone for providing information on this subject. Who knows? Maybe once I get a programmer, I'll start burning my hands again. :) -John Higginbotham- -limbo.netpath.net-

28 years, 2 months

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Development, round II

by bwit＠pobox.com

IIRC they started officially calling it Warp with V2.0, the first release following the Microsoft/IBM breakup. Bob ---------- From: Kip Crosby[SMTP:engine@chac.org] Sent: Friday, January 30, 1998 10:40 AM To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers Subject: Re: Re[4]: Development, round II At 12:34 1/30/98 GMT, you wrote: >BTW What is Warp? Is it the OS/2 windowing system? If so, why would I >want to use it at all, let alone on a 286? ;-) Warp is OS/2v3. You couldn't use it on a 286, but if you had, say, a 486/33 -- do pardon me for mentioning a nine-year-old part -- it would begin to be worth playing with. My copy of Warp is still very much to hand, and I think anyone who can scrounge up an appropriate computer should run it (for a while) if they have the opportunity, because it's a real education. ____________________________________________________________ Kip Crosby, honcho, mechanic and sole proprietor, Kip's Garage http://www.kipsgarage.com: rumors, tech tips and philosophy for the trenches Coming Spring '98: The Windows 98 Bible by Kip Crosby and Fred Davis!

28 years, 2 months

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Ricoh-based laser printers

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<There are _very_ few good books on laser printers - and the manufacturers <do NOT supply decent technical manual in my experience. I found a book at <a charity shop (thrift store?) called 'Electrophotography' that gives a Copiers are the same technology save for the imaging systems. I should know I had an engineering finger in every laser printer with a DEC label starting with the LN01 (Xerox XP12) through the 2250 series and my specialty was the over 8PPM Ricoh engines. Allison

28 years, 2 months

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Point Four, Anadex, C-64 questions

by cgregory＠lrbcg.com

At the thrifts they are always priced at $50. or greater. The Adam is three pieces, and two of the pieces are on the large size. Those doing the pricing at the thrifts seem to equate size (and number of pieces) with price, so these systems tend to be priced higher than average. If you want one and can find one locally for $50 or less, then you should probably grab it. You can find them advertised on the net for less, but the shipping costs will kill any savings. BTW, don't make the mistake of leaving the printer behind if the pieces happen to be priced separately. The power supply for the computer is in the printer so you need it to power the system. Also the data tapes are non-standard and are becoming harder to come by. Cliff Gregory cgregory(a)lrbcg.com -----Original Message----- From: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> To: Cgregory <Cgregory> Date: Friday, January 30, 1998 3:43 AM Subject: Re: Point Four, Anadex, C-64 questions >At 08:36 PM 1/29/98 -0800, you wrote: >>> Also, what's a fair price for a Coleco Adam system: 2 keyboards, memory >>> box with datacassette drives, external numeric keypad with knob (paddle?), >>> and printer. >> >>$25 - $30 as long as it works. > >I have to disagree here... I'd say $50-75, possibly as high as $100 with >the extra parts, depending on how badly one wants one. (Again, assuming >it's working.) Mind you, that's what I'd feel comfortable selling it, >wihtout feeling like I'd ripped someone off. I don't know if I'd pay that >much right now, but catch me in a good month... >

28 years, 2 months

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Portables with printers attached (was Re: Interesting Find)

by kaikal＠MICROSOFT.com

Ya, that was the IBM PC Convertible. There's a picture of one with the printer attached at http://www.geocities.com/~compcloset/IBMPCConvertible.htm. Kai > -----Original Message----- > From: PG Manney [SMTP:manney@nwohio.nwohio.com] > Sent: Friday, January 30, 1998 5:14 PM > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers > Subject: Re: Interesting Find > > > (Sharp PC-7100) > > > Notice how the handle can slide towards the back so it's off-center? > > Notice the little metal inserts along the top edge of the back? There's > a > > printer (I've only got one) that attaches to the back for portability. > > Didn't the IBM Portable (or convertible...whatever) do that?

28 years, 2 months

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Commodore Cable

by foxnhare＠goldrush.com

From: Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net> Subject: More stuff [snip!] > Also got a strange Commodore cable. It has what looks like a double > ended HP-IB connector one end and a card edge connector on the other. All > the connectors have 24 contacts. Both ends have a heavy braided ground > strap. It looks like it's about 2 foot long. Any one know what this is >for? That is a PET to IEEE-488 cable, used to interface Commodore IEEE-488 Printers, Modems and Disk Drives to the PET/CBM, B-128 or P-500 series computers. They are getting hard to come by so if you think you may get a Commodore PET/CBM/B/P computer one day I would advise you hang onto it. Larry Anderson -- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Visit our web page at: http://www.goldrush.com/~foxnhare/ Call our BBS (Silicon Realms BBS 300-2400 baud) at: (209) 754-1363 -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-

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Development, round II

by manney＠nwohio.nwohio.com

> Nope, xt286 was a way to put a cheap system of slightly higher performance > out there using slower parts. ...as with the 8088 vs 8086 and 386SX vs DX

28 years, 2 months

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Win 3.0

by manney＠nwohio.nwohio.com

> I saw a package of Win 2.0 in a surplus store here if anyone really wants > it I'll pick it up. No docs just the set of disks. I'd love it, if it's super cheap. Thanks. manney(a)nwohio.com

28 years, 2 months

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Interesting Find

by manney＠nwohio.nwohio.com

(Sharp PC-7100) > Notice how the handle can slide towards the back so it's off-center? > Notice the little metal inserts along the top edge of the back? There's a > printer (I've only got one) that attaches to the back for portability. Didn't the IBM Portable (or convertible...whatever) do that?

28 years, 2 months

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Development, round II

by manney＠nwohio.nwohio.com

> Speaking of polygonical manholes, does anyone know where to get a copy of > turtle logo for older macs? Or, perhaps even better, a cartridge version > for one of the 6502 machines (Atari, c64, etc.)? (This is for my niece who > is probably about ready to at least watch logo pgms.) > > At 01:06 PM 1/29/98 GMT, you wrote: > >indeed round because they then won't fall down the hole if you drop > >them. But other shapes share this property - triangular manholes are > > You may have triangular manholes (and, I assume, covers), but I disagree > with the statement that they won't fall in. (Mind you, they may not be > *likely* to, but that doesn't mean they won't.) > > Consider any regular (is that the right term?) polygon (i.e., all sides, > angles are equal). > > For an odd number of sides: imagine a line from an angle to the midpoint of > the opposite side. Imagine a second line, from that same angle to either > end of the opposite side. You've just created a right triangle (imaginary > lines, half the opposite side) wherein the first imaginary line *must* be > shorter than your second line. Put your first line parallel to the ground, > line up the manhole vertically above the corresponding second line on the > manhole, and drop. > > For an even number of sides: Do the same thing, only the reverse (opposite > angle and connected side, etc.) > > Oh, make sure there's no one down below before dropping *please* > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- > > Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad > roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know." > Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates > San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/ >

28 years, 2 months

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Off-topic again (Waz: Military Computer Books...)

by manney＠nwohio.nwohio.com

<snip> However - we better watch our step as this is > a clip from email I received from the Sam Ismail about information like > this > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Once again, you've perpetuated off-topic non-sense thus <snip> 'Scuse me, but... No matter what the private differences...no matter the language used...perhaps private e-mail should stay private. I am uncomfortable at your sharing Sam's private opinions with everyone. Perhaps I'm defending Sam's feeling needlessly (Not meaning to do that, as Sam can do it himself without my unsolicited help), but defending my interests as well -- I, too send private e-mail to list members. If the discussion on this listserv continues to degenerate to that level -- and with the constant name-calling -- I, for one, will not feel that my interests are well-served by subscribing. manney(a)nwohio.com

28 years, 2 months

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Development, round II

by jfoust＠threedee.com

On my web site, I express my hopes to develop software to help rescue old cassette data by digitizing the tapes. I'm still hunting for specifications of the old formats. I just got a box full of Altair-era cassettes on loan. I plan to digitize them now and rescue the data later. - John Jefferson Computer Museum <http://www.threedee.com/jcm>

28 years, 2 months

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toner cleaning

by jfoust＠threedee.com

>Anyone here ever study >moon shining? Fasinating subject (except to Sam of course). Shore! And I can even tie these threads together in a relevant fashion. At a regular auction I'd once visit, I could pick up computer and video equipment for a song, and once I got a handmade, Prohibition-era copper still for $50, and met the guy whose grandfather made it. :-) - John

28 years, 2 months

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Development, round II

by agammuto＠konics.com

If I remember correctly, IBM released the XT 286 when the second generation PC/AT (with a faster clock - wasn't it 8 MHz?) came out. It was my impression then that the XT286 was an XT case with the older original AT motherboard inside. -----Original Message----- From: Mike Allison <mallison(a)konnections.com> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Thursday, January 29, 1998 10:04 PM Subject: Re: Development, round II >Tony: > >I just seem to remember _something_ about the XT286 that made me avoid >it for true 286 stuff. Maybe it was the memory. Most after market AT >boards had room for a meg or two. Maybe it was the 640... > >-Mike > >Tony Duell wrote: > >> I've not got the XT-286 techref to hand, so I can't look at the >> schematics. But I seem to remember that it's _very_ similar to the PC/AT >> - it's a lot closer to that machine than to the XT. There are 2 DMA >> controllers, 2 interrupt controllers, the 8042 keyboard controller (so it >> takes an AT keyboard), etc. My thoughts when I looked at the schematics >> were that it was a repackaged AT. Of course they could have missed out >> the extra reset logic, but I doubt it. >> >> It does use a non-standard motherboard, though. The memory is a little >> odd - 128K in DIPs (4 off 64K*4, 2 off 64K*1 for the parrity) and 2 256K >> SIMMs for a total of 640K. >> >> > >> > I guess.... >> > >> > -Mike >> >> -tony >

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Update on finds

by Philip.Belben＠powertech.co.uk

> > Sun SPAREprinter model QA-6, anyone know how to do a self > > print test on this unit I can not find any buttons or anything; > > It will not do much unless you have it connected to a SPARCstation > running NeWSprint. The SPARCstation also requires a special S-bus card to > interface to the printer. > > In other words, you have either a worthless printer, or a good excuse to > go get yourself a SPARCstation. Oh, come off it! Surely there must be some way of finding out the protocol and building an interface and/or writing drivers for another machine! Which reminds me - I have a couple of Diablo 630 printers with ECS daisywheels which have strange edge connectors on the back. I am told this is a Qume Sprint 3 interface - has anyone got a technical spec.? Philip.

28 years, 2 months

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Development, round II

by Philip.Belben＠powertech.co.uk

> I looked in my never used copy of os2 version 1.3 standard edition and found > no mention of rexx so maybe it arrived in version 2.x but i'm not opening my > shrinkwrapped version to find out! minimum requirements for 1.3 are a 286, > 2meg, and 12 meg of hdd space. Worth a try then. But am I right in thinking that the AT doesn't implement all the 286 modes properly? I'm sure the XT286 doesn't.

28 years, 2 months

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Update on finds

by KFergason＠aol.com

In a message dated 1/30/98 6:49:52 AM Central Standard Time, Philip.Belben(a)powertech.co.uk writes: > > In other words, you have either a worthless printer, or a good excuse to > > go get yourself a SPARCstation. > > Oh, come off it! Surely there must be some way of finding out the > protocol and building an interface and/or writing drivers for another > machine! > umm, the Sparcprinters are pretty useless without the card and the software. They really are dumb printers. I might have an old CD of NeWSprint, but then you might have licensing issues to deal with. Kelly KFergason(a)aol.com

28 years, 2 months

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eBay and online auctions

by Philip.Belben＠powertech.co.uk

Tony Duell wrote: > I suspect the real collectables will be the really obscure machines - > development systems, parallel machines, experimental machines, etc. No > idea if any will ever turn up second-hand, alas. Whyever not? You got a DAP didn't you? Philip.

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Development, round II

by Philip.Belben＠powertech.co.uk

I started a lot of debate when I wrote: > Worth a try then. But am I right in thinking that the AT doesn't > implement all the 286 modes properly? I'm sure the XT286 doesn't. The two rumours I had heard are thus: 1. The AT had been deliberately set up so that it couldn't make one of the transitions between modes - IBM were being paranoid and thinking of crackers having a back door - but this "feature" was removed in the PS/2. This is obviously a garbled version of the things you've all been telling me about 286s and the AT having to reset itself from time to time. Thank you for clearing this up. 2. Intel had a fault on a large batch of 286s that couldn't do some of the things you'd expect. IBM bought a job lot on the cheap and stuck them in XT286s. Can anyone tell me the origin of this latter rumour? Has it now been discredited? BTW What is Warp? Is it the OS/2 windowing system? If so, why would I want to use it at all, let alone on a 286? ;-) Philip. PS *** Off Topic *** I stand corrected. Uncle Roger is quite right about triangular manhole covers. However I don't know whether this still holds up (pun intended) if you have rounded corners and a thickness that is not negligible as well as the lip to support the cover in its normal position. I don't intend to try it to find out. Whoever posted that rather silly message about System/36 was right - this discussion has probably gone on too long. I will leave you with a thought: Make the cover a triangle, but with the sides arcs of circles centred on the opposite corner. (This works for any odd number of sides, like the 50p coin I mentioned earlier) P.

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RD54 drive numbers.

by DSEAGRAV＠toad.xkl.com

Does anyonehave the numbers to enter for an RD54 to put in a MicroVAX 2000? II think I need the actual h/c/s numbers rathert than the MSCP ones in disktab... The RD53 is full of errors, and this '54 seems to be woorking fune, so I'll LLF it and see about installing. -------

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486 vs 386 (was Development, round II)

by kroma＠worldnet.att.net

>And you'll have to pardon my ignorance of the Intel parts after the 8085, >but why wouldn't a 386 work if the 486 works? (Other than the speed >difference.) It has always been my impression that few OS's/applications >need whatever extra software features that differentiate the 486 from the 386. I believe the 486 was supposed to be just a 386 with a built-in math co-processor. Then Intel came out with the 486SX. Which was really just a broken DX, a 486 in which the built-in math co-processor didn't work. -- Kirk

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Point Four, Anadex, C-64 questions

by sinasohn＠ricochet.net

At 08:36 PM 1/29/98 -0800, you wrote: >> Also, what's a fair price for a Coleco Adam system: 2 keyboards, memory >> box with datacassette drives, external numeric keypad with knob (paddle?), >> and printer. > >$25 - $30 as long as it works. I have to disagree here... I'd say $50-75, possibly as high as $100 with the extra parts, depending on how badly one wants one. (Again, assuming it's working.) Mind you, that's what I'd feel comfortable selling it, wihtout feeling like I'd ripped someone off. I don't know if I'd pay that much right now, but catch me in a good month... --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/

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Apple //e

by szewczykm＠hcgi.com

Some things that I would like to find are an Apple //e system, a copy of Networks II BBS, and a copy of Nexus BBS. I'm pretty sure that along my travels I will eventually find the Apple //e but I don't know if I have a chance of finding either piece of software. I've done a lot of searching on the web, but I haven't found anything. Does anyone have what I'm looking for, or are there any resources I may be missing? Thanks, Mike

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Military Computer Books (Waz: Off-topic...)

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<On the 1802: Did COSMAC VIP actually stand for something? COSMAC VIP was a packaged game machine that could also run simple programs using a very tiny interpreter (512 bytes) called CHIP-8. I have the manuals for one along with other 1802 docs and a few 1802s. Strange chip but made a fair stack machine. Allison

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DEC Sold to Compaq!

by jfoust＠threedee.com

With this news, one of my first thoughts was that if Compaq intends to make money by selling its servers to DEC customers, software emulators of old DEC systems suddenly become very, very important! - John

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Win 3.0, the answer

by kaikal＠MICROSOFT.com

Well, here are the genuine system requirements for Windows 3.0 -- I'm pretty sure these are correct, since I wrote this KnowledgeBase article back in 1990 :) If you know how to get the secret credit screen, you can see my name on there... Let me know if you have any other ancient Windows questions. Kai Windows 3.0 Modes and Memory Requirements [win3x] ID: Q58317 CREATED: 31-JAN-1990 MODIFIED: 21-NOV-1994 3.00 3.00a WINDOWS PUBLIC | kbdisplay SUMMARY ======= This article contains information on the processor and memory requirements for the three different operating modes of Microsoft Windows version 3.0. These modes are real mode (similar to Windows/286 versions 2.x), 286 standard mode (also known as 286 protected mode), and 386 enhanced mode (also known as 386 protected mode). MORE INFORMATION ================ WIN.COM automatically starts up Windows 3.0 in the proper mode for the configuration. However, Windows may be forced into one of the three modes through the following command-line switches: Switch Mode ------ ---- WIN /R Real mode WIN /S or WIN /2 Standard mode WIN /3 Enhanced mode Notes ----- 1. All numbers below are approximate and may vary widely depending on the configuration -- for example, Windows device drivers chosen, DOS version, display adapter, etc. 2. 128K of extended memory is recovered from shadow RAM usage on COMPAQ 386 machines. 3. Memory requirements take into account memory that can be recovered from SMARTDrive (down to the minimum cache size specified). Real Mode Requirements ---------------------- 1. The requirements for WIN.COM to automatically start up in real mode are as follows: a. 8088 processor or above b. 384K of free conventional memory (393,216 bytes reported by CHKDSK) 2. The actual real mode requirements are the same as above. Standard Mode Requirements -------------------------- 1. The requirements for WIN.COM to automatically start up in standard mode are as follows: a. 80286 processor or above b. 192K of free extended memory c. HIMEM.SYS loaded in the CONFIG.SYS file 2. The actual standard mode requirements are as follows: Standard mode conventional/extended memory requirements are mutually dependent and are not fixed. A typical installation requires a minimum of 128K free at the DOS prompt to run standard mode, assuming sufficient extended memory is free. Standard mode requires between 384K and 512K combined conventional and extended memory to run (approximately). For example, if only the minimum 192K of extended memory is free, approximately 322K of conventional is required to run standard mode. However, if available extended is increased to approximately 208K or greater, only 128K of conventional is required. This example is intended to illustrate that the memory requirements are an interrelated, variable issue. Enhanced Mode Requirements -------------------------- 1. The requirements for WIN.COM to automatically start up in enhanced mode are as follows: a. 80386 processor or above b. 1024K of free extended memory c. HIMEM.SYS loaded in the CONFIG.SYS file 2. The actual enhanced mode requirements are as follows: See notes for standard mode, above, relating to the interrelationship of conventional/extended requirements. A typical installation requires a minimum of 182K free at the DOS prompt to run enhanced mode, assuming sufficient extended memory is free. Enhanced mode requires between 580K and 624K combined conventional and extended memory to run (approximately). Note that enhanced mode is able to start up in low-memory situations only because it provides virtual memory support; although enhanced mode may run in such situations, it may be extremely slow due to the large amount of disk swapping it must perform. ============================================================================ ==== Created_by: KAIKAL Edit_review: DANAS Edited: 01-FEB-1990 Modified_by: DAVIDE Tech_review: RANDOW Reviewed: 23-FEB-1990 > -----Original Message----- > From: lfb107(a)psu.edu [SMTP:lfb107@psu.edu] > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 1998 9:11 PM > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers > Subject: Win 3.0 > > > I might be mistaken, but I somehow recall that someone said that > it was possible to run windows 3.0 on an XT??? > > A buddy of mine gave me an unopened box of v3.0 but the back > says it requires a 286. > > So whats the deal? > > Les

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Win 3.0

by lfb107＠psu.edu

I might be mistaken, but I somehow recall that someone said that it was possible to run windows 3.0 on an XT??? A buddy of mine gave me an unopened box of v3.0 but the back says it requires a 286. So whats the deal? Les

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Win 3.0

by lfb107＠psu.edu

At 09:46 AM 1/30/98 -0500, Allison J Parent wrote: > ><I might be mistaken, but I somehow recall that someone said that ><it was possible to run windows 3.0 on an XT??? >< ><A buddy of mine gave me an unopened box of v3.0 but the back ><says it requires a 286. > >As best we could figure it may be a later version kit that does not have a >MDA/herc driver or some such. My copy of 3.000A does run on XTs and is >installed on a DTC turboXT so it runs in my lifetime. I didn't say it >would be fast. FYI a fast disk really helps. > Well, the sticker on the top says that it is version 3.00(3.5) but it does say that it will support CGA or Hercules so I might be in luck. Had an AT&T 6300 sitting around and thought it might be neat to run it on this. It's got an old Micropolis 40 megger on it thats pretty much empty. (Does anyone else think that the sounds made by old MFM drives is really cool??) On a different note, the monitor I have is an AT&T model as well that "shows up" as a CGA but looks a hell of a lot like EGA. Is it some kind of "Super CGA" that wasn't really supported by anyone? Les

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Development, round II

by sinasohn＠ricochet.net

Speaking of polygonical manholes, does anyone know where to get a copy of turtle logo for older macs? Or, perhaps even better, a cartridge version for one of the 6502 machines (Atari, c64, etc.)? (This is for my niece who is probably about ready to at least watch logo pgms.) At 01:06 PM 1/29/98 GMT, you wrote: >indeed round because they then won't fall down the hole if you drop >them. But other shapes share this property - triangular manholes are You may have triangular manholes (and, I assume, covers), but I disagree with the statement that they won't fall in. (Mind you, they may not be *likely* to, but that doesn't mean they won't.) Consider any regular (is that the right term?) polygon (i.e., all sides, angles are equal). For an odd number of sides: imagine a line from an angle to the midpoint of the opposite side. Imagine a second line, from that same angle to either end of the opposite side. You've just created a right triangle (imaginary lines, half the opposite side) wherein the first imaginary line *must* be shorter than your second line. Put your first line parallel to the ground, line up the manhole vertically above the corresponding second line on the manhole, and drop. For an even number of sides: Do the same thing, only the reverse (opposite angle and connected side, etc.) Oh, make sure there's no one down below before dropping *please* --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/

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More stuff

by Philip.Belben＠powertech.co.uk

> Also got a strange Commodore cable. It has what looks like a double > ended HP-IB connector one end and a card edge connector on the other. All > the connectors have 24 contacts. Both ends have a heavy braided ground > strap. It looks like it's about 2 foot long. Any one know what this is for? It is a Commodore PET GPIB (HPIB) cable. Most PETs didn't have the standard GPIB connector (the 8032SK being the only exception I can call to mind) but had a 24 pin edge connector instead. The pinout is the same; pin spacing is 0.156 inch. The "Parallel User Port" (some useful lines from the 6522 VIA plus some diagnostic type stuff and video out) was a similar connector with keyways in different places. The 8032SK used a GPIB type connector for this as well, which I found very annoying when trying to connect one to a friend's BBC micro... but I digress. (BTW can anyone confirm: is 0.156 inch _really_ 0.156 inch or is it 5/32 inch?) Philip.

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Win 3.0

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<Deal is, you can't run Windows 3.x on any processor that doesn't have <protected mode. I think the last Windows you could run on an XT was 2.1 Wrong, it was 3.0 and I'm doing it. It was loaded from my diskset so there is no doubt. Now if you meant it would be slower than sludge no argument. Allison

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Win 3.0

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<I might be mistaken, but I somehow recall that someone said that <it was possible to run windows 3.0 on an XT??? < <A buddy of mine gave me an unopened box of v3.0 but the back <says it requires a 286. As best we could figure it may be a later version kit that does not have a MDA/herc driver or some such. My copy of 3.000A does run on XTs and is installed on a DTC turboXT so it runs in my lifetime. I didn't say it would be fast. FYI a fast disk really helps. Allison

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Win 3.0

by kroma＠worldnet.att.net

>I might be mistaken, but I somehow recall that someone said that >it was possible to run windows 3.0 on an XT??? > It's not documented and MS never mentioned it, but yes it will work on an XT. -- Kirk

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back ontopic: mac 400k drive.

by sinasohn＠ricochet.net

At 08:23 PM 1/27/98 +0000, you wrote: >rather have a service manual that starts 'Take the HDA into a clean room >and undo the cover screws (#1 in fig 4.2), lift off cover' etc than one The problem, of course, from the mfr's point of view, is that some bozo is going to think "hmmm... Larry across the hall has a maid come twice a month, I'll take it over there and..." and then they have to deal with 1) repairing/replacing the drive, 2) losing a customer who thinks they should fix it under warranty. --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/

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Apple ][+ OS

by photze＠batelco.com.bh

>DOH! Did I start off on the IIgs again? I didn't even notice you were >talking about the II+... THIS is why I shouldn't be allowed to send email >at 12:30 in the morning! Don't worry, the feeling is not unfamiliar to me. (Someone mentions IBM, I start with the RS/6000's, Deep Blue, etc.) >OK, for the II+, ProDOS is probably what you want. DOS 3.3(I've never seen this one) >or CP/M(only one I have is my Hayes >SmartModem 300 disk) are supposed to be around. Do you know how much RAM >yours has? I have an extra copy of ProDOS(still shrinkwrapped!! I'm not >sure which version), and it needs more RAM than a stock II+ has. I guess >whatever a II+ with a memory expansion card would have... I seem to >remember 64k being on the box. As for the disks, I'm not sure. Try digging >around at http://www.apple2.org, it should have plenty of info(I know it >has a link to the csa2 newsgroup FAQ). OK... well, if I can't find anything else, I'll take the old copy, as I think that you might want to hang on to the shrinkwrapped copy. I wouldn't know what it was like, as I wasn't around when it was made. But, anyway, I'll take the old copy, you can use the new one, as a "liscense", make a backup copy of the disks, and then everyone's happy. ;-) Thanks for the help, Tim D. Hotze >-JR http://members.tripod.com/~jrollins/index.html - Computers > http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/1681/ - Star Trek > >

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Apple ][+ OS

by photze＠batelco.com.bh

Yes, I know about the IIGS, it's a pretty nice GUI machine. When I was in second grade, that's all that they had in my old school. But, I'm not getting a IIGS, I'm getting a II+, the one that came before the IIe. (I think) Anyway, is ProDOS the best? Also, does the Apple ][ juse SS/SD disks? If so, where can I get osme? Thanks, Tim D. Hotze -----Original Message----- From: John Rollins <rexstout(a)ptld.uswest.net> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Friday, January 30, 1998 11:28 AM Subject: Re: Apple ][+ OS >> Hello. I'm going to get one of these >from Jeff Kaneko. One thing: >>What OS's are avaible? I tried looking on Apple's site, but didn't >>really find >>anything too interesting. What's the one that the most sofware was written >>for? Most "standard", and what kind of stuff's avaible for a II+ (I'm >>sure that >>that's not a simple question.) Thanks, Tim D. Hotze PS-Does anyone >>have Apple ][+ disks? > >The IIgs will run any Apple II+/IIe OS(ProDOS, DOS 3.3, etc...), or GS/OS >which is a modified version of MacOS. GS/OS is available on Apple's FTP >site. The IIgs will also run most Apple II+/IIe software, can use most of >the Apple II+/IIe expansion cards and floppy drives. Definitley the most >capable machine in the Apple II line. > >-JR http://members.tripod.com/~jrollins/index.html - Computers > http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/1681/ - Star Trek > >

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Found some printer cards for Apple ][ computers

by go＠ao.com

At least it's what they appear to be... Found at a local electronic "computer" store: several printer cards for what appears to be Apple ][ computers. (I'm not an Apple person, so I don't know the bus layout.) The connector is a 50 pin edge-card (25 per side) and there is a 20 pin header on the board, to which attaches a companion flat cable with a conventional Centronics-style 36 pin connector at the end. The cable is 3 feet long, and it looks like it was meant to exit the enclosure and plug directly into a printer. There is an on-board 2716 eprom (I might dump the contents at work to see if there is any manufacturer info inside.) There is absolutely no manufacturer name or info on the board other than what appear to be part numbers (I think): "APL B" and "SP-201-EP-0" in the silkscreen and "H-002" in the copper foil. Parts are all SSI (74LS00 series) with date codes around 1984. They were free, so if anyone wants one or more, let me know. All I ask is shipping or "you pick up." I'm in Corvallis, Oregon. Oh, and I should say for emphasis: I HAVE NO IDEA IF THEY WORK and NO WARRANTIES EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. Contact me by email if you want them. I don't have any Apples, so don't have a reason to save them. Just didn't want to see them dumpstered. Gary.

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Apple ][+ OS

by photze＠batelco.com.bh

Hello. I'm going to get one of these from Jeff Kaneko. One thing: What OS's are avaible? I tried looking on Apple's site, but didn't really find anything too interesting. What's the one that the most sofware was written for? Most "standard", and what kind of stuff's avaible for a II+ (I'm sure that that's not a simple question.) Thanks, Tim D. Hotze PS-Does anyone have Apple ][+ disks?

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What I did this weekend

by sinasohn＠ricochet.net

I'm behind in my e-mail again... At 10:09 PM 1/11/98, you wrote: > I have a bunch of HP 75Ds. I also have the manuals for them. Let me know >if you need any info about them. What is a HP LS/12 ? I've never heard of The LS/12 is actually made by Zenith; I think it's a Supersport? Basic '286 (iirc) PC laptop. I'm working on scanning the photos I've taken; someday I'll get a web page set up. 8^) --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/

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Military Computer Books (Waz: Off-topic...)

by sinasohn＠ricochet.net

At 09:51 PM 1/29/98 -0600, you wrote: >be some GREAT surplus stores in San Francisco - saw my only wire recorder >there as well as some interesting radar equipment, that at the time, I >thought was still classifed. Years later (88) I couldn't find them. >Anybody know what happened to them? I think they were on Market street Hmmm.. There's Kaplan's on Market about 6th; They do mostly army-surplus-esque camping gear and some uniforms and tenner shoes. There's another one about between 7th & 8th that (last time I was in) seems to cater only to the bigger-is-better-in-knives-and-forget-about-quality crowd. (They're actually probably just about right above me as I type this!) There used to be a really good one on Mission (one block south) between 7th & 8th, but they went out of business in the early 80's. I don't know of any *real* military surplus stores around SF anymore; though you'd think there would be some, what with Mare Island Naval ShipYard, Treasure Island, Alameda (Nuclear Wessels!), The Presidio, etc. There are a few electronics surplus stores around, especially down in the (silicon) valley. --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/

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Photos of VCF I

by hansp＠columbia.digiweb.com

Haven't seen this mentioned on the list. The VCF was, of course, organized by our very own Sam... -- Hans B. Pufal : <mailto:hansp@digiweb.com> Comprehensive Computer Catalogue : <http://www.digiweb.com/~hansp/ccc/> _-_-__-___--_-____-_--_-_-____--_---_-_---_--__--_--_--____---_--_--__--_ Subject: Vintage Computer Festival 01 photo web site! Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 15:04:16 GMT From: kenm(a)nospam.csus.edu (Ken Montgomery) Organization: CSU Sacramento Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers, comp.society.folklore I wanted to let everyone who watches this group for information about the history of computing and old computers that I have put up a new page with lots of photographs taken at the Vintage Computer Festival that was held on October 25th and 26th 1997, at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, California. The Festival was an event held to celebrate computers and their history. The site is: <http://members.tripod.com/~km88mph/> The site contains photographs that I took of the exhibit area and the sellers area, both were inside the same hall. So check out the page and drop me line!

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Stuff, while we're at it...

by mallison＠konnections.com

I have the following items that have to go: MAC Plus, good basic system w/key & mouse 1 - 4 meg of mem $10 MAC 512k, monitor fuzzy, but works free with Plus. External 400k drive for Mac $5 Bernoulli 5mb Removeable drive for Mac $10 (+ Software) Apple IIe Enhancement kit. (A2M2052) Don't ask me. New in shrinkwrapped box $5 Northgate DOS 4.0 with Manuals (3 ring) and Covers + Install disks $10 I've got other but that's it for now. Please keep shipping in mind. If you really need something on this list or off, please email me off line and I'll see if I can find it. Thanks, Mike

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eBay and online auctions

by engine＠chac.org

At 22:33 1/29/98 -0500, you wrote: >I think laptops will be hot collectables, as they are small and often >clever. Especially the early color laptops (e. g. NEC Multispeed 386) which very few people bought. Laptops made out of funny materials -- the magnesium GRIDs or the Toshibas with carbon-fiber cases. The nicer palmtops (they can pry my Pofo from my cold dead fingers....) And, of course, several of the hardened military micros. And the rarer Ataris. And Lisas!! >>Suns and SGIs, probably. Acorn RISC-PC's, probably. Alphas, again >>probably. MIPS. HP Kayaks -- buy now while they're cheap! ;-) >I say yes to all of these. Me^2, __________________________________________ Kip Crosby engine(a)chac.org http://www.chac.org/index.html Computer History Association of California

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