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by oldcpu2＠rogerwilco.org

> Dunno about a T1, but Home Despot usually has a mini-driver set > that's 8 bits - 4 double-ended inserts with 3 stored in the plastic > handle. They go from T4-T10 + T15, they're about 8 bucks, they look > cheesy as hell, and they're GOOD bits. I have a Philips/blade set and a > Torx set. IIRC they're made by Husky. Doc is correct, it is a Husky brand tool, model #HD-74502T. I got mine from Lowe's for $9 about a year ago. The bits are definitely hardened, I can't begin to see any rounding on mine though they've been used a lot in the last year. The cap on the end of the handle spins like a jeweler's screwdriver, and for me at least, it works very well in one hand. - Jared

17 years, 9 months

cctech Digest, Vol 59, Issue 19

by malcolm＠avitech.com.au

Thanks Jerome, I mailed you off-list, not sure if my response reached you though? I haven't had any luck finding one locally in Australia, so I am very interested in getting hold of the one you have. I will be in the U.S. for the next few weeks (Seattle), so postage/packing charges shouldn't be quite so much of a problem. Regards, Malcolm. Jerome H. Fine wrote: >> Malcolm Macleod wrote: > >> Just wondering if anyone has a VT100 keyboard they can spare for a >> reasonable price? I recently received a VT100 terminal (minus >> keyboard) and >> am keen to bring this back to life. >> >> > Jerome Fine replies: > > I have a VT100 keyboard that I can sell you at a low price. > > It looks like you are in Australia. I am in Canada, so the shipping > and handling will likely be high. > > Can you found one locally? > > Sincerely yours, > > Jerome Fine > > >

17 years, 9 months

Small Torx (Was: What is a safe way to clean corrosion?

by tonym＠compusource.net

>-----Original Message----- >From: Fred Cisin cisin at xenosoft.com >Sent 7/22/2008 3:21:28 PM >To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts cctalk at classiccmp.org >Subject: Re: Small Torx (Was: What is a safe way to clean corrosion? > >On Tue, 22 Jul 2008, madodel wrote: > No where local, though Sears had a T6. I had to order online. I found a > vendor on Amazon.com (Micro-Tools) that sold them as separate items. Most > places only had sets and those rarely had lower than a T6 or T10. > I bought a set at Sears that went down to like a T3 or so - $9.99 or $14.99 for the set of 5. Tony

17 years, 9 months

PRINTOS MARSH CPU II+ operating instructions

by brain＠jbrain.com

Someone gave me a copied copy of the PRINTOS MARSH CPU II+ Operating Instructions. I have scanned it to PDF. I do not want or need it here. So, I am happy to ship the hardcopy to someone for cost of shipping. I am happy to provide the PDF to someone who can archive it. Jim -- Jim Brain, Brain Innovations (X) brain at jbrain.com Dabbling in WWW, Embedded Systems, Old CBM computers, and Good Times! Home: http://www.jbrain.com

17 years, 9 months

"first" computer on the internet

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

> >Subject: Re: "first" computer on the internet > From: Eric Smith <eric at brouhaha.com> > Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:21:09 -0700 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org> > >Allison wrote: >> I'm a bit surpirzed no one has mentioned UUCP. > >While uucp can be run over the internet, it is fundamentally a >store-and-forward system, and unrelated to internet protocols. > >IIRC uucp was invented by Mike Lesk around 1976. > It is true that many system that didn't have connectviity to the big hub systems that formed tha backbone if DARPA-net then later ARPAnet used UUCP to pass their traffic? Allison

17 years, 9 months

ADM 3 OR 3A NOT SURE AVAILIABLE

by RLAAG＠pacbell.net

I HAVE AN ADM 3 OR 3A, NOT SURE WHICH, I THINK THAT I DON'T NEED... WHEN I USED IT YEARS AGO IT HAD SOME HORIZONTAL PULLING BUT MORE OR LESS WORKED THEN... NOW I DON'T KNOW BUT DIDN'T WANT TO TEST IT OUT... THE SCREEN HAS SOME STRANGE SPOTS APPEARING BUT THEY MIGHT BE JUST ON THE SURFACE OR MIGHT BE INSIDE LIKE THE OTHER POSTS ON HERE ABOUT THAT... I DON'T KNOW, BUT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR PARTS ANYWAY... CAN LET THIS GO FOR SHIPPING AND A LITTLE POCKET CHANGE...

17 years, 9 months

RS Wall Wart

by wdonzelli＠gmail.com

Anyone have specs (voltage, polarity, etc.) for the Radio Shack 270-1551 power pack? I want to test out an old tabletop computer game, and do not want to invest in six C cells. -- Will

17 years, 9 months

Looking for a Zenith Z29 terminal, and some VT100 keyboards

by ian_primus＠yahoo.com

Well, I just acquired some VT100's, albiet without keyboards. So, now I'm looking for some VT100 keyboards - even broken or damaged ones. Also, I _just_ missed a Zenith Z29 terminal (newer than the Z19, with detachable keyboard), on eBay, simply because I forgot to bid before I left the house. Augh! So, I'm looking for one of those too - does anyone have one that is looking for a home? Also, while I'm looking for stuff, anyone have a Qbus Pertec tape drive controller that'll work in a Vax? Thanks guys! -Ian

17 years, 9 months

MOD8/80 hardware?

by sellam＠vintagetech.com

I'm passing along this request from Zbigniew Stachniak, a regualr VCF speaker and Associate Professor at York University in Toronto who also does a lot of excellent computer history research. He's looking for Microsystems International MOD8 and MOD80 hardware for some current research (see below). If you can help him, please contact him directly. -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:22:44 -0500 From: Zbigniew Stachniak <zbigniew at cse.yorku.ca> To: Sellam Ismail <sellam at vintagetech.com> Subject: Re: VCF 10.0 Sellam, It was so nice to be able to attend VCF again. It was a great event, I have met a number of interesting people -- thanks. I have briefly mentioned to you my search for Microsystems International Ltd. (MIL) MOD8 and MOD80 hardware. These are little blue boards that plugged into a backplane which is depicted on our museum's page http://www.cse.yorku.ca/museum/v_tour/artifacts/artifacts.htm The MOD8 and MOD80 hardware (as well as the MONITOR8 software and MIL cassette interface) were reasonably popular among the hobbyists in the mid 1970s. I'm looking for the MOD8/80 boards not only to supplement our museum's MIL collection but also because I need them for my current research. If you could help in finding some of these MOD8/80 boards it would be great. Best Zbigniew -- Zbigniew Stachniak Associate Professor Department of Computer Science York University 4700 Keele Street Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3 Canada ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

17 years, 9 months

What is a safe way to clean corrosion?

by gstreet＠indy.net

Alexandre Souza wrote: >> I just took apart a Thinkpad 701c that has a BIOS password that I am >> attempting to clear. There is some powdery residue caked inside the >> battery compartment that has leaked into a few areas surrounding it. >> Is there a safe way to remove this? > > Acetic Acid (vinegar - yes!) do wonders! > You might consider trying to rinse the affected area with distilled water after using the vinegar. (You want to neutralize the affected area as well as possible.) Then take a hair dryer and gently dry the area. I recently found a discarded power supply that was so coated with oily, nasty, soot-like "stuff," that I decided to experiment. I disassembled everything and got my special green soap used for cleaning aircraft interiors and a brush. It worked wonders. I then rinsed the whole pcb (with components) and blew it off with compressed air. Then I dried it with a heat gun (very carefully, as this heat gun could easily ruin everything). I allowed the pcb sit for a few hours, then put it all back together and fired it up without incident. Caution: "Your mileage may vary..." Regards, Robert Greenstreet

17 years, 9 months

UV PALs?

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

Does anyone here have any UV-erasable PALs (16V8 or 22V10) that they can spare? Thanks, -Dave -- Dave McGuire Port Charlotte, FL

17 years, 9 months

know where I can get a 800k drive for a mac SE?

by trag＠io.com

> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:17:57 +0100 > From: "Liam Proven" <lproven at gmail.com> > 2008/7/21 Jeff Walther <trag at io.com>: >> The SE/30 though, > I'm not sure *why* I want it - I have no actual use for it - but this > was the sort of spec that was to unrealistically expensive to be even > worth /dreaming/ about in 1988 or so when I first started working with > Macs. :?) Could it be mid-life crisis? Instead of buying sports cars, we're looking for the computer configurations we longed for but couldn't afford in our youths? Although, I must say, my head has been turned by the prospect of MythTV running on a shiny *new* collection of hardware. I'm seriously considering decimating my collection of old Macs and just focusing my attention on playing around with modern stuff for a few years. Of course, I want to perfect replacing the FBGA soldered memory chips in the Apple TV and use hacked ATVs as the MythTV front ends. If there's no hardware hacking, where's the fun? Jeff Walther

17 years, 9 months

HOPE Conference this weekend

by evan＠snarc.net

Hi all, This weekend is the seventh "Hackers On Planet Earth" conference, once again at the Hotel Pennsylvania, in New York City. Tomorrow my user group, MARCH, will have a hacker-themed vintage computer exhibit there from about 10am - late. Come visit us! - Evan

17 years, 9 months

Looking for a GT40 keayboard

by quapla＠xs4all.nl

Hi, I'm looking for a keyboard which goes with the GT-40. I do have the terminal and video processor, but to make it complete I need the keyboard as well. Thanks, Ed

17 years, 9 months

HOPE Conference this weekend

by evan＠snarc.net

We at MARCH were very pleased to see so many people at HOPE express interest in vintage computers. Our booth Saturday didn't feature anthing wild -- just an Osborne, a Mac 128K, and a IIe running Oregon Trail. But it was packed with excited hackers almost the entire day. -----Original Message----- From: Sellam Ismail <sellam at vintagetech.com> Subj: HOPE Conference this weekend Date: Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:58 pm Size: 1K To: Classic Computers Mailing List <cctalk at classiccmp.org> First, I think I speak for Jessie Jackson when I say I'm glad to hear that they will be keeping HOPE alive. With regards to Vegas, I spent more time there when I was 21 than I care to admit, but it wasn't for the gambling and sin (the true story is even wilder). I haven't been back since except for a couple short stop overs on business trips, so I'm interested to see how it's all changed. When I was going there the Bob Stupak tower was still up and they were just starting to build that big emerald glass casino, the MGM Grand I believe. I've never been to DefCon but would like to go, and it would be good justification for finally seeing modern Vegas. Back to HOPE, I attended in 2006 and it was one of those experiences where you think it was going to be lame but it completely overwhelmed your low expectations and turned into an excellent experience (like Mardi Gras in NO :) I was expecting a bunch of dorky wannabe hackers running around trying to out-impress each other with their h4x0r tricks but it was nothing of the sort: just a bunch of serious-minded people converging in the HOtel PEnnsylvania to learn and share knowledge. I highly recommend it. I would've gone this year but for my sagging bank account :( -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]

17 years, 9 months

"first" computer on the internet

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

> >Subject: Re: "first" computer on the internet > From: Eric Smith <eric at brouhaha.com> > Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:18:34 -0700 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org> > >Mark wrote: >> And what was the first operating system to have builtin support for >> internet access? Did Windows for Workgroups have this or was that just >> LAN networking? > >It certainly wasn't any Microsoft operating system. Microsoft was at >least ten years late to the party. > >If you define "internet access" as "having TCP/IP", it might have been >BSD 4.1a, which included the crufty BBN TCP/IP code, and was released in >1982. ARPANET switched from NCP to TCP/IP on January 1, 1983 ("flag day"). I'm a bit surpirzed no one has mentioned UUCP. Allison

17 years, 9 months

Does anyone have a DEC VT100 Keyboard they can spare?

by malcolm＠avitech.com.au

Just wondering if anyone has a VT100 keyboard they can spare for a reasonable price? I recently received a VT100 terminal (minus keyboard) and am keen to bring this back to life. Malcolm

17 years, 9 months

HOPE Conference this weekend

by sellam＠vintagetech.com

First, I think I speak for Jessie Jackson when I say I'm glad to hear that they will be keeping HOPE alive. With regards to Vegas, I spent more time there when I was 21 than I care to admit, but it wasn't for the gambling and sin (the true story is even wilder). I haven't been back since except for a couple short stop overs on business trips, so I'm interested to see how it's all changed. When I was going there the Bob Stupak tower was still up and they were just starting to build that big emerald glass casino, the MGM Grand I believe. I've never been to DefCon but would like to go, and it would be good justification for finally seeing modern Vegas. Back to HOPE, I attended in 2006 and it was one of those experiences where you think it was going to be lame but it completely overwhelmed your low expectations and turned into an excellent experience (like Mardi Gras in NO :) I was expecting a bunch of dorky wannabe hackers running around trying to out-impress each other with their h4x0r tricks but it was nothing of the sort: just a bunch of serious-minded people converging in the HOtel PEnnsylvania to learn and share knowledge. I highly recommend it. I would've gone this year but for my sagging bank account :( -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]

17 years, 9 months

know where I can get a 800k drive for a mac SE?

by trag＠io.com

> Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:21:41 +0100 (BST) > From: ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) > Only after carefully examining the floppy drive cable did I realise it > was not a normal 20 way ribon. 1 or 2 of the 'cores' were solid plastic, > with no wire. So no connection between those pins at the ends of the > cable. > > IIRC, the colour of the pin-1 marker on these cables is important -- it > indicates which cores are missing. There is a yellow striped cable and a red striped cable. The color stripes are the pin-1 marker, but the different colors indicated different wiring. > And people wonder why I hate working on Apple stuff... Oh, I doubt that many of us, even the ones who concentrate all their classic computer fun on Apple machines, really wonder at that. :-) I try not to dwell on the silly hardware decisions and focus on the things I like, but there are these oddities which consume little bits of my wetware memory--like the differently striped floppy cables. And I more or less ignore the existence of the old models that were very poor design decisions from the concept, such as the 68030 based machines with 16 bit data busses. The SE/30 though, there's an elegant little machine--with just enough imperfections to provide fodder for the hardware hacking inclined. :-) Jeff Walther

17 years, 9 months

vintage computers for pick-up in austin, tx

by frustum＠pacbell.net

I decided to give away most of my collection. I just don't have the time anymore to play with any of it, and the thought of wrapping this all for ebay gives me convulsions. The condition is (please read carefully, and sorry for shouting): ####################################################### ### ### ### THIS IS FOR PICK-UP AT MY HOUSE IN AUSTIN TEXAS ### ### ### ####################################################### No, I can't ship. Sorry. Really. I'm not going to do it. The sooner you pick it up the better, as I might loose my mind and decide to keep it all. If there is interest from more than one person, I reserve the right to parcel things up how I see fit. If you have some special connection or need for any of these items, let me know and I'll take it into consideration. (1) IBM 5120. BASIC-only. Dual 8" disk drives. Works. Needs terminator to allow the disk drives to work (the terminator is built into the printer that is daisy-chained off the expansion bus, but when I bought the 5120, I didn't want to pay for shipping a hundred pound dot matrix printer with it). Has manuals and a few floppies. (2) An Apple II+, and Apple IIe with an accelerator card (3.5 MHz), a bunch of floppies, some games new in box, joysticks, a few disk drive units, a few cards (3) Northstar Horizon, in the aluminum case. With one 5.25" drive, one 10 MB (I think) hard drive. Works. Currently turbodos is installed and is working, but I have turbodos, hdos, and normal nsdos disks available too. I have a number of manuals for it as well. (4) A Sage II computer. Dual 5.25' floppies. This is a 68000-based system. Works. Boot media too. (5) A PT Helios disk system and controller board set. This doesn't work, but I believe is repairable. These were touchy to begin with, so it would take a lot of perseverance and some skill to get it going again. (6) Two Sol-20s. Both have been tricked out with Hogg Labs upgrades to 80x24 text, and relocation of the monitor roms to F000 (switchable). Both had their keypads replaced and work fine. This will come with a large collection of manuals, pretty much everything that is on www.sol20.org (7) TRS-80 Model 4P. That is the luggable model. Works. Perhaps I can find some boot disks. Thanks.

17 years, 9 months

"first" computer on the internet

by tonym＠compusource.net

>-----Original Message----- >From: Allison ajp166 at bellatlantic.net >Sent 7/20/2008 5:58:30 PM >To: cctech at classiccmp.org >Subject: Re: "first" computer on the internet > > >I'm a bit surpirzed no one has mentioned UUCP. > >Allison > > Why I mentioned UUCP yesterday, I think. I used it to connect to miami.edu for email. This woulda' been reeeeeally early 90's Tony

17 years, 9 months

IE4 for Alpha running NT4

by teoz＠neo.rr.com

Anybody have a link for IE4 for alpha? Casn't seem to find it on the net and a friend is looking for it. Thanks, TZ

17 years, 9 months

FS: PCjr stuff, Richard from m CArlos PCjr..

by sales＠c-reset.com

7-20-2008 Hello Carlos: Thanks for passing along the message on the IBM PCjr computers etc. We have plenty of PCjr items at this time and can not purchase more at this time. We are still working on the office building to make it meet the City of Dallas Code. This has been going on since Mid March and I am close to the end. We owe a BIG Thank You GOD for his help in sending us some volunteers >from our church to help with the work. I found some new LNW80 Technical Reference Manuals and also some NEW copies of the CP/M 2.2 Operating system while cleaning up - Do you want one ? ? You may remember this was an early CP/M machine similar to the TRS-80 Model 1. If you do I will give pass them along to Bruno the next time I see him. Best Regards Richard Computer Reset Dallas, TX Remember: Faith expects from GOD what is beyond all expectation. Jose carlos Valle writes: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: cs.csubak.edu > Date: 2008/7/18 > Subject: FS: PCjr stuff > To: cctalk at classiccmp.org > > > > I have three PCjr units. One has four sidecars. One has one. The third > has none. There are also four chiclet keyboards, four "regular" keyboards > (one sealed new-in-box), a technical manual, and lots of keyboard > overlays. > > Make me an offer. > > > -- > David Griffith > dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu > > A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > > > > -- > Jos? Carlos Valle ? Presidente curador > www.museudocomputador.com.br > Blog do curador:--HTTP://blogdocurador.museudocomputador.com > Tel office: 011 4666-7545 - celular prov: 8794-6730 > Tel skype 3013-3946 - "Tudo posso naquele que fortalece, Felipenses 4:13"

17 years, 9 months

UK101

by lproven＠gmail.com

Anyone interested in this early 8-bit micro? I've just been offered one for free, but I don't really have the room. Happy to post it on if the recipient pays P&P from London. -- Liam Proven ? Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Email: lproven at cix.co.uk ? GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lproven at gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 ? Cell: +44 7939-087884 ? Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AOL/AIM/iChat: liamproven at aol.com ? MSN/Messenger: lproven at hotmail.com Yahoo: liamproven at yahoo.co.uk ? Skype: liamproven ? ICQ: 73187508

17 years, 9 months

Save a Solbourne: 5/600 on eBay for pickup

by spectre＠floodgap.com

For people who don't have enough hot and heavy VME bus action, noticed this on eBay. Pickup only -- otherwise I'd be bidding on it myself. Looks like a nice 5/600 for anyone with an interest in Solbournes or SPARCs in general. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170241777050 -- ------------------------------------ personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckaiser at floodgap.com -- Apparently I am not very good at being tricky. -- John Hughes --------------

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