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Properly "classic" digital cameras (and imaging) (was Re: enough already (was: digital camera capabilities))

by zmerch-cctalk＠30below.com

Rumor has it that Ethan Dicks may have mentioned these words: >I used a ~10-year-old Olympus recently for my EarthDial... What's an EarthDial? Awrighty, googling.... Some kinda flavour of Sundial device, hooked to a webcam & Interwebitated... ;-) http://www.planetary.org/programs/projects/earthdial/network.html Is the Antarctic one yours? > I don't know if >it's easy to tell a "modern" camera to take a photo via USB, but all >the ones I know of just treat the camera as an external storage >device, not a scanner-like peripheral to be controlled. Sorry for the offtopicness, but I believe it's a "fairly standard" function of today's DSLRs - At least for my Nikon D70, it's called "tethered shooting" or "tethered capture." IIRC (tho I've never done it) you can either automate taking a picture to CF or directly down the USB to the software that requested the shot. Bibble can do this with most cameras that support it. Gratuitous yet sucky attempt to bring this back: View my digital photos of VCF-MW 2006! http://zmerch.30below.com/vcf_mw_06/ [[ Sorry. I said it was sucky! ;-) ]] Laterz, Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- Roger "Merch" Merchberger | "Bugs of a feather flock together." sysadmin, Iceberg Computers | Russell Nelson zmerch at 30below.com |

19 years

Properly "classic" digital cameras (and imaging) (was Re: enough already (was: digital camera capabilities))

by zmerch＠30below.com

Rumor has it that Ethan Dicks may have mentioned these words: >I used a ~10-year-old Olympus recently for my EarthDial... What's an EarthDial? Awrighty, googling.... Some kinda flavour of Sundial device, hooked to a webcam & Interwebitated... ;-) http://www.planetary.org/programs/projects/earthdial/network.html Is the Antarctic one yours? > I don't know if >it's easy to tell a "modern" camera to take a photo via USB, but all >the ones I know of just treat the camera as an external storage >device, not a scanner-like peripheral to be controlled. Sorry for the offtopicness, but I believe it's a "fairly standard" function of today's DSLRs - At least for my Nikon D70, it's called "tethered shooting" or "tethered capture." IIRC (tho I've never done it) you can either automate taking a picture to CF or directly down the USB to the software that requested the shot. Bibble can do this with most cameras that support it. Gratuitous yet sucky attempt to bring this back: View my digital photos of VCF-MW 2006! http://zmerch.30below.com/vcf_mw_06/ [[ Sorry. I said it was sucky! ;-) ]] Laterz, Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- Roger "Merch" Merchberger | Anarchy doesn't scale well. -- Me zmerch at 30below.com. | SysAdmin, Iceberg Computers

19 years

Semi-OT: Need help identifying diode specs

by Billy.Pettit＠wdc.com

Patrick Finnegan asked: They appear to have a Westinghouse (underlined W in a circle) logo on them, next to a diode symbol marking polarity. Next to that is the number "18840100" (part number?) and "8206" (date code?). That part number could also be a house number. It sure looks like a Control Data number. All of their components' part numbers for the small computers started with 16 to 18 and were eight digit part numbers. Billy

19 years

enough already

by aek＠bitsavers.org

> What outfit first sold digital cameras where the sensor consisted of > a cermet-package DRAM with the chip cover replaced by a piece of > glued-on glass? Micron The product was called the "Micron Eye"

19 years

Repairing original AT hard disk

by fireflyst＠earthlink.net

So, I 've got this IBM AT, which is strangely enough, fairly rare in its currently equipped form (EGA, 30M HDD). I'd like to keep it original if possible. There is a weird problem with the hard disk. When I turn the machine on, the hard disk makes this 'CLOK' sound, like the head is trying to retract or something but can't. When the machine tries to boot the hard disk, it just sits there with the light on and then says it had a seek error or could not detect the disk. Any ideas what's wrong? Is it supposed to make that noise when you turn it on? It's awfully loud. Otherwise the platters spin freely and quietly, no bearing noise there. There isn't a head lock on this drive is there? Thanks Julian

19 years

More with the Vax 11/750

by ian_primus＠yahoo.com

Now that the Vax is in the basement, I've been cleaning and checking it out, trying to address what problems I can. First and foremost, there is no key. But, I found that I could pop out the control panel >from behind, and that contains the actual turn switch - the key is just the knob that turns the rotary switch. My bright idea was to simply remove the key mechanism for the moment, so that I could turn the machine between modes with a modified television knob or something. Simple - just remove a large hex nut collar from the back, and slide it out. Unfortunately, as it slid out, it ever so slightly caught the edge of the plastic overlay for the control panel, and left a little light colored mark around the bottom of the hole where the overlay isn't sticking to the back plastic, and has air under it. Nothing that affects the functionality of the machine of course, but it ticks me off, since I caused it. I can't think of a way to fix it without causing more damage, however, so I'll just have to live with it. Now that I can switch the machine on (once I get confirmation on the orientation of the power controller connector, see previous post), I should soon be able to test run it. One thing that needs to be addressed first, is that this machine must have originally been fitted with an external unibus expansion box - there is a large flat white cable inside, connected to a paddle board on the last Unibus slot. This cable was cut with scissors or something where it exits the cabinet. I have removed this, but I will need to install a Unibus terminator, correct? I should be able to steal the terminator out of my 11/84 for now - are they the same, or was the Vax Unibus a little different? -Ian

19 years

Q about a DEC board

by quapla＠xs4all.nl

Hello All, Anybody familiar or does know something about the M3112 from DEC? It says 'NICSA CONSOLE' and is a hex card and has a metal bracket with a rotary switch commonly seen on the later PDP's, 2 buttons, a couple of LED's and 4 7-segment displays. There is also a DB25 connector on the bracket, probably for a serial line? Thanks, Ed

19 years

TRS-80 Model III available for cost of shipping

by legalize＠xmission.com

It has no peripherals, is dusty from being stored in a garage (although it appears to have been kept dry), and is missing the following keycaps: V, M and bottom-right key on the numeric keypad. The case says "48K RAM". Other than the missing keys it appears to be in good condition. I have not powered it up, but it was reported working the last time it was used. Shipping would be from US ZIP 84106 (Salt Lake City, UT) -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html> Legalize Adulthood! <http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/>

19 years

Meshna

by Mark.Aceto＠fcps.edu

Response to "John Meshna Post I was unable to respond to an Internet post I viewed, but I wanted you to know that after all these years (since about 1968) the address of John Meshna Jr. will forever live in my memory. As a teenager experimenting with electronic equipment, your father, whom I never meet, was a huge and positive influence to my life and endeavors. Kindest regards, Mark Aceto Vienna, VA

19 years

Storing hard drives

by png＠ideaphile.com

David Griffith wrote: > Gun shops sell plastic bags designed to deal with this kind of problem > with firearm storage. Dessicant packets are also available. Be aware that some gun-storage bags are designed to deposit a corrosion-resistant film on the contents by means of a chemical- impregnated liner, card, bag, or other insert. This would probably mean death to a hard disk. These bags are usually marked as such, but be careful. There are many kinds of dessicant. Silica gel is the best for this purpose, as far as I know. It's also possible to get packets of an oxygen-absorbing material, usually used for food storage. . png

19 years

Storing Hard Drives

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

Do temperatures need to be a concern when storing hard drives? I'm looking at a temperature range for storage of about 50-110 (obviously over the course of a year). I've been keeping my collection of drives at home, but think it's about time to start thinking about putting them into storage. Zane -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh at aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |

19 years

Nice PC-museum..

by fu3.org＠gmail.com

- http://www.switchtech.us/PCmuseum.html This is "SWITCHTECH'S VIRTUAL PC MUSEUM," which is interesting unless it's been posted here hundreds of times before.. ;)

19 years

Amiga scan doublers/flicker fixers

by chrism3667＠yahoo.com

is anyone familiar with this devices? There seems to have been a few on the market back in the day. Here one on geekBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih= 005&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item= 150125339517&rd=1&rd=1 Seems relatively simple: memory/buffer (as Tony Duell described sometime ago), and other essential (hopefully discrete) logic. Does anyone know of schematics for any of these things? I suppose I could figure out how to build one *eventually*, just seems easier to mimic a known design, or at least to study one. ____________________________________________________________________________________Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting

19 years

WTB: MicroVax II Scsi

by silent700＠gmail.com

On 5/28/07, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote: > While these will work, you need a way to format them. A VAXstation > 2000, is a nice choice, if you can find one. Just got one, actually...and it's got a working RD54 in it, too. Bonus!

19 years

WTB: MicroVax II Scsi

by silent700＠gmail.com

My old uVax II (in BA23 case) has been sitting around idle for too long and it's time to revive it or let it move on. Right now it's got a TK50 or TK70 which works (can boot the diagnostic tape) and a flake RD5x drive. After laughing at the prices the gougers on ebay want for those drives, maybe it's time to shift gears and just go SCSI. I think the qbus scsi card is the KZQSA, or are there others that will work? Will the uVax just recognize the card and any scsi drive attached to it, or will there be more configuration involved (particular slots, firmware changes, etc?) Anyone got one for sale? Alternately, if I stay with the MFM controller I have now, will any old MFM drive work, or must it be DEC branded (custom ROM on the drive, maybe?) Thanks in advance -j

19 years

Apple /// Power Supply

by classiccmp＠memory-alpha.org.uk

Hi, > _If_ that PSU was easily available, I could agree with this. But >it isn't. It's likely to take considerable time and effort to track >one down, I think.... I don't know what the situation is in the US, but here in the UK I've come across exactly *ONE* Apple /// in some 22 years of collecting.... I'd put his chances of sourcing a working replacement PSU these days at ZERO. TTFN - Pete.

19 years

by chrism3667＠yahoo.com

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19 years

DEC stuff in denver area

by emu＠e-bbes.com

Hi all, spring cleaning again, so, anybody in desparate need of some : rainbows (for parts) decstations, vaxstations (3100/xxx) terminals vt220, vt320 ... PROs (325, 350 for parts ...) BA23 boxes 9-track tape drives (ts05, ciphers) Pickup only, please contact me off-list. Stuff is in CO 80439

19 years

Apple /// Power Supply

by classiccmp＠vintage-computer.com

On 5/27/07, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote: > > Not to mention that Apple ///'s are rare enough these days that I'd > hate to see one sacrificed that another might live. I'm not asking anyone to pull a PS from a working system. I'm hoping someone has a service spare around or a /// with a bad motherboard or something similar. There's nothing wrong with taking two broken boxes and making one good one out of them if that's possible. -- Erik Klein www.vintage-computer.com www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum The Vintage Computer Forums

19 years

The Flexowriter Has Landed

by sethm＠loomcom.com

Hello folks, Yesterday I drove down to Glendale California to pick up my Friden Flexowriter. It's in fairly good shape, but will definitely need some serious TLC before I even think about plugging it in. I've put up some initial photos here (caution: the thumbnails link to very large files). http://www.loomcom.com/junk/friden/friden.html It's a model SPS-C. I'll need to do some digging to find the serial number and determine when it was built. This appears to be an upper-case only model. The printable character set on the type heads can be seen here: http://www.loomcom.com/junk/ friden/friden-Pages/Image7.html (around 2.5MB) The upper-case letters all print "~", apparently. The upper case numbers print the corresponding typewriter characters. I'm sure I'll have more once I open it up and start poking around at the internals. In the meantime, if you have a Flexowriter, would you mind letting me know what your model number is? Thanks! -Seth

19 years

Columbia Data Products VP portable free for cost of shipping

by legalize＠xmission.com

It has no keyboard, dual floppy diskettes, power cable, 7" monitor. It has not been powered up. It is slightly dusty from having been stored in a garage. Cosmetically it looks in good conition. It was reported working the last time it was used. You can see pictures of this model of computer here: <http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=889&st=1> Shipping is from US ZIP 84106 (Salt Lake City, UT) -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html> Legalize Adulthood! <http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/>

19 years

MS-DOS question

by cclist＠sydex.com

I've got a few nested (via CALL) batch files that create different files via the > and >> redirection operators under MS-DOS 7.01. Everything seems to work fine until I've created more than the number of files on my CONFIG.SYS FILES= statement--whereupon I get a "File creation error" message and DOS hangs, necessitating a reboot. It seems as if COMMAND.COM is keeping open any file created within a batch script by redirection. Is this really so--or is it the case that DOS isn't closing each batch file invoked with a CALL statement? Assuming that this is a real stinker of a DOS bug, how does one get around it? Cheers, Chuck

19 years

DLT 80 Tapes

by silvercreekvalley＠yahoo.com

Hi, does anyone have any DLT 80 tapes the 40GB (80GB compressed) version. I have a HP Storedge backup unit I'd like to start using, having some trouble finding reasonably priced tapes. Thanks. Ian. ____________________________________________________________________________________Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=summer+activities+for+kids&…

19 years

DLT 80 tapes

by silvercreekvalley＠yahoo.com

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19 years

Complete success, OS/8 is up and running :) not so fast...

by charlesmorris＠hughes.net

It's an M8315 card. I agree, the zero-page logic also does things with the bit 4 line. I'm looking into it. Whenever address bit 4 is "1", on the next increment it always clears to a "0" even though there is no carry that should cause that. I suspect the middle 7483 adder has an internal fault. On Sun, 27 May 2007 02:09:49 -0500 (CDT), you wrote: >From: ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) >> However, a little investigating quickly showed that even the most >> basic ten-word TTY check program would not deposit or run. In >> fact, when depositing or examining sequential locations I found >> the address display would increment from 0200 to 0001. 0577 would >> increment to 0400, etc. So something is wrong with address bit 4. >> I pulled all the boards from the backplane except the CPU set and >> it still does it. Now I've got to fix the hardware! Sigh. >> > >I am wondering if this has anyhting to do with the 'address in current >page / address in zero page' logic. > >Remind me as to which CPU you have. > >-tony

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