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by julesrichardsonuk＠yahoo.co.uk

Hi, > I got a nice NCD 17c X terminal a while back, but I don't > have the server software to download to it. Does anyone > have such software or a pointer to where to get it? If you just need the boot image, I think you're looking for a file called "Xncd17c" - I use Xncd19c for my 88k-based xterm (or did, last time I used it for anything!) These used to be freely available on ftp.ncd.com (up until 2 years ago for sure) in their own "older units" directory tree but seem to have vanished. However a quick google returned: http://www.stat.wisc.edu/p/stat/tftpboot/cs/Xncd17c ... which may be exactly what you need. Set up a tftp server somewhere with the image on and you're away :) cheers, Jules __________________________________________________ It's Samaritans' Week. Help Samaritans help others. Call 08709 000032 to give or donate online now at http://www.samaritans.org/support/donations.shtm

22 years, 11 months

Tektronix 2430A overshot (overrange) can't pass self-diagnostics

by cli＠pholink.com

Hi: The Tek 2430A input is "50 Ohm 5V RMS". I put 200V in CH1, then smell something. after that the 2430A can't pass the Extended-Diagnostics! (CH2 is OK). Does anyone know which component was burnt away? thanks Li 0000 Extended -Diagnostics 1000 Sys-Rom Pass 2000 Reg Pass 3000 Sys-Ram Pass 4000 FPP Pass 5000 WP Pass 6000 Cksum-Nvram Pass 7000 CCD Pass 8000 PA Fail 8100 Offset Fail 8110 Norm-SP Fail 8111 CH1 Fail 8112 CH2 Pass 8120 Norm-FISO Fail 8121 CH1 Fail 8122 CH2 Pass 8130 ENV-SP-slow Fail 8131 CH1 Fail 8132 CH2 Pass 8140 ENV-FISO-slow 8141 CH1 Fail 8142 CH2 Pass 8200 Pos-Agin Fail 8210 CH1 Fail 8220 CH2 Pass 8300 Balance Fail 8310 50mV Fail 8311 CH1 Fail 8312 CH2 Pass 8320 20mV Fail 8321 CH1 Fail 8322 CH2 Pass 8330 10mV Fail 8331 CH1 Fail 8332 CH2 Pass 8340 5mV Fail 8341 CH1 Fail 8342 CH2 Pass 8350 2mV Fail 8351 CH1 Fail 8352 CH2 Pass 8400 Gain Fail 8410 50mV Fail 8411 CH1 Fail 8412 CH2 Pass 8420 20mV Fail 8421 CH1 Fail 8422 CH2 Pass 8430 10mV Fail 8431 CH1 Fail 8432 CH2 Pass 8440 5mV Fail 8441 CH1 Fail 8442 CH2 Pass 8450 2mV Fail 8451 CH1 Fail 8452 CH2 Pass 8500 INV-Gain Fail 8510 50mV Fail 8511 CH1 Fail 8512 CH2 Pass 8520 20mV Fail 8521 CH1 Fail 8522 CH2 Pass 8530 10mV Fail 8531 CH1 Fail 8532 CH2 Pass 8540 5mV Fail 8541 CH1 Fail 8542 CH2 Pass 8550 2mV Fail 8551 CH1 Fail 8552 CH2 Pass 8600 Var-Max Fail 8610 CH1 Fail 7620 CH2 Pass 8700 Attenuator * Pass 9000 Trigs Fail 9100 Offset Fail 9110 A-trig Fail 9111 CH1 Fail 9112 CH2 Pass 9113 Slop Fail 9114 Ext1X1* Pass 9115 Ext1X5* Pass 9116 Ext2X1* Pass 9117 Ext2X5* Pass 9120 B-trig Fail 9121 CH1 Fail 9122 CH2 Pass 9123 Slop Fail 9124 Ext1X1* Pass 9125 Ext1X5* Pass 9126 Ext2X1* Pass 9127 Ext2X5* Pass 9200 Gain Fail 9210 A-trig Fail 9211 CH1 Fail 9212 CH2 Pass 9213 Ext1X1* Pass 9214 Ext1X5* Pass 9215 Ext2X1* Pass 9216 Ext2X5* Pass 9220 B-trig Fail 9221 CH1 Fail 9222 CH2 Pass 9223 Ext1X1* Pass 9224 Ext1X5* Pass 9225 Ext2X1* Pass 9226 Ext2X5* Pass 9300 Repet* Pass

22 years, 11 months

[Fwd: [B205] Re: Reel Tape for B9 Builders]

by bfranchuk＠jetnet.ab.ca

you guys may need 3 inch tape some day too! -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [B205] Re: Reel Tape for B9 Builders Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 04:24:01 -0000 From: "Stan Brewer" <brewers(a)ftc-i.net> Reply-To: B205(a)yahoogroups.com To: B205(a)yahoogroups.com There is one last chance to buy a 3inch reel tape for your B9. I have ten tapes, and once they are gone, thats it. See ebay Item # 3026315320 for a dutch auction. Stan --- In B205(a)yahoogroups.com, "Stan Brewer" <brewers@f...> wrote: > Are you building a full sized B9 robot and need a 3 inch > reel to reel tape for the programming bay? > > Have you filled up the tape on your current B9? > > Do you just want some part of a B9? > > If so, check out the ebay auction Item # 3024945469. > > Stan ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Lj3uPC/Me7FAA/CNxFAA/SyTolB/TM

22 years, 11 months

!HELP!! ALTAIR BLEW SMOKE!!!

by stevenaleach＠mac.com

>What type of switches are they? Toggle? Rotary? Both C&K and Alco both >manufacture a huge variety of switches, one of which is bound to be a very >close, if not an exact replacement. Are the original switches not >repairable? These are toggle switches with two closed positions and three contacts, ie two on positions and a common ground in the middle. My problem is finding the correct dimensions, ie spacing between connectors as well as height above the board and the length and width of the "neck" to protrude through the panel..

22 years, 11 months

Collection policy

by mranalog＠attbi.com

"TeoZ" wrote: > Like I said before museums have static displays for reasons of > power requirements, lack of personnel that can run the machines, > spare parts that are expensive and hard to find, and the fact > that a screwup during operation could actually destroy one of > the few remaining examples (or only one). Most devices in a > museum are there for either art or function (or combination). And then some museums don't. There are many techniques to avoid static displays. * Rotating the equipment on a turntable with the back open. * Recreating really old equipment or high wear parts. * Equipment displays with interactive java simulation of the equipment running nearby. * Faking the output display on unpowered equipment with the 'PC behind the curtain'. * Or just using equipment that is still some what available. And don't forget the importance of the the right lighting and sound effects. :) I am currently trying to help a gentleman restore a EAI TR-48 desktop analog, from the early 60s, on display in the Retro Beep Computer Museum at Bletchley Park. He wants to run a repetitive simulation for visitors to see. I asked him if the recreated Colossus is actually operated for vistors to the museum. He replied: > The Colossus is running for the visitors to see; > however, there is not a guided viewing with everything > explained and messages decoded etc. You can see the > paper tape loop flying round the bedstead and there > is an oscilloscope for the visitors to see the read > in bit sequence. Also, the machine is behind a wall > with windows because all the frames are open +/- 100 > volts DC and thus not safe for the public to directly > approach. Also, there are various items for everyone > to read on display to explain things. > There is a guided tour of the site with explanations > of the code breaking centres; the Colossus bit is > unguided. I also asked about interactive displays. He reply: > You get to play with the enigma machine I think and > there is a bit of code breaking you can do. > Also, in the Retro beep museum, there are several old > digital personal machines to play with; including Sinclair > spectrums, BBC computers etc ? not very exciting for an > engineer but the kids love them. Also there is a rare > Apple Lisa with original disc system. As well as the > Elliott 803 there are a couple of DEC machine, one of > them being an old original (with front doors made from > kitchen worktops ? as specified by DEC?s founder). He also sent me links to some wonderful interactive web pages, including the 'Virtual Turing Bombe', the 'Virtual 3 wheel Naval Enigma', the 'Virtual 3 wheel Army/Air Force Enigma' and the 'Virtual Colossus'. ENIGMA, BOMBE, and COLOSSUS Links Codes and Ciphers in the Second World War http://www.codesandciphers.org.uk/ Great link on the Enigma code, the Turing Bombe, and on the Colossus Click on Tony Sale's reconstruction of Enigma decipherment for the film Enigma or go directly to this page http://www.codesandciphers.org.uk/enigmafilm/index.htm Making the Enigma ciphers for the film "Enigma" by Tony Sale Or if you don't want to go through the explaination of the Enigma code and how it was broken, you can go directly to these interactive web pages http://www.codesandciphers.org.uk/enigmafilm/bombe/bombe1.htm Virtual Turing Bombe by Tony Sale http://www.codesandciphers.org.uk/enigmafilm/emachines/enigman.htm Virtual 3 wheel Naval Enigma by Tony Sale http://www.codesandciphers.org.uk/enigmafilm/emachines/enigma1.htm Virtual 3 wheel Army/Air Force Enigma by Tony Sale Or try http://www.codesandciphers.org.uk/lorenz/rebuild.htm The Colossus Rebuild Project which links to http://www.codesandciphers.org.uk/virtualbp/fish/vcolossus.htm Virtual Colossus by Tony Sale And the Bombe Rebuild Project http://www.jharper.demon.co.uk/bombe1.htm --Doug ========================================= Doug Coward @ home in Poulsbo, WA Analog Computer Online Museum and History Center http://dcoward.best.vwh.net/analog =========================================

22 years, 11 months

Software for NCD 17c Xterminal

by djenner＠earthlink.net

I got a nice NCD 17c X terminal a while back, but I don't have the server software to download to it. Does anyone have such software or a pointer to where to get it? Thanks, Dave -- David C. Jenner djenner(a)earthlink.net

22 years, 11 months

PDP 11/34 rebuild

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On May 25, 17:32, Greg Elkin wrote: > The 11/34a I collected recently (BA11-L chasis, H777 PSU) and had > difficulty getting to power up is in better shape now that it's had a > good clean ; backplane inspected and all the dust & debris removed > from its slots (via "fart in a can", ie compressed air :), the cards > have had their edge connectors cleaned (india rubber) to be nice and > shiny. > > Switching to DC ON, the fans whirr happily and the front panel now > has "DC ON" and "RUN" LEDs on, with 000000 on the 7seg LEDs. > > If I try to halt (keypad CNTRL + HLT/SS), the RUN LED stays on and > BUS ERR LED also comes on. FAQ. This is the result of having a 9302 terminator, whichg asserts SACK, and a missing NPR jumper somewhere. Either you have a card missing, or you've put a card that doesn't pass NPR into a slot where previously there was a card that did (or you've put a small grant card where you should have a full-size one). Ethan mentioned this in response to one of your posts recently, and Tony (on more than one occasion) explained in detail why this has the effect it does. http://www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctalk/2003-May/022031.html http://www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctalk/2003-May/022051.html Don't feel *too* bad about it, I got caught myself with that, once. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

22 years, 11 months

!HELP!! ALTAIR BLEW SMOKE!!!

by stevenaleach＠mac.com

I just retrieved an Altair 8800B from long term storage. I blew away the dust, checked for loose connections, and finally powered it up. Lights flickered to life, and then smoke poured from the front panel. I pulled it apart, and found a very crispy capacitor number C4 on the front panel card. My first problem is that this capacitor is so crispy that I have no way of determining the proper value. It is (was) connected to a voltage regulator marked "F 79MO8 AUC 7535"

22 years, 11 months

Trenton Computer Festival

by cb＠mythtech.net

>I wish I'd picked up one of the 68k Apples. I'm sure >the Hamvention will have scads of them though. Any particular model you are interested in? I have some extra 68k Macs here, maybe I have an extra of a model you are looking for -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 11 months

ICL 2950

by classiccmp.org＠irrelevant.fsnet.co.uk

Hmm... Having seen this on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2731022229&category=12… the nameplate from an ICL 2950, weighing over 2Kg alone, and had my curiosity nudged, I was wondering if anybody knew of any pictures of the beast itself? A quick google found me a bit of info, but no pics yet. Hmm.. I've got a nameplate stuck to a 5.25" disc box in the cupboard from a Ferranti "EWTS" system (Early Warning [Tracking|Training] System, I forget which, and google doesn't help at all) ... Picked it up while I was an apprentice there - now that was fun, wandering round the factory, about 1982/3 - I seem to recall computer generated ships and stuff on one system. Amazing graphics for the time. It's a shame how little of the old stuff still exists.. I also used to "play" on a Data General Nova, must have been about 1980, at the college my Dad taught at; I sometimes wonder whatever happened to that.. Rob.

22 years, 11 months

Sony model OA-D34V-22 floppy drive

by cb＠mythtech.net

>ie I found a couple of new in the bag Sony model >OA-D34V-22 floppy drives. Anybody know what these go in, I am thinking just >the 128k, but one of the web hits says Lisa 2. If you are interested in unloading one of those Sony drives, I'd be happy to take one. I have an original external 400K drive for the Mac, and its drive it dead. IIRC, it is the same drive as used in the 128, so if you wanted to unload a spare, I'd love to get my external drive working again. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 11 months

Default E-Mail Address Change

by jhfinexgs2＠compsys.to

I am now using this e-mail address for all incoming e-mail. If convenient, please change the e-mail address that you use when you send me private e-mail. Note that all of the recent e-mail address will still be active for about a month, so if you don't do the change immediately, it will not be a problem. PLUS, this is a test that everything is working properly. The volume of spam finally became too large! Sincerely yours, Jerome Fine -- If you attempted to send a reply and the original e-mail address has been discontinued due a high volume of junk e-mail, then the semi-permanent e-mail address can be obtained by replacing the four characters preceding the 'at' with the four digits of the current year.

22 years, 11 months

Where have all the Selectrics gone?

by swtpc6800＠attbi.com

I got rid of mine at a garage sale in about 10 years ago. (Before I started restoring my junk.) I had a Trendata1000, which was similar to the IBM 2741. It had a real IBM Selectric Terminal with Trendata's custom electronics. Many members of The Northwest Computer Society (Seattle) bought refurbished Trendata1000s from a local Computer Land store for about $900. Here is a photo of my Selectric Terminal and my SWTPC system in 1978. http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/MySystem/MySystemPhoto.htm I still have the IBM reference manual for the 2741 Communitations Terminal. It is 20 pages on how to write a driver for the 2741. I also have the documentation on how to connect it to a SWTPC 6800 with no special hardware. I normally used it for a printer but it also worked as a terminal. Here is a description of my computer that I wrote in 1978. http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/MySystem/MySystem.htm Michael Holley www.swtpc.com/mholley

22 years, 11 months

PDP-7

by toresbe＠ifi.uio.no

We have 8 warehouses stuffed with mainframes and minis. Around 120 of them in total. This belongs to the Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology, and with so many machines, there's BOUND to be a -10 there too :). On average, the museum recieves a query for pickup once a week. They also ran a mainframe on public display 15-20 years ago, but this was a Norwegian machine (NORD-1 i think, brilliant machine) and the people who knew about it didn't have the time it took to keep the mainframe going. This machine has been upgraded to run PDP-9 software, and has a switch on the front panel named "USE" with the options 7 and 9. It also had a homemade Automatic Priority Interrupt, nicknamed "Poor man's API". It has an oscilloscope display, two TU55 tape drives hooked up to a 550 tape controller, and the EAE (Extended Arithmetic Element). Picture at http://tore.nortia.no . Yes, we have a full set of schematics, except for one board (and with godly precision, this is the one we need), the Teletype Interface Card, seated inside the teletype. It is numbered 1818(twomoredigits). If I restore this -7, the Museum might let me inside one of their warehouses, and maybe restore a timesharing system, like, for instance, a -10. But, I'm going to keep focused on this task (for now ;) My dream has always been logging on a timesharing system with a VT terminal. IF the warehouse has a 15 in it, i'll ask them very nicely for a TC15. Who knows. We do have tons of -15 documentation (ask me not why) at the University, and even some -15 OS DECtapes. Thanks a bunch!! -Tore On Fri, 23 May 2003, Robert Garner wrote: > Tore, > > Congratulations on your commendable project! > I've sent your msg to some old DEC'ies would might be able to help. > > I have a Type 550 DECtape controller and documentation, > which was used in the PDP-1, 4, and 7. > > Also have many system module boards, in case you need spares. > (I still need to inventory them.) > > Do you have schematics for the 7? > (The Computer History Museum here may have a set.) > > - Robert > > p.s. I have a PDP-15/10E. Looking for a TC15 (DECtape controller). > > p.p.s. I heard there was a PDP-10 (KA-10) somewhere in Norway too. > Do you know anything about this? > > ______________________ |Tore Sinding Bekkedal| |toresbe(a)ifi.uio.no | |+47 91 85 95 08 \_________________________ |"Sure, so life's a bitch. But she's *my* bitch.| ------------------------------------------------/

22 years, 11 months

Vaxen

by Anthony.G.Manzo＠mail.sprint.com

Hello, Are your VAX still available to a good home? I have a need for an 11/750 and tape units. Thanks in advance for your reply. Sincerely, A.G. Manzo

22 years, 11 months

Coleco

by snickers48180＠yahoo.com

Hi, I saw a forum on line and your email was there. I was wondering if you could solve my problem. When I turn on system, the screen says turn off game before inserting cartridge. It does have the coleco logo so I know it has power and rf is working. I did what it said and I also hit the reset button but I get the same screen. I also cleaned the contacts on the cartridges. Do you have any idea what is wrong? Thank you for your time, Snickers48180(a)yahoo.com The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.

22 years, 11 months

Interesting tape reader on eBay

by vcf＠siconic.com

This is an odd reader made by Tally(?) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2730202301&category=1247 Worth a look. This is mostly a heads-up for the UK folks since that's where it is. -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org * Old computing resources for business and academia at www.VintageTech.com *

22 years, 11 months

Practical Electronics CHAMP/Tangerine Microtan 65

by dwightk.elvey＠amd.com

>From: "ben franchuk" <bfranchuk(a)jetnet.ab.ca> > >David Comley wrote: > >> Since you mention it, I had been thinking about >> designing and building a processor from scratch from >> TTL devices. I am slowly accumulating TTL chips as I >> come across them at hamfests and things. Perhaps it's >> time to put pencil to paper. >> >> Of course I could take the NASA Apollo Guidance >> Computer approach and build everything welded-cordwood >> style out of NOR gates. > >Nope that used lots of REAL ( expensive ) TTL. >The neat part of that was the CORE memory used. > >Any how a real TTL computer is about 4+ large >logic cards. Control card, alu card, memory card >and serial I/O card. The mother board is bus >and front pannel logic. >I am doing a 20 bit CPU with about 125 chips total >in the computer and front panel. About 50? >more chips for memory and serial i/o. > >http://www.jetnet.ab.ca/users/bfranchuk/ldp/ldp1.html >Ben. > Hi All make the assumption that you must make 8 bit/16bit or, in your case, 20 bit. One can make a 1 bit alu that can have data width controlled by instruction. It may not be fast at math but much processor time is consumed just looking at true/false. If your model doesn't require passing data through the alu for mem/mem and mem/io moves, a single bitter makes sense. ( My Nicolet is a 20 bit machine. ) Dwight

22 years, 11 months

Kaypro Corp. or Non-Linear Systems

by DABIGDOG143＠cs.com

In response to the question of which came first, Non-Linear Systems or, Kaypro Corporation. I worked in the purchasing department of both companies during the 1980s. Kaypro Corporation was a division of the parent company Non-Linear Systems which was established in the 1950s by Andrew Kay, who was the innovator of the digital volt meter. In the early 1980s, Non-Linear Systems began building the Kaypro portable computer after Kay's Son-in-law, Jonathan Badder, a local architect in partnership with Kay's Daughter Janice Kay, expressed a desire to have a portable computer to take out to job sites. When the Kaypro portable computer became an overnight success and far eclipsed the volt meter business, Kay established the computer division known as Kaypro Corporation. Both products were manufactured simultaneously at the Solana Beach, California location at 533 Stevens Avenue, near the Lomas Santa Fe exit of Interstate 5. When I joined the Company in early 1983 we went from about 50 employees to over 500 within a year. Andrew Kay was a very interesting and forward thinking employer, hence the name of his original company Non-Linear Systems, since he prided himself on non-linear thinking. He was a very health conscious individual, and had a juice and salad bar installed, which all employees could dine at for only a dollar. He tried to treat everyone as extended family, and believed that a work environment that incorporated nature in it's design would produce better work. Therefore, every office had windows in front and back, with a row of trees and grass between each building. It required some considerable walking to negotiate around the plant, but he believed that walking promoted good health. He also was very interested in personal intellect, and in the early stages of Kaypro, everybody had to take a sort of IQ test that he designed and administered. He also made versions of the Kaypro that were marketed as the "Tutor Computer" that were a learning aide for children. It was a fun place to work in the early days, with a very young average employee age. We were encouraged to work hard, and to play hard. Lots of parties, barbecues, intramural sports teams, and the like. It was fun to go to work everyday. During the push to increase shipments before the Company's initial public stock offering, we received some very generous bonuses, including a Christmas bonus equal to a month's salary, which we received around December 15th. In the latter 1980s the company was plagued by poor quality, serious inventory management problems, a revolving door on upper management that included a long parade of self-impressed no-nothings that couldn't break free of their linear thinking, and a serious lack of continued product innovation. After the big boys like IBM jumped on the bandwagon of the PC and laptop market, Kaypro just couldn't compete. All these factors and a few more, including the employment of Kay family members in key positions that did not have the capabilities of founder Andrew Kay, eventually led to the demise of Kaypro. I think that the business section writer for the San Diego Union Tribune said it best when he penned the phrase "Too many Kays and not enough Pros." Garr Farrell

22 years, 11 months

Tube logic (was: HP nixie tube module)

by jforbes2＠mindspring.com

On Tue, May 20, 2003 at 04:24:22PM -0500, Bill Richman wrote: > All I know is they were used in counters. These have a binary to > 1-of-10 decoder made out of photoresistors and neon bulbs (!) in > the black box. It's not a HV supply like he guessed. > > It should be possible to make a clock but he'll have to modify some > of them to reset before the usual cycle of 0-9. Resetting at > 23:59:59 is probably harder and would take some kind of external > logic. > > They already have a feedback to make them reset after 9 instead of > counting to 15 - it just has to be modified. > > On the other hand if he wants to make a clock, nixies are cheap > and it might be better to just leave the counter modules as-is and > use some logic more suited to counting the time (which is not > 10-based). I have a tube digital clock, which I made out of a Beckman Berkeley counter. The counter uses decade modules, each with four tubes used as flip-flops, and ten neon lamps which display the count on a numbered 0-9 plasic window. The HP modules work pretty much the same way as the Beckman tube modules, although the binary to decimal decoding scheme is different in that it uses light and photoresistors instead of resistor networks. http://www.mindspring.com/~jforbes2/tubeclock/index.html shows my clock. The counter modules could possibly be used as the basis for a tube computer...maybe. I have a bunch of extra modules. I believe my brother has the schematic for the HP counter that uses the nixie modules, and he has one of the HP counters. -- Jim Visit the Selectric Typewriter Museum! http://www.mindspring.com/~jforbes2

22 years, 11 months

Revengish URL

by mail.list＠analog-and-digital-solutions.com

He/they have a couple of pages related to Nixie Tubes and building clocks from them. Display and counting tubes http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/count.html Build a Nixie Tube Digital Clock http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/nixclock.html At 02:03 PM 5/22/03 +0100, you wrote: >Those picture are all very interesting, but it's the results - or even >better the doing - that is much more interesting to see... > >http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/esd.html! > >paul > >-----Original Message----- >From: Roger Merchberger [mailto:zmerch@30below.com] >Sent: 21 May 2003 18:04 >To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org >Subject: Re: Revengish URL > > >Rumor has it that John Lawson may have mentioned these words: > > This is diabolical - evil - reprehensible - unconconsionable - > >sick/twisted - dangerous - damn funny. > > > >http://www.fiftythree.org/etherkiller/ > > > >For those who eschew browsers - it's a series of pictures of all the usual > >computer and networking connectors - - - spliced onto AC Mains cords. ;{} > >They missed one -- True Story: > >I had a lady walk into our store and said she needed a special cable for >her Mac, but didn't know exactly what it was. I showed her several cables >from our stock, and she verified the port this cable was supposed to plug >into was the USB port, but she was *positive* the other end was supposed to >plug into the wall. > >I was [evil ascii grafic follows]: > >===>||<=== > >*this close* to saying "I'd be *more* than happy to wire that up for you, >ma'am!!!" > >Imagining her plugging *that* bastage in... that gave all of us here at the >shop quite a chuckle for a good long time... > >Laterz, >Roger "Merch" Merchberger > >-- >Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers >zmerch(a)30below.com > >What do you do when Life gives you lemons, >and you don't *like* lemonade?????????????

22 years, 11 months

Revengish URL

by jpl15＠panix.com

This is diabolical - evil - reprehensible - unconconsionable - sick/twisted - dangerous - damn funny. http://www.fiftythree.org/etherkiller/ For those who eschew browsers - it's a series of pictures of all the usual computer and networking connectors - - - spliced onto AC Mains cords. ;{} zzzzzzzzzap - what's that *smell*???? Cheersz Nick Tesla

22 years, 11 months

Sudden stale message dump

by jpl15＠panix.com

I just got 17 messages in a chunk, from the one I've forwarded below onward - I wonder who along the way has been storing traffic in it's cheeks... ? Note the date/time stamping - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 16:12:41 +0100 From: "Hills, Paul" <Paul.HILLS(a)landisgyr.com> Reply-To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org To: "'cctalk(a)classiccmp.org'" <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> Subject: RE: Practical Electronics CHAMP/Tangerine Microtan 65 >I still have my ZX80 which preceded the Microtan. I Cheerz John

22 years, 11 months

PDP7

by Innfogra＠aol.com

Hi; The lab where it is at is closed and the current super is on vacation. I will ask if he wants to help when he returns in mid June. Paxton Astoria, OR

22 years, 11 months

Adaptec ACB 4070

by aek＠spies.com

I'll put a scan of the manual for the 4000 series up for you at www.spies.com/aek/pdf/adaptec

22 years, 11 months

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