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by classiccmp＠vintage-computer.com

Does anyone have a favorite Windows based terminal emulator? I've been evaluating several but I haven't come across any with every terminal I'd like to emulate and every feature I've been looking for. Tiger Term - http://www.tigerterm.co.uk <http://www.tigerterm.co.uk/> is my current favorite but it's missing a few terminal emulations that I'd prefer (VT100 being the most important). Any package I consider would support most vintage terminal types and ascii file transfers as well as a few more common protocols (XModem, Kermit, etc.) So, does anyone have a favorite for when they aren't firing up there ADM3A or VT52? Erik

23 years

132 column (14x11) fanfold paper

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Apr 11, 13:46, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote: > On Fri, 11 Apr 2003, Tom Uban wrote: > > Does anyone know where 132 column (14x11) white (blank) fanfold > > paper is still available? Bowater used to make it years ago, but > > has since sold that business off... > > A petty correction: > It's 14 7/8, NOT 14. (15 7/8 including the edges). The nominal size sold here is 14.5" (and the stuff in boxes I have here measures 14 5/8") including the edges. And that makes sense, because 132 columns is nominally 13.2" (at 10 chars/inch pitch), plus a little for margins, plus 1/2" each side. I have seen listing paper described as 14x11, but it's actually about 14.5" x 11"; I've seen 11 x 15 1/16" (in a catalogue); I don't remember ever seeing anything as wide as 15 7/8". -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

23 years

Fw: [rescue] [dlj9@earthlink.net: PDP11-34]

by rschaefe＠gcfn.org

----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Bradford" <mrbill> To: <rescue> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 2:23 PM Subject: [rescue] [dlj9(a)earthlink.net: PDP11-34] > Please contact Mr. Jones directly. Surely someone can save this.. > > Can someone also forward to classiccmp? > > Bill > > ----- Forwarded message from Douglas L Jones <dlj9(a)earthlink.net> ----- > > Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 11:11:25 -0700 > To: mrbill > From: Douglas L Jones <dlj9(a)earthlink.net> > Subject: PDP11-34 > > DEC PDP11 Rescuer: > > We have a PDP11/34 & 2 RK-05j drives with ~16 disk packs (some with RT-11 > v.4 software) and a 6' DEC rack with power panel that needs a good > home! We also have an 11/04 with a few boards and an RX-02 dual 8" floppy > drive unit. The /34 worked from 1979 till 2001 when we converted over to a > PC system. The /04 was last operated in the mid '80s. We also have a lot > of "paper" to go with them! > > Recycling them in some form would be much preferred to dumping in a land > fill, but we need to get rid of them very soon. The "no cost to us" option > would be great, if you have a mechanism for accomplishing that. Let me > know when the truck will be at our front door! > > Thanks, > Douglas Jones > Laboratory Director > > > -- > DOUGLAS L JONES > 8123 SW 184th Ave OMEGA ANALYTICAL SERVICES dlj9(a)earthlink.net > Aloha, OR 97007 "The Final Word In Surface Analysis" 503-649-8203 > (SiForest, USA) http://www.teleport.com/~dougj/oas/ <IX0YE>< > ******************************************************************** > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > -- > bill bradford > mrbill > austin, texas > _______________________________________________ > rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue

23 years

Apple Lisa XL on eBay

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

Boy now the XL's are going for crazy prices. $750 plus $75 shipping and handling. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3411411855

23 years

Help nomenclature???

by rhudson＠cnonline.net

IBM had a standard for text based user interfaces. Systems Architecure blah blah.. Many of the DOS6.2 programs exibit this user interface, like "Edit" and perhaps "Qbasic" What was that called?? Thanks.

23 years

ICS Electronics IEEE 488 Speech Synthesizer ????

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

I found this recently. It's a model 4800 IEEE 488 (HP-IB) Speech Synthesizer made by ICS Electronics. Does anyone have ANY info on this? I searched ICS's site and ran Google and Altavista searchs but found nothing. Joe

23 years

TRS-80 Madness

by pat＠purdueriots.com

To me it looks like just another TRS-80 model 4, with some common software. Which, to me, means that it's worth quite a bit less than what it's going for: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3411037612&category=1247 (For those non-web-inclined, it's at $510 with 3.7 hrs left) Is this just a fluke, or have these things gone up a lot in value since I last looked at them? My guess, is of course, 'just eBay prices,' but even on eBay, I rarely see pricing *that far* off what I'd expect. Pat -- Purdue Universtiy ITAP/RCS Information Technology at Purdue Research Computing and Storage http://www-rcd.cc.purdue.edu

23 years

Mimic 8080

by kenziem＠sympatico.ca

Does anyone know anything about the mimic 8080? These are the only pictures I've found so far. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1247&item=3411844327… This site ( http://www.bink.org/Portfolio/MIMIC.htm ) give some details about what they did. "when electronics products were specifically designed for their intended functions, and features were typically hardwired, all the MIMICs shared the same underlying, programmable, microprocessor based, mutable system of boards, varied only in their configuration and firmware." But there are no pictures or specs

23 years

more goodies?

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

Spinrite is ALWAYS usefull to have around if you do any work with the older PCs. When scrounging I always take a look at the back of PCs for any unusual PC cards. Frequently I can recover the drivers from the hard drive (if it hasn't been removed) but the drives are frequently is sad shape and Spinrite is great for recovering data. Joe At 01:04 PM 4/11/03 -0700, you wrote: >I have recently come across original -- disks only -- (5 1/4") of Wordstar Pro 4.0, Turbo Pascal, Microsoft Word 5.0 and in 3 1/2" of Microsoft >Presentation Manager. Also manual and 5 1/4 disk for SpinRite. Are these of >interest or should I just toss them? > >Jim > >jmh(a)slac.stanford.edu

23 years

The very first personal computers - How many are left?

by swtpc6800＠attbi.com

I think of a personal computer as one that was owned by an individual for use in a home. The same computer could also be used in a commercial setting but these computers were often in homes. In 1979 I had about six HP 9825 calculators in my basement. These “calculators” were great computers but they cost many time more than my SWTPC 6800 system did. (I was setting up a contract project so these 9825 were just rented. There was over $100,000 worth of rented equipment in the house.) Even though I had a HP 9825 in my home I don’t think of it as a “personal computer”. ------------------------------- Michael Holley swtpc6800(a)attbi.com www.swtpc.com/mholley -------------------------------

23 years

Documation M1000 card reader on ebay

by brian＠quarterbyte.com

Hi folks -- there's a Documation M1000L card reader up for auction on eBay -- Item # 3603141802, title "Documation 1000 Voting Ballot Card Reader." Currently no bids with 9 hours left, $99. I don't know what type of interface the L model has but it's 1000 cards/minute. I have an M200 and an M600 already so if you're looking for a card reader, please buy this and save me from being tempted to get it myself. Brian PS - am writing this from home with Outlook Express, which appears to append HTML even when asked not to, so I apologize in advance for that.

23 years

Tandon LT/386

by cb＠mythtech.net

I have a Tandon LT/386 laptop here. I really don't think I want it. I've had it for a while, I was given it a number of years ago. I was going to use it to connect to my phone system as a programming station, but I never could get it to connect properly (the phone system is a little picky about what computers it lets connect). And now I have an old 486 laptop serving that duty anyway. According to the label on the back, it is a 16 MHz system, with a 40 MB HDD. There is also a 3.5 HD FDD, a serial port, parallel port, 2 PS/2 ports, VGA, and some kind of expansion slot. Memory test at boot only shows 1024 K of RAM (could be a config issue however, first boot said the config was bad and needed to be reset) I don't know if the battery holds a charge (I seem to recall when it was given to me, I was told it has a brand new battery, but I got it so long ago, I'm not positive, nor can I say if the battery is still any good). I have it plugged in right now to see if it will charge. The HDD is rather loud, and the screen (black and white) is sucky... really sucky. But the thing boots to the HDD (DOS 6.22 is on it right now, along with a few other odds and ends... all internal software, nothing really confidential, so I doubt I will blank it). I might also have the carrying case, and the manual around here somewhere (although if I have the case, I may keep it as I could use an extra laptop bag). If anyone wants the thing, its up for grabs (just cover shipping). Since I'm trying to scrounge up as many pennies as possible (trying to buy a house), if for some bizzare reason I get more than one person that wants it... it will go to whoever gives me the best offer for it (best offer can be trading of stuff... I like Apple/Mac stuff... but I really need money more than I need additional toys). -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years

docs for ods 1.0/sunos 4.1.4

by alex＠trdlnk.com

Hi, I've installed ODS 1.0 on a SunOS 4.1.4 box, but I can't seem to find any documentation on how to use it. Did the google thing, but couldn't find much. Any ideas? Thanks. -Alex

23 years

DEC 7000 available in exchange for help with big stuff from Boston

by gunther＠aurora.regenstrief.org

Hi, I set a reward of a nice DEC 7000 with 4 CPUs (AXP) and 1.5 GB RAM and SCSI for the one who would come with a truck and get it and --- here is the catch --- bring me my VAX 11/785 (plus more) gear from Boston. I was going to sell the 7000 on ebay to make money to afford the move, but now I figure that a trade in this way would be the more conservative thing to do. Anybody interested? thanks, -Gunther X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Received: from pop015.verizon.net (pop015pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.172]) by aurora.regenstrief.org (8.12.3/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h2T36aqK012910 for <gunther(a)aurora.regenstrief.org>; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 22:06:37 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from fdebros(a)verizon.net) Received: from fred ([141.154.74.176]) by pop015.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.05.27 201-253-122-126-127-20021220) with ESMTP id <20030329030632.PKIL24156.pop015.verizon.net@fred> for <gunther(a)aurora.regenstrief.org>; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 21:06:32 -0600 From: "Fred deBros" <fdebros(a)verizon.net> To: "'Gunther Schadow'" <gunther(a)aurora.regenstrief.org> Subject: RE: Vaxen vultures on ebay ... and is "rtlacy" here? Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 22:06:02 -0500 Message-ID: <001701c2f5a0$21b1d430$6401a8c0@fred> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 In-Reply-To: <3E84BA46.3090800(a)aurora.regenstrief.org> X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at pop015.verizon.net from [141.154.74.176] at Fri, 28 Mar 2003 21:06:32 -0600 What can I do for u sir? Fred/Boston Now I wonder, just in case, is anyone of you out in the Boston area, just in case? regards, -Gunther

23 years

micropolis disk question

by quapla＠xs4all.nl

Hello all, I have picked up 2 micropolis disks, type 1325. Question is, are they ESDI or ST-506 type of disks? The card edge connectors are identical. Thanks, Ed --

23 years

Fwd: ..Hi.........Can you help?

by kyrrin＠bluefeathertech.com

Hi, gang, I received the attached E-mail from a math tutor at one of the schools outside Pittsburgh. He needs assistance with some Apple II stuff that I have no familiarity with at all. If any of you can help in what certainly seems to be a worthy quest, please contact Randy directly. Thanks much. Attachment follows. *********** BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE *********** On 10-Apr-03 at 13:01 Randy Sammons <rsammons4(a)attibi.com> wrote: >Hello, > Can you help me? I tutor math at a juvenile institution >outside of Pittsburgh, Pa. and still use an Apple II E computer(made in >1982). My math program is a very good one...but now down to three 5 >1/4" disks which were made in 1984. The software company is long out >of existence.(Instructional Communications Technoglogy,Inc.) > Do you know of anyone who has three useable 5 1/4" disks?..(my >disks say: Apple II (48K) Dos 3.3 Version)..and can my three disks be >copied? > ..Can these disks be copied to a normal 3 1/2" PC disk? > Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated. > Thank you, > Randy Sammons > Irwin, Pa. > 724.864.2719 > > *********** END FORWARDED MESSAGE *********** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy, Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com ARS KC7GR (Formerly WD6EOS) since 12-77 -- kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com "I'll get a life when someone demonstrates that it would be superior to what I have now..." (Taki Kogoma, aka Gym Z. Quirk)

23 years

Installing SAVER on RSTS/E

by cmcnabb＠4mcnabb.net

I have this 9 track tape labeled "Saver Version 2.8 for RSTS". The tape appears to be 100% readable, and I'd like to install the software. Trouble is, I don't have any docs on the installation procedure. Any one have any info? -- Christopher L McNabb Operating Systems Analyst Email: cmcnabb(a)4mcnabb.net Virginia Tech ICBM: 37.1356N 80.4272N GMRS: WPSR255 ARS: N2UX Grid Sq: EM97SD

23 years

For sale/give away

by korpela＠ssl.berkeley.edu

For anyone who tried to reach me after about 21:00 PDT last night, we had a little configuration problem here that resulted in bounced mail. Please try again, as most of the items are still available. It looks like the problem is now fixed. Sorry for the bounces. Eric

23 years

Sun Sparc 1+ real cheap

by gmanuel＠gmconsulting.net

Don't know if this would be of interest to anyone here. These are Sun Sparc 1+ systems for $5.00 US. http://www.pcliquidator.com/detailproduct.asp?which=864 I am not affiliated with them in anyway. Greg Manuel

23 years

HP9885 8" floppy unit

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

FYI, there are a couple of pictures of HP 98622 GPIO cards at <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2521082261&category=25400>. The item there isn't a DataComm unit. It's a system expander chassis for an HP 9000 200 or 300 series computer! It has four GPIO cards, three Datacomm cards and one HP-IB card in it. The empty slot at the bottom is supposed to house the interface card that connects it back to a 9000 200 or 300 series computer. Note that the interface cards cover TWO expansion slots even though they only use one slot. It's very possible that there are other cards installed in this chassis but they're covered up and can't be seen. Joe

23 years

"Practicle Microprocessors" was Re: TRS-80 Madness

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

Somebody here was looking for this book at couple of weeks ago. Mike has one included with a HP 5036 Microprocesor lab that he's selling in his other auctions. Joe > > Hey the seller is our very own Mike (Dog Ass) Haas! I think that's the model 4 that I gave him at the last junk-fest we had down here. I'm SURE that he's pleased with the price. > > Joe > >At 06:19 PM 4/9/03 -0500, you wrote: >>To me it looks like just another TRS-80 model 4, with some common >>software. Which, to me, means that it's worth quite a bit less than >>what it's going for: >> >>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3411037612&category=1247 >> >>(For those non-web-inclined, it's at $510 with 3.7 hrs left) >> >>Is this just a fluke, or have these things gone up a lot in value since I >>last looked at them? My guess, is of course, 'just eBay prices,' but even >>on eBay, I rarely see pricing *that far* off what I'd expect. >> >>Pat >>-- >>Purdue Universtiy ITAP/RCS >>Information Technology at Purdue >>Research Computing and Storage >>http://www-rcd.cc.purdue.edu

23 years

HP9885 8" floppy unit

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

Sergio, Are you still interested in connecting a HP 9885 to your HP 9000/380? I've been going through some of my old HP manuals and I've found a lot more info. You definitely need the HP 98622 GPIO interface. The standard 98622 has a 50 pin female Ampenol connector (ie "SCSI" connector) and you'll have to make you're own cable. But if you find a 98622 option 002 interface it already has a 0.8m cable and connector for the 9885 disk drive. It also has the jumpers already set for use with the 9885 drive. The 98622 jumpers should be set as follows; BSY and BSY 0; PCL, PFLG, PSTS, HSHK, DIN, DOUT, RD, RDY, RD, RDY all set to 1. I know there appear to be some duplcates in the lists above but that's the way they're shown in the 98622 manual. I have the pin outs of the 98622 but I don't have them for the 9885. At least I don't have them readily available. Assuming that you're running BASIC, you need to load the GPIO.BIN and HP9885.BIN files. The GPIO file provides drivers for the 98622 hardware and the HP9885 file provides the driver for the 9885 drive. I'm not sure what you need if you're running other languages. Joe > >Sergio, > > Yes it CAN be attached. You'd have to use the GPIO interface and probably have to write you're own drivers. The GPIO interface is the nearest thing to the original interface (HP 98034 option 85 IIRC) for the 9885. I THINK I remember that HP did make an 9885 interface for the early 9000 200 series computers but I don't remember the details. The original interface for the 9885 is a 16 bit parallel interface, it is NOT SASI or SCSI. > > Joe > >At 10:33 PM 4/2/03 +0200, you wrote: >>Hello. Somebody knows if one HP9885 8" floppy unit can be attached to one >>HP- >>9000/380 ? The unit came with one 50-pin SCSI or SASI type connector, and >>one >>37-pin connector. >> >>Thanks and Greetings. >> >>Sergio

23 years

TRS-80 Madness

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

Hey the seller is our very own Mike (Dog Ass) Haas! I think that's the model 4 that I gave him at the last junk-fest we had down here. I'm SURE that he's pleased with the price. Joe At 06:19 PM 4/9/03 -0500, you wrote: >To me it looks like just another TRS-80 model 4, with some common >software. Which, to me, means that it's worth quite a bit less than >what it's going for: > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3411037612&category=1247 > >(For those non-web-inclined, it's at $510 with 3.7 hrs left) > >Is this just a fluke, or have these things gone up a lot in value since I >last looked at them? My guess, is of course, 'just eBay prices,' but even >on eBay, I rarely see pricing *that far* off what I'd expect. > >Pat >-- >Purdue Universtiy ITAP/RCS >Information Technology at Purdue >Research Computing and Storage >http://www-rcd.cc.purdue.edu

23 years

DEC Star Coupler

by pat＠purdueriots.com

Saw these when scrounging through eBay auctions. No relation to seller/merchandise/etc http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3411169964&category=1247 "DEC PDP Digital SC008-AB Star Coupler A & B" Looks like the Star Coupler that I sold a few weeks ago on the list. Pat -- Purdue Universtiy ITAP/RCS Information Technology at Purdue Research Computing and Storage http://www-rcd.cc.purdue.edu

23 years

SN76477N

by Eurtly＠Southslope.net

I have been looking for the Chip " SN76477N " from Radio Shack, they do not sell it any more and have no idea where to find one. Could you help me on this matter. I designed a circuit over 20 years ago and now I have decided to put it together, this requires (2) SN76477N sound chips... Thank You Mr. Eurtly Parker Email: Eurtly(a)Engineer.com

23 years

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