On Jan 15, 10:55, Jules Richardson wrote:
>
> > You lucky devil - I've been looking for a BBC Micro ARM Evaluation Kit
for
> > years! I saw one at a show ("Last ARM Evaluation Kit In Existence") -
that
> > just made me want one even more :-)
>
> :-)
> Any idea how many were released into the wild? I certainly had no luck
tracking
> down any info for mine when I last tried (which was about 8 years ago
now,
> admittedly)
>
> They don't seem to have been that common at all...
No, they weren't. I worked for Acorn at the time, and even then I only saw
one or two. I saw more of the ARM PC cards. But now I know maybe
half-a-dozen people who own one. There was one on EBay a while ago.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Is this something worth buying?
Will J
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> Hmm. I've not got the box any more, mores the pity.
sure. I can understand my not getting the box but I'm surprised someone lost
the discs / manuals in my case... guess they got left on a shelf somewhere and
then dumped.
> There were no end of accessories that all used the same box. Various
> add-on processors, modem (prestel adapter) etc.
hmm. I really must look at what I have again!!
>>I'm sure Ferranti produced much better machines than glorified IBM clones
>>though, if that's what this is :-)
>
>They did do an IBM XT clone - we had to use some of them. Big black ugly
>box. Cassette based, with an upgrade available to floppy disc. W.H.Smiths
>used to sell them to the public..! They were not a success.
hmm, this one had a cream-coloured case. The chassis was built to accomodate a
couple of single-height floppy drives, side-by side; I believe it had a floppy
controller built into one of the main boards. I think it had a couple of
seperate PSUs in it too, one providing +5V and the other doing everything else.
All this from memory of course - it's buried behind several layers of other
junk at the moment :-)
cheers
Jules
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I will gladly keep my eyes open for a set for you. At auction this only cost me $10 because no one there wanted Mac stuff. As to were I get this stuff it's mostly at thrift's and auctions (the best are schools and tech businesses). I have cut back on the thrifts because of cashflow (no job yet) but I used to go by them everyday. Goodwill, Value Village, and Savers are the best for me. The Salvation Army is too high in the stores and at their daily auctions. Up North (MN) the U of M was a good place to get older items and because there was an article written about me in the paper up there I got lots of calls from people wanting to give me items.
chris <cb(a)mythtech.net> wrote:
>>1. Black Macintosh TV no mouse, KB, or remote with it. Will test it on
>>Wednesday.
>
>If you happen to ever come across any of the mouse, kb, remotes... I
>could use a set. I have a Mac TV (finally... thanks John!!!), but it
>lacks its extras as well (and currently is supposed to be DOA, but I hope
>to finally have a look at it this weekend).
>
>I only run this by you because you seem to have the magical ability to
>find the most awesome stuff at little to no cost... where DO you do you
>hunting?!?
>
>Oh, and FYI: the MacTV will work with a universal remote. Sony TV code.
>At least that is true with my PowerMac, which came with a remote that is
>also compatible with the MacTV, so I draw the conclusion that the MacTV
>should also be compatible with a universal remote, sony code set.
>
>-chris
><http://www.mythtech.net>
>
>
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From: "Robert Krten" <root(a)parse.com>
> Roswell/GA/USA
Whoa! Where is there a PDP-12 in Roswell, GA??? That's right down the road
>from me and I'd love to see it.
Ken Seefried (in Alpharetta, GA)
Needs a home. Importantly: there is NO caddy, and it's a
caddy type drive.
I haven't tested it but it was said to be in working order a
couple of years ago. It's partially shink-wrapped in some
sort of mylar-like material. Very odd. It's got a strange
metal bracket that's perhaps for a large enclosure; it's not
something I've seen for a CD but it reminds me of the drive
brackets in a MicroVAX 3100/20. Mfg date 1992.
Anyway, for shipping cost it's yours.
Don Mitchell
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I have two (2) Digital RA-70 hard drives that I acquired from another scrounger several years ago. They look to be in excellent shape, but of course I cannot guarantee that they work. They are both very heavy. If anyone is interested in them, I will be happy to ship them to anyone willing to pay the shipping charges, what ever that may be. And they are heavy..... I would rather see someone use them instead of sending them off the the scrap heap.....
Bill Machacek
Colo. Springs, CO
bmachacek(a)pcisys.net
>From: Charles <charlesmorris(a)direcway.com>
>
>On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 12:00:01 -0600, you wrote:
>
>>If you have an extender card, you should
>>be able to trace the fault pretty quickly with a logic probe or
>>an oscilloscope.
>>
>>Without an extender card, it's a lot harder.
>
>I agree. I have both an extender card and a scope, fortunately,
>and have been using them extensively!
>
>>> This weekend, after quite a bit of signal chasing, I found that I
>>> had put the variable delay line in the wrong slot some time ago
>>> while cleaning connectors/mice nests!
>>
>>I've done stuff like that.
>
>The problem was, since my machine does not come with the parity
>option installed, there are a few empty slots in the otherwise
>unbroken string of handles touching each other...I still am
>annoyed for doing it to myself though ;)
>
>Now to fix the core memory.
><HOPE> Shouldn't be too hard to find </HOPE>
>since it's doing nothing. If it had flaky bits or words or pages,
>different story, but absolutely dead can only be a few things.
Ya, like a broken core sense wire!
For the times I don't have an extension card, I solder some
wires to points I expect to measure and tape them to a strip
of wood that I lay on top of the machine. It is slow but
works OK. It wouldn't work on a real fast machine because
of reflections of unterminated lines but these older machines
are not all that troublesome with one foot or so of wire.
Dwight
>
>-Charles
>
>
What type of PDP 11?
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To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Cc:
Subject: PDP 11
Hi
Someone intersted in a PDP 11?
I have one for ... name your price... 500 Us$
Michel
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Aan: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Onderwerp: RE: How many PDP-12's are there now?
I live in GA, very near Roswell. What's the info on the '12?
--John
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> From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org
> [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]On
> Behalf Of Robert Krten
> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 00:04
> To: cctech(a)classiccmp.org
> Subject: How many PDP-12's are there now?
>
>
>
> So...
>
> all this discussion about PDP-12's has got me curious.
>
> How many of them are there in existence?
>
> It would certainly be interesting to get a list of machines
and at
> least city locations -- I'll start the list:
>
> Ottawa/ON/Canada (mine)
> Roswell/GA/USA
>
> If anyone wants to send me info, I'll volunteer to collect and
put it
> up on my website (I won't put email addresses or other
incriminating
> evidence unless you want me to :-)).
>
> The other interesting thing that this discussion begs is the
topic of
> (borrowed term) "biomagnification". It's from the
> environmental field,
> and basically relates to how bigger animals get more than
their "fair"
> share of poisons because they eat smaller animals which have
already
> concentrated the poisons in their systems. I've borrowed the
> term because
> lately what I've been thinking about is the accumulated
collections of
> people who are no longer interested in collecting -- in this
case,
> instead of just getting one or two machines at a time, you
tend to
> get "clusters" of machines -- hence "biomagnification" :-)
>
> So... any collectors out there getting rid of PDP stuff? :-)
>
> Cheers,
> -RK
>
> --
> Looking for Digital Equipment Corp. PDP-1 through PDP-15
> minicomputers!
> Robert Krten, PARSE Software Devices +1 613 599 8316.
> Realtime Systems Architecture, Consulting and Training at
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On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 12:00:01 -0600, you wrote:
>If you have an extender card, you should
>be able to trace the fault pretty quickly with a logic probe or
>an oscilloscope.
>
>Without an extender card, it's a lot harder.
I agree. I have both an extender card and a scope, fortunately,
and have been using them extensively!
>> This weekend, after quite a bit of signal chasing, I found that I
>> had put the variable delay line in the wrong slot some time ago
>> while cleaning connectors/mice nests!
>
>I've done stuff like that.
The problem was, since my machine does not come with the parity
option installed, there are a few empty slots in the otherwise
unbroken string of handles touching each other...I still am
annoyed for doing it to myself though ;)
Now to fix the core memory.
<HOPE> Shouldn't be too hard to find </HOPE>
since it's doing nothing. If it had flaky bits or words or pages,
different story, but absolutely dead can only be a few things.
-Charles
Is there a NeXT archive or museum anywhere? I have a few documents that
are historically interesting (one is a receipt for the very last
magneto-optical cartridges that Canon had in stock) and would like them
to go to a suitable home, if there is such a place.
alan
>From: "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin(a)xenosoft.com>
>
>> > Is that the Samsung M100 phone?
>> > Or the Lotus Elan M100?
>> > (I doubt that you have the M100 spiral galaxy for sale)
>
>On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Scarletdown wrote:
>> I'll sell you the Large Magellanic Cloud for $50,000, and throw in
>> the Small Magellanic Cloud as a bonus. :)
>
>Sorry.
>Much as I'd love to add it to my collection, I'm having MAJOR
>problems with storage space - I had to hand over most of my
>collection to Sellam, just due to lack adequate space.
>(space is NOT expanding)
>
>
Hi
EPA might complain. Super nova 1997A has been spewing
out a lot of radio active waste. Since this is part of
it, shipping may also be an issue.
Dwight
Anyone out there have the Apple CD-ROM Driver 5.3.1 that they might
be willing to email my way? I just recently picked up a Toshiba XM-
520 SCSI CD-ROM drive in hopes of being able to use it with both my
Apple IIGS and my Performa 405. I've been told that the GS (equipped
as it is with a RAMFast SCSI Card) should handle it fine; but since
the Performa is running System 7.5, I need the Apple CD-ROM Driver
5.3.1 from System 7.6 to be able to use non-Apple CD-ROM drives.
-- Scarletdown
Hmm...
Now we're guessing between a cash register, a palmtop computer, a Tandy
computer, a telephone, a jazzy car, or a spiral galaxy... I s'pose maybe
his asking price will determine which it is....? Should I bet on the
galaxy?
Cheers!
Ed Tillman
Store Automation Tech Support Specialist
Valero Energy Corporation
San Antonio, TX; USA
Phone (210) 592-3110, Fax (210) 592-2048
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org@PEUSA On Behalf Of
> "Scarletdown" <SecretaryBird(a)SoftHome.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 12:58 AM
> To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: M100 Keys Sought
>
> From: "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin(a)xenosoft.com>
> To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: M100 Keys Sought
> Send reply to: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
> <mailto:cctalk-request@classiccmp.org?subject=unsubscribe>
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> Date sent: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 22:41:02 -0800 (PST)
>
> > On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Ed Chiodo wrote:
> > > I have a mint condition M100 that I would like to sell.
> > > One problem: the original keys were replaced with custom screened
> > > keys for an OEM application. Does anyone know of a source for
> > > replacement keys?
> >
> > Is that the Samsung M100 phone?
> > Or the Lotus Elan M100?
> >
> > (I doubt that you have the M100 spiral galaxy for sale)
>
> I'll sell you the Large Magellanic Cloud for $50,000, and throw in
> the Small Magellanic Cloud as a bonus. :)
>
>
>
>
>
>
Ethan Dicks wrote:
>--- <mailto:cott@acclamation.com>cott(a)acclamation.com wrote:
> > Can anyone out there with a C4P-MF send me the ROMs?
>
> I gave my CP4 motherboard to Hans Franke when I stayed with him
> a few years ago. Perhaps he could help. I never had the whole
> system, but I _think_ it was from a C4P-MF.
>
> -ethan
Actually, I guess I wasn't clear: I don't need the physical ROMs, just the
contents. If someone could Email them to me, that would be fine.
Thanks,
Chris Ott
If you go to http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=112379 you'll see the 6360 is a 603e running at 160MHz. It'll also tell you about what configuration it shipped in, max ram, etc.
Paul
ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS:
Maryann;
The portable should have a model number somewhere. That could give me some
info as to processor and speed. Need that first.
The "Performa" line was an attempt by Apple to sell through non-traditional
stores like Sears and such. It was super easy to buy. It came preconfigured
and was sold as a total package including mon. and printer.
I believe the 6360 may be a "Power PC" and faster than the older Macs. It
may also have remote infrared capabilities. You could see that in the small
red window on the front.
I am glad that you stuck with Mac an got an iMac.
Wanna sell the 6360???
Paul Mika
Hi,
> ARM Evaluation Kit - yep - that's the one. I do have various discs and
> manuals for it, too. I used to love the "twin" editor - several open files
> at one, and could cut and paste between them. Ahead of it's time...
yeah, that's it. Without any discs or being able to find anyone who knew
anything about it I'm afraid mine got put in storage. I believe I've got the
original polystyrene packaging for it, but no discs or outer box or anything
(go figure)
I've got some other BBC add-on in the same style housing as the ARM unit, but
can't remember what it is now. It wasn't the teletext unit unfortunately, as
that could have been interesting to play about with.
> They were expensive, but much more expandable than the spectrum. At one
> point I had about six of them in my bedroom on an econet network, had
> several on modems running a multi-user BBS.
excellent :-)
I never got into the networking side of things with them (I've got all the
fileserver/network for the RM Link machines which I believe were the schools
alternative to having BBCs in the UK)
Slowly picked up a few BBCs and assortments, plus I've got a Master somewhere
that's fairly well modified from original spec (and an Acorn Cambridge
Workstation which still needs a suitable hard drive and the OS discs to format
it)
Interesting machines as far as old 8-bitters go!
> That was about the time I was still single, working for Ferranti Computer
> Systems (and I've never seen ANY of their computers lying about anywhere...
> ) and had plenty of money to indulge my hobby.
I've got some sort of machine of theirs, housed in a shell a little bigger than
an IBM XT, plus the guts of a second one - but I don't know if it's just some
sort of XT clone. Uses an XT-style keyboard anyway and output was CGA
compatible if I remember right. I certainly never got it to boot with any
version of DOS I had though (from DOS 2.0 upward) - best I got was a 'missing
operating system' one time.
I seem to remember this machine is way more complex than the innards of an XT
though, with about 1.5x the board space and a lot of ULA chips on board.
I'm sure Ferranti produced much better machines than glorified IBM clones
though, if that's what this is :-)
cheers
Jules
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On Jan 13, 19:35, Rob O'Donnell wrote:
> At 09:44 14/01/2003 +0000, you wrote:
> >Is that the "ARM evaluation unit" (or labelled as something similar)?
I've got
> >one of those *somewhere* but no docs / software for it. Think it had 4MB
of
> >memory which was a reasonable amount in those days.
>
> ARM Evaluation Kit - yep - that's the one. I do have various discs and
> manuals for it, too. I used to love the "twin" editor - several open
files
> at one, and could cut and paste between them. Ahead of it's time...
>
> It's all boxed up somewhere under the stairs though.
If you could dig out Disc 1 and make a copy, I'd be very grateful. I have
an ARM Evaluation Kit too, with most of the manuals, but my Disc 1 is
corrupt (blank track right in the middle of the assembler file).
> That was about the time I was still single, working for Ferranti Computer
> Systems (and I've never seen ANY of their computers lying about
> anywhere... )
Hmm... I know someone who has just acquired a chunk of one -- not sure how
much, but "most of it" is possibly a fair description.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Right. If you don't like tales of endurance, adventure, battle and gore,
turn away now. Same thing goes if you don't like happy endings...
A trilogy, in four parts: (orig. (c) Douglas Adams)
Part 1:
I decided that rather than wait for ICPUG to deliver a disk, I'd go ahead
and try to make my X1541 cable, which would allow me to use either the 1541
I just got, or the 1541-II I already had to transfer the Mator "discdiag"
program over to the PET. Rather than the plain old X1541 (which probably
wouldn't work with my "big" PC, I decided on the XE1541, which should work.
I'm not going the whole hog & making parallel drives, etc. I can afford the
time.
So: 5pm, trip to Maplins to get the components. "Sorry guvnor, no diodes in
stock". OK - fall back to the plain X1541 then; at least it'll work on my
486. "Oh, and no D25 plugs either". FFS! OK, plan 'B' (made up on the spot)
- use a D25 socket (available) & a male-male genderbender (available).
Woohoo! That and some cable & a couple of 6-pin DINs (1 spare, 'cos I
usually knacker one trying to solder them).
Wait 1hr for train home. I *knew* I should have taken the car... Then
again, the traffic jam was horrendus, so glad I didn't. Arrived home, found
most of my soldering gear, except the tin of excellent tip cleaner/tinner.
Nevermind, tip's still clean enough. Apply vice to desk, start soldering
6-pin DIN. Amazingly, I didn't completely wreck it (although some of the
pins needed realigning afterwards). *Surely* there's an easier way??
Copious use of multimeter to ensure no shorts. Everything checks out, even
with the connector all sealed up. Huzzah!
OK, I took special care wiring up the D25 socket, making sure I had the
exact right pins, everything. Since the X1541 requires the GND pin
connecting across ALL of the data lines (well, that's what the diagram
says, I'm not sure if it's optional or not), I improvise a bar using a
regular staple & lots of solder. Hook everything up. Re-check all
connections with multimeter - everything AOK! All pins connected, no pins
shorting out, we're hot to rock!
Dig the 486 out of the dim & distant corner it's lurking in. Power up, copy
Star Commander across. Plug M-M genderbender into cable, plug into parallel
port. Root 1541 out of cupboard, plug in. This is where things start to go
wrong.... The power & drive lights come on, but the drive light fails to go
out. Uh-oh. Unplug everything, re-check wiring. No problems. Re-connect
everything - same behaviour. Download X1541test.exe, load it onto 486,
follow bent paperclip instructions (only with a staple). No probs, p/port
is compatible. Hmmm.... Finally, I re-test the cable with the genderbender
still in place: Doh! It's mirror-imaged all the connections! So, my
carefully soldered cable looks just like I'd made the most elementary
f**kup imaginable. Grrr. Eat dinner in moody silence. Return to soldering
iron. Getting that staple bus-bar out is a real pig. I'm probably lucky I
didn't fry the LPT port. Or the 1541 for that matter...
Anyway, finally it all works, so I format a disk, copy an image over, and
wander upstairs to try it out.
Part 2:
Things start to go wrong again.....
First, I try the disk in an 8050: No joy. So, back downstairs, pick up the
4040, back upstairs. If you know your Commodores, you will know that the
4040 should work. Well, it didn't. Getting a bit worried now, I wander back
downstairs & re-check the disk; yep, still readable. Root a 3040 out of the
cupboard, add plug. Take 3040 & disk upstairs. Plug 3040 in & switch on;
there's a small "snap" noise, and FLAMES! Pull mains plug out in a hurry,
but the fire continues; luckily, it's only small, and I can simply blow it
out: No opening the window & slinging the drive into the street - phew!.
Open 3040 up, it looks like an electrolytic cap has burned out (literally,
there is smoke damage above it in the case). Still, that explains why the
fuse didn't blow - the power side is still quite alright.
So, 3040 down, 8050 no good, 4040 no good. Despairing, I turn to the net,
to discover that the 4040 *should* be OK. Worried now that I didn't write
the disk in GCR format... However, I re-try the disk, this time in drive 1,
and after a couple of false starts it's away & working! Woohoo!
Part 3:
OK, now the drive is OK and I've got the program loaded, I start up the
hard-drive. 25 seconds it takes, from power on to availablilty. Try a diR;
get 2 chars then nothing, computer (CBM710) has crashed. Re-boot computer
with power switch, try again - same problem. Uh-oh, has the HDD died? I try
the only thing I know is different, switch off 4040 & try again (same
problem), then physically disconnect 4040 - problem solved. So, the 4040
has an IEEE problem (or maybe a DOS problem, I don't know which). With that
little dilemma solved, I re-load the diagnostics program from the 4040,
save it to HDD (that works with the 4040 plugged in, for some reason).
Unplug 4040, run diags program.
Huzzah! Finally, we made it! (wipes sweat from brow). Old computers, eh?
You just gotta love 'em.
Part 4:
I set the "bad sector report" going, then had a peek at the manual because
it looks like the 710 has crashed again - however, it turns out it's going
to take about 10mins for the HDD to locate all its duff sectors. So that's
OK, leave it 10 mins. I'm expecting it to be in bad shape, but actually
there are only about 17 reallocations. I can't remember how big a Commodore
sector is, but given that there is nearly 82250 blocks of total disk space,
that seems like a very low number (again, bear in mind this h/w is
approaching 20 years old).
I tried a few "random reads" (all reported no errors), and the machine
literally shook about the place as the head moved back & forth. Wow.... Try
doing that with a little IDE drive!
So, that's it really. It looks like the Shark is in swimmingly (sorry) good
order, and it does in fact work OK with the 8050; it's just the 4040 which
causes it grief.
--------------------End--------------------
If you found the above boring, then please don't read it. Thankyou.
And now, some questions:
1) Is it actually possible to copy files from one unit (i.e. diskdrive) to
another (i.e. Shark)? The COPY command can't (it even says so in the
manual), and I guess it's understandable given that most people would have
had a dual drive unit, and maybe a tape deck, but little else with their PETs.
2) Does anyone know anything about the "Interpod" IEEE-->Serial thing? I
have one of these, and during Part 2 above, I tried using it to (a) connect
the 8050 to the X1541 cable, and (b) connect the 1541 to the PET, but
neither application worked in any way shape or form. So, do I have a duff
Interpod, or does it require some s/w on the computer to operate correctly
(if so, I suspect it's a C64 specific thing). I believe it was used to
connect a C64 to the Shark hard drive.
3) Does *anyone* make DIN plugs which don't melt if you bring a soldering
iron within 5ft of them?
4) Where's my coffee?
That's all folks! Now I've verified the Shark is in pretty sound condition,
I'll try taking some decent photos of it, inside & out. And yes Jeffrey,
I'll try to make sure there's some good hi-res pictures of it :) Although I
am a bit short of extra lighting, so we'll have to see what the built-in
flash is capable of, I'm afraid.
--
Cheers, Ade.
Be where it's at, B-Racing!
http://b-racing.com
Rob,
> BBC mostly, though not in a "must have everything" sense. Just because I
> spent many years making a sort of living off them. I've got one of Acorn's
> original ARM development systems though (connects to the BBC) which I've
> had since they were hot off the press.
Is that the "ARM evaluation unit" (or labelled as something similar)? I've got
one of those *somewhere* but no docs / software for it. Think it had 4MB of
memory which was a reasonable amount in those days.
I've got a whole pile of other BBC and related stuff, but I've generally
forgotten what I have - your posting made me remember the ARM unit.
Funny how people don't remember the BBC systems that well - I suppose they were
generally quite expensive to have at home (compared to the Spectrums and C64
machines) and in a school environment people didn't get much of a chance to
really play about with them. They're certainly quite well designed machines...
cheers
Jules
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... uses a dot as a prompt and responds to each of the commands "dir",
"date", "ver" and a lot of others only with a "?"...?
This question was asked at the Frankfurt Meeting 2002, an event of the
"realtime special interest group" (RT-SIG) within German DECUS. I wasn't
there, but just read an article in the "DECUS Bulletin". It looks like
the system was presented to the audience life from a networked notebook.
The report has it that after some guessing, someone suggested to try
uppercase, and "VER" lead to the solution: EURO-12, running on a real,
still fully functional PDP-12, connected to a terminal server, allowing
the notebook to display the dialog.
There is a small, but high quality picture in the bulletin, showing the
blinkenlights (some of them actually illuminated) and switches, a screen
that might be a GT40 or something that looks similar, and a dual DECtape
drive (TU56, I guess).
WOW!
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Andreas Freiherr
Vishay Semiconductor GmbH, Heilbronn, Germany
http://www.vishay.com
I have a mint condition M100 that I would like to sell.
One problem: the original keys were replaced with custom screened keys for an OEM application.
Does anyone know of a source for replacement keys?
- Ed
> My main complaint: Other than adding RAM or PCI cards, upgrades are
>nearly impossible with that impenetrable case.
It isn't too bad once you have done it a few times... and having the take
apart directions from Apple makes life SOOO much easier. The trick is
popping that front panel off. Of course, the motherboard just slides out
the back, so unless you are upgrading the drives, it is fairly easy
access for RAM and PCI cards.
If you want a copy of the Apple PDF on the 6400/6500 let me know, I'll
dig mine out and send it over to you.
-chris
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