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by jimw＠agora.rdrop.com

Greetings all; Finances suck at present, and to be honest I don't know if I'm going to be able to make VCF this year. (foo) So... in an attempt to free up some much needed $$ and keep the lights on, (and maybe even get to VCF) I'm having a "Garage Sale". (appropriate, no?) The offering list and details can be found at: http://www.rdrop.com/~jimw/Gsale Any questions, drop me a note. Thanks! -jim --- jimw(a)agora.rdrop.com The Computer Garage - http://www.rdrop.com/~jimw

23 years, 6 months

RD53 repair

by dundas＠caltech.edu

I know Allison posted on this several years ago, but I couldn't find a collection of instructions. Maybe someone has put this together in a "cookbook." I have several RD53s that I'd like to get data off of. I opened one up as described in previous posts. However it's not obvious to my eyes where the failed rubber bumper is. Do any of you have any detailed instructions you can send or point me to regarding repairing these drives? Thanks for any help. John --------------------------------------------------------- John A. Dundas III Director, Information Technology Services, Caltech Mail Code: 014-81, Pasadena, CA 91125-8100 Phone: 626.395.3392 FAX: 626.449.6973 <mailto:dundas@caltech.edu>

23 years, 6 months

10 years

by xds_sigma7＠hotmail.com

ClassicCmpLite? Tastes great, less filling? heh _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

23 years, 6 months

Spectrum Issue 2

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

I have a Spectrum (issue two) with a duff power connector. Does anyone know where I can get a direct replacement connector in the UK (other than ripping it off another similar Spectrum ...). Thanks Antonio arcarlini(a)iee.org

23 years, 6 months

10 years

by mbg＠TheWorld.com

Speaking of a C64... I know of someone who has one she wants to get rid of along with a disk drive... Contact Cesullivan(a)aol.com if interested... Megan

23 years, 6 months

10 years

by mbg＠TheWorld.com

>> I would actually like to see the "official" cutoff pushed out to 20 >> years, as 10 years just does not seem that long ago... > >We could start a second list: ClassicerCmp. Or named 'ClassicCmpLite' Megan

23 years, 6 months

Stuff on ebay

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

> > ROCKWELL's 6502 (100% 6800 code compatible) > > He probably runs windows XP on it as well, using it as a > firewall/intranet server for the house. > > "It is best to keep one's mouth closed and be thought a fool, than to > open it and remove all doubt." Besides, wasn't the Rockwell chip the improved version of the original (MOS) 6502, called the 65C02? It had some nifty extra instructions and an extra addressing mode.. --fred

23 years, 6 months

Stuff on ebay

by xds_sigma7＠hotmail.com

One presumes his car doesn't have electronic fuel injection... _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

23 years, 6 months

Paperwork to move classiccmps from .ca to .us?

by Robert_Feldman＠jdedwards.com

It used to be for some cameras that you could not import one if it had the logo/name intact. Just covering it with tape or goo was not sufficient -- the name had to be ground off! This condition was imposed by the official US importer, IIRC. -----Original Message----- From: Eric Smith [mailto:eric@brouhaha.com] Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 3:02 PM To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Paperwork to move classiccmps from .ca to .us? Mike Feher wrote: > Another thing that really helps is to declare that it was made in the > USA. Regards - Mike "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin(a)xenosoft.com> wrote: > That can SOMETIMES add to the problems! > A US company with a registered trademark can object to anything with > their trademark being permitted in! Surely they can't do anything to prevent a product they manufactured and that bears their trademark from being imported? Isn't that covered under the doctrine of first sale?

23 years, 6 months

SCSI drive available

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

> > Ahh, but that merely takes a quick > > > > #ifdef WIFE > > # undef WIFE > > # define WIFE GEEK_WIFE > > #endif > > You forgot the step: > > #undef HALF OOps. > Also, the third step of your algorithm seems to be quite > difficult to achieve. Nobody ever said programming was easy... :) Much worse is the lack of share-ware (also called try-before-you-buy) these days... --f

23 years, 6 months

OSI disk basic disk

by Lee.Davison＠merlincommunications.com

Does anyone have an image of the OSI Disk BASIC disk? If not that disk any 'bootable' disk for any of the 6502 OSI Challenger, or compatible, machines. I've managed to replicate the OSI 610 disk interface and get it to read/write onto a DD 3.5" drive. Now I would like to try it out with some 'real' software. Ta much. Lee. ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________

23 years, 6 months

10 years

by passerm＠umkc.edu

The point is that elitists years ago would have said the same thing about the C-64, which is now generally considered a classic.

23 years, 6 months

10 years

by passerm＠umkc.edu

Re: 10 yearsI find it interesting that I agree with this, but picturing the same text after a %s/PC/C64/g (and other appropriate adjustments) changes my attitude somewhat. --Mike

23 years, 6 months

What's wrong with this picture?

by jingber＠ix.netcom.com

It's been a long day. This was good for a laugh: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1772937615 Jeffrey H. Ingber (jingber(a)ix.netcom.com)

23 years, 6 months

First Indirect Addressing?

by xds_sigma7＠hotmail.com

Well I'm not sure as to indexing, but I know that the entire memory on the LGP-30 is the drum.. nothing else, well at least not programmable anyway.. and no, I/O devices aren't memory! heh _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

23 years, 6 months

Stuff on ebay

by dwightk.elvey＠amd.com

>From: "Fred N. van Kempen" <Fred.van.Kempen(a)microwalt.nl> > >> > ROCKWELL's 6502 (100% 6800 code compatible) >> >> He probably runs windows XP on it as well, using it as a >> firewall/intranet server for the house. >> >> "It is best to keep one's mouth closed and be thought a fool, than to >> open it and remove all doubt." > >Besides, wasn't the Rockwell chip the improved version of the original >(MOS) 6502, called the 65C02? It had some nifty extra instructions and >an extra addressing mode.. > >--fred > Hi Fred I have a Rockwell AIM65 and book. I'll have to see if there is anything extra. Having worked on both 6800 and 6502 code, I can assure you that there is no code compatability. The 6502 traded depth in instructions for more page 0 accesses. For most applications, this worked well. Those who worked with Apples will tell you that the OS over used page 0 and didn't leave enough for the users. As was mentioned, there was a 6501 that was pin compatable with the 6800. It was also not code compatable. Rockwell also made a number of embedded 6502 application processors. These are a pain because they are P-MOS and have non-ttl busses. I have these in my old Gottlieb pinball machine ( what we pinheads call spider chips ). Dwight

23 years, 6 months

TDU, TDF and "Doing magtape image archiving" [was: HP 7980S ...]

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

All, Oooh... hrrm. Didn't realize there was such a lot of interest in those (already). The toolkit is basically an API in the shape of a C library, which handles all the nitty gritty of the TDF (Tape Distribution Format, aka Tape Dump Format) file format stuff. The user interface for reading physical tapes to image, writing the images back to physical tapes, and doing all sorts of weird stuff with the image files, is handled by a single program called TDU, the T... Utility. Its synopsis is similar to that of 'tar': -------------------------------------------------------- TDU version 1.0.15 for OpenBSD on VAX. Usage: tdu [-f file] [-m maxchunk] [-p path] [-v] cmd [args] where 'cmd' is one of {c|e|i|p|r|t|w|x} -------------------------------------------------------- Also, several conversion tools exist to convert between TDF and TAP (used in Ersatz-11 and SimH simlators) and raw formats. The tookit is currently in its final First Release testing, at version 1.0.15. It has been tested with the following systems: - DOS 6.22 and Win32 DOS box (with ASPI layers for tape I/O) - Windows 9X, NT 4.0 and 2K, Win32 console app - DEC Ultrix-32 V4.5 both VAX and MIPS - OpenBSD/vax V3.1 - DEC Ultrix-11 (on PD-11/83, both real and emulated) - SunOS 4.1.4 on SPARCstation - Solaris (cant memebr which one) - SGI IRIX Porting to VMS is being done by Robert Alan Byer, of SimH/VMS fame. Thanks to Tim Shoppa for helping me out with one of those 'does this ever happen?' issues ... :) I have added TDF support to SimH, so you can just do a simh> mount mt0: /u/dist/rsx11mplus-4.2-tp1.tdf /wprotect /tdf in SinH and then boot the tape. The goal, of course, is to be able to easly get an archive of software up and running. Here's sample output of what an RSX-11M Plus V4.2 tape looks like: -------------------------------------------------------- (vaxlab)$ tdu tfv rsx11mplus-4.2-tp1.tdf TDF version : 1 CRC-32 : 0x32b466df Part # : BB-J083H-BC Serial Number : ME109856 Tape Label : RSX-11M-PLUS V4.2 MT:1600 Description : BRUSYS STANDALONE COPY SYSTEM Copyright : 1989 Owner : DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION File 0 : blocksize 512 (439 blocks) File 1 : blocksize 80 (2 blocks) File 2 : blocksize 80 (1 blocks) 2 : blocksize 512 (2 blocks) 2 : blocksize 80 (1 blocks) 2 : blocksize 512 (1 blocks) 2 : blocksize 80 (2 blocks) 2 : blocksize 2560 (1 blocks) 2 : blocksize 80 (1 blocks) 2 : blocksize 4144 (28 blocks) 2 : blocksize 560 (1 blocks) File 3 : blocksize 80 (2 blocks) File 4 : blocksize 80 (2 blocks) File 5 : blocksize 80 (1 blocks) 5 : blocksize 512 (2 blocks) ....... -------------------------------------------------------- All I need to do is testing magtapes written with TDU, and I need the HP to work for that. The code will be released for more testing after I merge in Robert Byer's VMS stuff when he's done. Cheers, Fred

23 years, 6 months

OT: Anybody have these Apple items??

by r_beaudry＠hotmail.com

Hello all, You knew this list would closely follow the free list :-) I believe all of these are too new to be on-topic, so my apologies... It never hurts to ask, right? If anyone has any of these items, please contact me OFF-LIST... Thanks! 1) Apple Localtalk Locking Connector Kit, DE-9 (for a LocalTalk PC Card). I have two cards, so I'd like two kits... 2) I recently purchased a 12" PCI-slot Apple PC Compatibility card, for a PowerMac 8500, but it did not have the three-connector monitor cable (one connects to the PC card, one to the monitor, and one to the Mac video output). 3) Apple "Superdrive" 1.44MB 3.5" floppy -- needs to be the AUTO-INJECT style, where the manual eject pinhole is directly to the right of the drive slot, and NOT where the pinhole is directly below the slot. You can also identify this drive as one WITHOUT the flap over the drive slot. The bare drive is fine, as I intend to put it in my own enclosure. I'd like to get two if possible. I guess that's it for now.. :-) Rich B. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

23 years, 6 months

HP 7980S scsi 9-track [GAIN]

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

Hey all ! *grumpf* still not working. Although I can change the DENSITY setting with CONF 46, it doesn't "hold" it. The moment I try to write a tape, it switches back to the original 6250 setting. Meaning (apparently) that the host is forcing it to 6250... So... how does one tell that thing that host (SCSI) commands can **NOT** override the default density stored with CONF46 ? I grabbed the Sun manual, but that didn't say much about it, just that it had a DENSITY switch which mine doesn't have, and the info on the COFN46 stuff... --fred

23 years, 6 months

Items for free

by r_beaudry＠hotmail.com

Hello all, I have the following items available for free... You do need to pay for shipping, so send me your country or ZIP code with your requests, so I can get shipping quotes out. I accept PayPal, or money order for postage payments. This is *NOT* first-come, first-serve. In order to be fair to international and digest readers, I will pull names from my hat (or any other convenient place :-) ) to determine who gets what. PLEASE make all contact OFF-LIST.... No need to flood the list with replies... - HP Network Printer Interface for HP LaserJet IIIsi -- looks unused, comes w/ selaed manual, LANSpool Si test drive edition, original box - Dell Laser System Font Cartridge "R" - Qty. 2 SMC fiber-optic Arcnet cards, ISA bus, model PC-310, original box, w/ manual and registration card, sticker priced at $1295.00 each! - Qty. 2 proNET Model p2400 "Wire center" -- 4 ports on top, two on the sides, top ports labeled "node", side ports labeled "link". Each port has a switch for "in ring" and"out", and each port is a 15-pin D-shaped connector -- token ring??? - NEC ProSpeed Power-Block Battery Cartridge for the ProSpeed 286 laptop. Model no. PC-21-71. Probably dead, but looks in near-mint condition, and in original box/packaging. - Qty. 3 Connect brand Ethernet/PC 16-bit ISA Ethernet cards -- AUI/BNC connectors, original box, driver disk, docs (refer to BNC as "CheaperNet" connector, so you know it's old :-)) - Microchannel 3270 card -- no docs, but comes w/ "IBM Personal System 3270 Connection Diagnostics" diskette (Version 4.10) - Tiara LANCard/A, full-length 16-bit ISA Arcnet card, w/ original box, manual - Chorus Data Systems PC-EYE Video Capture card -- old, full-length 8-bit ISA card for video capture. w/ original box, docs, software. Manual seems to indicate it willwork with "standard" graphics cards, but install instructions only refer to Chorus cards - Excelan Etherport II ethernet card -- looks like a Macintosh NuBus, or PDS? (96-pin connector, 3 rows of 32) full-length card, no docs or drivers - Qty. 3 Madge Microchannel token ring cards, "SMART MC Ringnode", w/ original box, disks,docs. 2 boxes still sealed, one opened - Proteon ProNET 8-port Wire Center. similar to 4-port described above, but with 8 ports, not 4 :-) - Megahertz External Token Ring Adapter for Toshiba T1000SE/XE/LE, T1200XE, T2000SX, original box, manual, disks _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

23 years, 6 months

HP 7980S scsi 9-track

by jfoust＠threedee.com

At 11:43 AM 10/3/2002 +0200, Fred N. van Kempen wrote: >I wrote my own ASPI layer for both DOS and Win32, and developed >a bunch of tools around them to handle the reading, writing and >archiving of tapes of various sorts. Did you release these tools on the web somewhere? - John

23 years, 6 months

SCSI drive available

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

I used to have about half a zillion of these and other "anywhere between 2 and 9G" SCSI drives, mostly taken from old Compaq servers I had to service. Most of them have been given away, but I do have some 4GB's left. I *might* have a bunch of 9GB barracuda's left, too, which run at 7200. And get hot. :) --f

23 years, 6 months

SCSI drive available

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

> Jerome Fine replied: > > But that is where I draw the line as far as "production" hardware > is concerned. I don't regard a 60 lb. RL02 drive as reasonable > because of BOTH the size and the weight - aside from the fact > that the capacity is only 10 MBytes. Yeah, but they are way cool, too, like the RK05's.... I truly wish I had the physical space to put up some racks with an 11/40, 11/34a and an 11/70 side-by-side -with- all the stuff that used to go with them... *sigh* --fred

23 years, 6 months

Info request : Tek 4052

by hansp＠aconit.org

We are exhibiting a Tektronix 4052 computer and I am looking for some info on the beastie: Year of introduction Price at introduction Memory size Processor Clock frequency Tape capacity Tape speed Screen resolution The web seems somewhat reluctant to divulge this info and I'd appreciate your help. Regards, -- Hans B Pufal

23 years, 6 months

HP 7980S scsi 9-track

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

> > Bear in mind that you'll need some fairly specialized (and > expensive -- > > in the $300 region) software if you want to use that drive > on any sort > > of PC. > > Someone should have warned me about that before I started > using one with no special software whatsoever. :-) > > It responds to plain old SCSI tape commands, so any software > that talks to SCSI tape drives should work. Yeah :) I wrote my own ASPI layer for both DOS and Win32, and developed a bunch of tools around them to handle the reading, writing and archiving of tapes of various sorts. Kinda nice, because I can read in magtapes, store them in a single formatted file, enter the info on the tape label, and then let it sit on my server, or email it around. Later, one can re-write a tape using that file. The drawback is: many tapes [worldwide] have decided to gather up and move themselves to Holland, to find their eternal piece in archived format. In other words... gawd, I still have a PILE of tapes to go.... Anyway. The toolkit runs under most UNIXes, too, so no problems there. The 7980S is actually connected to a MicroVAX 3100 running Ultrix, and that box is my fast-tape-reader. Nice! It responds fine, no extra stuff needed. Cheers, Fred

23 years, 6 months

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