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by djenner＠earthlink.net

In rummaging through the storage closet, I found most of my old Turbo Pascal (for DOS) floppies, but I didn't find those for the Turbo Pascal Toolbox: Numerical Methods, Version 4.0, IBM Version (1987). I found the book, and it says that there are three floppies, which are probably 5.25" 360KB disks. So, does anyone have copies of these disks they'd be willing to part with or share with a bona fide owner? Thanks, Dave -- David C. Jenner djenner(a)earthlink.net

23 years, 6 months

Anybody know anything about the TI TMS 32010 DSP chip?

by jbdigriz＠dragonsweb.org

Joe <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com> wrote .. > I picked up a machine (TI TDS) that I thought was a developement system > and it has a TMS 32010 pod on it. > > Joe I'm only vaguely familiar with the system with the separate 32010 pod. There was the original TMS32010 EVM that has the DSP, TMS9995 host processor, dual serial ports, audio tape interface, EPROM programming socket, and a 40-pin emulation cable. This would be part number RTC/EVM320A-03. Been looking for one, with software, for some time. What is the model number of yours? I have a bunch of TI DSP literature from the 32010 period and I'll try to look it up. This sounds somewhat later, though. jbdigriz

23 years, 6 months

MasPar, anyone?

by xds_sigma7＠hotmail.com

Scratch "may have" and replace with "was"... Masscomp, or Massachusetts Computer Corporation, made multibus machines running RTU (Real Time UNIX). Not really sure why Perki-Data bought them (thats the common term for Perkin-Elmer Data Systems, since that was really Interdata after being bought by P-E).. Then they spun all the computer stuff off as Concurrent Computer Corp., who at some point accquired Harris's computer division also.. I have an Interdata and multiple P-E/Concurrents... Will J _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

23 years, 6 months

Heathkit ET-3200 digital trainer on EBay

by vaxman＠earthlink.net

BIN $25

23 years, 6 months

EIA 232 vs. 422, Color Computers (was Re: Serial floppy drive s)

by Lee.Davison＠merlincommunications.com

>> similar. 422 by the way is specified to go almost 1000 feet, while >> with 232 you are lucky to get over 10 feet. Regards - Mike > That's not true. Serial cable can go for a good many feet before > the signal breaks down (someone should pipe in with actual data ;) 450 feet at 9600 bps through multi strand sheilded cable. This was between two buildings and ran through a drain to get under a road. 19200 bps was tried but was error prone. dropping the speed to 9600 bps worked. Lee. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- This email is intended only for the above named addressee(s). The information contained in this email may contain information which is confidential. The views expressed in this email are personal to the sender and do not in any way reflect the views of the company. If you have received this email and you are not a named addressee please delete it from your system and contact VT Merlin Communications Ltd IT Department on +44 20 7344 5888. ________________________________________________________________________ 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

Software & docs for Shiva Fastpath 4 box

by mythtech＠mac.com

>So, can I now go and assume that the DE9 in the Shiva Fastpath has the >same pinout as the older serial connectors in the original mac and the >Mac512K? Unless they used some special Shiva only adaptor (which is HIGHLY doubtful), then yes, you can make that assumption. There were only two styles of Localtalk connectors for connecting to computers, the DE-9 (used by old Macs, PCs, repeaters, and hubs/routers/bridges) and the mini-din 8 (used by most Macs, printers, and some hubs/routers/bridges). In both cases, the pinout was a standard, so if you can find the pinouts for the mac's din 8 serial port and the old mac's DE9 serial port, it should be trivial to make up an adaptor. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years, 6 months

Software & docs for Shiva Fastpath 4 box

by carlos_murillo＠epm.net.co

Does anybody have the configuration software for the above device? I want to connect my older mac phonenet network to the rest; I know about the localtalk-ethernet bridge software, but I don't want to hog down a Mac (only possibilities: IIci or SE/30; none of them are particularly fast). Carlos. -------------------------------------------------------------- Carlos E. Murillo-Sanchez carlos_murillo(a)nospammers.ieee.org

23 years, 6 months

MasPar, anyone?

by Qstieee＠aol.com

You know, I should look through my old stuff more before posting. The company I was thinking of in my earlier post may have been MassComp, not MasPar. Though you say MasPar had a DEC connection, I believe MassComp was actually located in MA. Anyway, we got another great story from someone who really understands computers. Someone should take all of these types of stories from this list and write a pre-quel to the popular Hacker books, about how a lot of computer system really got born.

23 years, 6 months

TI-74 and TI-95

by dittman＠dittman.net

While cleaning up some old stuff I found my TI-74, TI-95, and PC-324 printer. I completely forgot I had these, even though I used to use them all the time. I think the most interesting accessory is the Pascal module for the TI-74, allowing programs to be written in Pascal instead of BASIC. -- Eric Dittman dittman(a)dittman.net Check out the DEC Enthusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/

23 years, 6 months

Amstrad cpm boot disk wanted. (fwd)

by vcf＠siconic.com

Can someone in the UK help Mike out? Please reply to him directly. Reply-to: <mikecoen(a)blueyonder.co.uk> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 21:43:32 +0100 From: Mike Coen <mikecoen(a)blueyonder.co.uk> To: "'archive(a)vintage.org'" <archive(a)vintage.org> Cc: 'Anthony' <dub(a)ntlworld.com> Subject: Amstrad cpm boot disk wanted. Hi. Do you know the best way to get hold of an Amstrad cpm boot disk in the UK ? Thanks. -- 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 *

23 years, 6 months

Paratronics Logic Analyzer

by DeRoe＠aol.com

Joe, I'm not the one who first requested a copy of your Paratronics Logic Analyzer manual, but I do have a need for a copy if it is indeed the Paratronic Logic Analyzer, model PI-616. Let me know what you have, ok? Thanks, Don

23 years, 6 months

MasPar, anyone?

by Qstieee＠aol.com

I believe it stood for Massachusetts Parallel processing, or perhaps Massively Parallel processing. It was for real-time high performance use. It was merged with Concurrent Computer Corporation of Oceanport, NJ (formerly Perkin-Elmer, originally Interdata). I have some history with the Interdata and successors, and might be able to contact someone with info on your unit.

23 years, 6 months

OT: Obsolecence (Was RE: OT: PC Motherboard with a vacuum tube)

by Robert_Feldman＠jdedwards.com

Our local Blockbuster Video here in Chicago is rapidly decreasing the number of video cassettes it rents, in favor of DVD's. Soon there won't be any available, except at the public library or specialty rental stores. I guess they are trying to force users to switch to DVD. -----Original Message----- From: R. D. Davis [mailto:rdd@rddavis.org] Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 11:31 PM To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: OT: PC Motherboard with a vacuum tube <snip> Once someone purchases electronic equipment, one should be able to continue using it for as long as one wants, and be able to repair it whenever necessary... of course, that should also apply to most things, such as refridgerators, cars, washing machines, furnaces, radios, televisions, etc. Is not obsolescence is a concept which needs to become obsolete? I propose that we form a Society for the Obsolecence of Obsolescence, and I jest not.

23 years, 6 months

Obsolecence (Was RE: OT: PC Motherboard with a vacuum tube)

by Robert_Feldman＠jdedwards.com

Yes, but go to a Best Buy or similar store, and you can still buy a VCR. What gets my attention is the speed with which the newer medium/technology is being pushed. It took a lot longer for CD's to replace LP's, and as another recent thread mentioned, you can still buy LP's and turntables. What I object to is being "forced" to switch, to have to buy new hardware when what I have is still functional and functioning. We can keep our old computers running, and functional, with old programs, or even newly written programs for the old platforms. I still use NewWord (copyright 1986) on my 1994-vintage HP 200LX palmtop that I carry with me every day. I guess if I purchesed prerecorded videocassettes like I purchased my old software, I could keep playing them. In software, if I rented (annually licensed) my software, it could be cut off at any time, like WordPerfect was for certain Data Generals,IIRC, or like MS would prefer. Enough rambling, though. -----Original Message----- From: J.C. Wren [mailto:jcwren@jcwren.com] Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 8:41 AM To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: RE: Obsolecence (Was RE: OT: PC Motherboard with a vacuum tube) "I guess they are trying to force users to switch to DVD." You make it sound like a conspiracy. It's a simple matter of economics. Every time you play a VHS cassette, you degrade it. DVD does not inherently suffer from this, unless you mishandled a DVD. DVDs take less space, in a vertical spine-out display configuration. DVDs do not need to be rewound. DVDs have a better picture. DVDs have better sound. In fact, the *only* disadvantage that DVD has as a medium is that unlike VHS, it's not readily recordable. If I were a video rental store, I'd be dumping miserable VHS cassettes as fast as I could. Let the antique shops rent them. The DVD market now represents a rather large percentage of the rental market, since a reasonable DVD player is as cheap as a mid-range VHS deck. --John -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Feldman, Robert Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 09:21 To: 'cctalk(a)classiccmp.org' Subject: OT: Obsolecence (Was RE: OT: PC Motherboard with a vacuum tube) Our local Blockbuster Video here in Chicago is rapidly decreasing the number of video cassettes it rents, in favor of DVD's. Soon there won't be any available, except at the public library or specialty rental stores. I guess they are trying to force users to switch to DVD.

23 years, 6 months

Anyone in the Pacific Northwest (USA) going to the VCF?

by dpeschel＠eskimo.com

Sorry if you're subscribed to both lists. This is for the people who are only subscribed to cctech. I want to bring an exhibit. Taking things on the plane is even more of a nuisance than usual these days, shipping could be expensive, the train may not be very practical, and I can't drive. So a ride would be the logical way to go. I'm in downtown Seattle. Thanks, -- Derek

23 years, 6 months

IN BAD TASTE: Putting the blame where it belongs?

by jbdigriz＠dragonsweb.org

John Foust <jfoust(a)threedee.com> wrote .. > At 09:39 AM 9/12/2002 -0700, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote: > >But I think that the 1989 Flight Simulator is the FIRST reference to > >planes with the WTC. > > When they built the WTC, the builders and planners were quite aware of > its potential as a terrorist target. > > - John I promised myself I would not contribute to any off-topic threads again on this list, but I have to at least say that your comment is going to have to qualify as one of the great masterpieces of understatement, or maybe caustic irony, of not just this decade or century, but of the millenium. 'nuff sed. jbdigriz

23 years, 6 months

Anybody know anything about the TI TMS 32010 DSP chip?

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

I picked up a machine (TI TDS) that I thought was a developement system and it has a TMS 32010 pod on it. Joe

23 years, 6 months

HAMFEST!

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

There's a hamfest this Saturday in Melbourne Florida at the civic auditorium. This is one of the best one hamfests in the state and definitely worth visiting if you're in the area. While you're there visit Astro II <http://www.astrotoo.com>. They're located a few miles away and I always find GOOD stuff there. That's where I found the RCA Cosmac VIP. E-mail if you need directions or anything. Joe

23 years, 6 months

Univac rescue

by GOOI＠oce.nl

> 80 Floppies: > http://users.bestweb.net/~toober/images/Univac04.jpg This looks quite like the SSP (System Support Processor ?) of the A-series (again ? , it is over 7 years ago). That was also a small table with a few 8" floppy disk drives and to the right a white table surface. I worked on an 1163 and a 1172 Sperry / UNISYS machine. Was one of the happy few allowed to program in assembler. HAd some "odd" things like no stack and some, I still think IMHO, nice instructions, like EX, execute remote. The EX instruction was sort of the execution of one instruction "somewhere else". Compare it to a JSR to a subroutine of one instruction (besides the RTS of course). BTW the 1163 is a main frame, so not likely found "at home". Pity. - Henk.

23 years, 6 months

MasPar, anyone?

by IVIE＠cc.usu.edu

Qstieee(a)aol.com said: > I believe it stood for Massachusetts Parallel processing, or perhaps > Massively Parallel processing. It was for real-time high performance use. MasPar was a company out of Milpitas, CA founded (I understand) by ex-DECcies. They built a SIMD massively parallel machine. The unit was controlled by a front-end computer, originally a VAXstation 3520 running Ultrix, later some flavor of DECstation 5000 also running Ultrix. They used the VAXstation 3520 because they got a real good deal on them >from DEC, who was anxious to sell the thing. I designed the interface between the 3520 and the MasPar which, AFAIK, was the only 3rd party interface done for the 3520's proprietary MBUS. They claimed to have licked the problem of compiling for and debugging SIMD machines using standard languages; IIRC they supported FORTRAN and C. Seems to me they were more proud of their debugger than their compilers. I debugged the front-end interface hardware by poking hand-assembled code into the console using CP/M KERMIT's TRANSMIT command on my (then) trusty Kaypro 10. When I arrived with the prototype and my Kaypro, they said "How quaint; he hand-assembles code". After a while it was "Wow! Scope loops you can see on a scope!" (they were using a high-level interpreted thingy called hdb for hardware debugging; their scope loops were too slow to see on a scope) By the time I left, it was "show us how you did that." Sometimes being an old fart pays off. -- Roger Ivie ivie(a)cc.usu.edu

23 years, 6 months

Software & docs for Shiva Fastpath 4 box

by mythtech＠mac.com

>That would be the trickiest part... I think that I should >try wiring the DE9 directly to a 4wire phone cable; it is easier >to find a phone cable than a female DIN8. This won't work as there are electronics in that box. A TeleNet connector doesn't just re-pin from a din 8 to a phone wire. Besides, it only uses 2 of the four wires (the yellow/black pair aka "line 2"). You will need to build an adaptor to go from Din 8 to DE 9, or just check eBay and see if you can find telenet connectors with the DE9 already on it. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years, 6 months

What is a Texas Instruments TDS?

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

What the heck is a Texas Instruments TDS? It^H^H They look like developement systems. Joe

23 years, 6 months

Today's Dumpster Grab...

by daw＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

Well, it'a a touch short of the 10 year rule, but I know there are DEC collectors running around here... I found a Digital VRT17-HA monitor just now. It has 5 BNC connectors, R, G, B, HD, and VD sync. It has a switch, for choosing either 75 ohm or 2k Ohm. It's currently on the 2k Ohm setting. It also has a DIN-8 connector, which appears to be for servicing it. After some quick tests (swapping around the R G and B lines) it appears to work fine, except for the Blue line in the cable itself. Woo-hoo! Now at least I don't have to mess around inside with the high-voltage stuff... Does anyone have a spare cable they're willing to part with? Digital part # 17-04340-01. Next line on it is BC13L-10. -- --- David A. Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818

23 years, 6 months

Anyone in the Raleigh NC area?

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

In a message dated 9/11/2002 1:39:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time, mythtech(a)mac.com writes: << This is on eBay right now, anyone in the Raleigh North Carolina area that wants these things? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2051689106 >> hmmm, I'll check it out. I guess the SE30 would be worth it. -- Antique Computer Virtual Museum www.nothingtodo.org

23 years, 6 months

Anyone in the Pacific Northwest (USA) going to the VCF?

by dpeschel＠eskimo.com

I want to bring an exhibit. Taking things on the plane is even more of a nuisance than usual these days, shipping could be expensive, the train may not be very practical, and I can't drive. So a ride would be the logical way to go. I'm in downtown Seattle. Thanks, -- Derek

23 years, 6 months

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