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by jrkeys＠concentric.net

1. Tandy Portable wordprocessor WP-2 with the manual. 2. A AlphaSmart Pro wordprocessor like the WP-2 except it links up to PC's, Mac's and IIGS's using cables. 3. Panasonic/REAL game console with about 8 or 9 games for it at $1.99 per game. Works great. 4. Sun type 4 and 5 keyboards (1 each) with mice. 5. always technology AL-1000 high performance parallel port SCSI adapter. 6. One of those tan Apple carryon bags for the early all-in-one Mac's for $2.99. (They go for $30 to $60 on eBay) 7. Lots of other items that are too new to put out on here yet.

23 years, 2 months

Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers (was: OT email response format)

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Erlacher [mailto:edick@idcomm.com] > You may be onto something, but the use of bombastic > descriptors such as > "brain-damaged" suggest you really don't know what goes on in > big companies, Actually, I would argue that the term "brain-damaged" describes more than adequately what goes on in large companies, and most small ones. I would argue that, but I'm tired of arguing... > and have lost sight of the fact that not all people are the > brightest bulbs It's a hard fact to miss. > ... just look at our Chief Executive ... even his Papa, who > was considerably > more articluate than he is, though not a dimwit, was not > terribly clever. If you're talking about the US's president, I'm not sure I can agree with your classification of "not a dimwit" for him -- or his father, or any other politician I can think of... I'm sure there are one or two who aren't idiots; I just can't think of any. > more below ... Indeed... > > average person can watch them and make use of their vocaublary by > > utter such wise words as "duh, footbawl!" > Keep in mind that they're the majority of the user base. Again, that's difficult to miss. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

23 years, 2 months

Altos 580 and CP/M-MP/M Again.

by doc＠mdrconsult.com

After a long DEC-inflicted delay, I finally found time to replace the Altos' CMI doorstop with a 20MB Seagate ST225. The ST225 formats fine in the Diags and passes all read/write/seek tests, but neither CP/M nor MP/M, booting from floppy, are able to access the drive. I'm fairly sure I'm missing a critical step, like partitioning and making a filesystem, but there's a double hitch. I know nothing about CP/M _and_ nothing about the Altos. Online info is non-existent for the 580 and bewilderingly abundant for CP/M. I'm soliciting "favorite CP/M tutorial" recommendations, as well as a Cx4 for reading the HDD from the OS. Doc

23 years, 2 months

Shiva Fastpath files and documentation

by nemesis-lists＠icequake.net

Hi, I've posted an archive of files and documentation for the Shiva Fastpath series of Localtalk to Ethernet routers here: http://dbz.icequake.net/oldskool/fastpath/ Hope it helps someone. I remember corresponding with Ethan about this quite a while back; don't remember if you found this stuff yet. In any case, here it is! -- Ryan Underwood, <nemesis at icequake.net>, icq=10317253

23 years, 2 months

Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers (was: OT email response format)

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Hellige [mailto:jhellige@earthlink.net] > I find it interesting that the gaming market is one of the > main defining markets for current PC hardware...the very market that > PC users used to scorn. I've always thought it was stigma that was > unfairly applied to the Amiga, even if it was better at it than the > PC's of the same time period. Good point -- name something that the Amiga didn't do better... Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

23 years, 2 months

Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers (was: OT email response format)

by dquebbeman＠acm.org

> On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Torquil MacCorkle III wrote: > > > But, Weren't you impressed with his use of the word 'moonified'? It's like > > he wrote the nonsensical rant with a thesaraus to sound smart. > > > > Yes. moonified threw me for awhile... > > kinda reminds me of some spell checker that we once > used that suggested broccoli as a replacement for Berkeley... Can you say "obg"? Either Enlzbaq is a ebobg, or he has a obg working for him... -dq

23 years, 2 months

3.5" floppy drive specs?

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

Does anyone have a handy list of drive specs for the various 3.5" floppy drives that they can post? I need to find a couple of old 720k drives but I don't know what part numbers to look for. Joe

23 years, 2 months

TFE - C64 Ethernet Cartridge (fwd)

by bpope＠wordstock.com

> > We are proud to announce that we have designed and implemented a fully > working Ethernet adapter for the Commodore 64. We call our design TFE > - The Final Ethernet (a pun on the name of the TFC :-). It consists of the > Embedded Ethernet board from Systor Vest AS > (http://www.embeddedethernet.com/) and a single 74LS139 decoder chip > mounted on a custom made printed circuit board. > > To show off our card, we have connected a TFE-equipped C64 to the > Internet. It is running the uIP TCP/IP stack > (http://dunkels.com/adam/uip/) including the web server as well as a > real-time streaming audio server that streams audio sampled from the > Datasette player. It can be reached at http://tfe.c64.org/. > > More information, including pictures of the cartridge, PCB layouts, > and source code can be found at http://dunkels.com/adam/tfe/. > > Note that this is not the same Ethernet adapter that Bo Zimmerman > talked about a few weeks ago. > > Adam Dunkels and Peter Eliasson > April 12, 2002 > > -- > Adam Dunkels <adam(a)sics.se> > http://www.sics.se/~adam > > Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list > Like, this is too COOL!!!!!! Bryan

23 years, 2 months

suggestions on BBC Micro, voltage converter, PAL monitor (in US)?

by nemesis-lists＠icequake.net

Tony Duell wrote: > At last a message that's not part of a flamewar involving Richard > Erlacher.... Maybe we should create a separate list for flamewars. You've got to admit, the OT traffic is interesting at times. -- Ryan Underwood, <nemesis at icequake.net>, icq=10317253

23 years, 2 months

AS/400s in the Champaign area

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Russ Blakeman [mailto:rhb57@vol.com] > Remote dial-in access via an external modem should also be > available besides > terminals (twinax and 5250 emulators) as well as ethernet, > TR, etc - all in > the adapters added to it. You're right. It even came with the 2400bps modem ;) -- and at least one twinax block. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

23 years, 2 months

Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers (was: OT email response format)

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: blacklord [mailto:blacklord@telstra.com] > Indeed, out of all the machines then in production, which one > still in > use now is still capable of (more or less) doing what modern machines > can ? The VAX. :) (You did say all machines) Minis excluded, I guess the TRS-80 ;) Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

23 years, 2 months

Open source -- non computer topics

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Franchuk [mailto:bfranchuk@jetnet.ab.ca] > And they all look like 95 to me. I use debian linux ... Red hat has They do, don't they? Well, default configured Enlightenment/Gnome and KDE anyway. That's creativity for you ;) Debian's nice, but it has its share of "political" garbage too, like the "GNU/Linux" plastered all over the place, or the fact that they insist on keeping "non-free" software separate. NetBSD is kind of nice (not spotless), as far as politics go. > too much political -- me is right and I am the only way -- > Also debian is the only version you can upgrade with a modem. Well, strictly speaking, depending on the amount of work you'd like to put into it, you can upgrade anything with a modem. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

23 years, 2 months

FA: Interesting AIM-65

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

See <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2018077250> Joe

23 years, 2 months

Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers (was: OT email response format)

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: John Foust [mailto:jfoust@threedee.com] > >Good point -- name something that the Amiga didn't do better... > Keep software and hardware developers alive and in business? Ok, so you have a point there. I was thinking in terms of actual computing work. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

23 years, 2 months

Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers (was: OT email response format)

by jfoust＠threedee.com

At 02:08 PM 4/23/2002 -0500, Christopher Smith wrote: >I've always thought it was stigma that was >> unfairly applied to the Amiga, even if it was better at it than the >> PC's of the same time period. > >Good point -- name something that the Amiga didn't do better... Keep software and hardware developers alive and in business? Whoops, sorry, just a little ex-Amiga developer humor there. - John

23 years, 2 months

Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers (was: OT email response format)

by Robert_Feldman＠jdedwards.com

For some time now, the gaming console market has been where the real technological advances in consumer/PC computers have been made. Most PC users in the business world could get along just fine with a '386 if the OS and software weren't so bloated now. Bob (who is still trying in vain to get MS WinWord to behave and who uses a WordStar clone on the HP palmtop he carries) -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Hellige [mailto:jhellige@earthlink.net] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 1:44 PM To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers (was: OT email response format) <snip> I find it interesting that the gaming market is one of the main defining markets for current PC hardware...the very market that PC users used to scorn. I've always thought it was stigma that was unfairly applied to the Amiga, even if it was better at it than the PC's of the same time period. Jeff

23 years, 2 months

Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers (was: OT email response format)

by mythtech＠mac.com

>Bring on the kiddie porn! Is that $15k offer for nude pics still open? Oh, wait, you said Kiddie, I thought you said Kitty... figured I could shave my wife's cat for you (man... THAT is wide open!) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years, 2 months

suggestions on BBC Micro, voltage converter, PAL monitor (in US)?

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

>You could buy a 110-220 step-up transformer, and that usually has the >european two prong plug built in. I myself would see if the power >supply has a split primary for the mains power; then rewire/flip the >switch for 110 operation and just use a US style power cord. No doubt you can get a suitable two-prong plug with an IEC on the other end of the lead, but in the UK (and the beeb is, after all, a UK box) the standard plugs are three-pin. >Monitor: If it is an RGB with seperate outputs, the NTSC/PAL question >is moot. I know that US RGB monitors for the Amiga will sync to PAL >rates (625 lines, 50Hz) with no problems. The conflict arises only when >the video is composite, as the color information is encoded >differently. I have seen small converters for sale, that change PAL >video to NTSC and vice versa. I've never seen how good/bad they work, >but that is a viable alternative, if your only output is composite >video. A small cub monitor cannot be much harder to ship than a beeb can it? The real problem is possibly going to be the 50Hz/60Hz issue. I know that in the lab (in the UK) we used to have a 110/120V 60Hz supply specifically for the oddball US kit we used to end up with, but that was (IIRC) done with something a little beefier than a stepup transformer. The small (but very, very) heavy step down transformer we also had, did nothing to convert the frequency (not a problem if all you want is juice, but if anything is trying to generate an approximate clock from the line frequencey ....) Antonio

23 years, 2 months

Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers (was: OT email response format)

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

> From: Chris > > >Bring on the kiddie porn! > > Is that $15k offer for nude pics still open? > > Oh, wait, you said Kiddie, I thought you said Kitty... figured I could > shave my wife's cat for you (man... THAT is wide open!) > > -chris > Ah, uh, err... Damnit! You know, I had a nifty comment, but I forgot it... I must say though, it would be interesting to see your wife's shaved pussy...cat. Sorry, couldn't resist that one... ;) -- --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818 Mac OS X 10.1.2 - Darwin Kernel Version 5.2: Fri Dec 7 21:39:35 PST 2001 Running since 01/22/2002 without a crash

23 years, 2 months

Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers (was: OT email response format)

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: R. D. Davis [mailto:rdd@rddavis.org] > > and I'm really trying to play by their rules. They have no > Why play by their rules? The more who do, the worse the problem will > become for all of us. Let the biz'droid lusers know that their > software is broken and that they need to pay an appropriate > professional to fix their minds as well. Indeed I would tell them if they would listen to me. As it is, I have agreed to follow their rules, and will have to do that until they make more sane rules. In other words, when I took their job, I gave them my word. I don't believe I can count on them to fix these problems on my account. After all, they don't impair my work -- all of our clients use this junk too. (Sad, but what can you do about it?) Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

23 years, 2 months

Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers (was: OT email response format)

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On April 21, Richard Erlacher wrote: > Friendlier OS' (e.g. Windows) have equivalent tools that are less onerous in > the demands they place on the user. Just ask the typical programmer what a > "regular expression" is. Better yet, give him a task requiring the use of Umm, a programmer that doesn't know what a regular expression is, is no programmer at all. Has Microsoft really steered us toward a future full of nontechnical computer programmers? -Dave -- Dave McGuire "Mmmm. Big." St. Petersburg, FL -Den

23 years, 2 months

Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers (was: OT email response format)

by mythtech＠mac.com

>That's what normally >happens to MAC's. It's not unusual to see several MAC's in the dumpster. They throw out network card addresses? But then how does the cable company ID their modem users? -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years, 2 months

Maybe OT, but quite funny

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

> From: Hans Franke > > Pleas check the following site: > http://members.truepath.com/objective/propaganda.html > it is a incredible slow server. It_looks_ like some > fundamental christian group, but what is presented as > truth about Apple OSx, is so far reaching, that it could > be also a parody of christian hate mongers. > > Hard to describe, but they draw a line from the fact that > the development name for the OS X Kernel is Darwin over the > usage of Daemons and the BSD icon to conclude that Apple > is a satanistic and pagan company ... or something like > that. So overdone that's realy funny again. > > chmod 666 the ultimat signe of satanic influence. > > Gruss > H. > > -- > Nah, I think this guy really is a genuine dumbass! Wait! I must be satan-spawn! I use OS X, and I like it! -- --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818 Mac OS X 10.1.2 - Darwin Kernel Version 5.2: Fri Dec 7 21:39:35 PST 2001 Running since 01/22/2002 without a crash

23 years, 2 months

3.5" floppy drive specs?

by Innfogra＠aol.com

>From my CSC Hard Drive Bible 7 look for Fujitsu 2532 Toshiba FD4603 YE Data 646 Paxton Astoria, OR

23 years, 2 months

Apple-1 Auction conclusion

by mythtech＠mac.com

>> Not exactly, but if you send me $15K, I'll send it to you. > >$15K for a picture? Will it include nude girls in the background? For $15k, I'll send you a pic of nude anything you want -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years, 2 months

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