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TRS-80 pocket (Was: I'm looking for ___, will trade ___.)

by steven_j_robertson＠hotmail.com

> > Things I'm looking for: > > - HP-85 > > - Exidy Sorcerer > > - NEC PC-8201a > > - Commodore 128D > > - TRS-80 pocket PC (PC1) > > - Panasonic RL-H1000 Pocket PC I don't have a PC-1 but I have both a PC-3 and a PC-6 that I'd be willing to part with. Both are in excellent condition in the original boxes with the docs. If anyone wants one, make an offer off-list. SteveRob _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

24 years, 1 month

HELP! RA81 power sequencing jumper, where the heck is that?

by wonko＠arkham.ws

On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 01:30:10AM -0500, Gunther Schadow wrote: > BTW: the TU81PLUS is a real beauty. It's so much fun to > write a filesystem dump to it, watch the reels spin and > smoothly write the dump to tape. It is streaming the > whole time. Very slick. You gotta see this. i have seen this. it's a wonderous thing. god the TU81+ rocks. they just don't make tape drives like that anymore. -brian -- "Oh, shut up Buddha." -Jesus Christ (South Park)

24 years, 1 month

ApplicationDEC 433MP server

by davebarnes＠adelphia.net

Hi All.. Still looking for info, docs, etc on this beast of a 486 server... anyone else out there have one? -- David Barnes davebarnes(a)adelphia.net OpenVMS , Tru64, Netbsd, Linux guru and collector of DEC equipment

24 years, 1 month

TRS-80 pocket (Was: I'm looking for ___, will trade ___.)

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Feldman, Robert [mailto:Robert_Feldman@jdedwards.com] > Unfortunately, the only handy source for LCD screens for > pocket/palmtops is > another palmtop (i.e., one that is broken in some other way. > The screens > generally were custom ordered, and are not found on the > surplus market. This > is certainly the case for the HP LX palmtops. Thaddeus > Computing, the main > repair center in the US for the LX, cannibalizes broken units > for parts to > fix ones sent to them for repairs. Well, I was hoping I would get lucky with this one, since it's more like a scientific calculator than a computer. It's a very long (for a calculator) dot matrix lcd. One single line, or maybe two, of good characters, at a relatively low resolution. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

24 years, 1 month

TRS-80 pocket (Was: I'm looking for ___, will trade ___.)

by Robert_Feldman＠jdedwards.com

Unfortunately, the only handy source for LCD screens for pocket/palmtops is another palmtop (i.e., one that is broken in some other way. The screens generally were custom ordered, and are not found on the surplus market. This is certainly the case for the HP LX palmtops. Thaddeus Computing, the main repair center in the US for the LX, cannibalizes broken units for parts to fix ones sent to them for repairs. -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Smith [mailto:csmith@amdocs.com] Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 10:02 AM To: 'classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org' Subject: TRS-80 pocket (Was: I'm looking for ___, will trade ___.) <snip> This reminds me... I have a "pocket" computer, which is, as far as I can tell, nearly identical to the above TRS-80, except made by some other company. (Don't remember which) Does anyone know a source for LCD screens for these things? My screen is cracked, and I'd actually like to use this thing again. <snip>

24 years, 1 month

Fwd: Commodore C64, related equipment - contact original owner, not me

by ethan_dicks＠yahoo.com

Philip has given me permission to post his information to the list. As is typical with these sorts of deals, please contact him directly, not me. The stuff is in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for the curious. It's too far for me to go for ordinary stuff. -ethan --- Philip Buzzell <ph.buzz(a)prodigy.net> wrote: > From: "Philip Buzzell" <ph.buzz(a)prodigy.net> > To: <erd(a)iname.com> > Subject: Commodore C64, related equipment > Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 18:05:43 -0800 > Organization: Prodigy Internet > > Dear Ethan - > > If you, or someone you know has a use for some Commodore equipment I have > some I would gladly part with ---- for free. In short, I need some advise on > what I can do with this old computer equipment, and I have been unable to > locate anyone who might have an interest here in West Michigan. > > 2-C64 Computers - One worked Ok as I recollect; the other sometimes failed to > accept key strokes, perhaps keyboard or maybe a buffer problem. > > 2-1541 Disk Drives - one worked OK the last time I used it; the other I > secured from a friend as a spare but never had occasion to try it. > > 1-1702 Commodore color Monitor, worked OK, screen is probably 13/14 inches. > > 1-Epson RX-80 printer, worked OK, tractor paper drive, has Card Co > interconnect with computer. > > 1-Joystick > > Have most interconnect cabling, at least enough to run one system. All > equipment has been stored boxed except monitor which was bagged. Equipment > stored up off the floor so I anticipate it is in OK shape, stored since > late-80's in a dry basement. Computers have been stored in original boxes. > Have Users Manuals plus thicker Programmers Manual for the C64, and "Anatomy > of the 1541" by Abacus Software. Have some software; Easy Script word > processing prg, Print Shop with 3 disks of graphics, Printmaster with 1 > graphics disk, etc. Have some of the usual C64 games; Frogger, Moon Patrol, > Pacman, Zaxxon, Centipede, etc. > > I realize you are located in Columbus OH but I could not find a Club of C64 > folks here in West Michigan so I finally turned to the Internet. Hope you > can help me as I would like to pass the equipment on, if I can find someone > who has an interest. I'm afraid my next step will be to trash it. > > Hoping to hear your response > P L Buzzell > 1175 Fuller Ct SE > Grand Rapids MI 49508 > Tel# (616) 538-0811 > e-mail ph.buzz(a)prodigy.net ===== Visit "The Seventh Continent" http://penguincentral.com/penguincentral.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® http://movies.yahoo.com/

24 years, 1 month

Source code for 805x line-by-line assembler?

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> The 805x microcontrollers have been around since the mid-80's, yet I've never > seen a monitor program for them with a "quick-and-dirty" line-by-line > assembler in it as many of the debuggers for the MOT monitors have. Do any of > you guys have a source file of a line-by-line assembler for the 805x series > that can easily be adapted for inclusion in a monitor? Funny- that's what I thought the BASIC version was for... Personal preference here is for the traditional macro assembler generating .HEX files... SIMTEL has quite an extensive collection of software for the 8031/8032/8051/8052 and derivatives... -dq

24 years, 1 month

Seymour Cray Lecture

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> Hey y'all ... I just found a web-based version of a lecture > Gordon Bell gave about Seymour Cray in 1997. It's wonderful. > > http://www.research.microsoft.com/users/gbell/craytalk/sld001.htm > > There are detailed notes under many of the slides. The last slide > is hilarious and kind of touching. Often misquoted... as Al Kossow can testify to, the primary use of the Cray was for mold-flow analysis. Ever wonder why Mac plastic cases don't crack as much as other trash? -dq

24 years, 1 month

I'm looking for ___, will trade ___.

by tosteve＠yahoo.com

Hi folks, Things I'm looking for: - HP-85 - Exidy Sorcerer - NEC PC-8201a - Commodore 128D - TRS-80 pocket PC (PC1) - Panasonic RL-H1000 Pocket PC Stuff I have to offer: - Amiga 500 - Atari 400 - HP-110 - Apple IIc w/monitor - Atari 800 - Mac Portable (5120) - Apple III Monitor (only) - Timex Sinclair 1000 - TRS-80 model 100 Thanks for looking, Steve in Southern California. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® http://movies.yahoo.com/

24 years, 1 month

HELP! RA81 power sequencing jumper, where the heck is that?

by petersv＠psv.nu

On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, Gunther Schadow wrote: > Whatever. Who can tell me where this power sequencing jumper > is so that I can set it to being the first to spin up? The power sequencing jumper is a small round plug with four pins that are placed in a contact near the black data cables. I can't quite picture the RA81 now, but I think one of the connectors is to the left of the data cables and one on to the right of them. They should be labeled "in" and "out". The power sequencing forms a chain through the use of power sequencing cables such that the first drive in the chain (the one with the jumper instead of a cable on "in") starts first, then the next one and so on. The jumper is about 5cm long, 1cm in diamater I think, usually black with a silvery threaded ring that holds it in position. Peter -- Peter Svensson ! Pgp key available by finger, fingerprint: <petersv(a)psv.nu> ! 8A E9 20 98 C1 FF 43 E3 07 FD B9 0A 80 72 70 AF ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Remember, Luke, your source will be with you... always...

24 years, 1 month

Seymour Cray Lecture

by brian＠quarterbyte.com

Hey y'all ... I just found a web-based version of a lecture Gordon Bell gave about Seymour Cray in 1997. It's wonderful. http://www.research.microsoft.com/users/gbell/craytalk/sld001.htm There are detailed notes under many of the slides. The last slide is hilarious and kind of touching. brian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _| _| _| Brian Knittel / Quarterbyte Systems, Inc. _| _| _| Tel: 1-510-559-7930 Fax: 1-510-525-6889 _| _| _| Email: brian(a)quarterbyte.com _| _| _| http://www.quarterbyte.com

24 years, 1 month

intro sort of

by general＠cyber.net.pk

Dear sir please help me. one of my client is using DEC server 700-08 witha vax station he is using some VMS5.4 soft wrae. i delieverd DEC700-16 but this model is not working please help me i am not recieving any error message on monitor. seven segment on DEC700-16 shows 5 that means some NI external test please help me that can i mange DEC700-16 insted of 08 port regards nasir

24 years, 1 month

DEC VRE01-AA Plasma screen monitor on eBay

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On March 21, Eric Dittman wrote: > > Congrats on the VRE01; I have one that I bought brandie-new from > > Heffron's a couple of years ago...I use it on my VT1000; a great > > combination. I don't actually have it connected to the network...I > > use it as a dual-session serial terminal. :-) > > What is Heffron's? Eli Heffron's...I think they're called E.L.I. Systems or something like that nowadays. A neat but WAY overpriced surplus-ish shop in Boston (or is it Cambridge?)... -Dave -- Dave McGuire "Watch those lateral G's man, St. Petersburg, FL I've got sandwiches in my lap!" -Sridhar

24 years, 1 month

DEC VRE01-AA Plasma screen monitor on eBay

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On March 21, Eric Dittman wrote: > > For those that might be interested in it, there's a VRE01-AA > > on eBay right now with a 'buy-it-now' price of $100. > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2011589633 > > > > As usual, I have no connection with the auction, I'm just > > passing the info on in case anyone here is interested. > > I happened to notice that a bit ago. It is no longer available > as I BIN'ed it. :-) Congrats on the VRE01; I have one that I bought brandie-new from Heffron's a couple of years ago...I use it on my VT1000; a great combination. I don't actually have it connected to the network...I use it as a dual-session serial terminal. :-) -Dave -- Dave McGuire "Watch those lateral G's man, St. Petersburg, FL I've got sandwiches in my lap!" -Sridhar

24 years, 1 month

Destruction of DEC

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> Anyone have a stock certificate from COMPAQ they want give away or sell > cheap? I need one for my collection and a HP would be nice also. I will > frame them and put up with the others. Thanks I'd like one too, but I have in mind integrating it with the Re: Toilett processing (Was: ZX-TEAM meeting and Webcam) thread in some creative fashion... ;)

24 years, 1 month

VT-320 Hack+Tip for Smokers

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

>The LK201, 301 and 401 are interchangeable, regardless of the cpu >used internally. There is NO VAX, Decmate, Pro version or >rainbow version save for different colored key caps. I regually swap >LKx01 where x={2,3,4} keyboards with any VAX, Decmate, VT220, >320, 330, 340, Pro3xx and friends. They all used the same cord set. See ... told you I'd get it wrong. At least there actually is an LK250 :-) >I happen to prefer older LK201 for keyfeel, and later LK401s for >the sculptured layout. LK401 roolz! >The LK250 however is a TOTALLY different animal and uses >different keycoding to be compatable with PCs or VAXmate >(a sorta PC). There are several different cordsets for this one. Perhaps I can make up by offering a pointer to the VAXmate Tech Ref V1 at: http://208.190.133.201/decimages/moremanuals.htm This includes a description of the LK250 in Chapter 8. The LK201 is described in some detail in EK-104AA-TM-001 VCB02 Video Subsystem Technical Manual (see Appendix B for the LK201 and Appendix C for the Mouse) which is available at the same location. It is also described in the PC100 Technical Reference Manual, which I'll send over when I get a round tuit (same goes for the LK201 printset). Antonio

24 years, 1 month

Ultrix' /etc/crontab as a time-bomb [short joke].

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Mar 20, 18:05, Gunther Schadow wrote: > Hihi, our little training in risk-assessment tonight is the following > sippet of a crontab entry, scheduled to run dayly around midnight: > > (cd /usr/preserve ; find . -mtime +7 -a -exec rm -f {} \;) > > why is this a bad idea and what happened to me last night as I was > playing with my VAX6460? Because Bad Things happen if the cd fails... > Answer: the /usr/preserve was a symlink to /usr/var/preserve which > didn't exist. What happened next? > All files that were not accessed for more than 7 days were being deleted The correct way to do someting like this in a cron entry is to check the return code from the cd command, and only execute the rest of the command if the cd succeeds, eg (cd /usr/preserve && find . -mtime +7 -a -exec rm -f {} \;) -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

24 years, 1 month

ZX-TEAM meeting and Webcam

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

> From: Ben Franchuk <bfranchuk(a)jetnet.ab.ca> > Glen Goodwin wrote: > > > 1 -- Build an interface for every device under the sun, including the > > toilet seat. > > That is easy -- a micro switch ... Not as easy as you might think. You want it to flush when you get up, but not when you sit down, or when the seat is unoccupied . . . > now how do you tell if the ROLL is > almost empty ? This one *is* easy: the holder must be spring-loaded. As the amount of paper on the roll decreases, and the roll becomes lighter, the roll and holder will be pulled toward the spring, eventually closing a micro switch ;>) Glen 0/0

24 years, 1 month

MSCP Initialization

by chd_1＠nktelco.net

I am trying to get a KFQSA to work with 2.11BSD on a pdp-11. It always fails with an error in the SA register during the transition between STEP 3 and STEP 4 of the initialization sequence. The SA register ends up with the value 101513. The error bit is set and I think that the rest is an error code. I can't find a reference to describe these error codes. An RQDX3 and a CQD-223 in the same machine initialize fine. The KFQSA initializes in an MVIII using NetBSD 1.5. I have looked over the initialization code from NetBSD, Ultrix-32, 4.4BSD, Ultrix-11, and 2.11BSD. The values being sent, are all very similar. One difference is that the VAXen OS use polling during the init, and the pdp-11 code uses interrupts. Any suggestions or comments about the MSCP 4 step init and how it works on the KFQSA? A pointer to error code reference would be great too. -chuck

24 years, 1 month

Wright Punch up for auction

by brian＠quarterbyte.com

There's a Wright Punch up for auction at www.govliquidation.com. The Wright Punch is a cool little manual hollerith card keypunch machine. Someone ought to get it! It slipped by me -- auction closes at 8 PM eastern time, that's less than an hour from now. Sealed Bid sale, $35 min. The downside is you have to pick it up in Norfolk, VA next week, and take a big pile of other junk along with it. You'll need a pickup. If you're interested it's event 623, lot 46, item 37. http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?auctionId=25154 Brian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _| _| _| Brian Knittel / Quarterbyte Systems, Inc. _| _| _| Tel: 1-510-559-7930 Fax: 1-510-525-6889 _| _| _| Email: brian(a)quarterbyte.com _| _| _| http://www.quarterbyte.com

24 years, 1 month

Ultrix' /etc/crontab as a time-bomb [short joke].

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Mar 21, 11:47, Andreas Freiherr wrote: > > Pete Turnbull wrote: > > The correct way to do someting like this in a cron entry is to check the > > return code from the cd command, and only execute the rest of the command > > if the cd succeeds, eg > > > > (cd /usr/preserve && find . -mtime +7 -a -exec rm -f {} \;) > > Hm. I'm not a Unix guru, so it's well possible I'm missing something > here. Perhaps you can enlighten me. > > Why don't you just > > find /usr/preserve -mtime +7 -a -exec rm -f {} \; In this case, that would do as well. I was just illustrating that you have to be careful with unattended operations, and not do anything dangerous unless you're sure you're in the right place (or other prerequisites have been met). -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

24 years, 1 month

ZX-TEAM meeting and Webcam

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Mar 20, 0:06, Glen Goodwin wrote: > > From: Pete Turnbull <pete(a)dunnington.u-net.com> > > > > Wasn't the ZX81 board already prepared to use a 6116 instead ? > > > > Yes, it was. I put 6116's in several. > > Pete, what modifications to the board are required in order to use a 6116? I don't have either the service manual or my ZX81 handy, so I can't check, but as far as I remember, just remove the 4118 and replace with a 6116. There might be a wire link to change (if so, it's obvious) but I don't remember having to do that. It is good practice to fit a socket, though. A few ZX81's had a pair of 2114's instead of the normal 4118, which were in short supply at one time, but the same principle applies (the PCB is the same). -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

24 years, 1 month

Toilett processing (Was: ZX-TEAM meeting and Webcam)

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> Rumor has it that Douglas Quebbeman may have mentioned these words: > > -- and I said originally -- > >> I remember seeing greenbar, pinfed *bedsheets* a long time > >> ago... I wonder if any company's still making them. ;-) > > >If not, someone has a lot of it in stock... > > > >I bought a brand new box of 20lb greenbar at Office Despot > >in June 2001 for $38.00. > > I was really talking about the bedsheets - I think they'd be a cool part of > 'retro dream-computing...' and might be quite rare nowadays... I *caught* the bedsheet reference, and took it for metaphor... metaphors be with you > I have a color lazer with serial/parallel/ethernet ports, full Postscript 2 > capability, 2G SCSI hard drive, and 112Meg RAM - I can print from most any > classic machine I have (some multiport, like my Tandy 200, can print on the > serial & parallel interfaces... ;-) so actual greenbar paper isn't ezactly > at the top of my list... But how do you get 8.5x11 paper to fit in your DECwriter LA-120? ;) -dq

24 years, 1 month

Toilett processing (Was: ZX-TEAM meeting and Webcam)

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> >I like this. And, how about "classiccmp designer toilet paper" with > >ms , wicktel and other loathed entities' corporate imagery on > >it? :-) > > Nah... too obvious. Just make it look like greenbar - that > would be cool! > > I remember seeing greenbar, pinfed *bedsheets* a long time > ago... I wonder if any company's still making them. ;-) If not, someone has a lot of it in stock... I bought a brand new box of 20lb greenbar at Office Despot in June 2001 for $38.00. -dq

24 years, 1 month

MiniMINC

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

From: Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk> >But the MiniMINC I came across looked just like a PDT11/150. >Approximately cubical, with 2 8" drives one on top of the other. I didn't >have a chance to dismantle it, so I have no idea what the internals were >like, but I'd be suprised if there were Qbus slots in it. It's a plain PDT11/150, as a MINC it's useless as there are none of the usual lab IO items that made the larger QBUS ones useful. One exception is if your systems talk via serial IO then it was a pretty useful box. Now the PDT11/130 (same thing with TU58 instead of RX01 similar) could be used the same way... I think not. Allison

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