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by halarewich＠gmail.com

Hello just currious if anybody has an extra hp jetdirect card j4135a with usb I have an older hp4000tn laserjet printer trying to find this card 4 it (no parallel port on the back of my newer conputer) th chris

14 years, 8 months

VCF East 8.0

by evan＠snarc.net

May 5-6, 2012, at our museum in Wall, New Jersey. Web page not yet ready.

14 years, 8 months

Anyone have a current e-mail address for Steve Loboyko?

by ethan.dicks＠gmail.com

Hi, All, Last week, I intercepted a 1970s Remex paper tape reader from a CNC mill that was on its way to the scrappers. It resembles this one: http://juliepalooza.8m.com/sl/remex.htm I wanted to look at Steve Loboyko's code for his PIC serial adapter and my attempt to download his link to his source was denied by his ISP (due to the .asm extension). I wrote him at the address in the GIF file he embedded in the page and my message bounced. Does anyone have a current address for Steve Loboyko or happen to have already downloaded his file remex.asm and could send it to me? My plan is to examine the code, look for pitfalls, and see what it would take to implement a similar scheme on an AVR chip since that's what I have in abundance. It looks like a fairly simple handshake and perhaps a bitwise data inversion then byte-wise serial transmission, but I'd rather peek over someone's shoulder and see what they did, given the chance. Thanks, -ethan

14 years, 8 months

1984 ad (was re: Steve Jobs -2011)

by tshoppa＠wmata.com

Eric writes: >Al Kossow wrote about the 1984 ad: > > http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/1984-good-it-gets-125608 > This quote from the article was especially interesting: > I continued working on Apple until 1994, when it became > clear that there wasn?t a single person left at the company > who understood or appreciated the Apple brand. IBM was > more interested in being Apple than Apple was, and I found a > better audience in Armonk than I did in Cupertino. I certainly never was an Apple employee unlike others here. It's interesting that Apple was away from Jobs from 1985 till 1996 and how this overlaps some of the dates others write, or I have implied in the past. The 1985 to 1996 period certainly had a lot of solid incremental advances in the Mac. The PowerBook and System 7 certainly blew away anything available on a PC-clone at the time. But at the same time there were NeXT's popping up in offices around me too.... :-) Tim.

14 years, 8 months

space bar needed for LA30

by legalize＠xmission.com

Does anyone (Paul?) happen to have a spare space bar for the LA30? Is the spacebar used on the LA36 a suitable replacement? -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com/the-direct3d-graphics-pipeline/> Legalize Adulthood! <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>

14 years, 8 months

Anyone have an IBM N40 RS/6000 laptop?

by michael.99.thompson＠gmail.com

> From:?Josh Dersch <derschjo at mail.msu.edu> > Date:?Sat, 08 Oct 2011 23:38:42 -0700 > Anyone out there have one of these things? ?It's an oddball, made for IBM by Tadpole (same guys who made the Sparcbook). > > I'm trying to identify a scorched component in the battery compartment of mine in the hopes that I can get it running again. ?It's next to the memory, on the right hand side (with the front of the laptop facing toward you) labeled as "TR35" on the PCB. ?It's an 8-pin surface-mount component, but the one in mine is scorched so badly it's unidentifiable. ?And I somehow doubt i'll find a schematic :). > > Thanks, > Josh I see an 8-pin IC that is labeled LT 324 0425. It is at the right of the memory on the motherboard and DIMs. On mine it it is silkscreened D54 next to the IC., -- Michael Thompson

14 years, 8 months

Running 110V PDP-11 in a 220V world

by toby＠pdp11.co.uk

I've just got hold of a pair of PDP-11/35s that have 110V power supplies. What is the collectives view on the best way of running these in the UK? Is it safe to use a step down transformer (one of these for example: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-3-KVA-SITE-TRANSFORMER-110-VOLT-110V-UK-SUPPLY-…) or can I change the setup of the PSU to work from 220V? Many thanks, Toby

14 years, 8 months

Fuji Eagle Bearing Replacement

by tshoppa＠wmata.com

> Has anyone attempted to do so or has disassembled the disk enclosure? > I would like to know if the heads are parked on or off the disks. I've taken apart HDA's from crashed Eagles, with no hope of ever putting back together. The heads are parked in the landing zones on the disk. An Eagle is a little more complicated than a "typlcal" drive in that each surface has two heads - one covers the inner half, the other covers the outer half. I don't think this head arrangement is unique to the Eagle but it's not all that common. At least one of the bearings (the bottom one) is in fact out of the HDA isn't it? On the top center of the HDA there's some sort of cover plate and I bet the top bearing is underneath it. Some might count that as "inside the HDA" but I count it as "on the outside and secured by a cover plate". Not that I've ever done a bearing replacement on an HDA quite like this. On removable pack drives, sure (RL01/02, RK05, etc) but obviously the pack was out :-). I would think you could locate a working HDA without a lot of difficulty.

14 years, 8 months

Linguistic debate, was: Re: Sr. Server Engineer (Vintage Systems) etc

by jonas＠otter.se

Since this thread has gone completely off at a tangent, how about this: Shouldn't the sentence "They were an HP9866 printer, an HP71 and an HP82165 GPIO unit, and an home-made interface" be "They were an HP9866 printer, an HP71 and an HP82165 GPIO unit, and *a* home-made interface " and similarly "a 'Oxford comma' " should be "*an* 'Oxford comma' " ? (since "HP" is pronounced "aitch-pee" (beginning with a vowel sound) and "home-made" begins with a consonant sound). Seriously though, I agree with Tony that sometimes minute details of punctuation, quoting etc can be extremely significant. I spent four years writing installation instructions for Unix software for Ericsson, and during the review of every document, such details were always taken extremely seriously, since it was intended that the reader of the document should be able to reproduce every command exactly as intended, otherwise the installation would fail, or be done incorrectly. Obviously a Unix command line is very sensitive to dots, spaces, upper/lower case etc. Another aspect which I think is important is that documentation which contains spelling errors, bad grammar, bad translations etc reflects badly on a product which may be excellent otherwise. If you can't be bothered to produce correctly spelt, grammatically correct documentation, what is to say that the product itself is any better? /Jonas On Thu, 6 Oct 2011 21:11:03 +0100 (BST), ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) wrote: > The text 'I used 3 devices at my HPCC demonstration this year. They were > an HP9866 printer, an HP71 and an HP82165 GPIO unit and an home-made > interface' makes little sense. But adding the extra comma 'I used 3 > devices at my HPCC demonstration this year. They were an HP9866 printer, > an HP71 and an HP82165 GPIO unit, and an home-made interface' implies > that the first deivce was the printer, the second device was the HP71 > together with the 82165 interface and the third device was the home-made > interface. > > I beleive doing this is called a 'Oxford comma'.

14 years, 8 months

how much current does a G3 iMac pull?

by starbase89＠gmail.com

Does anyone know about how many amps a G3 CRT iMac draws? More specifically, I am talking about a 600MHz G3 model with Airport. Thanks Joe <http://www.infoage.org/>

14 years, 8 months

Fuji Eagle Bearing Replacement

by tshoppa＠wmata.com

>> An Eagle is a little more complicated than a "typlcal" drive in that >> each surface has two heads - one covers the inner half, the other covers >> the outer half. I don't think this head arrangement is unique to the >> Eagle but it's not all that common. > ST225 !! > Since the HDA is opaque, it's much less unique than people realize. > Generally, the computer "sees" that as two surfaces. ST-225 = 2 platters, 4 heads, one head per surface. ?? Fuji Eagle = 6 platters, 20 heads, two data heads per non-outer surface, plus one servo head on an outer surface. I think the confusion may be "outer half of a surface" vs an "outer surface". Tim.

14 years, 8 months

steve jobs died

by tdk.knight＠gmail.com

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/10/05/apple-jobs-death.html

14 years, 8 months

In summary...

by derschjo＠mail.msu.edu

So. 75 new mails in the cctalk folder since I checked my mail this morning: - Sometimes people on eBay are not honest. Sometimes people overreact to this. Sometimes people overreact to the overreaction. - Your college degree doesn't mean much. Or it means something. Maybe. Regardless, a BS is a foot in the door / waste of time / stupid requirement / very useful / a floor wax / a dessert topping / a communist plot. (Choose only 2.) - Sometimes hiring practices are suboptimal or unfair. Especially in the corporate world. This is because HR departments are full of stupid-heads who refuse to acknowledge your greatness. - No one intelligent (er, "truly hard core") uses or buys Microsoft products, EVER. (EVER!) - Mail readers exist. Some are better than others, possibly. Sometimes you can even use them to do stupid things! - Nothing made in the last 30 years has improved Tony's life one iota. (Not even self-adhesive stamps?! But they're so handy!) - Hey, did you hear that HR people / managers are stupid? - Thunderbird sucks / no it's ok! - Some people have axes to grind with other people. - Did you know that if you replace "soft" with "shit" in the name of a certain large software company, it makes people take you seriously? (It's true!) - Some nonsense about some old HP computer thing. What the hell is *that* discussion doing here? Can we... maybe discuss old computers again? Pleeeeeeeze? Here, I'll start: Anyone know if the original TRS-80 Model I power brick suffers from the same failure modes as those old C64/VIC-20 power bricks? Any repair options? I've got an old one that seems to be working OK for now, just wondering if it'll stay that way... - Josh

14 years, 8 months

Fuji Eagle Bearing Replacement

by technobug＠comcast.net

Has anyone attempted to do so or has disassembled the disk enclosure? I would like to know if the heads are parked on or off the disks. TIA -> CRC

14 years, 8 months

Replacing aging plastic parts

by mnusa2＠hotmail.com

Hi, Has anybody experience and instructions how to replace aging and breaking plastic parts. I would prefer replacement with metal parts not to repeat the problem later. The problem is in parts like sledges etc. but not in running mechanics. Any tools, methods etc. recommendations are welcome. Unfortunately my experience is more on the electronics side. I would see the replacement work as a nice hobby but I need the skills and tools first. BR Matti Nummi --

14 years, 8 months

Tandy Videotex and Office Information System

by cctalk＠catcorner.org

In July of 1983 Tandy announced the "Tandy Videotex and Office Information System" that ran under Xenix. It was an early attempt at a hypertext system. It used dialup lines and was hosted on Tandy Model 16b (and later 6000) computers. An 8 port and 16 port multiplexor (that's how they spelled it) were announced. I don't know if either ever shipped. There is some information available in the July 25, 1983 issue of InfoWorld. There is also an article in "TRS-80 Microcomputer News" V5,I 11 (#54 ). I used to run one of these for a local company (that I still work for). Does anyone have the manuals or software from one of these systems? I still have the hardware (not the mux, just the 16b and hard drive). Kelly

14 years, 8 months

Keeping an old Toshiba printer

by rmaxwell＠bell.net

Perhaps somebody has dealt with a similar issue... I have two venerable Toshiba 24-pin dot matrix printers dating from the mid-1980s, a P1340 and a P341. They are working just fine ? evidently, Toshiba intended these beasts to endure. When I got a new laptop with 64-bit Windows 7 installed, I went through some headaches networking to a Win98 PC that interfaces to the printers, but the data path is working and stable. The problems is that Windows 7 (XP, Vista) hasn?t a clue on how to format for the older printers. I can?t find anyone with a driver that works on the 64-bit Windows 7, and I get absolutely no response when I make enquiries of Toshiba. In fact, as far as I can tell, Toshiba has purged any admission that they once manufactured these beasts from their Websites. Drivers intended for newer Toshiba products don?t produce usable output. I bought my P1340 new for $800 (a significant price for that time and my personal budget), and I am determined to keep using it as long as it works (finding ribbons has not been difficult, indicating that there?s still others working out there). My OSI Superboard, Kaypro 2 and NorthStar Horizon are all perfectly comfortable with these printers, so it is annoying the new stuff is finding it so difficult. Has anyone either (1) made/encountered/adapted a printer driver that would allow Windows 7 to format output for the Toshibas, or (2) found a method of convincing Windows 7 to use printer drivers written for Win98/95/3.1? I really am trying to save myself from having to learn how to write printer drivers for Windows 7... or loading Linux only to find similar issues... Regards, from Bob [rmaxwell at bell.net]

14 years, 8 months

Free: Sperry Univac machine near Chicago

by tshoppa＠wmata.com

>> https://picasaweb.google.com/102190732096693814506/SperryUnivacRack > Hey, that looks like a Fujitsu M2444AC magtape drive on that system. If you don't want that, would you be willing to slide it in my direction? Not just one, but two! M2444 is pretty sweet. Oftentimes there is a proprietary interface but behind it (Well, beside it in the card cage) is chained the two-50-pin-Pertec-formatted interface. And of course a common option at least when these were used on Suns was SCSI-to-Pertec-Formatted bridge. Tim.

14 years, 8 months

Free: Sperry Univac machine near Chicago

by silent700＠gmail.com

Got a line on a local Sperry Univac machine, model # unknown but appears to be a 1980s-era UNIX system. Only pics so far are here: https://picasaweb.google.com/102190732096693814506/SperryUnivacRack I believe it is at least two racks containing CPU, boards (probably lots of serial) and tape drive. System is located near Lisle, IL (western suburbs of Chicago.) If anyone is seriously interested and can arrange a pickup, contact me and I will put you in touch with the owner. Time, as always in these cases, is short. -j -- silent700.blogspot.com Retrocomputing and collecting in the Chicago area: http://chiclassiccomp.org

14 years, 8 months

[rescue] Free: Sperry Univac machine near Chicago

by silent700＠gmail.com

On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 7:29 PM, Patrick Giagnocavo <xemacs5 at gmail.com> wrote: > Pretty sure I see a tape unit in there (6250 being a typical TPI on such tape). > > Also a bunch of serial ports, I am assuming for terminals? Yep...just talked to the owner, he says there were about 30 terminals with it. They are all gone, along with all manuals, tapes, etc :( I am making arrangements for pickup. Stay tuned later in the week for updates... j

14 years, 8 months

Tek 4170 load available near Seattle

by cclist＠sydex.com

A fellow's posting over at Erik's VC Forum that he's got a good load of Tek 4170 stuff looking for a home: http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?27400- Tektronix-4170-CAD-systems-for-sale-trade

14 years, 8 months

Apple //c power brick failure

by nigel.d.williams＠gmail.com

On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Nigel Williams <nigel.d.williams at gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Geoffrey Reed <geoffr at zipcon.net> wrote: >> Some of them were able to be opened, there were hidden screws in the bottom >> of some, ?there were also some that were 2 piece plastic heat-fused? Or >> glued together. > > Does anyone know if the technique of tapping along the seam will work > with the Apple //c brick power supply? which to me shows no sign of > hidden screws and looks to me "almost" seamless. As no one jumped in regarding my query, I thought I would venture out along and try the tapping-along-the-seam technique previously described and see if I could break into the dead Apple //c power brick. The tapping technique worked very nicely, although I had to apply leverage with a screwdriver hammered into the seam to really crack the two halves apart. The scene of desolation inside revealed why it is dead-dead-dead, see pictures here: https://picasaweb.google.com/118247290269860741639/AppleCPowerSupplyBrickFa… The smell is interesting too, it was nicely bottled up inside the sealed PSU until I opened it...

14 years, 8 months

Steve Jobs 1955-2011

by alanp＠snowmoose.com

On 10/9/11 10:00 AM, cctech-request at classiccmp.org wrote: >>> > > >>> > > I have no liking of Apple products : >>> > > >>> > > I regard them as being difficult to do anything useful with (my esperience >>> > > is that they make easy jobs trivial and diffiuclt jobs impossible). >>> > > >> > I find that hard to believe. These beasties run Unix, you can script >> > almost anything. Even the GUI is scriptable. I prefer OS X or Linux >> > over the evil OS from Redmond. >> > Or are you talking about pre-OS X? > Yes, I was thinking about pre-OSX for desktop Apple machines. I am told > that OSX does have an accessible unix shell:-). However, their portable > devices don't seem to have any such shell, they don't seem to have > anything that makes them useful for difficult tasks. Why do some people feel the need to be so self-righteous about products that they don't use? You don't like Apple products because of attributes of a product that hasn't shipped in almost a decade? How close-minded is that? FWIW, I use that accessible unix shell under MacOS X to do my job as a Solaris kernel developer. Most of the machines that I use for work (and their consoles and service processors) are network accessible and I have no problem debugging kernel bugs and developing new Solaris features from my MacBook. I don't buy your claim that Apple's portable devices (I presume that you mean iOS devices like iPod touch, iPhone and iPad because my Mac laptops are portable) "don't have anything that makes them useful for difficult tasks" because they don't have a shell. They are devices where the primary input method is touch gestures. "Boy, my TV (or set-top box) is useless because it doesn't have a shell." "Why didn't put a shell interface on this microwave? Worthless!" I am an iOS app developer in my spare time. There are plenty of apps that do difficult things. And iOS devices even have consoles and crash dumps if you are into that. alan

14 years, 8 months

original WOZ monitor running on S-100 6502 CPU board homebrew system

by lynchaj＠yahoo.com

Hi, Neil just posted an update on his project to get the original WOZ monitor running on the S-100 6502 CPU board. Very nice! http://groups.google.com/group/n8vem/browse_thread/thread/9f02290a7c4c6328# Thanks and have a nice day! Andrew Lynch

14 years, 8 months

Kanbak-uino Arduino-based KENBAK-1 Recreation

by christian_liendo＠yahoo.com

Link to site: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/09/arduino-based-kenbak-1-recreation.… Now we need the scelbi-uino

14 years, 8 months

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