- test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org - classiccmp.org

by msokolov＠ivan.Harhan.ORG

Some time ago I wrote on this list: : First there was Ultrix-11 : for PDP-11 (DEC's stolen V7 UNIX). It has been brought to my attention that the above has been interpreted differently from my intended meaning. I did not mean stolen in the negative legal/moral definition of this term (as in robbing someone of something), I meant it in the much more common programmers' vernacular definition of "stolen" as in "I stole this routine from...", without any negative meaning whatsoever. I apologise for the unintentional alternate meaning and its negative implications. MS

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Ultrix on an 11/730?

by msokolov＠ivan.Harhan.ORG

Curt vendel <curt(a)atarimuseum.com> wrote: > Ultrix was written for MIPS processors wasn't it??? I guess you are too young to remember VAX Ultrix. :-) First there was Ultrix-11 for PDP-11 (DEC's stolen V7 UNIX). Then Ultrix-32 for the VAX (DEC's stolen 4.2BSD). Whenever I say Ultrix, I mean Ultrix-32 for the VAX. Ultrix-32 was then ported to MIPS. MS

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Ultrix on an 11/730?

by brad＠heeltoe.com

Can anyone tell me if there is a version of Ultrix which will boot on an 11/730? And if so, can I grab media files off the net somewhere? (I know 4.3bsd would, and I'd like to fool around with netbsd but it seems like ultrix might be a good way to bootstrap) or, is there a better place to ask? (pups? tuhs?) -brad

22 years, 2 months

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scanning fiche

by will1860＠sisna.com

Greetings, Do you remember the company in India that does the scan and return on CD -- how I can get in touch with them? Thank you

22 years, 2 months

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SCELBAL, Scelbi books

by cswiger＠widomaker.com

Gang - I finally found an official serialized copy of "SCELBAL A high Level Language for the 8008", plus Wadsworth "Machine Language Programming for the 8008", plus Scelbi "Galaxy Game for the 8008/8080", "First Book of Games for the 8008/8080", "Monitor for 8080" and "Editor for 8080". The bad news is they're in a library so all I can do is check them out, scan, and return, according to the lady at the counter. Still, there must be some way I can purchase books that haven't been checked out in over 20 years from an Institute of Technology library. --Chuck

22 years, 2 months

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preserving CD/DVD

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

Since people here have talked about archiving vintage computer data to CD/DVD, thought these two links might be of interest: Mostly common sense, but there are some good tips as well. One page summary: http://www.itl.nist.gov/div895/carefordisc/onepage.pdf The entire document: http://www.itl.nist.gov/div895/carefordisc/CDandDVDCareandHandlingGuide.pdf Just a quick fyi for those interested. --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]

22 years, 2 months

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Restoring old floppies to usable state

by cb＠mythtech.net

Will a magnetic bulk eraser restore a floppy to good status? I have some floppies that are reporting bad sectors when formatted. I've tried bulk erasing them, and a format afterwards reports no bad sectors. Is this actually working, or am I just getting lucky, and those bad sectors will return shortly. These are DSDD 3.5's which are getting a little harder to come by. So if bulk erasing works, then I'll do that and salvage them. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 2 months

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looking for a few items.

by pds3＠ix.netcom.com

We need the following equipment. Please let us know what you have: 30 x LA42R-KA must be DEC original and new- can pay $ 30 per box of 6. MTI MXV22-M can pay $ 200 DEC M8192-YB can pay $100 DEC M8578 can pay $100 DEC M7676 can pay $750 DEC M8186 can pay $45 DEC M7549 can pay $250 DEC M7840 can pay $75 DEC M8631 can pay $200 DEC M8049 can pay $100 CODAR CTI-102 can pay $75 DEC RQZX1 can pay $250 H780-J can pay $150 Always interested in surplus DEC gear and Business Telephones and Systems. Please let me know what you have. Thank you. Shannon Hoskins Pacific Data Systems 8062 Hwy 99E P.O. Box 444 Los Molinos, CA 96055 USA 530/384-2094 voice 530/384-2097 fax pds3(a)ix.netcom.com

22 years, 2 months

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Vacuum tube logic thing

by aw288＠osfn.org

I'll give this list a shot a something meat I have had for a while - maybe I can get a nice trade. I have a big logic trainer that I would like to move on. It is pretty neat and unique for three reasons: 1) It is based on vacuum tubes. Inside are a number of 12AX7oids that do the work. I think this dates to the very late 1950s. 2) The logic is really odd. It is binary, but the logic levels are not voltage levels, but phases. Hell of a way to run a railroad, in my book. 3) Its Japanese. Yes, Japanese. Apparently part of an early minicomputer project that came out of Japan called Parametron. So what I have is a really odd duck - a Parametron LT-2E, with power supply, spares kit (with spare tubes!), and the reamins of a manual. It is a pretty big desktop unit, but I think I can ship it FedEx ground in a couple of boxes (from 10512). As of now it is untested, but tomorrow I think I might look into powering it up. There is some paint flakage and a little corrosion in the aluminum body, but nothing to scream about. So I am fishing for a trade. A good trade, as I know this thing is worth some real money. What do I like? Big is good, old is good, IBM or Univac is good, but I am open to ideas. I can trade up or down with cash, if we can not quite equal things out. Try me. I'll try to get some pictures shot tomorrow. William Donzelli aw288(a)osfn.org

22 years, 2 months

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HP 64000

by tony＠encoreelectronics.com

Hi, Do you still have that box of s/w and documentation? I'm a big 64000 fan and have been looking for stuff for years... Regards, Tony

22 years, 2 months

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HP 64000 hard disk structure ???

by tony＠encoreelectronics.com

Did you write this and have you had any luck? Tony P.Demus - DEMUS DATENSYSTEME hpd at demus.de Mon Dec 8 17:10:43 CST 2003 * Previous message: 10342 manuals and softwasre * Next message: HP Apollo DN5500 disk and sysboot * Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] Hello ! i'm trying to decode the disc structure of a HP7912 hard disk attached to a HP 64000 uC System. build in 1985! yeaaah I managed to copy the HP7912 sectors on a MO-disc SCSI on series hp 9000 / 300. i read in the MO disc image on a PC. now i have a 54MB image file. has anybody some infos about structure and tables of the directory of the HP64000 disc format ?? it's not HFS (HPUX) and NOT LIF.... i decoded the directory entries for name and date and size of file. now there are two 16bit words describing first and last page used for storing data. i have no idea how this 16bit value is belonging to a sector number. any hints ?? thanks peter -- DEMUS DATENSYSTEME GmbH . Steinbergstr. 24 D-30559 Hannover . Germany Tel +49-511-95448-0 . Fax +49-511-95448-44 http://www.demus.de . mailto:info at demus.de

22 years, 2 months

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HP Jet Direct

by rfeldman＠kfa-inc.com

I'm just getting caught up with a backlog of email, so this post might be a bit late. Anyway, I have an HP Jet Direct EX (J2382B), complete with cables, power supply, manuals, and disks, free for postage (about 5 pounds, from Chicago). I also have an HP internal Jet Direct card (J2341A) for a LaserJet 4, with manuals and disks, also free for postage (3-4 pounds). Since I get the list in digest form, reply directly to me at r<underscore>a<underscore>Feldman<at>hotmail.com if you are interested. Bob

22 years, 2 months

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Vhmrrxutkvbziepg

by cb＠mythtech.net

The message contains Unicode characters and has been sent as a binary attachment.

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NEC APC III, anyone have one?

by r_beaudry＠hotmail.com

Hello all, I just received a large lot of NEC APC III software and docs... Naturally, this means I need an NEC APC III to go with it :-). I know it's a not-quite-PC-compatible. Anyone have one they'd be willing to part with? I assume I'd need the keyboard and system unit. Is the video output some sort of standard, or would I need the monitor as well? Any help or hardware is appreciated.... For the list, I'm willing to make copies of manuals or software. Disks I can mail no problem, manuals will require you to pay my copying costs (all manuals are a significant number of pages). Also, I'd need ZIP codes or country to estimate shipping. One last note ... This is not super high priority for me (in fact, I haven't gotten back to everyone from my last round of stuff :-( ), so don't expect lightning speed out of me on copies. If you can wait, I'd much rather scan these (600dpi), and mail a CD-ROM. The software is as follows: - APC III System Checking Diskette v5.0 - MS-DOS System Diskette v2.11 Revision 1 - MS-DOS System Diskette v2.11 Revision 3 - MS-DOS System Diskette v2.11 Revision 4 - Digital Research Logo ((c) 1984, "REV 00") - MS GW-BASIC 2.01 - MS GW-BASIC Demonstration Diskette Version 1.0 - SLE* GW-BASIC and Utility - SLE MS-DOS System Diskette - Digital Research DR Draw (1983) - Digital research DR Draw Fonts (1983) - MS MASM 1.25 - MS-DOS BIOS Listing (5 disks, 1985) - GSX System Diskette (1984) rev 01 - GSX Drivers Diskette (1984) rev 00 - GSX System Diskette (1984) rev 03 - GSX Drivers Diskette (1984) rev 01 * - SLE=Software Library Expander -- Allowed NEC APC III to run "more programs". Part hardware, part software. Maybe some sort of PC-emulator?? Manuals are (I have multiple copies of most of these): - MS-DOS User's Guide - GW-BASIC User's Guide - MS-DOS Guide for the SLE - GW-BASIC Guide for the SLE - MASM Manual, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 - DR Logo User's Reference Guide - Beginner's Guide to DR Logo - MS-DOS Programmer's Reference Manual (Includes supplement for APC III) - DR Draw User's Guide - GSX-86 User's Guide Thanks, Rich B.

22 years, 2 months

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SCELBAL, Scelbi books

by jack.rubin＠ameritech.net

Chuck - hold the phone - I've got the following SCELBI books in easily scannable form: - 8008 Editor Program - 8008 Assembler - Machine Language Programming for the 8008 - SCELBAL - SCELBI 8H User's Manual - 8080 Editor Program I also have the 6 issues of the SCELBAL update already in .pdf form. All this stuff is slowly finding it's way to Jim Kearney's new, improved, enlarged and expanded super-brite 8008 archive, along with some more info on Nat Wadsworth and the SCELBI computer. If there is a particular title you need access to, let me know and I can move it up in the queue; otherwise it will be a few months before this all gets to Jim If you want to scan "Galaxy Game for the 8008/8080", "First Book of Games for the 8008/8080", and "Monitor for 8080" that would be great! I hope that a heart-to-heart with the head librarian would get you the books - never heard of a library that didn't cull non-used material to make room for hot new stuff on the x86! Jack

22 years, 2 months

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1631D question

by thehsm＠hotmail.com

Hello Bdale, I have a 1631D connected to a 9153C hard drive. When I try to format the harddrive, the 1631D timesout before the format is completed. I was wondering if you a copy of the service manual because I want to increase the timeout value in the ROMS so I can format the HD. What CPU is the 1631 running on? Another option is to use the HAL pin on the cpu while the hard drive is format and release it before it is done. Thanks for your help. Bye, Herman

22 years, 2 months

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This isn't even close to sane

by ekklein＠pacbell.net

Maybe it's just me, but eBay has been getting more and more crazy. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3583338499> &item=3583338499 Erik Klein www.vintage-computer.com <http://www.vintage-computer.com/> www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum The Vintage Computer Forum

22 years, 2 months

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Looking for: Apple TURNOVER card, manuals, software....

by silviorf＠yahoo.com

Hi folks.... I looking for the software for the IBM ISA card: Apple Turnover. I know these card can read/write apple disks with an IMB-PC. I got the board, but don't have neither tha cable or the software.... Could anyone help please ??? Many thanks, Silvio Finotti ______________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! GeoCities: 15MB de espa?o gr?tis para criar seu web site! http://br.geocities.yahoo.com/

22 years, 2 months

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FA: RCA 1802 Cosmac manuals and DEC cards/parts

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

Cleaning out some of the duplicates and other unused stuff. <http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=rigdonj& include=0&since=-1&sort=3&rows=50> Joe

22 years, 2 months

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HP JetDirect card

by jpl15＠panix.com

There was recently a thread about the JetDirect I/O cards for AitchPee stuff... I have dug one up whilst sorting thru multiple boxes of KAK looking for a small RF connector... anyway this is: JetDirect 600N Ethernet J3111A physical condition looks fine, otherwise unknown, free for the asking, ship via USPS priority mail. Cheers John

22 years, 2 months

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Some things for sale . . .

by MTPro＠aol.com

Hi everyone, I have a few things I'd like to clear out if anyone interested would write me. Or later they will go on eBay and/or vintage.org MarketPlace. I have: a number of great old BYTEs, Creative Computing, Kilobaud, Sinclair, CoCo, Microcomputing, magazines, etc. A very nice Amiga 1000 with keyboard, mouse, two Amiga monitors, external floppy, disks, etc. Osborne 1 blue model, turns on and ready, but floppies need adjustment (have to check). Epson QX10 with monitor, keyboard, box, software, manuals, etc. Amstrad PPC640 (or 512, gotta check), works, but needs contrast adjusted. A few more things to come - portable terminal/printer (very nice), S-100 computer, big 'ol huge dual 8" disk drives, Lear Siegler ADM Terminal (classic iMac-like shape), ZX-80 in custom keyboard. Thanks, David Greelish, classiccomputing.com

22 years, 2 months

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New vintage video gaming auction site

by vcf＠siconic.com

In light of the recent discussion about getting ripped off at eBay with video game auctions, I thought I'd pass along this press release I just got about a new videogame marketplace called Bidiots! http://www.bidiots.com/pressreleases.asp The site looks very promising, with some neat stuff (mostly neo-retro) already having been listed. Check it out: http://www.bidiots.com -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]

22 years, 2 months

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Wow, the "killer POKE" works! (Commodore PET 2001-8)

by tosteve＠yahoo.com

My first attempt at the so-called killer poke on my Commodore PET 2001-8 resulted in a 30% speed increase! I used "POKE 59458,62" No smoke, either! Steve. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/

22 years, 2 months

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Commodore 128 with software and RUN magazines

by vcf＠siconic.com

I don't know what the deal is here but it looks like an exchange of money might be required. See below. The Intel Xeon Master awaits your inquiry. Reply-to: Intelxeonmaster(a)hotmail.com -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 20:49:23 -0800 From: TiA <Mrscda820(a)hotmail.com> To: vcf(a)vintage.org Subject: Iv got an old commador and all the software and acessories... I'v got an old Commadore 128D system, keyboard, and screen with alot of cool software, a few accessories, and tons of RUN, and Commadore magazines. PLEASE!!! If you are intrested in this stuff, please give me an email back at Intelxeonmaster(a)hotmail.com or call me 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM at (516) 864-9203... Thanx, David Whitcomb.

22 years, 2 months

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Big eBay bux for Comdyna hybrid

by jpl15＠panix.com

$1,400 bux, to be exact - which was the 'Buy-It-Now' price, that option was exercised. Ahem. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2782674461&category=4193… Cheers John

22 years, 2 months

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Enlight case

by teoz＠neo.rr.com

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3455777210&category=3669… I didn't think people still buy AT cases, but this one (without power supply) went for $46.52 (I have this exact case in a p2-400 system for old games). Just pointing this out because even some common 486-Pentium PC era stuff has some value if it was of good quality. As time goes on cases get cheaper in quality, at least from what I have seen.

22 years, 2 months

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Legal question on swapping gone bad

by teoz＠neo.rr.com

I know a few people that got burned sending equipment to somebody and never receiving their money or swap items in return (not from this list). Anyway what can you do legally about something like this? The people are from different states and a few that got burnt were minors. Just trying to help them out since I believe over $1k was ripped off. I am sure you guys ran into this kind of thing before.

22 years, 2 months

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JetDirect card spoken for

by jpl15＠panix.com

If your initials aren't 'MM' then I regret I had only one... ;} (Damn - shoulda put 'er on eBay...) [joke...] Thanks to all the other respondents... If I find more (unlikely) I'll go down the list, in the time-order recieved - you guys were about 5 minutes apart. Cheerz John

22 years, 2 months

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Estimated Price Of A "Classic" PDP-8?

by ohh＠drizzle.com

I'm baaaaack!... Apologies if this has been posted here already... I found this little horror story on alt.sys.pdp8, and it made me cringe. If anyone has a good estimate for this guy, it's probably best to reply to that newsgroup. I'm just going to go put those tank-traps and reinforced concrete into the front yard now... :/ -O.- -- forwarded message -- From: David M. Razler <REMOVECAPSdmrazler(a)rREMOVEazler.net> Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp8 Subject: CRISIS - need estimates on recent Straight-8 sales/parts/repairs for insurance claim You're not going to believe this one Message-ID: <iq8t005iqpiudnu93ih6m3vifg3prf3b7f(a)4ax.com> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 16:12:47 GMT Fortunately no one was hurt. But my friends Jeff and Candice Nisler were home from their honeymoon for about a week when their home was struck by a flying car - which took out every floor joist and sent cinder blocks crashing through his Straight-8 destroying a glass front panel, powdering the covers and modules, shooting the power supply into a steel post (which it wrapped itself around (pix at nisler.org/crash)) [The PDP-8 - or what's left of it - is in the photos on http://nisler.org/crash/down/ .] Jeff doesn't want to give up on Kermit - his first computer, but wants to force the auto owner's insurance company to repair/ restore the box. He is also looking to establish value based on recent purchases of Straight-8s, especially tabletop machines with glass panel and mod covers. Please post to me, he's a bit busy at the moment restoring the rest of his life. <I am also looking for anyone who is qualified to give me an assessment on a Raytheon CRT of the type used in the PDP-1 - it is being donated to THCM to help in the PDP-1 rehab project, and I'd like to take the full legal deduction.> -- end of forwarded message --

22 years, 2 months

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Ultrix on an 11/730?

by classiccmp＠crash.com

Brad Parker wrote: . > Has anyone tried either of the tu58 "emulators"? I found one > software tar and another hardware device. Here are the two items Brad referred to: Spare Time Gizmo's solid-state TU58 replacement: http://www.sparetimegizmos.com/Hardware/TU58_Emulator.htm A copy of Dan Dan Tso's software emulator, originally written to run under 4.2BSD: http://www.tuhs.org/Archive/PDP-11/Emulators/TU58/ I haven't tried either one yet -- I still need to figure out how to get mass storage for my 11/730... FYI, --Steve.

22 years, 2 months

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new find: Sun Ultra 10 - NVRAM and Boot

by dave＠mitton.com

well this thread has wandered and fragmented before I saw it. I have a Sun Ultra 5 running in my basement. It took me a little bit of work to keep it running. One problem with these platforms is that they have a battery powered NVRAM chip in them, that will give out after a several years. (Sort of like a PC's CMOS) If they die, the boot fails. Good news is that the replacement parts are available. Here's a FAQ http://www.squirrel.com/squirrel/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html I got one from Digikey for about $20. A tip: I found if I left the system powered up for several days, that the NVRAM would charge up enough to boot ... sometimes. wrt: boot process - Scrounge around on the Sun website in the docs area, you need to find the detailed documentation on the boot process and commands. - There is a extended diagnostic mode that you can evoke with the right key combinations at power-up. - It will display running POST diagnostics while booting to the screen or a serial terminal. You can also get it to leave a failure code in the various lights on the keyboard. (get that keyboard hooked up!) You need the docs to decode the indication. Solaris 9 and Companion software CDs are availible from Sun for FREE on their website. There are also sunfreeware sites out there. Dave. On 1/31/2004 10:51 AM -0600, cctech-request(a)classiccmp.org wrote: >Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 20:20:07 -0500 >From: "Joe R." <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com> >Subject: Re: new find: Sun Ultra 10 >To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> >Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20040130202007.00849530(a)pop-server.cfl.rr.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >At 06:14 PM 1/30/04 -0500, you wrote: > >> Subject: new find: Sun Ultra 10 > > > >> Found one of these today. Tried to boot it but it goes into terminal > >> mode because I don't have a keyboard attached. > > > >And won't boot as well? Odd. > > It probably is trying to boot but I don't have a keyboard attached so it >reports that there's no keyboard attached and that it will connect to a >terminal on COM 1. Then the screen blanks out. > > > > >> No idea of the amount of memory or CPU speed since I can't get to the > >> OS. > > > >Older Suns report their RAM config and at least some info about their > >CPU in the ROM-generated banner. If it has the "ok " prompt the older > >machines use, typing "banner" at it might do something useful. > > It never gets that far without the keyboard. I have a keyboard in >storage. I'll go get it tomorrow. > > Joe

22 years, 2 months

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Silent 700

by kb3hag＠comcast.net

I read in some mailing list posts that you have a few silent 700's. How many 765's do you have? do you have any schems/docs for it ? i have a 765 here that is somewhat broken, nothing out the coupler and non of the keys respond, the lights all light up in the right corner. Anything you can do to help would be nice

22 years, 2 months

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OT: ebay search question, excluding sellers

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

Is there a way to perform an eBay search that excludes specific sellers? My wife and I collect Neo Geo MVS carts and are getting really tired of seeing all the auctions belonging to a seller that is a bootleg selling crook. Zane -- -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |

22 years, 2 months

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how do I connect a BBC micro to a VGA monitor?

by vp＠mcs.drexel.edu

I would like to connect the RGB TTL output of a BBC micro to a VGA monitor, does anybody have any pointers - suggestions? Thanks **vp

22 years, 2 months

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BRUCE LANE / BLUEFEATHERS TECH - please contact me

by jack.rubin＠ameritech.net

Bruce, I've attempted to email you at your public address and your backup (.qsl) address with no success - apparently you have an anti-yahoo filter in place. Please email me directly. Thanks. Jack Rubin jack.rubin(a)ameritech.net

22 years, 2 months

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Vhmrrxutkvbziepg (MyDoom/Novarg)

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jan 31, 18:36, chris wrote: > >The message contains Unicode characters and has been sent as a binary > >attachment. > > Despite allegedly coming from me, I was not the sender of the above > email. I assure you none of my Macs are infected with this Windows worm. > :-) > > Someone else with my addy on their machine has been infected. IP in the > header traces back to RIPE Networks in Amsterdam. > > Fortunately, it appears the list strips attachments, so the email is > nothing more harmful then a minor annoyance to the list. Yes, this is standard MyDoom/Novarg. It spoofs the sender in the "From:" and for good measure uses their hostname in the SMTP exchange when it contacts the destination. Then it adds a zipfile which contains the payload. The list does strip attachments -- you can't send attachments to this list, nor HTML. Incidentally, Sellam: just not using OE isn't a cure. It might reduce the problem, but enough people will save and then open attachments anyway; besides, there are other ways of passing a virus or worm. I've seen a few of these at work last week. I blackholed about ten machines. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

22 years, 2 months

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how do I connect a BBC micro to a VGA monitor?

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Feb 1, 12:01, Dan Williams wrote: > >Probably the easiest solution if you're not a video expert is to use a PC > >with a TV input card. You could at least feed the Beeb's composite output > >into such a card (do any such cards exist with RGB inputs?) > wasn't there a hack on the mainboard to convert the composite to colour It's not a hack, it's a jumper on S39 on later Beebs (or add a small capacitor on early ones, which I admit is a hack, even if "official"). You don't need that for the UHF output, though, only for the composite video on the BNC socket. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

22 years, 2 months

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quicktime of the old 20 year old mac 1984 orwellian ad.... this is cool! there is also some good mac

by esharpe＠cox.net

view the QuickTime of the old 20 year old Mac 1984 Orwellian ad.... this is cool! there is also some good Mac interviews also on this npr web site http://www.npr.org/display_pages/features/feature_1627800.html Thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC Please check our web site at http://www.smecc.org to see other engineering fields, communications and computation stuff we buy, and by all means when in Arizona drop in and see us. address: coury house / smecc 5802 w palmaire ave glendale az 85301

22 years, 2 months

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New Finds: DEC OSF/1 {MIPS,Alpha}

by waltje＠pdp11.nl

All, Kudos to the folks at DEC, er, Compaq, err, HP, we have saved several quite-old versions of the OSF/1 system.. I have OSF/1 V2.0, 2.0B, 2.1, 3.0, 3.0B and 3.2 all saved, and more to come. Yay! Fred -- Fred N. van Kempen, DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) Collector/Archivist Visit the VAXlab Project at http://VAXlab.pdp11.nl/ Visit the Archives at http://www.pdp11.nl/ Email: waltje(a)pdp11.nl BUSSUM, THE NETHERLANDS / Mountain View, CA, USA

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Some things for sale - update

by MTPro＠aol.com

Hello, with everyone's patience, I would just like to offer that I now have a list of mags for sell, please e-mail for list. Also, here is more detailed info in order to sell the following: Generic, non-front-panel S-100 system with cool smoked plexiglass cover/case Dual 8" disk drives in chassis ADM5 terminal Please see: http://members.aol.com/mtpro/s100.html Also: Amiga 1000, monitor, external disk drive - complete system IBM Convertible with printer in IBM carrying case, disks, manual, works but screen does not display properly now Osborne 1, slightly newer OCC1 model with blue face front and keyboard top, looks great, excellent display, but can't get it to boot, all "boot errors." Drive needs cleaning, adjustment, replacement? Or are my boot disks just bad? Amstrad PPC640, seems to work, ready to boot, no disk, plus contrast does not work and hinge needs repair on display Most excellent Apple /// complete system with booting Apple Profile hard drive! I am motivated to sell, will definitely sell for less than eBay prices, but I'm not giving things away for next to nothing. Please offer reasonable offers. Thank you, David Greelish

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Bad Newz

by waltje＠pdp11.nl

All, Hmm. This new year seems to have ha a bad start for me... the disks on the pdp11.nl server are fried. I have *no* idea what caused this, other than heat (in an airco-controlled room???), but it is a fact. I have ordered new disks (under warranty, fortunately) and *do* have a backup on DLT, so most of the stuff is still "around". It will take me about a week or so for things to get back up... Cheerz, Fred (back in Holland, just so y'all know) -- Fred N. van Kempen, DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) Collector/Archivist Visit the VAXlab Project at http://VAXlab.pdp11.nl/ Visit the Archives at http://www.pdp11.nl/ Email: waltje(a)pdp11.nl BUSSUM, THE NETHERLANDS / Mountain View, CA, USA

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DECnet/E and DECnet-Plus

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

I've *finally* gotten the network problems I've been fighting at home resolved. It looks as if my Intel 10/100 24-port Switch has decided that it no longer wants anything to do with 10Mbit <sigh>. Anyhow, I've moved my home network back to my old 8-port 10/100 hub and a 8-port 10Mbit hub, and everything is happy (thankfully the 24-port is serious overkill at the moment). As a result I now have managed to get the VT420 on the DECserver 90L+ to reliably talk to my DEC PWS 433au, and my Ethertalk-to-Localtalk converter is working again so my VMS server and Mac can once again print. Life is good. Now that things are straightened back out, it's time to get back to something fun, namely getting my RSTS/E system talking on my network :^) During the network issues I managed to get DECnet/E installed on my PDP-11/73, and had managed to do a directory listing (unreliably though) of the RSTS/E system. I'm now able to reliably list directories on the RSTS/E system. More importantly I have LAT working, so I can log in from my DECserver!!!! What isn't working is the following: Getting a directory of the VMS system from RSTS/E Copying files between the two systems Logging in from one system to the other Has anyone tried getting a system running DECnet/E (Phase IV) to talk to a system running DECnet-Plus? Zane -- -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |

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DEC's Organic Illumination Systems research

by rdd＠rddavis.org

For info. about some of DEC's more unusual research: After accidentally happening upon an interesting humorous web site, http://www.petting-zoo.net/~deadbeef/archive/, I discovered the following written by Mike Olson <mao(a)illustra.com>, back around 1989. Interestingly, the following URL is still reachable (it does get redirected, however). You will recall the DEC WRL technical memo of several months ago called "Characterization of Organic Illumination Systems." That work is described at: http://www.research.digital.com/wrl/techreports/html/TN-13/ due to budgetary constraints, the DEC WRL research team was constrained to running just a few experiments on just a few foods. Fortunately, DEC's semiconductor engineering group has carried out further experiments, and has discovered that at 140V RMS, kim-chi acts as a rectifier. [...] Sorry about posting this two months early. ;-) RDD -- Copyright (C) 2003 R. D. Davis The difference between humans & other animals: All Rights Reserved an unnatural belief that we're above Nature & rdd(a)rddavis.org 410-744-4900 her other creatures, using dogma to justify such http://www.rddavis.org beliefs and to justify much human cruelty.

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Sun MBus & SBus stuff

by classiccmp＠crash.com

> What is an SM91? I've not heard of that one! According to the Rough Guide to MBus Modules it's only a 90MHz SuperSparc II. I haven't played with 'em in so long I don't recall if they're really 95MHz or not. Re: heat and the SS20 -- yeah, I started pulling DIMMs out of it on a hunch. ;^) Still wedged, and I wandered off to some other project. > Putting together a SS1000 ... aren't that big Oh yes they are. I mean not compared to a 19" rack, but this thing is huge for a non-rolling box and has to be over 80 pounds. I didn't realize what a pain it was going to be, and am wondering where to put it... The middle of the living room really isn't the best spot. I'm also looking forward to this huge machine running off of a tiny little lunch box (Sun 411) for storage... --Steve.

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new find: Sun Ultra 10

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

Mike, ONE of today's finds :-) Also got three SUN SparcStations 20s and a SparcServer 20 with some extra cards in them. Also lots of odds and ends. Joe At 05:17 PM 1/30/04 -0800, you wrote: >> > Found one of these today. Tried to boot it but it goes into terminal >> > mode because I don't have a keyboard attached. >> >> And won't boot as well? Odd. > >I suspect he's stuck at the OpenBoot prompt with no way of telling it to >boot. > >> > No idea of the amount of memory or CPU speed since I can't get to the >> > OS. >> >> Older Suns report their RAM config and at least some info about their >> CPU in the ROM-generated banner. If it has the "ok " prompt the older >> machines use, typing "banner" at it might do something useful. > >An Ultra 10 will take a max of 1Gb. The CPU speeds range from 300Mhz - >440Mhz, IIRC. It should display this info on the screen when you power it >on. > >It's a nice machine, but unless you can replace the IDE disk with a SCSI >controller and disk, the disk is a real bottleneck. My 300Mhz U10 came with >an ATA33 disk that didn't even run at 5400RPM! I still need to get it >switched to SCSI :^( > > Zane > I just got home and opened it up. Things are looking good! It has four sticks of Kingston KTS7030/512 memory. I looked them up online. Each pair is 512Mb so that means it has 1Gb of RAM! The hard drive is a Seagate Barracuda II model ST320420A. That's an Ultra ATA/66 8.5 mS 7200RPM 20.4Gb drive. It's not SCSI but it will do! The CPU is PN 501-5040. That's a 300 Mhz UltraSpark IIi CPU with a ceramic CPU and 512k cache. It's not the fastest thing out there but again, it will do! Now where can I find Windeos for this thing? :-) Seriously, I found an Adaptec AHA-2940W/2940UW PCI SCSI controller today. Will it work in the SUN? Joe Joe

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Sun MBus & SBus stuff (was Re: new find: Sun Ultra 10)

by classiccmp＠crash.com

> Of course what I drool over are the dual 50Mhz M-Bus modules I've got an SS10 running an SM52 (501-2780 IIRC) that's been doing yeoman service for the past eight years at least, 24x7 by 365. (It lost *both* disks just two months ago, so I feel relatively safe tepting fate like this ;^) I've got another SM52, but this 501-2444 doesn't play nice with the other SM52 and may in fact not work properly at all. Never got back to checking it out... I'm still tickled at having a pair of SM91's - I'd never seen any 'til these showed up on eBay. Got a late PROM for my SS20 and brought 'em up, but it kept crashing when I wasn't paying attention, so they're waiting for more round tuit's to accumulate. > I'm always interested in SBus stuff, even if only to > turn green at cards others have :) Don't know if turning funny colors is called for, but my favorites are the SWIFT combo cards - hme 100baseT and a "fast" wide SCSI interface. Oddest one I've got is a Parsytec BBK-S4 Adapter - lets an SBus system talk to Transputers. Of which I have none, but I guess it's good to Be Prepared... Has a T222 'puter on it, but there's no software in sight. I suddenly doubled the number of SBus cards I own when I was picking up SS1000 system boards. I've got hold of 8 SM81's to load up an SS1000, and three of the later "E" system boards, and am hoping that it'll all work with a non-"E" enclosure/backplane. That thing's heavy, I don't relish having to swap it to make that happen... If anyone's sitting on a CompuPro NS16032 board & docs and wants a bunch of SBus or Qbus stuff, let me know. --Steve.

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FA: Zenith Z-120 posted in marketplace.vintage.org

by vax3900＠yahoo.com

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22 years, 2 months

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New (sic) 8" floppy media?

by tomj＠wps.com

So, what's the story with current-use 8" flop media? My brother Gregg got my old CP/M system running, novelty is wearing off and is willing to part with it now :-) It's a homemade box, I forget what's in it, though I do remember it's got a Cromemco 4FDC with a data separator piggyback board from a Trash 1 living under the WD17xx chip (the Pertecs the 4FDC was meant for had data sep on-board). Two Shugart drives with solidstte relays to shut 'em off after inactivity, which is just as well, as the bearings now howl like crazed tiny animals. I have one sealed box of Dysans (list price: $65. My price: $2 from a stationary store in Tucson AZ closing in 1998. Wish I had bought 'em all.). How does this stuff hold up? I assume no one actually makes them anymore!

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Vhmrrxutkvbziepg

by cb＠mythtech.net

>The message contains Unicode characters and has been sent as a binary >attachment. Despite allegedly coming from me, I was not the sender of the above email. I assure you none of my Macs are infected with this Windows worm. :-) Someone else with my addy on their machine has been infected. IP in the header traces back to RIPE Networks in Amsterdam. Fortunately, it appears the list strips attachments, so the email is nothing more harmful then a minor annoyance to the list. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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Plus Development 20 & 40 HardCards

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

At 02:28 PM 1/31/04 -0800, Don wrote: > > >On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, Carey UNRUH wrote: > >> I've just acquired some Plus Development hardcards for my 286 powered Tandy 1000 TL/2. I'm looking for the driver loaded in Config.sys called plusdrv.sys needed to run the cards. >> >> Does anyone have a copy of plusdrv.sys? Can anyone point me in the correct direction? >> >> I've done the google thing and looked on Maxtor's website. (Maxtor acquired Quantum who acquired Plus Development) with no luck. > >Did you check the files at >"ftpdownload.maxtor.com/pub/QuantumProducts/Hardcard/" > Try <ftp://ftpdownload.maxtor.com/pub/Quantum%20Products/Hardcard/> Thanks Don. Joe

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