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

by robert_little_2000＠yahoo.com

Okay, just a quick show of hands... How many of us out there actually use the systems we have on a fairly regular basis? Personally, all of my systems are used regularly. For instance, my Toshiba T1800 has software that can only run at a useful speed on a 386, my battery of Macs are dedicated astronomy and graphics machines and I even use an Apple IIgs for planetarium programming, not counting the Tandy Model 102 that I use as my erstwhile PDA. Curious, Rob ===== Robert Little Astronomy & Space Educator Talcott Mountain Science Center Avon, CT "I have loved the stars too dearly to be fearful of the night..." Sarah Williams "The Old Astronomer to His Pupil"

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test, please reply OFF LIST

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

If people get this, can you please reply to jwest(a)classiccmp.org so I know it's going out ok. PLEASE do not reply to the list about getting this email, just send direct to me. Thanks Jay West

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NEC Drive Problem (CP/M System)

by yakowenk＠cs.unc.edu

Sounds like a "seek" problem to me. If it uses the old Western Digital floppy controller, you could issue seek instructions pretty easily to test that. I suppose other controllers might be similar. I'd have to hit the WD databook for details, but it was something like writing a track number into one register, then writing the "seek" command into another, then sitting back and enjoying the whir-click sound of a seek. Then a "restore" command would get it back to track 0. I've done it on TRS-80's; not sure if it would be quite so easy under CP/M. Cautionary note though: the OS probably remembers what track it last positioned the drive to, and may be confused if you leave it at a different track. I *think* any attempted read/write would then fail with a "no such sector found" error, after which the OS would probably just automatically re-seek & re-try, resulting in no problem. But I wouldn't bet my last bootable floppy on it. I've seen a seek mechanism stuck - refused to move until I powered the thing down, opened it up, & physically slid the head back and forth along the rails a few times. After which it worked. YMMV, of course. One other possibility, I've seen (somewhere) a disk format in which track 0 was always written in single density for compatibility with older drives, while the rest of the disk could be SD or DD. So an older system could give the appropriate error message when failing to read a DD disk (more specific than just "unreadable"). Was that CP/M? If so, then the problem could be a failure in handling DD data. And it seems to me CP/M used "$$$" as some kind of temporary file extension, renaming files to their proper extension at the end of the operation...? Which would indicate again that the track-0 commands succeeded, but the other-track commands failed, leaving the disk op incomplete. Cheers, Bill. > From: "Mike Davis" <mike-cc(a)msdsite.com> > To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org > Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 08:43:53 -0700 > Subject: NEC Drive Problem (CP/M System) > Reply-To: cctech(a)classiccmp.org > > Ok, I have a puzzle that I need help on. I have an NEC Dual 8" > Drive System. This is a CP/M system. But my drive #2 has a problem. > Drive #1 works fine. > > Symptoms: > > Can't boot from drive #2 > Can't read files from drive #2 > Can't write files to drive #2 > CAN get a directory listing from drive #2 > CAN write to FAT, as when trying to copy files > > If I try to load files from drive #2, I get a failure with the > following error: "Bdos Err On B: Bad Sector" > > If I try to write files to drive #2, the directory entry is written > (except that it is TEST.$$$ instead of the correct extension). But > the data for the file is apparently NOT written. I get the same > error. > > I see attempts to read and write but these always end with the error > above. > > It looks like the write head must be good, as a filename is saved to > disk. It looks like the read head must be good, as the directory can > be listed. > > Any suggestions as to what could be causing this? Could it have > something with head movement? Perhaps the directory storage is on a > track (sector) that can be reached and the others can't? I'm stumped. > > Note: I have not actually looked inside to see if the head is moving > properly (that may be next but I know it does move some.) but I have > reattached all the connectors to the drive and controller. > > SECOND QUESTION: > > The drive is an FD1165-A. I can't locate such a drive. But I have > located an FD1165-FQ. I wonder how compatible the FQ version is with > the A version. Can parts be exchanged?

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testing testing testing

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

more tests

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My IIgs machines

by cb＠mythtech.net

Just to ease everyones minds. My IIgs computers are safe. There was a tremendous response on these when I said I would be throwing any away that weren't claimed. I had no idea they were such a popular computer. As a result, I have reprioritized them to a higher level, and they will survive the great cleanout. Any that are not claimed will not be thrown out, but will be made available to others at a future date. It will take me a while before I have some free time to deal with shipping them, but I will find a corner to tuck them into until that time. I just figured I would let everyone know since I got so many emails about them. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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OT -- Re: Being bombarded by e-mail trojans

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Sep 19, 9:00, Glen Goodwin wrote: > I'm getting a couple of dozen every day on our AOL account, as well as a > ton of "returned mail" notices regarding mail *I* never sent . . . either > it's an attempted attack or someone is spoofing our AOL address. That's because the Sobig-F virus spoofs sender addresses. People who have your email address somewhere on their Windows machine (not necessarily in their address book, either!) and have the virus, will unwittingly be sending our copies of the virus that claim to be from you --and many ISPs and filter programs don't check the headers properly. > > Is there any quick filter I can add to sendmail to thwart their delivery? > > This is becoming highly annoying. > Don't know about that, but I just received a notice from CERT regarding a > buffer overflow bug in sendmail, so best beware . . . That won't affect spam, particularly. The patch has been out for a few days, actually, and our systems were patched a while ago :-) -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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OT: Being bombarded by e-mail trojans

by vcf＠siconic.com

I'm being totally bombarded by those damn trojan horse e-mails purporting to be from Microsoft security, each averaging 150K. Is anyone else experiencing this? I must've received over 150 today so far (starting this morning). Is there any quick filter I can add to sendmail to thwart their delivery? This is becoming highly annoying. -- 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 ]

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IBM manuals

by begoorgv＠myrealbox.com

Hi Tony, I was searching for some of the IBM manuals and could not find the same. As i was searching on the web, i got ur messages from it http://www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctalk/2003-February/017611.html. Please send me those manual part numbers / form numbers so that i can contact my local IBM office. Actually im Looking at the manuals that has been released in 1981. that is "PC Technical Reference Manual" and other similar ones. Thanking you in advance Girish

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OT -- Re: Being bombarded by e-mail trojans

by acme＠ao.net

> From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf(a)siconic.com> > To: Classic Computers Mailing List <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> > Subject: OT: Being bombarded by e-mail trojans > Date: Thursday, September 18, 2003 6:59 PM > > I'm being totally bombarded by those damn trojan horse e-mails purporting > to be from Microsoft security, each averaging 150K. > > Is anyone else experiencing this? I must've received over 150 today so > far (starting this morning). I'm getting a couple of dozen every day on our AOL account, as well as a ton of "returned mail" notices regarding mail *I* never sent . . . either it's an attempted attack or someone is spoofing our AOL address. > Is there any quick filter I can add to sendmail to thwart their delivery? > This is becoming highly annoying. > > -- > > Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival Don't know about that, but I just received a notice from CERT regarding a buffer overflow bug in sendmail, so best beware . . . Glen 0/0

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More new toys!

by philpem＠dsl.pipex.com

Hi all, Just for those who are interested, I've recently had my first really good find. Two Acorn A4 laptops, in good working order, complete with three batteries, two power supply modules and a set of manuals (Acorn A4 Welcome Guide, RISC OS 3 manual and Acorn A4 Pocket Reference). One machine seems to suffer from the infamous "slow-down-and-crash" problem. Strangely enough, moving the machine up and down a bit seems to get rid of the problem. Go figure. All three nicad packs are fried and need rebuilding and aside from a bit of cosmetic damage (and a bit of stubborn dirt) both machines are in nearly-new condition. All in, I ended up spending ?80 (including shipping) on the full set. ANC managed to misdeliver them, though - how the heck they managed to deliver my parcel to the wrong person and the wrong _street_ I may never know. For those who are interested, the A4 is (or rather was) one of Acorn's RISC computers. It was the first (and last) laptop Acorn designed, unless you count the "Stork" prototype. The A4 is fitted with 4MB of RAM as standard, runs Acorn RISC OS 3.1 on an ARM CPU (ARM3 IIRC), 60MB 2.5" IDE hard disc, 3.5" 1.6MB high-density floppy drive and a cute little 16-greyscale backlit LCD display. In essence, it's an Acorn A5000 in a laptop case with a battery charger and battery management circuit fitted. A "5th Column" ROM contains a rudimentary battery meter applet that sits in the icon bar. There's also a small LCD battery meter next to the power button on the front of the A4. Both machines are a fairly nice grey colour, the casing appears to be rubberised metal (probably stronger than ABS plastic). None of these machines are for sale, nor is it likely that I ever will sell them - I've been looking for an Acorn A4 for over three years and I don't intend to let these two leave my sight :-) Anyway, I think I've said enough for tonight. We now return you to your regularly scheduled classiccmp-ing and all that :-) Later. -- Phil. | Acorn Risc PC600 Mk3, SA202, 64MB, 6GB, philpem(a)dsl.pipex.com | ViewFinder, Ethernet (Acorn AEH62), http://www.philpem.dsl.pipex.com/ | 8xCD, framegrabber, Teletext ... Acme Corp: Unlimited credit for disadvantaged coyotes.

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Netbooting Sun 3

by david＠thecoolbears.org

I've been trying to netboot a Sun 3/60. It was manuafactured in 88, so hopefully it qualifies as "Classic". Anyway, I'd like to get SonOS4.1.1 running, but I don't have any information on how to get it to netboot. As a first step, I've tried to netboot NetBSD, but had very little success and no help from the NetBSD mailing list. I've got rarpd, bootparam and tftpd running on a linux server. With NetBSD, the sun gets an ip address from rarpd, gets a bootloader from tftp but then times out: root on le0 nfs_boot: trying RARP (and RFC/bootparam) nfs_boot: client_addr=192.0.0.10 (RARP from 192.0.0.1) nfs_boot: timeout Has anyone out there got this to work? On either OS?

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collection organising

by mmcfadden＠cmh.edu

Regarding RFID tags to organize collections Our x-ray film printers use the tags in the film magazines to identify the film type. There is an evaluation kit from TI available that lets you read out the unique long integer stored in each tag and you can program several other user available locations. I think if connects to the serial port of a PC. I have "salvaged" several tags and tested them with our ID badge readers, no response. Each tag is about 2" by 4" and looks like a chip and antenna printed on clear mylar carrier. Mike McFadden

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Suggested solution regarding Jim Willing

by mmcfadden＠cmh.edu

I'm in the area near Kansas City, MO. I'm about 130 miles away according to mapquest. I'm willing to help if it can be arranged. If there were a master list of the stuff and where it's supposed to go then that would be helpful. I have a few advantages I work for a hospital and we have lots of packing and boxes left over from computers and biomedical equipment. I also pick up and drop off stuff at the Surplus Exchange in Kansas City occasionally. I also have a garage, however I am limited to one of the two bays since my wife's car has to go in. I have a 17 year old son interested in computers. I have an oversized ford aerostar van or could borrow a flat bed trailer I may be able to arrange some time early in October. The most important thing that I see is that Jim willingly agrees to this and there is not lots of bad feelings involved. I don't want to get in the middle of a bunch of irate people. Mike McFadden m m c f a d d e n @ c m h . e d u

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OT: Being bombarded by e-mail trojans

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Sep 19, 9:01, Fred N. van Kempen wrote: > On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, Vintage Computer Festival wrote: > > > I'm being totally bombarded by those damn trojan horse e-mails purporting > > to be from Microsoft security, each averaging 150K. > > > > Is anyone else experiencing this? I must've received over 150 today so > > far (starting this morning). > The "New patch" crap? Yes, same here. My work email account was up to 250 or more by the time I left work about 20 minutes ago. Our mail server handled about 3500 today, making it the largest single virus/trojan, by an order of magnitude. Mailscanner (see http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/ if you don't know about it) is now set to drop them silently. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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Anyone need 2,400 foot reel-to-reel tape?

by vcf＠siconic.com

A company just contacted me and said they have 12,000(!) reel-to-reel mag-tapes that they want to dump. They are interested in finding people who want some. I don't believe they want any money, probably just shipping. They are all used but erased. If interested then please get back to me in private and I'll pass on the contact info. -- 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 ]

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[GreenKeys] Major Cleanout 3 (fwd)

by jpl15＠panix.com

Even though there are several of us subscribed to the Greenkeys List (for mechanical teletypes), I have forwarded this because of the fan-fold paper tape (among the other goodies here) I recently bought several pieces from Tom (from an earlier offering of his) and it was packed very well, delivered quickly and in perfect shape, including the 100-pound Model 28 KSR desk-mount. He's a Good Guy to deal with... Cheerz John ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 12:41:47 -0500 From: Tom Kleinschmidt <tomkleinschmidt(a)comcast.net> To: greenkeys(a)mailman.qth.net Cc: Tom Kleinschmidt <tomkleinschmidt(a)comcast.net> Subject: [GreenKeys] Major Cleanout 3 Hi: A few more pieces of equipment and expansion on paper products. If you want me to reserve something for you: 1) I need your shipping address in your reply email 2) Copy and Paste the item(s) you want in your reply Thanks! 5) KL TT-98 family in good shape, these are basically what a M15 would have become, they have built in loop supplies 2 in good shape for $50 ea, 3 in ok shape $20 each 8) New type baskets for Kl page printers most still in the military packaging. $5 each 1) Terminal telegraph TH-22/TG about the size of a toaster. Now outer case made by Stelma. $10 ****Here is the paper: All $1 a roll**** ***Paper tape ROLLS 1": 6 rolls) New in wrapper "plastic" tape dark blue Marked " Arvey Computer Tape R-V-CT. 52H Blue Size 1" x 1000' 14 rolls) buff/ cream/ natural 2 rolls) new in box light blue 3 rolls) green with Arrows and Top marking 8 boxes / 80 rolls) new buff / cream paper tape. *** Paper tape 1" FANFOLD: 2) Black in box 3) Gray box *** lots an lots (most in boxes of 10) 11/16" Paper Tape ROLLS **** Page Printer Roll Paper **** 16) 2 Copy W/ Carbon 3) 3 Copy W/ Carbon 20) 2 Copy No Carbon 13) 4 Copy No Carbon 8) 6 Copy No Carbon 13) 2 Copy Western Union Telex along edge 17) Single Copy Tractor feed! Plenty Single copy in 12 roll boxes and less Tom _______________________________________________ GreenKeys mailing list GreenKeys(a)mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/greenkeys

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LP 25 DIGITAL

by jeh＠naviair.dk

He MATT Please inform from where you have obtained the service manual for this printer, as I need one to get spare parts numbers for PIVOT ARM ROLLER and RIBBON DRIVE ROLLER Regards -- Jan E Hartmann Engineer Voice Communication, OTVm D +45 3247 8463 * Email: mailto:jeh@naviair.dk Naviair * Naviair All? 1 * DK 2770 Kastrup * Danmark T: +45 3247 8000 * F: +45 3247 8817 * naviair(a)naviair.dk * www.naviair.dk A State enterprise under the Danish Ministry of Transport

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Thinning out my collection - some machines available in the UK

by kevan＠heydon.org

Hi all, Anybody in the UK interested in the following: A Whitechapel MG-1 Cpu, keyboard/mouse and 17" mono monitor. Since acquiring the machine it has always been on my todo list so has never been powered on. There are some manuals that go with it, but nothing really technical just user guides I think. An Apollo DN3000 Cpu, keyboard, 19" mono monitor. I have a couple of ethernet cards plus a color graphics card, none of these are plugged in. Worked last time it was used but that was probably before the clock rollover in '97! Agaim some manuals, I think mostly programming ones. I have quite a lot of Sun kit ranging from 2/120 stuff through to IPX's covering things like two 4/110's, a 3/60, a 3/50, a 386i, SS1+ etc. If there is any interest in these then let me know and I can give more details. Collection from the Cambridge area would be ideal, but I am quite flexible because I want to clear out this stuff pretty quickly. -- Kevan

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DEC Server

by TRASH3＠splab.cas.neu.edu

Decserver 100's are terminal servers for going from terminals that use 3 wires (rcv,xmt, gnd) to ethernet. The connection is for an AUI, which normally goes to thick-wire ethernet, but can adapt to normal ethernet. The biggest problem, as I recall, is they only speak LAT, so if you want to hook up terminals to something that doesn't run DECNET/LAT you have a tough time. Of course, us VMS guys don't care. That's what I remember. Anybody else, please correct me if the memory is wrong... Joe Heck

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ADMIN: possible list maintenance window

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

There is a 50/50 chance that I will have time tonight to go down to the datacenter late afternoon/early evening to do the next part of the list server upgrade. If so, the list server (and the classic computer related websites it also hosts) would be down hard for at least an hour. After it comes back up, there will likely be a lot of squirrelyness (is that a word?) for a few hours afterwards as I find all the little gotchas I forgot to address. May not do it tonight, kinda depends on some other variables, but if I DO get to do it tonight I wanted to let folks know. Damn upgrade is taking time away from my HP2000 restoration *GRIN* Jay West

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Needed - VT terminal

by chrisc＠addpower.com

Does anyone have a spare VT220, 320 or 420 that they'd be willing to part with? My 320 just bit the dust...very inconvenient time, too, since I was about to install my brand new OpenVMS hobbyist... :( Failing that, does anyone know how I can interface another kind of terminal to my MicroVAX 3100? It's got the MMJ connector on it...maybe if I could send the output to a wyse 60 that I have lying around... Cheers, Chris Cureau

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Two great finds today

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

Today I was given a Dolch ADD-In computer C-P.A.C. it was a 386DX-33C and has been upgraded to a 486 it's a cool looking color portable lunchbox. I also picked up a monorail model 133 that works great but is missing the stand, keyboard, and mouse. I talked with a guy at the thrift who claims to have a monorail kb and mouse for these systems and is willing to sale them to me. I will have to see what he has next week.

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specifications for IBM XT-286

by cheri-post＠web.de

Thanks alot Ralph, this is enough information about this machine :) Paxton, the CMI drives as the 6426S were real crap, you're absolutely right. A Seagate drive should be ok. 1.2 Meg 5.25 inch drives are easy to find. Thanks to you, too. Pierre > Pierre, > > Here are 2 links concerning the XT-286. > > http://www.uncreativelabs.org/~matt/classic/5162.html > > http://safariexamples.informit.com/0789725428/Reference%5Chardware.pdf > > Hope this helps. > > Ralph ______________________________________________________________________________ Die Besten ihrer Klasse! WEB.DE FreeMail (1,7) und WEB.DE Club (1,9) - bei der Stiftung Warentest - ein Doppelsieg! http://f.web.de/?mc=021184

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Suggested solution regarding Jim Willing

by vcf＠siconic.com

Hello All. I've been keeping tabs on the complaints regard Jim Willing. I'm also someone who has items owed to me by Jim. Unfortunately, I just don't see this situation being resolved by Jim anytime soon. I consider Jim a friend, and I know that if it was within his means he would take care of this immediately. I've only known him to be honorable. However, he seems to be compounding one bad move with another, and the last thing I want to see is more trouble for Jim that he just won't be able to handle. As much as it sucks to get stiffed, getting the police involved or filing lawsuits won't make the situation any better. Jim apparently just doesn't have the resources to follow through on his commitments. The economy has ruined a lot of people, and it hit Jim hard, perhaps harder than most. Keep that in mind. That being said, I think the best way to go would be as follows: one or two people who are close to Yates Center, Kansas, should arrange a visit with Jim. They should bring boxes and packaging materials (tape, foam peanuts, etc.) Anything that can be packed and shipped should be packed up with Jim's help. Those packages and the remaining items should then be loaded into the vehicle and driven off. Jim is no longer in the picture and he can try to deal with life free from this burden. The packed items can be taken to the local UPS or Fedex center and sent off. The rest of the items can be distributed based on specific arrangements to be decided. I'm assuming that whatever money Jim received for both the items and shipping has been spent on bills, so it would be wise to simply write this off. Those folks who have already paid for shipping have two options: either send more money for shipping (to the persons who are handling the pickup) or try to arrange some way for items to be brought to them through some relay mechanism. I would also call on Jim to relinquish anything else of value that can be added to the load when it's picked up. These items can be sold off by a neutral party and the funds distributed proportionally to those folks who are owed money for shipping. I think the best way to coordinate this will be to have everyone who is owed something write to me, and I'll form a small mailing list so we can figure everything out. None of this is to be construed as my acquiring responsibility for this. I am just trying to find a solution that will remove Jim from the picture and get everyone their stuff. Everyone will lose from this, unfortunately. Jim stiffed a lot of people. However, there's no point in trying to "ruin" Jim. That's already happened. Getting him in trouble will most likely only guarantee that you'll never get what you paid for. The best solution at this point is to work together to resolve the issue in a manner that gets everyone what they are owed. This is just a suggestion. No one is obligated to adhere to it. Anyone is free to take their own independent course of action. That being said, anyone who is interested please e-mail me and I'll coordinate the effort. But this all rests on having at least two people near Kansas who can take on the burden of the drive and the effort required to retrieve the items. -- 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 ]

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Old Computer Usage

by TRASH3＠splab.cas.neu.edu

We run a speech perception lab at Northeastern University with a microvax II with custom software from haskins labs/yale and also two 11/23 systems again with custom software. I am finally pulling the plug on the 11/23 systems, but the microvaxes still run. on the pc side, my eprom programmer runs on a 386, and some of my home control stuff runs on a 486. Joe Heck

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DEC MicroVAX-II/BA123 Q

by TRASH3＠splab.cas.neu.edu

lower left is console terminal connector, db9, to the right is two digit display for power-on self test progress, upper left is rotary switch for baud rate, middle rotary switch is power up mode switch, 3 position, run mode (arrow), language inquire (human profile) asks for which language you want, loopback test mode is third mode (with t in the middle) i think last switch is halt enable/disable, that allows halt button front or break key on terminal to halt system joe heck

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at&t mainframe

by gunther＠aurora.regenstrief.org

Hm, that's a good point. You know, I don't know. I have not seen this thing. It sounded to me like it was something big. So, may be it is an IBM with some AT&T label on it? I don't know. -Gunther jim wrote: > what is an at&t mainframe? one they owned, or manufactured? > > if it is one of the 3B's it probably wont get me interested, but if it > is > an IBM mainframe from a datacenter that is old, I am very interested. > > I just have not heard the term "mainframe" applied to any 3B's and > don't know what else they may have. > > if these are switching systems, I assume they are of the 3, 4 or 5ESS > classes? > > Jim

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DEC MicroVAX-II/BA123 Q

by TRASH3＠splab.cas.neu.edu

I was reading out of the operation guides for the MVII when I responded. joe heck

22 years, 6 months

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Apple II floppy substitute

by cb＠mythtech.net

I know the Apple II series used something like 140k single sided floppies. What is a compatible substitute? Double Sided Double Density? I would assume side count doesn't matter and in fact DS might be be preferable as then I can just notch the other side and safely flip the disk. But what about density? I know in 3.5 disks, you can't safely interchange DD and HD disks and expect them to work for long. But what about with 5.25 disks? Can I use DD or even HD disks with an Apple II? Again this is so I make sure I keep a healthy supply of floppies when I am done cleaning house (I have a case of 5.25 disks also to get rid of, and they are a mix of DSDD and DSHD). -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 6 months

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Commodore B128 with I/O issue

by billdeg＠degnanco.com

I have a Commodore 600 series B128 (low profile version similar to the European 610) and I have been trying to diagnose a problem and fix. I do not have diagnositcs for one of these guys to check the chips automatically. When I power on the machine, it reports to be READY with BASIC version 4. I can type one line of code (for example: 10 PRINT"TEST"), but when I hit enter, the cursor disappears and no more screen IO can be generated. In other words, the cursor does not jump down to the next line so that I may proceed with another line of code, it just disappears. If I reset the computer and type "LOAD" at the prompt and then hit enter, I am not asked to start the tape drive. There is also a return key associated with the numeric keypad but this does not generate different results than the Enter key. I am guessing that I need to replace a chip or two someplace. I would like to know if any of you have an opinion/suggestions. I have found one interesting web page, http://www.funet.fi/pub/cbm/firmware/computers/b/ that links to schematics, etc. I am curious if anyone has had a similar experience with any Commodore of this era. I am sure the cause of the problem is not unique to the 600 series. Once I have a better idea what the problem is, I can start replacing the appropriate chips. If I can find any (!) Thanks Bill Wilmington, Delaware

22 years, 6 months

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DEC MicroVAX-II/BA123 Q

by meltie＠meltie.com

Hi guys Does anyone know what the two small switches and two large red LEDs on the BACK of the ba123's CPU control panel are for? I'd look at the MV-II/BA123 Tech Man but I can't seem to get to the DFWCUG to get them... alex/melt -- Dance like no-one's watching, sing like no-one can hear you, love like you've never been hurt, wash like everyone has a nose, eat like cholesterol is a myth.

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Stumbled across this link...

by zmerch＠30below.com

The things that some people will believe... enter at your own risk, however; there is some 'adult' rated stuff on there... http://www.funny-shit.com/view.php?current_page=pictures&id=1743&download=1 BTW, it's on topic, as the computer in the picture is over 10 years old... ;^> Laterz, Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- Roger "Merch" Merchberger --- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers Recycling is good, right??? Ok, so I'll recycle an old .sig. If at first you don't succeed, nuclear warhead disarmament should *not* be your first career choice.

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Fluke 9010A or 9100 equipment

by mowerman＠erols.com

Can anyone help me find Fluke 9010A or 9100 equipment, manuals, software, etc? Thanks, Kev mowerman(a)erols.com

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Needed - VT terminal

by chrisc＠addpower.com

I'm in Metairie, LA, near New Orleans. David Woyciesjes <dwoyciesjes(a)comcast.net> Sent by: cctech-admin(a)classiccmp.org 09/12/2003 11:08 AM Please respond to cctech To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org cc: Subject: Re: Needed - VT terminal Christopher Cureau wrote: > > Does anyone have a spare VT220, 320 or 420 that they'd be willing to part > with? My 320 just bit the dust...very inconvenient time, too, since I was > about to install my brand new OpenVMS hobbyist... :( > > Failing that, does anyone know how I can interface another kind of terminal > to my MicroVAX 3100? It's got the MMJ connector on it...maybe if I could > send the output to a wyse 60 that I have lying around... > > Cheers, > Chris Cureau Yeah, a VT420... Where are you though? -- --- Dave Woyciesjes --- ICQ# 905818

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Apple II floppy substitute

by cb＠mythtech.net

>Apple drives are OK with single density or double density disks, and you >can notch single-sided disks to make them double-sided. The Apple is easy >when it comes to disks. Oh good, that makes my life easy. I have a half dozen unopened boxes of 5.25 DSDD floppies. Now I don't have to dig thru or sort all the used ones. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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Loutus 123 "Government Edition"?

by r_beaudry＠hotmail.com

Hello all, I recently got a copy of Lotus 1-2-3 (on topic! Dates on disks are 1989), Release 2.2. The disks, and the box the disks were in say "Government Edition". There is a barcode label on the bottom that says "3.5 Govt Upgrd", and the disks have a cool logo of the American Eagle, with a floppy disk over it, and the words "Government Edition". My question is: Is there any real difference between this and any other 123 R2.2, or is this just fancy labeling? Thanks! Rich B.

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Apple IIgs ROM differences

by cb＠mythtech.net

Is there any reason to keep ROM 01 IIgs units? I have both ROM 01 and ROM 03 units. I know the ROM 03 has advantages over the ROM 01, so given that I have both, is there a reason to keep a ROM 01? Is there anything a ROM 01 can do or is needed for that can't be done on a ROM 03? Of course, I am keeping my ROM 00 unit... just because. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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Apple IIgs ROM differences

by cb＠mythtech.net

>Besides having 1mb memory on board instead of 256k, whats the advantage of >the 03?

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Apple IIgs ROM differences

by cb＠mythtech.net

>Now, if you are realy throwing out ROM 00 or 01 IIgs, I would >be interested in the boards (including the parts). I only have one ROM 00 unit, which I am keeping. I have at least one ROM 01 unit, plus I have 4 or 5 other IIgs units that I don't know the ROM version. I also have one ROM 03 complete system which I am keeping. Although I have no objection to shipping things, I have no time to do it. And I don't mean that in the sense that I am busy... I mean that in the sense that I am being evicted from my storage area, and have no where to move things until they can be shipped. Monday, everything that isn't claimed this weekend, hits the dumpster. My Oct 1st deadline was just moved forward to Saturday. I just had to beg and plead to keep the space until Monday because I have some people lined up to stop in over the weekend. If you want to make arrangements with someone that is stopping in, and have them take things for shipping, that's fine with me Now I just have to figure out how to get them around the painting that will be starting on Saturday. Full construction and moving starts Monday... when the movers show up, all my stuff is being removed and I can't stop it. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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(Ping) Paging Jim Willing, paging Jim Willing.

by classiccmp＠vintage-computer.com

> I'm looking fo Jim Willing. I need to talk to him ASAP. Was there any response to this? I've been trying to reach Jim myself with no luck. Erik Klein www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum The Vintage Computer Forum

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$$$ BOUNTY : HP 2895B paper tape punch racking info

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

I'm offering a cash bounty for information on rackmounting the HP 2895B paper tape punch. I have this gorgeous 2895B on a nice sliding tray with telescoping slides. The telescoping slides then mount to other stationary rails inside the HP cabinet. This is all standard-issue HP stuff. However, I can find no way that this drawer will mount to standard HP stationary rails (L brackets). This means one of two things... either the hardware on the sides of the tray was put together wrong by the previous owner and I can't figure out for the life of me how the pieces should be assembled, or, the 2895B rackmount drawer requires special (different) stationary rails inside the HP rack that I don't have. The bounty is for information as to either how to correctly rackmount what I have, or, acquiring the correct stationary rails. I know this sounds picky, but everything in this particular restoration is completely "authentic", and I don't want to mess that up with "jerry-rigging" a non-standard mount for this one item. The 12926A (the HP part number for the whole 2895B kit, including interface card, cables, diagnostics, etc.) manual does show the 2895B racked with a side view. However, this picture shows the punch, drawer, and slides but does not show how that assembly is bolted to the inside of the HP rack. As to where to look, the 12926A manual lists another manual which MAY contain the sought after information. This manual is: HP 2985B Tape Punch Operating and Service Manual, part number 02895-90008 However, I seem to recall that this manual above only says "For rackmounting instructions, see the instructions that came with your rackmount kit". In addition, the actual rack mount kit for the punch is part number 02895-60002 (light grey) or 02895-60003 (moss grey). This kit would surely have the instructions for assembly in it. Can anyone help? Jay West

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[Fwd: Re: [Fwd: Re: Anyone interested in an AT&T mainframe?]]

by gunther＠aurora.regenstrief.org

Here is more about that AT&T mainframe. > It's a 3B20 mainframe. Probably missing a few things. It was a testbed > that we used. Hasn't been run in maybe 5 years and may have had some boards > stolen for orders along the way. regards, -Gunther Received: from pimout1-ext.prodigy.net (pimout1-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.63.77]) by aurora.regenstrief.org (8.12.3/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h8IC28qK014690 for <gunther(a)aurora.regenstrief.org>; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 07:02:09 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from PPSJM(a)prodigy.net) Received: from wh3 (dialup-67.75.35.59.Dial1.Boston1.Level3.net [67.75.35.59]) by pimout1-ext.prodigy.net (8.12.9/8.12.3) with SMTP id h8IC4hou176680 for <gunther(a)aurora.regenstrief.org>; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 08:04:43 -0400 Message-ID: <006501c37ddd$09c8b9e0$3b234b43@wh3> From: "Joe Moir" <PPSJM(a)prodigy.net> To: "Gunther Schadow" <gunther(a)aurora.regenstrief.org> References: <3F692ABD.5040304(a)aurora.regenstrief.org> Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Anyone interested in an AT&T mainframe?] Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 08:04:38 -0400 Organization: Prodigy Internet MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=FWD_MSG,ORIGINAL_MESSAGE,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES version=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/mixed by demime 1.01a X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain It's huge. THIS IS NOT THE ONE I HAVE FO R SALE BUT at least you get the idea of what I'm talking about. Seen Attached ----- Original Message ----- From: Gunther Schadow <gunther(a)aurora.regenstrief.org> To: Joe Moir <PPSJM(a)prodigy.net> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 11:47 PM Subject: [Fwd: Re: Anyone interested in an AT&T mainframe?] > Joe, Sellam Ismail here is interested in the AT&T machine. May > be I misunderstood and this isn't a big mainframe. May be it's > an IBM? You can clarify. > > thanks > -Gunther [demime 1.01a removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of att-3b20d-1s.jpg] [demime 1.01a removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of att-3b20d-3s.jpg]

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IBM 5324

by geoffreythomas＠onetel.net.uk

I sent a post for this item some time back but haven't seen it on the forum. Perhaps it got lost. Anyway I have a complete system - Ibm 5324, keyboard,monitor, 5242 printer and a stack of manuals and 8" floppies taking up room in my shed. Does anyone want any of these before I dispose of them - I know Tarsi posted in June for info but he didn't reply to my email - assuming my email got there. Geoff.

22 years, 6 months

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128 Byte issues on VCM

by vcf＠siconic.com

Someone just posted 128 issues of Byte from 1977 through 1988 for $250 (a pretty good deal): http://marketplace.vintage.org/view.cfm?ad=156 -- 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, 6 months

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Uniform - PeeCee

by geoffr＠zipcon.net

Ok, now I am on a quest for Uniform for the PC. (to go along with my compaticard) am looking for different versions :) since the disk support varied (thanks for reminding me of this guys)

22 years, 6 months

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Bulk Erase 8" floppies

by Edward.Tillman＠valero.com

If you happen to have an old x86 laying around (286sx - 486dx), with DOS 5 or earlier, your format command will tell you the types/capacities of floppies available, and the switches required to format them properly. A simple chkdsk command run on the FD will tell you what you actually have. Prior to HD, I don't believe any of the disks were marked with type/size. However, HD and DD (DSHD 720Kb & DSDD 1.44Mb) are both marked on the disk housing on the top foreward right corner -- top foreward right as inserted into the drive -- right next to the spring-loaded media cover. The cover, itself, may also contain the disk capacity in KB or MB, but that's also usually found in later model disks... Cheers... Ed Tillman Store Automation Tech Support Specialist Valero Energy Corporation San Antonio, Texas, USA Office: (210)592-3110, Fax (210)592-2048 Email: edward.tillman(a)valero.com <mailto:edward.tillman@valero.com> -----Original Message----- From: chris [mailto:cb@mythtech.net] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 1:32 AM To: Classic Computers Subject: Re: Bulk Erase 8" floppies >A hint : sort the floppies according to density. I would be rather p..... >if I bought a stack of 20 floppies, believing they were DSDD, and I got >some SSSD ones. Is there a way to tell visually if they are DS vs SS? Not all the floppies have their original factory labels on them any more, and I know there are some of each. If not, I'll make 3 groups. DSDD, SSSD, and "Pot Luck" -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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Help! Too much stuff, but love all of it :-)

by gunther＠aurora.regenstrief.org

Help! I can't work with any of my gear any more because it's all in the way! But I really do like it all. Anyway, I will have to let go of something. There is that HP 9000 K class machine with Ethernet, FDDI, dual DDS2 tape drive and RAID disk array, all in a nice setup, original with HP-UX and an HP term. Not too loud and not too slow. Nice useable UNIX system. So beautiful, but I don't know where to put it and be able to do something with it. Then the DEC 7000. What a beautiful machine! What a nice sound! It's got plenty of CPU and memory and SCSI and all but still I can't use it, or if I do I can't work on my VAX 11/780, which is the main thing I want to do. I am thinking about selling to recoup some of my costs, but then, before I sell for a rediculously low price I'd rather give it away or trade. I still want a VAX 4000 - 700 or 105A in a pedestal as my last addition to the family. That would be a trade. If you want some of it, make an offer in $$ or machine or parts. I still need some PDP-8/A parts, memory, power supply, or an RA60 drive, or VAX 11/780 cabinet remains (delivered to my door.) This is not a OBO by next Saturday kind of sale, but if you are interested you're welcome to make an offer. I am in Indianapolis. -Gunther

22 years, 6 months

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Bulk Erase 8" floppies

by cb＠mythtech.net

>A hint : sort the floppies according to density. I would be rather p..... >if I bought a stack of 20 floppies, believing they were DSDD, and I got >some SSSD ones. Is there a way to tell visually if they are DS vs SS? Not all the floppies have their original factory labels on them any more, and I know there are some of each. If not, I'll make 3 groups. DSDD, SSSD, and "Pot Luck" -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 6 months

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3 Phase converter

by tothwolf＠concentric.net

I came across this on eBay and figured there might be some interest in such a unit here. The seller does recommend against using the unit for three phase electronics, but I dunno if he would consider big-iron to be in that category or not ;) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2558575867 Not affiliated with seller, etc, etc... -Toth

22 years, 6 months

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Commodore Plus/4 free for shipping on VCM

by vcf＠siconic.com

Someone just posted a Commodore Plus/4 on the Vintage Computer Marketplace. Free (just pay shipping). http://marketplace.vintage.org/view.cfm?ad=157 -- 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 ]

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