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

by fmc＠reanimators.org

"Computermuseum" <computermuseum(a)pandora.be> wrote: > I think that you all didn't saw that i was forgotten to put an 's' inbetween > the b and the c of unsub(s)cribe. Didn't really care either, just trying to be helpful (and yank Fred's chain about forgetting the molten iron). I see you claim to be leaving for real now, so mind the door/bottom interface! -Frank McConnell

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Signetics 82S153 question

by fmc＠reanimators.org

I have some 82S153s which I would like to read. What I'm wondering is, can I tell my PLD-reader (a Data I/O 29A w/LogicPak and 303A-001 p/t head) that what I'm reading is a PHL (presumably Philips, who owned Signetics at the time) PLS153, and successfully (and non-destructively read) the parts? It would appear that Data I/O changed the firmware, and the family/pinout codes, between what they were when they supported the 82S153 and the PLS153, and I don't know the history or differences between the parts. So I'm a little bit nervous about just popping parts in and trying it. -Frank McConnell

23 years, 2 months

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OT: RoadRunner Blacklisted, Blocking Bounce Messages!

by bill＠timeguy.com

After getting a number of "Are you still alive?" messages from various friends on the web, and having sent similar messages to them when I received no response to other e-mails, I made an infuriating discovery. RoadRunner is listed in several blacklists (dsbl.org for one), and a number of ISPs are blocking e-mail from their domain (at least from RoadRunner Nebraska - nebr.rr.com). RoadRunner's response was to fix the open relay and get delisted, right? Nope. Their response was to state that they "don't negotiate with blacklists" and promptly _blocked_ all mail from dsbl.org to RoadRunner users. Hence, I would send e-mails to my friends, they would be bounced due to the blacklisting, and I would have no indication of a problem because RR's block would prevent the "bounce" message from getting back to me. Bastards. At least one person I was corresponding with is no longer speaking to me because they thought I was ignoring them. I'm about ready to start a class action suit, although they probably have something in the fine print that prevents that. GRRR!

23 years, 2 months

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Columbia - THIS THREAD MUST DIE

by jwillis＠arielusa.com

Some of us are using very slow dial-up connections with even more cumbersome web interfaces. The occasional off-topic post is OK but this has gone way too far. I've gotten three additional "pages" of mail headers due to this thread-just today. -----Original Message----- From: Sellam Ismail Sent: Sun 2/2/2003 10:42 PM To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Cc: Subject: Re: Columbia On Sun, 2 Feb 2003, Eric Dittman wrote: > > > ...for that matter, only 2 complete craft/crew losses for the shuttle > > > program in over 20 years; and including these, only *3* complete craft/crew > > > losses in a space program that's run for nearly 35 years? That's still a > > > damned good record in anyone's book, regardless of what the detractors may > > > say... Name me an aircraft or series of aircraft who can make the same > > > claim. (Noogies for the person who can name the *1* airliner that comes > > > closest to beating this record...) > > > > Southwest Airlines. > > Southwest Airlines is an airline, not airliner. He was asking > for a model of passenger airplane. Got it. But they still have the best commercial record of any (US-based at least) airline ;) Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org * Old computing resources for business and academia at www.VintageTech.com * [demime 1.01a removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef which had a name of winmail.dat]

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anyone tried NVRAM simulation of hard drives

by mranalog＠attbi.com

Ethan wrote: > If I were more comfortable with FPGA/CPLD design, I would probably go > that route. My expertise is more in microprocessors; I was contemplating > throwing an MC68000 on the other end of the bus.......................... > I was thinking of recycling the COMBOARD design - 1/4 of the memory > map is "shared memory" - there is a circuit between the 68000 and > the host bus that initiates DMA cycles when the 68000 reads/writes > to it. I have used a COMBOARD to test the RAM in a PDP-11/03 via > this shared memory interface. I got a 4 Mpixel camera for Christmas that came with a 16 Mbyte Compact Flash Card. After Christmas I picked up a 64 Mbyte CFC to use with the camera just so I would have the storage for about 50 pictures instead of just 12. I also picked up a Dazzle USB Compact Flash Card Reader/Writer for $20 for my sneaker net needs. So now when I'm around computers I carry the CFC reader and the CD with the USB drivers and I basically have a removable hard drive that I can carry in my pocket. So now I'm thinking about how hard it would be to create a cartridge for say - the C64 that has a USB port and an EPROM on it. The EPROM would have routines that wedge into the Kernal disk routines on boot. (And of course they would bypassing the serial routines) Plus routines to translate disk commands to read and write files. Imagine a hot swapable 512 MB hard drive on the C64 with an access time of RAM. Regards, --Doug ========================================= Doug Coward @ home in Poulsbo, WA Analog Computer Online Museum and History Center http://dcoward.best.vwh.net/analog =========================================

23 years, 2 months

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FW from Usenet: S-100 modem wanted

by kyrrin＠bluefeathertech.com

Perhaps someone on the list can help this fellow? Found in one of the ham radio groups on Usenet. Please respond directly to the original message author. I am not them. They are not me. I'm one of The Other Guys instead. ;-) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- From: "Alan" <adiaz224(a)earthlink.net> Newsgroups: alt.ham-radio.marketplace, rec.ham-radio.swap, rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors, rec.radio.amateur.equipment, rec.radio.amateur.homebrew NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.118.202.3 Subject: WTB: 300 BAUD S-100 bus modem I'm looking for any brand of S-100 bus modem, circa 1970'ish. If you have one, send me an email. Thanks. Alan -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy, Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com ARS KC7GR (Formerly WD6EOS) since 12-77 -- kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com "I'll get a life when someone demonstrates that it would be superior to what I have now..." (Taki Kogoma, aka Gym Z. Quirk)

23 years, 2 months

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Chip Upgrades for 11/23 (was Re: 11/03 system on eBay sold)

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Feb 3, 0:20, Megan wrote: > Yes, the 11/23 and 11/23+ use the same chips. The 11/24 and PRO300 > series also use the DCF11 chip. I don't know if they also use the > memory management chip... The 11/24 does, but I've no idea about the Pro. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

23 years, 2 months

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Old Computer Companies

by Innfogra＠aol.com

In a message dated 2/2/03 3:15:05 PM Pacific Standard Time, ETILLMAN(a)satx.rr.com writes: > > I did have the opportunity to meet Gene Amdahl...what a nice guy (btw he > > did tell me he is a Mac user)...I asked for (and got) an autographed > > copy of his picture. What ever happened to Andor (his last company) and > > what were they trying to build? > I bought the remainders of the test wafers from Gene Amdahl's Elixi company in its failure in the mid 1980s. This was where he tried to put a mainframe on a 6" wafer. It was a failure, pushing the limits of LSI technology at the time. I went to their final auction in 1989. In the lobby of the building was Gene Amdahl's first computer, not for sale. It was very interesting. I wonder where it is now? It was destined to be saved. Paxton Hoag Astoria, OR

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Columbia

by micheladam＠theedge.ca

I'll venture this guess: Concorde Only one loss of craft and passengers & crew. Statisticaly, measured in passenger/kilometers flown, it went from one of the best safety record to one of the worse, since there are so few of the planes... Michel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey S. Worley" <Technoid(a)30below.com> Date: Sunday, February 2, 2003 11:27 pm Subject: RE: Columbia > Maybe, but then again the plane is like an Italian rifle. Fired once, > dropped once. It is practically unused. I visited the museum > where it > is stored along with the QE? > > It is a really really big plane. I've flown on a C5A and it was > biggerstill (or so it seemed). > > Regards, > > Jeff > > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org] > On Behalf Of Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) > Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 4:26 PM > To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: RE: Columbia > > > claim. (Noogies for the person who can name the *1* airliner that > comes > > closest to beating this record...) > > Howard Hughe's "Spruce Goose" has NEVER crashed.

23 years, 2 months

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OT: Anyone in/near Cambridge, MA; Kansas City, KS; or Detroit, MI looking for IT work?

by erd_6502＠yahoo.com

I would like to share in my recent good fortune with folks on the list (and pick up a referral bonus, naturally ;-) by attempting to hook people up with internal job postings. Write me off-list (erd_6502(a)yahoo.com) and tell me where you are at (from the above list of Cambridge, Kansas City or Detroit) and I'll send back job decriptions for those locations. Unfortunately, not much looks like ClassicCmp-type stuff (except the Mac Software Engr position in Cambridge), but we all gotta have current skills to keep on the treadmill. If you don't live within commuting distance of the above places, please don't write and ask me what's available - The openings for tech types are where I've described. Enjoy, -ethan

23 years, 2 months

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HP 5423A analyzer

by jwest＠imail.kwcorp.com

I just receive an HP 5423A Structural Dynamics Analyzer. I have no interest in it, but being curious, what the heck is it used for?? From googling I get the impression it does fourier modal testing? Jay "Idly curious" West --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]

23 years, 2 months

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In a previous life the mircomputers I used to sell were the...

by vze2wsvr＠verizon.net

New: Sol-20 Commodore PET Atari 400 Atari 800 Used: IBM XT IBM AT various 286s various 486s Pentiums Mac IIs Please add to the list your personal experience of computers sales. If you didn't sell it don't add it. Eric

23 years, 2 months

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PDP-8: (and others) anyone tried NVRAM simulation of hard drives?

by djg＠drs-esg.com

>> From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502(a)yahoo.com> > >That was one of my options. Any ideas about what to use for the >cabling? > If you are keeping it short ribbon cable should work fine. If you were running longer cables for multiple devices it might not be the best. >What would you estimate the entire harness to run? $100? > I think you need 10 or 11 boards which the cheapest was about $7 so it could be done for that. The cable connection will be tricky on the cheap extender card. The grid card would be the best but most expensive. >I was thinking of recycling the COMBOARD design - 1/4 of the memory >map is "shared memory" - there is a circuit between the 68000 and >the host bus that initiates DMA cycles when the 68000 reads/writes >to it. I have used a COMBOARD to test the RAM in a PDP-11/03 via >this shared memory interface. > Don't know if the 68000 has a fast enough clock to see the pulses or it will need a little hardware assist. As long as you don't mind your peripheral being brighter than the computer it should be viable. From: Bob Shannon <bshannon(a)tiac.net> > >I beleive that Al got a few (one or two?) Augat wire-wrap quad DEC >modules along with the CADR >hardware. There was at least one quad unibus Chaos net interface board. >But I have no idea of what an omnibus interface looks like electrically. > Is this a painful thing to build? > Omnibus timing is a little strange but not that hard to work with. It is similar to the 8/I external bus which is a daisy chained bus with 10 or 11 cables for full version.

23 years, 2 months

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Pulse Ada OS

by enrico.badella＠softstar.it

> On 2003.02.02 02:43 Adrian Vickers wrote: > > PULSE. The development was apparently done on the VAX, and > cross-compiled for the PDP-11/23. The book in question is "PULSE: An > Ada-based Distributed Operating System". I have the book, bought it many years ago. Anybody know it PULSE is available somewhere? A quick google di not reveal any source. Would be probably a nice toy for an 11 ;-) cheers e. -- /|_ .-------------------------. ,' .\ / | Looking for PDP, and VAX| ,--' _,' | hardware and DEC-10 docs| / / `-------------------------' ( -. | | ) | (`-. '--.) `. )----'

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Ada (was Re: Columbia)

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Feb 2, 7:29, Zane H. Healy wrote: > PULSE. The development was apparently done on the VAX, and > cross-compiled for the PDP-11/23. The book in question is "PULSE: An > Ada-based Distributed Operating System". Ian Wand has just retired from Computer Science at York, but Andy Wellings is still there. I'll ask Andy about that... CompSci had Vaxen and unibus 11's (I've got one of them), but I didn't know they ever had any small QBus machines. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

23 years, 2 months

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Emulex QD 211

by Innfogra＠aol.com

A quick Google search nor looking through Emulex's site was I able to find out what this card is? The actual number is QD2110202-00 rev L. From the connectors it is either ESDI or a MFM hard disk controller for Qbus but I am not sure which. Pictures at http://members.aol.com/innfosale/ebay/QD211E1A.JPG http://members.aol.com/innfosale/ebay/QD211E1B.JPG Thanks, Paxton Astoria, OR

23 years, 2 months

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11/03 system on eBay sold

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

> >I've been wondering, ever since I got it a few years ago, what my > >PDT-11/150 would go for on eBay. > > Same here... I've got a few with the EIS/FIS chip in them, maybe > that qualifies them for 'L@@K, R@RE' :-) > > Megan Just being a PDT-11/150 qualifies them as 'L@@K, R@RE' :^) Having the EIS/FIS chip should qualify them as 'L@@K, ULTR@ R@RE'. I'm assuming that unlike me, you've also got software that will run on them. The trick would be to come up with software and doc's, and include 'screenshots' of it booting up. Including a terminal would be icing on the cake. I'm guessing such a setup would either go for a frightening amount, or nothing. Zane

23 years, 2 months

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Space Shuttle Disaster

by alhartman＠yahoo.com

I believe that the Colombia had recently been totally refurbished stem to stern... New Avionics, new wiring, crew compartment, the works... NASA is trying to upgrade and extend the life of the Shuttle fleet rather than pushing for a replacement. I think it's time an X Program or two were undertaken to create an SSTO replacement for the shuttle. Check out Jerry Pournelle's Site http://www.jerrypournelle.com (and if you like it, please become a member... Let's encourage good work like his..), for some cogent discussions of this issue... All sorts of wacky stuff is flying around about the cause. Someone sent me an e-mail about a terrorist with a laser weapon... Geez! What bugs me about it, beyond the obvious... Is that Islamic Extremests will take this disaster and interpret it to mean that God has spoken against the U.S. and Israel, and that this disaster is an omen. Let's wait and see, but I'm sure many in that crowd were jumping with glee over this, and taking this as a sign that "Allah" was on their side. A sad interpretation of a Sadder event. I'd like to see Burt Rutan on an X Project to develop a replacement for the shuttle. I'd bet if anyone could do it, he could get something cheaper and better developed in a few years easily... And the temporary solution is to build a few more new shuttles and ground the older ones. It's obvious to me, that age and metal stress played some part in this disaster, and it's probably better to ground the current fleet and fly all new machines until replacements can be designed, tested and built... Al

23 years, 2 months

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DEC cable sought

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

Hi all, Does anyone have one or two DEC BC09J cables they'd be willing to part with? If so, pse contact me off-list.. thanks! --fred

23 years, 2 months

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looking for a COMPUTE! issue

by spectre＠stockholm.ptloma.edu

I'm looking for a COMPUTE! (not Gazette) issue, dating around '84-'85 (I think). I recall the cover clearly; it had Miami Ice on it, and inside was Looking Glass, a useful little Commodore windowing utility. If someone has this magazine and would be willing to part with it, please contact me off list. Thank you! -- ----------------------------- personal page: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ -- Cameron Kaiser, Point Loma Nazarene University * ckaiser(a)stockholm.ptloma.edu -- Stand by to launch beef by-product into oscillating ventilation unit ... ---

23 years, 2 months

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Looking for a SOL

by awt＠io.com

The first computer that want crazy over was a SOL. It was an S-100 based console that used a DUAL cassette interface. Super. Never could afford one but I did get the original MSA (Microsoft) basic on cassette just in case. I would love to get one now just for nostalgia. If anyone should come across one let me know. awt(a)io.com

23 years, 2 months

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Columbia, RoadRunner : please stop !

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

All, Although I, like everyone else, am sad about what has happened, I would like to ask that we go back to ClassiComp related issues here. I've been hitting the >D< key a little too often the past few days. Thanks, Fred

23 years, 2 months

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Old Computer Companies

by jwillis＠arielusa.com

Someone mentioned C3 the other day. That translates to Convergent Technologies. I thing Burroughs bought them in the late 80's. I cut my teeth on C3 gear. At age 8 I was an expert at crashing the Coast Guard mini in Saulte Ste. Marie, Michigan. Regards, Jeff -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Brian Chase Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 11:56 AM To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Old Computer Companies On Sat, 1 Feb 2003 vance(a)neurotica.com wrote: > I'm trying to think of all the really old computer companies that are > still in business. GE and Honeywell no longer make computers. DEC and DG > are gone. So there's HP, IBM, Bull... are there any others left from > way-back-when? Oh yeah, there's Siemens. And Amdahl's part of Fujitsu > now. Do they still count? I guess Fujitsu probably counts on its own > merits. Hitachi and Toshiba left the industry recently, after many years. > And then there's Unisys, with their recent turn to weird hybrid systems. > Did I miss anyone? Sure... SGI and Sun. -brian. My linux box is a DataGeneral 486 [demime 1.01a removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef which had a name of winmail.dat]

23 years, 2 months

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Expect to see fewer hard drives.

by msokolov＠ivan.Harhan.ORG

Jeffrey S. Worley <Technoid(a)30below.com> wrote: > I bought a Sun Sparcstation 4/330 a few years ago. It's hdd was intact > and after breaking the password file [...] Why did you need to do that? Why couldn't you just boot single-user from the ROM and get a root shell? MS

23 years, 2 months

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OT: RoadRunner Blacklisted, Blocking Bounce Messages! (Michael Sokolov)

by msokolov＠ivan.Harhan.ORG

loedman1(a)juno.com wrote: > Please provide a valid address so we may do so. Since I use Classic Computers for my mail and honestly follow the original standards of the Founding Fathers of ARPANET without any obfuscation or other desecration, the only address I have is the valid one, and it appears in the From: header of every message I send. MS

23 years, 2 months

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OT: RoadRunner Blacklisted, Blocking Bounce Messages! (Michael Sokolov)

by loedman1＠juno.com

>The class action suit should of course be against the blockers. We really need >a law that guarantees penalties for spamblockers 10 times greater than those >for spammers. If you send spam, you get 1 year in prison. If you assault an >open relay operator, mangle E-mail addresses, or do anything else to desecrate >the Classic Computing tradition, you should get 10 years in prison. If a >spammer gets 5 years in prison, spamblockers must get 50 years. Excuse me ? Perhaps we should all forward all of our spam, porn and otherwise, to you. Please provide a valid address so we may do so. Rich Stephenson California

23 years, 2 months

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Sierra Adventure Games

by cb＠mythtech.net

>Also, that he was a school teacher is not that surprising. Ron Jeremy, >who is a big, ugly, hairy porn star that has been in the business for >probably over two decades now and has started to spill over into >mainstream TV (usually in comedic roles) used to be a high school teacher. He also won a Mr. Universe contest or one of similar name, don't recall the exact one, but it was one of those male beauty pagent things. Of course that was LONG before his porn career and presumably while he was in better shape. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years, 2 months

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Columbia

by cb＠mythtech.net

>(Noogies for the person who can name the *1* airliner that comes >closest to beating this record...) Quantas? (based entirely off "Rain Man" making the claim that Quantas has never had a crash) :-) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years, 2 months

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Sierra Adventure Games

by cb＠mythtech.net

>Speaking of, does anyone remember the Artworx Strip Poker games? They >were available in the beginning for Apple II, PC, Commodore 64, and Atari, >but the later games were available only for PC. I really liked those >games. Yup, I have a copy for the Apple II. But I only have the one disk, so I only have the two girls that come with it. I never found other disks, but I seem to recall an option to insert disks of other girls. I also remember being a horny kid and taking photos of the screen after I beat the girls. Then forgot about it, sent the film in to be developed. I picked it up one afternoon with my father, and the guy at the lab said there was no charge because none of the pictures came out. My father and I sat in the car looking at the negatives trying to figure out what they were, when I realized what it was I was looking at and freaked. Nothing like trying to convince your father to stop analyzing them before he too figures out what it is he is looking at. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years, 2 months

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OT: RoadRunner Blacklisted, Blocking Bounce Messages!

by msokolov＠ivan.Harhan.ORG

Bill Richman <bill(a)timeguy.com> wrote: > RoadRunner's response was to fix the > open relay and get delisted, right? Nope. Their response was to state > that they "don't negotiate with blacklists" and promptly _blocked_ all > mail from dsbl.org to RoadRunner users. I side with and fully support RoadRunner. Open relays are a very important Classic Computing feature, and every true ClassicCmper must support them. > I'm about ready to start a class action suit, although > they probably have something in the fine print that prevents that. GRRR! The class action suit should of course be against the blockers. We really need a law that guarantees penalties for spamblockers 10 times greater than those for spammers. If you send spam, you get 1 year in prison. If you assault an open relay operator, mangle E-mail addresses, or do anything else to desecrate the Classic Computing tradition, you should get 10 years in prison. If a spammer gets 5 years in prison, spamblockers must get 50 years. -- Michael Sokolov Programletarian Freedom Fighter International Free Computing Task Force Let the Source be with you Programletarians of the world, unite!

23 years, 2 months

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aviion 4000 info

by paulm064＠icqmail.com

I recently aquired a Data General 4000 series server . It appears to be complete (except for keyboard ,mouse and manuals as usual) ;however, before i give it juice would like to confirm its condition. Can anyone help me with manuals or point me towards downloadable manuals (any thing that would be useful). Internet search returned very little info. thanks

23 years, 2 months

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Digital DNAS CD request & CD list

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

Adrian, Jesus! Nice collection! ;) You're no doubt going to be swamped with "me too!" requests, but.. are you willing to make copies available? I am doing a major DEC software repository here, to which people have access (on an ask- first basis, legal issues and such..) so it doesnt get lost. Space is not an issue (the current array is 5x180G) and neither is bandwidth. If we can work something out (like you making ISO image copies of the CD, and making TDF dumps of the tapes) we can either ftp them over, or i can pay for you shipping a tape with em... Thanks, Fred > -----Original Message----- > From: Witchy [mailto:witchy@binarydinosaurs.co.uk] > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 1:34 PM > To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: Digital DNAS CD request & CD list > > > Hi folks, > > Been having a good look round for my DNAS 2.2 CD and I'm > pretty sure it's > currently out on loan with an ex-colleague so I'm checking > and will let you > all know when it turns up. I found its box but what use is that :) > > While I was rooting through my boxes of stuff I found a lot > of CDs and tapes > I'd forgotten about that might be useful in the future so > here's a quick > list: (from memory) > > CDs: > InfoserverVXT > Infoserver 1000 > Infoserver Disk & Tape access > VXT Host software (VAX) > OpenVMS AXP V1.0 > OpenVMS AXP V1.5 > OpenVMS AXP V6.1 > OSF/1 T1.0 is in there somewhere; need to dig that one out too. > OSF/1 V1.3 > Alpha firmware updates from about v2.x up to 5.x (on floppy too) > Ultrix 4.2 VAX and RISC > Ultrix Layered Products, 1994? > OpenVMS Freeware from 1.0 to 5.0 > OpenVMS Internet Product Suite 1.1 > All versions of OpenVMS from 5.5 to 7.3, VAX and Alpha > Digital UNIX V3.2 > Digital UNIX Layered Products > Tru64 V4.0D and 4.0G > Tru64 Layered Products > VMS Layered Product sets from around Sep 1992 up to > 1999/2000, also current > LPs, VAX and Alpha (many boxes!) > > Tapes (TK50): > VMS 5.0 > VMS 5.2 > VMS 5.3 > VMS 5.3-1 > VMS 5.4 > VMS 5.4-2 + MUP > VMS 5.4-3 > VMS 5.5-2H4 + MUP > plus there's some I remember picking up that must be in another box I > haven't found yet, like VMS 5.5, VMS 5.0-1, VMS 5.0-2, Dibol > 4.2, DECwindows > etc. > MVII Diagnostics > Bootable PDP11/73 tape, probably RT/11 V5.4 & CTS300 V8.2 > > Yes, I'm a hoarder :o) > > -- > adrian/witchy > www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the online computer museum > www.snakebiteandblack.co.uk - monthly gothic shenanigans

23 years, 2 months

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Cool external FD by Nintendo

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

Today at the thrift I found a red case/black face/yellow button external 3.5 FD by Nintendo model HVC-022. Most of the writing on it is in Japanese. It was missing the ac adapter and cable. Copyright date on it is 1985. Anyone else have one of these?

23 years, 2 months

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In a previous life the mircomputers I used to sell were the...

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jan 30, 20:44, Eric Chomko wrote: > > Please add to the list your personal experience of computers sales. > If you didn't sell it don't add it. Sales: BBC Microcomputer Model A,B Torch Z80 etc Acorn Econet systems Acorn Cambridge Workstation BBC Master Series Acorn Archimedes Acorn R140, R260 Microvitec monitors Repairs etc: Commodore PET 2001...4032 Apple ][, ][+, //e Exidy Sorcerer Acorn/BBC systems Acorn/SJ Econet systems Amstrad CPC range Apricot PC...Xen-i Sony Word Processor DEC PDP-11 (QBus systems) ACT Sirius Microvitec monitors Epson printers Sinclair ZX81/Spectrum/QL and probably lots of machines and peripherals I've forgotten about. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

23 years, 2 months

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OT: Roadrunner Blacklisted, Blocking Bounce Messages! From: Bill Richman

by loedman1＠juno.com

>RoadRunner Nebraska - nebr.rr.com). RoadRunner's response was to fix the >open relay and get delisted, right? Nope. Their response was to state >that they "don't negotiate with blacklists" and promptly _blocked_ all Good old Roadrunner, the source of some of the most annoying pornographic spam in my Inbox, Sally and the Saint Bernard, Sex with my Mom and so on. Complaints are ignored and the deluge of crap continues Rich Stephenson California

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Ada (was Re: Columbia)

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Feb 1, 16:24, Zane H. Healy wrote: > Excuse me? The GNAT development environment is very much available > on Windows. I've been tempted to install it on Windows as there is > a very nice looking IDE (I believe done by the Air Force) that is > freely available for Windows. Indeed, Computer Science at York does quite a lot of teaching in Ada on Windows. I don't know if they still do, but they used to let students in practical classes use either Linux or Windows, because Ada was one of the few things that works exactly hte same under either -- except, in our setup, for network bandwidth. The Ada classes (using Windows) were responsible for my having to upgrade the classroom links. > One thing about Ada that I found rather interesting was mention of an > OS written in Great Britain in the early 80's. It was written in Ada > and ran on the PDP-11. Probably written by CompSci staff at York. They certainly wrote a compiler and an environment to support it. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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Any Amiga users on this list?

by knightstalkerbob＠netscape.net

"TeoZ" <teoz(a)neo.rr.com> wrote: >Hi, > >Anybody here using Amiga 500's? > Yes, I have two of them, both still operational. -- Bob Mason 2x Amiga 500's, GVP A530 (40mhz 68030/68882, 8meg Fast, SCSI), 1.3/3.1, 2meg Chip, full ECS chipset, EZ135, 1084S, big harddrives, 2.2xCD Gateway Performance 500 Piece 'o Crap, 'ME, 128meg, 20Gig & 40Gig, flatbed. Heathkit H-89A, 64K RAM, hard and soft-sectored floppies, SigmaSoft and Systems 256K RAM Drive/Print Spooler/Graphics board HDOS 2 & CP/M 2.2.03/2.2.04

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Expect to see fewer hard drives.

by mikeford＠socal.rr.com

>Over two years, Simson Garfinkel and Abhi Shelat bought 158 used hard drives >at secondhand computer stores and on eBay. Of the 129 drives that >functioned, 69 still had recoverable files on them and 49 contained >"significant personal information" - medical correspondence, love letters, >pornography and 5,000 credit card numbers. One even had a year's worth of >transactions with account numbers from a cash machine in Illinois. " First old PC I ever bought was from I think PCmall, they had just moved to a new building and gave all their people new computers, and sold the old one from a couple pallets in the outlet store. The sign said no hard drives and no memory, but the guy at the counter said that "some" might still have them. The one I bought had a couple years of client and vendor billing data. I have SE/30 from a county psych center complete with all the ready to print forms and a bunch of patient histories. Many small scrappers promise whatever and then sell to whoever has the top dollar. Or worse they are honest and won't sell to me. ;( Wow do I hate walking into ta place and seeing tasty hard drives etc. getting drilled etc. I don't see it as getting to be a real serious problem for us though, since its pretty costly to scrap old computers "by the book". Much easier to tell Joe in the warehouse to get rid of the old stuff, and he calls some scrapper who slips him a few bucks and huals everything away on the spot.

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hp 9836 system software?

by kurt＠ees1s0.engr.ccny.cuny.edu

Dear cctalk people, I recently got my hands on a HP 9836CU with monitor and HP-IB hard disk. Upon power-up, the machine behaves similarly to Stan's post of Thu, 23 Jan 2003, where his 9836 gave him this: . > Flexible Disc > Flexible Disc Failed and he heard this: . > After the POST, but before the 9836C looks for an OS to load, it emits a > series of high and low pitched beeps (low, low, high, low, high, high, > low). But my 9836CU does not boot. The lights on the front of the HP-IB disk flash when the machine goes through POST an tries to boot, but the disk does not seem to be spinning and I don't hear heads moving. I don't know whether the hard disk works nor do I have any floppies, bootable or otherwise. Does anyone have any floppies that can be used to boot the a HP 9836CU? Other system software? Documentation? thanks, -kurt

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DEC still strong in government / academia

by msokolov＠ivan.Harhan.ORG

Just got my UC Irvine student applicant 2003-04 financial aid paperwork. The picture in the booklet of a student getting his education shows a little Asian- looking guy in front of... a DEC workstation!!! The keyboard has an unmistakable, so dear and familiar to me LK201 or successor layout, the screen with some graphics (of unidentifiable nature) has the authentic look of a DEC monitor (even the d|i|g|i|t|a|l logo can be made out), and DEC-looking boxes (I guess external CD-ROM drives) can be seen in the back. The whole thing displays perfect harmony in DEC colors. (Can't tell, though, whether the workstation is a VAX, MIPS, or Alpha, except that I can see it sitting under the monitor.) When I was registering my company in the San Diego County Clerk's office in June of last year (that's the same place where couples tie the knot on this side of the pond) I was similarly delighted to see all the clerks typing on DEC terminals, with DECconnect cables running around the office. And a few years ago when I was still watching TV (happily living without a TV for 2.5 years now) there was a program asking people to donate blood. They showed footage of the process and my eyes were immediately caught by a VT220. But unfortunately most libraries, a former stronghold of VMS-based catalog servers and public DEC VT terminals, have now been lost to pee-sea-fication. MS

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hp 9836 system software?

by kurt＠ees1s0.engr.ccny.cuny.edu

Dear cctalk people, I recently got my hands on a HP 9836CU with monitor and HP-IB hard disk. Upon power-up, the machine behaves similarly to Stan's post of Thu, 23 Jan 2003, where his 9836 gave him this: . > Flexible Disc > Flexible Disc Failed and he heard this: . > After the POST, but before the 9836C looks for an OS to load, it emits a > series of high and low pitched beeps (low, low, high, low, high, high, > low). But my 9836CU does not boot. The lights on the front of the HP-IB disk flash when the machine goes through POST an tries to boot, but the disk does not seem to be spinning and I don't hear heads moving. I don't know whether the hard disk works nor do I have any floppies, bootable or otherwise. Does anyone have any floppies that can be used to boot the a HP 9836CU? Other system software? Documentation? thanks, -kurt

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IBM floppy

by mhstein＠canada.com

I apologize for this being way within the 10 years, but there's such a wealth of knowledge & experience on this list I just had to ask: I've got an IBM Ambra 6300 08E here that came without a floppy drive (just an HD & CD-ROM), which makes it very awkward to run diagnostics, install drivers, etc. Does anybody know how to add a 3.5 floppy? I've tried a Panasonic & a Sony, the normal way, drive 1 with the twist, and also drive 0 without, but no luck. Any ideas? Thanks for any help, and sorry for the OT. mike

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Another apology

by mhstein＠canada.com

------Original Message-------------- From: "Ernest" <ernestls(a)attbi.com> Subject: RE: Another apology Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 20:05:10 -0800 > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]On > Behalf Of M H Stein > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 5:01 AM > To: 'ClassicComputers' > Subject: Another apology > > > To everyone who's waiting to hear from me > about stuff I've offered, another apology! > Been awfully busy with work & health matters > and haven't had time to look at things in > detail, but you'll all hear from me Real > Soon Now... > > mike in Toronto No problem. How do we get a hold of you via email? Your old account isn't working anymore. ---------------------------------- Hi Ernest: Address is mhstein at canada dot com; don't know why it's not in your original message, it is in my copy of the digest. The Apple clone's still on the shelf with your name on it in indelible black marker :); sorry I dropped the ball. Decided not to keep the bio-feedback H/W & S/W, so I'll throw it in; it also has an 80 col card AFAIK. Write me off-list & we'll work out a reasonable price. Thanks for your patience & understanding, although the longer it sits, the more valuable an antique it becomes, right? :) mike

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WPD

by JimGSherlock＠aol.com

Similar - I am trying to find a converter or reader for .WPD file (PFS WinWorks Word files Any help appreciated Cheers Jim

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Old Commodore Model 202 adding machine

by fernande＠internet1.net

Hey all, I just saw an old Commodore adding machine, model 202, or something similar, at one of the local Goodwill outlets. It was cheap, but I have no interest in it myself. Do I need to go back tomorrow and pick it up >from someone???? This is something I haven't seem before, and I don't want to pass it up if someone else really wants it. I'll do this for about $5.00 over my cost. I think the thing was labeled at $1.99, or something similar. Shipping will probably be the biggest cost, if I pack it well. Chad Fernandez Michigan, USA

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Model 100 DVI drive

by mhstein＠canada.com

--------------------Original Messages-------------------------- Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 10:03:19 -0800 (PST) From: "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin(a)xenosoft.com> Subject: Re: Model 100 DVI drive On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, M H Stein wrote: > Hi Rich: > I can't answer your question, but I do have a DVI and the manual and s/w, > if that can help you in any way. It runs CP/M IIRC. > And if anybody's interested, make me an offer... > mike in Toronto, Can. Could you check the manual, and confirm that it runs CP/M? All of the ones that we've ever seen ran a unique OS, with a directory structure based on the Microsoft stand-alone-BASIC. A CP/M for it would significantly increase the desirability of it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well, as I've mentioned here previously, I have some serious problems with my memory, so my recollection is probably faulty, and I'm certainly not about to argue with you, Fred. Alas, another aspect of this memory problem is that I can't remember where a lot of stuff is any more (although that's always been a problem :), so I haven't been able to find the manual yet. I have found the DVI & boot diskette though, and after a half hour search, the 100 and its user and tech manuals but, alas, not the 100>DVI cable. If & when I find either the DVI manual or the cable, I'll check it out & let you know, but you're probably right. mike

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IBM System/3 owners

by FrankButash＠email.msn.com

Greetings, I am interesting in finding used IBM System 3x computers for sale. Can you direct me to any sites or organizations? Thanks, Frank Butash 860-232-7173 Fax: 860-232-3037

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Teletype machine

by gkbrown＠gwi.net

Hi Gil: I was wondering if you were in the market for another M14-TD. I aquired one the other day. It is all there but quite dusty. I did find some info on it on the web but all the ones I saw were grey. This one is black. I can take a few pictures and send them to you. Any Idea what the age is on this beast. By the way, I have also got to go back this spring and pick up a bunch of other teletype stuff, such as the consol and related items. Regards Gary...WZ1M

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Bee 3 Emulator

by setni＠eunet.yu

I am looking for emulator for Beehive Bee 3 Computer Terminal. Best regards.

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OT: Location and GPS

by truthanl＠oclc.org

I boat, therefore I follow navigation aids and GPS service interruptions at : http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/gps/default.htm There is an Active Notice for Cape Canaveral Area: Cape Canaveral, FL - AFSPC 2002-236 For the Aviation Community 5 NM RADIUS OF N2828/W0835 (ORL100/042) FROM THE SURFACE UP TO FL250. REMARKS; INTERMITTENT DATES AND TIME; 14 DAYS ADVANCE NOTICE WILL BE GIVEN PRIOR TO EACH EVENT. IFR OPERATIONS BASED ON GPS NAVIGATION SHOULD NOT BE PLANNED IN THE AFFECTED AREAS DURING THE PERIODS INDICATED. THESE OPERATIONS INCLUDE DOMESTIC RNAV OR LONG-RANGE NAVIGATION REQUIRING GPS. THESE OPERATIONS ALSO INCLUDE GPS STANDALONE AND OVERLAY INSTRUMENT APPROACH OPERATIONS. ON THE FOLLOWING DATES AND TIMES: REMARKS; INTERMITTENT DATES AND TIME; 14 DAYS ADVANCE NOTICE WILL BE GIVEN PRIOR TO EACH EVENT. Last Updated: 2002-12-23 It also Looks like they'll be testing A New Digital GPS beacon "build out" at Angleton TX next week. I have no idea if thats a correction beacon affecting Florida. Sincerely Larry Truthan

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