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

Anybody need manual for Ampex 219 terminal?

by rimusic＠thegrid.net

Dave...still have the manual ? richard McWilliams cayucos, CA

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OT: telco folks

by spectre＠stockholm.ptloma.edu

After aggravation with modem connects early in the morning (around 4 or 5am), I was wondering: it seems like the connections are somehow poorer at that time -- are the lines lower-quality at off-peak hours? -- ----------------------------- personal page: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ -- Cameron Kaiser, Point Loma Nazarene University * ckaiser(a)stockholm.ptloma.edu -- "Garbage in -- gospel out" -------------------------------------------------

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10BaseT Friendlynet media adapter

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>Speaking of Asante Friendlynet stuff, I've got a few inline 10Base-2 >adapters that I have no information on. Each has 2 BNC and 1 RJ45 >connectors on them. I'm guessing these use some sort of special cable on >the RJ45 port to connect to the computer? I found a cable loose in another >box that has an AAUI connector on one end, and an RJ45 plug on the other. >Would this be the type of cable used by them? That sounds like the Farallon transceivers. They had an AAUI to RJ45 cable, and then a box that plugged into that RJ45 end. The box would then go to whatever port type you were using. So yes... that cable should go to the box's RJ45 port (which should be labled as Computer, with the 10b-2 side labeled as Network... at least the 10b-T ones I have are labeled that way) I have always wanted to just plug that AAUI to RJ45 cable into a hub and see if it works without the box... but I have never been willing to risk frying something. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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10Base-FL

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Tothwolf [mailto:tothwolf@concentric.net] > I'd like to find some myself. I'm looking for 6-8 of either the AUI to > 10Base-FL type, or 10Base-T to 10Base-FL type. Theres a local > school that > I put a lan in for that currently has copper between 3 > buildings. I'd like > to replace those copper lines with 10Base-FL this summer at > the latest. > Since it's a small nonprofit school, they don't have any > money to support > the network, so all of the materials used have been donated > or were extra > bits I had laying around. Well, if you're concerned about capacity, you might consider running multiple lines and doing some kind of channel binding. If you're concerned that the copper may not last well outdoors, well, that won't help. :) 10-Base-2 or 10-Base-5, though, can be very weatherproof. You could see if you can dig up a bunch of ricochet modems, and get the connections between the buildings to be made that way. No cable at all. (been meaning to dig some up for home use, myself) Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

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OT: In-house MP3 Server

by LFessen106＠aol.com

In a message dated 2/8/02 2:14:17 PM Eastern Standard Time, DAW(a)yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu writes: > What's funny, though, is I've never heard anything about having to face > _you_ in any of this... > > A lot of people owe me a lot of favors - works out good that way :-) -Linc. In The Beginning there was nothing, which exploded - Yeah right... Calculating in binary code is as easy as 01,10,11.

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OT: In-house MP3 Server

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Feb 8, 10:28, Cini, Richard wrote: > Well, my latest spare-hardware-using project (while I'm waiting for > parts for other projects to come) is an MP3 server. But I'm torn as to what > OS to use. I was going to use NT Server with Internet Information Server so > that I could serve up a dynamic clickable catalog. The I thought that I'd > just make a simple shared drive and use Media Player to create and manage > playlists. Then I thought maybe this would be perfect for Linux with Samba > and Apache. I'd use Linux (well, actually I'd use IRIX, but the point is "not Windows") and Apache. Definitely not IIS, as it's so full of security problems (to say nothing of other bugs), it is definitely not safe near any machine that might conceivable be connected to the internet, even through a modem using a dynamically assigned IP address. It *will* get scanned sometime. All you need do is stick the MP3s in a directory tree under your DocumentRoot and start Apache. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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10BaseT Friendlynet media adapter

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>I don't mind giving them away, it would be nice to trade something for >them but I'm not worried about that. I rather not just toss them (that's >a big waste). Besides it's the one thing I really like about this >hobby, do a good dead and it will come back to you. :-) Well... if no one else wants them, I can pick them up (eventually... I'm not going to race down to 8A no offense... but next trip to Philly I can swing in). What kind of things are you looking to trade, maybe I have something (I have TONS of old 5.25 drives for PCs, both DD and HD... want some of those?!?) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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cdburners

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Feb 8, 10:21, Douglas Quebbeman wrote: > Windows 2000, EZ-CD Creator 4, and Joliet actually is the default... > > I'd tried some shareware burners, but either they didn't > work with this HP 9200i or I started getting crashes. Something's wrong then. Just to see how well it worked, I tried mkisofs with Rock Ridge before I replied to your previous message, and it was fine with a 187 character filename (the hardest part was typing the filename!). I've never had a problem with mkisofs and cdrecord (or cdwrite or cdburn) on IRIX or Linux. I know that doesn't help if you need to use Windows, of course. Incidentally, I use the same setup to burn EFS (native IRIX), HFS, and other CD disk formats onto CD-R (though obviously I don't use mkisofs to create the image to burn). -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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OT: In-house MP3 Server

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

> ---------- > From: LFessen106(a)aol.com > > In a message dated 2/8/02 1:19:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, > DAW(a)yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu writes: > > Multiple VAX? Oh, okay. Truck? Not a problem... I should be able to fit > all > of it in my GMC, and I'll bring a trailer, just in case... > > --- David A Woyciesjes > > Better bring an army too. :-) You want to take my vaxen you have to go > through my survivalist commando next door neighbor! > > -Linc. ---- What's funny, though, is I've never heard anything about having to face _you_ in any of this... --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 90581 Mac OS X 10.1.2 - Darwin Kernel Version 5.2: Fri Dec 7 21:39:35 PST 2001 Running since 01/22/2002 without a crash

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OT: In-house MP3 Server

by LFessen106＠aol.com

In a message dated 2/8/02 1:19:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, DAW(a)yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu writes: > > Multiple VAX? Oh, okay. Truck? Not a problem... I should be able to fit all > of it in my GMC, and I'll bring a trailer, just in case... > > --- David A Woyciesjes > Better bring an army too. :-) You want to take my vaxen you have to go through my survivalist commando next door neighbor! -Linc. In The Beginning there was nothing, which exploded - Yeah right... Calculating in binary code is as easy as 01,10,11.

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10BaseT Friendlynet media adapter

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>Eh, you sound like me, Chris, grabbing whatever comes your way. I'd grab and >store them, but I'm smart enough to not be in NJ...8-P So that means I'll >have to pass... I'll eventually have a need for them, what with my growing collection of older Macs. But since I knew my collection was growing, the last time I bought some, I found a guy that was willing to sell a bunch to me at $5 each, so I bought 10 of them... so right now, I have a few extras... but like I said, eventually I will run out and need more... so grabbing two while they are free is just good sense. But I don't want to deprive someone that needs them right now of getting them... because with me, they will just be tossed in a box for the immediate future. And there is an advantage of being from NJ... 1: you can name all the locations in the opening of Soprano's, 2: when you come from the Armpit of the Nation... you can handle the worst stenches anywhere (when I intered with Disney, they took us to their waste processing facility, everyone was gagging from the smell... except me and another guy from NJ... who agreed it smelled a lot like the Meadowlands on a warm summer day!) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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OT: In-house MP3 Server

by LFessen106＠aol.com

In a message dated 2/8/02 12:33:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, DAW(a)yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu writes: > Heh heh heh... You know, today is a good day for a good old-fashioned > Vax? As in singular? Nahhhh.. You need some muscles to take my vaxen(pl).. I have 3 3100'ds, a 3400, 2 MVI2K's, an MVII, and 2 MVIII's. You better bring a truck. :-) -Linc. In The Beginning there was nothing, which exploded - Yeah right... Calculating in binary code is as easy as 01,10,11.

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OT: In-house MP3 Server

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

> ---------- > From: LFessen106(a)aol.com > > In a message dated 2/8/02 12:33:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, > DAW(a)yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu writes: > > Heh heh heh... You know, today is a good day for a good old-fashioned > slug-fest... After I kidnap Linc's Vax. :-) > > > Vax? As in singular? Nahhhh.. You need some muscles to take my > vaxen(pl).. I have 3 3100'ds, a 3400, 2 MVI2K's, an MVII, and 2 MVIII's. > You better bring a truck. :-) > > -Linc. > --- Multiple VAX? Oh, okay. Truck? Not a problem... I should be able to fit all of it in my GMC, and I'll bring a trailer, just in case... --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 90581 Mac OS X 10.1.2 - Darwin Kernel Version 5.2: Fri Dec 7 21:39:35 PST 2001 Running since 01/22/2002 without a crash

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OT: In-house MP3 Server

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

> ---------- > From: LFessen106(a)aol.com > > In a message dated 2/8/02 11:52:49 AM Eastern Standard Time, > DAW(a)yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu writes: > > Linc! You actually have a good idea (for once ;-)... > > --- David A Woyciesjes > > > OK, Dave, your hitting below the belt there - I'll have to sick my Vaxen > on ya! > > -Linc. > --- Heh heh heh... You know, today is a good day for a good old-fashioned slug-fest... After I kidnap Linc's Vax. :-) --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 90581 Mac OS X 10.1.2 - Darwin Kernel Version 5.2: Fri Dec 7 21:39:35 PST 2001 Running since 01/22/2002 without a crash

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Classic Comp UUCP network.

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Hudson [mailto:rhudson@cnonline.net] > I just googled on "uucp network" and I could only find > instances of UUCP software and some networks in Africa. > I think we would need to set this up our selves. > I have a linux system that could grow a modem and be > a node. > If we did this would it eventually gateway to the Internet? Possibly, of course it would need to be completely separate and autonomous -- in fact, every node probably would be. I may have a VAXStation 2000 which could do it. Would take some work on my part, but I'm not adverse to that. The only question would be one of telco charges... I'll have to see whether I can answer data calls with my cellular phone. If so, the machine could operate at night (and on weekends) that way ;) Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

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IBM 3390

by vcf＠vintage.org

The ACCRC has a couple IBM 3390 things. I take it these are disk drive arrays? I also take it these are fairly comntemporary and can probably be sold to someone? Does anyone know of anyone or any place that would want to buy these from them to raise a little cash for the ACCRC? -- 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 *

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OT: In-house MP3 Server

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

> ---------- > From: Julius Sridhar > > Why not just use an Audiotron? http://www.turtlebeach.com/ > > Peace... Sridhar > > On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Cini, Richard wrote: ...... > > So, here's the question...if you were setting-up a networked MP3 > > player in your house, how would you do it? hardware's not the question > -- > > just software. > --- Because it costs money, and we already have the hardware we need? --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 90581 Mac OS X 10.1.2 - Darwin Kernel Version 5.2: Fri Dec 7 21:39:35 PST 2001 Running since 01/22/2002 without a crash

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RIPscrip

by bpope＠wordstock.com

I found out what the vector graphics protocol is: ------------------------------------------------ RIPscrip graphics are EGA quality graphics that are displayed over the modem. The BBS sends special codes which are interpreted by a special term program and draws the screen for the user. The results can be impressive. While there are other graphic protocols, such as NAPLPS and ROBO/FX, which are better than RIP (supporting VGA and better resolutions), RIP is the only one which can be made with simple ASCII sequences. ------------------------------------------------------------------ It also looks like Telegraphix is the company who created this protocol. (Which I believe somebody said awhile ago._ Cheers, Bryan

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OT: In-house MP3 Server

by LFessen106＠aol.com

In a message dated 2/8/02 11:52:49 AM Eastern Standard Time, DAW(a)yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu writes: > Linc! You actually have a good idea (for once ;-)... > > --- David A Woyciesjes > OK, Dave, your hitting below the belt there - I'll have to sick my Vaxen on ya! -Linc. In The Beginning there was nothing, which exploded - Yeah right... Calculating in binary code is as easy as 01,10,11.

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OT: In-house MP3 Server

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

> ---------- > From: LFessen106(a)aol.com > > In a message dated 2/8/02 10:41:05 AM Eastern Standard Time, > RCini(a)congressfinancial.com writes: > > Hello, all: > > Well, my latest spare-hardware-using project (while I'm waiting for > parts for other projects to come) is an MP3 server. But I'm torn as to > what > OS to use. I was going to use NT Server with Internet Information Server > so > that I could serve up a dynamic clickable catalog. The I thought that I'd > just make a simple shared drive and use Media Player to create and manage > playlists. Then I thought maybe this would be perfect for Linux with Samba > > and Apache. > > So, here's the question...if you were setting-up a networked MP3 > player in your house, how would you do it? hardware's not the question -- > just software. > ----- > I can tell you how I persinally did it.. I set up a unix box (netbsd or > linux - I have both) and have it run a web server. All my mp3's are > playable from any machine and any archetecture that way. Most f not all > mp3 players have the ability to play files from the internet so I just > point them to my intranet mp3 box and off they go! No hassles with > multiplatform file services that way. Http is a pretty standard way of > delivering MP3's. > > -Linc. > ----- Linc! You actually have a good idea (for once ;-)... --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 90581 Mac OS X 10.1.2 - Darwin Kernel Version 5.2: Fri Dec 7 21:39:35 PST 2001 Running since 01/22/2002 without a crash

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10BaseT Friendlynet media adapter

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

> ---------- > From: Chris > > >Anyone one in NJ care for 2 Asante FN10TA (free)? I bid on 2 EN/SC 10T > >and they shipped the wrong stuff. They've said I could keep it and I'm > >hoping they'll find the EN/SC's. > > If no one else wants them, I'll take them (I have an extra or two right > now, so if someone else wants them, give them first dibs) > > I'm in Ridgewood (North-East NJ) > > -chris > > <http://www.mythtech.net> > Eh, you sound like me, Chris, grabbing whatever comes your way. I'd grab and store them, but I'm smart enough to not be in NJ...8-P So that means I'll have to pass... --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 90581 Mac OS X 10.1.2 - Darwin Kernel Version 5.2: Fri Dec 7 21:39:35 PST 2001 Running since 01/22/2002 without a crash

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In-house MP3 Server

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Cini, Richard [mailto:RCini@congressfinancial.com] > So, here's the question...if you were setting-up a networked MP3 > player in your house, how would you do it? hardware's not the > question -- > just software. Well, here's how I'd do it. :) (Sorry, I think I've delved into the hardware too much...) First, I'd stay away from windows at all costs. Personally, I'd use VMS, or that not being an option due to hardware concerns, I'd use some form of unix. I'll assume VMS is out of the question, so here's how I'd do it in that case: Find three machines. One only needs to be powerful enough to hold. the disks and serve them through NFS or something. It should also be a boot-server for the other two. The second should run samba (if you really must ignore my first point. :), or a web server, or something. (like an FTP server. IMO, that's the way to serve "dynamic clickable catalogs") Again, it could be a pretty light machine. It should netboot from the first machine, and be diskless. The third should be able to encode in reasonable time and equipped with a CD drive. :) It should also boot from the first machine, and be diskless. I would use this software: Probably NetBSD. Rebuild the kernel at least to only contain the things you need. Cut it down so that the main system runs one getty on the console, and nothing extra is running. The other systems would run only the applications they need. Since they should boot from the main system, forget about getty, even. Just run the proper daemons, and on the machine that encodes things, have it run a custom script, or other thing, that will automatically encode whatever you feed it, and stuff it into the proper directory. You could use Samba, FTP, or whatever you were using to transfer the music to your computer for file management, too. If it were my system, the machine that you were transferring from would also have a mechanism in place to play the files itself. Perhaps that could be done by CGI. That would require that it was a slightly larger system, though. The machine for encoding would run cdparanoia, something to access cddb, and l3enc or bladeenc. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

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BBS systems on PDP-11s (was: Original Searchlight bbs...)

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On February 7, R. D. Davis wrote: > Were most others here sysops of BBSs at one time as well? I ran an RCP/M BBS, the "Mercerville RCP/M", in Mercerville NJ (near Trenton and Princeton) from about mid-1985 to 1988 or so. I enjoyed it very much. I sorta miss the "culture" of BBSs. -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

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OT: In-house MP3 Server

by LFessen106＠aol.com

In a message dated 2/8/02 10:41:05 AM Eastern Standard Time, RCini(a)congressfinancial.com writes: > > > > > > Hello, all: > > Well, my latest spare-hardware-using project (while I'm waiting for > parts for other projects to come) is an MP3 server. But I'm torn as to what > OS to use. I was going to use NT Server with Internet Information Server so > that I could serve up a dynamic clickable catalog. The I thought that I'd > just make a simple shared drive and use Media Player to create and manage > playlists. Then I thought maybe this would be perfect for Linux with Samba > and Apache. > > So, here's the question...if you were setting-up a networked MP3 > player in your house, how would you do it? hardware's not the question -- > just software. > > Rich > I can tell you how I persinally did it.. I set up a unix box (netbsd or linux - I have both) and have it run a web server. All my mp3's are playable >from any machine and any archetecture that way. Most f not all mp3 players have the ability to play files from the internet so I just point them to my intranet mp3 box and off they go! No hassles with multiplatform file services that way. Http is a pretty standard way of delivering MP3's. -Linc. In The Beginning there was nothing, which exploded - Yeah right... Calculating in binary code is as easy as 01,10,11.

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In-house MP3 Server

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

> ---------- > From: Cini, Richard > > Well, my latest spare-hardware-using project (while I'm waiting for > parts for other projects to come) is an MP3 server. But I'm torn as to > what > OS to use. I was going to use NT Server with Internet Information Server > so > that I could serve up a dynamic clickable catalog. The I thought that I'd > just make a simple shared drive and use Media Player to create and manage > playlists. Then I thought maybe this would be perfect for Linux with Samba > and Apache. > > So, here's the question...if you were setting-up a networked MP3 > player in your house, how would you do it? hardware's not the question -- > just software. ----- Well, I've been thinking about hooking a spare box (Win98 with WinAmp, and remote control software, nothing else) to my stereo, probably headless. Well actually, doesn't Win2K have remote control built in? Then use WebAmp. Haven't tried it yet. Soon. :) from: http://www.ulfco.com/webamp/ "...WebAmp is a Web Server that sits inside Winamp, allowing remote control of Winamp through a Web Browser. If you have a TCP/IP connection to a Winamp PC, you can control it with a Web Browser. I've tested WebAmp with Winamp 2.72 under Windows 98 and Windows 2000 and with the following browsers: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 under Win 98 and Win 2K Netscape 4.7 under Win 98, Win 2K, Mac, and Linux. Please email me (james(a)ulfco.com) with your results (good or bad) under other platforms. The current version is 0.91..." --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 90581 Mac OS X 10.1.2 - Darwin Kernel Version 5.2: Fri Dec 7 21:39:35 PST 2001 Running since 01/22/2002 without a crash

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BBS systems on PDP-11s (was: Original Searchlight bbs...)

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: William S. [mailto:wilby98@yahoo.com] > Does that mean you could set up a vector terminal > like a Tektronix 4013 and and draw all kinds of > stuff on the screen? Sounds kinda neat. Kind of like that. :) There were a couple of trys at this, one being a proprietary protocol used by a BBS called "RoboBBS" or "RoboBoard" (don't remember which). This BBS was accessible by normal methods enough to have it print a menu and allow you to download a new "terminal emulator" that would emulate this fake graphics terminal that didn't really exist. :) Once you have the graphical program, you dial back in with that, and see pictures (vector mostly, but with bitmapped "icons" too. There was a later standardization effort of sorts, which defined another graphical terminal that didn't exist. It used a protocol called RIP (remote imaging protocol?), and most common BBS's supported it, if configured properly, and if you were using a terminal emulator that spoke RIP. I think the best support I've seen for RIP is on Searchlight, or possibly Renegade. (peesee, ms-dos) Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

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BBS systems on PDP-11s (was: Original Searchlight bbs...)

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Kris Kirby [mailto:kris@catonic.net] > of mine used to run one but shut it down eventually. How were > nodes linked > together? If every COM port is used for a modem, you're out However you wanted to link them. :) Generally through relay networks -- meaning, I phone you, and exchange some data... you then go and phone some other guy and do the same... etc. Usually that all happened at some point late at night, or early morning, so everything was at least a day behind. > of COM ports. > Were they independent BBSs that checked in with each other, > or were they > networked together over ethernet or (...) ? Ethernet? That would have to be a long cable in some cases. :) > Furthermore, what are the practical limits of the BBS > software? How many > ports can they handle MAX? Depends on the BBS software. I've often thought of throwing a menu-system on top of VMS and calling it a BBS. ;) In that case, it would handle many, many ports. In theory you can always get yourself a terminal server(s) of some kind, and have a modem on every port in the server. Each set to connect automatically using telnet or whatever to another machine on a home network. That would allow a single system to serve hundreds of connections -- depending on the system... In practice, I never heard of many with more than 8 or 16 lines. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

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cdburners

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> At 03:33 PM 2/7/2002 -0500, Douglas Quebbeman wrote: > >ISO9660 CD's are limited to containing filenames of no more > >than 32 characters in length. At least, everytime I try to > >burn a CD, those web pages I've saved that have filenames > >that are longer result in a dialog box that requires me to > >either type an alternate name or accept the munged version > >that it creates itself. > > If you're gathering files on a Windows PC, and using PC-based > burning software, they all support the "Joliet" extensions > which allow 255-char paths. Maybe you should tell us which > platforms and packages you're using. Windows 2000, EZ-CD Creator 4, and Joliet actually is the default... I'd tried some shareware burners, but either they didn't work with this HP 9200i or I started getting crashes. =dq

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BBS systems on PDP-11s (was: Original Searchlight bbs...)

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Hellige [mailto:jhellige@earthlink.net] > Mine was 'Mount Olympus BBS' out of Laurel, MD though it was > physically located in a friends house on Bolling Air Force Base and > running off of a Leading Edge XT clone. I never became a FIDO node > but was quite active on FIDO up through about '95 or so. I'll bet I have one of those Leading Edge XT clones. :) On a slightly different topic, has anyone thought about doing something similar to a BBS, but on a larger scale? A UUCP network, for instance? Not as large or full of garbage as the internet these days, but not as local as a BBS... Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

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BBS systems on PDP-11s (was: Original Searchlight bbs...)

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On February 8, Kris Kirby wrote: > On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Eric Dittman wrote: > > I do have my own class C network, not leased from an ISP or > > anything like this. This is registered to me. I really need > > to get around to using my assigned addresses with my DSL > > provider instead of using the one IP address they are > > currently providing. > > I wonder how many of you there are left. I know of exactly one other > person who has his own Class C, and he got it because he was the network > admin at $COMPANY. I had one (204.91.10/24) until a few weeks ago. The abortion formerly known as Digex just strongarmed ARIN and took it from me. I registered the /16 that it's a subnet of (204.91/16), and I even know a few people over there...and they STILL took it. It REALLY pissed me off. (But hey, better pissed OFF than pissed ON, right? I know...it depends on what you're into) Don't think that because you've got it SWIP'd to you, and that your name is all over it, that they can't simply take it away from you. -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

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Original Searchlight bbs still online

by halarewich＠shaw.ca

Hello everybody if your interested telnet over to telnet://franklarosa.com to to a great retro bbs chris H

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Looking for a WD 1001 55 Disk controller

by g-wright＠worldnet.att.net

Richard Erlacher wrote: > According to my recollection, and the data books I still have, the WD100x-55 > controllers were NOT SASI bridges. > > On what do you base your belief that the WD1001-55 uses a SASI interface? > > see below, plz. > - Snip-------------------------------------------------- Sorry I guess the wheels where not on track last night when I tried to cover 10 E-mails in one post. Dick is absolutely right, this is Not SASI interface.. I have All the manuals, software and drawings for the molecular including the WD 1001 5.5 manual. I'm working on 2 Seattle computer Gazelles, the Molecular and A Big board system all the at the same time.. They all start to blend together. Sorry for the wasted time. - Jerry Jerry Wright JLC inc g-wright(a)worldnet.att.net

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Commodore in the news (sort of) (fwd)

by bpope＠wordstock.com

And thusly rbernardo spake: > From homestead-admin(a)videocam.net.au Thu Feb 7 23:51:49 2002 > From: rbernardo <rbernardo(a)mail.value.net> > To: homestead(a)videocam.net.au > Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 20:21:46 -0800 (PST) > > While cruising through the newsgroups, rec.games.vectrex and > rec.games.video.classic, I found this posting from Tom Howe. He was > interviewed on a morning t.v. news show, and 11 minutes total were > devoted to his computer museum at his house. Among the items were > various Commodores. (I didn't like it when the news anchors started > taking potshots at Commodores.) > > If you have a PC or Mac, you can connect to the link below and scroll > down the page to where Tom's video segment is in order to see the > Quicktime movie. Be warned... it's 16 megs long, and even on the > school computer with a T1 connection, it took many minutes to download. > > Truly, > Robert Bernardo > Fresno Commodore User Group > http://videocam.net.au/fcug > > P.S. FYI, a Vectrex is a home videogame console from the early 1980's. > It had a built-in vector graphics monitor, and the machine used a 6809 > processor. > > ------------- > > From: Tom Howe (tom(a)cedmagic.com) > Subj: Vectrex and 3D Imager on TV News Show > Newsgroups: rec.games.vectrex, rec.games.video.classic > Date: 2002-02-07 01:24:54 PST > > Hi: > > The Vectrex (or should I say Vootrex) along with the 3D Imager were > shown in operation on the KPTV morning news show "Good Day Oregon". A > QuickTime movie of the event can be downloaded from this URL (Scroll > all the way down to the bottom of the page): > > http://www.cedmagic.com/misc/tv-movies/tv-movies.html > > This segment was about my computer museum, so it contains a number of > other classics, including the Minivac 6010, IBM 5100 & 5150, Pet 2001, > Apple III, Atari 2600, etc. The Vectrex segment is about half-way > through. > > --Tom > > > _______________________________________________ > Homestead mailing list > Homestead(a)videocam.net.au > http://cbm.videocam.net.au/mailman/listinfo/homestead >

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BBS systems on PDP-11s (was: Original Searchlight bbs...)

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On February 8, Kris Kirby wrote: > > If anyone's intersted in putting classic systems on-line as BBS > > systems, I'll gladly maintain a list of systems, telephone numbers, > > hours of operation, etc. and make it available on my web site. > > I've a few questions. I missed the BBS era by just a few years; a friend > of mine used to run one but shut it down eventually. How were nodes linked > together? If every COM port is used for a modem, you're out of COM ports. Depends on the software...early FidoNet nodes, for example, exchanged messages across FidoNet via part-time dialup connections, usually using the same modem that users dialed into... > Were they independent BBSs that checked in with each other, or were they > networked together over ethernet or (...) ? Yup, generally the former. -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

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IBM RS/6k

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On February 7, Doc wrote: > > > Ah. Service mode != Secure mode > > > You need to be in the Service position. > > > > That sounds like it should be folled by ", baby!" > > You missed again, Dave. I put down my teacup about 20 seconds ago. > But, LOL. Damn. I'll have to work on my timing. ;) -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

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IBM 3390

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On February 7, Vintage Computer Festival wrote: > The ACCRC has a couple IBM 3390 things. I take it these are disk drive > arrays? I also take it these are fairly comntemporary and can probably be > sold to someone? Sridhar is here, and says it's a disk controller. -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

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IBM RS/6k

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On February 7, Doc wrote: > > Well, it's 'whacked' -- i poped the cylinder off of the switch part, and > > turned the switch by hand (verified, it doesn't boot when it should be in > > 'Secure' mode). Still, not a drop out of either of the two serial ports. > > I've checked them with a RatShack RS-232 led box, and everthing's > 'wired > > up' correctly it seems. Even tried two different null-modems with them. > > Right now, the last thing that the LED display shows is '522'. (which just > > stays on there, doesn't disappear) > > > > Ah. Service mode != Secure mode > You need to be in the Service position. That sounds like it should be folled by ", baby!" -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

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Found interesting info. on terminals

by rdd＠rddavis.org

Check out the PostScript document at the following URL; it appears to be a rather nice document, containing a lot of information, about computer terminals (over 100 pages): http://www.fokus.gmd.de/linux/HOWTO/ps/Text-Terminal-HOWTO.ps.gz -- Copyright (C) 2001 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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What's your specialty?

by CordaAJ＠nswc.navy.mil

In my case it's SGI, DEC and Sun stuff, along with anything really _unusual_ that I may run across. I currently have: SGI: 4D/20, 4D/35, 4D/70, 4D/85, 4D/440VGXT, 4D/480VGXT Predator, Crimson, Indigo, Indigo2, Indy, O2 Sun: SS2 w/GT, IPX, LX, i386, 4/330, 4/670, SS1000E, Ultra2 Dec: PDP10(KS10), 11/05, 11/84, Pro380, VS2000, VS3100, VS3500, VS4000/90, VS4000/300, RL02, RM80, TS10, Incomplete TU56 (I'd love to find the cardset for the drive, and a TC11 controller.) Unusual things: S/36, Rolm 1602B, Imsai, Things I'd love to find: Vax 6000 or 9000 series critter, Cray of any type, SGI Origin 200, Octane, Onyx (Predator), A woman who can tolerate me and my obsession. -al- -acorda(a)1bigred.com

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Info request for DG folks

by west＠tseinc.com

Does anyone have any information (manuals, schematics, engineering drawings, etc.) for the Data General 6227 drives? I think they were 15mb units. Also was given a description of a DG computer thusly - "DG 4x16-slot computer with 128Kb RAM". Can anyone tell me what this is likely to be? Thanks in advance! Jay West

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cdburners

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> Somewhat out of question, but does anyone know of any software that would > download a web site, or a portion, to a local disk? IE, I would want to be > able to archive part of a web site onto a CDrom, without having to manually > save every image and web page, and manually edit the html links, etc. Throughout this thread, no one has made mention of the thing that makes automating thid process nearly impossible... ISO9660 CD's are limited to containing filenames of no more than 32 characters in length. At least, everytime I try to burn a CD, those web pages I've saved that have filenames that are longer result in a dialog box that requires me to either type an alternate name or accept the munged version that it creates itself. Doing this en masse would require quite a bit of attention to detail in the utility program. Comments? -dq

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Looking for a WD 1001 55 Disk controller

by g-wright＠worldnet.att.net

Hi Dick Sorry for the delay, just had to dig further into this. Brief history, the Molecular came to me dead in more than one area. I got the main processor going with a new Counter timer chip. At that point I could not Read or Write to the hard drives but the Floppy was fine. The WD 1001 SASI to MFM controller was not seeing or interfacing with the drives. The SASI connection seemed ok. I pulled the first hard drive and attached it to a PC. It formatted fine with no errors. HD's are Seagate ST 419 15 meg 5 1/4 Drives. So I replace the cables and looked into the controlled further. Could not find a true cause of the problem with the controller. It seemed to not select the drive, nor the head. I finally gave up and robbed one of my other systems of WD 1000 to try. I did get the Light to come on on the First drive when it booted. I stopped there and Posted a request for a controller in comp.os.cpm. Did not find one and after many months just setting I decided to Give the system an- other try. I tried formatting the drives. It just hung there for ever. I retried this on one of the other drives, still just hung. So I posted to this list. Since I received more that one Email that the other SASI to MFM controllers should work. I went back and looked further. The hanging was due to the fact that the Heads on the the Drives where eating the Platters and the controller just could not format the drive. After putting the Drive back on the PC, the PC Controller had all kinds of errors. I remove the cover and found the disks are bad. All three drives have the same problems. These are 306 cylinder 6 heads. I have about 50 Dives but none with this head and cylinder count. So I don't really know if I really do need the correct controller yet or not. I do need a seagate ST 419 or similar drive though. I still would like a WD 1001 5.5. for 2 reasons. 1 to keep the Molecular original and 2 to help trouble shoot the other controller. For those following this Post. In the earlier days, the SASI interface was used to interface to these controllers which could control up to 4 MFM drives. They came in 2 sizes. One would attach directly to a 5 1/4" drive the other (which I have ) was 7" x 10" and could come set up for controlling either 5 1/4 HD's or 8" hard drives. I don't know what real code differences there are between the controllers. There is a different clock and interface for the 8" hard drives. The chips used and the layout is quit different between the different boards. SASI is the early version of SCSI. It had most of the same signals and has a 50 pin connector. One big difference is what all the pins where used for. The one here has the power and ground for the WD 1001 card supplied though the cable. Others have a separate power connector. For those that though I needed a PC ISA card. I guess they just used the next number in line when the made the WD 1002 xxx ISA bus to MFM controller. What is a Molecular?? It is a Z-80 basic multi user system. It had 1) Z-80 computer that controlled the Disk system and 4 to 10 slave cards that each user was connected to through a dumb terminal. OS is CPM and Nstar. Thanks, again Jerry Jerry Wright JLC inc. g-wright(a)worldnet.att.net Richard Erlacher wrote: > What differences does your system rely on? I once had WD1000, 1001, and 1002 > boards, all interchangeable in the TVI TS-806. I do recall there were > differences, but I don't recall how they might impact you. > > regards, > > Dick > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "g-wright" <g-wright(a)worldnet.att.net> > To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 3:54 PM > Subject: Looking for a WD 1001 55 Disk controller > > > Hi > > > > I'm trying to get a Molecular going. it has Bad disk controller. WD > > 1001 55 > > > > Does anyone have one of theses that they can spare. > > > > I have 1000 series But there is a difference. > > > > E-mail me at address below > > > > Thanks, Jerry > > > > Jerry Wright > > JLC inc. > > g-wright(a)worldnet.att.net (new) > > > >

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sorry about the dups

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

I apologise for the duplicate posts. My ISP's mail system had a hiccup, and told me it had bounced the mail -- but apparently it didn't. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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Central Point Deluxe Option Board

by jhingber＠ix.netcom.com

I'm looking for a replacement for this piece of hardware (Central Point Deluxe Option Board aka. CopyIIPC Option Board). I have a large selection of NeXT hardware that I would be willing to trade for, or would be willing to purchase. Also have a selection of TrackStar boards. E-mail if interested. Jeffrey H. Ingber (jhingber _at_ ix.netcom.com)

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cdburners

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Feb 7, 15:33, Douglas Quebbeman wrote: > ISO9660 CD's are limited to containing filenames of no more > than 32 characters in length. At least, everytime I try to > burn a CD, those web pages I've saved that have filenames > that are longer result in a dialog box that requires me to > either type an alternate name or accept the munged version > that it creates itself. Doing this en masse would require > quite a bit of attention to detail in the utility program. The standard says 31 characters, IIRC. You want to use the Rock Ridge extensions, which allow filenames up to 256 characters (like most UNIX systems) and also removes some other restrictions, such as not having subdirectories more than 7 levels below the root, and some of the restrictions of characters in filenames. Utilities such as mkisofs do Rock Ridge extensions, Joliet, and translation tables for DOS. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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cdburners

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Feb 7, 14:42, John Foust wrote: > At 03:33 PM 2/7/2002 -0500, Douglas Quebbeman wrote: > >ISO9660 CD's are limited to containing filenames of no more > >than 32 characters in length. At least, everytime I try to > >burn a CD, those web pages I've saved that have filenames > >that are longer result in a dialog box that requires me to > >either type an alternate name or accept the munged version > >that it creates itself. > > If you're gathering files on a Windows PC, and using PC-based > burning software, they all support the "Joliet" extensions > which allow 255-char paths. Maybe you should tell us which > platforms and packages you're using. PLEASE don't use Joliet for anything that might want to be read on other systems. Another case of MS needlessly reinventing the wheel. Rock Ridge is portable, and is also understood by Windows. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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cdburners

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Feb 7, 14:42, John Foust wrote: > At 03:33 PM 2/7/2002 -0500, Douglas Quebbeman wrote: > >ISO9660 CD's are limited to containing filenames of no more > >than 32 characters in length. At least, everytime I try to > >burn a CD, those web pages I've saved that have filenames > >that are longer result in a dialog box that requires me to > >either type an alternate name or accept the munged version > >that it creates itself. > > If you're gathering files on a Windows PC, and using PC-based > burning software, they all support the "Joliet" extensions > which allow 255-char paths. Maybe you should tell us which > platforms and packages you're using. Please don't use Joliet for anything that might want to be read on other systems. Another case of MS needlessly reinventing the wheel. Rock Ridge is portable, and is also understood by Windows. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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cdburners

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Feb 7, 15:33, Douglas Quebbeman wrote: > ISO9660 CD's are limited to containing filenames of no more > than 32 characters in length. At least, everytime I try to > burn a CD, those web pages I've saved that have filenames > that are longer result in a dialog box that requires me to > either type an alternate name or accept the munged version > that it creates itself. Doing this en masse would require > quite a bit of attention to detail in the utility program. The standard says 31 characters, IIRC. You want to use the Rock Ridge extensions, which allow filenames up to 256 characters (like most UNIX systems) and also removes some other restrictions, such as not having subdirectories more than 7 levels below the root, and some of the restrictions of characters in filenames. Utilities such as mkisofs do Rock Ridge extensions, Joliet, and translation tables for DOS. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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Working with useful computers (was: What's your specialty?)

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On February 7, John Allain wrote: > My last company hired me for Alpha/Unix work and > moved me in parts to Pentium/NT. I did leave. Good! :-) > Do realize that the choice in the matter is going > away slowly. From my perspective, that progression has slowed down to a crawl...A few months ago, I started hearing rumblings about "NT to UNIX migration services" and such. People really are starting to get a clue. It's taken far too long, and there's a LONG way to go...but people are definitely getting a clue. Three years ago, when I said to someone "eew, you're running windows" the response was "I LOVE WINDOWS!!"...nowadays its "I know, it sucks, I hate it, but I have no choice right now." I'm not talking about isolated incidents...I'm talking about EVERYONE I speak to...even several suits. I think this is hugely significant, and it should give us hope. -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

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Micro 11/73

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Feb 6, 19:40, Steve Robertson wrote: > The system has a hard drive, dual floppies, and 4 serial ports (plus > console) on the rear panel. I hooked up a terminal and am able to talk to > the system. However, when it tries to boot but gives a message: > > "DEVICE TT001: Not in configuration" > "RSX 11M V 4.1 BL35E 1024K mapped" > > It stops at that point and won't go any further. I can ^C and get a "MCR> > prompt" and talk to the system but it won't *do* anything. > > Am I doing something wrong or is this the expected behavior when the OS is > broken? Nice find. It's ages since I ran RSX-11M, but I thought TT001: was the console. Hmm. Maybe TT000: is the console, in which case it's telling you the first additional serial line is missing. Could be a card (likely a DLV11-J or a DZV11 if there are 4 D-connectors) missing, or misconfigured since the system was last booted. RSX-11M is picky about missing hardware. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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