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

by rmeenaks＠olf.com

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Reading PET tapes (was Re: Apple disk -> MSDOS)

by mhstein＠usa.net

As asked elsewhere: If I find it & Sellam doesn't, how would I get it to ya in a useful format? mike ------------------Original Message---------------- From: Bryan Pope <bpope(a)wordstock.com> Subject: Re: Reading PET tapes (was Re: Apple disk -> MSDOS) Ok then... Do you have "Phuzzy and Wuzzy go to the Moon"? It was a short "movie" for the PET. Bryan

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IBM System/34...

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> my DEC Rainbow, miscellaneous PDP-10,PDP-11 and IBM manuals, and miscellaneous > office equipment. Then, after depositing the remains in the dumpster, they > called us out to observe their handiwork and ridicule us.) I don't know what I'd have done had this happened to me. But I recently saw the following .sig line that expresses an almost appropriate opinion: > W > . | ,. w , "Some people are alive only because > \|/ \|/ it is illegal to kill them." Perna condita delenda est > ---^----^--------------------------------------------------------------- Grrr.... -dq

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What to do with an empty BA23

by classiccmp＠knm.yi.org

Hi guys, I'm sat here wondering what I should do with this empty BA23 I've got. I'd like to get another machine up and running, either VAX or PDP, but I don't have the bits :&) If anyone in the UK has any spare bits kicking about, I'd be intrested, if not, I might be able to arrange shipping from the US. If all else fails, anyone think of an alternative use for a BA23? :&) Otherwise it's just going to carry on what it's been doing so far - sat on the side gathering dust :&/ On another note - anyone in the UK with a spare QBus ethernet card (DELQA or such) they're willing to part with? I'd love to get my MVII on the network here :&) -- Matt --- Web Page: http://knm.org.uk/ http://pkl.net/~matt/

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Apple disk -> MSDOS

by mhstein＠usa.net

Very useful indeed, although I do prefer an external P-S converter; cheap, nothing to build, and plugs into anything with a serial port. Also love those KB converters for an easy way to get contact closures or serial data into unfriendly PC apps. On a semi-related note, does anyone know of a program that can read a text file and send it to a Windows app as keyboard input like the DOS keyboard emulators of old? Or can I do that with the Win Scripting Host? mike -----------------Original Message-------------------- From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) Subject: Re: Apple disk -> MSDOS A fairly useful thing to have/build is a computer with a parallel 'printer' input. <snip>

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Musicians (and computer music)

by mhstein＠usa.net

Don't I recall correctly that someone (Jay?) tracked him down in Korea, but that he was going to be back soon? mike -----------------Original Message-------------------- From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502(a)yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Musicians (and computer music) <snip> >>Hal Chamberlin <snip> >> Maybe he's got something to contribute to posterity when he gets >> back from Korea. >Korea?

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Continuing PDP11 saga

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jan 9, 20:54, Tom Leffingwell wrote: > Besides being able to map memory up to 2MW, is there any advantage > to being 22-bit over 18-bit? Not that I can think of. > Also, can you think of any cheaply available Q-bus module that I > could set the address of to match the ADV11? I called 3 surplus places, > all of whom wanted $750 - $1,000 for their ADV11's! I talked one guy down > to $350 for one with a bad A-D converter, but was still addressable. > That's still a lot, especially for a broken board. Ouch! Sorry, I can't think of anything else offhand. Besides, if the software is checking for the presence of the board, it might write some initialisation value to it and try to read its status back. That would most likely fail if you had the wrong device at that address. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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What to do with an empty BA23

by spedraja＠ono.com

Somebidy has one unused rackable BA23 for sale/trade/donate ? (Whispering) Greetings Sergio -----Mensaje original----- De: Matt London <classiccmp(a)knm.yi.org> Para: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Fecha: viernes, 11 de enero de 2002 0:07 Asunto: Re: What to do with an empty BA23 >Hi, > >> > If all else fails, anyone think of >> > an alternative use for a BA23? :&) >> According to: http://world.std.com/~bdc/projects/vaxen/vaxgeektop10.html >> Is it the blank rackmountable case, or do you have the plastic revetment >> with foor stand? If yes put a pillow on it and you have a nice seat. >> That was what I used my BA23 for at the LinuxTag 2000. I had a MV II in >> it running 4.3BSD-Tahoe. Quite funny. Especially as it attracted other >> geeks. (Including a bearded man with a RedHat... :-) ) > >Nah - it's rackmount :&) > >I met / chatted to a bearded man with a RedHat after Linux Expo 2000 in a >pub - it was Alan Cox :&) > >-- Matt > >--- >Web Page: > http://knm.org.uk/ > http://pkl.net/~matt/ >

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"Locking Connector Kits" for LocalTalk

by spectre＠stockholm.ptloma.edu

Today, I received my neat-o thing for the week, an ISA card for LocalTalk, the software, and an Apple LocalTalk Locking Connector Kit for DB-9 (don't beat on me for calling DB-9, that's what the package sez, 'k? :-). Elation rapidly turned to consternation when I realised the connector box doesn't take the PhoneNET wiring, of which I have scads, but rather the annoying Apple four-conductor locking-style cables. Anyone out there have some converter box that will allow me to plug my existing PhoneNET wiring into this? I'd like to get the PC speaking LocalTalk to the apartment LocalTalk segment, and if possible, I'd like to get the Commodore on it also with this (being ignorant of the major differences, the Commodore's SwiftLink has a regular RS-232 9-pin DE-9 on the end ... could the Apple "DB-9" kit plug directly into that?). -- ----------------------------- personal page: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ -- Cameron Kaiser, Point Loma Nazarene University * ckaiser(a)stockholm.ptloma.edu -- FORTUNE: Don't abandon hope: your Tom Mix decoder ring arrives tomorrow. ---

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test

by uban＠ubanproductions.com

please ignore

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Convergent Technologies Workstation password recovery/reset

by celt＠chisp.net

Picked up this beast at thrift store this morning. It's a Convergent Technologies Workstation made by Unisys. Powering it up produces the following (my added comments in parentheses): T *************** L (hard disk activity begins here, LED '1' lights up) ................................... ................................... ................................... ................................... ..... (screen clears) a240MstrpMP-9.1/00 (screen clears) SysInit 9.15 There will be a momentary delay as the system now begins loading $JOB Sysinit,, Execution begun: Sat Mar 1, 1952 12:00M $RUN [d0]<sys>InstallQMgr.run Termination status code: 0 $RUN [d0]<sys>InstallSPL.run Termination status code: 0 $Run [Sys]<Sys>SPrint.run (4 beeps here) Termination status code: 0 $END Execution ended: Sat Mar 1, 1952 12:00M (screen clears) SysInit 9.15 LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF CO System Signon User Name Password Date/Time ----- There's a reference to a company in Minnesota called Service Information Systems, but their number has been disconnected. Probably dead or bought out and absorbed years ago. A Unisys Service Identification tag on the back of the CRT has: Service Number TP-191050 Style Number OM-1001 ZZ and a tag at the base of the unit has: Convergent Technologies Workstation Product Number 99-01640 Serial Number A-26671 This is mounted next to a tag stating 'No User Servicable Parts' (along with dire warnings about voiding your warranty, burning your extended family at the stake, and having your knees broken with baseball bats by guys with crooked noses named 'Vinny', should you dare to open the case.) I'd like to be able to clear the original owners' information off the drive and start over, but I'm unfamiliar with the OS and haven't had any luck getting past the login. Unisys has remade itself as an e-Business Solutions Provider, and their website has no useful information; a call to their tech support produced responses of 'Uhhh...' and 'You have a what?' along with muffled laughter. I think the 'a240MstrpMP-9.1/00' means that it's running CTOS 9.1, but I haven't been able to dig up any useful info on the unit itself, or the OS. Any ideas? Mike http://tarnover.org The Apple II Repository

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OT: DELL SUCKS! Re: PC Gamer, best 50 classic games issue?

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>We have a local computer shop that (last week) had as-is 3c589 NICs >for $5, but no dongle. I bought a couple spares, and a Xircom PS-CEM-28 >(also no dongles). Hopefully the 10BaseT dongle I have for another >Xircom card will work (the 100BaseT dongles _are_ different). I saw some generic dongles down at the CompUSA a little while back. They were $25. The blister pack said it worked with 3com and other PCMCIA cards. I used it successfully with a XIRCOM 10bt/56k modem card (only with the Ethernet half... modem used a different connection, but that looked similar to the one that fit in my old ActionTec modem, I just never got around to trying it). The dongle also said it worked with 10/100 ethernet. There are no markings on the dongle of value (it is here in front of me) so I can't tell you the brand, but I do know for sure I bought it at CompUSA -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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ENIAC [Was: Re: Appropritate comic strip....]

by msell＠ontimesupport.com

Has anyone ever attempted to recreate all or part of the ENIAC? Maybe as part of a CS project or museum? Just curious..... - Matt At 11:45 AM 1/10/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Have a look at this comic strip... (Wednesday's strip) > >http://www.rockwoodcomic.com/ > >--- David A Woyciesjes >--- C & IS Support Specialist >--- Yale University Press >--- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu >--- (203) 432-0953 >--- ICQ # - 905818 Matthew Sell Programmer On Time Support, Inc. www.ontimesupport.com (281) 296-6066 Join the Metrology Software discussion group METLIST! http://www.ontimesupport.com/cgi-bin/mojo/mojo.cgi "One World, One Web, One Program" - Microsoft Promotional Ad "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer" - Adolf Hitler Many thanks for this tagline to a fellow RGVAC'er...

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OT: DELL SUCKS! Re: PC Gamer, best 50 classic games issue?

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>I really think the cheaper the hardware is, statistically >speaking, the more problematic it will be. Lower selling >cost goes hand in hand with less competent and lower paid >designers, programmers ( for device drivers ), smaller >support staff, less design and testing time alloted, minimalized >QC, etc. Agreed 100%, but when you factor in that 99% of the problems with a windows PC is caused by windows, then the lower quality hardware starts to not matter. If I was building an "intel" PC for use with something other than windows (or with something that quality makes a difference, like a mission critical server), then I would advise quality parts. I also take a totally different stance when it comes to buying a "business grade" PC. My advice points are strictly geared towards the consumer level, home PC, running the latest home user version of windows. For the average joe consumer, that can't understand what right-click means... then the cost invested in higher quality parts is a waste of money in my book. The only parts that I avoid like the plague are motherboards made by PC Chips. I have found them to be highly unreliable. But even with those, almost always, the problems occur out of the box, so the problems will appear within days of buying the machine, so since it was bought local (one of my stipulations for the average joe consumer), they can take it back and usually get it worked out. Also, when it comes to MY windows PCs, I use certain brands that I have had good luck with. I pay a bit more for certain things, to eliminate some possible headaches. But I know enough to build my own (something I recommend others do if they want a windows PC... right after I tell them to buy a Macintosh). By learning how to build it themselves... then they can track down better parts, and when things go wrong, won't be so helpless to getting them fixed. It will also translate to more stable systems as they have a better idea of what to do and what not to do. (my home PC cost me next to nothing, has decent quality parts, with money spent where it matters, and is rock solid running windows ME, which is almost an amazing thing in its own right) >I've often said, windows is a pretty good operating system, >until you put some programs on it. Is it the fault of windows >itself, or is it less than perfect programming on the part >of the third party companies that write the additional programs, >the device drivers, etc that we use, to write their software >to be rock solid running over windows? Ok, you are right, I think most of the windows problems are due to the applications and not the actual OS. But again, to the average consumer, there is no difference between it being an OS problem and an application problem. It just isn't working. >I have a feeling that if one >were to set up a windows machine with the best quality hardware >they could get, and use primarily only microsoft operating >systems and applications, they won't have near as many problems >with it. I have computers built with high quality hardware and ones with the cheapest crap I could find (including in many cases things I pulled from someone's trash). For the machines that run only windows, and MS applications... I have seen no noticable difference in stability. And actually, I find MS applications to be one of the LARGER offenders of crashing windows. It is not unusual for me to see MS Office being the only app installed on one of my Windows boxes, and see it crash all by itself. I have also had many problems with exchange crashing right after a default install... and problems with other MS software screwing up windows. I just chalk that up to painful irony (but at least you can't say MS is withholding info so that other apps crash, forcing everyone to use MS apps as the only stable apps... since theirs are just as, or more so, unstable than many 3rd party apps). >I find the motherboard is the heart of the system. I only >consider a mainboard from a company that has a web site >with docs, bios updates, etc online. Usually better quality >productions. I used to see the booklets that came with a mobo >that didn't even say what company produced them. We called >them ROCs, as in made in Taiwan, Republic of China. But >actually they started producing some very good quality stuff >in Taiwan, but then when we got more friendly with China, >some manufacturing moved there, to again lower the costs. >I avoid computer components made in China like the plague. I have found an amazing number of these cheap unlabeled mobos to be tracked back to PC Chips. I think at my last count, they were selling under something like 16 different names. And all of them were the same, crappy ass motherboard. I personally have found ASUS to be decent for the price, and so far have had fairly good luck with them (now that I said it, they are all going to blow up tomorrow... I just know it!). Alas, crappy MBs are a risk in cheap PCs... but at least in my experience, all the bad cheap ones I have dealt with, died very early on... so again, it is something that can get ironed out with the dealer. I think my point boils down to this: if you are going to buy a Windows PC, you are in for a long run of headaches and problems. So do you want them to be $2000 headaches, or $500 headaches? -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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IBM System/34...

by DSEAGRAV＠toad.xkl.com

I need to get my hands on disk images of the microcode, SSP, and RPG II diskettes for an IBM S/34. I have the diskettes and a running PDP-11 with an RX02, but the S/34 uses a funny sector size and so the RX02 cannot read them. SSP version 8 would be nice but any version will work. My intentions are to write a software emulator to replace the System/34 that was maliciously destroyed in December by SSI Inc. (Long story there, short version: Hostile corporate takeover, hostile management forces old management out, uses building maintenance to gain access to a private storage area used by the old management and myself, and destroyed all equipment and data stored there, which included a S/36 and S/34, both in perfect running condition, my DEC Rainbow, miscellaneous PDP-10,PDP-11 and IBM manuals, and miscellaneous office equipment. Then, after depositing the remains in the dumpster, they called us out to observe their handiwork and ridicule us.) If anyone can either generate disk images on their own, or somehow read the disks I have (Or even better, tell me how to read them with my RX02) I would be very grateful. I am well-armed with documentation for the emulation project, I have system logic diagrams, descriptions of the micromachine, circuit prints, and all sorts of IBM manuals that I am probably not supposed to have. ^_^ Please mail dseagrav(a)lunar-tokyo.net with responses as I am not able to check this email address very often. Also, I will say now that I am unemployed and cannot pay for commerical data-conversion services. -------

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Bought an IBM 5362 -- so now what do I do with this thing?

by out2sea00＠yahoo.com

Dave, Charles and Folks -- Let me share what little I do know in case you haven't seen this yet. IBM makes very little reference to these systems. System/36 is mentioned on their corporate history page. It's a direct ancestor of the AS/400 series. The only specific information they have comes from their sales manual. * Search: http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/ussman&parms= Our models are described this way (cribbed from above) : 5360 Multiple workstation system with multiprogramming capability. o 30 - 1432MB HDD o 128K - 7Mb RAM o 8 inch 1.2MB diskette o 36 - 72 local workstations 5362 System unit o 256K - 2MB RAM o 30 - 660MB HDD o 8 inch 1.2MB diskette o 28 local workstations o 64 remote workstations 5363 System/36 and Application Systems/Entry System Unit Compact, low-cost, floor-standing system that runs existing System/36 application programs without recompilation. o 1.0 - 2.0Mb RAM o 5.25 1.2Mb diskette o 65 - 1256Mb HDD o 28 local worstations o 64 remote worstations 5364 S/36 PC is a combination of the 5364 System Unit and a directly-attached IBM PC. The 5364 System Unit is a smaller, lower cost, floor standing or desk-top system that will run existing S/36 application programs without recompilation. The personal computer can run personal computer programs as well as act as the first S/36 workstation. o 256K - 1.0MB RAM o 5.25 inch 1.2Mb diskette o 40, 65, 80 or 130MB HDD o 6-9 local workstations (later upgraded to 16) The 5360 family has a multiple processor architecture. The main storage processor is an enhanced S/34 instruction processor. A control storage processor operates in parallel with the main storage processor, and provides microcoded control function for the I/O processors and interfaces. The processors use LSI (Large Scale Integration) for the logic circuitry. Storage technology is MOSFET (Metal Oxide semiconductor Field Effect Transistor). Data and instructions are stored as EBCDIC characters. Each EBCDIC character is stored in an 8-bit byte. ECC (Error Correction Code) is maintained in main storage. Single-bit error correction and double-bit error detection is performed on every two bytes. Parity is added for all data transfers to and from main storage. Now you know all I know. Help! Anything else would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Colin Eby Senior Consultant CSC Consulting __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/

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PS/2 Model 70 Portable

by out2sea00＠yahoo.com

>...Okay, I've decided that I'm not going to fool around with this PS/2 any more, as it really isn't the type of thing I collect. Is anyone interested in it for $20+shipping? - -- Eric Dittman ...< Eric -- Abso-blinking-lutely. I've been watching out for one of those. I have this perverse fantasy about using one for a 5250 emulator. Email me off list and I'll make whatever arrangement you need. Thanks, Colin Eby Senior Consultant CSC Consulting __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/

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3com 3station

by pat＠purdueriots.com

I just picked up a 3com 3station for a few $$ at university salvage today. It seems to be a rather neat little system. Inside it has a header (J9) that appears to be a floppy disk connector (34pin header). Does anyone know anymore about these things or have software for it (it'd be nice to use it as an Xterminal, but who knows if that'll ever work...) Thanks much! -- Pat

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VAX 11/780s - Masscomp - Valid equipment available

by auringer＠tds.net

> From: "Merle K. Peirce" <at258(a)osfn.org> > Well we might very well be interested in a ZS-1. Do you have some idea of how and when? As I mentioned before, I would need to have a commitment fairly quick to keep the machines intact. Later, Jon Jon Auringer auringer(a)tds.net

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Starship simulator (was: VAX 11/780s...)

by vze2mnvr＠verizon.net

Ben, I wish we had it all today too. I'm sure we would have been much further along if they hadn't cut the budget back so severely after the apollo program wrapped up. But the shuttle is a good working vehicle. Launches of the shuttle are so common now, you only hear a blurb on it on the news. In addition to flying Glenn back into space, I wish they would take Yeager up one time too, just to thank him for the contributions he also made. There are some small private outfits trying to develop their own programs too, either in CA or somewhere out west. But it still takes a lot of money, just not as much as NASA requires. On CNN this morn, I believe there was mention of a launch, but the vehicle was still a $500,000 vehicle. I bet if you searched google, you might find one of the private projects, that you might even be able to contribute help to. One concern I have though is that until there is actually a good destination to go to ( where there is air and water, even if it has to be extracted ) there may not be enough of a reason to make it commercially viable. Short hops to get halfway around the globe in record time would be good, but true deep space travel may need a destination that will support life. I liken it to sailing. Some people like to take their boat out just to go sailing, but I kind of always wanted a destination to sail to. Sailing halfway out into the Atlantic, just to see it, and coming back just never excited me. If Columbus hadn't found the "New World" how many would have continued to voyage out across the atlantic. Ian Ben Franchuk wrote: > > Ian Koller wrote: > > > > Hello Ben, > > > > > I say dump this simulation idea and build the real thing! > > > > I doubt you'd want to, or be able to, commit the real level > > of resources necessary for this. > > It is not a easy project, and definitely a team effort, but you > still need one man/woman with a vision. Right now space travel > in same field as computers in the early 1960's. They still would > be mainframes on punch cards today had not the PDP-1 and PDP-5 > and PDP-11 been designed by a small team of people. > > > That's not the sole motivation there. I do not doubt that > > large aerospace lobbying has some influence on project > > funding, but the real reason their projects cost what they > > do is the fact that they are held to very high standards. > > People's lives and the taxpayers' money are at stake, > > accountability to the US government and the american taxpayers, > > etc. won't allow them to work like hobbyists or shadetree mechanics. > > Ha-Ha -- accountable that is funny. Too much red tape and kickbacks > I bet to make it easy for a team of people to develop something. > A hobbyist is somebody who does something with out getting paid > for it. Talent is not == money. Since I don't have talent in that > field of rocket hardware I may not design a warp drive :) but still > could help out in other fields. The point is nobody wants to go into > space if they have to do a little work. > > > > > > > a simple-reusable space craft > > > > I doubt that such a thing would ever really be "simple" > > > > I really hope that you were actually joking. This analysis > > of the requirements is very innocent in it's point of view. > > Much like a child's view of the world. And note that I'm > > not calling you childish, just that simplistic statement > > of the requirements for projects of this scope. > > NO joke! > A space craft is hard to design because so many variables > change exponentially. A 5% factor could cross a threshold > wipe out this whole design. Simple is a relative term here. > I like a simple two stage space-plane rail launched with > only the 1st stage manned ( single pilot ). The second stage > would fly to dock with a low orbit space station. Re-entry > still needs more thought but one idea is dismantling the 2nd stage > and having a return shuttle take down the peaces. > > > > > > putting ORDANARY people in space! > > > > This will happen someday soon though. Maybe another 30 to > > 50 years? > > I am 42 come spring. I can't wait another 30 years. :) > One view I have is since space travel is 10x harder than > flying I expect payloads to be 1/10 of the what flying is. > This is in the scale of 500 to 2000 LBS payloads. > You have NASA's plan -- big projects done by a army of > people -- my plan ordinary people on average wages bootstrapping > themselves into space. Think small you can build big projects. > Think big and you get small projects like NASA seems to be doing. > > > > Seeing the work Henk has done, I'm sure that he has invested > > a lot of time, and a fair amount of money, just in creating > > such a well done simulator project of that scope. > > True. But then if he decides he wants to build a console > for space craft to say MARS could he do it with out political > problems. > -- > Ben Franchuk - Dawn * 12/24 bit cpu * > www.jetnet.ab.ca/users/bfranchuk/index.html

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"Locking Connector Kits" for LocalTalk

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>First, I've never found a female DIN-8 >port for sale (and not for lack of looking) Not that it will matter, as you don't plan to build it anyway... but for reference... MCM Electronics (www.mcm-electronics.com) sells Female Din-8 (although, isn't that size really a mini-din?). Mini-Din, Din, either way, I know they sell them, as I bought a few a while back to replace the broken off serial ports on a PowerBook 160. The ones I bought were solder type, and meant to be used with a cable (so now my Powerbook has two short cables sticking out the back for the serial ports... no matter, it sits on a shelf acting as a nat router and backup mail server these days) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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Another reason why Dell sucks

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

Even though their Optiplex PCs seem to be standard ATX form factor, their power supply does not meet the standard. Putting in a generic ATX power supply will not work. Something about the wiring being changed slightly on the power plug. perhaps someone else has details about that. --

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quest for pictures

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

! From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk [mailto:ard@p850ug1.demon.co.uk] ! ! ! > ! > At the bare minimum, I want real lens interchangeability. ! > I'd prefer a ! > Leica screw mount (just so I can use what I have), but ! > realistically, a C ! > mount (or even D) would be more practical. But ANY MOUNT! ! ! I wonder how many people on this list actually know what C ! and D mounts ! are, and what they were first associated with. Not me really, but it does have to do with cameras... ! I prefer screw-in lens mounts to bayonet. For one very good reason. I ! don't need speed of lens changing, but I do like to make my ! own add-ons. ! I can cut the screw threads in the lathe without problems (I ! made my own ! C mount lens and body caps when I discovered that the ! 'official' ones had ! to be ordered from Switzerland and were over \pounds 35.00 ! each). Making ! a bayonet mount is a lot harder. Don't they have adapters? Or can you cut something down and slap it on the lathe to make an adaptor? --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818

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More Deluxe Option Board software

by mark_k＠totalise.co.uk

Hi, Some of you might remember that I uploaded version 5.4 of the Central Point Deluxe Option Board software a while ago. I recently received another Option Board, which came with a slightly earlier version of the software, as well as Copy II PC 6.0. None of the disks seem to have been written to since new. Both Option Board software versions are 5.4 according to the disk labels and READ.ME files. The disks I uploaded a while ago contain version 5.5 of MCP.EXE, compared with 5.4 for the version I just uploaded (see URL below). So these earlier disks may not be of much interest. Copy II PC 6.0 is a program for backing up copy-protected PC disks. Dated 1990, it probably doesn't handle protected high density disks (neither does the Deluxe Option Board software). It might work better in conjunction with a Deluxe Option Board card; I have not tested that. Anyway, I have uploaded disk images of this too. http://www.btinternet.com/~mark_k/Deluxe_Option_Board/ Instructions: download files and decompress using gzip. Use your favourite disk-image-writing program to write the disk images to floppy disks. (For example IBM's LOADDSKF for MS-DOS, WinImage for Windows, dd under UNIX-like OSes.) -- Mark

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OT: RE: quest for pictures

by Robert_Feldman＠jdedwards.com

I have a couple of Olympus OM-1's that I use (vintage 1975, so they meet the 10-year rule). If the battery ever goes bad, the camera is still fully functional (except no built-in light meter). I can always use the f:16 rule in sunlight (exposure = f:16 at 1/[the ASA film speed]; e.g., f:16 @ 1/125 sec for ASA 100 film) or guess the exposure in other conditions. Bob -----Original Message----- From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk [mailto:ard@p850ug1.demon.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 1:56 PM To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: quest for pictures <snip> I personnaly prefer old, mechanical cameras. I can understand them, I can fix them (as you might have guessed by now, I like tinkering with _all_ types of machinery). Actually, I probably prefer fixing cameras to taking photographs. <snip> Electronically controlled film cammeras are just not eccentric enough to be interesting :-) -tony

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ENIAC [Was: Re: Appropritate comic strip....]

by msell＠ontimesupport.com

Chris, I probably should have mentioned that, huh? : ) I'm in Texas. We've got plenty of valves here, but they all have oil in them...... Vacuum tubes. That's what I meant to say. No, really, I did!!! - Matt At 03:16 PM 1/10/2002 -0600, you wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Matthew Sell [mailto:msell@ontimesupport.com] > > > Over here, on this side of the Atlantic, they're called tubes. > >What side of the Atlantic is that? I'm in mid-Illinois. ;) > >Christopher Smith, Perl Developer >Amdocs - Champaign, IL > >/usr/bin/perl -e ' >print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); >' > Matthew Sell Programmer On Time Support, Inc. www.ontimesupport.com (281) 296-6066 Join the Metrology Software discussion group METLIST! http://www.ontimesupport.com/cgi-bin/mojo/mojo.cgi "One World, One Web, One Program" - Microsoft Promotional Ad "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer" - Adolf Hitler Many thanks for this tagline to a fellow RGVAC'er...

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ENIAC [Was: Re: Appropritate comic strip....]

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Sell [mailto:msell@ontimesupport.com] > Over here, on this side of the Atlantic, they're called tubes. What side of the Atlantic is that? I'm in mid-Illinois. ;) 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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Musicians (and computer music)

by mhstein＠usa.net

You do know that Hal Chamberlin (who came up with that mini-mini) was THE MAN as far as PET music was concerned in those days? Maybe he's got something to contribute to posterity when he gets back from Korea. mike -------------------------Original Message-------------------- From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502(a)yahoo.com> Subject: Musicians (and computer music) (was RE: Trailing-edge compute farm seeks gainful employment) ObClassic: Does anyone have any software for making music on the PET with *other* than CB2 sound? I had a buddy with a clip-on user port music card - it was an 8-bit D-to-A like a Disney Sound Source. The PET shoved bytes out the user port and they appoximated music. I can't remember what it was called.

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ENIAC [Was: Re: Appropritate comic strip....]

by msell＠ontimesupport.com

Chris, Ahem..... Over here, on this side of the Atlantic, they're called tubes. : ) Just ribbing you.... - Matt >Yes, I think there was an ENIAC on a chip project that was successful. I >don't know much about it though. > > -- or did you mean in original scale, with valves? :) > >Regards, > >Chris > > >Christopher Smith, Perl Developer >Amdocs - Champaign, IL > >/usr/bin/perl -e ' >print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); >' > Matthew Sell Programmer On Time Support, Inc. www.ontimesupport.com (281) 296-6066 Join the Metrology Software discussion group METLIST! http://www.ontimesupport.com/cgi-bin/mojo/mojo.cgi "One World, One Web, One Program" - Microsoft Promotional Ad "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer" - Adolf Hitler Many thanks for this tagline to a fellow RGVAC'er...

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Apple disk -> MSDOS

by mhstein＠usa.net

Do I gather from previous discussions that it's a problem reading an Apple II floppy disk on a PC? I'm about to get rid of my last Apple II clone (No, Ernest, I haven't forgotten you) but there are some Basic programs on Apple diskettes that I might want to port to GW-Basic some day. Trouble is, the Apple has no parallel or serial cards and I don't feel like copying them off the screen by hand. I think with a little software I could transfer it to one of my PETs via the cassette port, and from there it would be trivial to get to a PC, but I'm hoping there's an easier way. I have a CompatiCard I and Uniform, and I still have the T300 that no one wanted which can do 96TPI 640K MS-DOS diskettes as well as the usual MS-DOS 5.25 formats, if that's of any use. Any ideas? mike

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Compukit UK101

by Adrian.Graham＠corporatemicrosystems.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk [mailto:ard@p850ug1.demon.co.uk] > Sent: 09 January 2002 21:18 > To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: Compukit UK101 > > Sounds good so far. IIRC the UK101 will display 'garbage' at > switch-on. > Just the random contents of the video memory (the video > display circuitry > doesn't need to be configured by software, so it'll display > this even if > the CPU isn't doing anything). <excellent troubleshooting snippage> Thanks Tony! Star man once again :) I'll be annoyed if I've been defeated by a caps lock key! I know what I'm doing tonight now....... -- Adrian Graham, Corporate Microsystems Ltd e: adrian.graham(a)corporatemicrosystems.com w: www.corporatemicrosystems.com w2: www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk (Online Computer Museum)

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Apple disk -> MSDOS

by mhstein＠usa.net

CBM -> PC isn't the problem; I've got a couple of CmC ADA IEEE-> S/P converters as well. The Cassette to Serial adapter sounds neat though. Getting from the Apple to the CBM is the problem; I think I've got software somewhere that'll connect the two cassette ports, but it'd take till next Xmas/Kwanzaa/Chanukah to find it. Was just hoping there was a quick & easy direct way, but assuming Ernest is going to take the clone, I'm going to include it and ask him to transfer the file(s) & email them back to me since he does have serial capability. Thanks anyway, guys. Always interesting and often very informative & helpful. mike ------------------------Original Message---------------------- Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 12:58:42 -0800 (PST) From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502(a)yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Apple disk -> MSDOS - --- "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin(a)xenosoft.com> wrote: > > I think with a little software I could transfer it > > to one of my PETs via the cassette port, and from there > > it would be trivial to get to a PC... > > Really? The PC can't do PET disks, either. But you MIGHT be able to > interface one of the aftermarket IEEE488 drives to the Pet with some > trivial hardware, and then interface it to the PC, and just write a file > system for it. An XE1541 cable is an easy enough item to build. If you have a 4040 or 2031 drive on your PET, you could hook a 1541 to the PC, the IEEE drive to the PET and sneaker-net stuff over. Marko Makela has a cool device that's about to hit the world - a cassette port dongle for all CBM machines that speaks to a "modern" machine over serial - you save to "cassette" from your PET, B500, C64, VIC-20, whatever, and run a virtual server on a serial line on a modern machine to scoop up the data. No funny software required on the CBM side. He has a prototype and pictures, but it's not quite available yet. I know there have been some projects to emulate an IEEE port from a PeeCee parallel port - enough to drive a 4040 floppy unit. If the software were there, it'd be easy enough to turn the PeeCee into a virtual disk drive. I think you could find the stuff already done. I don't think you'd have to roll your own code to do this. My X1541 cable also has a 6-pin C= cassette port on it. I have read many PET tapes directly from DOS with a real C2N tape recorder. It's not as reliable as floppies (especially if there's a head alignment problem), but it does work. Slow as molasses in January, though. Personally, the 170K floppy shuffle is the easiest way with the most common hardware. It does require that you have a couple of Commodore devices, but they aren't uncommon. Serial ports on PETs *are* (but I have a couple of IEEE<->RS-232 boxes from "TNW" and one ROM socket ACIA board. Still doesn't make them "common" though). - -ethan

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PS/2 Model 70 Portable

by dittman＠dittman.net

Okay, I've decided that I'm not going to fool around with this PS/2 any more, as it really isn't the type of thing I collect. Is anyone interested in it for $20+shipping? -- Eric Dittman dittman(a)dittman.net Check out the DEC Enthusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/

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Tek scope service manuals

by CLeyson＠aol.com

In a message dated 09/01/02 edick(a)idcomm.com writes: > Well ... it must be asleep. I wasn't even able to find a reference to it, > though, so something's amiss. > > Dick > Type 2430 into the search engine under Model No. I know their search engine leaves a bit to be desired but I used them to buy an HP service manual. The best I could get in Europe was a photocopy AND it cost more than the originals from ManualsPlus. Try http://www.big-list.com/usedmanu.html. It's a comprehesive list of service manual dealers. Good Luck Chris

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ENIAC [Was: Re: Appropritate comic strip....]

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Sell [mailto:msell@ontimesupport.com] > Has anyone ever attempted to recreate all or part of the > ENIAC? Maybe as > part of a CS project or museum? Yes, I think there was an ENIAC on a chip project that was successful. I don't know much about it though. -- or did you mean in original scale, with valves? :) Regards, 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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ENIAC [Was: Re: Appropritate comic strip....]

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On January 10, Matthew Sell wrote: > Has anyone ever attempted to recreate all or part of the ENIAC? Maybe as > part of a CS project or museum? > > Just curious..... I thought this was neat..These folks implemented the ENIAC architecture on a chip some time ago: http://www.ee.upenn.edu/~jan/eniacproj.html -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf

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Appropritate comic strip....

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

Have a look at this comic strip... (Wednesday's strip) http://www.rockwoodcomic.com/ --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818

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What to do with an empty BA23

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

! Hi guys, ! I'm sat here wondering what I should do with this empty ! BA23 I've got.... ! ... If all else ! fails, anyone think of an alternative use for a BA23? :&) Didn't somebody turn one into a keg-erator? --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818

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Starship simulator (was: VAX 11/780s...)

by GOOI＠oce.nl

Ok, I read all comments, but I think this thread is not completely for CC... If you read the starship website, you know my name, Henk. I reply to give some more information on my project. The Starship project started in 1982, AFAIRemember. However, as a young boy, I went to the attick and play with some switches, batteries and lamps after seeing an episode of "The Thunderbirds". So, I wished I had more free time. I have many ideas to implement but *lack* the time to do it. Indeed, one of the ideas is mounting everything on a sort of X-Y table so that it can shake a little. When you have no visual contact with you surroundings, a little shake can fool you brain quite good. I have mounted a bass loudspeaker to the rear of the car seat, the "captain's chair", and feeding it sub-audible tones you feel vibration as an add-on effect/experience. I must admit that dreaming/thinking about it is fun. Realising some of it in the end gives me a 'good' feeling, as does all comment on this website. I enjoy reading other people's comment on my starship project. It 'fuels' me to put effort in expanding the website and adding more pictures to it. And of course expanding my starship! With last Xmas I got a Nikon Coolpix 885, so expect additions to the site the coming months. I will add a link to tell about new additions. For more questions/remarks, don't hesitate to write to me. That is henk.gooijen(a)12move.nl or gooi(a)oce.nl > Look for the book Star Ship Simulation by Roger Garrett That's what got me infected! > [snip] > but now it would be nearly a cake walk. I wouldn't agree on that. The longer you think about it, and work out more detail (hardware, switches, meters, etc.) the more elaborate/complex things become. Live long and prosper, - Henk.

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OT: DELL SUCKS! Re: PC Gamer, best 50 classic games issue?

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>> It would seem the majority of people I confer with have nothing but pain >> and anguish leading to murderous thoughts when dealing with Dell. >> >> F Dell and it's namesake! > >I wonder why the disparity exists? Maybe because once upon a time, Dell's were actually good. For some time, I had recommended them. Their PCs were tanks. You could beat the hell out of them, and they kept working. And they were good solid components that worked with default installs of windows 95 and NT 4. Support was even once great (knowledgeable, polite, fast). And then they grew... and cut costs to stay in business... and went into the crapper like just about every other consumer PC company. Now, when people tell me they are going to buy a PC, and ask who I recommend... I tell them with a straight honest face... I recommend NO ONE for home use. I can't honestly think of a single good company building consumer level windows boxes. Between them all putting in cheaper and cheaper parts, and MS making windows... well more windows like, I can't think of any company that can get it right, and get it right consistently. So now I ask people WHY they are buying a windows PC. Everyone seems to have one of two answers. 1: to play games (I tell them to buy a Playstation 2), or 2: to get online (I tell them to buy a cheap used low end PII and throw a ton of ram into it). Everyone that doesn't fit one of those two... I tell them to learn enough to build their own, or just go with a cheap LOCAL vendor (so you have someone you can throw the machine at when it craps out for the 100th time), or buy a Macintosh. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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VAX 11/780s - Masscomp - Valid equipment available

by auringer＠tds.net

Hello all, Along with the Astronautics ZS-1 machines I posted about earlier, we have some other equipment available. I have someone interested in one of the 11/780 machines and possible others. As with the ZS-1 machines, the time frame isn't very long. Again, we are closing this facility and the equipment will be scrapped if not rescued. 1 DEC 11/780 (3 wide cabinet) currently up and running 4.2 BSD 3rd cabinet has a Ven-tel plugin modem rack w/~10 modems 1 rack containing 4 Fujitsu Eagle drives (one drive is off-line due to increasing errors) 1 Fujitsu 9-track tape drive in 2 wide cabinet (not quite as tall as the VAX cabinet)(This is a nice auto loading drive, there is a second one available with two drives from a non-VAX system) 1 DEC TE16 9-track tape drive (1 wide cabinet) 1 Fujitsu line printer 1 DECWRITER III printing terminal as console 1 DEC 11/780 (3 wide cabinet) currently down but was running fine when turned off (VMS) 3 DEC RP07 drives (each the size of a washing machine on steroids!) 1 DEC TU78 9-track tape drive 1 Scicards design station (This is a dedicated color graphics terminal used for printed circuit board (PCB) layout) I am told the tube was a little on the fuzzy side. 1 Benson photo plotter (we used this exclusively to print out PCB artwork for checking) 1 Dataproducts line printer 1 DECWRITER III printing terminal as console 3 Valid Systems m68k based Multibus systems. Each system has several dedicated mono graphics cards to drive multiple design stations. Each system is in a half-height rack which contains the Multibus rack, an 8" Fujitsu fixed disk drive and the slot loading 9-track tape drive. I am unsure of the status of these systems. I believe they were running when shut down, but I have doubts about the drives. 6 or more of the Valid Scaldstation design stations. Each includes a table with built-in digitizer and a 19" green monochrome graphics monitor. These systems were used primarily for schematic capture, but ran a full blown UNIX, so I always enjoyed reading news on the "big screen". :) 1 Masscomp m68k based system This system is also Multibus based and resides in a pair of 5' high racks. One rack contains the multibus chassis and a pair of Fujitsu drives. The second rack houses the 9-track tape drive and a third 8" Fujitsu drive. This machine was only lightly used when I signed on in 1989, and shut down shortly thereafter. I have gotten it up and running RTU on its ST-506 boot drive, but haven't managed to get the Fujitsus online. 7 Masscomp MC-500 deskside chassis These are also Multibus based m68k systems. These run the same OS as systems above. They have an internal 5-1/4" floppy and ST-506 fixed drive. There are a bunch of the monochrome graphics tubes that go along with these units. Actually, it appears like each chassis is designed to drive a pair of the graphics terminals. I have one of these boxes that I did a clean install of the RTU OS. The other 6 are in varying states of repair. I think there are enough bits to assemble at least 3 more complete systems. 2 DEC MicroVax II in a 19" There is also a rack mounted chassis with a pair of SMD drives. Each of the MVII has a SMD controller card. Both of the boot drives are dead and I don't have a way to format replacements. I would like to hang on to these if I can manage to get them home without doing myself harm. 1 Tek 4014-1 graphics terminal w/hard copy unit. The terminal works fine, but I haven't had a chance to test the hard copy unit. I would like to hang on to this unit, but moving it is definately a two person and a truck kind of thing. So I may have to let it go. :( ? StorageTek 9-Track drives. 110V operation. How many of these I have depends on the fate of the ZS-1 machines. I have a couple now, and will have several more if the ZS machines are scrapped. Large quantities of documentation. Over a dozen UNIX programmers manuals in metal desktop racks. Complete documentation sets for VMS, gray and orange binders. I have a box with complete unopened docs for a later version (don't remember off-hand which version) of VMS than we had ever installed. Documentation for several revisions of SunOS4. If I were to walk through the building, I could easily double this list. Basically we have just about everything! Thanks for listening, Jon Jon Auringer auringer(a)tds.net

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Starship simulator (was: VAX 11/780s...)

by foxnhare＠bigvalley.net

Look for the book Star Ship Simulation by Roger Garrett - Dilithium press, it is a very well thought out full-fledged simulation idea (no real code, just a complete (I think) system structure for all the 'stations') Back then it would have been a monumental task to get all the computers and newtworking worked out but now it would be nearly a cake walk. > Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 15:37:12 -0600 (CST) > From: Jeffrey S. Sharp <jss(a)subatomix.com> > Reply-To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: Starship simulator (was: VAX 11/780s...) > > On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Ben Franchuk wrote: > > > http://home.hetnet.nl/~tshaj/ > > Click in the 'star screen' for a real star-ship bridge. > > Yeah, that's what gave me the idea. I would add a few improvements: > > * It will require a group of people. This will encourage teamwork and > role-playing among the players. > > * It will be much bigger. Think NCC-1701-D bridge. > > * Things will move, shake, and explode. Yes, you'll have to sign > a waiver. No, it won't be handicapped-accessible. That said, risk of > injury should be minimal. > > * An entire colleciton of classicmp hardware running most of it. -- 01000011 01001111 01001101 01001101 01001111 01000100 01001111 01010010 01000101 Larry Anderson - Sysop of Silicon Realms BBS (209) 754-1363 300-14.4k bps Set your 8-bit C= rigs to sail for http://www.portcommodore.com/ 01000011 01001111 01001101 01010000 01010101 01010100 01000101 01010010 01010011

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OT: DELL SUCKS! Re: PC Gamer, best 50 classic games issue?

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

Sellam- Thet was Eric Dittman, not me! But I *did* write the "DELL RULES" one... ;) > -----Original Message----- > From: Sellam Ismail [mailto:foo@siconic.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 5:43 PM > To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: OT: DELL SUCKS! Re: PC Gamer, best 50 classic > games issue? > > > On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Eric Dittman wrote: > > > No, I've had the miniPCI MODEM replaced as my system was > shipped with > > the Actiontec and I had specified the 3Com, so Dell sent a tech to > > swap the card. I also had the SXGA+ screen replaced twice. > The first > > screen developed a flicker, so they sent a tech to replace > the screen. > > I didn't the the second screen looked even, so they had a second > > screen replacement installed. I didn't have to make up any > excuse, I > > just told tech support I was unhappy with the way the LCD looked. > > Finally, I had a problem with the mouse developing a mind > of its own. > > The keyboard (with built-in eraser-head pointer) was replaced, and > > when the problem reoccurred they sent a new palmrest (which has the > > touchpad built-in), which fixed the problem. > > So, in other words, your laptop basically sucked as far as > quality goes? > :) > > > Each time the techs arrived the next day, with the replacement part > > and tools, and the techs (I've had three different techs) all knew > > what they were doing. > > Dell on-site tech support is subbed out to local contractors who are > supposed to be "Dell certified" or whatever. So that > explains why some > people may have good service, and others lousy, when it comes > to on-site > support. It depends on the local contractor. > > > So yes, I've had problems, and yes, Dell did give me outstanding > > support and service. > > Again, you got lucky. > > 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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imsai for sale

by doc＠medhealth.com

I have an IMSAI box with a S100 bus, front panel and power suppy that I would like to sell. Can you direct me to the right site or group to attempt a sale? Thanks Tom C

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Bought an IBM 5362 -- so now what do I do with this thing?

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

In a message dated 1/9/2002 7:41:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, out2sea00(a)yahoo.com writes: << I'm trying to track down resources for IBM System/36 and the model 5362. I just Ebay'd one (momentary insanity) and I need to start putting together all the apocrypha to go with it. All I'm getting is the system unit. I need to try and track down software, manuals and a display station first. Any pointers or assistance would be just lovely, and greatly appreciated. Thanks, Colin Eby Senior Consultant CSC Consulting >> I've a 5364, probably the same. anybody else got one? Mine's a desktop form factor and was lucky to get the dual floppy 5150 pc that seems to control it. I use the 5150 to IPL the 5364 and takes about 5 minutes. eventually I get a passwoid prompt and I dont know what it is. I'm not sure how the menus work. also got with it a 3194 twinax terminal but no keyboard so I can't use that right now. both units came with disks in their drives but not sure what their content is. I really should make a writeup about this beast on my collection site. It's really quite impressive. -- Antique Computer Virtual Museum www.nothingtodo.org

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Tek scope service manuals

by CLeyson＠aol.com

>Does anyone know of a source for Tek scope service manuals? >Of specific interest are: 2246A and 2430A Try www.manualsplus.com. They have a good stock of HP and TEK manuals. Chris

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OT: DELL RULES! (RE: DELL SUCKS! Re: PC Gamer, best 50 classic ga mes issue?)

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Eric Dittman wrote: > > > > > Huh?! That was the last piece of business I'll EVER do with Dell. > > > > > > Dell service sucks donkey cock. Computers: good. Service: very bad. > > > > > > F Dell! > > > > I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 that works very well. I've had > > excellent results when I've had to call in for service. > > It would seem the majority of people I confer with have nothing but pain > and anguish leading to murderous thoughts when dealing with Dell. > > F Dell and it's namesake! Dell Sales sucks... Dell technical support sucks... Dell customer service sucks... But Dell peecees are the most stable peecees I've ever seen. Their notebooks are the same Acers everyone else sells. Just had to toss in a contrary viewpoint... ;) -dq

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Tek scope service manuals

by mhstein＠usa.net

Me three! For a 310A, definitely a classic spaceheater. BTW, I have a service manual for the 4006-1 Computer Display Terminal, if anybody needs any info on this fine piece. mike ------------------Original Message-------------------- From: "Charles E. Fox" <foxvideo(a)wincom.net> Subject: Re: Tek scope service manuals At 03:44 PM 09/01/2002 -0600, you wrote: >Does anyone know of a source for Tek scope service manuals? > >Of specific interest are: 2246A and 2430A > >--tnx >--tom Me too, if anyone turns up info on the 604.

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I love that ole "blue box" stuff

by dmabry＠mich.com

Someone has an Intel UPP on e-bay. I'm not sure how it could "appear to be functional", but maybe. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1320319997 -- Dave Mabry dmabry(a)mich.com Dossin Museum Underwater Research Team NACD #2093

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Apple disk -> MSDOS

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

In a message dated 1/9/2002 9:14:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, lgwalker(a)mts.net writes: << As an aside there was a surplus dealer on the net that seemed to have a ream of Diamond Trackstar cards going for $30 up to at least a year ago when last I checked him and debated buying one. Lawrence >> i've a trackstar in a PS/2 model 30 as well as a mac LC with the //e option (and the cable too!) so I guess I have it easy doing transfers back and forth but just havent gotten a round tuit. (tm) -- Antique Computer Virtual Museum www.nothingtodo.org

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