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

by Adrian.Graham＠corporatemicrosystems.com

> Mine has the 'PTA Prototype' markings on the inside of the > front cover as well. From talking with other's it would appear that > those markings aren't uncommon. The thing I always found interesting > was that even though earlier Lisa 2 and 2/5's weren't intended to use > the internal Widget hard disk due to the lack of internal connector > for it, the faceplate still has the drive access light window for it. I'm going to have to check mine now, since it was originally a stock Lisa 2 before I upgraded it to a 2/5 - it definitely has the drive access light window, so maybe they were going to add in a LED on the floppy drive? cheers -- 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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Smoking around computers

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> > From: Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk> > > > I wouldn't want anybody smoking near my computers! > > I've been chain-smoking around computers of various sorts for 20 years, and > I've never seen any evidence of smoke-related problems. I prefer that > computers don't smoke around me, however ;>) > > OTOH, audio gear seems to be very susceptible to my smoke, and I have to > clean all the switches and pots every three months or so. The early CDC disk drives (like many others I'm sure) has so much room between platters you could stick your hand in there, and enough room between the flying heads and the platter that neither smoke nor dust was a problem. One CDC engineer remarked to me about how they usually be smoking a cigarette while they were *polishing* the platters (yes, I know about the stiction cure joke, Lemon Pledge and all that). Which reminds me of an MPEG that Elsa included with the Winner3000 drivers... you watch this video, you'll think it's cigarettes that they're selling... -dq

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by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

> Right. The speed of light is 30 cm/ns. The thing to remember is "one foot per nanosecond". Much easier not to forget that one! Antonio

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What's with this Lisa?

by jhingber＠ix.netcom.com

Please see this item and read the description: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1309308140 I have a similar machine which I would call identical except for the green-screen. All the "prototype" markings that the auction makes mention of I have seen seen on my Lisa, as well as the only other one I've seen. I believe these markings to be common, and that the screen was a replacement job by a 3rd party. Is this guy misinformed or am I? Thanks, Jeffrey H. Ingber (jhingber _at_ ix.netcom.com)

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List of HP-PB adapters ?

by jarkko.teppo＠er-grp.com

The subject says it all, does anyone have a handy list of HP-PB adapters supported in the Nova series ? (I realize this might be *just* short of the ten year rule). Looking to add some IO to my H50. btw. I love google. I love google. Google rocks. I'm busy downloading every single message with a mention of 9000/500-series. Did I mention that google rocks ? Thanks, -- jht

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Cats around computers

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On December 13, Chad Fernandez wrote: > I had a cat lick pictures once. They'll eat/chew on the darndest things > if you let them. I think it is the taste..... something about the > chemicals must be salty tasting or something. It's not like cats are > chewy like dogs or rodents. Did anyone beside me read this wrong and laugh hysterically? -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL

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pleH!

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On December 13, Boatman on the River of Suck wrote: > !07/11 PDP a ni deppart m'I !pleH Go to sleep, Sridhar. -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL

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pleH!

by vance＠ikickass.org

!07/11 PDP a ni deppart m'I !pleH Peace... Sridhar

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CPT 9000

by csmith＠amdocs.com

Hi everybody, I remember somebody mentioning the CPT 9000 on this list recently. Since I just happen to be working on one, I thought I'd post this question here. Does anyone know where I can get some of the original software that might take advantage of the full screen-height? I have a copy of ventura publisher that was pre-installed, but I assume that its CPT9000 driver is corrupt. It works with the Herc ega driver, but with the CPT9000 driver, I just get some strange text-mode blocks. I also wonder whether anyone's tried Minix on it, and whether that might address the whole monitor? 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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1GHz PDP-11 (Re: Prints for an 11/70)

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On December 12, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote: > What little I've read about UNIBUS told me that UNIBUS has no set clock > rate, and that the speed of communication between two devices would be the > the highest rate that both devices could handle. If you've got nothing > but Sridhar-made fast devices on the bus, what stops you from having a > UNIBUS operating at say, 33MHz to 100MHz on average? I don't recall the specifics of Unibus...but its bandwidth is commonly stated as being about 7MB/sec. If that's the case, then it's unlikely that it's asynchronous. But perhaps it is asynchronous, and 7MB/sec was just the maximum. -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL

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Nanoseconds per foot (RE: RIP: Betty Holberton)

by CLeyson＠aol.com

For coax or twisted pair the delay per unit length is given by:- Delay (Secs/unit length) = Root( (C/unit length)*(L/unit length) ) Example: For RG58-U coax, C=100pF/m and L=250nH/m Delay = root(250E-9*100E-12) = 5E-9 sec/m or 5ns/m A pulse will travel 66% slower in RG-58 cable than free space. If anyone needs to lay out high speed PCB's the following book is highly recommended: "High Speed Digital Design - A Handbook of Black Magic" Howard W Johnson and Martin Graham ISBN 0-13-395724-1 Chris Leyson

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Smoking around computers

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: charles hobbs [mailto:chobbs@socal.rr.com] > Speaking of which, ever open a machine formerly owned by a > dog/cat owner? I have. Being a cat owner, I find that I need to clean my systems of cat-hair on a regular basis. 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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I've discovered a new pleasure.

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On December 11, Boatman on the River of Suck wrote: > > > I am pretty sure that I will be bringing one of my IBM S/390 G1's to VCF > > > East next year with VM, MVS, and Linux running. If anyone else brings > > > machines capable of SNA, FDDI, Ethernet or ATM, you'll be welcome to hook > > > up to me. > > > > Eh? The G1 isn't 10 years old, is it? > > It is indeed. Both of mine have manufacture dates in 1991. Ahh, I thought the G1 came out in 1994 or so. I stand corrected. :-) -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL

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Burroughs - any information?

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> This is a page about a B205. I'll eventually get a page up about my > G20M/200. Oh shit he's got the Jupter II helm! Talk about your unobtainium... -dq

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if you hadn't already known this about the PDP-8

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On December 13, Cameron Kaiser wrote: > > But yes, I agree...Linux can be made to work well on machines with > > small quantities of memory. It's actually pretty good at it. > > Hey! Don't forget about ... *waves NetBSD flag frantically* Oh yes, most definitely...I run NetBSD in production at a number of sites, and it's wonderful. I only mentioned Linux specifically because we were specifically discussing Linux. While I like Linux a LOT, I don't consider it production-ready enough to bet my dinner on it. -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL

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if you hadn't already known this about the PDP-8

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> But I ask the question is bigger always better? I am the guy who still > uses 640x480 cause this way he can read the screen and the menus at > the same time. I suspect the wheel of computer design will turn again > towards 'smaller' CISC (pdp8-style?) machines as the interconnect > in chips between modules is becoming larger compared to the the gate > speeds. I never understand this- why not kick it up to 1027x768 and use the Windows Appearance controls to make the menus and screen fonts larger? That way graphics look nice and text is still readable and things you have to click on (buttons can be made bigger too) are bigger targets... It's the best of both worlds, instead of being limited to one... Regards, -dq

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Tape drives (which one to look for?)

by csmith＠amdocs.com

Hi everybody, For those of you who've read my notes on the MIPS RISComputers I'm trying to get going, I ask this because I may want to replace the QIC-120 drive that's missing from one of them with a different model. I'd like some opinions on tape drives. The drive would need to plug into a SCSI interface, and I'd like it to fit in a 5.25" half-height bay. That's pretty much all I'd require from it. It would be nice if the drive held at least as much as a QIC-120 (about 120MB, it so happens ;), and was inexpensive and easy to get used. Any suggestions? What's the going price on DDS-1 these days? 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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RIP: Betty Holberton

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On December 12, Eric J. Korpela wrote: > Not to disparage the Admiral, but I'm fairly sure the term "bug" referring > to problems with a mechanism was in general use well before electronic > computers existed. Most literature that I've seen gives Hopper that distinction...however John Lawson mentioned a book that seems to prove otherwise. Scans of that would be very cool to have. -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL

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OT: tektronix phaser

by dtwright＠uiuc.edu

I have a tektronix phaser 340 (which I think is rather less then 10 years old, but I'm not certain...) that has started saying "Fault 05,000.42:8178". I was wondering if anyone here is familiar with these printers and/or knows where I can get a fault code reference for them, because I really don't want to pay xerox to fix my printer. I have a feeling this is something pretty simple -- the printer was off for a while (like about 3 months) and then just started doing this last night. any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, Dan - Dan Wright (dtwright(a)uiuc.edu) (http://www.uiuc.edu/~dtwright) -] ------------------------------ [-] -------------------------------- [- ``Weave a circle round him thrice, / And close your eyes with holy dread, For he on honeydew hath fed, / and drunk the milk of Paradise.'' Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Kubla Khan

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Need manual for Everex digital cassette drive

by vcf＠vintage.org

Does anyone have a manual, or know how to operate, an Everex digital cassette drive? The one I have is all black, and has a DC-37 connector on the back that I assume connects to an old-style IBM PC drive interface. If this is the case, I assume I still need drivers to run this thing? And maybe some operating software? Does anyone know what the hell I'm talking about? Please help if you can. Many brownie points await ye. 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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Need Xpress Librarian software

by vcf＠vintage.org

Ok, after a quick web search, it looks like I may be able to use a program called Xpress Librarian to access this drive. Anybody got it? 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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Terminal Server

by pat＠purdueriots.com

I just picked up an Encore Corp. Annex Terminal server from my university's salvage. It seems to power up ok and I can get it to have a link to my network. I can even set an ip address to it. However I can't ping it. It seems to want to net boot (as far as i can tell). Anyone have the boot software for these or have a resource to point me towards? The manufacturer's site seems to be of no help, and neither is google. Here's the specifics: Encore Computer Corp. Annex Model # ANN-01 (Cant really read first char, can be different) >From starting it with the switch in 'diag mode' i can get it to spit out the following: Board ID 11 - Serial Number 87 REV ROM: Maj Rev 3 Min Rev 1 ROM Software Rev # 0305 Thanks to anyone that has any ideas. -- Pat

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Free Stuff fo pickup in SF bay area

by pcw＠mesanet.com

2 Tektronix 4051 manual 1 Tektronix 4051 ROM expansion unit (W binary loader ROM and GPIO) 1 4051 ROM expansion unit manual 1 Morrow MicroDecision computer W/manuals and disks 1 DEC Alpha 2100 4 misc HP700 HPPA series (720,735) Peter Wallace Mesa Electronics

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Smoking around computers

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>Ok, I give up -- how do you train a cat? :) Water spray bottle works wonders. 3 spritz later and one of my cats has stopped popping the hampster cage open and carrying the hampster around the house. Some people say tape works well to keep them off things (sticky side up), but both my cats seem to rather like it, and I find they stand on it padding at the tape purring happily. -c

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Hardrive.sys for HardCard ?

by mythtech＠Mac.com

> Thanks but Arlen Michaels send me the files. They were for a 40 Mb hard >card but the driver (Plusdrv.sys) seems to work fine. Any chance you can forward those drivers my way? I have a 40mb HardCard that I would like to see if I can get working. Thanks -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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USENET from 1981 to present on google

by jpdavis＠gorge.net

Google claims to have recovered the USENET archives from 1981 to present. Makes for some really fun reading. Birth of the web, linux, all the old machines we love. Jim Davis.

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Hardrive.sys for HardCard ?

by spedraja＠ono.com

I'll agree a lot to obtain one copy of this driver because I have another Hardcard of 105 Mb in my IBM XT-286 and it appears to have some working problems with its actual driver. Thanks in advance and Greetings Sergio -----Mensaje original----- De: Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net> Para: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Fecha: jueves, 13 de diciembre de 2001 0:21 Asunto: Re: Hardrive.sys for HardCard ? >Gary, > > Thanks but Arlen Michaels send me the files. They were for a 40 Mb hard >card but the driver (Plusdrv.sys) seems to work fine. > > Joe > >At 03:12 PM 12/11/01 -0600, you wrote: >>Joe wrote: >>> >>> Anybody know where I can download a copy of "hardrive.sys" for a 105Mb hard >>> card? >>> >>> Joe >> >> >>I think I have a copy of the software with mine . . . gotta look first. >>I know I have 5 1/4 media, and there shouold be 3.5 as well. >> >>Gary HIldebrand >> >

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Prints for an 11/70

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Wright [mailto:dtwright@uiuc.edu] > Christopher Smith said: > > I've had no problem with them -- they stick a little > sometimes, but that's > > not too much trouble. I'd rather that than have them fall out. :) > In particular, I've had some stubborn cards (the worst was a > cisco dual-width > FDDI board) leap out and stab me with those little stubby > pins that protrude > from the top of the connector's solder points...the problem > is that applying > enough force to dislodge the damn card also jammed it up into > the sides of my > thumbs. it hurts, especially when it's the third time that's > happened in 5 > minutes... Ahh, but without the blood-sacrifice, the systems wouldn't run nearly as well ;) 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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What is the difference?

by vance＠ikickass.org

What is the difference between MultiNet and TCPWare on the VAX? Peace... Sridhar

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RIP: Betty Holberton

by Robert_Feldman＠jdedwards.com

If the speed of an electron in a wire is equal to the speed of light (IIRC, it's slower than light), then an electron will travel about 11.80 inches in one nanosecond, which is the point Hooper was trying to illustrate. -----Original Message----- From: Geoff Reed [mailto:geoffr@zipcon.net] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 1:45 PM To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: RIP: Betty Holberton 12 inch copper wire IIRC for MS <snip>

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RIP: Betty Holberton

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On December 12, Marvin Johnston wrote: > I was at an Orienteering meet this past weekend and got to talking with > a woman I met a year or two ago. Turns out she was also a programmer and > I think she said she had also worked with the Eniac. She is coming up > either today or tomorrow. Seems like a good time to "cross examine" her > :). I have found several people who had worked on the older computers, > usually after they have died :(. Befriend this person while she's still around, man! I'll be she's got GREAT stories to tell! 8-) It wouldn't hurt to thank her for her efforts too, at the risk of sounding weird...I, for one, would likely have a very boring life if it weren't for the work of those early pioneers. -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL

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DECnet License

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On December 13, Geoff Roberts wrote: > > > like anything other than VMS, though some of the file and > > > directory privs > > > are suggestive of Netware. > > > > Rather, some of the netware privs are suggestive of VMS. ;) > > Either or, but probably a better description as I suspect VMS predates > netware. By quite a while, yes. -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL

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Hardrive.sys for HardCard ?

by rigdonj＠intellistar.net

Anybody know where I can download a copy of "hardrive.sys" for a 105Mb hard card? Joe

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DECnet License

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Geoff Roberts [mailto:geoffrob@stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au] > like anything other than VMS, though some of the file and > directory privs > are suggestive of Netware. Rather, some of the netware privs are suggestive of VMS. ;) 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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RIP: Betty Holberton

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> > If the speed of an electron in a wire is equal to the speed of light (IIRC, > > it's slower than light), then an electron will travel about 11.80 inches in > > one nanosecond, which is the point Hooper was trying to illustrate. > > It's the electric field that propogates, moving electrons are a side effect. > The average speed free electrons in wire is such that they essentially never > get from one end to the other. Wait a doggone minute, I know that's not right, I distinctly recall seeing a film in school of a wire as a pipe and ball- bearings as electrons... they go in one end, they come out the other... ...and they're blue.

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Apple II C Plus ---> modern monitor?

by rhudson＠cnonline.net

Hi! Is there any way to connect an apple IIC Plus to a "modern" monitor? It has a 15 pin connector that has a strange pin out - and a composit video out on an RCA plug. I currently use an apple monochrome (tilt-y tube) monitor to see 80 col text and a Panasonic monitor to see the color modes. I have to lug to switch them.

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Prints for an 11/70

by cmcmanis＠mcmanis.com

I didn't see the original. Philip Freidin (www.fliptronics.com) is a friend of mine who is doing a 3.2Ghz FPGA. Yes, it takes a level of skill most of us don't posses but I've seen it protos running on his work bench. Doing 1Ghz for him would probably be rather straight forward. --Chuck At 11:08 AM 12/12/01, you wrote: >On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Jochen Kunz wrote: > > > > > Jeeeeezus Sridhar, how fast did you have in mind? > > > I was thinking somewhere in the range of a gigahertz. > > Ahhh, there are two possibilities: > > 1. Sridhar is making a joke. > > 2. Sridhar has no clue about digital logic circuit design. * > > Get one of those fancy FPGAs and be satisfied with 200MHz. > > It will be faster than everything else you can get for less than > $$$$$$$. :-) > >Neither, actually. I was thinking somewhere in the $250,000 range. > >Peace... Sridhar

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What is the difference?

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On December 12, Curt Vendel wrote: > Wasn't Multinet done by TRW or some 3rd company as part of their all around > multi-protocol networking package? TGV. -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL

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CPT 9000

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: UberTechnoid(a)home.com [mailto:UberTechnoid@home.com] > I recall having backup disks of the cpt provided packages. > I'll look and > see if the disks are still where I think they are. Next time > I'm at my > storage place. > BTW The CPT box I saw ran CP/M 2.2? Unfortunately, I think this one is MS-DOS. :) 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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Internal Data Specifications for HP71 needed

by vcf＠vintage.org

This person needs the Internal Data Specifications for the HP71. He's writing a multitasking OS for the HP71. Can you help him? Reply-to: stephane.cocquereaumont-coframi(a)transport.alstom.com ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 10:22:11 +0100 From: stephane.cocquereaumont-coframi(a)transport.alstom.com To: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf(a)vintage.org> Subject: [iso-8859-1] Réf. : Re: HP71 IDS Vintage Computer Festival <vcf(a)vintage.org> le 22/11/2001 22:13:20 Pour : stephane.cocquereaumont-coframi(a)transport.alstom.com cc : Objet : Re: HP71 IDS On Thu, 22 Nov 2001 stephane.cocquereaumont-coframi(a)transport.alstom.com wrote: > Do you have any of the marvellous HP71 IDS in your archive ? > > It can be a great help for me. >I do indeed have an HP71 but I'm not familiar with the IDS. What is that >exactly? IDS is three volumes of Internal Design Specifications. All about the hardware and software, including the OS listing. >What would you be needing this for? The HP71 processor is used on other calcs, like the HP48, and I'am developing a multitasking OS for this calc. I think there was some interesting software in the HP71, the Fort/Assembler pack for example. This can be a great help. Thanks for your reply. -- Stephane Cocquereaumont -- 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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tektronix phaser

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On December 12, Dan Wright wrote: > I agree...it's a great print process. I think it has much nicer looking > output then color laser, personally...more photo-like with the glossiness and > all :) It's targeted at an entirely different market than color lasers, so that's not really a valid comparison. But yes, the Phaser III output is *really* impressive. -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL

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tektronix phaser

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Wright [mailto:dtwright@uiuc.edu] > I have a tektronix phaser 340 (which I think is rather less > then 10 years > old, but I'm not certain...) that has started saying "Fault > 05,000.42:8178". > I was wondering if anyone here is familiar with these > printers and/or knows > where I can get a fault code reference for them, because I > really don't want > to pay xerox to fix my printer. I have a feeling this is > something pretty > simple -- the printer was off for a while (like about 3 > months) and then just > started doing this last night. any help would be much appreciated. Well, I had some exposure to a Phaser III, but it's been a while, and I don't think I've ever seen anything like the above message. I suppose you've gone through the whole "check the cables, make sure nothing's stuck, check for grilled cheese in the ink-wells" thing? (The one I used, at least, was a thermal transfer printer. Very nice.) I might also suggest removing the cables, and if there's a NIC, pulling it to see if that's the fault location. Otherwise, it's unfortunate that most people/institutions don't have the good taste to purchase such printers ;) I'd have liked to have more exposure to them. 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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Smoking around computers

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

! > I can't blame her, I got her as a stray, so rodents were ! > probably her main source of food (that and it seems ! > Wendy's french fries since she will claw your eyes out ! > to get to them)... ! ! My wife and I have a cat that we adopted as a kitten. One ! day we stopped by Wendy's on the way home and bought some ! dinner to go. I usually get a Wendy's double, and I had it ! on the kitchen table with the top bun off to add some ! ketchup. Quicker than a bolt of lightning, the kitten ! jumped on the table, grabbed the top slice of meat in her ! mouth, and ran for it. I caught her just before she made ! it off the table, but I did give her (and the rest of the ! cats) the slice she stole. ! -- ! Eric Dittman Just don't leave creamed corn out for my Isabelle. She'll drink all the juice right down... --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818

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Prints for an 11/70

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Wright [mailto:dtwright@uiuc.edu] > Dave McGuire said: > > That's the only thing I don't like about sbus. You can fill up an > > sbus card with three good-sized chips. Ridiculous. > that, and the connectors are evil... I've had no problem with them -- they stick a little sometimes, but that's not too much trouble. I'd rather that than have them fall out. :) 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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Linus's first announcement

by gwynp＠artware.qc.ca

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1991Oct5.054106.4647%40klaava.Helsinki .FI This post is over 10 years old so it's a classic. Note the line that goes "Hurd will be out in a year (or two, or next month, who knows)[...]" and giggle. -Philip

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Smoking around computers

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

! ... I just wish she would start ! catching the damn mice... its getting cold out, I don't want ! to have to keep pissing on the outside of the house to lower ! the mouse input (yes, that actually works, I realized that ! the spray I was using was simply fox pee, so I decided one ! day to try MY pee, and it works just as well, just ! doesn't last quite as long since it isn't cut with oil to help it ! stick... saves me the $10 a bottle, but I have to re-"spray" ! every few days instead of every week or so... side effect, ! my wife's flower bed has never looked better!) What about just botteling it? And cut it with what ever oil they use too? ! and now this has moved WAY off topic. You could say that. Unless, someone figures out a computerized (like, using a Vax 9000?) tracking and pee-spraying system... --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818

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Smoking around computers

by mythtech＠Mac.com

>This sounds interesting. I'm surprised the cat didn't kill the hamster >playing with it. I think if I hadn't gotten to the cat fast enough, she would have... fortuantly, the cage makes a LOT of noise when the cat would pop it open, and after the 2nd time, I started using the water bottle. I can't blame her, I got her as a stray, so rodents were probably her main source of food (that and it seems Wendy's french fries since she will claw your eyes out to get to them). I just wish she would start catching the damn mice... its getting cold out, I don't want to have to keep pissing on the outside of the house to lower the mouse input (yes, that actually works, I realized that the spray I was using was simply fox pee, so I decided one day to try MY pee, and it works just as well, just doesn't last quite as long since it isn't cut with oil to help it stick... saves me the $10 a bottle, but I have to re-"spray" every few days instead of every week or so... side effect, my wife's flower bed has never looked better!) and now this has moved WAY off topic. -c

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RIP: Betty Holberton

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> > My recollection from one of her presentations some years ago was that > > she claimed to have found the first computer bug in the Eniac - a moth > > IIRC - and debugged it by removing said moth. > > > > She was a pretty level headed and down to earth lady. > > ...in spite of the whole COBOL thing. 8-| Crass Obnoxious Bullsh*t- Oriented Language -dq

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Smoking around computers

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On December 12, Chris wrote: > catching the damn mice... its getting cold out, I don't want to have to > keep pissing on the outside of the house to lower the mouse input (yes, > that actually works, I realized that the spray I was using was simply fox > pee, so I decided one day to try MY pee, and it works just as well, just > doesn't last quite as long since it isn't cut with oil to help it > stick... saves me the $10 a bottle, but I have to re-"spray" every few > days instead of every week or so... side effect, my wife's flower bed has > never looked better!) Admit it, Chris...you just like peeing outside. ;) -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL

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HP HDSP-2490

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On December 12, Ken Seefried wrote: > Perhaps slightly off-topic (other than being a resonably old part), but > would anyone around here have a datasheet (or, at least, a pin-out) for an > HP HDSP-2490? This is an odd, 4-digit, 5x7 led matrix display. It's in a > 28-pin dip, and looks to have some intellegence built in. > > The answer from HP (nee Agilent) is "long since obsolete, we know nothing". Yeah, after all, NOBODY uses displays anymore. GOD I hate suits. -Dave -- Dave McGuire St. Petersburg, FL

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