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CSA Transputer Education Kit Manuals for free...

by rmeenaks＠olf.com

I got a set of CSA TEK Manuals for anyone who is either willing pickup or ship from Long Island. All the books are in mint condition and never been opened. These books are very difficult to come by (especially the transputer assembly language book).... Ram

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HP 97 Calculator

by donm＠cts.com

> > Anyone interested in a HP 97 Calculator for the price of shipping? > > Comes complete with wall-wart, and a (probably tired) but still usable > > battery. Sellam is the winner of the HP 97 Calculator by a margin of about 5-hours. Nightowl! Thanks for all of your responses. - don Sellam, you are still on Rosewood?

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AS/400 Terminal Keyboard

by iwarford＠home.com

Hi, I have recently acquired an old AS/400 terminal keyboard in (apparently) working condition. The pinout on the keyboard, while 5 pins and the same size as an AT connector, has the pins misplaced, so as not to plug into an AT jack. I'm just curious if anyone has dones this sort of thing before (i.e. plugging an AS/400 terminal keyboard into a PC). I'm on the verge of Visiting Radioshack, however I have no information as to the functioning of this keyboard. Any information that I can find would be most appreciated (as I *love* how this keyboard feels, and desperately want to use it :). -- Ian Warford / iwarford(a)home.com When I consider the small span of my life absorbed in the eternity of all time, or the small part of space which I can touch or see engulfed by the infinite immensity of spaces that I know not and that know me not, I am frightened and astonished to see myself here instead of there... now instead of then. -"-,_,-"- Blaise Pascal

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More free stuff...

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> On 23 Jun 2001, Iggy Drougge wrote: > > > BTW, a while ago I looked at a very old 3Com full-length card. The PCB > > was a rich blue, much like the 3C501, but that's a small eight-bit ISA > > card, this one was full-length. For some reason the seller thought he > > could ask more for this card than the 3C509s of another seller, so I > > skipped them. Otherwise, they would have been a nice curiosity. > > Chances are good that these were 3C505 cards, which you need to make an > ISA-bus Apollo workstation speak ethernet. > > Better still if they had the boot ROMs on them, which would have made them > real Apollo parts and thus capable of netbooting same. As I told Ethan, I don't need them now, but I'd rather have more than see them in a landfill. OTOH, mine work, and have ROMs, so I can dupe the ROMs should anyone need a working Apollo 3c505 ROM. Regards, -doug q

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Wave of the Future (Spam)(further OT)

by mmcfadden＠cmh.edu

Interesting snail-mail postal spammer tidbits. My mother is a big enemy of regular snail-mail SPAM, she usually sends back the postage prepaid envelopes taped to all of the paper mail it came with. I believe that the postal service collects a fee for processing the prepaid envelopes on top of the postage. The only reason the SPAMMERS like it is that they normally only pay postage on the recipients that show some interest. If they get alot back that cost them they loose money. Maybe she should tape the postage prepaid envelope to a brick and return it. Mike mmcfadden(a)cmh.edu

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preserving / ressurecting old docs?

by GOOI＠oce.nl

Hi Bill. I have scanned some Field Maintenance Print Sets. I have done them in 600 dpi. When I print the file to ledger (or A3 here in Europe) the copy sometimes turns out better than the original. - white paper - high contrast b/w - at 600 dpi, the pin numbers of the IC's are clear to read I must agree that downloading these files is a bit of a pain in ... But many of these scans fit on a single CD-ROM. So, perhaps some sort of distribution scheme can be started? I do not have the disk space accessable to the Internet to host all these files, and found Chris Kennedy so kind to do that for me. You may link to them from decdocs.org as far as that concerns me, but if many downloads start, perhaps Chris is less happy with the bandwidth? Anyway, this is the URL: http://www.mainecoon.com/classiccmp success with the big task you are to embark on, Henk. > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Bradford [mailto:mrbill@mrbill.net] > Sent: zaterdag 23 juni 2001 6:04 > To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: preserving / ressurecting old docs? > > > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 11:20:44PM -0400, David Gesswein wrote: > > My scans (and other peoples) > > http://www.pdp8.net/query_docs/query.shtml > > Thanks for the tips. Looks like you've already done quite a > few of the > handbooks that I have - which will save some work. I'll also link to > your site from decdocs.org if thats okay with you. > > Bill > > -- > Bill Bradford > mrbill(a)mrbill.net > Austin, TX > >

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Troubleshooting/upgrading Sharp PC-4600

by Arno_1983＠gmx.de

Hi everybody, one of my dad's colleagues presented him with a Sharp PC-4600 Laptop and now it's my task to get it into "usable" condition. This covers several items: 1. Making the thing mains independent There was no accu pack inside the box when we got it. It starts up all right when powered by a wall socket PSU of the recommended voltage (9 V DC), but for portable use it'd have to have its own power source. What rating should the cell pack have? Can I still get an original one or do I have to build my own from several cells? 2. Providing mass storage The computer is equipped with two 720k 3.5" disk drives. Is it possible to upgrade to a 1.44MB drive and/or to install a hard disk? Where would the latter one connect? (There are several unused connectors inside and I've also seen a solder type jumper with the letters FDD/HDD on the PCB, so there should be a way...) 3. Getting the keyboard to work properly There is a keyboard problem. One key press ends up with two characters being entered (always the same for each key), as there are: key cap results german without with german driver Esc 8\ 8\ F6 ^Z ^Z F7 ^@ ^@ 1 91 91 2 02 02 3 -3 ?3 4 =4 ?4 5 <del> 5 <del> 5 6 <tab> 6 <tab> 6 7 q7 q7 8 8\ 8\ 9 91 91 0 02 02 ? -3 ?3 ? =4 ?4 <del> <del> 5 <del> 5 <tab> <tab> 6 <tab> 6 q q7 q7 I've already unplugged and reseated the keyboard connector. Anybody already encountered and successfully repaired this? The machine has the german QWERTZ keyboard layout so I've also tried installing a german MSDOS keyboard driver, but when it's installed, from the first keypress on as long as nothing is being entered, the machine continuously produces short beeps (about 2/sec) which get on your nerves in very short time. Is there a (perhaps Sharp-specific) driver that will not cause this problem? I hope than somebody out there can help me. Many thanx in advance Arno Kletzander P.S. I'm on the digest only, so answers will take about one day... -- GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.net -- GMX Tipp: Machen Sie Ihr Hobby zu Geld bei unserem Partner 1&1! http://profiseller.de/info/index.php3?ac=OM.PS.PS003K00596T0409a

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Check this out! 11/785 Board Set

by fernande＠internet1.net

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1249462025

25 years

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What's best to do?? classically speaking

by rhudson＠cnonline.net

I have a Compaq Portable 386... Classically speaking... what is best to do in the cases below? 1)I am running dos 6.12, but I am thinking about re-installing with DOS 4 or DOS 5. Or more generally is it better to use a circa operating system or a modern operating system (Assuming the machine will run both) ? 2) The machine came with a 5 1/4" diskette drive, I am considering replacing that with a 3 and a whatever" drive, or once again more generally when one has an older machine is it good to upgrade the hardware to make it more usefull. I suppose on my single machine no one cares really, the "historical Police" will not appear at my doorstep. Let us extend the argument, Given a running PDP/11, what of the person who installs a current day 60GB disk drive and DVD CD ROM? Curious in San Jose. BTW I have two of these portables and recently offered one in trade for a part, I am also willing to sell for cheap. _______________________________________________________

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Fastpath 4 boxes available

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

In a message dated 6/22/01 2:44:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, korpela(a)ellie.ssl.berkeley.edu writes: << > i still never got a decision from anyone on these. still interested? > I am. I sent a question about what type of hard drives you were interested in, but never got a response. Eric >> i prefer those IBM black 50pin scsi drives although anything comparable is fine. 1-2G capacity is acceptable. -- DB Young Team OS/2 old computers, hot rod pinto and more at: www.nothingtodo.org

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Research Machines Nimbus PC1

by witchy＠vorbis.demon.co.uk

Hi Folks, I gather nobody's interested in saving one of these pretty smart 80186 based machines? I certainly haven't got room for 3 of 'em...... cheers adrian/witchy www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the Online Computer Museum 0:OK, 0:1

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Anyone know Will Jenning's status?

by jss＠ou.edu

I was having an important conversation with Will, but he seems to have disappeared from the net. Does anyone on the list know his status? Thanks. -- Jeffrey S. Sharp jss(a)ou.edu

25 years

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preserving / ressurecting old docs?

by mtapley＠swri.edu

>Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 01:25:45 -0500 >From: Bill Bradford <mrbill(a)mrbill.net> >... >Some of the pages are starting to come unglued, and I'd like to >avoid destroying the book while archiving it. Any suggestions on >what to use to re-glue the pages, or rebinding, etc? > >Bill Check out http://www.brodart.com Pretty sure what you want is there, possibly cat # 40415001 (or -002, -003, -004), Brodart Acid-Free Bind-Art Adhesive. You may do better to just request a catalog, the website is a bit unwieldy. - Mark

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O/T Spark Gap Transmitters was: Interest in UUCP?

by mmcfadden＠cmh.edu

**WARNING** Possible humor or not! :) I thought that the FCC was being outsourced to the lowest bidder and that it was a company in former Yugoslavia that was a large campaign contributor. Mike mmcfadden(a)cmh.edu

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DECrepeater 90C

by dittman＠dittman.net

Does anyone need a DECrepeater 90C? I have one that I'll give to anyone for the price of shipping. There is no power supply, and I don't know if it works, and I don't even know what it does, but my best guess is it is for linking together thinwire network devices. -- Eric Dittman dittman(a)dittman.net

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HP 97 Calculator

by Innfogra＠aol.com

In a message dated 6/23/01 10:34:27 PM Pacific Daylight Time, donm(a)cts.com writes: > Anyone interested in a HP 97 Calculator for the price of shipping? > Comes complete with wall-wart, and a (probably tired) but still usable > battery. > > Can't tell you for sure how it works as my direct Polish notation > doesn't seem to impress the reverse machine. I do think that the paper > tape drive has problems, though. > > Email me of list if you are interested. First come first served. > > - don > Hi Don; I am interested if it hasn't been spoken for. My off line email address is Whoagiii(a)aol.com. thanks for offering. Paxton Astoria, Oregon

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retroarchive.org needs a new home...

by geneb＠deltasoft.com

Hey folks, I've come to the conclusion that I no longer have the time to properly maintain the the retroarchive.org site. I need someone that's willing to take it over and host it. The archive is roughly 650MB in size. If you're interested, please contact me off the list at geneb(a)deltasoft.com Thanks for your time. g.

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HP 97 Calculator

by donm＠cts.com

Anyone interested in a HP 97 Calculator for the price of shipping? Comes complete with wall-wart, and a (probably tired) but still usable battery. Can't tell you for sure how it works as my direct Polish notation doesn't seem to impress the reverse machine. I do think that the paper tape drive has problems, though. Email me of list if you are interested. First come first served. - don

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New CPM find today

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

Picked up a LOBO systems MAX-80 today at a Goodwill for $3.99, no drives or monitor was with it. I will be going back on Sunday to see if they have more. Looked it up on the web using google and found that it is a TRS-80 clone and runs CPM. If I can locate some drives and software I hope can fire it up soon.

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preserving / ressurecting old docs?

by fmc＠reanimators.org

Bill Bradford <mrbill(a)mrbill.net> wrote: > I'm scanning them in as 100dpi grayscale GIFs, then I will convert to > other format(s) and eventually to PDF. Scanning directly to PDF with > HP's software produces horrible output with compression artifacts. HP's software? The stuff that came with my 6200 was disappointing: I either got very lossy JPEGs or insufficiently-colorful GIFs out of it. I installed FreeBSD, SANE, and the GIMP and was much happier. -Frank McConnell

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Installing ULTRIX without a tape drive

by optimus＠canit.se

At the usergroup, there is a DECstation 3100 and a load of ULTRIX cartridges (I presume these are TK50, they are of the very square kind), some of which are marked "RISC". I'd like to install these onto the DECstation, but unfortunately we no longer have a SCSI TK50 drive (what did they call it now, a TZ30?), so I have no real idea as to how to install it. Not that I would have any such idea if we had the drive still, either. However, there is a MVAX IIGPX system there as well, running NetBSD, which has got a TK50 (I think this is a real TK50, since it's connected to a QBUS card of its own). Could the DECstation somehow be coerced into installing off of the MicroVAX? -- En ligne avec Thor 2.6a.

25 years

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Wave of the Future (Spam)

by jhellige＠earthlink.net

>BTW, MOST of the SPAM that I receive does NOT show more than one address >in the header by the time that it gets here. Perhaps some of the SPAM is >being done with a script just like the one that Richard would write? >I think that we can assume that Richard has not been writing scripts for >them. The ones that really piss me off are the ones that arrive showing my name in the FROM: block Jeff

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weekend scores

by cmcmanis＠mcmanis.com

Ok, I'm a happy VAXherd. I scored a 4000/200 in a BA215 cabinet (baby BA213) and it has the CQD-223/TM SCSI interface, 32MB of ram, and the COOLEST little three drive storage works box with a flip up lid. Yummy! --Chuck

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SWTPC 6809 systems

by chomko＠greenbelt.com

Jeff Hellige and I just finished about a 5 hour working (playing?) session on our SWTPC 6809 systems. His system works great but lacked disk drives. We did manage to boot Smoke Signal Broadcasting DOS on his machine once we swapped disk controller cards and first properly set a couple of baud rate jumpers. My system had problems booting DOS and then had trouble even running until I swapped out the 6809 CPU card with another. I still can't boot DOS however. Both my CPU cards are missing a 74189 RAM chip, whereas Jeff's has it. It's not clear that that is the problem, but is a starting place. I have managed to boot DOS in the past with this RAM-less scenario, but the system always seems to work sparingly. Anyway that's a brief recap of today's fun and seemed to be list-worthy to boot (ah-geez another bad pun :). Next time we're planning on Osborne's and CP/M. Eric

25 years

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OCR for punchcards?

by jim＠calico.litterbox.com

It just occurred to me that it should be possible to write OCR software to read punchcards on your scanner. Not that I have any punchcards mind you, more of an intellectual exercise, but has anyone written such a thing? Also, if you're desperate for a punchcard reader I suspect you could make an acceptable one with Lego Mindstorms. You'd have to use one of the popular input multiplexing schemes, and probably program it in nqc or legos, but it should be possible. Using the RCX's motor controllers and a couple motors and tires you should even be able to make it automatic feed. In fact, come to think of it, you SHOULD be able to build the thing with... lessee. two motors, a couple tires, and the light sensor. 'course your software on the RCX would have to translate awhat amounts to the scan of a card into data, but if the sensor is precise enough to tell holes from chads, I can think of a couple ways to do this. -- Jim Strickland jim(a)DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- BeOS Powered! -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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cw2dmk/dmk2cw 2.0: read/write floppy disks with a Catweasel ISA

by tim.mann＠compaq.com

Background: The Catweasel ISA floppy disk controller is an add-in card for the PC ISA bus. It uses specialized hardware, not a standard floppy disk controller chip, and it can be programmed to read and write just about any disk format. I've written a pair of programs for the Catweasel called cw2dmk and dmk2cw. dmk2cw is new in release 2.0 of the package. cw2dmk can use a Catweasel ISA to read several kinds of floppy disk, some of which ordinary PC controllers have trouble with, and save them in the DMK disk image format. DMK is a format used by the Unix TRS-80 emulator xtrs and by David Keil's TRS-80 emulator for MS-DOS. cw2dmk does not just read TRS-80 disks. It can make an exact image of any disk written using a Western Digital 177x/179x floppy disk controller, a PC-style NEC765-compatible controller, or a Digital Equipment Corporation RX02 controller. dmk2cw uses a Catweasel ISA to write any DMK image back to a real floppy disk. It can handle the same kinds of disks as cw2dmk. Currently no tools other than TRS-80 emulators and dmk2cw can use disk images in DMK format, but perhaps more tools will be written in the future. The ability to read disks with cw2dmk and write out copies with dmk2cw already provides a useful way of archiving disks from old machines and making physical copies when needed. A likely future direction for cw2dmk/dmk2cw is to be able to write/read JV1 and JV3 disk images (these are other common TRS-80 emulator formats) or raw arrays of sectors, in cases where the disk can be represented in one of those formats. The programs are free software, released under the GPL. You can download the source code and executables for both Linux and MS-DOS from my TRS-80 resources page, http://www.tim-mann.org/trs80resources.html. The MS-DOS version also runs on Windows 95. Even those who prefer to build their own sampling hardware instead of buying a Catweasel may find the source code of some use. Tim Mann tim.mann(a)compaq.com http://www.tim-mann.org Compaq Computer Corporation, Systems Research Center, Palo Alto, CA

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TI 8002A...

by Innfogra＠aol.com

Nice Find. I had one about 10 years ago. It is an early development system for 8 bit systems. Supported more than 8080s IIRC. Continue looking for the Docs and 8" Floppies. Paxton Astoria, OR

25 years

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Anyone hear of PMC MicroMate?

by rcini＠optonline.net

Has anyone used a PMC MicroMate? It looks like the old Ciarcia SBC180 project with a Z80 processor and a 5-1/4" floppy drive in a single case the size of an external floppy drive for the TRS80. The processor is claimed to be a Z8400A with Z8430 and Z8470 support chips. All unfamiliar identifications to me. Any thoughts on this beastie? Rich Rich Cini Collector of classic computers Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/ /************************************************************/

25 years

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OT: replacment tray for HP DJ1200C printer

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> >The 1200c and 1600c are durable and expensive printers and well worth the > >cost of even buying the tray kit from HP at list, unlike some of the junker > >inkjets made by Canon, Epson, Lexmark, etc. The 1200c and 1600c are more in > >the professional series as well. > > Now is the time to buy cartridges too, as MANY big dealers are dumping > them, and when its gone its gone (at decent prices anyway). Not a very successful strategy; the ink cartridges for the HP1200C, HP650c Plotter, HP750c/755CM+, and the black cartridges for the HP DeskJet 870 & 895 have a limited shelf life. However, I think you're wrong about these particular cartridges disappearing from the market any time soon. YMMV, etc. -dq

25 years

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Boom cars (ot for sure...)

by brian.roth＠firstniagarabank.com

I know its off topic but I know there are a lot of electronics guru's on the list. I'm looking for a noise generator to mount in my car to defeat the "Boom cars" in my neighborhood. The local thieves(politicians) won't do a thing about it so its time for war. These thumping car stereo's are not there for musical enjoyment. They are there to disturb and upset people period. Please contact me off list if you have any creative idea's on this. Brian. Brian Roth Network Services First Niagara Bank (716) 625-7500 X2186 Brian.Roth(a)FirstNiagaraBank.com

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Wave of the Future (Spam)

by steven_j_robertson＠hotmail.com

> >I agree with Tony here, in that there has to be a valid application for the >features of email that so many SPAMmers have exploited. However, if you >want to do away with bulk email, something's got to be done. This means >somebody, somewhere, will lose. Perhaps, if unsolicited bulk mailings were >just easier to recognize ... Since I can't keep SPAM out of my (snail) mailbox and I can't keep SPAM off of my phone (unsolicited calls), I really don't have any expectations about keeping it out of my email. With the costs being so low, I'm surprised we (Internet users) don't get a whole lot more SPAM. SteveRob _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

25 years

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MS-DOS backup program - HARDSAVE

by blacklord＠telstra.com

> > Does anyone, by any chance, happen to have a copy of the > 'HARDSAVE' backup > program, circa 1987? > I'm hoping that someone here might, from their BBS days, happen to > stillhave a copy... > Can't help sorry, but that reminded me, I'd kill to get my hands on a copy of BBS-PC! for MS-DOs (not Amiga). cheers, BL ---------------- Powered by telstra.com

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Helett Packard 2647A Graphics Terminal

by blacklord＠telstra.com

Just found this new toy, looks impressive! I know it has it's own version of Basic & this one is intact with it's serial cable & a collection of cards inside (if I can figure out how to open it, I'll post what they are). A couple of questions: What can I do with it? Is the serial cable straight through or null modem? Can I connect it to one of my modern PC's ? Where can I find info on this beast ? (alright, *4* questions then....) BL ---------------- Powered by telstra.com

25 years

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preserving / ressurecting old docs?

by brian＠quarterbyte.com

Pardon me if I missed someone raising this issue yesterday, but if you're scanning grey level images, it might be worth seeing what happens if you raise the resolution and switch from grey level to black & white (line art) scans -- one bit per pixel. Then you can raise the resolution from 100x100 to 300x300 (9 times the pixels) , and end up with only a 12% increase in filesize. Photos & halftoned images don't suffer this well, but the text and line art will be much better off. This requires you to take some care setting the contrast and black level when preparing to scan, though. Alternately you could scan at 300x300 greyscale (8 bits per pixel ) and run the pages through a filter to reduce the bit depth >from 8 to say 2 or 3. This would only be feasible if you could automate that process, though. Before embarking on this huge project, it might be worth trying a few different techniques to obtain sharper images while keeping the file sizes reasonable. Brian

25 years

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Boom cars (ot for sure...)

by jeff.kaneko＠juno.com

On Thu, 21 Jun 2001 23:31:21 -0400 (EDT) "R. D. Davis" <rdd(a)smart.net> writes: > On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Lanny Cox wrote: > > As a fan of fairly loud music, i think the idea of setting off car > alarms is > > much more interesting. :-) > > Funny that you should mention that. Interestingly, it's a > relatively > common occurance that when I start my engine when parked next to an > alarmed car, the alarm goes off. :-) Yeh, those 3/4-race cams and headers have this tendancy to do that . . . ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

25 years

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Wave of the Future

by uoou＠nycmail.com

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TI 8002A...

by jweder＠telusplanet.com

Hi all... I just discovered, out in our dusty storage area, a TI 8002A microprocessor. It consists of three units, a main processor with several switches and two boxes with 2 8" floppy drives in each. The main unit has an EPROM programming socket on the front, and according to the boss it was apparently meant for 8080 RTU system development. Anybody know anything about these beasties? Joel A. Weder jweder(a)telusplanet.net 403-556-4020

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Helett Packard 2647A Graphics Terminal

by fmc＠reanimators.org

blacklord <blacklord(a)telstra.com> wrote: > I know it has it's own version of Basic & this one is intact with it's > serial cable & a collection of cards inside (if I can figure out how to > open it, I'll post what they are). Oh yeah, how to open it: The terminal is sort of a clamshell design, with the CRT and its supporting circuitry in the top half, and the power supply and most of the smarts in the bottom half. The clamshell is hinged at the back. Along each of the left and right sides, there's sort of a horizontal slot where the halves of the clamshell meet. Inside this slot, about 3/4 of the way toward the front, is a vertical slot. You need to find something skinny, stiff, and flat, and push it into that vertical slot. What you're really trying to push is a catch that's just inside the slot on the top half of the clamshell. When you release both catches the top half of the clamshell should lift up from the front. If you have the manuals there may be a little manila envelope with them containing two flat metal "keys". They're the doohickeys that you're supposed to use to open the terminal. -Frank McConnell

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Boom cars (ot for sure...)

by brian.roth＠firstniagarabank.com

Great stories and suggestions but I like Marvins transmitter idea the best. My son and I will work on it this weekend. He has a big sound tube in his car. Since he was raised to respect other peoples rights he just uses it to enhance the quality of sound in his car. Now it will be our laboratory. I had an idiot behind me halfway to work today. He just looked around to see who he was pissing off as he drove. I can't wait to get a working prototype. For all those that think I am a sound prude, I am not. Music is my second life. I play guitar and listen to everything from the LA guitar quartet to Social Distortion. I like to listen to my music but I don't feel I should make others listen to it against their will. Let the jamming begin..... Brian. Brian Roth Network Services First Niagara Bank (716) 625-7500 X2186 Brian.Roth(a)FirstNiagaraBank.com

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Free CDC boards

by jeff.kaneko＠juno.com

I have a bunch of these too, but they're NOS. I got read/write heads even, plus the service manual/docs. They're for the CDC 'Phoenix' class drives. I'm gonna have to melt 'em if nobody wants 'em. Jeff On Tue, 5 Jun 2001 16:23:26 -0400 (EDT) "R. D. Davis" <rdd(a)smart.net> writes: > > In the spirit of avoiding E-bay, I'm offering a stack of CDC > controller boards scavenged from three or four washing-machine sized > drives that a former employer scrapped. > > Note: These boards were in the trunk of my car while it sat for a > few > months and mice got inside, so they'll need to be cleaned up a bit. > Still, it would be a sham to see them go to waste. I haven't space > for them. Any takers? (locally preferred, but I can ship them) > > -- > Copyright (C) 2001 R. D. Davis The difference between humans & other > animals: > All Rights Reserved an unnatural belief that we're above > Nature & > rdd(a)perqlogic.com 410-744-4900 her other creatures, using dogma to > justify such > http://www.perqlogic.com/rdd beliefs and to justify much human > cruelty. > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

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preserving / ressurecting old docs?

by djg＠drs-esg.com

From: Bill Bradford <mrbill(a)mrbill.net> >I'm scanning them in as 100dpi grayscale GIFs, then I will convert to >other format(s) and eventually to PDF. Scanning directly to PDF with >HP's software produces horrible output with compression artifacts. I would really recommend higher resolution. 100 DPI is the lowest resolution fax quality. Being grey scale will help readability on the screen but printing probably won't work well on most printers. I recommend 300 DPI black and white (line art) minimum for most of the pages. For the pictures a grey scale scan makes the pictures better and if you have software which allows mixing them that would work well and allow for the smallest file size. The black and white compress well when you use group 4 tiff. PDF also supports that compression format which is how I do the on the fly conversion to PDF on my site, it just adds PDF wrapper to the tiff. For smallest size the tiff should be singe strip. You will need to adjust the threshold setting for best results. Also when you are looking at artifacts from grey scale scanning view at 1:1 scale so you aren't seeing the artifacts from the rescaling to screen resolution. It can make it look much worse than the scanned artifacts from the screen printing actually are. Since what I am using doesn't allow mixing I have just been doing the black and white scans and seperatly storing grey scale scans for future. I have also switched to doing the scans at 600 DPI for best quality and making 300 DPI copies available for people with slower links. Hopefully these will be around to when the size doesn't matter. I did the cut the pages out of the binding for the handbook I scanned since it was falling apart. I have found that I can't get good scans on my scanner otherwise since the pages are still too bent so the scans are warped. I know that this is a lot of personal preferences and their isn't one best way. Email me if you wish any more information on how I have been scanning. My scans (and other peoples) http://www.pdp8.net/query_docs/query.shtml

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MS-DOS version (was: What's best to do?? classically speaking

by RCini＠congressfinancial.com

Large disk support == LBA translation (i.e., single hard disk partitions over 524mb in size). ========================== Richard A. Cini, Jr. Congress Financial Corporation 1133 Avenue of the Americas 30th Floor New York, NY 10036 (212) 545-4402 (212) 840-6259 (facsimile) -----Original Message----- From: SUPRDAVE(a)aol.com [mailto:SUPRDAVE@aol.com] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 1:53 PM To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: MS-DOS version (was: What's best to do?? classically speaking large disk support?? dos has supported partitions over 32meg since at least 3.3 hasnt it? I think version 6 had Antivirus support and dos 5 was the last version you could install on a set of floppies (or at least the setup program would let you) In a message dated 6/22/01 12:37:07 PM Central Daylight Time, RCini(a)congressfinancial.com writes: << DOS5 == DOS6 differences: SmartDrive disk cache Boot menus "Large disk" support in FDISK Drive compression That's what I can come up with without looking. How far off am I? >>

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Software for Apple][ Z80 card

by rcini＠optonline.net

Hi: I came across a Z80 card in my box of random Apple ][ expansion cards. What software was used with this card? Was there a special boot dist to activate it? Rich Rich Cini Collector of classic computers Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/ /************************************************************/

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Helett Packard 2647A Graphics Terminal

by fmc＠reanimators.org

blacklord <blacklord(a)telstra.com> wrote: > A couple of questions: What can I do with it? Is the serial cable > straight through or null modem? Can I connect it to one of my modern > PC's ? Where can I find info on this beast ? (alright, *4* questions > then....) HP offered several serial cables for the 264X terminal, but if it's got a DB25 plug then there is a good chance that it wants to be plugged into a modem or other DCE-pinout device. That means you will need a null-modem cable to plug it into an IBM PC serial port. -Frank McConnell

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preserving / ressurecting old docs?

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jun 22, 7:47, Sellam Ismail wrote: > On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Ethan Dicks wrote: > > > Talk to Doug Jones. He recommends dismantling the book carefully > > for the best quality copies/scans. > I completely recommend AGAINST destroying the original. Not only is it in > some cases a historical artifact on its own, if the digital copy were ever > to be lost then you're SOL. I too was going to suggest Doug Jones, but Ethan beat me to it. however, if you read Doug's pages, you'll see he thought carefully about this, consulted conservators, and actually describes very carefully how and why to minimise the historical loss. http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/book/index.html -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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Punched card readers

by brian＠quarterbyte.com

Does anyone know where to find a punched card reader these days? I'm looking for a small desktop unit that I could interface to a PC. I know DEC sold a model CR11, and there were others out there. I remember using some neat little card readers that were stationed here and there on campus at UC Berkeley in the 70's for remote job entry to the CDC-6400 (and if I remember correctly they had a DG Nova underneath). Are there any of these out there, that I could take, borrow, or buy? I'll be starting an IBM 1130 software archiving project later this summer. (I did a google search and about all I found were requests just like this one, from the classiccmp archives. Hmm. And there's one place that'll rent you a desktop reader for $1500/month). Thanks, Brian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _| _| _| Brian Knittel / Quarterbyte Systems, Inc. _| _| _| Tel: 1-510-559-7930 Fax: 1-510-525-6889 _| _| _| Email: brian(a)quarterbyte.com _| _| _| http://www.quarterbyte.com

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MS-DOS version (was: What's best to do?? classically speaking

by RCini＠congressfinancial.com

DOS5 == DOS6 differences: SmartDrive disk cache Boot menus "Large disk" support in FDISK Drive compression That's what I can come up with without looking. How far off am I? ========================== Richard A. Cini, Jr. Congress Financial Corporation 1133 Avenue of the Americas 30th Floor New York, NY 10036 (212) 545-4402 (212) 840-6259 (facsimile) -----Original Message----- From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) [mailto:cisin@xenosoft.com] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 12:40 PM To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Subject: MS-DOS version (was: What's best to do?? classically speaking On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Richard Erlacher wrote: > Yes, Compaq was the source of v3.31. That was, as you point out, an early > "large"-disk-volume-capable version. I swiped a version from one of the > Compaq's with which I had frequent contact, and happily used it with ESDI drives > for years. NO, Compaq was NOT "the source of v3.31". They were one of many. ALL OEMs were offered 3.31. Many did not want to pay the asking price. Compaq and Zenith were the most notable ones who did. There are minor differences in MODE.COM, IO.SYS, FORMAT.COM, and a few other files from one OEM's version to the next. 1.25?, 2.11, and 3.31 are the OEM versions that were most commonly customized, with changes such as support for 720K 5.25", 720K 3.5" (same, but a few messages altered), internal/external video, ... Whenever using 1.25, 2.11, or 3.31, ALWAYS keep track, AND IDENTIFY, which OEM it was. The customizations were different from one OEM to the next. Prior to 5.00, MS-DOS was, IN THEORY, available only from OEMs. Yes, there was such a giant gray market that nobody noticed the restriction. There appears to have been a 10 year non-competition contract between MICROS~1 and IBM, wherein MICROS~1 could sell to OEMs, but could not sell DOS as a retail product. 5.00 was the first version where DOS was available legitimately as a retail product. It was "NEW and IMPROVED!" The "NEW and IMPROVED" consisted mostly of bug fixes to 4.00, plus availability from MICROS~1. NOTE: 5.00 has met the 10 year rule for over a month now. Windoze 3.10 has 2 more months to go, even for BETA. OB_OT: NOT COUNTING bundling of additonal [third party] programs, who can name what the differences are between 5.00 and 6.00? -- Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com

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More finds for the collections

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

More finds: 1. Compaq LTE in great shape 2. IBM ext SCSI cdrom drive type 7210 3. Atari SC1224 ver2 monitor 4. IBM PC Color display model 5153 5. ATARI mouse model STM1 6. Valiant MKII robot turtle for the Apple II, got the software and warranty card but cables or manuals. 7. The other items are too new to list yet. Keep computing John

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MS-DOS version (was: What's best to do?? classically speaking

by RCini＠congressfinancial.com

Upper limit -- isn't it still 2gb per partition unless special disk manager software is installed? NT has no restriction theoretically. ========================== Richard A. Cini, Jr. Congress Financial Corporation 1133 Avenue of the Americas 30th Floor New York, NY 10036 (212) 545-4402 (212) 840-6259 (facsimile) -----Original Message----- From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) [mailto:cisin@xenosoft.com] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 2:49 PM To: 'classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org' Subject: RE: MS-DOS version (was: What's best to do?? classically speaking On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Cini, Richard wrote: > Large disk support == LBA translation (i.e., single hard disk partitions > over 524mb in size). Thank you The phrase "large disk support" will always carry some confusion due to it's RELATIVE nature. 32M, ~500M, 8G, ... What is the current limit?

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Boom cars (ot for sure...)

by cmurillo＠emtelsa.multi.net.co

My first msg hasn't come through yet, so I am resending it. Sorry if the first one does show up. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- At 04:52 PM 6/21/01 -0700, Chris wrote: >The big problem is power density -- these things only have to provide >cancellation in the confines of a headset ear cup. Cancellation in the >large would obviously require much higher power levels. It is actually more complicated. The dynamics of the room would have to be accounted for, which makes it many times more difficult than in the headset case. Also, to be able to cancel the noise in several directions you need more drivers and mikes. I once toyed with the idea of a feedback-controlled stereo system to completely elliminate the dynamics of your listening room and hear those of the recording hall, for example. The idea was: when you record, you place mikes separated 3-4" apart in one of the audience chairs, mimicking the directionality of human ears mounted on a cranium :-) . In fact, you install several such sets of mikes, all with a slightly different orientation wrt sound source. Then, at home, you put on a headset that doesn't cover your ears, but it has a second set of mikes like the ones used for recording, and some orientation sensing device. The stereo/DSP's job is the following: to project on your headset's mikes sound waves that produce identical local pressure at your ears (feedback control ideas would be used) to those that were received at the recording hall by the set of mikes that most closely matches your current head position. Voila`, Panoramic Sound. The algorithms for doing this exist already, and, while slightly complicated for the ocasional home stereo hobbyist, they are within the grasp of any grad student in the control/DSP/cancellation field. They involve the estimation of the reproduction room's characteristics, feedback control and active cancellation ideas. Somebody must be developing this exact idea somewhere. It is just a logical step given the state of DSP and active cancellation technology. Carlos. -------------------------------------------------------------- Carlos E. Murillo-Sanchez carlos_murillo(a)nospammers.ieee.org

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