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WARNING. You sent a potential virus or unauthorised code

by support＠star.co.uk

The MessageLabs Virus Control Centre discovered a possible virus or unauthorised code (such as a joke program or trojan) in an email sent by you. Please read this whole email carefully. It explains what has happened to your email, which suspected virus has been caught, and what to do if you need help. ------------------------------------------------------------ Some details about the infected message ------------------------------------------------------------ To help identify the email: The message sender was owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org hahaha(a)sexyfun.net classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org (if this is not your email address, the message sender possibly belongs to a mailing list to which you both subscribe.) The message was titled 'Enanito si, pero con que pedazo!' The message date was Wed, 20 Jun 2001 15:49:27 -0500 (CDT) The message identifier was <200106202049.PAA97998(a)opal.tseinc.com> The message recipients were Lee.Davison(a)merlincommunications.com To help identify the virus: Scanner 1 (F-Secure) reported the following: F-Secure Anti-Virus for i386-linux Release 4.08 build 2260 sign.def version 2001-06-19 fsmacro.def version 2001-06-18 sign2.def version 2001-06-19 665202_2MA-OCTET-STREAM_enanito_fisgon.exe infection: W95/Hybris.worm.B 1 files scanned 1 infections found The message was diverted into the virus holding pen on mail server server-5.tower-17.messagelabs.com (id 665202_993071721) and will be held for 30 days before being destroyed. ------------------------------------------------------------ What should you do now? ------------------------------------------------------------ If you sent the email from a corporate network, you should first contact your local Helpdesk or System Administrator for advice. They will be able to help you disinfect your workstation. If you sent the email from a personal or home account, you will need to disinfect your computer yourself. To do this you will need an anti-virus program. We suggest using one of the leading industry anti-virus packages such as McAfee, F-Secure or Cybersoft, which cost £15-£30 per copy. ------------------------------------------------------------ Getting more help ------------------------------------------------------------ If you believe this message to be a false alarm or you require further assistance, you can email Star Internet Support at:- support(a)star.net.uk or contact Star Helpdesk by telephone on:- +44 (0) 1285 884433 Please quote the following Virus Pen ID when contacting Support. <<< mail server server-5.tower-17.messagelabs.com (id 665202_993071721) >>> If replying by email, please forward this entire email. _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service.

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SGI Indy

by jrice＠texoma.net

I've acquired a SGI Indy system complete with 21" monitor, keyboard and mouse (no IndyCam) but the hard drive has been wiped. Does anyone know where I might get a copy of the IRIX media or what are the licensing terms. Does the hardware come with the right to the OS like NeXT? Looks like a cool system if I can get it up and running. Also are flopptical disks still available?

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Free transputer stuff...

by rmeenaks＠olf.com

Hi, In order to clean out my lab, I decided to give away the following transputer stuff. Yes, this is not much, but nevertheless, somebody is bound to need it: 4 boxes of original CSA transputer education kit software. This includes Occam-2 Compiler, LSC C compiler, Test software, Examples. All are sealed. This only includes the software and nothing else. Also, ONE PER PERSON. Also up for grabs is a set of INMOS ANSI C Compiler manuals. This is version D0214. A bit old, but still usable. Shipping/Pickup is from Long Island, NY.... Ram -- ,,,, /'^'\ ( o o ) -oOOO--(_)--OOOo------------------------------------- | Ram Meenakshisundaram | | Senior Software Engineer | | OpenLink Financial Inc | | .oooO | | ( ) Oooo. Email: rmeenaks(a)olf.com | ---\ (----( )-------------------------------------- \_) ) / (_/

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[Fwd: Free transputer stuff...]

by rmeenaks＠olf.com

-- ,,,, /'^'\ ( o o ) -oOOO--(_)--OOOo------------------------------------- | Ram Meenakshisundaram | | Senior Software Engineer | | OpenLink Financial Inc | | .oooO Phone: (516) 227-6600 x267 | | ( ) Oooo. Email: rmeenaks(a)olf.com | ---\ (----( )-------------------------------------- \_) ) / (_/

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Apple I web site

by owad＠applefritter.com

Joe Torzewski and I just completed a very comprehensive web site about the Apple I, which may be of interest to some. It's at <http:// www.applefritter.com/apple1>. Tom Applefritter www.applefritter.com

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pertec interface

by bill＠SunSouthWest.com

ISA Card? There were several. *very* expensive - maybe $500 or so for maybe 12-14 TTL chips on a short 8-bit ISA card. I've got one - been thinking (maybe not very seriously) of putting everything into an ASIC or FPGA as a do-it-yourself project. Realistically, how many tapes are there out there that need to be read? Found a Qualcom open style deck not long ago - it's a SCSI, and a lot lighter and easier to haul around than those F-880 Cipher pigs. Which are taking up space ''just in case''. Bill Hemmings Tucson, AZ bill(a)sunsouthwest.com = ==================== = = > Re: pertec interface > > From: John Honniball (John.Honniball(a)uwe.ac.uk) > Date: 04/06/01-12:12:57 PM Z > > I' looking for data sheet of the PERTEC interface, > > electrical and timing caracteristics > > So, much as I hate to say "Me Too", I'd also like to find > out more about the Pertec interface. Was there ever a PC > ISA-bus card for this? Or a VME (Sun-3) card?

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pertec interface

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On June 20, bill wrote: > ISA Card? There were several. *very* expensive - maybe $500 > I've got one - been thinking (maybe not very seriously) of > putting everything into an ASIC or FPGA as a do-it-yourself > project. Realistically, how many tapes are there out there > that need to be read? Be careful, it's very easy to underestimate this...a great many organizations are still using 9-track tapes. Your FPGA idea sounds really neat. > Found a Qualcom open style deck not long ago - it's a SCSI, > and a lot lighter and easier to haul around than those F-880 > Cipher pigs. Which are taking up space ''just in case''. Heh. You've never moved a Fuji M2444AC, have you. The Cipher F-880 is tiny. The "right" way to do 9-track these days is the HP 88780. SCSI, caching, fast, quiet, self-threading, and as far as I'm aware, still being produced. -Dave McGuire

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PC-ISA Pertec-Interface 9-Track Magtape Drive Controller Sought f or Rent/Lease

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

Ok, Has anyone got a PC- (actually any bus will do except MCA) compatible controller card for Pertec-interface tape drives like the Cipher F880 that they would rent or lease to me for a while? Electrovalue has one for $250, but if I could spare that much I could get the Prime running and wouldn't need the controller. Of course, loans are acceptable as well. I'd need docs on how to address it in code, or some code that will talk to it, etc. Tia, -doug quebbeman

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CD Eating Fungus?

by jeff.kaneko＠juno.com

On Wed, 20 Jun 2001 09:05:50 -0700 Mike Ford <mikeford(a)socal.rr.com> writes: > >At 07:43 PM 6/19/01 -0700, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote: > >>The original post that started this thread spoke of TRANSPARENT > spots > >>where the aluminium was "gone". Reduces the overall credibility > of the > >>story. > > > >I suspect the aluminium went from reflective to transparent, > >so they said it was "gone". > > Oh my goodness, we have invented transparent aluminum! Well it would figure-- most of the really *important* discoveries were accidental. Take the microwave oven, fer example . . . :^) ________________________________________________________________ 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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CD Eating Fungus?

by cmcmanis＠mcmanis.com

At 10:39 AM 6/20/01 -0700, Fred wrote: >In the meantime, this list has been putting a lot of effort into trying to >come up with ways that what is apparently an urban legend COULD POSSIBLY >be true. Has anyone tried playing them backwards? I had thought it was common knowledge, the reflective layer in many CDs is sputtered aluminum. When exposed to oxygen (as can happen when oxygen migrates through the plastic or the plastic is cracked) the Aluminum oxidizes and turns black. It does look a bit like a fungus but only because it tends to follow the grain pattern in the deposited aluminum. Aluminum-oxide is black and quite hard actually. I've seen several examples of this in "real life" and while I have never seen the process to actually _remove_ Aluminum from the disk it is conceivable that the Al02 would form a different crystal matrix and thus change its orientation relative to the original sputtering. That could leave 'gaps' where the original reflective layer was. So folks to don't understand chemistry invent the 'fungus' idea and off it goes into urban legend-dom. --Chuck

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CD Eating Fungus?

by jfoust＠threedee.com

At 07:43 PM 6/19/01 -0700, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote: >The original post that started this thread spoke of TRANSPARENT spots >where the aluminium was "gone". Reduces the overall credibility of the >story. I suspect the aluminium went from reflective to transparent, so they said it was "gone". - John

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Interesting British computer needs good retirement home

by vcf＠siconic.com

Roy Jenkins e-mailed me looking for a new home for his old "LSI System-M-Three" computer. The message below describes this machine. He lives in North Gloucestershire in the Village of Weston-sub-Edge near the small town of Chipping Campden. If interested, please reply directly to Roy. Reply-to: Roy Jenkins <jenkins(a)weston-sub-edge.demon.co.uk> On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Roy Jenkins wrote: > It is an LSI System-M-Three desktop computer with Tokyo Electric Daisy > Wheel Printer. The software is CP/M based and includes very early > versions of Wordstar and Supercalc. For years it was hooked up to a > Telex machine via an RS232 port. There are something like a hundred 8 > inch floppies with it and a number of different daisy wheels. > > This system cost the equivalent of over twelve thousand dollars in > 1981 and was used virtually every working day for eighteen years. It > never went wrong ,never crashed and is still in working order. It has > 64K (yes K!) of static RAM and two 8 inch floppy drives of 198K (yes > K!) each. All the manuals come with it. > > It is British to the point of having a Union Flag on the panel! > > After so much faithful service I would hate to junk it. > > Roy Jenkins. Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org

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Wave of the Future (Spam)

by jhellige＠earthlink.net

>who'd gladly send spam that conformed. In the paper world, it's called >"junk mail" and it seems to be quite popular. In the e-mail world, at >least half the junk I get does have reasonable attribution to the source. >The "problem" with spam is that it apparently works for some scams, >and that there's plenty of people willing to try it. Another difference between junk snail mail and spam is that the junk mailers actually have to pay for each item they send out. Not true with the email spammers. The only thing that holds them back is the lack of addresses and those are readily available from companies on eBay and such. Anything that is free and readily accessible will always be exploited by some, regardless of how it affects others. Jeff

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retroarchive.org (Announcement 2)

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> I know that the Amiga and Atari ST's had their versions, but > there was a fairly major format change at some point that could cause > a problem for older versions of the software on non-PC clones. If I > recall correctly, PKZIP/UNZIP was actually an outgrowth of PKware's > earlier PKARC/PKXARC programs and it changed names when Sea > Associates complained about the closeness of the name to their > products (ARC & UNARC), whcih they were compatible with. This was in > late '87 or early '88 and BBS's started boycotting the use of > ARC/UNARC and switched to ZIP as the defacto compression standard. They didn't just change the name, they changed the format as well. I'd been a big ARC user, having switched from SQ/USQ/LU/LDIR etc. PKARC and PKXARC were so much faster, I switched immediately. You know the rest of the story. I kept DOS (for sure, and maybe CP/M) executables of them so if anyone needs them, let me know. However, they don't appear to run properly under CMD.EXE (maybe CONFIG.NT needs a tweak). Regards, -doug q

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New finds in Houston

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

I just got back from 18 days down in Houston and in-between working (and the flooding) I was able to hit a few thrifts there. I got the following: 1. A handheld called Compact by Ultratec with a acoustic modem in the top cover. It's 8 1/2 x 3 1/2 and 1 1/8 inch tall. It has no other markings on it. 2. Six new in the box Vic20 game cartridges 3. R.O.B. by Nintendo robot 4. Something called a Xscribe that looks like a over grown C64. 5. A alphamicro 1000A model AM1000-47 6. Radio Shack TRS-80 TP-10 thermal printer 7. Several new in the box TI99 cartridges 8. And about 50+ more items that do not meet the 10 year rule. It was a good trip just wish the weather had been better.

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Apollo Workstations

by rhudson＠cnonline.net

For a while I worked for CALMA, we used apollo workstations when they were large as two two drawer file cabinets side by side. and the keyboard had a built in touch pad mouse (way before Apple though of it) Any Apollo questions? I probably can't answer them, but I will try. I was one of the computer operators and was responsible for the apollo ring (both the computers and the wiring plant) : ^ )

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Exatron Stringy Floppy drives?

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

In a message dated 6/19/01 10:56:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ernestls(a)home.com writes: << What's the story with these things? They're small black and silver, and the cassettes are tiny little clear things that look like backup tapes, or something like that. What do you do with them? What system are they for? >> I have one for one of the 2 trs80 model 1 i have. It's a small box that plugs into the computer. It uses small carts that looks kinda like cassette tapes. the media actually looks like thin fishing line. I don't have any of the carts though. i spoke with a guy that used one and said it was random acess device and was slow, although much faster than cassette tapes. -- DB Young Team OS/2 old computers, hot rod pinto and more at: www.nothingtodo.org

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8008 book identification

by amichael＠nortelnetworks.com

Could you be referring to "Microcomputer Design" by Donald P Martin and published by his company, Martin Research in Northbrook, Illinois? It has a black cover with a photograph on the front of integrated circuits lit from below. A large format squarish paperback about an inch thick. I don't see an ISBN listed, but the Library of Congress Catalog number is given as 76-1530. It is full of practical application advice about the 8008, and includes stuff about the "new" 8080 too. The last chapter describes various "minimal microcomputer" circuits and Martin's own product line of Modular Micros such as the MIKE models 3 and 4. I have the 2nd edition published in 1976, and it is a treasure. Arlen Michaels > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Kearney [SMTP:jim@jkearney.com] > Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 11:53 AM > To: classiccmp > Subject: 8008 book identification > > Forgive me if this is common knowledge, but I haven't been able to dig up > any information with a search engine, probably due to my very vague search > terms... > > Around 1974-6 I had a book that covered 8008 system design, in a kind of > cookbook fashion. I'm thinking it might have been published by Ohio > Scientific, but that's far from reliable. As I recall, the cover was > black and it was relatively thick. I built a 8008 system using it (wire > wrapped, with 256 bytes of RAM), but book and computer have both vanished > since then. I'd like to find another copy for nostalgia's sake. > > Does anyone have any clues? >

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Digalog computer?? was Re: VME connector name?

by ken＠seefried.com

From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) >I don't know this machine at all, but I suspect that the rack height is >actually 5.25" (which is called '3U'). The boards sound like single >height standard eurocards, which are 100mm high by 160mm deep. Getting >prototyping boards for this machine is no problem :-) Well...he didn't say wether the cards are vertical or horizontal. It could be that he's got a 6U VME backplane with only P1 connectors, especially if it's an old computer. >Unfortunately, the DIN41612 connector was used for many buses, not just >VME. This is definately true, probably because they are fairly mechanically reliable. Ken Seefried, CISSP

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VME connector name?

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On June 17, joe wrote: > What is the name of the 3 row connector used for the sockets where VME > cards plug in? I believe those are called Eurocard connectors. It's possible, however, that that name refers to the cards and not the connectors, but I'm not really sure. -Dave McGuire

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Tektronix 454 scope - what's it worth?

by rhblake＠bigfoot.com

Anyone have any ideas what a really good condition Tek 454 scope is worth on the open market? It's no a tube unit but rather a portable transistor/fet type with a pretty decent frequency. I'm contemplating a trade and I know what it's worth to me and what I paid for it years ago but I need some objective opinions on what the average person would think is a reasonable price for one. It's all intact and good shape just missing the front cover.

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Instruction Manual archive

by vcf＠siconic.com

Here is an interesting site a friend brought to my attention: www.instruction-manuals.co.uk They have a rather large inventory of used instructions manuals for everything from Amplifiers to Water Heaters. There is a Computer and Computer Software section. Each section is then subdivided by manufacturer. The manuals they have available are for sale at varous prices. Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org

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Free for the taking...

by LFessen106＠aol.com

In a message dated 6/19/01 12:19:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, rmeenaks(a)olf.com writes: > Hi, > > I got a NCD eXplorer Color X-Windows terminal. It is a 14-inch monitor > with a very small base. > (4Megs of display memory, 10BaseT, with installation CDs). Anybody want > it, otherwise it is ending > in the dumpster. This used to be part of my SUN Workstation at home, > but I dont need this part anymore... > > Ram > > -- Would love this depending on where you are located! -Linc Fessenden In The Beginning there was nothing, which exploded - Yeah right... Calculating in binary code is as easy as 01,10,11.

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Interest in UUCP?

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> > But yeah, a dose of intolerance can be healthy; I always think of > > Peter Finch in "Network": "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not gonna take it > > anymore!" > > The problem is you need a critical mass of that sort of attitude to make > anything happen :( Yeah, contrast Finch running out to the window and shouting and getting everyone shouting *with* him, then compare it to a certain scene from "Coming to America" (Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall), where the shouter gets people shouting *at* him...

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CD Eating Fungus?

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> > Yes, but "leaving nothing behind." NOTHING? Hard to believe. > > Yeah, imagine if this were to be let loose in the citys and towns of the > US. All those homes with aluminum siding, all those soda cans. Why, it > has the makings for a good Hollywood disaster film. Your aluminum siding is under a greater threat from the so-called "Irish Travellers" (roaming handymen) than from any fungus. A TV show went through one community somewhere in New Jersey, it almost looked like a tornado had come through and ripped off the siding. -dq

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Interest in UUCP?

by fmc＠reanimators.org

Bill Pechter <pechter(a)bg-tc-ppp75.monmouth.com> wrote (after Anthony Clifton): > > BTW, they killed the mapping project last year in August or September. > > Actually... it was dead for years... The map chances I sent in for the > last 5 just didn't get in. > It appears most of the regional coordinators were gone. So were a lot of the sites. Stan Barber eventually took over for missing regional coordinators and set about contacting sites to find out whether their map entries were still valid. At least he did for California. I know at least one stale entry that no-one had thought to delete when the machine got shut down got removed then (twg-ap). How do you figure out that a map entry has gone stale and can be safely removed? -Frank McConnell

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Announcing VUNIC/VUnet

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> Well, don't listen to <squeak> Barney, he's just a clone, but > maybe "uh, Clem" has the right idea... Well, with his retirement the other day, there is on less Bozo on the bus...

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Announcing VUNIC/VUnet

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> > > > I think there's a lot of...going "forward into the past" (tm, Firesign > > > > Theatre). > > > > > > Classic computist *and* firehead... now, how do I send this message, > > > ah, perhaps it's this little chromium switch here <zap!> > > > > ?UNHAPPY MACNAM I had sampled this from the CD for use as an alert sound on the Mac, but I lost it somewhere along the line... guess it's time to sample again... > Hey, man, you broke the President! (Hey, Pablo? He broke the > President!) This one, too... I do still have "Hello...Welcome to the Future <cough>" -dq

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Does anyone collect Apollo workstations?

by xds_sigma7＠hotmail.com

Uh, they were used a lot for mechanical CAD... my dad's company's main product was mechanical CAD based on Apollos, screw that AutoDesk crapola... Never heard of Auto-Trol? Will J _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

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Trade?

by rhudson＠cnonline.net

I have Mostly complete Compaq 386 Portable - No memory, One of the keys is busted (Z), but unit starts and gives memory error so screen works. Coulple of missing columns on screen, nothing bad I want The addon card cage for the Compaq 386 Portable that connects to the "Expansion" port on the back and allows the use of regualr ISA PC cards.. Contact rhudson(a)cnonline.net

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Neat book

by vcf＠siconic.com

Just thought I'd pass along the title of a very cool book I found. It's called "Digital Magnetic Tape Recording: Principles and Computer Applications" by Bernard Bycer (1965). I imagine this would be very useful for those wanting to develop their own storage systems for re-creational computing projects. I found my copy on ABE for US$8.00. Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org

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Announcing VUNIC/VUnet

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> > Please give me "lepton". I've never even *used* UUCP before, but > > darnit, this will be fun and educational. > > I think there's a lot of us in this boat, who could benefit from the > experience and fun of going "forward into the past" (tm, Firesign > Theatre). Help appreciated (tip of the hat to Frank who has been trying > to get me started). Classic computist *and* firehead... now, how do I send this message, ah, perhaps it's this little chromium switch here <zap!> -dq

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Tomy Tutor and Secret Weapons of Commodore updates

by spectre＠stockholm.ptloma.edu

Well, as sort of a pre-emptive thing while the DNS updates, the Commodore (and Tomy) services I've maintained on retrobits.com with the generous support of Earl Evans have now moved off to my own server. Fortunately for y'all, you can still access them under the retrobits.com addresses; it will redirect to the floodgap site until I figure out what to do next. Hidden in here is a new update for Secret Weapons of Commodore, by the way (when you get the 16 June-dated ninth edition, you're ready). There's now a completely new entry on the *original Lorraine prototype*, along with shots of the unit and the boards, plus concept sketches, of the unit that Dale Luck showed off at the last VCF (4.0) in San Jose; complete photographs and a completed entry on the *Commodore Cash Register* "PET Register" (thanks to Ric Rainbolt); additional photographs for the Ultimax (thanks to Rayzor); additional photographs of the 900 plus new technical information on expansion cards and peripherals from (I suspect) Dave Haynie, though the original information was unattributed; and lots of news clippings scattered about the site courtesy of Anthony Beckett, including the LCD, 1572 and 900. Also a lot of custodial updates, as well. I'll start loading in the backlog into Commodore Knowledge Base in the near future. The Tomy Tutor site on retrobits also got an update, for those curious. If your DNS has already updated, you too can enjoy an updated cartridge list with most of the Japanese imports now added, more programming information and keyword analysis, and now a growing memory map of the Tomy's VDP usage for all you Tutor hackers. :-P Again, the address(es) is (are) the same; just wait for your ISP's DNS to update if you keep getting the old site. http://www.retrobits.com/ckb/ http://www.retrobits.com/ckb/secret/ http://www.retrobits.com/tomy/ -- ----------------------------- personal page: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ -- Cameron Kaiser, Point Loma Nazarene University * ckaiser(a)stockholm.ptloma.edu -- This message will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Jim. -- M:I ----

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Transputer on eBay.

by bdc＠world.std.com

Well, it's an eBay auction. I'm experimenting with selling items there for once. The reserve is $50, but given that I spent twice as much on it a few years ago, I don't feel too guilty trying to get that out of it. Besides, baby needs a new VAX. It's a nice kit which I never got around to using myself. It's pretty little T425 w/1MB RAM with MS-DOS based cross-compilers for Occam 2, C, and all the docs. It's also one of the first 100 of these kits made by CSA (SN# A00096)--if that holds any significant value for anyone. This one is unusual enough that I think it merits mentioning it here. Hopefully I won't get flamed too badly. -brian.

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VAX Hobbyist licenses

by mbg＠world.std.com

Encompass also recently sent me a membership ID... however, it appears that the encompass numbers aren't being generated properly... the one I got was already assigned to someone else, who had a DECUS id number (in the meantime I found out my DECUS ID is still around and available, so I reactivated it)... Megan Gentry Former RT-11 Developer +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Megan Gentry, EMT/B, PP-ASEL | Internet (work): gentry!zk3.dec.com | | Unix Support Engineering Group | (home): mbg!world.std.com | | Compaq Computer Corporation | addresses need '@' in place of '!' | | 110 Spitbrook Rd. ZK03-2/T43 | URL: http://world.std.com/~mbg/ | | Nashua, NH 03062 | "pdp-11 programmer - some assembler | | (603) 884 1055 | required." - mbg KB1FCA | +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

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Interest in UUCP?

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> Douglas Quebbeman skrev: > > >> Since most vintage machines can't run TCP/IP but CAN run uucp, would > >> there be any interest in a dialup uucp node for retrieving email, files, > >> etc specifically geared toward vintage machines? > > >I've been thnking of this in a bit wider context. > > >With some of the changes happening on the Internet, it's > >not quite as friendly as it used to be. An alternative > >network seems like a good solution, and uucp as been > >with us for a long time. We could even host rogue USENET > >newsgroups. > > IMO it's the opposite. Everyone's so friendly they've got molasses running out > of their arses. What the net would need would be some good olf-fashioned > intolerance. There's a Star Trek:NG episode where Picard meets a Captain of another ship from a civilization where no one speaks in specifics, but in metaphor. I felt very at-home with these fictional aliens, as I tend to speak in metaphor as well. Having said that, I meant friendly in what must have been a less-than- apparant fashion. It's unfriendly in that too much traffic is channeled through supernodes whose stability is questionable. It's unfriendly in that you never know when a portal is going to suddenyl start sending you cookies or snooping up your wazoo with clear gifs, and while all this huge volume of web surfing and streaming-audio-and-video clogs up the Net, it makes it damned near impossible to get e-mail and news feeds through. But yeah, a dose of intolerance can be healthy; I always think of Peter Finch in "Network": "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not gonna take it anymore!" -dq

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Intergraph 2430 video output format

by mmcfadden＠cmh.edu

A google search came up with the following. This may have some of the information you need about 13w3 and Intergraph workstations. http://www.monitorworld.com/Cables/13w3_page.html http://www.monitorworld.com/Cables/video_standards.html#13W3INTERGRAPH Article about clipper based Intergraph workstations http://www.sunhelp.org/pipermail/rescue/2000-February/003424.html Mike mmcfadden(a)cmh.edu

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VUNIC/VUnet Update

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> In the meantime, I'm reserving names on a > first-come-first-served basis. I'd like to reserve two: Shadow and Substance Hopefully they're not gone already! -dq

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Anybody need an R400X DSSI expansion chassis?

by fernande＠internet1.net

I bought on on Ebay, and since the guy is moving he gave me a second. Unfortunetly there are no drives or sleds.... they do use a sled right? They are still in the back of my truck, and may get wet if it rains, since I don't have a hand truck to get them up the stairs. They are in heavy cardboard boxes, although I don't know if it would survive shipping. I am in Battle Creek, Michigan right off of I-94 if someone would like to pick up the second one. Chad Fernandez Michigan, USA

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OSI schematics needed

by Lee.Davison＠merlincommunications.com

Hi Bill, The seller has already very generously sent me scans of them and is sending hard copies as well. Any chance of you posting them somewhere so those who are interested can grab them? Cheers, Lee. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- This email is intended only for the above named addressee(s). The information contained in this email may contain information which is confidential. The views expressed in this email are personal to the sender and do not in any way reflect the views of the company. If you have received this email and you are not a named addressee please delete it from your system and contact Merlin Communications International IT Department on +44 20 7344 5888. _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call 01285 884400.

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Sound chips

by optimus＠canit.se

I'm sitting here in the middle of the night listening to Amstrad CPC music. For those of you who don't know, the CPC had an AY-3-8910. The same chip could be found on late Spectrum models and apparently also in the Research Machines Nimbus. The Atari ST uses a Yamaha clone of the same chip, called YM2149. I believe that the MSX uses such a chip, too. However, when running a Windows programs called STSOUND, which emulates said chip, I saw that the ST drives its blipp-blopp chip at 2 MHz, whereas the Spectrum and Amstrad run their chips at lower rates. In what way does this really affect the sound? The change is perfectly audible, but what does it do? Does it just affect the throughput, replaying the tune faster, or does it affect the waveforms, and in that case, in what way? Another question: The Sega Master System and the BBC use an SN76489 sound chip. Both the AY/YM chip and the SN one are "PSG" chips. That means that they've got three square wave channels and a noise channel which may (at least on the AY/YM) be mixed with the square channels. But are those chips related, or are they just chips which happen to use the same techniques? BTW, I must add that the PSG chips are really pathetic in comparison to the SID. I suppose they beat the Atari's Pokey, though. =) -- En ligne avec Thor 2.6a. A conservative is a worshipper of dead radicals.

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VME connector name?

by mjsnodgr＠rockwellcollins.com

Bill Pechter <pechter(a)bg-tc-ppp451.monmouth.com>@classiccmp.org on 06/17/2001 10:31:07 PM Please respond to classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Sent by: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org cc: Subject: Re: VME connector name? > Someone once ('88) told me that > VME itself stood for "Versa-Module Eurocard". > I never knew if they were BSing me or not though. > > John A. I believe it's a fact. It's the old Versabus signals on Eurocard --- Bill Gates is a Persian cat and a monocle away from being a villain in a James Bond movie -- Dennis Miller bpechter@shell.monmouth.com|pechter@pechter.dyndns.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yup, check out the VMEbus FAQ on the story behind the name: http://www.ee.ualberta.ca/archive/vmefaq.html#vmename

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Precision Echo Phase II/Pilara 2000/TA Royal ???

by fmc＠reanimators.org

"Ernest" <ernestls(a)home.com> wrote: > -Basis 108 labeled as a Precision Echo Phase II. This is an over engineered > German Apple II clone but I'm not sure why it was repackaged as a Precision > EP II. I believe that the Basis 108 was a beige color but the PEP II is a > light milk chocolate brown. The thing seems to have been built to double as > granite block -heavy, cast aluminum case (a real back breaker.) Does anyone > have any documentation on this beast? Your description of the casework reads like a Basis 108 to me, though I didn't think it was all that heavy. Darker brown base, lighter brown top, both cast aluminum. Definitely darker than the Apple ][ case. -Frank McConnell

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Cyber205 was RE: Ebay horror ...

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On June 12, Jeff Hellige wrote: > > But yes, it is rectangular. And big. I would give my right arm to > >be able to restore/preserve/own a functional Cyber205 (or any Cyber > >for that matter, anybody have a smaller one available?)...the one at > >Purdue seems to have been gutted, sigh. > > At least a gutted one presents at least some sort of starting point on > which to build and it it's the racks and panels you get, that's a bit better > than starting off with nothing more than a single board or two. If it were > a machine I wanted badly enough, it'd still be worth looking into even in > that type of shape. There are certainly automotive and aircraft collectors > that have started out with less and ended up with fully functional vehicles > after spending enough time gathering the pieces. You make an excellent point here...but Cyber205s aren't exactly common enough to find parts lying around from time to time. :-/ -Dave McGuire

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FT: The VAX 8600

by jss＠ou.edu

As you all have read, I picked up a VAX 8600 a while back and am quite fond of it. However, I thought that it might be prudent to see if any kind of trade might be struck with a list member. While that VAX is a very cool (and BIG) machine, there is nevertheless some hardware that I'd rather have in its place. Basically, I want to trade it for a PDP-11/45, /50, /55, or /70. I would prefer a complete, working system, but would not rule out a partial one or a fixer-upper. If you're interested in making a trade with me, please e-mail me directly. I *know* some of you out there have one or even several of the machines I desire, so speak up! :-) -- Jeffrey S. Sharp jss(a)ou.edu

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IBM 1130's

by brian＠quarterbyte.com

Are there any IBM 1130 aficionados out there? Anyone who has one (besides bruce(a)bigoakhill.com, whose 1130 I'll be inheriting)? Anyone with software archives perhaps? Emulators, or interest in developing one? Oh -- and where this day and age does one go to find an 029 keypunch? These aren't showing up on ebay in any great quantity, for some reason. Brian Knittel Albany, CA

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MicroVax 3300

by Fritz_Chwolka＠t-online.de

Hi... I own an MiceoVax 3300 its a B125/KA640 and a R215F modul. Sadly I have no manual which describe the hardware and so no knowledge howto connect to a terminal. Is there anyone who can help or am I the loneliest creature of the word ? Greetings from Fritz Chwolka - Duisburg / collecting old computers just for fun at www.alterechner.de \

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Seeking: Piiceon 65 terminal info

by red＠bears.org

Hi. I've got a Piiceon 65 serial terminal here which I could use some information on. Specifically, how one can access the setup routines. Anybody know this or have docs? ok r.

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Paper Tape & Accessories For Sale

by ken＠seefried.com

This seems unusual enough and relevant enough to this list to give people a heads up. At least, I've never seen paper tape stuff like this for sale. No, I'm not the seller, nor do I know them. Keep your anti-eBay histrionics to yourself; there's enough of that childish rubbish on the list already. ----- Folded 1 inch wide paper tape printed with arrow, quantity of ten (10) packs each 1000 foot length. Color is buff, in good condition. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1247504535 Folded 1 inch wide paper tape, quantity of eighteen (18) packs each 1000 foot length. Color is pink, in new condition, original box. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1247504983 Folded 1 inch wide paper tape, quantity of eighteen (18) packs each 1000 foot length. Color is pink, in good condition. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1607661636 Vertical Forms Control Tape & Punch for Line Printers You are bidding on a punch/splicer and a box of 25 tapes, Brand new in the original box, never used. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1245720712 You are bidding on 15 boxes (100/box) total of 1500 one inch wide by 1.25 long 13 code, feed holes punched out, splicing patches, clear, new in boxes, and very sticky (when applied to paper the paper comes off before the adhesion fails). Retail value is $15.00/100 ($150.00). I do not use these any more. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1606276471

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New find - Franklin ACE 100 (not 1000)

by r.stek＠snet.net

Now I am not much of an Apple collector (though I'd pick up an Apple I if I saw it cheap!), but I did find a Franklin ACE 100. This is the machine which Apple sued Franklin over regarding their directly copying the Apple ROMs (changing only the power on message). IIRC, Franklin admitted the copying, saying that Apple's ROMs were too difficult to reverse-engineer easily! It looks like a bigger, uglier Franklin ACE 1000. Does anyone else have one of these beasties? Bob Stek Saver of Lost Sols

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