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Gene Sequencer at rummage shop in Seattle.

by CLASSICCMP＠trailing-edge.com

>The most truly amazing surplus story I've ever heard was that of a fellow that >acquired a surplus Plutonium processing plant from INEL, up in Idaho. The >government managed to stop him from shipping it to India, but it was a close >thing. A close second was when the Air Force was auctioning off their never-used Vandenberg space shuttle launch pad and auxilluary equipment. Sure, it doesn't do you any good until you've got a shuttle to launch, but who here wouldn't want to say "We already got one" to this? -- Tim Shoppa Email: shoppa(a)trailing-edge.com Trailing Edge Technology WWW: http://www.trailing-edge.com/ 7328 Bradley Blvd Voice: 301-767-5917 Bethesda, MD, USA 20817 Fax: 301-767-5927

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Gene Sequencer at rummage shop in Seattle.

by Innfogra＠aol.com

One of my favorite surplus stories is when Intel sold us a new in the carton Cryogenic compressor as part of a large lot. It turns out it was a spare for the process line. Within a couple of weeks of us taking possession the main compressor failed. We sold it back for more than the price of the lot. We didn't soak them, we wanted more of their surplus. Someone in Seattle should go look at the "gene sequencer" and see what the Teletype is hooked up to. It could be a nice collectable. Paxton

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Opening CP/M files (.asm/.bas)

by allisonp＠world.std.com

>Cp/M was a cross-platform operating system with several layers to provide >support for any platform for which the base functions of CP/M were >compiled. In other words, if your machine boots cp/m then you can run the >vast majority of CP/M programs. Some you won't. A good example of a >situation in which a program cannot run is if it takes advantage of >non-standard system calls to access the video subsystem. There are quite >a few of these programs but most are commercial such as CPT system >accounting, spreadsheet and word processing. The CPT had a very custom >full-page physical display. Well thats only true if unique BIOS calls or direct IO was done. If you used the standard BDOS calls then compatability was assured save for sillyness like terminal control sequences. The worst offenders for this were the modem programs as they needed speed and CPM could but often didn't have interrupt driven IO or IOBYTE implemented. >Probably the most important setting in CP/M is your terminal settings. >CP/M software will run on anything but does have to be informed as to what >termninal type (ie ADM3a, Soroc, Televideo, Etcetera) in order to operate >correctly. -- Often taken care of in the install program.

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AOL Disks Collectable - why not?

by allisonp＠world.std.com

>Hi, I'm Doug and I collect AOL disks. Well, not really, but I do have >*one*. AOL actually produced a disk that was labeled "collector's >edition". I found it so funny that I saved it -- sort of a self-fulfilling >prophecy.... I use AOL, Earthlink and CS cdroms for things like IE4.01 as cdrom and there are other items buried on them like patches and infamous SPn kits from MS with security fixes. I don't however collect them as collectables and teh excess are cut up as sun catchers. ;) Allison

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AOL Disks Collectable

by paulrsm＠ameritech.net

---------- > From: healyzh(a)aracnet.com > To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: AOL Disks Collectable > Date: Thursday, April 27, 2000 09:01 PM > > Someone mind explaining what possible reason *ANYONE* could have for wanting > to collect AOL disks! I actually do have a set of AOL disks I am keeping. It installs the old GeoWorks desktop instead of using Windows. I do not know if I will ever use them, though. Paul R. Santa-Maria Ann Arbor, Michigan USA paulrsm(a)ameritech.net

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Can a Mac Portable battery be "trickle charged"?

by mgregory＠vantageresearch.com

Hi. I've recently acquired an original Macintosh Portable, without any of the accompanying paraphenalia, most notably the AC adapter. I'm currently hunting for a PowerBook 1xx adapter, which I'm told is usable with the Portable, but in the meantime, I'm looking for other ways to fire up this new Mac to check it out. According to the specs, the Portable AC adapter is 1.5 amps at 7.5 volts, center positive. I have one of those "universal" AC adapters that can do 7.5 V, but only 300 mA. If I plug in this adapter to the Portable, will the internal battery eventually obtain a usable charge (assuming it's not totally dead, as so many are)? Any suggestions gratefully received. Mark Gregory

25 years, 11 months

Opening CP/M files (.asm/.bas)

by ernestls＠home.com

I have an Apple II with a Z80 card, and lots of CP/M disks for it but I'm having a problem opening the .ASM and .BAS files. I thumbed through a book on both Mbasic and CP/M but neither of these books clearly describe how to work with these files. The Mbasic books says to open Mbasic, and at the "OK" prompt type RUN "B:MAINT.BAS" (for example)but when I do that, it gives me a "Direct Statement in file" message, and then it goes back to the "OK" prompt. I don't have a clue how to work with the .ASM files -like SUPRTRK3.ASM or BLKFRI2.ASM. I can see that they are games by typing TYPE SUPRTRK3.ASM but the text flies by so fast that I can't see much else. I have a lot of disks that have nothing but .BAS and .ASM files so any help that you can give me would be appreciated. Also, I have one disk that has a single large file called PILOTA.LST. What do I do with that? Thanks for your help. Ernest

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Of course... a few more VMS questions... ;-)

by CLASSICCMP＠trailing-edge.com

>> That is, DIR <...> ? > >Can I be curious? I left off I think (1988) before angle brackets >came in to existence, or at least in use at my office. They're compatible with the more conventional "[" and "]" brackets for specifying directories in VMS. The general concensus seems to be that they were put in so folks migrating from TOPS-20 (where angle brackets are the standard way of specifying directories) would be more comfortable. Tim.

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AOL Disks Collectable

by zmerch＠30below.com

Rumor has it that Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) may have mentioned these words: >Why collect AOL disks? >Because, at least for the older ones before they switched to CD, they are >easier to reformat than beenie babies or Pokemon cards. I don't think so... I can reformat beenie babies & Pokemon cards *very* easily! You just need the right equipment.[1] Come to think of it, I can even reformat AOL CD's with the same equipment! Roger "Merch" Merchberger [1] The right equipment in this case being a Chainsaw... ;-) -- Roger "Merch" Merchberger --- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers Recycling is good, right??? Ok, so I'll recycle an old .sig. If at first you don't succeed, nuclear warhead disarmament should *not* be your first career choice.

25 years, 11 months

Gene Sequencer at rummage shop in Seattle.

by cmcmanis＠mcmanis.com

At 09:54 AM 4/28/00 -0700, you wrote: >A few days ago, I walked into a no-name rummage shop, on Pine and Summit in >Seattle, and found a large Gene Sequencer, with attached teletype, ... > ... like from the late sixties-early seventies (just a guess.) The interesting thing for this list is that often times there is a classic computer "buried" inside these things. If its late sixties it could be a PDP-8, if it is early 70s it could be a PDP-11. Or a Honeywell 160, etc etc. Why not go back, try to follow the teletype connections back to the innards and see what is inside. --Chuck

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