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Looking for VMS 5.2 "Mandatory Update" Install Save Set

by mcquiggi＠sfu.ca

Hi All: The title says it all. I've installed VMS 5.2 from 4 RL02s and now the installation procedure wants me to load the "mandatory update" volume. Anyone have one kicking around? I'm not stuck on RL02 format, a TK50/70, 9 track, or even an emailed copy would be fine! Kevin --- Kevin McQuiggin VE7ZD mcquiggi(a)sfu.ca

28 years, 5 months

Installing VMS from RL02s

by mcquiggi＠sfu.ca

Hi All: I have acquired 4 RL02 packs with the VMS 5.2 distribution on them. The first one boots into standalone backup (>>> B DLA0) but I need to know how to start the installation procedure. I have some very basic docs on standalone backup, but a simple BACKUP DLA0: DUA0: fails with a couple of "device not mounted" errors. There's apparently a save set called VMS052.B on the first drive this filename is reported in the two "device not mounted" errors. BACKUP DLA0:VMS052.B DUA0: also fails as the /IMAGE qualifier is being assumed by the standalone backup utility, and of course /IMAGE requires only a device name. Any help appreciated! Kevin -- Kevin McQuiggin VE7ZD mcquiggi(a)sfu.ca

28 years, 5 months

Subscribing and unsubscribing (was Re: Quick question)

by scott＠isd.canberra.edu.au

At 19:26 1/04/98 -0600, Doug Yowza (yowza(a)yowza.com) wrote: >On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Scott McLauchlan wrote: > >> No it shouldn't. Listproc pulls the e-mail address from the header of the >> subscription request, but it gets the subscribers name from the body. >> "Your Name" should be your *real* name (eg. "Sam Ismail", "Scott >> McLauchlan", "Bill Gates"). (Oh, and leave out the double quotes.) > >Hmm, I thought listproc would take the email address from the header if >you only specify "subscribe classiccmp", but you can optionally include a >different email address (e.g., "subscribe classiccmp joe(a)foo.com"), and >the list maintainer can optionally refuse to accept the fully qualified >subscribe command. [Glances up at X-Listprocessor-Version: header..."8.1 beta". Hmmm] Not exactly. Before version 8.1, if you only specified "subscribe classiccmp" you would get an error message, and if you said "subscribe classiccmp joe(a)foo.com" it would subscribe you at the address you sent the request from, and assume your real name was joe(a)foo.com. Depending on how the list is set up, "subscribe classiccmp" will work on version 8.1 and later, however, I'm pretty sure there still is no way to subscribe using an address different from the one you are sending the request from. >In any case, from the ClassicCmp FAQ (temporarily housed at >http://www.yowza.com/classiccmp/faq.txt): [Snip] >SUBSCRIBE CLASSICCMP Your.Address > > Subscribes you to the list. > >UNSUBSCRIBE CLASSICCMP Your.Address > > Removes you from the list.

28 years, 5 months

Quick question

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Apr 2, 11:05, Scott McLauchlan wrote: > At 16:05 1/04/98 -0800, Sam Ismail (dastar(a)wco.com) wrote: > > >Just to clarify... > > > >> Send a message to listproc(a)u.washington.edu with no subject and a > >> message with only the line: > >> > >> subscribe classiccmp Your Name > > ^^^^^^^^^ should be yourlogin(a)yourdomain.com > > No it shouldn't. Listproc pulls the e-mail address from the header of the > subscription request, but it gets the subscribers name from the body. > "Your Name" should be your *real* name (eg. "Sam Ismail", "Scott > McLauchlan", "Bill Gates"). (Oh, and leave out the double quotes.) No, Sam is correct. Here's an extract from the confirmation message I got when I subscribed a while ago -- the message body was SUBSCRIBE CLASSICCMP pete(a)dunnington.u-net.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAQ (Never Asked Questions) 0.1 How do I subscribe? Subscribing to this list is slightly more challenging than most. Read the instructions below. 1. Send a message to listproc(a)u.washington.edu with the line subscribe CLASSICCMP your-address in the body of the message. 2. Send a message to bill(a)booster.u.washington.edu introducing yourself and explaining why you wish to be added to the list. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Pete Peter Turnbull Dept. of Computer Science University of York

28 years, 5 months

TRS-80 manuals

by sinasohn＠ricochet.net

Picked up the following Manuals: (2) User's Manual for Level 1 -- TRS-80 Micro Computer System Line Printer VIII Level II Basic Reference Manual They're available if anyone is interested. ($1 apiece, plus shipping.) --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.sinasohn.com/

28 years, 5 months

Daniel Seagraves' 50k post

by maxeskin＠hotmail.com

Speaking of which, when did mailbombing first start? Were generals in the Pentagon bombing each other over ARPANet? >On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Pete Joules wrote: > >> Does a 50k script with no comment count as mailbombing the list >> or am I missing the point somewhere? >> >> Regards >> Pete >> >> > >Nah! He's just elated!!! > - don > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

28 years, 5 months

Quick question

by scott＠isd.canberra.edu.au

Dear All, At 16:05 1/04/98 -0800, Sam Ismail (dastar(a)wco.com) wrote: >Just to clarify... > >> Send a message to listproc(a)u.washington.edu with no subject and a >> message with only the line: >> >> subscribe classiccmp Your Name > ^^^^^^^^^ should be yourlogin(a)yourdomain.com No it shouldn't. Listproc pulls the e-mail address from the header of the subscription request, but it gets the subscribers name from the body. "Your Name" should be your *real* name (eg. "Sam Ismail", "Scott McLauchlan", "Bill Gates"). (Oh, and leave out the double quotes.) Regards, | Scott McLauchlan |"Sometimes the need to mess with their heads | | Client Services Division| outweighs the millstone of humiliation." | | University of Canberra |___________Fox_Mulder_"The_X-Files:_Squeeze"_| |scott(a)cts.canberra.edu.au| http://www.canberra.edu.au/~scott/home.html |

28 years, 5 months

Archiving docs

by lisard＠zetnet.co.uk

On 1998-04-01 classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu said to lisard(a)zetnet.co.uk :Have you actually checked this? GIF's do compress well, and you are :correct on loseless... but if you are just GIFfing the scans, they :do *not* compress well. GIFs are just RLE compressed (That's Run :Length Encoding for all you non-gfx types out there) and if you no they aren't - they use a form of lempel-ziv compression, which is why they tend to compress anything pretty well. they aren't much good on photos, but anything with a small range of colours is meat to the grist. -- Communa (together) we remember... we'll see you falling you know soft spoken changes nothing to sing within her...

28 years, 5 months

Old Data

by chemif＠mbox.queen.it

At 00:56 01/04/98 -0800, you wrote: > I have had an instance of this recently. At work a tape drive attached to a > PC and which takes the same size casettes as my Sun386i is about to become > redundant. The an accounts clerk in the department concerned has said that > I will not be able to have the _drive_ because it has been used for > confidential data. The fact that the data is on the _tapes_ seems to > reflect on the availability of the drive! He, he,...so they would do the same also with keyboards: They have been used for confidential data, no? Ciao! ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ? Riccardo Romagnoli,collector of:CLASSIC COMPUTERS,TELETYPE UNITS,PHONE ? ? AND PHONECARDS I-47100 Forli'/Emilia-Romagna/Food Valley/ITALY ? ? Pager:DTMF PHONES=+39/16888(hear msg.and BEEP then 5130274*YOUR TEL.No.* ? ? where*=asterisk key | help visit http://www.tim.it/tldrin_eg/tlde03.html ? ? e-mail=chemif(a)mbox.queen.it ? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

28 years, 5 months

RS 102

by MPritchard＠EnsembleStudios.com

Same here. I'd be interested if any of those 102's become available. -Matt Pritchard Graphics Engine and Optimization Specialist > -----Original Message----- > From: Philip.Belben(a)powertech.co.uk > [SMTP:Philip.Belben@powertech.co.uk] > Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 1998 11:15 AM > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers > Subject: Re[2]: RS 102 > > David wrote: > > > In a message dated 4/1/98 9:57:30 AM Eastern Standard Time, > > rigdonj(a)intellistar.net writes: > > > > << I have a chance to buy a box full of Radio Shack model 102 > portable > > computers. None have been tested and there are no power supplies > with them. > > Does anyone know what voltage and polarity the external power > connector > > uses? And if there is any kind of self-test built-in? Can anyone > give me an > > idea of what these are worth? >> > > > > shoot, i'd love to have another tandy 102! my ac adaptor for my 102 > says 6v dc > > at 400 ma > > I'd love to have one at all! > > Seriously, Joe, if you get a box full, will you be putting some up for > > sale? > > > according to the little drawing on the adaptor, the inner part of > the plug is > > negative. outer part is positive. not sure what they're worth, but i > bought > > That's all I'd need to know. I am quite used to building PSUs on such > a > spec. Or less. (Actually I'd look inside to see whether it needs to > be > regulated, but 6V seldom does). > > > mine with the accompanying battery operated cassette recorder and > owner's > > manual for $25. would love to find the external floppy for it. > > The model 100 I've seen for 100 or more UK pounds over here. I don't > know what additional features were in the 102; I also don't think I > could afford L100. But I'd probably pay $50 US including shipping for > a > model 102 without power supply. > > Philip. > > PS I'm back from Taiwan at last. Taiwan really is the most unhackish > > place I've been on my travels... But more to the point, I've missed > most of the last 3 weeks on Classiccmp, so I may be ignorant of the > context on some longer-running threads. Please forgive any silly > questions that may arise...

28 years, 5 months

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