Does anyone remember seeing adds in popular electronics back during the 1970's
about the NRI computer .
A few examples were on page 37 of the 3\77 issue , .page 15 , 11\76 page 11 ,
2\76 .
thanks,
zge(a)aol.com
>From: SUPRDAVE <SUPRDAVE(a)aol.com>
>Subject: MFM drives
>has anyone else had a fantastic failure rate with mfm controller cards?
>seems like i have better luck with reviving hard drives....
For "fantastic" substitute "legendary." During my years as a support tech
(roughly 1986 to 1994) it was an article of faith in my firm that a "bad
disk" was a failed controller about two times out of three. This could be
difficult to explain to end-users, who generally knew what a hard disk was,
but rarely what a controller was, or even that they owned one.
It was also entertaining telling an end-user that, once they had a new
controller, they'd have to low-level the
-- kc
I've got some TK-50 drives that I want to use a couple of in my MicroVAX
II, they are all filthy, with big dustbunnies crawling out of them. I've
picked up some of the proper foam swabs for cleaning tape drives, and a
bottle of "Radio Shack Professional Tape Head Cleaner Fluid".
I took the worst one tonite and striped it down, gave it a good cleaning,
blew it out good, got it nice and spick and span. I've got it put back
together now, and it _looks_ great.
My question is, was this a good idea? I started thinking about this when I
went and put the thing that looks like it has two magnets back in from of
the tape drive head. By taking this apart like that have I messed up the
drive alignment or anything? Are there any particular gottcha's that I
need to be aware of. I'm already aware of how the tape leader needs to be
attached and what to do if it gets sucked into a drive (had a tech show me
on a DLT4000 drive a few months ago).
Of course my plan is to install it tomorrow night, and give it a try. It's
called I really want to get a good backup of this machine prior to starting
to play with it (I know nothing about VMS, but have the System Manager, and
User's manuals).
Zane
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At 22:01 20/01/98 -0500, Ward Griffiths wrote:
>Daniel A. Seagraves wrote:
>>
>> Linux has a termcap for the TRS-80 Mod. 100.
>> I think it trs80 or trs-80
>> -------
>
>Not on my Caldera distribution. Terminfo either. Not hard to edit
>the vt52 entry though, that's what I did when the 100 first came out
>before Xenix directly supported it -- and I emailed the entry I'd
>made to Fort Worth but never compared it to the official release.
Here's the Model 100 entry from my termcap (on a SunOS 4.1.3 machine):
zn|trs100|Radio Shack Model 100:\
:am:bs:le=^H:li#8:co#40:ku=^^:kd=^_:kl=^]:kr=^\:up=\EA:\
:nd=\EC:ho=\EH:ce=\EK:cd=\EJ:cl=\EE:xt:cm=\EY%+ %+ :\
:so=\Ep:se=\Eq:al=\EL:dl=\EM:
Hope that helps.
Regards,
| Scott McLauchlan |"Sometimes the need to mess with their heads|
|Information Services Division| outweighs the millstone of humiliation." |
| University of Canberra |__________Fox_Mulder_"The_X-Files:_Squeeze"_|
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At 09:43 PM 1/19/98 -0500, you wrote:
>I print 'em out on stone using an HP 7140 plotter with a knife attached and
>use the pony express to get them to my cave.
And I thought dialing into my ISP at 2400 baud with my Atari Portfolio was
roughing it. Or before that, on a TRS-80 Model 100 at 300baud. Had to find
a 40 column termcap for that one.
-John Higginbotham-
-limbo.netpath.net-
Seems to me these kits are still available from some distributor on the net
for around $30. I'll see if I can dig up the exact URL.
Cliff Gregory
cgregory(a)lrbcg.com
-----Original Message-----
From: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
To: Cgregory <Cgregory>
Date: Sunday, January 18, 1998 7:46 PM
Subject: Sinclair Kit for Sale
>
>A friend of mine has an original unbuilt Sinclair kit for sale at what
>looks like an interesting price. If you're interested, contact him
>directly at squest(a)cris.com and tell him Anthony Clifton - Wirehead sent
you.
>
>Anthony Clifton - Wirehead
>
>
Uncle Roger <sinasohn(a)ricochet.net> wrote:
> I can do better than that -- I've got a Zenith that makes the Kaypro look
> pocket sized. *But* both fold up conveniently, and can be carried with one
> hand. The IBM 5100 (and RS mIII, Commodore Pet, HP 85, etc.) is *not*
> convenient to tote around on a regular basis.
OK, you've mentioned the HP 85, so I'll write about it a bit.
Was the 85 portable? That's a good question. HP apparently thought
it could be pressed into service that way -- I remember the CEs
bringing out a largish travel case containing an 85 with (at least) an
HP-IB interface and some tapes that made it a diagnostic tool and
exerciser for CS/80 disc drives. Of course, they also brought some
other similarly sized travel cases full of 7933 kit and a hand truck
to help move the lot from station wagon to computer room.
But I didn't see that case come up to the computer room unless the CEs
thought they were going to use it to deal with the problem at hand.
Make of that what you will. I read it as: it's easily movable, but
it's not convenient enough to be carried everywhere.
I'm thinking that the 85 was designed at HP's Corvallis site. Were
those responsible thinking of themselves as "Portable Computer
Division" back then?
-Frank McConnell
Well over the last few days I've found a Multi-Tech Systems FM30 Data
Coupler with cord for .80; a Heathkit Digital Design Experimenter model
ET-3200-B for .80 no doc's where with it, will play around this weekend
with it; 2 SUN spreakerboxs' for $5 each this place has about 50 of them
for sale; Apple PC 5.25 ext drive for free not tested yet; a EPSON P.I.C.
parallel interface cartridge #8620A no way to test it for now; IBM pc
convertible printer and adapter unit for free got get convertible going to
test unit; a Apple plotter model A9M0302 for $15 need s some clean and
maybe parts before I can test it; Lisa with keyboard for .80 not tested yet
card slot in back were open as if someone too them out at the thrift store;
another Toshiba T1000 that works has carrying case power supply and
manuals; HP IIIsi for $15 needs work; Laserwriter II $15 needs work; Kodak
Diconix 150Plus free and not tested yet; LattisNet Synoptics model 102 $15
and not tested yet; a stripped Mac IIsi for free; and several other units
and parts that do not meet the ten year rule. I hope to have better luck
when all this snow goes away until them Keep Computing !! John
At 11:57 AM 1/19/98 -0800, you wrote:
>YEAH! And not all of us have Windows to read email with -
>I got to ^Q thru all that...
Don't have windows??? How'd that neanderthal get in here?!? :)
(Ow! I'm kidding! Ow! I said I was kidding! OwOwOwOw!!!!)
Seriously, some people just assume that everyone else can support their
standards. I've been partially guilty of it too. I send all my attachments
as MIME, mainly because that's the standard in my main working environment
(win95/NT). I'm a graphic artist and web page designer. I could only do 30%
of my job in a text based environment if it came down to that (sometimes it
does). Then again, everyone I know that I send attachments to have mail
clients than can handle MIME. (I check the message headers for X-Sender
before I do) Still, that doesn't make it right to send attachments to a
list. It could have been worse. It could have come out of a "rich text" or
HTML compatible mail client. (Then all heck would break loose, Dogar, the
Many-Handed One would hand out the proper punishments, and all zeroes would
flow across the lines, as the backbones crumble from their fury! So it was
written, so it shall be!)
(Uhh, was there ever a point in this message where it was on topic? Uh oh.
Better fix that.)
So, uh, speaking of Commodores... Anyone know where I can pick up an Amiga
500 or 1000 real cheap? :)
-John Higginbotham-
-limbo.netpath.net-
> SO what? I read my messages from TOPS-20.
> Beat that.
I print 'em out on stone using an HP 7140 plotter with a knife attached and
use the pony express to get them to my cave.
manney
