A side note:
Anyone looking for info/downloads of different OS'es might
want to take a look at: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/people/bridges/oses.html
They have a rather exhaustive list of some real odd-balls...
Les
<FWIW, I've got a DEC PDT-11 (Haven't touched it in years, due to space
PDT11/110 or 130 or 150?
My PDT-11/130 has 32kw ram and runs basic just fine. the 16kw one will
as well if I run rt-11SJ monitor.
Allison
<The way I remember it is this way:
I didn't have to remember I just reach over and pushed the mouse around
on both boxen.
FYI the diskset(1.44mb media) I have for 3.1 was had in early 1992 and
later sets had different mixes of drivers. the number of drivers
depended on time and diskset(type of media).
Same was true for 3.0 disks as mine were 720k 3.5" (more room that the
360k floppy set.)
<that, or I had some screwed up install disks). I figure they were thin
<"Who'd want to install 3.1/3.11 on something so slow???"
Someone that needs compatability to some level. Slow is a relitive
thing. When I first ran winders it was on a 386/16 with 4mb of ram
it seemed fast enough to do a lot of useful work.
Allison
Yeah. EGA is pretty much the same as standard VGA (where windows is
concerned). The colors (to me) look alot richer and more vibrant on an EGA.
Maybe they just ditched the CGA/Herc drivers then.
At 06:40 PM 1/1/98 EST, you wrote:
>actually, the drivers are present for ega on 3.1 version. just run
>\windows\setup and change to ega. i tried it just for kicks one time, and
>didnt notice much difference except for the splash screen. dialog boxes and
>program manager looked almost identical.
>
>david
>
- John Higginbotham
- limbo.netpath.net
[[[ snip ]]]
> The XT came with a 4.77MHz 8088, but it's not
> hard to find a 8MHz version.
OK so far...
[[[ snip ]]]
> you can run Windows, up to 3.1. You can also run OS/2 (earlier
> versions) and many of the smaller OSes made during the early 80's.
I'll have to reserve judgement on Win 3.1 as I've never tried to run it on
an 8088 (I thought Microsoft dropped support for the mode required by the
8088 in Win3.1, though), but OS/2 is right out. It's entire reason for
being is to run on the 286, so an XT won't cut it.
In addition to Xenix, CP/M-86, Minix, and a variety of Forths, there are
other Unix clones (Venix, for exmaple), the UCSD P-system, and MP/M-86 (if you
can find it!). I don't know offhand whether Concurrent CP/M-86 requires a
286, but I do not believe it does.
> > yes, minix would work, but i dont think it's free.
The lastest version of Minix _is_ free for personal use.
Roger Ivie
ivie(a)cc.usu.edu
Happy New Year to All
Yesterday I picked up a few more item including this short list, a Sanyo
model DM8012CX monitor that works; a LaserWriter II $15; two Kodak Diconix
150 Plus printers for free; LattisNet Model 102 power module and four model
505 transceivers for $15; Mac IIsi shell for free; and few other items.
Messages to the those of you that asked about a few things, yes the HP is a
model 9114; I will be trading or selling some of the travelmates; I will be
getting the Mac KB for the person that asked on Friday I hope. That's it
for now Keep Computing. John
In a message dated 98-01-01 18:07:53 EST, you write:
<< CGA, EGA, and Herc are supported by 3.0 and below, but if you want to run
them on 3.1/3.11, you need to download the drivers from microsoft. (Either
that, or I had some screwed up install disks). I figure they were think
"Who'd want to install 3.1/3.11 on something so slow???"
>>
actually, the drivers are present for ega on 3.1 version. just run
\windows\setup and change to ega. i tried it just for kicks one time, and
didnt notice much difference except for the splash screen. dialog boxes and
program manager looked almost identical.
david
groberts(a)mitre.org (Glenn Roberts) wrote:
> i have recently been given an old Zenith laptop model ZFL-181-92. batteries
> discharged or dead. no power supply. i would like information if anyone
> can help me on what type of power supply to use. the label on the bottom
> of the systems says: DC 12 V, Plug-in power supply Model 150-272.
Sorry, I don't know the power-supply polarity, but maybe this will give
you another thing to look for.
I am thinking that HP badge-engineered this model of Zenith as the
Vectra Portable CS. The place I worked at the time bought two or
three of them to replace a couple of HP 110s that were three or four
years old and becoming a data-interchange hassle (different stiffy
format, had to get the 9114A and hook it up, Lotus 1A on the 110
vs. 2.x on the desktops (HP Vectra and Vectra ES), those sorts of
things). My admittedly dim memories of those fit with the pop-up dual
720KB stiffy drive, and I think there was also a bar graph LCD "fuel
gauge" to tell you how much oomph was left in the battery.
As I recall it was very IBM-compatible, but then just about anything
was compared to the 110s.
-Frank McConnell
At 02:39 PM 1/1/98 -0500, you wrote:
><CGA, Hercules or MDA, I can't recall off the top of my head if it even
><supported EGA but I think it did.
>
>3.0 supports all, so does 3.1.
The way I remember it is this way:
CGA, EGA, and Herc are supported by 3.0 and below, but if you want to run
them on 3.1/3.11, you need to download the drivers from microsoft. (Either
that, or I had some screwed up install disks). I figure they were think
"Who'd want to install 3.1/3.11 on something so slow???"
- John Higginbotham
- limbo.netpath.net
