6 Oct
2002
6 Oct
'02
7:05 a.m.
Apparently, because I mention Altos in a few places on my website, I got
this request. I just saw some bits about Altos pass recently - someone has
to have a live one still in captivity. Mine are all in need of dustbunny
removal and more.
Please reply to the email below, not to me.
Thanks,
-barry
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce W. Miller" <bwm(a)cooksonpeirce.com>
To: "Barry A Dobyns" <barry(a)dobyns.com>
Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 11:25 AM
Subject: Help needed
We had an old Altos 3068 (running a 68010 chip I belive) that died. We are
in need of transferring some data
from the floppys written on that machine to our new
server. These were
written using the IBM format.
Do you have any ideas on what we could try?
Thanks, Bruce
6 Oct
6 Oct
9:45 a.m.
We had an old Altos 3068 (running a 68010 chip I
belive) that died. We are
in need of transferring some data
from the floppys written on that machine to our new server. These were
written using the IBM format.
Do you have any ideas on what we could try?
Please reply to the email below, not to me.
I just don't have the strength and energy right now to correspond with
somebody until they identify the disk diameter, density, and operating
system more explicitly and specifically than "the IBM format".
Perhaps somebody else here has enough familiarity with his model of
computer to provide some of the information that he failed to.
--
Fred Cisin cisin(a)xenosoft.com
XenoSoft http://www.xenosoft.com
10:57 a.m.
New subject: HP 2644A "Moldy CRT" Update
I have successfully solved the HP2644A "Moldy CRT"
problem. I wanted to report on this because several
people emailed me mentioning that this strange format
(wide) CRT was used in a lot of 70's-early 80's HP
equipment. The only examples I found of this type of
CRT in use on the 'net also have this problem. To
recap, the silicone between the front anti-glare
shield and CRT gets mold creeping in from all sides,
making the CRT ugly and/or hard to read. The very rare
replacments, made with an acrylic shield, cost $225
plus shipping. In a nutshell, I used a nichrome wire,
an old AT power supply, and some homemade handles
along with a mounting box to contain (and I do mean
"contain") the CRT in removing the front glare shield.
After silicone cleanup and removal with a razor blade
scraper and acetone, I reattached the glare shield
(but only at the edges) with optical grade (fish tank)
RTV.
Obviously, this takes some work and nerve to do. I'd
put up instructions on exactly how to do it, but I'm
afraid of liability issues!
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12:53 p.m.
On Sun, 6 Oct 2002, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
Fred, several sites that I dug up via google show the mass storage of
the machine to be 5.25" 1.2MB floppy and 20MB hard disk. Sounds like
it used 512 byte sectors in Unix form.
- don
We had an old
Altos 3068 (running a 68010 chip I belive) that died. We are
in need of transferring some data
from the floppys written on that machine to our new server. These were
written using the IBM format.
Do you have any ideas on what we could try?
Please reply to the email below, not to me.
I just don't have the strength and energy right now to correspond with
somebody until they identify the disk diameter, density, and operating
system more explicitly and specifically than "the IBM format".
Perhaps somebody else here has enough familiarity with his model of
computer to provide some of the information that he failed to.
--
Fred Cisin cisin(a)xenosoft.com
XenoSoft http://www.xenosoft.com
7 Oct
7 Oct
9:16 a.m.
On Sun, 6 Oct 2002 17:50:13 -0700 (PDT), Don Maslin wrote:
On Sun, 6 Oct 2002, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
Fred, several sites that I dug up via google show the mass storage of
the machine to be 5.25" 1.2MB floppy and 20MB hard disk. Sounds like
it used 512 byte sectors in Unix form.
Hi..
he should use ANADISK and TELEDISK.
Anadisk to see the contence of the disk and to make a dump (including sector/track
informations) of it.
Teledisk will make an image he could sent to us for expecting the format.
I'm interested in an image for testing.
MfG. Fritz Chwolka
We had an
old Altos 3068 (running a 68010 chip I belive) that died. We are
Perhaps somebody
else here has enough familiarity with his model of
computer to provide some of the information that he failed to. > collecting old computers just for fun <<
<< at www.alterechner.de >>
8 Oct
8 Oct
12:07 a.m.
New subject: HP 2644A "Moldy CRT" Update
Well done, Steve- Wasn't that hard after all, eh?!!
Dave Brown
Christchurch
NZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Loboyko Steve" <sloboyko(a)yahoo.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 11:58 AM
Subject: HP 2644A "Moldy CRT" Update
I have successfully solved the HP2644A "Moldy
CRT"
"contain") the CRT in removing the front glare shield.
1:45 a.m.
New subject: HP 2644A "Moldy CRT" Update
--- Dave Brown <tractorb(a)ihug.co.nz> wrote:
Well done, Steve- Wasn't that hard after all,
eh?!!
Dave Brown
Christchurch
NZ
I was wondering if you would read about this. Thanks
for giving me the idea that it could be done!
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