22 Apr
1998
22 Apr
'98
10:50 p.m.
OK, Now I can make myself an rsx11m.sys, VMR is, BOOt it, but when I say
SAV, it runs for awhile, types "CAN'T FIND HOME BLOCK", and halts.
It also complains about having to reduce partitions to the soze of the
common area (?), and the TT: driver is bigger than 4K.
What've I done? I just switched DY and DL in the sysvmr.cmd file,
and removed DU (The driver is corrupted...)
-------
23 Apr
23 Apr
4:39 a.m.
New subject: More portables
I added some modern-yet-collectible portables to my collection in the last
week:
* A Data General WalkAbout portable terminal. Anybody seen one of these
before? No more VT100's for me! This thing weighs less than 4 lbs,
emulates a couple of terminals, and has 64K of RAM to support an utterly
useless "notepad" app. I'd like to be able to associate a date with this
thing -- I'm guessing late 80's.
* A Motorola Marco. Take one radio modem, one newton, a hefty NiCd, and
blend. A completely obsolete toy from 1994.
* You prefer Magic Cap, you say? OK, one Motorola Envoy.
* And my favorite, yet it was orphaned by Apple just a month ago: an
eMate 300. I'm now convinced that all computers should be translucent
green. (BTW, this was a great bargain. It's a little-known secret that
CompUSA is blowing these things out at $299 and including a free Toshiba
PDR-2 digital camera in the deal (until tomorrow).)
* And I've finally got a PX-8 on it's way to me! Now I only need an NEC
8500 to complete my CP/M laptop collection (talk to me if you want to
trade yours in for an upgrade).
-- Doug
1:41 p.m.
New subject: More portables
* And my favorite, yet it was orphaned by Apple just a
month ago: an
eMate 300. I'm now convinced that all computers should be translucent
green. (BTW, this was a great bargain. It's a little-known secret that
CompUSA is blowing these things out at $299 and including a free Toshiba
PDR-2 digital camera in the deal (until tomorrow).)
You sure when it ends? Maybe it
was yesterday... I called both locations
here in PDX, one didn't have any left, and the other had 6 left at the
normal $799 price. Oh well... Maybe I'll head over there just in case they
were wrong.
--------------------------------------------------------------
| http://members.tripod.com/~jrollins/index.html - Computers |
| http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/1681/ - Star Trek |
| Orham(a)qth.net list admin KD7BCY
|
--------------------------------------------------------------
2:33 p.m.
New subject: More portables
Ask them to check with the Santa Clara, CA store. The price at their
floor display was $299 even though their inventory system still listed it
at $799. The camera deal supposedly ends the 24th, but there was no
indication that the eMate price drop was temporary. (I think your local
CompUSA should match the Santa Clara price, and I'd expect all
Newton-related prices to drop like rocks pretty soon anyway.)
-- Doug
On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, John Rollins wrote:
* And my
favorite, yet it was orphaned by Apple just a month ago: an
eMate 300. I'm now convinced that all computers should be translucent
green. (BTW, this was a great bargain. It's a little-known secret that
CompUSA is blowing these things out at $299 and including a free Toshiba
PDR-2 digital camera in the deal (until tomorrow).)
You sure when it ends? Maybe it
was yesterday... I called both locations
here in PDX, one didn't have any left, and the other had 6 left at the
normal $799 price. Oh well... Maybe I'll head over there just in case they
were wrong.
--------------------------------------------------------------
| http://members.tripod.com/~jrollins/index.html - Computers |
| http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/1681/ - Star Trek |
| Orham(a)qth.net list admin KD7BCY
|
--------------------------------------------------------------
9765
days inactive
9766
days old
3 comments
3 participants
participants (3)
-
DSEAGRAV＠toad.xkl.com -
rexstout＠uswest.net -
yowza＠yowza.com