On Sun, 2 Apr 2000, Tony Duell wrote: It's the same connector (and name) , used for both audio and (composite) video input/output. here in the States.

Hi Tony, <"Phono" plugs> Also surprisingly common on domestic video equipment - I've seen a number of machines (Video8 and S-VHS) where the manufacturers have used a pair of phono jacks for L/R audio and a third for composite video. Thankfully they seem to have gradually fallen out of favour in recent years, I *HATE* wiring the damn things up! I've always thought calling those things "UHF" connectors is somewhat ridiculous - after all, they're only good to 200MHz or so which is hardly UHF territory. Quite so. Many, if not all, of the JVC VCRs which Ferguson produced under licence as "Videostar" machines had the usual BNC/SCART sockets replaced with DIN sockets. :-( TTFN - Pete. -- Hardware & Software Engineer. Sound Engineer. Collector of Arcade Machines, Games Consoles & Obsolete Computers (esp DEC) peter.pachla(a)wintermute.org.uk | www.wintermute.org.uk --

On Tue, Apr 04, 2000 at 09:36:51PM +0100, Tony Duell wrote: No kidding. I made the mistake of trying to use them for the connection of my packet TNC to one of my radios. Oddly enough it actually works, but it's touchy - has to be fully seated and if I bump it a little it loses contact on one pin. I'm going to rewire it with a fullsize DIN with the standard TNC pinout one of these days. Something to hold the connector while you solder it is indispensible; like one of those two- armed alligator-clip holder thingies from Radio Shack. Or a hemostat, suitably propped up by other pieces of debris on your workbench. Also had to fabricate an ADB cable a while back because they are hard to find (I still have no idea where to get them locally, just on ebay). Fry's had the connectors and I used 4-wire telephone cable. It was for a touchscreen so didn't have to be flexible. Then I discovered that an svideo cable has the same pinout, so maybe it could double for an ADB cable. I haven't tried it yet. (Since the Mac is an LCIII we are back on topic now, cool!) The pins on the mini-DINs are actually little tubes but I've yet to use wire fine enough to fit inside the tube for soldering; the phone wire had to be soldered onto the outside of the tube, making it even harder than it's supposed to be. First you get solder on both the wire and the tube, then touch the wire to the side and simultaneously reheat it with the soldering iron. Since both hands are tied up there is no way to apply more solder while doing this. Needless to say a piece of shrink tubing over each wire is a necessity afterwards; and of course I always forget to put it on the wires in advance, and have to do the job twice. (But I do that with all connectors; there's always some sleeve or something that has to go on first, and I nearly always forget it the first time.) -- _______ http://www.bigfoot.com/~ecloud (_ | |_) ecloud(a)bigfoot.com finger rutledge(a)cx47646-a.phnx1.az.home.com __) | | \__________________________________________________________________ Get money for spare CPU cycles at http://www.ProcessTree.com/?sponsor=5903

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_698000/698804.stm An Enigma machine used by the Nazis to send coded messages during World War Two, has been stolen from the code-cracking Station X at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire. The machine, worth about ?100,000, is one of only three in the world. It was brought to the UK after the war. I bet it was somebody on this list who grabbed it! Fess up! ;-) I see it as another sign of how serious our hobby is becoming. Its valued at 100,000 pounds! I wonder what it will fetch on ebay? ;-) On the other hand, a piece of ENIAC from Eckert's estate was up for auction this weekend in Philadelphia (http://skinner.lycos.com/Scripts/ListingInfo.asp?LotNo=10083515&SiteCat… 1397). Opening bid was $4K, they expected it to go to $8-$12K US. They didn't get a nibble! Go figure! I was rather tempted, but don't have that deep pockets.

What is the exact command you are using to mount the drive? What does the partition structure look like for the drive? On Mon, 3 Apr 2000 Technoid(a)cheta.net wrote:

On Mon, 3 Apr 2000 Technoid(a)cheta.net wrote: What is the procedure you have used thus far? ok r.

It was thus said that the Great "Clint Wolff (VAX collector)" once stated: If you do this, there are several things to keep in mind: 1. The password format is: userid : password : uid : gid : real name : directory : shell (of course, there are no spaces, one entry per line). If you do that, you need to make sure that the replacement string is the same size as the original string else you may not be able to log in at all. 2. The root account is ALWAYS the first one in the file (on the one occasion it wasn't the system behaved very oddly). So you can increase the speed of the search by checking for ``root:'' at the beginning of each disk block and going from there. -spc (And remember---always remember to mount a scratch monkey ... )

I wouldn't be surprised if someone stole this model just to get enough public awareness and hype behind it to make a killing selling their own legitimate unit...can you imagine what a basic Enigma *could* bring on eBay now, since people all over the world know how rare and priceless they are now? (And how much they're worth: $100K!) We'll probably find out soon enough... Cheers, Aaron On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Hans Franke wrote:

ROTFL - well, maybe Philip schould jump in here ... And in fact, if we take the real end to end speed of our multi megabit networks, a enigma may still be fast enough :) Ciao H. -- VCF Europa am 29./30. April 2000 in Muenchen http://www.vintage.org/vcfe http://www.homecomputer.de/vcfe

War in FYI, and I haven't read through all of this tread yet, ... There is someone who actually brought a near replica to the MIT swap meet a couple of years ago. I was lucky enough to see it, open the doors, push a key, etc. Turns out that the base machine was produced by someone in Europe (the Swiss?) for Years before the war. There were supposedly thousands (hundreds?) produced for use outside that of the military. The thing that made the Nazi's Unique was the rotor wiring (again, i'm just catching up if this was posted already, Hans?). The MIT Flea machine was I think in the $2000 range, but memory fades. You can see a lot of good pictures of for sale one at: 'Tom Perera - W1TP' http://w1tp.com/mcpu.htm but he says it's been sold by now. First impressions on seeing such a thing >For Sale< are thrilling, but be warned that Enigma looking things need not be Enigmas of folklore, esp. w/o the rotors. John A.

A note to the 'Enigma' thread: I have a book in my library called "The Enigma War" subtitled 'The inside story of the German Enigma codes and how the Allies broke them' by Jozef Garlinski, [Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 1979]. Garlinski was a Polish General, and writes the book from that viewpoint. I got it mainly for the many plates and drawings of the various machines, as well as a few shots of Bletchly Park and Colossus I have not seen elsewhere. The devices covered go from the 1400's (not a typo) to a photo of something called an MC-750 which looks like 70's - 80s vintage. I read this a while ago and seemed like a lot of Polo-centric ranting, but this thread has cast the text in a different light. I would recommend using one of the various used book finding web services... it was reprinted a bunch of times so there's likely to be quite a few out there. Very cool pictures, BTW, and a schematic of a three-wheel Enigma. Cheers John

Sorry for using this medium - just I got no other idea left to contact him. Does anybody have a valid mail address, or other mean of contact for Francois ? Las known mail address: fauradon(a)pclink.com His web pages at http://www.pclink.com/fauradon/ are still accessible. Thank you Hans -- VCF Europa am 29./30. April 2000 in Muenchen http://www.vintage.org/vcfe http://www.homecomputer.de/vcfe

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner" &lt;spc(a)armigeron.com&gt; To: &lt;classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org&gt; Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 3:02 PM Subject: Re: OT:decoding enigma (was Re: One of only 3 "enigma machine" stolen; a Heard of it, haven't read it. Must see if I can round up a copy. of the isn't to Sometimes, perhaps, but I must differ with you on that point. Early in the war, it was remarked that the side with the best photographic intelligence would win. The British (somewhat reluctantly at first) developed the essentially WW1 cameras and aircraft into an excellent system, not only of obtaining good quality pictures, but performing a careful and detailed analysis of them. Much of what was known about Peenemunde and the V1/V2 projects that emanated from it was gleaned from Photo reconaissance, with hints from Ultra at times. Numerous other examples, (the finding of the Tirpitz for instance) also were a direct result of PR. German radar was first identified in a photo taken (using a hint from an intercepted Enigma message) which ultimately resulted in a low-level (PR pilots referred to it as 'dicing') run past a "Freya" on the French coast. Later PR work found the installation at Bruneval that was subsequently raided, and parts and staff captured, by a small force of British commandos. Models of the site and it's approaches were built up using extensive PR 'cover' of the area. It's probably fair to say that the 2 had a symbiotic relationship, PR being used to confirm, expand or capitalise on the Ultra intelligence. It's known that the Chief Scientific Advisor to Winston Churchill considered it impossible for anything like the V2 to be built, as the weight of the vehicle strong enough to contain sufficient cordite would exceed it's lifting ability. (This is before liquid fuelled rockets were considered practical on a large scale). Despite 'Ultra" traffic to the contrary, his stand was overturned with the help of PR cover of Peenemunde presenting visible evidence, on top of Ultra traffic, sufficient to convince Churchill. Had this not occured, it is possible the German development and deployment program would have been significantly unhindered, which could have had serious consequences for the Allies. The successful detection and prosecution of the V1 'Ski sites' in France was almost entirely a result of PR interpreters noting the construction of the buildings and lauching ramps, which in the first stage, were quite large and served by a rail spur. Destruction by bombing of the large scale ski sites led the Germans to construct a smaller, less conspicuous site, with only a couple of essential structures. These too were found, though not all were destroyed. "For want of a nail......" The British pioneered the practice of using a single high performance fighter, stripped of guns and other additional weight and drag adding items, painted so as to make it hard to see against the sky. Such an aircraft could outrun enemy fighters, and was able to operate (and take useable pictures!) well above the accurate range of AAA of the time. High altitude presented it's own problems, and required such things as ducting warm air over the cameras and lenses to stop them freezing or frosting over in the subzero temperatures. TheGermans began to adopt similar techniques later in the war, (the Arado jet bomber was used for PR at one time). The German's had a somewhat fanciful notion of the excellence of British Intelligence, (it was good, but not THAT good) and put down some seemingly 'clairvoyant' actions by the enemy to spies and other 'conventional' sources of information. They apparently did not at anytime suspect that Enigma had been penetrated. (Though I believe the question was asked of the Intelligence service at one time.) Considering the security wrapped around BP and it's "Ultra" traffic, this is not surprising. ON TOPIC BIT: :^) The existence of the Colossus machine (used to penetrate the Geheimschreiber codes) was still secret for many years after WW2. The first true computer, it predated the Eniac and other things by some years, but it's existence was so shrouded in secrecy, it was over 30 years before it became public knowledge. A working replica has recently been created at Bletchley, and fairly recently, the plans for the Bombe decoding machines used to penetrate Enigma, (none survived the war, and the plans were thought to be lost)were discovered in records of the British Tabulating Machine Company who built them under highly secret conditions for BP. An attempt is now being made to construct a replica of the Bombe. (I'm probably preaching to the knowledgeable here, excuse me if you know this already) END OF ON TOPIC BIT... For 'might' read 'will'. If a code is suspected of being compromised, or even if a code or cypher book is lost (in the conventional sense) it is invariably changed. The author of the book that contained the reference to the U-boat incident remarked that it was probably fortunate the U-boat sank under tow, (during the night IIRC) or it might well have been spotted by a German aircraft, and the codes would doubtless have been considered compromised and changed at once. No combatant would risk using a compromised code. Exception: If you know your code is compromised, but the enemy don't know that you know, it can be useful for disinformation purposes. Example: German agents were dropped into Britain. As far as is known, they were all captured before they could send any useful information. (One broke his leg in the parachute landing, and woke up in an English hospital) The spies were given the option of death by firing squad, or incarceration in a prison. The incarceration option was conditional on thier sending information, in their own codes, as directed by their captors. The V1 attacks on London were actually affected by this, as the spies were directed to inform their masters that the weapons were overflying London and impacting beyond it. This caused the Germans to alter the autopilot settings on the V1's so that many that might have hit the city fell well short into (mostly) uninhabited territory. Cheers Geoff Roberts Computer Systems Manager Saint Mark's College Port Pirie, South Australia geoffrob(a)stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au netcafe(a)pirie.mtx.net.au ICQ: 1970476

Why ? Do they include an U-Boot ? ;) Hans -- VCF Europa am 29./30. April 2000 in Muenchen http://www.vintage.org/vcfe http://www.homecomputer.de/vcfe

Well, back to the saga of the Timex Sinclair 1000. Thanks to Tony et al, I looked at the power supplies in my goodies box and found that, of all things, the Atari 2600 one matches the specs -- maybe. When I plug it in, it pumps out RF and even with it unplugged from the TV I can see EM interference, so something inside must be working. However, it won't make a picture! Augh! Suggestions to check? This is a slide switchbox it's connected to, and the setup works for the 2600 and the Inty, so I guarantee you it's not the TV hookup. As for the NEC 8201A, I found a whole mess of stuff online, and got it a power supply and new batteries. Lovely thing -- it has almost replaced my Tandy PC-4 for favourite portable, but the PC-4 still wins on cutesy points. :-) -- ----------------------------- personal page: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Point Loma Nazarene University * ckaiser(a)ptloma.edu -- Why is it you can only trust short, dumpy spies? -- Hogan, "Hogan's Heroes"

::Well, as ever I'd start by checking the power supply lines. Open up the ::Sinclair and look for +5V on the output of the 7805 regulator (the large ::heatsink is grounded IIRC). Or look for it on the power pins of the ROM ::or RAMs (standard corner-pin power connections). You mains adapter may ::not be able to provide sufficient current, so the 5V line may be too low ::on-load. Problem -- this thing is impossible to open! I only found two screws on the bottom and that seems to open only half -- the other side is quite stuck and I don't want to break the case. Where are the remaining things keeping the case closed? ::After that, I'd assume that the computer is working to some extent. Are ::you sure this is the US version, outputing 525 lines on VHF channel 3 (or ::4?) ? Have you tried retuning the TV to the other of those 2 channels? Yup, and nothing. -- ----------------------------- personal page: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Point Loma Nazarene University * ckaiser(a)ptloma.edu -- ** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2 ** 64K RAM SYSTEM 38911 BASIC BYTES FREE ----------

Hi, Carefully peel up the rubber "feet" on the half which refuses to open, you should find a couple of screws hiding under them. Sinclair used this trick on the ZX-81 and the Spectrun too I think. TTFN - Pete. -- Hardware & Software Engineer. Sound Engineer. Collector of Arcade Machines, Games Consoles & Obsolete Computers (esp DEC) peter.pachla(a)wintermute.org.uk | www.wintermute.org.uk --

At 09:38 PM 4/4/00 +0100, you wrote: \>> Carefully peel up the rubber "feet" on the half which refuses to open, you Yes, although at least on the 71B the feet stick back amazingly well; I should know, I have opened my original 71B (I bought it *new*, at US$525 back in '85) quite a few times in these 15 years, for repairs and mods; the feet are still holding. Of course, I've always been careful not to touch or soil the adhesive in any way. Carlos.