test-drb April 1998

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Re.: How about a weekly FS/T list? (was Sale postings to Classiccmp)

by rcini＠email.msn.com

On Fri, 10 Apr 1998 09:43:19 -0700 (PDT), Sam Ismail <dastar(a)wco.com> wrote: >>Even if everyone could agree on this it would last for about 1 week and >>then go back to status quo. I really don't mind the ads. They are not >>excessive, they are reaching a good market where there is a win-win (the >>seller gets some money and space back and the buyer gets first crack at >>cool stuff), and they are more on topic than the drivel that has been >>plaguing us for the last four weeks or so. Whether or not it would go back would depend on our level of commitment. I don't think that it is burdensome lately, because some are concentrating on slinging mud, but it would be nice to have them all in one place. Reference so to speak. Rich Cini/WUGNET <nospam_rcini(a)msn.com> (remove nospam_ to use) ClubWin! Charter Member (6) MCP Windows 95/Windows Networking ============================================

27 years, 1 month

i387's

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

I had looked in jameco's catalog before, and the prices seem rather high! $25 for a single mathco is outrageous. i remember they did/do sell system boards that arent necessarily state of the art for 2-3 times a "normal" price. do they still sell apple parts? mouser electronics (if still around) might have parts cheaper. In a message dated 98-04-11 06:13:39 EDT, you write: << >I realize that this may not quite reach the 10year mark, but not many >people deal with even this old of hardware. (Is there a group out there >for "obsolete" yet non-yet-classic hardware?) 10 years? Yes. The 80386 was designed in 1985, so the 387 couldn't be to much later than that. >I need to find somewhere to get many i387 chips. (I currently need about >15 to 20 of them.) Anyone know the best place to start looking? The EXACT place to look is Jameco, at http://www.jameco.com . In their newest catalog, they list the 80387 (unter Integrated circuts and then under Math Coprocessors), they have: (prices for the 10-99 range) 80387-33 $25.95 80387-40 $29.95 80387-16SX $34.95 """""""""20"" $39.95 """""""""25"" $44.95 I can give part #'s if you're interested. Hope this helps, Tim D. Hotze >>

27 years, 1 month

i387's

by photze＠batelco.com.bh

>I realize that this may not quite reach the 10year mark, but not many >people deal with even this old of hardware. (Is there a group out there >for "obsolete" yet non-yet-classic hardware?) 10 years? Yes. The 80386 was designed in 1985, so the 387 couldn't be to much later than that. >I need to find somewhere to get many i387 chips. (I currently need about >15 to 20 of them.) Anyone know the best place to start looking? The EXACT place to look is Jameco, at http://www.jameco.com . In their newest catalog, they list the 80387 (unter Integrated circuts and then under Math Coprocessors), they have: (prices for the 10-99 range) 80387-33 $25.95 80387-40 $29.95 80387-16SX $34.95 """""""""20"" $39.95 """""""""25"" $44.95 I can give part #'s if you're interested. Hope this helps, Tim D. Hotze

27 years, 1 month

Asshole

by e.tedeschi＠ndirect.co.uk

Without comment enrico Anonymous wrote: > > Are you a fucking idiot, Limey? Cut the damn crying on the mailing list or you might just open a message one day and have your whole machine become instantly erased...Not a threat, a promise. -- ======================================================== Enrico Tedeschi, 54 Easthill Drive, Brighton BN41 2FD, UK Tel/fax(+01273) 701650 (24 hours) and 0498 692465 (mobile) please visit my website at: <http://www.brighton-uk.com> ========================================================

27 years, 1 month

Creative Retrocomputing Use for 386s and 486s

by sinasohn＠ricochet.net

At 08:18 PM 4/9/98 -0400, you wrote: >>around and use the PC as a disk drive "server" for the C64, VIC20 and C128? >>And that is only one thought. > >I believe that's already been done. I know it's been done for 8-bit Atari's. (I've seen a 1200xl with built-in hard-drive, using a pentium with big HD and CD as a peripheral...) (Talk to Bob Wooley of the San Leandro Computer Club, San Leandro, CA.) --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.sinasohn.com/

27 years, 1 month

what is a Vax Station 2000?

by IVIE＠cc.usu.edu

> They are not CPU upgradable, but you can add expansion > memory out to 16MB, an 8 port async serial board (thats the big DB > connector that doesn't go anywhere) and a sync serial port. Sorry, the big DB that doesn't go anywhere is used to add another MFM hard disk. It contains the control and data signals for the second drive. I've not seen the 8-port option, but I believe it plugs in place of the color graphics board. > The SCSI port was only supported for the TKZ50 tape drive, an > old 95MB DLT type drive, although I think there was a 3rd party SCSI > disk driver from Trimarchi (now out of business). Gerhard Moeller (I believe that's his name) has hacked over the SCSI driver for the MicroVAX 3100 to bring it up on the 2000. I've used the driver under VMS 7.1 to speak to a tape drive (this gives me a nice little package to take on travel; a 2000 with an RD32 and a TZ30). Since it's a full-up SCSI port driver, it can be used to support anything VMS knows how to talk to; disks, tapes, etc. I've heard of one fellow who is using a 2000 to burn CDs. I suggest looking around on dejanews for discussion of Moeller's driver. > The VAXstation had a > graphics display for a non-standard monitor. All 2000s include a monochrome display built into the motherboard. It is also possible to add on a color display. Rumor has it that it is not impossible to use both displays simultaneously, but I've never tried it (my color monitors have died over the years). Roger Ivie ivie(a)cc.usu.edu

27 years, 1 month

Telex 181-GP printer

by dwollmann＠ibmhelp.com

Nephew has acquired a Telex 181-GP dot matrix printer. I've looked on the net, and it looks like Telex is all but gone. Any idea where I might find documentation on this unit? I'm assuming it emulates a 5152, like almost every other DM made in the 80's. Kind of ironic, as we had a huge Telex facility here in Tulsa for years. -- David Wollmann | dwollmann(a)ibmhelp.com | Support for legacy IBM products. DST ibmhelp.com Technical Support | Data, document and file conversion for IBM http://www.ibmhelp.com/ | legacy file and media formats.

27 years, 1 month

Morrow Designs Pivot

by Marty＠itgonline.com

I recently acquired a Morrow Designs Pivot Model 2522 - Special, serial number 31-0001488. Both the model number and serial number are hand written on the manufacturer plate on the rear of this pc. It has dual 5 1/4 " floppy drives and 640k memory. The memory board is labelled Morrow Zenith.This is an interesting portable having a rom monitor for the built-in modem, what appears to be a built-in calculator (haven't been able to get the calculator button to do anything). Date can be changed in the monitor by pressing a button also. Boots MS-DOS fine. I read in Stan Veit's book that Zenith licensed this technology from Morrow. Does anyone have any further info on this unit or better yet a operation manual? Thanks- Marty Mintzell

27 years, 1 month

Rabbit 286 ????

by rigdonj＠intellistar.net

Today I bought three portable PCs marked "Rabbit 286". They're about the size of a large lunch box and have a keyboard that fastens against one side. When you remove the keyboard it uncovers a gas plasma screen. There are slots for two 3.5 drives on the right hand side and a door on the left side. Opening the door exposes the back of several expansion card slots. There's a label on the bottom that says "Chicony Electronics Co.", "Model 286G-A", "Gas Plasma Display" and "640H x 400W Dots". One almost works, one is dead and the third one is somewhere in between. Does anyone know anything about these? I'm wondering if it's possible to put a small 386 or 486 mother board in these. Joe

27 years, 1 month

You've got to be pulling my chain... (Ethernet)

by photze＠batelco.com.bh

That's exactly where I got it from. Now, I was just thinking that in 1973, that would be a huge space, the size (or larger) than hard drives! So you could transmit your entire hard drive in a second, barring server stuff and hard drive speed. It sounded strange to me. ;-) Ciao, Tim D. Hotze -----Original Message----- From: James Willing <jimw(a)agora.rdrop.com> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Saturday, April 11, 1998 1:06 AM Subject: Re: You've got to be pulling my chain... (Ethernet) >On Fri, 10 Apr 1998, Tony Duell wrote: > >> > >> > Sorry, but this seems crazy to me. Was Ethernet invented in 1973? Was it >> > 10MBps then? >> >> I somehow doubt it! > >>From the tagline of Bob Metcalfe's regular column in Infoworld... > (this should explain all...) > >"Technology pundit Bob Metcalfe invented Ethernet in 1973 and founded 3Com >in 1979, and today he specializes in the Internet..." > >...and just in case that does not work for you, I have a copy of the >original joint specification document buried in the archives somewhere. >B^} > >-jim >--- >jimw(a)agora.rdrop.com >The Computer Garage - http://www.rdrop.com/~jimw >Computer Garage Fax - (503) 646-0174 >

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