>>I see there are floppy diskettes being auctioned off on eBay. I =
>>remember too that there was some discussion about where one might get =
>>some hard-sectored diskettes. Well,folks, I have a box of new ones! =
>>Though the box was ruined, the plastic bag inside protected the media, =
>>so they were undamaged by the moisture which got in due to a damaged =
>>shrink-wrap on the box. =20
>You know, it isn't that hard to find these (despite what everyone seems
>to claim.) Take a look at http://www.athana.com/, specifically at part
>number 47-0801 on the "diskettes" page :-).
And if you don't mind paying a lot more than Athana charges, you can go
to http://store.imation.com/ and select 8" SS-DD-32-W/WP, 8" DS-DD-32-W/WP,
or the 8" SS-SD-32-W/WP.
Tim.
>I see there are floppy diskettes being auctioned off on eBay. I =
>remember too that there was some discussion about where one might get =
>some hard-sectored diskettes. Well,folks, I have a box of new ones! =
>Though the box was ruined, the plastic bag inside protected the media, =
>so they were undamaged by the moisture which got in due to a damaged =
>shrink-wrap on the box. =20
You know, it isn't that hard to find these (despite what everyone seems
to claim.) Take a look at http://www.athana.com/, specifically at part
number 47-0801 on the "diskettes" page :-).
Tim.
has anyone seen the movie 'Three Days of the Condor'? there are many
computers shown. the only one i think i can identify is an Imsai with a
tape drive (?). there are a few others that i can't identify. one
(cast iron?)big blue punch card machine; one black face, white case
terminal with white keys; a teletype and another disassembled computer
Redford was looking into. there are glimpses of others, but those are
the ones i noticed.
I see there are floppy diskettes being auctioned off on eBay. I remember too that there was some discussion about where one might get some hard-sectored diskettes. Well,folks, I have a box of new ones! Though the box was ruined, the plastic bag inside protected the media, so they were undamaged by the moisture which got in due to a damaged shrink-wrap on the box.
Anyone interested?
Dick
In a message dated 6/25/99 5:48:01 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
pete(a)dunnington.u-net.com writes:
> On Jun 25, 11:45, Sellam Ismail wrote:
> > :: On Jun 25, 10:37, Arfon Gryffydd wrote:
> > > ::Can anyone tell me what DOS (name and version) works with an Apple
> //e
>
> > Actually, it can run any version of DOS (3.2 or 3.3) but for 3.2 you need
> > the 3.2 controller.
>
> Um, Sellam, are you sure you've not got 3.2/3.3 compatibility round the
> wrong way? The P5A and P6A PROMs that came on Disk ][ cards sold with DOS
> 3.3 (16-sector) can also handle the encoding used for DOS 3.2 (13-sector),
> but P5 and P6 PROMs supplied with Disk ][ cards can't handle the encoding
> used by DOS 3.3. There are a very few exceptions related to copy protected
> disks, of course, which is why some of us had switchable cards.
>
I've got several disks from apple called BASICS that will allow a dos3.3
system to boot up and manipulate dos 3.2 disks. The only dos3.2 disk I've
ever seen was/is a diagnostic disk from call-APPLE that i got in a box of
materials i got from someone. Prodos can be used with any apple ][ with 64k
and an autostart rom. There is a bug in version 1.1.1 that can trash track 0
but I've never had it happen. Later versions do not have this problem. I
think it's prodos version 1.8 (or is it 2.0) that won't run on a ][+ anymore.
Forwarded from comp.sys.3b1. Contact the owner directly.
Joe
In comp.sys.3b1, John Isenhour <isenhour(a)uiuc.edu> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Been off the list for a long time. My free space has just shrunk
>(girlfriend induced:) and I need to retire my trusty 3b1/7300
>collection. There is almost too much
>stuff to mention, I got a lot of it from George who worked at ATT and
>had a warehouse fulla new stuff (if anyone here was on the list that far
>back)
>
>I have a 3b1 (4 MB) with the p5 upgrade and larger disk, my main
>machine,
>this is loaded to the gills with about all the hardware and software
>the old gang could help me stuff into it over the years.
>Downside - the battery is dead
>
>otherwize...
>several new in box 7300's (opened, tested, reboxed)
>several shrink wrapped system doc/software sets
>several new keyboards, also some 3b1 and 7300 mildly used ones
>memory cards
>ethernet cards
>hard disks, several, from 70 mb to 10mb
>ethernet mau's 2, (converts 15 pin ethernet to BnC connector)
>two tape drives and some tapes
>external expansion box (good for everything but memory)
>telebit t-1600 and a trailblazer modem
>serial cards
>some other cards I have forgotten what they do (voice card maybe?)
>extra power supplies
>an extra fan or so
>extra motherboards
>a few of the wd2010 controller chips
>Probably more stuff in storage I have forgotten about.
>
>I will probably move this stuff at a yard sale in two weeks, to people
>at
>the university here (UIUC). If there are any diehard unixpc types that
>are
>interested in maintaining their equipment or getting backup stuff (is
>why
>I collected so much) no reasonable offer will be refused. I would like
>to
>see this stuff get a nice home.
>
>cheers,
>john
>isenhour(a)uiuc.edu
>
>
I have a two-board Q-bus Controller for 8" hard disks. Having no use for
same, and not wishing to "go there" I'm hoping someone in this group is
curious enough to send me $6.20 for postage via USPS Priority mail, as I
don't think they'll make the 2-lb limit, being fully loaded enough to have
no identifying silkscreen markings to indicate who made them.
Any takers?
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: CLASSICCMP(a)trailing-edge.com <CLASSICCMP(a)trailing-edge.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Friday, June 04, 1999 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: Formatting disk on rt11
>>>Alternatively, if you have a VS2000, it has a RQDX3-compabitle
>>> formatter built into it.
>
>>I just formatted the disk in a MVII with the diagnostic tape.
>
>Or - maybe you didn't :-(. The MVII diagnostics are worse than useless.
>
>>>What error message do you get when you try DIR DU0: ? If it's a
>>>"?DIR-F-Error reading directory",
>
>>I still get this one ...
>
>Then you didn't format the RD54 successfully. The best you can hope
>for with the MVII diagnostics is to turn an already formatted RD54
>into a formatted RD54. The worst that can happen is that you
>lose an already existing format.
>
>Let me know what media it'd be useful to you on, and I'll get you a
>bootable XXDP disk/pack/cart/tape with ZRQC?? on it.
>
>>.INIT Du0:
>>DU0: Initialize are you sure ?Y
>>?DUP-F-Size function failed
>
>Yep - you need to really reformat the disk, as opposed to what the MVII
>diagnosics do. And congratulations on actually posting the command
>you used and the error message that resulted!! If only everyone else
>on the list could do the same, it'd be a much nicer world!!
>
>--
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Header says it all... If you have to ask, you probably can't help... B^}
If you have one that needs a new home, drop me a note with what you're
looking for... ($, trade, favours, etc...)
[please, no "I just put one up on ePay..." notes]
-jim
---
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You wouldn't happen to have any spare keycaps for those, would you? I've
got an ADM-3A that's missing a couple. Not where the terminal is right now,
so I can't say which for sure...
>
>I have a couple of Lear Siegler ADM-3A CRT terminals available
>for sale or trade. These are early models, with a board
>
Bill Richman
incolor.inetnebr.com/bill_r
(Home of the COSMAC Elf
microcomputer simulator!)
Yipee. So after only two steps in the "clutch trip area" adjustment pages
I've restored "normal" operation to the reader. Per the manual I loosened
the armature extender, rotated the typing unit to the "stop position" and
adjusted the extender for the correct distance (page 7, adjustment RRA-2)
and once complete the reader returned to normal function. The bulk of the
problem was, as Tony surmised, that the arm was now too far forward which
did not allow the linkage to "catch" when the reader was turned off. Once
adjusted the reader starts and stops under switch control.
Now to hook this puppy up to the 8/E and see what I can make it do!
(acutally eventually I'll get to the point where I read in FOCAL-8 but for
now the TTY test loop would be just peachy thankyou very much.
--Chuck
