test-drb August 2000

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by jwest＠mppw.com

Anyone familiar with an HP 1631D logic analyzer/scope? I just got one used (with pods and grabbers)... no manual yet, so I'm shooting in the dark on this. There's a selftest dip switch on the back. If I set it and power up, the screen says... ------------ Ram OK Rom OK Acquisition OK Analog Error: 21 00 00 Reset back panel switch to........ ------------- I talked to the company I bought it from - they're not familiar with the unit but said they'd gladly send me a different one if mine was bad so I'm not worried about that. However, I'm wondering if anyone can tell me if this really indicates a problem or does the selftest expect a probe to be connected or something (nothing is connected to it now). Any ideas? On a different note... HP quotes the manual for this unit at $72.00USD. Would anyone have one I can borrow and copy for less? Please reply to the list or to west(a)tseinc.com, not this address. Thanks! Jay West

25 years

Music Performances from dot matrix printers! This group is l ooking for some old printers

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> Check out this site which I found through slashdot.org. An > interesting use of those old beasts as musical instruments. > > http://www.sat.qc.ca/the_user/dotmatrix/en/intro.html > > And I thought using printers for music went out with the old > line printers of the (50's? and ) 60's! :-) Surely you jest! We were playing "Row-Row-Row Your Boat" on our Dataproducts LPM300 well into the 1980s... In fact, I have the "music" on the [dead] Prime at home, just no line printer to play it on! -dq

25 years

Going offline for a while

by ethan_dicks＠yahoo.com

I'm frantically finishing the last of the projects at work so I can execute the "Getting The Hell Out Of Here" manuever. To those members of the list with whom I have active dialogs (PET parts, Amiga docs, Cisco ROMs...), I will be away from e-mail for two weeks. I'll pick up where I left off when I return. Later, -ethan ===== Even though my old e-mail address is no longer going to vanish, please note my new public address: erd(a)iname.com The original webpage address is still going away. The permanent home is: http://penguincentral.com/ See http://ohio.voyager.net/ for details. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/

25 years

Stupid DOS tricks-redirecting console

by RCini＠congressfinancial.com

Hello, all: It's been a long time since I've banged around pure DOS, so I can't remember all of its tricks. Here's what I want to do. I want to occasionally hook a terminal to a small 486 SBC/data collector which is running "headless." I seem to remember that the console I/O can be redirected to a COM port with a command like "MODE COM1:=CON" or something like that. I'm not at home now, so I can't try it, but am I on the right track? Will that redirect both screen and keyboard I/O? Rich ========================== Richard A. Cini, Jr. Congress Financial Corporation 1133 Avenue of the Americas 30th Floor New York, NY 10036 (212) 545-4402 (212) 840-6259 (facsimile)

25 years

Stupid DOS tricks-redirecting console

by PasserM＠umkc.edu

I think you're thinking of the CTTY command. IIRC, just CTTY COM1: after you've set the port parameters with MODE. --Mike -----Original Message----- From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Cini, Richard Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 8:39 AM To: 'ClassCompList' Subject: Stupid DOS tricks-redirecting console Hello, all: It's been a long time since I've banged around pure DOS, so I can't remember all of its tricks. Here's what I want to do. I want to occasionally hook a terminal to a small 486 SBC/data collector which is running "headless." I seem to remember that the console I/O can be redirected to a COM port with a command like "MODE COM1:=CON" or something like that. I'm not at home now, so I can't try it, but am I on the right track? Will that redirect both screen and keyboard I/O? Rich ========================== Richard A. Cini, Jr. Congress Financial Corporation 1133 Avenue of the Americas 30th Floor New York, NY 10036 (212) 545-4402 (212) 840-6259 (facsimile)

25 years

Stupid DOS tricks-redirecting console

by fmc＠reanimators.org

"Cini, Richard" <RCini(a)congressfinancial.com> wrote: > "headless." I seem to remember that the console I/O can be redirected to a > COM port with a command like "MODE COM1:=CON" or something like that. I'm > not at home now, so I can't try it, but am I on the right track? Will that You are thinking of the "ctty" command. "ctty com1" should do what you want. -Frank McConnell

25 years

Lt. Kernal

by spectre＠stockholm.ptloma.edu

Thanks to a generous seller, I'm now the proud owner of a * Lt. Kernal 20MB hard drive (Commodore) * host adaptor that connects the drive to the 64's expansion port * port muxer allowing multiple Commodores to be networked to one drive * billions of copies of the manual (whew!) * sysgen disk The problem is the installation. You have to find these cables that connect to a 2-pin jumper on one side and certain pins on the Commodore motherboard on the other with a clip. Does anyone have, or know where I can get, these types of cables? The clip I've seen, but I don't know where I'd find the little two-hole female jacks that connect up to the pins on the HA. Anyone know what I'm talking about? (hopeful :-) -- ----------------------------- personal page: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ -- Cameron Kaiser, Point Loma Nazarene University * ckaiser(a)stockholm.ptloma.edu -- NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION! ------------------------------------

25 years

Subject: Re: Scanning microfiche? (Long)

by CLASSICCMP＠trailing-edge.com

> Most scanners have a non-reflective black pad on the back side. If > you put something reflective behind (a mirror?) the transparency, > the light will go through and be reflected back. A potential > problem is the reflection from the front side of the transparency. A much bigger problem than that exists. If you put a mirror on a Xerox machine, time as we know it will stop! Tim.

25 years

FW: Another FREE Working Vax 4000-200 and 3500

by kyrrin＠bluefeathertech.com

Anyone up for a VAX rescue in Las Vegas? If so, contact the author of the attached message. Nice equipment being offered! -=-=- <snip> -=-=- In article <1afi5.8660$GS1.163272(a)news-west.usenetserver.com>, you say... > Path: news.uswest.net!news-out.uswest.net!newsfeed.cwix.com!howland.erols.net!cyclone2.usenetserver.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!cyclone1.usenetserver.com!news-west.usenetserver.com.POSTED!not-for-mail > From: "Jack Peacock" <peacock(a)simconv.com> > Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro,comp.sys.dec > References: <9ekhos0urqlvn47uhn6obaqvq8j9bui2bi(a)4ax.com> > Subject: Another FREE Working Vax 4000-200 and 3500 > Lines: 28 > Organization: Simco > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-Priority: 3 > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 > Message-ID: <1afi5.8660$GS1.163272(a)news-west.usenetserver.com> > X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers > X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly > X-Complaints-To: support(a)usenetserver.com > NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 10:17:33 EDT > Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 07:17:17 -0700 > Xref: news-out.uswest.net comp.sys.dec.micro:1211 comp.sys.dec:11530 > > I also have a working VAX 4000-200, 32MB RAM, CMD SCSI disk controller, > TU80 tape drive, CXY08 8 port serial and CXY16 16 port serial boards. > Rack mounted BA213 chassis, and TU80 is rack mounted too. Cables for > CXY boards. I will throw in a couple Micropolis 650MB SCSI drives too. > There is a TF86 tape drive that has a problem, may be broken tape > header. Extra DELQA ethernet board too. This machine was running when > shut down 6 months ago. > > The catch? You have to pick it up in Las Vegas NV, and no I won't give > away just the boards. I would rather it all goes to someone who wants > to preserve an old VAX (I got a 4000-90 now, no space for the 4200). > > Along with the 4000-200 there is another rack mount BA213 with a VAX > 3500 CPU (KA650), 32MB 3rd party memory (doesn't work in the 4000-200 > but just fine in the 3500), CMD SCSI controller, dual DELQAs, and a > TK50. Same deal, it's your's if you haul it off, and I believe I have > an RZ58 (980MB) drive for it too. It was running when shut down 6 > months ago. > > Now if someone has a spare 200Mhz CPU or memory card for an Alpha 2100 > 200/4 (what used to be called the A500MP) I would love to trade. > > Interested? Boss says give it away or throw it away. Send me an email > if you want to drive a truck to Vegas for a quick vacation and get some > clean goodies for the trip home. > Jack Peacock > peacock(a)simconv.com > -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Owner/Head Honcho, Blue Feather Technologies (http://www.bluefeathertech.com) kyrrin [a-t] bluefeathertech {d=o=t} com "I'll get a life when someone demonstrates that it would be superior to what I have now..." (Gym Z. Quirk, aka Taki Kogoma)

25 years

Radio Shack Wire-Wrapping Tool

by dcoward＠pressstart.com

"Richard Erlacher" <richard(a)idcomm.com> said: >What??? They've got 'em again??? I'd best get down there and snag a couple! >Those are among a very few decent items they've had in the 25 years or so >since I first visited RS. It has a wire stripper in the handle, IIRC. >That's one of the handiest tools I've had. It is quite capable of producing >highly serviceable wraps, yet doesn't require you to mess up your circuit. What happened, did everyone throw away their electric wire wraping guns??? I still have mine. :-> With it's power cord it's too big to misplace, what I keep losing is the unwrapping tool. Does this tool (P/N: 276-1570A) have a unwrapping tool at one end?? "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh(a)aracnet.com> said: >(I was dumbfounded to find someone that more or less knew what I was >talking about). I was just in a Radio Shack to pick up two sets of mono phono plugs (earphone,microphone,remote) to build my own Sorcerer dual cassette cable. Now I remembered that on cassette recorders, the earphone and the microphone plug are the same size and the remote is smaller. But I couldn't remember the sizes, so since the saleman was in my face to help, I ask if he could show me a cassette recorder. I wanted to compare the size of the jacks to the plugs. He show me several, they only had earphone jacks. I said don't you have any cassette recorders? It took him a couple of minutes to find one, but it had no remote jack!!! All this time, he kept asking "what is it you want to record", and I would say "computer data". Ten second seconds later he would ask again. In between he would say "Oh, we would not have anything like that!" Again I scolded myself for going to Radio Shack without knowing exactly what I wanted. So if you have a cassette recorder with a remote jack, hang on to it, "it's a good thing". --Doug =================================================== Doug Coward dcoward(a)pressstart.com (work) Sr Software Engineer mranalog(a)home.com (home) Press Start Inc. http://www.pressstart.com Sunnyvale,CA Visit the new Analog Computer Museum and History Center at http://www.best.com/~dcoward/analog ===================================================

25 years

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