I just aquired a Mac SE FDHD (thanks Dave!), and it has a Sigma Designs
video card in it. Surprise Surprise, ANOTHER company that seems to deny
that they ever made things for the older macs. Needless to say, I can't
find much info on it.
It is part number 52-000132. It has a DB-9 Female connector for the
monitor.
Anyone know
A: if drivers are needed (probably) and where I might get such (they
might be on the computer still, I didn't have anymore space to boot it,
nor another keyboard/mouse on hand... so I just opened it on the floor to
have a looksee).
B: What kind of monitor it connects to? (looks like a CGA or EGA
connector, but could be just about anything... from what I am finding
Sigma offered a cool SCSI based monitor that had its own custom stuff, so
I am fearing that it needed a custom monitor too)
C: What kind of video it is... that is, color, greyscale, monochrome...
bit depth (if not monochrome), what size it could drive, output freqs...
whatever.
Thanks for any info
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
I would like to find a source for 2mm spaced 2 pin connectors, the ones
used to add an LED indicator on most new hard drives. Preferably with
leads attached, so I don't have to solder and melt . . . . .
I can get lots of the .100 spaced, but the 2mm seems to be a odd bugger.
Gary Hildebrand
St. Joseph, MO
I'm not much of a calculator collector, but the following seems to be much
more than a mere calculator. I've located an HP 9825 for $5 at a local
surplus store. I think I'll go purchase it tomorrow.
--
Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss(a)subatomix.com
>I'd still like to get my hands on *a* NeXT. Does someone have some
>extras stockpiled somewhere they might be willing to do a deal with?
>Somenoe on the list a while back found a whole load of them but I
>never heard back from the guy and I don't remember who that was, if
>you're still out there and still have some and you read sentences this
>awkward. :-)
For fear of sounding like an AOL'er... ME TOO!!!
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
All,
Located another dealer (Mike Hancock) of old computer parts in S.
Central Texas, this one in San Antonio. This is of interest to me, because
this is where SwRI's cast-offs go, so there is likely to be some *unique*
equipment there.
http://www.ctbicompany.com
I think he has the same general M.O. as the previous place I found;
that is to say, he gets a *lot* of stuff, filters out and saves what he
thinks he can sell, then scraps the rest. I have not seen his warehouse.
Have we developed a clear, easy-to-use "wanted" list or website for
this group? It'd be neat to be able to hand this guy (Mike Hancock) or
other dealers the list or URL, and tell them if they see something on the
list, save it, it's worth $xxx.
Could we set up a database/bid deal, where anyone can add to the
list of "want" items, and what they'd pay for it?
- Mark
In a message dated Wed, 21 Nov 2001 5:15:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net> writes:
> Linc,
>
> I'm on the east side of Orlando, Florida. I'm two miles north of UCF
> (University of Central Florida) and between UCF and the town of Oviedo.
> I'm just off of Alafaya trail. My address is 2960 Lowery Dr. Oviedo, 32765
> you can find it on any of the on-line maps. You're welcome to whatever you
> can haul away.
>
> Joe
>
> At 11:31 AM 11/21/01 EST, you wrote:
> >Love to help "rescue" some of the HP stuff - where are you located?
> >
> >-Linc Fessenden
> >
> >In The Beginning there was nothing, which exploded - Yeah right...
> >
> >Calculating in binary code is as easy as 01,10,11.
> >
> >
> >
Wow, wish I could get down there - I am way up in PA....
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Iggy Drougge [mailto:optimus@canit.se]
> What kind of bollocks is that? How do you expect to run a web
> browser without
> a TCP/IP stack? I suppose you wouldn't fancy Netscape on the
> Mac any more,
> since you had to buy MacTCP in order to run that.
> Buyt then again, what browser doesn't require a TCP/IP stack
> in order to be
> used online?
I believe there was at least one MS-DOS browser that didn't (doesn't)
require a _separate_ stack. That is, since it is built into the browser.
There is also slipknot(slipnot?), which acts as a front-end to a
shell-account with lynx. :) (That's an interesting program...)
Regards,
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
/usr/bin/perl -e '
print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
'
>I assume these are boardswapper guides and don't include useful
>information like schematics, right?
Exactly.
They are wonderful when you are trying to do things like open a Powerbook
to repair the latch spring or the mouse button (both things that are
prone to break on the 190/5300/3400/G3 case design), but totally useless
if you want to know how to repair the fried power supply on a 1400
(swapping yes, repairing no).
But that jives with apple and the Mac... they have ALWAYS had a board
swap approach to repair. Even when the repair is something simple. So if
that is all they approve doing, why bother making public (or in the case
of these, pseudo public) manuals that cover anything more detailed.
I would LOVE to find another good book on actually repairing Macs (The
Dead Mac Scrolls was wonderful, but it only covers thru the II IIRC... I
want something that will tell me how to get my PB 1400s power supply
working again, or repair/replace the fried printer port on my 6500...
that is the kind of book I want to find)
>Now, I guess I've come to expect that computer service centres can't
>trace a fault in a circuit of 4 components. But if they're going to
>board-swap, shouldn't they just swap the defective board? And not also
>replace an expensive PSU that's got nothing wrong with it?
I know around here, it is very hard to find a "decent" repair shop. That
is, one that knows what they are doing, won't try to rip you off, and can
do economical repairs. For a while, the local CompUSA (big national
computer retail chain for those not in the US), had a GREAT tech. He
could do component level repairs, and did them on a regular basis. It was
not unusual to take a computer in, and find that it was repaired for the
diagnostic fee ($65), plus a dollar or two in parts.... guess what... the
CompUSA fired the guy... why? Because they could make more money selling
new boards then repairing the broken ones. They looked at it in terms of,
they can make no markup on a 50 cent transistor, and no additional labor
for the guy to spend 5 minutes replacing it... OR, they can make a 20-30%
markup on a new motherboard, AND 2 hours of labor (@ $65/hr) for the tech
to replace it, and reset the windows installation to accept it... AND
they could use brain dead, no training people at $10/hr to do the work
(compared to I am sure a much higher rate for the guy that knew what he
was doing).
And then you just have apple, that doesn't authorize "custom" repairs on
its parts... if it is warranty, or an "authorized" apple repair, it is
done as a board swap, and only to the detail they specify (which in many
cases means far more gets replaced then needed)... the tech mentioned
above used to ask, do you want an apple authorized repair (needed if it
was warranty, or you wanted to maintain a warranty if the repair itself
isn't covered), or did you want an unauthorized, but cheaper and faster
repair. Most people I know took the unauthorized repair for all units out
of warranty (can't void what you don't have)
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Hi I need a systems disk that contains software for the Toshiba dynabook 286.
Also where can I buy a low density floppy? You may -mail me with suggestions
@
u-should-b(a)webtv.net
N-E HELP will be greatly
appreaciated.
Thanx
Love to help "rescue" some of the HP stuff - where are you located?
-Linc Fessenden
In The Beginning there was nothing, which exploded - Yeah right...
Calculating in binary code is as easy as 01,10,11.
