>Have you considered that perhaps the keyboard has gone bad?
>
>Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
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Uhh... Yeah, but it's just a matrix of contacts, and not an "active"
keyboard, IIRC. So if there's no parts to fail other than the keys, I find
it hard to believe, though not impossible, that EVERY key died at the same
time. Perhaps all on a row or all on a column, but not ALL keys.
I figured if anyone knows what chips on the mainboard read or handle the
keyboard, they could point me in the right direction for replacements, or
things to test...
Rich B.
P.S. -- I get the digest, so I can't reply immediately...
Hi,
Does anyone remember an adventure-like game implmented using a
computer (PC? Apple II?) and a laser disk player with a serial
interface, and a laser disk of Rollerball? One of my co-workers
thinks there was such a beast, and suggests I try to find it and
get it running with the Sony Lasermax LDP-1550 I just got (assuming
I can get a disk of Rollerball, of course :)
thanks,
Stan
Stan Sieler sieler(a)allegro.com
www.allegro.com/sieler/wanted/index.htmlwww.allegro.com/sieler
I second the worcester centrum, although I'm sure it would be too
costly to rent, what with all the monster truck shows and such
that they put on there...
:-)
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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On March 20, Billy D'Augustine wrote:
> I would ask for the New Jersey Expo Center in Raritan NJ to be considered.
> It's right off the NJ Turnpike, the only road outsiders consider to exist in
> NJ anyways.
Yeah, isn't that amazing? I grew up in NJ, and I go there from time
to time. I rarely see NJ license plates on the Turnpike. Weird.
I'd also like to see it happen somewhere toward the "middle" of the
coast. While it's true that the southern states (at least NC, SC, and
GA) are less densely populated than the Great New England Sprawl,
there *is* life outside of Boston.
If VCF East is reasonably accessible to the Washington DC area (and
I'd say NJ counts) you can count on me and at least a half dozen of my
friends to help out with all the setup stuff. And I'd plan to
exhibit, as well.
-Dave McGuire
OK, one more dumb question about the SE/30.
I have just Mac formatted a Toshiba 834mb drive to install in lieu of
the puny 31mb unit that came with it. Is it possible to partition this
drive into two or more bootable logical drives? Say, one for MacOS 7.n
and another for some ?nix derivative? Perhaps another for CP/M-68K?
Thanks!
- don
I just purchased some A2 items at extremely good prices and felt
I should pass on to the list this info. I am not in any way connected to
him other than as a delighted customer. I bought :
>> 8 Appletalk connectors at .50 ea $4.00
>> 4 DuoDisk cards at .50 ea $2.00
>> 1 Apple DOS Manual $1.00
>> 1 Apple ProDos manual $1.00
>> 1 Apple DOS System Master disk .50
>> 1 Apple ProDos disk for 64K machines .50
>> 1 Apple ProDos User's Disk .50
>> 1 Apple System Utilities Disk .50
>> ----------------------------------------------
>> Total for goods $10.00 US
------- Forwarded message follows -------
Date sent: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 06:43:58 -0600 (CST)
From: "Craig J. Larson" <larson(a)tcfreenet.org>
To: Lawrence Walker <lgwalker(a)look.ca>
Subject: Re: DUO Disk Controller
Larry,
I always ship the same day payment is received. I don't mind if
you give out my email address. I've been liquidating the assets from a
former Apple II user group for about 3 years now and after 400+ packages
shipped, I'm not aware of anyone who was not satisfied.
I'm not a dealer and am not replenishing anything that is sold.
Over 2/3rds of the material is gone. Most of what is left are just common
cards like disk controllers, Super Serial cards, parallel printer cards,
AIIe extended 80 column cards, power supplies, programming books etc. I
have a few Platinum Apple IIe machines, and a few Apple IIgs machines
left. I also have a few color and green screen monitors left, but these
are generally too expensive to ship. Since I used to service these
machines for the general public, I have a lot of IC chips left for
replacement on boards, and replacement key switches for repairing
keyboards. Also component parts for repairing power supplies. I do not
have a complete list of these items and haven't had time to take
inventory. I work over 70 hours per week at my job.
I also deal with antique radio parts, vacuum tubes, and 16mm films
and supplies. Those are just a few of my hobbies.
Craig in USA
------- End of forwarded message -------
Reply to:
lgwalker(a)look.ca
Hello all,
I have a Northstar Advantage 8/16 that I am having some problems with. It
is the 2-floppy version, and it does the same thing whether or not the
ADV-16 CPU card is installed....
It does not recognize the keyboard. The system turns on, beeps, and
displays "Load System" (all normal, according to the docs). However, when I
insert a disk, and press enter, no attempt is made to access the disk. Also
the "Control-C" combination does not drop you into the monitor, as the docs
say it should.
One quick diagnostic test said to press the "All CAPS" key repeatedly. The
light on the key should go off, then on, then off, etc. It does NOT. It
stays lit no matter how many times I press the key. Same for all other lit
keys ("Crsr Lock", etc.).
I took the case apart, and reseated the cables, made sure all the chips were
correctly socketed, looked for burns, hot spots, etc. All seemed fine...
Unfortunately, most of the paths in the tech manual end in "replace the main
board". I cannot for obvious reasons do this, so my question:
Has anyone had an Advantage 8/16 with a seemingly unresponsive keyboard, and
how did you fix it?
Thanks!
Rich B.
> Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 15:50:25 -0800
> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
> From: Mike Ford <mikeford(a)socal.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: And someone has one... Re: Virus Alert !!!
> Reply-to: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
> >To drag this topic kicking and screaming back towards the list topic, as
> Lots of motorola, 68k etc.
Hmm,
>
> A well adjusted carburetor does a pretty good job, but a modern engine is
> close to amazing at just how well the it works given the cost. I drive a
> 4,000 lb full size Lincoln, with a 285 hp engine that gets 18 mpg around
Cold engines is major emssions problem and do poorly on mpg while
it's running rich to assist cold engine operation. Your car should
get better MPG on highway, 20 to 24 is what you should see, recheck
your driving habits and do full tune up, get emissions up to snuff
and change that themostat are suggested. 18 mpg city is not bad,
highway not.
My brother owns 20+ yr old heavy car w/ V8 and he said
he can get 24mpg highway in that thing, btw it does have carb because
I grew up w/ that nanny's, now his car. Oh remembered that, my other
friend with a '89 caravan LE w/ V6 3.0L 3spd auto get that in city
driving and bit better on road. Another friend has '90 caravan 2.5L
n/a, 3spd auto got that terrible MPG too when O2 sensor was bad and
no tune up till we did it.
> Also my guess is that 'average' engine hp has about doubled in the last 2
> decades, and that reduces mpg.
Actually, the torque went up, HP much less for given engine types
but MPG *went* down and still is in '01. The fault is in weight have
risen due to more options and safety stuff that is needlessly added
for *no reason*. N.american big 3 didn't bother to develop more
efficient enegines with latest stuff more especially on MPG and give
us vehicles with less weight. Also Big 3 makers I think quit making
small and compact vehicles. And didn't address the new vehicle
cost. 24,000 is still much for same thing. Which I consider this a
big must to survive this gas price crunch.
Toyota, honda and VW and few other did their homework 20 years ago
and still doing it now. For example, VW 1.8TDI get very good MPG and
compareable HP compared to Chrysler's 2.5L turbo or 3.0 V6, both has
less MPG and already 14 years old, same n/a 2.4L but it's still
doesn't give good mpg, my brother car w/ v8 beat it that. There's
more examples but I will leave this one alone for you to consider. I
know I'm bummed for comparing gas to diesel but honda, toyota and
others does produce efficient gas engines as well.
This is my view because I'm keeping my eye on mailing lists and on
newsgroups, websites so I'll be aware when looking for first vehicle
of my own when I land job.
I'd prefer to have a reliable bit-crunchy vehicle with seatbelt and
manual stuff in it, leave computer alone just for that engine, and
manual tranny, 40+MPG and bit nimble if I have to avoid accidents.
I cannot find this in most vehicles for last 8 years.
You can see I'm not looking at Honda, Hyraduai, KIA, I'm looking at
older VWs, older 4 cylinder Chryslers, many Toyota and Nissan.
Cheers,
Wizard
I've received the following email from Joe Hoggood, whose email address
is jhoggood (at) hotmail (dot) com. Joe is in SC. Please contact him
directly.
--- forwarded message ---
I saw your VT100.net site and thought I would see if you might know
of anyone interested in buying a VT52 that I have. Thanks
Would you guys mind it at all if we could please stick to discussions
about classic computers?
This isn't the Classic Cars list. This isn't the Classic Carbeurators
list. This isn't Fuel Efficiency Monthly.
This is the CLASSIC COMPUTERS list. Maybe we should become moderated.
Furrfu.
ok
r.
