test-drb February 2003

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by julesrichardsonuk＠yahoo.co.uk

> I was wondering if someone could help me ID this card. I found this board > in an old Macintosh IIx at a swap meet... > Does anyone have a clue? Since the board is blue, I figured that its > probably a prototype of something, maybe a video card?? Thanks in > advance... if it isn't video, possibly a token ring card? I'm sure somebody made them... cheers, Jules Everything you'll ever need on one web page >from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com

23 years, 1 month

QBUS SCSI card...

by mail.list＠analog-and-digital-solutions.com

Hi Gene, > That's just amazing. I never knew the demand for those things was that > high. I wish the guy that was doing the IDE controllers had entered > production. :) I think a lot of people, "personal users" too, are getting tired of struggling with RD-5x drive unreliability, and/or want the larger storage capacities they could obtain with SCSI Best Regards At 11:00 PM 2/23/03 -0800, you wrote: > > I took a look at the CTP dealer listing index, and the current listed > prices > > for UC08's run from a low of $300 to a high of $750 Out of the 12 listed > > that have prices showing, the average is $511.25 > > > > There was a UC07 recently on eBay in the UK that sold for GBP 252.00 > > (currently approx. US $397.91 ) > > > > EMULEX UCO7 Q-BUS SCSI CONTROLLER FOR DEC > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1247&item=2307510324 > > > >That's just amazing. I never knew the demand for those things was that >high. I wish the guy that was doing the IDE controllers had entered >production. :) > >g.

23 years, 1 month

Final page for John Willis...

by msspc＠rev.net

John, my repeated attempts to get some type of resolution for that CDROM you received in November have met with no response to date from you. Please contact me by March 10th. I'm looking for payment of the agreed-on fees or the return of the CDROM drive. Thank you, Frank Helvey -- ==== M O N T V A L E S O F T W A R E S E R V I C E S P. C. ==== Clayton Frank Helvey President Montvale Software Services, P. C. P.O. Box 840 Blue Ridge, VA 24064-0840 United States of America Phone 540.947.5364 ===================================================================

23 years, 1 month

Care and Feeding of Trolls

by alhartman＠yahoo.com

To Marvin and Mail List... You both make correct deductions... I like this list, and have a lot more fun conversing about Model I TRS-80's and Tandon Floppy Drives than wasting time trying to answer drivel, point by point. And I want to remain welcome on this interesting list. So, the troll can say or do whatever he likes. Being a troll, I can now ascribe any posts from under the bridge to it's proper value. There's been some news on the Amiga Emulation front. It seems that on http://www.umilator.com , Bernd Meyer may relent on his decision never to release Umilator (A 68k Amiga Emulator that runs on a Linux Kernal using some technology Bernd created for UAE-JIT, and some new stuff... Supposedly the fastest and most compatible emulator ever written.). He requires a certain number of people to commit to buying it, as there will be some legal battles with the people who claim to own Amithlon, which is a similar project that Bernd wrote code for. It seems that one person has decided he is the founder and creator of the software (but only contributed some minor code that by all reports is buggy and feature incomplete), and the distributor also claims to own the software as well. So far, nobody has been able to substantiate either paries claims, and Bernie will have to defend his right to market a product that shares little common code (some of the code is GPL, so Bernie is free and clear to use it. And unlike the other parties, Bernie has a legal licence from Amiga to include their IP in his product.), doesn't use the same name, and has significant rewritten code and new features. But intimidation and threats by these parties have kept Bernie from releasing it, as he doesn't have the financial depth to defend a suit in Germany from Australia. Nor, the desire to be put through all the stress of a suit. I guess, he's changed his mind about the stress. And decided that if the project could generate enough money, he'd defend his rights to market it on principle. So, if you want to see Bernie be rewarded for his excellent work, and people who want to keep his product from ever seeing the light of day get their due for their selfishness, go take a look and register in the poll for people willing to buy the product once available. Supposedly it's done and can be released. Bernie is just waiting for enough committed buyers so he can be sure he won't lose his shirt with the court costs when all the frivolous suits get filed. I posted that not only would I buy it, I'd also contribute to a legal defense fund. Sorry for the long message, hope this of more interest to the list than troll droppings.. Regards, Al Hartman (Macintosh Emulation List Host) http://www.topica.com/lists/MacEmuList My Homepage http://www.geocities.com/alhartman Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life. - William Blake

23 years, 1 month

Trivia Question

by zmerch＠30below.com

With my contemplation of purchasing a new Sony Picturebook, I was wondering: What was the first portable computer that weighed less than 1Kg? [[I'm assuming that it'd be older than 10 years, so it should be ontopic...]] Any pointers appreciated! :-) Thanks, Roger "Merch" Merchberger

23 years, 1 month

Floppy drive for Zenith 100

by Edward.Tillman＠valero.com

Hmm... Gagging? I ran DOS 2.x and 3.x in the USAF on everything from Z-100s to Z248s. A bit sloggy by current standards, but they ran... Cheers! Ed San Antonio, Tx, USA > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org@PEUSA On Behalf Of Joe > <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 2:21 PM > To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: Floppy drive for Zenith 100 > > At 04:49 PM 2/20/03 -0800, Sellam wrote: > >On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 acme(a)ao.net wrote: > > > >> > OR you can get a copy of MS-DOS 4.00 and patch it to run on the > Z-100. > >> > >> Jeez, Joe, now I'm really gagging. MS-DOS on a Z-100? Yuck. > > > >The Z-100 was intended as a dual OS machine. You had the best > >(presumably) of both worlds: CP/M and MS-DOS. > > You forgot to include CPM-86. > > Joe [demime 1.01a removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef]

23 years, 1 month

FYI: 25th Anniversary of Ward Christensen's BBS

by Robert_Feldman＠jdedwards.com

The following link is to the story in the February 16th Chicago Tribune. Not the most detailed story, but still some recognition of an important event in computer history. http://www.chicagotribune.com/templates/misc/printstory.jsp?slug=chi%2D03021 60428feb16&section=%2Ftechnology Bob

23 years, 1 month

Fujitsu MB15140 chips for 2351 Eagle Availiable

by Innfogra＠aol.com

In a message dated 2/24/03 3:36:36 PM Pacific Standard Time, ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk writes: > 'TTL Bipolar 500-gate Master Slice LSI' gate array, set up as the > HDA sequencer for the 2351 Eagle drive. According to the manual for that > drive, this chip handles the sequnce control of the spidle motor and the > generation of machine status information. > Thanks for the help Tony. These chips might have had some value when I got them (early 1990s) but I bet they are scrap now. I wonder how many Eagles 2351 and Super Eagles 2361s that are left working. If anyone is maintaining Fujitsu 2351 Eagles and needs some, please contact me off list at Innfosale(a)aol.com. I am intending to dispose of these soon. Paxton Astoria, OR

23 years, 1 month

Info wanted: IBM vacuum tube digital computer demonstrator

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

I've posted some pictures of the IBM digital demo unit at <http://home.cfl.rr.com/rigdon14/ibm/>. Any info on using it would be appreciated. Also posted is the schematic of the TH-1, "one shot" using the 2D21 tube (SCR with a pilot light!). Joe

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test-drb February 2003