test-drb April 2004

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Apple IIC+ Pointers on getting programs to and from machine.

by ron.hudson＠sbcglobal.net

I want to start getting some of the BASIC programs I am writing on my IIC+ out for sharing, I also want to be able to make use of some of the disk images out on the internet (apple.asimov...) How can I do these things? URL's for good web pages? Anybody else into Apple II?

21 years, 1 month

OT: Other collecting activities? - Digital Stereo camera

by Innfogra＠aol.com

Reading my previous post it looks like it came from Zane. Sorry I forgot to sign it. I do like my Optio camera but it shows some of the limitations of earlier cameras. It is probably the last of it's line. Lots of manual options is one of the reasons why I like it. The limitations are two "f" stops and only 100 & 200 ASA Paxton Astoria, OR.

21 years, 1 month

PC boards and software

by charlesmorris＠direcway.com

>If you can settle for 4 x 6 inches (roughly), you can get everything >needed for $125. That seems not too bad to me, for software I actually like >to use, as opposed to "can get by with". Actually 160x100mm (Eurocard size) which is 6.4 x 4 inches... never seems to be quite big enough! I bought the nonprofit version for $125 or so which has that limit. >Agreed, the $1200 (that I paid) for the unlimited version is a ton of money >for software. (Maybe you are the target audience for PCB123 :-).) $1200? I thought the top of the line was $495 (which IMHO is still a ton of money). Meanwhile, for PCB shops I have been very happy with Olimex (www.olimex.com) in Bulgaria. If you're not in a flaming hurry (airmail takes about 10-12 days but is only $8) they will make a Eurocard-sized two layer, silkscreen, solder masked board for $26, directly from your emailed Eagle .SCH and .BRD files. Turnaround time is 3-5 days not counting the airmail. -Charles

21 years, 1 month

FS: ISA boards

by anheier＠owt.com

I have two interesting ISA boards available. The first is a hewlett-packard HPIB card and the second is a single board computer with an Intel DX2-66. I presume these are in working order,but can not verify. $10 each + shipping. Thanks Norm

21 years, 1 month

Magazines available - last call

by classiccmp＠vintage-computer.com

Hello all, I got rid of most of the magazines I mentioned in my last mail. What I have left (some OT) are the following: PC Magazine: Volumes 5 and 7 (1986 and 1988) PC World: 1984 - 2.1, 2.2, 2.5, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9. 2.10, 2.11, 2.13 1985 - Everything except November and December 1988 - 10,11,12 1997 - All 1998 - All 1999 - All 2000 - 1-4 PC Computing: 1994 - 1998 missing Aug of 1995 Personal Computing: 4/1985 - 12/1988 I will be disposing of the rest of these by next weekend unless someone wants them. Speak up now or forever hold your peace (or something to that effect) Erik Klein www.vintage-computer.com www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum The Vintage Computer Forum

21 years, 1 month

TI Bubble Memory?

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

At 08:41 AM 4/17/04 -0700, Peter Wallace wrote: >On Fri, 16 Apr 2004, Joe R. wrote: > >> Today I found a couple of multibus cards made by TI. One of them is >> marked TM990/210. In addition to a TI TMS9916NL LSIC, it has six large >> yellow "blocks" on it that I THINK may be bubble memories. They're about 1 >> 1/4" square and about 7/16" thick and are marked "TIB 0203S, 23May80 -1, >> MSK=627573, 8B, 958-S-40, 24-164-11". They're in flattened out metal >> cylinders with a black epoxy looking material in the center. There are >> seven leads coming out of each end and there is what looks like a small >> plastic transistor clipped to the side of the package. It looks like a >> transistor but only has two leads so I'm guessing that it's probably a >> temperatrure sensor. Does anyone know if these are bubble memories? I've >> had TI bubble memories before but they didn't look anything like this. >> Anyone know what these cards are? the second one is marked TM990/310. It >> has three TI TMS9901s on it along with many SSI ICs. >> >> Joe >> > >Are you sure they are Multibus? TM990 sounds more like they go in TI 9900 >series backplane... No I'm not. I had just got home with them and haven't checked them to be sure but they look like Multibus. Let me go check. Nope, it's not. It's not as wide as a Multibus card and the contacts and contact row are narrower. Rats! Joe > > >> >

21 years, 1 month

PowerBook 170 question

by gehrich＠tampabay.rr.com

I just acquired a Power Book 170. Hopefully it is old enough to be on topic here. It looks to be in great physical shape but I have a few questions. When I plug it in there is a mouse pointer and a small blinking diskette. 1. What do I do next? What disk is it looking for? 2. Should there be a hard drive in this computer? 3. If there is a hard drive why should it be looking for a diskette? 4. Battery does hold a charge ================================= Gene Ehrich gehrich(a)tampabay.rr.com

21 years, 1 month

Other collecting activities?

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

>From: "Jay West" <jwest(a)classiccmp.org> > >> > Model Rockets, anyone? >That used to be a HUGE hobby of mine. Haven't done anything with it in >years. I want SO bad to get back into it, and design heavier rockets than >balsa and cardboard. Need a better propellant though - love to try LOX. But >that's not the the real goal that makes me want to get back into it. I want >to program microcontrollers to launch inside of it and regulate movable >control surfaces. I want to paint a huge target on the ground (grass), and >the competition would be to see how close you could get the rocket to target >(and hit) the bullseye. Twould be fun stuff. > >Jay > Hi I used to make saltpeter and sugar rockets when I was a kid. To bad one can't get saltpeter anymore without signing your life away. I used to have about a 75% successful launch rate. The others would tend to clog the nozzle and blow up on the pad. I even made a two stage that the second stage went out of sight. A couple minutes later, I saw the smoke trail and recovered the top stage. All great fun. Dwight

21 years, 1 month

DEC VAX 785 and PDP11/70's in Kansas City

by mross666＠hotmail.com

I'm a frelling long way from Kansas (New York) but I could seriously use an RM03 or two for testing against the Setasi emulated RM03 setup on my pdp-10s(s)... Mike http://www.corestore.org _________________________________________________________________ >From must-see cities to the best beaches, plan a getaway with the Spring Travel Guide! http://special.msn.com/local/springtravel.armx

21 years, 1 month

Write protect tags

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

Hi I just saw something interesting on ebay. Now for years, I've been carefully placing the tags on the disk nice and square. I even pre-bend them so that there is little or no force pulling them off the surface. Still, one or another will eventually snag on one of the corners and lift up. Well, I just saw a disk with the tag mounted such that it was diagonally mounted( looks like a little triangle >from each side ). There are no parallel edges to catch on things as one slides the disk in and out. The sharp corners that might catch are on the edge of the disk and unlikely to cause the tag to lift. Has anyone else tried this? What do you think? Dwight

21 years, 1 month

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