test-drb June 2004

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by emmanuel＠emmanuel.net

You wrote in January: " Wonderful, thanks much for the information!!! Due to financial concerns, I am selling my IBM 5100 (sigh) on Ebay. Most of the tapes were DC300A, and the extra ones I have are the DC600s. I am in the process of duplicating the tapes, 1) so I can keep a set of the Patch and Games tapes in case I can ever afford another one :), and 2) to make sure the tapes are readable. Thanks again! " Did you sell it? I'm looking for such a unit. Thanks Emmanuel

21 years, 1 month

WARNING: RANTING COMPUTER NUT...

by MTPro＠aol.com

> > However, I have run Windows NT 4.0 on both DEC Alpha systems, and on an > > IBM RS/6000 box** . > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > You are so weird. > > > (** I'm probably one of the .0001% of people who has seen > a Windows NT > > desktop on a PowerPC system) > > (but then so am I ;) Did you see it running on an Apple Common Hardware Reference Platform (CHRP) box, or an IBM one? I was really looking forward to being able to run my Mac OS and IBM's OS/2 on future Macs back in 1995! That's almost 10 years ago now! Best, David Greelish, classiccomputing.com

21 years, 1 month

Downsizing a Convex SPP1600?

by Arno_1983＠gmx.de

Hello everybody, as there were a few posts about HP Convex multiprocessor computers on the list last week, I thought I'd jump in and ask a few questions for the job I'm currently doing a few hours a week. The University of Erlangen (Northern Bavaria) has a collection of computing equipment and the like, which is run by a former boss of the regional computing centre. When I showed up there at the beginning of my Electrical Engineering studies and had a talk with him, he offered me a student job - which I subsequently accepted. A few months ago we got a Convex SPP-1600 which was decommissioned by the computing center due to a hardware fault (rumour: Bad PSU in one cabinet). This is a 3-cabinet unit and we would like to show part of it as an exhibit - since the entire computer is too big to fit in our showroom, we would like to set up only one unit and put the remaining two into storage. The question now is: Could this sucker be reconfigured in a way which would allow the separated unit (obviously one with a sound PSU...) to actually operate, using the original HP frontend machine? I understand the memory interconnects between the processors are fairly complex so I fear it's not just a matter of "un-plug and play"... We haven't found any documentation about such reconfiguration jobs and we think it might not even been handed out to customers. Calling HP Field Service is obviously out of question (obsolete machine, constrained budget), so any information about this is greatly appreciated. Yours sincerely -- Arno Kletzander Stud. Hilfskraft Informatik Sammlung Erlangen www.iser.uni-erlangen.de "Sie haben neue Mails!" - Die GMX Toolbar informiert Sie beim Surfen! Jetzt aktivieren unter http://www.gmx.net/info

21 years, 1 month

Ancient Electronics (was Re: List charter mods & headcount... ;

by msokolov＠ivan.Harhan.ORG

Fred Cisin <cisin(a)xenosoft.com> wrote: > ... and where is Bill Gates REALLY from? >From Hell of course, where else?

21 years, 1 month

Modern Electronics (was Re: List charter mods & headcount... ;

by msokolov＠ivan.Harhan.ORG

> Are we really "doomed" to re-invent the vacuum tube? ;) My dad told me that he designed special vacuum tubes for the Soviet Venus missions, which were special tubes made of ceramics that could work at 500 deg C. Those spacecraft were able to last several hours on Venus before giving up the ghost. No semiconductor can work at 500 deg C. MS

21 years, 1 month

Diablo 33F (Series 30) Disk Drive (D.G. Nova, Datapoint, etc) F.A.

by msg＠waste.org

Greetings: Please view our auction listing for a Diablo Series 30 disk drive: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5103296988 This drive was part of a Data General Nova configuration; this model was also commonly used on Datapoint (2200) systems and many other minicomputers. The Diablo I/O bus was also used by plug-compatible drive makers. Included is a complete set of manuals on CD-ROM in PDF format. Funds are badly needed and any interest in this drive is much appreciated. Regards, Michael Grigoni Cybertheque Museum msg(a)REMOVETHIScybertheque.org

21 years, 1 month

Atari 520 at a yard sale today

by CCTalk＠catcorner.org

Never owned one, but couldn't resist. Complete Atari 520 ST, with floppy drive and power supplies. Any ACTIVE resources out there for these? I wouldn't mind upgrading the TOS, memory or putting together a hard disk interface. It has a video out port, and a composite NTSC out too. Thanks, Kelly

21 years, 1 month

Modern Electronics (Batteies)

by msokolov＠ivan.Harhan.ORG

David V. Corbin <dvcorbin(a)optonline.net> wrote: > If a "sufficiently advanced technogoloy is indistinguishable from magic" and > many people that magic once existed on earth, is it not possible that the > older civilizations were actually more advanced than ours????? That's what Erich von Daniken, Zecharia Sitchin, Michael Cremo, David Hatcher Childress and me have been saying for a long time. MS

21 years, 1 month

Looking for BA23 rack mount hardware

by bob＠jfcl.com

Actually, I guess what I really need is one of those 14 slot double high BA23 rack mount chassis that DEC used on big MicroVAX systems. It probably wasn't called a BA23, but it was effectively two BA23s stacked up, with two power supplies, a double backplane and room for four 5 1/4" drives. Just in case somebody happens to have one lying around that they don't want :-) Bob

21 years, 1 month

resubscribing to list

by lgwalker＠mts.net

I am resubscribing to the list after about 2 years absence due to the # of posts, the DEC and mini predominance, and the time I was spending going thru the posts. I had also forgotten the access to info and the humor and off-beat perspectives of many of the members. The final thrust was the post by Tony Duell which I am still giggling about. > And FWIW, according to the current UK educational standards I don't know > how to use a computer (!)... > -tony So I'm back unless Jay rejects me. And I imagine some members will not welcome the crazy Canuck. Too bad Ward (Mr. TRS-80) still hasn't relented. (I hear a collective groan from some members) Lawrence

21 years, 1 month

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test-drb June 2004