test-drb June 2005

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by jcwren＠jcwren.com

Michael, I am trying to get ahold of you to return the MC14500B book you loaned me, but the ms at vaxcluster.de address is rejecting email. Could you please email me your mailing address? Thanks, --jc

20 years, 1 month

cctech Digest, Vol 22, Issue 10

by hatfield＠bellsouth.net

> Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 15:07:16 -0700 (PDT) > From: Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com> > Subject: 8' DSDD disk was: PC speed was Re: 8' DSDD disk > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > <cctalk at classiccmp.org> > Message-ID: <20050606150540.M66892 at shell.lmi.net> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Randy McLaughlin wrote: >> As far as the 8' disks I always had to get a couple of buddies to help >> change disks, the real bitch was the lock down bar or was that holding >> down >> the shift key when typing ;-} > > ... but the 8' FLOPPY disk could be folded a few dozen times to fit in > your pocket I had a helluva time getting past that 7th fold!..... Fred K8VDU

20 years, 1 month

Compaq DOS 3.31

by James＠jdfogg.com

> I'm looking for a copy of Compaq DOS 3.31 rev. G (circa 1990) > Anybody has this at hand ?? I have the Compaq disks that come with a Portable III, I think it's DOS 3.31. I also have the Compaq diag disk to set the BIOS in the Portable III and other models. I need to dupe these disks anyways, I can make a set for you too. I need to install a 5 1/4 disk in a modern machine first. Now the big question.... Can I still buy 5 1/4 disk blanks? And do you need 5 1/4 or 3 1/2? OR - can you use a dd copy (disk image) that will allow you to make your own? ---- There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

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Whats this Correx thingie ?

by birs23＠zeelandnet.nl

Does anybody know what this is : http://www.oldcomputercollection.com/Dscf0009.jpg ? It says Correx, Swiss Made and Centi Newton, Gramm Pound Stefan. ------------------------------------------------------- http://www.oldcomputercollection.com

20 years, 1 month

Apple Goes Intel...

by Richard.Cini＠wachovia.com

Yes, indeed IBM is a substantial company. But I'm not buying an IBM PC with Linux installed -- I have an installed base of Windows PCs at home. I wouldn't be buying it because I like Intel or the X86 architecture over the PPC architecture. I'm buying it because I'm tired of Windows. I, like lots of others, get my Linux distributions through downloads from Fedora, Mandrake, etc. yes, they're easier to install and configure than before, but there's something about the slickness of OSX and the support of Apple that would make me switch. I think I would be just as comfortable if I could purchase Linux from IBM for a single desktop without having to buy it preinstalled on IBM hardware. Apple's product is more polished and has lots of well-integrated featured that everyone in my family could love. Maybe I'm uninformed, which is possible because I don't follow Linux too closely. However, this is all academic if they don't make a PC-compatible version (which as previously noted != X86 version ). Rich -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Paul Koning Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 10:31 AM To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Subject: RE: Apple Goes Intel... >>>>> "Richard" == Richard Cini <Cini> writes: Richard> I've dabbled with Linux but I would feel better if there was Richard> a substantial company behind it. ... Um, last I looked IBM was a pretty substantial company. paul

20 years, 1 month

8" DSDD disk

by swtpc6800＠comcast.net

Here is the World's Largest Floppy Disk Drive. (Over 100 feet.) http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/Creative_Computing/Large_Disk.htm Michael Holley

20 years, 1 month

Attenton, Commodore fans!

by news＠computercollector.com

Robert Bernardo - prez of the Fresno Commodore Users Group - wrote a thorough report on the recent LUCKI Commodore Spring Expo. Check it out - see the "events" link on the CCN homepage at http://news.computercollector.com - enjoy! ----------------------------------------- Evan Koblentz's personal homepage: http://www.snarc.net Also see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/midatlanticretro/ *** Tell your friends about the (free!) Computer Collector Newsletter - 740 readers and no spam / Publishes every Monday / Write for us! - Mainframes to videogames, hardware and software, we cover it all - W: http://news.computercollector.com E: news at computercollector.com

20 years, 1 month

Coco variations (was: Proper name for Tandy Color Computer?

by nospam212-cctalk＠yahoo.com

Yes I have one of those Tandy "Videotext" terminals. Mine came with a brown leather carrying case. The terminal is indeed silver with the chicklet keys. I'd have to go pull it up but it looked like a coco 1 to me but has a Videotext label on it IIRC. Since I don't have access to anything that would work with it I've never tried it out. --- Roger Merchberger <zmerch at 30below.com> wrote: > Rumor has it that Fred Cisin may have mentioned > these words: > >IIRC, Tandy also made a "Vidoetext" terminal that > was in a white version > >of the Coco 1 case. > > Not necessarily -- the one I saw at Dayton was in a > silver case w/chicklet > keys... > > However, it was 1) pretty beat up, and 2) too > expensive, so I didn't pick > it up. > > Ah well... ;-) > > Laterz, > Roger "Merch" Merchberger > > -- > Roger "Merch" Merchberger | A new truth in > advertising slogan > SysAdmin, Iceberg Computers | for MicroSoft: "We're > not the oxy... > zmerch at 30below.com | > ...in oxymoron!" > >

20 years, 1 month

Simulated disk drive for RT-11?

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

> >Subject: Re: Simulated disk drive for RT-11? > From: Kevin Handy <kth at srv.net> > Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 11:06:25 -0600 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org> > >David Betz wrote: > >> Or maybe I should just run simh... I'm not really a hardware guy anyway! >> >You could make one like DEC used to: Take an 8-slot backplane, and >fill in four of the slots with epoxy. You now have a 4 slot backplane. Yes but can you fit that in a 4.25x13x12 box with power supply? That's a BA11-VA, aka shoebox. Allison

20 years, 1 month

homebrew computer on slash dot still "slashdotted" and other ramblings

by wmaddox＠pacbell.net

--- jim stephens <jwstephens at msm.umr.edu> wrote: > I don't know if the owner of the site is here, but I > was interested in a > TTL > machine that could run a tcp/ip stack, and what sort > of design it was. > > The only other member of the webring is here > > http://members.iinet.net.au/~daveb/simplex/simplex.html There were actually half a dozen or so sites on the webring the last time I looked. Perhaps most of them have been slashdotted as well. :( The www.homebrewcpu.com guy is Bill Buzbee. He used to work at my company, and was one of my interviewers when I joined. A nice guy, and very much a software guy, which makes it that much more cool what he's done. Although Bill's machine is running the fanciest software of the machines on the webring, Jim Doran's machine is a rather close competitor: http://timefracture.org/D16.html Jim used CMOS, but the D16 hews to a similar old-school design philosophy, and has a similarly beautiful and over-the-top front panel. --Bill

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