test-drb August 2010

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SUN Equipment Available in Cheltenham UK

by fryers＠gmail.com

G'Day, I am in the process of cleaning out my collection of systems pending a move to Australia. I have the following SUN systems I would like to pass onto collectors: SUN E450 (unsure if it has memory, no disks, I was given a SCSI controller for it but I think the controller is HVD). SUN SPARCstation 2. It has memory (I forget what amount). 2 x 200MB Disks, NVRAM hack with external battery. SUN 411 disk enclosure with disk. I forget what size the disk is. I am also parting out a SUN IPC if anyone wants parts - power supply went (was swapped into a machine that I want to take with me.) I also have a couple of 50 pin SE SCSI HDD with capacities in the range of a couple of hundred MBs. Collect from Cheltenham UK or anywhere I might pass in the UK - which for work means a lot of the UK. I am also happy to ship anything except the E450. Thanks. Simon -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Well, an engineer is not concerned with the truth; that is left to philosophers and theologians: the prime concern of an engineer is the utility of the final product." Lectures on the Electrical Properties of Materials, L.Solymar, D.Walsh

15 years, 1 month

Pronouncing acronyms (was Re: DEC acronyms)

by jonas＠otter.se

Concerning dismantling lenses in order to clean helicoids, diaphragm blades etc. you might be interested in Chuck Cole's opinions as expressed in the ManualMinoltaFree Yahoo group. Somehow I imagine you might disagree with him, or else you might explain your method of dealing with the issues he feels so strongly about... /Jonas On Sun, 8 Aug 2010 18:54:37 +0100 (BST), ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) wrote: > >Fortuately all that goers wrong with the lenses for my cameras is that >the grease goes rock-hard in the focussing helical threads (a pain to >clean out, but possible), and occasionally oil migrates onto the >diaphagm blades and causes them to stick (ditto). No electronics to go >wrong, of course... > >-tony >

15 years, 1 month

GET LAMP is here

by dm561＠torfree.net

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:35:44 -0400 From: Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> Subject: Re: GET LAMP is here On 8/11/10 3:12 PM, MikeS wrote: > Give it up. No point in arguing with folks who have a need to tell us at > every opportunity that they're smarter, better, whatever, than all those > Windows lusers out there; just smile tolerantly and ignore them. Oh, never once have I asserted that. Again the fanboys choose to twist my words in an effort to marginalize any statement disparaging Windows. This isn't about ME, it's about Microsoft fanboys who pipe up and deny the existence of the troubles that damn near everyone has with that product line. This doesn't make ME any better, either in reality or in my own mind. So, envision yourself as someone who has personally cared very much for cars and car technology all your life, has seen such fads come and go, and has a fiscal and professional responsibility to use and sell what works. Now, if you knew of a group of near-religious devotees to a particular brand of car that was widely known to regularly catch fire while driving down the street in nearly all situations, so blind in their devotion that they loudly assert that these failures don't exist when the whole world sees them, how would you react? I poke fun at the Microsoft-can-do-no-wrong crowd (which I was doing at the start of this thread, because Will Donzelli amusingly suggested that UNIX guys don't get laid) because they're very entertaining when they keep pointing at the blue sky screaming that it's red, over and over and over again, ad infinitum, ad nausem. So, no, this is not about me, and I'm sorry, I'm not going to allow you to label it as such. I'm trying to explain myself here, not justify my position...I have no need to do the latter, while doing the former seems necessary when people try to dismiss an argument by restating it incorrectly. In the interest of on-topicness (topicicity?) I will drop this thread if you guys will. I like and respect most everyone here, and I don't really enjoy pooping in my own yard. I regret that this has gone this far, but I could not let certain statements stand. -Dave ------------ <snip> >Again the fanboys choose to twist my words in an effort to marginalize any >statement disparaging Windows. <snip> You really are tooooo funny... You talk about "fanboys" (presumably a derogatory term that includes Richard and me) twisting your words? I think Richard (and I) just said that we're getting a little tired of your endless "Windows is crap" remarks; I didn't hear anyone say that Microsoft can do no wrong, that there aren't any problems with the product line (as there are with pretty well any software), or even that the sky is blue (or red). To use your analogy, if for whatever reason I owned one of those cars you mentioned and had perhaps even made the necessary modifications to prevent it from catching fire, I'd also get pretty tired of your telling me what a PoS it is every time you saw me driving it. What I do read over and over again, ad infinitum, ad nauseam, are your puerile criticisms of MS and dismissive insults of anyone who suggests that their products are perhaps not the complete and total PoS that you keep insisting, not to mention your recurring mention of those 'converts' whom you've shown the true and only way to the light... ;-) Now that *does* sound like a fanboy... >This isn't about ME... Yeah, actually it is, at least it's about these tiresome posts and insults of yours. But it's all in fun, right? mike

15 years, 1 month

Possible OT: not your normal price for an old dry cell

by quapla＠xs4all.nl

For those who want to have a laugh ebay item 300449402961 I'm still wondering if it is a type or not. Ed -- Dit is een HTML vrije email / This is an HTML free email.

15 years, 1 month

AS/400e 9401-150 server needs a home - metro west Boston, MA

by jpeterson＠chinalake.com

Not really classic in this model, however: I have an AS/400e 9401-150 server and associated hardware that needs a new home. I obtained it last year and do not have the bandwidth to do anything with it. I have not powered the server up, but I was told it works. The front appears to have taken a hit in the lower left (dented grate behind and screw mount snapped--reglued) and the face shows some scrapes. The back half-round cover is missing. I believe the previous owner obtained it 2nd hand for dev work. 2-32 meg mem modules, 2-4.x gig drives (59H7001) se scsi, CD, QIC 4/8 DL SLR5 tape drive, 90H9241 twinax card. IBM 3477 InfoWindow terminal w/ 122 key kb. Found that the power button needs to be pressed down a bit when released (for ON) to have it catch. IBM 3197 terminal sans keyboard--never got it. Term powers up with 0A00 and 'k' on the bottom center. Two lexmark 4028 AS1 laser printers. I have a note on one from last year that the pickup roller is toast. The other says OK, but I will check again. Box of cables. Mostly T adapters or 9 and 15 pin D-subs, one twinax cable, one MAU (really), two terms, one 8-port fan-out (21F5093), and second 8-port fanout (mod# ?), plus a few baluns and odd pieces. There are plenty of Ts, but you will probably need more cable to hook up more than one or two devices. A few misc docs. CD/Floppies: V4 OS, Client Access for 95/NT, LanStreamer PCI diags Images: www.flickr.com/photos/31439100 at N05/sets/72157624713623016/ I don't want to part it out if I can help it--goes as one group. I'll keep the printer with the toasted roller for parts if it isn't wanted. Metro-west Boston, MA. Pick-up, or I'll deliver inside the 495 area on my schedule. I will store for a while, if you are really going to collect it, or relay it. --Jim jtp at chinalake.com

15 years, 1 month

P112 kit pre-orders

by dgriffi＠cs.csubak.edu

You've asked me again and again "When will you have more P112 kits?". The answer is "very soon". I'm now taking pre-orders. The kits are $150 for shipping in the US and $160 outside the US. You can place your order at using Paypal http://661.org/p112. If you'd rather not use Paypal, email me and we'll get something worked out. -- David Griffith dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

15 years, 1 month

HP 9825A

by marvin＠west.net

I've got several HP 9825A calculator/computers that I don't need. In checking out the first one, I get an error code 30 which according to the quick reference means special function not defined. Anyone know what this actually means? As soon as I get them checked out and to a known condition, I'll go ahead and put them up on the VCGM, and start them at around $50 - $75 depending on condition. I've just got WAY too much stuff around here, and I don't expect to ever really want to play with these. BTW, I only get the digest, so I'll see any response(s) on the next digest. Thanks! Marvin

15 years, 1 month

3278s

by wdonzelli＠gmail.com

> Truely boat anchors, but well built boat anchors. There is a variant called 3277 mod 1. It is a small 3270 terminal, with a squished very rectangular tube that can only display 12 lines of text. These were used as consoles on S/3, and are very rare today. Save them if you get them! -- Will

15 years, 1 month

GET JOKE is here

by wdonzelli＠gmail.com

And all this trouble because someone did not read the entire joke. It was only two lines... -- Will

15 years, 1 month

Bigots & Fanatics - final round

by dm561＠torfree.net

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:34:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com> Subject: Re: GET LAMP is here >> Hmm, let's see... "A bigot is a person obstinately or intolerantly >> devoted >> to his or her own opinions and prejudices." >A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. - Winston Churchill >. . . and even fewer people will change the SUBJECT: line ------------ Guilty as charged; sorry, I just really enjoy yanking Dave's 'M$ fanboy' chain... But all good things must end, alas... m

15 years, 1 month

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