test-drb March 2013

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Computing the old way - Is it a thing of the past?

by c.murray.mccullough＠gmail.com

Should we be surprised at how and why classic-computing, this site in particular, is so popular amongst the hobbyist/experimenter community today? There is a modicum of control that?s lacking in today?s computing, or computing-like, technology. Granted it?s ?easier? to use/employ, nearly by all; everything, or almost, done without consumer input but turning the infernal beast on. Or, maybe not with the ?intelligence agents? been employed today! And even our computers I dare say going this route. Automatic updates, etc., etc., happen?Making a computer or otherwise do what you want it to do, rather than say an Apple or something akin, is fast becoming a thing of the past. Freedom. Let?s hope it?s not pass? either! Murray--

12 years

OT: 1000 year DVD storage

by cclist＠sydex.com

The M-Disc claims 1,000 year permanency. http://www.mdisc.com/ Anyone have experience with these? --Chuck (wondering if we'll be able to find a 1,000 year old DVD player)

12 years, 1 month

Plastic Repair

by cool1＠thecoolbears.org

Call me odd, but my absolute, top favorite computer is my MicroVAX in a BA123 chassis. If the house were burning, that would be the one computer I would try to retrieve. Sadly, last night, the daughter snapped the corner off the louvers on the top left of the chassis. Unless some kind sole has a replacement part, I plan on gluing the pieces back on. My question is, cyanoacrylate or epoxy?

12 years, 1 month

PCjr Telnet Server Test

by mbbrutman-cctalk＠brutman.com

It's running! Telnet to 97.86.233.68 to take a look and help me test it. You can use the standard Windows telnet program, Putty, Linux, or whatever you have handy. Around 10 users can be on at the same time. When you sign on (no password required) there will be a little menu to help you waste some time. Some things you can do are see who else is on the server, view the machine type, ROM BIOS date and DOS version, check the TCP/IP statistics to see how much traffic it is handling, etc. There are some upgrades since the last time I ran this test (in Dec 2007): - The TCP/IP stack is much better - I'm doing 'telnet' negotiation to figure out the terminal type, turn echoing on, etc - Crude line editing has been added Right now it is running on my PCjr using a Xircom PE3 10BT. I plan to leave it up as long as it runs, or three days, whichever comes first. It is a PCjr so if there is a momentary delay, don't panic - it's probably just doing disk I/O. Backspace is a little dodgy .. it really wants ASCII 8 and a lot of terminals and emulators do ASCII 127 instead. Try variations with the shift and control keys if it doesn't work. Thanks, Mike

12 years, 1 month

Needed: older connector power cord

by legalize＠xmission.com

OK, I've got an HP X-Y display with the older power cord connector, where the three pins are round instead of two being blades and the only the ground pin being round. The entire plug socket is also rounded instead of angled. I've tried to find a relevant picture on the interwebs, but you try googling "power coord connector" sometime and see if you can find the older oddball you're looking for... Hopefully my description alone is enough to aid someone in identifying the exact standard/specification for this kind of connector. I'm looking for cords that fit the connector. I will try to remember to take a picture with my phone on Wednesday when I am down at the museum, if we can't figure it out by then. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" free book <http://tinyurl.com/d3d-pipeline> The Computer Graphics Museum <http://computergraphicsmuseum.org> The Terminals Wiki <http://terminals.classiccmp.org> Legalize Adulthood! (my blog) <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>

12 years, 1 month

World’s top supercomputer from ‘09 is now obsolete, will be dismantled

by stephane.tsacas＠gmail.com

Fyi. http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/03/worlds-fastest-superc… -- Stephane FreeDonne <http://www.freedonne.org> Join FreeDonne - Rejoignez FreeDonne.

12 years, 1 month

My Spectravideo SV-318 on YouTube

by terry＠webweavers.co.nz

An attention-getting red joystick and superior BASIC makes for an interesting home computer. My Spectravideo SV-318. http://youtu.be/LwvYpojtr0I Terry (Tez)

12 years, 1 month

An Acorn 4000 checks in

by terry＠webweavers.co.nz

The latest addition to the collection http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/collection/acorn-4000.htm Terry (Tez)

12 years, 1 month

Scientific American archives

by rdawson16＠hotmail.com

Not totally out of line with Al and Bitsavers, but the total set (every issue) was up for for a few months as a lead-in to subscribe before Nature Magazine acquired it. Lots of great computing articles, not to mention the advertizements. Did it land somewhere? Randy

12 years, 1 month

Harry Starck Pyle, March 11, 2013 at the age of 63

by glen.slick＠gmail.com

Contributed to the Intel 8008 design, among many other things http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sanantonio/obituary-print.aspx?pid=1637961… http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/accession/102702017 http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/Oral_History/10270…

12 years, 1 month

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test-drb March 2013