test-drb September 2016

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by pete＠dunnington.plus.com

How many people remember the Wren Executive System? Or have even heard of it? Well, you can now own the manual for this not-very-successful sort-of-like-an-Osborne luggable! Free to good home from York, UK. Loose pages included. Terms and conditions apply. YMMV. E&OE. -- Pete Pete Turnbull

9 years, 1 month

more stuff FTGH (York, UK)

by pete＠dunnington.plus.com

And finally, some ancient and thus debatably classic software: * Zenith Data Systems - Microsoft Windows 3.0/3.1 Actually just the manuals (yes, once upon a time, in a universe far far away, Windows had actual manuals) and license. * Tulip Computers Windows 386 V2.10D Ring binder including User Guide, Desktop Applications manual, Write manual, Paint manual 4 x 3.5" HD disks - 3 for Windows, 1 for Tulip utilities * AppleShare 4.0 boxed, assorted manuals etc, 4 x 3.5" HD disks, 1 x CDROM includes the serial number needed to validate your server * HiSoft C Integrated Compiler/Editor manuals 1985-88 for CP/M 2 x 3" disks (presumably for Amstrad PCW) All in the original binder, with serial no. * HiSoft Nevada Cobol CP/M compiler/editor manuals, 3" disk for Amstrad PCW, with s/no. I need to move these before Saturday 17th September (2 weeks from now). If they're not moved by then, I'll donate them to The Computer Sheds (http://www.computermuseum.org.uk). Because of the weight, it would be expensive to ship these things, though if anyone is really keen I'll consider it. Collection from York would be greatly preferred (tea and biscuits supplied) - or I can probably take them to the DEC Legacy Event in Windermere for collection on the weekend of 15/16th October (pay for your own tea and biscuits). I need to move these before Saturday 17th September (2 weeks from now). If they're not claimed by then, I'll donate them to The Computer Sheds (http://www.computermuseum.org.uk). Because of the weight, it would be expensive to ship these things, though if anyone is really keen I'll consider it. Collection from York would be greatly preferred (tea and biscuits supplied) - or I can probably take them to the DEC Legacy Event in Windermere for collection on the weekend of 15/16th October (pay for your own tea and biscuits). -- Pete Pete Turnbull

9 years, 1 month

Free to good home (York, UK)

by pete＠dunnington.plus.com

I'm trying to clear some space so I can actually get to classic things I want to play with, so I have the following to give away if anyone is interested: * Cromemco 16FDC Floppy Disk Controller Instruction Manual (2 copies) * Cromemco D+7A Input/Output Module Instruction Manual * Digital (DEC) BC19V-02 cable (DB25 to DD50) * HP JetDirect card (10base2, 10baseT, Localalk) * 5 x Iomega/Fuji ZIP (PC100) disks, mostly new unused * Box of 3.5" DSDD and HD floppies with assorted software, including Borland Turbo Assembler Borland Turbo Debugger Borland Turbo Profiler 3 sets of 4 disks : Borland Turbo Pascal for Windows set of 3 Borland Turbo Pascal Professional disk: Install/Turbo Vision/Compiler Help/BGI/Utilities TPCX Computer Associates SuperProject 3-user Lanpak Microsoft MS-DOS 5 Upgrade about 28 R:BASE disks, mostly V.4.0 about 25 CD-ROM driver disks (HD not DD) a couple of 3Com Etherdisks 5.01 (HD not DD) about 20 Logitech Mouseware 8.2 Multilingual disks: 2 x Disk 1 of 2 18 x Disk 2 of 2 * The Penguin Computing Book, Susan Curran and Ray Curnow, Penguin Books 1983, ISBN 0140465995 * Mathematical Logic for Computer Science, M. Ben-Ari, Prentice Hall 1993, ISBN 013564139X * 8086/8088 16-Bit Microprocessor Primer, Christopher L Morgan and Mitchell Waite, Byte Books 1982, ISBN 0070431094 * Fundamentals of Operating Systems, 4th Edition 1990, A.M.Lister and R.D.Eager, Macmillan 1979-1988, ISBN 0333469879 * Structured Computer Organisation, 3rd Edition 1990, Andrew Tanenbaum, Prentice-Hall 1990, ISBN 0138528721 * Acorn Archimedes 400 Series User Manual, and Welcome Guide * Assembly Language Programming for the Electron (Addison Wesley, John Ferguson and Tony Shaw) ISBN 0201145278 * a collection of Archive (Acorn Archimedes users' magazine) from Vol.1 No.1 (Oct.1987) to Vol.5 No.1 (Oct.1991) plus half a dozen extras. * 10 Electron User cassettes, Oct.1989 - July 1990. * manuals and stuff for BBC Micro: Wordwise Plus manual, 2nd Addition (sic), 1985 (Computer Concepts) ViewStore User Guide, 1st Edition, 1985 (Acorn, Acornsoft) ISBN 0907876455 View User Guide, 2nd Edition, 1986 (Acorn, Acornsoft) ISBN 1852500212 View User Guide, 1st Edition, 1985 (Acorn, Acornsoft) ISBN 0907876277 Into View, 2nd Edition, 1984 (Acorn, Acornsoft) ISBN 0907876811 View Guide, 2nd Edition, 1983 (Acorn, Acornsoft) ISBN 0907876803 View Reference Card (SBB31/R), 1985 (Acorn, Acornsoft) ViewSheet Reference Card (SBB07/R), 1984 (Acorn, Acornsoft) Electron Plus 1 User Guide, 1984 (Acorn Computers) Graphs and Charts, 1st Edition, 1982 (Acorn, Acornsoft) ISBN 0907876048 Graphics Extension ROM User Manual (Acorn, Acornsoft) (copy; not original, but comb-bound) A few of the above are also going on a well-known auction site, but naturally ClassicCmp subscribers have priority :-) I need to move these before Saturday 17th September (2 weeks from now). If they're not moved by then, I'll donate them to The Computer Sheds (http://www.computermuseum.org.uk). Because of the weight, it would be expensive to ship many of these things, though if anyone is really keen I'll consider it. Collection >from York would be greatly preferred (tea and biscuits supplied) - or I can probably take them to the DEC Legacy Event in Windermere for collection on the weekend of 15/16th October (pay for your own tea and biscuits). -- Pete Pete Turnbull

9 years, 1 month

Atari / GEM docs Free to good home (York, UK)

by pete＠dunnington.plus.com

These are primarily for Atari ST, mostly photocopies in A4 ring binders, to go as one lot: * ISV Development System documentation for Atari 520ST includes BIOS listing and more. ring-bound The following items were probably provided as part of this... * Listing of GEM "hello" program (GEM sample desktop accessory) Module: HELLO, by Tom Holander, Digital Research Feb 1986 ring-bound photocopy * Atari ST BASIC Source Book, 1985 ring-bound, printed original * Atari Logo Source Book 1985, small spiral-wire-bound published copy * GEM PRogrammer's Guide - Volume 1: VDI GEM PRogrammer's Guide - Volume 2: AES 1985, Digital Research, ring-bound photocopy * GEM DOS 1.0 Spec Version 13 May 16 1985 Digital Research "DR Confidential: Internal Use Only. Not to be copied or given to customers." ring-bound photocopy * "The Long-Awaited 'Line-A' Document" describes "quick-and-dirty" graphics access using 68000 Line A exception. Ring-bound with GEM DOS 1.0 Spec * ST Series BIOS Rev.A 2/13/85 (Atari 130 ST and 520 ST) "Atari Corporation Confidential" Ring-bound with GEM DOS 1.0 Spec I need to move these before Saturday 17th September (2 weeks from now). If they're not claimed by then, I'll donate them to The Computer Sheds (http://www.computermuseum.org.uk). Because of the weight, it would be expensive to ship these things, though if anyone is really keen I'll consider it. Collection from York would be greatly preferred (tea and biscuits supplied) - or I can probably take them to the DEC Legacy Event in Windermere for collection on the weekend of 15/16th October (pay for your own tea and biscuits). -- Pete Pete Turnbull

9 years, 1 month

RC2016/10 COMPETITION ENTRY IS OPEN!

by mark＠wickensonline.co.uk

RC2016/10 COMPETITION ENTRY IS OPEN! I am pleased to announce that Retrochallenge 2016/10 ? the ?October? edition of the Retrochallenge - will run and is now open to entrants! Roll-up Roll-up! Get those thinking caps on and come up with an excellent retro-computing project. Why not? The Retrochallenge 2016/10 competition will run from October 1st to the end of the month. Blog entries should be complete by midnight on Monday 31st October GMT. I would like to extend the warmest welcome to the fantastic John W. Linville who is taking over the running of the October competition and, if he gets the bug, make take the reins for future Retrochallenge Competitions. If you would like to enter please email john using the address ?linville @ /tuxdriver.com?/(removing spaces)//with your name (or handle), a brief synopsis of your project and a URL for your blog. See the website http://retrochallenge.org for more details. ABOUT RETROCHALLENGE In a nutshell, the RetroChallenge is a loosely disorganised gathering of RetroComputing enthusiasts who collectively do stuff with old computers for a month. The event is very much open to interpretation? individuals set there own challenges, which can range from programming to multimedia work; hardware restoration to exploring legacy networking? or just plain dicking around. It really doesn?t matter what you do, just so long as you do it. While the RetroChallenge has its competitive side, it?s not really a contest? it?s more like global thermonuclear war ? everyone can play, but nobody really wins. COMPETITION RULES 1. Retrochallenge commences 1st October 2016 and runs until 31st October 2016. 2. In order to qualify, computer systems must be vintage (this used to be defined as 10 years old, but typically ?vintage? is older than that now ? don?t expect to be accepted if you are using a box capable of running Windows XP for example!). Exceptions will always be made for exotica! 3. Gaming consoles and PDAs qualify if they were made in the previous century. 4. Where appropriate, replica hardware and emulators may be used. 5. Entrants are responsible for adequately documenting their projects and submitting occasional updates during the contest, preferably with an announcement on twitter with #retrochallenge. 6. Projects may encompass any aspect of retro-computing that tickles the fancy of the individual entrant. 7. Winners will be carefully selected and adulation bestowed. 8. Have fun!

9 years, 1 month

Wanted PATA HBA and IDE/UDMA Drive

by t.gardner＠computer.org

Hi: Looking for a PATA HBA (PCI, EISA or ISA) and if available an associated ATA/IDE drive preferably UDMA/33 but no faster than UDMA/100 This would likely be found in a PIII Pro or earlier system built prior to 1997 (I think the Natoma 440FX PII was the first to integrate IDE into the Southbridge) It might be from a later system as an expansion add in. This maybe a repeat request but I don't recall seeing my first request posted to the list - sorry if I'm wasting time. Any reasonable offer will be considered. Thanks Tom t.gardner at computer.org 650 941-5324

9 years, 1 month

X Windows System Design Principles, a lecture by James Gettys

by tlindner＠macmess.org

I think it is dated 1988. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdmNHM9BKY0 Interesting fact: His name is Gettys. Interesting quote: "We should never have done [the] Arc [drawing command], we should have done some spline implementation." -- -- tim lindner "Proper User Policy apparently means Simon Says."

9 years, 1 month

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