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by fmc＠reanimators.org

> My friend (and I, for that matter), would never condone software piracy, > in all seriousness. However (again, hypothetically speaking of course) > my friend would have a lot of trouble understanding how posessing and > running an old, obsoleted version of VMS would bring harm to anybody or to > any organization. He might also be very disappointed that there were no > available inexpensive hobbyist licenses available, which, if one existed, > he would certainly jump at and support with his own hard earned money, > quite happily. So, you and your friend might want to webulate over to http://www.montagar.com/hobbyist/index.html for starters. Hope this helps. -Frank McConnell

28 years, 4 months

Slipsticks (was: Re: greetings)

by manney＠nwohio.nwohio.com

> I still have my circular slide rule from high school and even use it on > occassion. I won't say when I got it but it was before HP released the -35 Well, I learned the slipstick in '68.

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Slipsticks and calculators and a clock

by manney＠nwohio.nwohio.com

> $110, IIRC....Was that TI's first? > > Not by a long shot. The first was in late '71 and went for about $140 > (8bigit 4banger). I had one going into EE school. What was the model number? I got my SR-10 in '74, my first year of college. Still have it, somewhere. manney

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IBM Archive

by photze＠batelco.com.bh

Well, this one's not really good at all, but try http://www.can.ibm.com . -----Original Message----- From: Mike Allison <mallison(a)konnections.com> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Friday, February 06, 1998 2:53 AM Subject: IBM Archive >Anyone know where there's a good IBM program and/or doc archive that >goes back beyond last month? Really into the 80's Looking for original >PC stuff... > >Thanks, > >-Mike

28 years, 4 months

CLASSICCMP digest 316/ programming eproms

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<2708 (looks like 12 volts according to a spec sheet in one of my <books.) 2708 is three voltage for operation (+5, +12, -5) programming is for programming CS/ must be 12.0v and program pulse is 26v <2716 25 volts 27c16 12.5 TI2532 25v differing pinout and programming spec. <2732 25 volts <2732A 21 volts <2732B 12.5 volts <2764 21 volts <27C64 21 volts <2764A 12.5 volts Later ones are generally 12.5v. Some require different Vcc when programming as well. Also the part numbers given do not always match given vendors for a stated programming voltage Allison

28 years, 4 months

Tape Backup Software ?'s

by sinasohn＠ricochet.net

Does anyone know of a MS-DOS (pretend it's a 10yr+ old version) compatible backup program that can handle a SCSI DAT drive? I have *not* been able to find one. If you know of one, would you know where to find a copy now? Failing that, how about a windoze 3.11 program? Thanks! --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/

28 years, 4 months

Slipsticks (was: Re: greetings)

by manney＠nwohio.nwohio.com

> Forgive me, but I've sinned... :) > I had a circular slide rule, but I never learned to use it. > It's buried somewhere in my collection of junk, I think... > I'll go look for it tonight. Anyone have directions for it's une anywhere? If you can't find them, e-mail me and I'll tell you how. It's just like a straight one, but wrapped, with 2 cursors. Clear? <g> manney(a)nwohio.com

28 years, 4 months

CLASSICCMP digest 316

by foxnhare＠goldrush.com

From: Bill Yakowenko <yakowenk(a)cs.unc.edu> Subject: EPROM programming voltages >Can anyone point me to an on-line reference showing the necessary >voltages for programming various EPROMs? I'm especially interested >in the oldies-but-goodies: 2708, 2716, 2732, and 2764's. In >particular, it seems some of them want 25v while others want only >21v, and I suspect that even the same chip number from different >manufacturers may want different voltages. 2708 (looks like 12 volts according to a spec sheet in one of my books.) 2716 25 volts 2732 25 volts 2732A 21 volts 2732B 12.5 volts 2764 21 volts 27C64 21 volts 2764A 12.5 volts Source: EPROM Programmers Handbook for the C64 and C128 by CSM Software. -- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Visit our web page at: http://www.goldrush.com/~foxnhare/ Call our Commodore 64 BBS (Silicon Realms 300-2400 baud) at: (209) 754-1363 -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-

28 years, 4 months

Does anyone know what power supply the Hanimex Pencil II uses?

by scott＠isd.canberra.edu.au

I have recently bought a second-hand Pencil II computer. This machine was made in the mid-eighties by Soundic Electronics. I have heard it was distributed my Hanimex, although there's no indication of this on the computer itself. Its microprocessor is an NEC Z80 clone, and it appears to have 16Kb RAM. The case is light grey and black, with dark grey alphanumeric keys and light grey cursor and function keys. Its BASIC comes on a cartridge which is inserted in a slot in the top right-hand corner of the unit. You can see a picture of it at http://www.insset.u-picardie.fr/museum/english/pages_museum/hanimex.htm (the only mention of the machine I've found on the Web). Unfortunately I do not have a power supply or any documentation for it. Could anyone tell me what the pinouts for its power supply are (the power socket is a four-pin DIN socket)? Thanks in advance. Regards, | Scott McLauchlan |"Sometimes the need to mess with their heads| |Information Services Division| outweighs the millstone of humiliation." | | University of Canberra |__________Fox_Mulder_"The_X-Files:_Squeeze"_| | scott(a)isd.canberra.edu.au |http://www.canberra.edu.au/~scott/home.html |

28 years, 4 months

Slipsticks and calculators and a clock

by dcoward＠pressstart.com

: ><>My first one was the SR-10...the ><>"wedge". $110, IIRC....Was that TI's first? Allison wrote >Not by a long shot. The first was in late '71 and went for about $140 >(8digit 4banger). I had one going into EE school. Kip wrote: >But that WAS the SR-10. I was reading through this quarter's issue of the International Calculator Collector. (The cover story is about the 30th anniversary of the world's first "pocket" calculator- TI's "Cal-Tech" prototype) They print an excerpt from Electronics magazine dated July 3,1972 that said that TI was test marketing their first calculator - The Datamath in Dallas and Houston, selling for 149.99. Another excerpt from a TI press release dated September 21,1972 states "A line of three new calculators introduced today marks the formal entry of Texas Instruments into the electronic calculator market. The three new calculators are the TI-2500 portable calculator and the TI-3000 and TI-3500 desk models." According to TI's calculator history page (Check out http://www.ti.com/calc/docs/calchist.htm) the TI-2500 DataMath came out in 1972. And the SR-10 came out in 1973. ========================================= Doug Coward dcoward(a)pressstart.com Senior Software Engineer Press Start Inc. Sunnyvale,CA Curator Museum of Personal Computing Machinery http://www.best.com/~dcoward/museum =========================================

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