[cctalk] Re: Getting floppy images to/from real floppy disks.

2023-06-03 Thread Sellam Abraham via cctalk
On Sat, Jun 3, 2023 at 5:50 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > My original comment was intended to be analogous to Tony (ARD)'s > comment about problem with "sneaker-net" due to "sneakers" being > unobtanium in UK. (yes, they do have some shoes that WE might consider to > be the same as

[cctalk] Re: Getting floppy images to/from real floppy disks.

2023-06-03 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
Many companies make suitable vehicles, but NONE of them are willing to call them "station wagons". If the Purchase Order explicitly specifies "Station Wagon", then will the bureaucrats in purchasing let you substitute a "Variant", instead of a "Station Wagon"? On Sun, 4 Jun 2023, Alexander

[cctalk] Re: Getting floppy images to/from real floppy disks.

2023-06-03 Thread Cory Heisterkamp via cctalk
> On Jun 3, 2023, at 7:12 PM, Alexander Schreiber via cctalk > wrote: > So the Mercedes T model was (at least in Germany, the manufacturers country) > never called a "station wagon" because that category name doesn't exist > there. The closest analogue to it in German parlance would be the

[cctalk] Re: Getting floppy images to/from real floppy disks.

2023-06-03 Thread Sellam Abraham via cctalk
On Sat, Jun 3, 2023 at 5:20 PM Alexander Schreiber via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > So the Mercedes T model was (at least in Germany, the manufacturers > country) > never called a "station wagon" because that category name doesn't exist > there. The closest analogue to it in German

[cctalk] Re: Getting floppy images to/from real floppy disks.

2023-06-03 Thread Alexander Schreiber via cctalk
On Sat, Jun 03, 2023 at 03:03:43PM -0700, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > > > But, there is another problem. > > > None of the auto makers still make "Station Wagon"s! > > On Sat, 3 Jun 2023, Alexander Schreiber wrote: > > Not quite true. VW makes the "Variant" version of the VW Golf and > >

[cctalk] Re: Tips on VME board access

2023-06-03 Thread J. David Bryan via cctalk
Kurt, On Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 9:33, Kurt Nowak via cctalk wrote: > Does anyone have any tips on how to get at it since it's buried in the > VME chassis. I was thinking of having an extension card made but > thought I'd ask here and see what others have done first. I don't know anything

[cctalk] Re: Getting floppy images to/from real floppy disks.

2023-06-03 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Sat, 3 Jun 2023, Wayne S wrote: It’s amazing to me how small “full size” cars are these days. I saw my old 1961 Ford Falcon that used to be a small car and its bigger than my “luxury full size” car today. The 1962 Ford Falcon "Squire Station Wagon" even had faux wood on the sides! The

[cctalk] Re: Getting floppy images to/from real floppy disks.

2023-06-03 Thread Wayne S via cctalk
It’s amazing to me how small “full size” cars are these days. I saw my old 1961 Ford Falcon that used to be a small car and its bigger than my “luxury full size” car today. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 3, 2023, at 15:06, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > >  >> >>> On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 8:24 

[cctalk] Re: Getting floppy images to/from real floppy disks.

2023-06-03 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 8:24 AM Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: I did see an actual 1970s station wagon loaded with RL02 cartridges once, pulled up at the dock of Baker Systems, the large Computer Science building at Ohio State (I suspect they were cleaning out a machine room and someone wanted

[cctalk] Re: Getting floppy images to/from real floppy disks.

2023-06-03 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
But, there is another problem. None of the auto makers still make "Station Wagon"s! On Sat, 3 Jun 2023, Alexander Schreiber wrote: Not quite true. VW makes the "Variant" version of the VW Golf and Mercedes still makes the "t model" of the C and E class, all of which are basically station

[cctalk] Re: Getting floppy images to/from real floppy disks.

2023-06-03 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 4:38 PM Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: > On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 8:24 AM Ethan Dicks via cctalk > wrote: > > > I did see an actual 1970s station wagon loaded with RL02 cartridges > > once, pulled up at the dock of Baker Systems, the large Computer > > Science building at

[cctalk] Re: Getting floppy images to/from real floppy disks.

2023-06-03 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 6/3/23 12:54, Alexander Schreiber via cctalk wrote: But can it handle any kind of rack mount computer? > > Depends. I'm pretty sure it won't fit a full height rack, but as long > as the computer only occupies _part_ of the rack it might fit. I _have_ > used the car to transport more than a

[cctalk] Re: Getting floppy images to/from real floppy disks.

2023-06-03 Thread Alexander Schreiber via cctalk
On Sat, Jun 03, 2023 at 12:25:48PM -0600, ben via cctalk wrote: > On 2023-06-03 11:46 a.m., Alexander Schreiber via cctalk wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 02:33:07PM -0700, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > > > > > > But, there is another problem. > > > > > > None of the auto makers still make

[cctalk] Re: Getting floppy images to/from real floppy disks.

2023-06-03 Thread ben via cctalk
On 2023-06-03 11:46 a.m., Alexander Schreiber via cctalk wrote: On Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 02:33:07PM -0700, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: But, there is another problem. None of the auto makers still make "Station Wagon"s! Not quite true. VW makes the "Variant" version of the VW Golf and

[cctalk] Tips on VME board access

2023-06-03 Thread Kurt Nowak via cctalk
Hi all, I have a Sun 3/110 with a faulty video section (hangs at boot when it polls the FB) and I want to be able to probe and troubleshoot the board. Does anyone have any tips on how to get at it since it's buried in the VME chassis. I was thinking of having an extension card made but thought I'd

[cctalk] Re: Getting floppy images to/from real floppy disks.

2023-06-03 Thread Alexander Schreiber via cctalk
On Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 02:33:07PM -0700, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > > But, there is another problem. > > None of the auto makers still make "Station Wagon"s! Not quite true. VW makes the "Variant" version of the VW Golf and Mercedes still makes the "t model" of the C and E class, all of