Re: VAX & PDP-11 Stuff To Clean Out
On 11/6/19 12:16 PM, David Coolbear via cctech wrote: M5976-AA KZQSA SCSI Controller Q Hmm, I could sure use one of those... I bought a bunch of QBus boards from my recycler quite some time ago, but the systems that they'd been pulled from were run with SMD drives. Finding a working SMD drive is something of a challenge, but SCSI at least opens up possibilities of emulated storage (or real spinning rust, I may still have a suitable drive or two, albeit currently on the other side of the Atlantic) The two VCB02 boards have me intrigued, too :-) cheers Jules
Anyone have docs/jumper settings for Tecmar "PC 500K/1MEG FLOPPY CONTROLLER" ISA card ?
I have one of these, it has 2 jumper blocks, JPR2 (4 3 pin jumper 'settings'... looks to probably latch each of the 4 high or low) and JPR3 (12 on/off jumper positions). It also has a JPR1 which would be a 3 pin header and it is strapped by wire to position 1-2. Would love to figure out how the IO port and IRQs are configured. Card has no BIOS, so unlike a WD1002A-FOX there won't likely be any jumpers to set drive type. (I'm not having much luck with that card in a Tandy 2500 SX... but that's a completely different issue). Hopefully someone has or knows where there are some docs on the jumper settings. I'd imagine I could figure out some by probing which ISA pins various jumpers connect to. but any jumper settings that control chips for decoding logic will be far more difficult to determine. Thanks, -- Curt
Re: OT: A spring trip!
Jay, Whoever decided to go would have input on where and how long. I thought by having someone along would allow us to share the experience and the expenses, especially the cost of the gasoline. I am open to also going to NYC and DC or down South to Florida or Texas. I am very easy to travel with. If the person with me says hey let's take that road I am open to saying Sure, why not! GOD Bless and Thanks, rich! On 11/7/2019 4:10 PM, Jay Jaeger via cctalk wrote: It is unlikely that I would be able to accompany you, but thought I would drop a line anyway. Being in Madtown, I'd certainly be in your geographic area. But, out of curiosity: How long a road trip, and for what purpose? JRJ On 11/6/2019 9:58 PM, Richard Pope via cctalk wrote: Hello all, BTW: Reedsburg area includes Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison, Minneapolis, Dubuque, or any other towns or cities within 300 miles. GOD Bless and Thanks, rich! On 11/6/2019 9:23 PM, Richard Pope via cctalk wrote: Hello all, I am looking for someone in the Reedsburg, WI area that would like to take a road trip out West come this spring. Say sometime in late May or early June. If you are interested please let me know. Non-smoker only. GOD Bless and Thanks, Richard R. Pope 1230 19th Street #5 Reedsburg, WI 53959, USA 1-608-768-7448 mechani...@charter.net
Re: Qume Qumetrack 542 track seeking issue
On 11/4/2019 11:05 PM, rescue via cctalk wrote: > > Been away for some time from the mailing lists getting back into my > classic gear again > > I have two of these Qumetrack 542 drives. > > While testing my 360K drive collection (8 drives I must be slacking > :-) ...), 2 worked, 4 had issue (resolved with a good head cleaning), > and 2 (both of the Qumetrack 542 drives (I have two of them)) have mixed > results. My testing is on a Tandy 2500SX/33 using the Tandy straight > through cable and with the drives set do DS0. > > I seem to have no issue with Dunfield's testfdc (using testfdc/x a:) > with these drives, doing SS and DD and getting 'pass' from testfdc. > > However, when I do a format a:, the drive will format through the 40 > tracks, then instead of the heads returning to track 0 quickly, they do > these small stepping 'bursts' and DOS times out saying failure. it > probably would have worked if DOS would wait 10 seconds or more for the > drive to move to track 0. > > I've never seen behavior like this. I even tried an external power > supply in case the Tandy one wasn't up to driving the full height floppy > drive due to an aging marginal supply, but that didn't help anything. > > I've now also had one of them shut down the power supply (a shorted > tantalum cap I'm sure). > > I've looked through the manual on the drive, I've tried the HM, HS, and > no jumper setting for stepper motor power, same results in all cases. > > I'm trying too determine if these drives are good. I'm planning on > using them in a Tandy Model III that is upgraded internally to a Model > IV, but I feel these are basic drives and should work in DOS fine too. > > I hope someone has a clue, as I'm tapped out of them currently. > > Thanks, > > -- Curt > > It almost sounds like your PC could be trying to go beyond the last track. You did include the proper DOS command parameter(s) to tell it the drive type, yes? JRJ
Re: getting your data from yahoo
On 11/6/2019 2:23 PM, Rich Alderson via cctalk wrote: > From: Richard Schauer > Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2019 7:08 AM > > On Sat, 2 Nov 2019, Rich Alderson via cctalk wrote: > >>> What tool do I use to look at the contents of this verschlagener file? > >> I also asked for and got one of these files. Mine took something like 30 >> hours, and gave me a 584 MB .zip file. I tried it using a Windows 10 >> machine, and it consists of directories, each with the name of a group I'm >> subscribed to. > > Thanks, Richard! That was sufficient hint. > > I simply renamed the downloaded file with a .zip extension, and Windows 7 gave > it a compressed folder icon and opened it right up on a double click. > > Rich Pffft. I sent them my request on 11/2. Still no file. I got an email that they would notify me when it was done - no email yet - so I went to the site again today and it indicates that they are still processing my request.
Re: OT: A spring trip!
It is unlikely that I would be able to accompany you, but thought I would drop a line anyway. Being in Madtown, I'd certainly be in your geographic area. But, out of curiosity: How long a road trip, and for what purpose? JRJ On 11/6/2019 9:58 PM, Richard Pope via cctalk wrote: > Hello all, > BTW: Reedsburg area includes Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison, > Minneapolis, Dubuque, or any other towns or cities within 300 miles. > GOD Bless and Thanks, > rich! > > On 11/6/2019 9:23 PM, Richard Pope via cctalk wrote: >> Hello all, >> I am looking for someone in the Reedsburg, WI area that would like >> to take a road trip out West come this spring. Say sometime in late >> May or early June. If you are interested please let me know. >> Non-smoker only. >> GOD Bless and Thanks, >> >> Richard R. Pope >> 1230 19th Street #5 >> Reedsburg, WI 53959, USA >> 1-608-768-7448 >> mechani...@charter.net >> > >
RE: swtpc.com expired???
That's one of my IP's. I'm quite doubtful that the content is gone, only that the domain registrant perhaps let it expire? It's safe, please don't rape my bandwidth J -Original Message- From: cctalk On Behalf Of Peter Corlett via cctalk Sent: Thursday, November 7, 2019 6:24 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: swtpc.com expired??? On Thu, Nov 07, 2019 at 09:31:04AM -0200, Alexandre Souza via cctalk wrote: > Last IP address of the server (71.91.242.107) also directs to a "it works" > page, so the entire directory may have been deleted. I also tried to > access subpages (like > /Sinclair/Interface2/Interface/Interface2_Circuitry.htm) and got a 404. That IP address is using name-based virtual hosting, and you can see the content by sending a suitable Host: header and/or tweaking /etc/hosts. > Seems everything is gone. Hope the archive.org backup is updated :( I'm taking the liberty of mirroring it just in case. It appears to be on the end of a bit of wet string, so it's entirely plausible that it is being moved to a better hosting provider.
Re: swtpc.com expired???
On Thu, Nov 07, 2019 at 09:31:04AM -0200, Alexandre Souza via cctalk wrote: > Last IP address of the server (71.91.242.107) also directs to a "it works" > page, so the entire directory may have been deleted. I also tried to access > subpages (like /Sinclair/Interface2/Interface/Interface2_Circuitry.htm) and > got a 404. That IP address is using name-based virtual hosting, and you can see the content by sending a suitable Host: header and/or tweaking /etc/hosts. > Seems everything is gone. Hope the archive.org backup is updated :( I'm taking the liberty of mirroring it just in case. It appears to be on the end of a bit of wet string, so it's entirely plausible that it is being moved to a better hosting provider.
Re: swtpc.com expired???
On Thu, Nov 7, 2019, 6:21 AM Bill Degnan wrote: > On Thu, Nov 7, 2019, 12:59 AM Kevin Lee via cctalk > wrote: > >> Current reg says will expire in 2020 >> So has been renewed. >> > > This morning godaddy says still expired, pending renewal. > > Bill > I was mistaken...as was said, yes the domain is paid for but apparently the web hosting account that godaddy is configured to point to is disconnected from dns. I.e. someone logged into godaddy and disconnected the dns from any hosting account, the domain is "parked". Assuming Michael is simply moving his site to a new host and he is not done with the move. It's a pain to move a website sometimes. If the site was down or the hosting was unpaid there would be a different kind of error message. Swtpc.com was one of the first "vintage computer" themed domains from the 90's that I can think of along with Ita Goldklang's TRS 80 site and a few others. Bill >
Re: swtpc.com expired???
Last IP address of the server (71.91.242.107) also directs to a "it works" page, so the entire directory may have been deleted. I also tried to access subpages (like /Sinclair/Interface2/Interface/Interface2_Circuitry.htm) and got a 404. Seems everything is gone. Hope the archive.org backup is updated :( ---8<---Corte aqui---8<--- http://www.tabajara-labs.blogspot.com http://www.tabalabs.com.br ---8<---Corte aqui---8<--- Em qui, 7 de nov de 2019 às 09:21, Bill Degnan via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> escreveu: > On Thu, Nov 7, 2019, 12:59 AM Kevin Lee via cctalk > wrote: > > > Current reg says will expire in 2020 > > So has been renewed. > > > > This morning godaddy says still expired, pending renewal. > > Bill > > > >
Re: swtpc.com expired???
On Thu, Nov 7, 2019, 12:59 AM Kevin Lee via cctalk wrote: > Current reg says will expire in 2020 > So has been renewed. > This morning godaddy says still expired, pending renewal. Bill >
