Re: C64 system cost?

2016-01-20 Thread drlegendre .
Err... http://www.jppbm.com/ is last updated in 2011.. and their products catalog is listed as the "1996 version".. Perhaps a 'legacy' site, as we say? Hard to believe you can get a complete C64 system with C-64 console, a 1701/1702 monitor, TWO joysticks, TWO 1541 drives and cables for $50.00

TI System V?

2016-01-20 Thread Josh Dersch
Anyone have any idea where one might track down a copy of TI System V for the S1500 series? I've had these two TI UNIX systems for awhile now, a TI S1505 and a TI S1507 (68030 and 68040-based, respectively). They came without hard drives or OS media and so they've basically been doorstops.

Re: Data Recovery Services

2016-01-20 Thread Mark Linimon
On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 02:53:07PM -0800, John Robertson wrote: > Yes, I know, it depends on the age of the drive as I suspect early ones were > possibly tuned to the mechanics of the drive. Nothing made after 2000 is > likely to care much though. Of course I should have stated that I used that

Re: C64 system cost?

2016-01-20 Thread Pete Rittwage
That is an extremely good price... However, the site is very old and he takes a very long time to reply, typically. (Months and months, if ever!) -Pete > Also check out: > > http://www.jppbm.com/ > > m > > > - Original Message - > From: "drlegendre ." > To:

DECMate III +

2016-01-20 Thread Rod Smallwood
Does anybody have any experience with these. This one has the hard disk. You can hear it seek on startup. Setup works but it does not boot from the hard drive and just halts when presented with a system disk on a floppy. Rod

Re: Data Recovery Services

2016-01-20 Thread Pete Rittwage
> I need to recover some files from a SCSI drive that failed over a decade > ago.  Are there data recovery services that can determine if the files on > the drive can be recovered or can actually do such a recovery?  Now that > I think about it, I recently also had a fairly new Western Digital

Re: Data Recovery Services

2016-01-20 Thread Chuck Guzis
On 01/20/2016 11:26 AM, Pete Rittwage wrote: The services can be expensive (in the thousands, typically) so the data has to be pretty valuable to you in order to proceed. I'll second Drivesavers--they've recovered very damaged drives, including a few buried in mud after a hurricaine.

Re: C64 system cost?

2016-01-20 Thread Jason T
On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 8:04 PM, drlegendre . wrote: > Err... > > http://www.jppbm.com/ is last updated in 2011.. and their products catalog > is listed as the "1996 version".. > > Perhaps a 'legacy' site, as we say? Hard to believe you can get a complete > C64 system with

Re: C64 system cost?

2016-01-20 Thread Mike Stein
- Original Message - From: "Jim Brain" To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 10:45 PM Subject: Re: C64 system cost? > On 1/20/2016 9:23 PM, Jason T wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 8:04 PM,

Re: C64 system cost?

2016-01-20 Thread Jim Brain
On 1/20/2016 9:23 PM, Jason T wrote: On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 8:04 PM, drlegendre . wrote: Err... http://www.jppbm.com/ is last updated in 2011.. and their products catalog is listed as the "1996 version".. Perhaps a 'legacy' site, as we say? Hard to believe you can get

Re: C64 system cost?

2016-01-20 Thread Mike Stein
- Original Message - From: "Jim Brain" To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 1:11 AM Subject: Re: C64 system cost? > On 1/20/2016 1:37 PM, Pete Rittwage wrote: >> That is an extremely good

Re: How to set this drive up?

2016-01-20 Thread Eric Christopherson
On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 3:11 PM, Mike wrote: > > > On 01/19/2016 04:25 PM, william degnan wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 5:51 AM, Mike wrote: > > > >> > >> On 01/19/2016 03:30 PM, Mike wrote: > >>> Can someone please help me set this drive

Re: Preferred way of substituting TFT for CRT Monitor?

2016-01-20 Thread Mouse
> ... and I thought today such a simple problem could be easily solved with mo$ It could. But in the current race to the bottom, nobody makes a monitor that does that, because investing the same resources in building for the majority market is perceived as having greater ROI. I've noticed it

Re: Preferred way of substituting TFT for CRT Monitor?

2016-01-20 Thread Mouse
>> I've noticed it myself. I'm looking for a flatscreen that can sync >> to something my SS20 can put out - I have an Asus that syncs to it >> just fine, but it's not made any longer, and more modern monitors >> are, it appears, significantly less functional. > Will the Samsung/Dell monitor with

Re: C64 system cost?

2016-01-20 Thread Mike Stein
Also check out: http://www.jppbm.com/ m - Original Message - From: "drlegendre ." To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 7:56 PM Subject: Re: C64 system cost? > One thing I forgot to

Re: Data Recovery Services

2016-01-20 Thread Fred Cisin
If the problem is merely corruption of the file system, but the hardware is still working well, then the repairs could be almost trivial.

Data Recovery Services

2016-01-20 Thread JC White
I need to recover some files from a SCSI drive that failed over a decade ago.  Are there data recovery services that can determine if the files on the drive can be recovered or can actually do such a recovery?  Now that I think about it, I recently also had a fairly new Western Digital drive

Re: Data Recovery Services

2016-01-20 Thread Fred Cisin
On Wed, 20 Jan 2016, JC White wrote: I need to recover some files from a SCSI drive that failed over a decade ago.?? Are there data recovery services that can determine if the files on the drive can be recovered or can actually do such a recovery??? Now that I think about it, I recently also

Re: Data Recovery Services

2016-01-20 Thread John Robertson
On 01/20/2016 11:22 AM, JC White wrote: I need to recover some files from a SCSI drive that failed over a decade ago. Are there data recovery services that can determine if the files on the drive can be recovered or can actually do such a recovery? Now that I think about it, I recently also

Re: Data Recovery Services

2016-01-20 Thread Eric Christopherson
On Wed, Jan 20, 2016, Mark Linimon wrote: > On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 12:35:22PM -0800, John Robertson wrote: > > If the drive's PCB turned out to be the problem, could an identical > > drive model act as a donor for a known-to-be-good PCB? > > I've done this on modern drives. It is not

Re: Preferred way of substituting TFT for CRT Monitor?

2016-01-20 Thread ethan
I've noticed it myself. I'm looking for a flatscreen that can sync to something my SS20 can put out - I have an Asus that syncs to it just fine, but it's not made any longer, and more modern monitors are, it appears, significantly less functional. Will the Samsung/Dell monitor with the 13w3

Re: Data Recovery Services

2016-01-20 Thread Toby Thain
On 2016-01-20 5:00 PM, Mark Linimon wrote: On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 12:35:22PM -0800, John Robertson wrote: If the drive's PCB turned out to be the problem, could an identical drive model act as a donor for a known-to-be-good PCB? I've done this on modern drives. It is not particularly

Re: Data Recovery Services

2016-01-20 Thread Göran Axelsson
Den 2016-01-20 kl. 21:35, skrev John Robertson: On 01/20/2016 11:22 AM, JC White wrote: I need to recover some files from a SCSI drive that failed over a decade ago. Are there data recovery services that can determine if the files on the drive can be recovered or can actually do such a

Re: Data Recovery Services

2016-01-20 Thread John Robertson
On 01/20/2016 2:00 PM, Mark Linimon wrote: On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 12:35:22PM -0800, John Robertson wrote: If the drive's PCB turned out to be the problem, could an identical drive model act as a donor for a known-to-be-good PCB? I've done this on modern drives. It is not particularly tricky.

Re: Data Recovery Services

2016-01-20 Thread Mark Linimon
On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 12:35:22PM -0800, John Robertson wrote: > If the drive's PCB turned out to be the problem, could an identical > drive model act as a donor for a known-to-be-good PCB? I've done this on modern drives. It is not particularly tricky. mcl

Re: Data Recovery Services

2016-01-20 Thread Mike Whalen
On January 20, 2016 at 5:06:19 PM, Eric Christopherson (echristopher...@gmail.com) wrote: It can work. But I remember reading that each PCB keeps track of bad  physical blocks; if you transplant the PCB from another drive, you might  end up with a different set of bad blocks beings saved.  I

HP 2610A printer

2016-01-20 Thread Jay West
Someone asked a question about it privately, I researched today and found the answers so I'll post here as well for posterity. The HP 2610A printer that I have 2610A was the HP designation for the Control Data Corporation 9322 Printer. HP sold the printer basically unmodified (as far as I can

Re: Preferred way of substituting TFT for CRT Monitor?

2016-01-20 Thread Martin.Hepperle
> -- > Message: 8 > Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 15:39:38 -0500 > From: "j...@cimmeri.com" > > > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts >

Re: C64 system cost?

2016-01-20 Thread geneb
On Tue, 19 Jan 2016, Rick Wilbur wrote: Check eBay right now. A complete system with everything you want, without the SD card interface. Has 17 hours left. Bidding with the cost of shipping is at $217.00. It will cost you under $100.00 for the SD interface. You might get everything you want

Re: C64 system cost?

2016-01-20 Thread geneb
On Tue, 19 Jan 2016, drlegendre . wrote: This coming weekend I'm supposed to receive something like 2-3 complete C-64 systems with drives, monitors and accys. Who knows, one could be yours?! =) Aren't rescues fun? :) If you're looking for Commodore oriented books or magazines, you can't