On Tue, 11 Apr 2023 at 17:41, Bernd Kopriva via cctalk
wrote:
> Does anyone have a pointer to the datasheet ?
A comment on book said:
«
For me, 'National Semiconductor' and 'RTC' together mean their own
design of the MM58167 that was used on the AST multi-I/O and memory
expansion adapters fo
On Thu, 9 Feb 2023 at 23:27, ben via cctalk wrote:
>
> I wish a custom clock made. A nixie tube alarm clock
> with a real bell. Ben.
Talk to Dalibor Farny:
https://www.daliborfarny.com/
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On Tue, 31 Jan 2023 at 13:14, Chris via cctalk wrote:
>
> I take pains to clearly differentiate what I'm saying from what I'm quoting
> (and usually on a phone). All the while I have to struggle readimg others
> mish mosh, often there not even being a single line separating the 2. So
> please
On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 at 08:09, Christian Corti via cctalk
wrote:
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> Chris, can you *please* correctly indent and cite messages you are
> referring to? I am getting annoyed by guessing what part is from whom.
Agreed.
It's dead easy if you're using Gmail. I am doing it right now in the
standard w
On Tue, 24 Jan 2023 at 21:26, Doc Shipley via cctalk
wrote:
>
>This Subject: line is damaging my brain.
It's such an old name, the 2nd E has worn right out of it. I mean it
is the most commonly-used letter. It was always likely to fail first.
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On Mon, 23 Jan 2023 at 21:59, Angel M Alganza via cctalk
wrote:
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> Well, nobody teaches that... At least, nobody has taught me that, nor
> have I ever seen anybody do that.
In the early days, Apple did when it first introduced them, and some
of the 1st PC laptops with them played little tutorial
On Mon, 23 Jan 2023 at 20:38, Angel M Alganza via cctalk
wrote:
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> On 2023-01-23 20:59, Adrian Godwin via cctalk wrote:
> > There was the Amstrad floppy. I think it was 3". Hopefully didn't get
> > out
> > of the UK.
>
> Why would you say such a thing? Of course it got out of the UK and came
> i
On Mon, 23 Jan 2023 at 00:00, Ali via cctalk wrote:
>
> I am the exact opposite. I love my track point.
Agreed.
Trackpads are tolerable, but I preferred the era of trackballs. But if
my laptop is on my actual lap, I turn off the trackpad and just use
the trackpoint. Easier, less arm and hand mov
On Fri, 20 Jan 2023 at 19:52, Zane Healy via cctalk
wrote:
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> I’m now aware of the GreaseWeazle, but what I’ve not seen is if it allows
> standard access to the data on a floppy, or only provides a way to image the
> disk. With an USB attached 3.5” floppy the disk mounts on my Mac, and I can
On Mon, 9 Jan 2023 at 17:02, Doc Shipley via cctalk
wrote:
>
>Short version is that the GUI Disk Utility hides too much of what
> it's doing AND, more to the point, makes assumptions by default. Yes,
> it's possible to override the default but after [holy crap!] 2 decades
> of using it I stil
On Mon, 9 Jan 2023 at 03:45, Ethan Dicks via cctalk
wrote:
> I have a memory of installing Windows 95 on a monochrome 386SX laptop
> w/4MB of RAM in August, 1995 at McMurdo because that's the equipment
> we had on hand when Win95 arrived on the continent. It was
> unpleasantly slow but it did run
On Sat, 7 Jan 2023 at 06:05, skogkatt007--- via cctalk
wrote:
>
> preferably working. Or known screen issues but otherwise working.
> the mono version intrigues me (model 700). But I need a color unit to test
> out all these screens I have sitting here.
> Now if anyone should need a NOS screen fo
On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 at 07:54, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
wrote:
> Well, if you want to pedantic about it, you certainly could emulate a
> 32-bit processor on any reasonably Turing-equivalent processor, given
> sufficient memory. It might be incredibly slow, but you could do it.
Noted Australian Mac
On Thu, 22 Dec 2022 at 23:41, Fred Cisin via cctalk
wrote:
>
> On Thu, 22 Dec 2022, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote:
> > You've apparently never heard of Tony Duell: last I read he was running
> > Windows 98 on an IBM PC/XT or something like that :)
Linux on a heavily-upgraded PC-AT with a '386 b
On Sun, 6 Nov 2022 at 00:05, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
wrote:
> >
> > One of these?
> >
> > https://www.reddit.com/r/retrocomputing/comments/vud92z/weve_found_a_beehive_international_bee_1_or_b1_in/
>
> Isn't that just a B1 terminal?
>
> http://bitsavers.org/pdf/beehive/ads/Beehive_Micro_B1.jpg
Coul
On Sat, 5 Nov 2022 at 17:17, Harten via cctalk wrote:
>
> Hi folks!
>
> Is there anyone out there, who can help me with my Beehive Topper
> CP/M machine?
One of these?
https://www.reddit.com/r/retrocomputing/comments/vud92z/weve_found_a_beehive_international_bee_1_or_b1_in/
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On Thu, 3 Nov 2022 at 23:52, Fred Cisin via cctalk
wrote:
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> Such as the classic Montezuma Micro CP/M for TRS80 Model 3, with "JOHN,
> EAT SHIT AND DIE" in some sectors?
?!
Do tell...
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On Thu, 3 Nov 2022 at 23:47, Grant Taylor via cctalk
wrote:
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> Please expand "GCR".
Group-coded recording.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_coded_recording
Specifically:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_coded_recording#Apple
As opposed to Modified Frequency Modulation:
https://en.wikipe
On Sun, 30 Oct 2022 at 17:01, Grant Taylor via cctalk
wrote:
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> I will give that a try.
>
> Thank you for the pointer.
I hope it helps. There seem to be multiple versions there.
> I'm also exchanging emails with DAEMON Tools support. They /are/
> responding and /trying/ to help. Sadly XP is b
On Sun, 30 Oct 2022 at 00:36, Grant Taylor via cctalk
wrote:
>
> Does anyone have a copy of DAEMON Tools Ultra 4.x install file(s)?
Any use?
http://www.oldversion.com/windows/daemon-tools/
I don't really use Windows any more here, so I haven't seen or tried
this myself.
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On Mon, 10 Oct 2022 at 22:54, Doc Shipley via cctalk
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> Liam, don't be a d**k.
I am sorry. :-(
I did not think that calling out a bogus claim was a nasty thing to
do, but I sit corrected, and I apologise.
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On Mon, 10 Oct 2022 at 08:20, Kevin Parker via cctalk
wrote:
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> Problem is my GoogleFoo can't find any diagrams, illustrations etc on how
> the internals are put together
What? I am *amazed*. I don't know how you could _not_ find the info.
There is loads of it.
This is the first hit on "apple p
https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/2022/09/24/ibm-aix-for-ia64-itanium-aka-project-monterey-runs-again/
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On Sat, 24 Sept 2022 at 05:50, Ali via cctalk wrote:
>
> I always thought the i960 was an upgrade to the i860 (sort of like i386 to
> i486 upgrade). However, based on the info on wiki it seems as if the i960
> actually came first and although a RISC chip it was in no way in the same
> league as
On Fri, 23 Sept 2022 at 23:57, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
wrote:
>
> I believe (I'll have to check) that in the Osborne-McGraw-Hill/Intel
> i860 book there's a quote from BillG saying that Microsoft was committed
> to developing for the 860 as a personal computer CPU.
>
> I think that never happened..
On Fri, 16 Sept 2022 at 21:37, Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk
wrote:
>
> Psion bought my former employer, Teklogix, Inc., of Mississauga, ON., to
> provide early wireless connectivity for industrial warehouse and
> inventory control.
And Zebra bought Psion Teklogix:
https://www.zebra.com/us/en/pro
On Thu, 1 Sept 2022 at 16:36, Chris Zach via cctalk
wrote:
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> Are they IBM preformatted? If so they could work in someone's RX01/RX02.
Doesn't say so on the box.
Thanks for all the info and clarification, folks!
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Someone on Fesse Bouc just found a sealed box of SS/SD 8" floppies in
their garage.
Most FB types are too young to know 8" disks existed, of course.
Someone suggested punching a notch in them and using both sides.
Was that even possible on 8" disks?
(TBH single-sided actually-floppy floppies ar
On Tue, 16 Aug 2022 at 23:51, Fred Cisin via cctalk
wrote:
>
> 1) because they need to keep reinforcing until the very last SA400 is
> buried.
>
> 2) It became the recognizable indicator for which disks were which,
> especially for those who wouldn't read the label.
> With a hib-ring is prob'ly a
On Sun, 7 Aug 2022 at 00:02, Fred Cisin via cctalk
wrote:
>
> People who have never actually tried doing it constantly claim that you
> can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
:-D I see what you did there.
Depends on the flies, of course. I discovered it by accident. I'm a
Brit (and I
On Tue, 2 Aug 2022 at 21:56, Wayne S via cctalk wrote:
>
> Does dropping Decnet mean the the commercial versions like Redhat and any
> others that you pay support for will also lose Decnet?
When they eventually upgrade to that or later versions of the kernel: yes.
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On Sun, 10 Jul 2022 at 10:10, Christian Corti via cctalk
wrote:
> Actually I knew them only as Rank Xerox many years ago, when they were
> commonly known as office suppliers, e.g. photo copiers and printers.
Ditto.
I think this may be another of those US/rest-of-world things.
To this Brit, the
A chap I know -- not on the list -- has some old LispM bits that he
would like to find good homes for.
Quote:
«
LISP Machine boards - attached are a couple of pictures of the two
sizes of boards we have. The smaller boards are two ESDI "paddles" and
two console boards. The larger boards are six co
On Fri, 22 Apr 2022 at 19:11, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
wrote:
>
> Back in the 90s, we bought these things by the carton, modified them to
> work with Japanese DOS 2.0 format (PC98) 3.5" floppies, rewrote the
> drivers, added a VxD for Win3.1 compatibility and sold a bunch of them.
> Popular with so
On Fri, 22 Apr 2022 at 13:44, Liam Proven wrote:
> 5¼":
> https://www.amazon.com/MICRO-SOLUTION-1-44MB-Backpack-Parallel/dp/B512MS
Oops, sorry, badly-chosen link. Both of those are, of course, 3½
drives. The company *did* also offer 5¼" units, though, as did
others...
https://www.vogons.org
On Fri, 22 Apr 2022 at 01:48, Charles Dickman via cctalk
wrote:
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> Were there ever any floppy controllers for the (parallel) PCI bus?
Floppy *controllers*, no. Floppy *drives*, yes.
The Backpack range were the most well-known, I'd say.
e.g.
5¼":
https://www.amazon.com/MICRO-SOLUTION-1-44MB-Ba
On Wed, 13 Apr 2022 at 03:42, Ryan Eisworth via cctalk
wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm looking for a keyboard and mouse for a Mega ST. Please contact me if you
> have either available. I'm in Texas, USA, 77833.
I have a keyboard. Possible snag: I live in Prague, Czechia.
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On Sat, 2 Apr 2022 at 00:34, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
wrote:
>
> And, as you say, an Arduino or a Pi that fits in my pocket is orders
> of magnitude more powerful and costs pocket money.
The comparisons of size, power, storage, cost, power usage, heat
output and so on are often made.
What is l
On Fri, 11 Mar 2022 at 22:38, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
wrote:
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> I could do it, but I'm a little squeezed for time and energy right now.
>
> Spending my mornings under the LINAC.
Oh no. :-( Very sorry to hear that. I hope it's worth it and it works!
(So far they've got 'em all early, but had anot
On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 at 19:04, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
wrote:
> Maybe for Win95, but Win98 and later uses its own 32-bit port drivers
> (I'm not certain about 95 OSR2).
98 and 98SE are still loaded from DOS and you can shut down and exit
to DOS again too, if you know how. There's no functional dif
On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 at 15:50, Paul Koning via cctalk
wrote:
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> I think you're unnecessarily limiting your options by refusing to use Linux,
> which as we've pointed out is something you can do on your existing PC
> without overwriting the OS that is on it now.
I agree. The same thought crossed
On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 at 14:50, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
>
> With contemporary ATA hard disks (and also SCSI disks) obviously the
> opposite was the case, due to the ZBR sector mapping scheme.
Zone bit recording?
> The outer
> cylinders had the fastest transfer speeds.
Ah, OK.
Also bearing in mi
On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 at 10:14, Joshua Rice via cctalk
wrote:
> Of course, doing it that way has many disadvantages, not least the
> fragmentation issue (which was the root cause of much periodic slowdown
> on Windows machines in the mid 00's), but also the overheads involved
> with transferring rat
On Thu, 27 Jan 2022 at 17:20, Guy N. via cctalk wrote:
>
> This might be old news to a lot of people here, but I noticed a fun
> article on The Register today:
Oh cool. Thanks for the link -- that's one of my stories. Glad to hear
people enjoyed it. :-)
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On Sun, 23 Jan 2022 at 07:28, David Griffith via cctalk
wrote:
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> Would someone please suggest a replacement for the Compaq Portable's
> brightness knob? This was missing on mine when I got it.
3D print one?
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On Wed, 19 Jan 2022 at 12:00, Peter Corlett via cctalk
wrote:
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> Get a LACK table from IKEA (€6.99)
Speaking of LACK, I guess most people might know this, but it's the
same size as a standard 19" rack and can be used to hold rackmount
kit.
https://wiki.eth0.nl/index.php/LackRack
This may be be
On Wed, 19 Jan 2022 at 16:59, Peter Coghlan via cctalk
wrote:
>
> (BTW, trying to contact IKEA to get it sorted was very much like trying to
> contact Google except that Google doesn't have sacrificial call centre workers
> in a different country to intercept the complaints and lose them, Google j
On Tue, 11 Jan 2022 at 07:04, Stan Sieler via cctalk
wrote:
>
> Somewhere between 4 and 6 years ago (I think), there was a fairly major
> security bug reported (probably in Linux, or in SSH code, but
> something widely used).
Too vague. I think you need to narrow it down.
Heartbleed, Spectre, Ro
On Sun, 5 Dec 2021 at 16:09, Doc Shipley via cctalk
wrote:
>
> On 12/4/21 12:37, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote:
> >
> > OK, Boomer.
> >
> There's really no call to be nasty about it.
>
> To those of us who are baby boomers, that usage is extremely offensive.
I suspect that was the plan.
Chris Lon
On Sat, 20 Nov 2021 at 03:30, Ian McLaughlin via cctalk
wrote:
>
> New owners of LCM? I thought Vulcan was the owner all along?
His younger sister Jody used to be the deputy at Vulcan:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jody_Allen
She left in 2014:
https://www.geekwire.com/2014/jody-allen-leaving-vul
On Tue, 9 Nov 2021 at 00:08, Jeffrey S. Worley via cctalk
wrote:
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> I just received my UKNC from what was Czechoslovakia. Made in 1990 it
> was dirty but otherwise in good shape. I need to install an alternate
> power supply as the Soviet one requires 220volts and has a wierd plug.
>
> Anyone k
On Sun, 31 Oct 2021 at 22:07, Bill Degnan via cctalk
wrote:
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> Juicessh ap for android has telnet. I use it for my vax boxes.
Seconded. I almost never use SSH from Android, but JuiceSSH is my
go-to for the once-in-a-blue-moon occasion.
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On Fri, 22 Oct 2021 at 06:38, James Attfield via cctalk
wrote:
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> I’m having a general clear out and the following are free for the collection
> rather than they go in the skip/dumpster.
You haven't said where you are.
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On Wed, 6 Oct 2021 at 22:33, Fred Cisin via cctalk
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> That is a DIFFERENT "Fred"
🤣
Miser at miser.net? Still sounds pretty grumpy, though...
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On Sun, 3 Oct 2021 at 11:19, Ali via cctalk wrote:
> Procomm was the first terminal program I used that was easy to understand and
> work with.
Oh my, yes, agreed. *So* much easier than Crosstalk or most of the
other DOS biggies.
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On Sat, 2 Oct 2021 at 08:46, Steve Malikoff via cctalk
wrote:
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> In the late eighties I used to use E, an editor developed internally at IBM.
> My dad had retired from there by then but got it from
> ex-colleagues. I see you can get it from here now
> https://winworldpc.com/product/ibm-e-editor/
On Fri, 1 Oct 2021 at 15:06, Adrian Graham wrote:
> On 1 Oct 2021, at 12:58, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
>>
>> Discontinued some years ago, sadly.
>
> Yes, and instead they made BBEdit free for the most part. That’s what I’m
> using. Still got TextWrangler on the old
On Fri, 1 Oct 2021 at 05:03, Carlos E Murillo-Sanchez via cctalk
wrote:
> For the Mac, there is TextWrangler (free version
> of BBEdit), with many useful capabilities (such as editing a remote file
> via an sftp:// URL, for example).
Discontinued some years ago, sadly.
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On Thu, 30 Sept 2021 at 08:29, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
wrote:
> On the west coast, we were doing our initial development on a VAX
> 11/750, but at some point I asked the folks back in St. Paul what they
> were using for an editor. OGNATE! I was dumbfounded--you see, the
> ETA-10 has many fewer i
On Wed, 29 Sept 2021 at 20:25, ben via cctalk wrote:
> I like TERSE for dos. A 4096 byte sized editor for DOS.
> 64Kb files only, but good for editing from a floppy
> when we had them. Still can be found on the web.
> Ben.
That is really quite impressive!
https://texteditors.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl
On Wed, 29 Sept 2021 at 06:53, Fred Cisin via cctalk
wrote:
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> Writing to the video memory was the simplest and most straightforward way
> to do it
"*Real* programmers use a magnetized needle and a steady hand."
https://xkcd.com/378/
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On Wed, 29 Sept 2021 at 01:47, Mike Katz via cctalk
wrote:
>
> Control-C, Control-X & Control-P for copy, cut and paste in Windows 11
> dates back to Wordstar on 8-Bit CPM systems in the 80s.
No they didn't. They came from the Mac:
https://ieee-isto.org/isto-blog/standards-for-cut-copy-and-past/
On Wed, 29 Sept 2021 at 01:37, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
wrote:
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> I confess to having Wordstar so thoroughly burned into my reflexes
It was once, yes. I got better.
But now:
http://wordtsar.ca/
> that
> I still use joe under linux.
Tilde FTW.
https://os.ghalkes.nl/tilde
> Let's not forget M
On Wed, 29 Sept 2021 at 00:41, Fred Cisin via cctalk
wrote:
> Can EMACS be expanded enough to emulate VI?
https://www.linode.com/docs/guides/emacs-evil-mode/
> Can VI be expanded enough to emulate EMACS?
https://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=300
There's something almost poetic in t
On Tue, 28 Sept 2021 at 23:55, Mike Katz via cctalk
wrote:
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> Fred Cisin said "'course, then there are the MAJOR religious battles.
> Such as VI VS EMACS."
>
> I cannot agree more. I know many people who live in VI thought I cannot
> fathom why.
I worked at Red Hat briefly and SUSE for more tha
On Wed, 29 Sept 2021 at 17:45, John Many Jars
wrote:
>
> I had a TI 99/4 when I was a kid. It was my first computer (although I used
> my friend's Apple ][ much more).
>
> All I can say is, what a piece of garbage. It was horrible in every way, and
> it overheated if you left it on too long.
On Tue, 28 Sept 2021 at 22:05, Peter Corlett via cctalk
wrote:
>
> I went and looked up the numbers. A 1983 Fiat Panda was £3k (list). At the
> same time, the C64 was selling for £345. So it's an order-of-magnitude out,
> but still a formidable sum of money: a factory-new rustbucket (e.g. Renault
On Mon, 27 Sept 2021 at 22:49, Fred Cisin via cctalk
wrote:
>
>
> I think that it is truly tragic about the price gouging.
Strongly agreed.
The TI-99/4A wasn't a great computer, with foolish design compromises,
but it was driven out of the market by unfair pricing.
The Amiga was a superior mach
On Mon, 27 Sept 2021 at 22:14, Yeechang Lee via cctech
wrote:
>
> This was true in more wealthy countries outside the US, too. Sinclair never
> got anywhere in Germany compared to Commodore, for example.
This may be true; I work for a German company but I've never lived
there. I know Amstrad-aff
On Mon, 27 Sept 2021 at 17:23, Tom Hunter via cctalk
wrote:
>
> While restoring and repairing a Data General Nova 2/10 I found a bad
> bipolar PROM on the CPU board.
Maybe it was just feeling depressed this week. Try it again next week
and you might find it works... maybe even really fast?
(Sorr
On Mon, 27 Sept 2021 at 16:07, Joshua Rice via cctalk
wrote:
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> and i'd rather prefer that this mailing list didn't fall for the same
> petty bickering that can be found across the internet.
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On Mon, 27 Sept 2021 at 15:55, Murray McCullough via cctalk
wrote:
>
> even though WIN 11 is much more secure than previous Windows
> versions
[[Citation needed]] ;-)
There still are more choices than people realise.
I sometimes play around with Haiku. It's getting there and is quite
usable for
On Mon, 27 Sept 2021 at 13:38, Jules Richardson via cctalk
wrote:
>
> From the other side of that, growing up in the UK, nobody I knew talked
> about Apple or Atari, and Commodore was only on the radar because of the
> C64's capability as a games machine (and later the Amiga) - I don't think I
>
On Mon, 27 Sept 2021 at 03:44, Bill Degnan wrote:
>
> My girlfriend commented to me that Americans don't understand London"s Fleet
> Street scene of the 70's and early 80s and how Sinclair products were
> represented there. In the US the "Timex Sinclair TS-1000" was a budget $99
> computer for
I found this interesting for perspective. The British media (and
AFAICS of Australia, New Zealand and several bits of Europe) have been
saturated with coverage of a much-loved, widely-celebrated and revered
hero of tech.
As FC points out, even the American _tech_ media barely noticed.
«
The presc
On Wed, 22 Sept 2021 at 18:28, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
wrote:
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> Not true. HP still owns it. VSI is licensed to continue development,
> nothing more. HPE no longer cares about VMS and the Hobbyist Program
> has ended. VSI has a Hobbyist type program but it does not cover VAX.
I sit correct
On Wed, 22 Sept 2021 at 14:21, Philip Pemberton via cctalk
wrote:
> I'm thinking of using SIMH, unless there's a better emulator available.
I like VMS but I can't claim much expertise, unfortunately.
I have sysadminned a few boxes, but never brought one up from scratch.
However I did experimen
On Tue, 21 Sept 2021 at 19:06, Mike Nealey via cctalk
wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> Sorry for the slow reply. I have attached some pictures of the terminal.
> Thanks for your help!!
It looks like you may be new to mailing lists.
You should bottom-post -- i.e. your reply goes _underneath_ the
trimmed text
On Wed, 25 Aug 2021 at 21:48, Eric Smith wrote:
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> At USENIX conferences, at some point the "sex, drugs, and Unix" buttons
gave way to "condoms, aspirin, and POSIX" buttons.
> :-(
😅
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On Sun, 22 Aug 2021 at 23:42, Fred Cisin via cctalk
wrote:
>
> >> The answer to the question is Hydra I believe.
>
> On Sun, 22 Aug 2021, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
> > But since you are not replying to anything, we don't know what the
> > question _was_ ...
On Sun, 22 Aug 2021 at 17:53, Mark Kahrs via cctech
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> The answer to the question is Hydra I believe.
But since you are not replying to anything, we don't know what the
question _was_ ...
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On Mon, 16 Aug 2021 at 23:21, Wayne Sudol via cctech
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> Out of curiosity, is there a reason you do not use Acrobat for creating
> pdfs?
I have been making PDFs for at least 20 years now, probably more.
AFAIK I have _never_ used Acrobat to create them. I print from
LibreOffice to its PDF g
I am not a collector exactly -- I just salvaged a bunch when they were
being sent to recycling.
My Model Ms are going strong, no bolt mod needed, but I also have 2
Apple Extended II and an Extended I and both, sadly, need some
attention. I am almost devoid of electronics skills.
Does anyone know
On Sun, 1 Aug 2021 at 04:21, Tony Aiuto via cctalk
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> I would argue that this is totally wrong. iOS,
Which is a Unix. Derived from Mac OS X, which is an Open Group certified UNIX™.
> Android
A Linux distro.
> and other mobile
> systems,
QNX as in Blackberry 10? A Unix.
Jolla Sailfish
On Sat, 31 Jul 2021 at 07:56, Randy Dawson via cctalk
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> Well, he is dead I find out, killed last year in Mexico is what the news
> says, buried in a well with his wife. They went often, many times a year.
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2021-01-26/baja-auth
This was a talk at a recent Chaos Computer Club congress:
https://media.ccc.de/v/rc3-525180-what_have_we_lost#t=1707
«
We have ended up in a world where UNIX and Windows have taken over,
and most people have never experienced anything else. Over the years,
though, many other system designs have co
On Tue, 27 Jul 2021 at 02:29, Grant Taylor via cctalk
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> On 7/26/21 5:36 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
> > I got it down to 14MB and it would, just barely, boot from the 16MB
> > SSD, although you could barely do anything as there was almost no
> > free d
On Sat, 24 Jul 2021 at 19:52, Kevin Anderson via cctalk
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> Here is an inventory of what I have for parts that I am desiring to pass on
> to others if they are interested or to seek permission to pitch to an
> electronics recycler (or rubbish bin) if these things are of limited value
>
On Sat, 24 Jul 2021 at 18:41, Grant Taylor via cctalk
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> Talk about a chicken and egg / priming problem. How do you get the
> CD-ROM drivers off of the CD-ROM that you need a driver to access. ;-)
> The quintessential answer is to have (access to) another system (or
> driver) assist.
On
On Sat, 24 Jul 2021 at 01:29, Grant Taylor via cctalk
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> On 7/23/21 11:23 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
> > Win95: 13 disks.
>
> That's fewer than I remember.
>
> Though, Windows 3.1 was 6 disks and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 was 8
> disks. That was o
On Fri, 23 Jul 2021 at 18:56, Grant Taylor via cctalk
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> If memory serves, that mass of floppies was dwarfed by Windows 95,
> particularly later versions.
Win95: 13 disks.
Win98: 38 disks.
Netware 3.1: can't remember... lots:
http://www.os2museum.com/wp/diskette-puzzle/
Ha! Trying to g
On Fri, 23 Jul 2021 at 14:55, Christian Groessler via cctalk
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> I think Compaq was the first company to offer a 386 PC back then (before
> IBM).
>
> I remember, when I worked as a student at MBB around 1988, that we
> visited another department (just next door) to see the Compaq 386 they
>
On Fri, 23 Jul 2021 at 01:25, Christian Groessler via cctalk
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> My boss back in 90/91 or so bought a Compaq 386SX desktop. The 386SX was
> at the low end back then already, but the keyboard which came with it
> was top-notch!
>
> Forget early IBM PC keyboards. This Compaq keyboard had the
On Wed, 21 Jul 2021 at 19:51, r.stricklin via cctech
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> > Regarding your "IDE HDDs were extremely rare" comment, did *anyone* other
> > than Quantum release an IDE drive in that 5.25" form factor? I can't think
> > of any, everything else was 3.5", although some early vendor's drives wer
On Wed, 21 Jul 2021 at 18:00, Grant Taylor via cctalk
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>
> I suspect there are more people restoring ISA systems than PCI systems.
> But that's probably a matter of time.
True. What I was thinking of was the relatively narrow gap between PCI
systems starting to appear and most of them gai
On Wed, 21 Jul 2021 at 16:32, Peter Corlett via cctalk
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> Not quite answering the question you asked, but optical drives from 15-25
> years ago are 5.25" IDE devices.
If one were inclined to be _excessively_ persnickety, one could say
that they were ATAPI devices, which in turn implies EI
On Tue, 20 Jul 2021 at 20:11, Kevin Anderson via cctalk
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> But at the same time I also acquired (pulled) from these same computers and
> their siblings a whole bunch of wired Ethernet network cards
I _think_ ISA ones are in more demand these days.
> one or two video cards,
PCI?
> a who
On Sun, 18 Jul 2021 at 07:52, Ali via cctalk wrote:
>> I found a copy of RP/M2 for the IBM PC by Micro Methods Inc. with manual
>> and some floppies, 8" and 5.25". According to the manual, this was a
>> CP/M compatible operating system.
> David, Did you see the article on page 94:
http://www.bi
On Sat, 26 Jun 2021 at 00:31, Grant Taylor via cctalk
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> Would you mind sharing link(s) to said conversation? It sounds like one
> I'd like to learn from / maybe be part of.
Would appear to be:
https://twitter.com/BinaryDinosaurs/status/1407993695006232579
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