Hello,
Am 06.01.2021 um 13:37 schrieb mazzi...@tin.it:
>> What I understood from your last posting is that once you reformat an AS/400
>> disk for 512 Bytes per sector as used by commodity hardware, you can’t use
>> it again on AS/400, even by reformatting.
>
> Yes, that's correct
Hm, I
Hello Tomasz,
allow me to send ahead, that it’s a pleasure to have a conversation going on
with you.
Am 06.01.2021 um 03:35 schrieb Tomasz Rola via cctalk :
>> If you’re new to the platform, I agree. :-)
> To be frank, I am "new" to many things out there.
I’m sorry for being ambiguous. With
Hello,
Am 06.01.2021 um 02:04 schrieb mazzi...@tin.it:
> Yeh, I know for a fact you cannot setup Hdds for an as/400 unless with the
> ibm factory tool. ( saw people using AS for a lot of years professionally
> discuss this )
> You had an as400, you had to buy the spares hdds sold by ibm and
Hello Tomasz,
Am 05.01.2021 um 22:45 schrieb Tomasz Rola via cctalk :
> I guess it is more complicated to check mainframe's correct operation.
If you’re new to the platform, I agree. :-)
Hint: If you say mainframe to an AS/400 and a mainframe guy is nearby, duck and
cover. ;-) AS/400s were
Hello,
Am 05.01.2021 um 23:33 schrieb mazzinia--- via cctalk :
> The hard disks are factory initialized with a specific number of sectors...
> they are scsi, and you cannot use normal scsi disks there.
Yap. See here for details (and further reading).
Hello,
Am 05.01.2021 um 22:02 schrieb mazzinia--- via cctalk :
> The whole translation is more on the lines that it hasn't been started since
> 3 years and they can't be bothered to check if it still works with the mains
> not plugged since then. Thus the risk to turn it on is on the buyer.
I
Hello Tomasz,
Am 05.01.2021 um 21:53 schrieb Tomasz Rola via cctalk :
> It says "Als Ersatzteil / defekt", which to my nose smells like "parts
> donor". Whoever would like to pick it, should verify this. I might be
> wrong.
It’s advertised as that because it’s „three years ago since the last
Hello,
to fellow readers in Germany and surrounding areas:
HUGE 9406-F2, 300€, pickup in Heidelberg, Germany. Might be a
Multiprocessor-Machine.
https://cgi.ebay.de/174577267021
I’m not related to the seller. Have seen this by chance.
I requested more photos to see what machine it is. Would
Hello Kevin,
thanks for your suggestion.
Am 26.12.2020 um 13:37 schrieb Kevin Lee :
> Clean the optical sensor/push button?
Allow me to repeat that this happens exclusively with DEC brand tapes. All five
of them report „read only“ while all other brands (HP, Sony, Maxell, you name
it) work.
Hello Folks,
I’m having fun time to erase used DDS tapes for reuse. I’ve been collecting
those over years. Recently, I discovered that with DEC brand tapes, the drive
reports the cartridges to be write protected, eventhough the slider is closed
which means, they’re supposed to be writable. I
Hello Alan,
Am 22.12.2020 um 07:17 schrieb Alan Perry via cctalk :
> I have a bunch of Sun keyboards that I need to store more efficiently and
> don't want to risk damaging by stacking on top of each other. They are Type
> 4s, 5s, and 6s (without the wrist rest), maybe 10 in total. Anyone here
Hello Jim,
Am 18.12.2020 um 09:42 schrieb jim stephens via cctalk :
> I ran across a reference to this on FB. It appears to be from 2008, so may
> be well known or obsolete material.
>
> The other interesting info at the end of the article is the contact name and
> info about someone who
Hello Cameron,
Am 16.11.2020 um 19:34 schrieb Cameron Kaiser via cctalk
:
> If you have an older pre-C99 system, I've backported a TLS 1.2 library to gcc
> versions as early as 2.5 as long as it has 64-bit ints (long long, usually)
> and stdarg.h.
Thanks for that! I’ll try to compile this in
Hello Tom,
Am 20.11.2020 um 15:11 schrieb Tom Hunter via cctalk :
> I have managed to completely disassemble the bad Osborne 1 keyboard
Congrats on that!
> The silver tracks remained undamaged as confirmed with a multimeter.
Very wise to check this while all is disassembled.
> I then
Hello Jules,
Am 14.11.2020 um 18:01 schrieb Jules Richardson via cctalk
:
> I picked up a couple of 9GB Seagate Elite SCSI disks the other day (model
> 410800N, 1995-vintage but 5.25" FH units).
Nice. I also have three of them from the time when a German Dealer (Alternate)
was selling stock
Hello Kelly,
Am 27.10.2020 um 18:14 schrieb Kelly Fergason via cctalk
:
> The rubber feet melted. It was in my closet. I have no clue how it got that
> hot, or if they are just some composition for them to melt.
Some kind of rubber loses elasticity over the years by having prolonged contact
Hello Adrian,
Am 01.11.2020 um 07:49 schrieb Adrian Stoness via cctalk
:
> heat gun and some acitone?
With that recipe, he’s likely to suffer from too much heat through actual
flames. Acetone is very flammable, and now combine that with a heat gun.
In addition, Acetone is very aggressive
Hello Paul,
Am 27.10.2020 um 17:33 schrieb Paul Koning via cctalk :
> The motor start surge current is a lot higher than the steady state current
I fondly remember my Seagate Elite 9GB (5.25“ double height), nominal 5400 RPM.
Power applied, it slowly spins until a certain speed and then
Hello Al,
Am 26.10.2020 um 17:01 schrieb Al Kossow via cctalk :
> There is a minimum RH specified for tape, but "tape heads depend on the
> moisture from the air" ??
First of all, my experiences are from ancient audio reel-to-reel tape. So maybe
I’m wrong. Also add the fact that „screwing
Hello,
anyone heard of Genoa GenWare Backup Software and probably has a copy floating
around? Someone was asking me to restore tapes, and the original diskettes
aren't readable anymore.
https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Books/Business/IDX/1987-04-OCR-Page-0107.pdf
:wq! PoC
Hello Al,
Am 21.09.2020 um 14:08 schrieb Al Kossow via cctalk :
> you might be able to change something if you can inject a solvent into the
> side of the switch by drilling through the top layer
And then, the solvent is meant to stay there?
I had bad experiences with "put magic fluid in
Hello Tom,
Am 21.09.2020 um 13:41 schrieb Tom Hunter via cctalk :
> Has anyone got experience repairing or restoring this type of membrane
> keyboard mechanism used in the Osborne 1 and probably in other keyboards too?
Not with the Osbornes, but with others. This kind is cheaper to manufacture
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