RE: Found some stuff at the scrapyard

> The HPIL thinkjet version was also used with the hp portable and hp > portable pluslaptops. > we have some of them in the SMECC here... butback when I was CEO > Computer Exchange inc we sold lost of these.. it was a small laptop > with applications in ROM but also had a

Re: Building the Ultimate Classic Mac.

> Back on topic, many Mac users today would/have stuck their nose up at PPC > and 68K powered boxes, and don't even acknowledge them. If a critical piece > of Mac OS code crossed their path, SheepShaver would be their only option. True, and that's a shame, since Classic happily runs most 68K

Re: Building the Ultimate Classic Mac.

On 7/17/16 9:23 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote: that is interesting to know the old os can be run under the newer. I am confused on some of the G5 stuff. there is a real early one that has non intel processor then there is a 1.1 ( i have one too) but you can not upgrade to the latest os (bummer)

Re: Building the Ultimate Classic Mac.

oppssorry many typos... see clarification interlaced.. In a message dated 7/17/2016 8:04:07 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, cmhan...@eschatologist.net writes: That would be a PowerMac G5. No Power Macintosh has an Intel processor yes that is first g5 has a more elegant

Re: Building the Ultimate Classic Mac.

On Jul 17, 2016, at 12:56 PM, couryho...@aol.com wrote: > that is interesting to know the old os can be run under the newer. This was a standard feature of Mac OS X on PowerPC hardware from the 10.0 developer builds through 10.4. > I am confused on some of the G5 stuff. > there is a real

Re: Building the Ultimate Classic Mac.

I'm not disagreeing with you. I have multiple PPC Mac's and a couple of PowerBooks. I'm set. Apple systems from the past typically had 2 big advantages over windows based systems. * significantly easier to administer, and at least some level of stability over MS code * Apple systems

Re: Building the Ultimate Classic Mac.

> that is interesting to know the old os can be run under the newer. > I am confused on some of the G5 stuff. > there is a real early one that has non intel processor > then there is a 1.1 ( i have one too) but you can not upgrade to the > latest os (bummer) > > then there is the G% 3 or

Re: Epson QX games (with graphics) (was Epson QX-10, battery removal)

On 07/17/2016 08:12 PM, Terry Stewart wrote: BTW, while we discussing the QX-10 I'd love to hear from anyone that has any games which show off its nice green-screen graphics. "Underground City" (I think that's what it's called, without digging it out) is the only one that I have, but there's

Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 25, Issue 18

From: Brent Hilpert > I don't think I've ever seen a wirewrapped S100 backplane, they were > pretty much all PCB. For what it's worth, I've seen many WW S-100 backplanes, especially from the days when it was common to assemble your own systems from parts/kits, and before S-100

Epson QX games (with graphics) (was Epson QX-10, battery removal)

BTW, while we discussing the QX-10 I'd love to hear from anyone that has any games which show off its nice green-screen graphics. Terry (Tez)

Re: Epson QX-10, battery removal

>But it is distressing that you're not able to get yours to start again! No, that's not the case fortunately. It would only not start with the new battery and the recharging circuit disabled. I soldered the old battery back in and reconfiguring the charging circuit back to what it was. It

Re: Found some stuff at the scrapyard

> On Jul 17, 2016, at 11:03 PM, tony duell wrote: > > The ink is also corrosive. It can corrode the metal faceplate > on the cartridge, then drip onto the flexible PCB that connects > the cartridge to the rest of the printer and corrode that too. > If you ever have a

Re: Building the Ultimate Classic Mac.

> And SheepShaver is an option to run Classic/Mac OS apps on Intel based > Mac OS X boxes. It's an option, but it's not a very good one. It has various compatibility issues with certain programs (usually the most interesting/useful ones) and it does not run anything past 9.0.4. For the programs

Re: NuTek Mac comes

> > What is it that "sucked" about the VMS command line? > > I'm sure there were many, mostly small ones. Here are the ones big > enough for me to remember after this many years (this was in the > early-to-mid '80s): > > - No command-line editing. (Well, minimal: editing at end-of-line, but >

Re: Epson QX-10, battery removal

> On Jul 17, 2016, at 4:57 PM, Terry Stewart wrote: > >> Anyone here successfully replaced the battery? > > Hi Paul, > > As I mentioned, I did try a standard Lithium battery after disabling the > recharging circuit. The machine just would not fire up boot. I haven't >

Re: Found some stuff at the scrapyard

> Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 23:34:22 -0400 > From: devin davison > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts" > Subject: Found some stuff at the scrapyard > Message-ID: >

Re: Found some stuff at the scrapyard

Well, i will have to see if i can find any matching wire wrap cards to plug into the backpane and i can perhaps make something of it. I did not pay much for it, its no big liss if it is useless.

Re: Epson QX-10, battery removal

>Anyone here successfully replaced the battery? Hi Paul, As I mentioned, I did try a standard Lithium battery after disabling the recharging circuit. The machine just would not fire up boot. I haven't tried a NiMH or Lithium ion rechargeable though. I'd be interested to know if these work.

Re: Building the Ultimate Classic Mac.

And SheepShaver is an option to run Classic/Mac OS apps on Intel based Mac OS X boxes. Jerry On 07/17/16 02:56 PM, couryho...@aol.com wrote: that is interesting to know the old os can be run under the newer. I am confused on some of the G5 stuff. there is a real early one that has non

Re: Epson QX-10, battery removal

> On Jul 17, 2016, at 3:37 PM, Paul Koning wrote: > > >> On Jul 17, 2016, at 3:29 PM, Terry Stewart wrote: >> >> Hi Jules >> >> I found removing my QX-10's battery stopped the machines working. I tried >> replacing it with a lithium battery

Re: VMS stability back in the day (was Re: NuTek Mac comes)

> On Jul 17, 2016, at 3:26 PM, Paul Koning wrote: > >> >> On Jul 17, 2016, at 12:12 PM, John Forecast wrote: >> >> >>> On Jul 17, 2016, at 11:13 AM, Paul Koning wrote: >>> >>> On Jul 17, 2016, at 11:06 AM, John

Re: Building the Ultimate Classic Mac.

that is interesting to know the old os can be run under the newer. I am confused on some of the G5 stuff. there is a real early one that has non intel processor then there is a 1.1 ( i have one too) but you can not upgrade to the latest os (bummer) then there is the G% 3 or 3.3 dated one

Re: VMS stability back in the day (was Re: NuTek Mac comes)

On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 3:47 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote: > with a little left over). Our largest Unibus machine was an 11/750 > (though we had an VAX 8300 w/DWBUA, and an NMI-based VAX 8350 as our > largest machine, both purchased for supporting our VAXBI product > line). I

Re: Building the Ultimate Classic Mac.

On Jul 15, 2016, at 1:49 PM, Austin Pass wrote: > I have several G5's, but am at a loss as to what to do with them. If they > supported classic Mac OS I'd have one up and running in a heartbeat. You can't boot MacOS 9 on them, but you can run Classic under 10.4 on a G5

Re: Found some stuff at the scrapyard

What a flash back... (SMECC is always looking for anything related to these products) The HPIL thinkjet version was also used with the hp portable and hp portable pluslaptops. we have some of them in the SMECC here... butback when I was CEO Computer Exchange inc we

Re: Epson QX-10, battery removal

> On Jul 17, 2016, at 3:29 PM, Terry Stewart wrote: > > Hi Jules > > I found removing my QX-10's battery stopped the machines working. I tried > replacing it with a lithium battery after disabling the recharging circuit > but that didn't work either. In the early days

Re: Epson QX-10, battery removal

Hi Jules I found removing my QX-10's battery stopped the machines working. I tried replacing it with a lithium battery after disabling the recharging circuit but that didn't work either. The old battery doesn't show any signs of leaking so I just left it in there. I check all my machines with

Re: VMS stability back in the day (was Re: NuTek Mac comes)

> On Jul 17, 2016, at 12:12 PM, John Forecast wrote: > > >> On Jul 17, 2016, at 11:13 AM, Paul Koning wrote: >> >> >>> On Jul 17, 2016, at 11:06 AM, John Forecast wrote: >>> ... I suppose so. Rumor had it that

Re: Found some stuff at the scrapyard

>> for some incomprehensible reason, you can still order brand new cartridges >> from... Staples! Another thanks for the tip; I've got an HP2225B (HP-IL, with RS-232 converter) which presumably uses the same cartridge. Will have to check it out. m - Original Message - From: "Curious

Re: DOS code in CP/M? Revisited...

On 17 July 2016 at 16:09, Liam Proven wrote: > In 1987 or so, the early Archimedes like the A305 and A310 came with > ST-506 controllers and 20-40MB Conner drives. The expensive > workstation-class models -- Dick mentions having an A500, but that was > a series, not a model.

Re: Reproduction micros

On 17 Jul 2016, at 17:28, Liam Proven wrote: [...] > Again with the "braindead" jibes. You have not clarified or explained > what your objection to the machine was. We perhaps forget just how eyewateringly expensive these things were. They were "braindead" because to build

Epson QX-10, battery removal

There's a battery in my QX-10; anyone know if it's safe to remove it before it leaks (i.e. it's not responsible for storing any parameters which might be vital to system operation)? I think most of my machines which have batteries just use them for things such as TOD clock and so it's no

Re: OSX, OS/2, ECS, and Blue Lion (was Re: NuTek Mac comes)

windows 95 - yea, even bill gates stated that windows 95 was the pinnacle. ease of installation - maybe due to the fact that the bulk, if not all of us here are experienced users, I've never understood the belly-aching concerning installation. Not for DOS/windows, not for OS/2, not for BSD,

RE: Found some stuff at the scrapyard

> > As far as the disk drive goes, if it is a proprietary hard drive in there, > > that is a bummer. > > They are conventional drives. The 360 or 380 are nice machines that will also > run HP/UX As far as I am aware the HP9153B is the same as an HP9154B with a floppy drive fitted. The 9154B

Re: Found some stuff at the scrapyard

On 07/17/2016 10:17 AM, tony duell wrote: > Ethylene glycol is, of course, commonly found in car anti-freeze. > The printer ink is not rediculously toxic, but some animals find it > tastes sweet, they drink all they can find and it leads to kindney > failure. A couple of decades ago, there was

RE: Found some stuff at the scrapyard

> Very good information to know about the printer, thanks. I am assuming > that the new cartridges I get from staples should not have the toxic ink? > Will it still be corrosive? My guess is that the ink formulation has not changed. I think other things (maybe element power, timing, etc) would

RE: Found some stuff at the scrapyard

Original "A" version with HP-IB interface, useless for regular PCs of course. Complete with the "SomethingJet" marketing On Sun, 17 Jul 2016, tony duell wrote: It's mildly easier to use with a normal PC than the -B model (HPIL, There were also variant models with "Centronics" interface.

Re: Found some stuff at the scrapyard

which also ran on PCs on the 82324B Measurement Coprocessor http://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=909 On 7/17/16 9:53 AM, Al Kossow wrote: > It's "Rocky Mountain BASIC" V6.2,

Re: Found some stuff at the scrapyard

It's "Rocky Mountain BASIC" V6.2, which you used to be able to get as floppy images from the Australian HP Museum. I think the standalone Pascal system still ran on these as well. On 7/17/16 9:47 AM, devin davison wrote: > The basic os that came installed on it looks pretty interesting too, >

Re: Who Loves IBM Tape?

re-reading the paper, "mechanical bit validation" was a little confusing for a while until I remembered that he also digitizes the tach signal, so he knows the absolute position of the tape. On 7/17/16 9:41 AM, Al Kossow wrote: > This is what is in the modified STC 9914V drives shown in this

Re: Found some stuff at the scrapyard

Yeah i saw that it was capable or running HP/UX and wanted to take a look at that. Sadly it did not come with a NIC, that would have been pretty useful for getting data into and out of the machine over the network, instead ill be limited to floppys. The basic os that came installed on it looks

Re: Found some stuff at the scrapyard

Memory sticks don't appear to be normal, though. I never bothered to dig into what's different about them, since they were available cheaply on eBay when i was working on the data recovery project. On 7/17/16 9:43 AM, Al Kossow wrote: > > > On 7/17/16 9:21 AM, devin davison wrote: > >> As far

Re: Who Loves IBM Tape?

On 2016-Jul-17, at 9:23 AM, Jason T wrote: > A very nice IBM 3480 brochure ended up in my hands yesterday and I had > to bump it to the top of the scan queue: > > https://archive.org/details/IBM3480MagneticTapeSubsystemBrochure > > Lots of nice shots of IBM data center tape equipment as well as

Re: Who Loves IBM Tape?

3480 is interesting technically because it was one of the first drives to use magneto-restrictive read heads, which are much more sensitive than inductive. The 18 track head stack will work on a conventional 1/2" tape transport, as will the 36 track heads from a 3490. This is what is in the

Who Loves IBM Tape?

A very nice IBM 3480 brochure ended up in my hands yesterday and I had to bump it to the top of the scan queue: https://archive.org/details/IBM3480MagneticTapeSubsystemBrochure Lots of nice shots of IBM data center tape equipment as well as a cool "history of tape at IBM" set of pages. I've

Re: Found some stuff at the scrapyard

Very good information to know about the printer, thanks. I am assuming that the new cartridges I get from staples should not have the toxic ink? Will it still be corrosive? There was a second printer over there, missing the plastic cover and scratched up. I think i will pick it up too for parts.

Re: VMS stability back in the day (was Re: NuTek Mac comes)

> On Jul 17, 2016, at 11:13 AM, Paul Koning wrote: > > >> On Jul 17, 2016, at 11:06 AM, John Forecast wrote: >> >>> ... >>> I suppose so. Rumor had it that Phase I only existed on RSX, but it >>> appears that there was a PDP-8 implementation as

Re: Reproduction micros

On 16 July 2016 at 19:16, Christian Corti wrote: > The A2000 did *not* have a built-in hard disk, that was the A3000. The A2000 > was just an "updated" A1000 in a large desktop case with Zorro slots... > completely braindead. Again with the "braindead" jibes.

Re: VMS stability back in the day (was Re: NuTek Mac comes)

> On Jul 17, 2016, at 11:06 AM, John Forecast wrote: > >> ... >> I suppose so. Rumor had it that Phase I only existed on RSX, but it appears >> that there was a PDP-8 implementation as well. Phase II was implemented on >> lots of DEC systems, from TOPS-10 to RT-11 to

Re: DOS code in CP/M? Revisited...

On 16 July 2016 at 13:12, Peter Corlett wrote: > > Isn't that mostly down to the difference between polled- and DMA-driven I/O? > Not that IBM should be given any slack, given what a complete dog's breakfast > ISA DMA is. > > Back in 1987, the Amiga had crap hard disk

Re: VMS stability back in the day (was Re: NuTek Mac comes)

> On Jul 17, 2016, at 10:41 AM, Paul Koning wrote: > > >> On Jul 16, 2016, at 6:56 PM, Antonio Carlini wrote: >> >> ... >> The specs were (and are) freely available. (I'm not 100% sure that they were >> free-as-in-beer back then, but they are

Re: OSX, OS/2, ECS, and Blue Lion (was Re: NuTek Mac comes)

On 15 July 2016 at 20:48, Jerry Kemp wrote: > I guess I am glad that someone getting something positive from windows. > > I have never viewed it as any more than a virus distribution system with a > poorly written GUI front end. I am ambivalent. I don't particularly like it any

Re: VMS stability back in the day (was Re: NuTek Mac comes)

> On Jul 17, 2016, at 10:41 AM, Paul Koning wrote: > > ... > I suppose so. Rumor had it that Phase I only existed on RSX, but it appears > that there was a PDP-8 implementation as well. Phase II was implemented on > lots of DEC systems, from TOPS-10 to RT-11 to

Re: VMS stability back in the day (was Re: NuTek Mac comes)

> On Jul 16, 2016, at 6:56 PM, Antonio Carlini wrote: > > ... > The specs were (and are) freely available. (I'm not 100% sure that they were > free-as-in-beer back then, but they are now). I assume you had to pay for the cost of printing. They could be freely

RE: Found some stuff at the scrapyard

> Original "A" version with HP-IB interface, useless for regular > PCs of course. Complete with the "SomethingJet" marketing It's mildly easier to use with a normal PC than the -B model (HPIL, battery powered). Interestingly the -A version has an HPIB-HPIL interface feeding HPIL to the main

Re: Building the Ultimate Classic Mac.

> On 16 Jul 2016, at 3:33 pm, TeoZ wrote: > > > Most 840av's these days have bad motherboards from leaking capacitors and the > plastics break if you sneeze too hard close to them. > Yes, I just gave away my 840av. It was working (and looking) fine a couple of years ago,

Re: Found some stuff at the scrapyard

You got yourself the first consumer inkjet printer ever, from 1984: https://youtu.be/UiHNymmxKWs Original "A" version with HP-IB interface, useless for regular PCs of course. Complete with the "SomethingJet" marketing name that has been with us since then. The key innovation of that printer was

Re: Found some stuff at the scrapyard

well come to think of it, i was at a HAM convention and i bought a bunch of wire wrap boards that were supposedly from CDC system. wire wrap boards with a card edge connector. I will have to see if they fit together. On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 12:39 AM, Brent Hilpert wrote: > On

Re: Found some stuff at the scrapyard

On 2016-Jul-16, at 8:34 PM, devin davison wrote: > as well as what im > assuming is a s100 backplane. > https://www.slashflash.info/~devin/images/scrapyard_lot/IMG_0148.JPG > https://www.slashflash.info/~devin/images/scrapyard_lot/IMG_0149.JPG Looks earlier than S100. I don't think I've ever

Found some stuff at the scrapyard

Actually found a pretty nice hp machine with a bunch of peripherals. Thankfully it came with the keyboard. Also a external hard drive and floppy, as well as a tiny printer. HP 362 "controller" Hp thinkjet 2225A printer Hp 9153B - HD and floppy Also a IBM wheelwriter 3 with the parallel

Siemens PC-MX2 Set

Hello. I've recently acquired what came to be a Siemens PC-MX2 Set that is comprised of: * 4 Siemens Dossiers named: - Informix - BetriebeSystem SINIX Buch 1 - BetriebeSystem SINIX Buch 2 Menus - Siemens PC-MX2 Betriebsanleitung 12 Tapes: - 10 of them are of brand 3M, Model

RE: eBay MVII BA123 $99 - Buy It Now - Richboro, Pennsylvania

> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Ian S. King > Sent: 17 July 2016 05:27 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: eBay MVII BA123 $99 - Buy It Now - Richboro, Pennsylvania > > On

Re: Multiflow Trace 14/300 close to being scrapped in Texas

On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 08:31:59PM -0500, James Vess wrote: > Does anyone have the capacity to power the unit on in Texas? Yeah but ... I wouldn't. The power supplies look too rough for me to trust the smoke-test. I can store it but I will lie if I say I can devote any time to it. mcl