Re: Qume Qumetrack 542 track seeking issue

2019-11-04 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019, rescue via cctalk wrote: 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 woul

Qume Qumetrack 542 track seeking issue

2019-11-04 Thread rescue via cctalk
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 (bot

Re: getting your data from yahoo

2019-11-04 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
On 10/31/2019 9:38 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: someone just posted this on twitter they seem to have sent an email to everyone and didn't bother to mention this https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/getmydata I got a link from them 24 hours later.  So far the main difference between my own constr

Re: getting your data from yahoo

2019-11-04 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
On 11/1/2019 6:33 PM, Rich Alderson via cctalk wrote: What tool do I use to look at the contents of this verschlagener file? Rich, with some degree of luck, Thunderbird will process it.  At least it used to.  the mbox format is pretty much what they used to use. I create a folder of some s

Re: Hyperland and Doctor Who (Was: 70's computers

2019-11-04 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Mon, 4 Nov 2019, A'vanOpstal via cctalk wrote: hello there, just read your reply in the thread "70???s computers" (from about a year ago) where you talk about having created a .SRT file for Hyperland. Is it still possible to get a copy of that .SRT file? That would be rreally sweet, 'd love t

Hyperland and Doctor Who (Was: 70's computers

2019-11-04 Thread A'vanOpstal via cctalk
hello there, just read your reply in the thread "70’s computers" (from about a year ago) where you talk about having created a .SRT file for Hyperland. Is it still possible to get a copy of that .SRT file? That would be rreally sweet, 'd love to show this docu to a bunch o’ millenials. Can’t

Re: swtpc.com expired???

2019-11-04 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 11/4/19 12:55 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > Happens all of the time...people lelt domain regs lapse for a few days, I > am sure it'll be back up soon Probably as a porn site. :-( bill

Re: swtpc.com expired???

2019-11-04 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
Happens all of the time...people lelt domain regs lapse for a few days, I am sure it'll be back up soon On Mon, Nov 4, 2019, 12:30 PM William Sudbrink via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Anybody know if Mike Holley is OK? > > Bill S. > > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses b

swtpc.com expired???

2019-11-04 Thread William Sudbrink via cctalk
Anybody know if Mike Holley is OK? Bill S. -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Re: Free font software

2019-11-04 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Nov 4, 2019, at 6:30 AM, Guy Dunphy via cctalk > wrote: > > At 04:30 PM 3/11/2019 -0600, Bob Yates wrote: >> Sorry don't know how to respond directly > > There's always the last resort of ctl-C copy and a text editor? > > >> https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/ > > Have you (or anyone

Re: TI994/A Power Supply

2019-11-04 Thread Allison Parent via cctalk
Do better research. The power is external transformer and internal low voltage switch mode power supply. Having carts is good. The bonus is an expansion box with floppy and cards. FYI back when ratshack sold both. Allison IPhoned it in! > On Nov 4, 2019, at 12:59 AM, Kevin Parker via cc

Re: TI994/A Power Supply

2019-11-04 Thread Will Cooke via cctalk
> On November 4, 2019 at 5:12 AM Liam Proven via cctalk > wrote: > > On Mon, 4 Nov 2019 at 06:59, Kevin Parker via cctalk > wrote:>>> These voltages appear to neatly align with most PC power supplies > so Ishould be able to tap into an old AT power supply of which I have quite > afew.The PSU

Re: Free font software

2019-11-04 Thread Guy Dunphy via cctalk
At 04:30 PM 3/11/2019 -0600, Bob Yates wrote: >Sorry don't know how to respond directly There's always the last resort of ctl-C copy and a text editor? >https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/ Have you (or anyone here) actually tried Fontforge? I had a go back in mid 2018, and then it seemed to be s

Re: TI994/A Power Supply

2019-11-04 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Mon, 4 Nov 2019 at 06:59, Kevin Parker via cctalk wrote: > > > These voltages appear to neatly align with most PC power supplies so I > should be able to tap into an old AT power supply of which I have quite a > few. The PSU apparently outputs AC, not DC, which is unusual... but a PC PSU can d