Maybe do a search of the archive and make
sure you are using a current email of his?
-Ali
nostalgia sake And everyone could use an extra shell
account.
-Ali
> In a few weeks, California will be flooded with 5.25-inch floppy
> drives,
> which are still used today by the San Francisco Municipal
> Transportation
> Agency.
I hope so. The price of Floppy drives has gotten ridunculous!
-Ali
After all of this all I want to know is if an autopsy was done or not?
;)
-Ali
> -Original Message-
> From: Fred Cisin via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org]
> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2024 1:44 PM
> To: Christian Liendo via cctalk
> Cc: Fred Cisin
> Subject:
> Also, a clandestine drug lab needs to be disclosed (another fun fact).
>
That kind of defeats the purpose of it being clandestine, no? ;)
-Ali
t people who died in a violent crime but
of course applies to everyone. I think it stems from a case where someone was
killed in their home, the home was sold, and the perpetrators came back not
knowing the home was sold and then attacked the new owners by mistake. But
don't quote me on that.
-Ali
then can
choose to take the patient for further investigation or release the body to
go to a funeral home/family/etc. Having, unfortunately had family members
pass in a home not witnessed I can also tell you that there are no mandatory
autopsies.
-Ali
aid services that basically do the same thing.
Wow, are you located in the USA? You hear about these types of things but
always in Japan (e.g. grandchildren for hire or the other way around
grandparents for hire) but I didn't think we had any in the USA.
-Ali
sult of natural causes, adequate
medical history exists and there are no signs of foul play. Autopsies are
required when there is evidence or reasonable suspicion of foul play."
-Ali
wants to link the death to the arson to add a
murder charge.
-Ali
y. Autopsies are expensive and very time consuming. Nobody is doing
any unnecessary autopsies for free.
-Ali
> When someone dies at home with no doctor present, an autopsy is always
> done and it takes awhile.
Since when?
-Ali
J-Modem, N-Modem... I was waiting for them to run out of letters).
The next big game changer was HS-Link. Bi directional transfer, efficient,
and you could chat. Too bad the author lost the source code to the program
and it was never took off like it could have.
-Ali
> > I assume it's not easy to copy alignment disks, but I guess I will
> find out.
> >
>
> It's actually not possible to copy them. Not for any "copy protection"
> reasons, but just the very nature of the analog signal laid down on the
> disk. No "regular" disk drive can recreate the signal.
>
C
folks, couples
doing dates, and kids. The exhibits were also really interesting a bit Mac
heavy but that is understandable. For those that went anybody have pictures up
yet?
-Ali
Q: Will a schedule of speakers be posted?Fred,Try
https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-west/vcf-west-exhibits/-Ali
vcf-west-2024-tickets-available-now/ is
incorrect. The correct working link is:
https://connect.computerhistory.org/events/1ffceb98-f556-df49-f011-424756803aab
See (some of you) this weekend
-Ali
> https://vcfed.org/contact-us/
There doesn't seem to be an exact contact for VCF-West so I sent an email to
the general info box. Let's see if anyone responds.
-Ali
Hello All,
I was trying to buy tickets for VCF-West and the ticketing system (through
CHM) seems to be down. Anyone have more info or an ETA on repairs? Thanks.
-Ali
eal commercial product with printed manuals,
disks, etc. I would say that is pretty fair. However, I think it is a download
only purchase option though. On the upside it supposedly has built in support
for LFN and FAT32
-Ali
till run
DOS 6.22 for almost all of my DOS needs. Not sure what others like to do
though.
-Ali
Might be of interest to some on this list. A 30 minute video detailing the
start of Cray computing from the Rand days all the way to its final resting
place in HP.https://youtu.be/SOQ6F7HMfSc?si=YTGTcexPZOoNhxHZ
na) is
cheaper than the opposite direction. I.e. for me to ship to Canada, Australia,
Europe generally is much cheaper than if I was to buy the same item and have
them ship it to me from those destinations. YMMV.
-Ali
r the seller's ease. However, if the
alternative is not have the opportunity to get an item then it is of course
worth it.
-Ali
harged by their own postal service =
for a comparable domestic delivery."
-Ali=20
topped
charging listing fees sellers stopped being a customer. The guys paying the
cash, which is where eBay gets their money, is the customer. Of course sellers
always argue this is not true or that they are both customer.
-Ali
> > > For some vintage computers, one has limited opportunity to purchase
> and
> > > may need to buy what’s available.
> > >
> >
> > Which is exactly what is driving the predatory pricing and massive
> > increase in the cost of items.
>
;t have anything to gripe about even if their time was wasted, their
money was held up for weeks, they did not get the item they wanted to etc. etc.
>
> As for Ali and his contentions, he has no idea what he's talking about.
> He
> has in mind this unattainable ideal of a buyer/
sold your really popular and
expensive board yet? Or are people
passing it buy because it isn't working and costs way too much for "non-working
parts"?
-Ali
microwave) it’s a
whole different ball game with its own set of rules.
-Ali
ly no matter what the sellers FB score.
-Ali
ished sellers on
eBay (see above).
> I don't sell much on eBay for entirely different reasons; I find their
> fees
> to be BS.
Well they got to eat too. I don't buy as much as used to because of the total
and utter lack of CSR for the customer now a days. eBay seems to forget that
the guy with the cash is the customer to be catered to not the guy listing on
twenty different platforms...
-Ali
100s to 1000s of dollars. Of course
for some reason their stuff never sells and keeps getting relisted? LOL.
So have you sold your really popular and expensive board yet? Or are people
passing it buy because it isn't working and costs way too much for "non-working
parts"?
-Ali
say seller has 98% rating what does that tell
you? Or said in another way how does it affect your decision making process?
I.E. would you pay 30% or even 10% more for the same item with a seller who has
100% rating (for whatever that is worth as ratings are very much manipulated by
sellers and eBay).
-Ali
p being a shitty seller, not packing right, or whatever,
then there is eBay Money Back Guarantee. Your trash is coming right back to you
at your expense. I may be disappointed and lose some time but I am not losing
any money on the deal so I take the risk. Sometimes it pays off sometimes it
doesn't.
-Ali
st part. The eBay sellers?
Forget about it. Even 10% off of asking price offers are ignored/declined.
If you want to sell something list your price and sell it. If your goal is for
someone to take something and have it preserved then just come out and say it:
free to good home for cost of shipping. Just my two cents...
-Ali
is
testing/inspection before exchange of goods for money or we are talking about
what to me is fudge around money (i.e. under a $50). Of course others may be
less risk averse or have much more resources so they don't blink an eye at
losing a couple of grand so their calculations may be different.
-Ali
> Tim Paterson's article "Inside Look At MS-DOS" is a good read.
>
A good history and overview of DR including interviews from some of the main
players by the "Computer Chronicles":
https://youtu.be/bLVbSjDq0DE
-Ali
Fred
Never underestimate the sheer ludicrosity and gullibility of an audiophile!
-Ali
> -Original Message-
> From: Fred Cisin via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org]
> Sent: Monday, May 06, 2024 6:58 PM
> To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
> Cc: Fred Cisin
> Subject: [
>Fairly sure you could find something to run Doom >that uses less than 1.7MWBut
>what's the point of buying this monstrosity if not to play Doom? It is like
>SEVEN years old. ;)
>Just 7 year old and no longer in service.>Anyone with some space in the
>basement ?But will it run Doom?
>
> Don't forget to bring a towel.
>
> Sellam
The fact that we all probably got that reference is the amazing part.
-Ali
e nice or make sense for the buyer.
But that is just a guess.
-Ali
nally hear back from Micki. Unfortunately, she
didn't reply back to me directly and instead sent a reply to the list which I
did not receive until tonight (Sunday) at 2300. It just wasn't meant to be this
time around. LOL!
-Ali
So did anyone go? How was it? I never heard back from the organizers
regarding the ticketing situation despite my, and Sellam's, best efforts so
I skipped it. Hopefully, the event went better then the organization and the
next one will have the bugs ironed out.
-Ali
be purchased at the door? Otherwise
hard pass here. No way I am driving to the OC, in possible SoCal rain traffic,
without something a bit more solid
-Ali
> One last question:
>
> Do kids get in free? If so what is the age cutoff? It looks like
> tickets are needed for everyone but figure I would check just in case.
>
Never mind... Important to read all the WAY to the END. LOL. Kids 12 and under
are free!
-Ali
One last question:
Do kids get in free? If so what is the age cutoff? It looks like tickets are
needed for everyone but figure I would check just in case.
-Ali
>
> This VCF SoCal announcement just came into my mailbox this morning so
> I'm
> passing it along.
>
Great! Thanks for the info!
-Ali
posting the
> information. Odd that a VCF finally comes to my home turf and this is
> the one I only find out about two weeks in advance!
I have looked at the website for the event and I am still not sure if there
will be consignment/sales area. Can anyone verify if there is going to be one
or not? Thanks!
-Ali
That would be very interesting. I always thought Apricot made some beasts and
remeber the cover of Byte for the first 486 system being an Apricot VX. I would
love to see that machine in person.
Original message From: Christopher Satterfield via cctalk
Date: 1/31/24 6:23 AM (
First time I am hearing of this. Are details up on the vcf site?-Ali
Original message From: Sellam Abraham via cctalk
Date: 1/25/24 11:45 AM (GMT-08:00) To: "General
Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Cc: Sellam
Abraham Subject: [cctalk] VCF SoCal I'
Does archive.org have an up to date mirror? -Ali
d be an interesting book to read depending on the technical
background required to understand it. i.e. could a layman such as I
understand it or do I need to be an EE w/ CS background? ;)
-Ali
> I'm a little surprised noone mentioned Google sheets or something
> that's cloud native? Probably only accessible from newer systems though
> but I've debated it since it would be instantly accessible from phone
> also.
Sheets is a spreadsheet program, right? Spreadsheets, while nice for keeping
language/program that has been around since the DOS days and is
still in use today
-Ali
owsers, or even TEXT based e.g. Lynx, browsers also view
inventory and/or edit the DB? I would ideally love a solution that I can access
from both my modern systems and the vintage system I am currently working on.
TIA
-Ali
Well there is his obituary. plus news articles
Original message From: steve shumaker via cctalk
Date: 7/19/23 7:56 PM (GMT-08:00) To:
cctalk@classiccmp.org Cc: steve shumaker Subject: [cctalk]
Re: Death of Mitnick what's your source for this?On 7/19/23 7:35 PM, Murra
I am sure it is some sort of config problem on my end. I
will have to play with it some more this weekend. TBH I would be surprised that
they have an older mirror/more complete mirror. Archive.org actually has an ok
selection of crawls from Compaq.com but they of course never got any files from
the FTP.
-Ali
e. So the only way
anyone would have one is if they had the card with the original software.
-Ali
. This is a very early EISA RILO board for the System Pro and Proliant
line of servers. Please note this is not the same as the System Management
Agents nor the Insight Manager. TIA!
-Ali
ou if you
are interested.
-Ali
have any of the info/files up on that model any more
either after the merger with Tandenberg...
The manual for the SW5450 Switch Manual and any FW updates (not sure if there
was any).
Any FW later then 1.01 for the SW332x series of dual speed switches.
TIA!
-Ali
r.
>
> There is some info about libraries under the Storageworks folder.
>
> https://ftp.zx.net.nz/pub/archive/ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/storagewo
> rks/
Thanks I will check it out.
-Ali
hpubs" and
"softlib1". I am looking for some old documentation and firmware for Compaq
switches and Tape Libraries but if anyone has a full set of files I am happy
to add them to a mirror. TIA!
-Ali
> I doubt this will go thru either but other attempts to send to the list
> are
>
> now getting rejected as SPAM. Doesn't the list check addresses to see
> if
>
> the poster is a member?
In short: no. The spam filters on the list are antiquated at best
s nice and the NEC Multisync XL
immediately caught my eye. I've had my eye out for one of those for a lng
time. Nice pictures and thanks for sharing!
-Ali
ting related ones. Just be glad
his video thumbnail is not a scantily dressed girl...
-Ali
o in my original message And snopes.com But hey everyone is entitled
to their beliefs... ;)
-Ali
ot go
away...
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/PCWorld/story?id=5214635
So I guess like the napkin/disk story and the DR/IBM story this is another
one of those vintage myths and folk lore with no real basis in reality
-Ali
.. Or I can always take
it off your hands at the next VCF West :D
The black power supply might be an indication it is one of the early 64KB
5150s making it worth more...
-Ali
ial features.
>
I always wondered if anyone made use of the extra BIOS sockets. Do you by any
chance recall what functions were added?
-Ali
>AH! NUTS! :)>Runs and ducks...That's actually pretty funny and much milder
>then what I was screaming...-Ali
nd there is a tooth mark right through the Micro-SD. Apparently
what I thought was a pistachio was my Micro-SD card. Suffice to say it was
no longer working and I had no backup. Choice expletives were spewed
throughout that day LOL
-Ali
> No kidding. That 64GB fingernail can easily hide in clothing
Or make it easily edible... Say if you were munching on some nuts while
waiting... Ask me how I know *sigh*
-Ali
ty
Unformatted capacity per side
Triple[14] 240 406.5 36,700 6,500 KB
-Ali
ome especially since it
had backwards compatibility. I think the same can be said of the LS240 drives
half a decade sooner in introduction and they would have taken over everything.
-Ali
d with 1.2MB HD drives.
Also from Wiki: 2TD drive in NEC PC-88 VA3 3 1⁄2-inch TD 1988ca. 9.3
MB 12.5 MB[13] (13 MB unformatted)
-Ali
/auc0312/users/4f92de2852282d0c4055f15836cd43f760275f36/i-img1200x675-1672137143s8ehmb271085.jpg
Or am I missing something?
-Ali
een one it would be you ;)
-Ali
> My floptical drive (20MB SCSI) could also handle 1.4M
Yes, those could only write 20MB max though. Still pretty cool for the time.
>
> My 2.8M drive (Micro-Solutions "Backpack" parallel port) could also
> handle 1.4M
The BackPack drives are nice for quick testing or adding a temporary drive.
n
system. The LS240 drives are very reliable as well and I have not had any media
issues. Plus, like Chuck said, they are so much faster than standard FDDs for
regular floppy disks.
-Ali
>It’s a 1.2 MB format (360 RPM) as used in the>Japanese market.Ahh so it is a
>triple mode drive not a triple density drive. Thanks!
y
Sun enthusiasts can shed some light?
-Ali
> -Original Message-
> From: Ali via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org]
> Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2023 11:11 PM
> To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
> Cc: Ali
> Subject: [cctalk] LS120, LS240, Flo
n 1989 and would have
give 12.5MB on a standard physical sized (3.5") floppy:
https://www-computerwoche-de.translate.goog/a/hitachi-maxell-bietet-nec-neue
-12-5-mb-floppy-an,1155888?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wap
p (original in German)
-Ali
Hi Jared,
Please send the invoice for $19.50 to afah...@alumni.usc.edu. I believe once
payment is made you should get all the address info. Thanks!
-Ali
> -Original Message-
> From: Parts via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org]
> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2023 1:28 PM
>
> anybody remember the numbers for 8"?
This is the official KB from MS on the topic:
Standard Floppy Disk Formats Supported by MS-DOS
===
Article ID: 75131 - View products that this article applies to.
This article was
> For ordinary CD's I've always used MAM-A Gold. Started buying when it
> was a Mitsui brand and haven't had a single failure.
Chuck,
Which brand is MAM-A?
-Ali
ive.
Chuck,
But does that matter? If the main purpose is to be able to refresh the data so
it is readable does it matter that the data is not in the same block as long as
it is readable?
-Ali
screen for a long time (e.g. xcopying to NUL a 512GB or bigger
SSD).
If I remember Spinrite would read and write each sector back in Level I or
II and gave you a constant update I still have a license from long
ago I think the last version came out in early 2000s...
-Ali
Spinrite that will do that on
SSDs (i.e. reread and rewrite every byte). I know Steve Gibson is working on a
new version of Spinrite that will work with SSDs so that could be the solution
when it comes out...
-Ali
mean reread and rewrite or just keep power to it? If it's
the latter it should be trivial to setup a system with backup battery just
to supply voltage to a bunch of SSD drives.
-Ali
was for light pen input.
-Ali
>
> From NYT website:
>
> You’ve reached your limit of free articles.
>
> Purchase a subscription yadda-yadda
>
> THET! :)
>
> Don Resor
https://sf.funcheap.com/city-guide/ny-times-free/
Problem solved and completely legal...
-Ali
facturer that continued to make
> and supply them to the government from back East
>
> -Ali
Correction: 2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/24/us/nuclear-weapons-floppy-disks.html
-Ali
o the government from back East
-Ali
> Bring back the light pen!
Have you tried dragging and dropping in Excel with a light pen? OMG, never
again ;)
-Ali
filter is based on IP address so if your
provider has a server name for their SMTP that maps to a number of IPs some
could be blocked while others are not. Today, I must be on a "clean" IP!
-Ali
, and are hard to do multi click, and drag and drop
operations with them. Touch screens have their uses but I think they are very
limited (i.e. works best in an app only environment where interaction is
menu/choice based). The younger generation would disagree...
-Ali
> Since the switchover I am getting more and more of my messages
> rejected as suspected SPAM. Anyone else seeing this?
>
> bill
Same here bill. I contacted the new list owner and the response was pretty much
tough cookies
-Ali
p.s. It would be interesting to see if this
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