hello cctalk! i have been working for the past few days on a DECmate II with what i believe to be an ailing RX50. i have a gotek with updated flashfloppy firmware, but for some strange reason i have been completely unable to get the DMII to boot a floppy image from it.
i have been trying to convert the OS/278 and WPS images on the dbit and ibiblio archives into a working format for the gotek but none of them will work. at this point i have tried too many conversions to recall but they all result in the same blinking floppy icon when the unit boots. i have “host = dec” in my FF.CFG per the wiki.
has anyone else been able to get this working? if so, could you please provide known-good images for a gotek, or the steps to generate them?
thank you in advance!
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For cleaning and maintaining floppies give shadowtronblog on YouTube a watch. He lovingly restores various vintage equipment. There are a few vids of him restoring some floppies, cleaning heads, greasing mechanical bits etc. I think his TRS80 playlist had a fair bit of that in IIRC.
When reading old floppies, how often is it advisable to clean the drive? I managed the first 3.5” floppies no problem, I’m using a USB Floppy Drive hooked up to my Mac Laptop, I was able to image them using “Disk Utility”. The next two floppies have had errors. Though I think I was able to successfully copy all the files off the one.
Also, what is floppy drive cleaning fluid made of, and how well does it age? I know I’ve got at least a couple cleaning floppies around here, but they’re *OLD*.
Zane
Do I really need a torque spanner? Chinese spanners aren't expensive. But I'm not sure the unit even works (the mainframe seems to work fine, not so sure the ancillary test set). Hp 54120a + 54122a << iirc, maybe 54121a??? In any event if working this is either a 12ghz or 20ghz setup.
2 x 16" Trinitrons, missing rear plastic covers
1 is a 98789a 64hkz, forget the other, 48khz
1 x 19" large rectangular color unit, doesn't work.
I'll be tossing these before very long.
This may be a larger conversation than I intend but how would you all
generally start if you ha backup tapes that you wanted to try and
read/restore?
Supposedly they're Amiga qic tapes. I'm a little worried about the
structural integrity of the tapes. Not knowing what software was used,
would this be a literal job for something like tar via a Linux system? Then
see if I can interpret the dump and sort out files afterwards?
I might see if a local group wants to help play with this effort since I
think I only have 1 drive in unknown condition.
Hello everyone I’m a young collector (18) of 60s and 70s minicomputers and micros. I have been restoring a PDP-8L and would love to find ether a Diablo series 30 or Dec RK03 removable cartridge drive to go with this system. I am in the uk South Yorkshire to be precise and would love any leads anyone could provide on where I could find one would very much appreciated. If nobody know where one of these drives can be located any means of mass storage for a pdp 8L and data general nova system will be appreciated since I want to move my collection forward and have the systems set up with full period setups.
Thanks very much in advance.
Jake
Hi all
I get the digest so I lag.
>From: skogkatt007(a)yahoo.com
>
>It's a IBM PC form factor 68000 based project that was featured in
>Radio Electronics. Anyone remember it or even know what I'm talking
>about? It would be a fun prokect.
Come on over to "List: <fufu(a)flexusergroup.com>" there are people
still running those.
Peter Stark passed away September last year.
There's also Ingo Cyliax' 68030 box, also PC form-factor and ISA.
W
Through a mutual friend I've been shown a collection of computers:
MicroVAX 3400
- the module complement is KA640-AA/MS650-AA, MS650-AA, CXY08-M, TQK70
(with a TK70 drive), M9060-YA. In a floor-standing enclosure with "BA213
CPU Mod" on the label, and Model 640QS-B3
Alphastation 200 4/233 - there are three of these
Compaq AlphaServer DS10
Vaxstation 3100
also
HP Visualise C3000 - a pair
The widow believes they were working when last used. They are available
free to a good home/modest donation. Photos etc available.
Chris
