At 04:45 PM 11/10/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>Two are in and out to the 9114, one is power (I'm pretty sure) but I'm not
>>sure about the last. Perhaps input for the barcode wand?
>
>What does the mystery connector look like?
It's kinda roundish wiht (I think -- I'm on bart, it's at home) 5 holes for
pins -- made me think of the old Hayes modem power supply connectors.
The one that I'm pretty sure is the power is two adjoining square holes with
1 pin-hole in each. The same connector is on the disk drive.
Someone said these take a standard HP 8v ps... Anyone know where to get
one? Thanks in advance!
The other thing I noticed about this (and I found something on the web that
seemed to agree with this) is that to the right of the space bar it appears
there's a slot for a magstripe card. It's a little wider than the strip on
a credit card. Pretty neat.
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<sounds as if the head is hitting against the case or something. Now,
<there is no disk access going on at all when this is happening, and it
<happens regularly at (seemingly) random intervals throughout the day. All
<of a sudden I'll start to hear the thunking sound and it will be coming
<from one of the two machines' hard drive. Very odd.
It may be that most of the non stepper drive will reseek from time to time
to correct for temperature and wear. It's recalibration.
Allison
I have a MicroVAX 3100 I'm putting a floppy in.
Where does it attach?
YOu can see where it was removed, and there's no option card slots...
Where do I put the floppy in?
At 01:19 PM 11/14/97 +0000, you wrote:
>Well, it won't help you now, but a company called JTS Corporation has the best
>HDDs I've seen in a LONG time. I was using a WD Caviar 2.0 GB, and it was
For a little classic content, JTS is the company that acquired the remnants
of Atari Corp. Haven't done anything with it, that I know of, but in the
future...?
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In a message dated 97-11-14 14:43:02 EST, you write:
<< Subj: Re: Re[2]: System/34
Date: 97-11-14 14:43:02 EST
From: allisonp(a)world.std.com (Allison J Parent)
Sender: CLASSICCMP-owner(a)u.washington.edu
Reply-to: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu
To: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu (Discussion re-collecting of classic
computers)
<> Anyway, if the Boston System/34 is available, perhaps the RCS/RI people
<> might want it.
<
<Allison has expressed an interest...
It will be for the RCS/RI folk if I collect it as I am not IBM oriented.
<I can't now remember who asked, but whoever you are, your Toyota should
<have no difficulty carrying the thing if you can get it into the back.
<Warning: If you need people to help you lift bits into the back of your
<truck, you will _definitely_ need help lifting it off again when you get
<home.
Good to know. A few racks will fit no sweat I was wondering if it were
more like a room full.
However, I've heard nothing from the owner.
Allison
>>
I don't actually own the thing, and never offered it per se. I could probably
get the administration to let go of it, esp. if there' s money involved.
I'll ask around. The terminals are 3 5250's -- I found the manual for one of
them. As soon as I get a definite response, I'll post. Tell me how much you
would pay.
as specified before, if the "about this mac" doesnt show it, you may have to
remove the case and look at the simms. plus models came with 1 meg standard
in 4 256k simms. other mem configurations are 2 1meg simms and 2 256k ones
for 2.5 meg and 4 1meg simms for a total of 4 which is what my platinum mac
plus has. i've noticed two mac plus designs; one in the apple //e beige
colour and the other in corporate gray. i presume they are identical though.
In a message dated 97-11-14 10:49:08 EST, PG Manney put forth:
> Can anyone with Macintosh experience help me, please?
>
> 1) How do I check the amount of memory installed without ripping open the
> beast?
>
> 2) The machine was running some programs (Chess, for example) and suddenly
> refuses to do so, claiming, "xxx K needed to run this program. You have
512
> K). Customer doesn't know how much was installed. Might this be a
> configuration problem, or has it lost contact with half its RAM? (and it
> hasn't even hit 40 years yet!)
>
> Thanks,
> manney(a)nwohio.com
>
In a message dated 97-11-14 13:04:53 EST, you write:
<< I can supply original DOS disks for 3.31 >>
I would most certainly appreciate it. The computer these would be used on is
actually a Visual Technologies Commuter--a colleague noted that although this
unit runs intel 8086, 8088, 80286, it can boot into DOS 6.22. I have yet to
find out if this is true or not; however, what can we work out so that I may
get those disks?
Thanks
Sam Uncler
<> Anyway, if the Boston System/34 is available, perhaps the RCS/RI people
<> might want it.
<
<Allison has expressed an interest...
It will be for the RCS/RI folk if I collect it as I am not IBM oriented.
<I can't now remember who asked, but whoever you are, your Toyota should
<have no difficulty carrying the thing if you can get it into the back.
<Warning: If you need people to help you lift bits into the back of your
<truck, you will _definitely_ need help lifting it off again when you get
<home.
Good to know. A few racks will fit no sweat I was wondering if it were
more like a room full.
However, I've heard nothing from the owner.
Allison
<>My primary computer has a Toshiba 3401 (couple-years-old) caddy-type SCSI
<>CD drive in it. This is from back when they were expensive and built lik
<>tanks. It is now generally choking on software CD's and skipping horribl
<
<Run down to Tower Records and pick up a CD Lens Cleaner. Shouldn't be mor
<than $10-15 and it just might do the trick. (Not a bad thing to have in an
<case.)
My phillips cm205 (yes single speed) gets cranky every so often and
removing and opening it finds a cloud of dust. Careful vacuum and soft
brush and clean the lenses with a blast of dry air in a can seems to do
it every time.
The dust accumulates in the CDrom as a result of the PCs cooling fan that
blows out. The cooling intake air come from a grill at the opposite corner
of the box about also some is sucked through the 3.5" floppy and the CDrom
via the doors. After a while I can see the dust if I push the door open.
Since the system runs 24x365 it does gather dust!
Allison
<I would really doubt this. The oxide coating on just about any tape,
<digital or analog, flakes off even if never used. As for CD-ROMs, I would
<say that the stamped ones (normal ones) will probably last for a very
Mag tape (reel to reel) has the longest life. Many companies depend on
it lasting in excess of 10 years in a good enviornment and 20+ is not
uncommon. Much of the newer media and backings have the likelyhood of
lasting longer from improved materials.
Here at home I have NS* disks that are in excess of 15years old some 19!
My TU58 tapes(DC100/DEC) none are newer that 1985 and some go back to '81.
I have RX01/2 media that is clearly late '70s and early '80s. My RL02
(removeable 10mb 14" platter) packs are 1984. I take real good care of
the media and drives and rare is the failure. Several things to consider,
if your comfortable the magnetic media is. Clean is good, no smoking or
dust will help greatly for long term. Careful storage, do not over stuff
boxes, a stiff cardboard seperator to prevent warping or bending. Nothing
is a substitute for opening the drive and hand vacuuming and cleaning it.
Doubtful drives should be cleaned, repaired or replaced rather than risk
media in them. A dirty head or bad pressure pad can scratch a an otherwise
good disk.
Allison
