Just a quick message to those of us on The List who I met at
VCF... I had a FunTime, thanks to the FunTime everyone else seemed
to be having... even though I was conned into bidding on a Teletype
ASR35 and of course, it came home with me, like I have room for
another...
O well. ;}
A huge "THANKS" to Sellam and the Crew, and everyone who worked so
hard to make it all cool.
The other major cool thing was getting to put a associate a face
with the ASCII byte streams, at last.
The other other Major Cool thing for me, was the Computer History
Museum, wherein I (stern warning signs notwithstanding) actually got
to touch part of the Real ENIAC... I flipped one of it's old
switches.. hehehe... not to mention the two rolls of film I shot
there.
Here's to VCF2K! See you all there....
Cheers
John
Well... I found out that the PDP8 stuff was scheduled to be shipped away
tomorrow morning. They're only open to the public from 11am - 3pm T, W, TH.
So, I went out there.. Luckly I had send that email yesterday, as the guy
assumed my interest in the computer was a departmental request, which
overrides private interests.. And someone else beat me to the machines!
So, lucky me, the machines were held for me.
Anyways... The machines were in bad shape. Yes, it was a PDP8/e, and
yes there were 2 pdp8/a machines.. But someone had gone crazy with a
wire cutters, and all cables were gone or cut (the pdp8/e has a cut
power cord).
I managed to get the pdp8/e and one of the hard drives set aside, and
i did look in the pdp8/e and someone had taken the core memory stuff,
but there were still 3/4 of the card slots full of cards, so i can hope
this will be useful. At least 2 of the front panel switches are broken,
one missing.
Someone had already trashed the front panel of one of the pdp8/a units,
so i grabbed all the cards. then, I popped the lower part off the other
pdp8/a and grabbed all the cards I could, leaving only the few Hex height
cards behind the programmers console. So, I have some spare cards now...
One backpack full of pdp8/a cards, to be exact...
I also obtained a small RS-232 to current loop converter (without the
12Vdc 20ma power supply). And the top rack plate which is for a PDP8/m
which is in good shape except for a couple stickers that are on it.
All in all, I did what I could. One of my co-workers said he has a pickup,
and will drive me out there tomorrow to get those 2 boxes (pdp8/e and HD).
I expect the racks will be long gone before I get there, so what I have
is what I have.
-Lawrence LeMay
lemay(a)cs.umn.edu
PS: and no, i dont know what I have from the list of cards yet, though I
know i have the 3 main cpu boards at the very least...
I offered the guy $200, because the core memory was gone, and he said it
was way too much, so I asked what he wanted, and he says $30. I reluctantly
agreed...
I just wanted to say it was nice meeting the few of you I got the chance
to in my sprint through VCF this year. I was up on a combo
business/vacation trip (read: company pays for vacation if I do a little
work there) and had the whole family tagging along...those of you I didn't
get to meet might remember the guy with the shaved head brave enough to
bring 3 small kids with him...
As far as a SoCal version of VCF/swap...I'd probably actually get to stay
for more than an hour there, maybe even share my little piece of classic
computer heaven on en exhibit table! Sign me up!
Cheers,
Aaron
Mark game me this board because he didn't know what it was, and he wasn't
interested in it. If it is what I think it is, it's probably pretty rare.
It has 4 large Xlinx chips on it, a smaller Xlinx chip, a MC68020, and a lot
of glue logic. It's made by Micro Technology, Inc, copyrighted 1990, and the
sticker reads "CIQBA +". The only connector coming off the board is a small
10-pin connector like the one on a DLV11J. It looks like it's a Q-Bus
CI (Computer Interconnect) board, Is this right? Anyone have more info
on this? Web search turned up nothing useful...
-------
I took many pictures at VCF, and many pictures while at the
Computer Museum. I will be happy to scan them into jpegs, if
someone has a good place to store the resulting files. My own
website is a little iffy right now as regards anonymous FTP.
I imagine there will be around 20-25 pix worth looking at.... I
will see how the Computer Museum shots turned out today... I took
them in available light.
Oh yes... I'd like to see a show of hands of those interested in
a SoCal VCF/Swapmeet... it was a lot of fun and I'm pretty sure I
will try and have one here early next year.
Cheerz
John
The SoCal VCF idea is a good one. Let's do it.
Wayne Smith
Exhibit #4 at VCF 3.0
>>> John Lawson <jpl15(a)netcom.com> 10/05 10:16 AM >>>
I took many pictures at VCF, and many pictures while at the
Computer Museum. I will be happy to scan them into jpegs, if
someone has a good place to store the resulting files. My own
website is a little iffy right now as regards anonymous FTP.
I imagine there will be around 20-25 pix worth looking at.... I
will see how the Computer Museum shots turned out today... I took
them in available light.
Oh yes... I'd like to see a show of hands of those interested in
a SoCal VCF/Swapmeet... it was a lot of fun and I'm pretty sure I
will try and have one here early next year.
Cheerz
John
!
!
!
An adapter would not be very challenging to hand-wire, sir. You'll never
know when you may need it again.
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark <mark_k(a)iname.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Monday, October 04, 1999 5:19 PM
Subject: Help wanted in dumping EPROMs
>Hi,
>
>Does anyone in the UK have access to equipment capable of dumping the data
>from 27C020 PLCC EPROMs? I have several which I want to preserve the data
>from. If you do, please contact me.
>
>(Alternatively, loan of a PLCC-to-DIP adapter for EPROMs would be just
>fine...)
>
>
>Bye,
>-- Mark
>
--- Sellam Ismail <dastar(a)ncal.verio.com> wrote:
> Just to tease everyone, I've been approached by someone with the necessary
> connections to do a VCF East, and a VCF Europe is about 50% certain.
I would be *very* interested in a VCF East. I think that DC would be a fine
location as would Boston (but DC is more centrally located).
-ethan
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>Anywho, in the Qbus -11 family of 11/23s there are distinct members that
>are different. If that wasn't clear what is?
Oh, I agree with you there. Things get even worse when you go to the
11/73 family - there at least three dozen different boards
all based on the same J11 chipset that's in the 11/73. And some of those
boards are identified by DEC as 11/73's if used with non-PMI memory, and
are identified by DEC as 11/83's if used with PMI memory! And within
a given board etch, there are different designations depending on
the rev level of the J11 chip installed and the frequency of the crystal
that's installed.
--
Tim Shoppa Email: shoppa(a)trailing-edge.com
Trailing Edge Technology WWW: http://www.trailing-edge.com/
7328 Bradley Blvd Voice: 301-767-5917
Bethesda, MD, USA 20817 Fax: 301-767-5927
Hello Aaron,
If either of the Micro 3000's are available I'm interested.
Thanks,
Joe Silagi
WRQ,Inc.
wk: 206-217-7655
joesi(a)wrq.com
-----Original Message-----
> Date sent: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 13:28:11 -0700
> Subject: HP3000 Gear Available In Seattle Area...
> From: af-list(a)lafleur.wfi-inc.com
> To: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu
> Send reply to: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu
>
> If anyone is interested in some HP3000 gear around Seattle, please let me
> know. The guy with the stuff doesn't want to be contacted directly and is
> looking for someone who can pick it up locally. I only wish I had time for
> a road-trip! Bring a truck!
>
> He's got:
> 1 - Series 37 (parts mostly because of a bad power supply)
> 1 - Micro 3000 GX (4 Meg + 300M Disc + 9145 + 8 ports)
> 1 - Micro 3000 RX (4 Meg + 300M Disc + 9144 + 16 ports)
> 3 - 7937 - 627M HPIB disc drives (BIG)
> 2 - Standalone 9144 drives
> 1 - 7980 - 6250 BPI Tape drive
> 1 - 7958 - 130M Disc Drive
>
> Nice gear...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Aaron
