test-drb December 1999

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RK03/RK05 rotation sensors (was Re: pdp8/11 console cable pinouts)

by ethan_dicks＠yahoo.com

--- Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > Would it be worth the experiment to butcher a 12-sector pack into a > 12-sector > > I assume you mean 'into a 16 sector pack'. Um... yeah. :-\ > According to the RK05 printset, the sensor is, indeed optical. The Diablo > model 30 (RK02/RK03) sector transducer is a coil + magnet assembly > according to the manual. That was what I was concerned about. I _used_ to have an RK03, but it got away from me over ten years ago (I think it succumbed to the basement flooding that ruined a bunch of my stuff way back when, including a Datapoint Beehive Terminal). I still have the Diablo-to-DEC-tape-cable adapters. -ethan ===== Infinet has been sold. The domain is going away in February. Please send all replies to erd(a)iname.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com

24 years, 4 months

Lamp panels (was Re: PRS01 paper tape)

by ethan_dicks＠yahoo.com

--- Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote: > However, I have found the RK11-C prints (actually while looking for the > RK05 prints to answer your other question). This gives the pinout of the > 'indicator' connectors. > > Here are the pinouts (most of page 23 in my prints). Thanks, Tony. This one goes in my archives at http://penguincentral.com/retrocomputing/ -ethan ===== Infinet has been sold. The domain is going away in February. Please send all replies to erd(a)iname.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com

24 years, 4 months

For Free: Reference Cards

by wirehead＠retrocomputing.com

I have the following, in envelopes, ready to mail to the first person to request them: Z80 Processor Reference Card (Original Blue Folding) MicroPro Wordstar 3.0 Reference Card I will not, however, send them to the same person unless only one person responds. Please send name and address to me. Anthony Clifton - Wirehead

24 years, 4 months

OT?: Illegal Transmitters

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<able to pull through. The federal bastards tried anything to bankrupt me.. <even by taking any lose change they could find the day during the raid. The FCC is like the IRS in that you have to fight them under buearcratic law in their court. talk about stacked deck. I don't doubt any of this as I've been in communications/rf for over 30 years and seen a bit. It torques me some as I've bought a few of their kits (Aircraft radio and SW radio) as they were handy for my apps (nothing illegal) and dirt cheap. Allison

24 years, 4 months

Help IDing MicroVAX 3100

by allisonp＠world.std.com

<>From the sticker on the back: <Model: DV-31BAB-A <Serial: WF94205462 VAXserver3100 M20 <Top row (installed cards? from left to right): <far left: looks like a small Centronics-type port, has this logo above it: < <--------------------- <| ---> | <| (4 - 11) | <| <--- | <--------------------- Optional extra serial port expander (yes ports 4-11). <Any idea of what exactly I've got? I know its a MicroVAX, I just dont know <how fast, how old, etc. it's a 3100 series from very late 89 through 92ish. They run VMS well and are not too slow (2.4VUP minimum). Most have dual scsi controller (SCSI-I) and are decently solid. <Anybody interested in this thing? I'm not in the mood to collect <VAXen at this point and time.. If no one jumps that is closer I'm interested. Allison

24 years, 4 months

OT?: Illegal Transmitters

by edick＠idcomm.com

Does anybody really believe this unsubstantiated and uncorroborated sort of prattle? The key difference between this and normal "news" is that real stories don't have to mask the names of the participants. While it's possible, stupid as our government is, it's not likely that a legitimate source of legitimate news would report a legitimate story in this way, with oblique references to what should be in the lead, and masked references to individuals and businesses likely to sue. Dick -----Original Message----- From: Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Monday, December 27, 1999 5:15 PM Subject: OT: Re: OT?: Illegal Transmitters >At 02:09 PM 12/27/99 -0800, Marvin wrote: >> >>While the direct subject is off topic, if the Federal raids *were* at >>gunpoint and actually were *raids*, I could see this becoming a problem >>collecting some computers. >> >>http://www.2600.com/news/1999/1218.html >> >>For those of you who are html impaired, the subject concerns raids carried >>out on a number of small businesses making electronic kits including Ramsey >>Electronics and Super Circuits. The subject in question appears to be >>equipment that could be used for wiretapping. > > So what else is new? Gun owners have had to put with this kind of >harrasment and rediculous interpetation of the laws for years. > > Joe > >> >

24 years, 4 months

PDP-10 Freeware Archive now has correct date stamps listed

by CLASSICCMP＠trailing-edge.com

It only took a little bit of effort (notably abandoning the Unix date/time stamp, which doesn't go before 1-Jan-1970 UTC, and switching to a system without so much lossage) to get the date stamps on the PDP-10 freeware archive entries at http://pdp-10.trailing-edge.com/ to be correct. Now, if you go and look at a directory in the TOPS-10 or TOPS-20 categories, you will see the original date/time stamps as on the DECUS library tapes. Take a look at http://pdp-10.trailing-edge.com/www/lib10/0003/ for an example. Thanks to a couple of old-timers who persuaded me that I really shouldn't list the creation dates on these files as being 1999, when this can be off by over thirty years :-) Enjoy! -- 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

24 years, 4 months

OT?: Illegal Transmitters

by dylanb＠sympatico.ca

-----Original Message----- From: Marvin <marvin(a)rain.org> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Monday, December 27, 1999 9:03 PM Subject: Re: OT?: Illegal Transmitters > > >Richard Erlacher wrote: >> >> Does anybody really believe this unsubstantiated and uncorroborated sort of >> prattle? The key difference between this and normal "news" is that real >> stories don't have to mask the names of the participants. > >I generally do not post what I consider to be "unsubstantiated and >uncorroborated sort of prattle." The reports may well be biased, but I also >received via email a forwarded letter from John Ramsey, owner of Ramsey >Electronics describing what happened. It does describe what happened as an >armed raid. > >Check out the Ramsey web site, and you will see more about what happened. One of my companies was raided like this in 1996. I will give John Ramsey a call tomorrow. I lost over $460K to fight the battle.. a won... barely. First thing anyone should do is release anything and everything on the internet when something like this happens, and start the press before a media ban is put on the case (like mine).With my contacts, and lawyers I was able to pull through. The federal bastards tried anything to bankrupt me.. even by taking any lose change they could find the day during the raid. I hope John kicks them back. If I wasn't so busy with the load I just got I would throw up a server in Ireland or somewhere and post some very serious high tech transmitters I had to design back in '94. It is possible to take a chunk back out of them... I hope he does it. john http://www.pdp8.com/ >

24 years, 4 months

Help IDing MicroVAX 3100

by mrbill＠mrbill.net

I just picked up a MicroVAX 3100, and need help IDing it, and possibly figuring out what its worth.

24 years, 4 months

TRW Report

by jpl15＠netcom.com

Well... pitiful is a good word. I went sort of from curiosity and also because it was the first TRW in the new venue. Not more than 50 sellers showed up... in 15 years I've never seen so few people... but what did I expect? Marvin showed up and had the temerity to actually *sell* some things, whereas I don't think I turned ten dollars the whole day. Nick Oliviero dropped by bearing a most pleasant Xmas gift: a nice RX50 for my uVAX II. Thanx Nick! I, as fate would have it, found a very rare music synthesiser/sequencer combo, [an Oberheim OB-SX and DSX] and bought same... there went all my cash, so I packed up and left before 11:00... as many were doing. The first one in January promises to be a much better attended Affaire. At least the music stuff works.. I have it hooked up in the studio and it's just like 1978... but I'd sure look goofy in bell bottoms and colored glasses... so we'll leave it at that. A pleasant New Year to all of you whose calendar rolls over in the next few days.. I am planning a quiet Evening at Home..... vicarious revelry for me! Cheers and K3WL n3W y3Ar d00dZ! 2K RulEZ!!! wE ArE AlL El!Te... WaReZ 4 aLL.... if you can call a 25-year-old version of Kermit "warez"... ;) Cheerz John

24 years, 4 months

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