test-drb March 1999

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by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Mar 1, 12:38, Chuck McManis wrote: > Subject: Tape drive identified! > Thanks to everyone and some additional snooping the tape drive is indeed an > Exabyte 8200 8MM SCSI tape drive. It is connected to a SCSI board labelled > "TD Systems Inc" > "VIK/QTO #2719" > and a rom labelled: > "Viking Q/B A3.1" > (presumably QBus) I'm pretty sure BSD2.11 supports it. I can't find the list right now, but I think that's exactly what I had in my 11/83. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Dept. of Computer Science University of York

25 years, 10 months

M7546 - TK50 or TK70?

by cmcmanis＠freegate.com

I realize this isn't ebay related, but could someone clue me into what the 7546 controls? The DEC site lists it as a: M7546-00 Q-BUS TAPE CNTRL, DBL 8.5 And its in my uVAX with no removable media. --Chuck

25 years, 10 months

Even More Stuff available

by adavie＠mad.scientist.com

Whilst aware that I'm breaching netiquette by copying personal email, I think in this situation that Chris won't mind, as he's trying to sell these items. I can't afford the prices he's asking (I'm not saying they're BAD prices, nor am I saying they're GOOD. I just can't afford 'em), and felt that rather than waste the time of both of us by attempting to significantly haggle-down, I'd let everyone have-at him. Top part is his response to my letter in response to his newsgroup ad. --- A guy said 10 days ago he would send $200 (plus shipping) for the Unix docs, which I accepted, but I haven't seen the check yet so maybe it will be available again. The vic20 had a price. I would like $250 for a stack of pdp11 hardware fisch. $70 for a folding fisch reader. How about $100 for H-11 doc 3-ring binders, and $140 for the paper tape media software. This is unused, partly sealed. $80 each for a couple rk05 packs containing rsx11m, rt11, ? What do you think? Rebate if you convert my 9-track unix tar tapes to CD or TR-3 tape (windoz). Also, you can then keep the 9-tracks, contents are probably interesting to you. 310-393-5525 ---------- From: Andrew Davie <adavie(a)mad.scientist.com> To: c-bristol(a)usa.net Subject: Re: ANTIQUE TV's & RADIO, etc. in L.A.,CA Date: Saturday, February 27, 1999 8:11 PM Hi I'm a classic computer collector, very interested in your Heathkit items, and also the RT-11 docs. I have just aquired a PDP 11/23 PLUS, and would love any documentation for that, too. You don't list prices for these items - if it helps, I offer a good home :) Please let me know if these items are still available, and I'll try and make a swift and easy transaction - if the price is right! Cheers A *** OLD COMPUTER EQUIP. NOT IBM STYLE, UNIX PDP-11, VIC20******** DOCUMENTATION: SOFTWARE: UNIX: full sets of docs for v.6, v.7, 4.1BSD, 4.2BSD, 4.3BSD, SUN OS2, SUN OS3, SunView. About 3 big file boxes of UNIX docs. Also have distribution tape of v.7 for PDP-11 licensed to me from SCO (Santa Cruz Operation) and the PDP11 hardware it is licensed for. I paid $1350 to SCO for this licence and tape, forsale now Cheap! Original v6 Lyons course, 1978?. Bell SysV Driver writing course, 1985. DOCUMENTATION: SOFTWARE: DEC OSs: Full set, RT-11 v2, v3, v4, partial RSX-11. Also have the software on floppy and RK05, and the PDP-11's that are licensed to run it. Also Heathkit H-11 paper tape operating system, media and docs, new. Also a couple of RSTS/E manuals. Disks also (RX01, RL01,RK05). RT-11 set, XXDP Diagnostics, on 8" RX01 floppies and paper tape. DOCUMENTATION: SOFTWARE: DEC OSs: Full set, RT-11 v2, v3, v4, partial RSX-11. Also have the software on floppy and RK05, and the PDP-11's that are licensed to run it. Cheap! Also Heathkit H-11 paper tape operating system, media and docs, new. DOCUMENTATION: HARDWARE: many DEC PDP-11 docs from 1970-1985 on microfiche. (Have reader too.) VIC-20 Commodore computer with tape deck, books, games, working, $40 --- -- Andrew Davie adavie(a)mad.scientist.com Museum of Soviet Calculators http://www.comcen.com.au/~adavie/slide/calculator/soviet.html Yahoo! Netscape, New Scientist, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek and UK Independant Cool Site!

25 years, 10 months

Parsys Ltd T9000 SuperCluster documentation & software

by rmeena01＠utopia.poly.edu

>Err... The crosspoint switch is the C004. The C012 is related to the >C011, and is a transputer link adapter to a normal computer bus. It's a >bit like a UART for transputer links (and the normal computer side looks >awfully similar to a DEC DL11 ;-)). Oops, boy is my face red :-) I meant it used the one specific to the T9000 which I don't remember off the top of my head. I guess I will have to look it up to get further info (is may be the C104 or such). Ram

25 years, 10 months

Last call, Teledisk Pro group buy

by kyrrin＠bluefeathertech.com

This is the last call for folks interested in pooling resources to get a copy of Teledisk Pro. So far, counting myself, we've got nine people in on it. This dropped the per-person price down to around $17.00 each (shipping included). Sydex was willing to go along with the group buy on two conditions: First, that there be one central point of contact (a person) that they can encode the copy to; And second, that this same person be POC for all tech support questions. I have volunteered to be this POC. Given that the license would be for up to 25 users, we have sixteen slots left. In the event we actually do get 25 people interested, it will drop the per-person price down to around $6.00. For those that may not know, Teledisk is a marvelously handy utility that will read any floppy format that can be read using PC-based hardware, including PCs equipped with such hardware as the well-known 'CompatiCard,' and turn the data on said floppy into a single image file that can be archived or sent to anyone else. Once sent, anyone with similar hardware can reconstruct an exact image of the original floppy using a freely redistributable extractor program. As one might imagine, this has a lot of possibilities for preserving old boot and application floppies for such things as KayPro's, Commodores, Apples, DEC hardware, and God only knows how many other pieces of gear that used floppies. The image files can be easily stored on long-lived media, such as CD-R discs, and recreated at will. Again, the only limitation is that a PC's floppy drive be able to, at the hardware level, read the original diskette. The current version runs under DOS, or under a DOS window in W95 or NT Workstation. One caveat: Since it is possible that the program makes direct hardware calls to the floppy drive, it may not perform as it should under NT, thanks to NT's security features. Other than that, I know of no problems. Will anyone else who may be interested in getting in on the group buy please drop me a PRIVATE E-mail, so we don't end up cluttering the list? Thanks in advance. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies http://www.bluefeathertech.com Amateur Radio:(WD6EOS) E-mail: kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com SysOp: The Dragon's Cave (Fido 1:343/272, 253-639-9905) "Our science can only describe an object, event, or living thing in our own human terms. It cannot, in any way, define any of them..."

25 years, 10 months

vaxstation 3100 scsi cables

by jim＠calico.litterbox.com

This one is of special interest to Tim Shoppa, but I figured the rest of the vax lovers here would be interested too. I just ordered an external SCSI cable for my VaxStation 3100 model 40 - which everyone said was terribly expensive due to it being a wierd connector. I ordered it from 1-800-digital and they want $58(us) + tax. For those with 3100 model 40s (it changes from model to model) the part number is 17-02-008-02. Generally speaking this is the second time I've ordered formerly VERY expensive parts through 1-800-digital and gotten them for a fraction of the price people were quoted in the bad old days. If you have DEC hardware and need some wierdo proprietary pieces for it - simms, cables, etc - I would encourage you to call them and get a current quote on the prices. It's been speculated that what's happening is Compaq is unloading the spares for post-end-of-life DEC stuff, so you might want to do it soon. -- Jim Strickland jim(a)DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Vote Meadocrat! Bill and Opus in 2000 - Who ELSE is there? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

25 years, 10 months

Doug! John! Marvin!

by dpeschel＠u.washington.edu

Your debate about eBay filled up about 1/4 of my mail this morning. It's obvious that you're at an impasse of opinion. The messages on the subject are funny but the humor is the desparate kind. Since there IS another list (as Megan and others pointed out) could you find some way to tone down the traffic? I swear, a few more of these arguments and I'll have enough data to create an eBay-argument-generating program! :) -- Derek

25 years, 10 months

WSESD (aka Sigma) ESDI QBus controller

by cmcmanis＠freegate.com

So I just got of the phone with David Webster: David Webster <david(a)wccusa.com> Phone +1-408-353-5252 Webster Computer Corporation Tollfree 1-800-5WEBSTER 16040 Redwood Lodge Road Fax +1-408-353-5253 Los Gatos, CA 95033-9260, USA http://www.webstercomputer.com Dave's company designed the WQESD controller and WOMBAT software and sublicenced it to Sigma and Qualogy. He's selling a copy of the manual to me. (Yippee!!) Since some of you have offered to buy my "other" controller I asked him if they had any left and he said he suspects they do. So if you need a Qbus ESDI disk controller card you might give him an email or a call. I have no idea what he would sell them for (didn't ask) but hey, you could get a 'new' one. --Chuck

25 years, 10 months

OT: Need info on Motorola CyberSurfer cable modem

by dastar＠ncal.verio.com

Does anyone know where I can get technical information on the Motorola CyberSurfer cable modem? I want to know if there's any way to hack it to do weird stuff. Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Always hasslin' the man. Coming in 1999: Vintage Computer Festival 3.0 See http://www.vintage.org/vcf for details! [Last web site update: 02/15/99]

25 years, 10 months

Parsys Ltd T9000 SuperCluster documentation & software

by rmeenaks＠olf.com

>I have the data books on the T9000 chip (one on the hardware, one on the >instruction set), but they're nearly 500 pages each, so rather >impractical to copy. > Well, he didn't really provide me with much information. I just sent him another email indicating exactly what he has (i.e., software, boards, docs, etc) That way, I can easily see if I can get him up and running. >IMS cards sound like INMOS, of course. I can't find the B013 in the data >book, though. It's not an ethernet TRAM (B407 or B431, I think), and I don't >think it's part of the B300 ethernet interface system. > I never seen or even heard of an IMSB013 board. I figured it was a modified B300 or ethernet tram. >> transputer motherboard that looks like a TMB12 from Transtech. He also >> has all the power supplies and the case. > >Probably a clone of something INMOS, or at least close to it. Is this a >board that takes TRAMs, or what? What host bus does it use? > The TMB12 is a 12-slot tram board from transtech, similar to the B008 from INMOS. He said it looked like it but used C012 crossbar switches instead. I got to see if I can get more info from him. Ram

25 years, 10 months

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test-drb March 1999