Well, I'm in Denver. This thing was given to me back in the CP/M days, as I
was using a CDC Lark drive on one of my CP/M systems.
It was in the possession of an employee of one of my clients about four or
five years after he'd collected it in place of a couple of days' wages when
they went under. I got quite a bit of office furniture and some almost
useful computer boards. They still owed me for a couple of thousand memory
IC's I'd previously obtained on a similar basis from yet another client who
hired competent help a bit too late.
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Ethan Dicks <ethan_dicks(a)yahoo.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Sunday, July 18, 1999 8:16 PM
Subject: Re: SMD Diagnosis Tool
>
>
>--- Richard Erlacher <edick(a)idcomm.com> wrote:
>> Since SMD's have popped up again...
>
>Indeed... I've got a quonset hut full of Fuji Eagles. I'm always
interested
>in info on SMD drives.
>
>> ...This thing is an SMD tester... It's here, and it's yours if you're the
>> first one to collect it.
>
>Where is here? I'm in Ohio.
>
>Thanks,
>
>-ethan
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--- Richard Erlacher <edick(a)idcomm.com> wrote:
> Since SMD's have popped up again...
Indeed... I've got a quonset hut full of Fuji Eagles. I'm always interested
in info on SMD drives.
> ...This thing is an SMD tester... It's here, and it's yours if you're the
> first one to collect it.
Where is here? I'm in Ohio.
Thanks,
-ethan
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Since SMD's have popped up again, I'm reminded of a rather large item taking up space and doing little else of use hereabouts. This thing is an SMD tester, obviously packagaged for the travelling service person, i.e. in a fairly typical sized suitcase, larger than my TEK TM535 suitcase, and really quite typical of the size of a man's suitcase. It weighs about what a typical man's 5-day case weighs, so how you get it is up to you. It's here, and it's yours if you're the first one to collect it. I saw it in the shed the other day, and haven't looked at it since, however, so I can't vouch for its functionalitiy.
Dick
I have been shifting *heavy* things for the last two weekends...
now stuff's Gotta Go.
FREE!! FREE!!! FREEE!!!
Anyone want a nice CDC 9766 Storage Module Drive with four full
and one half packs, and spares? It weighs >650 pounds and takes
220V, but it's free, and it's going to get delivered to you, a
freight company, or the Champs de Junque the next time I have to
move it. Right now its in covered outdoor storage (in my carport). I
can deliver it in SoCal if you can get it off my truck at your
place.
LAST CALL!!! on the Wang VS7110 system, including four Fuji 8"
drives and two Printronix band printers.. was taken out of service
and stored, I saved it from the Dumpster/Skip/Tip/Basura... but it's
looking more and more like I'm going to have to dismantle it and
heave the better part of it. I have made enquiries on the few
Wang-specific sites I have been pointed toward, but nothing so far.
It is probably 1500 pounds in three large cabinets. Delivery will be
a Factor to be considered. I have most of the docs, and more than
likely >25 terminals for it, but they are in deep storage in the
Company warehouse.. if you want the Wang, I'll dig out the
terminals.
IBM 3714 terminal control unit.. free free free.. come and get it,
it's light enough to fit in a big car or small truck. Have set-up
diskettes but no doc. Soon to be Trash....
Somebody stop me before I SCRAP again........
snif
John
Well, as long as I'm replying to classiccmp e-mail, I may as well
get my two cents in on this thread.
It sounds to me like Tony has higher expectations than most of us.
Although I'd love to find a web site with _all_ the technical
details for a favorite system, it doesn't even happen in my daydreams.
To few people are in a position to put in the amount of effort,
time, and money to create that kind of thing. That may be changing
as disk space gets cheaper, higher resolution cameras and scanners
get cheaper, and our minutes of spare time add up to become whole
hours.
In the meantime, I still get some nostalgic jollies from seeing
low-res snaps of old machinery. That is not totally useless, even
if it is not yet enough to help me repair one. Heck, it could even
be useful in a technical way, as an aid to the identification of
those machines for people who have never seen one.
Then too, I've seen web sites in which all text was encoded as
images, with no "alt" tags. So there are certainly useless images
out there, by nearly anyone's standards.
Bill.
>I started to create a standalone backup this morning aand have a =
>problem. The backup process aborted because of a problem with the tape =
>drive. The drive is now sitting there with all three lights flashing. =
>If I press the 'unload' button all of the lights come on stadily for =
>some time and then start flashing again. =20
>
>Any suggestions as to what might be wrong, or at least how to diagnose =
>the problem?
Is this a TZK50 tape drive, or a TZ30 tape drive, or something else?
In any event, assuming a TKZ50 or a TZ30, this is often caused
by the leader coming unhooked from the plastic take-up strip. Sometimes
what you've gotta do is manually unload the tape. Let us know which
tape drive is connected and we'll give you some help.
--
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
Hey all, I'm here, though sluggish sometimes.
Maybe it's time to advertise the Rescue Squad list again. For
anyone who hasn't yet seen it, take a look here:
http://www.cs.unc.edu/~yakowenk/classiccmp/ccrs_list.html
Additions to that list get pretty high priority, and usually get
handled within 24 hours of the arrival of the request.
Cheers,
Bill.
Hi,
I've got a Burroughs Class 5 adding machine here, which I am almost
finished repairing. It has 10 drums of numbers, and 9 rows of buttons
numbered from 1 to 9. One presses these buttons in order to add, and the
result is shown on the drums. There is a picture at:
http://www.teleport.com/~dgh/adddir.htm
If anyone wants this thing, please tell me. It's not very heavy. Maybe you
can show it off at your VCF, Sellam?
--Max Eskin (max82(a)surfree.com)
http://scivault.hypermart.net: Ignorance is Impotence - Knowledge is Power
I picked up a Sun 3/260 and a 3/280 yesterday. After pulling all the VME
boards from the /280, I found one I didn't recognize....
Board marked:
Clearpoint Research
SNX2RAM/8 Rev A
Serial Num 639
Copyright 1988
Major chips: (lines seperated by /)
N8X401I/ABW7840
CSI 5134/NCR0380477/F830215 F8816
CSI 5133/NCR0380475/F828347 N8749
Anyone have a clue what this is? The guy I got it from said he was told
it was an FPU. That doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. It's also
got what appears to be 1mb of SRAM on it. The low serial number makes me
think its something a bit specialized, but I don't really have any idea
how many Sun3s were sold to compare that with.
thanks
mid
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"Behold the power of cheese." -- National Dairy Council
From: Mike <dogas(a)leading.net>
>Thank Bill, and congratulation
sorry, my 'S' finger isn't working too good this morning.... Thanks &
congrats
By the way, ever find anything on the OSI 630 board?
again
- Mike: dogas(a)leading.net
