test-drb April 2000

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Details on Apollo Workstation (Ottawa) - Also Intergraph station & screen, DEC, etc..

by charp＠bitflash.com

Ok, here are the details for as much as I could figure them out (I am not too terribly familiar with the Apollo). It is an Apollo series 400, manufactured 9-14-90. This is an operational unit. The keyboard and screen (big) are present. There is a tape unit behind the front bay door. The backplane has tons of connectors, notably: - Lan - Parallel - SCSI - Thin Lan - RS-232 - Video board: A1416A (BNC RGB connectors) There are actually 2 screens close to this machine. The HP that I assume came with the unit, but there also is an Intergraph screen as a companion to a working Intergraph workstation.. All are in working order. I have no idea of the size of the the hard disk on the Apollo. I could investigate further if you are interested. This unit is sitting in a computer recycling building. It bears a price tag of $50 (canadian). The Intergraph is in the same price range. ---------------- The back of this building has a lot of big iron stuff. DEC, Honeywell, etc... There are some hard disk assemblies the size of a coffee table. Tons of packed and wrapped Gandalf chassis & communications equipment (Gandalf recently ceased activities in Ottawa - their stock obviously ended up in this warehouse.). Saw a number of MicroVax servers & workstations. Tons of Sparc workstations and cubes... Couple of fridge-size tape units. Cases of VAX-looking circuit boards. Most of the stuff looks in working order. There was a Silicon Graphics system there 2 days ago. Gone today... of course. And the list goes on. The stuff does not stay there very long. It ends up in a smleter for chmical and metal separation. Frederic

24 years, 3 months

Focal Manual

by djg＠drs-esg.com

I have one on my web site http://www.pdp8.net/lang/index.shtml This is for the PS/8 Focal which also runs under OS/8 but is a little different in file operations than the Focal in the PDP-8 programming handbook. Scanning the programming handbook has been on the todo list for a while. I think the paper tape version should be a subset of this. The System User's Guide for PDP-8/I PDP-8/L and PDP-8 PDP-8/S PDP-5 also has a section on Focal. It seems to be missing from highgate so I have put it in http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~djg/ It appears that all the other links don't work any more but this page is only a temporary home until things get moved to the correct location. Looks like I need to check the highgate collection against mine to see what else didn't make it. David Gesswein

24 years, 3 months

Looking for TU56/Trade

by broth＠heathers.stdio.com

My search continues for a TU56. If anybody knows where I can find one, I have many DEC and non-DEC items available for trade. I am also looking for 5 G-888 modules to fill out the empty spaces on my TC11. Thanks to all in advance, Brian.

24 years, 3 months

Packard Bell dead?

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

In a message dated 4/26/00 12:54:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, technoid(a)cheta.net writes: > I keep hearing rumors that Packard Bell is out of business. As a tech I > can say I haven't seen any really new ones in a while. Never a PB PII or > K6-2 machine. Whats the deal? Thier website is up and makes no mention > of any trouble. they were bought up by NEC IIRC. i did see some PB models a few months ago when i did onsite warranty work. to their credit, the latest models were standard ATX form factor machines, but still cheaply made. DB Young ICQ: 29427634 view the computers of yesteryear at http://members.aol.com/suprdave/classiccmp/museum.htm --You can lead a whore to Vassar, but you can't make her think--

24 years, 3 months

Hunting

by at258＠osfn.org

Today we received a donation of a lot of odds and ends, but a nice Wang VS-15 with some very large archiver chassis, a 2593 cabinet and boxes of manuals, especially for PACE. Also a Televideo server, PM-N4? or similar number and a Televideo terminal. A number of derelict PC's, mostly good for parts, etc. Next month we go to Canada to get a Burroughs system.

24 years, 3 months

PDP-10 yellow pages

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Apr 26, 14:12, Pat Barron wrote: > I've decided that, as soon as I can get a scanner and a copy of Adobe > Acrobat 4.0 (i.e., the full version, not just the reader), I'm going to > cut the pages out of the binding on my copy and scan it in. It breaks my > heart to do that, but the paper is deteriorating really badly, and it's > not going to last all that much longer anyway. You won't be the first to do that, and in the long run, it's probably the kindest thing to do to it if you do it properly. Before you do, though, take a look at http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/book/index.html -- if you've not already seen it. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Dept. of Computer Science University of York

24 years, 3 months

VAXstation 4000VLC

by Anthony.Eros＠compaq.com

Hey, that sounds like a really neat idea! I recently picked up 5 VLC units and would love to do something similar. Would you mind if I tried to piggy-back off your efforts? -- Tony > ---------- > From: Zane H. Healy[SMTP:healyzh@aracnet.com] > Reply To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2000 2:34 AM > To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: VAXstation 4000VLC > > On the topic of VAXstations, does anyone one the list have experience with > hacking VLC's and or LCD's? I'm wondering how feasable it would be to > hook > an LCD display up to a VLC, and if it would be possible with off the shelf > hardware. > > The other alternative I'm thinking of would be to pickup a cheap laptop, > load Linux/X-Windows on it, and use it as an intelligent X-Terminal. > > At this point, you're probably asking, what on Earth am I trying to do. > Well, I've decided I want a VAX "Laptop", and while I really doubt I can > have it battery powered I want to see what I can do starting with a VLC as > the base. I figure as long as I can get the final product about the size > of an old Toshiba 5200 I'm on the right track. Of course I'm also > thinking > that if I can find the time to do this and do it right I'll have to build > my own case for all the guts of the pieces. > > If nothing else a VLC and a Laptop used as a terminal should make a nice > small easily portable VAX. I figure I'll initially try this out with my > Mac PowerBook 540c since it's got built in ethernet and I can run eXodus > on > it for DECwindows support. However, as the 540c is only 640x480 I figure > it's only good for a couple Mac telnet windows or a DECterm via X. > > Anyone have any ideas? I hope to start in on this next weekend, but it > will depend on how soon the VLC I just bought for this takes to get here. > > As for the why, well, why not :^) > > Zane > | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Adminstrator | > | healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | Linux Enthusiast | > | healyzh(a)holonet.net (alternate) | Classic Computer Collector | > +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ > | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | > | and Zane's Computer Museum. | > | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ | >

24 years, 3 months

PDP-10 yellow pages

by allisonp＠world.std.com

>> Anyone ever hear of a manual refered to as the PDP-10 yellow pages? > >Yes, any of the PDP-10 Handbooks. They were printed on roughly phone-book >grade paper that may have been slightly yellow to start with, but has >definitely yellowed more with age. Also referred to as "phone books". that and also one o fthe manuals had a yellow cover, I believe it was this programming manual. Allison

24 years, 3 months

OT: WTB: Mac II Monitor Cable

by kla＠helios.augustana.edu

Sorry to bother you folks, but all local sources are turning up negative. You might recall a few weeks back I reported that my son was given a Mac LC II computer for free, sans monitor. Well, now we were given a monitor, but it lacks, sure enough, the DB-15 cable to connect it to the computer. The world here in the Midwest seems to be solid into the PC world, with tons of SVGA cables, including at stores that formerly sold Apple products. Where can I get a replacement Mac monitor cable? Thanks. Kevin Anderson * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Kevin L. Anderson Ph.D., Geography Department, Augustana College Rock Island, Illinois 61201-2296, USA phone: (309) 794-7325 e-mail: kla(a)helios.augustana.edu -or- gganderson(a)augustana.edu * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Opinions expressed here are my own and do not represent the administration of Augustana College.

24 years, 3 months

Collectors from Holland & India please contact me...

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Apr 26, 16:09, John Honniball wrote: > I've heard the area around Cambridge, UK, referred to as > "Silicon Fen". The Fens are a low-lying area of > countryside near Cambridge. > > Also, in Scotland there's "Silicon Glen". Somewhere near > Edinburgh, I think. Possibly referring to the HP works > there. It's actually the area around Glenrothes, on the other side of the River Forth (and parties on both sides would be offended to be confused with the other :-)). There used to be (still are?) lots of electronics companies around there -- though HP is in South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, not in Silicon Glen. The most famous Glenrothes company I can think of is (er, was) Rodime. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Dept. of Computer Science University of York

24 years, 3 months

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