test-drb May 2000

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by kyrrin＠bluefeathertech.com

Forwarded to both CLASSICCMP and port-VAX (NetBSD) mailing lists). Found on Usenet. Got a fellow who's come across a VAXstation 3500 (Mayfair CPU?), and needs help with it. I've already tried answering some of his questions, but if anyone else wants to send him mail please feel free. Thanks! Attachment follows. -=-=- <snip> -=-=- On Thu, 18 May 2000 20:42:24 -0400, in comp.unix.questions you wrote: >>Path: news.uswest.net!news-out.uswest.net!newsfeed.cwix.com!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!not-for-mail >>From: Iakovlev <iakovlev(a)mailcity.com> >>Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions >>Subject: VAXstation 3500 help please >>Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 20:42:24 -0400 >>Lines: 21 >>Message-ID: <39248DF0.D4C6692(a)mailcity.com> >>Reply-To: iakovlev(a)mailcity.com >>Mime-Version: 1.0 >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >>X-Trace: wTfHF6OMbeKq6zRHTOHpf7j73AT8ReoCax6idfw8g+o= >>X-Complaints-To: abuse(a)rcn.com >>NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 May 2000 01:47:21 GMT >>X-Accept-Language: en,ru >>X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; U) >>Xref: news-out.uswest.net comp.unix.questions:17667 >> >>I ve got a VAXstation 3500 with no cables or monitor >> >>I do have transceivers and various monitors, but have no clue >>of how to connects any input/output devices.... >> >>I'm a student and have a purely educational interest in the beast - no >>love affairs or anything like that.... >> >>What's inside of it? >>What size of SCSI HD I can find inside? >>How big is the memory? >>Is there such a thing as video/memory? >> >>It comes with TK70 tape drive - is it still usable? how much data can it >>write to a tape - I even have 2 tapes for it! >> >>I have also 2 VT220 things - can they work with the beast? >> >>thank you so much for any useful info >> >>alex -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies -- kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech [dot] com Web: http://www.bluefeathertech.com "...No matter how we may wish otherwise, our science can only describe an object, event, or living thing in our own human terms. It cannot possibly define any of them..."

24 years, 7 months

Stardent available

by djg＠drs-esg.com

Ok, its 4 months short of its 10th birthday but close enough. Work has a Stardent 1500/3000 Titan? computer they will be getting rid of. The machine did run when last powered on within the last year and comes with manuals (OS and programming, not much hardware) and backup tapes. It runs Unix. From what I understand it was for its time a "super mini" with good graphics capability. I haven't used it so am not too familiar with it. The machine is in a 4 foot rack and takes up a good portion of it so pickup in Gaithersburg MD is the best option if you want it. Anybody who offers PDP-8 stuff for my collection gets it otherwise probably free to whoever can take it. At this point work is saying they want to free the space but hasn't actually decided to get rid of it, verified it has no resale value etc. If you are interested let me know and I will let you know when work finishes the process. David Gesswein djg(a)drs-esg.com http://www.pdp8.net/ -- Old computers with blinken lights

24 years, 7 months

PDP 8/L console

by lemay＠cs.umn.edu

My PDP 8/L that I recently acquired, has a cable that i assume is for the console terminal. It has a 9 pin male connector with only pins 1 through 6 present. Is this a standard serial connection? This was a papertape based system, so it may have been connected to a teletype ASR 33. Will I need to locate something that can do 110 baud to use as a console? Also, I'm very curious about the other cables comming from the 8/L... I have 6 flat black cables, similar to ribbon cable but thicker, with 9 'wires' on each cable. possibly each 'wire' is something similar to coax, but i'm not sure... Each pair of these ribbon-like cables go together into a centronics 36 pin male connector. thus there are 3 centronics connectors, which are labeled: "A D36", "B D35", "C D34". Any clues as to what this might be for? -Lawrence LeMay

24 years, 7 months

Finding Vintage Computers - A Primer

by xds_sigma7＠hotmail.com

Umm does this mean that I get a good deal from the 55 to 60 cents a pound the scrapper I go to gives me for circut boards? Will J ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

24 years, 7 months

Finding Vintage Computers - A Primer

by Innfogra＠aol.com

In a message dated 5/18/2000 8:15:03 AM Pacific Daylight Time, foo(a)siconic.com writes: > > What kind of truck is this? It sounds like a classic computer cornucopia. > Did this truck get into some accident on the way to the computer store or > something? > Trucks, Trailers and outbuildings are always around scrapyards. They often get filled with "low value" scrap items "junk" that the yard owner doesn't want to deal with when they come in, like terminals and printers. Some times those piles sit for years. Investigate all Shipping Containers. Sometimes they are used for storage, but most of the time they are being filled with outgoing scrap on it's way to China. If you can be there with your screwdrivers when it is being loaded sometimes you can find neat stuff. You don't want to get in the way of the loading operation, but if you have developed a relationship with the scrapper you can often cull as it is being loaded. Adopt your local scrapper. Offer twice the scrap value or more, don't get in the way and you will be, more than likely, welcome. Paxton PS. Most of the scrap going into containers brings 5 to 10 cents per pound to the dealer loading it.

24 years, 7 months

FA: Apple Lisa and extra Lisa keyboard

by rigdonj＠intellistar.net

FS: An extra Apple Lisa that I picked up yesterday. Also see "seller's other auctions" for an extra keyboard for a Lisa. "http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=335880842".

24 years, 7 months

Cool AppleSoft BASIC trick I never thought of before

by paulrsm＠ameritech.net

---------- > From: Eric J. Korpela <korpela(a)albert.ssl.berkeley.edu> > To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: Cool AppleSoft BASIC trick I never thought of before > Date: Thursday, May 18, 2000 12:28 PM > > Of course, none of this is a concern with cooperative multitasking of BASIC > programs but if someone implements an interupt generator on a ][ for > multitasking purposes, it could become a concern. Someone did. The GEOS system came with a board that generated interrupts that you could use if you did not have an Apple II mouse card to generate the interrupts. Another interrupt generator could be a clock card. Paul R. Santa-Maria Ann Arbor, Michigan USA paulrsm(a)ameritech.net

24 years, 7 months

Cromemco ??

by CLASSICCMP＠trailing-edge.com

> Are there any Crommeco experts out there? I have a couple of questiosn >about the Cromemco terminals and printers. I've got several thousand pages of Cromemco documentation here at the moment, mostly on their S-100 boards and software packages, and a little on terminals and printers. Which terminals and printers are you interested in? Tim.

24 years, 7 months

Univac Lamp interesting piece

by xds_sigma7＠hotmail.com

Though the typing and CAPITIALIZATION done by said seller makes me want to beat myself with a shovel, they are a really great person to do business with, one of the most nice and understanding ones I've seen to be sure.. Not to be making an ebay plug, but I guess the old "don't judge a book by its cover" comes in here... Will J ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

24 years, 7 months

Cromemco ??

by rigdonj＠intellistar.net

Hi, Are there any Crommeco experts out there? I have a couple of questiosn about the Cromemco terminals and printers. Joe

24 years, 7 months

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test-drb May 2000