test-drb July 2001

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by jos.mar＠bluewin.ch

It's OT , since less then 10 years old, but a "real Cray" has crept up on the german ebay site. Currently less than 200 USD.... Jos

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Winchester Technology (was Re: MicroVAX equipment

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jul 19, 21:06, Bob Shannon wrote: > Don Maslin wrote: > > Rather minor correction - the Winchester rifle used 3030 caliber > > ammunition, but there were a number of models, the most famous being > > either the '94 or '96 (I'm having brain fade!). > Isn't that .308 for the 30-30. Maybe your thinking of the 303, which used > .311? Yes, the name 30-30 comes from the 30-calibre bullet (which is actually .308") and the original load was 30 grains of powder. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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MicroVAX equipment

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On July 19, Iggy Drougge wrote: > >No, they're large, heavy and winchesters (HDA which can only be repaired > >in a clean room). > > AFAIK winchester is just old nomenclature for fixed disks. What do you mean by > winchesters? The term "winchester" (taken from the IBM 3030 disk drive) implies a sealed HDA which cannot (or should not) be opened in an "ordinary" environment. -Dave McGuire

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RSX11M+ v3.0 Distribution

by eric-no-spam-for-me＠brouhaha.com

"William King" <wrking(a)dadaboom.com> writes: > I'm going to pursue the possibility that it's legal to post the RSX11M+ v > 3.0 distribution on-line. I think I'd like to have a signed agreement with > Mentec that this will be okay. When you ask them, make sure that you tell them that it's for use with Supnik's SIMH, for which it is *already* licensed. Otherwise they'll almost certainly say "no". For that matter, I personally wouldn't have asked, since it's clear that Supnik did already arrange a license (for SIMH only). At this point, if they say "no", it will really muddy the issue. In general, when you ask a company for permission to do anything, the answer will be "no", just because that's the safe and easy answer, and doesn't involve any research or lawyers. So when one already has permission to do something, asking for permission again can only cause grief. Note: I'm speaking entirely of the general case; none of this is intended in any way to be critical of Mentec.

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Alpha CPUs & motherboards

by mbg＠world.std.com

I might be interested in a PC164 and CPU, if you have a spare... Megan

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Alpha CPUs & motherboards

by dittman＠dittman.net

I've got a few spare Alpha motherboards sitting around. I've got PC164, EB164, and PC64 motherboards. If anyone needs any as a spare, let me know. -- Eric Dittman dittman(a)dittman.net

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scrap yard inventory

by brian＠quarterbyte.com

Is there any progress on the stuff-for-sale website, Sellam? I was just thinking: how about setting up a similar page for where-stuff-can-be found? For example, I ran across an RH780 massbus controller today in a salvage shop today -- new in its shipping box, the whole set of cards in a backplane. I don't want it, and I don't think many of the subscribers of this list would want to get a few dozen emails of this sort every day, but it would be nice to be able to record the information. I picture a website where you could enter items found in shops as well as personal inventories of things we'd part with if asked. Location, item, price if known, date spotted, etc; and a way of checking it off: "gone", "I bought it", "it blew up", etc. A sort of very narrow inventory system for the world's scrap shops and basements. Would this be useful, or would it just make it too easy for dealers to vacuum up all the good stuff? Impossible to keep up- to-date, or worth the occasional stale entry? What do y'all think? Brian

25 years, 1 month

Winchester Technology (was Re: MicroVAX equipment

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On July 19, Chuck McManis wrote: > > > AFAIK winchester is just old nomenclature for fixed disks. What do you > > mean by > > > winchesters? > > > > The term "winchester" (taken from the IBM 3030 disk drive) implies a > >sealed HDA which cannot (or should not) be opened in an "ordinary" > >environment. > > Does anyone know the actual reason that IBM picked the term "winchester" ? There are two reasons...First, it was developed in Winchester, England, and stored 30MB on each of two platter surfaces. Second, the model number, 3030, made people think of the Winchester model 3030 rifle. -Dave McGuire

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Eproms Available (was RE: IMSAI EPROMS)

by Mzthompson＠aol.com

I fell behind in my reading and was catching up today when I came across Joel A. Weder's <jweder(a)telusplanet.net> posting from 8 Jun 2001 and the responses on Eproms. One of my recent hauls included a box of Eproms. There was around 100 tubes of 2708/2716/2732. A rough count shows around 1000 2708's, and 125 or so each of the 2716's & 2732's. Since I will never need that many, I would like to make them available to the list. For now and to be fair to all list members, I was thinking of dividing them up into 45 (2708 35 ea, 2716 5 ea, 2732 5 ea) to a small box. I'll ask $5 per box to cover shipping and handling. If you really want more than one box, we'll wait and see after those wanting just one box have had their chance and then figure out shipping for 'bulk' orders. Mike Thompson

25 years, 1 month

Winchester Technology (was Re: MicroVAX equipment

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On July 19, Don Maslin wrote: > > > > > AFAIK winchester is just old nomenclature for fixed disks. What do you > > > > mean by > > > > > winchesters? > > > > > > > > The term "winchester" (taken from the IBM 3030 disk drive) implies a > > > >sealed HDA which cannot (or should not) be opened in an "ordinary" > > > >environment. > > > > > > Does anyone know the actual reason that IBM picked the term "winchester" ? > > > > There are two reasons...First, it was developed in Winchester, > > England, and stored 30MB on each of two platter surfaces. Second, the > > model number, 3030, made people think of the Winchester model 3030 > > rifle. > > Rather minor correction - the Winchester rifle used 3030 caliber > ammunition, but there were a number of models, the most famous being > either the '94 or '96 (I'm having brain fade!). Ahh, I understand. Thanks for the correction...my knowledge of gun technology is very limited. -Dave McGuire

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