> Okay, my two HSD05 controllers arrived. I never paid attention to
> the DSSI connector before, so I thought it was the same as a SCSI
> connector, but it isn't. Does anyone know of a source for cheap
> DSSI cables?
I checked again. The connectors on the VAX 4000/500 are identical to
SCSI connectors. The connector on the Tri-Link connector (part number
12-39921-01) are different, though.
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Gene:
The Central Florida Computer Junk Fest is being held Sunday Sept. 30
starting at 9 AM. The location is:
ACME Discount Computers
5511 W. Colonial Drive
Orlando FL 32808
(407) 296-2333
Whatever you bring must be at least ten years old, and please do *not*
bring a mountain of 286s . . .
We're near the NE corner of Kirkman and Colonial behind the Wendy's.
E-mail me off-list if you want more specific directions.
See ya there!
Glen
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> From: Gene Ehrich <gehrich(a)tampabay.rr.com>
> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Central FL Computer Junk Fest
> Date: Thursday, September 27, 2001 10:51 PM
>
> At 09:35 PM 9/27/01 -0400, you wrote:
> >From: Louis Schulman <louiss(a)gate.net>
> > > Hope to see everyone there!
> >
> >I'm looking forward to meeting everyone there too. Please send some
email
> >off list and let me know what you're bringing and want.
> >
> >;)
> >- Mike: dogas(a)bellsouth.net
>
> I must have missed the original messages on this.
>
> Where is it and when and what can I expect to find there?
>
>
>
>
There is an ad in this weeks Broomfield Enterprise paper for a TI99
available free, but I didn't bring the ad home. Contact me if
interested (offlist).
clint
On September 27, Richard Erlacher wrote:
> I'm still partial to having some of those functions, too, but with a computer
> running Windows nearly everywhere I turn, the calculator that's built-in there
Man, you're hangin' out in the wrong places. I haven't laid eyes on
a Windoze box in months.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Laurel, MD
A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that I was looking for some of the
black/off-white 10"x19" front "cover panels" that go on a rack of DEC
equipment (black "crinkly" with a white border).
I've now got a box of at least 7 of them, with more on the way.
Anybody need one or two? I'd like to trade for something else
interesting, but not necessarily computer-related. Old civil
defense stuff (geiger counter, etc), phone stuff (old switch docs,
Bell System stuff, things like that), etc. Alternately, looking
for good-brand 10baseT hubs or switches.
Anyway, if you can use one or two or more of these, let me know.
I'm only going to keep one or two for myself, so the rest are
available.
Bill
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Bill Bradford
mrbill(a)mrbill.net
Austin, TX
Okay, my two HSD05 controllers arrived. I never paid attention to
the DSSI connector before, so I thought it was the same as a SCSI
connector, but it isn't. Does anyone know of a source for cheap
DSSI cables?
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Eric Dittman
dittman(a)dittman.net
Check out the DEC Ethusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/
Paul Williams wrote:
> "Zane H. Healy" wrote:
> >
> > OK, I'm thinking of doing a wierd mod on a VT100, just how much room
> > is inside one of them? I need room for a 7 1/2" x 9" x 2 1/2" board
> > (the 2 1/2" is thanks to the heatsink and RAM), and would also like
> > to be able to fit in a smallish 250W PS (3 1/2" x 5 1/2" x 6"), and
> > a 3 1/2" HD.
>
> I've put two photos of a topless VT100 in http://vt100.net/zane/ which
> might give you some idea of the shape of space available.
Thanks, between them and the description you've given I've got a lot better
idea.
> On the left hand side of the photos you see the card cage. The space
> there is 10.5"H x 10.5"D x 3.25"W (but only 2" unobstructed to the
> back). You might be able to make that 2.25"W to the back with a bit of
> persuasion.
This isn't a huge problem as the 2.5" dimension I give is for the heatsink
and fan on the motherboard. It looks like I should be able to fit the
motherboard in this cavity, I rather thought I could since a VT103 used this
to squeeze in a PDP-11.
> The PSU occupies the space at the back of the terminal, but only extends
> halfway forward, so there is space underneath the flare of the tube of
> 10"W x 4.75"H x 5"D. Of course you'd not want to disrupt the picture.
> (Memo to self: must sort out vertical linearity on mine!)
>
> At the back right hand side (again, as you look at the picture),
> underneath the high tension wire to the tube, there is a space 4"W x
> 3.5"H x 5"D.
Sounds like I need to either find a smaller PowerSupply, or else I'm going
to have to have it external to the system (which I don't want).
Unfortunatly I seem to have run across another stumbling block besides the
size of the powersupply. It seems that the system is pretty much rock solid
if it has the keyboard, mouse, AND CD-ROM plugged in, however if I unplug
either the CD-ROM or the USB Keyboard and Mouse the system will lock up
after it's been up for between half an hour and two hours. I've been unable
to find any logs or reason for it locking up. I'm using SUSE Linux 7.2
Professional for this setup.
In any case, hopefully I'll be able to dig one of my VT100's out of storage
on Saturday.
Zane
I've still got a working HP25 that I keep going by fitting new AA NiCds
into the HP battery drawer. Can't leave it on the charger too long or
the batteries die.
The programmable part no longer works, but.
Cheers,
Robert.
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Victoria University of Technology
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On September 27, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> Onboard are several (6) 24 pin RCA packages marked CDM6116, which I
> believe are ROMs. The rest is TTL.
Hmm...the 6116 is a 2Kx8 static RAM.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Laurel, MD
I have a card with the only markings on it being Adaptive Peripherals.
It's quite interesting.
Onboard are several (6) 24 pin RCA packages marked CDM6116, which I
believe are ROMs. The rest is TTL.
It leads out to an external box with a centronics interface on it, a
switch and LED, and two phono jacks. The switch in one direction seems
to activate it, as when I turn on the computer with the switch in that
position the LED lights and the system is frozen. The switch in the other
position results in a normal boot. If I flip the switch while the system
is on then it locks up. If I switch it back and then do a reset, the
system resumes.
Before I attached a monitor to it, it seemed to make the computer do
something different. The normal "beep" when I turned the system on was
replaced with a "boop". I finally hooked a monitor up but now the card
does not seem to do anything. I hope I didn't fry it as when I was
carrying it upstairs I plugged the dangling printer cable from the
parallel card into the centronics interface in the external box to keep it
>from swinging around. When I first powered it on it was shorting
something as the power supply was cycling on/off. I turned it off
quickly and unplugged the cable, then turned it on to hear the "boop"
sound. So it seemed to be doing something weird until I plugged the
monitor in to see what the heck was going on.
It's in slot 4, so I checked the memory area at $C400 but there is nothing
there.
It also has a two AAA batteries on the back which I've taken out. They
don't seem to affect the operation. I'm going to put two fresh batteries
on to see what different it makes.
I'm thinking this was an alternate ROM card, maybe for development or
cracking games, although it seems to elaborate for the latter.
Any ideas?
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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