Christine Finn, the Oxford Archaeolgist author of "Artifacts: An
Archaeologist's Year in Silicon Valley"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0262062240/
will be in Seattle for a reading at the University Bookstore 7pm Thurs,
Jan 17:
http://www.bookstore.washington.edu/ubs/main.taf?area=events&page=events&ca…
and then plans to hang out with and interview random computer collectors
for her next book. I'll be hosting her at my Bainbridge Island place
during her stay, so send me a note if you'd like to hang out with us on
the island, or send her a note if you'd like to arrange a meeting
elsewhere in the Seattle area:
Christine Finn <christine.finn(a)archaeology.oxford.ac.uk>
Cheers,
Doug
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Dittman [mailto:dittman@dittman.net]
> On eBay someone has a MV2000 for a BIN price of $25.00. That's
> very reasonable. What is not reasonable is they describe it as
> "RARE!" and say "This is as close as you'll get to owning a real
> VAX at your house!".
Well, I have a few problems with that statement, myself.
The MicroVAX 2000 _is_ a real VAX. :)
So are the four VAXen I have which aren't MicroVAX 2000s, and which are also not "RARE!"
There are 8 VAXen (does that make a whole heard?) "at my house," two of which aren't mine.
Regards,
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
/usr/bin/perl -e '
print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
'
On Jan 16, 22:54, Bill Bradford wrote:
> Anybody know what DEC item these are from? I got a bunch of them
> (at the time, in a little foam "holder" in a box) a few months ago
> with a big batch of PDP-11 stuff, but my dog got ahold of it and
> they're now all over a section of the carpet in my garage..
>
> http://www.mrbill.net/~mrbill/bulbs.jpg
They look like the panel bulbs for a PDP-8, which are the same as for
things like a DX11 or RK05 drives. Did the earliest Unibus machines also
use bulbs or were they always LEDs? Anyway, they're worth saving. The
correct bulbs are hard to get now (the types I've found available are
higher current than the correct ones).
Bi-pin fuses are about the same size but don't have the glass, er, bulb, on
top :-)
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
How important is it to keep old catalogs, cross-reference data,
component buyers guides, data books, data sheets, etc.??? I've collected
a LOT of the above from about the mid 70's and while not ready to
dispose of it yet, I am really curious what others on this list think
about keeping such stuff. As for some examples:
RCA SK Cross Reference/Replacement Catalog
1974 IC Master
1976 C&K Switch Catalog
Printouts of instructions for CP/M utilities, programs, etc.
And on the topic of getting rid of stuff, I had been in contact with
some list members last year about IIRC HP tapes, OS/2 something, etc. A
lot of that stuff got packed away (we had company) and I am just
starting to dig stuff out again. I can't remember who wanted this stuff,
so if you will email me with what we had discussed, I'll keep my eyes
open for the stuff and get back to you as I find it. Thanks.
>Yes, and the 80186 -- 68010.
>Both existed but were not popular in many systems. Both equally
>quite rare in that regard.
Not entirely true.
Clearly the 68010 was quickly eclipsed by the 68020 and thus showed up in
relatively few systems. This is different, BTW, than not being popular.
OTOH, the 80186 (including the AMD Am186 line) was a wildly successful chip
in the embedded systems world. Vast numbers of devices based on the '186
are out there, often because one could use the IBM PC and follow-ons,
hardware & software, as development platforms on the (relative) cheap.
Ken
On January 17, Eric Chomko wrote:
> Wasn't the 3270 emulator a dual card setup?
Are you thinking of the 370 emulator? I have a few 3270 boards from
various manufacturers here, and they're all on single boards. I've
never seen one of those neat 370 emulators but I wouldn't be surprised
if they're multiple-board units.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf
Yeah, they do _look_ like fuses from a SparcStation 1 and 1+...
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! -----Original Message-----
! From: Eric Dittman [mailto:dittman@dittman.net]
! Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 12:49 AM
! To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
! Subject: Re: What DEC item are these from?
!
!
! > On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 11:03:09PM -0600, Eric Dittman wrote:
! > > It's hard to tell from the picture. These could be bulbs, or they
! > > could be fuses. Is the clear part plastic, and does it
! have a flat
! > > top?
! >
! > Look at the url - bulbs.jpg. 8-)
! >
! > Round top on the clear part.
!
! The fuses I'm thinking of look kind of like bulbs, and some of
! them in the picture looked like they might have flat tops, so
! I figured I'd make sure.
! --
! Eric Dittman
! dittman(a)dittman.net
! Check out the DEC Enthusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/
!
On January 17, Christopher Smith wrote:
> > We seem to have a surfeit of Decwriters. Would anyone be
> > interested in one?
>
> Interested, yes -- those are teletypes, right? ... but how big are they? I certainly can't make it to RI right now to pick one up. :) (really too bad...)
Uhh...DECwriter != Teletype. First of all, DECwriters made by
DEC, and Teletypes aren't. :)
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf
! From: Eric Dittman [mailto:dittman@dittman.net]
!
!
! > The HP 3000/922 is a PA-RISC system, running MPE/iX. It
! > isn't supported
! > by the PuffinGroup port of Linux. Just the computer is
! > about the size
! > of a 2-drawer file cabinet.
!
! Too big for me, and I'm not close, but I was told by an HP
! engineer that the PA-RISC HP3000 systems can be converted
! to the equivalent PA-RISC HP9000 by twiddling the firmware
! on the CPU card.
Now why isn't there any fun medium-sized hardware like that pop up
around here in CT? Does anyone know of any scrappers in this area?
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John ---
I'm forwardeding this to the ClassicCmp.org mail list for you. Maybe
someone there can help...
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! -----Original Message-----
! From: John Maier
!
!
! I have in my grubby hands, a uVAX III (KA650) CPU board but
! the memory board (alas) was
! physically damaged by the original owner...
!
! Doing so research at http://vaxarchive.sevensages.org/hw/
! they mention...
!
! uVAX II --
! Do not try to use LMI memory modules intended for later
! MicroVAX systems (modules like the
! MS650-series, etc)!
!
! uVAX III --
! ...or you can use LMI MicroVAX III memory modules. Do not try
! to use LMI memory modules
! intended for earlier MicroVAX systems (modules of the
! MS630-series, etc)!
!
! Why? I would love to upgrade my uVAX II/GPX from it's 0.9
! VUP lumber to a spry 3.0 VUP..
! :-)
!
! Additionally if I ever can find a 64Meg QBus memeory
! card...<john dreams>
!
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