On January 16, 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
>
> Are they worth picking up and saving, or should I just get out the
> vaccuum?
These are PDP8 front-panel bulbs...also used in RK05s and many other
things. Definitely save them.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf
Hi, gang,
I may not be on the list any more, but I still get the occasional offer of old hardware.
I've got two this week that one or more of you may be interested in. Please note the attached message, and PLEASE RESPOND DIRECTLY TO THE ORIGINAL SENDER!!! I don't have the equipment, and I am in no position to act as a go-between.
Here's the first one.
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On 16-Jan-02 at 08:12 Debra Voeller <debbily(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
>I have a working (?) pdp 11/03, RX02-dual floppy drives, oodles of books,
>installation software, original 'printsets', VT320, VT100 and LA180
>impact printer that needs a new home.
>I can't get a prompt but everything powers up....could be that the monitor
>is not set right.
>
>I tripped over your homepage and thought you might be interested. I'm in
>Washington state (Pierce County). Do you know anyone interested in buying
>this?
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FWIW, her description puts her near Tacoma, WA. She did send me a .jpg of the system which I will E-mail to anyone who requests that I do so.
The second item is a mid-to-late 80's vintage minicomputer in a nice three-foot high tabletop rack. It is currently at Connector World Supply just north of Seattle. It was working fine the last time it was powered on less than a year ago, and as far as I know is a freebie, available to whoever makes arrangements to pick it up first.
Contact: Connie Richard, (206) 789-7525 during normal business hours. Tell her I sent you.
Thanks much.
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Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy,
Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com
ARS KC7GR (Formerly WD6EOS) since 12-77 -- kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com
"I'll get a life when someone demonstrates that it would be superior
to what I have now..." (Taki Kogoma, aka Gym Z. Quirk)
On Jan 16, 21:25, Marvin Johnston wrote:
>
> 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
Those are definitely worth keeping, if you do repairs or build your own
hardware.
> 1976 C&K Switch Catalog
Probably.
> Printouts of instructions for CP/M utilities, programs, etc.
Depends on the programs. The common ones aren't hard to find docs for on
the net. If you have the software, keep the printouts.
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
With all this talk about 286 PCs, anybody interested
in an ALL Chargecard hardware memory manager to turn
your PS/2 50, 60, or 30/286 into a 386 (sort of)?
Only fits PGA, no LCC or PLCC adapters; brand new,
never tested (didn't/don't have a PGA 286 board).
mike
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
Are they worth picking up and saving, or should I just get out the
vaccuum?
Bill
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Bill Bradford
mrbill(a)mrbill.net
Austin, TX
In a message dated 1/16/2002 11:13:07 PM Eastern Standard Time,
vance(a)ikickass.org writes:
<< On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, bill pointon wrote:
> there is also the 30 with the 80186 - also isa -- billp
I know. He had made the observation that all Models 40 and below were
ISA, and I was pointing out the oddball exception. The PS/2 L40SX is
Microchannel.
Peace... Sridhar >>
well don't forget that neat little PS/2E ISA machine. I lucked out and got
two cheaply in their boxes simply because the person that had them didnt
understand MCA error codes. You can get lots of PS/2s cheaply that way.
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www.nothingtodo.org
In a message dated 1/16/2002 9:38:50 PM Eastern Standard Time,
rcini(a)optonline.net writes:
<< I know that this is going to sound silly, but what version of DOS/ProDOS is
designed to work with the //c? Or, should I ask if there was a special
system disk for the //c? I have ready access to DOS 3.3, ProDOS 1.9 and
2.something. >>
any of them will work. Prodos will give you a /RAM volume since the computer
has 128k.
--
Antique Computer Virtual Museum
www.nothingtodo.org
I know that this is going to sound silly, but what version of DOS/ProDOS is
designed to work with the //c? Or, should I ask if there was a special
system disk for the //c? I have ready access to DOS 3.3, ProDOS 1.9 and
2.something.
Thanks.
Rich
Rich Cini
Collector of classic computers
Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project
Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/
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On January 16, Colin Eby wrote:
> I appreciate you're coveting... but the system's not
> mine to give. It belongs to CSC, and was left-over
> from our Y2K group. They had just stuck it in a closet
> and forgotten it. As the resident UNIX guru at the
> time it was on my inventory. When I moved out into the
> field I claimed it as a workstation. Since nobody knew
> it existed, and since it was way past the 3-year
> depreciation cycle, there weren't any objections.
> Unforunately CSC doesn't allow for any internal
> purchasing because of liability issues. So I couldn't
> buy it off them.
Bummer. :-( It's cool that you get to hack on it, though!
> I too would like to get a hold of a board. The system
> here at the office is the 591. That's the earlier
> board design. There are three different versions. I'd
> love to get a hold of an MCA board like this one
> because I have equivalent RS6000 hardware in my
> private collection. I could easily host such a thing.
> The later boards are, I believe, PCI, and in two
> differnt versions. I've never seen the board appear on
> auction sites -- and I'm worried that anyone who did
> have one, might not know it, since it just sits in
> otherwise ordinary gear. The best I can tell you is
> watch out for specific models of hardware and hassle
> the seller to see if they omitted the board. The
> models are the PC330 and PC500 intel systems. And in
> RS6000 they've used F50, 591 and a few 390 systems.
I've seen a few go on eBay. They get...expensive. Painfully
expensive.
> >From what I've learned so far -- you won't hear much
> about these systems in the open systems community. If
> you go trolling through vendor and support
> organization sites, stick to the mainframe folks. I'm
> afraid that's as much of a brain dump as I've got on
> sourcing these boards. If you do find a source, please
> pass the information on. I'd love to add one to my
> collection. Until then I'll have to deal with
> Hercules. Not that this is a bad thing. Hercules on a
> decent piece of hardware is considerably faster then a
> P390 board. The one I've got is all of 72mHz clock
> speed and 128MB RAM. You could build a much more
> substantial LINUX based system to host a mainframe
> operating system.
Yes but then I'd have to deal with a PeeCee. And Linux. Thanks for
the info though. :-)
As I mentioned in other mail, I have a P/390 here (PCI version) that I
haven't gotten running yet. The PeeCee hardware is doing what it does
best...being an inconsistent pile of monkey turds. I hate PeeCees. I
think I'm just gonna have to get an S/390 and deal with the electric
bill. Might as well do it right.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf
