test-drb October 2002

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by dcohoe＠qualitymeats.on.ca

Recently I found someone (thank you Joe!) who had a bunch of Z-80 stuff including Televideo TS803's, Xerox 820-II's etc. I brought quite a lot home, but he still has some items that he values highly. He apparently needs to move soon and is short of cash. The things I got from him were in excellent condition. He's located in western New York state. I've tried to help him out and if necessary, could store stuff for someone. If you email me off-list, I can give you his address. regards, Dan Cohoe Here's what he sent me the other day: I have several items left to sell: 4 NEC PC-8001A computers and a few printers with 4 boxes of assorted hardware and software. Note: Only 3 NEC Monitors (Green). However, to make up for the missing monitor I have bundled with these computers 2 AMDEK (Amber Monitors) (Condition unknown) 1 AMDEK II Color Monitor (that needs minor repair) 1 Apple Monitor III (was working when I last used it. Note: One of the mini disk units seems to work when it wants to... Also, I have about seven boxes of Z80 and CP/M related items: 1) a few TRS-80 Mysteries decoded books 2) Tons of CP/M Books (assembler/database/communications) 3) Kilobaud Magazines 4) Digital Research CP/M Plus manuals 5) Much more I know that one of these boxes contains the original LDOS manual with LDOS related magazines.... (still need to find the box...it's hidden here somewhere...) Brian

22 years, 2 months

IBM APL for PC help: missing VM232___.AIO

by william.white＠us.ing.com

Are you still in need of this file? I presume you are looking at IBM APL version 1.0. I still use it but the trick is always getting it to work with larger hard drives and Windows. Bill White ING Employee Benefits - Actuarial Telephone: 612-342-3145 FAX: 612-342-7029

22 years, 2 months

PDP-8L and BA08A : how to connect them ?

by sonnet＠sols.ucl.ac.be

Recently, I saved a DEC PDP-8L (S/N 2209) with a BA08A memory expander box (S/N 587) from being trashed. It is is still pretty good shape. However all the flat cables connecting the two boxes have been cut right where they come out of the boxes. There are 8 double flat cables of 11 conductors between the two boxes. The connectors are still plugged in their original location but there is no hope to match the ends which have been cut. I want to reconstruct the connection cables between the main box and the expander. Before starting the soldering work, I need to know how the connections were before (which "Flipchip" connector card in the main box was paired with which connector in the expander box?). So far, I could not find any information or drawing about the BA08A on the Internet. Could someone help me, who owns a complete PDP-8L system (or technical drawing and maintenance guidebooks) ? I am ready to send a list of the number and location of the "Flipchip" cards on the main board in the two boxes as well as the description and location of the cables. Many thanks, Philippe Sonnet

22 years, 2 months

HP Series 80 site (for HP-83, HP-85, HP-86, HP-87 and the 9915A and B)

by vassilip＠dsl.cis.upenn.edu

I have placed scanned versions of some of the manuals I have here and I plan to scan the rest as my time allows. The manuals are at: <http://www.series80.org/Manuals/index.html> I have also placed images from all the ROMs I have at: <http://www.series80.org/Images/index.html> Thanks **vp

22 years, 2 months

Dauphin DTR-1

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

I went to a small local hamfest yesterday and picked up a DTR-1. It's complete and includes all the accessories including the original boxs, papers, SW disks, manuals, PSU, slide off cover, pouch, external floppy. The only thing wrong with it is the battery is dead (no problem, 6 A size NiMH cells) and the hard drive has zillions of errors. I'm attempting to reformat the hard drive but the previous owner says that the drive is bad and needs to be replaced. Does anyone have a HP 40 Mb 1.3 inch KittyHawk drive that you're willing to part with? Or does anyone know if anyone ever came up with a way to install a different drive such as one of the PCMCIA drives or the IBM Microdrive in it? Joe

22 years, 2 months

decitek reader

by bellmfg＠erols.com

Hello, I don't believe you are still looking but I have manuals for the 262 series. Regards, Bernie

22 years, 2 months

Lost digests

by mhscc＠canada.com

I didn't realize that my mailbox had filled up, so I missed a few digests; is it possible to retrieve past digests with Mailman as it was with the previous system? mike

22 years, 2 months

Destructive labelling (was RE: Tandy XENIX Disks)

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Oct 26, 16:14, Tothwolf wrote: > On Sat, 26 Oct 2002, Doc Shipley wrote: > > On Sat, 26 Oct 2002, Sark wrote: > > > > > And they thought people would steal mouse balls WHY? > > > > Because people steal mouse balls. A friend works in a major computer > > chain store, and I used to work for University of Texas, in IT. > It isn't just the larger companies or universities that have a problem > with this either. At one local school where I maintain dozens of older > systems, some years the kids steal the balls out of the mice. The year > before last, some kid even stole 6-8 mice (and switched 4 of them out with > dead junk mice. This year I'm planning to ty-wrap the cables to something > behind the systems so that won't happen again. I sure wish I could find a > lifetime supply of the older 3 button PS/2 Logitech mice. I've found those > things to be nearly indestructible in a school, and the younger kids will > usually find a way to break anything... Talking of breaking, and mouse balls, you might be amused by the story of the blackboard and the mouse ball. See the URL below. Oh, and vuft cricket (mentioned on the same page) is played with the sort of ball you commonly find near a PC and the sort of bat you commonly find in front of the same PC (you know, the one with the clicky top surface). http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~bjmi100/uni%20history/compsci.html -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

22 years, 2 months

Fw: VAX 7000/610 available, Cambridge MA USA

by rschaefe＠gcfn.org

----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Stone" <lcs(a)MIT.EDU> To: <port-vax(a)netbsd.org> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 6:24 PM Subject: VAX 7000/610 available, Cambridge MA USA > A complete VAX 7000/610 system, working when removed from service, > will be junked next week. It includes three 19" rack cabinets; > one looks like the CPU, another has a TZ857 tape drive, TSZ07 (9-track) > tape drive, and a pair of RA92 disks. The third cabinet as three > BA350SB StorageWorks disk array units full of, I think, 2Gb drives. > > You must come get it. It's on a ground-level loading dock right now, so > a truck with a lift gate would be helpful. > > Please reply to me if you're seriously interested. This is a big > machine that draws a lot of power, so be sure you know what you're > getting into. > > -- Larry > > (happily running 1.6 on a VAXstation 4000/60)

22 years, 2 months

Fw: Free Microvax IIs in San Diego, CA

by rschaefe＠gcfn.org

As seen in c.o.v-- too far for me to drive! Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Young" <bill(a)cox.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.os.vms,comp.unix.ultrix,comp.sys.vms Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 2:27 PM Subject: Free Microvax IIs in San Diego, CA > I have 3 Microvax IIs in the San Diego, California area that need to find > a new home. They are the Q2, Q3, and Q5 models (pedistal/rack mount, > rolling tower like enclosure, and short rack with RA81). Unfortunately I > don't have time to deal with shipping or parting them out. If you are > near the San Diego area and would like to pick them up, please send mail to: > > s h @ . > p o c n > a l o e > m e x t > > Thanks, > Bill Young

22 years, 2 months

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test-drb October 2002