On February 6, Doc wrote:
> > Anyway, sorry for being a windbag...I first moved to the DC area in
> > the beginning of 1993 to "do that Digex thing" and now I've recently
> > moved away; kinda the "end of an era" for me and a major part of my
> > life.
>
> Don't apologize. That's the sort of windbaggage that makes this list
> worthwhile. The tech info & hardware sources are cool, but the
> "context" it all comes from is absolutely priceless.
Heh, thanks...of course, lingering from my last few months at Digex
back in 1997, I still have that slight anal burning sensation...
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf
I can heartily attest to the run-away-collection syndrome. There is
indeed that imaginary 'line' (as somone recently said) between avocation
and pathology.. and I have crossed it several times.
The BIG problem for me was that the collection was amassed in
increments, but divested as a whole... yikes! I will *never* do that
again!! It took over my living space, and I ended up with crap I didn't
want, couldn't use, and nobody else really wanted, either. Of course,
there was a lot of 'good stuff' too.
Now, I want to have just one, fully fleshed-out, peripheral-rich DEC PDP
11/44 system, but I want it to be complete and pristine... completely
stock DEC, all manuals, doc, printsets... as if it had just come off the
truck from the Mill. Then, we'll see if expansion of the collection is in
order.
As an aside, the big problem I face is that classic computers are *not*
the only thing (heavy, big) that I am a fan of. I have an extensive
vintage electronic musical instrument collection, and I love boat-anchor
radio gear and teletype machinery... then there's the antique and classic
audio studio equipment Stuff I have, recorders and outboard gear and many,
many devices to reproduce the various ways humans have devised to record
sound... which I use as part of my hobby/business of audio restoration,
preservation, and archiving.
sigh... why couldn't it have been stamps?? Ten thousand stamps
could *all* fit in the chassis of one 11/44 CPU...
Cheers
John
On February 5, Doc wrote:
> Mostly, when they're decommissioned, somebody takes them home. They
> just don't come available much at all.
That's 'cause those little buggers are *fast*.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf
On February 6, Doc wrote:
> > Oh shit yes.
> >
> > -Dave
>
> <In his best "Simpsons" bully voice>
>
> Nyaahh-Haahh!!! I *wasn't* drinking coffee this time!
I'm on a mission to destroy Doc's keyboard, monitor, and mouse with
all manner of half-ingested beverage! Muahahhahaaaa!!
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf
>I thought I had one, but I don't. Someone out there have/know where to find
>a cable with an RJ-45 plug on one side and a female DE-9 (DB-25 okay but
>prefer DE-9) on the other? This is to plug my Commodore into the serial port
>on my Lantronix EPS4+1 and attempt to get it on the network by reverse
>Telnet.
I have seen RJ45 to DE9 adaptors before. I have one someplace, it came
with my DSL router. But I have seen them for sale at computer shows
before, and would think they should be readily available at any decent
electronics or network parts dealer. I think Rat Shack sells a roll your
own pinout one that goes to a DB25 (I know they have an RJ14, 6 pin to
DB25).
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
On February 6, Kris Kirby wrote:
> I have a few terminals with "20 ma" connectors on the back and have seen a
> PDP8 with such as well. Can these two be connected wire-for-wire and work,
> or do I need other hardware?
You don't need other hardware. I'd send you the pinouts but I don't
remember them offhand.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf
Oh shit yes.
-Dave
On February 5, Pat Finnegan wrote:
> He wants $50. Would you say it's worth that?
>
> -- Pat
>
> On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Dave McGuire wrote:
>
> > On February 5, Pat Finnegan wrote:
> > > Over at Purdue Salvage, they have an RS/6000 Model 7013 'space heater'
> > > sized system. On the front it says 'Power Server 560(590?)' Any ideas on
> > > value, and is anyone interested?
> >
> > If it's a 590, I'm definitely interested. No idea what it'd be
> > worth though.
> >
> > -Dave
> >
> > --
> > Dave McGuire
> > St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf
> >
>
>
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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf
Oh shit yes.
-Dave
On February 5, Pat Finnegan wrote:
> He wants $50. Would you say it's worth that?
>
> -- Pat
>
> On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Dave McGuire wrote:
>
> > On February 5, Pat Finnegan wrote:
> > > Over at Purdue Salvage, they have an RS/6000 Model 7013 'space heater'
> > > sized system. On the front it says 'Power Server 560(590?)' Any ideas on
> > > value, and is anyone interested?
> >
> > If it's a 590, I'm definitely interested. No idea what it'd be
> > worth though.
> >
> > -Dave
> >
> > --
> > Dave McGuire
> > St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf
> >
>
>
--
Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf
On Feb 5, 13:22, Bill Bradford wrote:
> YAY! Party time.
> > The quick answer is yes we are. We are at present proposing to release
a
> > Hobbyists License Agreement with CD-ROM containing the software for
the
> > various PDP-11 Operating Systems.
Great news! Now all I have to hope for is that it won't depend on a UK
DECUS membership (UK (ex-)members of DECUS will know what I mean; it's much
harder and more expensive to get a VMS hobbyist license in the UK than just
about anywhere else.)
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Even tho' this topic has just got beat to death... if one steps back
and looks, the ratio of actual 'spam' to posts here is quite good,
compared to some others. I ain't saying it's welcome or tolerable, but
the S/N ratio is not bad. IMHO.
I am still publically volunteering to recieve all non-subscriber posts,
and delete the spam, adverts, etc, and forward the classiccmp-related
material to the list. I don't know how that could be arranged, but I'll
drop a line to El Admino and see what can be done.
Then Sellam can sleep at night, once again...
;}
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