> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Donzelli [mailto:aw288@osfn.org]
> > Well, I've got to have somebody go out to Mass. to get the
> > Prime anyway, so I'll probably just have them go past the
> > museum. :)
> Talk to me off the list.
I did attempt to contact you off list, after you emailed me
a reply to my original question about how much this thing
would cost to ship. :)
I just assumed you were busy and hadn't gotten around to
answering.
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Donzelli [mailto:aw288@osfn.org]
> > I have one spoken for, in Champaign, IL. That might be out of your
> > way from (or to) Chicago, though. I'm not sure.
> We could meet somewhere north of Champaign. After all, I am
> going to have
> to go just south of the lake anyway.
Well, I've got to have somebody go out to Mass. to get the
Prime anyway, so I'll probably just have them go past the
museum. :)
Out of curiosity, when are you making this trip, though?
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
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print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
'
Hello all,
I recently completed a trade for an AIM-65 that is about 80-90% working, but
needs a little TLC. Hopefully someone here can help....
It appears to have the BASIC ROMs installed, and in the right sockets, but
pressing "5" on the keyboard only results in the "<5>" display, and then the
AIM hangs up. Only a press of the Reset button will free it up. I suspect
the ROMs may be flaky, since one had quite a bit of (for lack of a better
word) gunk on the tops of the pins. I cleanied it all off, but there may be
some internal damage. These ROMs are part number 2332. I suspect these are
2732-compatible, at least in read mode, and not program mode... Does anyone
have a ROM dump in Hex format? If so, could you email it to me so I can
burn new ones?
Actually, while I'm at it, if anyone has ANY of the AIM-65 ROMs dumped in
Hex format, I'd appreciate copies. Then I could burn a whole new set...
Also, the keyboard needs cleaning pretty badly. Unfortunately, I do not
remember the manufacturer name or model #, but it is the standard AIM-65
keyboard. Has anyone ever fully taken one apart to clean it? If so, any
gotchas?
Thanks!
Rich B.
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> >Moral/Risk: If you are wanting long-term data storage, the format is just
as
> >important as the materials.
> >
> >This is not a new problem - It has appeared in Risks before (RISKS-21.56:
> >'NASA data from 1970s lost due to "forgotten" file format' for one...), but
> >is worth keeping in mind. I still have an old Commodore 64/128 disk with my
> >(very) old account details on it - not that I have a C64/128 any more. My
> >permanent records, however, are the printouts.
Hogwash. I can't recall how many times someone handed me a
tape back in the 80s, totally unaware of the format of the
data on it, that required only time and dedication in order
to turn back into something useful.
NASA hasn't lost data, it's lost the will to hire and
retain talented people who can make things work. Just
like everyplace else in this whacko economy...
-dq
Thank You everyone for all the Information on my PC Server 500 find.
I found the manual on the IBM site as suggested by a kind soul here.
I may just go ahead and see if I can repair the PS, as it did not smoke when
it went out, it just popped, so it may be possible as someone suggested that
it's just a fuse inside the PS. I now have to locate a special hex screw
driver, as the screws are hex with a tiny post in the middle of the screw.
However is it anything more than just a Intel Pentium 90 that has 6 SCSI
2.25 Gig hard drives on it ? Can it do anything special other than run RAID
?
Thanks again for everyones comments.. Phil..
Hello all,
I have a Data I/O 201 EPROM burner that needs some repairs to the keypad.
It is missing the 1, 4, and 7 keytops, along with the white plastic pieces
that fit under the keys, and keep the contacts open. Does anyone have a
dead Data I/O 201 (or similar) that they'd be willing to pitch in my
direction? I suppose I should call Data I/O for parts, but I haven't tried
them yet...
Thanks!
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> > NASA hasn't lost data, it's lost the will to hire and
> > retain talented people who can make things work. Just
> > like everyplace else in this whacko economy...
>
> No arguing with that, but I think this particular example is real. The
> problem is oversimplified and understated with the phrase "forgotton file
> format" - if I'm remembering the incident accurately, it was more a case
> of "obsolete media format" - 200 bpi *7* track tape, once common.
Oh, it can be worse- CDC used to have 1-inch, 14-track drives, too...
> I heard about this project during the 1995-1996 austral summer.
>
> -ethan
>
> P.S. - it was reminscent of the problems of reading the 1960 census.
Like many genealogists, I'm still moaning the burning of
the federal copies of the 1890 census. Can't tell you how
many people would give up years of their lives to have that
data. Each county should have kept their own originals, and
each state should have kept a copy of their state's. But very
little has ever surfaced other than the federal ones.
OTOH, Harrison County, Indiana, where my ancestors settled
after leaving the Shenandoah Valley, managed to finds its
1810 census, and hardly any region can find those anymore...
Just got a strange little toy from a friend who dug it out of a warehouse
today... a TI 980A. I found a little bit on Al Kossow's Orphan page; does
anyone know of any other sources for info on the 'net?
It appears to be a 16-bit mini from 1972, 4Kwords to 32Kwords (mine
has 8KW) with a variety of period peripherals available. Mine has an
I/O card, a TTY card and a homemade card that extends the DMA slot
and takes the signals over to a rack-mounted tray that is about 2.5 sq ft.
of wire wrap sockets and chips dating from 1970 to 1993 (it was apparently
in service somewhat recently I'm told). The CPU is on two cards plus a
memory controller.
That's about all I have on it at the moment. Oh! It does have toggle
switches and blinkenlights. Here's what I could glean by reading
numbers off of cards...
"Arithmetic Unit 1" - assy 960754-0001E Board No 960755-001C
"Arithmetic Unit 2" - assy 960751-0001G Board No 960752-001C
"1103 Memory" - assy 226844-004N/RS Logic 226846-F (8K)
"Memory Controller" - assy 960746-0001E Logic 960777-A
"TTY interface" - assy 217394-0001H Logic 217359-F
"I/O interface" - assy 960757-0001A Logic 960759
Anybody else out there have one? My friend is going to keep digging in
the warehouse this month; he suspects he knows where some docs are, but
he's not sure.
-ethan
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Hello,
I am looking for a nice clear and clean digital photo of the PDP 11/70
specific rack header (logo) panel, of the purple variety. I have an 11/70
in need of the correct panel and I have a blank panel from some other
company, so I want to create a temporary panel until I can locate a real
one...
Thanks in advance! Please send the photo off-line, unless there is
more interest than just my own.
--tnx
--tom
Hrm. Question I got in the mail today:
(combination of three emails I got from him..)
>I have the 20th Anniversary PDP 11/83 that I won at the 1989 DECUS in
>New Orleans. I have RSTS/E 10.0-L running on it. It had been sitting
>since 1992 and I booted it up about 4 months ago and it has been running
>since.
>
>I'm kind of partial to it. I go back to 1981 in RSTS/E with a PDP 11/70.
>I would like to know how valuable it is?
>
>It is painted Black and has the 20th Anniversary PDP logo on both sides
>and the front of it. And I probably have the shipping papers that came
>with it.
Thoughts? What *would* a machine like this be worth?
Bill (BTW, I'm looking for an 11/73, /83, or /93...)
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