test-drb April 2002

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Kinda OT?: Looking for rackmount screw sets....

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

> From: James B. DiGriz > > Dave McGuire wrote: > > On April 15, David Woyciesjes wrote: > > > >> Now, to mount equipment in it, I need to find some more of those > >>clip-on T-nut kinda things, which clip on around the hole in the rails, > so > >>you then use the supplies screws to mount your equipment. Some older DEC > >>racks used the same thing. > >> And, as you can guess, the guys at the local Home Depot just gave > >>me funny looks. > >> Anybody know where I can get a dozen or two of these screw mount > >>sets? For a reasonable price? And what are they called? > > > > > > These are called "tinnerman clips" (not sure about the spelling). > > Suppliers like Grainger or Newark Electronics will likely have them, > > but don't expect them to be cheap...just a plain 19" rack from places > > like this can run over $2000. > > > > I get mine from surplus dealers, usually attached to racks. :) > > > > -Dave > > > > > An auto parts store or auto body shop should have them. Look through the > Dorman fastener assortments if nobody knows what you're talking about. > > jbdigriz > Thanks! And an auto store would probably have them at a better price too... --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818 Mac OS X 10.1.2 - Darwin Kernel Version 5.2: Fri Dec 7 21:39:35 PST 2001 Running since 01/22/2002 without a crash

23 years, 1 month

The CommodoreOne is near!

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Dave McGuire [mailto:mcguire@neurotica.com] > On April 12, Cameron Kaiser wrote: > > > Yeah. She's gonna get a flood of marriage proposals from dweebs > > > she's never met. > > Actually, she already does and has publicly lamented about > this before. > Bummer. We should all have such problems. Indeed, if that's her worst problem, she has no problem at all. Anyway, it ought not to be too difficult for her to produce an anti-proposal procmail rule. ;) Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

23 years, 1 month

Kinda OT?: Looking for rackmount screw sets....

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

> ---------- > From: Dave McGuire > > On April 15, David Woyciesjes wrote: > > Now, to mount equipment in it, I need to find some more of those > > clip-on T-nut kinda things, which clip on around the hole in the rails, > so > > you then use the supplies screws to mount your equipment. Some older DEC > > racks used the same thing. > > And, as you can guess, the guys at the local Home Depot just gave > > me funny looks. > > Anybody know where I can get a dozen or two of these screw mount > > sets? For a reasonable price? And what are they called? > > These are called "tinnerman clips" (not sure about the spelling). > Suppliers like Grainger or Newark Electronics will likely have them, > but don't expect them to be cheap...just a plain 19" rack from places > like this can run over $2000. > > I get mine from surplus dealers, usually attached to racks. :) > > -Dave > > Okay, thanks. Someone mentioned they have seen some like that used in automobiles, probably in the body work... Might not work quite right, though... --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818 Mac OS X 10.1.2 - Darwin Kernel Version 5.2: Fri Dec 7 21:39:35 PST 2001 Running since 01/22/2002 without a crash

23 years, 1 month

Kinda OT?: Looking for rackmount screw sets....

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On April 15, David Woyciesjes wrote: > Now, to mount equipment in it, I need to find some more of those > clip-on T-nut kinda things, which clip on around the hole in the rails, so > you then use the supplies screws to mount your equipment. Some older DEC > racks used the same thing. > And, as you can guess, the guys at the local Home Depot just gave > me funny looks. > Anybody know where I can get a dozen or two of these screw mount > sets? For a reasonable price? And what are they called? These are called "tinnerman clips" (not sure about the spelling). Suppliers like Grainger or Newark Electronics will likely have them, but don't expect them to be cheap...just a plain 19" rack from places like this can run over $2000. I get mine from surplus dealers, usually attached to racks. :) -Dave -- Dave McGuire "Hush and eat your vegetables, young lady!" St. Petersburg, FL - Mr. Bill

23 years, 1 month

FW: Vax 11/785

by csmith＠amdocs.com

Hi everybody. Note that I have nothing to do with the following, except that I bought a Prime from these guys recently, and they're nice enough to hold it for me until I can move it ;) Well, that -- and I'd hate to see a VAX-11 go to scrap. It looks like they're looking for enough to make it worth their while to rescue the thing. No idea how much. You can email Joe at PPSJM _at_ prodigy dot net about this. Again, I know nothing about it, except that I couldn't' afford the money it would cost me to procure and move it right now, and I'd rather it not get torn apart. :) Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); ' -----Original Message----- From: Joe Moir Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 9:00 AM Subject: Vax 11/785 Hello, I just wanted to throw this out and see if anybody has any interest. We have an opportunity to pick up a complete VAX11/785. With all the boards in it, it's actually worth a decent amount as scrap metal. It is currently queued for the scrap heap. I would buy it and resell it if anyone has an interest. I guess if anyone is interested make me an offer and I'll see if it's worth it for me to pick it up. Thanks Joe Joe Moir Peripheral Parts Support Phone-781-895-4892 Fax-781-895-4893 www.ppsparts.com

23 years, 1 month

NeXT Archive down

by jrice＠texoma.net

Did anyone notice that the NeXTstep archive at peanut.org is down. DNS can't resolve the domain name. Has peanuts been mirrored anywhere? James

23 years, 1 month

Blinkenlights

by pat＠cart-server.purdueriots.com

I'm working on a project that I'd like to have an 'old-looking' computer running a device as a sort of 'process controller'. I really want it to have a 'blinkenlights' operators panel on it. As I don't have a commercially made computer with a suitable frontpanel on it, I was thinking about taking something I have and 'modifying' it to be suitable. So far, I have a couple options I am considering: 1) Customed designed mini using TTL (perhaps PALs so it doesn't take months to assemble, although I will probably 'bother' to make a PCB for it. 2) 8-bit ISA interface card and a 'suitably old' PC - Maybe an IBM 5150, maybe just a 486 - if I do a 5150, i'll be writing a bunch of assembly and avoiding using an OS. If I choose a 386/486 (I have spare 486s) I can work on a driver for it in Linux so I have some sort of usable OS available. 3) Apple //e card. I've got no idea how easy this will be to do - I don't really know 6502/apple assembly at all, nor the bus. #2 is the least amount of work for me, #3 some more work, #1 the most work. Has anyone ever create an 'operators panel' for a PC or Apple 2? I've got some ideas on how to do it (will definately require some soft/firmware to make it work nicely). Is anyone else interested in something similar? I was thinking about making something like a IMSAI front panel - using the system's NMI to trigger the software to 'activate' the panel. Any thoughts or suggestions? -- Pat

23 years, 1 month

Fw: Help with Synergistic Info

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

Second attempt to send. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John R. Keys Jr." <jrkeys(a)concentric.net> To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 5:51 PM Subject: Help with Synergistic Info > While down at my warehouse while looking for some manuals I came across > a strange box that was addressed to someone in MN. I opened it and > found a strange looking keyboard/computer. It's metal housing painted > black with gold stripes and printed on a label on the front "System > Logic / KBD-1 SYNERGISTIC DESIGN INC." . This is a strange looking > machine, the key caps are white clued on paper using black and red > printed letters. Anyone have one of these along with a manual or any > information on it? Thanks in advance John > >

23 years, 1 month

looking for ideas...

by john_boffemmyer_iv＠boff-net.dhs.org

Ok, I know this is a bit off-topic, but I was looking for any ideas as to make a 3.5" or 5.25" drive bay LED array for my SCSI that I have running. Something that will allow for both SCSI controller LED's and then 3 or 4 LED's for HDD activity. Also, wondering if anyone knew how to make an LED that shows Ethernet connectivity and activity to interact with a standard ATX board and an old AMD PCNet II PCI Ethernet card. The whole reason I am interested in doing this is that now that I am running more than one machine tucked under my desk, I'd like to be able to see if something is wrong without having to open the damned thing or going desk diving for a failed NIC. Yes, it sounds lazy, but the idea of a front panel diagnostic isn't so bad and could also be used for other machines, correct? Besides, lots of blinky lights always impress company when people or clientele come over, grin. So again, any ideas? -John Boffemmyer IV ---------------------------------------- Founder, Lead Writer, Tech Analyst and Web Designer Boff-Net Technologies http://boff-net.dhs.org/index.html ---------------------------------------

23 years, 1 month

Olivetti PC/1 question

by hansp＠aconit.org

I would like to know the price of an Olivetti PC/1 at time of its release in 1988, preferably in Italy where it was presumably first available. Thanks, -- HBP

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