test-drb April 2002

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DEC swap meet?(RE: Off Topic? PDP 11 1134/1145's)

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

(cc'd to ClassicCmp list, I'm sure there's interest there...) > From: Brian Hechinger > > On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 12:26:23PM -0800, Lyle Bickley wrote: > > All, > > > > May I make another suggestion? A bunch of us here in the Silicon Valley > are > > fans of old DEC equipment. We get 'em and restore 'em. Some favor PDPs > (one > > guy even has two DEC 10's), some favor the smaller 11's and others of us > like > > old VAXes. At any rate, we meet once a month for lunch and swap > stories, > > tell what stuff we've picked up, etc. All of us are willing to trade > > equipment or donate books and equipment to each other. We studiously > avoid > > EBAY. > > so who's on the east coast that would like to do this? i'm in philly, and > i > know isildur is in pittsburg. don't know where we would want to meet > though, > since some people would have to travel far for that. thoughts? ideas? > -- > I'd be up for it. A flea-market swap-meet kinda thing, right? Maybe we can get something going up here in New Haven, CT? --- 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

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Special debugging techniques (was RE: Shoddy Hardware)

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On April 2, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote: > Doesn't anybody use a rubber chicken anymore? Sure, but not for debugging. -Dave -- Dave McGuire "I thought it would go quickly, St. Petersburg, FL that rubberized bottom..." -Sridhar

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[OT] Dave McGuire...

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On April 5, Robert Schaefer wrote: > Haven't heard from you or Brian-- do you need me to pick up that IBM? Let > me know. Been hacking on a time-dependent project and on a weird sleep schedule, sorry man...will reply to your other email in a moment. -Dave -- Dave McGuire "I thought it would go quickly, St. Petersburg, FL that rubberized bottom..." -Sridhar

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[OT] Dave McGuire...

by rschaefe＠gcfn.org

Haven't heard from you or Brian-- do you need me to pick up that IBM? Let me know. Bob

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Computers Manufactured in 1986^H^H56

by dquebbeman＠acm.org

> > > From: Ben Franchuk [mailto:bfranchuk@jetnet.ab.ca] > > > > > Now do you one with or with out TUBES? > > > Looking a list here http://members.iinet.net.au/~dgreen/timeline.html > > 1956 was a great year for TUBE computers. > > 1960 was a great year Transistor computers. ( Hmm I could get a PDP-1 ) > > I suppose to commemorate my birth, I'll need to get an S-100 box > of some sort, or possibly: > "DECStation" > PDP-11/60A > VAX-11/780 (...but what would I run on it? It would have to be > RSTS/E, since VMS 1.0 hadn't been released, probably.) I was looking at VMS manuals sometime in 1978... we were evaluating the HP3000, Prime 550, VAX 11/780, and DG Eclipse (Campus Computer Usage Committee). Prime one. Well, for a birthyear computer, anyone know where I can find a slightly-used IBM 709? I used to have the IBM 711 Card Reader and 716 Line Printer... <sob!> -dq

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can anyone read some punch cards?

by jimw＠agora.rdrop.com

Somewhat recently, Zane Healy replied: >>> I have a friend who has a few decks of punch cards that he would >>> like to read. Does anyone have this capability who is willing to >>> do it? >> >>I don't think he's subbed to the list, but if Paul Pierce >>can read 7-track tapes (he can), I'm betting he can read >>unit records, too: >> >>http://www.piercefuller.com/collect > >I know Jim Willing could before he moved to Kansas. What? Did I fall off the earth? <G> Yes, I can still read card decks. >Paul Pierce >definitly has card readers, but I don't know if he's setup to read decks, >I assume he is. I'm a little shocked to hear he can read 7-Track tapes >though. Why shocked? Paul has some really cool gear! >I've got a reader, I just don't have an interface. > > Zane -jim --- jimw(a)agora.rdrop.com The Computer Garage - http://www.rdrop.com/~jimw

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ClassicCmp Transportation

by dquebbeman＠acm.org

> All this car talk keeps reminding me I need to fix my truck so I can > haul old computers and stuff. 77' Dodge with a 318, worn cam bushings, > maybe bent camshaft. Timing jumps all over the place, even with new > distributor, chain, and gears. Bottom end is tight, and compression is > good, but I think I'll go through it completely anyway. Good segue back on topic... What's the least expensive, semi-reliable transportation for hauling Classic Computers? What I mean is, something that might be a tad flaky starting up, but once running, is unlikely to suffer mechanical failure in places where your license plates might as well be >from a foreign country? Clearly, my Audi 80 sedan is useless except for the occasional Apple //e or somesuch teeney weeney computers. I used to have a 64 Chevy pickup, should still have it. Is such transport possible for circa US$750.00? -dq -Douglas Hurst Quebbeman (DougQ at ixnayamspayIgLou.com) [Call me "Doug"] Surgically excise the pig-latin from my e-mail address in order to reply "The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away." -Tom Waits

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"New" PDP-8

by jeff.kaneko＠juno.com

On Sat, 30 Mar 2002 15:06:04 -0500 Dave McGuire <mcguire(a)neurotica.com> writes: > On March 30, Loboyko Steve wrote: > > Well, no, it isn't. Because the cost of getting a PCB > > made is less than the cost of a good electronics > > technician, I think it started to die in the late > > 80's. And, of course, its practically impossible to WW > > BGA chips, etc. > > Not commonly used, or not the "latest greatest thing"? I know of > several small outfits that do lots of wire-wrapping. And I mean > *lots*. Well yes, as a matter of fact, there are still many applications where WW is really the best way to go. As a good example, bed-of- nails test fixtures are typically wirewrapped. At the last company where I was employed, I watched a re-work girl wire up such a fixture (maybe 300 points or so) *BY HAND*, using a manual wirewrap tool. I brought in my squeeze-to-wrap wirewrap tool, and showed her how to use it. This pleased her quite a bit (not to mention her supervisor). For 500 connections or more, I'd a brung in my electric wirewrap GUN. Jeff ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

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Free for shipping costs: 2 Localtalk ISA cards

by pcw＠mesanet.com

Brand new (brand old?) in box w/software 2 Farallon ISA bus local talk cards (1990) They have (If the picture on the box is correct) 1 6502 1 Z8530 1 8kx8 RAM 1 ROM in socket + ISA bus interface and Appletalk diff drv/rec Peter Wallace

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ClassicCmp Transportation

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

> From: Douglas H. Quebbeman > > What's the least expensive, semi-reliable transportation for > hauling Classic Computers? > > What I mean is, something that might be a tad flaky starting > up, but once running, is unlikely to suffer mechanical > failure in places where your license plates might as well be > from a foreign country? > > Clearly, my Audi 80 sedan is useless except for the occasional > Apple //e or somesuch teeney weeney computers. > > I used to have a 64 Chevy pickup, should still have it. > > Is such transport possible for circa US$750.00? > > -dq > -- I would say a decent cheap transport would be any older 2 wheel drive Chevy pick-up. Either the S-10 or full-size C-10 (hint: the C series is 2WD The K's are 4WD). They're a dime a dozen, and well built too. You should be able to find at least 12 of each in any decent size vehicle bone-yard. Not to mention the fact that you can get cheap lumber to build a rack body for the back if you need to... --- 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

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