(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?
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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
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
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St. Petersburg, FL that rubberized bottom..." -Sridhar
> > > 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
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
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> 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
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
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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
> 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...
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