Subject sums it up. I have a RL01 drive, I need a RK05 drive, and I dont have
space for both. If anyone plans on being in the Minneapolis region someday
and wants to make a swap, just let me know.
-Lawrence LeMay
lemay(a)cs.umn.edu
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Feldman, Robert [mailto:Robert_Feldman@jdedwards.com]
> This all depends on which model Poqet you have. The
> information on Brian's
> site applies to the first two models, the "Classic" (PQ-0164) and the
> "Prime" (PQ-0181). The last model, the "Plus", _can_ use
> SanDisk Flash cards
> up to at least 110MB. See
> http://www.olagrande.net/~webguy/service/poqet.html#Useful.
> It can also
> handle certain PCMCIA modems, which the Classic and Prime cannot.
Right. Mine is a "Classic."
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
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> 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
hth,
-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
This all depends on which model Poqet you have. The information on Brian's
site applies to the first two models, the "Classic" (PQ-0164) and the
"Prime" (PQ-0181). The last model, the "Plus", _can_ use SanDisk Flash cards
up to at least 110MB. See
http://www.olagrande.net/~webguy/service/poqet.html#Useful. It can also
handle certain PCMCIA modems, which the Classic and Prime cannot.
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Smith [mailto:csmith@amdocs.com]
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 1:37 PM
To: 'classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org'
Subject: RE: PS/2 - E
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ethan Dicks [mailto:erd_6502@yahoo.com]
> > > Specifically, to actually use this thing, I'll want an
> > > ethernet adaptor (10Mb), and probably some linear flash.
> Linear FLASH? You mean unlike the ATA cards for cameras? The two
> kinds of PCMCIA memory cards I'm aware of have two completely
> different
Now you've made me go and look it up ;)
>From the Poqet PC FAQ: http://bmason.best.vwh.net/PoqetPC/faq.html
What kind of Flash cards can I used in the Poqet PC?
There are two kinds of flash cards. The Poqet PC can read from, but
not write to, "linear" flash cards (sometimes called "Intel" flash)
cards. These flash cards must be formatted and programmed with the
"pseudo-floppy" format on another computer, and then they function
as ROM disks in the Poqet PC.
"SanDisk" flash cards, named after the company that produces them
(SanDisk corporation was known as "SunDisk" until mid 1995), are
commonly available for other palmtop computers like the HP 95/100/
200LX. SanDisk flash cards cannot be used in the Poqet PC.
------
In other words, yes... "linear" flash. :)
<snip>
> I know a couple of girls whose daddy once took his TV out on the front
> lawn and commenced to blast it to smithereens with one a them thar evul
> shotguns. Concerned neighbors called the law. When they arrived, he
> declaimed, "It's my damned TV and I can do what I want with it in my own
> god-damned $@!%# yard!" Since there was no law prohibiting discharge of
> fireams in that town at that time, there wasn't much they felt inclined
> to do about it.
My freshman year in college, I took a double-bladed axe to a
1971 Vega that failed to get me to what might have been the
date of dates... it had developed a case of milkshake lubrication
(i.e. water leaked into oil)... this after putting a new head
gasket on it.
Clarksville still lacks am axe ordinance... ;)
-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
No, I didn't find a Cromemco. I did find, in a box of stuff that I
thought was all Fortune 32:16 stuff, a loose-leaf binder with 200-300
pages of Cromemco documentation.
It says on the flyleaf:
This manual was produced on a
Cromemco model 3355 printer
Using the Cromemco Word
Processing System,
There is:
Cromemco Fortran IV Instruction Manual - copyright 1977, 1979
Part 1 Fortran Reference Manual
Part 2 Fortran User's Manual
Cromemco Macro Assembler Manual
Cromemco Macro Assembler Manual Addendum - dated January 1980
It's single-sided printing (not great quality), at a quick glance it
seems to be all there, and it's in excellent condition.
Anybody who can use it pays shipping.
Doc
> Speaking of 6800 components:
>
> Does anybody still have a 6829 datasheet ?
When I get home, I'll see if I can scrape enough mold
off of it to read it...
-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
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ethan Dicks [mailto:erd_6502@yahoo.com]
> > > Specifically, to actually use this thing, I'll want an
> > > ethernet adaptor (10Mb), and probably some linear flash.
> Linear FLASH? You mean unlike the ATA cards for cameras? The two
> kinds of PCMCIA memory cards I'm aware of have two completely
> different
Now you've made me go and look it up ;)
>From the Poqet PC FAQ: http://bmason.best.vwh.net/PoqetPC/faq.html
What kind of Flash cards can I used in the Poqet PC?
There are two kinds of flash cards. The Poqet PC can read from, but
not write to, "linear" flash cards (sometimes called "Intel" flash)
cards. These flash cards must be formatted and programmed with the
"pseudo-floppy" format on another computer, and then they function
as ROM disks in the Poqet PC.
"SanDisk" flash cards, named after the company that produces them
(SanDisk corporation was known as "SunDisk" until mid 1995), are
commonly available for other palmtop computers like the HP 95/100/
200LX. SanDisk flash cards cannot be used in the Poqet PC.
------
In other words, yes... "linear" flash. :)
> drivers - the cards like you use with an Apple Newton are strictly
> memory devices. Digital Camera-style ATA FLASH cards look like a
> disk drive to the OS. Those are common, plentiful and cheap (I
> picked up some 16Mb cards recently in a sale for $10 each).
Last I checked, the price per MB on linear flash was just slightly
higher than the more common stuff. (I think)
> > > Some SRAM that will operate at (is the low voltage 3 or
> 1.5 on those?)
> > > the lower voltage would probably be good too.
> This is old... I'm pretty sure the PCMCIA is 5V only.
Again from the FAQ:
What kind of PCMCIA cards can I use in my Poqet PC?
The PCMCIA slots in the Poqet PC actually predate the PCMCIA
specification. The slots are generally compatible with Revision
1.0 of the PCMCIA spec. The Poqet's PCMCIA slots have a Type I
(2.5 mm) thickness.
Generally, the only thing that can be put into the Poqet PC are
SRAM cards, which can be formatted on the Poqet PC for use as RAM
disks. The Poqet PC does not read the Card Information Structure
(CIS) on SRAM cards to determine the proper format, but instead
uses a uses a "pseudo-floppy" format. Generally cards formatted on
a Poqet PC can be read by other computers, but cards formatted on
other computers may have to be reformatted before being used on the
Poqet PC.
To work in the Poqet PC, SRAM cards must be PCMCIA Revision 1.0
compatible and must be able to operate at 3 volts. As far as memory
cards are concerned, however, there isn't much difference between
PCMCIA 2.0 and 1.0, so Rev. 2.0 memory cards should work fine.
The 3 volt requirement arises because, as the alkaline batteries in
the Poqet PC die, the system voltage can dip down to the 3 volt level.
If your PCMCIA cards operate only at 5 volts, then you could lose data
as your batteries die.
One thing to remember is that all SRAM cards will retain data at 3
volts. To work in the Poqet PC, the SRAM cards must operate (read
and write data) at 3 volts.
-----
3 volts, definitely.
> IBM has things like the "MicroDrive", but modern PCMCIA disks tend
> to specifically be "CompactFlash Type III" - you can get CF->PCMCIA
> adapters cheap, but you'll probably have to alter them mechanically
> to provide clearance for the HDA of a MicroDrive. I do not know
> the physical height off the top of my head, but the PS-2/E card is
> "quad type-I, dual type-II" - meaning that if you found an old
> PCMCIA hard disk that was Type-III, you'd have a mechanical
> interference
> problem. Dunno about MicroDrives.
Actually, I was just looking for some older "type 2" PCMCIA disks,
perhaps used.
> There's nothing this board can do that a Linux laptop with PCMCIA
> slots couldn't also do. It's not magical, just cool. You can also
True, but Linux didn't like my laptop much last I tried, nor did
NetBSD. Right now it's running Eth's "PC Native Oberon," and is
perfectly happy, but I don't think Oberon will drive its PCMCIA slots,
and I don't have much breathing room on that system anyway, even though
the full install of Oberon is probably smaller than that of DOS on the
same system.
> pick up a PCM "Swap Box" for typically under $50 that puts a single
> Type-II/dual Type-I PCMCIA socket in your ISA-equipped desktop. I've
> used one under Win95 and Linux to dump CF cards.
Ok, but since this system has just fallen into my lap, why not use it?
:)
> Nothing spectacular. The only thing that makes them interesting is
> size.
Again, similar to the Multia in that respect.
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
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On April 5, Gooijen H wrote:
> I need some advise.
> In 3 weeks time Edward and I drive to Italy (some 1100 km)
> to pick up several PDP-11/70 parts.
> I have the oppertunity to drag 2 RM03 massbus drives and
> some packs back home. Now I know already that these drives
> weigh about 200 kilo, have a disk capacity of 67 Mb and
> are really power-hungry: at 240 V/50 Hz. stand-by is 3.5 A.
> running they consume 11.5 A. and rush-in current is 22 A.
>
> My experience is that DEC tend to give high numbers for the
> power consumption, but do these drives eat that much current?
>
> Are they worth preserving? Or should I leave them where they are?
> Next to the 11/70 is looks great (IMHO) but I would love to hear
> some opinions from other collectors.
A.K.A. CDC 9762 with a Massbus<->SMD adapter in the bottom. Nice
drives. I powered two of them on a 110V 15A circuit....as long as I
spun them up sequentially to let the starting surge die down, the
breaker stayed closed. I never measured the actual current draw, but
that sorta says it. :)
If you have the space, grab 'em! :-)
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire "I thought it would go quickly,
St. Petersburg, FL that rubberized bottom..." -Sridhar
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert F Schaefer [mailto:rschaefe@gcfn.org]
> I noticed there is a dutch auction for 5 (IIRC) of these on
> epay currently,
> with an opening bid of $50/ea. Too much for me, but I
> thought I'd pass it
> along in case anyone else is looking for 'em. The seller
> claims to have
> the PCMCIA controllers as well, for an additional $20/ea. :(
I suppose
$Here_I_can't_think_of_anything_to_do_with_this_and_might_end_up_trashing_it
is a bargain, then.
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
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