test-drb May 2002

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by gunther＠aurora.regenstrief.org

Hi, I have powered up my TU78 that I got from Isildur last fall. Given just the right power plug with 220V it actually powers up and has a nice sound. I tried to do some stand-alone testing like threading a tape etc. I am fighting with the automatic threading system. There is a switch to select Auto and Manual, but in reality a complete manual threading is not possible at all, i.e. there is no way to manually see to it the tape gets properly wound on the empty reel. The automatic threading will suck the tape into all sorts of blind canals, it's quite funny. Even though I have a TM78 user manual, the magic of threading isn't described there (guess that's in the operator's manual?) The TU78 also has a nice key pad that seems to allow all sorts of stand-alone testing and diagnosis, but that again is not described in the TM78 manual. Does anyone of you run a TU78 and could initiate me into the art of handling one :-)? I am waiting for my PCM board for the VAX 11/780 before I can report progress on that end. Will drive to Kansas soon to get the backplane stuff for the 11/785 boards that I bought last year. regards -Gunther -- Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D. gschadow(a)regenstrief.org Medical Information Scientist Regenstrief Institute for Health Care Adjunct Assistant Professor Indiana University School of Medicine tel:1(317)630-7960 http://aurora.regenstrief.org

22 years, 1 month

Doc Request - Vector Graphics

by rcini＠msn.com

> Hello, all: > > I'm looking for copies of the following manuals: > > * Vector Graphics ZCB (Z80) processor board, S100 > * Vector Graphics 64k RAM board, S100 > * Bitstreamer serial board > > I have a Northstar Horizon motherboard and case that's filled with > VG cards. I've had this system for three years and every once in a while, > I pick up the project to see if I can get it working. At this point, I'm > ready to throw in the towel if I can't get it working soon because I need > the shelf space. > > Thanks in advance. > > Rich > > Rich Cini > Collector of classic computers > Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project > Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/ > /************************************************************/ > > >

22 years, 1 month

YAPCC. (Yet another plastic cleaning question.) :)

by groovelists＠yahoo.com

Hi everyone! :) I'm just starting to go through a bunch of stuff kindly given to me by a nice fellow a while ago. I've got two Cromemco terminals here. I'm trying to figure out the best (and easiest) way to clean everything off, keyboards included. If possible, I'm going to try to not open up the keyboards... the keycaps don't seem to want to readly come off, so I've got a giant vat of Q-tips. Sitting next to me is a venerable can of Endust for Electronics, which claims to be safe for cleaning such things. (As long, of course, as nothing goes anywhere it shouldn't.) I forget where I'd heard it, but there was some rumor a while ago that it wasn't good for cleaning one of the things it claimed to cleaan - I just can't remember which one of the materials was supposed to be bad. Might anyone have any opinion as to whether it'd be OK for cleaning the plastic parts of the terminals? ... Water alone did a pretty good amount of cleaning, but they still have some dirt stuck in them. They're a textured plastic - very 70's design - I love 'em + don't want to hurt them. :) Thanks in advance! Have a wonderful day, Andy _____________________ groovelists(a)yahoo.com grooveman(a)yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

22 years, 1 month

Laser 128 PSU

by mythtech＠mac.com

>The Apple //c that I have has a direct 3-prong plug into the back. What >kind >of //c do you have, Tom? My //c has an external brick that connects using a DIN plug (3 pin? been a while since I looked at it). Do you maybe have the //c Plus? -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 1 month

[CCTECH] Doc Request - Vector Graphics

by rcini＠msn.com

Hello, all: I'm looking for copies of the following manuals: * Vector Graphics ZCB (Z80) processor board, S100 * Vector Graphics 64k RAM board, S100 * Bitstreamer serial board I have a Northstar Horizon motherboard and case that's filled with VG cards. I've had this system for three years and every once in a while, I pick up the project to see if I can get it working. At this point, I'm ready to throw in the towel if I can't get it working soon because I need the shelf space. Thanks in advance. Rich Rich Cini Collector of classic computers Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/ /************************************************************/

22 years, 1 month

(PDP-11 Hobbyist licensing) [Careena.Fitzpatrick@Mentec.com: ]

by mrbill＠mrbill.net

FYI, when I emailed about the hobbyist licensing.. Of course, havent they been saying this for a year or so now? Bill ----- Forwarded message from "Careena.Fitzpatrick" <Careena.Fitzpatrick(a)Mentec.com> ----- From: "Careena.Fitzpatrick" <Careena.Fitzpatrick(a)Mentec.com> To: "'MrBill(a)MrBill.net'" <MrBill(a)MrBill.net> Subject: Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 13:57:28 -0400 Dear Bill, Sorry for the delay in replying. The details on the hobbyist licensing program will be available on our new website. I was hoping to have the date of website release. It should be ready to go within the next month or so. I will let you know when it has been published. Kind Regards, Careena Fitzpatrick ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Bill Bradford mrbill(a)mrbill.net Austin, TX

22 years, 1 month

VAXstation 4000 model 90 error

by Beeson99＠aol.com

Hello, I have a VAXstation 4000 model 90 that has the following error when I restart the system. I get the following error: ?? 000 8 SYS 0512 If I run a TEST 8 I get the same thing. Does anyone know what this is? If so, is there a component failure? My NetBSD seems to run fine, other than not being able to reboot automatically. Thanks in advance, Patrick beeson99(a)aol.com

22 years, 1 month

What other lists are there?

by mhstein＠canada.com

Looks like we're hitting new lows in signal/noise ratio; I'd guess that we're probably down to less than 1 percent of text actually being useful information, and the rest largely confirms the stereotype of 'computer types' as pedantic and self-important poor communicators with even poorer spelling & grammar skills. It is getting less and less worth while to scroll & delete through all this silly drivel; what other lists do the people on this list know of that more or less serve the function that this one is/was supposed to without so much crap? >From the FAQ: 1.1 What is ClassicCmp? It's a mailing list for the discussion of classic computers. Topics center on collection, restoration, and operation. It is also an appropriate place for stories and reminiscences of classic computers. Lofty discussions dealing with the philosophical and/or metaphysical aspects of computers are often better handled in private e-mail ;) 2.8 Can I type obscenities about Microsoft in ALL CAPS!?! (Or, in general, be unreasonable with reagard to advocacy posts?) Check your anti-MS baggage at the door, please. For that matter, drop any posts that serve only to perpetuate the holy wars.

22 years, 1 month

More computer ads/brochures online

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

>I have no idea why they are doing this, their englih homepage is "under >construction". I think you went to the wrong homepage:-) The Italian one is mostly in English (until you hit any of the buttons ... then you find that either they support their user's or they are looking for people to collaborate in creating Client Server Apps and Web Services and so on). If, instead, on that ad page, you click on the "everything start here" link right at the bottom (in tiny print) you get to: http://www.rgmconsultants.it/tix/main.asp which is in English and explains that he is yet another collector of vintage machines with a web page. Antonio

22 years, 1 month

AMD 2901 Microcode Meta-Assembler

by aek＠spies.com

> Do you have the original data sheets for the 2901 too? yes, several generations of them (2900 -> 2900C) I also have the Mick and Brick book, and will be putting up the notes from the 2900 course taught at AMD, and the AMD app note that shows how to build an 8080 with two 2901s.

22 years, 1 month

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