Does anyone know what these are for? <http://www.mythtech.net/rings.jpg>
Excuse the 2d scan, my digital camera is at home, so I just tossed them
on my flatbed scanner for the pic.
I think they are rings for the tapes used on my old Zebra system (IIRC,
it had some reel like tape canisters that fit in the top of it, but this
is going WAY back).
I found them in a drawer of a desk that was in the room that housed my
Zebra.
I don't want them, and am planning to pitch them, but before I did, I
figured I would see if anyone knew what they were for, and if anyone
wanted them.
I have about 2 dozen of the yellow ones, and 5 or 6 of the orange ones
(although not all orange, some are white/clear).
Anyone that wants them, they are yours for postage.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Jim, in Knoxville, Tennesee, has an IBM 5155 apparently that is seeking a
new home.
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Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 09:02:32 -0400
From: Jim Crigger <CriggerJ(a)rsipd.com>
Subject: Old Computers
Would you be interested in an IBM luggable ?
A semi portable pc. has 2 floppy drives.
Still boots and works. Just sitting in my garage.
Jim Crigger
Robertshaw Industrial Products Division
Criggerj(a)rsipd.com
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Chris <mythtech(a)mac.com> wrote:
> >Usually gets tossed as the reels are removed from the box as it has
> >no further function. Unless, of course, your operators are
> >fun-loving sorts who like to throw write rings at each other and
> >relish the opportunity to throw something that looks similar when
> >it's moving fast but is a bit less flexible.
> Like AOL cds. :-)
This was the 1980s. Plans to dominate the computer room based on
accumulating two solar masses of AOL CDs weren't yet feasible.
-Frank McConnell
>Usually gets
>tossed as the reels are removed from the box as it has no further
>function. Unless, of course, your operators are fun-loving sorts who
>like to throw write rings at each other and relish the opportunity to
>throw something that looks similar when it's moving fast but is a bit
>less flexible.
Like AOL cds. :-)
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
>They are 9-track tape write-enable rings. They fit into a groove
>around the hub-hole of 9-track tapes. At one time, these used to
>be all over the place. Since the demise of 9-track tapes as a
>common media, they seem to have become scarce
Ok... that makes sense, I am sure they ended up in the drawer after the
tapes were used. I don't think I have any tapes left, I think they all
got pitched with the Zebra (I recall them being in a white plastic clip
on case). The rings would have too had I known they were there (yep...
that's right, no one has opened this desk in something like 15 years... I
found a VERY old Half & Half creamer in a drawer... the stuff inside
appears to have turned into some goo like substance... I plan to open it
later to see... the gross nature of it has gotten the better of me)
I think the orange style ones are all claimed but I have 27 of the yellow
ones if you want them.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2022409053
>
> Anyone know what this is? Looks like a DECwriter with only
> numeric keys.
Wow... and additionally, the right-hand bank of switches
and LEDs doesn't match those of my LA120 (DW-III), but
of a DECwriter-II (LA-36)...
"EARLY CIRCUIT BOARTD PRINTER"
Is that supposed to mean "early circuit board, printer"
or was somebody using this to do PCB artwork?
Talk about the hard way (yes, I know about 4x art)...
-dq
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Erlacher [mailto:edick@idcomm.com]
> > Now, if you need a rock-solid system, rather than just a
> passable one,
> > then you can use VMS, but Unix works most of the time, and
> better than
> > windows and MacOS, in my experience. ;)
> However, until I can
> rely on being able to take the typical drug-impaired,
> femto-brained, at best
> quasi-literate, high school graduate and setting him down in
> front of a *nix
> box, when he's never even heard of *nix or VMS or whatever,
> and reasonably
> expect to get at least half-a-day's work out of each day he
> spends at that
> box, beginning with the first day, knowing that he can't read
> and extract
> information from the process, I'll stick with Windows, thank
> you very much.
> Even a moron can manage that under Windows.
Well, let's first dispense with the next argument, which would
be that any system can be "easy to use" if you configure it
well. Let's assume that we're talking about an out-of-the-box
system.
What you want, then, is Apple's Newton OS, or PalmOS ;) Anything
that one can do with an out-of-the-box windows can also be done
there with much less trouble. It's the closest thing to "idiot
proof" I've seen. Software availability is the killer, there,
though.
Honestly, though, if you'd like a system that a monkey can use,
it must only do things which a monkey would like to do. ;)
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
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print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
'
Chris <mythtech(a)mac.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know what these are for? <http://www.mythtech.net/rings.jpg>
> Excuse the 2d scan, my digital camera is at home, so I just tossed them
> on my flatbed scanner for the pic.
Top (yellow) one is a "write ring": you stick it in the back of the reel
(around the outside of the hub...the reel is slotted to accept it) if you
want to permit writing on the tape.
Bottom (orange) one is a shipping insert doohickey that gets stuck
inside the reel hubs between the reels for shipping. Usually gets
tossed as the reels are removed from the box as it has no further
function. Unless, of course, your operators are fun-loving sorts who
like to throw write rings at each other and relish the opportunity to
throw something that looks similar when it's moving fast but is a bit
less flexible.
-Frank McConnell
They are 9-track tape write-enable rings. They fit into a groove
around the hub-hole of 9-track tapes. At one time, these used to
be all over the place. Since the demise of 9-track tapes as a
common media, they seem to have become scarce. Shurely someone
needs some? (I could use a few, but not a whole lot...:)
-al-
-acorda(a)1bigred.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris [mailto:mythtech@mac.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 4:15 PM
> To: Classic Computer
> Subject: Tae Rings?
>
>
> Does anyone know what these are for?
> <http://www.mythtech.net/rings.jpg>
> Excuse the 2d scan, my digital camera is at home, so I just
> tossed them
> on my flatbed scanner for the pic.
>
> I think they are rings for the tapes used on my old Zebra
> system (IIRC,
> it had some reel like tape canisters that fit in the top of
> it, but this
> is going WAY back).
>
> I found them in a drawer of a desk that was in the room that
> housed my
> Zebra.
>
>
> I don't want them, and am planning to pitch them, but before I did, I
> figured I would see if anyone knew what they were for, and if anyone
> wanted them.
>
> I have about 2 dozen of the yellow ones, and 5 or 6 of the
> orange ones
> (although not all orange, some are white/clear).
>
> Anyone that wants them, they are yours for postage.
>
> -chris
>
> <http://www.mythtech.net>
>
PDP-11 stuff available in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Please contact Marlon directly.
Bill
----- Forwarded message from Marlon Fleming <marlonf(a)cablesbyacc.com> -----
From: "Marlon Fleming" <marlonf(a)cablesbyacc.com>
To: "Bill Bradford" <mrbill(a)mrbill.net>
Subject: RE: Excess PDP11
Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 14:14:31 -0600
The heats been turned up and these things need to go quick.
Here it is:
10x Serial terminals, mostly Qumes with a few DEC VT220s - all working.
3x PDP 11/23, I'm not sure about the internals - all appear to have RL02
drives. I believe they are all in working condition with OS.
I'd probably need to charge some token amount to keep accounting quiet, but
the real expense of these things is shipping if you're not local.
Nice sig.
Marlon Fleming - IT Coordinator, ACC Inc.
marlonf(a)cablesbyacc.com
1-800-661-8564.
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mrbill(a)mrbill.net
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