test-drb September 2002

test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

217 participants
408 discussions

OT: dumpster dive and water/mold cleanup

by mythtech＠mac.com

>My sons had (as late as the late 70's) small Golden Books that came with a >thin vinyl record that had the story and sounds recorded (yeah they'll reall >learn how to read if you give them a record to play instead - duh!) I have >a feeling I stashed those away and might come across them this winter. My sister and I used to have something along those lines. It was a mini record player/slide projector. The records were hard plastic or vinyl, and they came with a stick with slides on it and a book. You would play the record, and insert the slide stick. The record would tell the story in the book (not word for word if I remember), and every time it would beep you would pull the slide stick up one notch (maybe pressed a button to do it for you, don't remember). Somewhere in a box I still have some of the record/slide/books, but the player is long gone. Some day I hope to find a new player at a flea market. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

21 years, 10 months

Interesting Book: "The Digital Dictionary"

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

Yesterday I finally got a couple books I'd gotten on eBay a couple weeks ago, obviously "VAXcluster Principles" is an interesting book, but I was surprised how good of a book "The Digital Dictionary" is. I got the 2nd Edition (the first was mainly internal use). It's a dictionary of all the different terms that were in use around 1986. As such it contains info on the PDP-10, PDP-11, and VAX, as well as DECmate's, Rainbows, and Professionals. As well as the Apps, Languages, and OS's. Great book if you want to know what a specific term or acronym means. Well worth picking up if you are in to DEC stuff and can find a copy! Zane -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | healyzh(a)holonet.net (alternate) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |

21 years, 10 months

Wanted

by MSHLI＠aol.com

We would like to locate some Matrox QG-640 graphics boards for Qbus. These were manufactured in the 80's. Is there still an appropriate bulletin board where this want could be posted? Thank you, Neil Rubenstein Neil Rubenstein, Pres. N&R Scientific Co., Inc. 201 592 1864 201 592 7027-fax mshli(a)aol.com

21 years, 10 months

Paper tape reader/punch restoration

by coredump＠gifford.co.uk

I'm just starting to fix up and restore a very fine old paper tape reader, a GNT 4104. It's a photoelectric model and can go up to 1000 characters per second. It was originally used on a CTL Modular One, and has the CTL logo and "1.32" designation. Next, I'll have a look at the Facit 4070 paper tape punch. This seems to be a common model, and there's interfacing info available on the web. I also have a supply of blank paper tape! What I need is a recommendation for finding teletype oil, or something similar to lubricate the mechanical parts of these machines. The oil on the machines at the moment seems to have got very sticky, and nothing moves freely any more. Oh, and I do have manuals for both of these machines. -- John Honniball coredump(a)gifford.co.uk

21 years, 10 months

OT -- more housecleaning -- Victor computer

by zaft＠azstarnet.com

Okay, I have a Victor computer and monitor. It has a single 5.25" floppy drive. I've not opened it up but I suspect it's an early PC clone. The monitor plugs into the back of the PC and has no power cord or other attachments. The machine powers on, seemingly, but I get no display at all. I don't have a keyboard for it either. Anyone who wants it can have it, otherwise it goes to the recyclers next week. I'm in Tucson, AZ. Please contact me offlist. GZ Gordon Zaft zaft(a)azstarnet.com

21 years, 10 months

visiting NY next week?

by red＠bears.org

Howdy. I'm going to be in Poughkeepsie, NY, next week for an IBM z/VM class. I think it'd be nice to meet up with a couple of folks from the list, and maybe try to arrange to do something besides sit alone in my hotel room and read trashy novels. (: I'm due to arrive late Monday night, and I'm leaving early Thursday evening. Drop me a line and let me know what you think. ok r.

21 years, 10 months

OT: PC Motherboard with a vacuum tube

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

You gotta be kidding! It's not even April Fool's Day yet! Joe At 08:14 AM 9/6/02 -0600, you wrote: >Sufficiently retro to be interesting. > >Take a look at http://www.aopen.com/products/mb/Pax4b-533tube1.htm. The tube >is used in an onboard audio preamp. > >

21 years, 10 months

FA: Nova 1200, 1210 & 1220 Technical manuals, PCB book, N* book, more

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

I just finished putting some suff on E-bay including Technical Manuals for the Data General Nova 1200, 1210 and 1220, HDOS manual for the North Star hard drive systems, a good book on Magnaflux magentic partical inspection and a GREAT book on printed circuit boards by Clyde Coombs of Hewlett Packard. see <http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=rigd…> Joe

21 years, 10 months

Amiga goodies clearance

by ghldbrd＠ccp.com

Having had next to no interest in the usenet groups, I'm cleaning out my stash of Zorro cards and other Amiga goodies. Included are: Toaster 2000 cards, Flyer cards, A2065 Ethernet, A2091 SCSI with 2 Meg RAM, PP&S 040 accelerators, and memory cards. If you are interested e-mail me off-list and we can either go cash and carry or trade. I'm interested in SCSI-3 drives of more than 1 gig, an LCD display for an Apple IIc+, or anything to make an A1200 into a towerized computer, including case, slot expander, etc. Gary Hildebrand St. Joseph, MO

21 years, 10 months

S-100 Question (ISC Computer/Seattle Computer Products)

by gstreet＠indy.net

Back on June 9th of this year (Classic Tech Eletter #11), someone thoughtfully posted the paragraph at the bottom of this message (on this newsgroup). Coincidentally, I had already found the same S-100 computer and I eventually ended up winning the bid (I was the only bidder). I only very recently received this machine (it was slightly damaged in shipping, and it _really_ was filthy! (There was an enormous delay in shipping it to me.) I've got the damage straightened out and I completely disassembled it for cleaning. I just got it back together last night and turned on the switch. I seems to power up and the led's come on (led near the on/off switch and 3 led's on the backplane/motherboard). I talked to one person who said that he thought that he'd had an ISC computer before, but that it wasn't pure S-100. The reason that I bought this machine is that I have some Seattle Computer Products S-100 cards that I really want to get running. They drop in the ISC "S-100" computer _perfectly_, but I have not powered it up with the SCP cards in place. If there's something that's not "pure S-100" about the ISC, I don't want to damage the SCP cards. I just checked the link (below) and it still works. I think the link will disappear in just a few more days (90 days), so I can provide the same pictures to anyone interested after the link disappears. The reason it's taken so long to ask this question is because it took over 2 months for me to actually receive the unit (now the darned link is ready to vanish, probably on Sept 10th). http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2029719366 I cannot find _any_ information about ISC Systems Corp., Spokane, WA. It's an absolutely beautifully crafted unit and from the filthy condition that I received it in--it appears to have been left running for, perhaps, _years_! The seller claimed that he'd removed the existing cards to install in his Altair, but if that's true, someone must have already substituted different cards--in the pictures, you'll notice a bunch of twisted pair and other small gauge wires: these all appear to hook up to what would seem to be "non-standard" S-100 cards, through proprietary connectors. I cannot fathom how the original ISC cards could have been of any use to anyone except a user of this ISC system. It appears that the "non-standard" wires go to things like: keyboard, monitor, a network and LP 1 and LP 2 (LPT 1 & LPT 2??). There is yet another connector that I've no clue as to what it might do. _BUT_, _if_ the box itself conforms to the S-100 standard, and if I can use the SCP cards, all the other wires don't matter, because they won't be connected to anything. I've really taken a liking to this machine--I hope I can use it! Any help would be much appreciated! Thank you, Robert Greenstreet gstreet(a)indy.net > >At 08:33 PM 6/9/02 -0400, you wrote: >CLASSIC TECH ELETTER, Vol. 1, Issue 11 > >It's too bad the seller gutted this ISC Systems S-100 computer. If it >sells close to the opening bid, however, the buyer will get a good deal on >an S-100 starter system. (The seller's right about the system needing a >cleaning. You could knit a sweater with all the lint stuck in the fan >vent.)

21 years, 10 months

← Newer
1
...
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
...
41
Older →

Jump to page:

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998

1997

test-drb September 2002