I recently got an old Adds Regent 30 terminal (it says "Honeywell" on
the front, must have been rebadged). I have repaired the electronics (I
took pictures and documented the process, I'll put it on my website
when it's ready), and the terminal works now. It was extremely filthy,
however, and I cleaned up the outer shell with a little windex with no
problems, but the brown plastic around the monitor and the keyboard was
very sticky. I tried cleaning the plastic around the keyboard with just
plain water, and with Windex, but it was still very sticky. I tested
some Goo Gone on the back of the part, and it didn't damage anything,
so I used it on the front. It appears that the paint is coming off. The
Goo Gone made it come off a little, and I noticed that on the rest of
it, just rubbing it with my finger could cause the paint to come off.
It appears that whatever grime got onto the terminal ate away at the
paint, as the paint on the inside does not have this problem. Here's my
question - what is the best way to go about painting things like this?
It was originally a dull finish (I think), do they make spray paint
that has similar properties? Does it come in "Honeywell Brown"? Has
anyone had experience painting plastics, or repainted any computer
cases before? Any help would be appreciated.
Ian Primus
ian_primus(a)yahoo.com
On Oct 14, 15:57, SUPRDAVE(a)aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 10/14/2003 3:44:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> pete(a)dunnington.u-net.com writes:
> > Mine says "APPLE 2/3 XEBEC INTERFACE REV1" on the top edge.
>
> Isn't this used for the Sider hard drive? If so, I have both parts
but just
> need a cable.
Sounds plausible. Mine came on its own, no cables, no drive, so I'd be
interested to know what's "inside the box". I assume an ST506 drive, a
PSU, a Xebec card, and probably something to connect a ribbon cable to.
Is there a connector on the outside of the drive box? If so, what type
is it? We could probably work out the pinout required.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
> Anyone know of better priced sources?
They have been showing up on eBay for less than that.
2733419572 jun 6 21.50 RK05 air filter
How much does Crisis want for 79xx filters?
This one's barely on-topic, as it has a silkscreen legend which states
"(C) 1992 GSM-SYNTEL LTD". Above that it says SYN-PC302. It has a
couple of Actel FPGAs on it, and space for another similar-sized IC,
three 75160 interface ICs next to a 26-pin male box header, spaces for
8 ZIP devices (RAM?), and spaces for two miniDIN sockets (an 8-pin and
a 9-pin).
Anyone have any idea what it might be?
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
On Oct 11, 18:36, Geoff Reed wrote:
> dug up an apple II that has a Xebec apple II controller init, is this
a
> SCSI controller? or is it a SASI host interface that's gonna need an
> external SASI<->ST506 controller on it?
Didn't anybody answer this? I've got a small Apple ][ card which might
be its twin...
Mine says "APPLE 2/3 XEBEC INTERFACE REV1" on the top edge. It has a
6522 VIA chip, some LSTTL, 2732 EPROM, a RAM chip, a couple of 74S240s,
and a terminator pack next to a 26-pin header. I don't know what this
is supposed to connect to; it might be SASI (it has just about enough
pins and just about enough I/O), and that's certainly what Xebec were
famous for.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
> > I just wanted to congratulate Sellam and thank all the attendees and
> > Exhibitors at last weekends VCF. It was the best VCF I've attended
>
> Any pictures?
I've got some up at http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcf6.shtml. The
X's will be replaced by descriptions of each photo, display or event
once I get a bit of time (hopefully within the next day or two).
Please email me if you have any questions, issues, comments or anything
you want to add to the (currently nonexistent) picture descriptions
Erik Klein
www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum
The Vintage Computer Forum
Hi Joe,
I would like to get the entire manual for GTSC 304 new/old version if
you still have them available.
Thanks.
Scott Yu
California Systems
2650 Walnut Ave., Suite B
Tustin, CA 92780
T: 714-832-5444
F: 714-832-5445
In cleaning out some of my old stuff, I ran across a Diamond Stealth 64
PCI VGA card. What makes it interesting is that it's got a full size 15
pin d-sub connector instead of the 9 pin size, high density 15 pin d-sub
connector.
The chipset is an S3 Vision968.
Anyone that's interested can have it for the cost of shipping.
g.
Hello. I just ran across a message where you were asking someone else if
they still had any Roland LAPC-1 cards.
I have one that has been on my shelf for years. Do you want it?
As far as I know it works, but it hasn't been in a PC in over 8 years.
I'll mail it to you if you'd like. If it works, you can give me whatever
you think it's worth. If not, you can just have it. :-)
The board has the following inscription on it:
MODEL LAPC-I ROLAND
ASSY 75420300 00 MADE IN JAPAN
Let me know!
-K.C.
kbudd(a)solace.net
