In a message dated 4/18/03 5:21:40 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com writes:
>
> There are locks on them. But they weren't locked! That's one reason I
> probably never find a good one. I think it's a long shot that this one is
> useable.
>
Will your surplus place let you plug it in before you take one? This might be
the best choice now that you know how to deal with the locks.
If you have it home, I would just make sure it is level, warm and plug it in.
Hmm, that's right, you live in Florida you don't have to make sure it is
warm.
I am going to wait till summer before trying to start the 3350s I have.
Good luck. I consider these Priams to be fairly sturdy drives.
Paxton
Astoria, OR
At the urging on one of the other local collectors and against my better judgement, I went back and picked up the HP 7914 disk drive that was part of the HP 1000 system that I recently acquired. I think this is going to be a waste of time since I've never found one of these old drives that still worked. But I'm going to try this one and see what happens. Anyone have any suggestions about anything that I should check or do before I try to spin this drive up?
Joe
> Just how uncommon are the RRD40 caddies? I managed to obtain
> some caddies for my RRD40, so I think I've been rather lucky.
> I remember reading not too long ago that the things seemed to
> be made of unobtanium.
I recall back in the 1990-91 timeframe when VMS was first being
distributed on CD as well as tape, we got these plastic cases
that held the CDs, and each CD was in an RRD40 pincer caddy.
Which was fine for my lab because we actually had an RRD40
on hand... I'm not sure if the CONDIST started early enough
to be delivered the same way.
I used to have one of these VMS 5.x CD kits around here, but
it seems determined to remain hidden so I can't confirm.
--S.
Anyone know if the interface card for the PlusTek Spectra 1200 and 6000
sheet feed scanners is a SCSI card?
I have both of these scanners. On the back is a DB25 Male port. No power
input, so it pulls power from the connector. The manuals I have just
indicate that it uses an "Interface Card" that comes with the scanner.
Naturally I don't have the card or the cable.
I'm curious if it is a SCSI card as many older scanners used. I'm looking
to possibly bring one back to life to try using for archiving of old
manuals (the HP All-In-One I had set aside for the purpose I just found
out is a Print/Copy/Fax, no scanner).
If it uses a special custom card, either A: does anyone have one that
they want to give me (and the cable if it is something special as well),
or B: does anyone want the scanners? I don't know if either works as they
were given to me as is years ago and have never been used. I do have the
manuals for them, as well as one driver disk (but the drivers appear to
still be downloadable from PlusTek's web site).
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
> > Just checking since I've seen others slip before ...
> >
> > The RRD42 takes the standard "flip-top" caddy that
> > must have been made in their millions.
>
> Well, that's a relief. Can you point me to a source for these common caddies?
Try places that carry old PC junk. This type of CD-ROM was used primarily in
1-4x CD-ROM's that were seen in PC's (the fastest I've seen is an 8x that I
put in my PDP-11/73). Of course you can also find this style CD-ROM in DEC,
Sun, and probably other manufacturer's equipment (I think Apple had one
drive of this style).
Actually your best place to look might be eBay, I'd imagine they're pretty
easy to find there.
Just be glad you don't have one of the drives that use the 'pincer' caddies!
Zane
Oh, sorry... its a Printronix 300
>What model is the printronix?
>
>
>At 11:17 AM 4/18/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>>Last call if anyone wants my Printronix or parts from it. The printer
>>supposedly has a fried transformer in the power supply. I know it does
>>not power up.
>>
>>I have the complete printer, rolling stand, and at least one paper basket.
>>
>>Its located in NJ (07450), I'm not willing to ship the whole thing, but I
>>am willing to hold on to it for a pickup, or to strip any wanted parts
>>from it and ship those.
>>
>>It goes in the dumpster Monday afternoon if someone doesn't speak up
>>first.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Last call if anyone wants my Printronix or parts from it. The printer
supposedly has a fried transformer in the power supply. I know it does
not power up.
I have the complete printer, rolling stand, and at least one paper basket.
Its located in NJ (07450), I'm not willing to ship the whole thing, but I
am willing to hold on to it for a pickup, or to strip any wanted parts
>from it and ship those.
It goes in the dumpster Monday afternoon if someone doesn't speak up
first.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
>Machines with 1.2M drives weigh less than machines with 360K drives?
No, no that doesn't work... my Leading Edge machines have 360K drives,
and they weigh less than my IBM AT's with 1.2M drives.
:-)
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
