Hi
I find it hard to believe that he'll come up with
1/2 mil to pay for this if he is willing to write poetry
for $1. Other than the fact that the seller has a
reasonable record, the sale sure seems funny.
Most other auctions that sell high value items require
the buyers to post a bond. It doesn't sound like this
guy could post a parking ticket bond.
Still, if this was truly one of the original prototypes,
it is in some sense priceless. I don't know if the reason
given for removing the transmitter is valid. My undestanding
was that the circuit was quite simple and didn't require
significant secret circuits. It would be more likely that,
like our own NASA, even prototype items were often used
in real missions to save cost.
Dwight
>From: "Frank McConnell" <fmc(a)reanimators.org>
>
>Ethan Dicks <erd_6502(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>> --- Kevin Handy <kth(a)srv.net> wrote:
>> > Ethan Dicks wrote:
>>
>> > The current bid is $500,700 (way above the buy-it-now price it
>> > originally had), so your bid of 25K is far short of the goal.
>>
>> Holy Sh*t, Batman! It was $25K the last time I looked (4 bids or
>> so).
>>
>> That is beyond absurd.
>
>The current high bidder, urban-motion, has another auction up with
>this in the description:
>
> I am a 27 year old father with a newborn daughter and bills to
> pay. I work one full time and one part time job totalling 40-60
> hours a week and I love to write in my spare time. To help
> supplement our income I sell a variety of things on Ebay and look
> for creative ways to honestly make a buck. So, I thought that I
> could write original poetry for you and also increase your
> feedback rating at the same time. By purchasing this auction, I
> will write you an original poem and leave you wonderful positive
> feedback.
>
> The poem will be completely 100% original and will be emailed to
> you within 24 hours of payment. Feedback will be left as soon as I
> receive payment.
>
> Payment is accepted through paypal only using any major credit
> card.
>
> Thanks for looking and god bless!!!!!
>
>I am not making this up, you can see it yourself at:
>
><http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2932949148>
>
>-Frank McConnell
I already have copies of those, and IIRC, they don't have any specs on the
control 'messages' passed between things, a PROM dump, or anything else
that is helpful for figuring out how to send commands to the drive.
---
Sounds like Tony has figured this out already to build the test box.
Would you be willing to publish the info that you've figured out, Tony?
---
Ethan Dicks <erd_6502(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- Kevin Handy <kth(a)srv.net> wrote:
> > Ethan Dicks wrote:
>
> > The current bid is $500,700 (way above the buy-it-now price it
> > originally had), so your bid of 25K is far short of the goal.
>
> Holy Sh*t, Batman! It was $25K the last time I looked (4 bids or
> so).
>
> That is beyond absurd.
The current high bidder, urban-motion, has another auction up with
this in the description:
I am a 27 year old father with a newborn daughter and bills to
pay. I work one full time and one part time job totalling 40-60
hours a week and I love to write in my spare time. To help
supplement our income I sell a variety of things on Ebay and look
for creative ways to honestly make a buck. So, I thought that I
could write original poetry for you and also increase your
feedback rating at the same time. By purchasing this auction, I
will write you an original poem and leave you wonderful positive
feedback.
The poem will be completely 100% original and will be emailed to
you within 24 hours of payment. Feedback will be left as soon as I
receive payment.
Payment is accepted through paypal only using any major credit
card.
Thanks for looking and god bless!!!!!
I am not making this up, you can see it yourself at:
<http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2932949148>
-Frank McConnell
On Jun 4, 11:43, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> According to the specs I read, there's different insertion forces
> for different models of pins - spring tension in the pin body itself.
So there are -- three different ones in fact, though only on one
series, mainly to accomodate large differences in the number of
contacts per housing, as you said. Despite using the catalogue from
time to time, I'd not appreciated that before.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
On Jun 4, 6:23, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> --- Peter Turnbull <pete(a)dunnington.u-net.com> wrote:
> > Most of the cables I've seen on these were made up using 2x5-way
Berg
> > connectors and individual Bergcon crimp pins.
>
> AFAIK, the connectors for a DLV11-J are 2x7-way... There are only
nine
> pins (one is missing for keying), but the extra bits help you center
> the connector. 2x5 will work, if you don't miss.
No, the DEC spec says 2x5. The connectors are AMP connectors; the ones
on the DLV11-J itself are 87272-8 and the ones on a BC21B cable (for
example) are 87133-5. You can fit a Bergcon 2x7 if you push hard, but
it distorts the shroud slightly. All the cables I've ever seen,
including original DEC, are 2x5 housings. If the key is in place, you
can't really miss.
> > You can still get them, but the pins are horrendously expensive in
small
> > quantities.
>
> No kidding. One other "problem" is that you need to stock one set of
> pins for small connectors (like the DLV11-J) and another set of pins
> for large connectors (like an RL8A - 40 pins) because there are
different
> mating forces. Yes, you can use the "wrong" pins, but they were
spec'ed
> different for a reason. "Weak" pins in a small connector might not
> grab enough to stay in well enough, and "strong" pins in a large
connector
> might be too difficult to insert.
Well, that's not "weak" and "strong" by design, it's for different
sizes of square pins, or for round pins. Yes, I agree, don't use the
wrong ones!
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
On Jun 3, 10:56, John A. Dundas III wrote:
> Stuart,
>
> At 11:53 PM -0700 6/2/03, Jochen Kunz wrote:
> >On 2003.06.03 02:16 Stuart Johnson wrote:
> >
> >> Does anyone have a couple (2) of the AMP 10 pin connectors (with
> >> unused pins) used with the DLV-11J 4 port serial I/O boards or
> >> know where I could purchase them?
> >Aren't this very common 10 pin IDC connectors? At least on my
DLV-11J
> >clone from Sigma Systems. I used the usual 10 pin crimp connectors
for
> >ribbon cable to make the cables.
>
> I have a -J that I'd like to make work and I don't have cables
either. I
> might get a chance to try Jochen's suggestion this weekend, but not
before.
> If you find a solution, please post.
Most of the cables I've seen on these were made up using 2x5-way Berg
connectors and individual Bergcon crimp pins. You can still get them,
but the pins are horrendously expensive in small quantities. However,
lots of other manufacturers now make similar conectors (two rows, on a
0.1" pitch (2.54mm not 2.5mm)). I've used ones made by Molex (C-Grid
III 90142 series, cut off the polarising lug) and Harwin (M20-1071000).
Those numbers are from a quick glance at a catalogue so check them
before you buy a whole lot! Tyco/Amp make something similar, 87456-6
is a 2x5 way housing with various gold-plated or tinned crimp pins to
fit.
I get mine from Farnell in the UK, but I'm sure you'd be able to get
something from any of the usual US suppliers.
BTW, if you make up your own DLV11-J cables, don't forget the shorting
link or it won't work reliably (if at all)!
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Tony Duell wrote:
>That was one of the 'problems in the Teletype' that I was thinking of. I
>suspsect the easiest kludge for this these days is to fiddle with the
>clock at the computer interface end, and run the whole thing at 91.667 baud
>
>-tony
91 baud! That is way too slow. I could live with 110 baud, but not 91 baud.
My Selectric terminal used a speedy 134.5 baud.
Michael Holley
www.swtpc.com/mholley
Hi all,
I'm new here - so I hope I'm not breaching any etiquette by posting
this. I have a couple of new boxed ribbons for the following printer list...
Binder 1550, 8510, 8510A
C.Itoh 1550, 8510, 8510A, Prowriter 7500
DEC CLA 45-14602, LA50
HP 85
Leading Edge Prowriter 2-1550 8150AP
NCR 6411
NEC PC 8023A/B/C
Toshiba P1150, PA7251, PA7252
These are FREE (via an SAE to the UK). If you have any of the above
equipment and are interested, please email me directly at elec37(a)york.ac.uk.
Cheers now,
Ben
~~~
Computer Recycling Project
University of York, UK
www.comprec.org.uk
Hi All,
I have an old 9000 R332 (rackmount 300 series machine with built in
monitor).
It looks as though the display has an array of LED's and photo diodes for a
touch screen setup.
How do I get the touch screen to work?
Do I need some additional sofware to do this?
Cheers
Peter
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