test-drb July 2003

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279 participants
450 discussions

by mypage＠comcast.net

Patrick Rigney: I found your name on the internet in regard to your having a 5.25" Hard sector Drive. I have a large collection of old hard sector disks. most of which have programs or data files on them but could likely be reused. However, I have about 20 disks that have data (compiled in CP/M) on them that I would like to get copied to a more contemporary medium. Do you have the capability to make such a transfer and, if so, would you be willing to do that for me and, if so, at what cost? Thank you, Page Carter 620 Central Street SE Olympia, WA 98501 360-701-9919 mypage(a)attbi.com

21 years, 5 months

IMSAI 8080 Classic Microcomputer System

by mail.list＠analog-and-digital-solutions.com

IMSAI 8080 Classic Microcomputer System http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2741173742

21 years, 5 months

Trade Please: Space is at a premium!

by patrick＠evocative.com

OK, it's time for me to get rid of some things I've been keeping for too long, and rather than go directly to eBay (some of you will appreciate the irony of this move in coming weeks), I was wondering if any among you would be willing to trade some vintage items for some mixed modern/vintage stuff... I have the following to offer (individually or in combination): * Cisco 2524 router w/FT1/T1 CSU/DSU (IOS 11.2) * Cisco 2524 router w/FT1/T1 CSU/DSU (yes, I have two of these) * Wyse 50 terminal, in nice shape except for broken F1 key (included) * DEC VT320 terminal, working, amber screen, MMJ * Cisco Catalyst 2100 Switch (24 port 10-BaseT + 2 100MB uplink) * 3Com Linkbuilder FMS-II 12-port 10-BaseT managed hub (rack mountable) * 3Com LinkBuilder TP/12 12-port 10-BaseT unmanaged hub (desktop) 3C16170 * Asante 10T Hub/8 mini-hub (10Base-T, good-sized wall-wart power supply) * Panasonic KX-P1150 dot matrix printer (parallel interface) * Dell OptiPlex GMT 5133, Pentium 133, 32MB RAM, 4GB HD (mini tower case) * Dell OptiPlex GX/Pro Pentium 200 MMX unknown RAM, Adaptec 1522B SCSI + 4GB drive (desktop case) * Dell Dimension XPS/D300 w/160MB RAM, no hard drive (desktop case) * Apple Macintosh SE/30 w/500MB HD, System 7.6 installed (kbd, no mouse; case cracker included :-)) * Sun SparcStation 20 (condition unknown, but working when pulled; no drives now; possible frame buffer--anyone know how to tell for sure?) * HP 7550A plotter (A and B size, with carousel, working, serial + GPIB) * Iomega Bernoulli Box CDS-PC/20 (dual Bernoulli drives; case identical to old IBM PC XT; no controller or media) * IBM 2.10 DOS manual (only, binder w/slide box cover in very good condition, but no disks) * Heathkit H-9 Terminal Assembly Manual (like new; sorry no schematic) * SupraModem 2400 + power supply + docs * Intel 80522PX300512EC Pentium II 300Mhz MMX processor (spare) I also have the following items for Atari ST systems, but alas, no ST to test them with: * Atari MegaFile 30 hard disk (no cable; it has a diskette with it that I assume is driver and/or tools; spins up and makes healthy noises, but that's all I can do with it) * Atari SF314 floppy drive (no power supply) * Original Atari ST Computer Owner's Manual * Original Atari ST BASIC Sourcebook and Tutorial (manual) * MonitorMaster monitor switch for Atari 520/1040 (switchbox w/cable) * ComputerEyes Video Digitizer for Atari 1040 (expansion box w/composite video input + diskette) * Navarone ST Sound Digitizer for Atari 1040 (maybe 520? original carton, expansion box + diskette) * As a bundle, assorted software and games, includes: - Word Perfect for Atarai ST (disks only) * Timeworks Data Manager with Report Writer & Super Graphics for Atari 1040ST (original box + disk + docs) - Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards for Atari ST (original box + disk + manuals and inserts) - Aliants for Atari ST (1987, StarSoft Development Labs, game disk + hint disk), includes Pirates of the Barbary Coast (jacks + disks) - Ray Tobey's SkyFox for Atari ST (jacket + disks) - Accolade Test Drive for Atari ST (exotic car driving game, requires color; original box + disks) - Easel/ST for Atari ST (diskette only, says "Use any picture as the background on the GEM desktop"--whoo hoo... stop 'em before they kill again folks) - Smooth Talker speech synthesizer for Atari ST (requires color monitor and TOS in ROM; original box + manual + disk) - ColorBurst 3000 for Atari 520/1040ST (requires color monitor; GEM graphics enhancer; does not work with Mega ST ROMs) Now, I need/would like the following items: * SWTPC DC-4 Floppy Drive Controller * SWTPC MF-68 Diskette subsystem (missing drives OK) * SS-50 and SS-30 prototyping cards * Heath/Zenith H-77 or H-87 external drive enclosure (missing drives OK) * Vintage-era floppy drive enclosure for 5-1/4" full height drives--I need one two-drive enclosure, preferably metal, with power supply; two single-drive enclosures would be OK; specifically anything similar to this http://www.bowkera.com/north_star_computers.htm (single enclosure) or this http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/MF_68/MF_68_Index.htm (dual enclosure, preferred); * Any unusual expansion board for the Heath/Zenith H/Z-88/89/90 (particularly third-party stuff, graphics, clock, etc.) * Any peripheral for the Rockwell AIM-65 (especially floppy controller) * ETA-3400 expansion unit for the Heathkit ET-3400 trainer * KIM-1 peripherals and expansion * Triple-output digital bench power supply, current limiting + short protection Please contact me OFF LIST if you'd like to arrange a trade at (patrick)(at)(evocative)(dot)(com). I am happy to publish pictures of any item. Offers for outright purchase of any item will be gladly entertained, but priority will be given to traders, so non-trade purchase offers will be held until Sunday 27-Jul. Patrick

21 years, 5 months

PDP-8E

by marvin＠rain.org

We had our annual ham club Electronic Bazaar today, and while browsing around, I found a PDP-8E sitting there sans cards but with power supply and backplane. I hadn't planned on collecting DEC stuff any more, but it was too good to pass up. Now to check out the power supply, put it together and see if I can find a set of cards for it! Lots of other computer junque including a number of older computers. The remnants are sitting on a trailer in the back yard, and I should get a chance to check it out tomorrow! ------------------------------------------- ebaY's Security Breach and Coverup http://www.auctionguild.com/generic110.html SellYourItem.com - Your Member Driven Auction Community! http://www.sellyouritem.com

21 years, 5 months

RLV11 in VAX 4000-400?

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jul 11, 12:02, Jochen Kunz wrote: > I can see the two small lines going to BC1 and BD2 on the M8013. > Do you know what these signals are used for? (You mean BC1 and BD1, not BD2) No, but it's nothing that's used in any normal system. They don't connect to the M8014, nor to anything a standard 18-bit system can access (they're SSPARE4 and SSPARE5 bus lines, normally unused, although the 11/03 and soe contemporary options did put odd signals there). My guess is they're for some manufacturing test, because a quick perusal of the RLV11 Technical Manual didn't tell me anthing either. > If I see this correct, they don't go to the M8014. They just put some > signals onto the bus. So some sugery would solve the problem? The M8013 I just pulled from one of my (22-bit PDP-11) systems has those two tracks cut, and it's been working fine since I've had it (almost 15 years). If you hold the M8013 component side up, with the contact fingers towards you, they're the two thin tracks in the shape of an inverted "L" which come from the 15th and 16th contacts on the third set. They're cut about halfway between the contact finger and the corner of the inverted "L". I've had a look, but I can't find the ECO relating to this. Either my microfiche is too old (quite likely -- it only lists up to CS Rev F and my RLV11 is Rev H) or I saw it somewhere like in one of the Micronotes (which I no longer have, and sadly the ones available online are only a fraction of the total issued). > > That fixes the electrical > > problem, but whether you can find a VAX OS that knows to only use DMA > > in the bottom 256K of memory is another matter. > This would fit to NetBSD. NetBSD uses only one softwareinterface > for UniBus and QBus... Go for it... -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

21 years, 5 months

Old Mac Video Grabber

by aw288＠osfn.org

I have an old Ensemble Multibuffer DS-2 for an old Macintosh. This is a 1U rackmount device, capable of grabbing 2 frames with studio quality. I suppose it was neato stuff years ago, and probably cost a mint. Last time I played with it (years ago), it worked fine, but I see no point in keeping it anymore. Anyone need a high end doodad for your classic Mac? I have the buffer, floppies, and even old and "new" EPROMs for the Ethernet, as well as an extra Ethernet board. Everything seems in very nice condition, but as I said, it has been years since I played with it, and I don't have a classic Mac anymore to test it. Any takers at a 20 dollar bill plus shipping? William Donzelli Carmel, NY aw288(a)osfn.org

21 years, 5 months

Early,Nixdorf personal computer

by cb＠mythtech.net

>Not exactly an early one ... I guess in a few years they try >to sell us 486es as 'early' PCs :) Why not, a friend of mine that is employeed as a IT manager told me the other day about an unlabeled computer he wanted to give me that had "antique memory" in it. I was all excited wondering what he might have that could be "antique". It turned out to be a generic Pentium 90 with 72 pin SIMMs!!! -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

21 years, 5 months

Anybody on here do anything with the OLD intel IN-xxxx memories

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

I found two old Intel memory cards yesterday. They look like the In-7000, IN-1600, In-40 series stuff but are shorter. These are the same width and use the same connector but are only about 61/2" tall instead of 10+ inches. FWIW They use a 100 pin connector that appears to be the same as that used on the S-100 cards but the cards are smaller. These cards are marked "IN 481 Intel 1975" and I don't show them in any of my intel catalogs. They have 4 rows of 8 each C2107C memories (4k x 1 D RAMs). Anybody need them? I doubt I'll ever have a use for them. Joe

21 years, 5 months

VCF 6.0

by vcf＠siconic.com

VCF 6.0 October 11-12 Hosted by the Computer History Museum More details forthcoming... -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org * Old computing resources for business and academia at www.VintageTech.com *

21 years, 5 months

Two PDP-11 Related projects.

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

I'm currently working on a pair of projects to reconstruct some data that isn't really available anywhere. The biggest thing I'm attempting to do is collect all of the PDP-11 OS to Layered Products Cross Reference data (this would be found in the SPD's). So far I have information for the following OS's: RSTS/E V7.1, V7.2, V8.0 RSX-11M V4.0, V4.1 RSX-11M-PLUS V2.0, V2.1 RT-11 V4.0, V5.0, V5.4, V5.4d/e/f/g, and V5.5 The result so far is available at http://zane.brouhaha.com/~healyzh/PDP-11_OS_to_Layered_xref.pdf To clarify what I'm talking about by Cross Reference, here is one for some RT-11 Versions. (the rest of the message can be found after this table) RT-11 Software Cross Reference Table This table has been prepared to assist in determining which RT-11 optional software products are supported by Versions 5.4, 5.4d, 5.4e, 5.4f, 5.4g and 5.5 of RT-11. Refer to the appropriate SPD for all other details on a particular product. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RT-11 (SPD 12.01.xx) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Optional Software SPD No. V5.4 V5.4d V5.4e V5.4f V5.4g V5.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BASIC-PLUS/RT-11 12.05.xx 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DECnet-RT 10.72.xx 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FMS-11/RT-11 12.22.xx 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FORTRAN-IV/RT-11 12.10.xx 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FORTRAN-77/RT-11 A3.55.xx 5.0A 5.0A 5.0A 5.0A 5.0A 5.0A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MU BASIC-11/RT-11 12.20.xx 2.2 2.2 N/A N/A N/A N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The following product contains RT-11: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RT-11 (SPD 12.01.xx) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Optional Software SPD No. V5.4 V5.4d V5.4e V5.4f V5.4g V5.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTS-300 12.09.xx 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 Zane RT-11 ---------- OS-11 1972 RT-11 V1 1973 RT-11 V2 1974 RT-11 V2B (date on pack 23-Jul-1975) RT-11 V2C 1976 (date on pack 20-Nov-1975) RT-11 V3 1977 RT-11 V3A RT-11 V3B (maybe 11-Mar-1978) RT-11 V4 February 21st, 1980 RT-11 V4C (maybe 12-Mar-1982) RT-11 V5 March 12th, 1983 RT-11 V5.1 1984 01-Feb-1984 RT-11 V5.2 1985 17-Jun-1985 RT-11 V5.3 1986 20-Dec-1985 RT-11 V5.4 1987 03-Sep-1986 RT-11 V5.4A RT-11 V5.4B RT-11 V5.4C RT-11 V5.4D 17-Nov-1987 RT-11 V5.4E 01-May-1988 RT-11 V5.4F RT-11 V5.4G December, 1988 19-Dec-1988 RT-11 V5.5 October, 1989 31-Oct-1989 RT-11 V5.6 1992 31-Aug-1992 RT-11 V5.7 October, 29th, 1998 RSTS/E --------------- RSTS V6B 1977 RSTS V10.0 July, 1990 RSTS V10.1 September, 1992 RSX-11M --------------- RSX-11M V3.2 ~1979 MicroRSX --------------- 1984 RSX-11M-PLUS --------------- RSX-11M+ V1 1980? DOS-11 --------------- IAS --------------- IAS V1 1977? -- -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |

21 years, 5 months

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test-drb July 2003