I have several disk paks that are clearly marked RSTS 7.1 Image Data Backups.
Openvms Exchange says that they are not DOS11 or RT11 or Files-11 format.
So is there anyway way for OpenVMS to mount and read these disks, I've
scoured the search engines and haven't come up with anything yet...
Thanks,
Curt
>From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf(a)siconic.com>
>
>On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Dwight K. Elvey wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure if this will work for grease pencils but
>> you might give this a try. Get a can of brake-clean from
>> the auto parts store. Place the page on a paper towel such
>> that the marked side is against the towel. Spray some
>> brake-clean, starting in a circular motion from outside of the
>> mark to the center. Remove from the towel before it dries.
>> Repeat with clean towel as needed.
>> I'd advise checking on some material that is similar first.
>> As I recall, I used this method on something like a sharpie
>> mark once. Use out side. Brake-clean will give you a real
>> bad hangover. It is mostly solvents and dry cleaning fluid.
>
>I assume this evaporates to some considerable degree and does not leave
>any marks or residue on the paper?
Hi Sellam
It is intended to leave no residue but if there are dyes
in the paper that it dissolves, it may leave rings. You need
to experiment a little. It will also dissolve some plastics
as well so always check first.
It is used to remove oils and old brake fluid from brake parts
in cars. I often use it to degrease parts that need to be extra
clean, such as when cleaning surfaces to epoxy.
Dwight
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On Aug 11, 21:28, John Lawson wrote:
> Hi Jay. I have done this two ways -
>
> One is to just drill four 1/4" holes thru convenient adjacent
hardware
> and bolt the cabs together.
That's basically what DEC did. I'm not sure if my cabinets are the
same type as Jay's; they're original DEC, black frames with grey side
panels and melamine (on steel) grey tops. Dimensions are 49_1/2" high,
20_1/2" wide, 28_1/4" deep.
The side panels are grey sheet steel with stiffeners on the inside (and
surprisingly heavy); at the bottom, they hook over the horizontal side
member of the rack, and at the top they have two steel "buttons" which
engage teardrop-shaped holes in the top horizontal side member.
The joining kit consists of 4 (or maybe 6, but I only have 4) bolts
with nuts and star washers, and a couple of black-painted alloy
extrusions which fill the small gap between the racks. The spacers
aren't essential, but you might want to put 1/8" worth of washers in
their place if you don't have them.
On the top horizontal side member, at front and back, are two holes,
2_1/2" and 3_1/4" down from the top of the cabinet. A bolt passes
through the lower of these at front and back, through the spacers,
through the corresponding hole in the other rack, and is secured with
star washer and nut. Ditto on the bottom horizontal side member,
except the holes are about 1/2" and 2_1/2" down from the top of the
side member, and it doesn't matter which hole you use, as the spacer
has two matching holes.
This is an attempt at an ASCII art diagram of the cross-section of the
extrusion:
_______
|___ ___| front, 3/8" wide
| |
| |
| |
| | distance between front
| | and centre "wings" is 1_1/4"
| |
____| |____
|_____ _____| centre, 1" wide
| |
| |
| | distance from centre "wings"
| | to back edge is 7/8"
|_|
All sections 1/8" thick
And this is a diagram of the side view of the front extrusion, showing
the positions of the three holes:
|\
||\
___|| \
| o|| ||
| || ||
| || ||
| || ||
| || ||
| || ||
| || ||
| || ||
| || ||
| || ||
| o|| ||
|_o||_||
The back extrusion is just the same, except without the cutout or bevel
at the top.
Does this help?
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Hi all,
Can anybody give me the settings for an M7133-YA. I had to change from an
M7133 and there are a lot more switches on the board.
Any help will be appreciated!!
Wim
>From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf(a)siconic.com>
>
>On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, Kevin Handy wrote:
>
>> > It is intended to leave no residue but if there are dyes
>> >in the paper that it dissolves, it may leave rings. You need
>> >
>> Or if your paper is yellowed (aged), it may also make the rings.
>
>That was my next question :)
Hi
I'm not sure if the yellowing of pages would make any
difference. You'll have to dig out some old paperback
SiFi book to give it a try.
Dwight
Before everyone thinks I've fallen off the edge of the world (tempting tho
it is some days) a brief status.
I'm behind on everything (short and to the point).
I ended up having to move on a house deal a few weeks ago unexpectedly.
It was that, or lose the house and probably be unable to reopen the
bowling center for a month or more. And seeing as that is my major
source of income...
But doing this took all the money I had on hand. So I'm in day to day
scrounge mode until the end of this week when I finally reopen. Then I
can start catching up on shipping, updates, etc...
In general, the 'Garage' sale is on hold until I get shipping caught up.
Kinda like cutting off the leg to spite the face, but...
Hell, by the end of the year I may even have a life again...
Of course then there are added little amusements like the 'rocket
scientists' at Register.Com who are unable to process a domain renewal in
less than "6 to 8 weeks" (their words) unless paid thru the blessed
'credit card'. So the web site and email for the center have been
killed... Even a USPS Money Order does not count for anything anymore!
Is it just me, or does it seem that the more 'hi-tech' that things become,
the stupider the people behind them seem to get???
Surviving... (barely)
-jim
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jimw(a)agora.rdrop.com
The Computer Garage - http://www.rdrop.com/~jimw
> Anyone know where Jim is? I need to get in contact with him ASAP.
> --
> David Vohs
It's been nearly a month since he last responded to an email of mine.
It's been several months since I sent him money. . . I'm now starting
to get worried.
Erik Klein
www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum
The Vintage Computer Forum
Anyone know where Jim is? I need to get in contact with him ASAP.
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David Vohs
netsurfer_x1(a)fastmailbox.net
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I've just aquired a DEC card reader; it will be some time before it shows up
here, so I thought I'd ask if anyone recognises it and can provide a model
number. Pic on this page:
http://www.corestore.org/1155.htm
Cheers
Mike
http://www.corestore.org
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Tim's Amstrad site <http://www.ncus.org.uk/fnov00.htm> has a link to a
SIG/M library but it doesn't seem to work.
Joe
At 04:00 PM 8/11/03 -0700, you wrote:
>If you can get the data off the disks, I'd be happy to stuff it up on the
>retroarchive site.
>
>g.
>
>
>On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Dave Mitton wrote:
>
>> I have a large box full of 8" and 5.25" diskettes of SIG/M (~80 disks) and
>> PCBlue (~80+ disks) software. It's not the full set, but it's a large
chunk.
>>
>> I've seen people say that this stuff has been archived online somewhere
>> already, but I have trouble finding current working URLs.
>>
>> In any case, is there someone interested getting something useful from this
>> box?
>> (other than media)
>>
>> Dave.
