Hello, I just came back from Boston where I packed all that I
could take off that VAX 11/785 carcass that I bought earlier
this year on ebay. Unfortunately I had to leave cabinets behind,
I had word that U.S.Airways would not had let me check that
kind of baggage :-). But I managed to get the whole KA785
backplane assembly with all the boards plus a memory backplane
on the flight and home. I had to leave 2 H7100 PSUs behind
and two MBA backplanes. If anyone is looking for SBI/MBA
backplanes, holler ASAP! They might get lost otherwise.
Joe, who is the keeper of that shop (and who frequently sells
good stuff on ebay) told me about an AT&T mainframe system
he has available. So, if you are interested in an AT&T
mainframe system (I haven't had the time to see it) you want
to let him know. (For privacy reasons I have left his
address off, but let me know and I will Fwd to him.)
regards,
-Gunther
PS: just in case you are in Boston and so inclined: there is
still a nice Unibus cabinet out there, together with the
remains of the VAX one could build a CPU extension cabinet,
which is what one would need to turn a VAX 11/78x into a
dual-processor machine according to the Purdue recipe.
Something I would have loved to try if I could have found
a way to take that cabinet home.
I am working on a HP 85B with a dead power supply. No +5, +12 just
37volts on the large cap on the power supply board. Can anyone please
help. Schmatics would be great! - Dave
Is it safe to use a Bulk Tape Eraser on 8" floppies? I don't see why not,
but I figured I'd ask the pros before I did it.
I have a case load of 8" floppies that will be in the piles of stuff to
be gotten rid of at my "Open House". The problem is, almost all of them
carry accounting records on them (payroll, and stuff like that). Granted
they are years old, but some of the people on the disks still work for us
(and most of them are still alive).
Naturally I want to erase them before they leave my custody, but I don't
have the time to format each one.
And don't anyone panic... the case of disks are NOT on the list headed to
the dumpster. If they aren't sold/taken over the weekend, I plan to try
to sell them off in small bundles (and probably trade/give away the ones
that carry actual software to other people that have System 23s)
I also forgot to mention, 3/4" UMatic VCRs will be available here as
well. Many are older top loading, but a few are newer front loading Sony
units.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Oh dear, I'm always late...
Anyway, I thought I'd wave in passing.
Hi TMS, hi Gnomey! Say hi (and where on earth did 8888815 disappear to?) to
Glyn if you see him.
-- Just another Autognomic Host purchaser with VWDB, VWDBB and VWDBBB
directories just waiting for an opportunity to fly again.
(also known in those days as Thanatos and possessing more hair...)
PS: Of course, it's about getting the feel of the software: the autognome
and the occasional *FOD, they'd be essential features...
PPS: And dammit why did no one call..?
Stn. 250, Caller nr. 487 was +++WBe0036, Line drop. Logged on at 20:40:32
29.10.90 for 0 minutes.
Stn. 250, Caller nr. 488 was 1111'rd, GUESTUBBER. Logged on at 20:43:09
29.10.90 for 0 minutes.
Anybody know anything about any CPM sstems made by Micro/Sys? I think they
used STD bus cards. I have a big pile of 8" floppy disks for the M/S
systems including a lot of them with source code. I think M/S is the same
company that now uses the name Embedded Systems. They're website says that
they still make STD bus cards but no mention of CPM OS.
Joe
Which reminds me of the story of the person who called tech support to say that the cup holder on their computer had broken. On further questioning, he revealed that the cup holder, when retracted, had "2x" on the door that covered it :)
-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Cisin [mailto:cisin@xenosoft.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:02 PM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Bulk Erase 8" floppies
<snip>
A few years ago, the lab staff insisted on removing ALL 5.25" drives from
the lab, because students (and even one instructor!) were trying to put
CD-ROMs into them!
>> what density and side count does
>> an IBM 5110's external floppy drive use?
>
>SS/SD, SS/DD, and DS/DD. With various sector sizes. See
>the Customer Support Functions manual and the 5114 Maintenance
>Information Manual.
Thanks muchly!
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Thinking of this 8" floppy business... what density and side count does
an IBM 5110's external floppy drive use? Since I'm not getting rid of my
5110, I want to be sure to keep a small stack of the correct floppies to
use with it.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
hi, do you know where i can get ahold of a kaypro 2 keyboard cable, it
looks like a telephone cord connection, (knoe what i mean) and i cant find one any
where, i really need to get some advice, is it hidden in the computer
somewhere?? thanx.
sincerely,
t.w.
Where is a good resource to find out saleable values of classic computer
hardware? I know eBay isn't really all that great because it isn't
consistent enough. What goes for $5 today may go for $500 tomorrow, and
then not sell at all the next day.
Like many others, I'm painfully short on money right now, and I've just
lost my storage area, so I can't hang on to things much longer. So I'm
trying to find out what is worth what, so I know what to try to sell,
versus give away, versus throw away (I'm already making the tough
decision on what to keep, but that's not really based on monetary value
so much as personal value to me).
Is there a good place to check for the value of some of this stuff? And
not just the value in terms of what its worth IF you can find a buyer...
but also value in terms of will it sell at all? (It doesn't do me much
good if something is "worth" $100, but no one really wants to buy it
right now).
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
