Hi all,
Just FYI - the ExecPC BBS seems to be back up as of 7:30AM UK time this
morning. The address is <telnet://bbs.execpc.com> (as always).
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to raid the filebase :)
Later.
--
Phil. | Acorn Risc PC600 Mk3, SA202, 64MB, 6GB,
philpem(a)dsl.pipex.com | ViewFinder, 10BaseT Ethernet, 2-slice,
http://www.philpem.dsl.pipex.com/ | 48xCD, ARCINv6c IDE, SCSI
>Pardon?
>>mention was made of the TMS1000. Can anyone do a dump on one for me?
I think this was in reference to a REALLY REALLY old thread. Unless it
came back up recently, the last Dark Tower thread I saw was when I first
joined the list (I provided a few pics of the internals of the tower
unit), and that was two or three years ago!!
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
I'm pretty sure that I know where a bunch of rear doors
for the DEC H960 racks MIGHT be available here in
Minneapolis. In fact, they've been sitting in the
hallway here for months. If someone is interested
in picking them up in person, I can ask if they are
available.
If I recall correctly, there are 4 rear doors. And no,
there are no sides or racks available, i've been keeping
my eye open for that myself.
-Lawrence LeMay
On Jan 12, 21:22, nbreeden2(a)comcast.net wrote:
> I'm looking for any hints or advice on repairing a broken RL02
drive. I have two drives, one is working, the other indicates a fault.
>
> The unit with the fault lights the fault light as soon as it's
powered up, it goes through it's normal power up cycle (runs the
spindle at low speed) and seems normal beyond the fault.
>
> All power supply voltages are normal.
>
> I've swapped the 'easy' to swap parts with my working unit however
the fault persists (swapped the logic board that lives on the top/back
cover, the servo board and the unit select buttons). Before I tear
deeper into it I was hoping someone might have some hints or experience
that will help me.
It could be lots of things. I had one like that, it turned out to be a
fault on the AC servo board IIRC. I suggest you download the RL01/02
Pocket Service Guide from David Gesswein's site at
http://www.pdp8.net/query_docs/query_all.html -- it's fairly small and
has a lot of useful stuff in it. It's all I had when I had to repair
and realign my three drives (though I did have an original DEC printed
copy).
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
I just bought three big SGIs but was only able to make room for two of them.
Oops. I'm looking to trade the extra one for a smaller SGI, or for a Sun,
a micro, video game stuff, test and measurement equipment, some DIP-packaged
27c160 EPROMs or a hamburger. It's an SGI "Power Series" 4D/something,
black with blue trim, about dishwasher size and a few hundred pounds. I don't
know if it's currently operable. With appropriate modifications it could
probably be a nice coffee table or NFS server. I will deliver in the
Los Angeles area, but the recipient will need to help unload, ideally with a
forklift, or else with a movable platform we can slide it on to. I need to
get rid of it fast before the computer gods destroy it. I hope to hear from
someone soon. Thanks!
(Also available: Gould 2800S strip chart recorder with 8 or so channels of
"DC amplifier" inputs, 19" rack mount by a foot or so high, not too heavy or
deep. And a Canon fax machine. How the hell did that get in there? All
untested.)
-- Adam
Fred N. van Kempen <waltje(a)pdp11.nl> wrote:
> They ("they" !) threw out my BA123 (incl. the boards, disks,
> etc !), my 3100-M76 and a box of spares, just cos "dude, that
> was, like, REALLY OLD crap! Didnt know you still needed it!"
>
> *cries*
Can you sue them for the replacement cost? The replacement cost would of course
be the amount necessary to create a new Digital Equipment Corporation, to build
new factories and hire new workers to manufacture new BA123, new original DEC
disks and boards, as well as the necessary amount to buy back all designs and
schematics and rights from HP, etc. Sue them for that amount and then build the
new factories and the new hardware!
MS
