test-drb November 2004

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by lbickley＠bickleywest.com

Over the weekend I ran accross (5) HP 13356A Disk Cartridges that look to be in excellent condition. The 13356A's are typcially used in HP 3000 Series II/III and are 7 platter/120MB. They are also marked 2613A. I collect DEC, SGI, etc., but not HP, so I didn't pick them up. If you'd like me to attempt to acquire them for you, please contact me off list. I have no business relationship (other than as a customer) with the firm that has the cartridges. Lyle -- Lyle Bickley Bickley Consulting West Inc. http://bickleywest.com "Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"

20 years, 1 month

Maynard Maynstream 1300 DAT / Archive Python 25588-005

by aek＠spies.com

tar and gzip then? :) -- No smiley necessary. I have tarballs I wrote in the late 70s that are still completely usable. I don't use compression on any archive I care about. If you get a bad block, everything after it is unrecoverable if it has been compressed. Tar also has the advantage that the file information is distributed across the archive, and can be resynchronized at block boundaries.

20 years, 1 month

I finally got something on topic outside Token Ring! hehe...

by kyrrin＠bluefeathertech.com

Hi, John, *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 15-Nov-04 at 19:25 John Boffemmyer IV wrote: >it is an IBM PS/2 Model 70, found it is lacking the SCSI card he thought >was in there (he had 2 and the other one went to a relative). Looking for >a compatible SCSI card with standard 50 pin header for MCA as I don't >possess the funky ribbon for the non-standard edge-connector type that IBM sold. I may have a line on the MCA SCSI adapter AND the edge-connectored cable. RE-PC may be able to help with both. Failing that, you would want an Adaptec AHA-1640. >That being said, since it is a model 70, anyone know where I could find >the config disk for it? I believe I have that one in my archives. How big a file attachment can you accept? Keep the peace(es). -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy, Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech do/t c=o=m "If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped with surreal ports?"

20 years, 1 month

Maynard Maynstream 1300 DAT / Archive Python 25588-005

by aek＠spies.com

This should be a reminder to people to watch for old copies of backup software, and the trash bits of failed companies to try to document on-tape file formats. I gave up using anything but documented tape formats for my backups exactly because I was unable to get documentation for the backup file format used by Retrospect.

20 years, 1 month

KM11 maintenance module

by bqt＠Update.UU.SE

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 "Charles H. Dickman" <chd_1(a)nktelco.net> wrote: > Is there a schematic online for the DEC PDP-11 maintenance tool KM11? > Googling, the best I found was a description by Tony Duell for a > homebrew replacement. Excellent as that is, a schematic is just so much > easier to read. See if you can find the cpu manuals for an 11/70. There are some documentation on the KM11 in those, I seem to remember. Johnny Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus || on a psychedelic trip email: bqt(a)update.uu.se || Reading murder books pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol

20 years, 1 month

I finally got something on topic outside Token Ring! hehe...

by mikeford＠socal.rr.com

At 07:25 PM 11/15/04 -0500, John Boffemmyer IV wrote: >it is an IBM PS/2 Model 70, found it is lacking the SCSI card Check out the MCA Mafia, its a whole bunch of sites that together have MCA totally nailed down. http://www.mcamafia.de/mcapage0/mcamafia.htm

20 years, 1 month

Minolta PCW-1 and PCW-2 machines

by julesrichardsonuk＠yahoo.co.uk

Just been offered a Minolta PCW-1 and PCW-2 - anyone know if they're typewriters or computers? :-) Google seems somewhat confused either way. The chap who has them calls them desktop computers, but a) I didn't know that Minolta ever made 'real' machines, and b) Google turns up a lot of hits about typewriter ribbons in relation to the PCW-2... ta J. -- I'm sorry for all the times I intentionally ducked underneath the sneeze guard at a salad bar and sneezed on everything until I couldn't sneeze any more. I have a problem.

20 years, 1 month

Maynard Maynstream 1300 DAT / Archive Python 25588-005

by gary.katz＠csun.edu

Greetings! I have an old (ca 1992) SCSI-1 Maynard Maynstream DAT drive that uses DDS1 DAT carts without software. The drive is up and running in a Pentium 200MMX machine but we no longer have the TMENU MSDOS software that was used to write files to tape back then. Of course, we now need to get some of the data off of the drives. I've followed Archive via the web from Archive to Conner to Seagate to a "final destination" at a company called Certron. Needless to say, the tech support people at Certron have no idea where to find the software. By any chance, have any classic-comp'ers used this drive under DOS? Any other ideas where I may find the software? Thanks! -gk ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary S. Katz, Ph.D. 326 Sierra Tower Assistant Professor (818) 677-2964 office Dept. of Psychology (818) 677-2827 dept California State University - Northridge (818) 677-2829 fax 18111 Nordhoff Street Northridge, CA 91330 http://www.csun.edu/~gk45683 -------------------------------------------------------------------------

20 years, 1 month

Sun Type 5 keyboard f*-up

by toresbe＠ifi.uio.no

Allright, I just fucked up severely. I tipped a scented candle over my two keyboards. One of them is a Tandberg PS/2 keyboard, hooked up to my Indy, which I without worry took downstairs and scrubbed thoroughly with a dishwashing detergent. However, the other keyboard is a Sun Microsystems Type 5. How rugged is this KB? Will it take water, and relatively hot water too? I will of course separate the keyboard layer from the logic layer if they turn out to be separate Does anyone know, or am I walking on undiscovered land? I'll report back if I try (I have two spares, thank God... This and the Tandberg are my two favorite KBs.) -- Tore S Bekkedal <toresbe(a)ifi.uio.no>

20 years, 1 month

VAX 6600 UK Wales

by a.carlini＠ntlworld.com

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1484&item=57313 27055&rd=1 This looks like a VAX 6000-610 in Wales (UK). No bids so far. There's a VAX 4000 of some sort available too. Surely worth the trip in a Luton van for someone with a bit of storage (or a decent basement)? Usual disclaimer applies: it's not me and it's noone I know (AFAIK!) Antonio -- --------------- Antonio Carlini arcarlini(a)iee.org

20 years, 1 month

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test-drb November 2004