test-drb November 2004

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by david＠dynamicconcepts.us

On Friday 12/3 I will be heading down I-95 from NY to Va. to pick up a great find...Returning Saturday (or possibly Sunday). I will have an SUV with Trailer. If this can be of use to anyone (especially those looking to get rid of DEC equipment to a good home <grin>) drop me a post. Seriouly, anyone on list into DEC (especially PDP-8) who is near this route, drop me a note.... David david(a)dynamicconcepts.us

19 years, 4 months

BBN and SMS pictures.

by m_thompson＠ids.net

At 02:02 PM 11/19/2004 -0500, Joe R. wrote: > Here are some pictures of SOME of the stuff that I got last weekend. Besides a huge box of manuals that I've sent to Al, I found five BBN computers and I'm attempting to rescue enough of one to make a workable system for Tom Uban. Plus all the cards out of the other ones for him for spares. The BBN chassis is just too big to deal with but I got ALL the cables, the complete PSU (on the back panel!), the multibus card cage (and all the MB cards) and the switch card that lets all the CPUs talk to all the other CPUs. The BBN CPUs are odd in that they don't plug into a socket so the card cage isn't absolutely necessary. All the power and signals go through connectors on the front of the card. Warning: this is a SCRAP place and some of it isn't pretty! > ><http://www.classiccmp.org/hp/bbn/> I designed the Multibus backplane in that BBN machine about 20 years ago. Michael Thompson E-Mail: M_Thompson(a)IDS.net

19 years, 4 months

wanted ; docs for Omnibyte Corp OB68K1A multibus SBC

by list_classiccomp-tech＠greencroft.co.uk

Anyone got any info on the above board? motorola 68000 CPU, DRAM, ROM & some IO (2*6821 PIAs, 2*6850 SIOs, 1* 6840), and a bunch of switches, all on a MultiBUS I card. Also has "master/slave D16 M24 I16 VOL 1982" legended. Nothing helpfull showing up on a Google so far. (received it amongst a pile of DEC manuals & TK50s rescued a month or so ago) ta. greg

19 years, 4 months

Scortched Earth (was: Re: Sale of "free" stuff on eBay)

by woyciesjes＠sbcglobal.net

Tom Jennings wrote: >>that, a letter from a lawyer is often effective. > > > To what end, this? It's a bit scorched-earth don't you think? > Hmmm, that rings a bell. I remember playing a DOS game by that name. Up 10 players, each has a tank in a 2-D screen, and you can blow the snot out of (or from under) each other. Anybody else play that game? -- --- Dave Woyciesjes --- ICQ# 905818

19 years, 5 months

Approaches to projects

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

>From: "Ethan Dicks" <dickset(a)amanda.spole.gov> > >On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 01:26:04AM +0000, Philip Pemberton wrote: >> In message <200411250057.QAA03125(a)clulw009.amd.com> >> Aside from being a "better KIM"? ISTR it was basically a KIM with a few >> extras (oscilloscope output, a la the Poptronics Scopewriter) added. I don't >> think it used the mask-programmed RIOT chips either, unlike the KIM, which >> makes it (slightly) easier to fix if something goes wrong. > >It does not use mask-programmed RIOT chips... one of the reasons I'm happy >to have a SYM-1 - no unobtanium ingredients. > >-ethan Hi Ethan One can wire the 6532 and EPROM chip in place of the 6530. It does require a little mapping because the selects most likely won't be compatable but the rest should work. There is a fellow in France that is doing this for Pinball machines. Dwight

19 years, 5 months

AIM thermal printer

by rcini＠optonline.net

If someone needs this, they should grab it: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5142464129&ssPageName=ADM E:B:SS:US:1 Rich Rich Cini Collector of classic computers Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/ /************************************************************/

19 years, 5 months

FW: Upcoming Trip...

by dvcorbin＠optonline.net

19 years, 5 months

Burroughs Panaplex display data needed

by tomj＠wps.com

I recently acquired a virgin Burroughs Panaplex display, and can't find data for it. It's a 24-line, 40-column display, tube only. Character matrixes are 5w x 9h (!) so it'll do decenders. The only markings are a simple "N-0008" on one edge. It's got double staggered rows of pins on all four sides. The whole thing is about 8" x 10". I know how (on paper) to drive panaplex displays (it's nasty) and would love to work up a nice display with this thing if I can find pinout data. Any ideas?

19 years, 5 months

Visual 1050 - can anybody send me a photo?

by Shed＠shedward.com

Hi, Did you ever find your photo? Shedward

19 years, 5 months

Rescue a 6000! ... & other DEC

by trash3＠splab.cas.neu.edu

Sorry, John, I would have helped, but we leave for vacation this Friday for 16 days. Earlier or later would have been good, but thats the way it is... Joe Heck

19 years, 5 months

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test-drb November 2004