test-drb February 2004

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Yay - new DEC arrival (not *strictly* on topic. Or is it?)

by witchy＠binarydinosaurs.co.uk

Hi folks, Courtesy of a UK university I'm now home to a nice wee Alpha 3000-300LX, which is important to me as it was the machine I taught myself enough to install/maintain/upgrade/troubleshoot DEC OSF/1 and bluff customers back in 1995. Bits of the machine fit the 10 year rule since the chips and cables have 1994 date codes :) In fact wasn't the 300LX released in '94? I can't remember and my Systems and Options catalogues are down in the garage. And it's *cold*! I've a feeling that running Apache on Alpha VMS might be a bit slow, which is a shame, but the machine came will a full set of Tru64 4.0F media so that's my first port of call for running the Binary Dinosaurs website on one of its inhabitants :) Cheers, -- Adrian/Witchy Owner & Webmaster, Binary Dinosaurs www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - possibly the UK's biggest online computer museum www.snakebiteandblack.co.uk - ex-monthly gothic shenanigans :o(

20 years, 11 months

Chips

by pgor＠thestar.co.za

I am looking for the MC 679 P chips. If you still have them I would like to get my hands on them. Thanking you Patrick Gorman ***************************************************************************** "Private, Confidential & Privileged" This e-mail, and any files and attachments transmitted with it, is confidential and/or privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the intended recipient. Any views and opinions expressed are those of the individual author/sender and are not necessarily shared or endorsed by Independent News & Media SA (Pty) Ltd, Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd or any associated or related company. The content of this e-mail, and any file or attachment transmitted with it, may have been changed or altered without the consent of the author. If you are not the intended recipient, please note that any review, dissemination, disclosure, alteration, printing, circulation or transmission of this e-mail, and/or any file or attachment transmitted with it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail or any file attachment transmitted with it, in error, please notify Independent News & Media SA (Pty) Ltd, Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd or any associated or related company, by e-mailing admin(a)independent.co.za *****************************************************************************

20 years, 11 months

huge 2 bay 19" rack with 2x 6000btu a/c built in

by brad＠heeltoe.com

I, um, well, ended up with a vax 11/730 from a military site. I'm removing all the boxes from the racks and what's left is a *very* robust cabinet on wheels containing two 19" racks and two 6000 btu a/c units on the back. There are plexi doors on the front and the whole thing seals up very tight. Quite the thing if you have sensative equipment you want to rack mount and keep cool in a harsh environment. The A/C units are 115VAC. I don't know if they actually work but they sure look like they do. The units are a little dirty but in fine shape mechanically. And they have a nifty "d-i-g-i-t-a-l" logo on the front in blue and red. The whole thing is wired up with nice DEC power modules and power switches on the front. If anyone on the east coast would like these units, please call/email me. I may try to sell them on ebay (hah) but I thought I'd mention it here. Most likely I'll have to pay someone to haul them away :-) I suspect they weight a few hundred pounds empty but have large wheels so they can roll easily. I can provide a picture in a few days once I'm done de-racking. (and, woo - hoo - I now have an RL02! :-) -brad

20 years, 11 months

Computer Collectors List - update

by brianmahoney＠look.ca

For several years I have maintained a list of computer collectors on my home page and for the last year I have had a specific site at another url. The list has over 40 names on it. Besides listing the collectors and their contact information (well, most of them anyway) there is an email address for the list itself and I send out emails to list whenever I get a query about donations or sales. Ok, so far so good. The problem is that I don't have email addresses for everyone on the list. Also, there may be members of this group who would like to be on the list. Therefore : 1. Anyone who wants to be on the list, please send me an email at : antiquecomputers(a)hotmail.com Make sure you have a good email addy in your response. Thanks! 2. Anyone on the list who has not provided me with an email by March 1st will be deleted from the list until an emaill address is provided. Please don't respond to this post, unless it is to comment on the lists, respond to : antiquecomputers(a)hotmail.com Lastly, I assume that nearly everyone here has some sort of site on the web. Mine has been up since 1995, relocated in 1997, and has spawned hundreds of emails from all over the world. The list of collectors provides me with a place to turn when I get leads about computers in Europe and the States. Since I don't buy computers any more, only taking donations, any offers of computers for sale or from locations outside of metro Toronto that are sent to my home page email adress, are sent to the members of the list. ALL requests to the antiquecomputers(a)hotmail.com email address are re-sent to members of the list. Hope this makes sense ! Brian Mahoney

20 years, 11 months

FW: Query on Data I/O model 19

by kyrrin＠bluefeathertech.com

Could someone who owns a Data I/O System 19 device programmer please see if you can answer this gent's question? Being that my education on DIO stuff started with the 29B, and continued to the Unisite, I'm not going to be of much help. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= From: jack.rubin(a)ameritech.net Simple question - I have a Data I/O System 19 and I'm curious about decoding the config code I get when I run the config check - output is 41A4. You seem to have lots of Data I/O info - can you help? Thanks. Jack -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Please direct replies to Jack. Thanks much. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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, 11 months

Fluke 8100A manual

by sastevens＠earthlink.net

At 09:21 PM 2/9/2004 -0600, you wrote: >Anybody have one they would be willing to copy for this nixie multimeter? > >Thanks, >David Gesswein >http://www.pdp8.net/ -- Run an old computer with blinkenlights. I don't have a Fluke 8100 anymore, but at one point I did. Just a warning >from my experience with it: Be very careful working inside that meter. Fluke was fairly casual about the routing of the high voltage traces. Well, probably not in terms of performance - it's a great meter - but certainly in terms of safety and reliability. I had several of those meters and at one point a solder splash hit just the wrong spot on the circuit when the meter was open, and the next time it was powered up it pumped the high Nixie voltage into the low voltage circuit. It let out a lot of smoke. The high voltage lines (at least one of them) are routed right through the board unprotected and uninsulated. Scott

20 years, 11 months

vintage vacuum tube electronic test equipment

by d_cymbal＠hotmail.com

If anyone is interested in the following, it is free for pickup (in the neighborhood of Salem, NH I believe). Please contact Marty at: mpdts20004(a)yahoo.com ===== > Hickok mdl 539B tube tester W/crt adapter > Dumont mdl 304-A o'scope > HP mdl 623B frequency/time counter > EICO mdl 304 signal generator (I built from a kit while attending Mass Radio School in 1961) > > Note: I haven't used any of this equipment since the 70's.

20 years, 11 months

Altair 8800B sells for $2651

by jcwren＠jcwren.com

That Altair that was on eBay < http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2784770538 > sold for $2651. Sheesh. I have no real idea of their value, but my gut feeling was it was going to go between $1400 and $1700. $2651 surprised me. --jc

20 years, 11 months

DECUS (Was Got a DEC 2000 Alpha server, need help)

by mmcfadden＠cmh.edu

David V. Corbin" <dvcorbin(a)optonline.net> wrote >It is interesting how times change. When I was heavily involved in DECUS >['77-'91] it was a resource who's worth was almost beyond calculation. Now I >hear these types of discussions. > >On a related front, makes me wonder why I keep up my IEEE >membership.......... > > >David. I just dropped my IEEE membership after 30 years. Mike

20 years, 11 months

Anyone ever seen a Greyhound Computer?

by TRASIOL＠cs.com

I believe you will find that GREYHOUND was nothing more than a leasing organization and dealt primarily (if not exclusively) with IBM Main Frames. When I was Director, Central DP Division for the State of Delaware (1973), I leased systems from Greyhound at greatly reduced rates (saving the taxpayers' money). Art Hill

20 years, 11 months

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