test-drb September 2004

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by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Sep 21 2004, 12:58, McFadden, Mike wrote: > Offering a bribe; I'll throw in some of my wife's homemade chocolate > chip cookies for the right deal. She will be glad to make them if the > tiles disappear. LOL! My wife would be very glad to see the some of the stuff *on* the tiles disappear! -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

21 years, 2 months

Mine's smaller than yours (Re: rewriting legacy OS for new iron)

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Sep 16 2004, 17:40, Greg Ewing wrote: > Ron Hudson <ron.hudson(a)sbcglobal.net>: > > > I wish I had some DEC hardware, what's the physically smallest PDP11 > > one could find? > > I have an SBC-11 system consisting of a power supply and > 4-slot backplane that's about the size of a couple of > lunch boxes. > > Can anyone beat that? I can't (smallest 11 I have is an 11/03 with MXV11 and a Baydel floppy controller in an H9273 with an ex-PC PSU), but I once wanted to put together a system to control some other device that had serial ports, and the easiest way seemed to be to use an 11/03 or 11/23 processor and an MXV11. I got as far as setting aside a dual-height processor, an MXV11, and a PSU, and obtaining a set of DEC connectors to build a 2x2 backplane, but it never got assembled. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

21 years, 2 months

computer flooring (fwd)

by vcf＠siconic.com

Is anyone interested in computer flooring? See below. I don't believe I know this guy...or it might be the same guy I was dealing with a couple years ago when I was actively searching for this stuff. Reply-to: Bill Hepburn <bburn(a)iquest.net> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:15:44 -0700 From: Bill Hepburn <bburn(a)iquest.net> To: vcf(a)vintage.org Subject: computer flooring We liquidate industry and just ran across about 4000 panels of computer flooring. They are 2'x2' and we are asking $4.00 each. mail me back if you still have an interest -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]

21 years, 2 months

ITEMS LIST............ (fwd)

by vcf＠siconic.com

I did a BCC of the message below to the list but it didn't go through for some reason. I wonder why not? Anyway, this is the last message I sent to my "customer". I'm anxiously awaiting his reply. I can't wait to get behind the wheels of that Lamborghini with my personal escort after a refreshing milk bath. -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 09:01:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf(a)siconic.com> To: mark green <greensupplier(a)yahoo.com> Subject: Re: ITEMS LIST............ On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, mark green wrote: > hello > thank you for the reply i we like to ship in 3 day plaese caculate > the shipping cost to this address > 40 bello street papa ajao mushin lagos nigeria 23401 If you choose my Personal Delivery Option then I would be there in about 3 days. It will take me 1-2 days to prepare and then 1 day for travel, so I would be there on Friday or Saturday. Checking around, the best price on airfare seems to be $1,782 for a roundtrip. I'll require two nights in the hotel, so I imagine $200 per night should cover that. For food I imagine I can get by on $100. After much research, I can get a Lamborghini for $463 for the day (I had to really haggle on this one) but it will require a $1000 deposit for the short rental. A good personal escort will be another $1000 for the time I will be there (she must be clean, bathed, and shaven, and her paperwork certifying she is 100% disease-free must be notarized). Throw in another $100 for the French wine and probably $50 for the milk bath. So that comes out to something like $3,695. Please send a valid, non-fraudulent cashier's check for US$12,457.48 (product + shipping) to me and I'll be there by Saturday with your brand new Sony laptops plus your Commodore Business Machines 1526 Printer (quantity 5) and your Okidata Okimate 21 printer (also quantity 5). I look very forward to accumulating this transaction in the swiftest feasible timeslot capable to man. Thank you for your business!!! Osama P.S. I just want to give a shout-out to my homies on CCTALK! VCF is in the house, boyeeee!!! > > Vintage Computer Festival <vcf(a)siconic.com> wrote: > On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, mark green wrote: > > > thank you for therespond plaese i want you to caculate the total > > cost of the first order and 5 sony laptop plaese speed up the caculation > > so that i can make the payment and your reply is late plaese i need a > > qiuck reply > > Ok, the total without shipping is $8,762.48. I took the liberty of > configuring the laptops with the maximum 64K of memory and BASIC language > installed via the Bubble Memory module carrier, since you did not specify > what you wanted exactly. I also installed two 5.25" 140K floppy disks (I > didn't have any 8" disk drives available). > > How quickly would you like them shipped? Your options are: > > 1) Personal same-day delivery - I will deliver them to your door but you > must pay for the airfare, a hotel room, rental car (I require no less than > a high speed Italian car), personal escort that is certified disease free, > and three meals a day plus dessert and a bottle of French wine with my > milk bath at the end of each day. > > 2) Surface mail - 6-8 weeks > > 3) Camel courier (my cousin in Saudi Arabia runs this service) which will > take about 2-3 weeks once the products arrive in an undisclosed location > in an unidentified gulf state. > > Please advise immediately as payment will be required soon. > > -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]

21 years, 2 months

Super DEC find today

by edward＠groenenberg.net

Well, today was a truly super find day. We (Henk Gooijen and I) collected 2 pallets full of test equipment from HP at an older warehouse (was used by DEC). What we got : 2x Unibus margin testers 2x Unibus exercisers 3x RK06/07 drive testers 2x RM02/3/5 drive testers 1x PRS01 papertape reader 2x portable RX02 drives (basically 1 RX02 drive + psu in suitcase) 1x portable RX01 drive 2x potrable RX50 drives 2x RL02 reference packs (these have a blue top and are marked RL02-RF) 1x set of RL01's containing a full XXDP+ diagnostic kit 1x RL02 containing XXDP+ 1x RA60 containing 8xxx/9xxx complete diagnostic kit 1x RL02 containing 11/750 diagnostics 2x RA60 data packs 2x RK07 alignment packs 2x RK06 alignment packs 1x RK07 XXDP+ pack 1x RM02/3 Alignment pack 1x RM02/3 XXDP+ pack 1x Kennedy 9900 tapedrive exerciser 1x Wilson tester (for various SMD/CMD drives, incl CDC's) 1x RP06 drive tester 1x RP05/06 alignment toolset 1x RT02 terminal 1x HSC50/70 software kit 3x RK06/07 alignment toolset 200+ floppies containing XXDP+ (DX/DY) 70+ floppies containing XXDP+ (RX50) 10+ tapes containing XXDP+ 3x head inspector kits. Pics to be seen at www.groenenberg.net/gallery/view_album.php Ed -- edward(a)groenenberg.net | Collector of PDP-11's. http://www.groenenberg.net | Politici zijn vieze oplichters. Unix Lives! M$ Windows is crap. '97 TL1000S

21 years, 2 months

Salvaging HP LaserJet Series II

by cb＠mythtech.net

>My HP series II makes a "groaning" sound as the paper exits into the >paper tray. No other symptoms, just the "Groan". Is that something to >fix now or something that is normal? IIRC, that is the exit rollers. Like most rubber rollers, they harden over time, causing them to start groaning as paper passes thru. I don't think it is something you have to fix ASAP. If you ignore it, eventually paper will stop exiting and jam. I repaired mine with a kit from fixyourownprinter.com (I also did the pickup rollers at the same time). Mine was for an Apple LaserWriter IINT, but its the same engine. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

21 years, 2 months

ITEMS LIST............ (fwd)

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

ROFL! What's next, VCF Nigeria? Joe PS You forgot to add the armed guard(s) to your list of expenses. At 11:36 AM 9/21/04 -0700, you wrote: > >I did a BCC of the message below to the list but it didn't go through for >some reason. I wonder why not? > >Anyway, this is the last message I sent to my "customer". I'm anxiously >awaiting his reply. I can't wait to get behind the wheels of that >Lamborghini with my personal escort after a refreshing milk bath. > >-- > >Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- >International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org > >[ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] >[ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ] > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 09:01:37 -0700 (PDT) >From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf(a)siconic.com> >To: mark green <greensupplier(a)yahoo.com> >Subject: Re: ITEMS LIST............ > >On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, mark green wrote: > >> hello >> thank you for the reply i we like to ship in 3 day plaese caculate >> the shipping cost to this address >> 40 bello street papa ajao mushin lagos nigeria 23401 > >If you choose my Personal Delivery Option then I would be there in about 3 >days. It will take me 1-2 days to prepare and then 1 day for travel, so I >would be there on Friday or Saturday. > >Checking around, the best price on airfare seems to be $1,782 for a >roundtrip. I'll require two nights in the hotel, so I imagine $200 per >night should cover that. For food I imagine I can get by on $100. After >much research, I can get a Lamborghini for $463 for the day (I had to >really haggle on this one) but it will require a $1000 deposit for the >short rental. A good personal escort will be another $1000 for the time I >will be there (she must be clean, bathed, and shaven, and her paperwork >certifying she is 100% disease-free must be notarized). Throw in another >$100 for the French wine and probably $50 for the milk bath. So that >comes out to something like $3,695. > >Please send a valid, non-fraudulent cashier's check for US$12,457.48 >(product + shipping) to me and I'll be there by Saturday with your brand >new Sony laptops plus your Commodore Business Machines 1526 Printer >(quantity 5) and your Okidata Okimate 21 printer (also quantity 5). > >I look very forward to accumulating this transaction in the swiftest >feasible timeslot capable to man. > >Thank you for your business!!! > >Osama > >P.S. I just want to give a shout-out to my homies on CCTALK! VCF is in >the house, boyeeee!!! > >> >> Vintage Computer Festival <vcf(a)siconic.com> wrote: >> On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, mark green wrote: >> >> > thank you for therespond plaese i want you to caculate the total >> > cost of the first order and 5 sony laptop plaese speed up the caculation >> > so that i can make the payment and your reply is late plaese i need a >> > qiuck reply >> >> Ok, the total without shipping is $8,762.48. I took the liberty of >> configuring the laptops with the maximum 64K of memory and BASIC language >> installed via the Bubble Memory module carrier, since you did not specify >> what you wanted exactly. I also installed two 5.25" 140K floppy disks (I >> didn't have any 8" disk drives available). >> >> How quickly would you like them shipped? Your options are: >> >> 1) Personal same-day delivery - I will deliver them to your door but you >> must pay for the airfare, a hotel room, rental car (I require no less than >> a high speed Italian car), personal escort that is certified disease free, >> and three meals a day plus dessert and a bottle of French wine with my >> milk bath at the end of each day. >> >> 2) Surface mail - 6-8 weeks >> >> 3) Camel courier (my cousin in Saudi Arabia runs this service) which will >> take about 2-3 weeks once the products arrive in an undisclosed location >> in an unidentified gulf state. >> >> Please advise immediately as payment will be required soon. >> >> > >-- > >Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- >International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org > >[ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] >[ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ] > > > >

21 years, 2 months

HP5036A schematics

by oconnor＠wctc.net

Patrick, I saw your posting of 9 Jan 04 regarding the HP 5036A Service Manual. I am trying to obtain a copy. Do you still have the information? Thank you, Chuck O'Connor chuck(a)tcr-inc.com

21 years, 2 months

ASR-33 repair parts

by CPUMECH＠aol.com

For $25 you can buy a new typewheel for a 33TTY. Call Dataterm Inc. 781-938-1010 in Woburn, MA.

21 years, 2 months

Guess what the hurricane(s) left behind!

by ddl-cctech＠danlan.com

Hmm. I have a variety of iRMX86 distribution disks including, IIRC, Pascal and Fortran (and maybe PL/M) compilers. I also have Xenix distribution disks for the 286 flavor of Intel multibus box. There should be real manuals for everything as well. These will all be coming out of the crawlspace shortly... Dan Lanciani ddl(a)danlan.*com

21 years, 2 months

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