I've an original (excellent condition) DEC KW11-P Programmable Real-time Clock manual. The cover is intact. The doc is print-sized.
Anyone interested? Make me an offer.
Regards,
Darren Peterson
Brad Parker <brad at heeltoe.com> wrote:
> When the cable is in properly (I presume), the green led is on and the
> 'in use' just keeps flashing.
It is not supposed to keep flashing, when the drive is idle with no tape
in (like after successful power-up) the green LED should be the only one
on. It should also make a beep.
> Occationally it makes little scraping
> noises like it's trying to load the tape.
> [...]
> Is this drive dead/broken perhaps?
I would say so.
MS
I just aquired a Tandy T100, really fun little machine.
one of the first steps is to exten the ram (24k more is possible)
However..
The manual I have the schematic is nth generation and not very readable.
I'm looking for a copy of the T100 (26-3801) Schematic as the text
of the manual I ahve is readable.
Allison
I have little/no experience with tk50/tk70 and I transplanted a tk70
into a mv4000 and I'm curious about 'normal operation'
When it powers up the 3 leds all come on and then the write prot goes
out, the "in use" starts flashing and the 'handle' led (green) stays on.
I notice that if the i/o connector is in backward all 3 leds will flash
and the handle led will never come on.
When the cable is in properly (I presume), the green led is on and the
'in use' just keeps flashing. Occationally it makes little scraping
noises like it's trying to load the tape.
I did try and load a tape and found it sucked the tape in but refused to
unload it. The in-use light just flashed and flashed. I found I had to
angle the tape it a bit to get the interlock to release so I could
insert the cart.
Is this drive dead/broken perhaps?
-brad
Something that might be considered is to start the "Don Maslin Bootdisk
Software Archive" since this might be a way of addressing the needs of
everyone. Perhaps Winnie also needs to understand that *many* people
have contributed to the archive and it is *very* unlikely that Don would
have wanted "his" archive to become unavailble to the community he
supported.
>
> However, that all being said I am of the opinion after carefully reading all
> the posts on this topic that I've seen... that Winnie has no intention
> whatsoever to let go of the documentation and/or software. One could imagine
> she needs to hold on to it as something tangible of Don. One could imagine
> that based on the way some things were phrased, that she is under the
> (false) impression it is worth a kings ransom in real dollars and is holding
> off disposition because she's frantically searching for an appraiser to tell
> her what she wants to hear. I'm not making judgements here, just pondering
> the technical possibilities.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Jay West
>
>
>From: "Al Kossow" <aek at spies.com>
>
> > A collector collects. A packrat accumulates.
> >
>
>Collect and accumulate are synonyms.
>
>--
>
>"Collect" in this context implies some order and method to the aquisition.
>
>Being a packrat is to gather things randomly, then to hoard what has
>been gathered.
>
Ok Al, about where do you rate yourself. I'm about 60% packrat and
40% collector.
Dwight
Just a quick note that the VCF/Midwest 1.0 date is getting pushed back
to Saturday, July 30th. It'll start with speakers at 10am, and have
exhibits open from 12pm until 5pm. As a reminder, the location is at
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
More details are up at:
http://computer-refuge.org/vcfmw
If you're interested in attending, being a speaker, or exhibiting,
please drop me an email at vcfmw at computer-refuge.org
Pat
--
Purdue University Research Computing --- http://www.rcac.purdue.edu/
The Computer Refuge --- http://computer-refuge.org
>>September and October 1985
>
>Nope that is the SB180 I have those. I'm also looking for the BCC180
>info and the BCC is not the SB.
I found a couple of references via Google that suggest that the BCC180
was covered by several articals in 1988 - unfortunately I have very
little 1988 byte - but this info may help someone else find it.
Regards,
Dave
--
dave04a (at) Dave Dunfield
dunfield (dot) Firmware development services & tools: www.dunfield.com
com Collector of vintage computing equipment:
http://www.parse.com/~ddunfield/museum/index.html
I reviewed the email thread about this yesterday, but wanted to give it a
little thought before replying.
First, I'd be happy to contact Winnie - possibly to try and give her a 3rd
person view of the situation so that she understands that Don's software &
docs - while not "valuable", is "valuable". As an option, I could pursue
trying to make arrangements to obtain it - perhaps there's some personality
issue between her and Vince (this is NOT a slam against Vince at all -
sometimes personalities just don't mesh, prior perceptions change, etc.).
However, that all being said I am of the opinion after carefully reading all
the posts on this topic that I've seen... that Winnie has no intention
whatsoever to let go of the documentation and/or software. One could imagine
she needs to hold on to it as something tangible of Don. One could imagine
that based on the way some things were phrased, that she is under the
(false) impression it is worth a kings ransom in real dollars and is holding
off disposition because she's frantically searching for an appraiser to tell
her what she wants to hear. I'm not making judgements here, just pondering
the technical possibilities.
I've seen the posts talking about having a museum get in contact with her.
Perhaps this would be a good thing, but again my own impression is that if a
museum calls, most people are likely to smell $$$.
So if Vince would like me to contact her, I'd be happy to - I'm pretty good
at that kind of discussion actually. My own opinion so far though is that
Vince is the best person to still pursue this, and getting another person(s)
directly involved with Winnie will only hurt, not help. Not to mention I
suspect she won't let it go anyway, at least until she hears from several
appraisers. Perhaps I could draft a letter (from ClassicCMP) explaining some
things she should consider, get the letter to Vince, and have him deliver
it. That way he's still in front, but perhaps some additional thoughts to
her may help Vince as "ammunition" or at the least give Winnie reason to
thing that Vince's ideas/comments aren't "just his", and a lot of people
feel the same way.
With regards to starting an S100/CPM repository... well... someone should
really look at all the Heathkit stuff I got. There's a room full of CPM
stuff, including several cases (case being about 1.5 foot by 3 foot) of 8"
floppies, cases of 5.25 hard sector floppies, and pretty much every piece of
software and newsletter ever released for the heathkit CPM boxes. I do not
have time to do that. But, I strongly suspect what I have would be a good
start on a CPM archive.
And of course, the ClassicCmp server exists not only to run the mailing
list, but to house documentation and software for vintage systems. There's
quite a few vintage software repositories on the ClassicCmp server (the
newest one is the TRS-80 archives) including the swtpc archives,
retroarchive, rainbow archives, bygone, and of course, a full mirror of the
#1 classic site - bitsavers.org. I believe there's about 70gb free on the
server archive drives (and enough money in the kitty still from donations to
add more disk if need be), so if a CPM/S100 repository is started, feel free
to host it there. The ClassicCmp server is well connected and well cared for
so it's a safe spot. Simply put, I'm offering to host a CPM/S100 archive
"Don's, or a new one", at no charge, forever.
Kind regards,
Jay West
At 10:57 PM 5/15/2005, Randy McLaughlin wrote:
>One group I am a member of are dealing with the Regents of UCSD, because of these talks UCSD is now posting on one of their sites the source code to some of the psystem. I am unsure if it is OK to post on other websites but the general consensus is that it was developed with public funds in a public school. Right now I have most of I.4 and I.5 sources and I am waiting for one member to send me printouts of version II source to scan and post. I have binaries for a variety of computers.
Which group is this? Which web site?
Ten years ago or so, I tried to talk to the Regents about
licensing or releasing the license, but got nowhere.
- John
