Even if you don't note down the order, it's fairly easy to determine by
trial and erorr if yoyu have the right key -- try each pin in the first
hole until you find one that's level with the top of the plug (inner
cylinder), repeat for all the other holes.
-tony
Not so easy with the Medeco locks used on RS/6000- they need both the
height of the cut and the angle of the cut to match the key. Not sure
how many keys IBM used, but there are definitely more than 1.
standard key ^-^^__^>, from the top | || | | Medico from the top
/ | \ \ /
Scott Quinn
>From: "Jeff Davis" <jdaviscl2 at soupwizard.com>
>
>To pre-answer one question: no, I didn't get any operator keys for the boxes.
> Are they difficult / expensive to find? If so, I'll go back on thursday and
>dig thru the storage bins I found the machines in and look for a key...
>
>Jeff
>
Hi
Take the lock to a locksmith. You might be surprised.
I've not seen the one used on your unit but the local
fellow here does them for $15 first key.
Dwight
Hi folks,
I have made some photos of my Ampex drive and the Emulex SC02/c.
They can be found here:
http://pdp8.hachti.de/gallery/pdp11/
I urgently need help. Nothing works well at the moment. And I don't get
the hardware format routine of the controller to work.
Who has experience? Who has documentation? Original Emulex software? If
I don't find anything I will have to scrap disk and controller - because
I am very tight in space and won't store big and heavy things if they
are not working...
Best regards,
Philipp :-)
I went back to Melbourne today and looked through two pallets that have
been packed up for a LONG time. On one of them I found a couple of MJ11-BY
chassis. Both chassis were crammed full of core memory!! The core is a set
of three cards cabled together; a G236, a G116 and a H224C. I've searched
the net for information about these and one site says that it's for the
PDP-8!! (I WISH!) But I don't think so. None of the cards are listed in
Megans DEC Field Guide. Can someone tell me what I have here?
Joe
Hi folks,
I've got a pair of Laserjet IIIs here I'm parting out - anyone want any
bits? Not sure what works and what doesn't yet - I'm fairly sure that the
laser assembly, fiber cable and most of the mechanics are in working order,
but I need to power up and test them.
Basically, tell me what part you want - bonus points if you can tell me
whereabouts in the machine it fits (or which page of the Service Manual it's
covered in). Yours for cost of postage, plus a few quid to cover my time.
Whatever doesn't sell gets put on ebay, and whatever doesn't sell gets thrown
in a skip with the next batch of electrical crap I dispose of.
It's probably worth pointing out that the formatter board (and most of the
other bits) will IIRC also work in a Laserjet II and most other Canon
SX-engine printers. The advantage being that the LJ3 formatter will enable
RET (resolution enhancement) on an LJ2. There's a big list of SX-engine
machines on fixyourownprinter.com - can't remember the exact URL off hand
though.
Later.
--
Phil. | Acorn Risc PC600 Mk3, SA202, 64MB, 6GB,
philpem at philpem.me.uk | ViewFinder, 10BaseT Ethernet, 2-slice,
http://www.philpem.me.uk/ | 48xCD, ARCINv6c IDE, SCSI
>My take is that the seller knows full well what it is, and is hoping
>people will think it is an Apple 1 (and judging by the questions at
>the bottom, they do). People will then drive up the price to some
>outrageous level. When they get it and realize it's just a //e that
>someone threw in a wooden case (or maybe not even anything in the
>Apple line), they'll get mad, but there's nothing they can do because
>he described it accurately .....
I was just writing up the exact same comment. You just type faster then
me.
If the guy is selling computers on ebay, he knows enough to do some
googling on the items. An Apple 1 would be pretty obvious if he spent
just a few minutes looking for info about the stuff in the box.
Also, he mentions he looked in the box, but then didn't post pictures. He
plays it up as "I just don't know what this is", and still doesn't post
internal pictures.
About the only reason I see for that is he knows it isn't an Apple 1, and
like you said, is hoping people will bid it way up thinking they are
getting a steal. Which depending on what is in that box, has already
happened. $300 for an Apple IIe, even with drives and monitor is pretty
high.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
If you read his answers, he's being very evasive as well.
All it would take is to open the thing up and see if the mobo says "Apple Computer" on it. Unless the case is completely glued together, this is a 4-minute task.
He's deliberately sidestepping the issue, probably because, as you suspect, he knows it's really nothing special. If he would verify that it's an Apple I, then there's no way he'd sell it as cheap as it's going.
However, if it's just a ][e, monitor, and some homebrew breadboard thing, then his evasiveness is driving the price right up to "stupid".
paul
ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS:
>I have not have to time to look at ebay recently. I just did and
>saw this:
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=80286&item=5213140640
>&rd=1
>
>Somebody has put an Apple 1 up, it has been there for five days and
>nobody has mentioned it here???
There's no guarantee it's an Apple 1. The seller says only he can see
"wires and cards" inside. Perhaps it is an Apple ][ in a wooden case?
Nobody knows, and without pictures, nobody will know.
My take is that the seller knows full well what it is, and is hoping
people will think it is an Apple 1 (and judging by the questions at
the bottom, they do). People will then drive up the price to some
outrageous level. When they get it and realize it's just a //e that
someone threw in a wooden case (or maybe not even anything in the
Apple line), they'll get mad, but there's nothing they can do because
he described it accurately .....
Cynical, yes, but most likely true :-)
Rich B.
