test-drb March 2006

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by compoobah＠valleyimplants.com

> Well hey, whaddya know. I have a VAX with a DSSI interface :-). I > was wondering if the picture was showing the DSSI style sled on it. > My DSSI slots are full, but I gather the TKZ70 tape drive isn't very > useful... maybe I could put another drive in that bay? If you have one of the VAX 4000 BA4xx series machines, it's very easy - just slide out the tape drive and slide in the disk drive. Fully documented in the BA400 docs on either Manx or bitsavers, can't remember which. DEC used to sell a spacer plate to take up the extra 3/4", but you should be able to get by without it. Smaller MicroVAXen are different, haven't seen one personally so I can't comment. Does anyone know what the DEC number is for the DSSI-configured drive sled for BA4x0 (as used on ISEs? Trying to find one, but I can't give a specific model # which makes it difficult) Question 2: has anyone tried Moeller's ROM patch for KA41-43 to support >1.03 GB system drives? Looks good, but as I'd have to bribe someone with access to an EPROM burner to do it for me I want to check it out first please respond on-list, my E-mail seems to have started diverting incoming messages direct to the bit-bucket.

18 years, 4 months

power up a 10 year dormant MicroVax II

by chrism3667＠yahoo.com

hmmm caps failing. Another lister powered on a puter hes going to send me. After a few hours one cap was had cooked itself to perfection...mmmmmm love that smell. Maybe then I should run the p/s under load for a few hours at least. I like my caps well toasted but not my chips! --- cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org <mouse at Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA> wrote: > > of course Id take some time to poke around inside, blow out the dust, > > etc., but I was cautioned against even powering it up without > > enlisting -local help- since its been sitting for so long. Should I > > take such warnings seriously? > > In general, yes. In the case of a uV2? I don't think so, though I'm > sure there are better people to speak definitively about it. I've seen > it said that the uV2 is recent enough that there is little-to-no chance > that the electrolytics have failed sitting. > > My experience bears this out - I've done a few uV2 turn-ons after long > years idle, with no failures - but the sample size is too small to lend > any statistical validity to that. > > der Mouse __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

18 years, 4 months

Speaking of H8's

by rborsuk＠colourfull.com

Check this one out: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8781109579 Rob

18 years, 4 months

I guess I should have asked this before asking for a 5.25" floppy drive

by wbblair3＠yahoo.com

Can Apple II disks be copied using a PC 5.25" drive and/or can downloaded images of Apple II system disks be written to a PC drive? I'd suspect that because of the unusual format of the Apple II floppies that special formatting/copying software would be required to do this. Does this software exist? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

18 years, 4 months

power up a 10 year dormant MicroVax II

by chrism3667＠yahoo.com

of course Id take some time to poke around inside, blow out the dust, etc., but I was cautioned against even powering it up without enlisting -local help- since its been sitting for so long. Should I take such warnings seriously? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

18 years, 4 months

Do you want to be on TV?

by classiccmp＠vintage-computer.com

I just got the following in my mailbox: ----- I am with a documentary television company that is looking for amateurs who are able to distinguish junk from treasure, and that includes architectural and computer salvaging, dumpster divers, etc. for a pilot series for the History Channel. The show is sort of Antique Roadshow with a little bit more testosterone SO ONLY MALES 18-45. We are definitely looking for people who can share their know-how in locating discarded items "that have lost their shine and sparkle, but not their value ? or their history." In particular, we are looking for people who do this as a hobby and have a great passion for it. Our show is about the search for such items, the history of the item and the appraisal of the item's value. We would be doing an hour-long show featuring three collectors and would follow each collector on their journey for their hidden ?treasure." If you would be interested in speaking with me regarding this show, could you please contact me at the number or e-mail listed below. Thank you! -- Best Regards, Barbara Hughes Film Garden Entertainment, Inc. Phone 818-301-4551 Fax 818-301-4684 Email: bhughesNOSPAM .at. NOSPAMfilmgarden.net ------ I've previously chatted with Barbara's boss about the show and it sounds like they are getting closer to production. If you can help, please get in touch with these folks ASAP! Thanks and best of luck! Erik Klein www.vintage-computer.com www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum The Vintage Computer Forum ________________________________________________ Message sent using UebiMiau 2.7.9

18 years, 4 months

NEC APC boot disks CP/M-86 and DOS

by rich_bramante＠yahoo.com

Anybody out there willing to snail mail me a couple of 8" boot disks for the original APC? I've got 2 of these sitting around with no software, wanted to test them out. If so please contact me off-list. Thanks. rich __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

18 years, 4 months

MicroVAX 3400 on eBay UK

by javickers＠solutionengineers.com

I'd love it myself, but Herself would definitely kill me; plus I can't really get to Bradford to pick it up :( http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8778026608 Ends on 16 March Cheers, Ade. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1/279 - Release Date: 10/03/2006

18 years, 4 months

New Big Iron Acquisition - IBM Tabulating Equipment

by aek＠bitsavers.org

>> The Museum of Business History and Technology in Wilmington, DE is >> proud to announce the arrival of its latest little bundles of joy, an >> IBM 405 Accounting Machine and an IBM 513 Reproducing Punch. > >I am not familiar with this museum - what can you tell us about it? Their web presence is pretty underwhelming http://www.mbht.org/

18 years, 4 months

TENEX on emulator (simh?)

by waisun.chia＠gmail.com

Hello, I''ve heard a bit on TENEX, and I'd like to explore it further, and so I was wondering as to whether TENEX is available on any emulators (simh)? Does it run on any pdp11 class systems? Unibus or Qbus? (I have a 11/44 and a 11/83)

18 years, 4 months

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test-drb March 2006