test-drb April 2006

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by ssj152＠charter.net

Well, the Univac III is back: UNIVAC III Computer (In Storage since 1975), eBay auction Item # 2733726990. This time the starting price is $7,500 and the buy-it-now is $11,000. The URL is: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2733726990&category=1247 OK, somebody, jump right on it! :-) (Not me, I'm into LITTLE computers like PDP-11's and VAXen, with an occasional side dish of 6502 or 8085) Stuart Johnson

17 years, 7 months

Gould Biomation K-105D Logic Analyzer Available

by sloboyko＠yahoo.com

Certainly, there are a lot of logic analyzsers (or analysers, if you are English) floating around. I was told by a guy who specializes in "refurbished" (i.e. dusted off) test equipment that this is because a lot of it is gov't surplus where they just grab the unit. He also mentioned that a lot of university surplus has partially blown pods because of carelessness - due to the nature of what they do, not much protection on the inputs. I have a Tek 1230 which I was lucky enough to get some pods with. I had another one w/o pods and GOOD LUCK on getting schematics, etc on this stuff - it's a "black art" proprietary sort of thing. ===== -Steve Loboyko Incredible wisdom actually found in a commerical fortune cookie: "When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day." Website: http://juliepalooza.8m.com/sl __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/

18 years, 1 month

Exxon series 500?

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

Anybody know what this is? I found three boxs of new 5 1/4" disks for one today. I picked them up becuase they're 96TPI DS DD (aka DS QD) and I can use them in my SB-180 puters and Nicolet DSO. I'm just wondeering about the computer that they're supposed to go with. Joe

18 years, 6 months

Dayton Hamvention

by marvin＠rain.org

I just got a package from Hamvention with my spaces ... I'll be in 3127 and 3128. My plans are still to arrive on Thursday night and show up early on Friday morning to set up and check out the other flea market sellers. I'm currently in the process of seeing what other ARDF/transmitter hunting people might be available for dinner, but no reason it can't include classic computers! So if anyone is available, let me know. It should be a lot of fun!

18 years, 7 months

Free PDP Memory/BA11/Modem Manuals

by Norman.Beamer＠ropesgray.com

Please tell me how many bytes this memory had: Mostek Memory Systems MK8015 PDP-11 Add-In Memory

18 years, 7 months

anyone have a terminal server?

by adamg＠pobox.com

A somewhat belated reply to this thread, as I read the list irregularly... DECserver series: Some models are LAT only (such as 100, 200, 90), some also talk TCP/IP. Note there is also a TCP capable version of the 90 called the 90TL. I believe there's an open source LAT daemon now. The 90 is a compact 8 port module that plugs into the DEChub-90 or DEChub-1. Some of these will need a MOP server to boot. Any of these should be OK to attach terminals to. IIRC, I wasn't able to associate DECserver-100 ports with services for attaching it to a console port ("reverse LAT"), only some models support that. DS550 is a big box with a PDP inside, 90 and 900 are little, 100/200/300 are in between. Lantronix: ETS series terminal servers are compact boxes with varying numbers of ports, with a DECserver-like interface. They can be used as terminal servers as well as console servers. EPS series devices are intended as print servers -- IIRC you can use as console servers, but not as terminal servers, because the commands for outgoing connections are gone. There's also the LRS series, which were intended as small RAS boxes, but will also be OK as console or terminal servers -- but the LRS2 hardware seems to have problems. The LRS1 is OK. They also have a few other product lines such as MPS. Many of their products talk both TCP and LAT, some of them are TCP-only unless you purchase a LAT license. Some of them can be used as TCP/LAT gateways. Shiva LanRover: Intended as a RAS, can also be used as a console server. 1U rackmount box with up to 8 ports. Probably not useful as a terminal server, unless you have a machine that can talk the Shiva Hose protocol and take over the ports. (It's been a while but I don't believe it wanted to give a login prompt to an attached device that doesn't act like a modem.) They also made an OEM version for IBM. TCP. Xylogics Annex: A few different products, usable as console or terminal servers. Annex 3 squeezes dozens of ports onto one box, with Centronics connectors. Livingston Portmaster: This series was popular with ISPs as a RAS, can also be used as a terminal or console server IIRC. TCP. Bridge Communications CS/100, 3Com CS/2100: Not sure what exactly these will do, but without the boot floppy or TFTP image, they won't do much useful! The software was available in several versions including one that only talked OSI. A dozen or so ports. Xyplex, Emulex, others: Various DECserver workalikes. LAN Access LANAserver: Dunno much about this except it was available with 4 and maybe 8 ports, it's 1U and it has an LCD on the front. Company was sold to Digi in '95, they sold the product to NNTI, NNTI went out of business. I think Digi might have also had their own product. Cyclades: They make some sort of nifty little box with L*n*x inside, I think it's intended as a console server. Cisco: They made a box with a bunch of serial ports, I think it was intended as a RAS but could be used as a console server and maybe a terminal server. Hmm, I know I'm forgetting something here... -- Adam

18 years, 7 months

Wang Video Controller Diagnostics Utility Disk

by marvin＠rain.org

Among things I am finding is the following: PC 200/300 MEGA/MDA Video Controoler Diag. Utility Disk Rev. 2850 704-5133 (C) 1988, Wang Labs., Inc. The files on the disk are: . <DIR> 07-18-05 3:16p . .. <DIR> 07-18-05 3:16p .. DIAGUTIL EXE 35,688 05-04-88 12:37a DIAGUTIL.EXE DIAGUTIL MSG 3,197 05-04-88 12:03a DIAGUTIL.MSG EGAVIDEO EXE 13,262 05-06-88 3:51p EGAVIDEO.EXE EGAVIDEO WDM 14,977 05-06-88 3:41p EGAVIDEO.WDM EXECDIAG EXE 753 05-04-88 12:39a EXECDIAG.EXE HIRES COM 2,944 07-01-87 3:27p HIRES.COM IBMBIO COM 22,486 05-04-88 12:39a IBMBIO.COM IBMDOS COM 30,128 07-24-87 12:00a IBMDOS.COM WEGA EXE 25,728 01-22-87 11:42a WEGA.EXE 9 file(s) 149,163 bytes 2 dir(s) 21,699.92 MB free If anyone needs a copy of the disk contents, let me know and I'll email a copy of the contents in zip format (runs about 76K.)

18 years, 7 months

Prime computer

by williams.dan＠gmail.com

I won the prime computer, I paid more then I really wanted, but there you go. I was expecting it to go out of my reach though. I will pick it up sometime this week. Watch this space for info... Dan

18 years, 7 months

Lets play name that game; Who has a better memory than me?

by jplist＠kiwigeek.com

Answer: Darned near everyone. I'm trying to locate a game I used to play on my cousin's computer back in the early 90s. The game is most likely older than this, but I can't say how much. (The only other games on this machine was Test Drive (#1) and some horrendous ASCII golf game) The game was a top-down dungeon style game (As in the location, rather than D&D or Zork association). The game used ASCII characters to build out the 'map' that you walked through using the arrow guys to guide your character, if memory serves an *, running into monsters and treasure and the like. I -think- the dungeon view only took up a portion of the screen, perhaps the right-half only, and your view was fairly limited to a "if you were in the dungeon this would be the extent of your eye line" sort of thing. Pretty nifty. Does this sound famaliar to anyone? A name would be great, a link would be disco, and source code would be fascinating. Thanks all for your hive-mind; JP

18 years, 7 months

American Automation emulators?

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

Oh, what the hell! I sent outside and dug the rest of the stuff out of the car. Here's what I have: 6800/02/08, 65xx, 8085, Z-80 and 27xx (programmer?). Looks like a nice collection of vintage stuff! I have both pods and interface cards for each of them. In fact, this stuff looks NEW! Most of it is still wrapped in foam plastic sheeting and it's VERY clean. Joe At 05:06 PM 4/26/06 -0700, you wrote: >Joe R. wrote: > >> Is anyone familar with this stuff? I picked up a pile of it a week or >>two back. The pod that I'm looking at right now if for the 6800/02/08 but I >>think the others are for other CPUs. Anyone know what system it's for? The >>interface board uses the same type female connectors as the ss-50 stuff but >>many more pins and much larger circuit card. I found some mentions on the >>net but nothing useful. >> >> Joe >> >> >> >> >I work for arium. What do you have? We are now American Arium, and >I can at least find out what you have it you send photos or descriptions. > >I suspect maybe you either have an analyzer with some trace pods, or >if you have run control, you may have an EZ/Pro system. > >Jim >

18 years, 7 months

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test-drb April 2006