test-drb April 2006

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by kawninja＠cableone.net

Hi all, Just bought a Compudyne 386 desktop at the thrift store and can't figure out how to open the all plastic case. The back of the case has two tabs at each top corner and a case screw between them. Remove the screw and spring the tabs and the case top loosens towards the back, but it won't disengage from the middle to the front of the machine. Any ideas? Thanks, Steve P.

18 years, 8 months

Honeywell 7-track tape drive

by hachti＠hachti.de

Hello folks! Yesterday I finally picked up my new Honeywell 4210 tape drive. That's a big and fat 1/2" 200/556bpi 7-track magtape designed for use with Honeywell computers (I have a series 16 controller for it). Pictures and information can be found on my h316 website http://h316.hachti.de --> Stuff --> Tape Drive I NEED some information and help. I want to get in touch with everybody who ever operated, maintained or even constructed such devices. Looking forward to massive electronics reconstruction because of missing important parts from the machine. Waiting for feedback..... thanks! Regards, Philipp :-)

18 years, 8 months

WTB Compaq Portable 3

by kawninja＠cableone.net

Hi all, Looking for a nice working Compaq Portable 3 to use as an emulator machine for file / disk transfers with my other old computers. Included system disks and manuals would be a plus. E-mail me at kawninja at cableone.net if you have one for sale. Please include asking price and shipping cost to my zip 64801. Thanks, Steve P. kawninja at cableone.net

18 years, 8 months

External enclosure for 5-1/4 drive...

by aek＠bitsavers.org

> I've had SCSI <-> ST506/412. > Do you know a source for a SCSI <-> SA400/800 ? SMS OMTI 5200 (412 + floppy) SMS OMTI 5400 (412 + QIC02 + floppy) OMTI_5x00.pdf under sms on bitsavers They have a NEC 765 floppy controller on them. also (not on bitsavers yet) OMTI 7000 series

18 years, 8 months

A VCF East update

by evan＠snarc.net

One exhibitor had to pull out, so there is room if anyone still wants it. Contact me off-list. - Evan

18 years, 8 months

External 3.5" drive for TRS-80 4P?

by kawninja＠cableone.net

Hi all, I'd like to add a third drive, which would be an external 3.5", to my TRS-80 4P. The 4P never came with an external floppy connector like the TRS-80 Model 4, but the 4P floppy controller apparently does support four drives and some folks have successfully modified them to use external drives. Any ideas on how to do this? I'm thinking maybe just set the 3.5" drive select jumper to DS2 (there's DS0, DS1, and DS2)... connect enough straight floppy cable and connectors for everything to the internal controller jack... and see if the 4P recognizes the 3.5" drive as :3. Thanks, Steve P.

18 years, 8 months

Storage Works RAID 410 for Alpha Server SWXRA-YJ. Free, pickup only

by whdawson＠nidhog.net

Firstly, this is located in Washington, PA 15301. All of the 4.29gb hard drives have been removed but the caddies are present. Here's a list of the contents of this HSZ70 DEC RAID Subsystem with 2 controllers: SW300 Door Assy 70-31470-01 Rev A02 Power Module SWXBF-SD, 70-29764-01, quantity 1 Power Module BA35X-HA, 70-29764-01, quantity 6 Dual speed blower BA35X-MD, 70-29761-03, quantity 8 4.29gb "caddy and connector only" SWXD3-SE, 70-31499-02, quantity 15 32mb R/W cache module 54-22910-001 A06, 5022909-01-H01 SMS1 RAID array logic controller SWXRC-04, 70-31457-02 B02 SCSI/DSSI Controller 54-23369-01 with i960 PCMCIA Firmware card labeled SWKS HSZ40 B/C MSC PCRM Card V3.1-0 BG-QHD30-50.A01 EMU (Environmental Monitoring Unit) 54-23354-01, 70-31459-01 A05 Wide Ultra Diff. SCSI-3 6 inch cable BN21L-0B Wide Ultra Diff. SCSI-3 5 meter cable BN21K-05 Wide Ultra Diff. SCSI-3 TRI LINK SCSI-3 connector H885-AA Rev A02 Wide Ultra Diff. SCSI-3 Datamate DM2050-01-68D connector Only if there is no interest in someone taking this entire unit will I consider parting it out for spares to classiccmp list members. I would like to see this box gone ASAP but I can hold onto it a while longer if I have a guaranteed pick up date or time frame. Please address email to swxra-enter suffix here at ssS-50.com ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Regards, Bill Dawson

18 years, 8 months

Fw: dec hardware

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

Contact original author directly, I'm just passing it on... Jay ----- Original Message ----- From: <Brian.Galura at bt.infonet.com> To: <jwest at classiccmp.org> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 11:45 AM Subject: dec hardware > > i have a functioning alphastation if you are interested. I had 4 but i > trashed > 3. i had the original manual and warranty card I think. let me know if you > are > interested. > >

18 years, 8 months

Streched bands on QIC DCs

by aek＠bitsavers.org

> (1) did the band formulation change in the early '90s to eliminate the problem? Not that I know of. I just think the useful life is limited to 10-15 years. I don't think the designers of these tapes ever thought about the need to read a tape written 20+ years in the future. > since they seem to be being dropped rapidly, and many computers won't bootstrap > off of anything else, it looks like there might be a problem in about 5 years. There has actually been serious problems with keeping the drives going as well as the pinch roller decomposes. Be VERY careful the one in your drive doesn't soften and turn to goo when you're using it. If you follow the discussions about this over the past few years, a LOT of HP software on DC100 tapes has become unrecoverable because of deterioration of the rollers and the bands fusing to the tape. The most important thing right now to get as much data preserved as can be recovered. This is why I've been trying to read as many of these tapes now as I can before the data I have becomes too expensive and time consuming to recover.

18 years, 8 months

Help ID oddball SCSI controller

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

In a message dated 4/7/2006 11:57:47 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, dgy at dakotacom.net writes: Hi, I've got an oddball SCSI controller card that I would like help identifying (actually, I have several *different* ones but we'll start with this one :> ) Card is full length. PCI. Appears to be made by IBM (FRU 76H6875). Has three AIC-7880's on it connected to three "internal" wide SCSI-2 connectors -- and a single external connector presumably tied to one of these three busses. Onboard PowerPC and what appears to be a connector for a flying CF card. A pair of 10 pin headers one of which has a "SERIAL" legend nearby. A third header labeled JTAG (no doubt for manufacturing diagnostics). External connector appears to be LVD or SE (bummer, I was hoping to find a HVD in this box of goodies...) I'll assume it's a RAID controller. But, question is how well (if at all!) it is supported and whether it is worth my time or if I should just toss it in the box and dig out the next "mystery card"? Thanks! --don ------------------- Its probably a Serveraid 5,6 or 7 series controller. Somewhere on IBM I found a document that listed the capabilities of the controllers over the years.

18 years, 8 months

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test-drb April 2006