Hi,
I really *must* do something to get control of this growing
"pile", here! :< (no basements in this part of the country
so this stuff competes for garage space, etc.)
I'm trying to thin out my databook collection. Most of which
is old and no longer pertinent to the products I design (I
rely more on the web for current data). Nor is it contractually
required to support older products, etc.
I'm keeping all of the processor/support related documents
but most of the other stuff is just taking up too much space.
Is there anyone who likes to stockpile paper (for those cold
winter nights when you don't want to run outside to fetch
another log from the woodpile but need *something* to stoke
the fire... :> )?
Here's the first batch of documents. I'm at 85751. Figure
paper is *heavy* so unless you've got currency to burn...
I don't drink so beer money isn't a concern. And, I can
probably find suitable boxes for any of this (the good thing
about paper is it packs well! :> ). So, postage is the
only issue. I'd probably prefer USPS (media rate is cheap)
since FedEx and UPS are clear across town (and I am not
fond of driving in 100+ temperatures!). Mail me the
appropriate postage and no money need change hands...
(sorry, I don't think I can deal with international mail)
Please reply off-list.
NCR/Symbios (now LSI Logic?) docs:
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NCR 53C90 Advanced SCSI Processor User's Guide (UG)
NCR SCSI Device Management System SDMS 3.0 UG
SYM53C720/SE/53C770 SCSI I/O Processor Programming Guide (PG)
SYM53C720/53C720SE SCSI I/O Processor Data Manual (DM)
SYM53C770 SCSI I/O Processor with Ultra SCSI DM
NCR 53CF92 Fast SCSI Controller DM
SYM53CF90A, 53CF90B SCSI I/O Processors DM
53CF94/96-2 Fast SCSI Controller DM
Tandon
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OEM Operating and Service Manual TM100-[34],-[34]M disk drives
OEM Operting and Service Manual TM848-[12] Disk Drives
Does anyone have any documentation for the Mitsubishi EDM-J (Electric
Discharge Machining)? I'm looking for a description of the protocol
between the external floppy unit and the EDM controller. It appears to be
RS-232C of some kind, but since I don't have access to a floppy unit,
everything's going to come pretty slowly unless I can get a Rosetta Stone
of some sort. Mitsubishi doesn't appear to know much at this point.
Cheers,
Chuck
"Joe R." <rigdonj at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> I seriously doubt these can be read in another machine. For one thing,
> HP stores the program files in a tokenized format and AFIK no one knows
> what the token values are.
This only refers to BASIC programs, other files such as data files
do not need a "detokenizer", but of course you need to know the
structure of the data (which brings us back to reading the Basic
programs that created them).
As far as the Series 80 and the HP IPC (Integral PC), threre is a
"detokenizer" that can be downloaded from:
http://rocknroll.stanford.edu/~lharcke/programming/
(scroll down till you reach the section called "BASIC detokenizers for
the HP Series 80 and Integral personal computers")
I do not have access to HP-9845 Basic files, but the above programs
may be able to read these files (hopefully without too much effort).
Regards
**vp
Hi all,
One of the guys working on restoring the EMAS OS for ICL mainframes as part of
the Edinburgh computer history project asked me yesterday if we knew of anyone
with a 9-track SCSI tape drive that he could borrow in order to read old OS tapes.
Does anyone on the list based in the Kent area have one that he may be able to
borrow or access? I get the impression he does have occasional access to a
drive somewhere further afield, but being able to hook something directly up
to his PC (or at least minimise travel) would greatly aid the restoration process.
We're probably going to run EMAS on our ICL 2966 mainframe if the Edinburgh
guys can get a working install for that platform together. We *may* have a
drive that we could loan out, but I thought I'd ask in case someone closer to
the guy has one sitting idle.
See http://history.dcs.ed.ac.uk/history/EMAS for a bit of EMAS history, and
http://pink-mouse-productions.com/icl/bob.htm for Bob's own pages (scroll down
for a nice photo of the sort of thing we hope to recreate at Bletchley)
cheers
Jules
Has anyone heard from VP lately? I tried to e-mail him and got an
automated reply that he had changed his address so I sent a message to his
new address but never heard back from him.
Joe
At 05:37 PM 5/25/06 +1200, ethan wrote:
>On 5/25/06, woodelf <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca> wrote:
>> Kevin Handy wrote:
>>
>> > 3. Expect the package to be dropped from the roof of a building,
>> > and pack it accordingly. The more expensive the item. the
>> > taller the building.
>>
>> I think packages are expected to have a 3 foot drop limit as normal.
>> PS Watch out for fork-lifts placing nice holes in your package too.
>
>I've said this here before, but it's in context - I was told by a
>friend who worked at UPS that there's a conveyor belt at the central
>UPS depot in Columbus that is 3'-4' off the ground and moves at 30 mph
>- stuff falls off every day.
I've seen the exact same thing happen here at UPS in Orlando. They left
the conveyor running until the packages piled up and JAMMED the conveyor.
In the few minuates that I watched at least a dozen packages were shredded
and/or crushed. The people in the shipping office were less than five feet
>from it but no one made an effort to turn it off. In fact, they had turned
it on because the people in the warehouse were on break and weren't taking
the packages off the conveyor and the packages were piling up in the
shipping office. The problem with UPS is that they expect the shippers to
pack their packages to survive UPS's gross incompetence and mishandling! I
called their national customer service office that same day and reported
what I'd seen but they couldn't care less. I finally wised up and started
shipping with FedEX and I NEVER use UPS any more.
Joe
He said to pack your stuff as if it were
>going to be flung from a moving car - because it might.
>
>-ethan
>
Dave R from UWM (Milwaukee) asked me if I knew how to read his old 9-track
tapes. I told him one of the best places to ask was here. So I'm asking.
Al, this is tall Dave I'm talking about.
He doesn't have a drive, working or not, and I have no clues about what
format it is. I'm in the process of asking.
Any ideas?
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