test-drb May 2006

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by legalize＠xmission.com

It seems that govliquidation.com has had *lots* of good mini and workstation stuff going out of this location. Is there anyone on the list near to that location? -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline"-- code samples, sample chapter, FAQ: <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/> Pilgrimage: Utah's annual demoparty <http://pilgrimage.scene.org>

18 years, 7 months

Parking heads on Honeywell DPS6

by Billy.Pettit＠wdc.com

I'm going to move an old Honeywell DPS6, working. I've in mind to park the heads of the disk ... but how ? The disk unit is from Magnetic Peripherals , model 9448 Internal parts are from CDC , the only code present is BJ7D1-A Anyone know this unit/system ? Thanks Alberto Hah, that brings back memories. The 9448 was code named the Phoenix or cartridge module drive or CMD. Built in Oklahoma City in the early 80's. It's part of the SMD family, sharing the same interface and some of the components, like platters and heads. And used a common Servo Track Writer, the key to their success. For shipping there should be a head locking bar. Lift up the top cover (with power off). On top of the actuator should be a bar with two pins sticking out. There should be a yellow label showing how to twist the bar 90 degrees and it fits into a hole on the carriage and the frame. There was also an instruction sheet stuck inside the top cover with a drawing showing how to install the bar. A lot of the field engineers used to paint the outline of the bar in red for newbies. When new, there was a green card taped to the outer plastic bag with locking and shipping instructions. I don't have any manuals handy - I'm still in Orange County. But if nobody else on the list has any, I'll look on my next trip up to the Bay area - Mother's Day. I think all of my parts are gone, though I did come across a box of heads recently. In the last few months, I've seen the field tester come up several times on eBay. It was called the TB-216. One went for $10 a couple of months ago. These would work on any SMD family drive. Right now there is a Wilson Labs in auction. That also works on any SMD drive, as well as most of the Fujitsu drives. I've seen cartridges on eBay several times, but the idiots open them up to show the platters, thereby hopelessly contaminating them. I used to clean them, but it takes careful patience. The CMD was one of the drives I supported out of OK City for 10 years. I did all the cartridge drives, but mainly the Hawk and Phoenix. I did a long write up on that time recently for an alumni memory book. I should revise it and post it here, provided the list owner doesn't mind 20 pages of ramblings. Incidently, the Lead Design engineer, a media engineer and one of the firmware engineers for the Phoenix work with me here at Western Digital. I shared with them that there still is a Phoenix working somewhere. It delights us all. We spent a lot late nights getting it debugged. Especially contamination issues; removeable media was a Black Art to keep running. Billy

18 years, 7 months

SPI 8606 EPROM burner software?

by owad＠applefritter.com

Does anybody have software or documentation for the SPI 8606 EPROM burner? It's parallel port based. Was there any sort of standard protocol for these, or am I out of luck if I can't find the original software? Thanks, Tom -- Apple I Replica Creation: Back to the Garage By Tom Owad, Foreword by Steve Wozniak About the book: <www.applefritter.com/replica> OSNews Review: <www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=10085>

18 years, 7 months

Software archiving news from the Computer History Museum

by aek＠bitsavers.org

Just wanted to mention that I've joined the staff of the Computer History Museum as Software Curator. I can be reached at my bitsavers address or my new address at the Museum. I'm hoping to expand the CHM collection by becoming more proactive in trying to locate and archive what early software still survives, which means trying to contact people who might still have old media and listings, especially from the seventies and earlier. http://www.computerhistory.org/about/staff/kossow/

18 years, 7 months

Fw: Diagnostic listings

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

I'm posting this for a non-listmember. If anyone knows the answer or wishes to reply, please reply to the original author below, not me. Jay West ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Clery" <mike.clery at thruput.co.uk> To: <jwest at classiccmp.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 4:20 AM Subject: Diagnostic listings > Do you know where I can obtain the maindec listings for the ZRKH to ZRKL > programs? > > > Regards > > > Mike Clery > Consultant > > > Thruput Ltd > Studio House, > 5 Flowers Hill, > Brislington > Bristol > BS4 5JJ > > Tel:+44 117 3305980 > Fax:+44 117 300 5584 > >

18 years, 7 months

Manual for ADM-5?

by legalize＠xmission.com

Does anyone have any documentation for the Lear Siegler ADM-5 terminal? There's nothing on manx or bitsavers... -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline"-- code samples, sample chapter, FAQ: <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/> Pilgrimage: Utah's annual demoparty <http://pilgrimage.scene.org>

18 years, 7 months

Cromemco 3101/Beehive B150 score

by lee＠geekdot.com

> How many of the companies mentioned there still exist? Some, but none > of the ones mentioned still make terminals... Another company that doesn't make terminals anymore is Matrox. Not much on their terminals on the web either. Lee.

18 years, 7 months

Cromemco 3101/Beehive B150 score

by lee＠geekdot.com

> This is the same Matrox that makes PCI video cards in Dorvall, Quebec, > CA? One and the same. AFAIK Matrox started out making terminals. Lee.

18 years, 7 months

more terminal server mumbo-jumbo

by adamg＠pobox.com

Just a note that, contrary to my message the other day, a serial-port-equipped Shiva LanRover *can* be connected to terminals, not just modems. Not sure how much else I got wrong... -- Adam

18 years, 7 months

HP 547A?

by benb＠ioline.com

http://www.testequipmentconnection.com/template-asp.asp?model=547A <http://www.testequipmentconnection.com/template-asp.asp?model=547A> or google it

18 years, 7 months

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test-drb May 2006