test-drb April 2007

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Two Apollo DN-3xxx's available for pickup [UK only]

by classiccmp＠memory-alpha.org.uk

OK, I've got a pair of Apollo DN-35xx machines available to anyone who wants them for the price of coming and taking them away. One is a "DN-3550" and the other is, I *THINK* (it's a bit buried under rather a lot of other stuff right now) a "DN-3000". Both come with monitor and keyboard but little else. There's a few manuals with the 3000 and some manuals and tapes with the 3550. Both systems need some TLC to get them functioning. The 3550 worked until it was moved, obviously something has come loose inside, but I haven't had time to sort it out since it was passed on to me (I probably even haven't had the top off it). The 3000 arrived with no memory, again, although I managed to get some RAM cards for it, I haven't had time to fit them or do any work other work on the machine. Located in Birmingham. TTFN - Pete.

17 years, 9 months

Autonetics Recomp (circa. 1960) rescue

by aek＠bitsavers.org

> In the last box of stuff I loaned you is a thick white binder from > Autonetics. It is the Theory of Operations and Maintenance manual for > several models of the Recomp. Great! I went through the CHM archives, and we have the user program library listings, but no maint docs. I was going to check if John Bohner might have them.

17 years, 9 months

Minor Earthquake in Kent

by ploopster＠gmail.com

I hope everyone came through alright. Is anyone on the list from Folkestone? Peace... Sridhar

17 years, 9 months

TRS-80s in Cleveland, OH

by jba＠sdf.lonestar.org

I'm not particularly interested in TRS-80 equipment, so I thought i'd post this for everyone else. Cleveland State University's current surplus auction contains quite a collection of TRS-80 equipment. Here's a link to the auction info: http://wapps.csuohio.edu/campusmailbag/forum_posts.asp?TID=2101 Post if you bid on it; I'd be interested to know who's taking it. Jeff Armstrong jba at sdf.lonestar.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org

17 years, 9 months

disassembling STacy with a SLEDGEHAMMER.

by spectre＠floodgap.com

I am about ready to take my #10 sledgehammer to this benighted piece of junk. How in all that is holy do you get it apart? I've got all the screws out, got all the snaps up on the lower part and the top half seems to float off except for something in the middle of the board I can't see that's holding it on. I think it's the cabling to the LCD, but I can't get the display apart either! Most of the snaps are off, but I can't undo the root. Any suggestions, before I disassemble the unit using the fragmentation method instead? -- ------------------------------------ personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckaiser at floodgap.com -- The moon may be smaller than the Earth, but it's farther away. -------------

17 years, 9 months

RSX-11

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

> >Subject: RSX-11 > From: Scott Quinn <compoobah at valleyimplants.com> > Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:49:01 -0700 > To: cctalk at classiccmp.org > >Probably an extremely frequently asked question, but searching didn't >seem to bring anything up. > >What is the current status of PDP-11 O/S software? USENET seems to >indicate that there is no non-commercial license, yet the simh website >has some of them available for download, with the license file having a >clause that states that it is valid for emulators owned by DEC (??), >and also seems to indicate that RSX-11 is covered, yet RSX-11 isn't >available. > >Mentec's site isn't very helpful, all they talk about are Windows >programs and it is so full of features as to be practically unusable on >dialup. > >Any quick rundowns on the status anywhere? Yes, check the licensing info for SIMh and a few others. While PDP-11 OSs (RT, RSX and RSTS [it may not include all of those]) are made available for SIMs it is not for commercial use or operation on real hardware. The copyrights are still valid and some of the products are active. Allison >Scott Quinn >

17 years, 9 months

Facit printer late 70's early 80's and early microprocessor uses

by dave.thearchivist＠gmail.com

I am thinking of compiling a list of objects or instruments or whatever from the early days that included a microprocessor, eg An arcade biorythm machine I had for a while it had an Intel 4004 in it A Facit printer we used at work it had 4 intel 4040 in it (I cant remember the model number) I have a card from an HP item that has an 8008 on it An HP 3562A has 68K and a 2900 bitslice (I have a working one) A R&S RF test set with a 4004 (I kept the CPU board) It annoys me now that I did not take full notes at the time Dave Caroline

17 years, 9 months

Silly BSD questions

by cclist＠sydex.com

For the life of me, I can't figure this one out and I feel so stupid... Maybe a kindly BSD expert can clear my poor addled brain. 1. How does one LIST the contents (i.e. the files) on a volume create by 4.2BSD backup? I don't want to restore them, just list them. Lengths and dates would be nice, but not absolutely necessary. 2. How does one restore the contents of the said level 0 backup volume a local directory? That is, the original was almost certainly backup up starting with /, but I don't want to overwrite my own file system with restored data. Sorry for being so dense this morning, but I can't make heads or tails out of how one might do this using restore. Tar and cpio are easy, but backup/restore has me in a high state of confusion. Thanks, Chuck

17 years, 9 months

Apple Personal Laserwriter LS

by grant＠stockly.com

I got an old printer for free. It works, but its printing grey stuff all over the page like there is something wrong with the drum. I ran a few pages through it and it didn't get better. Is there any reasonable way to fix it or should I throw it away? Anyone need any parts if I do have to throw it away? Grant

17 years, 9 months

Compaq Deskpro 386 Maintenance guide missing pages

by bear＠typewritten.org

Hey; I don't suppose anybody out there has a copy of the Compaq Deskpro 386 Maintenance and Service Guide (mine includes "Addendum 108431-001 (11-88) to manual no. 108033-003")? I'm converting my copy to PDF and I am missing pages 5-1/5-2 and 5-5/5-6. Can somebody send me a copy of these two pages (four sides)? Any quality good enough to read the text is fine, as the pages are being re-typeset before the PDF conversion. Paper photocopies by mail, JPG, whatever. Thanks! ok bear

17 years, 9 months

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test-drb April 2007