test-drb May 2007

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Wright line mag tape cabinets at Boeing surplus Seattle

by g-wright＠att.net

Boeing Surplus has 2 7' Wightline Mag tape cabinets with roll up door. Both look good for there age. If anyone has a Need. Priced @ 35.00 each 05-30-2007 1:00 PM Jerry Wright JLC inc g-wright at att.net

16 years, 11 months

Properly "classic" digital cameras (and imaging) (was Re: enough already (was: digital camera capabilities))

by zmerch-cctalk＠30below.com

Rumor has it that Ethan Dicks may have mentioned these words: >I used a ~10-year-old Olympus recently for my EarthDial... What's an EarthDial? Awrighty, googling.... Some kinda flavour of Sundial device, hooked to a webcam & Interwebitated... ;-) http://www.planetary.org/programs/projects/earthdial/network.html Is the Antarctic one yours? > I don't know if >it's easy to tell a "modern" camera to take a photo via USB, but all >the ones I know of just treat the camera as an external storage >device, not a scanner-like peripheral to be controlled. Sorry for the offtopicness, but I believe it's a "fairly standard" function of today's DSLRs - At least for my Nikon D70, it's called "tethered shooting" or "tethered capture." IIRC (tho I've never done it) you can either automate taking a picture to CF or directly down the USB to the software that requested the shot. Bibble can do this with most cameras that support it. Gratuitous yet sucky attempt to bring this back: View my digital photos of VCF-MW 2006! http://zmerch.30below.com/vcf_mw_06/ [[ Sorry. I said it was sucky! ;-) ]] Laterz, Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- Roger "Merch" Merchberger | "Bugs of a feather flock together." sysadmin, Iceberg Computers | Russell Nelson zmerch at 30below.com |

16 years, 11 months

Properly "classic" digital cameras (and imaging) (was Re: enough already (was: digital camera capabilities))

by zmerch＠30below.com

Rumor has it that Ethan Dicks may have mentioned these words: >I used a ~10-year-old Olympus recently for my EarthDial... What's an EarthDial? Awrighty, googling.... Some kinda flavour of Sundial device, hooked to a webcam & Interwebitated... ;-) http://www.planetary.org/programs/projects/earthdial/network.html Is the Antarctic one yours? > I don't know if >it's easy to tell a "modern" camera to take a photo via USB, but all >the ones I know of just treat the camera as an external storage >device, not a scanner-like peripheral to be controlled. Sorry for the offtopicness, but I believe it's a "fairly standard" function of today's DSLRs - At least for my Nikon D70, it's called "tethered shooting" or "tethered capture." IIRC (tho I've never done it) you can either automate taking a picture to CF or directly down the USB to the software that requested the shot. Bibble can do this with most cameras that support it. Gratuitous yet sucky attempt to bring this back: View my digital photos of VCF-MW 2006! http://zmerch.30below.com/vcf_mw_06/ [[ Sorry. I said it was sucky! ;-) ]] Laterz, Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- Roger "Merch" Merchberger | Anarchy doesn't scale well. -- Me zmerch at 30below.com. | SysAdmin, Iceberg Computers

16 years, 11 months

Semi-OT: Need help identifying diode specs

by Billy.Pettit＠wdc.com

Patrick Finnegan asked: They appear to have a Westinghouse (underlined W in a circle) logo on them, next to a diode symbol marking polarity. Next to that is the number "18840100" (part number?) and "8206" (date code?). That part number could also be a house number. It sure looks like a Control Data number. All of their components' part numbers for the small computers started with 16 to 18 and were eight digit part numbers. Billy

16 years, 11 months

enough already

by aek＠bitsavers.org

> What outfit first sold digital cameras where the sensor consisted of > a cermet-package DRAM with the chip cover replaced by a piece of > glued-on glass? Micron The product was called the "Micron Eye"

16 years, 11 months

Repairing original AT hard disk

by fireflyst＠earthlink.net

So, I 've got this IBM AT, which is strangely enough, fairly rare in its currently equipped form (EGA, 30M HDD). I'd like to keep it original if possible. There is a weird problem with the hard disk. When I turn the machine on, the hard disk makes this 'CLOK' sound, like the head is trying to retract or something but can't. When the machine tries to boot the hard disk, it just sits there with the light on and then says it had a seek error or could not detect the disk. Any ideas what's wrong? Is it supposed to make that noise when you turn it on? It's awfully loud. Otherwise the platters spin freely and quietly, no bearing noise there. There isn't a head lock on this drive is there? Thanks Julian

16 years, 11 months

More with the Vax 11/750

by ian_primus＠yahoo.com

Now that the Vax is in the basement, I've been cleaning and checking it out, trying to address what problems I can. First and foremost, there is no key. But, I found that I could pop out the control panel >from behind, and that contains the actual turn switch - the key is just the knob that turns the rotary switch. My bright idea was to simply remove the key mechanism for the moment, so that I could turn the machine between modes with a modified television knob or something. Simple - just remove a large hex nut collar from the back, and slide it out. Unfortunately, as it slid out, it ever so slightly caught the edge of the plastic overlay for the control panel, and left a little light colored mark around the bottom of the hole where the overlay isn't sticking to the back plastic, and has air under it. Nothing that affects the functionality of the machine of course, but it ticks me off, since I caused it. I can't think of a way to fix it without causing more damage, however, so I'll just have to live with it. Now that I can switch the machine on (once I get confirmation on the orientation of the power controller connector, see previous post), I should soon be able to test run it. One thing that needs to be addressed first, is that this machine must have originally been fitted with an external unibus expansion box - there is a large flat white cable inside, connected to a paddle board on the last Unibus slot. This cable was cut with scissors or something where it exits the cabinet. I have removed this, but I will need to install a Unibus terminator, correct? I should be able to steal the terminator out of my 11/84 for now - are they the same, or was the Vax Unibus a little different? -Ian

16 years, 11 months

Q about a DEC board

by quapla＠xs4all.nl

Hello All, Anybody familiar or does know something about the M3112 from DEC? It says 'NICSA CONSOLE' and is a hex card and has a metal bracket with a rotary switch commonly seen on the later PDP's, 2 buttons, a couple of LED's and 4 7-segment displays. There is also a DB25 connector on the bracket, probably for a serial line? Thanks, Ed

16 years, 11 months

TRS-80 Model III available for cost of shipping

by legalize＠xmission.com

It has no peripherals, is dusty from being stored in a garage (although it appears to have been kept dry), and is missing the following keycaps: V, M and bottom-right key on the numeric keypad. The case says "48K RAM". Other than the missing keys it appears to be in good condition. I have not powered it up, but it was reported working the last time it was used. Shipping would be from US ZIP 84106 (Salt Lake City, UT) -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html> Legalize Adulthood! <http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/>

16 years, 11 months

Meshna

by Mark.Aceto＠fcps.edu

Response to "John Meshna Post I was unable to respond to an Internet post I viewed, but I wanted you to know that after all these years (since about 1968) the address of John Meshna Jr. will forever live in my memory. As a teenager experimenting with electronic equipment, your father, whom I never meet, was a huge and positive influence to my life and endeavors. Kindest regards, Mark Aceto Vienna, VA

16 years, 11 months

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