test-drb July 2007

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by jwstephens＠msm.umr.edu

Anyone looking for Tek terminal stuff? This specimen looks pretty clean, and might be something of interest to the Tek Terminal collectors here. Jim 260133525847

18 years, 1 month

CTX Panoview 630 power supply pinout?

by samteck＠gmail.com

Hi. I also have one of those LCD's, but with the elo Touch reference (ELT121C-7SWA-1) By means have you figure out the Pin-Out for the power Brick ?? Best regards and thanks in advance. Samuel Antunes

18 years, 1 month

Imagedisk 1.17

by dave06a＠dunfield.com

Hi Guys, A few days back I posted ImageDisk 1.17 to the site, and it's just been reported (and confirmed) that it had a bug which causes it to write images incorrectly (fortunately it appears to read them correctly). I've corrected the problem and updated the package - if you have downloaded 1.17 before today, please download it again. I've also restored Imagedisk 1.16 to the site, listing it as the last known stable release, so that people won't be left hanging if (when) something like this happens again. <rant> I apologize for the inconvienence - I've been sitting on 1.17 for a few months - there were substantial changes made to the read/write disk functions accomodate the ability to record the data from bad sectors, and I knew there was a strong possibility of problems. I made these changes at the request of a member of this list who just "had to have them" right away. Took me a fair bit time to make the changes, which also involved research, pestering Chuck, Allison and others and lots of trial and error to figure out what I could and could not do with the 765FDC and bad sectors. This also required additions to the image file format, and therefore update to all of the utilities which manipulate them - During this time I had several correspondances with the individual who had requested the changes, and he promised me that if I made them, he would test it thoroughly, make extensive use of it (iirc several hundred disks to process) and give me a full report of any problems etc. that were encountered before I released the software for mass consumption. So I delivered the new software to him (early may), and he immediately fell silent. Contacted him a week later, and was told that he hadn't had time to look at it, but would let me know when he got around to it.... Now several months have gone by and not a peep from him. So... I posted it anyway (my bad), and of course there was a problem. I've corrected it, but due to the number of changes required for this update, it could still benefit from some outside testing (any volenteers?) It's annoying to invest time to do someone a favor (that they asked for) only to find out that they consider their own time too valuable to follow up their part - I'm sure Chuck will tell me that this is one of the reasons he finally told people to shove Teledisk beyond the reach of solar illumination... </rant> If anyone can help check out 1.17, that would be much appreciated. Regards, Dave -- dave06a (at) Dave Dunfield dunfield (dot) Firmware development services & tools: www.dunfield.com com Collector of vintage computing equipment: http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/index.html

18 years, 1 month

stuff available, KY

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

Email me offlist if interested.... -------------------- Please reply. Hi I was wondering if you could help. I don't really want to throw this stuff away, but I need to get rid of it. My next step is to dispose of it on our "free dump day". I don't want any money, just my room back. If you know of anyone that would be willing to help me find a home for these I would greatly appreciate it. I am in the Frankfort, KY area and am willing to travel up to 2 hours. I only have 1 truck, but I can make several trips. I have a room full of computers, monitors, dot matrix printers, keyboards, mice, etc. It is more than a pickup load. I have no clue about what they are or if they are worth anything to anybody. If it's junk, please let me know that also. Here is a partial list. I haven't made it to the other end of the room or the attic yet. I haven't tested any of these. IBM Personal Computer XT - I have about 18 of these - some are 5150 and some are 5160. Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 4 - I have 4 of these 1 each of the following: Cathode Ray Oscillograph IBM PS-1 IBM PS/2 Heathkit H9 Dell 333 s/L AT&T 6386 SX/EL20 W6S Aptiva 510 Zenith Data System Z-Server EX 433DE Gateway P5-120 Macintosh Centris 660 AV Zenith Data Systems Z-433D+ AXCEL by Packard Bell Radio Shack TRS-80 Model III A couple of No Names I have about 30 more that I will need time to get info from. Printers: IBM ProPrinter Panasonic Quiet KX-P2135 24 Pin Color IBM Quietwriter III 5202 Panasonic KX-P1624 24 Pin MultiMode - I have 2 of these Epson LQ-1000 IBM 2381-001 IBM Quickwriter I have more printers, but haven't gotten to them yet. Maybe 10 or so. I do have a strange looking monitor. It says CIT-101e. I also have a lot of monitors, keyboards, and mice. There should be some complete systems in there somewhere, but I don't know what goes together. I do know that some of the monitors are monochrome. It just piled up faster than I could keep up with it. I am just putting in numbers and info that is on the machines. I don't know what is inside. Thanks, Karen

18 years, 1 month

VCF Midwest 3.0 thoughts

by ISC277＠CLCILLINOIS.EDU

I had an excellent time this year as usual, even though we initially had some unforseen problems getting rolling toward Purdue. Lots to see, and I had a fun time socializing(and on occasion brainstorming) with those I don't see nearly often enough. The speakers were great and very entertaining, and Rick did a great job coordinating dinner for Saturday night. As an exhibitor, I have to say that the turnout was way better than I thought, especially on Sunday. Thanks to everyone involved for making this not only a success but an entertaining endevour as well. Looking forward to 4.0! Julian

18 years, 1 month

Two IBM Display Station 4978 terminals avail in Connecticut.

by tosteve＠yahoo.com

Do not contact me, please contact owner below. Here are the pics: http://members.cox.net/oldcomputerads/pics/IMGA0198.JPG http://members.cox.net/oldcomputerads/pics/IMGA0199.JPG http://members.cox.net/oldcomputerads/pics/IMGA0200.JPG http://members.cox.net/oldcomputerads/pics/IMGA0201.JPG http://members.cox.net/oldcomputerads/pics/IMGA0202.JPG Stephen Rescsanski <srescs at yahoo.com> wrote: Have to dispose of two IBM's that are in IBM boxes from the 60's that have been in my basement for years. Wife says get rid of them. If interested, you would need to pick them up or pay shipping from Conn. Need answer this week as they go. They are model 4978 with their keyboards. No idea if they are operational as I never fired them up. Steve Rescsanski --------------------------------- Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links.

18 years, 1 month

Floppy imaging -- edumacate me?

by drb＠msu.edu

Dear all, You may be familiar with the phenomenon of a project list years long, and with the way it often gets ordered: "project #345 sounds interesting today." Well, this weekend, I finally managed to combine motivation, interest and parts, and assemble a working 5.25" + catweasel floppy imaging setup. This moved up the priority list because the machine I usually use to image floppies can't do SD, and these old Osborne 1 floppies have been on my desk staring at me since someone on IRC asked about Oz-ware weeks ago... I'm want to have backups of my piles of floppies, as well as to be at least a somewhat responsible preserver (in the unlikely event I actually managed to hang onto something not already widely saved), and to be able to share bits and pieces as seems appropriate. I'd like to be able to both re-create floppies as well as use the data in emulation. I understand the latter is going to require format conversions in a lot of cases, and that the necessary converters may or may not exist yet. I've used both ImageDisk and cw2dmk in the past. What I'm wondering is this: what about the DMK or IMD formats is going to cause me problems later? I prefer data images to flux images because the latter are clearly not directly usable in any emulator. I understand how a flux image enables more accurate re-creation of a real floppy, but the scope and implications of that are a bit fuzzy. I'd like to have some feel for how many things I'm going to be unable to reproduce later, how they'll go wrong, why images won't be useful to others, etc. Obviously no single solution is suitable for all applications, my mileage will vary, &c. Both of the above-mentioned are excellent pieces of work with many valid applications. I suppose I'm basically looking for war stories which illustrate particular technical issues here -- the criteria for making the choices, not the mythical "best answers". I've spent some time googling through the cctalk archives without finding the kinds of discussion I was hoping for, but I'll cheerfully accept hints about how to approach the problem that way. De

18 years, 1 month

dec stuff available in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

See http://www.ezwind.net/jwest/canada for a few pictures Contact me offlist if interested. Jay West

18 years, 1 month

pdp11 and rsx11 available

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

See http://www.ezwind.net/jwest/dayton for two pics. These items are located in Dayton OH. If interested, please contact me offlist. Jay West

18 years, 1 month

DEC BA353 Replacement fan?

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

Does anyone have any advice on finding a replacement fan for a BA353-AE enclosure? I finally managed to crack open the case, and it looks to be a Nidec a33475-57 fan. Zane -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh at aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |

18 years, 1 month

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test-drb July 2007