> Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:04:13 +0200
> From: Pontus <pontus at update.uu.se>
> Subject: Re: More stuff to go...
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>
>
>> Three SGI Indigo 2's. These I will not ship, as they're too big/heavy
>> to easily ship. One is an Impact (purple), one an Impact 10000
>> (purple) and one EXtreme (teal). $10 each
>>
> Oh man! Indigos for 10 bucks! I wished I lived closer :) (I'm in
> sweden). I guess you should post in the nekochan forums if you don't get
> rid of the machines. I could do it for you if you like.
>
> Regards,
> Pontus.
>
As we say around here, "where there's a will, there's a way"...
If you really want one of these SGI boxes, I recommend that
you contact the seller (he is not me), and ask him if he is willing
to drop off the computer at a nearby UPS Store.
This chain is in the business of packaging items for shipping.
They are not cheap, but it might solve your problem. However,
UPS, FedEx, DHL, etc. are primarily in the business of shipping
items that can be lifted by a single person. If the computer weighs
more than about 100 lbs, then you would need to contact a freight
expediting service or a moving company and make arrangements
for palletizing, consolidation and surface transport.
Good luck.
--Tim
I'm reconditioning some H7100A power supply units in a VAX-11/785, and I've come across something I haven't seen before. I'm hoping one of you has. :)
This particular PSU was labeled 'Memory Power Supply' and has additional regulator boards for a 15v rail. Slipped between those boards were two sheets of what looked like heavy-duty paper. However, one had delaminated, demonstrating that it is a sheet of thin copper sandwiched between two paper-like layers. That suggests to me that this was intended more for EMI shielding than electrical isolation. I did not see these sheets in another PSU that also had a supplemental regulator.
Does this sound familiar to anyone? TIA - Ian
UNIX is user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are.
Ian S. King, Vintage Systems Engineer
Vulcan, Inc.
http://www.pdpplanet.org
Check out this old Zebra video from the 1980s:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y4TQehFNnQ
The on-topicness starts at about the 0:30 mark.
Those are some killer looking terminals (can anyone identify them?), but
the one that the one dude is using is, I'm pretty sure, an Epson QX-10.
This is from the 1983-84 timeframe.
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-----Original Message-----
>From: Roy J. Tellason rtellason at verizon.net
>Sent 8/31/2008 10:33:32 PM
>To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts cctalk at classiccmp.org
>Subject: Re: MY REPLY - Re: HandyMan for Kaypro
>
>On Sunday 31 August 2008 18:23, FJGJR1 at aol.com wrote:
> Tony,
>
> You want to check with "Sharkonwheels" who posts on
> _www.vintage-computer.com_ (http://www.vintage-computer.com) . He is very
> knowledgeable on Kaypros "after" 1983.
>
>
> He uses and has info on Advent products.
>
>
> I am more involved with the 1982 / 1983 versions and post under GADFRAN.
>
> My website _www.kayprosts.org_ (http://www.kayprosts.org) may give you
> some other productive contacts to explore.
>
> He may also know of HandyMan.
>
> You may want to check just what version of K4 you have. Main large chips
> on main board will help - e.g. U43 and U47, etc.
>
> He will be asking you about them and other aspects.
>
> He is very familiar with the K10's.
>
>I'm not sure of the dates on the stuff I have...
>
>And perhaps you could say anything pertinent about this eprom I seem to have
>sitting on my desk here? Label says "Multi TurboRAM v4.4" with copyright
>dates of 1985, 1988, and "Digtial Arts" on it. I *think* that's for a
>Kaypro, but am not 100% sure of that.
>
>If it's of interest, I have some pretty complete service data on Kaypro 8-bit
>stuff, including the schematics of multiple versions of the power supplies
>used in them, though I'm not sure it was necessarily all of them. I
>remember California DC (?), Astec, and I'm not recalling the others
>offhand, but they're around someplace. _This_ stuff I don't want to sell,
>but I might be persuaded to make some photocopies. :-)
>
>
Thanks for the offer. For the most part, I think MOST necessary parts of the Kaypro service manuals
are out there - 1484-d, -e, and -f versions. Can;t hurt to check against what you have, though.
On the EPROM, never heard of THAT one, but I can hunt around in my Pro-Files magazines and see
if any ads pop-up, and any info. I HAVE found ads for the HandyMan, but that's about all!
If you have the ability, dump the EPROM, and I can take a peek.
Is it a 24-pin, or 28-pin EPROM?
Tony
> Hmmm....wasn't UnixWare on CD? We had fun with them, and called it Novix. I think they they used
> the name Univel at some point, didn't they? After first acquiring USL?
I've got Univel UnixWare 1.0 floppies with somewhere in my collection.
Unfortunately they were not readable since they had been stored badly
before I got them. (They were covered with mildew and what looked
like spilled soda.) So no floppy images, unfortunately. :(
I think we've got a 1999 era UnixWare 7 CD that we got from SCO
somewhere around here. That was back before Caldera became the SCO's
evil twin and tried to blackmail the world...
Eric
steven.alan.canning at verizon.net:
> If I had meant audiophiles I would have stated such. The "tweaks"
> are the ones that can hear the nuances in an amplifier that cannot
> be quantified because they don't exist. They describe an amplifier
> as if it were a bottle of wine... Somehow they are never willing to
> submit to a double-blind test to check their palette.
Although this is way off-topic, I think that a lot of the "tube sound" claims may have to do with audio distortion. Here are some audio tests of a type of tube amp I built:
http://www.ibiblio.org/tkan/audio/millett.html
I saw these tests before building the amp. And since I have a significant hearing loss in both ears, I built the amp just to play with tubes, not for any audiophile reasons. If the people who can actually hear any difference claim to like tube amps over solid-state even if that difference is actually due to audio distortion, more power to them.
On the topic of imagining audio differences that aren't actually there, I read the article referenced here way back in 1983. I was not surprised by the results:
http://www.roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htm#reviewdares
Hi,
I think about a FPGA-version of ENIAC, so ist relativly easy to get
the hands on a replica.
Is there goood documentation available? Is the ENIAC on a chip
project online, that meens, all the docs?
Maybe sombody is interested too
With best regards
Gerhard
I've got a few more things to get rid of this week... I can probably
ship this stuff as it's relatively small, but pickup is preferred (and
will probably result in a discount :).
Sun Sparcstation 2 w/ 12MB ram, and a Matrox CG-12 (370-1370) 3D
graphics adapter. $20 for the machine + board or $15 for the graphics
board alone.
Box of Apple II software, including The Print Shop, companion, and two
graphics disks, Flight Simulator, and a few other things. $10 for it
all. Everything looks complete, but I haven't tried any of it out.
The boxes are included, but a bit smooshed from being stored in a pile
for a long time. $10
Dell DLT-1 tape drive, internal. This appeared to work, the one time I
tried it. Includes a cleaning tape, and a few DLT-4 tape media. $10
Network Associates "Full Duplex Fast Ethernet Pod", part # NGC-1507601.
It has 3 10/100 network jacks on the back (two are MII or RJ45, other
is RJ45 only), a serial port, "Sync In" and "Sync Out", and a DIN-8
power connector. Don't have the power supply, but it claims to use 12V
at 4.2A. Untested. $10
Three SGI Indigo 2's. These I will not ship, as they're too big/heavy
to easily ship. One is an Impact (purple), one an Impact 10000
(purple) and one EXtreme (teal). $10 each
I also have boxes upon boxes of (used and degaussed) DLT-4 media. I'd
like to get about $1/tape for that.
Pat
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schwepes at moog.netaxs.com wrote:
> Why be surprised? The second group had a far higher state
> of the art.
>
> > From the excellent book, "The First Computers - History and
> > Architectures," an interesting comparison:
I'm not at all "surprised" which is why I used the word "interesting." The comparison given in the book is a great illustration of just how far the technology has come. And, actually, it has come even quite a bit further since the ENIAC-on-a-Chip project was completed in 1997.
