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>Subject: [FS] university surplus
> From: Pontus Pihlgren <pontus at Update.UU.SE>
> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:53:52 +0100
> To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
>
>Hi
>
>A guy popped up on the vintage computer forums advertising his ebay
>sales of surplus items. Some nice DEC and Sun gear:
>
>http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?t=14859
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>The PDT-11 caught my eye, what is that thing? Some kind of micro-11
>
>Cheers,
>Pontus.
In one word Yes. PDT-11 is one of three possible configurations
The most popular is the PDT-11/150 with is a box with 2 8" floppies
(rx01 equivilent) that can run RT11 (cpu is LSI-11 + up to 28KW
of ram and up to 6 serial ports).
Next most common is PDT11/130 which is a Vt100 with base PDT11 CPU
but instead of Floppies it has a parallel interface TU-58 dectape
mounted. Each tapes are 256kb so it can store the same as RX01
Floppy and it can run RT11, but tape IO is SLOW.
Least common was the PDT11/110 with is the Vt100 with bast PDT11
cpu but NO local storage device. The expectation with this is
to remotely load it with MOP protocal from a host.
Allison
Hi, All,
I'm going through a box of DEC boards and I found a DELQA, probably my
only one, and in the box is a cab kit with "DEQNA" stenciled below the
AUI connector (DEC P/N 7-21202-1K). Will it work or do I need a
DELQA-specific cable?
I have very little Qbus Ethernet experience, or Unibus Ethernet
experience... or for that matter, VAXBI Ethernet experience - in fact,
the only DEC machines I've ever worked with that _had_ Ethernet were
desktop/busless systems (uVAX 2000, MIPS machines...) Any and all
advice or suggestions welcome.
I remember that there was a driver issue/VMS version issue between
DEQNAs and DELQAs (and DESQAs?) but since I never had to set any of
them up when they were new, the details have eluded my memory.
Thanks,
-ethan
Hi List!
I'm helping a friend to empty a storage which he has to have empty by
the end of the month so time is short. This message is a mix between
"look what I've got" and "Help, need a good home for this lot". I'm
taking over a large part of this collection but I can only take care of
the most precious computers.
The contents of the storage is a lot of personal stuff and other random
objects, but he also collects old computers with focus on Norsk Data
machines.
More or less of what we can see so far, this is the major parts...
- ND-5700, two full rack, one complete, one missing a CPU. I'll take
care of this system.
- ND-Filestore, disks and tape. I'll take this one too
- ND-110 Compact, 4 machines. I'll save all and reserve one for my self.
- ND-110 Satellite, about 10 machines. I'll try to save all, reserving
one or two myself.
- ND-Butterfly, 2-3 machines, all spoken for.
- A huge stash of manuals. Will be saved and scanned. A lot of doubles
exists.
See the list at
http://www.ndwiki.org/wiki/Virtual_library#ND_Library_Teg_in_Ume.C3.A5
- ND-Notis terminals. (Nokia VT220 terminals). Circa 80 terminals. Only
a few are spoken for, anything left near the end of the month will go
into the dumpster. :-(
- NEC Monograph, new systems in boxes 4-6 systems, complete with
graphics controller and all. For running DTP under Win 3.0/3.1,
monochrome monitor Maybe two spoken for.
- A lot of Archie computer laptop parts, 286.
- ISA IDE controllers, new in box. approximately 30 cards.
- Some IBM system 3 manuals, RPG2
- ... plus a lot more that I can't remember right now.
We have found a number of other computers among all the scrap, some
really nice ones. I liked the ABC 1600, an unix machine made by Luxor
with a twistable screen with white phosphor. But those computers are
going to remain in my friends custody.
If time permits we could send stuff by mail or in some other way. We
might store some stuff if we know we could ship it off after the move
but this month will take all our time just to clear space and move the
bigger machines around.
Local pickup is preferred and will get priority over any shipping.
My phone number is int+46 (0)73 98 67 881.
/G?ran
> Your first, last, and perhaps only stop should be Weird Stuff Warehouse.
yuk
If you're in town this weekend, go to the DeAnza College flea market Saturday
morning.
Does anyone have xxdp diagnostic listings, specifically for some of the
11/34 diagnostics, like FKACA0.BIC?
I am led to believe the diag listings were put out on microfiche. Any
chance someone has scanned these?
thanks
-brad
After a very long wait and a lot of effort, my VAX is finally running
OpenVMS.
So, you know how boat builders break a bottle of Champaign on their new
creations? Well, my tradition is to get Colossal Caves running on all new
machines. The problem is that while I can find lots of downloads for
OpenVMS, none of them seem to work. Mostly it seems like FTP'ing the data
file corrupts it.
Any suggestion on how to get advent running on VMS?
I always thought the VT05 was DEC's first terminal, but it appears
that the LA30 was introduced contemporaneously with the VT05.
Does anyone have an LA30 in their collection?
I know a few people here have a VT05, but I don't recall anyone saying
that they have an LA30.
If you have one, we could use some decent pictures of it. The extant
pictures on the net are small and don't show the keyboard and controls
clearly, nor do they show an example of the output.
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Does anyone have an HP262x (2621, 2623, etc) terminal (with a DA15
keyboard connector) and a voltmeter to hand?
If so, could you please open up the keyboard (4 screws on the bottom),
plug the keyboard into the terminal, power up, and measure the voltage
either between ;
Pin 16 (+ve) and pin 8 (-ve) of any of the 3 chips in the keyboard
Or
Across the electrolytic capacitor on the keyboard PCB to the left of the
'Tab' key'
Alternatively, measure the voltage between pins 12 (+ve) and 10 (-ve) of
the DA15 socket on the terminal (temrinal powered up, it doesn't matter
whether the keyboard is plugged in or not)
All 3 should be the same voltage. I am guessing it's 12V, but it might be
5V.
Tnakis in advance for any help.
-tony
I have a 16K memoryboard for my HP9825A it suffered from a bad -12V and
destroyed all the rams TMS4080.
I bought from ICI 32 pcs. nos uPD411AC-2 replaced all the rams but I'm
getting an error when testing the board.
The HP9825 isn't under suspect because it works okay with another 16k board.
The systemtest (from the tape) says : 60K board failes
Address 60100,60300,60400 not always the same sometimes only 60400.
Bit 9 sense 0 or 1 (not consistent sometimes 1 sometimes 0) I swapped the
LB9 and UB9 chips on the board with other 411's(new ones)
But the error stays I replaced the refreshcounters decoupling caps but
nothing.
So any ideas are welcome.
-Rik
