test-drb September 2009

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Some DEC parts and a Sun-compatible CD-ROM drive

by dbetz＠xlisper.com

I have a few DEC items that might be of interest to people here: RZ25-E hard drive BCC14-10 cable BCC05 cable H8574-A SCSI terminator I also have a Toshiba TXM3401E1 CD-ROM drive that I used to install software on a Sun SPARCstation. Of course, I'd like to sell this stuff for millions or at least trade it for an Apple 1 but I'll consider all offers that don't involve negative numbers! Anyone interested in this stuff?

14 years, 7 months

Reference Disc for a Research Machines PC-386

by dm.hunt＠ntlworld.com

I'm looking for a reference disc for a 1991 vintage Research Machines Nimbus PC-386. It is a very peculiar design with MCA slots from a riser, an MCA IBM 380 (80Mb) HDD that is connected to the mainboard with a right angle riser and it has custom memory boards. The BIOS is by Chips & Technologies and is dated 1989 v.5.1J I have got a program called PSETUP (from Research Machines) that allows me to configure the RAM, date and time, but it won't see the hard drive and I suspect I need a newer version of the PSETUP program. I'd quite like to get this working as a neighbour brought it over (she's over 60) and she misses her card games! I've tried the Reference Disks of IBM model 60 and 80, but they bomb out saying they don't recognize the hardware. Any help would be appreciated. Cheers Dave

14 years, 7 months

Retro-inspired art

by jfoust＠threedee.com

I stumbled on this today. I thought anyone into old hardware and aerospace relics would find this appealing: http://ronvanderende.nl/?tag=hardware - John

14 years, 7 months

VT100 - rubber feet are melting

by jack.rubin＠ameritech.net

Anyone have a good replacement source for the rubber feet on a VT100? Mine are turning to goo. They measure 3/4" square by 1/2" high. I found some furniture feet that will do at my local hardware store but they're round, brown and too short. Thanks, Jack

14 years, 7 months

Fwd: [comp.sys.dec] Re: Robert C. Peckham -- RIP -- PDP-11 Inven

by legalize＠xmission.com

This message has been forwarded from Usenet. To reply to the original author, use the email address from the forwarded message. Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:30:43 -0700 Groups: comp.sys.dec,alt.sys.pdp11,vmsnet.pdp-11 From: Alan Frisbie <Usenet02_REMOVE at Flying-Disk.com> Subject: Re: Robert C. Peckham -- RIP -- PDP-11 Inventory Re: <dr-dnUiDEtp2ajLXnZ2dnUVZ_gKdnZ2d at supernews.com> Id: <4ABFAF53.3010305 at Flying-Disk.com> ======== Here is the preliminary inventory of PDP-11 and related stuff >from the late Bob Peckham's office in Glendale, California (near Burbank). The office landlord has thrown us a curve, and wants us to have everything out by October 1. That is only a few days away! We originally thought we would have several weeks to clean it out. As a result, we simply don't have time to pack and ship anything. If you can come and pick it up before Thursday (Oct. 1), that would be great. Otherwise, we will *attempt* to move it to a storage unit and deal with it in a few weeks. Sadly, if we run out of time or space, it will have to be dumped. Because the family is left with a mountain of medical and other bills, they would appreciate reasonable offers for this equipment. They would like to have everything go to good homes, where it will be used and appreciated, rather than to a dealer who will break it up and sell it. ---------- Inventory as of 27-Sep-2009 ---------- Two complete Q-Bus PDP-11 systems belonging to the late Bob Peckham, plus lots of miscellaneous PDP-11 related parts and supplies. Note: The system disks were removed and destroyed by order of his family and attorney to protect confidential client data. System #1 Rack 1 DEC H967 (42" high) rack with H874-A power controller Empty generic 5-1/4" Chassis DEC 11/23-BC (BA11-S) Chassis containing: M8192-YB PDP-11/73 CPU M7551-AB MSV11 1MB memory M8043 DMV11 DDCMP (DECnet) communications card M8047 MXV11 multi-function card M7516-YM DELQA Ethernet card M9047 Dual-height bus grant card M8029 RXV21 controller for RX02 floppy disks Quad-height bus grant card M9404-YA Q-Bus expansion card DEC 11/23 (BA11-S) Expansion Chassis containing: M9405-YA Q-Bus expansion card M3104 DHV11 4-line serial multiplexer Dual-height bus grant card Dilog (model?) tape drive controller (for below drive) Quad-height bus grant card Andromeda ESDC disk controller for ESDI & floppy drives Andromeda SCDC disk controller for SCSI & floppy drives Quad-height bus grant card Codar Technology model 102 Q-Timer & boot card DEC 11/23-BC (BA11-S) Expansion Chassis containing: Load Board (power resistors) M3104 DHV11 4-line serial multiplexer Fujitsu Power supply (not hooked up) +5 @ 11A +24 @ 5A -12 @ 5A 5-1/4" generic chassis containing: 5-1/4" floppy disk drive (not hooked up) Rack 2 DEC H967 (42" high) rack with Pulizzi power controller RX02 dual 8" floppy disk subsystem Cipher M891340-96-1050U 1600/3200 bpi tape drive System #2 DEC "11V23" rack (31" high) w/power controller containing: DEC "DPM23 (BA11-SA) Chassis containing: M8637-EF 2MB memory M8190-AE PDP-11/83 CPU board M9047 Dual-width grant card M8043 DLV11-J 4-port serial card M9047 Dual-width grant card M7516-YM DELQA Ethernet card M9047 Dual-width grant card Andromeda SCDC disk controller for SCSI & floppy drives DEC BA11-N Chassis containing: M8192 PDP-11/73 CPU M7551-AC MSV11-QA memory (three blank slots) Andromeda ESDC disk controller for ESDI & floppy drives (three blank slots) Additional PDP-11 related equipment, documentation, and supplies: Many DEC rack filler panels, both BA11-S style (metal w/rounded top & bottom) and 10" black plastic DEC BA42A SZ12X-MA SCSI/floppy expansion box VT320 w/LK207-EE with KED/EDT keycaps VT320 w/LK201 with KED/EDT keycaps Two DEC LA120 DECwriter-III printing terminals Three Diablo 630 Daisywheel printers (one New-In-Box) Two Clary DT1500 Uninterruptable power systems (UPS) Topaz Line-2 power conditioner Two MultiTech Multi-modem MT1432-BA (300 - 14,400 bps) MultiTech Multi-modem MT2834-BA RT-11 v5.2/5.4 documentation set RT-11 v5.6 documentation set DEC M8029 RXV21 controller for RX02 floppy disks Andromeda ESDC disk controller for ESDI & floppy drives Two DEC M8637-E 2MB memory boards Two DEC H9270 Backplanes Dual RX02 drives in chassis (NIB -- New In Box!) Three spare RX02 drives (in original boxes) Two VT1XX-CE DECword conversion kits for VT100 Three VT1XX-FB Anti-Glare kits for VT100 Fujitsu M2263E full-height 5-1/4" hard disk drive DEC RT-11 Distribution kits (v4.0 - v5.6) DECUS RT-11 SIG tapes (9-track) Many boxes of DEC-related hardware and supplies: "Floppy media -- RX02, RX33, RX50" "DEC Special parts & cables" "DEC Flat cables" "XXDP Listings from fiche" "DEC Cables & cords" "DEC MMJ Cables & fittings" much more, too much to list DEC Option Module list in 3" binder Three 6' Wright Line cabinets with roll-up doors: #1 Three tape hangers, two fixed shelves #2 4 fixed shelves, 1 roll-out shelf, 1 drawer #3 6 fixed shelves, 1 roll-out shelf Three New-In-Box (on pallets) Stantron 19" racks, on wheels. 21" panel height, 32" overall height, dark wood-grain laminate tops. Many 19" rack panels (plain & ventilated), shelves, rack slides, etc. Most brand new. Plus lots more PDP-11 Q-Bus chassis, backplanes, power supplies, and miscellaneous stuff in a large room we have not yet explored. There are more boxes and two more Wright Line cabinets filled with DEC stuff at Bob's house which we have not yet explored. We also expect to find more disk drives and ???? when we open his storage unit. Feel free to contact me at the above address (after removing "_REMOVE"), or telephone me at the below numbers. Sincerely, Alan E. Frisbie -- Flying Disk Systems, Inc. 323-256-2575 (office) -- 4759 Round Top Drive 213-718-1635 (cellular) -- Los Angeles, CA 90065

14 years, 7 months

Robert C. Peckham Inventory List...

by lbickley＠bickleywest.com

As was previously reported long-time RT-11 and PDP-11 fan, Robert C. Peckham passed away recently. He left a significant inventory of PDP-11 and related stuff in Glendale, California. I just got off the phone with Alan Frisbie, who is helping the widow sort out Robert's collection. Alan contacted a number of folks regarding the collection, but so far no one has responded to the need to purchase and/or pick up this stuff. Everything has to be moved out of Robert's office by Thursday, October 1. Alan said that he will be renting a storage unit temporarily in an attempt to save the historically valuable items - unless someone picks it up before then. It appears that much will be going into the dumpster. Please contact Alan ASAP if you are available to help. His address and phone numbers follow the inventory "The family is left with a mountain of medical and other bills, they would appreciate reasonable offers for this equipment. They would like to have everything go to good homes, where it will be used and appreciated, rather than to a dealer who will break it up and sell it." Regards, Lyle ---------- Inventory as of 27-Sep-2009 ---------- Two complete Q-Bus PDP-11 systems belonging to the late Bob Peckham, plus lots of miscellaneous PDP-11 related parts and supplies. Note: The system disks were removed and destroyed by order of his family and attorney to protect confidential client data. System #1 Rack 1 DEC H967 (42" high) rack with H874-A power controller Empty generic 5-1/4" Chassis DEC 11/23-BC (BA11-S) Chassis containing: M8192-YB PDP-11/73 CPU M7551-AB MSV11 1MB memory M8043 DMV11 DDCMP (DECnet) communications card M8047 MXV11 multi-function card M7516-YM DELQA Ethernet card M9047 Dual-height bus grant card M8029 RXV21 controller for RX02 floppy disks Quad-height bus grant card M9404-YA Q-Bus expansion card DEC 11/23 (BA11-S) Expansion Chassis containing: M9405-YA Q-Bus expansion card M3104 DHV11 4-line serial multiplexer Dual-height bus grant card Dilog (model?) tape drive controller (for below drive) Quad-height bus grant card Andromeda ESDC disk controller for ESDI & floppy drives Andromeda SCDC disk controller for SCSI & floppy drives Quad-height bus grant card Codar Technology model 102 Q-Timer & boot card DEC 11/23-BC (BA11-S) Expansion Chassis containing: Load Board (power resistors) M3104 DHV11 4-line serial multiplexer Fujitsu Power supply (not hooked up) +5 @ 11A +24 @ 5A -12 @ 5A 5-1/4" generic chassis containing: 5-1/4" floppy disk drive (not hooked up) Rack 2 DEC H967 (42" high) rack with Pulizzi power controller RX02 dual 8" floppy disk subsystem Cipher M891340-96-1050U 1600/3200 bpi tape drive System #2 DEC "11V23" rack (31" high) w/power controller containing: DEC "DPM23 (BA11-SA) Chassis containing: M8637-EF 2MB memory M8190-AE PDP-11/83 CPU board M9047 Dual-width grant card M8043 DLV11-J 4-port serial card M9047 Dual-width grant card M7516-YM DELQA Ethernet card M9047 Dual-width grant card Andromeda SCDC disk controller for SCSI & floppy drives DEC BA11-N Chassis containing: M8192 PDP-11/73 CPU M7551-AC MSV11-QA memory (three blank slots) Andromeda ESDC disk controller for ESDI & floppy drives (three blank slots) Additional PDP-11 related equipment, documentation, and supplies: Many DEC rack filler panels, both BA11-S style (metal w/rounded top & bottom) and 10" black plastic DEC BA42A SZ12X-MA SCSI/floppy expansion box VT320 w/LK207-EE with KED/EDT keycaps VT320 w/LK201 with KED/EDT keycaps Two DEC LA120 DECwriter-III printing terminals Three Diablo 630 Daisywheel printers (one New-In-Box) Two Clary DT1500 Uninterruptable power systems (UPS) Topaz Line-2 power conditioner Two MultiTech Multi-modem MT1432-BA (300 - 14,400 bps) MultiTech Multi-modem MT2834-BA RT-11 v5.2/5.4 documentation set RT-11 v5.6 documentation set DEC M8029 RXV21 controller for RX02 floppy disks Andromeda ESDC disk controller for ESDI & floppy drives Two DEC M8637-E 2MB memory boards Two DEC H9270 Backplanes Dual RX02 drives in chassis (NIB -- New In Box!) Three spare RX02 drives (in original boxes) Two VT1XX-CE DECword conversion kits for VT100 Three VT1XX-FB Anti-Glare kits for VT100 Fujitsu M2263E full-height 5-1/4" hard disk drive DEC RT-11 Distribution kits (v4.0 - v5.6) DECUS RT-11 SIG tapes (9-track) Many boxes of DEC-related hardware and supplies: "Floppy media -- RX02, RX33, RX50" "DEC Special parts & cables" "DEC Flat cables" "XXDP Listings from fiche" "DEC Cables & cords" "DEC MMJ Cables & fittings" much more, too much to list DEC Option Module list in 3" binder Three 6' Wright Line cabinets with roll-up doors: #1 Three tape hangers, two fixed shelves #2 4 fixed shelves, 1 roll-out shelf, 1 drawer #3 6 fixed shelves, 1 roll-out shelf Three New-In-Box (on pallets) Stantron 19" racks, on wheels. 21" panel height, 32" overall height, dark wood-grain laminate tops. Many 19" rack panels (plain & ventilated), shelves, rack slides, etc. Most brand new. Plus lots more PDP-11 Q-Bus chassis, backplanes, power supplies, and miscellaneous stuff in a large room we have not yet explored. There are more boxes and two more Wright Line cabinets filled with DEC stuff at Bob's house which we have not yet explored. We also expect to find more disk drives and ???? when we open his storage unit. Feel free to contact me by e-mail, or telephone me at the below numbers. Sincerely, Alan E. Frisbie -- Flying Disk Systems, Inc. 323-256-2575 (office) -- 4759 Round Top Drive 213-718-1635 (cellular) -- Los Angeles, CA 90065 -- Lyle Bickley Bickley Consulting West Inc. http://bickleywest.com "Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"

14 years, 7 months

Vintage spotting on TV

by jgessling＠yahoo.com

On the TV show "How it's made" there was a recent episode regarding player piano rolls. I was a little surprised they were still being made, but anyway there it was, a beautiful Apple ][ with 2 floppy drives, still earning it's keep. One Apple was being used with some kind of visual roll editor to touch up the hole layout, another was running the "Perforator Control Program V070L4" to control the punches making the rolls. That'd look good on the resume. Regards, Jim

14 years, 7 months

Bytek Erasogram-40

by lynchaj＠yahoo.com

Hi! I recently came across a Bytek Erasogram-40 EPROM programmer and eraser combination. It uses a PC board for a controller. Is anyone familiar with this device and/or have the PC software for it? Thanks and have a nice day! Andrew Lynch

14 years, 7 months

VAXstation available in Dallas area

by jgessling＠yahoo.com

Please contact Peter directly. --- On Sun, 9/27/09, Peter Smode <psmode at KITSNET.VANCOUVER.BC.CA> wrote: > From: Peter Smode <psmode at KITSNET.VANCOUVER.BC.CA> > Subject: VAXstation going to the great VMScluster in the sky > To: VMS-SIG at LISTSERV.ENCOMPASSUS.ORG > Date: Sunday, September 27, 2009, 11:29 AM > > > > > > VAXstation going to the great VMScluster in the > sky > > > > > My old VAXstation > is on its way to the recycling center despite the fact that it works just > fine (booted > today). I virtualized some > time ago and no longer need the physical system. I don?t want it, > but I figured > I?d post here just in case somebody really wants > such an old beast ? you never know. > > > > It is a VAXstation > 3100 M38 with an internal 2GB SCSI disk. I > have the keyboard (plus spare), the hockey puck mouse, and the external SCSI cable that allows for connectivity to external boxes with a Centronix > connector. I have > a > Mitsubishi HL6605ATK monitor to go with it; that?s an honest 16 inch monitor that does both sync on green and > external sync. The system has always failed a couple of the > POSTs, but I?ve always associated those with looking for a > WAN communications option. System comes without licenses, hardware only, as-is. > > > > I am in the Dallas TX area; I am figuring that > local pickup is really the only way to go > here. Please e-mail me if interested. > > > > -- Peter > > (psmode at kitsnet.vancouver.bc.ca) > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by > MailScanner, > and is > > believed to be clean. > > >

14 years, 7 months

Floppy disc analyser -- it's alive!

by classiccmp＠philpem.me.uk

It's alive, Igor! ALIVE! *ALIVE!* *cue dramatic thunder and lightning* OK, that's enough of that. I'm sure most of you know about my pet project -- the homebrew disc analyser. I finally got off my lazy backside this weekend and finished off the "pre-prototype" hardware, leaving me with a rather empty parts box, one less piece of FR4 pad-board, and a ton of mess on the workbench. It's talking to the ICD2 (so I can program the PIC), the connection to the FPGA board seems to work (i.e. I can send bytes to the PIC across the USB bus, then they're displayed in hex on the FPGA board's 7-seg and binary LED displays). The .plan at the moment is roughly as follows :- 1. Make it switch the drive motor on and off, and select the drive 2. Make the drive head step in and out to arbitrary tracks, seek to track 0, play music, etc. 3. Get the FPGA to measure the time between two flux transitions (emulated by a signal generator.. 74LS04, resistor, capacitor) and display the result on the hex display / store into RAM After that it's basically a case of adding the logic to allow the RAM to be read/written over USB, then adding the synchronisation circuitry. I seem to recall my digital-PLL data separator working "pretty OK" with a PC disc, and the index pulse detector definitely works (I've tested it). I'll put the schematics online if anyone wants to take a look (it's basically an Altera DE1 development board, a couple of connectors, some level shifters and a bit of 74LS). The board I've built is basically a voltage adapter for the floppy drive, oscillator (40MHz), and a USB interface -- the FPGA board handles (almost) everything else. At this point, I don't have much in the way of "test data", i.e. discs that aren't in PC format. I think I've got a few Acorn DFS and ADFS discs stashed away, but it'd be nice to get hold of some more unusual formats as well (Amiga MFM, Commodore 1541 GCR, and maybe Apple 400K Macintosh would be nice starting points)... Dare I ask if anyone has any spare floppy discs they want rid of? 3.5in, 5.25in, I'm not picky, as long as there's something on them, though it would be useful if there's a matching .DSK, .ADF, etc. disc image to go with the disc(s). Cheers, -- Phil. classiccmp at philpem.me.uk http://www.philpem.me.uk/

14 years, 7 months

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test-drb September 2009