Oops, I guess everyones esp is not working so well having to ask where
this unit is :).
It is located in Santa Barbara, CA. I received an email almost
immediately from someone interested. If he ends up not taking it, I'll
repost to the list.
Thanks!
Marvin
A friend of mine has a Data General Model 6050 Disk Drive with no disk
packs. This thing is fairly heavy (guessing 80 - 100 pounds) and appears
to be complete although the top cover screws have been removed and it
looks like it might have hit something (the front panel is somewhat bent.)
Anyone interested? I can disassemble or whatever to reduce shipping
costs. I think he would be happy with around $50.00, or maybe slightly less.
Thanks!
Marvin
Hi
I've acquired two PDP-11/44 and have just now gone throught the list of
cards in the cpu-boxes and the spares. Here is a list:
http://www.update.uu.se/~pontus/slask/11-44-kort.txt
Nothing special, I've used the field guide to identify most cards. I've
only marked one card of each kind.
There is two cards connected with ribbon cables that I can't identify.
They are made by Data Management Labs in San Jose and are labled DML 750
Board A and Board B. There are some numbers as well (in no particular
order)
980-8043
710-1921-001
There are some bitslice chips and a whole bunch of roms. Anything that
rings a bell with anyone?
Also I wonder what the
"M7251 KG11-A U Network interface XOR and CRC block check option"
"M3110 DRCSA U Protocol assist #1 w/special character check and CRC (DEC/DLC/DRCSA)"
"M3111 DRCSA U Protocol assist #2 w/special character check and CRC (DEC/DLC/DRCSA)"
are used for?
Cheers,
Pontus
Looking for a intel 310 computer. Know of any ??? to run rmx86.
Neal Filla
PH - (612) 726-8612
Fax - (612) 726-0163
neal.filla at Delta.com<mailto:neal.filla at Delta.com>
Hi guys,
I'm building some hardware that spits out debug info on a regular basis,
and I figured it'd be useful to have this data graphed on-screen. Making
it keep track of the last "N" samples and draw them wouldn't be hard,
except adding an LCD display is out of the question (takes up too many
I/O pins).
On the other hand, I have a perfectly good serial port which runs at a
decent rate of speed (115200 baud), and Xterm can emulate a Tektronix
4014 vector terminal. Perfect... except I can't see an easy way to tie
Xterm to a serial port instead of having it run an application.
There's nothing in the manpage (admittedly I haven't read it all, just
grepped it for a few obvious terms) and 'apropos' isn't finding anything
useful. I've been told that tip(1) on BSD will do what I want, I just
can't find anything similar on Linux...
Thanks,
--
Phil.
classiccmp at philpem.me.uk
http://www.philpem.me.uk/
hello all
Nerver mind the waste of bandwidth just trying to see if gmails sending
my messages right i sent one a couple days ago with no responses so far and
when u post a single messes and if no one respondes gmail does not post it
on your main inbox
chris
First on my bench will be a bunch (8 or so) of Data General 800/1200 machines and a few Nova 2's. I can think of several questions so far to get me started down the path:
1) A number of the 1200 machines have broken front panel toggle switches (the switch handle was broken off and lost). Some are spring return to center, some are just two position. Before I take the approach of robbing one of the machines for front panel switches, is there someplace that I can purchase exactly idential (both electrically and cosmetically) switches, or does some one have donor switches available for trade? I am a stickler for completely identical parts, especially for front panel switches :) I was hoping someone had been down this road before and knew the switch model #'s, etc.
2) I have quite a number (maybe around six or seven) of rackmount dual cassette tape units for these machines. I seem to recall that they use cassette tapes that are not identical to the standard common audio cassettes available today. Is anyone aware of where these special tapes can be purchased new?
3) With these machines I got a very large (several crates) library of cassette tapes as well as paper tapes, most appeared to be DG software rather than user data/backups. Are we pretty sure that most software for these machines has been archived somewhere, or should I send these tapes off to Al et. al. to have them read and saved for posterity before I put them in a questionable drive? As old as these tapes are, I wouldn't be suprised if one read was all they will allow.
4) Like #3 above, I have maybe 8 or 10 accounting storage boxes full of schematics & docs for all the circuit cards for the cpu's, interfaces, and peripherals mentioned above. I don't know what the current state of the DG archival project is. Is it likely that all these docs are already archived somewhere?
Thanks in advance for any sage advice!
Best,
J
Mark wrote:
> At 22:17 -0500 8/2/10, Tim wrote:
>> Tim "Excessive force in the apprehension of abused acronyms has been
>> approved" Shoppa.
> Ah! a quote from one of my favorites - "The Big Blues Brothers"
Of course the Blues Brothers had their own computer acronym:
SCMODS = State County and Municipal Offender Data System
pronounced Skamods with a distinct tone of disdain by Elwood IIRC.
The cop car terminals looked pretty slick for 1980. Almost like mobile PLATO
terminals with their orange plasma display. Maybe it was an actual
Motorola product? Of course Motorola and PLATO were also suburban
Chicago/Illinois tie-ins :-). And the mall that gets destroyed, I have
been told, was (previous to being a mall) one of the Teletype factories
in Skokie.
Tim.
I attended the Detroit Maker Faire this past weekend. Quite fun!
Amazing and inspirational geekdom. A combination computer show,
robot demo, tech consciousness raising, Scout jamboree and university
recruiting fair. Vehicles with real flames. The crowd? Mom, Dad and
the kids, regular geeks, geeks with tats and corsets. Cast your
own cannonballs from scrap iron. Life-size Mouse Trap game.
Guitars. Marshmallow guns. For a buck, you could buy a kit
and sit down at a station to solder your own blinking LED merit badge,
and dozens were doing that continuously. EepyBird did their
Coke and Mentos show. Quite a few Arduino-powered gizmos. MakerBots
with various heads like 3D printing with melted ABS plastic. There was
one guy who'd made his own CPU from the ground up, with an Altair-era
style front panel. About 250 booths, I believe.
Overall, I thought it was quite inspirational. A wide range of ages
and abilities in play, all enthusiastic about making things, learning
to repair things, hacking in a playful way. I think any classic
computer exhibit would be well-received.
I don't think Detroit was as funky as it gets when the MF is in
San Francisco. On the other hand, it took place in the parking lots
of the Henry Ford Museum / Greenfield Village, so there was plenty
to see in terms of old machinery.
By some great coincidence, the kids watched a special on Nikola
Tesla on the History Channel shortly before we went to Greenfield
Village, so they could see through the endless pro-Edison material.
While admiring the steam locomotive roundhouse, Air Force One
flew overhead. Being in Detroit also gave me a chance to spend
a little time with my old friend Sheldon Leemon ("Mapping the
Commodore 64") and his wife.
- John
not totally sure of it's overall health, but it kind of works thus far.
apparently was used on an HP-UX w/s @ AT & T (so says the sticker).
an unusual bugger. Unique amongst my jumbo monitors.
Now only need the HP-UX station to go along w/it...
