I recently acquired a couple of MicroVAX 2000s. One of them has this board
in it:
http://cid-fc758a5a91b91301.office.live.com/self.aspx/Public/MV2000Board-1.j
pg
I don't know what this board is but it connects by two ribbon cables to
connectors on the main board. Can anyone tell me what it is?
Also one of the machines has faulty memory. I have removed the memory option
and I am trying to identify it, but the marking says "2/4 MB MEMORY OPTION".
Anyone know how to tell which one it is?
Thanks
Rob
I have just acquired a MicroVAX 2000 which I found to contain an RD54. If I
try booting the machine from the disk you hear a whine, when the whine stops
you can hear the heads move, then when the heads stop moving you hear the
whine again. Is this a terminally sick disk?
Thanks
Rob
In cleaning my house I have discovered a complete and unused photocopy
of the Teletype 33 service manual (Bulletin 310B Vol. 1 & 2) and 33
parts list (Bulletin 1184B). It weighs 9 lbs boxed.
Also a new photocopy of the DEC PDP-8/L "Maintenance Manual Vol. 1
Oct. 1968". Chapters 1-5 plus readable schematics (8.5x11"). Shipping
wt. 2 lbs.
First reasonable offer gets one or both... shipping is inexpensive by
Media Mail, from zip 65775.
thanks
Charles
I am at the hotel and about to start inspecting the show area. Soon
we shall commence storming the Heron Point Building with never-before
witnessed piles of ccmp and related ephemera. Everything that could
have been done has been done, and that which should have been done and
was not must wait for next year. We accept this and proceed.
Twitterized folks can get updates by following @vcfmidwest.
A uStream broadcast will begin sometime tomorrow morning, depending on
factors of technology, polar alignment, sunspots and when I get up.
View it here:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/chiclassiccomp
Onward to non-fail and glory! Bring on the junk!
--
S.7k
chiclassiccomp.org
Argggh!
Went with the spousal unit to a local arts fair and what did one vendor
sell? Right, "obsolete" chips. I immediately spotted a LSI-11 chip set.
And what about the EPROM bracelet?
Some gold NASA stuff as well.
Sad, very sad.
At 12:00 -0500 9/17/10, Bill M. wrote:
>The Perq was the result of a visit (sabbatical?) at Xerox PARC
>by one of the principals of Three Rivers Computer, much like
>the way Lilith originated from Wirth's experiences there.... --Bill
Ah, hah! Do I correctly surmise that the correct pronunciation of
"Perq" is /park/ = [pahrk] (cf dictionary.com "park") and not /p3rk/
= [purk] (cf dictionary.com, "perk") ?
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- Mark 210-379-4635
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Large Asteroids headed toward planets
inhabited by beings that don't have
technology adequate to stop them:
Think of it as Evolution in Fast-Forward.
I spotted some 3 1/2" form factor drives that I think may be SCSI
drives of the narrow "SCA" persuasion. I noted them mainly because they
have a small looking black plastic connector similar to a centronics
connector, with what appears to be a central male bar with contacts on it.
It rang a bell about the discussion about such connectors in some
Sparcbook laptops.
Though the form factor is totally useless, it would be interesting if
the bus was the same, and one could fab up a cable out of a dead
sparcbook to such a drive. Just thinking.
I have to grab the drives tomorrow and see what they are. No idea at
all about whether they work, but they have been around for a long time.
Also I have a line on a huge amount of recent junk, and am listing it on
epay. It is way too new (except for technically some 2001 dual xeon
dell serverboards).
contact me off line for some quantum high capacity tape drives if
interested. There are 17 to be had, and a deal on them.
Jim
