test-drb August 2011

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Needed in Seattle: Unibus analyzer (Guy Sotormayor's UA-11)

by RichA＠vulcan.com

We are waiting for a UA-11 from Guy, but in the mean time a high-priority project is being held up for lack of a way to check out the Unibus on a PDP-11/40. Does anyone in the Seattle-Tacoma region have one of these that we might borrow until we get our own? Please feel free to reply off-line if you like. Thanks, Rich Rich Alderson Vintage Computing Sr. Server Engineer Vulcan, Inc. 505 5th Avenue S, Suite 900 Seattle, WA 98104 mailto:RichA at vulcan.com mailto:RichA at LivingComputerMuseum.org http://www.LivingComputerMuseum.org/

12 years, 11 months

Low Profile "Header" help needed

by brain＠jbrain.com

I'm struggling with designing adapters for situations where things sit right above a PCB (like the CBM 1541-II PCB under the disk mechanism) where there is not enough room for a: Header PCB Socket IC And sometimes not enough for even: Header PCB IC A while back, I found a pic of a "low profile" header option. Pic: http://postimage.org/image/2o6zinnk4/ Notice how the header pins are attached to a plastic "film"? Does anyone know what that is called, or better yet, have a source for this type of header? Jim -- Jim Brain brain at jbrain.com www.jbrain.com

12 years, 11 months

IBM 5110 and Zilog 8000 docs spotted

by innfoclassics＠gmail.com

Spotted on epay...thought there might be interest here...no connection with the seller 310335159258 Lot of Zilog Z8000 CPU Manuals, Specs, Dev Mod, Assembl 310335159274 Lot of 5 Original IBM 5110 Portable Computer Manuals -- Paxton Hoag Astoria, OR USA

12 years, 11 months

What terminal model appears in "Buckaroo Banzai"?

by ethan.dicks＠gmail.com

Hi, All, Due to an off-hand watermelon comment made around the house last night, I rewatched "Buckaroo Banzai". I already know the computer in the President's hospital room is a DEC Rainbow 100 (with a faux-TV-image overlay) and the computer at the Banzai compound is an CompuPro 8/16 ( http://starringthecomputer.com/feature.php?f=78 ), but what's that orange-tinted terminal attached to the S-100 box? -ethan

12 years, 11 months

Modcomp minicomputer rescue

by wmaddox＠pacbell.net

There is a large lot of vintage ex-JPL Modcomp gear available in the LA area, but it would require an extremely prompt pickup, with difficult logistics. These are classic TTL blinkenlights minis, with really sexy-looking front panels. It looks like there is enough material to satisfy several collectors. I'd be interested in hearing from interested folks in SoCal ASAP. --Bill

12 years, 11 months

DEC Collection on Craigs List in South Jersey

by shumaker＠att.net

Just noticed a rather large collection of DEC equipment including a MicroVaxII and a CDC fixed disk on CL offered at $499 item no 2550822438. in the South Jersey (Cherry Hill) CL Steve

12 years, 11 months

What's 6 Feet Tall and Weighs 1,500 Pounds? A Minicomputer

by oldcpu3＠rogerwilco.org

From today's (August 24) Wall Street Journal front page: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903596904576516552161014410.h… Written as a bit of a puff piece, but interesting nonetheless, given the national reach of the WSJ. It might (though I doubt it) spur a few Wall Street types to take a keener interest in retro gear, making things dearer and harder for us homie hobbyists to acquire. :) Kudo's to Ian (King) and Rich (Alderson), et al. -- Jared

12 years, 11 months

Looking for Sun Ultra5 RAM

by jplist2008＠kiwigeek.com

Don't suppose anyone has any U5 RAM they'd be willing to sell me? Getting a "Memory Address not Aligned" on my Ultra5. Hoping it's just the RAM and not something else. Replies offlist, please. Thanks chaps (and chapettes); - JP Iowa

12 years, 11 months

Sun Solaris md5sums?

by vintagecoder＠aol.com

If anybody has md5sum.txt files from Sun Solaris versions or can compute them from Solaris ISOs downloaded directly from Sun, would you please post them on this list? md5sums on Solaris Studio would be appreciated also. I lost a bunch of files and I want to make sure any replacement copies I can scrounge are legit. I have not been able to find anything using archive.org on Sun's old site. Thanks guys.

12 years, 11 months

collecting sales guides and Brochures

by markarmbrennan＠gmail.com

Hello It has been some years since I was last on the list but here goes, I am involved with an on-line computer history preservation site its URL is www.1000bit.com we have a good collection of computer brochures but we are looking for more. I was therefore wondering would any of the list members have old brochure, sales guides etc that they would be will to part with or sell, I am quite happy to pay a fee and shipping I am look for most things from 1984 - to 1999 on various companies here are just a few Apollo/AT&T/DEC/CRAY/DG/IBM/NCR/NEC/Netframe/Tricord/Pyramid and Wang etc regards and many thanks Mark email markarmbrennan AT gmail DOT com

12 years, 11 months

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