test-drb October 2012

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268 discussions

by spedraja＠gmail.com

I've received an advice from ClassicMainframe about this emulator (thanks Peter). Great shape. http://vseries.lurndal.org/doku.php?id=simulator:installation Enjoy. SPc.

11 years, 9 months

Love Letters from a 1951 Ferranti wins first Tony Sale Award

by lproven＠gmail.com

Summary: Dr David Link has won the Computer Conservation Society's first Tony Sale Award for an art project that runs a program written to generate love letters on one of the first commercial computers http://www.zdnet.com/love-letters-from-a-1951-ferranti-wins-first-tony-sale… Other projects nominated for the first Tony Sale Award, sponsored by Google, were a DEC PDP1 restoration at the Computer History Museum in California; the Time-Line Computer Archive being developed by Michael Armstrong and Sandra Hodson, in Wigton, West Cumbria; and a reconstruction of Konrad Zuse?s Z3 Computer (PDF) in Hunsfeld, Germany. -- Liam Proven ? Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lproven at cix.co.uk ? GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lproven at hotmail.com ? Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 ? Cell: +44 7939-087884

11 years, 9 months

unibus to modern disk interface?

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

Just curious, did anyone ever do a Unibus->IDE, etc... anything to interface a modern drive to unibus? I see from googling that Brad Parker had an excellent concept & initial design. Basically a unibus controller that could impersonate several different controllers & disks... Anyone know if this project (or a similar one) ever was completed? I'd be most interested in keeping the RL02 on the 11/45, but would love to have something larger for builds that could be easily removed and thus keep the system "original". J

11 years, 9 months

Ebay Cray T94

by elson＠pico-systems.com

After looking at the other photos of the internals, I don't think that skid is up to the task. Since they cracked one of the hatches for illustration, makes me wonder what sort of juice is inside to cool it with. If freon is it still legal? As to whether it is touchup paint, I would also suspect it might be some sort of treatment for the coolant, but not sure what that is. Certainly possible it is what you say. that is a lot of aluminum though a wonder a crappy skid like that hasn't given out. The coolant is Fluorinert, a fluorinated hydrocarbon. It is not an ozone-depleting substance, as far as I know, but would still probably be considered hazmat which would complicate shipment. Probably the best thing would be to drain it, and ship separately in barrels. Jon

11 years, 9 months

DECstation 5000 mobo for shipping costs

by jack.rubin＠ameritech.net

Got this with a bunch of older DEC docs - digital MAXine 64-21325. I don't know anything about it but it looks like it will fit in a USPS flat rate box. Yours for shipping costs from 60091 (Wilmette IL USA). Contact me directly if you want it. Jack

11 years, 9 months

PDP-10

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

PDP 11/10 available, appears to be located in Arizona. Please contact me off-list if interested. J

11 years, 9 months

HP65 keyboard repair ?

by jdr_use＠bluewin.ch

So the HP65 that is on my desk needs repair : - the gummy wheel thing is reasonably easy, - I will be able to fix the charger / power supply issue ( doesn't run from a good battery, does run from charger ) - but is there any update on possible solutions for those broken keysprings ? The '5' and '.' are basically gone... Jos

11 years, 9 months

FREE: Old Macs from the 90's in So Cal.

by tosteve＠yahoo.com

For free in Orange County, CA (92656): I was given a whole stack of old "working" Macs: IIci, IIsi, LC III, Performa 5200CD, PowerMac 5500, Quadra 610, Mac SE, etc. Includes monitors, keyboards, mice, software. If interested, please come and take them all away! Thanks- Steve.

11 years, 9 months

FREE: Old Macs from the 90's in So Cal.

by tosteve＠yahoo.com

11 years, 9 months

Skipware level, late 2012

by wlewisiii＠gmail.com

On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 2:05 PM, <cctalk-request at classiccmp.org> wrote: On 13 October 2012 21:09, Toby Thain <toby at telegraphics.com.au> wrote: > > My livelihood is not impaired by using an 8 year old machine and if they > stop to think, neither is most people's. Delurking briefly, I just wanted to comment that I currently have as my primary machine a 10 year old Dell C640 laptop with a P4M 1.8ghz cpu, 1024x768, maxed out with 2 gb of ram & 2x120gb drives (bios max) & an onboard wi-fi card. USB 1 is the only real annoyance. No speed demon to be sure, but it runs Xubuntu 12.04 well 90% of what I want to do runs fine - if nothing else, a CADR emulator, SIMH & DOSBox all do what I want them to & I don't need to make a living on it. It even can handle my photo negative scanner &, if a bit slowly sometimes, GIMP to edit my photography. There are very few who need a faster computer. Though I'll be the first one to admit it would be nice to be able to afford something newer. William -- Live like you will never die, love like you've never been hurt, dance like no-one is watching. Alex White

11 years, 9 months

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test-drb October 2012