test-drb July 2012

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by silent700＠gmail.com

Anyone here going? I'll be landing in LV tomorrow afternoon. I haven't seen any word whether they're doing the great "Retro Room" PDP display again. I never made it there to see it in person. Anything else classiccmp-related that is worth seeing in Las Vegas? -jht -- silent700.blogspot.com Retrocomputing and collecting in the Chicago area: http://chiclassiccomp.org

12 years, 5 months

Looking for DEC VK100 'GIGI' Maintenance print sheets

by jgevaryahu＠gmail.com

Does anyone have a copy of the DEC VK100 'GIGI' Maintenance print sheet set? The mp sheets are DEC part number #MP-00893-00 These are needed for repairing a VK100 and for a project reverse-engineering how the hardware worked. The Tech manual on bitsavers ( http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/terminal/gigi/EK-VK100-TM-001_VK100_Techni… ) is missing a lot of information I need, and is also rife with errors! I'd be more than willing to scan or photocopy them if anyone has a copy they could lend me. Am fine paying shipping. -- Jonathan Gevaryahu jgevaryahu at gmail.com jgevaryahu at hotmail.com

12 years, 5 months

iPad, was Re: NRI 832 Clock Not Working

by joachim.thiemann＠gmail.com

On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> Sent from my iPad > > Why does anyone need ot know this? > > -tony It's code for: "Forgive me if this message is more lucid than my usual communication. I've typed it on a device with slightly less tactile feedback than a Sinclair ZX-81, and the gnomes inside are drunk, attempting to subtly replace any misspelt word with lewd innuendos as offensive as possible in the given context." Joe. (Sent using a device which was clearly created on a dare: "Yo Steve, I bet not even you can market that silly wireless chicklet keyboard that the PC JR shipped with!" "Oh yeah? Watch my Reality Distortion Field!" <zooooooong>) (And it's actually quite useable, thank you very much...) -- Joachim Thiemann :: http://jthiem.bitbucket.org

12 years, 5 months

iPad, was Re: NRI 832 Clock Not Working

by a50mhzham＠gmail.com

At 04:41 PM 7/24/2012, you wrote: >On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > >> Sent from my iPad > > > > Why does anyone need ot know this? > > > > -tony > >It's code for: > >"Forgive me if this message is more lucid than my usual communication. While your post is amusing and witty, I think perhaps you meant "less lucid." From wiktionary.org: Etymology Latin <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lucidus#Latin>lucidus, >from <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lux#Latin>lux (?light?) + <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-id>-id. Adjective lucid (<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#comparative>comparative more lucid, <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#superlative>superlative most lucid) * <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/clear>clear; <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/easily>easily <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/understood>understood * <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mentally>mentally <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rational>rational; <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sane>sane * <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bright>bright, <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/luminous>luminous, <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/translucent>translucent or <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/transparent>transparent Synonyms * <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/clear>clear * <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/coherent>coherent * <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fluent>fluent * <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pellucid>pellucid * <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/perspicuous>perspicuous * <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/straightforward>straightforward * <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/see-through>see-through * <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/transparent>transparent Sent from my generic home-built AMD based desktop PC. 604 . [Science] In the pure and physical sciences each generation inherits the consequences made by its predecessors, but in the moral sciences, particularly the arts of administration, the ground seems never to be incontestably won. --Unknown NEW: a50mhzham at gmail.com ? N9QQB (amateur radio) "HEY YOU" (loud shouting) ? Second Tops (Set Dancing) ? FIND ME ON FACEBOOK 43? 7' 17.2" N by 88? 6' 28.9" W ? Elevation 815' ? Grid Square EN53wc LAN/Telecom Analyst ? Open-source Dude ? Musician ? Registered Linux User 385531

12 years, 5 months

Serial Connection for UVax II with H8571-B

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

Tothwolf <tothwolf at concentric.net> wrote: >On Mon, 23 Jul 2012, Kevin Reynolds wrote: > >> Hey guys and gals, >> >> I have tried and failed to get a successful connection between my uvax >> II and a pc rs-232 serial port. The H8751-B didn't seem to work, so I >> pulled it off and wired my own MMJ-DB9 connector. I have tested the MMJ >> cable, and it works flawlessly. >> >> For my connectors I have followed "The Cable" documentation at >> http://www.mcmanis.com/chuck/computers/vaxen/panels.htm (chucks house of >> vax), under "The MicroVAX II" section but it hasn't helped. I have >> tested the MMJ-DB9 connection from my uvax III consoles and from the >> microvax 3100 and it works fine, so I think the PC side is working >> correctly. > >The pinout for the cable at Chuck's House of VAX is correct. I just opened >up the connector shells on my own cable which I assembled more than 10 >years ago and verified that it matches the information given there. > >Your other option would be to use a H8571-B on the VAX side connected with >an MMJ cable to a H8571-J (or equiv.) on the PC side. While the two >adapters are both DE-9, the pinouts for each are very different. > >I've used both solutions for my own systems, and I used to make and sell >H8571-J "work alike" adapter cables on eBay (DE-9F adapter with crimpped >pins to 6P6C jack, wired the same as a H8571-H, along with a 6P6C to MMJ >modular cable; I sold 100s of those things). > >If you'd rather not butcher an MMJ cable, I'd suggest finding an H8571-J >adapter (useful with an MMJ cable for many other purposes as well). If >someone else can't supply you with a second hand H8571-J, I do still have >some NOS inventory (still in the original DEC bags) stored away (but not >/too/ difficult to get to) but I paid a good bit for them so I can't just >give those away.

12 years, 5 months

Looking for DEC VK100 'GIGI' Maintenance print sheets

by jgevaryahu＠gmail.com

> On 7/23/12 1:12 PM, Richard wrote: >> In article<500BAEE9.2090102 at gmail.com>, >> Jonathan Gevaryahu<jgevaryahu at gmail.com> writes: >> >>> The Tech manual on bitsavers ( >>> http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/terminal/gigi/EK-VK100-TM-001_VK100_Techni… >> l_Manual_Apr82.pdf >>> ) is missing a lot of information I need, and is also rife with errors! >> It would be good to have an errata to the technical manual. Can you >> email up a list of the errors you've spotted so far? > that would be a good thing > > GIGI documentation is very hard to find. I'm working on a list of errata (which are currently just pencil notes on a printout of the tech manual), I'll post it when I'm done. -- Jonathan Gevaryahu jgevaryahu at gmail.com jgevaryahu at hotmail.com

12 years, 5 months

Unibus termination

by iamcamiel＠gmail.com

Hi Everyone, I'm looking for a decent primer on Unibus termination. I'm a little confused about M9300, M9301, M9302 and M9312. Which is to be used where? Camiel.

12 years, 5 months

Ready to Power up the 11/04

by jaquinn2001＠gmail.com

I have the power supply tested and reassembled and am ready to power up the 11/04. I am looking to limit the number of installed boards initially. Certainly the RK05 controller boards can go as I haven't got the drives operational yet. The configuration of the 11/04 as I received it is as follows (hopefully this is readable): M7257 M7257 M9302 M7256 M7256 - M7255 M7255 - M7254 M7254 M920 M7258 M7258 M920 M7856 M7856 - M7860 M7860 - GRANT M9202 GRANT M9202 M7856 M7856 M7850 GRANT M7847 M7847 M7847 GRANT M7847 M7847 M7847 M7859 M7859 M9301 GRANT M7263 M7263 M7263 Looking for some guidance if the following is a valid configuration: GRANT M9302 M7856 M7856 M7850 GRANT M7847 M7847 M7847 GRANT M7847 M7847 M7847 M7859 M7859 M9301 GRANT M7263 M7263 M7263 I am also looking to confirm my understanding of the M9301 card. I have read the maintenance and operators manual for the M9301. I think it is saying that the Console Emulator startup message from the M9301 and the console emulator commands will be available on the terminal... which I take to mean the terminal connected to the M7856 in this machine. Am I understanding that right. Thanks everyone for your help. Regards Andrew

12 years, 5 months

C32AX135 or equivalent?

by lists＠loomcom.com

Does anyone happen to have a datasheet for the C32AX135 silicon controlled rectifier? Or know of a suitable equivalent? Thanks, -Seth

12 years, 5 months

Tek 611

by holm＠freibergnet.de

I shot an Tek 611 Storage display lately (230820230720), is there documentaion available somewhere? Has someone a left over D/A converter Card for an QBUS 11? I've found a pdf for an AA11-K card which should be connected to such a display but this is a unibus card it seems.. I only have QBUS-gear. Regards, Holm -- Technik Service u. Handel Tiffe, www.tsht.de, Holm Tiffe, Freiberger Stra?e 42, 09600 Obersch?na, USt-Id: DE253710583 www.tsht.de, info at tsht.de, Fax +49 3731 74200, Mobil: 0172 8790 741

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test-drb July 2012