All --
I'm trying to clear unneeded gear from my shop and I have the following
three somewhat modern pieces of server hardware available to a good home.
I'm just tripping on them so they need to go.
* Compaq ProLiant PL1600 5U rack server. Dual Pentium 3 with 6-drive
integrated RAID (86gb). Boot hard drive is bad (9gb SCSI). With some spare
parts/rack stuff. I used this as one of my first servers in my house before
I shifted to NAS and micro-servers. Great machine until the boot hard drive
bit the dust?ran Windows NT Server then Windows 2000 Server.
* Snap Server N4100. Early NAS RAID. 1U rack size. 4-drive/750gb. Works fine
but has inter-operability issues with XP/Vista/7 (due to change in SMB
authentication protocol I remember reading). Missing front faceplate (may be
in the shop somewhere).
* Sony AIT-162 16-tape AIT2 library (16x50g uncompressed). 2U rack size.
Comes with tapes/bar code labels. I have the software somewhere. Worked the
last time I used it but when the server died I changed everything around.
Because of the size/weight, it would be pickup only from Nassau County, LI
(11791). If anyone's interested, please contact me off-list and we can
arrange something.
Thanks!
Rich
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Rich Cini
Collector of Classic Computers
Build Master and lead engineer, Altair32 Emulator
http://www.classiccmp.org/cinihttp://www.classiccmp.org/altair32
In the 01 Sep 2012, cctalk Digest, Vol 109, Issue 1, Topic #2, Brenton
Bryant wrote:
"Recently I found an incomplete PDP-8/a and need the transformer and
backplane to start working on it. If anyone has one or both then
please let me know."
What type of (incomplete) you PDP-8/A do you have?
The power supply is different for the core vs. semiconductor memories
and different backplanes used in these machines. There are three
different power supplies available, depending on the backplane and the
memory. The chassis you have should have a label telling what it is.
The PDP-8/A uses the ?76? Power Supply AssembIy which includes:
?9192 Omnibus (10 module slots)
G801? Power Supply Module (Semiconductor Memory)
Power board
Transformer AssembIy
Line Set
Operator's ????l
The PDP-8?100, 8?400, 8?600, & 8?800 use the ?9?00 Chassis AssembIy
which includes:
?9194 Omnibus (12 slots)
G8016 Power Supply Module (Semiconductor ??????) OR G8018 Power Supply
Module (Core ?emor?)
Transformer AssembIy
Line Set
Operator's ????l
The PDP-8?420, 8?620, & 8?820 use the ??8-? Expander Chassis AssembIy
which includes:
?9195 Omnibus (20 slots)
2 G8018 Power Supply Modules (Core Memory)
Transformer AssembIy
Line Set
Operator's ????l
Power Distribution Assembly
The above information is from the "PDP8A Minicomputer Handbook 1976-77."
(http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp8/handbooks/MinicomputerHandbook_1976.p…)
Paul Anderson *may* be able to provide what you need -- he had a
PDP-8/A chassis available at the end of last year and it *may* have
what you need (i.e., power supply & backplane).
So, what (incomplete) model PDP-8/A do you have?
Thanks,
Bob
Does anyone know how to interpret the letters stamped on the side of DEC
module handles? I remember reading that these were FCO and/or Revision
marks, but can't find the reference any more.
-chuck
>From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org on behalf of Corey Anderson
>Sent: Fri 9/7/2012 2:45 AM
>If nobody is interested in the whole thing and wants parts only, I will consider
>parting it out and shipping things at your expense.
>
>Contact me if interested and want pictures or more info.
Corey,
I'm looking for a couple of keys for mine, If you end up parting it out, could I get the R and X keys from it?
Gary
Gary at Realtimecomp.com
I contacted the seller of item #200814830163 "Vintage Computer
Equipment / Pertec T6840-9-45 U2 / DEC PDP8/S Digital Equipment" and
asked that since I didn't see a PDP8/S in any of the pictures if one
was included in the auction (per the description).
Here is the seller's reply: "This auction is not for the PDP8/S (no
PDP8/S included), but this is part of the PDP8/S equipment. Comparable
Example: 1997 Ford Explorer / O2 Sensor / Oxygen Sensor
Thanks for your interest, and good luck with your bidding!"
It is highly unlikely (impossible?) that a slow PDP-8/S would have
peripherals as such as two RK05's and a PERTEC 6840. Sigh..
Cheers,
Lyle
--
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
http://bickleywest.com
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
I recently rescued a DECwriter II (LA36) that needs a good home. I personally never used it,
I merely saved it from being sent to landfill. It does have some yellowing to it, but other than
dust and spider webs, appears to be in good shape.
It has all its keys and the tractor feed and the carriage all move. I have not tried
to plug it in.
I collect Teletypes so I just couldn't stand the thought of this being tossed,
thinking that someone out there would probably want it.
If interested, it's yours. Otherwise it's going to be summarily recycled.
I am not really interested in trying to ship it since I'd have no idea how to. I'd be willing
to drive a little to help it find a home, but not more than 50 miles.
I live in the Portland, Oregon area.
If nobody is interested in the whole thing and wants parts only, I will consider
parting it out and shipping things at your expense.
Contact me if interested and want pictures or more info.
Thanks,
Corey.
>Message: 25
>Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 11:55:13 +0100
>From: Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com>
>
>On 7 September 2012 08:38, Jason T <silent700 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Interesting - that was an 8086 machine IIRC. Or am I forgetting that
>> an XT could run Win 3.1?
>
>I am trying to remember if there was a magic incantation to get it to
>start if you had an NEC V30 chip or something, but I am not at all
>sure. I suspect that for an actual Intel 8086, Windows 3.0 was the
>latest - and you still couldn't run in VGA mode. (You only got VGA if
>you had an NEC V30; the VGA driver used 286 instructions.)
>
You are limited to Windows 3.0 or lower on a 8088, 8086 or 80186. Windows 3.1 dropped Real Mode support, so it needs an 80286 or better. I have run Windows 3.0 on a Poqet (8088) and HPLX 200 (80186) using the CGA drivers.
Bob
On 2012-09-06 08:48, B M<iamvirtual at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I managed to get RSTS-11 (circa 1974) installed on an RK05 drive for my
> PDP-11/10. The M873-YA bootstrap loader does not seem to be able to boot
> the disk.
>
> I can boot the drive via a manual bootstrap routine.
>
> I saw on a site that some bootloaders will refuse to boot a drive unless
> the first byte is 240(8). On RSTS-11, the first byte is 300(8).
>
> Any ideas why the bootstrap card is picky?
That's a way to try and protect you from booting random garbage.
On some newer PDP-11s you can disable that check if you want to.
Johnny
--
Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
|| on a psychedelic trip
email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books
pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
Hi again,
A program that I was sent long ago gave the following info for the drive I
am thinking of:
Read Hard Disk Parameters
Copyright 1995, Sydex, Inc.
All Rights Reserved.
An AT controller was found
For ESDI/IDE Drive 0:
Cylinders 2358
Heads 16
Sectors/Track 63
Buffer Size 64K
Total Sectors 2376864
Drive supports DMA
Drive supports LBA
Firmware Revision: 99C60LE7
Model Number: IBM-DPRA-21215
Serial Number: 1L47L4V2902
It is operated under DOS 5 and Windows 3.1. The drive does the same thing in
Windows and in DOS.
I don't know who has encountered the Commodore 1541 drive. Thise who have
will recall the hammering noise it made at turn-on and also when it
encountered a difficulty with a disk it was reading.
The drive under consideration is, I think, doing the same thing. It
periodically makes a noise that sounds like an impact. This noise is being
encountered with increasing frequency; I wonder if the the drive is headed
for a failure. I have other drives I can put in its place, if need be.
I don't understand the reference to "popcorn"...what is the meaning here?
Thanks,
Kurt
I am still using a Sony Trinitron Multisacn E400 Monitor with a ten year old
system. When I first boot the computer in the morning, the monitor manages
to support normal boot operations (I use 1280 by 1024 as a standard pixel
setting). But if another full screen window is used, the monitor will
cut out in
a manner I don't know how to describe - other than it stops all display.
The simple solution is to power off, then on and I have been doing this for
the past two months. I realize that with a ten year old (or perhaps older)
monitor, it will eventually have to be replaced or repaired. The latter
option
is almost certainly NOT cost effective since I have neither the tools
nor the
knowledge to do the repair myself.
I do have two questions:
(a) Is there any possibility of either damage to the other components
or even
myself if I continue to use the monitor until it completely fails?
(b) Is there any point in waiting 15 minutes (approximately) that the
monitor
seems to need to warm up completely to prevent the problem in the
first
place, i.e. will preventing the problem from happening by
providing enough
time for the monitor to completely warm up prolong the limited
expected
life of the monitor at this point?
Any other comments would be appreciated, especially in respect of questions
that I do not know to even ask.
Jerome Fine
