On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:
> Does anyone have any experience with replacing aging 50-pin (or even 68-pin
> and SCA) SCSI drives with a SCSI-to-CF bridge? I'm thinking specifically
> for DEC hardware (PDP-11, VAX or Alpha).
I have an SCM PCD-50B which I bought from a4000t.com (that site does
not appear to be accessible now). I have used that connected through
a CMD CQD-220 to boot a PDP-11. It's a multiple slot multiple LUN
device so you need a controller which can support multiple LUNs if you
want to access anything other than LUN 0, which is the PCMCIA slot
(which of course can be used for a CF card in an adapter instead of
using the CF slot directly). The PCD-50B doesn't appear to be too
easily available now, nor the PCD-60B.
I have heard of people using the CF PowerMonster / CF AztecMonster
which typically go for around $130 on eBay. I haven't used one of
those myself.
On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 1:36 PM, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:
> Does anyone have any experience with replacing aging 50-pin (or even 68-pin
> and SCA) SCSI drives with a SCSI-to-CF bridge? I'm thinking specifically
> for DEC hardware (PDP-11, VAX or Alpha).
I'm very interested in this, too. The SGI guys at nekochan love the
SCA->SATA bridges out there, and use SSDs. Even a 128M compact flash
card in my uVAX2 would be awesome, both for power consumption reasons
and speed.
After sitting on literally several tons of equipment for the last 16+ years,
I am selling it off.
Next Saturday, November 9th, the warehouse will be open from 9AM to 5PM.
All are welcome, cash and carry, and no, I don't want to ship anything else.
EISA, ISA, VLB cards, IO, sound, video, etc.
Old Sun, IBM, etc.
Old laptops, starting with 8088 thru PII or PII, complete and incomplete
Old Apple laptops, complete and incomplete
Ruggedized Panasonic Toughbooks, incomplete
Several hundred old modems, some new in the box, 300 baud on up
Network equipment, NIC cards, baluns
Terminals, keyboards
Complete computers 80386 and up
Cindy Croxton
Electronics Plus
1613 Water Street
Kerrville, TX 78028
(830)792-3400 phone (830)792-3404 fax
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Hi. I'm interested in buying a working Dec VT 2xx or 3xx terminal and
keyboard (if possible). Shipping from anywhere in the U.S. is fine or I
can pick up in the Los Angeles area. These are the last pieces I need
for my MicroVAX 2000 system, which includes an expansion box with TK50Z
tape drive. Thanks.
-W
eBay item 310788841663
I've been looking for more documentation for the NRI 832 kit (the
archived documentation on Bitsavers and elsewhere is incomplete) and
this set just showed up on eBay last night but it's looking fairly
pricey already. If anyone here is going for them, let me know as I'd
love to get a scan of a couple of the manual sets to help finish up the
partial kit that I have.
Thanks,
Josh
> Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 01:43:12 -0500
> From: John Wilson <wilson at dbit.com>
> Subject: Re: TU58 capstan solutions anyone ?
>
> On Wed, Nov 06, 2013 at 12:38:06AM -0500, rescue wrote:
>>Anyone done a T58 here ? Can you let me know what materials I need
>>and process to replace "goo precursor" with tubing/etc ?
>
> This is stale information and doesn't address your exact question, but
> I think at one point Keyways was selling replacements for the whole thing
> (including the hub I mean). I don't know if Mitch Miller is still doing
> that, but there must be *some* reason for his owning the tu58.com domain name!
>
> I forget the price -- non-trivial but worth it, is what I remember.
>
> Otherwise ... do you mean to imply that people *have* been doing this on
> a lathe? I'd be surprised to see rubber cooperate with that ... but I do
> have one (antique Sheldon BM-1026) and would be up for experimentation.
>
> Any idea how RTV silicone stands up? It might be possible to cast new
> (fake) rubber on that way, although keeping it centered would be a
> challenge.
>
> John Wilson
> D Bit
You can freeze the rubber material before turning it on a lathe,
probably with a sharp tool. I've not done it myself at home, but some
of our Machinists have done it here at work.
Of course, you need to choose the correct durometer rubber for the
intended purpose -- TU58 capstans in this case....
Bob
Checked my VT103... one capstan is a train wreck... the other doesn't
look to bad, but I bet that if it was attempted to be used it would die
quick.
I've read about the use on different drives about tubing, etc to fix
capstans....
Anyone done a T58 here ? Can you let me know what materials I need and
process to replace "goo precursor" with tubing/etc ?
I don't have a lathe, machine tools, etc available to me (beyond files,
a dremel, etc).
Thanks,
-- Curt
Landed a truckload of VM stuff last weekend.
Amongst the items, and near-complete set of VM/SP manuals.
Anyone interested in these? They're hereby (preferably) for trade for IBM gear/other docs, or for sale. I'll give it a few weeks, then they hit eBay. All are in superb condition, and I even have a few genuine IBM binders to go with them!
Details below...
Here's the docs I have:
SC24-5219-2 EXEC 2 Reference Release 3
SC24-5247-03 VM/SP Application Development Guide for FORTRAN and Cobol
SC24-5368-00 VM/SP Release 6 Guide
SC24-5284-01 VM/SP Application Development Reference for CMS
SC24-5378-00 VM/SP Connectivity Planning, Administration, and Operation
SC24-5285-01 VM/SP Administration
LY20-0892-05 VM/SP Diagnostics Reference
SC19-6211-05 VM/SP CP General User Command Reference
SC24-5402-00 VM/SP CP System Command Reference
SC19-6201-06 VM/SP Planning Guide and Reference
SC24-5239-03 VM/SP System Product Interpreter Reference
LY24-5221-03 VM/SP CMS Data Areas and Control Blocks
SC24-5367-00 VM/SP CMS Shared File System Administration
SC19-6210-05 VM/SP CMS User's Guide
SC24-5260-01 VM/SP Interactive Problem Control System Guide and Reference
SC24-5288-01 VM System Facilities for Programming
SC24-5238-04 VM/SP System Product Interpreter User's Guide
SC24-5250-02 VM/SP Group Control System Command and Macro Reference
LY20-0893-05 VM/SP CMS Diagnosis Reference
SC24-5366-00 VM/SP Application Migration Guide for CMS
SC19-6209/05 VM/SP CMS Command Reference
LY24-5220-04 VM/SP CP Data Areas and Control Blocks
SC24-5377-00 VM/SP Connectivity Programming Guide and Reference
SC24-5220-04 VM/SP System Product Editor User's Guide
GC24-5417-00 VM/SP Directory Of Programming Interfaces for Customers
GC19-6207-05 VM/SP Library Guide and Master Index
GC19-6206-05 VM/SP Terminal Reference
SC24-5291-02 VM/SP Programmer's Guide to the Server-Requester Programming Interface for VM/System Product
SC24-5286-01 VM/SP Application Development Guide for CMS
GH24-5055-03 Virtual Machine Remote Spooling Communications Subsystem Networking General Information Version 2 Release 3
SC19-6202-05 VM/SP Operator's Guide
GC19-6200-05 VM/SP Introduction
LY24-5240-1 Virtual Machine Remote Spooling Communications Subsystem Networking Version 2 Exit Customization Release 2
SC26-4399-01 VM/SP SAA Common Programming Interface Communications Reference
GH24-5055-03 RSCS General Information
SH24-5197-00 RSCS Exit Customization
LY24-5228-02 RSCS Diagnosis Reference
SH24-5058-03 RSCS Operation and Use
SH24-5057-03 RSCS Planning and Installation
SH24-5196-00 RSCS Messages and Codes
Here's the docs I'm missing:
SC19-6204-05 VM/SP System Messages and Codes
GC19-6212-05 VM/SP Running Guest Operating Systems
GC20-1838-07 VM/SP General Information
SC24-5221-05 VM/SP System Product Editor Command and Macro Reference
SC24-5236-04 VM/SP CMS Primer
SC24-5237-04 VM/SP Installation Guide
SC24-5242-03 VM/SP CMS Primer for Line-Oriented Terminals
SC24-5264-02 VM/SP System Messages Cross-Reference
SC24-5316-01 VM/SP Introduction to Security
SC24-5389-00 VM/SP Service Guide
SC24-5379 VM/SP Glossary
SX20-4400 VM/SP Quick Reference
LY20-0890 VM/SP Service Routines Program Logic
LY24-5241 VM/SP Diagnosis Guide
SX24-5225 VM/SP VM CP Trace Table (poster)
SX24-5224 VM/SP Problem Determination Summary
SX24-5122 VM/SP SP Editor Command Language Reference Summary
SX24-5124 EXEC 2 Language Reference Summary
SX24-5151 CMS Primer Summary of Commands
SX24-5126 SP Interpreter Reference Summary
SX24-5159 CMS Primer for Line-Oriented Terminals Summary of Commands
SX24-5221 HELP Facility Introduction
SX24-5219 CP General User Command Reference Summary
SX24-5222 CP System Command Reference Summary
SX24-6220 CMS Command Reference Summary
SX24-5173 VM Summary of End Use Tasks and Commands (poster)
SC23-0111 VTAM Installation and Resource Definition
SC23-0112 VTAM Customization
SC23-0113 VTAM Operation
SC23-0114 VTAM Messages and Codes
SC23-0115 VTAM Programming
LY30-5601 VTAM Diagnosis Guide
SC30-3400 VTAM Programming for LU 6.2
LY30-5593 VTAM Data Areas (VM)
LY30-5600 VTAM Reference Summary
GC24-5373 VM/Passthrough Facility Overview
SC24-5374 VM/Passthrough Facility: Managing and Using
SX24-5135 RSCS Reference Summary
Industrial Micro Systems Floppy Disk Conroller (FDC 400)
This is the controller used in the IMS 8000 series computer and is meant for 8" drives
If anyone out there is willing to part with an IMS FDC 400, please send me a note.
new_castle_j at yahoo.com
Jonathan
