test-drb March 2013

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by michael.99.thompson＠gmail.com

The RICM has their PDP-9 processor and core working nicely now, except for the DAC and DZM instructions. Once we get the processor and paper tape reader/punch restoration completed the next task will be connecting the TC59 tape controller and the TU20 tape drive. Bitsavers has the TC59 manuals. I bought an HP 7975A maintenance manual for the TU20 tape transport that is now scanned and on Bitsavers. We don't have any documentation for the rack of electronics in the bottom of the TU20 that connects the 7975A to the TC59. Does anyone have DEC TU20 documentation? Where could we find two BC09A cables to connect the TC59 to the PDP-9 processor? -- Michael Thompson

11 years, 9 months

I'm baack...

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On 03/21/2013 03:19 PM, Bill Sudbrink wrote: >>>> I've got this WONDERFUL >>>> *****RARE***** >>>> **** SUPER CLASSIC ***** @@@@ LOOOK @@@@******MUST SEEEEEEE****** >>>> ****////ORIGINAL DELL/////****** >>>> 2.8GHZ *SCREAMER FOR ITS TIME* PENTIUM *4* (NOT MANY LEFT!!!!!) >>>> >>>> **** TWO GIGS OF RAM**** SMALL IN OUR TIME, BUT HUGE, HUGE >> ABSOLUTELY >>>> HUGE >>>> FOR A WORKSTATION OF THAT PERIOD. >>>> >>>> FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY FOR SALE ON THE MARKET~!!!!!! ORIGINAL LIST >> PRICE >>>> $1,400 YOURS NOW FOR A LIMITED TIME BID STARTING AT $10,000 >>>> >>>> GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY BIDDING!!!! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I died a little inside typing that out. >>>> >>> If it's any consolation, I died a little bit reading it. >> >> ROFL!! > > Dave McGuire, man of action, laughs in the face of death. "Sport death: Only life can kill you." -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA

11 years, 9 months

VMS documentation binders to give away

by p.gebhardt＠ymail.com

Hello everybody, there are eight grey VMS documentation binders to give away which are duplicates in my collection: -Volume 2a and 2b: Introduction to VMS, Guide to Using VMS, Guide to VMS Files and Devices, Mail Utility, Phone Utility, Sort/Merge Utility (VMS version 5.0) - Release Notes: Volume 2: Release Notes (VMs version 5.4) - General User: volume 1: General Information: Master Index, General User Master Index, Glossary (VMS version 5.0) - General User: Volume 3: Using DCL: DCL Concepts, Guide to Using Command Procedures (VMS version 5.0) - General User: volume 4: DCL Dictionary (VMS version 5.0) - General User : volume 5A:Processing Text: Guide to Text Processing, EDT Reference (VMS version 5.0) - General User : volume 5C: Processing Text: DIGITAL standard Runoff, EVE Reference (VMS version 5.0) - Programming: Volume 8: Device Support: Device Support Manual(VMS version 5.0) First come, first serve, I give them away for free whoever is interested in them. You only have to take care of the shipping costs. Documents are located in Germany near the belgian and dutch boarder. Kind regards, Pierre ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pierre's collection of classic computers : http://classic-computing.dyndns.org/

11 years, 9 months

Data Converter Reference Manual

by wmachacek＠q.com

I have the Analog Devices, Inc., "Data Converter Reference Manual", Volumes I & II, 1992 edition. These are big and heavy (3 pounds apiece). I am no longer interested in keeping these manuals around. I will be willing to send these to anyone who is willing to pay for the shipping (via Media Mail). It looks like the cost will be a little over $5, so the first person with $5 who wants these manuals can get them. Thanks and I'll be checking this list to see who, if anyone, is interested. Bill Machacek Colo. Springs, CO

11 years, 9 months

OT: 1000 year DVD storage

by tom_a_sparks＠yahoo.com.au

----- Original Message ----- >>??Perhaps not close to 1000 years, but certainly across a lifetime spam--I > > In 1000 years, well past our lifetime, will there BE anything besides > "spam" > >>??would think that these would be handy for preserving family photos, >>??particularly of important events such as weddings. > > Other than archeologists, in 1000 years, who is going to WANT our data? there are a few known facts: * every generation well want to relive their childhood * military/corporate project become cheaper and enter the consumer market[1] * new data mining methods are discovered * old information has value but is lost/miss-placed/destroyed before the true value is discovered (wiping) [1] 3D printers, Remote control vehicle, computers, etc tom

11 years, 9 months

Anyone have any interest in an NCD ThinStar 300 "terminal"?

by seefriek＠gmail.com

Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> writes: > >Apparently I did, but the URL - www.ncd-x.com/doc/TerminalUsersGuide.pdf - >made me think it was the original company. Nice they put the manuals up, but sure would be nifty if they put the last software for the traditional X terminals (e.g. HMX) up. As far as I know (and I haven't burned many cycles checking) that all died long before NCD did. Probably shouldn't have tossed my (pre-HMX) NCD with X in (many) PROMs, but it was mono X11R2/3-ish and not much past xterm/Xaw worked that well, post year 2000.

11 years, 9 months

Anyone have any interest in an NCD ThinStar 300 "terminal"?

by ethan.dicks＠gmail.com

Hi, All, A friend of mine who repairs and recertifies equipment occasionally runs across interesting hardware. He has an NCD ThinStar 300 WinCE thin client box that he was planning on scrapping (for the PSU, the metal, the PCB, the CPU, etc) but I thought I'd ask if anyone has enough interest to offer something for it to cover shipping and the time to pack and ship it. I'm told it works. Internally, it's some flavor of Pentium with a passive heat sink, a couple of PC-100 SDRAM DIMMs, a Crystal Sound audio chip, and some flavor of Ethernet. I found a manual on the NCD site with little effort. Anyone interested? Make an offer and I'll pass it along. It doesn't have to be an outrageous offer, just enough to make it worth the time to not strip it for the PSU and a small amount of electronic recycling value. -ethan

11 years, 9 months

Thomson T-VT 6000 terminal in Ireland (ebay)

by legalize＠xmission.com

Looks worth saving if anyone is nearby. <http://www.ebay.com/itm/111032447415> -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" free book <http://tinyurl.com/d3d-pipeline> The Computer Graphics Museum <http://computergraphicsmuseum.org> The Terminals Wiki <http://terminals.classiccmp.org> Legalize Adulthood! (my blog) <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>

11 years, 9 months

Free: Solaris 2.5.1 Sparc Desktop

by kurt.m.nowak＠gmail.com

Dug up a copy of Solaris 2.5.1 Sparc Desktop while sorting out my stuff...All the manuals and disks all seem to be in the box...I know its a bit useless and dated considering other better OS alternatives for older Sparcs. Does anybody want this? I'll just send it in a USPS flat rate box. Contact me off the list if interested. I am in the San Diego area, 91942. -Kurt

11 years, 9 months

Otrona Attache 8:16 DOS board debugging tip

by derschjo＠gmail.com

Thought I'd share this, just so it at least gets archived for posterity... Idug out my Otrona Attaches this week and decided to try and fix the16-bit (aka "almost PC-compatible") board in one of them. The symptom was that the board would run correctly for maybe 90 seconds before it would crash. The built in diagnostics (for ROM rev. H) can test the RAM on the 16-bit board (using the "[" command from the monitor), and doing so revealed that the RAM test would pass for a little while and then start failing, indicating "U66" as the fault.According to the service manual this indicates the actual faulty chip on the board. Not so! Replacing U66 had no effect. I then got out my Fluke 9010 w/8086 pod (I'm just dying for excuses to play with this thing...) and had ittest the RAM (the 16-bit board contains 256K). RAM from word 0x20000 to 0x3FFFF was fine, but the lower half of RAM started showing bit 0x4000 stuck after warm up -- looking at the Otrona schematic (http://oldcomputers.net/Attache_Schematics.pdf) this would point to chip U61 (which services bit 14 for the lower half of memory), not U66(which is bit 14 for the upper half). So: Moral of the story is the Attache's attempt at being helpful is simply misleading, alas.Hopefully this helps someone else someday :). - Josh

11 years, 9 months

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test-drb March 2013