test-drb May 2013

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by bpettitx＠comcast.net

I was contacted this week by a parts broker looking for SMD heads. These are the part numbers: 75010102; 75010103; 75010105. Unbelievable to me is that a bunch of SMD's are still in active service at a government facility. These drives have to be close to 40 years old! If anybody on the list has some of these heads and wants to sell, contact me and I will put you in touch with broker. He makes a living reselling these old parts, so I imagine that he does very well. And might not be overly generous. You will have to negotiate with him - I'm not going to be a middle man. Used parts may be of slight interest though I discouraged him from using them. It just blows my mind that some SMDs are still in service. I would love to know the story here. Billy Pettit bpettitx at comcast.net

11 years, 1 month

Next box with 1991 web page(s) password protected

by barythrin＠gmail.com

Also depends on the file system I don't own a next so don't know if its standard ufs file system to properly mount. I had that problem with irix machines and a lack of bootable media with support for ifs or whatever it was. I ended up editing the disk directly, finding the root: string and overwriting it with a known md5 hash. Not the worst time spent but certainly could save someone else from the frustration. ------Original Message------ From: Ryan K. Brooks Sender: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org To: cctalk at classiccmp.org ReplyTo: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Next box with 1991 web page(s) password protected Sent: May 24, 2013 4:01 PM On 5/24/13 3:18 PM, Jim Stephens wrote: > Any idea how hard it is to hack the password on a Next box? > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22652675 Boot into single user and crack the unshadowed passwords. Or mount the disk elsewhere and do the same.

11 years, 1 month

Omnibus to USB - still some boards left!

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On 05/17/2013 03:31 PM, Cory Smelosky wrote: >>>>>>> IDE interface, or better, a SCSI and/or ST-512-to-IDE interface ;o) >>>>>> >>>>>> For the PDP8? No way...! >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> IDE on a PDP-8 would be...interesting to say the least. >>>> >>>> It's been done before.. >>> >>> People are strange. That says a lot coming from me, too... >> >> Well, RK05s, DF32s, and TU56s are pretty hard to come by. > > True. I'm just not too fond of IDE. ;) Oh, IDE blows dog, there's no question about that amongst people who have any technical clue whatsoever. But it IS easy to interface to...I've even done it (as have many others) with a microcontroller and a few dozen lines of code. Try doing that with (for example) SATA...one would be lucky to even get the physical layer talking. There is *nothing* ATA-like about SATA beyond the name. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA

11 years, 1 month

RESCUE - IBM Model 83 Card Sorter available in Chicago - must go by 5/31/13

by jack.rubin＠ameritech.net

A friend of mine has a classic model 83 card sorter available for pickup in Chicago. He must vacate his building by the end of the month (next Friday). Unit has been well stored, unused for years. BIG - approx 5 ft long, 4 ft high, weighs 500+ lbs. Lift-gate truck a must for removal. Contact me directly, since I'm on the digest and don't get real time feeds from cctalk. Jack

11 years, 1 month

GEC OS4000 Diskette Format

by colineby＠isallthat.com

All, I'm researching into the diskette format which might have been used on a GEC 4000 series computer running OS4000. The media I'm attempting to archive is 5.25" DSDD, and I've been through the obvious formats. I'm fairly certain it's MFM encoded based on the bit pattern histogram. Anyone know different / better / more? Cheers, Colin

11 years, 1 month

Sun parts needed by a dealer, if you want to get some money from your collection

by sales＠elecplus.com

Time to turn the tables a bit, and see if maybe we can help a dealer who needs some older things: I am looking for the following: 3 x SG-XTAPDAT72-D2 or 380-1323 4mm DAT72 Desktop Assembly/FRU 3 x 540-7792, SEUX2MM2Z, T5240 Memory Mezzanine 1 x 370-2176 4mm DDS-2 Tape Drive 8 x 540-4525, X6724A 36GB 10K FC-AL HDD Cindy Croxton Electronics Plus 1613 Water Street Kerrville, TX 78028 (830)792-3400 phone (830)792-3404 fax AOL IM elcpls _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3343 / Virus Database: 3184/6348 - Release Date: 05/22/13

11 years, 1 month

oldies in the warehouse

by sales＠elecplus.com

These are in my warehouse; I can test if needed. These huge old monitors will NOT ship well on UPS! I can do pallet shipping if someone wants these. Esprit 250C Intelligence Units, qty 7 new, qty 51 used (uses AT kbd) Esprit 350C Intelligence Units, qty 5 new, qty 16 used (uses PS2 kbd) HP A1097C monitor, 3BNC SGI CM280863SG, 3BNC, qty 2 GTE HM-4419D 5 BNC (Hitachi) NCR2900-1102-7100 (3 x 25pin F) Harris 3665-ATA qty 2 Esprit 125C qty 2 CT224 qty 1 Data General 17C with logic base, qty 1 NEC JC-2001VMA 4 BNC + VGA VR290 qty 3 IBM 5894000 with logic, very clean IBM 81X4511 Cindy Croxton Electronics Plus 1613 Water Street Kerrville, TX 78028 (830)792-3400 phone (830)792-3404 fax AOL IM elcpls _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3343 / Virus Database: 3162/6347 - Release Date: 05/22/13

11 years, 1 month

Happy 23rd birthday, Windows 3.0 • The Register

by woyciesjes＠sbcglobal.net

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/23/microsoft_windows3_birthday/ -- --- Dave Woyciesjes --- ICQ# 905818 --- CompTIA A+ Certified IT Tech - http://certification.comptia.org/ --- HDI Certified Support Center Analyst - http://www.ThinkHDI.com/ Registered Linux user number 464583 "Computers have lots of memory but no imagination." "The problem with troubleshooting is that trouble shoots back." - from some guy on the internet.

11 years, 1 month

Esprit thin clients

by sales＠elecplus.com

All of the Esprit 250C new ones are gone. So there are still some used 350C and 250C at $15 each, sold untested. Cindy Croxton Electronics Plus 1613 Water Street Kerrville, TX 78028 (830)792-3400 phone (830)792-3404 fax AOL IM elcpls _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3343 / Virus Database: 3184/6348 - Release Date: 05/22/13

11 years, 1 month

SWTPc equipment

by dbetz＠xlisper.com

If anyone here is interested in purchasing SWTPc equipment could they please contact me off list? I have a SWTPc 6800 system with both a 6800 and a 6809 board and various other boards that I'm interested in selling and I'd rather not go to eBay if I can avoid it.

11 years, 2 months

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test-drb May 2013