Folks,
Recently we were talking about a business automation device that used paper tape for storage; typically someone would enter data like an address on paper tape, then it would read the paper tape back through to print the address on an envelope for billing. It was a specific device/name and it was very 60s/"Mad Men" in appearance. I can't remember the name. Someone found one in an attic in MN or something.
Thanks!
Another YouTube video featuring one of my computer rest-home residents.
This time the fascinating but regrettably compromised Sinclair QL
http://youtu.be/kCKercQxHrk
Terry (Tez)
Hi all --
I picked up some stuff on Sunday(thanks again, Jim!) that came with a
pile of documentation; as far as I can tell this stuff hasn't been
archived (and there's precious little information about these systems
available as it is). Before I look into getting this stuff scanned I
wanted to make sure it hasn't already been coveredso I don't waste time
duplicating prior effort.
I also don't know how much interestthere is in this stuff, so that
factors in as wellto how soon I get around to doing anything about it
:). Though the Metheus stuff looks seriously cool.
- Josh
Here's what I got:
Metheus Omega 300/400/others:
- Service Manual (dot matrix printout)
- Schematics on 8.5x11 (not sure how complete)
- Printout of "Display Module Microcode Definition Program" and
associated notes
- Misc notes: Several sheets of signal timings, PAL definitions,
I/Oconnections
- "Micro-Code Class" - a brief tutorial on how to write microcode for
this thing (fun!)
- "Omega 400/Omega 500 Display Controller Custom Interfacing"
- "Hardware Reference Manual For the Omega 2000-Series Graphics
Controller (004-03307-00)"
- FEP Schematics
- B/C/D-size blueprints for what looks like an entiremachine(300series)
>from chassis down to logic PCBs
- Omega 400 "Terminal Interface Operator's Manual" (004-02552-00)
- "GRAFIN2User's Manual" (004-02704-01)
- "Omega 400/DC Display Controller and Omega 400/GS Graphics Subsystem
Operator's Manual (004-01085-01)
- "Omega 500 Display Controller Reference Manual (004-02207-00)"
Motorola EXORmacs / EXORterm 155:
- "EXORterm 155 Display Console User's Guide" (includes schematics)
- "EXORmacs Development System Operations Manual" M68KMACS(D9)
- "VERSAdos Messages Reference Manual"M68KVMSG(D1)
- "Resident Pascal User's Manual" M68KPASC(D4)
- "VERSAdos Overview" MS68KVOVER(D1)
- "VERSAdos System Facilities Reference Manual" M68KVSF(D1)
- "CRT Editor" M68KEDIT(D6)
- "System Generation Facility User's Guide"
- "M6809 Cross Pascal Compiler On EXORmacs User's Manual" M6809XPASC/D1
- "Resident Structured Assembler Reference Manual" M68KMASM(D4)
- "MACSbug Monitor Reference Manual" M68KMACSBG(D1)
- "SYMbug/A and DEbug Monitors Reference Manual" M68KSYMBG(D1)
Mary Lou wrote me. She said:
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My husband and I both worked for DEC. We would like to find a home for the ollowing:
Digital Equipment Corp products.
VR241A Monitor
VT240
VT320
LK 201 keyboards (2)
Thank you,
Mary Lou
Olbay101 at aol.com
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Mary Lou wrote me. She said:
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My husband and I both worked for DEC. We want to find a home for these:
VR241A Monitor
VT240
VT320
LK 201 keyboards (2)
Thank you,
Mary Lou
Olbay101 at aol.com
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Bob
For those of you that were looking, please try www.applerescueofdenver.com.
They seem to have some.
Cindy Croxton
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8086, 80286, 80386, 80486 laptops and some desktops available from Spain.
80286 and 80386 computers available from Ghana.
Email me is you want the seller's contact info. I am not affiliated with
them in any way.
Cindy Croxton
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Hello.
About the DC300 cassette repair: I have a lot of these cassettes,
original from DEC with standalone backups of software for VAX 730 inside.
Unfortunately all of them suffer of the "sticky" problem, the tension band
attached to the tape, and then broke itself.
A replacement of the bands is surely needed, the plastibands maybe
could be a good source.
The problem of the stickness remains however: how could I detach the
tension tape from the magnetic tape without peel off the magnetic substrate?
Maybe opening the cassette, adding some lubricant without solvent (silicon
oil for example) and leaving it for some days could help?
Andrea