test-drb March 2014

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by azd30＠telus.net

I'm looking for a reaonably priced tape drive in a Sun 411 enclosure w/ the scsi-2 cable and the terminator. Prefer one of the older style Archive150/250's , but could do with a an 8mm. As long as it can '>b st()' on an old '020 it will work... Bonus if you threw in a cartridge or two 8-). I 'd like to create a SunOS 4.1.1 boot tape. I could do a CDROM, but somehow it seems more 'authentic' to install it from tape!!! If anyone can help me out shoot me an e-mail off list. It would be shipped in the lower 48, WA state... cheers -- alex

10 years, 8 months

Can anyone ID these old cabinets?

by jules.richardson99＠gmail.com

Morning all, Local junk shoppe owner asked me if I knew what these cabinets were, because he thought they might be computer-related, and although I have my doubts I said I'd ask here: http://www.patooie.com/temp/cabs.jpg The top one is about 18" wide and 18" deep, while the bottom one is more like 20" wide and 18" deep (all guesstimates with mk1 eyeball). The slots on both are about 2" high. Both have arms internally which are designed to slide the contents out partway when the doors are opened, and the arms on the green one are curved, suggesting that they held something cylindrical. Somehow they 'feel' too old to be computer-related to me - if I had to guess, I'd say they were maybe for canisters containing movie reels, but I suppose it's possible that they're far newer than I think and might be for some '60s or '70s disk packs / tapes / whatever... cheers Jules

10 years, 8 months

80's era graphics: MicroVAX and Ramtek 9460 (eBay, Stockton CA)

by wmaddox＠pacbell.net

I've seen this item relisted several times. I believe it is a MicroVAX 3500.? It's in a dual rack on large casters with built in air conditioning! Looks nice and clean. http://www.ebay.com/itm/s/191112495182 --Bill

10 years, 8 months

old UNIX + WizNet module = Networkable UNIX?

by lehmann＠ans-netz.de

Hi, has someone on this list ever tried to connect a WizNet module like the following to a UNIX system without any network stack and use it? http://www.wiznet.co.kr/Sub_Modules/en/product/Product_Detail.asp?cate1=&ca… I have an old SYSIII Z8000 System which has zero clue about "network" and I wonder if this could be changed by such a module. At least a kernel and a libnet which utilizes this driver have to be written which would be quite some work to get a "compatible" libnet at the end of the day. I guess at least "ping" would be doable then. For ftp, telnet and so on much more kernel work would have to be done I guess... Pseudo-Terminal support at least... plenty of work :( Greetings, Oliver

10 years, 8 months

ball brothers hd17 monitor schematic / service manual wanted

by jdr_use＠bluewin.ch

ball brothers hd17 monitor schematic / service manual wanted, so I can finally tackle the stability issues on my Lilith's display / monitor. The HD17 is not among the Ball Brothers section on Bitsavers. Jos

10 years, 8 months

WABI for sun

by jws＠jwsss.com

This was a very early and horribly priced bit to run X86 code on sun systems. Internally and elsewhere I heard is was called "What a Bunch of Idiots" Anyway some idiot has a cd he thinks is worth $599 on epay right now. I don't know that you could activate it w/o someone at Sun getting you a key, but even so it is a lot over the top. Found in my sweep for interesting "emulators". there is also a cd for "SoftWindows" for only $399. My original search w/o tuning used to sweep up some religious cult who used the term, as well as a huge number of folks who used the term to refer to something sold to defeat encryption on Satellite boxes. That business all died when the 8' dishes out on the farm gave way to Dish and the like with real encryption. Jim

10 years, 8 months

MDT 870

by loubert359＠gmail.com

Hello, I am currently looking for a Digicom Electrocom 870 MDT mobile police computer for a police vehicle restoration. These computers were widely used in the 80s but are now obsolete. Do you have one possibly for sale or know of someone with one? Any help would be appreciated, thank you.

10 years, 8 months

old terminal computers.

by rmx44＠aim.com

i have wondered something. do old terminal machines need to be used with their own server box or can they be used with other machines. also what are some stuff u can do with an old terminal

10 years, 8 months

MSDOS and Word source releases

by aek＠bitsavers.org

FYI http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2014/03/25/microsoft-make…

10 years, 8 months

UNIVAC / Unisys System 80 Manuals found a new home

by p.gebhardt＠ymail.com

Hello list, just wants to drop a small note that the large lot of manuals and schematics about the System 80 mainframe found a new home in the "Museo dell'Informatica Funzionante computer museum in Palazzolo Acreide, Italy". They have such a system, so the manuals seem to be in good hands. Check out their website: http://museo.freaknet.org/en/ I will in future, as soon as I find some time, finalise the files of the scans and put the rest of them on bitsavers. Kind regards, Pierre ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pierre's collection of classic computers : http://classic-computing.dyndns.org/

10 years, 8 months

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