Hi all --
I've been working on getting a Xerox 1186 workstation up and running
again, using the floppy images on Bitsavers. I have the "Medley"
Interlisp-D software installed (after writing out and installing from
~25 floppies) and running and I'm attempting to load in the related
libraries and software (another 10-20 floppies or so). Some of these
libraries have dependencies on various font files, which I do not seem
to have and haven't been able to track down. I see vague references in
the documentation to a floppy disk set labeled "Display Fonts" but these
do not appear to be on Bitsavers.
From writing out a few floppies and looking at their contents on the
1186, I do not believe that these have any relationship to the Viewpoint
Font disks (though if anyone knows differently, do let me know).
Anyone out there have any experience with this? Anyone happen to have
these floppies and/or images of them?
Thanks as always,
Josh
Anyone out in CALI (I think he said Santa Cruz) who is looking for a very
nice condition Flexowriter with desk. I wish I could take it, but I have a
moratorium on new stuff for a while. It's museum quality.
Email me privately for more info. I have only seen the pictures, don't know
the guy who contacted me to see if was interested (and also willing to buy
it), but before it goes on Ebay someone here might be able to snag it.
--
Bill
vintagecomputer.net
I've seen the discussion here about sources for old IC's, ones that are
out of production, mainly the DEC buss interface chips.
Are there places where old PC cards can be found? I mean besides ebay.
I'm looking for ISA interface cards that were for Bomem spectrometers,
they are probably 20-25 years old.
(Months along, posts to several boards / lists, still no help on this one..
so I'm giving it another shot. I'd really like to use this board)
Been trying to no avail to find any info on this 'MCT' S-100 serial card.
I'm pretty sure the card works, as it came from a previously-working system
- but all documents are missing, and without the info, I have no idea how
to put it to use. Photos are here:
https://nerp.net/~legendre/altair/mct_serial_01.jpghttps://nerp.net/~legendre/altair/mct_serial_02.jpg
Other than what I believe is an artwork / batch number on the rear, the
only marking is "Assy 105510" on the front silk screen. My hunch is that
this may have been a fairly generic 'OEM' type card which could have been
re-badged and sold under one or more different names. So perhaps the docs
exist under a name other than MCT?
Any help greatly appreciated - thanks!
-Bill
The terminals are models 3472 and 3477.
The keyboards are Model M.
The server is a 3174-11R
He did not give counts.
Cindy
---
This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
https://www.avast.com/antivirus
Hello all,
I have a BeBox 66mhz that is missing the front plastic parts and the IO
riser that has all the ports on it.
By any chance does anyone have these parts available for sale?
- Ethan
--
Ethan O'Toole
Is anyone interested in IBM terminals from roughly 1985-1989? There is a
complete system, probably no keyboards. Located upper Midwest US.
Cindy Croxton
---
This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
https://www.avast.com/antivirus
> From: drlegendre
> I'm not sure what you're describing. Can you link to a pic of one of
> these caps?
http://www.electrical4u.com/images/glass-capacitor.jpg
> From: tony duell
> Incidentally, what are you using those capacitors for?
I'm taking a half-filled QBUS memory card and filling it.
> Why not some other type?
Because on that board, they fitted _underneath_ the DIP sockets,
and nothing else will fit down there!
> I am pretty sure they are not polarised, you can fit them either way.
> In general capacitors under 1uF are not polarised
> ...
> Anything over 100uF is very likely to be polarised.
Thanks, help much appreciated!
Noel
Henk,
Congrats! What a buy. Gorgeous super-clean machine.
The Juki looks almost like a copy of an IBM 029, down to the angled styling
and stacker section.
Except of course for the color.
Marc
============================
From: Henk Gooijen <henk.gooijen at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: IBM 026 - Decision Data 8010 card punch on Ebay in
Germany
I picked up the Decision Data card puncher last Tuesday. Heavy stuff!
I helped the seller move the orange colored card punch. It's a Juki.
Also *very heavy*. BTW, the keyboard of the Decision Data puncher
is connected with a cable; you can move the keyboard to a comfortable
position. IIRC, the keyboard of the Juki is fixed placed on the desk.
- Henk, PA8PDP
"My guess would be cost. Those headers back then were somewhat expensive
due to the heavy (30) gold plating."
Wow. I never even considered that a header could be more costly than a
74LSXXX chip - doesn't make sense. But then again, I wasn't in the field
back in that day.
On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 10:48 PM, Tothwolf <tothwolf at concentric.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Oct 2015, drlegendre . wrote:
>
> Also, I'm curious about the 50-pin headers.. why were they never
>> installed? All of the other work was done, all the expensive parts (chips)
>> are in-place - so why not a couple of cheap headers? Yes, a few resistor
>> SIPs are gone, as is one chip missing, but still, you get the point.
>>
>
> My guess would be cost. Those headers back then were somewhat expensive
> due to the heavy (30) gold plating.
>
> I found out today that as of August 3M has discontinued their 3000 series
> gray box headers and the last time buy on them was October 1st. They are
> replacing them with the D3000 series made with black fiberglass reinforced
> nylon instead of the gray nylon they've always used. (3000 series datasheet
> attached)
>
> The part numbers for the 50-pin headers without eject levers for 1/16"
> thick pc board would be 3433-5002. Mouser shows some stock, however their
> system may or may not be correct and they might try to substitute the newer
> D3000 series.
> http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/3M/3433-5002/?qs=%2fha2pyFadugF4%2fyP%2…
>
> I also spotted some 3433-5402 on eBay at a reasonable price that might
> work, however those use a roll pin to attach the eject levers, so they are
> much harder to remove than the ones that used snap-in eject levers.
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/3M-3433-Locking-Ejector-Header-50-pin-right-angle-g…
>
> Also, don't forget about C2. It and C1 were probably a matched set for the
> crystal.
