test-drb August 2015

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Items to get rid of - North Haven CT 06473 area

by woyciesjes＠sbcglobal.net

I got a few items I need to get rid of: 2 HP LaserJet 5MP - One I know works. The other I had for parts, I think it works. I believe I have a PS module in it. There is also a RAM chip siting with it too, don't have the specs at the moment. Includes 3 toner carts, all in various states of used. HP JetDirect external printer server - LPT, RJ-45, BNC Black IBM Model M type keyboard with trackpoint. PS/2 mechanical keyboard with AT connector. Shipping is unfortunately something I can't do at this time. Monetary donation would be nice, but I just need these to go. Some good lager or ale wouldn't be turned down either... :) -- --- Dave Woyciesjes --- 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.

8 years, 8 months

3 8 inch drives, new and used floppies

by useddec＠gmail.com

? 20150827_125000.jpg <https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2MOaRm-6XKNclExVHVVU0dKTlRGUmV4b1o2X1pLaT…> ?? 20150827_125000.jpg <https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2MOaRm-6XKNclExVHVVU0dKTlRGUmV4b1o2X1pLaT…> ?If interested, please contact me off list.

8 years, 8 months

A tale of woe, including carelessness, stupidity and laziness....

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: Paul Koning > What happened is that the "grounds" were offset enough, and with enough > of a current supply, that the ground strap that's supposed to connect > the row of RP06 drives melted. > This sort of thing is a major electric code violation: you can certainly have > multiple services, but all the grounds are required to be connected by > substantial wire; you're not allowed to stick ground rods in at > multiple places and leave it at that. I'm pretty blown away that the various grounds could be offset by that much, to produce that kind of current when they were tied together. Wow. Noel

8 years, 8 months

Pre-VCFMW Sales and Free Stuff

by silent700＠gmail.com

It's a bit late but I may as well post my list of stuff I'd like to see go away this weekend. Small items can be delivered to you at VCF Midwest. Large items you'll have to pick up from my home or storage, both of which are <10 miles from the show, either during the week before or on Sunday evening after. (Or Monday mid-day if you're still in town.) The list at present: FREE (for pickup or +shipping) DEC TS05 9-track tape drive. Pertec interface, rail kit should be around here somewhere. Very clean, assumed working. DEC RL02 Drive. Once a home to mice, now a real "fixer-upper." Hey, they're tough drives. IBM MagStar MP 3570 tape library. Missing its tape cartridge but drive should be OK. SCSI interface. Heavy. FOR SALE Digital DECWriter III printing terminal. Repainted top, badge bent and poorly glued on. Was working when last tried. Cost is helping me get it out of the basement and another DECwriter down there to replace it. Digital DECWriter II printing terminal. Not sure about this one. Looks clean but untested. Will trade for something significantly smaller. I'll keep a running list here: http://chiclassiccomp.org/forsale.html If it's no longer on that list, it's gone.

8 years, 8 months

ASR-33 differences

by cramcram＠gmail.com

Hi, I've finally gotten a hold of a restored ASR-33. One question I have concerns the paper tape reader. My recollection of using this TTY in the 70's was that the reader switch lever had 4 positions; on this tty there are 3. I know that for I have to add a reader control relay to interface to my PDP-8. So the question is: does having the 3 vs. 4 position reader lever affect using this with a PDP-8? Thanks, Marc

8 years, 8 months

Larry Niven's Altair

by dave＠661.org

An Altair 8800 that once belonged to Larry Niven is up for auction. Larry Niven has long been a member of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society (www.lasfs.org). This group has existed since 1934 and was the starting point for many science fiction and fantasy authors. Larry Niven is one of them. This computer was purchased by him, but mainly used by his wife. In time, she got a newer computer and this one was made the club computer. It served in that capacity for many years until it too was replaced and was taken in by another club member who didn't want to see it parted out or thrown away. Fast-forward to 2008. I was contacted by that other club member to liquidate his collection. We went to Larry Niven's house whereupon he autographed this computer on the lid and the rear. I don't know if the drive unit was used by the Nivens with this computer, but it matches and is from the same collection. I also don't know where the client went. I haven't heard from him in years. You can see pictures in high resolution at https://www.flickr.com/photos/32548582 at N02/sets/72157653950476154/with/19938469936/ The auction is here (will be live July 25 at 3pm pacific) http://www.ebay.com/itm/231632418798 -- David Griffith dave at 661.org A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

8 years, 8 months

Many Manuals - Also Boxes of Fan Fold Paper

by jhfinedp3k＠compsys.to

Since the topic of hard copy manuals is at least on a few minds, I thought I would mention that I have at least 20 feet of mostly DEC PDP-11 related manuals which will have to be tossed if a home can't be found. While I estimate that at least 90% of the DEC manuals are on bitsavers, some individuals may still wish to have hard copy manuals. Most of the manuals are either RT-11 software for many versions or manuals for specific hardware modules with regard to usage. There are no print sets. If you want a hard copy set of RT-11 Docs for V05.07 or TSX-Plus for V6.5, then you could reserve them for when I no longer will need them! Since I just turned 77, the wait might not be that long. I also have over 6 boxes of Fan Fold Paper (with sprocket holes), mostly 8 1/2" x 11", but maybe some 9 1/2" x 11" with tear off. The paper is available immediately. I will probably hold the manuals for at least 6 to 12 months. But I can't see anyone else bothering and it would all be tossed immediately. There is also PDP-11 Qbus hardware, but that is another matter. I am in Toronto, Ontario. Pickup ONLY since this stuff is much too heavy to ship! Jerome Fine

8 years, 8 months

VMS 5.4 AUTHORIZE issues

by kylevowen＠gmail.com

Just picked up a very complete MicroVAX 3800. I have very little experience with VMS as this is my first VAX. Mostly a PDP-8 guy, I suppose. I'm running through the change password procedure, which I had seen mentioned previously on this list: SET VAXCLUSTER 0 SET /STARTUP OPA0: SET WRITESYSPARAMS 0 CONTINUE SET NOON SPAWN /NOWAIT SYS$SYSTEM:STARTUP.COM SET DEFAULT SYS$SYSTEM RUN AUTHORIZE At this point, I get this: %DCL-W-ACTIMAGE, error activating image SECURESHRP -CLI-E-IMGNAME, image file R7CY2A$DIA0:[SYS0.SYSCOMMON.][SYSLIB]SECURESHRP.EXE;2 -SYSTEM-F-PROTINSTALL, protected images must be installed $ What would I need to do to correct it to login? The eventual goal is to get this online, which should be feasible. I have an AUI-to-10Base-T adapter (several, actually). I think that'll be a little while away for now, though. Here are some pictures: http://imgur.com/a/WYGra Thanks, Kyle

8 years, 8 months

Symbolics system board and host Mac

by jws＠jwsss.com

I was going to play dumb and hope this didn't go nuts in price but it did. Anyone here bidding? I'd be interested in one of these just to play with, but will probably try to use the emulator if I ever get the chance to get into it more. VINTAGE-COMPUTER-SYMBOLICS-LISP-MACHINE-MACIVORY-III-APPLE-MACINTOSH-QUADRA-950 http://www.ebay.com/itm/221855233003

8 years, 8 months

A tale of woe, including carelessness, stupidity and laziness....

by cruff＠ruffspot.net

> On 8/22/2015 4:11 PM, Eric Smith wrote: > In my mostly misspent youth, I once had the opportunity to visit a > facility where a now obscure supercomputer was developed. The product > manager was showing me around. .... Denelcor perhaps?

8 years, 8 months

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