test-drb October 2016

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by vintagecomputer＠bettercomputing.net

I missed those somehow.. thank you. ?Got a lot to learn with this beast! Sent from my Samsung device -------- Original message -------- From: COURYHOUSE at aol.com Date: 2016-10-13 10:30 PM (GMT-08:00) To: cctalk at classiccmp.org, vintagecomputer at bettercomputing.net Subject: Re: ASR 33 buzzing did? you? get the? links? we? sent you? over on the greenkeys? list? for? sources on 33 manuals and paperwork we? sent you?? We did not get an acknowledgment.? thanks? Ed#? www.smecc.org ? In a message dated 10/13/2016 4:37:20 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, vintagecomputer at bettercomputing.net writes: The buzzing definitely seems to be coming from the motor.? I put a plastic tool to the casing and could feel it vibrating. However, I can turn it by hand (clockwise) and see all the gears and striker mechanisms working. It did manage to work briefly yesterday.. it did kind of a 'reset'.? But yeah.. not today. -----Original Message----- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Paul Koning Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2016 4:28 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: ASR 33 buzzing > On Oct 13, 2016, at 7:14 PM, Brad H <vintagecomputer at bettercomputing.net> wrote: > > Posting around hoping somebody might be able to point me in the right > direction.? I tried greenkeys but no response. > > > > I have an ASR 33 I got.? When I plug it in on Line mode there is a > clicking in the power supply area and nothing else.? If I put it to > Off or Local, there is a loud buzzing sound and eventually a 2A fuse > on the back left side of the machine blows.? It's like something's > stuck but the noise is kind of hard to pin down.? Wondering if there's > any Model 33 experienced guys out there. :) > Given the blown fuse I'd suspect a stuck mechanism, so the motor is stalled and you're getting overcurrent.? Try turning the motor by hand to confirm. ? ? paul

7 years, 11 months

VCFed, the BBS!

by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com

??? >from the modem end a Hayes or anything else that does 300/1200 also did 110 as I remember as that was under the bell 103 spec. (110 adn 300 baud) I suppose just a matter of your uart being able to talk to the modem at that speed ( which should not be a problem??!) Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) In a message dated 10/16/2016 6:10:10 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, billdegnan at gmail.com writes: On Oct 16, 2016 5:52 AM, "Evan Koblentz" <cctalk at snarc.net> wrote: >> >> I mean please add 110 Baud Evan! > > > I was giving examples, not carved-in-stone specifications. If the system is simple it'll be easier to support, 110b is not, given the number of persons coming in from the other end so slowly. No one barely has a phone line anymore as it is, most (95%) of the external traffic will be telnet. If the bbs allows those few of us with phone lines to connect at 300 to 1200b to get to a handshake and resolve to a simple welcome screen for hardware testing purposes, that would be a good start. Get that running see what kind of traffic results, and plan phase ii from there. I imagine it will be best once this system is up and running that people call in on Sunday afternoon so visitors to the museum hear the inbound calls in real time like a sys op would running a bbs from his basement. Bill

7 years, 11 months

Getting out of the hobby

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: Richard Schauer > My message to him, which I did save, is dated the evening of March 12, > 1997, and I seem to recall the list started a couple of days later. OK, so the 'unofficial' early archives which I'm hosting: http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/cctalk/ do go back that far, so it doesn't look like we're missing much. The earliest ones there are from 13 March 1997, so we may be missing a few, but not many; the first posts are clearly 'hi, here's who am I' kind of things, apparently in response to an earlier message, which does alas seem to be missing. I scanned down the list, looking for names I recognized, and found this: http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/cctalk/1997-March/0070.html which seems like it must be someone's very first post to this list!! :-) I do have the 'missing' archives (i.e. between Feburary 2005 and November 2014) in mail archive format, and once I figure out how to run Hypermail (this has been on my to-do list since last September, maybe I'll take a run at it today), I'll add them to the unofficial archives. Once done, it may take Google a few days to index them, but once that's done, it should be possible to search for content again. Noel

7 years, 11 months

any interest in a power macintosh 6100/66?

by lyokoboy0＠gmail.com

I picked up a bit of an odball power macintosh 6100 a while back. It has a 486 cpu at 66 mhz in it as well, so you can run dos on it or something. Overall looks to be in somewhat working shape, but does not boot. I do not hear the hard drive spinning, I am guessing it is bad.I can get it to power on to the little flashing icon with the question mark. It came with a huge pile of cables for connecting extra monitors, and i should have a spare keyboard and mouse too. Anyone want this thing? I am open to offers. I can't absorb another world. I have too much on the table, and am just not interested in the PPC mac stuff. I thought it would be cool to have a machine that would run both mac software and dos, but I already have plenty of DOS machines here and did not bother. I have a couple of other tiny performa PPC machines that a monitor can sit on top of as well, those I know to be fully functional. those are up for grabs too. I can get pictures and specs upon request, that would require me to make a spot on my desk and fire them up. --Devin

7 years, 11 months

Reasonable price for a complete SOL-20 system?

by vintagecomputer＠bettercomputing.net

SOL-20s have been all over the map. ?Ive seen similar units diverge by as much as $500 for nothing obvious I can see. ?The average for unknown, complete, decent cosmetic condition seems to be around $900. With extras probably $1300? Sent from my Samsung device -------- Original message -------- From: "Mark J. Blair" <nf6x at nf6x.net> Date: 2016-10-15 11:56 AM (GMT-08:00) To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Reasonable price for a complete SOL-20 system? I have an opportunity to make a "reasonable offer" on a fairly complete SOL-20 system. It would include a floppy drive cabinet and some software, but no monitor. It's a "working when retired" system, so I assume that the keyboard has died of old age and some capacitors might have dried out; none of that bothers me, but it implies that it's probably not a turnkey system. I have to make the offer or not by tonight, based on when the owner is leaving on a road trip that will pass near me, with or without the system loaded up in his RV. Now the problem is that I haven't been following SOL-20 prices, so I don't know what a reasonable offer might be. The only prices I'm aware of are the various buy-it-now prices I see on eBay, some or all of which I suspect are from sellers looking for top dollar and then some. If any of y'all can help me figure out a reasonable price range for a complete-ish but not necessarily running SOL-20 system, I would appreciate that. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

7 years, 11 months

NWA auctions (GP-4, SEL 32)

by wmaddox＠pacbell.net

This looks like a GP-4, though I am suspicious that parts of it have been modernized. The GP-4 had a drum memory. https://grafeauction.proxibid.com/aspr/Genal-Precision-Systems-2-door-avion… Someone should grab the SEL machines: https://grafeauction.proxibid.com/aspr/Simulator-avionics-cabinet/32464645/… There are a few 3C cards in the pallets of parts, and a few can be seen in the 7th photo here: https://grafeauction.proxibid.com/aspr/2-door-avionics-cabinets/32464736/Lo… Computer Control Company machines (e.g. DDP-124) were widely used in simulators in the mid/late 1960s, when many simulators for aircraft of that vintage were built. The computer itself is nowhere in sight, however. Probably, all that remains are specialized simulator interfaces, with the PC in the last photo doing the computing. :( --Bill

7 years, 11 months

Bootable 8" floppy needed for PDP-11/23

by scott.l.baker＠gmail.com

Hi, I have a PDP-11/23 system with a DSD-440 dual 8" floppy drive. On reset, it prints: 28 START? and waits for the operator to insert a bootable 8" floppy and type DY0. The problem is I do not have a bootable 8" floppy. The DSD-440 should be compatible with either RX01 or RX02. Can anyone on this list help me out with a bootable 8" floppy? I will gladly pay for the floppy + shippng costs. Thanks, Scott PS: Pictures of the system can be found here: http://sierracircuitdesign.ddns.net/temp/pdp11

7 years, 11 months

Reasonable price for a complete SOL-20 system?

by nf6x＠nf6x.net

I have an opportunity to make a "reasonable offer" on a fairly complete SOL-20 system. It would include a floppy drive cabinet and some software, but no monitor. It's a "working when retired" system, so I assume that the keyboard has died of old age and some capacitors might have dried out; none of that bothers me, but it implies that it's probably not a turnkey system. I have to make the offer or not by tonight, based on when the owner is leaving on a road trip that will pass near me, with or without the system loaded up in his RV. Now the problem is that I haven't been following SOL-20 prices, so I don't know what a reasonable offer might be. The only prices I'm aware of are the various buy-it-now prices I see on eBay, some or all of which I suspect are from sellers looking for top dollar and then some. If any of y'all can help me figure out a reasonable price range for a complete-ish but not necessarily running SOL-20 system, I would appreciate that. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/

7 years, 11 months

1966-68 Honeywell u-COMP DDP-516 Console

by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com

Nice Find Bill! The mention of the kitchen computer makes me wonder how many of those still exist or... how many were sold? Has anyone dome a detailed write up on it? Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) In a message dated 10/14/2016 4:14:32 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, writes: I recently came upon the console for a Honeywell u-COMP DDP-516, which is the older brother of the Honeywell Kitchen computer (DDP-316). Took a lot of photos: http://www.vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=655 Bill

7 years, 11 months

DRAM for the 6085/1186

by aek＠bitsavers.org

FYI www.ebay.com/itm/112167073659 This guy was the second listing he's put up. I suspect he has more. I tried the two sets he put up the first time, and they work fine on the 6085. They are hard enough to find at that price, I thought I'd let people know. He also has the Fujitsu MB8266A nibble-mode 64k used on the video board still listed at a really good price www.ebay.com/itm/111235545807

7 years, 11 months

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