test-drb November 2016

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A good shipping service for large computers?

by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com

we liked our winstar that was on a taurus wagon chassis I was told... wish we still had it hauled a lot of stuff in it! currently have a subaru forester... unfortunately is is not as much volume as the winstar with the seats out! I hear the outback has a longer cargo area.Ed# In a message dated 11/25/2016 8:57:21 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, elson at pico-systems.com writes: On 11/25/2016 05:49 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > I have discovered that a Ford Taurus wagon nicely holds an H960 6'x19" rack > (I joked that the car must have been designed by someone who collects old > gear :-), so I have been able to pick up a shipment consisting of _two_ > H960's this way: one inside, and one on the roof rack. With only one person, > one has to remove the heavy units first, and put them in the car separately, > but it can be done. > No, it was designed by a guy whose wife plays harp in the symphony. My cousin does that, and the Taurus from years ago was the only station wagon that would fit it. The others came up short by just one inch! Jon

8 years, 1 month

Turkey Day Scans: TELEX

by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com

well that is good stuff and your scan were well done many thanks ! Ed# In a message dated 11/25/2016 8:24:55 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, silent700 at gmail.com writes: On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 4:03 AM, <COURYHOUSE at aol.com> wrote: > These are very nice! thank you for posting them! > do you have anything else twx, telex or teletype? Not that I've run across yet. There are some more terminal brochures to come, however. Informer, among others. j

8 years, 1 month

Turkey Day Scans: TELEX

by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com

These are very nice! thank you for posting them! do you have anything else twx, telex or teletype? Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) In a message dated 11/24/2016 10:52:06 P.M. US Mountain Standard Tim, silent700 at gmail.com writes: I received another big pile of random documentation this week and these floated to the top and landed directly on my scanner: http://chiclassiccomp.org/docs/index.php?dir=%2Fcomputing/WesternUnion Circa 1968-9 Western Union TELEX brochures, rate charts and a little bit of ASR32 technical data. Really interesting stuff for fans of early data networks, as well as groovy graphic design! Enjoy... -j

8 years, 1 month

Data General CS 200n (Ebay warning)

by jwsmail＠jwsss.com

This system has several tape drives, and possibly some Eclipse era processor. If someone knows what this is they may want to rescue it. There are three what appear to be 6' racks with various tape devices, and a desk high cabinet. There are two 3 or so switch front panels, one on one of the 6' racks, and one on the low boy rack, may be a simple reset run power type panel for each. Lincoln Nebraska 4822.33 bucks Data-General-Model-CS-Series-200n-Commercial-Series-Terminal-Controller-Vintage/ http://www.ebay.com/itm/282212431051 No interest, just reporting. May want to ask the vendor if there is more to this, and whether a possible system was scrapped. If so explain to them that they have scrap iron, and should have sold the system cabinets for real money. thanks Jim

8 years, 1 month

Are there mailing lists or groups just tor ... (Al Kossow)

by michael.99.thompson＠gmail.com

> > Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 08:46:19 -0800 > From: Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> > Subject: Re: Are there mailing lists or groups just tor ... > > There are none that I know of. I've been doing a lot of work this year > archiving > VME information and firmware. > > there's not a lot out there for software, though beyond NetBSD > > On 11/24/16 10:51 AM, Pete Lancashire wrote: > > VME based systems ? I've been given a VME chassis and want to build up a > > 68K based system for fun. > > > > TIA > > > > -pete > My employer is a member of VITA, the group that does the VME standards. I am working with VITA management to get members to send AL documentation on older VME products, and hopefully software too. I am sure that there are plenty of people on this list that would help you get a VME system running. Early Sun systems were VME based, and their documentation on the VMEbus is very good. Michael Thompson

8 years, 1 month

Are there mailing lists or groups just tor ...

by mnusa2＠hotmail.com

Pete, You can start with www.m88k.com You can email me for information. BR Matti On 11/24/16 10:51 AM, Pete Lancashire wrote: > VME based systems ? I've been given a VME chassis and want to build up a > 68K based system for fun. > > HP 9000/3xx ? I think I asked this one before. But can't find searching the > archives or my email. > > TIA > > -pete >

8 years, 1 month

Are there mailing lists or groups just tor ...

by pete＠petelancashire.com

VME based systems ? I've been given a VME chassis and want to build up a 68K based system for fun. HP 9000/3xx ? I think I asked this one before. But can't find searching the archives or my email. TIA -pete

8 years, 1 month

Membership disabled due to bounces

by chocolatejollis38＠gmail.com

Gmail is only the single most reliable mail provider in the world, and bounces never happen. Is anybody ever going to fix this brain dead, bone headed bug, or can we expect to continue getting memberships disabled every couple of weeks?

8 years, 1 month

Thanksgiving Day

by c.murray.mccullough＠gmail.com

I wanted to wish all American readers of this list a very happy Thanksgiving Day from a reader in Canada. Reading 'Classic Computing' still plays an important part in my appreciation of the role of computers from earlier years in why I still enjoy working with computers. Happy computing. Murray :)

8 years, 1 month

Turkey Day Scans: TELEX

by silent700＠gmail.com

I received another big pile of random documentation this week and these floated to the top and landed directly on my scanner: http://chiclassiccomp.org/docs/index.php?dir=%2Fcomputing/WesternUnion Circa 1968-9 Western Union TELEX brochures, rate charts and a little bit of ASR32 technical data. Really interesting stuff for fans of early data networks, as well as groovy graphic design! Enjoy... -j

8 years, 1 month

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