So if someone's building an earlier -8 from bits and pieces, here:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/192350321318
is something they might find useful - an empty chassis.
(I'm not associated with the seller, although I've bought stuff from them
before. They have some other PDP-8 stuff listed, too.)
Noel
Later in life when Bull owned R2E there was a z-80 with either just
floppy or floppy and hard drive... I have a catalog of an outfit surplussing a
group of them in USA called DEALIN'' ELECTRONICS in Palo Alto. Date?
Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC
Hi everyone,
I have managed to hook up an RL02 drive to my PDP-11 (thanks to Dave
Wade for the drives) . This took me longer than I thought it would - I
tried with a flat ribbon cable with a DIY terminator going straight into
board , but couldn't get it to work. Removed the terminator, and the
fault light turned off. So that's positive.
I tried to load a cartridge, which I had cleaned, inspected and
generally appears to be in good condition. It started to spin up and I
could hear it getting faster, but after 30-40 seconds the fault light
returns. I made a short video demonstrating this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=japwBBodO8U
According to the manual the fault light can appear for the following
reasons:
- Drive select error... Surely this would come on at the start?
- Seek time out error... I'd have to hear the heads move first
- Write current in heads during sector time error... Same as above
- Loss of system clock... The fault light would be on from the start.
- Write protect error... I don't think it got that far
- Write data error... Same as above
- Spin error... Is this the only remaining fault?
So could the only cause be a spin error? I am wondering if the belt is
slipping or something like that?
Can anyone offer some advice?
Thanks,
Aaron.
I have no idea if these are old enough to be useful. Not affiliated with
seller, etc.
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I have moved on with the work on the H7826 PSU in the TURBOchannel Extender.
However I have found that there appears to be no signal at all on the output
windings of the transformer. I have posted all the details of what I have
been doing here
http://robs-old-computers.com/2017/11/05/repair-progress-on-the-h7826-power-
supply/, and I would welcome any suggestions as to what might cause this?
Thanks
Rob
> From: Peter Cetinski
>> I was left a home with all of its contents tons of electronics and
>> computers, call if you want me to send pics
> FWIW, I received some pics of these items.
So, what else was there (that you don't mind telling us about because you're
not grabbing them... :-)?
Noel
>From: Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com>
>Is there a reason to AVOID mentioning the Poqet?
Yes...
>The original MSRP at announcement was WAY too high, and priced it out
>of the market, but the actual/street price wasn't bad.
>Larger keyboard that the HP (which was otherwise a better deal for the
price)
True, but the HP keyborad is not that bad.
>AA batteries with long life.
Yep. HP LX is the same.
>two PCMCIA slots (before PCMCIA was officially named and standardized)
But they are pre-PCMCIA 1, so do not handle a full range of card types, such as CF.
>Bus connector, with a few unobtanium accessories, such as 3.5" drive.
If you want, I can send you a mask image that I made many years ago for a serial connector for the bus port that you can etch.
> Had LOTUS available as a ROM card!
The HP LX has Lotus 1-2-3 in ROM.
>MS-DOS 5.00 - I learned how to write TSRs on one.
Same for the HP LX.
The main reason, apart from the non-standard PC Card slots, not to get one (and I have three -- one working and two non-working) is that the video cable tends to break where it flexes at the case hinge and it is next to impossible to repair it.
Bob
YEA BUT THAT ASR 35 IS WORTH GOING AFTER IF YOU ARE CLOSE!
ED#
In a message dated 11/6/2017 10:43:32 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
cctalk at classiccmp.org writes:
> On Nov 5, 2017, at 1:46 AM, jim stephens via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> I don't know anything but the ad copy the poster placed.
>
> I'd think there might be more to the story if someone is in Southern New
Hampshire and can contact and perhaps visit. Londonderry, north west from
Lawrence, Lowell, Ma.
>
> https://nh.craigslist.org/sop/d/teletype-printer/6369045622.html
>
> "Antique teletype for sale it has been indoors with other computers that
are 20plus yrs old , Also have a new Radio Shack TRS80 ,with all the
software and hardware ,printers,disc drives all like new , I was left a home
with all of its contents tons of electronics and computers, call if you want
me to send pics"
FWIW, I received some pics of these items. The TRS-80 is far from being
in new condition. It?s quite a bit beat up and worn.=
I don't know anything but the ad copy the poster placed.
I'd think there might be more to the story if someone is in Southern New
Hampshire and can contact and perhaps visit.? Londonderry, north west
>from Lawrence, Lowell, Ma.
https://nh.craigslist.org/sop/d/teletype-printer/6369045622.html
"Antique teletype for sale it has been indoors with other computers that
are 20plus yrs old , Also have a new Radio Shack TRS80 ,with all the
software and hardware ,printers,disc drives all like new , I was left a
home with all of its contents tons of electronics and computers, call if
you want me to send pics"