191109: Added PDP-11s, KIM1, EDB9301, MMT-85 & FloppyDrives
Thanks to everyone for the kind words on my situation.
Had lots of correspondence from various people interested in
certain systems, but no offers, and very little information on
what people think they are worth. Many of these systems are
very old, very rare and nearly impossible to acquire. As I am no
longer working I want to maximize what I receive from them.
I will be researching this over the next year and will add prices
if/when I work them out. If price is unknown I will take the highest
reasonable offer, so I cannot offer systems now without an idea
of what they are worth to you.
Had several messages asking about other systems I show on "Daves
Old Computers". I have been dealing with several collectors in
Toronto and Ottawa, and any systems not listed in sale.txt is
already gone (still taking inventory so may add a few more, as
well as a LOT of other technical stuff.
> --- Original Message ---
>I have had a major health incident which means that I have been unresponsive
>for several months. As I need to move in closer to town, I will be disposing
>of what remains of my collection (Things like: Altairs, Imsa, PET 2001,
>Apple II, TRS-80s, lots of S100 carts etc.)
>
>I have posted some preliminary information at:
>
> http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/sale.txt
Dave
><snip>
>I have had a major health incident which means that I have been unresponsive
>for several months. As I need to move in closer to town, I will be disposing
>of what remains of my collection (Things like: Altairs, Imsa, PET 2001,
>Apple II, TRS-80s, lots of S100 carts etc.)
Best Wishes Dave.
Jack
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Jack Harper, President
Secure Outcomes Inc
2942 Evergreen Parkway, Suite 300
Evergreen, Colorado 80439 USA
303.670.8375
303.670.3750 (fax)
http://www.secureoutcomes.net for Product Info.
I have the following 5-1/4" Drives that I would like to get rid of. These
have all been working at one time or another, but I have no idea what
condition they are in now.
Maxtor EXT 4330
Seagate ST4766N
Hitachi DK516-12
Maxtor XT-8760E
Maxtor XT-4170E
I also have the following QBUS cards to part with.
Module Number Part# Description Form
QBUS Extender D
M7504 DEQNA Ethernet D
M8043 DLV11 4xSLU D
M8043 DLV11 4xSLU D
M7941 DRV11 16 Bit Parallel D
M8186 KDF11 11/23 CPU D
M8186 KDF11 11/23 CPU D
M8189 KDJ11 11/73 CPU D
M8192-YB KDJ11 11/73 CPU D
M8192-YB KDJ11 11/73 CPU D
M8047 MXV11 ROM/RAM D
M7555 RQDX3 D
M8029 RXV21 RX02 Controller D
M7646 TQK50 Tape Controller D
M8044-DB Memory 16K 32K? D
M8044-DE Memory 16K 32K? D
DATARAM 63010 Q
Camington CMX1651 Memory Q
M7606-AF KA630 CPU Q
M7620-AA KA650 CPU Q
M7620-BA KA650 CPU Q
M7164 KDA50 SDI Controller Q
M7165 KDA50 SDI Controller Q
M5976-AA KZQSA SCSI Controller Q
M5976-AA KZQSA SCSI Controller Q
M8067 Memory Q
M7168 VCB02 Bit Map Q
M7169 VCB02 Controller Q
M7608-BP MS630BB 4-Meg Memory Q
M7608-BP MS630BB 4-Meg Memory Q
M7957 4xSLU Q
SCD-RQD11/EC ESDI Controller Q
All of these are FTAGH, but I wouldn't turn down a trade either. I'd be
interested in drive sleds for my BA123 or a spare power supply, also for
the BA123 or I'm always interested in M68K/M6809 stuff. I would prefer
local pickup near Livermore, CA. I don't believe that the drives are
shippable.
Please contact me directly at <david at thecoolbears.org>
Most of the items are spoken for but I still have the following:
Caminton CMX1651 Memory
M7606-AF KA630 CPU
M7620-AA KA650 CPU
M8067 Memory
M7168 VCB02 Bit Map
M7169 VCB02 Controller
M7608-BP MS630BB 4-Meg Memory
M7608-BP MS630BB 4-Meg Memory
SCD-RQD11/EC ESDI Controller
...so, mainly the VAX stuff. Priority goes to local pickup. I've had all of
these boards working at one time or another but I can't speak to their
current status.
David Coolbear
david at thecoolbears.org
Been away for some time from the mailing lists.... getting back into
my classic gear again....
I have two of these Qumetrack 542 drives.
While testing my 360K drive collection (8 drives.... I must be slacking
:-) ...), 2 worked, 4 had issue (resolved with a good head cleaning),
and 2 (both of the Qumetrack 542 drives (I have two of them)) have mixed
results. My testing is on a Tandy 2500SX/33 using the Tandy straight
through cable and with the drives set do DS0.
I seem to have no issue with Dunfield's testfdc (using testfdc/x a:)
with these drives, doing SS and DD and getting 'pass' from testfdc.
However, when I do a format a:, the drive will format through the 40
tracks, then instead of the heads returning to track 0 quickly, they do
these small stepping 'bursts' and DOS times out saying failure..... it
probably would have worked if DOS would wait 10 seconds or more for the
drive to move to track 0.
I've never seen behavior like this. I even tried an external power
supply in case the Tandy one wasn't up to driving the full height floppy
drive due to an aging marginal supply, but that didn't help anything.
I've now also had one of them shut down the power supply (a shorted
tantalum cap I'm sure).
I've looked through the manual on the drive, I've tried the HM, HS, and
no jumper setting for stepper motor power, same results in all cases.
I'm trying too determine if these drives are good. I'm planning on
using them in a Tandy Model III that is upgraded internally to a Model
IV, but I feel these are basic drives and should work in DOS fine too.
I hope someone has a clue, as I'm tapped out of them currently.
Thanks,
-- Curt
Anyone have any pointers to places to buy quantity of UHF Motorola pagers?
Also wouldn't mind a VHF Advisor or two (the original large one with
holsters.)
Mainly looking for UHF non-FLEX ones.
Thanks
--
: Ethan O'Toole
I need a keyboard cable for my VAXmate. This uses an SDL connector on one
end and RJ11 on the other. Keyboard cables for the IBM Model M have SDL
connectors at one end and a PS/2 connector at the other. I bought one of
these cables with the intention of replacing the PS/2 connector with an
RJ11.
However, I now have a pang of conscience about hacking around with a
perfectly good cable, particularly if they are uncommon. How common are
these cables?
Regards
Rob
