Does anyone have an idea as to the value of a Bendix G15 Drum? Its time to pass mine to another caring collector who would appreciate it but I am not sure how of its value. Obviously it is rare but the market demand is unclear to me.
thank you
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As previously discussed here, I have a Sun 3/260 that connects to a Sun external storage subsystem containing two 8? SMD drives. The external cabling is a 0.7m D-sub 25-pin (male both ends) data cable for each drive and a paired set of 0.7m D-sub 25- and 37-pin (male both ends) command cables. These cables are straight through connections between internal ribbon cables from the drives (CDC 9720-368 and Fujitsu M2372) to the controller board (Xylogics 451 on a VME adapter).
For reasons described below, I have been unable to buy the original Sun cables. Should off-the-shelf D-sub 25- and 37-pin cables work? I guess electrical shielding/noise could be a concern?
As to why I am looking for alternatives, MemoryX has been my source for this kind of stuff, but they have lost my trust. I ordered a full set of cables from them on 2 Jan and they have gone silent responding to my queries on that order. Then this month they were selling a couple sets of the control cables on eBay. I bought the second set. They marked it shipped, left positive comments about the transaction on eBay, but the cable set didn?t arrive as scheduled last Friday and yesterday they cancelled the eBay auction and refunded what I paid, all without any explanation. They still list the cables on their website, each $100 more than what they were when I ordered them on 2 Jan.
alan
Good afternoon all;
I picked up a ZDS Z183-92 laptop over the weekend alongside a Kodak
Diconix 150 portable inkjet printer.
The prior owner doesn't think he ever had a power supply for the Z183,
although he discovered that it does power up sort-of from the Diconix
power supply wallwart(!)
The underside of the laptop has "12V" - and nothing else - so my
assumption is I need to find a 12V pack of suitable amperage. The Diconix
supply is 9VDC. The 9VDC is enough to bring up the LCD and at least some
of the internals (presumably the +5v ones) to have it _appear_ to POST,
but neither of the disks sound like they're running (either the internal
HDD or the 3.5" drive). I presume the internal HDD requires the +12v to
spin up, but I haven't dug into it yet.
Anywho - if anyone had any documentation on this machine I would very much
appreciate a scan. Or just confirmation what the power supply is supposed
to be outputting would be very helpful.
Thank you!
- JP
50441
Hello list,
this might be of interest for list members located in France (Normandie) or close to it:
There is seller who offers different types of classic systems. Micros as well as larger systems andwhat appears to be a punched card sorter from the 50s. He writes that he has more stuff and that he can send pictures upon request.
Descriptions are in French, but google translate might help out...
https://www.leboncoin.fr/recherche/?text=Informatique%20vintage&locations=B…
Cheers,
Pierre
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Hi All,
I am using an HP 9000 Series 360 with a "Thin LAN" coax card to run a
piece of equipment. The LAN connection is not currently being used.? I'm
wondering if it's possible to connect it to a modern ethernet network??
If so, what could I do with it? I found an adapter on Amazon. I would
like to be able to transfer files and possibly print.? The file systems
are not compatible except for maybe ASCII files.? Anyone have any
thoughts?? Even if I could transfer files into another HP 9000 system it
would be beneficial.
Thank you,
Roger A.
FWIW I have a copy of Version 3.11 from BCPR Services 1990 spec. Contact me
off list if you're interested.
Frank Tuccio KC2QQN
frank at tuccio.net
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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 04:14:37 -0800
From: Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org>
To: "'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: Looking for Extended Industry Standard Architecture
Revision 3.10 Specification
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On 2/22/20 11:45 PM, Ali wrote:
> I am surprised that after thirty or so years and many of the original
"gang of nine" being gone the standard has not made its way into the
wild.....
I was as well, which was why I tried digging for it as much as I did
Global Engineering's standards search is really bad. I wasn't able to
determine if they actually still sell it
and I assume BCPR is long gone.
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The Panasonic KX-D4930 is a ?Laptop Data Terminal?, which includes both a (non-backlit) LCD screen and a thermal printer in a laptop-like package. It was obviously intended to supplant the Silent-700, and in fact appears to do so quite nicely. It has an internal modem (Bell 212) as well as a 25-pin EIA connection, and can even be run from an internal 12-volt battery.
However, either my Google-fu is exceptionally poor, or there?s truly no copy of its manual available on the Web. I do have the manual for the KX-D20, which is a VT-100 emulation cartridge for the terminal, but not the manual for the base unit itself. Specifically, I?m looking for the (non-VT-100) escape sequences that can control the terminal, if there are any.
If anyone has a paper copy of the manual that could be scanned, I?d certainly appreciate it. In an ideal world, there would also be a service manual with schematics, but that?s probably too much to hope for...
TIA!
~~
Mark Moulding
Come join us at Living Computers:Museum+Labs next month for VCF PNW 2020!
Here is what you can look forward to:
- 24 exhibits, ranging from big iron to 8 bitters
- 6 presentations including one from Bil Herd and one from Joe Decuir
- Our first vintage computer typing contest! (Yes, it will be hilarious)
- A consignment area for buying and selling treasure
- The museum. A very nice museum at that.
Details can be found at http://vcfed.org/vcf-pnw .
Mike
