On Sun, 2021-05-23 at 12:00 -0500, cctalk-request at classiccmp.org wrote:
> To: Grant Taylor <cctalk at gtaylor.tnetconsulting.net>,
> ????????General at ezwind.net, Discussion at ezwind.net:On-Topic and Off-
> Topic Posts
> ????????<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> Subject: Re: COMPAQ ISA PC to ethernent
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> Grant and et al,
> ???? I have several hundred MB and expansion cards from 30 years ago
> up
> to about 5 years ago. I would like to sell all of my computer
> equipment.
> Boards, cards, cables, covers, printers, monitors, computers. The
> whole
> works.
> ???? I probably have cancer and if I do I am dead. i have been
> selling
> off everything that I own and I have been using the funds to drive
> all
> around the country full filling my bucket list. Please help me by
> taking
> everything off my hands? I still have two Simpson 260 VOMs that I
> want
> to see go to a good home instead of hitting the trash.
> ???? Grant, Randy has not responded to me. Yes, I have Arcnet and
> Ethernet ISA cards. What info do you need?
> GOD Bless and Thanks,
> rich!
Man, that bites. Seen too many people I know die of cancer.
Simpson meters are nice, and having an analog around is good, hope
someone snags them. Too rich for my blood.
Reminds me have a old NRI VTVM I need to get working, think I'm gonna
try to wire in a 50B5 instead of the dead 50C5. FETVOMs interest me but
don't see many of those around.
On Mon, 2021-05-24 at 12:00 -0500, cctalk-request at classiccmp.org wrote:
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> Date: Mon, 24 May 2021 09:24:22 -0700
> From: Jason Howe <jason at smbfc.net>
> To: Chris Zach <cz at alembic.crystel.com>, "General Discussion: On-
> Topic
> ????????and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> Subject: Re: Writings on AI from 17 years ago....
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> On Sun, 2021-05-23 at 21:34 -0400, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote:
> > Anyone know if the LCM will be open
>
>
> Considering there is no staff as they were all laid off and have now
> all found other jobs, I'd guess that's a hard no.? They'd basically
> need to spin up from 0 again -- considering Vulcan shut down LCM,
> Cinerama and the Flying Heritage Museum as soon as they could after
> Paul's death -- I put my money on asset dispersal, rather than
> reopening.
>
> I say with a pit in my stomach as a former member and regular
> visitor.
>
> EMP (or whatever the hell they're called now) survived because they
> had
> been spun off as a separate legal entity from Paul's Vulcan empire.
>
>
> --Jason
I fear so as well, but one of the other MS teachers in my district has
done some remote training recently through them, so there might still
be hope.
On 5/24/21 11:47 PM, Richard Pope wrote:
> Grant,
Hi Rich,
> Did you receive my last email?
Yes, I did receive it.
I've not had an opportunity to reply to it.
--
Grant. . . .
unix || die
> From: Lars Brinkhoff
> Chris Zach wrote:
>> I'll drop by and see which CHAOSNet card it has.
> It may have been removed when we worked on getting ITS booted.
For a long time AI used a UNIBUS CHAOSNet card, plugged into an -11 connected
up to AI via the Rubin 10-11 interface. (I'm not sure which -11; maybe the
TV-11, but I think I remember there was another one used for the CHAOSNet? I
think the same -11 that the AI Lab's 3-mbit Ethernet interface was plugged
into. If I wasn't so lazy I'd look at TV > and see.)
I'm not sure what happened after the Rubin interface died. Maybe they
built another KA I/O bus interface (like the one on ML)? Config > might
answer that question.
Noel
Interesting article on Link Rot and its prevalence. According to the article even sources being referenced as early as 2018 have about a 60% Rot.I think all of us in this hobby can relate nor only to loss of articles but from sites, drivers, file repositories, etc....https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/21/22447690/link-rot-research-new-yo…
Free Macintosh IICX in Orange County CA area. Sometimes it boots, often it doesn?t (power supply issue?). Also HD has stiction issues. Also the tall profile monitor has a very smeary image. Other than that, it?s great! Everything is included - computer with cover, keyboard, mouse, monitor.
Hi folks,
I'm looking to build an X.25 packet data network for semi-active use
at the Connections Museum in Seattle. Please contact me off-list
(<astrid at xrtc.net>) if you have any X.25-capable networking gear
(routers, PADs, cable, etc) that wants a new home.
Why? Some of our newer equipment has serial management consoles.
Plumbing those into a proper-vintage data network would be a lot
spiffier than running around with usb-serial devices. I'm not looking
for serial-to-telnet IP converters.
I'm also interested in setting up a public federated X.25-over-TCP
network, much like https://ckts.info/ but for circuit switched data.
Cisco IOS 12 has support for DNS-based routing of XOT connections,
which I've been learning how to configure.
Thanks,
--
?strid smith (she/her)
=<[ c y b e r ]>=
antique telephone collectors association member #4870
> From: Barry M
> H960 120 lbs (not sure if this includes the side panels)
The H960 has a whole constellation of appurtenances which can add to the
weight: sides, back door, back mounting frame, top fan(s), floor screen,
stabilizer feet, etc, etc.
I happen to have an empty H960 (well, it does have the two top fans, which I
was too lazy to take out - they are only a couple of pounds each) out in my
garage, so I stuck it on a bathroom floor scale, and it seems to be about
100 pounds.
If you want the weight on any of the other bits (above), let me know, it
would be easy to weigh them.
Noel
> On May 23, 2021, at 9:14 PM, Marc Howard via cctech <cctech at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> In my case I'm looking for the weight of an RK05 and full height 19" DEC
> rack.
I have not see these published, but can attest that it is somewhere between 1 25-yr-old-can-load-in-station-wagon and 1 53-yr-old-can-load-in-station-wagon...
Marc,
I am not aware of a single document that lists the weights of various
sub-systems. I did find the weights or the RK05 and H960 rack:
RK05 110 lbs
See: DEC-00-RK05-DA RK05 DISK DRIVE MAINTENANCE MANUAL Page 1-2
H960 120 lbs (not sure if this includes the side panels)
See: DEC-11H45SM-E-D PDP-11/45 System Maintenance Manual Page C-5
--barrym
On Sun, May 23, 2021 at 10:15 PM Marc Howard via cctech <
cctech at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there a doc anywhere that breaks out the individual weights of various
> PDP gear?
>
> In my case I'm looking for the weight of an RK05 and full height 19" DEC
> rack.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marc
>
