test-drb September 2021

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Classic sale/give-away Jefferson, WI USA

by compoobah＠gmail.com

Other places to post this: Sun Help Rescue list - mostly Sun but there is interest in other stuff too. http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue http://www.irixnet.org/ , forum not mailing list but seems to have taken over from Nekochan for SGI stuff. Sadly don't know of much in the OVMS sphere, the openvmshobbyist forum is basically dead now.

2 years, 7 months

Kennett Classic Sept 25th - Only 5 days to go!

by billdegnan＠gmail.com

Reminder - The Kennett Classic Vintage Computing event is only 5 days away! Many have already pre-registered for the all day vintage computing workshop and there are still spaces for exhibitors available. After we break for dinner there will be a chip tunes show from 7PM - 11PM 115 S. Union St. Kennett Square, PA (across the street from the museum shop) 484 732 7041 What to do in Kennett Square? Here is a sampling of restaurants within walking distance of the event space - bring the family! https://www.kennettclassic.com/while-at-kennett-classic-food/ Hope to see you there! Bill kennettclassic.com <----directions and registration here

2 years, 7 months

Classic sale/give-away Jefferson, WI USA

by jfoust＠threedee.com

Given the hot real estate market, I've received an unsolicited offer to purchase my office building and I'd like to accept it. This means disposing of a great deal of classic computer stuff in the next 30 days. I need to let go of what isn't sparking joy, as they say these days. At least I saved the pieces. What will best let me part with it is knowing that it went to someone who also appreciates it. I'm located in Jefferson, WI, halfway between Madison and Milwaukee. I'd prefer in-person pickup over shipping, as I have a shortage of time and adequate shipping boxes for heavy stuff. Sure, I'll take cash but I also realize I may need to be giving it away. I'm debating how to do it. Facebook Marketplace? eBay pick-up only? Just here on CCC? A web site? I'll work on a more detailed list and pics of what has to go and I'll figure out the best way to post. Yes, it's unfortunate that I didn't take a van-load to VCF Midwest a few days ago. Off the top of my head, a Microvax, a MicroPDP-11, an 11-23, a Vaxstation, a Kaypro, two CBM PETs, a Tandy M-100 or two, a Zilog development system, two PDQ-1, a Sage, some S-100 cards, piles of other cards for various systems, probably a pile of Amiga stuff (A500, A1000, A2000, A3000, Toasters, early developer docs), some C-64 or C-128 and software, some Apple II and clone stuff, Macs from classic on up, a great deal of 3D related software and manuals from 80s/90s for Amiga/PC/Mac/SGI, several SGIs, a Play Trinity video system, Palm handhelds and developer stuff, Compaq and HP handhelds, a Pertec 9-track, an ASR-33, bare 8-inch drives and cabling, a number of tube monitors of sizes from large and SGI and Trinitron down to smaller terminals. A serial terminal or two. A few dot-matrix printers and lasers and ink-jets. A stack of Pentium Pro 200 chips, bags of other CPUs and older memory chips. I have either the world's largest or second-largest collection of Terak computers, on the order of a dozen, and nine or ten need to go. Plus other interconnecting stuff, BNC cable, serial and parallel, etc. Docs like a decade of SIGGRAPH proceedings, Inside Mac, years of MSDN CD sets (Intel/MIPS/AXP era), sets of late-80s early-90s computer magazines (inc. early BYTE and Kilobaud and Dr. Dobbs, Amiga mags, video industry mags). A pile of early WISP outdoor WiFi era antennas (dishes, panels, directionals of various dB, N connector) and associated heavy coax. Plus a fair pile of more "contemporary" PC stuff from the last 20 years. Misc cards, VLB, EISA, etc. A bunch of PCs, plus IDE and SATA drives. Many misc. consumer firewalls. Some odd laser and optical stuff. A number of older lab-quality microscopes like a projector scope, several desk microscopes, a black Leitz Ortholux, an articulated standing Zeiss surgical scope. A Leitz Focomat II photo enlarger and all the extras. An AMRAY electron microscope. And just to put fear in your heart, what doesn't go will go to you will go to the electronics scrapper and the dumpster. Send me an email... - John

2 years, 7 months

cctech Digest, Vol 84, Issue 14

by commodorejohn＠gmail.com

Per https://www.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=2.9BSD/usr/doc/2.9_kernel.ms 2.9BSD had a driver for it. On 9/20/21, cctech-request at classiccmp.org <cctech-request at classiccmp.org> wrote: > Send cctech mailing list submissions to > cctech at classiccmp.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.classiccmp.org/mailman/listinfo/cctech > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > cctech-request at classiccmp.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > cctech-owner at classiccmp.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of cctech digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. DEC ML11 (Mark Kahrs) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2021 10:47:46 -0400 > From: Mark Kahrs <mark.kahrs at gmail.com> > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only" <cctech at classiccmp.org> > Subject: DEC ML11 > Message-ID: > <CAEokdfcZ3YZZQ7UuYjV0VEy-AJV2R6CkZH+K6aCJC2gXBAH3vg at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > I've been working on a newly donated PDP 11/70 at the LSSM. I just > discovered it has a ML11 --- an early Solid State Disk. Does anyone know > of any schematics, user guides, etc? > > Thanks! > > > End of cctech Digest, Vol 84, Issue 14 > ************************************** >

2 years, 7 months

DEC ML11

by mark.kahrs＠gmail.com

I've been working on a newly donated PDP 11/70 at the LSSM. I just discovered it has a ML11 --- an early Solid State Disk. Does anyone know of any schematics, user guides, etc? Thanks!

2 years, 7 months

More cleaning out the Bob basement

by cz＠alembic.crystel.com

Went over to chip away at the Bob basement, and this time Alex came with me. This is not a bad idea as if one of the piles shift and I get stuck it would be nice to have someone there to call 911. Anyway we cleared out a lot of the stuff in the tunnel to the Perqs including: A Franklin computer, in box. A TRS80 Model 3 An Apollo 3500 or so server box (heavy) A Sun2 something A sun 3/60 (I remember these!) A Sparcserver 10,000 (heavy beyond belief) Some sort of an IBM AS400 thing (also heavy) An Apple II/e. Few more hard drives Weird scope like things The good news is the way to the MicroVax and the Perqs are clear. The bad news is these are Perq2's which are bulky and there is still a pedestal mounted Sun 3/110 in the way. Moral: Do not die with a lot of this stuff in your basement. We were far more able to move this stuff 30 years ago when we were young than today. We may need more people. 2 hours of working that pile left us both trashed. Ian, want to come over sometime? C

2 years, 7 months

Fred Cisin: Death of Clive SInclair

by c.murray.mccullough＠gmail.com

Clive SInclair was a British entrepreneur who designed and built very small computers back in the early days of 8-bit computing. Whether he created a 'first' as Fred argues doesn't lessen his role in microcomputing history. Let's celebrate pioneers who gave us what we have today. Happy computing. Murray ?

2 years, 7 months

John Foust via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>

by kiwi_jonathan＠yahoo.com

Hello, You mentioned a VAXstation and a Microvax. What encosures are they in? (That will affect shipping costs). Is the micro-pdp/11 in a BA23 with complete skins? thanks -Jonathan Stone

2 years, 7 months

September 25th Kennett Classic - Only 9 Days To Go

by billdegnan＠gmail.com

Only 9 days until the 2nd-annual Kennett Classic URL for more info: https://www.kennettclassic.com/ Download flyer: https://www.kennettclassic.com/kc2/kennett-classic-flyer-KC-II.pdf WHAT: Our yearly event to celebrate another year of operations. WHERE: 115 S. Union St. Kennett Square, PA USA (Between Philadelphia and Baltimore). The venue is called "The Garage", it's a large ventilated building located across the street from the museum. WHEN: [ 8AM ] the workshop / hackerspace opens [ 12 Noon - 5PM ] - open to "the public" exhibits So far we have about 10 exhibits - We could use a few more, please inquire if interested. [ 5-7PM ] - Retooling for the music performances / Dinner There are a dozen restaurants within walking distance and lots to do in Kennett Square, PA or you can use that time to tour the museum, or just stay in the building and continue your work [ 7PM - 11PM ] Live Chiptune / Wave-bending performances! --BANDS-- AP0C Inverse Phase Cheap Dinosaurs (sound clip links from kennettclassic.com) QUESTIONS? https://www.kennettclassic.com/contact.cfm

2 years, 7 months

ISO PFT (Precision Fabrication Technologies) MOD-U-LINE catalog/brochure

by aek＠bitsavers.org

PFT made MOD-U-LINE MCLS modular aluminum enclosures (sides, top and front/back). The only information on the web is https://www.ceitron.com/passive/pft.html Does anyone still have a copy of their brochure? They were used a lot for projects in the 70's and 80's like the PCM-12 The company was bought by Zero Mfg in the 90's. There isn't anyone making anything like that now. http://www.dvq.com/oldcomp/PCM12/pcm12-1.jpg

2 years, 7 months

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