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Someone is using Kickstarter to make new Commodore C64c cases

by christian_liendo＠yahoo.com

I thought this was rather interesting. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1670214687/original-commodore-64c-comp…

11 years, 5 months

Nicolet stuff

by dkelvey＠hotmail.com

Hi Bob I'd gotten the hard drive for the Nicolet but not had time to fiddle with it. I'm currently redoing my code for the floppy drive on my Nicolet. I have a couple disk platters that should be able to be used for the hard drive ( and one that had a head crash ). I'd cleaned up the heads on the drive and with the new disk, seems OK. I've not fiddle with it since though. I was wondering if you'd like to fiddle with it on your Nicolet. You could barrow it for some time and install the demon code on it. On a separate issue, when I'd gotten my Nicolet, I had 2 failed ICs. One was a 7474 and the other was a DTL with expanded input ( I swapped a location that didn't need the expander input and use a TTL there for that part ). I just got started again and found the address wouldn't increment. After some frantic trouble shooting ( knowing it was Saturday and most places would be closed tomorrow for parts ), I finally traced it to a bad 7404. It is not easy without an extender card. I'd attach a couple wires to locations I wanted to see and stick the card back in. I must have pulled an inserted two of the cards 30 times. I hope is wiped the connector pins good and clean. If you should decide to make an extender, I'd split the cost of the boards with you. I think it would be easy to make three separate extenders and put a rail across them to hold them together. It wouldn't be too bad to just have the three separate ones and be careful connecting things. I believe they are just three 100 pin connectors, like S100 boards use. Dwight

11 years, 5 months

RL01/02 spindle ground brushes

by useddec＠gmail.com

Does anyone have any scraped out RL drives with brushes they don't need? I need 4 or so and will pay cash (Paypal) or trade. Thanks, Paul

11 years, 5 months

Xybernaut Wearable..

by n2dvm＠arrl.net

>Does any one know where I can find the drivers for XP for the >Xybernaut Mobile Assistant V? It's one of these : http://www.ebay.com/itm/Xybernaut-MA-V-Mobile-Wearable-Computer-Set-/271609… --- WWW: http://www.commodoredungeon.com QUOTE : "A Clean bench is a sign of a weak mind."

11 years, 5 months

M4data model 9914 tape drive

by shadoooo＠gmail.com

I already checked the manuals on bitsavers, user, diagnostic and service manuals are there, together with scsi interface specifications... but no schematics. thanks for the help with measurements! could you confirm that the drive gives no interface error if powered without scsi connection to a host? thanks Andrea

11 years, 5 months

Looking for a 24U rack or smaller

by slandon110＠gmail.com

The 42U racks I have are too big for my house, so im looking for a couple of 24U enclosed racks. Im located In Farwell Michigan Let me know what you have Thanks Steve

11 years, 5 months

M4data model 9914 tape drive

by shadoooo＠gmail.com

Hello, I'm repairing an M4data 9914 tape drive. After fixing some problem with psu, replacing the roller rubber with a cut of tubing, cleaning mechanical parts, oiling some pulleys, now it starts up on power on, runs diagnostics, but unfortunately ends with a **BIFF error (scsi interface). The drive hasn't been connected to a pc via scsi yet. I have a couple of questions: - what should be the correct external diameter of the rubber roller? - where could I find schematics? thanks Andrea

11 years, 5 months

R: How to save two Mitsubishi M2896 drive (spindle motor smoked!)

by shadoooo＠gmail.com

Enrico, probably I could help you, but unfortunately I think you are too far from me... or not? Where are you in Italy? Andrea

11 years, 5 months

RA81 removal

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: Johnny Billquist >> I compared the DEC part numbers on the RA81 slides and some RL02 slides >> I have, and ... they are indeed the same part number! > What? That can't be. They are physically different. All I know are the following facts: - I bought a group of surplus RL02 drives from a scrap dealer, and they came with slides with the following part #'s: 1213686-00 Rev-K1-R and 1213686-00 Rev-K1-L. (BTW, I have extra -L's, if anyone needs them; will trade for something useful.) - I bought a machine which had previously belonged to DEC in Vancouver, and it came with a couple of RA81 drives, and they had slides with the following (identical to the above) part #'s: 1213686-00 Rev-K1-R and 1213686-00 Rev-K1-L. The two slide sets above are completely identical in appearance; the only difference is that the part # is in different places on the two. - I was given an RL02 drive a while back, and it came with slides, but they don't have any part #'s that I can see. They look almost identical to the ones above, except that the newer ones have two rocking trip levers (one in the middle, and one at one end), and the older ones have only one (the one in the middle). Noel

11 years, 5 months

DEC handbooks at LA estate sale

by earl＠retrobits.com

On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 1:50 PM, John Foust <jfoust at threedee.com> wrote: > > Cue the "Such as I am, such shalt thou be" refrain, and a reminder > that if we pass before arranging the post-mortem disposition of > our collections, it could all land in the dumpster, or maybe at > an estate sale if we're lucky. > > - John > > Shameless plug - we cover exactly this topic in the latest Retro Computing Roundtable episode #95, which should be on the air pretty soon at http://rcrpodcast.com. - Earl

11 years, 5 months

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