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by jon＠jonworld.com

All, I'll be back in Indianapolis this coming weekend and need to find homes for the following. They are free for pick-up only. I do not have the time or funds to ship them. They need to be picked up Sep 26-28th. 1) Tandy Dot-Matrix printer. The printer has 2x modes, one does straight IBM-PC B&W emulation. The other is color Epson LQ-2500. It takes fanfold paper (I think I have a small amount with the printer.) I believe I have a spare ribbon or two as well. 2) Parallel-port based flatbed scanner. I think it's a UMAX or similar type of B-list brand. -- -Jon +32 0 486 260 686

11 years, 10 months

FYI - terms of "equipment available" emails

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

>From time to time I do seem to get a pretty fair number of requests from entities to claim equipment, and 99% of the time I post those opportunities (only) here. I just wanted to list what I expect when I hand off those deals to someone. This has never been an issue in the past or present, but figured I'd codify it here. If you respond to me on one of those "equipment available" deals, I'm assuming you agree to do the following: Make contact with the owner in a timely fashion Work out a fair (to both you and the owner) deal to acquire the machines If a deal cannot be reached, let me know quickly so that someone else can be found to make a second attempt Make every effort to obtain/include any documentation/software available with the machines Pick the equipment up in a safe and professional manner with all due care for both the machines and the owners home/building/facilities Actively work to restore the machines to full running condition Ensure that the machines are never destroyed or thrown away Ensure destruction of any owner-specific documentation/software Make available any (non-customer-specific) documentation and/or software to other collectors Ensure that if you ever no longer wish to keep the machine that it winds up in the hands of another collector That's all I ask J J

11 years, 10 months

more crap with the P112 parts

by dgriffi＠cs.csubak.edu

I've been going round and round with Mouser about how much I need to pay for kitting up parts for the P112 kits. They're telling me that the great deal I got last time for the kits was an error -- two errors in a row. So, what this means is that I need to sell three more P112 kits before I'll have the money to buy the parts I need. Come on. There's got to be three more people out there who want P112 kits. Please? -- David Griffith dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu

11 years, 10 months

A DEC style connector

by aek＠bitsavers.org

just came across this http://www.ecsconn.com/CatalogPDF/ECS%20CATALOG.pdf has a dec-style single wide 2400 series connector in it. who knows if you can still get it. it also isn't a functional replacement for the Sylvania DEC connector blocks either, but it has extra insertion depth.

11 years, 10 months

Inventory of remaining IBM S/360 CPU's.

by Arno_1983＠gmx.de

Henk Stegeman wrote: > Hi, > > I have compiled a list with all known remaining IBM system/360 CPU's, their > owner, location and if avail a picture. > This webpage also links to other remaining IBM hardware lists. > They are all very short compared with the number of systems IBM ever > produced. > > http://www.ibmsystem3.nl/System360/ > > Any input to make this list more complete is welcome. Hello, nice job, thank you for the effort put into that list. Is there also an interest in newer, 360/370 compatible machines, and perhaps a similar list for, or an intention to integrate those? I ask because I was (am?) involved in a rescue Operation for an IBM 4331 that went into a private collection in Munich some 15 years ago; after disassembly and transport, the machine was reassembled at VCFe 4.0 as a Work in Progress exhibit, and has meanwhile reached the same state of functionality that was described to us by the previous owner: Support processor will boot and can be interacted with on the System terminal, attempting to start up the main processor shuts the whole machine down again. One related machine I know of (a 4361) is kept at IBM's Museum in Sindelfingen; we were there to get the pinout of the System Panel connector (that was missing in our machine) and had some correspondence with the guys there (who attributed our Problem to some sort of misconfiguration - the actual installed Hardware, "tie-downs" inside the machine, and the configuration on the service processor boot floppy have to fit together in order to get stuff to work), but unfortunately we didn't get anywhere yet - we have a bunch of documentation for the machine (manuals, schematics and faultfinding charts) but don't really know where to start with our Problem. Perhaps getting into contact with other owners will finally get this baby flying again! So Long, Arno

11 years, 10 months

Equipment Available

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

Just confirmed with owner.. A complete boardset for a PDP-11/84 is available in Sydney, Australia. Please contact me off-list if interested. Additional notes: Please don't email asking what boards are in the set, or if you can only get particular boards out of the set. I don't want to deal with the details. When I post a deal, if you want it you go after the whole deal and work out any details yourself by contacting the owner directly. If you want to make certain spares/parts out of the deal available to other collectors - that's great, post to the list after you get the gear and do what you wish. Best, J

11 years, 10 months

Inventory of remaining IBM S/360 CPU's. (Henk Stegeman)

by isking＠uw.edu

On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 10:00 AM, <cctalk-request at classiccmp.org> wrote: > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 17:47:16 +0200 > From: "Henk Stegeman" <h.j.stegeman at hccnet.nl> > To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org> > Subject: RE: Inventory of remaining IBM S/360 CPU's. > Message-ID: <LEEAKOBMDOCBLGHAMGACEEOCDPAA.h.j.stegeman at hccnet.nl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi, > > Thanks for all the contribution. > > I have updated the list with an 360/6x and a surviving 370/148 > http://www.ibmsystem3.nl/System360/ > > Henk, Regarding the Sindelfingen Model 20 (which is now at B?blingen, along with the rest of that collection), it includes a 2560 MFCM and a 1403 printer. I had the privilege of visiting there last year. And despite rumors of the collection's demise, it was successfully moved from the Sindelfingen building, an ancient and creaky structure which was due to be demolished, to the IBM research facility at B?blingen. Unfortunately, that has severely limited access to the collection. (They also have a running 370, but I don't recall details. I can get them if you like.) -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS Ph.D. Candidate The Information School University of Washington Give a man a fire, and he will be warm for the night. Set him on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

11 years, 10 months

Equipment Available (note, not RE:)

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

Hello Jay, are my emails getting through? (Sorry about the list post, I think I may have a problem.) If not, I am interested in the 11/05 (if it's stil available). Noel

11 years, 10 months

3M cart band tension

by aek＠bitsavers.org

I just thought of a really simple way to tell if the band in your 3M cart is shot if you don't happen to have a tension meter handy. Take off the cover of a known good cart, set it on a table with the capstan roller facing away from you and pull the band at the edge closest to you with your index finger. The cart will move towards you on the table after about one row of dots (for example) on the baseplate of belt deflection. Good belts will provide quite a bit of tension by the time you reach the edge of the cart. Obviously, the exact values vary with the friction on the surface you're using, but you get the idea. Bad belts have significantly less tension and require a lot more deflection to produce enough force to overcome the friction of the table.

11 years, 10 months

Equipment Available (note, not RE:)

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

Yet another opportunity crosses my desk.. I just heard back from an initial contact email and the equipment is still available. Available in Tyler, Texas: PDP-11/05 VAX 11/730 Alpha 2100 AED 8" Floppy Drive "Numerous DEC boards & components" I am loathe to pass this deal on, as I kinda sorta want the 11/05 J But.. Contact me off-list if interested. Best, J

11 years, 10 months

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