http://www.ctonlineauctions.com/detail.asp?id=746466
>From the pictures it looks to be a fairly complete system with Kennedy tape drive.
Has a System industries controller but doesn't appear to have a disk drive.
I'd love to have it, but my wife would kill me if i brought something that big home.
I hope someone in the Riverside area on this list ( Mark Blair ? ) can acquire it.
I have no affiliation with the seller.
Wayne
Vintage techie guys and girls,
Do any of you know where I could get hold of IBM 3850 Mass storage and IBM
2321 Data cell media? 1960s-1970s.
See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_3850https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_2321_Data_Cell
If you do, I would like to get hold of one of each.
Many thanks,
Peter
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Another open-reel tape query for the experts.
I recall that new tapes would often come with a strip of (usually blue)
silicone-ish tape to retain the end of the tape. I've got a couple of
strips here and I'll swear that I've seen the stuff in other
applications, but memory fails me.
It's not sticky in itself, but sticks quite nicely to mylar tape.
Easily removed and indefinitely reusable.
I think I've seen it in kids' toys of the era, where various patterned
pieces were cut from the stuff and assembled on something akin to a
whiteboard.
Does this ring any bells with anyone? Do you know what the stuff is and
where I can get some?
Thanks for any help,
Chuck
Chuck writes:
> I'd probably start with the US Commerce Department. In their industrial
> report summaries, the product code is "36950 11"
> e.g.: https://tinyurl.com/y8ks3mdd for 1987-88
Wow, Chuck, that is fascinating info that I had no idea was so easily accessed. Thank you! It looks like the tape production in the 80's was 30M to 40M reels per year so my guess at 100M was high but not too far off.
I super like some of the product codes just on those pages. E.g. 35711 22 is Analog Computers, and 35751 75 is Teleprinters under 20 characters per second (e.g. Model 33's which saw a steep decline through the 1980's. I'm guessing they would've peaked in the early 70's.).
Tim N3QE
> can I appeal to anyone who has, or can point me at, documentation for
> the connection of the PC04 to _other_ PDP-8 models please lend a hand -
> _especially_ if you have paper documentation which is not available
> online?
The other thing I'm looking for is anything about the earlier version of the
reader, the one that used the stepper motor to strobe the data, instead of the
feed holes. I've seen references to this in the DEC documentation, but other
than that, I have nothing on it.
Noel
Hi, I need CP/M, either floppy or cart based, for my Exidy Sorcerer.
I want to format and use the floppy drives - I have the S-100 expansion and interface card.
I?ll make copies and return your disk if you have one.
Thanks-
Steve.
Where do you patch the ZRQCH0 binary to use different geometries
for non-DEC drives with a RQDX3?
As it seems it should be possible, but noone has told how to do this ;-)
Christian
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Hi, I need CP/M, either floppy or cart based, for my Exidy Sorcerer.
I want to format and use the floppy drives - I have the S-100 expansion and interface card.
I?ll make a copy and return your disk if you have one.
Thanks-
Steve.
