Ive had this posted in the past but these are really getting in my way:
*Tektronix 7612D programmable digitizer (scope w/o a screen) with two
7A16A plugins. No manuals or cables but it appears to be in terrific
shape otherwise. $150 plus shipping or will consider trades.
*Kontron KLA64 64 channel logic analyser - 2 complete units, cables,
manuals, covers, software, etc. They also have an optional unit
installed internally. Includes Axiom video printer. All items go as a
package - $325 plus shipping. Sorry no trades and will not separate.
Total weight about 160 lbs for everything.
Can email detailed info to those interested. I bought these in an
auction lot and the above pricing is what I have into them. I bought the
auction lot to primarily obtain a digital oscilloscope for my shop but
the above items are R&D oriented and realy have no use in my repair
shop. Both are still supported by repair, calibration and parts outfits
as well as the manufacturers. I have sources for the manual for the Tek
7612D and plugins as well so you don't need to be concerrned that you'll
not be able to work it without a manual. The manuals for the Kontrons is
very detailed and is from setup and use to parts and adjustment.
I'm trying to be as discrete as possible about posting these and I'm
sure some people are tired of seeing it come back up but there are new
people to the list that may not know of them and possibly be interested.
Please reply direct to me, not to the list.
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< Cool. I have one of these (a uVAX2000) but the harddrive is going on i
<(I think something is loose inside and rattling around).
Maybe the power cord to the disk?
<> They can take RX33(1.2mb)
<> floppy and or any MFM drive like RD31(20mb st225), RD32(40mb st251),
<> RD52(quantum D540 31mb), RD53 (micropolus1325 71mb) or RD54(maxtor 2990
<> 159mb).
<
< I have seveal MFM drives here, but what are the Seagate equivilents to
<RD line? I have an ST-4051, ST-251, ST-277r-1, ST-4038 and one unknown o
<(made by Mitsubishi, has at least 4 heads and 904 cylinders and the only
<marking I see is TKS 56704).
The st251 is an rd32. The rest I don't know.
It can format drives too! the command is test70.
< Finding information about the Seagates isn't hard (as Seagate has all t
<information on their web site) but I'm curious as to the equivilents to t
<RD line.
I listed the rd#, the maufacturer and the model.
< Do you know offhand if that comes with a development system (say, a C
<compiler? Or even just headers?)
VMS is fairly loaded, editors, MACRO32, BASIC, DCL(the command line
language is as complex as some of the 8bit basics!), various language
libraries (C, Fortran, Macro). DECwindows is part of the OS as is
DECnet. Also DECwindows server, latserver and software to manage
the system, accounts, networks.
VMS as supplied is a complete working OS and environment and anything but
minimal in the pieces supplied. I've done entire network projects using
nothing but DCL scripts!
The first software to download for VMS is CMUip (I think the cdrom has it)
so that IP connections can managed). I'm sure there are suitable C
compilers in the free/shareware domain.
Most people have little knowledge of what VMS is. It's a multiuser,
multitasking OS designed for robust applications with high security.
What isn't mentioned is it's also a user enviornment, development
system and a aplications platform all rolled into one. It also has
the advantage of 20 years of development history with V7.1 being current
but any version between 5.4 and 6.1 covered under the hobby license. I
run 5.4 and 5.5 as it's as good as any and they are all good.
An advantage for the non unix user is DCL is like DOS command lines to
the user and most of the basic facilities are similar though richer
featured.
Allison
In a message dated 4/8/98 9:48:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time, marvin(a)rain.org
writes:
<< Joe wrote:
> The one thing that does piss me off is when people sell stuff on one of
> the high cost services like E-bay but place ads for it here. But I must
> admit that I've done it too.
I would disagree with this as part of the continuing education in any
collectable field is having some idea of what the market value is, and ebay
certainly provides some guidance in that regard! >>
Well, i'd be willing to argue that. i dont think i would consider ebay to set
current market prices for anything. i have a friend who uses it, and he said
it's great for the seller if one is selling anything quasi-rare or semi-
unusual as the manic bidders want to outdo themselves and drive the prices way
up. he said i should sell my apple //c lcd screen on ebay as he said one went
for almost $400. besides, i have seen prices there fluctuate wildly anyway.
david
> I'd like to find (or build) CP/M for my only S-100 box (you know, the one
> with the Ithaca Audio CPU card). I have a BASIC boot disk for the
> machine, and I believe I can read/write the 5.25" floppy from my PC
> (via 22disk), but I have no idea what's involved in finding or building a
> CBIOS for this box and where the boot sector on the floppy is.
The documentation for CP/M 2.2 is online at the unofficial CP/M web site.
See http://cdl.uta.edu/cpm/download/manuals/cpm22/index.html. You are
interested in Chapter 6 and most of the appendices.
Roger Ivie
ivie(a)cc.usu.edu
At 07:40 PM 4/9/98 -0500, you wrote:
>
>WIREHEAD'S CRAZY THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
>
>Using old 386 and 486 computers and their parallel ports to replace
>missing peripherals from true retrocomputing systems. Hmmm...
>
>I wonder if a 386, for example, with a properly programmed parallel port
>could emulate...say...a disk drive with a particular interface that you
>can't find anymore.
>
>Interesting thought?
>
>Anthony Clifton - Wirehead
I'd bet you could do it pretty easily with a bare-bones Linux install (why
compile any more than you need to?). In that case you'd have access to
oodles and oodles of working source code for examples.
I'm still dreaming about xfacing an old IBM punched card reader with a PC
running Linux. If I can ever find one that's working and for which I can
scrounge CE docs.
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<(MicroVAX 2000). They are not CPU upgradable, but you can add expansion
<memory out to 16MB, an 8 port async serial board (thats the big DB
They max out at 14mb due to hardware mapping. As little as 4 meg is very
useable and 8mb or more makes a fine system.
<connector that doesn't go anywhere) and a sync serial port. Standard
The DB25 is a coms port with handshaking and modem controls.
Allison
Today, I found two things in the trash. One is a VCR that eats tapes.
Please e-mail me privately if you know what to do about that. The
other is a TI99/4A with all of the packaging, but without the main
manual, and any cartridges it might have come with. I will still go
back tomorrow and check to make sure I didn't leave anything. Anyway,
do I HAVE to have a cartridge to power it up? When I turn it on with
the enormous TV switchbox, the TV shows nothing but snow. I flip all
of the switches, but none fix the problem. Also, the little light on
the TV switchbox doesn't turn on. Suggestions? Also, was there a
word processor or something for it? Could someone send me a cartridge
or two?
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>If you want it bad enough everything is possible.
>I do belive it is our duty to perform these tasks. An x1541 cable allows
you
>to connect a commodore disk drive to a PC why not make it the other way
>around and use the PC as a disk drive "server" for the C64, VIC20 and C128?
>And that is only one thought.
I believe that's already been done.
-- Kirk
Hi Soe,
< I went to a thrift store today and found something called a VaxStation
<2000. Does anyone know what it is? I *think* the model number on it is
<1410F-A. It's a box about 12 x 12" and 10" thick and has a handle on th
VS2000 aka baby vax. Nice machines using the first generation micorvax
chip. They can be found with up to 14mb of ram but 6-12mb are typical
and only 4meg needed to run VMS or Ultrix. They can take RX33(1.2mb)
floppy and or any MFM drive like RD31(20mb st225), RD32(40mb st251),
RD52(quantum D540 31mb), RD53 (micropolus1325 71mb) or RD54(maxtor 2990
159mb). There is a scsi bus but the rom boot only knows an oddball tk50
off that. The base machine did hires(1280x1024) video to a 19in mono
monitor and there was color too. By shorting pins 8,9 of the db9 port
you could connect a terminal instead. VMS is available via hobby license
and is a very robust and sophisticated operating system and will fit on
a single RD54 or can be made to fit in an RD53 without decwindows. There
is a fair amount of free software for VMS as well.
Also most have 10b2 eithernet unless someone robbed the lance card.
I have three of them, I call them a half cubic foot vax. The taller ones
have a base that addes expansion connectors for a like sized box that can
hone another MFM disk, floppy or TK50 tape.
Generally speaking I find them for free to maybe 15$ as they are on par
with slower 386s meaning they run all the VAX software but it's only .9
vups. Despite that I've used one to serve several users and notes
conferences (like a newsgroup). Their upside is that the power needs
are only 160w at 110v and they are small.
Allison
And then CNN would show UN jeeps pulling dozens of PCs with shotgun
holes from soggy trenches in rwanda...
>
> Or you could install linux on them and donate them to 3rd world
> countries as mail/usenet uucp machines for individual
> villages. This is a _useful_ and humane thing to do!
>
>--jmg
>
>> Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 16:00:30 -0400 (EDT)
>> From: Captain Napalm <spc(a)armigeron.com>
>> To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers"
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
>> Subject: Re: Wirehead Update
>>
>> It was thus said that the Great Zane H. Healy once stated:
>> >
>> > >The other thing I need to do is find uses for the pile of 386 and
486
>> > >boxes in my garage. It's 6 feet wide and 4 feet tall, neatly
stacked.
>>
>> Well, you could install Linux/Beowulf on them and get supercomputer
>> performance, then rent space on them. Beowulf is clustering software
for
>> Linux developed at NASA and freely available. It's been used in
several
>> other labs with great results (from what I hear).
>>
>> Check out http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/beowulf/ for more
information.
>>
>> > Of course the smartalick answer that came to mind was to turn them
on end,
>> > get some cement, and build a shed useing them instead of bricks :^)
>>
>> Of course there's always that.
>>
>> -spc (Or set up a massively parallel web server and rent space out
on it)
>>
>
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