- test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org - classiccmp.org

by jonas＠otter.se

On 2011-08-26 19:00, Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote: >>> > > I think the contents would be disappointing, and prob'ly not worth >>> > > breaking them open. They are glued. I could prob'ly cut the glue joint >>> > > and pry one open, but it would be much more fun to use a LARGE mallet ot >>> > > open it. > On Thu, 25 Aug 2011, Tony Duell wrote: >> > I preFer to open things up in the least destructive way possible. Often > That depends on the thing, and whether re-assembly is to be considered. > Unlike ARD, some of us sometimes feel that the greatest value that some > things have may be as a recipient of mindless brutal violence. (even > though neither SC817 bears any resemblance to a college administrator) > >> > the reason for opening some is at least to investigate the internals, if >> > not repair them, so the less damage done the batter. Hitting it with a >> > mallet/hammer could break an intenral PCB (if there is one) making >> > tracing tracks a lot harder... > Well, the largest mallet that I have handy is only 4 pounds, so I'm going > to mail it to Poughkeepsie, instead. THAT might subject it to enough > impact(s) to open it. If not, then somebody else can maturely and > carefully unseal it. Hit it with a college administrator? ;-) /Jonas

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Needed in Seattle: Unibus analyzer (Guy Sotormayor's UA-11)

by RichA＠vulcan.com

We are waiting for a UA-11 from Guy, but in the mean time a high-priority project is being held up for lack of a way to check out the Unibus on a PDP-11/40. Does anyone in the Seattle-Tacoma region have one of these that we might borrow until we get our own? Please feel free to reply off-line if you like. Thanks, Rich Rich Alderson Vintage Computing Sr. Server Engineer Vulcan, Inc. 505 5th Avenue S, Suite 900 Seattle, WA 98104 mailto:RichA at vulcan.com mailto:RichA at LivingComputerMuseum.org http://www.LivingComputerMuseum.org/

15 years

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Low Profile "Header" help needed

by brain＠jbrain.com

I'm struggling with designing adapters for situations where things sit right above a PCB (like the CBM 1541-II PCB under the disk mechanism) where there is not enough room for a: Header PCB Socket IC And sometimes not enough for even: Header PCB IC A while back, I found a pic of a "low profile" header option. Pic: http://postimage.org/image/2o6zinnk4/ Notice how the header pins are attached to a plastic "film"? Does anyone know what that is called, or better yet, have a source for this type of header? Jim -- Jim Brain brain at jbrain.com www.jbrain.com

15 years

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IBM 5110 and Zilog 8000 docs spotted

by innfoclassics＠gmail.com

Spotted on epay...thought there might be interest here...no connection with the seller 310335159258 Lot of Zilog Z8000 CPU Manuals, Specs, Dev Mod, Assembl 310335159274 Lot of 5 Original IBM 5110 Portable Computer Manuals -- Paxton Hoag Astoria, OR USA

15 years

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What terminal model appears in "Buckaroo Banzai"?

by ethan.dicks＠gmail.com

Hi, All, Due to an off-hand watermelon comment made around the house last night, I rewatched "Buckaroo Banzai". I already know the computer in the President's hospital room is a DEC Rainbow 100 (with a faux-TV-image overlay) and the computer at the Banzai compound is an CompuPro 8/16 ( http://starringthecomputer.com/feature.php?f=78 ), but what's that orange-tinted terminal attached to the S-100 box? -ethan

15 years

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Modcomp minicomputer rescue

by wmaddox＠pacbell.net

There is a large lot of vintage ex-JPL Modcomp gear available in the LA area, but it would require an extremely prompt pickup, with difficult logistics. These are classic TTL blinkenlights minis, with really sexy-looking front panels. It looks like there is enough material to satisfy several collectors. I'd be interested in hearing from interested folks in SoCal ASAP. --Bill

15 years

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DEC Collection on Craigs List in South Jersey

by shumaker＠att.net

Just noticed a rather large collection of DEC equipment including a MicroVaxII and a CDC fixed disk on CL offered at $499 item no 2550822438. in the South Jersey (Cherry Hill) CL Steve

15 years

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What's 6 Feet Tall and Weighs 1,500 Pounds? A Minicomputer

by oldcpu3＠rogerwilco.org

From today's (August 24) Wall Street Journal front page: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903596904576516552161014410.h… Written as a bit of a puff piece, but interesting nonetheless, given the national reach of the WSJ. It might (though I doubt it) spur a few Wall Street types to take a keener interest in retro gear, making things dearer and harder for us homie hobbyists to acquire. :) Kudo's to Ian (King) and Rich (Alderson), et al. -- Jared

15 years

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Looking for Sun Ultra5 RAM

by jplist2008＠kiwigeek.com

Don't suppose anyone has any U5 RAM they'd be willing to sell me? Getting a "Memory Address not Aligned" on my Ultra5. Hoping it's just the RAM and not something else. Replies offlist, please. Thanks chaps (and chapettes); - JP Iowa

15 years

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Sun Solaris md5sums?

by vintagecoder＠aol.com

If anybody has md5sum.txt files from Sun Solaris versions or can compute them from Solaris ISOs downloaded directly from Sun, would you please post them on this list? md5sums on Solaris Studio would be appreciated also. I lost a bunch of files and I want to make sure any replacement copies I can scrounge are legit. I have not been able to find anything using archive.org on Sun's old site. Thanks guys.

15 years

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collecting sales guides and Brochures

by markarmbrennan＠gmail.com

Hello It has been some years since I was last on the list but here goes, I am involved with an on-line computer history preservation site its URL is www.1000bit.com we have a good collection of computer brochures but we are looking for more. I was therefore wondering would any of the list members have old brochure, sales guides etc that they would be will to part with or sell, I am quite happy to pay a fee and shipping I am look for most things from 1984 - to 1999 on various companies here are just a few Apollo/AT&T/DEC/CRAY/DG/IBM/NCR/NEC/Netframe/Tricord/Pyramid and Wang etc regards and many thanks Mark email markarmbrennan AT gmail DOT com

15 years

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HP 9845A service/user manuals?

by derschjo＠mail.msu.edu

Hi all -- Anyone have a service manual for the HP 9485A (not the B or C)? I picked up three of these machines in fairly good physical condition just a couple of days ago, but their operating condition leaves something to be desired :). I've looked in the usual places (hpmuseum.net, and hp9845.net) but I can only find the manual for the B/C revisions. My understanding is that the "A" version is different in some ways (not really sure what the hardware differences are yet.) The good news is that one of the three 9845s just required some careful reseating of the cards and ROMs and it now appears to be working correctly (I haven't yet tested the printer (no paper yet) and I'm assuming the tape drives will require a bunch of work, assuming I ever find any tapes to use). I'd love to get the other two running as well, hence the need for the service manual. All three appear to be complete (with I/O, Mass Storage, and Graphics option ROMs), now if I could just get my hands on an HPIB interface... Thanks, Josh

15 years

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RS-232 smart cables (was: Re: Getting a Sun Ultra 5 To Work)

by mtapley＠swri.edu

At 1:14 -0500 8/23/11, Fred wrote: >Would you like a few "RS232 Smart Cable"s? > >They obviously do not work anywhere near as well as a conscious human >being with an LED tester and a breakout box. This depends on the human being, or possibly the definition of "conscious". I was too ignorant to get my Rainbow talking to my NeXT without mine, a few years back. I still have all 3, and next time I connect them, I'll likely still be too ignorant (unconscious?) to do without the Smart Cable... -- - Mark 210-379-4635 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Large Asteroids headed toward planets inhabited by beings that don't have technology adequate to stop them: Think of it as Evolution in Fast-Forward.

15 years

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Cabling RQDX3 to M9058

by robert.jarratt＠ntlworld.com

I am a bit confused about this. I have an MicroVAX II in a BA123 enclosure with an RQDX3 which has a problem with not seeing the disks (which I know to work), when I try to boot from a disk I get DEVINACT. I am beginning to suspect a fault in either the RQDX3 or the M9058. I decided to make sure that the cable between them was the right way round as the cable I have does not have keyed connectors. Here is where I get confused. On the M9058 printset (http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/qbus/MP02259_RQDX3_schem_Oct85.pdf) it shows the M9058 as having pin 1 on the left of the card (when looking at the component side with J12 at the top). The printset does not show where pin 1 is on J1 of the RQDX3, but I had it connected to the uppermost side of the connector when the board was installed in its slot. In this configuration the front panel lights show green when I apply power. However this gets the error I mention above. I checked my MicroVAX II in a BA23, this machine accesses the disk just fine, but the cable is connected with pin 1 at the other side, ie opposite to the BA123. I tried inverting the cable at the RQDX3 in the BA123, but it still gets DEVINACT and this time the front panel lights don't work. I am pretty sure therefore that the cable was in the right way round in the first place, and that looking at the BA23 is a red herring, possibly with the cable being inverted at both ends and therefore "correct". Can anyone confirm that I have the cable oriented correctly in the BA123? In other words pin 1 at the bottom of the connector on the RQDX3 itself when installed in its slot, and on the M9058 pin 1 on the left of the card when viewed component side with J12 at the top (ie at the top again when the M9058 is mounted in its slot)? Thanks Rob

15 years

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Fwd: [comp.sys.dec] PDP-11/23 and peripherals available

by legalize＠xmission.com

This message has been forwarded from Usenet. To reply to the original author, use the email address from the forwarded message. Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 06:01:41 -0700 (PDT) Groups: comp.sys.dec From: olinhamrick at windstream.net Org: http://groups.google.com Subject: PDP-11/23 and peripherals available Id: <644fd724-48ed-4631-be38-9aca8a334d7b at b20g2000vbz.googlegroups.c om> ======== I have in storage a PDP-11/23 with two RLO-2 drives (I think), two or three VT100 (or 101?) terminals, a line printer and a spare RLO-2 drive. I would like to get rid of the whole lot, located in Mt. Pleasant, SC. The mini-mainframe was last powered up in about 1995. Does this stuff have any value? Is there a market for it or for any of the parts? Do you have any serious suggestions re how I might get rid of it. I have already had several suggestions such as 1) take it all out to sea and dump it to form a mini-artificial reef; 2) construct a catapult and send it deep into the Hell Hole Swamp; 3) buy it a one- way bus ticket to somewhere far away; 4) offer it to any of the local college IT/computer science depts. to be used as yard art. The whole mess weighs about 700 lbs. I would love to see it get recycled or put into a good home if there is one. Any serious suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks, Rick Hamrick

15 years

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Intel MDS available in SC

by mtapley＠swri.edu

At 12:00 -0500 8/20/11, Rich wrote: > I got an email from someone in Landrum, SC (close to Greenville and >Greer) Grab it before it washes away. Rich, you might return cautions and good luck wishes to the original source for us. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at4.shtml?5-daynl#contents Hurricane Irene is currently headed for thereabouts. -- - Mark 210-379-4635 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Large Asteroids headed toward planets inhabited by beings that don't have technology adequate to stop them: Think of it as Evolution in Fast-Forward.

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3B2 archive

by aek＠bitsavers.org

Al, managed to resuscitate the drives off my old server and found my copy of Bob Martel's 3b2 software archive, finally. (It had gotten lost in a hosting move) I don't seem to be able subscribe to cctalk, though; maybe you could post a note? The archive is at ftp://www.dragonsweb.org/mirrors/little.nhlink.net/pub/att/, with a b2zip'd version available as well at ftp://www.dragonsweb.org/mirrors/little.nhlink.net.tar.bz2 Thanks, jbdigriz

15 years

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looking for dec paper tape trays

by tdk.knight＠gmail.com

anyone got any collecting dust would be nice to have something to store my pdp8 tapes in properly cause this storing them in the tub is not the best

15 years

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8/L has been sold. Have ADM-3A for sale.

by charlesmorris＠direcway.com

The 8/L, ASR33, DF32 disk emulator project has been sold. Thanks for all your interest (and offers). Anyone who wants the DF32 emulator schematic and artwork, I can email you a copy. I hope someone can take my "first draft" and make a useful unit for those who are interested. I have a working ADM-3A that I may want to sell also. It has a homebrewed lower-case 2716 ROM (thanks Steve Loboyko for the font files). I installed the "optional" parts for current loop on the main PCB, and used it with the 8/L. The only thing that's missing is the little aluminum panel covering the dip switches. Any interest? Same deal as before, please email offers, "sealed bids". thanks Charles

15 years

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bounty for tool organizer

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

http://www.ezwind.net/jwest/photo.JPG I have one of these bin/toolOrganizers (made by rubbermaid) on my home techbench. Love it. I'm looking for another one for my work techbench, but apparently they are no longer made and my google & ebay searches have come up dry. Anyone have one, or know where I can get another one of these? What's a fair bounty for finding one - $20? Jay

15 years

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RD53 Stiction

by robert.jarratt＠ntlworld.com

I sent the email below out a little while back, just wondering if anyone has any advice? Thanks Rob _____________________________________________ From: Rob Jarratt [mailto:robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com] Sent: 23 July 2011 21:25 To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts (cctalk at classiccmp.org) Subject: RD53 Stiction I have an RD53 which is suffering from the sticky bumper problem. Normally I can resolve this with a sliver of paper placed over the sticky bumper. But in this instance it seems the bumper has practically liquefied and I think it has gummed up some of the mechanism. Is it feasible to dismantle the assembly to clean it up? Has anyone ever done this? Any advice? Thanks Rob

15 years

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eBay... Yikes! (PDP-1 Handbook)

by tdk.knight＠gmail.com

wow still pritty cool On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 7:06 PM, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote: > http://www.ebay.com/itm/1963-**DEC-DIGITAL-EQUIPMENT-PDP-1-** > HANDBOOK-MANUAL-/220832138801<http://www.ebay.com/itm/1963-DEC-DIGITAL-EQUIPMENT-PDP-1-HANDBOOK-MANUAL-/2…> > > Zane > > > > -- > | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | > | healyzh at aracnet.com | OpenVMS Enthusiast | > | | Photographer | > +-----------------------------**-----+------------------------**----+ > | My flickr Photostream | > | http://www.flickr.com/photos/**33848088 at N03/<http://www.flickr.com/photos/33848088 at N03/> | >

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Scam?

by mtapley＠swri.edu

All, This looks so fictitious, I just have to ask: Anyone know "Zephyr"? Anyone else get a similar offer? If no and no, be careful. I have a Mac Plus and don't need a NIB newton. Been scammed once, so I'm highly tempted to drive up to Austin and try to arrange a face-to-face meeting. Not tempted enough, though. At 8:15 PM -0700 8/18/11, Zephyr Carroll wrote: >Hi, >My name is Zephyr and I got your e-mail off of the Antique Computer >collector website. You had stated that you were interested in >Vintage Apples. Well I have a Macintosh Plus, fully operational with >keyboard and mouse, power cable and lots of Software. I also have a >Newton in the box with stylus and docking/charging station. In >addition I have two small floppy boxes loaded with software, and a >sealed yes sealed in the box version of Microsoft Basic interpreter >for mac. As well as A sealed version of the Newton pc connect >software. I was interested in if you would be interested in adding >these pieces to your collection. I would love to make a deal with >you for everything, because I don't want these pieces of history to >end up as an aquarium or landfill, since they are in working order. >Please feel free to e-mail me, I am in the Austin, TX Area. Or call >me if you like at 512-415-3218. Thank you for your time and hope to >hear from you soon. >Zephyr Carroll >512-415-3218 >zmcbreeze at yahoo.com -- - Mark 210-379-4635 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Large Asteroids headed toward planets inhabited by beings that don't have technology adequate to stop them: Think of it as Evolution in Fast-Forward.

15 years

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Microvax II + Decwriter IV + VT220 + CDC SMD Hard Disk

by spedraja＠ono.com

Pretty system, sincerely. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vtg-DEC-MicroVaxII-DECWriter-IV-LA34-DEC-VT220-mo… Regards Sergio

15 years

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cctech Digest, Vol 96, Issue 5

by jeffj＠panix.com

> [PCs as terminals] >> The big advantage over a conventional terminal >> was the capability of >> capturing output to a file or sending a file Part of me still craves dedicated terminals since they're just so reliable, and you can just swap in another when it breaks. No (or few) stored settings. Even "smart terminals" such as the BLIT and "thin clients" are a pleasure to use when in a properly supported environment. But I'll admit that PROCOMM is still a wonderful program, emulating all sorts of terminals with screen capture, session capture and file transfer. Not long ago, I used a DOS laptop with PROCOMM for an embedded processor lab so I was up and running instantly and consistently. > Incidentally, the first PC I owned was a genuine 5160 PC/XT > (It still runs, it's in front of me now). Nice! There's been a resurgence in appreciation of the "classics". MARCH: the NJ Vintage Computer Museum has a 5100 and 5150 on display! > Reminds me of the tremrinal emiulator ROM for th HP9830, Sweet! Google found this for pix and desc: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_9800_series_desktop_computers My high school started everyone with programming BASIC on the HP 9820A: http://www.hpmuseum.org/hp9820.htm http://www.oldcalculatormuseum.com/hp9820a.html Somewhere I have 2 of the 'extra capacity' cards (HP Part #9162-0045): 10 1/2" inches long, storing 90 memory registers per side. I traded it away long ago, but I had a HP terminal that was extremely "smart" - the lid opened up to add cards for RAM or peripherals - I think it allowed 1-2 tape drives to store/xmt files - the CRT was a 2:1 aspect ratio: twice as wide as high. - external keyboard that was too thick and heavy to ever put on your lap! -- jeffj

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8/L has been sold. Have ADM-3A for sale.

by dm561＠torfree.net

----- Original Message ----- > Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:27:00 -0400 > From: Toby Thain <toby at telegraphics.com.au> > To: cctalk at classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: 8/L has been sold. Have ADM-3A for sale. > Message-ID: <4E4E5694.6060404 at telegraphics.com.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On 18/08/11 4:56 PM, William Donnelly wrote: >> Do you still have the ADM-3A? >> >> > > Me too! I'm looking for a glass tty something like this, pref somewhere > near Toronto, Canada (DEC, Televideo, Visual, L-S, etc). > > --Toby ------------------ How about an ADM-11? Clean, no burn, with manual - $50.00 Downtown TO. mike

15 years

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Tektronix Transformer

by technobug＠comcast.net

I just came across a Tektronix labeled transformer that I removed from some scrap analytical equipment some time ago. Part No.: 120-1097-00 manufacture date 7919. The price is right - from 85704. ->CRC

15 years

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Wanted: Xpanse PN400 PCI to NuBus chassis ROM v3.5

by d235j.1＠gmail.com

Hi all, I just came into the possession of an Xpanse PCI-to-NuBus chassis, much like the one here: http://web.archive.org/web/20061018024944/http://www.2ndwave.com/details.as… However, it has the 3.4 ROM, which is incompatible with the Beige G3, which is the primary . Does anyone out there have a v3.5 ROM, and is willing to provide a dump? The ROM is located on the PCI card, in a socket. If anyone knows how to reach the company, this would be helpful, but they seem to be out of business. Thanks! --Dave

15 years

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IBM3480 A22 w/3 B22 units

by ittybittybytes＠gmail.com

Local but too BIG for me! IBM3480 A22 w/3 B22 units http://www.publicsurplus.com/sms/auction/view?auc=602003 current bid @ $1.00

15 years

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mystery panel

by tshoppa＠wmata.com

>> Can anyone identify the diagnostic panel? >> http://ferretronix.com/march/dm160_dage/ >> It's 18: DM160 indicator tubes with hand-written legends, >> possibly from an AT&T 1ESS or early switch. > The DM160 is a European (Philips/Mullard) number and it's quite common in > European paper tape equipment, instrument control systems, etc over here. > Was it commonly used _with that number_ in the States? It had a industrial number of 6977 as well, but most commonly I've seen it called the DM160 even here in the states. The Soviet equivalent is the IV-15. All seem to be readily available today from a number of sources (e.g. tube houses, E-bay, etc.) Tim.

15 years

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cables, free for postage (York, UK)

by pete＠dunnington.plus.com

It's tidy-the-workshop time (or as her indoors put it, can't you get rid of some of that junk). So I have quite a big box of surplus cables to get rid of. Some are only fit for an advert on freecycle (assorted long lengths of 3-core manis cable, umpteen RJ45 Ethernet cables), but I thought the more classiccmp-ish ones might be of more interest here. Any or all for the cost of the postage: DB25M - DB25F 8-wire screened 2m DB25M - DB25M 25-wire 10m 50HD - 50-"Centronics style" SCSI 1m DB25M - 50-"Centronics style" genuine HP SCSI 1m DB25M - 50-"Centronics style" SCSI 0.5m DB 13W3 - DB 13W3 Sun screened monitor cable, beige 1.2m DB 13W3 - DB 13W3 SGI screened monitor cable, granite 1.2m (for Indy/Indigo^2) DB 13W3 - DB 13W3 SGI screened monitor cable, beige 3m (for Indigo) DE9M - DE9F Sun screened monitor cable, 1m (for BW framebuffer) DE9M - DE9F Taxan screened monitor cable, 1m (brand new in bag) HD15M-HD15M Sun VGA cable beige 1.8m HD15M-HD15F VGA cable beige 2m HD15M-HD15F VGA cable high quality black 2m (brand new in bag) HD15M-HD15M PC VGA cable good quality beige 1.8m HD15M-HD15M VGA cable PC quality black 2m (brand new) HD15M-HD15M VGA cable PC quality black 2m (brand new in bag) DVI-D - DVI-D cable black 1.8m (brand new in bag) 2 x DE9F - DE9F HP serial cable (null-modem) black 2m DE9F - RJ45 HP serial cable (for Procurve/Cisco switch console) black 2m plus a few SGI and other PS/2 mice. But I'd like to know quickly if anyone wants any, so I can advertise leftovers with the rest of the box on Freecycle. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

15 years

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Northern Telecom DisplayPhone?

by wgungfu＠gmail.com

Hoping someone from the list can help, I'm trying to track down a Northern Telecom DisplayPhone for the archive. http://dxiconsulting.com/images/northern%20telecom%20displayphone%20circa%2… Actually had one years ago as a kid, and what I used for BBS'ing in the early 80's. So it holds sentimental value besides archival. -- Marty

15 years

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Walnut Creek 1994 CP/M CDROM disk differences

by aek＠bitsavers.org

I just posted this on comp.os.cpm There is no indication other than the mastering number on the disk that they are different. Now I'm wondering how many other Walnut Creek CDROMs have deleted content. --- > Hallo, > > For the sake of redundancy, conservation and fun: > an ISO of the Walnut Creek CDROM. > Thank you. I just discovered there are TWO versions of this disk! The one you have has versions of teledisk removed, and has directories dated Jan 31, 1995 The original have directories dated Oct 25, 1994. here are the only two files that differ in 00-INDEX.TXT > TELED210.ZIP 89957 01-09-94 Disk utility that can read complete CP/M > | disks and copy them to a file to be recreated > | or transmitted. > TELED214.ZIP 139264 01-07-94 Upgrade to Teled210 disk program- See > | Teled210 for complete Manual and > | documentation. md5 of original is 42571cceef022c582f02dabb4ac68e2c md5 of 1995 version is faa8c5ba9d1184b7bfc34d999a8c42c4

15 years

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mystery panel

by jeffj＠panix.com

Can anyone identify the diagnostic panel? http://ferretronix.com/march/dm160_dage/ It's 18: DM160 indicator tubes with hand-written legends, possibly from an AT&T 1ESS or early switch. I also need help with my Dage Scientific MC-3 1802 processor development system. It is similar to the RCA COSMAC ELF. But it is MISSING the keyboard/display panel! Just the manual and/or schematic would help me. Thanks in advance -- Jeff Jonas

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Tony Duell's maxed out 5160 and PDP

by jeffj＠panix.com

replying to ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) >> Nice! There's been a resurgence in appreciation of the "classics". > The 5160 I just mentioned with 4 floppy drive How did you accomplish that? - a controller that honors all 4 drive selects, not just 2 - primary & secondary disk controller - Compaticard or other disk controller at "non-standard" address & IRQ? My pre-PC systems (mostly Z80 CP/M) all support 4 floppies per the original specs. But NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, the PC's "cable twist" ruined that, limiting things to 2 floppies and 2 hard drives per controller. Not 'till SATA have we been able to un-do that mistake :-( > 2 hard drives Awww, come on, you can do better than that :-) I have a 80386 DOS system running MFM, ATAPI/IDE and SCSI. The "4drives" shareware was the first DOS support I found for the hard drive controller at alternate addresses & IRQ. > MDA and CGA cards, Dual display? What programs support that? > 4 serial ports, 24 line user I/O (8255-based), etc. > Not all original IBM of course Ah yes, that reminds me of the excitement of reading Computer Shopper and all the computer shows, always with new upgrades: higher res graphics, more memory, etc. Every month or so, ALL the vendors had a different brand of add-on card. For a while it was a box with a king playing card on the cover. Then Pine Technologies. Then something else. For those of us USING the stuff at the time, we were always upgrading it piece by piece. That's why it's so hard to find one with all original parts. > A PDP8/e with 32K words of real core Do the boards have clear plastic for you to see the cores? That's such a treat: true non-volatile memory! >> My high school started everyone with programming BASIC >> on the HP 9820A: > I find that hard to believe for one good reason. > The HP9820 never ran BASIC... You got me there. It was kinda almost similar to BASIC. It's so close that I totally forgot when I converted to BASIC. Since BASIC has so many "dialects", I guess that fuzzed my memory a little. Thanks for the clarification. > The HP9820 was HP's first infix-notation > (as opposed to RPN/postfix) calculator > and used a language that developed into the 'HPL' of the 9825 etc. It was such a pleasure using an instant response interactive machine! No waiting for carriage-return for the interpreter to handle the line or waiting for the compiler for an all-or-nothing result. > You may have guessed I have something of a soft spot for these machines. As an undergrad, I never had the budget for a HP calculator nor access to a HP desktop like my high school's. Somehow a TI-55 sufficed for me as an EE undergrad. Looking back, I just can't see how. It's *SO LAME*. I got a HP-28C when it was new and it's still my primary calculator. I really need that 4 line display to use RPN so I can see the stack. -- jeffj

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Operating System Design: The Xinu Approach, Linksys Version

by stephane.tsacas＠gmail.com

For those interested, a new book : Operating System Design: The Xinu Approach, Linksys Version Douglas Comer http://www.amazon.com/Operating-System-Design-Approach-Linksys/dp/143988109… ISBN-10: 143988109X ISBN-13: 978-1439881095 TOC : http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781439881118/ -- Stephane Join Kiva http://kiva.org/invitedby/stephanefr join the team http://www.kiva.org/team/kathleen

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LA50 Manuals

by robert.jarratt＠ntlworld.com

The two LA50 manuals listed on MANX don't seem to be accessible, and a web search for them does not seem to turn up anything, does anyone have EK-OLA50-IP-003 or EK-OLA50-TM-001? By the way, anyone know of any UK sources of tractor feed paper that would suit an LA50? Thanks Rob

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Wow! Great OSI collection for someone in MI...

by silent700＠gmail.com

On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Bill Sudbrink <wh.sudbrink at verizon.net> wrote: > I wish I was in or going to Michigan... > > Ebay lot # 310337111857 The same seller also has a very complete, incredibly cool Varityper typesetting system for $notmuch. I would love to rescue it but it's well beyond my means (storage & transport) at this time. I am hoping someone else will make arrangements to save it. This guy looks like he's a scrapper! -- jht

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That darned HP card reader...

by jdr_use＠bluewin.ch

I give up. The 11'th attempt at repairing that gummy drive wheel resulted in yet another unround wheel that is unable to smoothly transfer cards. I just cannot seem to find the exact size of tubing, anything constructed with heatshrink just is not round. The clutch operation seems to be OK. Anyone wants to sell me a few inches of KNOWN WORKING ( i.e. correct size ) tubing ? Jos

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museum name contest

by mtapley＠swri.edu

At 19:10 -0500 8/9/11, Richard wrote: >My friend who works with non-profits tells me that "Computer Graphics >Museum" is too boring for fundraising. He wants me to come up with an >alternative name that we can use. "Pixels, Bits, and Cobwebs" -- - Mark 210-379-4635 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Large Asteroids headed toward planets inhabited by beings that don't have technology adequate to stop them: Think of it as Evolution in Fast-Forward.

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S-100 Serial IO and S-100 EPROM PCBs available

by lynchaj＠yahoo.com

Hi, If any one needs S-100 Serial IO and S-100 EPROM/RAM PCBs to restore their S-100 system or even build their own from scratch please contact me. There is more information here: http://s100computers.com/My%20System%20Pages/Serial%20IO%20Board/Serial%20I… http://s100computers.com/My%20System%20Pages/PROM%20Board/PROM%20Board.htm There are plenty of each PCB left although the S-100 EPROM/RAM boards are starting to get low. Thanks and have a nice day! Andrew Lynch

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AW: cctalk Digest, Vol 96, Issue 18 More regional collectors

by gerhard.kreuzer＠liftoff.at

Hi, Here in Europe, we have still collectors, so maybe this is also for interst. My name is Gerhard and I collect DEC PDP8 and PDP11, www.compuseum.at Thanks for note our work here. With best regards Gerhard OE3GKC -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht----- Von: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] Im Auftrag von cctalk-request at classiccmp.org Gesendet: Samstag, 13. August 2011 19:00 An: cctalk at classiccmp.org Betreff: cctalk Digest, Vol 96, Issue 18 Send cctalk mailing list submissions to cctalk at classiccmp.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.classiccmp.org/mailman/listinfo/cctalk or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to cctalk-request at classiccmp.org You can reach the person managing the list at cctalk-owner at classiccmp.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of cctalk digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: WANTED: More regional collectors (Charles E. Fox) 2. Re: WANTED: More regional collectors (Jason McBrien) 3. Re: WANTED: More regional collectors (Pontus) 4. Re: WANTED: More regional collectors (SPC) 5. Re: cctech Digest, Vol 96, Issue 5 (Liam Proven) 6. Non-revenue-producing (Was: cctech Digest, Vol 96, Issue 5 (Fred Cisin) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 05:36:42 -0400 From: "Charles E. Fox" <cfox1 at cogeco.ca> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: WANTED: More regional collectors Message-ID: <338904$8c689t at fipsb03.cogeco.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed At 09:03 PM 12/08/2011, you wrote: >Hi, >I run the website http://oldcomputers.net >I get a lot of old computer systems offered to me for cheap or free, >but most I don't want - too big, or too far away to pay shipping. > >A while back I asked for other collectors who would be receptive to >these orphaned systems, and over 60 people have signed-up so far! > >But entire parts of the US are still open - the East coast is >covered pretty well, but west of the Mississippi River these is >almost no one until the coast. I've got Nathan in Iowa, Richard in >SLC, but that's about it. > >Send me your name, email, and what you collect, and I'll try to get >you some good stuff (some people got some REALLY good stuff). > >Thanks- >Steven Stengel >http://oldcomputers.net Please put me down for Windsor Ontario Canada. Charlie Fox Charles E. Fox 793 Argyle Rd. Windsor Ont. 519-254-4991 N8Y3j8 www.chasfoxvideo.com ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 08:14:58 -0400 From: Jason McBrien <jbmcb1 at gmail.com> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: WANTED: More regional collectors Message-ID: <CAHG8iGVmMREt-E_m_WiG7YOjisz87Bao4a3bkqjfGfPXYgcGXw at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Jason McBrien Warren, Michigan jbmcb1 at gmail.com On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 5:36 AM, Charles E. Fox <cfox1 at cogeco.ca> wrote: > At 09:03 PM 12/08/2011, you wrote: > >> Hi, >> I run the website http://oldcomputers.net >> I get a lot of old computer systems offered to me for cheap or free, but >> most I don't want - too big, or too far away to pay shipping. >> >> A while back I asked for other collectors who would be receptive to these >> orphaned systems, and over 60 people have signed-up so far! >> >> But entire parts of the US are still open - the East coast is covered >> pretty well, but west of the Mississippi River these is almost no one until >> the coast. I've got Nathan in Iowa, Richard in SLC, but that's about it. >> >> Send me your name, email, and what you collect, and I'll try to get you >> some good stuff (some people got some REALLY good stuff). >> >> Thanks- >> Steven Stengel >> http://oldcomputers.net >> > > Please put me down for Windsor Ontario Canada. > > Charlie Fox > > > Charles E. Fox > 793 Argyle Rd. Windsor Ont. > 519-254-4991 N8Y3j8 > www.chasfoxvideo.com > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 14:32:47 +0200 From: Pontus <pontus at update.uu.se> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: WANTED: More regional collectors Message-ID: <4E466EEF.7010506 at update.uu.se> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed 2011-08-13 10:03, steven stengel skrev: > I will add you. > Everyone who replies to me will be added, whether or not I respond. > A reply is always nice :) I think I already signed up, but I'm in for sweden :) Regards, Pontus. ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 15:15:14 +0200 From: SPC <spedraja at ono.com> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: WANTED: More regional collectors Message-ID: <CACytpF-bpavfQd7LW17bMyiKqwY2a36ni_pXS+80H7Xi4ujEVg at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I live in Spain. And I've received diverse items from the US during the last ten years (at least). Mostly without problems. Regards Sergio 2011/8/13 steven stengel <tosteve at yahoo.com> > I have 14 people in Europe. > You are on the list as NW UK. > > > --- On Sat, 8/13/11, Rob Jarratt <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > From: Rob Jarratt <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com> > > Subject: RE: WANTED: More regional collectors > > To: "'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'" < > cctalk at classiccmp.org>, cctech at classiccmp.org > > Date: Saturday, August 13, 2011, 12:47 AM > > Do you ever get asked about machines > > in Europe? Would it be worth extending > > the scope to cover Europe? If so I am in the UK. > > > > Regards > > > > Rob > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org > > [mailto:cctalk- > > > bounces at classiccmp.org] > > On Behalf Of steven stengel > > > Sent: 13 August 2011 02:04 > > > To: cctech at classiccmp.org > > > Subject: WANTED: More regional collectors > > > > > > Hi, > > > I run the website http://oldcomputers.net I get a lot of > > old computer > > systems > > > offered to me for cheap or free, but most I don't want > > - too big, or too > > far > > > away to pay shipping. > > > > > > A while back I asked for other collectors who would be > > receptive to these > > > orphaned systems, and over 60 people have signed-up so > > far! > > > > > > But entire parts of the US are still open - the East > > coast is covered > > pretty well, > > > but west of the Mississippi River these is almost no > > one until the coast. > > I've > > > got Nathan in Iowa, Richard in SLC, but that's about > > it. > > > > > > Send me your name, email, and what you collect, and > > I'll try to get you > > some > > > good stuff (some people got some REALLY good stuff). > > > > > > Thanks- > > > Steven Stengel > > > http://oldcomputers.net > > > > > > > ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 14:27:02 +0100 From: Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only" <cctech at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: cctech Digest, Vol 96, Issue 5 Message-ID: <CAMTenCF9dJ9swKQsBhv_EkyXata1WHTwUN5tZ7wm2ZLZFYMYGQ at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 On 12 August 2011 18:39, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> >> On 7 August 2011 20:49, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> >> > >> > It doesn't. Since nobody will pay me for my time, my time is by definti= >> on >> > worthless. >> >> I am in the same boat, but recently, I have managed to get several >> bits of paying work. > > Unfortunately, I've been informed by the powers-that-be that while it is > perfectly legal for me to use my workshop for my hobby, if I make money > using it, it's a business and I have to meet all sorts of safety > regualtions, such as fitting guards to machine tools, fume estraction > equipment to the soldring iron, etc. Needless to say this would cost me a > lot more that I could evr make from doing such jobs, so while I'll hapily > help you fix your machines, I cannot accept payment for it. > > >> >> So, in the garage & attic, I have: >> >> * 1 dead Apple iMac G5 20" with a well-known motherboard capacitor proble= >> m > > Do you know which capactiros are involved? Do you have replacements (or > at least know what they should be)? > >> * 1 dead Apple Mac SE/30, cause unknown, but I've bought a service manual > > I doubt that's what I'd call a 'service manual' but I can take a look at > the machine anyway... > > >> * 1 dead IBM ThinkPad 700, due to battery leakage, that needs to be >> stripped down and given a good clean and checked for damage > > OK... > >> * 1 dead Acorn RISC PC and a spare motherboard, which to be honest, I >> suspect I can sort out myself :) > > Pitty, that's the only one I have a schematic for. > >> >> Fancy having a crack at the two Macs and the "Butterfly"? Happy to pay >> for your time, and I'll deliver them to you. I'll buy and bring a set >> of replacement capacitors for the iMac. > > Quite possibly, but as I said, there'll be no charge. Alternatively I can > bring a small-ish toolkit and test gear to you and at least fix the > easier machines, and get some idea what needs to be done ot the others. > Let me know... OK, thanks, and I will do! -- Liam Proven ? Info & profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/lproven Email: lproven at cix.co.uk ? GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lproven at gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 ? Cell: +44 7939-087884 ? Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AIM/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven ? MSN: lproven at hotmail.com ? ICQ: 73187508 ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 09:31:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Non-revenue-producing (Was: cctech Digest, Vol 96, Issue 5 Message-ID: <20110813092714.U69797 at shell.lmi.net> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > Unfortunately, I've been informed by the powers-that-be that while it is > perfectly legal for me to use my workshop for my hobby, if I make money > using it, it's a business and I have to meet all sorts of safety > regualtions, such as fitting guards to machine tools, fume estraction > equipment to the soldring iron, etc. Needless to say this would cost me a > lot more that I could evr make from doing such jobs, so while I'll hapily > help you fix your machines, I cannot accept payment for it. But that does NOT preclude you giving Tony an appropriate gift. Legally gifts may include currency, but that might look like non-compliance on Tony's part, so stick to interesting old hardware, or gift certificates to his suppliers. End of cctalk Digest, Vol 96, Issue 18 **************************************

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PDP 11/53 XXDP ZRQC?? on 5 1/4 floppy needed

by dj.taylor4＠verizon.net

Yes, I could use the RX33 format. Email me an image and I'll get PUTR to write it out. Use to be able to do this long ago, but I have changed computers so many times that I lost the ability. Doug At 07:50 PM 8/9/2011, you wrote: >On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Douglas Taylor <dj.taylor4 at verizon.net> wrote: > > Did you ever get the disk you were looking for? I need the same thing, I > > had one but accidentally over wrote it. > > > > Doug Taylor > >Are you looking for this in RX33 format? Given an RX33 image do you >have the capability to write it out to a physical floppy from a PC? >It shouldn't be too difficult to cook up a bootable RX33 XXDP image >using SIMH. Of course only a subset of the XXDP diagnostics will fit >on a single floppy so you need to tailor the set to the target system >and task at hand. > >-Glen

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WANTED: More regional collectors

by cfox1＠cogeco.ca

At 09:03 PM 12/08/2011, you wrote: >Hi, >I run the website http://oldcomputers.net >I get a lot of old computer systems offered to me for cheap or free, >but most I don't want - too big, or too far away to pay shipping. > >A while back I asked for other collectors who would be receptive to >these orphaned systems, and over 60 people have signed-up so far! > >But entire parts of the US are still open - the East coast is >covered pretty well, but west of the Mississippi River these is >almost no one until the coast. I've got Nathan in Iowa, Richard in >SLC, but that's about it. > >Send me your name, email, and what you collect, and I'll try to get >you some good stuff (some people got some REALLY good stuff). > >Thanks- >Steven Stengel >http://oldcomputers.net Please put me down for Windsor Ontario Canada. Charlie Fox Charles E. Fox 793 Argyle Rd. Windsor Ont. 519-254-4991 N8Y3j8 www.chasfoxvideo.com

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First IBM PC Commercial

by christian_liendo＠yahoo.com

Anyone know where I can find the first IBM PC commercial? It's not on youtube and they have one on Gametrailers.. I'm looking for it to post on my blog for the 30th anniversary of the PC

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Solaris 10 update 10 is available [OT]

by vintagecoder＠aol.com

Sign up for the yahoo Hercules VM group. They will probably have what you need. Also google or scroogle for Bob Abeles, he is the guy that got the VM distribution from IBM packaged, IIRC. ------Original Message------ From: Christian Corti Sender: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts ReplyTo: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Solaris 10 update 10 is available [OT] Sent: 12 Aug 2011 15:32 On Fri, 12 Aug 2011, vintagecoder at aol.com wrote: > Don't everybody grab it now until my downloads finish! Still waiting for Solaris 11 and perhaps silently migrating to FreeBSD in the future (ZFS is a must-have nowadays). | Collecting: DOS assemblers, compilers, & books (Z80, M68K, 6502, 808X) | | Software & doc for IBM S/360 through OS/390 | Hmm, I could need a VM/SP Rel.5 Starter System tape image in order to install my VMSUP distribution. Christian

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Solaris 10 update 10 is available

by vintagecoder＠aol.com

Don't everybody grab it now until my downloads finish! -- +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Vintage Coder America Online ivagntrpbqre at nby.pbz <ROT13> | | | | Collecting: DOS assemblers, compilers, & books (Z80, M68K, 6502, 808X) | | Software & doc for IBM S/360 through OS/390 | | | | Can't find: Ada 95 compilers for MVS/ESA & Solaris (Sparc) | | PL/I X Optimizing Compiler for MVS, APL/SV for MVS | |---------------------------------------+--------------------------------| | Powered by Slackware 64 Intel and Solaris 10 Sparc | |=======================================+================================| | PGP Key 4096R 0x1CB84BEFC73ACB32 Encrypted email preferred | | PGP Fingerprint 5C1C 3AEB A7B2 E6F7 34A0 2870 1CB8 4BEF C73A CB32 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Computer History Book project

by david＠classiccomputing.com

OK, my Kickstarter campaign is a great success, but it's coming upon it's end. If you would like to pre-purchase a special Kickstarter edition, then please check out - http://t.co/8iSzNKF Your welcome to freely read the entire first issue of the zine "Historically Brewed" here - http://www.classiccomputing.com/hb.html Thanks! Best, David Greelish, Computer Historian President, Atlanta Historical Computing Society Classic Computing The Home of Computer History Nostalgia http://www.classiccomputing.com Classic Computing Blog Classic Computing Show video podcast "Stan Veit's History of the Personal Computer" audiobook podcast Retro Computing Roundtable podcast

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Format Question for M8639 YA (RQDX1)

by jhfinedp3k＠compsys.to

I just finished running ZRQB?? using two different RQDX1 controllers. The drive used in each case was an RD51. While each RD51 drive works correctly under the RQDX1 controller which was used to format the drive, each RD51 will not work with the other RQDX1 controller. Each RQDX1 is able to successfully use the same RX50 floppy drive. Each RQDX1 is so old that the version of the EPROMs can not be read. They look to be the same, but I don't have an EPROM reader. I always thought that any given M8639 YA controller produces the same format. Can anyone comment? This is the first time that I have ever seen an incompatibility. Any advice would be appreciated. Jerome Fine

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Happy Birthday (Corrected)

by christian_liendo＠yahoo.com

Happy belated birthday to Steve who on Aug 11 became 61 Happy Birthday to the IBM PC who on Aug 12 became 30..

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Happy Birthday to Steve Wosniak and the IBM PC

by christian_liendo＠yahoo.com

Steve is 61 The IBM PC is 30

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collection for sale/pickup

by Brian.Michell＠bruker-axs.com

Hi all, I have taken an inventory of the things I would like to pass on etc. 1.) PDP 11/73 DECDatasystem Containing the following: a. 2X RD52; 1X RD53; 2X RL02; 1X TS05. b. 2X BA11 type Chassis, containing: i. M8190; M8067; Something unreadable; M7957; M7504; M3104; M7198; M8061: M9404 ii. M9405; M7555; M7513 c. Complete Orange wall of Docs for: i. RSX 11M PLUS V 3.0 ii. MicroPower PASCAL v2.4 iii. DATATRIEVE iv. FORTRAN 11 v. BASIC d. Software, Approx 15 RL02 Drive Cartridges and mucho tape 2.) VAXStation 4000 VLC Includes: a. Keyboard & Mouse b. 2X CD Drives and Caddies c. 2X SCSI External Storage d. 1X VR290 Monitor 3.) VXT 2000 Includes Keyboard, Monitor and Mouse 4.) Infoserver 150 5.) VT420 & Keyboard 6.) Box 'O' Qbus cards Contains: a. 3X Prototyping cards, includes some Qbus drivers b. M8189; M7606; M3104; M8639; M7676; M7676; F094; adac; M3106; M7546; M7607; M7607; EMULEX QD211 7.) VT125 Complete 8.) VT101 Complete 9.) LetterWriter 100 10.) Tektronix 4105 Complete 11.) Tektronix 4105A Complete 12.) HP 7475A Pen plotter 13.) 2X RA90 Disk Drive Units 14.) AlphServer DS10 Includes keyboard, Mouse & Disc farm (6X 4.3Gb Drives) 15.) New, In Box Qbus Modules, as follows; a. 93 08036 Music Board (never could find any info on this. It's a Qbus with phono plug outlet.) b. A026 ADC/DAC Board c. M3104 DHV11 d. M7607 Falcon Board 16.) MicroPDP11 in Deskside Box 17.) Hitachi ESDI 515-78 to go with the Emulex board. 18.) RD53 19.) MicroVAXII Includes 1X TK50; 1X RD53. Bare cassis only 20.) SCSI Storage expansion (1X TK50 & 1X Disk) 21.) 1 empty MicroPDP Chassis 22.) 1X Mini chassis (BA11) containing; a. MENTEC M90 Not sure about this, as its difficult to extract anything meaningful from the board. Definitely Mentec and definitely a J11. b. M8639; M9047; 2X Homemade I/O Boards. 23.) VAX 6000-440; Contains all the usual plus, Infoserver 1000 3X CD Drives & 2X RA90 Drives. 24.) SG Personal Iris 3D/30 including a full set of binders for IRIX All this stuff was fully operational last time I turned it on. Again, Items are for local pick up only (Madison, WI). Donations would be gratefully received but are entirely optional. I would like to keep the systems intact as much as possible. I will begin local advertising in about a week or so. If you are interested, please drop me a line at briandotcdotmichellatgmaildotcom Thanks for reading. Brian. ________________________________ The information contained in this email is confidential. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any form of disclosure, reproduction, distribution or any action taken or refrained from in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Please notify the sender immediately.

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museum name contest

by legalize＠xmission.com

My friend who works with non-profits tells me that "Computer Graphics Museum" is too boring for fundraising. He wants me to come up with an alternative name that we can use. I'm open to suggestions. The point is to have a catchy name that (for instance) school kids will remember from their visit, or that will catch the eye/attention of donors who don't necessarily know anything about computing history. If your name is selected and you're in the continental US, I have a C=64 demoscene DVD I will award to you. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com/the-direct3d-graphics-pipeline/> Legalize Adulthood! <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>

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PCs and stuff

by wdonzelli＠gmail.com

> There was a lot of speculation that the new machine would be 68000 > based. ? ?Shortly before the 5150 escaped, IBM came out with their > rather cool CS9000 lab computer using the 68K and that just raised > the anticipation. The 9000 series was announced almost a year after the 5150 was (June 82 / August 81). -- Will

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PS2Encoder Board Run

by brain＠jbrain.com

I'm planning to make a board run of my PS/2 KB to serial/parallel adapter: http://www.go4retro.com/2011/03/11/micro-project-ps2encoder/ I'm wondering if anyone who might use the item has any suggestions prior to my committing the design to the PCB fab house? * Among other things, rs232 signalling are TTL levels. Is that an issue? (I'm not sure how to add a level shifter without expanding the board size. * The board offers 24 pin DIP footprint and 2x12 headers for connections. Concerns? * The PS/2 connector is on the edge of the board, but can be wired up via pigtails. Is that OK? Any suggestions welcome. I am hoping to offer the board in PCB form, and in finished programmed form. I think the finished option would be < $20.00, if that makes any difference. Jim -- Jim Brain brain at jbrain.com www.jbrain.com

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PDP 11/53 XXDP ZRQC?? on 5 1/4 floppy needed

by g-wright＠att.net

I have a friend that needs this set up to test some Hard Drives and get his system going. Anyone out there that have a Floppy that they could image with image disk and send me. Thanks, Jerry Jerry Wright JLC inc g-wright at att.net

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MDA / CGA / QBasic / PC-XT

by PeksaDO＠cardiff.ac.uk

Remember doing exactly that 25 or so years ago. Wrote some process control software; CGA monitor on top of the PC and the MDA monitor hanging from the roof of the factory floor displaying bundling information. Machine control via the parallel port which required a tiny bit of assembler but the rest was QBasic. Doug.

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Tony Duell's maxed out 5160 and PDP

by dm561＠torfree.net

----- Original Message: Message: 20 Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2011 19:57:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Jeff Jonas <jeffj at panix.com> To: cctech at classiccmp.org Subject: Tony Duell's maxed out 5160 and PDP Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.64.1108071922220.6274 at panix5.panix.com> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed replying to ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) >> Nice! There's been a resurgence in appreciation of the "classics". > The 5160 I just mentioned with 4 floppy drive How did you accomplish that? - a controller that honors all 4 drive selects, not just 2 - primary & secondary disk controller - Compaticard or other disk controller at "non-standard" address & IRQ? My pre-PC systems (mostly Z80 CP/M) all support 4 floppies per the original specs. But NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, the PC's "cable twist" ruined that, limiting things to 2 floppies and 2 hard drives per controller. Not 'till SATA have we been able to un-do that mistake :-( ----- Reply: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, as Chuck said, you've obviously lived a sheltered life; the PC & XT supported 4 drives just like your Z80 CP/M boxes, and instead of "ruining" anything, the "cable twist" actually permitted running only one motor at a time instead of needlessly spinning and wearing out the idle disks (since most 5 1/4 drives did not have head load solenoids). As to hard disks, how many of your Z80 CP/M ST412/506 hard disk controllers had provisions for more than two drives? As to other interfaces I think SCSI and IDE (PATA) both allowed more than two drives per controller and predate SATA by quite a bit... m

15 years

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PDP-12 flip chip layouts

by pontus＠update.uu.se

Hi My friends and I are restoring a PDP-12. It is in quite good condition but we are hunting down some errors in the CPU. We have engineering drawings but we would like to manufacture a new flip chip, M161 to be specific, That would be simpler and more "authentic" if there was layouts available. Was there ever layouts published? Or has somebody taken it upon the to scan circuitboards? Kind Regards, Pontus.

15 years

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Plessey PMDC/11 for RK05's?

by useddec＠gmail.com

I've been digging looking for things, and came across this unit. It looks like a RK11-D, 4 slot hex backplane with 4 quad boards in it. Any body know for sure? Any body need one? zip 61853, IL. Thanks, Paul

15 years

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OFF TOPIC!! Anyone need any microscopes?

by useddec＠gmail.com

I collect, among a lot of other things, old microscopes, and almost anything Zeiss. I have a dozen or so of various companies and styles, including stereo zooms, available if anyone is interested. zip 61853, IL Thanks, Paul

15 years

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Altair 680 power supply...

by wh.sudbrink＠verizon.net

My Altair 680 has achieved the position of primary attention on my workbench. All of the ICs are socketed. Not having seen power in over 20 years, I did not trust the power supply as far as I could throw a bus. I pulled all of the ICs, attached dummy loads (automobile bulbs) and powered up. Sure enough, there was AC all over the place (where there should have been DC). I replaced all of the electrolytic caps and that got rid of the AC but some of the voltage levels are very wrong, at least as compared to what is written on the schematics. The worst offender is just off the "plus" side of the full wave bridge (BR-1). It should be nine volts but is actually at 11.5. This makes what should be the main five volt rail a little more than 9 volts... the far side of VR-1 (a 7805). The wave form coming off the transformer is really ugly not a smooth sine wave. I hate power supplies. I don't really understand, looking at the schematics, what this transformer should be doing. My guess is that it should be making a nice nine volt, 60 cycle AC sine wave with each of the two outputs 90 degrees out of sync? What could be wrong with a transformer that it would produce something like: __ / \ | \ / \_ / \ | / | / \_/ bent and very squared off at spots? My scope shows nice clean 120 coming into the transformer. How do I figure out a part number for a replacement transformer? Thanks!

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TMA-11/TS03

by iamvirtual＠gmail.com

I believe you are correct Tony. It looks like dropping values into the TMA-11 registers while the processor is halted does not work. I had forgotten that I have a 873-YA bootstrap loader installed which can boot from a TM11 tape drive. I located a backup tape that was built using Rollin. I booted >from the tape and I did get the Rollin command prompt on the console. So it looks like the tape drive is in fact working. You are also correct that if the RK05 works (it does), the grant signals should be good up to the RK11 controller. My PDP-11/05 system with 32kW (28kW usable) now has a working RK05 drive with RT-11 v2C with MUBASIC and a TMA-11/TS03 tape drive. Once I hook up my ASR33 teletype, I will have an authentic 1972-ish system. Later, I will begin work on my PDP-11/20. That system was installed in Sept/1970. Many thanks to all who helped sort out my issues. --barrym Sun Aug 7 12:06:09 CDT 2011 Tony Duell wrote: >> To test the tape drive, I used the programmer's console on my PDP-11/05 to >> issue a read command to a mounted tape. When I issued a read command by >> depositing a command into the TMA-11 command register, the tape advanced >> slightly and then stopped. The 'Bus Grant Late' error was set in the TMA-11 >> status register. The status register did indicate the controller and tape drive >> were both ready. No data was read in. > Were you toggling in commands on the front panel with the CPU halted? I > seem to remmber that some PDP11s will not handle bus requrests / NPRs if > the processor isn't running, and thus if you try to operate such a > peripheral in this wa, you will get a 'late grant' problem. It's better > to enter a short program from the panel and run that. All the program > needs to do is deposit the correct device command word in the right I/O > location (you can set up all the other values -- the address, word count, > etc -- from the panel) and loop either until the device indicates the > command has completed, or just loop forever, and you can halt the program > after a suitable time and examine device registers, memory ,etc. >> The read command was issued while the processor is halted. >> >> This particular system did not originally have any external devices hooked up >> to it. >> >> Beginning at the processor, the system has the following components installed: >> KD11-B PDP-11/05 >> LS11 line printer card (connects to a Centronics 101A printer) >> MM11-U 16K x 16 core memory >> MM11-U 16K x 16 core memory >> RK11-D RK05 disk controller >> (See http://www.iamvirtual.ca/collection/systems/minis/PDP11-10/Boards.html >> for details) >> >> The BC11 cable leading to the TMA-11 controller is put on the Unibus >> out connection >> at the last slot of the RK11-D controller. >> >> Based on previous posts from others, I suspect I don't have the processor grant >> set up correctly. > My first question is 'Does the RK05 work correctly?'. The RK11-D is an > NPR device too, so if its's working, grants must be getting as far as > that. If the're then not getting to the tape controller, there must be a > fault either in the cable between those devices, or a fault in the RK11-D > itself (I have had a device that failed to pass on a grant, I think one > of the bus driver ICs had fialed. It was an easy fix, anyway...) > > -tony

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Wow! Great OSI collection for someone in MI...

by wh.sudbrink＠verizon.net

I wish I was in or going to Michigan... Ebay lot # 310337111857

15 years

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TMA-11/TS03

by iamvirtual＠gmail.com

With the help of various knowledgeable people on this list, it was pointed out that I did not have the connection to the tape drive controller in the correct position. To test the tape drive, I used the programmer's console on my PDP-11/05 to issue a read command to a mounted tape. When I issued a read command by depositing a command into the TMA-11 command register, the tape advanced slightly and then stopped. The 'Bus Grant Late' error was set in the TMA-11 status register. The status register did indicate the controller and tape drive were both ready. No data was read in. The read command was issued while the processor is halted. This particular system did not originally have any external devices hooked up to it. Beginning at the processor, the system has the following components installed: KD11-B PDP-11/05 LS11 line printer card (connects to a Centronics 101A printer) MM11-U 16K x 16 core memory MM11-U 16K x 16 core memory RK11-D RK05 disk controller (See http://www.iamvirtual.ca/collection/systems/minis/PDP11-10/Boards.html for details) The BC11 cable leading to the TMA-11 controller is put on the Unibus out connection at the last slot of the RK11-D controller. Based on previous posts from others, I suspect I don't have the processor grant set up correctly. I am currently reading several different manuals to get a description of how the grant lines should be hooked up. I have read many descriptions of the signalling, but I have not located information on where to use the Grant Continuity cards or making changes to the wire-wrapped bus. In my case, I will need to make changes to the bus, since I do not have any of the Grant Continuity cards ;-) Am I on the right track to assume that the problem is likely to be the processor grant wiring, or should I be looking elsewhere? Many thanks for any pointers! --barrym

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ST506 app not ST001?

by jeffj＠panix.com

My google-fu is not working today. The Seagate ST-506 manual references "application note ST001" for optimized seeking. I can't find it. Does anyone have that app note? Thanks in advance. -- jeffj

15 years

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Power Ripple in DEC BA11-K

by jkunz＠unixag-kl.fh-kl.de

Hi. I try to get my "new" PDP-11/34a back to live. I did a quick PSU test today with dummy loads. All voltages, LTCL, DCLO and ACLO where OK so I pluged in the logic boards. But the machine does not respond to the knobs on the programmers console. Pressing HLT + CNTRL brings the machine not to halt, but the "Bus Error" LED of the console lights up. Grant continuity cards and NPR jumpers are in place. It looks like I have the wrong bus terminator: There is a M9301-YF at the CPU side and a M930 at the other bus end. It seems I need a M9302 in place of the M930? This would explain the bus error. I took my scope to have a look at the ripple of the voltages. Here is what I got on the second +5 V PSU: X = 0.2 V / div ; Y = 2 ms / div http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/tmp/5_Volt_Ripple__y=0.2V__x=2ms.jpg X = 0.2 V / div ; Y = 10 us / div http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/tmp/5_Volt_Ripple__y=0.2V__x=10us.jpg I get similar pictures on all voltages. Both +5 V power bricks (H7441) show similar ripple as well as +15 V and -15 V. There are spikes with up to 1.2 Vpp and it is clearly related to the 50 Hz lines frequency. This doesn't look that healthy. I had a look at the BA11-K power distribution schematic. The two +5 V PSUs are independent and run of different windings of the mains transformer. I am a bit surprised to see about the same fault on all PSUs. I am no SM-PSU expert, so I am now at the point where I have to ask for advice. -- \end{Jochen} \ref{http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/}

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WANTED: ASR33 TTY 1-inch paper

by tosteve＠yahoo.com

Hello, I seemingly now have my ASR-33 TTY 100% operational. It works in both LOCAL and REMOTE. Now I just need more 1-inch 'oiled' paper for the reader/writer. Is there a source? Thanks- Steve.

15 years

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is this the first Pentium box IBM made?

by chrism3667＠yahoo.com

something tells me no, but I just thought I'd ask. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180697999162&ssPageName=… item # is embedded in link

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RK05 and TMA-11

by iamvirtual＠gmail.com

Paul Anderson <useddec at gmail.com> wrote: > If the RK11-D in the last thing on the bus, remove the M930 terminator > and place the BC11-A cable going to TM11 there, and then terminate the > Unibus in the TM11. The RK05 can only be connected to another RK05 > (or RK03), or the terminator. > > I hope that solves your problems, and good luck, that's a nice system. Thanks. I am using it as my test system before I tackle my PDP-11/20 system. > > Paul Yikes! I checked the PDP-11 and the RK05. I am happy to report that both survived the newbie torture test!! RT11 w/ MUBAS is still operational :-) I never considered the fact that the bus inside the main system is so tailored to the cards installed within them, especially on a slot by slot basis. If I understand things correctly, the first RK05 drive cable is attached to the bus opposite the M7255 card. The RK05's are daisy chained together. The last RK05 has an M930 terminator. In the main cabinet, the M930 terminator opposite the M7257 card is removed and the BC11 cable leading to the 1st slot in the TMA-11 is installed. The M930 terminator in the TMA-11 now becomes the Unibus terminator. If the entire Unibus chain is <50 ft, then we are good. Are all BC11 cables the same? I see some with M919 connectors and others with M929? Many thanks! PS. I am still looking for an installable RSTS-11 (version 4 or LESS) so I can prep an RK05 drive under SimH where I can copy the image onto a real RK05 disk pack (I wrote some software to do this) --barrym

15 years

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Science Museum Article

by mtapley＠swri.edu

All, I'm trying to get caught up on my Physics Today collection (no, I'm not, I just read the mag). There was an article in the October 2010 issue, entitled "The Evolution of the Science Museum". I think that article might be of interest to any of you who are in the process of trying to make your collections publicly accessible. Anyone who is interested, please contact me for details. -- - Mark 210-379-4635 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Large Asteroids headed toward planets inhabited by beings that don't have technology adequate to stop them: Think of it as Evolution in Fast-Forward.

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PDP 11/74 gallery

by stephane.tsacas＠gmail.com

Hi, I don't know if this was posted here before : https://picasaweb.google.com/104560031285123036919/Pdp1174?authuser=0&authk… Enjoy ;-) -- Stephane http://www.freedonne.org help scientific and medical research. Join FreeDonne.

15 years

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Looking for old Memorex gear

by thomas.gardner＠sbcglobal.net

Memorex was the first independent disk pack manufacturer, beating Caelus by several months. The decoder ring for you IBM types 1316: Mark I (2311) 2316: Mark VI (2314) 3336: Mark X (3330) 3336-11: Mark XI (3330-11) 3348 Data Module: Data Mark I don't think Telex was first in any disk area, first PCM tape subsystems for sure. Memorex was first to ship a 2311 PCM and OEM and the first to ship a 2314 OEM. ISS probably beat Memorex on a 2314 PCM and I don't have a clue as to 3330. Of course the first OEM disk drive company was Bryant. Tom > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 13:25:13 -0400 > From: "Shoppa, Tim" <tshoppa at wmata.com> > To: "cctalk at classiccmp.org" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> > Subject: Re: Looking for old Memorex gear > Message-ID: > <B136EDE3DF5EC441B6F08E0A7AB872450DCB139586 at EX2K7-CMS-1.wmata.local> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > 3) Mark I, V, VI, X or XI disk packs > > I'm not familiar with those model names but I suspect I might know them as > a "Memorex brand 2315 cartridge" or "Memorex brand 3330 pack" or similar. > > Was Memorex the first maker of IBM-compatible packs? Where did Caelus come > in the scheme? > > For a while in the mid-2000's there was a Memorex brand USB keychain > drive, which I swear was styled to look exactly like a miniature little > disk pack. Not a very efficient of pocket space but wow, did it look like > an old disk pack :-). > > > 4) A Data Mark module > > Help refresh my memory... Data Mark was Memorex's version of the IBM 3348? > Head and positioner inside the cartridge? > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2011 10:56:16 -0700 > From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > <cctalk at classiccmp.org> > Subject: Re: Looking for old Memorex gear > Message-ID: <4E368650.17242.93B3F3 at cclist.sydex.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > On 1 Aug 2011 at 13:25, Shoppa, Tim wrote: > > > Was Memorex the first maker of IBM-compatible packs? Where did Caelus > > come in the scheme? > > Would perhaps Telex be the first, at least for the 3330 disk drives? > > --Chuck

15 years

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FS: eBay: Uscope 820 8080 computer (not mine)

by pinball＠telus.net

Spotted this: http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Intel-Uscope-820-8080-8085-Microprocessor-IBM-/… John :-#)#

15 years

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74H55 comprehensive data sheet

by tshoppa＠wmata.com

Page 7-24 in TI 1971 set: http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/ti/_dataBooks/1971_TI_IntegratedCirc… Expander gates will be about as clear as mud in the modern logic diagram sense if you look at a single chip. Make sure to look up the 74H60 or 74H62 which is the "other half". There was an early 70's TI TTL book (not so much databook but more of a cookbook/how-to book) aimed towards college students or guys new to TTL that illustrated expander gates in useful ways. By the 80's there are still pages in the TI databooks for the expander gates but you'd be stumped trying to decode them.

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RK05 and TMA-11

by iamvirtual＠gmail.com

I am in the process of adding a TMA-11 tape controller with a TS03 tape drive to my PDP-11/10 system which has a single RK05 drive attached. There no other devices attached. I removed the Unibus terminator out of the RK05 and connected the BC11 cable in it's place. The cable then goes to the TMA-11 controller. The TMA-11 controller does have a terminator as well (ie. it is the end of the Unibus). Previously, the PDP-11/10 and RK05 worked as expected. Now that the TMA-11 controller is connected, the RK05 drive does not spin up. When the 'Load' button is pressed on the RK05, I do hear the door lock solenoid engage, but the drive spin up. If the system is powered down and the cable to the TMA-11 is disconnected, the drive does spin up. Any ideas on why the RK05 would refuse to spin up when connected to the TMA-11? I am just looking for some pointers to narrow my search. Thanks! --barrym

15 years

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74H55 comprehensive data sheet

by RichA＠vulcan.com

Does anyone on the list happen to have a comprehensive data sheet for this part? Rich Alderson Vintage Computing Sr. Server Engineer Vulcan, Inc. 505 5th Avenue S, Suite 900 Seattle, WA 98104 mailto:RichA at vulcan.com mailto:RichA at LivingComputerMuseum.org http://www.LivingComputerMuseum.org/

15 years

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Collection for sale/ pickup

by Brian.Michell＠bruker-axs.com

Hi all, I have reached a point where I must dissolve my collection. I have just reached this decision, so this email is providing a head's up as it were. It seems so many people reach this point then have to get rid of their collection within the next n (where n is <10) days..... I am in the process of making an inventory, but basically I have the following; System 1. VAX 400VLC, 26in? Color monitor, external storage and CD w/caddy System 2. VAX 3100-10 with Evans and Sutherland PS390 Includes connection to VAX, Evans and Sutherland Monitor, button box, Keyboard, Stereographic glasses and software. System 3. PDP 11/23 in a pedestal enclosure System 4. VAX 6000-440; contains 4 RA90 drives, two internal to the cabinet and 2 spare, integral infoserver and several CD drives and a TU81+ tape transport. OpenVMS 6.0 Con Dist. And the system that got me started in this hobby, System 5. PDP 11/23+ DECDatasystem Two Cabinet wide 19"Rack form factor; processor has been upgraded to 11/73. 3 Drives; 2 operational, one standby. 2X RD52 and a RD53. TSV05 tape transport & 2X RL02 Drives. I have numerous terminals for this system, Two Tek Graphics Terminals, a few VT type and an LA100. This system was used as a basis for developing micro controllers, to that end this system also comes with a secondary chassis, two LSI 11 Falcon boards, in the original packaging, a Mentec M90 (I think) PDP on a board, the original 11/23+ processor and several other modules. The software as I recall is RSX-11M-PLUS (V?), FORTRAN & BASIC Also comes with MicroPower Pascal for driving the external Microprocessors. The software comes complete with Licenses, about 10 to 15 RL02 disks, loads of tape and an Orange wall of Documentation. I also have a Qbus ESDI card and Drive, but have not installed those. I am Loathe to let these systems go. But I cannot keep them. I am offering them to the list first in the hope someone will keep them alive and continue to use them. I will be taking an inventory soon and will post that as I make my way through everything. Items are for local pick up only (Madison, WI). I am looking for Donations for this equipment, which, given how unusual some of them are, I think is warranted. If you are interested, please drop me a line at briandotcdotmichellatgmaildotcom Thanks for reading. Brian. ________________________________ The information contained in this email is confidential. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any form of disclosure, reproduction, distribution or any action taken or refrained from in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Please notify the sender immediately.

15 years

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defcon this week(end)

by keithvz＠verizon.net

Just curious if anyone was attending Defcon in Las Vegas that's going on this week and weekend? https://www.defcon.org/ I'm leaving for it Thursday. Keith

15 years

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So where does the hamster go?

by brianlanning＠gmail.com

;-) http://cgi.ebay.com/Friden-2305-A-Programatic-Flexowriter-Vintage-Computer-…

15 years

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Gould Quadrabyte board set

by tshoppa＠wmata.com

> I ran across mention of the Gould Quadrabyte processor in a ca. 1980 > magazine product annoucement. > Does anyone know what CPU was used in these? I thought it was a boardset with a gate-array+bitslice+STTL CPU that came when Gould bought S.E.L.. i.e. not a single chip CPU. But... 1980 is before Gould bought S.E.L. right? So maybe I'm mixing things up. I don't think it was a mini-SEL-32 (I asked about this once in the 80's!) Tim.

15 years

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Gould Quadrabyte board set

by cclist＠sydex.com

I ran across mention of the Gould Quadrabyte processor in a ca. 1980 magazine product annoucement. Does anyone know what CPU was used in these? Thanks, Chuck

15 years

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Interested in the Tek Terminals...Re: Collection for sale/ pickup

by ragooman＠gmail.com

Hi Brian, I'm relaying a message from Dave Mcguire, he's in the middle of a big move >from home at the moment. He would be interested in te Tek Terminals. We were curious as to which model#s these happen to be. Were located in Pittsburgh. Thanks =Dan ~{sent *[from ?my] ^Android} On Aug 1, 2011 3:45 PM, "Michell, Brian" <Brian.Michell at bruker-axs.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have reached a point where I must dissolve my collection. > I have just reached this decision, so this email is providing a head's up as it were. It seems so many people reach this point then have to get rid of their collection within the next n (where n is <10) days..... > I am in the process of making an inventory, but basically I have the following; > System 1. VAX 400VLC, 26in? Color monitor, external storage and CD w/caddy > System 2. VAX 3100-10 with Evans and Sutherland PS390 Includes connection to VAX, Evans and Sutherland Monitor, button box, Keyboard, Stereographic glasses and software. > System 3. PDP 11/23 in a pedestal enclosure > System 4. VAX 6000-440; contains 4 RA90 drives, two internal to the cabinet and 2 spare, integral infoserver and several CD drives and a TU81+ tape transport. OpenVMS 6.0 Con Dist. > And the system that got me started in this hobby, > System 5. PDP 11/23+ DECDatasystem Two Cabinet wide 19"Rack form factor; processor has been upgraded to 11/73. 3 Drives; 2 operational, one standby. > 2X RD52 and a RD53. TSV05 tape transport & 2X RL02 Drives. I have numerous terminals for this system, Two Tek Graphics Terminals, a few VT type and an LA100. This system was used as a basis for developing micro controllers, to that end this system also comes with a secondary chassis, two LSI 11 Falcon boards, in the original packaging, a Mentec M90 (I think) PDP on a board, the original 11/23+ processor and several other modules. The software as I recall is RSX-11M-PLUS (V?), FORTRAN & BASIC Also comes with MicroPower Pascal for driving the external Microprocessors. The software comes complete with Licenses, about 10 to 15 RL02 disks, loads of tape and an Orange wall of Documentation. I also have a Qbus ESDI card and Drive, but have not installed those. > > I am Loathe to let these systems go. But I cannot keep them. I am offering them to the list first in the hope someone will keep them alive and continue to use them. I will be taking an inventory soon and will post that as I make my way through everything. Items are for local pick up only (Madison, WI). I am looking for Donations for this equipment, which, given how unusual some of them are, I think is warranted. > > If you are interested, please drop me a line at briandotcdotmichellatgmaildotcom Thanks for reading. > > Brian. > > > > ________________________________ > > The information contained in this email is confidential. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any form of disclosure, reproduction, distribution or any action taken or refrained from in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Please notify the sender immediately.

15 years

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Looking for old Memorex gear

by tshoppa＠wmata.com

> 3) Mark I, V, VI, X or XI disk packs I'm not familiar with those model names but I suspect I might know them as a "Memorex brand 2315 cartridge" or "Memorex brand 3330 pack" or similar. Was Memorex the first maker of IBM-compatible packs? Where did Caelus come in the scheme? For a while in the mid-2000's there was a Memorex brand USB keychain drive, which I swear was styled to look exactly like a miniature little disk pack. Not a very efficient of pocket space but wow, did it look like an old disk pack :-). > 4) A Data Mark module Help refresh my memory... Data Mark was Memorex's version of the IBM 3348? Head and positioner inside the cartridge?

15 years

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FFS: Databooks and docs

by dgriffi＠cs.csubak.edu

I have some databooks and docs that didn't sell and I'm offering them free for shipping. Take one or take all. Motorola CMOS/NMOS Special Functions Data 1986 TRW RF Devices DataBook (1986 printing) Zenith Z-207-7 and Z-207-71 floppy drive manuals Pragmatic hard disk subsystem brochure & documentation -- David Griffith dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

15 years

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TI PC100A

by david＠thecoolbears.org

I have a TI-59 calculator and a PC100a printer. The printer stopped working suddenly and I would like to see if I can figure out why. Does anyone have access to: A) a schematic B) a pin out for the TMC0251 controller

15 years

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Looking for old Memorex gear

by thomas.gardner＠sbcglobal.net

This year is the 50th anniversary of the founding of Memorex and its alumni will be holding a reunion in October at the Computer History Museum. We are looking for historic Memorex hardware and media products to display at the reunion and then donate to the museum for its permanent collection. Anyone know where there is 1) A 1270 Terminal Control Unit (or parts thereof) 2) A 1377 or 206x Terminal 3) Mark I, V, VI, X or XI disk packs 4) A Data Mark module We can pay for shipping. Any help would be appreciated Tom

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floodgap temporarily offline (damn you Time Warner)

by spectre＠floodgap.com

For those of you using gopher.floodgap.com and the various Mac, Commodore and Alpha Micro resources on www.floodgap.com, thanks to Time Warner Business who promised me two weeks for the buildout and are now up to four and counting I will be offline completely starting tomorrow (as my current ISP contract was terminated based on their estimate). Services on those machines will be inaccessible until connectivity is restored, which hopefully should be in less than a week or there will be hell to pay. Hopefully Jay will not unsub me from the list :) but E-mail should fail over to my MX peer anyway. The inconvenience is regretted. -- ------------------------------------ personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckaiser at floodgap.com -- There's always free cheddar in a mousetrap, baby. -- Tom Waits -------------

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Looking for Sun 3/110 CPU Board

by michael.99.thompson＠gmail.com

> From:?Earl Baugh <earl at baugh.org> > Date:?Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:26:29 -0400 > Anybody know where I might be able to find a Sun 501-1134 or 501-1209 3/110 > Motherboard? > > Thanks. > > Earl I have twelve of the 501-1209 boards that are untested. It looks like one is new. What I have done for others is drop the board off at the local PakMail store. You can call the PakMail store and pay for the shipping with your credit card. -- Michael Thompson

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VCFMW 6.0 / ECCC 2011

by james＠mazurek.chicago.il.us

Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 6.0 / Emergency Chicagoland Commodore Convention 2011 http://vcfmw.org / http://starbase.globalpc.net/eccc September 24-25, 2011, Lombard, IL WHAT: VCFMW is a free and open exposition of classic computing hardware, software and memorabilia. ECCC is the world's top September destination for Commodore enjoyment. Two great shows, one great non-price! WHEN: 8AM Saturday, September 24, 2011 to 4PM Sunday, September 25, 2011 (display area will close 11PM Saturday to 10AM Sunday) WHERE: Heron Point Building, next to Fairfield Inn and Suites (Marriott) http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/CHIFS 665 West North Ave Lombard, Illinois 60148 USA 1-630-629-1500 Mention "Fall Commodore Expo" for special $69/night room rate! # Join the VCF-MW Facebook group! http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=198133433540110 # Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/vcfmidwest # Join us on IRC at freenode #vcfmw # Visit for extra ECCC Facebookery. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=199033060117396 Copyright ? 1997-2011 Vintage Computer Festival http://vintage.org Vintage Computer Festival and VCF are trademarks of VintageTech http://www.vintagetech.com

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vms fortune from 1970s plus

by dgahling＠hotmail.com

This is a copy of late 1970s "fortune" from Vax/Vms of the time,with some additions. I'm still trying to find my original printout of the actual filewhich I'll post when I do. But I didn't want this lost, and some of it's amusing. Also several of the sayings are my fault or because of me or inspired by me.Some will live forever in infamy see: http://pastebin.com/RQz0ax0F Again, it's not 100% original, when I do find that one, it'll get posted.Maybe some here will recognize it. I may never live down some of the ones that are my fault :) Dan.

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cleaning out databooks- any takers?

by trash3＠splab.cas.neu.edu

Before I forget, located in Wrentham, MA, which is near the MA/RI border. Doing more cleaning in the basement. Getting ready to recycle LOTS of data books. Before I do, I thought I'd check with the group first. I've already packed the Motorola, TI and National Semiconductor books. They took about 20 feet of shelf space and the packed weight is about 160 pounds for the three Motorola boxes, 100 pounds for the two TI boxes and about 80 pounds for the National Semi boxes. Still on the shelves are another 36 feet of books. Some examples of the larger collections are Analogic, 3 feet of Intel, AMD, Fairchild, RCA, Signetics (3 feet) and many, many others. A few books go to the early 70's, even perhaps late 60's, but most are in the 80's. I have taken pics of the packed books and I can take pics of the remaining shelves, if there is any interest. I'd really like to get rid of them all at once, but I'm willing to entertain breaking it up, just as long as it doesn't cost me money to ship(you pay shipping) or take too long to sort through and pick out singles. thanks, Joe Heck

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New doc upload: Cipher Tape Drive Drawings

by silent700＠gmail.com

For all you third-party DEC accessories fans, newly uploaded to the ChiClassicComp archives: Engineering drawings for the Cipher Quarterback 1/4 Inch Tape Drive. 89 11x17 pages, 600dpi. http://chiclassiccomp.org/docs/index.php?dir=%2Fcomputing/Cipher -- jht

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DEC MMJ Adapter H8571-J Rev A and B Differences

by robert.jarratt＠ntlworld.com

I will shortly be receiving some of these, apparently a mixture of rev A and rev B. I don't know what the difference is, can anyone tell me? Thanks Rob

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Looking for Sun 3/110 CPU Board

by earl＠baugh.org

Anybody know where I might be able to find a Sun 501-1134 or 501-1209 3/110 Motherboard? I've got one that's got flaky RAM, and while I try to find the defective components, I'd like to find a replacement in case it's not something easily repairable, so I can keep the system operational. Thanks. Earl

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Old computer magazines available

by tosteve＠yahoo.com

This guy is going to give me boxes of these old magazines. If there are any you want, I can mail them media rate, or you can pick-up in southern California 92656. I don't really want to pick through them looking for specific issues, though. Byte magazine 80 Micro-C Communications of the ACM ACM Computing Surveys ACM Sigart Kilobaud Microcomputing Computational Linguistics Scientific American '60s Sent from Steve's iPhone.

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Help the UK Computer Museum ID a new acquisition?

by lproven＠gmail.com

http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/15532/Mystery-Item/ http://ow.ly/i/eXzb -- Liam Proven ? Info & profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/lproven Email: lproven at cix.co.uk ? GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lproven at gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 ? Cell: +44 7939-087884 ? Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AIM/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven ? MSN: lproven at hotmail.com ? ICQ: 73187508

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A visit to berlin

by pontus＠Update.UU.SE

Hi All I'm in Berlin until friday. I'm planning a visit to the Technical museum today. Is there anything else classic computing wise that I should check out? Anyone in berlin who wants to show of their collection? Kind Regards, Pontus

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Got 2, Epson HX20s; One available for swap; Bull Gamma10 Boards

by oe5ewl＠gmail.com

Hi, got 2 HX20s in carrying cases yesterday. As far as I can tell the displays work. The Cassette Drives spool and the one machine I tested loaded a program. The internal batteries are dead but exchangeable to more modern rechargable cells with little effort. I'd like to swap the second HX20 for some radio gear (a Stornophone 6000 for 2m VHF for example would be a great deal). The available HX20 comes to you with a carrying case, a bit of printer paper, a Wall-Wart(original) and the cassette module on the right; german localized keyboard. The little computer looks nice and clean but is rather untested (it switches on at least and brings the 1 Monitor 2 Basic menu). I can throw in a micro-cassette or two if you want. There were some Bull marked printed boards in this lot, likely from an old computer which are available for any interested people too. I don't have any idea what this boards are but I think these are 60s PCB-Design. Every board is a c (abt. 15cm sidequadratis) and has some little doughter-boards soldered onto. I'll post pictures in the evening. http://www.technikum29.de/de/rechnertechnik/gamma10.shtm has an Image of One of the cards I've got too. I have 5 or 6 cards in total. Available to good hands. Regards, Wolfgang <offtopic on> With the HX20s came an old Eminent Type-80 Electronic Organ. I found nearly nothing about this particular model but would need some schematics or hints to repair this one. Should bring nice sounds as it is a full tube model. Anyone a clue where I could get some more information <offtopic off> -- Wolfgang Eichberger - OE5EWL Operating System Collector Blog: 5ewl.blogspot.com Homepage: www.eichberger.org

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Operating Systema for one HP Integrity Server (model 1620)

by spedraja＠gmail.com

Hi. It's possible for me to obtain one HP Integrity Server (model 1620). As HP said in its website, it supports Four Operating Systems: HP UX 11i version 2, Linux (RHEL 3 Update 3, RHEL 4, SuSE SLES9), Windows Server 2003 Enterprise and Datacenter Edition, and OpenVMS V8.2-1 or higher. Most interesting options for me are HP-UX (I know and manage it usually) and OpenVMS. Some way to obtain them for an affordable (yes, yes, good question about the meaning of affordable...) price ? Thanks. -- Saludos - Greetings - Freundliche Gr??e - Salutations Sergio Pedraja <http://www.linkedin.com/in/sergiopedraja> twitter: @sergio_pedraja http://www.linkedin.com/in/sergiopedraja http://www.quora.com/Sergio-Pedraja https://www.xing.com/profile/Sergio_Pedraja http://www.viadeo.com http://www.avalonred.com/ -----

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