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

by tponsford＠theriver.com

Hi All, Digging through some more stuff. I found a DSD 4120 (NOT 4140) qbus floppy controller connected to two half-height 5 1/4 mitsubishi 4853-1112U flopppy drives. One of the floppy drives had a diskette that read: Scotch 3M 744-0 Diskette Single Head, Single side soft sector, single density A quick google didn't land any hits for the DSD 4120, but a few, including bitsavers had info on the 4140, They appear to be very similiar, but with a few differences. The 4140 is a RX02 controller. Is this another RX02 clone?? It's a 5 1/4 " not 8" and the floppy drive itself is capable of over 700MB. Could this be a RX50 clone?? Anybody senn one of these, any info?? Thanks Cheers Tom -- --- Please do not read this sig. If you have read this far, please unread back to the beginning.

22 years, 1 month

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Bytek Multitrk-2000 Programmer

by Btamura＠aol.com

I am looking to purchase a Programmer and wonder if you could tell me the type of device list such as 2716 thru 27c type and or flash. Thanks for any help

22 years, 1 month

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IBM 5110 APL ROS

by emxlists＠tstf.net

I am looking for the APL ROS for a IBM 5110 Does anyone knows if I stand any chance to find such thing?

22 years, 1 month

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Wireless networks (was Free stuff (UK) again)

by cb＠mythtech.net

>In our experience, wireless is fine for casual internet connections, >thin clients (terminal services, citrix, rdp) but much too slow for >anything that involves any level of data transfer. We sell and support >medical software that transfers very large databases. I have lost count >of how many offices have implimented wireless networks without checking >with us first. They usually scream bloody murder when we inform them >they will have to revert back to wired networks. It seems mostly the >doctors brother-in-law reccomended wireless. Its funny that you bring that up. I recently started with a new client, who sells Medical software (patient charting or something to that effect, don't know exactly, just started and I don't have anything to do with the actual software). They are pushing wireless... I just got of a 45 minute phone call trying to get one of the wireless tablets to reconnect to the network. WLAN was up just fine, but it wouldn't allow any IP traffic. And of course this is real fun to debug over the phone, trying to tell a Dr how to check and change the settings on a tablet that has only an onscreen tappable keyboard. I'm dreading my next phone call to him (he had to hang up and deal with patients), as I'm having a bad feeling the WPA key got screwed up... he will go NUTS trying to tap in the 61 character phrase I used as the key! (I couldn't even get it right twice, I had to tap it into wordpad and cut and paste into the WPA key fields). -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 1 month

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EV-831

by pittsjo＠nassau.k12.fl.us

Hi, Joe I just stumbled across the EV-831 thread while looking for a solution to my Tape problem here at Nassau County School Board. We have a number of old EV-831 boards wih old Sankyo 1/4 inch tape drives and are trying to set up the boards/tapes in machines with CD burners so that we can xfer all the old archive tapes to CD's for back-up/disaster recovery. Trouble is we have no SW or drivers that work with the EV-831. Could you send me Zips of the disks/programs that you mentioned in the thread. My email is [ mailto:john.pitts@nassau.k12.fl.us ]john.pitts(a)nassau.k12.fl.us. This would be a tremendous help. We've been struggling with this for a couple of weeks and are at the point that we were going to use the old (1993-94) Xenix machines that originally had the EV-831's in them and kermit the extracted files over to a new machine with burner HW/SW. Anyway, TIA. John Pitts Hardware Tech Nassau County School Board Fernandina Beach, FL [ mailto:john.pitts@nassau.k12.fl.us ]john.pitts(a)nassau.k12.fl.us

22 years, 1 month

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cctalk archive for 2001?

by john_a_s2004＠hotmail.com

Hi, Apologies if I missed an earlier post, but what has happened please to the cctalk archive for 2001? There was a lot of great stuff in there, all nicely searchable by Google. Regards, John

22 years, 1 month

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Wanted: KLESI-UA

by pat＠computer-refuge.org

So, now that I discover I had a TU80, not TU81 controller in my 11/750, I'm looking for a KLESI Unibus card, aka M8739. If anyone has one, I'd be willing to offer some money or a trade of some sort. Pat -- Purdue University ITAP/RCS --- http://www.itap.purdue.edu/rcs/ The Computer Refuge --- http://computer-refuge.org

22 years, 1 month

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HP-85 stuff

by bkotaska＠charter.net

Jay wrote on Fri, 2 Jul 2004 15:44:04 > I'm looking for the EMS rom for the HP-85A. Or better yet, has any progress > been made in the project to clone the HP programmable rom module? It's possible to build one using standard parts. I'm nearly done with a schematic. To complete it, I need to borrow a module for a very short time. Does anyone have one they'd be willing to loan (or willing to ring out a few paths)? Bill

22 years, 1 month

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Ebay: Univac tape reel cases with tubes in them?

by tothwolf＠concentric.net

I thought someone here might have an interest in these: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2254407061 I certainly have to wonder about the history behind these cases... Based on the description, the seller has more of them too. -Toth

22 years, 1 month

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FS/FT: Token ring UTP to Fiber media converters

by tothwolf＠concentric.net

I have 8 UTP (RJ45) to Fiber (ST connectors) Token ring media converters I'm looking to either trade for 8 10Base-T to 10Base-FL (ST connectors) or sell for what I've got in them. I bought them for $10.00/ea late last year >from someone who claimed they were Ethernet media converters. I picked them up for a local non-profit school, but all the gear I've set up there is Ethernet, so they certainly won't work for the intended application ;) These came without power supplies, but need 9VDC @ 1000ma to 1500ma. I tested one on a 1000ma supply, but I know some media converters used to use 1500ma supplies. I also have 8 9VDC 1000ma power supplies and the correct input connectors available for these units, but if there isn't any interest I'm going to see if I can get credit for them, as they cost me almost as much as the media converters. I put up a photo that I got from the original seller of these units here: http://www.techmonkeys.org/~tothwolf/classiccmp/foc3.jpg -Toth

22 years, 1 month

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Sams Photofact collection in Akron Ohio

by tothwolf＠concentric.net

I've been in contact with someone who is looking to get rid of a large collection of Sams Photofact folder sets in Akron Ohio. There are approximately 1900 folder sets in 11 file cabinet drawers. If anyone is interested, contact me off-list and I'll give you his email address. If they were just a little closer, I'd certainly take them, but shipping from Ohio would be expensive ;) -Toth

22 years, 1 month

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HP & sgi stuff on eBay UK

by classiccmp.org＠irrelevant.fsnet.co.uk

spotted some "buy it or it's scrapped" listings for some old kit.... Collection only from Maidenhead, Berks, UK. SGI Server anyone? http://cgi6.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=honkaj…

22 years, 1 month

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Fun Fnd While doing Clean-out

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

I found about 5 Lisa's doing the clean-out of the two local warehouses here in Houston. All had some type of problem but one and it's running SCO Xenix V3.0 as it's OS. I hope to get all five working again. Anyone know how to read the mfg. date of 4304 ?

22 years, 1 month

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cleaning up after old NiCds

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

Hi Beside the limeaway, also put the board in a bath of vinegar ( white distilled ) and water ( 50-50 ) for about 20 minutes. The potassium hydroxide soaks into the fiberglass boards and will pop out again. Vinegar is one of those acids that forms a vapor and can get inside of things. This is also good because it will eventually evaporate. When mounting new NiCads, put them in a plastic bag and run single strand insulated wires from the battery to the board ( you noticed how it went right through multi-strand wire ). We have this same problem in pinball machines. Also replace any sockets that might be suspect and any dip switches that are near. Dwight >From: "Joe R." <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com> > > It's causes by the Potassium Hydroxide electrolyte leaking out of the >NiCads batteries. It forms a complex copper salt hence the greenish color. >I've found that full strength Lime-Away will dissolve it. Use the liquid >stuff, NOT THE GELL, put it on and leave it for a few minutes then brush it >off with an old toothbrush while rinsing it under water. Dry well. Next >time throw those old NiCads out and don't zap them to try and reuse them. >When they start to fail it's time to get rid of them. If you don't they'll >start leaking. > > Joe > > > >At 11:54 PM 7/6/04 +0100, you wrote: >>Hiya all >>I've a number of boards (old PC motherboards, VAXen bulkhead panels / >>planars) where the NiCds have 'leaked', covering areas of PCB and >>metalwork / screws with a greyish 'corrosion'. What is this, and how >>does one clear the boards / metalwork to get rid of it and return to >>nice & clean? On the VAX TOY batteries, the corrosion seems to have >>followed one battery wire (black, -ve) to the molex connector, >>corroding / coating that, and then spreading across the boards... >> >>ta >>greg >> >> >> >

22 years, 1 month

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Emulex TC02 and Qualstar Tape Drive

by dj.taylor＠starpower.net

This is my latest project. I have an Emulex TC02 that I want to use with a pertec formatted Qualstar tape drive, model 1260. The TC02 is plugged into a Vax 4000/400, hobbyist openvms version 7.2. It is curious but when I start the Vax it does not see the TC02, this is at the console prompt stage, >>>> show dev does not list the tape controller, but >>>> show qbus lists it as a tsv05. Is this correct? Anyway when I boot the Vax VMS does list an MSA0: drive but it is not online or available, just what does this mean? I also have a Dilog DQ3153, but no cables to attach the drive. Anyone have success with hooking a Qualstar to a Vax or PDP? Doug

22 years, 1 month

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cable lacing...

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

At 07:20 AM 7/7/04 -0700, you wrote: > >What I'd really like to get my hands on is one of those little printers >that make wire numbering labels. The new ones are insanely expensive. Why not just print them out in a small font and then stick them to the cable with some kind of temporary glue and then put clear heatshrink over the label and shrink it in place? (Avery self stick labels and Avery's label software might be good to use for this.) FWIW a lot of the new cables that I'm seeing simply print the label on a piece of plastic then then wrap it on the cable and tie around the ends of it with lacing cord or plastic tie wraps. Joe > >g. > > >

22 years, 1 month

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HP DOS computer selection advice sought

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

I have a large multi-tier printer stand on casters that I use for my HP logic analyzer setup. 1631D analyzer, 9122 dual floppy drive, 2225 printer, probe hangers, etc. It's nice to have on that stand because I can roll it around the work area from system to system easily. I would like to put a computer on that stand too, that has HP-IB interface (all the gear above is HP-IB). The primary purpose of the computer is to interface to the logic analyzer, but I will also use it for interfacing to my Data I/O programmer, various DOS programs like IC stat lookup, etc. My problem is I'm not that familiar with HP DOS machines. I have particular requirements for this and I'm not sure what model to look for. Perhaps those familiar with HP's DOS machine lineage can suggest a machine I should look for. Here's the criteria: 1) It has to be an HP. My TI3100 would look out of place with all the HP gear on the rack :) 2) It has to allow putting an 8 bit ISA HP-IB card in it (or dare I say already support HP-IB) 3) It really needs 1mb of RAM for some of the programs I want to run on it. 4) DOS version needs to be 5.0 or better, would be nice if I could use the free DR-DOS 5) It would have to have an external serial port 6) I would like to get it on the wireless network. I was thinking of using the zircom parallel port adapter I have, and then getting an ethernet to wireless bridge. Of course, I have to find DOS TCP/IP drivers for the zircom, if such a thing exists. I'm open to options here. 7) Vertical space is a premium on the rack, so I would prefer something without a full-size monitor, preferrably an all-in-one unit rather than separate cpu, keyboard, monitor, etc. 8) Would need at least 40mb hard disk. 9) Need a somewhat standard size keyboard (this rules out my 200LX). So far from my looking around, the HP 110 seems very close to what I'd want. The small vertical height of the screen is a big plus, but, I really have to have 80x24. Plus the 110 seems to be stuck with 256k ram and only DOS 2.11. I would LOVE to use my HP-85 for this, but alas, it isn't going to be running promlink anytime soon. Can anyone suggest a vintage PC machine for this purpose? Thanks! Jay West --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]

22 years, 1 month

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Pimping VCF East...

by trestivo＠tarinc.com

Hey Bill, I'll be looking for you at VCF east. I'm setting up a vendor booth so if you get a chance come visit me. The booth will have a sign saying "Technical Assurance Resources. I'm bringing a few items to sell, but mostly I'll be looking for a buyer interested in purchasing my entire lot of DEC and VAX stuff (over 5000 boards plus a whole lot more) I'll be staying at the Holiday Inn and I'll be arriving on Thursday as well. I hope to meet a lot of the people I've been dealing with. A lot of names on this forum are very familiar! See ya there. Thom

22 years, 1 month

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sol-20

by nickpug＠hotmail.com

selling two sol-20's on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5107460998 _________________________________________________________________ Check out the latest news, polls and tools in the MSN 2004 Election Guide! http://special.msn.com/msn/election2004.armx

22 years, 1 month

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cleaning up after old NiCds

by classiccomp-tech＠bouncy-castle.demon.co.uk

Hiya all I've a number of boards (old PC motherboards, VAXen bulkhead panels / planars) where the NiCds have 'leaked', covering areas of PCB and metalwork / screws with a greyish 'corrosion'. What is this, and how does one clear the boards / metalwork to get rid of it and return to nice & clean? On the VAX TOY batteries, the corrosion seems to have followed one battery wire (black, -ve) to the molex connector, corroding / coating that, and then spreading across the boards... ta greg

22 years, 1 month

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DECwriter, Letterprinters at Mich. St. U. salvage

by drb＠msu.edu

Stumbled across a few free printing terminals today, if anyone is in the right place and interested. Michigan State University's Salvage yard had a few serial interface units of some sort, assorted cables, three DEC Letterprinters and two Decwriter III's in their free pile as of about 1:20 this afternoon. I grabbed one of each terminal, a couple of serial line driver units, and a nice cart. I would have taken all of them, but the truck was full. No guarantees they're still there of course. De

22 years, 1 month

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VCF East, ASR33 help wanted

by wh.sudbrink＠verizon.net

I have an ASR33 that exhibits the following symptoms in local mode (I have not attempted to test online): 1) Paper will not advance (roller seems to move OK when turned by hand) 2) Bell will not ring 3) When at the start of a line (carriage to the left) it will over print several characters before it starts moving to the right 4) Carriage returns very slowly and sometimes does not make it all the way back 5) Filthy inside (although not as bad as when I got it... I've vacuumed and blown a lot of crud out of it) 6) Smells a little funky... not the clean warm oil smell that I remember from high school days As well as being dirty, I suspect that it was improperly lubricated by the previous owner as it seems to be particularly sticky inside. I also have a nearly new KSR33 from the same source that was improperly handled to the extent that its plastic shell was shattered (it was in a cardboard box with some newspaper, none of the shipping bolts in place, and apparently roughly moved around his ham shack). I have made no attempt to power up the KSR (in case stuff got bent) but I think that it could be used as a source of replacements if some of the parts of the ASR are badly worn. I would like to recruit 3 or 4 knowledgeable and highly motivated classiccmpers (motivated by the prospect of DINNER and BEER on me) at VCF East to completely tear down, clean, adjust, lubricate and reassemble the ASR. I will supply all of the tools and materials (unless you have special purpose tools that will help). I picture a marathon operation, with the experts doing the disassembly, assembly and adjustment work and me with a toothbrush and a pan of Simple Green (or alcohol or kerosene or whatever solvent the experts suggest) busily scrubbing parts as they are handed to me. With four guys and one scrubber, could this be accomplished in a couple of hours? Why don't I do this myself? 1) I don't really have the space. Having the entire interior of a hotel room to myself will be something of a luxury to me (I have two kids). Or maybe I can ask Sellam for some space at the festival and we can make it a spectator sport. It could even become sort of a challenge... "The crew at VCF East was able to rebuild an ASR33 in two hours, how fast can the West or Europe do it?" 2) I don't have the unbroken periods of time. I have the fear that I would get it all apart, have one of my all too frequent family "emergencies" and then have to pack it up, resulting in lost parts when I finally get back to it. 3) I'm a gutless wimp. If I get it apart, I'm not sure I could get it all back together, even with the docs. I have original prints of some of the docs and the rest in electronic form. Email me if interested, Thanks, Bill

22 years, 1 month

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DECstation

by KParker＠workcover.com

Looking for owner manuals for a DECstation 5000/125 TIA!!! +++++++++++++++++++ Kevin Parker Web Services Manager WorkCover Corporation p: 08 8233 2548 e: webmaster(a)workcover.com w: www.workcover.com +++++++++++++++++++ ************************************************************************ This e-mail is intended for the use of the addressee only. It may contain information that is protected by legislated confidentiality and/or is legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient you are prohibited from disseminating, distributing or copying this e-mail. Any opinion expressed in this e-mail may not necessarily be that of the WorkCover Corporation of South Australia. Although precautions have been taken, the sender cannot warrant that this e-mail or any files transmitted with it are free of viruses or any other defect. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and destroy the original e-mail and any copies. ************************************************************************

22 years, 1 month

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TIL306/TIL308 parts

by willief＠base-2.com

Hello, I saw your note from a google search that you were at one time looking for TIL306 displays? I have some TIL306 displays. I'm looking for TIL308 displays. Do you have these? I'll buy, sell trade the TIL306 for the TIL308. Let me know, Willie /-------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Willie Flint willief(a)base-2.com | | Base 2 Technologies, Inc. 253.437.1182 | | 22342 68th Avenue South 253.437.1183 Fax | | Kent, WA. 98032 www.base-2.com | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | Advanced Computing and Electronics * Corp/Mil * Sales * Repair | \-------------------------------------------------------------------/

22 years, 1 month

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"My disaster, your good luck" - Update

by vern4wright＠yahoo.com

Thanks for the positive response to my previous note mentioning the necessity of getting gone a number of classic computers. I've put up a website where some of these can be seen, along with a lot of other things. I'll be adding to this site as time goes on.... http://www.geocities.com/vdw4sale/MoiPage.html It's just a bit of the vast amount of 'stuff' I have! Regards, Vern __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

22 years, 1 month

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Head Cleaners

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jun 28, 13:16, Teo Zenios wrote: > How often do you people use a head cleaner to keep your floppy drives running Never. You shouldn't need to clean the heads, in normal use. If you do, you have a damaged diskette (or possibly a damaged head, which is scraping oxide off your floppies) which you should track down, cut up, burn, and discard. Of course, sometimes oxide from a damaged floppy will stick to the head, and that will then damage any other disks you put in that drive. (or what do you use to clean them when they don't read disks correctly)? Cotton bud and iso-propyl alcohol. Head-cleaning disks don't do a very good job, especially if the head is really dirty. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

22 years, 1 month

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Pimping VCF East...

by wh.sudbrink＠verizon.net

Since I'm going to be exhibiting, I'm interested in having a lot of people show up for VCF East... general (or at least technically inclined) public as well as the "usual suspects". I noted that last fall's VCF West didn't show up on Slashdot until Saturday at 2 PM. A number of people complained that they would have attended with a little more notice. It did show up on Wired on Thursday. Should we try to talk it up? Is there a reason not to? Bill

22 years, 1 month

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cable lacing...

by melamy＠earthlink.net

very cool! Thanks Gene -----Original Message----- From: Gene Buckle <geneb(a)deltasoft.com> Sent: Jul 2, 2004 4:25 PM To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> Subject: cable lacing... There was some discussion not too long ago about cable lacing and I recently found a site some of you might be interested in: http://www.dairiki.org/hammond/cable-lacing-howto/ g.

22 years, 1 month

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11/70 and 11/04 core interchangeable?

by squidster＠techie.com

Hello list, Just a quickie; are core from a 11/70 interchangeable with a 11/04 (only 16-bit addressing)? Specifically: - G236/H224C/G116 32kW x 18 (option MJ11, I think..) - G235/H217C/G114 16kW x ?? Thanks. /wai-sun -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm

22 years, 1 month

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more old kit spotted eBay UK

by classiccmp.org＠irrelevant.fsnet.co.uk

Some of the more unusual (for the UK at least) items spotted on a browse tonight... (I have no connection with sellers, etc etc) Looks like an original IBM XT and accessories!! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=162&item=510701201… How about a Brunsviga 13RK Calculating Machine (mechanical!) http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=162&item=610625177… Tandy CoCo anyone? UK Spec, Boxed, software &etc http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=162&item=510645866… Apple II Europlus http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=162&item=510648913… SGI ONYX (and promise of others available) http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=162&item=510670542… VT420 (and promise of others available) http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=162&item=510718068… Boxed VIC-20 with floppy drive http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=162&item=510692646…

22 years, 1 month

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Silicon Gulch Gazettes on line

by aek＠spies.com

I just finished scanning the last of Jim Warren's Silicon Gulch Gazette, which was the newsletter for the West Coast Computer Faires www.bitsavers.org/pdf/computerFaire/SiliconGulchGazette

22 years, 1 month

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HP firmware identifications?

by aek＠spies.com

HP1000 E/F Firmware PN CKSUM =========== ===== 2113 Base Set 02113-80006 BCDB 02113-80007 8741 02113-80008 0889 2117 Base Set 02117-80016 C08F 02117-80017 84E4 02117-80018 2C45 E-FPP 5090-0589 0530 5090-0590 C6B6 5090-0591 DE78 E-DMI 13307-80036 EA76 13307-80033 (same cksum) 13307-80037 64CA 13307-80034 (same cksum) 13307-80038 D7B8 13307-80035 (same cksum) F-DMI/FFP 5180-0141 FCD1 5180-0142 8C42 5180-0143 E820 F-VIS 12824-80007 FF2C 12824-80008 F4B8 12825-80009 BF83 F-SIS 12823-80019 B7E9 12823-80020 7EAE 12823-80021 2CE9 SIGNAL/1000 92835-80001 1EEC 92835-80002 D419 92835-80003 C034 DS/1000 91740-80067 3F44 91740-80068 340A 91740-80069 FF62 RTE-IV EMA 92067-80001 F054 92067-80002 B744 92067-80003 AAAA RTE6/VM OS 92084-80001 E946 92084-80102 E116 92084-80002 E10E (earlier rev) 92084-80103 C670 92084-80003 C654 (earlier rev) RTE6/VM EMA/VMA 92084-80004 D166 92084-80005 8C02 92084-80006 B412

22 years, 1 month

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Motorola MVME131

by Lee.Davison＠merlincommunications.com

Looking for docs on the above. Lee. ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________

22 years, 1 month

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UA78mguic Power regulators

by norman＠pomfret.wyenet.co.uk

Hi, I was searching the web for data on these regulators UA78MGIC, and noted your appeal. Are you still needing ? Whilst I dont believe I have any of the 79 variety I have a few of the 78's I would like a data on these, then they can be put to good use in say 0.5A regulated power supplies. Regards Norman Pomfret

22 years, 1 month

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RK05/RL02 Boot Sequence

by squidster＠techie.com

Hello list, I'm trying to figure out the boot sequence on both the RK05 and RL02 drive from a PDP. Here's how I understand it so far: 1. Get the bootstrap in core either via the FP or PTR. 2. Execute bootstrap and pull in the absolute loader from 1st. sector of 512 bytes or 256 words; i.e. copy 1st. sector of drive to core starting from 0 3. Execute absolute loader by a JMP 0. 4. ??? What happens next ??? Because of not (yet) having a RL02 nor a RK05, I'm using simh and trying to trace what's going on when I "attach rk0 rt11.dsk" and then a "boot rk0", but it's pretty difficult going.. Thanks. /wai-sun -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm

22 years, 1 month

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TI calculator repair anyone?

by vcf＠siconic.com

See below... Reply-to: JWLane43(a)aol.com ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 12:11:02 EDT From: JWLane43(a)aol.com To: vcf(a)vintage.org Subject: (no subject) Hello! I would be very grateful if you could help me. Do you know of any company or individual that repairs old calculators. I have two Texas TI-58 Programmable calculators that do not work and I am very keen to make contact with anyone that has a working knowledge of the internal workings of these machines. Thanks very much for any help you can give me. Jonathan -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]

22 years, 1 month

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New acquisition, cables needed.

by pat＠computer-refuge.org

So I got the VAX 4000/300, R400X, and TU-81+ that was offered a week ago on the list... it's in excellent shape, I think there was only one scratch among all three pieces. Now, I got the machines, but no cables with them. I need the cables that go from a KLESI card to the TU-81 (DD50M->DD50F), and the DSSI cables to go from the CPU cabinet to the R400X (female HD50 to female HD50.. aka SCSI-2 connector). I'm considering the possibility of making my own cable for the TU-81 (no one seems to sell cheap M->F DD50 cables), but it looks like it'll either be hard or quite expensive to get the DSSI cables new. So does anyone have some DSSI & LESI cables (with the proper connectors for my use) available for trade or sale at a reasonable price? Pat -- Purdue University ITAP/RCS --- http://www.itap.purdue.edu/rcs/ The Computer Refuge --- http://computer-refuge.org

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Meetpods voor PM3551A

by teamcorona＠hotmail.com

Wellicht een beetje laat, maar ik heb hier nog van die meetpods liggen. Ook een manual is aanwezig. MVG, Cor _________________________________________________________________ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger

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Free MVME-147SA for pick-up in San Francisco

by mouse＠Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA

On another list I'm on (one of the NetBSD lists), I got the message quoted below, indicating that a bunch of stuff is looking for help escaping the crusher in San Francisco. After exchanging email with its author, I got approval to forward it over here. Please respond directly to Jason (address in the Cc: here, or the quoted headers below); I cannot do anything useful with responses except forward them thataway myself. Note there's a deadline less than two weeks off. (The "if you write a driver" stuff probably actually means "...a NetBSD driver"; given the original context - NetBSD lists - this could reasonably be assumed there, but classiccmp is a bit more wide-ranging in such regards.) /~\ The ASCII der Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML mouse(a)rodents.montreal.qc.ca / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B > Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v618) > Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Apple-Mail-64--891142980" > Message-Id: <2C3C5638-CEFE-11D8-A5DE-000A957650EC(a)wasabisystems.com> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Cc: port-m68k(a)NetBSD.org > From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej(a)wasabisystems.com> > Subject: Free MVME-147SA for pick-up in San Francisco > Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 20:40:06 -0700 > To: port-mvme68k(a)NetBSD.org > X-Pgp-Agent: GPGMail 1.0 (v30, 10.3) > X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.618) > Precedence: list > > > --Apple-Mail-64--891142980 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > Folks... > > I have an MVME-147SA system available for free for pick-up in San > Francisco. This system was working and running NetBSD/mvme68k in a > diskless configuration the last time I turned it on (about 6 years > ago). The system board is installed in a Motorola VME card cage with a > transition module on the back (providing serial and Ethernet) and 2 > removable SCSI disk carriers. > > There are some extra goodies included with this system, so pay close > attention: > > - Ciprico RF3400 disk controller. I believe this is an ESDI > controller. I do NOT have programming info for this controller. I do, > however, have a programming manual for a Ciprico RF3510 SCSI > controller, which I will include (possibly useless, but what the heck). > > - Ciprico TM3000 9-track tape controller. I have the programming > manual for this. It works with any Pertec-compatible 9-track tape > drive. > > ...here's the gem: > > - Pertec "portable" 9-track tape drive. I don't know the specific > model number -- it's hidden somewhere under the plastic housing, no > doubt. I *believe* this drive is capable of reading the 3 common > 9-track tape densities (though to be honest, I can't even remember what > those are anymore). Here are some photos: > > http://www.shagadelic.org/photos/pertec1.jpg > http://www.shagadelic.org/photos/pertec2.jpg > > ...and here's the reason I have the Pertec in the first place: > > - UNIX 32V Time-Sharing System, Version 1.0 on 800bpi 9-track tape. I > don't know if this tape is still readable, but I have kept it hidden > away in a box, protected from heat, cold, and light for about 10 years > now. Here are some photos of the tape: > > http://www.shagadelic.org/photos/32v-tape1.jpg > http://www.shagadelic.org/photos/32v-tape2.jpg > > Now, for the terms and conditions: > > - I will NOT ship this stuff. The tape drive is especially heavy (if I > had to guess, I'd say it's 200lbs). > > - If you take all the pieces, AND you write a complete driver for the > TM3000, I will buy you a suitable quantity (e.g. 12-pack of a micro, > half-dozen if you want some Belgian corked bottles) of quality beer. > If you also manage to read the contents of the 32V tape, I will also > buy you a nice bottle (or two) of wine. > > - There is a dead line. This stuff is going to the crusher to have the > metals reclaimed on July 17. > > - If you don't have a car large enough to haul this stuff away, I might > be able to deliver it to a destination in the San Francisco Bay Area, > if I can arrange help loading the tape drive into my VW Bus (yes, it > really is that heavy). > > I would really prefer NOT to have to crush the MVME-147 - it still > works, and is a fine little NetBSD system. But I need it out of my > garage so I can make progress on a home improvement project. So, > someone please come and rescue it. > > I'll probably not throw away the 32V tape whatever happens to the > stuff. But without the tape drive, the tape is pretty useless, and > there aren't too many 9-track tape drives around anymore. So here's > your chance to grab a little bit of computing history... don't miss > out! > > -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej(a)wasabisystems.com> > > --Apple-Mail-64--891142980 > content-type: application/pgp-signature; x-mac-type=70674453; > name=PGP.sig > content-description: This is a digitally signed message part > content-disposition: inline; filename=PGP.sig > content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (Darwin) > > iD8DBQFA6h8WOpVKkaBm8XkRAsCvAKDHr44N/0rsbtttJTb3JvjY1N0B8gCfT2uj > RjFXRTZDO+syLKnT8SVEsrA= > =2g6s > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --Apple-Mail-64--891142980--

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DEC 7000 (AXP) 4 CPU, 1GB, DRAM, SCSI for trade

by gunther＠aurora.regenstrief.org

Hi, got a nice DEC 7000 with 4 CPUs 1GB of memory. AFAIK it is the first Alpha model made. Same chassis as the VAX 7000. This one works beautifully and sounds really nice. I had OSF installed on it once (have the OSF CD with it, just no license key.) I can't keep it though, because now I have my VAX 6660 together and my last spot is gone. I would like to trade this one for a VAX 40000 in a pedestal. Don't you think that is a fair trade? Pictures: http://www.gusw.net/~schadow/dec7000.jpg http://www.gusw.net/~schadow/dec7000open.jpg This box is in Indianapolis, IN. If you come here you get to see my collection of VAX6460 with vector processors and an 11/780. You may even get a VAX6400 for free and another smaller alpha (DEC3000 system) as a thank you gift. This one is heavy. However, there are at least two ways to load it: either liftgate truck, or a u-haul low-floor truck or trailer. The low-floor trucks are really nice: cheap to rent and easy to load (we just lay the machine on its side.) regards, -Gunther

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Need Help with an HP 7958B HDD drive

by enigma＠mail.lipsia.de

Hello, I have read some of your pstings at classiccmp.org. I got a HP 7958B drive of the trash (still working) and would like to get it running on an IEEE488 Interface. You wrote you got it so far to read/write sector this would help me alot. Also an interesting command would be to park the head before switching off. Maybe you know where to get some resources or you have something yourself. Thanks in advance, Michael

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R3K SGI Indigo & installing IRIX 5.3

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jul 5, 19:46, Pete Turnbull wrote: > On Jul 5, 12:25, Jules Richardson wrote: > > "Unable to load dksc(0,1,1)unix.IP12: file not found" > > > > any ideas? I think I set the disk within fx as a usrrootdrive - > > which I believe is correct for IRIX 5.3? It was once common practice to keep /usr on a separate partition, particularly if you had small (200MB) drives, in which case most of the root drive would be root and swap, with /usr mounted later. If you want to prevent a user filling his space so that there's no room left in /tmp or /var/tmp either, it might still be a good idea but otherwise multiple partitions usually just mean that at some future date there's enough space on the physical drive for <what_you_want>, except it's split betwwen several partitions and therefore unusable[1] :-) > Last Indigo install I did, I used 812-0336-004, but I might have > booted it off something older. Don't try it with an XFS-capable one, > though. I think I've just found the one I booted it off. It's an EFS CD I burned a long time ago; if you're still stuck I can upload the 28MB volume header tomorrow[2] and you can burn that onto a CD-R. You can boot a CD that only has a vh. I discovered that the first time I burned an EFS CD, which is normally built in two files -- the volume header (which includes the sgilabel, partition table, and things in mr or sa), and "the rest". Unfortunately instead of cat'ing the two files to cdrecord, I told cdrecord to write the two files on its command line, and ended up with two data tracks instead of one. [1] As I discovered last time I built a complete inst-able perl under IRIX 5.3. [2] 28MB is a bit much for my ISDN line this evening. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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R3K SGI Indigo & installing IRIX 5.3

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jul 5, 12:25, Jules Richardson wrote: > I'm sure for the Indy though when I exited fx I could then go to the > install system option and it worked ok. If I try this with the Indigo it > still loads the installation program but then gives: > > "Unable to load dksc(0,1,1)unix.IP12: file not found" > > any ideas? I think I set the disk within fx as a usrrootdrive - which I > believe is correct for IRIX 5.3? dksc(0,1,1) is normally the swap partition, and that's where the installation tools put the miniroot during installation. Assuming you've done the right things with fx, you should have a small(ish) EFS root partition as partition 0, 1 is swap, IIRC 7 is the usr partition, 8 is the volume header, and 10 is the whole disk. My guess is that when you booted the CD, you used one of the few that has no Indigo (IP12) standalone unix on it. The first release of 5.3 did have it, the next one didn't (by mistake), and AFAIK all the subsequent ones did. I guess the number on your CD is 812-0336-001. The first 5.3 CD was 812-0119-006 and that does work, and so do (IIRC, though it's a long time since I did a clean install on an Indigo) 812-0336-002 et seq. Last Indigo install I did, I used 812-0336-004, but I might have booted it off something older. Don't try it with an XFS-capable one, though. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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R3K SGI Indigo & installing IRIX 5.3

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jul 5, 11:38, Jules Richardson wrote: > > Blah! OK, the Indigo doesn't like my old Apple SCSI CDROM drive, even > though the Indy and my Sun Ultra 1 do... luckily I had a spare > quad-speed drive which has a sector-size jumper on the back. (So it > wasn't a bad SCSI cable or a problem with the Indigo's external SCSI > connector as it turns out) Probably the drive responds correctly to the command to set the blocksize. The Indy and later machines, and most not-too-old Suns can do that from the boot PROM, but an Indigo can't (nor can my Sparcstation 1). -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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Assorted on-topic stuff

by mouse＠Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA

I recently came into possession of a relatively large pile of on-topic stuff, and have some of my own that I want to get rid of. I haven't completed inventorying it all yet - there are a half-dozen boxes I've yet to look through - but it's slow enough going that I'm sending around a list of what I have inventoried in case anyone is interested. When I get the rest gone through I'll post another list. This stuff is all "cover shipping from Montreal and it's yours". That includes free if picked up - drop me a line to arrange such. Feel free to ask questions if you want more information about anything. Except as noted, everything is untested; some items I can test if desired - again, drop me a line. /~\ The ASCII der Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML mouse(a)rodents.montreal.qc.ca / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B The list, mostly in no particular order: TI Programmable 57 pocket calculator, including wall-wart, carrying case, and "Making Tracks Into Programming" manual. Battery pack included but will not charge enough to power the calculator even for seconds. Red filter over display has come loose but is present. Worked as of a month or two ago, when powered with wall-wart. Some keys occasionally act a little flaky. I bought this new on 1981-01-26 and still have the receipt. Numerous (ca. 20-30) cables, 25-pair POTS-quality wire. One end has Centronics-50 connector; the other is loose wire ends. Length is some small numbers of metres - about right for cross-connect within a wiring closet. A rackmount panel with 64 eight-conductor RJ45-style jacks on the front; on the back, each four jacks are wired to a Centronics-50 connector. A C-50 gender-bender is attached to each. Note these are NOT Cat-V, probably not even Cat-III - they look intended for POTS use, or perhaps serial lines, to my eye. A rackmount power switch/filter of some kind. It has a mains cable (which is cut off near the box), a space where a switch has been removed, and five outlets (two "filtered" and three "unfiltered") of the sort you find on some computers to feed switched power to another box - the same connector you find on the computer end of most computer mains cords. The metal box has a corner twisted and torn; it either suffered a peculiar accident or was attacked by someone who wanted to get into it but couldn't be bothered to remove the screws. Inkjet cartridge refilling equipment (syringe, hole-maker, small bottle of black ink). Old Sun-2-era external disk enclosure, ca. 1'x1'x4". Two DD50F SCSI connectors and mains power connector. Contains power supply, Micropolis 1325 drive, adapter board between SCSI and the drive, and internal cabling to hook it all together. EMP "Manual Mini Modem MM-102". Not acoustic-coupler, but almost that old; has answer/off/originate switch, power-on and carrier-detect lights. Includes wall-wart thought, but not tested, to go with it. Captive telco cable ending in RJ11 plug; also has RJ11 "TELE JACK" connector and DB25F connector for host. Ten Cabletron TPT-2 AUI-to-UTP transceivers. These predate the current 10baseT standard for link test; they do not reliably detect link when connected to (some) modern equipment, but at least two of them work fine when connected to one another with a crossed cable. There presumably exists 10baseT equipment they work with; as far as I know I have none. Hayes Smartmodem 2400. In original package, including styrofoam packing, box, manuals, business-reply cards, wall-wart. Box has some cosmetic damage - scuffs, small rips - but is basically intact; the styrofoam has basically no damage and the modem's cosmetic condition verges on pristine. Packard Bell PB2400PLUS modem. Includes wall-wart, manuals, 5?" floppy still in sealed envelope, styrofoam packing, but not surrounding box. S-100 (I think) board from Cromemco, labeled "8K BYTESAVER" with eight 24-pin DIP sockets. It includes a switch labeled "PROGRAM POWER" and a 7812, so I assume it is a PROM reader/burner. S-100 (I think) board. It looks like a memory board; it is marked "S100" and "10032-B" and includes a 4x16 array of 18-pin DIP sockets, all empty. It has 32 ceramic disc capacitors, presumably for power-supply decoupling; two are physically damaged to the point where I would not trust them to remain unshorted without testing. SPARCstation 2 mainboard. The CPU has been replaced with a Weitek POWER?P. No RAM. This board does not work; my best guess is that the fault is in the CPU. An ISA card from "ARCHIVE CORPORATION". Back-panel interface is a DB25F, with a 50-pin header just behind this. Marked "ASSY 80530-151" and "REV A"; the "151" and "REV A" are stamped, the "ASSY" and "80530-" are silkscreened. A MITEL SMART-1, whatever that is. It's marked "PAV Chaining" and "Positive Account Code Verification With Chaining". The interfaces are: a peculiar 3-pin power connector; a jack which is physically RJ45-compatible; and a DB25F. I suspect the jack is actually for POTS, since the device is marked with Canadian telco regulatory foo. The matching power supply is included. Two cables from Centronics-50 to DA15, with handwritten tags saying things like "PBX<->NAV" "PRI #1". An octopus cable from a DE9F to three DB25Ms. The DB25Ms have only some pins present: 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 20 on two connectors, the third the same except lacking pin 6. Six DE9M-to-DE9F video cables from the Sun-3 days, when they used monochrome monitors with DE9 connectors. Three co-ax cables with BNC connectors on the ends; one marked with masking tape and marker G, one B, and the third (apparently identical otherwise) unmarked. Eight NeXT video cables - the 19-pin D-shell kind. Seven are about a foot and a half long, the other more like nine or ten feet. A PC case. Contains practically nothing - internal wiring for the front-panel switches is about it. No power supply or mobo. Two Sun-3/60 cases, with power supplies but no machines or plastic cosmetic covers - just the metal boxes with the power supplies. Various books: Introduction to the AMIGA 2000 AMIGA BASIC The AmigaDOS Manual (two copies) AMIGA Hardware Reference Manual AMIGA ROM Kernel Reference Manual: Exec AMIGA ROM Kernel Reference Manual: Libraries and Devices AMIGA Intuition Referenec Manual Inside AegisDRAW Amiga Programmer's HANDBOOK INSIDE AMIGA Graphics COMPUTE!'s AMIGA PROGRAMMER'S GUIDE A?TALK III Inside the Amiga Programmer's Guide to the Amiga Advanced Amiga BASIC Amiga 3D Graphic Programming in BASIC Secrets of the COMMODORE 64 Commodore 64/128 Assembly Language Programming 35 AMAZING GAMES For Your Commodore 64 LEARN TO PROGRAM THE COMMODORE 64 ALL BY YOURSELF! (course notes) COMMODORE 64 PROGRAMMER'S REFERENCE GUIDE MAPPING THE Commodore 64 C64 user's manual MASTERING SIGHT AND SOUND ON THE COMMODORE 64 COMMODORE 64 USER'S GUIDE COMMODORE 64 GRAPHICS Your Commodore 64 TROUBLESHOOTING & REPAIRING YOUR COMMODORE 64 A whole boxful of 3?" floppies, I think for an Amiga. (This is a largeish box, maybe 1'x1?'x6", not just a floppy-storage box.) Sun books and media: Solaris 2.2 System Configuration and Installation Guide Solaris 2.0 System Configuration and Installation Guide Solaris 2.4 Introduction Solaris 2.4 System AnswerBook CD (package still sealed) WABI 2.0 for Solaris 2 CD (package still sealed) Solaris Quick Start Guide (801-6612-10; Rev A, August 1994) Solaris 2.4: Latest News (still sealed in shrinkwrap) Software and AnswerBook Packages Administration Guide (Solaris 2.4) SPARC: Installing Solaris Software (Solaris 2.4) SPARCompiler C User's Guide (Version 3.0.1 for Solaris) A few light-cardboard four-colour-glossies. A three-ring binder marked "SunOS 4.1 Release & Install"; it appears to contain exactly that. The plastic piece that tries to keep the pages from ripping is split across, but both pieces are present. A package marked "NetWorker for Solaris 4.0.2" and "Online: DiskSuite 3.0". It contains a CD jewel case marked "NetWorker for Solaris", still shrinkwrapped; stapled pages marked "Networker for Solaris Single Server 4.0.2 Release Notes"; stapled pages marked "Online: DiskSuite 3.0 Release Notes"; and an envelope marked "NetWorker for Solaris Enabler Certificate Enclosed", seal still intact. "Binary Code License" - EULA for something from Sun. Doesn't say what it applies to specifically, just "the accompanying software". It may or may not have originally accompanied one or more of the CDs above. Sun SPARCstation 1 doc box, containing SPARCstation 1 Installation Guide SPARCstation 1 Sun System User's Guide Computers of the C=64/TI99 era (post-8008 pre-IBMPC), and related stuff. When something is "supposedly" for use with a given machine, this means that it was so marked by the person I got this stuff from, but I haven't tried it myself. Interact Integrated keyboard and cassette tape Apparently designed for TV output; captive output co-ax cable Captive power cable to wall-wart (North American plug) Connectors: DB25F and two DE9Ms Back has sticker saying INTERACT ELECTRONICS, INC. MODEL NO. ONE FCC TYPE APPROVAL NUMBER, TV-579 MANUFACTURER, INTERACT ELECTRONICS, INC. SERIAL NUMBER, 0 1 4 5 7 5 VALID ONLY WHEN OPERATED PURSUANT TO F.C.C. RULES, PART 15 Fragments apparently constituting most of another Interact (keyboard, cassette mechanism, wall-wart, main board with two empty IC sockets, one probably the CPU). Amiga 2000. Includes keyboard and mouse but no display. (See also Amiga stuff above.) Includes some six to eight inches of paper which appears to be printouts and doc photocopies for Atari stuff. TI-99/4A ("TEXAS INSTRUMENTS HOME COMPUTER"). In what appears to be the original packaging, with power supply and TV video modulator. Commodore 64, in what appears to be the original box, with power supply, TV video monulator, a couple of other cables, a spare keyboard(!), and an antistatic bag which supposedly contains chips pulled from another C64. Laser 128, in the original box (which claims it's Apple IIe/IIc compatible but has "everything" already built in). A Commodore "Single Drive Floppy Disk", model 1541 - an external 5?" floppy drive, supposedly for the C64. Nine joysticks, supposedly for the C64. A "64modem", presumably a modem for the C64. (Connectors and markings are consistent with that theory.) A "B.I. printer interface", supposedly for the C64. A VOLKS 6480 modem (1200/300 BPS, autodial/autoanswer, for the C64 and C128, if the box is to be believed). An obviously homebrew (and rather carelessly built) reset button attachment, supposedly for the C64. A "Forth 64" cartridge, from "handic software ab", presumably (and supposedly) for the C64. A C64 three-in-one card. This has three card-edge connectors and a three-position switch, and a single card edge to plug into a C64. Presumably it's so you can leave three things physically connected all the time and switch which one is logically connected with the switch, instead of constantly swapping modules. Bears the name "NAVARONE". A C64 four-in-one card. This has four card-edge connectors and a single card edge to plug into a C64. There is also an enable switch next to each socket, a reset button, and a fuse. Bears the name APROTEK. Comes with a slip of paper which is akin to a user's manual and a piece of ribbon cable with a card edge on one end and a card-edge connector on the other. The conductor count and inter-connector spacing are different from those on the gadget itself. Two cables, about five feet long, with a peculiar DIN-shell four-conductor connector on one end and bare wire ends on the other. Pin placement on the connector is identical on both cables. Something in a box which is hand-marked "Pow. Sup. C64 Repairable". The device is marked "INPUT 117VAC 60HZ" "OUTPUT 5VDC-1.8A 9VAC9VA". Included is a sheet with something that could reasonably be a schematic for such a power supply, though I haven't opened the device to check whether it matches the schematic. It has two cords, one to a North American mains plug, the other to a 7-pin DIN-shell connector. A "PROTECTO BIG BLUE PRINTER INTERFACE", in a box hand-marked with the Commodore name. A good deal of paper, including such things as documentation in French for NetNorth/BITNET and a number of pages torn from magazines containing computer-related articles, and documentation for a number of games. It wouldn't surprise me to find a floppy or two amid them; I didn't go through them in detail.

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HP hardware available and wanted list

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

HP 2109E cpu (21MX/E), chassis, power supply, front panel HP 2113E cpu (21MX/E), chassis, power supply, front panel HP 2108M cpu (21MX/M), chassis, power supply, front panel The 2109 and 2113 are available immediately. The 2108 I will get rid of eventually, just not sure if I'll get rid of it now or in about 6 months. All are untested and dirty. The 2109 and 2113 will clean up nicely. The 2108 is a hard luck case and a major restoration job. The 2109 and 2113 have cpu keys, but someone glued them in or they are stuck. The key works fine, you just can't take the key out. The 2108 has no key. I will test and clean them first if I get a chance. No I/O or memory cards included. Some memory and/or I/O cards will probably be available from me at a later date. I will also have some as yet undetermined quantity of HSFCA memory boards available (not usable as main memory, just ECC) Also available - HP 21MX 12979A rackmount I/O expansion unit Items I'm looking for... HP 12920/12921/12922 three PCA Multiplexor set HP 2102E high speed memory controller PCA qty 2 HP 13210A disc interface PCA for spare HP 12597A 8 bit duplex register boards qty 2 HP 12531C or D HS terminal or Buffered TTY PCA (qty 1 or 2) HP Blank PROMS for 21MX loader roms HP Blank PROMS for 21MX microcode roms DSI 2400 paper tape reader/punch OR... ... RS232 interface board for Facit 4070 Data General 6030/6031 8" floppy drive Data General Paper Tape reader, don't know the model number, for Nova and Eclipse Any spare Data General Nova/Eclipse boards (Nova 3, Eclipse S/130 or S/200), primarily cpu sets, disk, cassette, memory Data General 6045 disc drive DEC H212 8K core memory plane for 8E DEC M7891-D 128KW for 11/45 (qty 2) Microdata M1600, M2000, or Reality Royale system Honeywell DPS-6 system Jay West PS - Bob, now that I've been using the 21MX front panel for a while, I gotta tell ya, I prefer using the 2100 front panel. What's this "store" button crap? *GRIN* --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]

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R3K SGI Indigo & installing IRIX 5.3

by julesrichardsonuk＠yahoo.co.uk

Blah! OK, the Indigo doesn't like my old Apple SCSI CDROM drive, even though the Indy and my Sun Ultra 1 do... luckily I had a spare quad-speed drive which has a sector-size jumper on the back. (So it wasn't a bad SCSI cable or a problem with the Indigo's external SCSI connector as it turns out) Anyway, I'm just trying to get IRIX 5.3 from CD onto a disk in the Indigo (one which currently has a mangled copy of 5.3 on it). I've used the same CD to install 5.3 on the Indy previously - just not tried it with the Indigo... If I go view the PROM monitor and select "Install System Software", then use the CDROM as the source device, it copies the installation program to disk, says complete, but then dies with: "Unable to load dksc(0,1,1)unix.IP12: file not found" I seem to recall the Indy doing the same thing, which I think was a disk partition problem (as in that case I was installing onto a drive that had previously been in a PC) So, I restarted at this time went into the PROM monitor's command monitor and did: "boot -f dksc(0,6,8)sashARCS dksc(0,6,7)stand/fx.ARCS" ... which was what I used for the Indy to partition the drive. On the Indigo it just blows up with: 72912 NESTED EXCEPTION at pc: bfc11d90, first exception at bfc11d90 Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Given that the Indigo's an R3K and the Indy is an R4K, do I need a different boot command to load the relevant R3K software? I know this Indigo works - but the release of 5.3 is a copied version that came with the Indy... maybe it's missing something I need, or maybe SGI did different 5.3 releases for R3K and R4K machines? cheers Jules

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XTerms + DEC stuff + misc available (Cambridge, UK)

by julesrichardsonuk＠yahoo.co.uk

I'm aware of the following up for disposal (I think they're off to landfill at the end of next week by the sounds of it) in Cambridge, if anyone's interested: 17 HP Xterminals 5 HP 700RX (Xterminals) 3 Vaxstation 3100 4 Large SCSI boxes 4 Medium SCSI boxes 6 BBC Bs 16 BBC type monitors 4 NCD Xterms 1 HP Entria Xterm 8 Dot matrix printers 1 DEC 3000 1 Sparc 4 1 Extremely spiky thing 1 Olivetti drive of some description 1 huge monitor box of cables Lots of random software I should be meeting with the chap tomorrow as I'm picking up some other stuff from him, so hopefully I can look over everything. I *may* grab the software and cable boxes just so I can take a proper inventory, although I have no desire to hang onto anything other than a SCSI cable or two. Note 1: this is the *UK* Cambridge (I always put that in the subject, and people always miss it :-) Note 2: various people know about this stuff, so it's a case of first come, first served. I can put you in touch with the chap if there is anything you want from the list. ps. I too am curious to know what the spiky thing is! cheers Jules

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creating CDs for use with SGI systems

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jul 4, 12:35, Jules Richardson wrote: > > I need to create a CD with files on for access by an SGI system. Of > course, the SGI uses a CDROM drive that uses 512 byte blocks. My desktop > PC's the only thing with a CD burner in it, which is naturally set to a > block size of 2048. > > >From the point of view of creating a CD, does this matter? Or is the > block size issue only to do with transferring data from the CD unit to > the host, and iso9660 is the same on both platforms? No, it doesn't matter. The block size is just a matter of how the data is transferred between host and drive, and cdrecord or whatever will write 2048-byte physical blocks no matter what. The drive that eventually reads the CD back will de-block them as required. It's a bit like CP/M, if you've come across CP/M's idea of 128-byte logical sectors mapped onto whatever physical sector size (commonly 256 or 512 bytes for 5.25" floppies) the sytem uses. But you should be making EFS CDs for IRIX ;-) -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

22 years, 1 month

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ARCnet ROMs

by bmachacek＠pcisys.net

I just acquired a number of Arcnet Boot ROMs. I have no idea if these are of any value and/or interest to anyone here, but thought I'd post this information. Please let me know if you have any interest in any or all of these. Specifics are: "Arcnet, 120A, Netware, Boot ROM, S/N: EG 0021xx - 0029xx, V3.00", I have 9 of these chips. "Arcnet, 190ST/SBT, Netware, Boot ROM, S/N: EL 0033xx, V3.00", I have 4 of these chips. "Netware, Arcnet, 120A, Boot PROM, V2.1x", I have only one of these chips. If you like additional information, like the numbers on the bottom, just let me know. Thanks for your information and interest. Bill Machacek

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creating CDs for use with SGI systems

by julesrichardsonuk＠yahoo.co.uk

Silly question, I know... I need to create a CD with files on for access by an SGI system. Of course, the SGI uses a CDROM drive that uses 512 byte blocks. My desktop PC's the only thing with a CD burner in it, which is naturally set to a block size of 2048. >From the point of view of creating a CD, does this matter? Or is the block size issue only to do with transferring data from the CD unit to the host, and iso9660 is the same on both platforms? It's one of those stupid questions that I really don't know the answer to - I'm used to either just dealing with CDs on a PC, or using original vendor media on systems which use 512 blocks (such as Sun and SGI) I've only got a couple of decent branded blank CDs left in the house, or I'd just risk trashing one and find out for myself :-) cheers, Jules

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More DEC boards FS

by anheier＠owt.com

These are the last of my stock of DEC boards. These boards are in reasonable shape, but perhaps some capacitors, etc will have to be replaced to get working. I want $15 each + shipping 4 each: M3105 DHU11-A ASYNC MUX DMA CNTL 1 each: M8750-CB MEMORY 1 each: M8750-CP MEMORY 1 each: M7485-YA M7485 W/ BLSTD RMS 4 LYR UDA50 1 each: M7903 BOARD DATA RK06 1 each + 1 damaged: M7819 8 LN DBL BUF ASYNC EIA DZ1 Thanks Norm

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HP firmware identification?

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

I have some firmware chips in a 21MX/E that I can't seem to identify from my docs, and some I think I know what they are but not sure. 13307-80036, 13307-80037, 13307-80038 I think these are DMI 5090-0589, 5090-0590, 5090-0591 I think these are FPP 92067-80001, 92067-80002, 92067-80003 I think these are EMA (used by RTE?) 93585-80006, 93585-80007, 93585-80008 No clue, may be proprietary ProVOX? 92084-80004, 92084-80005, 92084-80006 No clue, may be proprietary ProVOX? 92084-80007, 92084-80008, 92084-80009 No clue, may be proprietary ProVOX? Can anyone help and confirm or deny any of this? Jay West

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manuals in pdf (resolution, compression)

by owad＠applefritter.com

I have a lot of manuals I want to scan and am trying to decide upon the best format. I'd like some opinions on the following scans of a 128-page Franklin AceWriter manual. On the low end is a pdf of bitmap images. It's hideous, but only 3.5 MB. The high end is a 40 MB pdf of jpeg images. This one's easy on the eyes, but is an awfully large download and I'm wondering if it might not print as nicely as the bitmap. In the middle is a pdf of compressed jpegs at 15 MB. This looks good to my eyes, I just wonder about using compressed jpegs for archiving... <www.applefritter.com/temp/acewriter_lo.pdf> (3.5 MB) <www.applefritter.com/temp/acewriter_med.pdf> (15 MB) <www.applefritter.com/temp/acewriter_hi.pdf> (40 MB) (Disregard the incorrect ordering of the pages.) Thoughts? Which of the three would you most want to download? Tom Applefritter www.applefritter.com

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Honeywell manuals

by aek＠spies.com

> FREE: Honeywell 201 Logic Training Manual I'd like to add this to the material on bitsavers that I already have on the H200

22 years, 1 month

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VCF Gazette Volume 2 Issue 3

by vcf＠siconic.com

VCF Gazette Volume 2, Issue 3 A Newsletter for the Vintage Computer Festival July 4, 2004 We're busier than we've ever been here at the VCF, so this newsletter will be short... Vintage Computer Festival East 2.0 Vintage Computer Festival Europa 5.0 Wrap-Up VCF Creates PDP-1 Replica for National Science Museum of Japan Latest Additions to the VCF Archives Vintage Computer Festival East 2.0 ---------------------------------- The second Vintage Computer Festival East takes place on Friday, July 16th and Saturday, July 17th, at Burlington, Massachusetts, campus of Sun Microsystems. We are honored to have Sun Microsystems as the sponsor for VCF East! We've got an excellent line up of speakers and exhibits this time around, with nearly twice the number of exhibits of VCF East 1.0. Please note that attendees of VCF East 2.0 must register in advance. You may register here: http://www.vintage.org/2004/east/register.php For out of town guests, the VCF has arranged a hotel room block at a nearby Marriott (within walking distance to Sun's campus). Full details are available here: http://www.vintage.org/2004/east/lodging.php The VCF speaker schedule is as follows: Friday, July 16 Time Topic Speaker ------- ------------------------------------- ------------------- 10:00am Atari 7800 25th Anniversary C. Vendel/S. Golson 11:00am VCF Ramblings Sellam Ismail 12:00pm Preserving Computing's Past... Bob Supnik 1:00pm A Retrospective of Storage Technology Sun Microsystems Saturday, July 17 Time Topic Speaker ------- ------------------------------------- ------------------ 10:00am A Personal History of Computing Art Hill 11:00am Resurrecting an IBM 360/30 Lawrence Wilkinson 12:00pm PDAs 1973-1992 Evan Koblentz 1:00pm Personal Computing in the early 1970s Jon Titus More information on the VCF East 2.0 speakers can be found here: http://www.vintage.org/2004/east/speaker.php Buy, Sell and Trade at the VCF Marketplace As always, one of the most exciting aspects of the VCF is the Marketplace, where you can find a large and varied assortment of some of the most fantastical old computer thingies anywhere. Find that odd part you've been seeking out for your collection, then touch, smell, even taste it if you like, before haggling out a deal. There is simply no better place to buy and sell vintage computers than at the VCF Marketplace. Vendor booths are still available. For more information on selling at VCF East 2.0, please visit: http://www.vintage.org/2004/east/vendor.php Complete information about VCF East 2.0, including the speaker schedule and exhibit roster, as well as lodging information and driving directions, can be found on the VCF East 2.0 web pages: http://www.vintage.org/2004/east/ Vintage Computer Festival Europa 5.0 Wrap-Up -------------------------------------------- VCF Europa 5.0 was a smashing success! We had over 300 attendees and close to 40 exhibitors. Hans Franke served up another fine glass of VCF, German style. We'd hoped to have a photo gallery of VCF Europa ready by the time of this publishing but the last two months have been rather hectic for us here at VCF central. Read on below to find out why. In the meantime, the dates for VCF Europa 6.0 has already been set: April 30 through May 1, 2005. And of course, the location will be Muenchen (Munich), Germany, though the venue may change from its traditional location to a larger facility. We've added another European event to the VCF line-up: VCF Italia 1.0 will be inaugurated this September 4-5. More information will be posted shortly to the VCF website. We'll post our VCF Europa 5.0 photo gallery by the end of July, so stay tuned for that. VCF Creates PDP-1 Replica for National Science Museum of Japan -------------------------------------------------------------- The reason we've been so busy of late is because Sellam Ismail, the main guy behind the VCF, has been busy finishing up a replica of a PDP-1 that was commissioned for the National Science Museum of Japan. The NSM needed a PDP-1 for an upcoming exhibit they are unveiling on Saturday, July 16. They contacted the Computer History Museum, but they had none to loan out, so they were forwarded to the VCF since we have experience building quality replicas of vintage computers. The NSM wanted a functional replica, and so the VCF delivered. We fabricated a near exact replica of a PDP-1 CPU cabinet and CRT desk console. It features a functional front panel and a working CRT playing Spacewar! http://www.vintage.org/gallery.php?grouptag=PDP1REPLICA On the inside we have a PC running Linux with Bob Supnik's PDP-1 SIMH simulator providing the machine emulation and Phil Budne's graphics display extensions to allow for Spacewar! to play. The front panel is implemented with a custom-designed front panel controller (FPC) designed by Andre' LaMothe of Nurve Networks[1]. The FPC has 128 outputs (lights) and 64 inputs (switches) and connects to the PC's parallel port. Code was added to SIMH which sends the internal PDP-1 CPU machine registers (address bus, program counter, accumulator, etc.) to the FPC, which then populates the appropriate lamps on the front panel. The switch values are read by additional code which then populates internal data structures within SIMH to allow for user input from the front panel switches. The replica PDP-1 was crated and sent off to Tokyo on Friday, July 2. It'll go on display for three months beginning on July 16 at the National Science Museum in Tokyo. The website of the National Science Museum of Japan is here: http://www.kahaku.go.jp/english/ Want your own PDP-1 replica? The VCF will be making available for sale the Front Panel Controller and PDP-1 front panels. Heck, we'll even make you a complete replica. Please send inquiries to Sellam Ismail <sellam(a)vintage.org>. Latest Additions to the VCF Archives ------------------------------------ This edition of the Latest Additions has a moral at the end, so pay attention. A couple weeks ago I was searching around in thrift stores in my local area for some classic Atari joysticks for a friend's project[1]. At one store I happened upon a nondescript electronic desk calculator. However, there was something subtle about it that caught my attention. I gave it a closer look: it was a Unicom 141P calculator. The label on the back indicated it was made in Japan. It was definitely a 1970s vintage. "Unicom" sounded familiar to me. I was trying to remember the name of the calculator company for which Intel initially designed the 4004 microprocessor (Busicom) but was drawing a blank. At any rate, the calculator had a $5 sticker on it, so I figured it was worth buying so I could research it later, and worst case I would have a nice 1970s desktop calculator to add to the collection. Well, imagine my surprise when I opened it up and found a 4004 inside along with all the Intel 4000 series support chips! Rick Bensene, one of the most prolific calculator collectors out there, provided me with this information: "Unicom was a company that was started up as a spinoff of IC maker American Microsystems (AMI). There's little out there about the history of the company in its early days, but it's possible that Unicom initially started out simply OEMing machines from Busicom, until they had developed their own chips. Busicom for a time had an exclusive on the 4004 as the result of their joint effort with Intel to develop a reconfigurable general purpose calculator chipset, which ended up morphing into a microprocessor. "I do know that Busicom did OEM their machines to a number of different marketers of early electronic calculators, and perhaps Unicom was one of them. Busicom's machine with the 4004 was the 141PF (they weren't shy about recycling model numbers, as the 141 was a lower-cost version of Busicom's first machine, the 162, which was indeed a discrete transistor machine). The 141PF was a printing only machine. Looking at patent information, the architecture of the design was such that it could be adapted (part of the whole idea that spurred the development of the 4004 in the first place) to use a display rather than a printer. "So, my guess (and it's just that at this point) is that the machine you have is an adaptation of the original 141PF design, done either by Busicom either on their own, or under contract to Unicom, which was sold under the Unicom brand name in North America. Later, AMI sold off the Unicom division to Rockwell, and for a while, Rockwell sold handheld calculators under this brand, then abandoned the Unicom brand and sold their machines (using their own chips) under the Rockwell brand, as well as through other OEMs." So the moral of the story is, don't judge a gift horse by its mouth :) Many 1970s era calculators have early microprocessors, so even if you don't find one with a 4004, it may end up containing an interesting microprocessor contemporaneous with the 4004, or even an interesting discrete design. But please don't go trashing old calculators just to rip the microprocessors out of them. For more great information on old calculators, visit what I consider to be the best calculator information site on the web, Rick Bensene's Old Calculator Web Museum: http://www.oldcalculatormuseum.com/ [1] Check out Andre' LaMothe's upcoming XGameStation: http://www.xgamestation.com That wraps it up for this issue of the VCF Gazette! Until next time... Best regards, Sellam Ismail Producer Vintage Computer Festival http://www.vintage.org/ The Vintage Computer Festival is a celebration of computers and their history. The VCF Gazette goes out to anyone who subscribed to the VCF mailing list, and is intended to keep those interested in the VCF informed of the latest VCF events and happenings. The VCF Gazette is guaranteed to be published in a somewhat irregular manner, though we will try to maintain a quarterly schedule. If you would like to be removed from the VCF mailing list, and therefore not receive any more issues of the VCF Gazette, visit the following web page: http://www.vintage.org/remove.php HAHA ;) -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]

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HP HEDS-3000 WAND

by Jens.Tipp＠gmx.de

Hi Tony, Some 20 years ago I have had to job with the WAND and created lot of Barcode-Stickers for the Spareparts in our company. Now I got again the Job to filter those parts (Usable-Non usable), but somehow someone must have trown away the software for the Wand. At my search in the Nert I found your remarks regarding some application for an HX-20 (long time ago, study's) Question: Do you still pocess those software and are you willing/able to share it with me? Regards from Germany Jens -- "Sie haben neue Mails!" - Die GMX Toolbar informiert Sie beim Surfen! Jetzt aktivieren unter http://www.gmx.net/info

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KA655 problem

by msokolov＠ivan.Harhan.ORG

Dan Kolb <dankolb(a)ox.compsoc.net> wrote: > I decided to power on my MicroVAX 3800, after it's been idling for a couple of > years (unfortunately due to lack of time on my part), only to find that it's > not booting properly. The LED display on the cover/patch panel sits saying 'F' > (apparently "Waiting for CDOK"); nothing else happens. Anyone got any ideas as > to what may be wrong, or if it's fixable? First of all, it's DCOK, not "CDOK". Second, the problem may not be in the CPU board, it may be the PSU. E.g., it's out of tolerance and does not assert the DCOK signal. Follow Tony's advice: check the PSU voltages and the state of the DCOK signal before randomly swapping parts (and certainly before rushing out to eBay to buy a new KA655 board). MS

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FREE: Honeywell 201 Logic Training Manual

by waltje＠pdp11.nl

Hi all, As said.. this manual ia available. Its the 1965 Field Service Training Manual for the Honeywell 201 Central Processor. Thanks, Fred

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omnibook

by denever1＠freemail.hu

Hello Joe & All, > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 10:00:01 -0400 > From: "Joe R." <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com> > Subject: HP Omnibook 430 > To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org > > I picked up one of these from a surplus store yesterday. Unfortunately > soembody removed the system card that contains the special version of > Windows and some other software from it. Does anyone have an xtra system > card or the external floppy drive for one of these? > > Joe I have one, but not an extra..:). External floppies are very rare, but you can better use CF cards to transfer files. Here you can find everything about omnibooks: http://24.237.160.4/files/omnibook/ And there is an omnibook mailing list archive somewhere...try googling on it. Long time ago there was a thread about dumping the original HP card and copying it to cf to substitute the missing original..never tryed and no more memories on this... -- Best regards, Denever mailto:denever1@freemail.hu

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I'm so stupid... Was: Head Cleaners

by Lee.Davison＠merlincommunications.com

> If I had to do such a "deliberate trip" today, I'd probably do > something like plug in an iron and a hair dryer - high-draw devices > that together exceed the breaker's trip point, but not as drastically > so as a dead short. The trouble with that is most non-electronic breakers need 100% overcurrent to trip in <15 seconds, so it would take five 1500W hair dryers to trip a 15A circuit. This makes testing 100A three phase breakers interesting. Lee. ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________

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SC03 manual

by aek＠spies.com

I can't seem to locate a manual on bitsavers, or anywhere. -- www.bitsavers.org/pdf/emulex/SC0351002-J_SC03tech_Nov84.pdf

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I'm so stupid... Was: Head Cleaners

by mtapley＠swri.edu

My favorite: (on-topic, but not computer-related) Car starter motor is really weak, finally just won't turn over. Lights dim and all when I turn the key. OK, $65 new battery. Same symptom. Sigh. Well, battery was old anyway. Must be the starter motor. $75 new starter motor, and some time under the hood. Same symptom. Drat! Now who knows what's broken? Start tracing power wiring, to see what other boxes are in between....after a few minutes of this, the positive lead from the battery *comes off in my hand*, leaving the clamp still attached to the battery post. Doh. Put cable back into its little cable-side clamp, tighten down the nuts, problem solved. The *real* "Doh" is how I managed to change out the battery and still not notice the loose cable! ---- Then there was the sticktiony hard drive I was trying to get to spin up one last time by wobbling (about the spin axis) as it tried to start up, and grabbed by some part that was live. Got maybe a 12V shock on my finger, fried some part of the drive and that was the end of that data. ---- Can I count grounding one of the print-head lines on an inkjet printer with a multi-meter probe and blowing the fuse on the power brick, or is that just SOP? Hate it when I do that. -- - Mark 210-522-6025, page 888-733-0967

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SC03 manual

by aek＠spies.com

I did download the pdf before , but upon reading it, I noticed that the manual was for the unibus version. -- You downloaded the wrong manual I double-checked, and SC0351002-J_SC03tech_Nov84.pdf is the Qbus version.

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FREE: IBM software/manuals (S/36)

by waltje＠pdp11.nl

Hi All, Available are three binders with PC Support/36 User Guide PC Support/36 Technical Reference PC Support/36 Organizer and some manuals for the 3197 model D terminal. Thanks, Fred

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Honeywell manuals?

by waltje＠pdp11.nl

Hi all, In the pile of stuff-to-sort, I found some Honeywell manuals. Is anyone on here interested? Cheers, Fred -- Fred N. van Kempen, DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) Collector/Archivist Visit the VAXlab Project at http://VAXlab.pdp11.nl/ Visit the Archives at http://www.pdp11.nl/ Email: waltje(a)pdp11.nl BUSSUM, THE NETHERLANDS / Mountain View, CA, USA

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terminal servers and hubs available (UK)

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

Over the next ten days or so, I'll be dumping several bits of old network equipment in the skip at work, and thought I'd see if anyone here might want any of it. Before you get too excited, some of it "needs attention", ie is faulty :-) Firstly, there's a pile (20 or so) of Emulex Performance 4000 32-port terminal servers. Not sure exactly which model, but I know that all the ones I have boot over the network (we used DECnet but BOOTP/TFTP should work just as well if set it up properly). You can get firmware and other stuff from Emulex's FTP site (I just checked). Each has 32 MMJ serial ports, a 10base2 BNC, 10base5 AUI, and possibly a parallel printer port. I can provide a bundle of short MMJ-to-RJ45 cables for each, if required. Unfortunately almost all are "dead". The common fault is a blown power supply -- they used to die regularly -- and probably not hard to fix if you have relevant experience/knowledge. The power supply is a 3-rail 60W circuit board, not unlike an industry-standard 3" x 5" unit, but slightly larger, so you might be able to persuade a standard unit to fit (spec is 5V @ 6A, +12V @ 1.5A, -12V @ 1.0A). The other pile I'm chucking contains a quantity of 10baseT 3Com FMS II hubs, some with management units, some without. Most are 24-port but some are 12-port. There should also be some 3Com PS II 40 hubs, all of which have on-board management, and all of which are 24-port. All are 19"-rack-mountable, and have a serial port (except the ones without management). The FMS units can accept one transceiver module in the back; the PS II 40s can accept two, and we have some spare modules (not sure what, but probably a few 10base5 AUI ports, one or two 10base2 with BNC connector, and some FOTs (10baseFX Fibre Optic Transceivers with ST connectors). The older ones aren't very exciting as hubs but are a useful source of Astec 40W (no, not 60W) 3-rail 3"x5" PSUs. Lastly, I have an HP LaserJet 5M printer with optional 500-sheet Tray 3 and a 10base2/10baseT/Appletalk network interface, in good condition. This is the only item I want a monetary contribution for: make me a (small) offer. These are PICK UP ONLY -- I haven't time or resource to ship things -- and must go within 10 days. They're "free to a good home" but without any manuals (unless you're extremely lucky) and with absolutely no warranty or even guarantee of electrical safety. If you want some of this stuff, please contact me off-list. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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I'm so stupid... Was: Head Cleaners

by Lee.Davison＠merlincommunications.com

This last weekend just gone I helped a mate sort out the dashboard wiring in his 'new' ?400 Fiat. This wiring was mostly a mess of short lengths of twisted together cable and melted adhesive insulting tape due to many home modifications in its life. I did ask him to get a service manual that included a circuit diagram but on the day we were still without and, after the usual disclaimers about working without docs, I went about fixing what was there. Not only did I fix the wiring, the dashboard lighting and the clock I installed a CD player (into the hole where most of the wires had been hanging from) and a cigarette lighter socket so he could use his in car charger for his phone. All went well, the dash was re-assembled, the CD player worked, the phone charged and all the lights lit. Then my mate got out his cigarettes and pressed the lighter home.... Eventually we realised the noise we could just hear over the somewhat loud Metallica Black album was the rear screen wiper swishing back and forth across a dry screen. Lee. ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________

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I'm so stupid... Was: Head Cleaners

by Lee.Davison＠merlincommunications.com

>> You did this with high voltage? Shorting out 480VAC by hand with a small >> cable is a good way to shit your pants at the very least. > No, only 230VAC. Someone here - not me - closed an earthing VCB on to the live 11KV board. That made sure the power was off as it tripped the bus section and both the remote and local incomer breakers. Lee. ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________

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cable lacing...

by Lee.Davison＠merlincommunications.com

> There was some discussion not too long ago about cable lacing > and I recently found a site some of you might be interested in: > http://www.dairiki.org/hammond/cable-lacing-howto/ Nice descriptions. It's good to know I've been doing it right for years even though I didn't know the terminology. The last image on the page is also how we attach silicone water pipes to the brass fittings in the transmitters. We can't use metal clamps as they get too hot from the RF and melt the external pipe braid. It's also the way potato peeler blades are, or used to be, fixed to the handles. Lee. ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________

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DOS_SOCK.LIB

by vp＠cs.drexel.edu

Hi, I think this is covered by the 10 year rule, since it concerns pre-windows stuff. I am looking for the DOS_SOCK.LIB file. Its a library for developing programs with sockets, for DOS. I found the following ref in the Microsoft site: > MS-DOS TCP/IP for Lanman 2.2c and Microsoft Network Clients 3.0 > support DOS Socket application and WinSock 1.1 application. Sockets.exe > in MS-DOS TCP/IP is a terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR) program; > it allows MS-DOS socket applications to run if they've been written > with the Microsoft TCP/IP Sockets Development Kit Version 1.0, using > the DOS Socket Library (DOS_SOCK.LIB) available in the Development > Kit. I can't find the "Microsoft TCP/IP Sockets Development Kit Version 1.0" on the Microsoft web site, so I am wondering whether somebody may have a copy left over. **vp

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Emulex SC031 Qbus smd controller

by tponsford＠theriver.com

Hi All, Apart from the motorola x86 qbus system, I also picked up a 11/73 in a BA11-SA chassis. Apart from having a noisy fan, it starts to the ODT. On looking at the cards, I noticed it had an emulex controller. I assumed it woulf be for a mfm disk, But on closer inspection, it appears to be a SC0310201-BX, Which and is for SMD disks.(emulates RH11,RM02,RM03,RM05, and RP06. The pdp didn't come with any disks, and I'll probably stick an esdi or RD disk in it, should I not find a suitable disk :-( Assuming I can hunt up a disk, I can't seem to locate a manual on bitsavers, or anywhere. The only manuals I located were for unibus controllers Anybody out there have a manual they could photocopy/sell., etc Cheers Tom -- --- Please do not read this sig. If you have read this far, please unread back to the beginning.

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[humor] Check this out...

by zmerch＠30below.com

And you thought that HP never made wristwatches... ... let alone highly accurate ones! ;-) http://www.leapsecond.com/pages/atomic-bill/ Laterz, Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers zmerch(a)30below.com What do you do when Life gives you lemons, and you don't *like* lemonade?????????????

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"Howdy" from another Timex guy

by bkvines＠mac.com

Robert, I ran across a message of yours from late February of last year regarding an A&J MicroDrive. Did you ever find any useful information about it? I don't have one, but I've just started looking. I pulled my TS 2068 out of the attic last weekend and have been sort of rediscovering it. Anyhow, it's good to see that people are still using these old things. :) I've had my 2068 since I was about 16. Thanks... Bryan Vines bkvines(a)mac.com

22 years, 1 month

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I'm so stupid... Was: Head Cleaners

by RMaxwell＠atlantissi.com

On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 00:45:56 +2500 (BST)(!) Tony Duell wrote: > Actaully I'm more likely to suggest yoy resolder that darn > dry joint, and > go over others in the area. Preferably before soemthing in the sense > circuit goes open and the output jumps to 15V or whatever! > > -tony > Bad solder joints in power supplies bring back memories... cooked ones... My Superboard 2 (to be exhibited at VCF East) came without a power supply, so this intrepid owner got to build his own. Any bad solder joints are the responsibility of exactly one party... I kludged a STD-Bus 32K CMOS RAM card (using 16 of 6116 2kx8 parts) onto the Superboard, and used a free set of 4 size-F NiCad cells as a battery backup. Size F is used to make the 6-volt lantern batteries, by the way, so the current capacity of my backup was calculated to keep the board running without power for roughly 7 years, disregarding internal battery leakage. 7 Amp-hour NiCads can also start a fire in milliseconds: with that in mind, I placed a service switch in series with the battery so I could take it out of circuit if I had to fix something. Clever, right? One day (about 1985) the power supply became intermittent and I had to dive in to the Superboard's case to identify the problem and correct it. Awake and alert at the time, I pulled the AC plug, then switched off the battery. Disassembling the machine, finding the solder joint and reassembling took me longer than expected, so it was around midnight when I was ready to power everything back up. Here's where circuit details caught me: my main charge circuit for the NiCads was limited to about 5.1 volts - perfect for a 5-volt RAM card. However, NiCads should have a "trickle" charge of 0.1-1% of capacity to keep them healthy: for a 7Ah battery, that's 7mA (drawn from a 12-volt supply via a resistor). This is important, since the RAM card, idle, draws 0.1mA. Without the battery to absorb the trickle current, the RAM voltage goes (way) out of spec. (Fortunately, the Superboard had a completely independent regulator...) I plug in power, then realize with horror that the battery's out of circuit and the trickle charge is feeding 12 volts to the RAM. Yank cord. Check everything out to see what damage was done - couldn't find anything seriously hurt. Whew. About 2AM, I plug the cord in again - Moron! The battery's STILL off! This time I found 2 RAM chips shorted (and snipped the trickle charge resistor out of circuit). It took me another week to find the last victim, a 74HC245 bus buffer with its ground bond wire blown internally - no physical evidence - and CMOS protection diodes on its I/O pins kept the chip working as long as it had enough logic-0 inputs to work the logic-0 outputs. When the Superboard READ 0FFh from the RAM board, the '245 starved and I got errors... In hindsight, there were so many ways to prevent that... Bob Maxwell

22 years, 1 month

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KA655 problem

by dankolb＠ox.compsoc.net

Hi all, I decided to power on my MicroVAX 3800, after it's been idling for a couple of years (unfortunately due to lack of time on my part), only to find that it's not booting properly. The LED display on the cover/patch panel sits saying 'F' (apparently "Waiting for CDOK"); nothing else happens. Anyone got any ideas as to what may be wrong, or if it's fixable? If not, there's a KA655 on eBay for 20EUR (currently), or 39EUR BIN - is this a reasonable price? Dan -- He who sneezes without a handkerchief takes matters into his own hands.

22 years, 1 month

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HP-85 stuff

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

I'm looking for the EMS rom for the HP-85A. Or better yet, has any progress been made in the project to clone the HP programmable rom module? Jay West --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]

22 years, 1 month

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VCF East preparations are afoot...

by vcf＠siconic.com

Ok, I'm finally catching up with VCF East planning. Sorry for all the delays. The dates for VCF East are July 16-17 (FRIDAY and Saturday). The location is Burlington, Massachusetts, at Sun Microsystems' corporate campus. Sun is sponsoring the event. Those who have already submitted exhibit entries have just been replied to (Tom Uban: you probably won't get my e-mail due to spam blocks but rest assured you're in there). Current exhibitors can be seen on the VCF East 2.0 exhibits page: http://www.vintage.org/2004/east/exhibit.php We've got ten exhibitors so far (2 pending approval) which is a good start, but I'd like to see more. So if you're planning to exhibit at VCF East, now's the time to register. I'm also putting together the speaker roster. If you have someone you'd like to suggest as a speaker, or you'd like to give a talk yourself, please e-mail me. Things will start moving fast from this point forward. The next VCF Gazette will be coming out soon with more information. Hope to see you all at VCF East 2.0! -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]

22 years, 1 month

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Unknown S100 card...

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

Hi Marvin & Jules Yep, that is the polymorphic CPU card. The CPU is a 8080 and the 4 sockets above the CPU are for 2111's. The three sockets take 2708's. It is missing things like bus buffers. Marvin or I can get you a schematic. If you get one of the vidio cards and a parallel keyboard, you can actually do a small amount ( with the 4 2111's as RAM ). The two socket at the upper right go to a serial buffer card and a cassette interface card. I do have the schematic for these as well but the cassette has a couple of chips that may be a real bear to find. I also have the ROM monitor code and TINY BASIC that will run on this card. Dwight >From: "Marvin Johnston" <marvin(a)rain.org> > > >I *think* this is a Polymorphic CPU card, but I can't get to any of the >cards right now to make sure. IIRC, IPC was the company name that was >associated with Polymorphic Systems, and that name appears on most, if >not all, of their S-100 cards. In checking some of the Polymorphic >engineering drawings, I.P.C. showed up the one PC Board layout I found. > >Jules Richardson wrote: >> >> On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 20:16, Jules Richardson wrote: >> > Random S100 board in the pile. Says "(c)1976 I.P.C" on the underside, >> > but there's nothing else by way of identification. >> >> I've put a small photo up at: >> http://www.moosenet.demon.co.uk/temp/comps/s100/unknown_s100_sm.jpg >> >> any ideas? >> >> cheers, >> >> Jules >

22 years, 1 month

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DEC 11/45 switches needed

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

In the not too distant future I should be starting my 11/45 restoration project. In anticipation of that.... My 11/45 front panel has a number of switches that dont work. The normal failure mode of the switch covers breaking is not the case here. My problem is the actual switches on the PCA under the switch covers. They have disintegrated the way I've seen C&K switches do before. I went looking for C&K switches a long while back for an unrelated project and had trouble finding them. I could just locate a whole new front panel, but those get a huge premium on ebay. I'd just rather find the switches and solder new ones in place. Does anyone know exactly what switch the 45 uses, and where a source for them might be? Thanks in advance, Jay West --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]

22 years, 1 month

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SANG A2000 prototype card

by Lee.Davison＠merlincommunications.com

> Next question is, does anyone want it for any homebrew projects? If it's not already taken, yes please. Lee. ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________

22 years, 1 month

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Unknown S100 card...

by julesrichardsonuk＠yahoo.co.uk

Random S100 board in the pile. Says "(c)1976 I.P.C" on the underside, but there's nothing else by way of identification. No obvious function for the card, but there's a few empty sockets on the board though: 1 x 40 pins (CPU?) 4 x 18 pins (memory?) 3 x 24 pins (ROM?) Any ideas? ta, Jules

22 years, 1 month

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HP Omnibook 430

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

I picked up one of these from a surplus store yesterday. Unfortunately soembody removed the system card that contains the special version of Windows and some other software from it. Does anyone have an xtra system card or the external floppy drive for one of these? Joe

22 years, 1 month

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Unknown S100 card...

by melamy＠earthlink.net

looks to be a single board computer that a company did for some type S100 based controller. A CPU, some ram, some rom, I/O and 16 pin dips connectors to send the I/O for testing. The 40 pin chip is probably an 8080 (could be a Z80). My best guess anyway brcause I don't recognize the IPC ID. best regards, Steve Thatcher

22 years, 1 month

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Commodore MPS-801 printer (Cambridge again :)

by julesrichardsonuk＠yahoo.co.uk

I didn't pick this one up yesterday as I didn't know what chance I stood of being able to find a home for it. However, I'll be going back to the site next week I think to rescue some of the software that was there, and chances are good the printer will still be there. If someone wants it and can pick it up from me I'll make sure I grab it. cheers, Jules

22 years, 1 month

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SWTPC board

by julesrichardsonuk＠yahoo.co.uk

I'm starting to make progress in going through the carload of stuff I rescued earlier. For starters: One of the things I found in the heap was a SWTPC CPU board. I know nothing about them, but it looked interesting enough to be worth saving >from an unknown fate. However, the board's different to the one at: http://www.computercloset.org/SWTPC6800.htm This one has 5 larger IC sockets along the top edge, the leftmost of which is populated. there are two 7805 regulators toward the centre of the board at the bottom. Bus is 50 pins, just like the card in the above photo - SW-50 I guess. There was no sign of a case for the board, backplane, or any other cards though. Anyone know what the different board variations are? This one says "MP-A2" in the top right corner along with a copyright symbol. Build date looks to be mid-to-late 1977. On the back, written in pencil, is "MRC original board" (which probably doesn't mean anything to anyone!) cheers Jules

22 years, 1 month

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Speaking of Amigas...

by nerdware＠ctgonline.org

I was just given an A1000 with keyboard, mouse, and the external floppy (the external floppy seems to have "issues". This is my second A1000, but the first one is dead and was used for my public displays to show the signatures on the inside of the case. I haven't had time to plug it in and see if it boots, but I do know I'll be needing a Kickstart disk. I have the version of Workbench that came with my A500 (1.2, I think?) -- will that boot the 1000? Nice little bonus -- it also came with the genlock slab, so I'll eventually try to play with that. Also, anyone have a copy of the bouncing ball demo I can have? I've never had that, and always wanted a copy, especially since I interviewed RJ Mical several years back and talked to him about it (he's the one who wrote it.) While I'm in the process of purging most of my collection (those of you who have emailed me -- I haven't forgotten you. Life just got nutty for a while and I got behind on a lot of projects.) I'm keeping my 128K Mac and all my Amigas (2 - 500's, A1000, and an A2000). Thanks. Paul Braun Cygnus Productions nerdware(a)ctgonline.org "Enjoy every sandwich." -- Warren Zevon "At Microsoft, Quality is Job, oh, I dunno, maybe 7 or 8?"

22 years, 1 month

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GIGI emulator?

by dickset＠amanda.spole.gov

I'm playing with KLH-10 right now, and would like to run some GIGI-aware apps that are in the tops20:<games> dir. Does anyone have any recommendations for a GIGI-emulator app under Linux? -ethan -- Ethan Dicks, A-130-S Current South Pole Weather at 02-Jul-2004 03:50 Z South Pole Station PSC 468 Box 400 Temp -95.5 F (-70.9 C) Windchill -135.3 F (-93 C) APO AP 96598 Wind 9.1 kts Grid 084 Barometer 672 mb (10929. ft) Ethan.Dicks(a)amanda.spole.gov http://penguincentral.com/penguincentral.html

22 years, 1 month

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Datasheet needed, 5204 EPROM

by Watzman＠neo.rr.com

I need a datasheet for a 5204 EPROM (I'll settle for a pinout if no one has a complete data sheet). This is 512 bytes x 8, it's essentially half of a 2708. Now for a big question, does anyone know if it can be programmed in a Cromemco Bytesaver II ??? The Bytesaver II board was for 2708's; the early documentation for the original Bytesaver (not the "II") suggested that the original Bytesaver could program 2704's also (same size as a 5204), but never went into a discussion of how to do it (the sockets assume 1k 2708's), and those references are dropped from the Bytesaver II manual. Thanks.

22 years, 1 month

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HP I/O Extender available

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

HP 12979B I/O extender - If anyone wants one let me know. Jay

22 years, 1 month

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HP analyzer probes

by sloboyko＠yahoo.com

philpem(a)dsl.pipex.com stated: >Drat. Apparently the cabling for the data lines is >nichrome. Whether >that's >for mechanical, reliability or electrical reasons I >have no idea. >Later. The only reason I can think of for nichrome is that there would be a uniform resistance in the wire (likely) or (unlikely) nichrome is a poor (for a metal) conductor of heat. My Tek 1230 is definitely plain old IDC, and that model is worth up to and including nothing without the probes. Probes are $400+ (without the grabbers!). I have 3 and have turned down an offer for $300 for one of them. I spoke with a surplus test equipment supplier and he told me that these are almost always lost when they go up for auction, especially military. Off lease, they just bill the customer and dump them surplus anyway. I actually looked into building a probe - no schematics, no info from TEK, custom and proprietary IC's, and I suspect absolute analog comparator voodoo designed for clean and fast risetimes. Bottom line: you need to get your dough back. Accept no less. ===== -Steve Loboyko Incredible wisdom actually found in a commerical fortune cookie: "When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day." Website: http://juliepalooza.8m.com/sl __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

22 years, 1 month

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SANG A2000 prototype card

by julesrichardsonuk＠yahoo.co.uk

Next oddball find: A board (about the size of a full-length ISA card) labelled as: "A2000 Prototype Card V1.1", "Interface Megavision / Megalink", "c+p 1988 by SANG Computersysteme GmbH" Bus is 100 pins (50 each side of the board). There's a handful of buffer and PAL chips right by the bus connector, but otherwise it's a blank prototype card. There's a ten pin IDC board-mounted socket in the bottom-right corner. Any ideas what / where / why / when? :-) cheers, Jules

22 years, 1 month

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Datasheet needed, 5204 EPROM

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

>From: "Barry Watzman" <Watzman(a)neo.rr.com> > >I need a datasheet for a 5204 EPROM (I'll settle for a pinout if no one has >a complete data sheet). > >This is 512 bytes x 8, it's essentially half of a 2708. > >Now for a big question, does anyone know if it can be programmed in a >Cromemco Bytesaver II ??? The Bytesaver II board was for 2708's; the early >documentation for the original Bytesaver (not the "II") suggested that the >original Bytesaver could program 2704's also (same size as a 5204), but >never went into a discussion of how to do it (the sockets assume 1k 2708's), >and those references are dropped from the Bytesaver II manual. > >Thanks. Hi I'm not at all sure about programming the 5204 or if it even is pin compatible with the 2708. The 2704 is program and pin compatible with the 2708. You just program 1/2 the address space. The algorithm is the same for both the 2708 and the 2704, otherwise. Dwight

22 years, 1 month

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vaxstation 3100 memory?

by brad＠heeltoe.com

vaxstation newbie question: How hard is it to find vaxstation 3100 memory? I'm finding the 4mb on-board memory is a little, eh - small - for my needs. Seems like there are 4 "tower headers" on the motherboard which will allow me to add some more... Is that memory hard to find? Anyone have any lying around? -brad

22 years, 1 month

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Buying in the States was Re: HP analyzer probes( Actually shipping overseas)

by mmcfadden＠cmh.edu

About 10 years ago I attempted to ship some donated medical equipment >from Kansas City to China for one of our visiting Chinese doctors. There were brand new but expired medical supplies, needles and catheters, no chemicals. I used a very sturdy computer monitor box and packed the entire box full. There was no extra packing just the packaging the supplies were enclosed in. Well taped and sent express mail. First attempt hit US customs in California and was returned because I shouldn't ship "medical waste" via mail. I made the mistake of declaring the stuff to be medical scrap, since we were going to trash it. I then declared the items to be sterile, stainless steel and plastic, unused and resent them. They returned in about a week because I hadn't declared an itemized list of all items enclosed. I then opened the box and counted every one of the sterile needles, syringes, catheters and made a total list which was attached to the paperwork. There were over 1,000 items in the box. I still left the value at $0. The box came back again from California since who would pay over $100 shipping on worthless items. I was mad then. I called up UPS and sent it airfreight express and it went through without a hitch. The doctor on the other end ended up paying over $200 in duty since there were so many items and they must each be worth a least $1. I think the transport brokers have a lock on the "inside track" which makes shipping easier. I was also going to send a complete set of medical journals but I was tired of the hassle. Mike

22 years, 1 month

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HP LaserJet IIP parts

by paulrsm＠buckeye-express.com

I am about to toss a couple of non-working HP LaserJet IIP printers. Does anyone need IIP parts like the paper tray, fusor, memory card, etc? -- Paul Monroe, Michigan USA

22 years, 1 month

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Intriguing stuff on eBay

by Watzman＠neo.rr.com

The manual for the OP-80 paper tape reader is available for download on the internet at no cost, and has been for some time (years), from multiple sources. It's on Howard's site, however, which may be the quickest and easiest way to get it. These are surprisingly valuable, on a few occasions they have gone for over $100 on E-Bay, although $40-$70 is probably more common (that's for the reader itself, of course, not simply the manual).

22 years, 1 month

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DEC Rainbow 100 manuals?

by squidster＠techie.com

Hello list, Anybody has the manuals (tif/pdf) or software (RX50 images) for the DEC Rainbow 100? Al(a)bitsavers.org doesn't seem to have anything on the Rainbow... Thanks. /wai-sun -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm

22 years, 1 month

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I'm on my way to VCF/East!

by zmerch＠30below.com

Well, I guess I'm committed! [[ Or... I should be committed! ;-) ]] I just made the reservations for Boston - I'll be there from Thursday the 15th thru Monday morning, so I plan on taking a long weekend to do some sightseeing... ... I reserved at the Mariott, and the $69/nite "pay in advance" rate is for anytime - that's not the VCF Special Rate, so if you're like me & want to make it a longer weekend, I'd recommend taking advantage of that rate. The wife wants to spend a day in Salem, and I wanna tour the Sam Adams brewery... hehehe ;-) Just thought I'd give y'all the newz... Laterz, Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- Roger "Merch" Merchberger | JC: "Like those people in Celeronville!" sysadmin, Iceberg Computers | Me: "Don't you mean Silicon Valley???" zmerch(a)30below.com | JC: "Yea, that's the place!" | JC == Jeremy Christian

22 years, 1 month

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CXA16 cable pinout?

by pat＠computer-refuge.org

So, I'm acquiring some DECserver 550's, and as I'd actually like to use them as terminal/console servers, I need the pinout for the harmonica block that would normally go on the end of the cable for these. I don't seem to be able to find any documentation on pinout for them using Google. Any help is appreciated. :) Pat -- Purdue University ITAP/RCS --- http://www.itap.purdue.edu/rcs/ The Computer Refuge --- http://computer-refuge.org

22 years, 1 month

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