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

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

Went to an auction today and picked up a 1989 Sega Golden Axe arcade machine that seems to work (not fully tested yet). Looks like it's Version 1 of the game. There is some screen burn-in but it only cost $2.50 to win the bid so I can live with it. It took 8 guys lifting it to help me load it into my van and only two of us to unload it home. Anyone know the dip setting for free play on the machine? Thanks

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MicroVax II, KZQSA, RZ74

by fire＠dls.net

I have read all the posts very carefully over the last few days. Because Vaxen are not my specialty I have to rely on other people's expertise in purchasing hardware. There seemed to be some debate as to whether the KZQSA can be used or not for hard drives. Has anyone else reading this list managed to conclude whether this will work or not? Will it fit in a BA23 cabnet? Will an RZ74 work with the MicroVax II if the board fits and is suitably configured? Thank you for a very interesting read about older DEC equipment. Bradley Slavik

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HP300's

by CaptnZilog＠aol.com

I have two HP400t's, a 425t, and a 425e, plusone 19" HP RGB monitor, free to anyone in easy delivery area of CT (NY/NJ/MA/RI, maybe farther). A bit heavy to ship, especially the monitor, but I might be willing to if needed. Cleaning house,just looking to get rid of them. Pete

22 years, 7 months

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HP JetDirect Token Ring adapters available

by vcf＠siconic.com

Along with a plethora of PCI, ISA (and 1 EISA) token ring adapters, I have three HP JetDirect token ring adapters (HP part# J2555-60003). If there's any interest, let me know soon before they go off to the great electronic recycler in the sky. -- 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, 7 months

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I need a cable

by john＠kristelli.com

I need a cable for the 1541 floppy drive. Can you help? John

22 years, 7 months

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OT: Network Solutions Threatens Your Privacy

by patrick＠evocative.com

I'm a little steamed. I just received an email from Network Solutions offering me a valuable new service: protection of my domain registration information from spammers. For the cost of just $5, my WHOIS contact information will be hidden so it can't be scraped by spammers and doesn't appear in the lists and exports they routinely create from the whois databases. A couple things about this really piss me off. First, NSI doesn't say explicitly, but it obvious during "checkout" on their site, that the cost is $5.00 PER DOMAIN. If you are, for example, like me, a designated technical contact for hundreds of domains that my customers register (often without my knowledge, even), then the annual cost of preserving my privacy is staggering. Second, NSI claims on the "product" information for this "service" that "ICANN requires this personal information to be available for anybody to view on the web." If that is the case, then how is even possible for them to charge me to not make my personal information public. This "service" seems like a gross abuse of the collected data and a complete breach of any ethics with respect to the handling of personal information associated with a domain registration. Am I being unreasonable about this? Patrick

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WTB: Data I/O System 19 Programmer

by cole_94028＠yahoo.com

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22 years, 7 months

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OT: Network Solutions Threatens Your Privacy

by mike＠shawnuff.net

On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 13:14:39 -0800 Patrick Rigney <patrick(a)evocative.com> wrote: >I'm a little steamed. I just received an email from Network Solutions >offering me a valuable new service: protection of my domain registration At first it sounds like they're asking for protection money or something, but think about this for a second. Your contact information must be available so that people know how to get in touch with you in the event of problems (I think there may even be an RFC on this). However, this same availability makes you a target for solicitation of great new offers. So in addition to all the anti-harvesting-crawler stuff (the OCR resistent gifs with one time access codes, etc), Registrars are offering a 'proxy' service where your information is not listed...rather the domain is managed by an abstracted management service that hides your real info and gives you an anonymous identity for things related to the domain. (I don't know if this is the way Netsol is doing it, but that's the way at least 2 others are doing it). As such, I can understand them charging for this since it is actually a service and not just "we'll cover up your info if you pay us". Now having said that, network solutions stinks...even though all the registrars seem to be getting better overall with all the competition. -Mike

22 years, 7 months

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need some info on some sort of pocket terminal

by ebay＠neil.us

Found some information on this (I think). I have about a dozen of these and have been wondering about them. Check out the following link from the US Patent and Trademark office: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1 &u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=4775928.WKU.&OS=PN/4775928&RS=PN/47 75928 Neil

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KZQSA and disks, was Re: MicroVax II question

by classiccmp＠crash.com

Jochen Kunz wrote: . > Unfortunately this SCSI adapter is worthless. AFAIK the KZQSA does _not_ > support MSCP / TMSCP. It was intended as a "tape only adapter" for VAX > 4000 systems. I'm virtually certain I've used a KZQSA in a VAX 4000 model 500 to attach an CD drive to the system and install OpenVMS 6 or 7. This may be completely compatible with what Jochen wrote, I've been up all night and the higher functions are going fast... Didn't actually try a hard drive as there were sufficient DSSI drives in the system box, but I could try that out sometime this week I suppose. --Steve.

22 years, 7 months

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FS: 2400 baud modems

by aw288＠osfn.org

OK, for those that were not turned away by the subject line... I have a small quantity of Western Electric 205B1 2400 baud modems available. These were designed in 1961 for use mainly on encrypted voice circuits, and were state of the art for at least a few years. They are 8U open rack (23 inch) chassis with a bunch of cards with typical "alien" looking WE transistors and discrete parts. My phone geek friend says they probably are not RS-232, so don't get any ideas. These specific units belonged to NASA, and were installed at Goddard Space Flight Center. I am not sure if they work - I am waiting for my phone geek friend to play with his. Maybe I should send him two... Any interest? Make offers. William Donzelli aw288(a)osfn.org

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Fw: Old PDP11 stuff available

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

Please contact the owner directly. Enjoy! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenneth A. Jesser" <kjesser(a)optonline.net> To: <jwest(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 2:06 PM Subject: Old PDP11 stuff available > I have a number of LSI11 boards (1102's, i1123's memory boards, etc), > backplanes, cases (DEC and 3rd party), RX02 (I think that's the number - > dual 8" floppy drive), VT100 and a 4 ft tall stack of filled floppy > cases (RT11 & RSX11 stuff). > > It's all available to the first person who wants it. I live on Long > Island, NY (Plainview, NY) and can make the equipment available for > pick-up most evenings and weekends. > > I've owned most of the above for over 20 years and would like to see it > get a good home. > > Thank you, > > Kenneth A. Jesser > > > >

22 years, 7 months

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Used SCSI enclosures available

by vcf＠siconic.com

In light of recent requests, I gathered up the SCSI enclosures that I have laying around. Here's what I have off-hand: (3) Plastic enclosures with CN50 connectors (2) have 540MB drives (1) has a 6x read/2x write CD-RW drive (2) Metal enclosures with CN50 connectors (1) has a CD-ROM drive (1) has a 44MB SyQuest removeable carthridge drive (1) Metal enclosure with HD68 connector - contains a Seagate Barracuda ST34371W hard drive (2) Plastic enclosures with HD50 connectors - each contain an NEC MultiSpin 3X CD-ROM drive Please refer to this site for the connector types: http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/scsi_connecters.html I would want $5 for each enclosure. If you want the drive inside, add an additional $5. Otherwise I'll remove the drive to make it lighter for shipping. Shipping additional. PayPal makes the most sense. Let me know if there's any interest, of if there is a specific connector type you're looking for and I'll watch out for it. I also have a bunch of SCSI cables available. They're used, but I'll test them and sell them for far less than their typical going price. Inquire. -- 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, 7 months

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Apple Corvus Constellation III v3 info?

by maya2blue＠juno.com

Greetings... I have a dozen Apple IIe's "Appletalked" onto a Corvus hard drive.(Corvus Omnidrive SN 398-GM0230-P Rev C --- Mod 74 MB7 - Omninet) but do not have any documentation at all for the Corvus... HD Software is Constellation III V3. No documentation for that either! Right now, everything works just fine. The HD is loaded with mostly MECC educ software. I have a filing cabinet of Apple software and would like to add some of it to the HD.. I would like to dump some of the software that is presently on the Corvus. Appreciate hearing from anyone with any info about this drive or the HD software, or from anyone that might know how to manage the Corvus. Many tks any help! Harve Harve Thorn Fayetteville, AR ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

22 years, 7 months

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mike maginnis

by tom_hughes＠sbcglobal.net

Hello sir, I am a friend of Mr. Mike Maginnis and would like to re-establish contact with him. I would like any information (i.e. email address etc.) which could assist if you can provide it. My name is Tom Hughes; please feel free to confer with Michael before passing on this info if you wish. Thanks very much. Tom Hughes San Diego, CA

22 years, 7 months

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MicroVax II, KZQSA, RZ74

by fire＠dls.net

22 years, 7 months

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OT: Unix 'dump' question

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

Is there a way to get a text list of what files are on a tape that has multiple backups in the Unix 'dump' format short of restoring the tape? Zane -- -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |

22 years, 7 months

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TK50

by a.philpott＠auckland.ac.nz

Hi: I have some Vax TK50 tapes that I want to read. Do you know of anyone in NZ who can do this for me? Andy -- Professor Andy Philpott Department of Engineering Science University of Auckland Private Bag 92019 Auckland New Zealand Phone: 64 9 373 7599 Ext 88394 Fax: 64 9 373 7468 http://www.esc.auckland.ac.nz/Philpott

22 years, 7 months

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Another Year Gone By...

by vcf＠siconic.com

..and you find yourself with even less space :( It's a good time of year to resolve to save yourself from this all consuming hobby and dump all your gear on the Vintage Computer Marketplace! I swear I will before I ever have to endure one more move :) Happy New Year! PEACE ON EARTH AND GOOD WILL TO ALL GOOD PEOPLE! -- 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, 7 months

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Free Stuff list.

by KParker＠workcover.com

Where are you located +++++++++++++++++++ Kevin Parker Web Services Manager WorkCover Corporation p: 08 8233 2548 e: webmaster(a)workcover.com w: www.workcover.com +++++++++++++++++++ -----Original Message----- From: John Allain [mailto:allain@panix.com] Sent: Thursday, 8 January 2004 10:16 AM To: Classic Computers Mailing List Subject: Free Stuff list. Some free items to the list: Unless I let you know otherwise, everything is in pristine, working condition. I'll try to add a few modelnumbers in just a little while. Mac II (first of the new breed) Ikegami HiRes Mono monitor for MacII MAC Scanner MAC LaserWriter, LS I think PS/1 -two piece (the one with the PSU in the monitor) SCSI external enclosures (3) PS/2 m50 MicroVAX 3400 (goes to friends, etc.) DEC VRT16-DA monitor. Televideo terminal (a few broken keycaps) John A. ************************************************************************ 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, 7 months

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re R.Stricklin msg from Aug 3rd - Everex Cube

by phufnagel＠snet.net

Just happened to be browsing on the Everex Step Cube, 486-EISA, and saw msg from R Stricklin looking for EISA config utility. I have them if you still need them. Have to xfer them from 5-1/4 to 3.5, but I could put them up for download if you don't have them yet. Also, I have an everex cube myself here, that I'm looking to part with -- Free, but its probalby too big and heavy to ship, but anyone in the CT area that wants it... hey, its a really cool looking machine. Also have an AMI EISA motherboard, AT-factor of course, and a bunch of adaptec 2742 eisa scsi controllers (and maybe some ethernet cards) if anyone is interested. Pete

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E11 files question

by msokolov＠ivan.Harhan.ORG

Fred N. van Kempen <waltje(a)pdp11.nl> wrote: > Visit the Archives at http://www.pdp11.nl/ Still gives a dummy page saying "This site is not yet configured, please try again later." It worked before. Would you pleeeese put that site back online? Does anyone have a mirror of what that site used to be? There used to be sooo much useful documentation there! MS

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OT: Unix 'dump' question

by msokolov＠ivan.Harhan.ORG

Zane H. Healy <healyzh(a)aracnet.com> wrote: > Is there a way to get a text list of what files are on a tape that has > multiple backups in the Unix 'dump' format short of restoring the tape? restore has a t keyletter just like tar does. MS

22 years, 7 months

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Citizen HQP-40 24-pin dot matrix printer - FTGH

by shirker＠mooli.org.uk

Hi all, I have the above printer - it seems to have 'issues' as the "paper out" LED is always halfway lit and it will never come on-line. I've tried it with parallel and serial, no luck with either, it just doesn't want to know. It has tractor feed (80 columns). Strangely, the self-test does work OK, and the print seems to be fine quality. If this is of any use to anyone, you can have it for the cost of shipping (or come and collect). Item is located in West Yorkshire, UK. After two weeks, it goes in the bin - I haven't the space to keep it any longer. Regards, Ed.

22 years, 7 months

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slt 286

by cameojcm＠telenet.net

Hi, I am restoring for principle use, ( packet) a compaq slt/286 and was wondering if you know of the position or where the Mother Board battery is. I can run dos and all but the memory gave up out cause the memory battery is shot. Where is it in regards to on the board and is it a replaceable item thanks jim

22 years, 7 months

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FREE! PC III portable computer

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

I picked this up today but it doesn't seem to work. If anyone wants it for the costs of shipping drop me a line BEFORE Saturday. It's a lunchbox type portable computer with a keyboard that detachs from one side. It has a red gas plasma screen, a 286-10 CPU and appears to have 1Mb of RAM. It has a hard drive (size unknown) and a 5 1/4" FD. There is a slot for a 3 1/2" FD. There are 8 16 bit ISA slots in it but some of them are inaccessable. There are five accessable slots but three of them are used. The screen appears to work but no text appears on it when I power it on. There's no drive activity so I think it has a POST problem. I put in a POST card and it sequencies through a lot of POST tests then starts showing 010, 000, 010, 000, etc. But it does appear to go through most of the POSTs I'm guessing that it's mostly functional. I don't know what BIOS it uses so I don't know what the codes mean. It may just need the CMOS batteries replaced or the DIP switches on the display card may have been monkeyed with and may not be set right. It's also missing two keys (F1 and - on the keypad). There's no name on it but a couple of the cards were made by Orchid so that might be the manufacturer. It's located in Orlando Fla (32765). Anybody want it? Joe

22 years, 7 months

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E11 files question

by jpl15＠panix.com

Okay - pseudo-newbie question - I know this has been answered multiple times - but damned if I can remember it and double-damned of I can find an answer... Where does one obtain the various .dsk, .tap, etc., files for E11? FTP from somewheres? Toggle them in bit-by-bit using the "F" keys as console switches? And while I understand the 'hobby use' version does not speak "SCSI Tape" - does this also hold true for SCSI 9trk emulating a TU77, or similar? Thanks all, and best of the Season! John

22 years, 7 months

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MicroVax II question

by msokolov＠ivan.Harhan.ORG

Zane H. Healy <healyzh(a)aracnet.com> wrote: > Moving my PDP-11/73 in a BA123 from full height 5 1/4" drives to 3.5"x1" > drives made a large difference in the amount of noise it makes, But some true classic computer users _LIKE_ noise! To me the more noise a computer makes, the better! MS

22 years, 7 months

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3M EMT EPROM programmer?

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

I went scrounging to day and found something that I don't recognize. It looks like it might be an EPROM programmer. Can anyone id this device? It's in a grey plastic box that looks like a tool box. The box measures about 11" x 6" x 5". Inside is a panel with elastimeric keys arranged in a 12 x 4 matrix. Above it is a ZIF socket with a MC 68766 installed. The 68766 is a 8 x 8k EPROM and is supposed to be Motorola's equivelent of the 2364. There is a built in power cord with a UK style power plug on it and a second cable that has a DB-25F connector on it. Inside the lid is a label that says "Refer to 3M EMY 9140 Field Service Handbook, Section 3, Subsection D, paragraph 1.0, for operating instructions. I searched the net for 3M EMT 9140 and similar strings but didn't find anything. Anyone know what this might be for? Joe

22 years, 7 months

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'Free to good home'

by PeksaDO＠Cardiff.ac.uk

1) ICL Perq T2 with A3 Landscape monitor and running FLEX 2) Rack mount (bare) DECServer 550 (PDP11 inside (if you didn't know)) 3) A PDP11/04 (March 1976) with 128Kb, 2 x RK05, 2 x RX02 1) and 2) were last used in 2002 and were then in working order 3) was last used in 2000. Then it had (and still has) a broken RK11D. I have an untested replacement RK11C. Weighs about 0.25 tonne and resides in a standard DEC 6' cabinet. Also a current loop LA36 console I am based in the Cardiff area, but 3) will have to be collected from about 20 miles north of Cardiff. Deadline - end February. Anyone interested? Note that I read cctalk in digest mode and can get a few days behind. Doug

22 years, 7 months

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MicroVax II question

by msokolov＠ivan.Harhan.ORG

Zane H. Healy <healyzh(a)aracnet.com> wrote: > It's in our dining room, sitting about 3-4 feet from me, and unfortunately > I'm not to fond of noise. Dining room? Well, I ain't got no dining room. Instead I have a machine room, a command room, a small kitchen and bedroom, and of course a data centre room (closet with tapes and spare parts). MS

22 years, 7 months

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the computer gods giveth, and take away (mild humor/angst)

by cb＠mythtech.net

>It seems people who collect old computers also tend to collect >fire-arms. Old cars also seem to be popular among the classic computer set. Weird. Although I wasn't specifically a gun collector (they are a little harder to get in NJ, but not impossible), I did collect weapons in general. Oddly, I have recently given up that hobby, right about the same time that I started getting out of computer collecting as well. They must both operate from the same chunk of brain :-) And as for the old cars... ever since my 1965 T-Bird disaster, I have prefered to view them from a far and simply drool and wish I could have them. Although now that I have a house, garage, and driveway, I might take a serious look at getting something to restore (and finally have a hobby my wife will want to join me in!) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 7 months

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Best wishes for 2004

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

50 minutes late 'cuz I was responsible for the pyro *and* the champagne (the bad weather may have cancelled the party in my home town of Edinburgh, but we don't give up in York)... Happy New Year to everyone on ClassicCmp, and very best wishes for 2004! -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

22 years, 7 months

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Announcing WREC release 0.01

by eric＠brouhaha.com

or, "Dont' crush that capacitor, hand me the pliers!" WREC Reforms Electrolytic Capacitors automatically using an SCPI-programmable power supply (e.g., Agilent E3631A). http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/software/wrec/ It was written specificcally for the Computer History Museum PDP-1 Restoration Project: http://wiki.pdp-1.org/ It should, however, be useful for reforming large aluminum electrolytic capacitors for most any kind of electronic equipment. Eric

22 years, 7 months

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CT-600N tapes

by hm1＠freenet.de

"Hello, If you are still interested, I have a total of 11 compatible tapes (8 Teac CT-600N and 3 Maxell CS-600XD). All are used and have used labels. As far as I know, they all still work. (I still have the tape drive as well, but have no longer an operating Apple system, so I cannot check these). If you are interested, please let me know. romboc" i've read your message about the tapes(CT-600N). Do you still have that tapes? Can i get that tepes in stores? i need this tape for an old pc! thx for your help matthias

22 years, 7 months

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the computer gods giveth, and take away (mild humor/angst)

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

Giveth: An old LA36 I got about 5 years ago, never even touched it, just pushed it into a corner. Tonight I was cleaning out the room where I house "finished systems", so sitting down for a rest I noticed the easy access door on the back. Opened it to see what the inside of an LA36 looked like. Neatly bundled up inside was an 8E async line interface card, complete with cable. Yay! Taketh Away: After working years on my HP2000 restoration, it's finally done, except for modifying the rails for the punch - but even with the wrong rails the punch sits in the rack nicely. So, you're never "done" with a system restoration, but I'm pretty much "done" with it. So, after cleaning out the room (aka shrine) it has been destined for all these years, I roll the nice double bay rack through the basement towards it's hallowed resting place... and stop cold at the doorway. The rack is too big to fit through the door and into the room. Not to be easily deterred, I looked around the door jam to see if I could take the door frame out and make it through. No dice, even if I took out the door frame. It's right on two studs, and the distance between studs is about 2 inches short. Tomorrow night I may well contemplate cutting the bottom of one of the studs off so the anti-tip ledge in front of the rack (a whole ledge, not a leg - and it's not removeable) can fit through. Hope that isn't a load bearing stud or whatever. *sigh* Jay West

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MicroVax II question

by TRASH3＠splab.cas.neu.edu

personally, I like the sound of a bank of reel-to-reel tape drives with the vacuum columns sucking air and the pumps running noisily, especially the auto load ones that try to suck extra air to get the leader into the load mechanism... Joe Heck

22 years, 7 months

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Motorola Series 900 For Sale

by scott＠sdudley.com

I have 2 each rack-mounted Motorola Series 900 computers. I haven't looked in some time but as memory serves, are MVME187, 2 each ~525MB drives, Univoice T1 voice boards, tape drive, etc. Still have SVR4 installed. I'd have to strip software. Don't have any tapes or docs. I'm located near Phoenix, AZ. If interested, give me a holler. -- Regards, Scott Dudley

22 years, 7 months

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reading apple ii disks with PCs: it WORKS

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

>Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 15:20:03 -0300 (ART) >From: "Silvio Finotti" <silviorf(a)yahoo.com> >To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Subject: Re: reading apple ii disks with PCs: it WORKS >X-BeenThere: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org >X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 >List-Id: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk.classiccmp.org> >List-Unsubscribe: <http://www.classiccmp.org/mailman/listinfo/cctalk>, <mailto:cctalk-request@classiccmp.org?subject=unsubscribe> >List-Archive: <http://www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctalk> >List-Post: <mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org> >List-Help: <mailto:cctalk-request@classiccmp.org?subject=help> >List-Subscribe: <http://www.classiccmp.org/mailman/listinfo/cctalk>, <mailto:cctalk-request@classiccmp.org?subject=subscribe> >X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by amdext2.amd.com id i06IMXg5023261 >X-WSS-ID: 13E423639049837-01-01 >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit >X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by cmdmail.amd.com id i06IMiu26023 > >Hi all, > >The link for the "magical" software are: >http://www.oldskool.org/disk2fdi/index_html > >For use with C64 disks, you'll have to make a little >"hack" at the PC 5,25 drive. (it needs to spin at >300rpm, and almost all 5,25 drives will spin at defaut >at 360rpm) Hi Of course, I suspect that if you use a 360K drive, this isn't an issue. From the docs, it looks like it is configureable on things like double stepping for the 96tpi. Dwight > >For reading the flip side of the disk it's necessary >an othe hack at the 5,25 drive. It's very simple, I've >made it mysel without problems... > >If anyone wants some help on reading the disks, let me >know... it's really simple. I have some images here >that I extracted... if anyone want to "see" one of >them, let me know too... > >[ ]s >Silvio Finotti > >______________________________________________________________________ > >Conhe?a a nova central de informa??es anti-spam do Yahoo! Mail: >http://www.yahoo.com.br/antispam >

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MicroVax II question

by msokolov＠ivan.Harhan.ORG

ben franchuk <bfranchuk(a)jetnet.ab.ca> wrote: > You do have a bathroom hiding somewhere around? Yeah, I just forgot to list it. (Indeed some people are wondering if they have a bathroom on Enterprise, or if they've been holding it all along.) MS

22 years, 7 months

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MicroVax II question

by fire＠dls.net

I wanted to revive my MicroVax II (BA23 cabinet I think) and add RZ74 (4GB drive) to it. I am writing number from memory, perhaps I have made mistakes. Will this card on Ebay do the trick? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2775848822&category=1247… I believe this might be the easiest way to get SCSI support on my machine, but perhaps this card is incompatible, or drive is too big? I do not have a lot of experience with VMS but want to play around some on this smaller somewhat old equipment.' Bradley Slavik

22 years, 7 months

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reading apple ii disks with PCs: it WORKS

by silviorf＠yahoo.com

Hi all, The link for the "magical" software are: http://www.oldskool.org/disk2fdi/index_html For use with C64 disks, you'll have to make a little "hack" at the PC 5,25 drive. (it needs to spin at 300rpm, and almost all 5,25 drives will spin at defaut at 360rpm) For reading the flip side of the disk it's necessary an othe hack at the 5,25 drive. It's very simple, I've made it mysel without problems... If anyone wants some help on reading the disks, let me know... it's really simple. I have some images here that I extracted... if anyone want to "see" one of them, let me know too... [ ]s Silvio Finotti ______________________________________________________________________ Conhe?a a nova central de informa??es anti-spam do Yahoo! Mail: http://www.yahoo.com.br/antispam

22 years, 7 months

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Wanted WD-100x disk controllers -- NOT for ISA bus

by Brett＠Kropf.com

Back about July 2002, you wrote: > Does anyone have any spare WD-1000, WD-1001, > or related disk controllers, or documentation on them? I have a WD1002-SASI (TAN) controller card in unknown condition. (The "TAN" is hand written, and is also written on a BIOS chip "Tan 5.0".) I purchased it used about 20 years ago to attempt to add a Hard Drive to a TI-99/4A, although I never actually started the project. I also have a 534 page Western Digital Corp. June 1984 Storage Management Products Handbook that includes data on the following "Winchester Board Products": WD1000-05 WD1001 WD1002-05 WD1002-MTB WD1002-SHD WD1002-WFT WD1002-WX2 The WD1002-SHD (at least) has data regarding the SASI port. If interested, make me a serious offer, and include your ZIP-Code to determine shipping. Thanks. -- > Keeping business plugged in... to the Whole - Wide - World! < > Reliable Domain, Email & fast Web Site Hosting * Web Site Design < > http://Kropf.com/ Kropf Computer Services, Inc. Kingston, NY USA < > http://Kropf.org/ Kropf Organization - Home of Kropf Genealogy < > http://Kropf.net/protect.html Protect addresses or get Hoaxed!! < > http://Kropf.net/etiquette.html Encourages E-mail Effectiveness. <

22 years, 7 months

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Lot of 6 Z-89s, 2 VT100s, VT180, other terminals, DEC floppy drives available in LA (ebay)

by wmaddox＠pacbell.net

Saw this on Ebay. With about seven hours to go the bidding is ridiculously low. The guy wants a local pickup in Los Angeles. If I lived in LA, I'd put in a decent bid on this stuff, planning to sell off most of it individually. If any enterprising soul who does live in the LA area gets the same idea, I bet he'd have a customer already for a VT100 and a Z-89. :) --Bill OLD COMPUTER LOT, DEC, ZENITH, TELERAY++ - NR Item number: 2764800262 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2764800262&category=4017…

22 years, 7 months

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ka630 manual

by TRASH3＠splab.cas.neu.edu

O.K., I will NOT pull the binding, and I will send the manual to Canada. Joe Heck

22 years, 7 months

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'Free to a good home'

by PeksaDO＠Cardiff.ac.uk

My, I've never been so popular. Sorry to disappoint overseas subscribers but I would really not like to even think of the transportation logistics. I've e-mailed the lucky winners (Dan & Pete) who were selected on a first come first served basis and the fact that they will pick them up. Forgot to mention that the PDP11/04 also has a GT40 & light pen. For those who asked - It's a space issue and the realisation (after collecting for 18 years - yes it took that long) that I can't keep everything and don't have the time to keep everything in good working order. The Perq provided many months of entertainment and the PDP11/04 many years - but I haven't used the Perq seriously for a number of years and the PDP11/04 at all since the RK11D broke in 2000. I shall seriously miss running ADVENT on a UNIBUS PDP sitting at the LA36 console wearing my ear defenders. I shall also miss LANDER which ran on the GT40 and was controlled by the lightpen. McDonalds get everywhere don't they ;-). Anyway I hope the new owners have as much fun with them as I did. Doug. PS There will be more stuff at a later date.

22 years, 7 months

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reading apple ii disks with PCs: it WORKS !!!

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jan 5, 19:43, Gene Buckle wrote: > > On Jan 5, 15:02, Gene Buckle wrote: > > > Me, I want to know how they make an FM/MFM drive read a GCR disk... > > > > It's not a drive issue, it's a controller issue. The bits on the disk > > are just bits on a disk... just alternating magnetic poles. There's > > nothing strange or different about the heads or amplifiers on an Apple, > > Commodore, or Amiga drive. > > > :r/drive/controller/ Not sure what you mean... I meant exactly what I wrote. Ah, did you mean that you meant "controller" instead of drive? Then you need to read the docs that accompany the software :-) -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

22 years, 7 months

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reading apple ii disks with PCs: it WORKS !!!

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jan 5, 15:02, Gene Buckle wrote: > Me, I want to know how they make an FM/MFM drive read a GCR disk... It's not a drive issue, it's a controller issue. The bits on the disk are just bits on a disk... just alternating magnetic poles. There's nothing strange or different about the heads or amplifiers on an Apple, Commodore, or Amiga drive. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

22 years, 7 months

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[Fwd: Digi-Key Obsolete Part Bulletin]

by tomj＠wps.com

Not news, others on this list may have seen... But I believe this/was is the last TTL chip (eg. not LS, S, etc) on the market. -----Forwarded Message----- From: info.service(a)digikey.com To: TOMJ(a)wps.com Subject: Digi-Key Obsolete Part Bulletin Date: 17 Dec 2003 12:40:49 -0600 You have purchased the following part number(s) from Digi-Key within the last two years. The manufacturer has announced this part(s) will become obsolete. FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR Description: IC BUFFER HEX OPEN OUT 14-DIP Manufacturer Part No: DM7407N Digi-Key Part No: DM7407N-ND Your Most Recent P.O. No: For more information on possible substitutes, please click on this link http://dkc1.digikey.com/scripts/us/obs_part.cgi?pn=DM7407N-ND This email was sent to TOMJ(a)WPS.COM. Thank you for purchasing these products from Digi-Key. We look forward to serving you in the future. Regards, Digi-Key Information Services Team

22 years, 7 months

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Looking for a copy of EK-KA630-UG

by msokolov＠ivan.Harhan.ORG

Hello folks, Would there happen to be some kind soul out there with a copy of DEC manual EK-KA630-UG willing to make a xerox copy of it for me? I will reimburse you for the cost of xeroxing, mailing, and your time, and even reward you extra for your service to humanity. It's the KA630 (MicroVAX II) CPU user's guide, actually a technical manual as it was created back in the days when user's guides contained real information. TIA, MS

22 years, 7 months

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MicroVax II question

by TRASH3＠splab.cas.neu.edu

well, I have the microvax III cpu in my ba123, because I got tired of the slow speed of the mvax II. I had to diddle with systartup, as it could not figure out my configuration, but it has been running for nearly 10 years that way. The mvax III cpu had the S handles, i took them off. I saw dialog on size limitations for hard drives on mvax II, perhaps only 2 gb possible? Anyway, I also use an Emulex QD01 to run a SCSI rewriteable optical drive, so there are other means of getting SCSI. Joe Heck

22 years, 7 months

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reading apple ii disks with PCs: it WORKS !!!

by silviorf＠yahoo.com

Just to say that I've tried the soft disk2fdi to put my old apple II disks into PC, and, it WORKS !!!! BTW: the soft works too with C64, amiga, and other disks too.... fantastic !!! Silvio Yahoo! Mail - 6MB, anti-spam e antiv?rus gratuito. Crie sua conta agora: http://mail.yahoo.com.br

22 years, 7 months

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Spaceflight and Computers (geek porn)

by mike＠shawnuff.net

Apparently it is 'kinda' running on a powerpc, as the RAD6000 is a derivative: http://www.computerworld.com/governmenttopics/government/story/0,10801, 88734,00.html http://www.iews.na.baesystems.com/space/rad6000/rad6000.html -Mike On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 14:17:01 -0800 "J.C. Wren" <jcwren(a)jcwren.com> wrote: >No, it's running vxWorks on a RAD6000. > >< >http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/18_9/telecom-it-infrastructure/213… >1.html >> > >Expensive little puppies, too. > > --jc >

22 years, 7 months

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Spaceflight and Computers (geek porn)

by mike＠shawnuff.net

Has anyone seen any specs on what the current programs are using? Someone said that the current mars rover was running Darwin on a PowerPC...which I kind of doubt. Sounds like an urban legend that evolved from that picture of the powerbooks in mission control. -Mike On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 13:41:24 -0800 Kirk Davis <kdavis(a)ndx.net> wrote: > >Mars rover made me curious about the computers used in older >missions. Found this cool link giving a detailed history: > >http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/computers/contents.html > >Kirk > > >

22 years, 7 months

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Spaceflight and Computers (geek porn)

by kdavis＠ndx.net

Mars rover made me curious about the computers used in older missions. Found this cool link giving a detailed history: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/computers/contents.html Kirk

22 years, 7 months

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MVII's for the taking...

by phufnagel＠snet.net

I have two MVII's in a dec rack (5' high?), if anyone is interested. Too big to ship, but if anyone in the northeast (I'm in CT) wants to give them a good home, I can load it in my truck and bring them to you. Unsure of memory, I think one has a SCSI controller in it, plus I have some other boards around I'll throw in with the deal. Really would rather get rid of the whole thing, rack and all, rather than part it out. Email me if you are interested. -- Pete

22 years, 7 months

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Looking for a copy of EK-KA630-UG

by msokolov＠ivan.Harhan.ORG

der Mouse <mouse(a)rodents.montreal.qc.ca> wrote: > I'd actually like to get hold of a copy myself. If someone can get me > hardcopy I will volunteer to scan it for anyone who wants softcopy. Given a hard copy, I would also be willing to produce a soft one. I don't know of a scanner that I can attach to my MicroVAX, so I can't scan, but I would be willing to retype the text and redraw the diagrams etc. in PostScript vector graphics. MS

22 years, 7 months

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TI 960 / 990 FD1000 8" disk array 3.2mb

by RMay635703＠aol.com

I emailed you last year, I ended up putting it on auction http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4193&item=2778223896 If anyone is interested place a bid Cheers Ryan May

22 years, 7 months

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APF Imagination Machine?

by dickset＠amanda.spole.gov

I'm trying to track down a game I once saw in the late 1970s... my memory of it is that it's an underwater game, where you move your sub from left to right (side view of the world), and dodge obstacles like seaweed and marine life. There's a distinct possibility that this was on an APF Imagination Machine. I do remember it was a brightly-colored game, and was *not* on something common like an Apple ][. I was into PETs, so seeing a game of this color and visual complexity was quite stunning at the time. Does this ring any bells with anyone? Is there a good place to see screen shots of APF games? Thanks, -ethan -- Ethan Dicks, A-130-S Current South Pole Weather at 04-Jan-2004 22:10 Z South Pole Station PSC 468 Box 400 Temp -18.8 F (-28.2 C) Windchill -15.3 F (-26.3 C) APO AP 96598 Wind 2.9 kts Grid 078 Barometer 687 mb (10365 ft) Ethan.Dicks(a)amanda.spole.gov http://penguincentral.com/penguincentral.html

22 years, 7 months

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another request for DEC memory board settings

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

I've asked this from time to time, and googled many times, but can't find the info. Does anyone have any documentation for a unibus "Standard Memories" brand board designated "MM-144" or maybe "MM-114"? Thanks! Jay West --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]

22 years, 7 months

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Qbus KDA50 led error codes

by felten＠vaxnet.de

Hello, Does anyone know what this error code means? 1 1 1 1 -------------M7164-1-2-4-8--------------- 0 0 0 1 -------------M7165-1-2-4-8--------------- it shows immediatly this code, no other combination after power up. The Users Guide does not mention it. I've remove W2 and W3 on both modules (for Q22/CD slots). The qbus backplane only contains the uVAX II processor board and the kda50. Any idea what I could test on the module? I tried >>> e 172150 (read IP register) but it's invalid. Lothar

22 years, 7 months

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H960 rack question - ra81, 11/45 etc.

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

I'm finally starting to look at my options for putting together some of my DEC gear into complete refurbed systems. I was thinking of using an RA81 drive with my 11/45. However, best as I can eyeball it, the RA81 drive won't fit into the H960 rack depth-wise (at least, with a proper back door on it like mine has - and I want it to be able to close). The RA81 drives I have are in a tall white corp cabinet, except two are in another H960 rack (which has no back door). From looking at those two, I don't think a back door (on my other 960 rack) would close (the two RA81's in the current 960 without the back door looks like - ummm an amateur job). Can someone confirm or deny, before I start going to the grief of racking heavy drives & such? Was also wrestling with the idea of whether to put an 11/34 into a mid-height corp cab, or an H960. Which is more authentic, or are they both? I don't recall seeing 34's in white corp cabs. If I did that, it would probably use RL02's. I forget the disk requirements for a reasonable RT11/TSX+ system, I think two RL02's may be cutting it close. Any advice? Regards, Jay West

22 years, 7 months

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Jumpering for NEC FD-1165H 8-inch floppy drive

by shirsch＠adelphia.net

Title says it. Can anyone point me to online data for this elderly device? I'm trying to get mine working with a Compaticard IV on an older '486 PC. For reasons I do not understand, the motor isn't starting although the heads load and step properly. DC power looks fine going into the drive, but the motor is not seeing any of it. Steve

22 years, 7 months

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HP 4951C analyzer (+ 18197A module)

by waltje＠pdp11.nl

Hi all, Might be offtopic, dunno, but does anyone know this thing? We're looking at its floppy drive (which *seems* to be standard) but cant read anything off its disks... 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

22 years, 7 months

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VT340 information

by pat＠computer-refuge.org

I'm looking for information on my VT340+. What I want is in Volume 1 of the programming manual (the Text part, not the Graphics part). I've tried google and looking on vt100.net, among other places. What I'd really like to know is how to change colors while in text mode on the VT340. It doesn't take ANSI color strings ( ESC [ x ; y x ), so it's gotta be someting else if it is possible. If anyone knows, I'd much appreciate the response : ) Thanks, Pat -- Purdue University ITAP/RCS Information Technology at Purdue Research Computing and Storage http://www.itap.purdue.edu/rcs/

22 years, 7 months

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DECserver 90L+ for trade

by jpl15＠panix.com

As faithful readers of The List will remember - I have three DECserver 90L+ ethernet terminal servers - which I tried very hard to make work like RS232 muxes - alas; I failed. So I would like to offer two of them in trade for a pair of RS232 mux boxen having 4 ports minimum, up to 8 or so - don't need more that 4 or 5 ports, but units having more are good too... and using some kind of copper between them (no fiber units - I have copper everywhere in the house, or soon will, but I'm too retro to be pulling glass around). I do think I'll hang on to one of them to try and use in my upcoming multi-purpose server scheme. These seem to work nicely, they were taken out of service - they have the power supplies and a four lengths of real Dec cable, along with 3 or four BNC Tees. No terminators, unfortunately... I'd like to do a straight swap - I'll ship FedEx anywhere in the world - lemme know what you might have. Cheers and let's all have a Nicer 04 - hmmm? John

22 years, 7 months

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New Year's Wishes

by waltje＠pdp11.nl

Hi All, A belated New year to all of you.. may this yeas bring jobs to those in dire need of one, and, in general, may this this year bring peace, both financial as well as global, to all of us. That said.. I'm currently in the Northern California area (this means SanFran-SanJose, I'm in Mountain View), so anyone in for a drink and some food should drop me a line, either email or y phone (650.814.4899) to meet up. I'm kinda planning on spending my birthday (this wednesday) somewhere fun, soo... (yes, Sellam and John, this'd include you ;-) 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

22 years, 7 months

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AT&T Gemini Electronic Blackboard

by NEMOSTEVE＠aol.com

Afternoon, I have a working AT&T Gemini Electronic Blackboard system. Are you still looking? I'm in New Jersey - home of all of MaBell. Any interest? Thanks, Steve

22 years, 7 months

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PDF Scanning problems

by rcini＠optonline.net

Hi: I'm trying to scan a Northstar Horizon manual and I'm having a funky page sizing problem. All of the pages are letter (8.5"x11") size. I'm scanning them using a USB-based ScanJet 5200c with an ADF and directly through Adobe Acrobat 5. Here's the problem. Although each page is the same size, the scans are all different sizes. I've tried forcing the scanning software (HP Precision Scan 2.0) to "letter size", which doesn't work, and there doesn't appear to be any way within Acrobat to resize larger. I can crop smaller but not increase the scanned page size. I'm not wed to Acrobat, just the PDF format. If there are better tools out there for the Windows platform that are cheap (as in free or close to it), I'm game. The key is, however, that it will make use of the document feeder. I don't want to scan 100 individual pages into TIFF files and then combine them manually. Any ideas appreciated. Rich Rich Cini Collector of classic computers Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/ /************************************************************/

22 years, 7 months

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Iomec disc drive ?

by uban＠ubanproductions.com

Hello, Is there any chance that someone has an Iomec removable platter disk drive? The type that I am looking for uses an IBM 2315 style 2.5Mb cartridge, similar to an RK05. I know that this is a pretty futile request, but it never hurts to ask... --tom

22 years, 7 months

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HP 5036A

by jfelix＠iac.net

Hello, I read in some posts online that you were planning on making available some info on the HP5036A Microprocessor Trainer Lab. I just bought one on eBay (without any manual) and I am interested in learning as much as I can about this. Do you have any materials online? Can I buy photocopies from you? Thank you in advance, Joe Felix jfelix(a)iac.net

22 years, 7 months

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Dilog DQ703 SCSI - TMSCP controller

by felten＠vaxnet.de

[Hello, I'm forwarding this] I have a Dilog DQ703 SCSI - TMSCP controller, and noted that Dilog also makes a Disc MSCP versions of this. Is it possible to change the protocol of this controller to Disc-MSCP by changeing the firmware, and if yes, who knows a source for a copy of this firmware? I am also looking for a (copy or scan of) the manual and other documentation for this controller. Thanks in avance [Lothar]

22 years, 7 months

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Tandon LT/386

by pkatzmann＠online.de

Hi Chris, I found your posting at classiccmp.org concerning your Tandon LT/386. I happen to own one of these machines too, I saved it from being awayown out and now use it for programming my telephone-system - which in my case works perfectly. The problem with my machine is that I need to get into the BIOS to change the boot sequence to replace DOS 3.01 by DOS 6.22. As I have got no manual I need to know the necessary keystrokes to get to the BIOS. Could you help me out, please? Thanks in advance - Philipp from the Black Forest ---------------------------------------- Dipl.-Ing. Philipp Katzmann Tannenweg 7 D-79677 Sch?nau Tel. +49-7673-932006 Mobil: +49-173-3178397 eMail: pkatzmann(a)online.de ----------------------------------------

22 years, 7 months

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Old Matrox Drivers

by teoz＠neo.rr.com

Anybody have drivers or manual for the old matrox MGA -VLB/2+ card (1994 vintage)? Cant seem to find much on this card on google or matrox site

22 years, 7 months

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DEC 11/34 on eBay

by jpl15＠panix.com

Seems to be a company who has a lot of semiconductor processing Stuff... just the (big) box and a card complement - listed - but no peripherals of any kind. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1504&item=2585678980 Cheers John

22 years, 7 months

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Portable III

by GaryFloy＠aol.com

Bill, do you still have the Portable III. I would be intrested in it.Please advise. Thaks Gary

22 years, 7 months

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NEC APC III diskettes?

by d_cymbal＠hotmail.com

Hi All, I just picked up on of these but no docs/sw. Anyone know where I could snag a copy of the system disks? Thanks. dc

22 years, 7 months

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Signetics Data Book

by fm.arnold＠gmx.net

cctech-request(a)classiccmp.org schrieb am 02.01.2004: >----------<snip>----------- >Message: 4 >Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 08:07:53 -0500 >From: Joe <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com> >Subject: Re: Signetics Data Book >To: rcarson(a)localnet.com, "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic > Posts" <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> >Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20031231080753.0086e210(a)pop-server.cfl.rr.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > There's nothing remotely similar to this number in either of my >Signetics data books. Are you sure that it's a Signetics part? The "MC" >sounds more like a Motorola part. Is there a date code on the part? > > Joe > > >At 04:01 PM 12/30/03 -0500, you wrote: >>Hi Eric, >> >>I saw something you put on the web last year. Do you have an old >>Signetics data book? I'm trying to find a schematic for the inside of a >>Signetics MC3361 chip. Can you help me. Thanks. >> >>Bob Carson >> >> >----------<snip>----------- I found following in IC-masters 1986: (p114, c2) MC3361 is a Motorola part, but there is also a part made by Signettics known as PCD3361. according to Mot. it is the low voltage version of MC3357, and that is an: Low power FM-IF for dual conversion scanning receivers. The signeticspart (with similar number!) is discribed as: programmable multi-tone telephone ringer. So nothing to to do with computers, hope it helps you anyway. Frank

22 years, 7 months

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List of Sun VMEbus boards available

by rdd＠rddavis.org

The following is a list of some boards that are taking up a lot of space. I still have most of the following. Let me know what you're interested in, what you think they're worth (cash or trade), etc. I've reached the point where I'm tired of them taking up a lot of space and am becoming tempted to just start pulling out all socketed chips and removing the non-socketed chips with a blowtorch. Who wants to save them from such a fate? Pickup preferred. 501-1153 - Sun-2 Ethernet Controller 501-8010 - Sun-3 CPU - which one? 501-1164 - 4MB Sun-3, Carrera (4/75, etc.) 501-1206 - 0MB Sun-3/2xx 501-1206 501-1206 501-1208 - 4MB Sun-3, Carrera (4/75, etc.) 501-1208 501-1208 501-1268 - Graphics accellerator, "Graphics Processor Two" (GP2) 501-1268 501-1268 501-1089 - Sun-3 color double-buffered frame buffer C03 501-1089 501-1116 - Sun-3 color frame buffer CG3 501-1116 501-1116 501-1116 501-1116 501-1116 501-1116 501-1116 501-1116 501-1116 501-1116 501-1116 501-1116 501-1267 - Sun-3 color frame buffer CG5 501-1267 501-8520 - some sort of color frame buffer w/ "Special products" tag attached 501-1054 - Ungermann Bass CATV network transceiver 501-1139 - Graphics Processor Plus 501-1139 501-8001 - appears similar to the above 501-8001 501-1132 - Carrera memory - 4MB 501-8006 - same as above 501-8006 501-1105 - Floating point accelerator 501-8004 - same as above, I think 501-1166 - Xylogics 451 VMEbus SMD disk controller 501-1249 - Ciprico Tapemaster 1/2" controller 501-1249 501-8011 - looks like one of the above 501-1221 - Sunlink multi-prococol comms processor (MCP) 501-1157 - 16-port board 501-1162 - Sun 3/50 with a Sunflower Computer SFXMX memory board 501-1162 - same as above 501-1158 - Dual 1/2" tape (listing says SunLink serial comm. processor, SCP) 501-1155 - Dual 1/2" tape, Xylogics 472 1/2" tape ctrlr. 9U VMEbus 501-1149 - Sun-2 SCSI host adapter assembly, internal SCSI 501-1149 501-1149 501-1203 - 16-channel asynch. line multiplexer-2 (ALM-2) ???-???? - same as above, no ID tag, no handles 501-1217 - Sun-3 SCSI host adapter assembly, external SCSI 501-1217 501-1217 501-1217 501-1217 501-1217 part number? - Color printer board GPIB-1014-15 - National Instruments GPIB board Systech VPC-2200 on a AVIV VMEbus adapter card 027-100G6 FiberCom WLAN/VME 027-100G2 FiberCom VME Card WhisperNet board with VMSbus interface circuitry only empty VMS-bus "frame"-only boards -- Copyright (C) 2003 R. D. Davis The difference between humans & other animals: All Rights Reserved an unnatural belief that we're above Nature & rdd(a)rddavis.org 410-744-4900 her other creatures, using dogma to justify such http://www.rddavis.org beliefs and to justify much human cruelty.

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211BSD install

by chrisc＠addpower.com

I'm doing some research on what it'll take to get 211BSD installed on my PDP after I get all the hardware installed and working correctly. It looks like I'm going to need to make a boot tape to install it. Is there any other method that I could use? I'm also assuming that I will need to get a TK50, a TK70 or the like. I'm going to be installing this system with a SCSI controller that speaks MSCP and (hopefully) TMSCP, and I was really hoping that I could get away with creating the installation tape with the SCSI DAT drive I have... Thanks in advance! Back to reading about the KDJ11-B, Chris

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TU80 and F880 magtapes, cleaning and usage?

by felten＠vaxnet.de

Hello, I've connected a Cipher F880 to a qbus pdp11 using a Emulex TC02. Althrough I've got the complete doc for the TC02, I can't get the drive to work correctly. The OS is 2.11BSD, and the error message is: ts0: hard error bn0 xs0=350<MOT,ONL,IES,PED> xs1=2<UNC> xs2=100000<OPM> and somtimes a bn280 I get this message when writing or reading the tape, using tar or dd. I've configured the TC02 to factory defaults, except 22bit addressing is enabled. But should I select Streaming or Formatted mode ? The speed select is currently set to > 50 ips, should I set it to 0-50 ips? Of course it could be the F880, so I tried to use the TU80, but it does not make a big change. The TU80-test (test 01) uses a write-enabled tape to test the drive, sometimes it stops with error code 04 or 06 (the manual is not very specific: error codes 0-9 are read/write errors) and sometimes a 12 (hub not latched). Could it be that my tapemeadia is bad? I've got a Burroughs tape, labeled 23Mar79, and a couple of old tapes form 'eastern germany' without any date. How should I clean the heads of the tapedrives? (used some cleaner for tapedecks) And for the TU80, should I clean the small holes for the air-bearing? I'm not really used to use this kind of gear, so I don't know the common problems using tapes. Regards, Lothar

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Musings on 2003

by jrice54＠charter.net

The year 2003 was a pretty good year for me. My Sgi collection grew >from 1 to 15 units (8 are Iris Indigo's from 1992-93 and are now properly "on topic"), Sun's from 3 to 9, I've lost count of Mac's and Mac clones and I gave my Amiga's away to another collector, I finally got that Daystar Millennium that had proved so elusive, my NeXT (all NeXT's are now on-topic) collection grew from 3 to 5 with a ton of new documentation, software and accessories, and I still have not found my MaxxBoxx. I have also had to come to grips with the fact that my space is not infinite. I'm getting better organized, but stuff came in faster than it could be repaired, restored, cataloged or even stored properly. I've started considering purchases more carefully, not just grabbing every thing that crosses my path. Target has probably doubled the sale of Sterlite bins in the State of Texas because of my efforts to sort and organize. Most of all this year has taught me just how much I have to learn to be able to put all of my collection to productive use. I also need to thank my beautiful and patient wife, who didn't even flinch when a semi pulled up to our driveway and dumped three pallets of Sgi equipment behind her Volvo. She has also learned not to question why I need to make a no notice 800 mile round trip to rescue a homeless workstation. To all my fellow collectors, I wish you a Happy New Year. May you find what ever you are seaching for and at a cost much less than you were prepared to pay for it! James Director of The Texas State Home for Wayward and Homeless Computers -- http://webpages.charter.net/jrice54/classiccomp2.html

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pdp11/34 restoration : question & items sought

by jos.mar＠bluewin.ch

My recently acquired 11/34 has a few missing parts : the boot proms of the M9301 and the M7850 parity board. It does have 16K mos memory and the full programmer panel. However, when I fire it up, I cannot halt the processor, the RUN light stays on. Could this be due to the missing parts ? And of course, to complement the system, I am looking for the following parts : - the missing items of course - an unibus RL11 controller. Are these rare ? - Some more memory. Jos Dreesen , Zurich Switzerland

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Transputer-based Floppies (Highs & Lows of a haul)

by rmeenaks＠olf.com

Two years ago, I went down to Bath, England to pick up a major haul of transputer hardware, software, and documentation. The software was a packed box of 5-1/4 inch floppies of various stuff. The person I got this from didn't really care too much about the software and wanted to dump the whole thing in the dumpster. It was a good thing he asked me 1st before doing this! Here are the highs: 1) Found numberous drivers and programs for various transtech and inmos boards (yipee!). These are very hard to come by 2) Found schematics and source for A LOT of transputer boards that were manufactured including PAL equations, gerber files, etc 3) Found *original* disks of Microsoft Quick Basic 4.0, Turbo C, and MS Windows 1.0 Here is the lows: 1) Apparently, some clown overwrote several *ORIGINAL* disks from INMOS with his/her own applications and programs. This is a HUGE disappointment for me as some of the disks were drivers for boards that are almost impossible to get (e.g. B009, B006, Portakit, among other rare stuff) :-( I havent gone over ALL the disks as it is quite large, but I am currently in the process of creating images for several of the disks. Stay tuned.... Cheers, Ram PS: Happy New Year!!!!

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Cleaning house (FS/T: lots o' stuff)

by pat＠computer-refuge.org

I'm trying to turn my apartment back into an apartment, instead of the warehouse of machines it currently is... so I'm trying to get rid of some of my machines that i've got multiple of, or no longer have any real interest in. Here's a list of what I'm offering. I'll be putting more stuff on eBay (userid: pfinnegan) but it's mostly going to be OT machines. Also, I purchased an MMJ crimper and a bag of MMJ ends... in order to help subsidize it, i'm offering length-to-spec MMJ cables. If anyone is interested, I'm asking $5 per cable for up to 20ft plus shipping ($3.85 for Priority Mail). If you want multiple cables, ask me and we can work out a deal. I can also do MMJ to RJ45 cables, but won't do RJ45 to RJ45's... network cables are cheap enough. Now, the list: + IBM RS/6000 410: 80MHz PPC601, 2GB HDD, 32MB RAM, CDROM, graphics card (13W3 connector), 2.88MB floppy drive $15 + shipping + IBM RS/6000 410: 80MHz PPC601, 2GB HDD, 64MB RAM, CDROM, graphics card (13W3 connector), 2.88MB floppy drive $20 + shipping On both of the above machines, I don't have the key, but I've removed the pins from the locks so they can be operated with "anything"... + Sun SparcStation 5, 70MHz, 96MB ram, CDROM, floppy, 2GB HDD, CG6 501-2981 narrow scsi/10BaseT ethernet card $10 + shipping + Sun SparcStation 5, 85MHz, 128MB ram, CDROM, floppy, 2GB HDD, CG6 501-2981 narrow scsi/10BaseT ethernet card $15 + shipping + Sun SparcStation 5, 85MHz, 128MB ram, floppy, 2GB HDD, CG6, 501-2981 narrow scsi/10BaseT ethernet card $20 + shipping + DEC DECstation 5000/200: R3000/25MHz, 40MB ram, PMAG-B framebuffer $10 + shipping + DEC DECstation 5000/240: R3400/40MHz, 64MB ram, PMAGB-B framebuffer $15 + shipping + DEC 3000/300LX: 125MHz 61064 Alpha, 32MB RAM, 4GB HDD $20 + shipping + DEC 3000/300: 150MHz 61064 Alpha, 64MB RAM, 4GB HDD $25 + shipping + DEC VAXstation 3100 m38: 2 memory boards (16-24MB ram), 500MB HDD, OpenVMS 7.2 installed (Hobbyist version from Montagar) $15 + shipping + 4x"MBR Systems, Inc" S-100 systems - various CPU, RAM, some A/D cards, a video/keyboard interface card, in a 4-5U rackmount case with the keyboard mounted on the front. Most have 40-48kB ram and some EPROMs shoved into a 64kB static ram card. $20 ea + shipping + SGI IRIS 4D/80 (030-0122 / IP4.5) CPU board with 16MB ram - I no longer had the room for the machine, so it went away and I kept the cpu and some VME cards from it. $5 + shipping + 24x"66 block" telephone connection blocks wired together as 100x2 connections... I picked these up pretty cheaply for no good reason : ) 3 for $5 + shipping I prefer shipping via FEDEX, is from zip 47906. I'll take payment via PayPal or Check... I'll give you the address when you ask me for the item (if you've won it). If you prefer to trade me something for the above, here's what I'm looking for: + Unibus (w/toggles) PDP-11 (this is worth multiple items, of course... I'd probably even be willing to pay something for this) + Parts for above PDP-11 + Seagate ST-251 and ST-225 hard drives (working) + DEC RL02 disk packs (non-red shock indicator) + KA-660 CPU board and cab kit for a vax 4k/200 (S-handles) Pat -- Purdue University ITAP/RCS Information Technology at Purdue Research Computing and Storage http://www.itap.purdue.edu/rcs/

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WTB: TU80 or other 9-track tape New Mexico, Arizona, West Texas

by ceo＠coherent-logic.com

Needs to be a TU80 or have a Unibus interface card to use with an 11/750 Contact off-list. Thanks!

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Happy New Years

by cmurray＠eagle.ca

To all classic/orphan and 'old' computer collectors and enthusiasts wishing you all the very best computing for 2004. Murray-- cctalk-request(a)classiccmp.org wrote: > Send cctalk mailing list submissions to > cctalk(a)classiccmp.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.classiccmp.org/mailman/listinfo/cctalk > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > cctalk-request(a)classiccmp.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > cctalk-owner(a)classiccmp.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of cctalk digest..." >

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Best wishes for 2004

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jan 1, 14:29, Rob O'Donnell wrote: > At 00:55 01/01/2004 +0000, you wrote: > > >50 minutes late 'cuz I was responsible for the pyro *and* the > >champagne (the bad weather may have cancelled the party in my home town > >of Edinburgh, but we don't give up in York)... > > > > LOL. We had pleny of 'pyro' here too (Salford) but saw and heard the > fireworks in York (maybe yours) courtesy of "Most Haunted Live" on LivingTV > which was coming from the Race Course. :-) Probably not mine, as I live on the other side of York, and I doubt if they'd be visible through the snow at that time -- but I did manage to get the first peonie burst on the stroke of midnight! -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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On eBay: 50 hard-sector 5.25" floppies

by classiccmp＠crash.com

Need hard-sectored floppies? This guy's got at least 50 of them, used with the Northstar Horizon. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2776824061&category=1247 I don't own one, I can't use them, and I don't know this guy from Adam. But I don't come across them very often, so maybe someone on the list who does need them would appreciate the link. Enjoy, --Steve.

22 years, 7 months

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Signetics Data Book

by technobug＠comcast.net

On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 20:43:45 GMT, Pete Turnbull <pete(a)dunnington.u-net.com> wrote: > On Dec 31, 8:07, Joe wrote: >> There's nothing remotely similar to this number in either of my >> Signetics data books. Are you sure that it's a Signetics part? The > "MC" >> sounds more like a Motorola part. Is there a date code on the part? > > How old are the books? It's moderately recent (late 1990s), and I'm > fairly sure it's actually second-sourced by Philips from a Motorola > original (now obsolete, of course ;-)) > > -- > Pete Peter Turnbull > Network Manager > University of York Signetics was acquired in 1975 by Philips. The current Signetics is a Korean assembly and test company which traces its lineage from the original Signetics. If there is actually a Signetics logo on the chip and the date code is from the late '90s, the number is probably a "house" number... You might look at <http://www.icmaster.com/> and check the logo on the chip. There are a number of "S"s that are similar to the original Signetics log. Claude Ceccon

22 years, 7 months

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Whole HP 1000F mini on eBay for $250

by classiccmp＠crash.com

Hey all you HP mini nuts, look what showed up on ePay a couple hours ago: HP 1000F complete with S/W Manuals & spares eBay item # 2777501482 "This is a complete HP 1000F mini computer with 2648A graphics terminal, two 120MB disk drives and several disk packs, including RTE IVB grandfather disc. [...] Pick up must be arranged by buyer at storeage facility in Houston Texas, packaging not available." Best of all, Buy It Now is only $250! I have no affiliation with the auction. I just wish it were a tasty DEC mini similarly configured, and up in the Northeast somewhere... Good luck and happy new year! --Steve.

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9920 stuff

by RLANDER1＠stny.rr.com

Looking for a keyboard for a 9920 - do you still have the stuff ??? Thanks Ryan

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Commodore Haul

by rcini＠optonline.net

Hello, all: Today I picked up a small cache of Commodore 64 equipment. That in and of itself is not notable, but this guy has the entire Infocom games collection with game cheats *and* the complete Commodore Compute! and RUN magazines. I really wanted this for the magazines. I will be taking a complete inventory in the next few days and if there's anything else interesting, I'll let everyone know. Happy New Year to all. Rich Rich Cini Collector of classic computers Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/ /************************************************************/

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WTB: TU80 drive in Southern NM, West Texas, Arizona area

by jwillis＠coherent-logic.com

WTB. TU80 drive in Southern NM, West Texas, Arizona. Will pick up.

22 years, 7 months

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AM26LS34 line receiver chip

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Dec 31, 0:16, Tony Duell wrote: > Does anyone have a pinout for the AM26LS34 quad differential line > receiver chip? It's used in some later Acorn Econet products... > > My databooks cover the '30 to '33 only, and a google search didn't seem > to find a datasheet. It's the same pinout as a 26LS33, in fact it's almost the same chip, but with higher input resistance (20K) and higher hysteresis, and it doesn't have the internal failsafe (output on a 26LS32/33 is guaranteed to go high if both inputs are unconnected). -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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Pre-PPC Mac Stuff Free

by sml49＠comcast.net

> Message: 25 > Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 17:38:26 -0800 > From: "David Vohs" <netsurfer_x1(a)fastmailbox.net> > Subject: Re: Pre-PPC Mac Stuff Free > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> > Message-ID: <20031231013827.2F0C043799(a)server1.messagingengine.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" > > Do you happen to have a copy of a program called "SmoothTalker" for First > Byte Software in the bunch? No; sorry; never heard of that one.. SML

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pdp11/34 restoration : question & items sought

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Dec 31, 14:21, Jos Dreesen wrote: > > My recently acquired 11/34 has a few missing parts : > the boot proms of the M9301 and the M7850 parity board. > > It does have 16K mos memory and the full programmer panel. > > However, when I fire it up, I cannot halt the processor, the RUN light > stays on. > > Could this be due to the missing parts ? Not having the parity board simply means that parity errors won't be checked or detected. Missing the PROMs won't upset anything (except if you try to boot it, of course). Your problem is most likely to be a missing NPR link on the backplane. Common problem; it's caught me out at least once. Make sure there are no empty SPC slots; all should be occupied by dual-height grant cards or devices that pass NPR, or a small grant card with the NPR link made amongst the wirewrap -- between pins CA1 and CB1. The small grant cards only link the four Bus Grant lines, not NPR. > And of course, to complement the system, I am looking for the following > parts : > > - an unibus RL11 controller. Are these rare ? > - Some more memory. Neither of those should be *too* hard to come by. Neither of them are rare. What's "missing"? Just the PROMs and the parity card? -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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Signetics Data Book

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Dec 31, 8:07, Joe wrote: > There's nothing remotely similar to this number in either of my > Signetics data books. Are you sure that it's a Signetics part? The "MC" > sounds more like a Motorola part. Is there a date code on the part? How old are the books? It's moderately recent (late 1990s), and I'm fairly sure it's actually second-sourced by Philips from a Motorola original (now obsolete, of course ;-)) -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

22 years, 7 months

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WTB or Trade VT525

by list＠saracom.com

Hello, Title says it all. Does anyone have one cheap? I want to hook to my console switch. Max

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Signetics Data Book

by rcarson＠localnet.com

Hi Eric, I saw something you put on the web last year. Do you have an old Signetics data book? I'm trying to find a schematic for the inside of a Signetics MC3361 chip. Can you help me. Thanks. Bob Carson

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