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

by doug_jackson＠citadel.com.au

The 547 was not *that* bad... Doug Jackson Director, Managed Security Services Citadel Securix +61 (0)2 6290 9011 (Ph) +61 (0)2 6262 6152 (Fax) +61 (0)414 986 878 (Mobile) Web: <www.citadel.com.au> Offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Hong Kong, Boston > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe [mailto:rigdonj@cfl.rr.com] > Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 5:34 AM > To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: Tek O-scope's Available in Oregon > > > Bob, > > I'll take it off your hands for $100. That means you PAY > ME to take it! :-) > > Joe > > At 07:08 PM 9/29/02 -0400, you wrote: > >I've got a Tek 547, complete with scope cart and several > plug-ins I'd be > >willing to part with. > > > > > CAUTION - The information in this message may be of a privileged or confidential nature intended only for the use of the addressee or someone authorised to receive the addressee's e-mail. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify postmaster(a)citadel.com.au. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Citadel Securix. Feel free to visit the Citadel Securix website! Click below. http://www.citadel.com.au

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RSX-11 Kermit Transfers

by NOcmcnabbSPAM＠4mcnabb.net

Which kermit mode should be used when transfering files to an RSX-11 system using kermit, ASCII or BINARY? I realize this is normally based on the type of the file, but when I xfer task files using BINARY I get this silly "not a valid task" message when I try to install or run the file.

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Free DEC-ish stuff in DC

by classiccmp＠trailing-edge.com

OK, time for another round of cleaning. All of the following is available immediately, just inside the Washington DC Beltway (I-495). Pick up only; no shipping. E-mail me at "shoppa(a)trailing-edge.com" if you're interested. Qty 5 RL02 drives. Take them all and get a free DEC H960 rack with power controller too. (You just have to help me lug it out of the basement...) Qty 2 rack-mount BA23 chassis. Random cards inside, I let you pick over my box of old Q-bus junk too. Qty 1 floor-standing BA23 chassis. Most of a Microvax III inside. One BA123, most of a Microvax II inside. Some 5.25" FH SCSI and ESDI drives. In the few hundred MB to 2 Gbyte range. At least two 600MB Magento-Optical 5.25" cartridge drives, SCSI interface. Dozens and dozens of cartridges too. A bunch of RL02 packs in a stand-up roll-down-door Wright-Line cabinet. I'd prefer to give these to whoever takes the RL02 drives. A few random RL01 carts mixed in. A DEC Alpha 3000/300 with greyscale monitor. Again, E-mail me at "shoppa(a)trailing-edge.com" if you're interested; do not reply to this account, please. Tim.

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Free 8" floppy drives, near Washington DC

by classiccmp＠trailing-edge.com

Same conditions as the DEC stuff: You pick up only. A bunch of Shugart 8" floppy drives, electrically identical to SA801's but the aluminum castings are slightly wider than a real SA801. (Maybe these are SA901's? I don't know.) E-mail me at "shoppa(a)trailing-edge.com" if interested. Tim.

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WTT IRIX CD

by rschaefe＠gcfn.org

I've got an unopened IRIX CD here, `IRIX 5.3 for Indy R4400 175MHz' (#813-0336-001) that I'd like to trade for a version that will install on a 4D/30, preferably with XFS. Bob

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any interest in deskjets?

by rschaefe＠gcfn.org

I've got several located in Columbus, Ohio that I really don't want. Anybody want 'em before I set them out by the curb? They're basically untested, but it's a pretty good bet the pickup tires are going bad. :) I can dig up model #'s if anyone's interested. Bob

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HP 9000 520

by ebbsoft＠directvinternet.com

I still have three of HP 9000/520 computers, both mono & color, plus have a model 540, and have many boards and cables for them. I programmed these for years, but long ago. Eric

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Back on topic- NOS tapes for sale

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

Finally for everyone's enjoyment, something on topic: Ive got a bunch of tapes, some old some not so old and the prices can't be beat. here's the list: 8 verbatim dc2120 2pack 25 bernoulli 44meg 5.25 disks 3pack 1 KAO 3.5 hard disk cartridge for syquest drives 105Meg 5 3M compactape II Digital TK70 compatible 6 3M DC2060 QIC-40 thetamat format 60meg 7 3M DC2060 QIC-40 kappamat format 60/120meg 10 3M DC2080 Irwin80 compatible Rhomat format 80/160meg 5 3M DC2080 80meg 5 3M DC2120 120meg QIC/irwin 40/80 compatible 4 sony 3080XLF 2/4G QICwide 2 3M DC2000 thetamat format 40meg 1 3M DC2750 750meg 1 Imation MC3000XL 680meg 1 Verbatim DC2060 QIC-40-MC 1 Verbatim MC3000XL 2 Verbatim MC3010XL 4 Sony 2120QIC80 120meg 8 Verbatim MC3020XL 6 KAO MC3000XL QIC3020 4 3M DC2120 Rhomat format Irwin80 compatible 120/240meg 6 Sony QW3020XLF 850/1.7G 29 Exatape MC3000XL 1Gig 22 Universal MC3000XL QIC-3010 340meg 9 Imation 5gig minicarts for Dittomax drive 14 3M drive upgrade kit. inc. 2 2120XL Ximat format tapes&arcade backup app 5 pack colorado QIC3020 tapes for Jumbo1400 tape drive 4 3M DC600A 60meg 2 Verbatim DC9200 3 Verbatim DC9250 3 Sony QD9210 QIC2100C standard 2.1G 2 Conner QW5122F 420meg 1 Imation SLR50 50Gig 1 Sony SDX-T3N 25Gig 3 Sony QG15M 600meg 4 Verbatim MC3020EX 1.6Gig 4 8mm tape cleaners 2 3M 230meg optical disks 4 Fuji HIFD 200meg disks 3 Verbatim DC2120extra 400/800meg 8 boxes of 5pack Universal DC2120XL ~50 KAO DC2120XL ~55 Maxell MC3000XL 22 Computer grade Maxell cassette tapes 29 Imation MC3000XL Taumat format 680m/1.36Gig ~60 Sony QW5122F 200/420meg 20 Imation DC2000 40meg 1 Imation DC2080 80meg 14 3M DC2000 Kappamat format 40meg 13 Imation DC2010 Ximat format 120/240meg ~50 Sony 2120XLF 170meg ~30 KAO 5.25 syquest disks 88meg Let's say .50c for the 2120 and 2120xl types, $2 for everything else and maybe a little more for the very high capacity ones. volume discounts too and this stuff can ship USPS media rate so it's very affordable. get yours now! -- Antique Computer Virtual Museum www.nothingtodo.org

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(no subject)

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

> From: Doc Shipley <doc(a)mdrconsult.com> > And Bennett, just in case you wondered since then, I *did* get that > rack. It was indeed a /93, with a M8981-BA, a M5977-AA, and a M3106, > with an RZ24 and TZ30. > And, the identical backup unit came with it. Same configuration. > For a total cost of $80. Nice score, Doc. > I'm not usually given to profanity on public lists, but, > > Fuck You, ya stupid jerk. I win. Right on! I remember this scenario very well, and every so often since then I've wondered who on this list would pull such a low-down trick. Thanks for clearing this up. Perhaps now the rat will stop polluting this list and crawl back to where he belongs. Glen 0/0 If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if not now, when? -- Pirkei Avot

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(no subject)

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

Who IS this arrogant, manipulative bloodsucker? The list has been sooooo peaceful lately . . . > From: Mail List <mail.list(a)analog-and-digital-solutions.com> > To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: (no subject) > Date: Friday, September 27, 2002 3:19 AM First, a plea to our patriotism: > If anyone has the below part, and want's to cough it up to help the > US military, let me know. Next, a (false) attestation of indifference: > Know this though, it's not my problem, > and I'm not too concerned about it. .. and an implication that "Mail List" will not benefit from this transaction: > If you have it, you won't be helping > me, you will be helping your own military. .. followed by another attempt to appeal to our sense of patriotic duty: > I read that some of you > hate the government, etc., but some of you are also ex-military and > might be willing to assist them. But wait: > I'm not going to release enough > information that would make it possible for you to contact them direct, > so it will go through me, or it won't go at all. If he's "not too concerned" about the outcome, why is he jealously controlling the flow of information? > If you're one of the ones > that generally spouts about dealer prices and prices on eBay being > too high, and feel that you should never pay anyone else very much > for anything, you better have a low price yourself, or we're not going > to be willing to have any involvement with you. Translation: He wants to Buy Low and Sell High. > After all, who of you > would want to have anything to do with people that say one thing and > do another. I hope that none of the listmembers would choose to deal with someone who would present such a sleazy proposal. Please, whoever you are, this list is not a commercial venue. It is for those who choose to restore, preserve, collect, and USE classic computing equipment. Although many of us do trade and sell equipment, we do so in order to support our hobby, not in anticipation of a quick, fat profit at someone else's expense. If you choose to deal in these items on a for-profit basis, so be it, but this is not the place to do so. My apologies to the listmembers for the rant. Glen 0/0 If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if not now, when? -- Pirkei Avot

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Hard year

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

uhm, yes. well. clinton agreed. bush didnt. his first action in-office was to freeze all pending INS requests. > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe [mailto:rigdonj@cfl.rr.com] > Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 7:21 PM > To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: RE: Hard year > > > At 11:02 PM 9/28/02 +0200, you wrote: > >> What do you mean "would have"? Either you voted for him or > >> you didn't? (I voted for none of the above both times he ran) > >Given the fact that although I live in the US (most of the year), > >they still wont let me vote... *sigh* Hence, "would have". > > Oh, I thought you'd been here long enough to be a citizen. > > Joe > > >

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Hard year

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

Communism is one extreme (yes, I know what its like), but current and/or recent U.S. politics is another.... --f > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Feher [mailto:n4fs@monmouth.com] > Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 12:25 AM > To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: Hard year > > > > Guys, I lived under communism. I am very happy here. You are > all welcome to > move. Regards - Mike > > > > Mike B. Feher, N4FS > 89 Arnold Blvd. > Howell NJ, 07731 > (732) 901-9193 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joe" <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com> > To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> > Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 10:34 PM > Subject: RE: Hard year > > > > At 03:44 PM 9/27/02 -0700, you wrote: > > >On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Joe wrote: > > > > > >> Let's just hope we have someone worth voting for! > > > > > >It goes without saying that we will not. > > > > > >I suggest you "throw your vote away" and vote for an > independent. Hell, > > >at this point I'd vote for a damn Communist! > > > > Given the choice between "I invented the internet" Gore > and "Let's > start war somewhere to take people's minds off the economy" > Bush I have to > agree. > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > > >

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Hard year

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

dude, how'd you float in on a raft loaded with PDP-11's VAXen and the occasional Sun? > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe [mailto:rigdonj@cfl.rr.com] > Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 8:01 PM > To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: RE: Hard year > > > At 11:23 PM 9/28/02 +0200, you wrote: > >uhm, yes. well. clinton agreed. bush didnt. his first action > >in-office was to freeze all pending INS requests. > > Just proves that you didn't know hpow to work the system. > If you would have floated in on a raft, you'd automaticly > been granted residence. If you'd sneaked across the border > from Mexico, you'd been granted citizenship! > > I'll stop here before my blood pressure gets any higher! > > Joe > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Joe [mailto:rigdonj@cfl.rr.com] > >> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 7:21 PM > >> To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org > >> Subject: RE: Hard year > >> > >> > >> At 11:02 PM 9/28/02 +0200, you wrote: > >> >> What do you mean "would have"? Either you voted for him or > >> >> you didn't? (I voted for none of the above both times he ran) > >> >Given the fact that although I live in the US (most of the year), > >> >they still wont let me vote... *sigh* Hence, "would have". > >> > >> Oh, I thought you'd been here long enough to be a citizen. > >> > >> Joe > >> > >> > >> > > > > >

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Hard year

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

> What do you mean "would have"? Either you voted for him or > you didn't? (I voted for none of the above both times he ran) Given the fact that although I live in the US (most of the year), they still wont let me vote... *sigh* Hence, "would have". --f

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Hard year

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

yeah, from "SP - The Movie". Cartman's mom (or was it Kyle's) goes to war against the Canadians after she finds the kids' minds are poised by the new Terrance&Philip (adult-)movie. The "war march" song is Blame Canada ;-) --f

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Hard year

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

The song "Blame Canada" from South Park comes to mind... --fred

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Hard year

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

> Let's all vote for Fred! Thanks! :-) I would have voted for Clinton, though, just so y'all know.. --fred

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Quantum Data Corporation 801A character generator?

by vcf＠siconic.com

Has anyone ever heard of or have a Quantum Data Corporation 801A character generator? -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org * Old computing resources for business and academia at www.VintageTech.com *

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Fw: DEC PDP-11/73 in GA

by rschaefe＠gcfn.org

Anyone interested in checking this out? Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kate Olin" <blue(a)intrnet.net> To: "Robert F. Schaefer" <rschaefe(a)gcfn.org> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 10:41 PM Subject: Re: DEC PDP-11/73 > Hi again, Bob, > Sorry to bother you. You might remember I am the wife of the guy > who saved a VAX from the scrapheap earlier this month. Well, he went and > saved another DEC but I was wondering if you know anything about it. > It's a Digital PDP-11/73. I'm not sure about the dash in there. Anyway, > Dave said that it doesn't run the VMS software and it isn't the nice specimen that > the DEC 6000 was. But they were going to scrap it, so he paid the > scrap price and brought it home. He was able to transport it himself > without getting a UHaul, so he doesn't have much in it and won't have to ask for > much for it. > > Is there any interest out there in the PDP 11? He said this one > is missing a small panel, otherwise it was physically okay. >> Now for the bad news. Shipping is 152.89 and they would want more if you [------------------------------------^ to zip 43211 for a datapoint] >> need a lift gate for it. That's the price if you have a fork lift on your >> end. Don't worry. I can put it on ebay. We'll save it. My husband is >> looking at another DEC he wants to save. Tell me, he's considering a WANG >> too, are they as good? > Kate

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American Computer Museum

by bob＠copenhagen.cuug.ab.ca

>Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 14:21:28 -0500 >From: John Foust <jfoust(a)threedee.com> >Subject: American Computer Museum? > > >Anyone ever been to this place in Bozeman, MT? > > http://www.compuseum.org > >- John The American Computer Museum is quite good. However, Bozeman *is* a bit off the beaten track, and a straightforward tour (arranged as a timeline) only takes about an hour. All the exhibits are static: no blinkenlights, poppenkorken, or blowenfusen to amuse das dumbkopfen. When I was there (about 3 years ago) they didn't have anything really exotic that I can recall, but there were some quite cool electromechanical accounting machines and some fine 10 key-per-column Burroughs adding machines. There is a well stocked little gift shop. The people who run it certainly know their stuff (spelling mistakes notwithstanding). Also well worth looking into is: http://www.computerhistory.org/ located at Moffet Field, near Mountain View, CA. I was there last week, and they have some very neat stuff: part of the original ENIAC, a complete (but butchered) JOHNNIAC, a CRAY 1, a CRAY 2, the original Woz Apple prototype, and uncharted warehouses full of dusty boxes donated over the years. At present they are only open a couple of days a week. A very knowledgeable guide (who probably actually used some of the stuff they have on display) will give you a guided tour. Enjoy, Bob. | the digital divide is an issue of poverty; Bob Bramwell 60 Baker Cr. NW | if we can eliminate the information ProntoLogical Calgary, AB | barriers, we'll all live in a safer, +1 403/861-8827 T2L 1R4, Canada | more prosperous world. | - John Gage, Sun's chief researcher.

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Bob Wallace, R.I.P.

by swtpc6800＠attbi.com

When I first moved to Seattle in December of 1977, I checked out the local computer stores. At "The Retail Computer Store" the clerk was Bob Wallace. Bob invited me to the Northwest Computer Club meetings that were then held at the Pacific Science Center (part of the 1962 Worlds Fair.) Club officers, December 1977 http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/MySystem/ClubMembers100.jpg The Club hosted a computer fair at the Science Center. (In 1978 and 1979 it drew thousands of people.) Bob ran the first one and I was volunteered to run the fair the next year. I was glad the Bob was around to help for the second fair. The night the second fair was over, Bob and I sat around talking. He almost finished with his Masters in Computer Science at the University of Washington. (He was helping with the fair during finals week.) He was excited about his new job in Albuquerque with Microsoft. Later when I was working at Data I/O doing PLD software (ABEL), we OEMed a few thousand copies of Bob's text editor "PC-Write". Michael Holley www.swtpc.com/mholley

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PAGING stefan@softhome.net

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

Stefan, Please drop me an email regarding your recent posting... e-mail to your address (stefan(a)softhome.net) bounces.... Thanks, Fred -- InterNetworking, Network Security and Communications Consultants MicroWalt Corporation (Netherlands), Postbus 8, 1400 AA BUSSUM Phone +31 (35) 6980059 FAX +31 (35) 6980215 http://WWW.MicroWalt.NL/ Dit bericht en eventuele bijlagen is uitsluitend bestemd voor de geadresseerde. Openbaarmaking, vermenigvuldiging, verspreiding aan derden is niet toegestaan. Er wordt geen verantwoordelijkheid genomen voor de juiste en volledige overbrenging van de inhoud van dit bericht, noch voor de tijdige ontvangst ervan.

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Xerox 820

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

---------- > From: Al Kossow <aek(a)apple.com> > To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: Xerox 820 > Date: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 6:17 PM > > re: google search not finding anything.. > > "xerox 820" returns http://www.spies.com/~aek/pdf/xerox/820/ > as the first entry, which contains all of my scanned > documentation. > > Unfortunately, spies is down right now. Hopefully it > will be back up soon. > Thanks Al. My wife *has* been bugging me to get new glasses ;>) Glen 0/0

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Transputer Boards

by mail.list＠analog-and-digital-solutions.com

Re: Transputer Boards I talked with a hobbyist this morning, that unfortunately since about the time of the 9/11 incident, has been out of work for the last year, and is selling some of his gear to make next month's rent. He currently sells stuff on eBay. ( note: to make as much money as he can, and he is at least honest in his open admission of it, so he has my respect for that ). He is looking for some transputer boards. I myself don't yet know anything about them, as I've never had any, or done any research on them. But if anyone has any they want to sell, let me know what you've got, and how much you want for it/them. I might be willing to buy some for him, and he and I would then trade some parts. You'd pretty much have to be wanting what he, as another hobbyist, would be willing to pay for them, so if you're not interested ( because it might not be a whole lot, I just don't know ), I would completely understand. Bennett

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Was "War Games" based on real-life?

by GOOI＠oce.nl

What I remember from that time is that as result of the movie questions were asked in the Senate *if* the scenario shown in the movie *could* be possible ... BTW I love that movie. Seen it more than 5 times, still like it. my 2c, - Henk. > -----Original Message----- > From: Cini, Richard [mailto:RCini@congressfinancial.com] > Sent: woensdag 25 september 2002 14:51 > To: CCTalk (E-mail) > Subject: Was "War Games" based on real-life? > > Hello, all: > > While flipping through PC Magazine this morning, I noticed the > following quote on page 26 of the 10/15/02 issue: > > "You might expect highly technical security advice from Kevin > Mitnick, whose alleged 1982 hack into NORAD inspired the > movie War Games." > > This is the first time I've seen this reference. Is this true? > > Rich

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Altair stuff

by dwightk.elvey＠amd.com

Hi Check out: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2057333335 Later Dwight

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PDP8/e Chassis

by mail.list＠analog-and-digital-solutions.com

Hi Lawrence, I see you got that PDP8/e chassis on eBay that I posted to the list. As you now well know it wasn't me selling it, and while it wasn't anything I was interested in, I thought one of you DEC collectors might be. Bennett

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Rhode & Schwarz LogICscope?

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

Went shopping today and found one of these. Is anyone familar with them? I guess it does the same thing as a HP Logic Clip but it's bigger. It has a clip the attaches to a 16 pin IC then about a 18" cable. On the other end of the cable is a box that measures about 4 1/2" x 3" x 1/2" with a large window on one side. Inside the window is a black panel with two rows of holes with a LED under each hole. The odd thing is that one row has eight holes and LEDs and the other has nine! I've been playing with it and haven't seen the 9th LED light up yet so I'm not sure what it's for. There also a slot at the end of the box, It looks like it's intended for the user to make a THIN paper label and insert it under the window and between the rows of LED holes. I opened it up and it's made of individual components (including lots of diodes!) except for three 7404 ICs. The ICs used in this one are all dated 1972. The whole thing is grey except for the window and it says that it was made in West Germany. Anybody know exactly what the extra LED is for? Joe

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Free books

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

The following lot is available for the cost of postage (or pickup in Orlando, FL). You must take them all. All on topic since they are over ten years old. Please contact me offlist if you're interested. CICS Handbook (Kageyama) Programmer's Survival Guide (Ruhl) 1-2-3 Macro Library, 3rd Edition (Ewing) Paul Mace Guide to Data Recovery (Mace) Practical Image Processing in C (with diskette) (Lindley) Novell Netware Power Tools (with diskette) (Edelhart) Practical Guide to Database Design (Hogan) MVS Performance Management (Samson) Hard Disk Power (with diskette) (Jamsa) CICS for the COBOL Programmer Part 1 (Lowe) CICS for the COBOL Programmer Part 2 (Lowe) All in great shape. If no takers by Friday 9-13-2002 these will become dumpster food as per the Bullshit Reduction Act of 2002. Later -- Glen 0/0 If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if not now, when? -- Pirkei Avot

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Various DEC software for swap, sale, give away etc

by stefan＠softhome.net

A "small" list of what I have here, I would like to swap/sell it so I can get new thingies for my own collection, but if someone really wants it badly enough I might give it away. The list : DecNet MicroVMS V4.6 Decnet-11m+ V4.0 Deckit 16mt9 Decnet-11m+ V4.0 Netkit 16mt9 Decnet-VAX F/Func RX50 DECprint Printing Services V4.0 UPD DOC DECprint Printing Services V4.0 UPD MT DECprint V4.1 16mt9 Decserver 1.2 bin TK50 Decserver 1.3 bin 16mt9 HSC Software V3.9A DOC UPD Lifespan int rtl2 VAX V2.2 MicroVMS V1.0 Pathworks VMS V4.0 TK50 RSX11M V4.2 update E MT:1600 RSX11m V4.4 BIN MT:1600 RSX11m V4.4 BRU64K MT:1600 RSX-11m-PLUS V4.2 BIN 16mt9 TU58#15 VAX TE16/TU45/77 DIAG TU58#20 VAX SYS EXR/BUSINT TU58#33 VAX BUS DIAGNOSTICS TU58#43 VAX BUS TEST DIAG TU58#5 VAX750 CACHEB/MEM/EXR TU58#52 VAX TU80 DIAGNOSTIC TU58#7 VAX 11 HARDCORE INSTR TU58#8 VAX 11 INSTR TU58#9 CR/DISK USER MODE VAX ADA V1.5 bin TK50 VAX ADA/UVMS V1.3 bin TK50 VAX BASIC V3.4 UPD TK50 VAX CDD PLUS V4.1 BIN 16mt9 VAX CDD PLUS V4.1A TUPD 16mt9 VAX CDD PLUS V4.2 16mt9 VAX CDD PLUS V4.2A UPD 16mt9 VAX CDD PLUS V4.3 UPD 16mt9 VAX Fortran V4.5-V4.8 VAX PCA V2.2 UPD 16mt9 VAX RDB/VMS V3.0B 16mt9 VAX RDB/VMS V3.1A 16mt9 VAX RDB/VMS V3.1B 16mt9 VAX/VMS V4.4 BIN 16mt9 VMS/WS SFTWR V4.1 UPD TK50 VMS/WS SFTWR V4.2 UPD DOC VMS/WS SFTWR V4.3 UPD TK50 VMS/WS SFTWR V4.4 UPD TK50 All located in the Netherlands btw but sendable all over the world. yours, Stefan.

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Xerox 820

by aek＠apple.com

re: google search not finding anything.. "xerox 820" returns http://www.spies.com/~aek/pdf/xerox/820/ as the first entry, which contains all of my scanned documentation. Unfortunately, spies is down right now. Hopefully it will be back up soon.

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Pixel Machines

by aek＠apple.com

I worked with one of the main programmers when we were both in Apple ATG. It is a box full of ATT 32C DSPs. It's worth saving. They were very neat devices at the time. The Computer Museum will probably be interested, since I don't think they have one.

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Apple 2 HPIB

by kevenm＠reeltapetransfer.com

I aquired an Apple 2 HPIB card from ebay, without documentation. Does anyone know where to find or have a copy of the Apple ][ IEEE-488 Interface Users Guide? You can find a picture of the cover here http://member.nifty.ne.jp/apple2tree/manual/manual6.htm Keven Miller kevenm(a)reeltapetransfer.com

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Classic Computer sights in Minneapolis & Chicago?

by bill＠timeguy.com

I'm going to be spending a few days in Minneapolis and then road-tripping down to Chicago for a few more. Anything in particular I don't want to miss in terms of classic computer surplus, museums, robots, etc? Recommendations welcomed and appreciated.

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Prior art for multi-resolution computers?

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

> There is a very old patent, 1982, that Compaq owns that they claim covers Exactly how long do patents last these days? Did it not used to be 17 years (max - assuming the renewal fees were paid)? If so, has it not expired? The IBM patent server should be able to track it down (given a few more details) and (IIRC) it will tell you if it is still in force. Antonio

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The Internet transmitted by ... carrier pigeon?

by spectre＠stockholm.ptloma.edu

http://www.blug.linux.no/rfc1149/ Listed here without further comment :-) -- ----------------------------- personal page: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ -- Cameron Kaiser, Point Loma Nazarene University * ckaiser(a)stockholm.ptloma.edu -- BOND THEME NOW PLAYING: "The Man With the Golden Gun" ----------------------

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American Computer Museum?

by jfoust＠threedee.com

Anyone ever been to this place in Bozeman, MT? http://www.compuseum.org - John

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Amiga 3000 Accelerator or Amiga 4000?

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

I've finally found the time to get my Amiga 3000 back up and running. It's a pretty nice machine, though it has an early rev 6.1 Motherboard, I'd upgraded it to 3.1 ROMs, and have it running with the latest rev's of all the chips. I'd also gotten an Ami-Fast board to add 4 4Mb 72-pin SIMMs, instead of using ZIPs, a Hydra 10Base2 Ethernet board, and a Picasso IV video card. It currently has a 2GB HD, and an external 4x CD-ROM. My first new upgrade has been a brand new copy of Amiga OS 3.9 (well worth the $40+S&H). There is one slight problem, WinUAE is considerably faster. As the first paragraph shows, the one thing my system is missing is an Accelerator card. Does anyone happen to have either an Accelerator, or an Amiga 4000 that they'd let go cheap or for trade? Zane

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(no subject)

by mail.list＠analog-and-digital-solutions.com

If anyone has the below part, and want's to cough it up to help the US military, let me know. Know this though, it's not my problem, and I'm not too concerned about it. If you have it, you won't be helping me, you will be helping your own military. I read that some of you hate the government, etc., but some of you are also ex-military and might be willing to assist them. I'm not going to release enough information that would make it possible for you to contact them direct, so it will go through me, or it won't go at all. If you're one of the ones that generally spouts about dealer prices and prices on eBay being too high, and feel that you should never pay anyone else very much for anything, you better have a low price yourself, or we're not going to be willing to have any involvement with you. After all, who of you would want to have anything to do with people that say one thing and do another. In Europe OK, shipping costs are not a problem. EOL OSCILLATOR,NONCRYSTAL CONTROLLED OTC-1CM-054-59-20P-A last known company to build it. Company Name and Address: L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORP - NARDA MICROWAVE DIV 107 WOODMERE RD FOLSOM CA 95630 Phone: 916-351-4500 FAX: 916-351-4591 Bennett

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<no subject> from 'Mail List' guy

by jpfinch78＠hotmail.com

At 03:19 AM 9/27/2002 -0400, you wrote: >If anyone has the below part, and want's to cough it up to help the >US military, let me know. Know this though, it's not my problem, >and I'm not too concerned about it. Why aren't you concerned about it? Our military needs something and you're not concerned about it? What are you, some kind of commie pinko or somethin'? I'm shocked, shocked! >... I'm not going to release enough information that would make it possible >for you to contact them direct, so it will go through me, or it won't go at >all. Whoa -- now it sounds like you want to act as a choke point on these vitally-needed parts as well. I'm starting to get worried here, chief. >... If you're one of the ones that generally spouts about dealer prices and >prices on eBay beingtoo high, and feel that you should never pay anyone >else very much for anything, you better have a low price yourself, or we're >not going to be willing to have any involvement with you. Just hold on one darned minute! You don't care if the military gets the parts they need, you insert yourself as gatekeeper to ensure they only get what you want them to get, now you want a low cost so you can add some outrageous uplift and gouge the armed forces as well? For shame! _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

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"Mail List" "Bennett"

by geoffr＠zipcon.net

Can't you even ONCE post ANYTHING on here without making inflammatory remarks or trying to pick a bloody fight?

23 years, 8 months

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San Diego DEC Rescue

by jpl15＠panix.com

Well, after wading thru miles of corporate red tape, and jumping several Dilbertian hurdles, we managed to rescue two 11/44s and two 11/23s from a Big Company in San Diego. Marvin Johnston drove from Santa Barbara (and back!) to get the machines, which are all in one 7' DEC rack. There is also an RL02, 1 (or 2?) SCSI drives attached to one of the /44s, about 20 RL02 packs, and a Blue Wall. It appears the machines are running RSX. I'll know more about them next week when I get them back up here to Quincy in the northern Sierras. Thanks go to Sellam who first alerted me to the deal *last year*, and of course to Marvin who drove over 400 miles on very short notice... More legacy machinery saved from the dumpster... if things work out I am strongly considering exhibiting at least one of the /44s at VCF 5 - along with a PR1ME 750 if we can get it's swap disk crankiness sorted out. Cheers John

23 years, 8 months

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Imlac assembler almost ready...

by uban＠ubanproductions.com

Hi Bob, Your work prompted me to spend some time on an assembler for the Imlac and after a couple of nights of work on a brand new program, I can correctly assemble the simple display program. I will get you a copy once I clean up a couple of things. What kind of machine would you like to run it on? --tom

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Altair stuff

by dwightk.elvey＠amd.com

Oops Did it again. I've got to check that send line. Sorry Erik. Dwight >From: "Dwight K. Elvey" <dwightk.elvey(a)amd.com> > >Hi > Check out: > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2057333335 > > >Later >Dwight > > >

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Altair-what do I do first

by dwightk.elvey＠amd.com

Hi John Not all switcher are of the same high quality as the ones you are testing. I've seen enough of them that will turn the transistor on solid if the the voltage is too low, in an attempt to bring the output voltage up. This was more common in older switchers than newer ones. Most are designed to shut down, as John noted, now days. It wasn't always that way. Even so, there is little useful results of using a variac on these new ones. The only capacitor that you are bringing up slowly is the primary side filter. The DC outputs will snap to level when the input protection allows it. Dwight >From: "J.C. Wren" <jcwren(a)jcwren.com> > "( note: don't use a variac on a switcher supply! )" > > Why not? We do it all the time, for checking what the low and high voltage >cut-off point of a switcher is. We also vary the frequency all over the >place. I don't know switchers in general, but ours suddenly start switching >as the voltage hits 90V on the up-test, and about the same on the down-test. > > It may not be *useful* do to so for testing the device, but it won't cause >any damage in any of the number of supplies we've tested. > > --John > > >-----Original Message----- >From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]On >Behalf Of Dwight K. Elvey >Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 18:16 >To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org >Subject: RE: Altair-what do I do first > >[ snip] > >( note: don't use a variac on a switcher supply! ) >Later >Dwight > > > >

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Bob Wallace, R.I.P.

by xds_sigma7＠hotmail.com

My condolences, Fred... Hopefully, through his contributions to the computing community, he may have terminated, but his memory will stay resident. Will J _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

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Quadri Core memory?

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

I recently found what looked like a solid block of aluminium recently but on closer inspection it turned out to be a 64k x 18 core memory made by Quadri Corporation. It's part number is 1-0805-0015-02. It measures 1 1/2" x 6' x 9" and all the case parts are machined out of solid aluminium and it fits together so well that the joints are barely visible. It's very obviously military. It looks like it could survive WW III! I did some searching for Quadri and found that they used to be a manufacturer of high reliability core memory systems used in military aircraft, helicopters, tanks and other vehicles but they have been bought out by a company by the name of Agro-Tech and no longer exist. Does anyone know anything about the Quadri core memories or know anything about Quadri? Joe

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PDP-8/E Paper Tapes from ECRM

by cmcnabb＠4mcnabb.net

While looking through the pile of stuff I got with the PDP-8/E, I found a tray of papertapes from 'ECRM, INC'. The tapes are labeled as follows: 5365 Board (Video Store) Diag (c) 1976 ECRM, Inc 5000 Series Panel Switches Diag (c) 1975 ECRM, Inc BTCON 5000 (c) 1974 ECRM, Inc Beehive Terminal Diagnostic (c) 1975 ECRM, Inc ECRM Keyboard Diagnostic (c) 1976 ECRM, Inc Dictionary Generator Program SW9122(G) (c) 1974 ECRM,Inc AutoPrep 1 PaceSetter (c) 1974 ECRM, Inc Dictionary Generator Program SW9122(F) (c) 1974 ECRM, Inc. 5342 Board (Stok Search) Diag. (c) 1976 ECRM, Inc 5018 Board (Interrupt Mask) Diag (c) 1976 ECRM, Inc 5005 Board Serial Punch Diag (c) 1976 ECRM, Inc The use of some of these is obvious from the label, others are not. I am assuming that the PDP-8/E was connected to something made by ECRM, but I have no idea what. I do have one ECRM board, which is the 5005 Serial Punch/Reader controller. Does anyone know who ECRM is/was, and what kind of machine/system these tapes might have been used with?

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Was "War Games" based on real-life?

by cb＠mythtech.net

>WAP hacking is the new frontier. It's just too damn easy. That makes it ideal for today's script kiddies... er um... sorry, "hackers"... I wouldn't want to have one of those 13 year olds throw a temper tantrum because I didn't use his prefered term. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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Was "War Games" based on real-life?

by RCini＠congressfinancial.com

Hello, all: While flipping through PC Magazine this morning, I noticed the following quote on page 26 of the 10/15/02 issue: "You might expect highly technical security advice from Kevin Mitnick, whose alleged 1982 hack into NORAD inspired the movie War Games." This is the first time I've seen this reference. Is this true? Rich

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VAX 4000-500 near Texas?

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

>2) What are the differences between the 4000VLC and the 4000-500? Are there >likely to be some serious gotchas in there? The VLC (as you know) is small, uses one low profile SCSI disk internally, has an external SCSI connector, supports a max of 24MB or memory and weighs in at 6 VUPs or so. There is no real expansion available. A VAX 4000-500 is bigger (coffee table size), usually comes with DSSI drives (although it can use SCSI with the right additional h/w) can have many disks, supports more memory (512MB max - 32MB min!) and runs at 24VUPs on a bad day (more if it is really a -700A or 705A). DSSI is available for storage and the box has a Q-bus. Whether any of this matters or not depends on what the VAX is supposed to do. If they wanted an OpenVMS compute engine, almost any cheap Alpha would eat both of the above for breakfast, so I assume that there is either a software constraint (e.g. VAX-only 3rd party s/w) or a hardware one (must use this Q-bus interface card). Antonio

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Brian Instruments BRIKON Mdl 723 Floppy Drive Tester / Analyzer

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

Does anyone here have access to one the model 723 floppy drive testers with the analog/alignment attachment (option R)? If so can you send me the pin out of the I/O cable for analog attachment? I think there's only six or eight leads on it? Joe

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Altair-what do I do first

by dwightk.elvey＠amd.com

>From: "Peter C. Wallace" <pcw(a)mesanet.com> > >On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Patrick Rigney wrote: > >> > Better still, if you are testing the cards one at a time with an external >> > supply, tack on a 5V (set to 5.5 or so) crowbar on the output side of the >> > local 5V regulator -- no cut traces, only tacking on 2 wires >> > temporarily... >> > >> > Peter Wallace >> >> Peter, yeah, this seems like an easy approach. Question: could a simple >> 6.2V Zener be installed reverse-biased from the 5V regulator output to >> ground? Seems like you'd want inline fuses between the unregulated supply >> and the backplace as well for this kind of test... >> >> Patrick >> >> > > You would have to have a monster zener to be safe, probably 50 W or >so. Those arent that common. A crowbar circuit stolen from another supply or a >home made one would be better than a zener. > > Instead of a crowbar (that usually use SCRs), You could also use a >5.6v or so shunt regulator made with a big (20A) power transistor and a 5V >10W zener... > >Peter Wallace > > Hi I think you are all a little paranoid. Regulators rarely fail in storage. If it is blown, it most likely blew while the power was on and any damage has already long since been done. That being said, there is a failure that can happen in storage that is related to the regulation. Many regulators, especially the TO-3 types need the screw holding them to the board to have a vary good connection. If this is bad, the voltage will go unregulated and it will over voltage. You should remove and check under these screws to look for corrosion and clean the surfaces. I recommend a star washer between the PCB and nut/washer. This should be checked on any electronics that has been stored. Often this is a good point to restore some fresh heatsink compound as well. The old dry stuff is less effective. The most common failure is the old electrolytics and the tantalums. I've seen flames from a blown tantalum. If you connect a voltmeter to the output leads of any regulators and watch the voltage as you bring the line up with a variac ( adjustable auto-transformer ), you should be able to catch any over voltage before it does any harm. ( note: don't use a variac on a switcher supply! ) Later Dwight

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VAX 4000-500 near Texas?

by dittman＠dittman.net

> Dunno whether this is on-topic or not, apologies if not. Someone at > my institute needs access to a VAX 4000-500 or similar series machine for a > proposal for some project work. I intend to loan my Vax 4000 VLC to them, > but: > > 1) Does anyone near San Antonio Texs, have a qualifying machine that they'd > like to unload permanently, hopefully at a reasonably good price? I have a VAX 4000-500 I'm looking to sell, but I'm in Plano, Texas (northern suburb of Dallas). -- Eric Dittman dittman(a)dittman.net Check out the DEC Enthusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/

23 years, 8 months

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RSTS/E Manuals???

by xds_sigma7＠hotmail.com

Hi, I recently accquired a really, really random assortment of RSTS manuals, >from V06B up to like V9.6 or so, and I'm attempting to make sense of what portions of docsets I have parts of.. If anyone has extra manuals, that'd rock, but I also could really use copies/scans/etc. of the documentation directories, since the only one I have is for V7.1 haha Will J _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

23 years, 8 months

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Keyboard adapter for ??

by lgwalker＠mts.net

I picked up an ordinary Fujitso KB at a thrift shop that had an adapter on the end of the cable. It's a small plug and the only markings on it were the common I/O arrows on the business end. One side is the regular F 5-pin Din but the male side is about halfway between a regular din and a PS/2 sub. It is in a 6-pin configuration but the pins are much thinner than usual. It only has 4 pins which would square with the 5v, grnd, clock, data requirements but it could have a pin(s) broken off since they're fragile and protrude from the shell about 3/8". Clockwise the 1 and 3 are missing. There's no center lock. Anyone have any idea of what this might be for ? Lawrence lgwalker(a)mts.net bigwalk_ca(a)yahoo.com

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CPM-8000 running

by dwightk.elvey＠amd.com

Hi Chris Groessler and I have been working with the CPM-8000 images that we found on the unofficial CPM page, along with manuals and such found elsewhere. Last night, I was able to get the CPM-8000 prompt and execute both commands that I tried ( DIR and USER ). There are still some minor issues but things should be moving right along ( why can't programmers realize that initializing variables is an important part of any program? ). I want to give thanks to Hans, without the hardware manual he scanned, I wouldn't have been able to figure out the address decoder PROM in my Olivetti M20 and find out how to bring my machine up to 256K of RAM ( needed by CPM-8000 ). We still have some work to do ( building up the disk with all of the files ) but it looks like a down hill trip from here. Later Dwight

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Altair-what do I do first

by kapteynr＠cboe.com

All good advice so far -- but one caution I forgot. My experience is that the CMOS chips from this period are THE MOST STATIC SENSITIVE chips that there are. It is much easier to damage these whith inappropriate handling than any modern stuff. Use paranoid static handling precautions. Since I usually work on these machines on those cold (dry) winter days when static forms easily, I also use a humidifier in the room where I work. -Rob -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of J.C. Wren Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 8:08 PM To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: RE: Altair-what do I do first A less painful way may be to lift the output pin of the regulator >from its via. Or (and this is evil, but works, and is can be better than losing all your unsocketted chips), cut the trace after output of the regulator. You can always use a piece of foil tape or wire to effect a repair. This may detract from the ultimate value of the board, but you're far less likely to wreck it than removing irreplacable socketted chips. --John -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Tony Duell Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 20:24 To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Altair-what do I do first > > Good move -- don't plug it in yet. _Neve_ plug in a classic computer without checking it first! [Good advice on electrolytic caps deleted] > In any case, detach everything from the power supply and check it out first. > Unfortunately, Altairs have no connectors for this, so you will have to > desolder the wires. > Some suggest powering it up slowly on a variable transformer, but I have not > tried that. > > After checking out the power supply voltages, unplug all of the cards and The amin problem with S100 systems is that the PSU lines on the bus are unregulated. The voltage regulators are on each card. And this means that a defective regulator _on a card_ will wipe out all the chips on that card, and may even put high voltages onto the bus lines and damage other cards. Therefore, do as suggested and get the unregulated PSU working first. Then take the cards (one at a time) and remove all socketed ICs. Make a diagram first, of course if you don't have the schematics/layout diagrams for that card. You'd better hope that the expensive/rare ICs (CPU, ROMs, RAM, LSI I/O chips) are socketed. Then put the (essentially bare) card in the backplane and check the outputs of the regulators on that card. Repeat for all the cards you have. Put the ICs back into a card before starting on the next one (unless you are a lot better organised than me!) Then, and only then do you put populated cards into the backplane and start testing logic functions. -tony

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VAX 4000-500 near Texas?

by mtapley＠swri.edu

All, Dunno whether this is on-topic or not, apologies if not. Someone at my institute needs access to a VAX 4000-500 or similar series machine for a proposal for some project work. I intend to loan my Vax 4000 VLC to them, but: 1) Does anyone near San Antonio Texs, have a qualifying machine that they'd like to unload permanently, hopefully at a reasonably good price? 2) What are the differences between the 4000VLC and the 4000-500? Are there likely to be some serious gotchas in there? - Mark

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DEC PDP-11/73 in GA

by xds_sigma7＠hotmail.com

LOL! Well, my parents apparently are willing to agree there's nothing called too many computers, so long as they are put away nicely, not filling the garage, spread through the house, etc.. Heh.. Will J _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

23 years, 8 months

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Xerox 820 lives!

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

> From: Don Maslin <donm(a)cts.com> > First off, Glen, is it an 820 or an 820-II? Since you have been in to > it, you should recall whether there is a daughter card that plugs in > vertically in the right rear quadrant of the motherboard. If it is > there, you have an 820-II. Cool! It's an 820-II. > Make sure that the heads are clean and that the guide rails for the head > assembly are clean and VERY LIGHTLY lubricated. The drive is scheduled for a good cleaning this weekend ;>) > There is a program named MFT45.COM (also MFT48.COM) that is capable of > single drive copy. It is a little tedious because of disk jockeying, > but it does do the job. MFT stands for Multiple File Transfer. More cool -- I'll check the diskettes that came with it to see if this program is present. > > --> Some of the utilities on the boot diskettes (FMT, for example) refer to > > hard disk drives. What's involved in attaching a hard drive to this > > system? > > If an 820, it is not a particularly reasonable thing to try. If an > 820-II, easy if you can find the Xerox add ons. Rather more difficult > otherwise. Would you happen to know the model number of the Xerox external HDD unit? > > --> The flimsy "User Manual" which I have states that the RS232 port may be > > configured to attach to a terminal or to a modem. How? > > Probably switching the port from DTE to DCE pinout. Sure, but I'm reluctant to make any internal changes w/o docs. As always, thanks, Don! Glen 0/0

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RSX-11 Kermit file transfer of binary files...

by bqt＠update.uu.se

Unfortunately I (somehow) missed the start of this thread, but I figured I might as well jump in. I don't even know for sure who asked the original question, but I hope this gets to whoever is interested. First of all, you need to set kermit to transfer binary files in order to transfer tasks (I figure it handles this if you allow it to automatically decide the mode as well). Second, kermit-11 can send attribute packets, which tranfers RMS information, along with the file. Third, KERMIT-11 is somewhat buggy. I wrote a patch or two to remedy the most obvious errors (which crashed KERMIT-11 if attribute packets were sent). However, I got tired of this whole thing, and wrote a program similar to uuencode/uudecode for RSX, which preserves everything, while converting to/from plain text files. I called it COD, and it's in MACRO-11. Not in all respects a beautiful program (the source, that is), but it works very nice, and it's free. Using this, you just throw your file at COD, transfer the text file, run it through COD, and you have your file back. It retains all attributes, contigous state, and some other meta information as well (such as file protection). If anyone need it, it is free, available in source at ftp://ftp.update.uu.se/pub/pdp11/rsx/tools/cod/ Johnny Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus || on a psychedelic trip email: bqt(a)update.uu.se || Reading murder books pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol

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Altair-what do I do first

by rhudson＠cnonline.net

On Tuesday 24 September 2002 09:26 pm, you wrote: > Ron, > > You are seriously looking to potentially trade the machine? > > Erik > www.vintage-computer.com yes, seriously, my eyesight is not much good for soldering, or chip reading. Everyone - Please remember this is not the altair you think of with the blinky lights and switches, it does have a video out (some sort of terminal board) and floppy drives. It has been sitting in a garage for some time, and it's only an offer so far, not delivered.

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KDF 9 Core stores

by Lee.Davison＠merlincommunications.com

Pictures of two parts of the nesting store from this machine are now online at .. http://members.lycos.co.uk/leeedavison/kdf9/index.html Enjoy. 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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An Important Announcement About VCF 5.0

by vcf＠siconic.com

Dear Vintage Computer Festival fan: It is with great pleasure that I announce that the fifth annual Vintage Computer Festival is being sponsored by the Computer History Museum. In conjunction with the CHM's sponsorship, VCF 5.0 will now be held at the Moffett Training & Conference Center at Moffet Federal Airfield in Mountain View, California. The dates of the event will remain October 26th and 27th. Moffett Federal Airfield is of course also the home of the Computer History Museum. This year's tours of the CHM's Visible Storage exhibits will be more tightly integrated with the VCF. The collaboration between the VCF and CHM will make for an exciting computer history experience. Admission to the event will be $10 per person per day for full access to Speakers, the Exhibition and the Marketplace, or $4 per person per day for Exhibition and Marketplace access only. As always, kids 17 and under will be admitted free, and parking is free. Important note for foreign nationals (i.e. non-U.S. citizens): because the Moffett Federal Airfield is a United States military installation, foreign nationals must undergo screening prior to being allowed on the base. We regret this inconvenience. If you are a foreign national (not a United States citizen) planning to attend VCF, please fill out the Foreign National Registration form on the VCF website: http://www.vintage.org/2002/main/foreign.php Your registration must be received by September 26, 2002. If you are a United States citizen, you do not need to register. Stay tuned for forthcoming announcements regarding VCF 5.0 or visit the VCF 5.0 website for more information: http://www.vintage.org/2002/main/ Vendor booths are still available! Best regards, Sellam Ismail Producer Vintage Computer Festival -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org * Old computing resources for business and academia at www.VintageTech.com *

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2.4Mb 5 1/4" floppy drive?

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

I was scrounging around last week and found a pair of HH 5 1/4" floppy drives that are marked "2.4" next to a disk symbol on the front. Just out of curiousity I picked them up and checked <http://marina.mfarris.com/floppy/Hitachi.html> and sure enough they're 2.4Mb floppy drives! I've never heard of these before. Does anyone know what the disk format is or where these are used? The drives are Hitachi model FD532EIU. The label on them says that they're made for IBM. They're in some sort of a plastic sled. Joe

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Pixel Machines

by pat＠purdueriots.com

There's a AT&T/Pixel Machines model 964d 'video thing' down at university salvage, and I was wondering if anyone had any information on them. It appears to have been produced in 1989 by an offshoot of AT&T called "Pixel Machines". Using google, the only result I can get that matches "Pixel Machines" and 964 or 964d is a thesis of some sort, which doesn't have a whole lot of useful information on the beast. As far as I can tell, it's some sort of redering/raytracing 'thing', and from its outputs, it appears like it might output NTSC video. I'm not sure yet if I want to bother lugging it up here - it's about 2ft x 2ft x 1ft in size, and looks like it might weigh as much as a small car. Thanks for any information you guys can turn up, -- Pat

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StorageTek 9708 Tape library

by wonko＠4amlunch.net

does anyone know anything about these? does anyone have docs? i'd love to get mine setup and working, but i can't seem to figure out details. like for instance, there is a db25 on the back, and the robot doesn't show up as a scsi id, are the robots on these things serial controlled? docs would be best. thanks all!!! -brian -- "Hope you don't have much traffic then... ya turn on any feature in a crisco and you tax the hell outta the cpu..don't be so cruel to that little 68030, he never did anything to hurt you. Really, he loves you and just wants to shovel the bits around. meanie" Derrick D. Daugherty

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DEC PDP-11/73 in GA

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

> Georgia's a little far for me to go, but I sure wish MY wife was this > understanding. She had a cow at the mere suggestion of bringing home a VAX > the other day. She is under the impression I have too many old computers as > it is. I say there is no such thing as too many old computers. Your wife is probably correct. Consider your self lucky, my wife is understanding. As a result, I'm the one that thinks I've got too many old computers. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, collecting old computers is a disease! DECitis is one of the more extreme and dangerous varients of this disease. Developing DECitis can be especially dangerous if you already suffer from Bibliomania. If you think I'm joking, think again. Zane PS at least the disease isn't as distructive as some.

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2.4Mb 5 1/4" floppy drive?

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

At 02:15 PM 9/20/02 -0600, Will J wrote: >Those drives must be from an IBM control unit, such as a 3174, since I know >the drives in it say "1.4M" next to them. > I assume that you mean 2.4M. I did some searching on the 3174 and option 1048 for them is a 2.4Mb drive so that looks like that's where they came from. Later I checked the drives closer and I found a disk in the one that I hadn't looked at. It looks like a standard 5 1/4" floppy disk. It had a plain white label on it with no brand name. The lable says "DISKETTE TYPE 2.4MB 3174 CONTROL", "LICENSED INTERNAL CODE - PROPERTY OF IBM", "MACHINE 3174 P/N 25F8499 E/C A78831 ML90095 MICROCODE LVL B2.0" etc etc so it appears that it's definitely for a 3174. Joe

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Pictures Re: 2.4Mb 5 1/4" floppy drive?

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Sep 24, 14:24, Joe wrote: > I'm still trying to find out where the 2.4Mb 5 1/4" floppy drives came from. > The sled has IBM PN 25F8398 on it. I've searched Google and IBM's site for the number but didn't find anything. I found these drives in the same pile with some IBM RS/6000 cards. Does anyone know if the RS/6000 uses anything like this? I'd never heard of a 5.25" 2.4MB floppy before this, but I know that some models of the RS/6000 range and I believe also some PS/2 range had so-called "2.88MB" 3.5" floppies. I have one here (the drive,that is, not the RS/6000). They look just like ordinary 3.5" HD floppies except for the extra media sensor. They can use normal DD or HD disks, or special ED disks which have the media sensor hole in a different place to HD disks -- it's slightly further from the bottom edge, so if you put an ED disk in an HD drive, it would be seen as DD. However, the coating is a special barium ferrite rather than the normal cobalt ferrite, and for ED, the drive uses a vertical recording technique developed by Toshiba instead of normal longitudinal recording. If the disk in the drive you've found looks just like a normal HD floppy, that's what it is -- not an Extra Density one. Apart from IBMs they were also used in 3Com Netbuilder routers. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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Xerox 820 lives!

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

> From: Merle K. Peirce <at258(a)osfn.org> > The 820, is, I think, my favourite CP/M machine. Mind if I ask why? So far I still prefer my Kaypro 10, but my mind is always open ;>) > They can be twitchy > though, often stemming from dirty contacts on various cards. I'll keep that in mind. > I might have some Xerox manuals somewhere. They might be buried deep, > though. Want me to look? Only if it is convenient for you. > WordStar runs very nicely on the 820. I used > it for a number of years. Fortunately, I have WS 3.3, dBase II, and Multiplan. Anyway, thanks for the info. Glen 0/0

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Slightly OT: HP 9000/C160

by glenslick＠hotmail.com

Search eBay for A2580-60001. I think that is the correct part number for a 64MB module which works for this system. You can get a pair (128MB total) for $15 or less right now. >From: "Peter C. Wallace" <pcw(a)mesanet.com> >Reply-To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org >To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org >Subject: Re: Slightly OT: HP 9000/C160 >Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 13:55:33 -0700 (PDT) > >On Mon, 23 Sep 2002, Patrick Finnegan wrote: > > > I've managed to pick up a memory-less HP C110 that was upgraded to a > > C160. Looking at Kingston's site, they want way too much for new memory > > for it. Does anyone have extra memory, or a source for memory? I've >also > > got an HP Apollo 715/50 - is that memory compatible? > > > > Thanks for the help! > > > > -- Pat > > > > > >715 memory is not compatible with C110 memory. You should be able to find >cheaper memory from one of the HP re-sellers. A friend of mine with a C110 >did >that and I dont think he paid more than $50 or so for 256M... Another >(perhaps cheaper) option is finding another C110... > > > >Peter Wallace _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com

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Xerox 820 lives!

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

> From: Dan Cohoe <dancohoe(a)oxford.net> > I have a very complete set of docs and software that I received in the last > month for the Xerox 820. > What do you need? Immediately, its probably easier for me to scan stuff than > to attempt to copy diskettes. This is good news! Whatever you can provide (at your convenience, of course) would be greatly appreciated. I'll be glad to pay for media, postage, etc. -- please let me know. Thanks, Glen 0/0

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FA: RCA 1802 Cosmac computer and various Cosmac manuals

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

See <http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=rigd…>

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Altair-what do I do first

by rhudson＠cnonline.net

I have just been offered an altair computer, it's been sitting in the back of a garage, unused for some time. I don't want to just plug it in and power it up right away do I ? Inspect -- what am I looking for? Clean -- best method? It is described as "not having switches or blinking lights", having floppy disks, having been used for somthing to do with ham radio. This is in advance of actually getting the computer,

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Xerox 820 lives!

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

Greetings to all -- About a year ago, Joe Rigdon very kindly gave me a number of old machines (thanks, Joe!), among them a Xerox 820. At the time he gave it to me, the unit didn't power up, but today I finally found the time to give it a second look. After I reconnected a loose lead inside the box it came to life! This is my only machine with 8" disk drives, so I'm interested in finding a good use for it. I could use some help from the list members, though. I found *no* technical data via Google, and have *no* real docs for this beast. After poking at the 820 for a bit, here's where I'm at: --> The "B" drive is faulty. Disk initialization fails, and it will not consistently read disks created on the "A" drive. Any pointers on replacement drives? Even if a thorough cleaning revives this drive, I'd like to obtain a spare. --> Assuming I can't revive the "B" drive or find a replacement, how can I duplicate diskettes? The CP/M utilities all seem to want two drives in order to do their job. --> Two of the boot diskettes which I have boot up a pretty normal looking version of CP/M 2.2, with a normal "A>" prompt, but another diskette displays the following upon boot: "Good Day! ZCPR 2.04 SYSTEM READY" and the prompt is "A0>" (obviously user group 0). What is this "ZCPR"? --> Some of the utilities on the boot diskettes (FMT, for example) refer to hard disk drives. What's involved in attaching a hard drive to this system? --> The flimsy "User Manual" which I have states that the RS232 port may be configured to attach to a terminal or to a modem. How? --> Lastly, does anyone have any documentation on this thing? If you can part with it, I'd be glad to pay a fair price. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. Although this system doesn't appear to be special or unique, it does seem to be a sort of nice, friendly critter, and I'd like to put it into use. Later -- Glen 0/0 If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if not now, when? -- Pirkei Avot

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AES CPM on E-Pay

by lgwalker＠mts.net

An interesting early CPM computer, complete with monitor and fdds. AES is Automatic Electronic Systems, a Montreal company that was founded by Stephen Dorsey who then sold the company and went on to found Micom. He put out a remarkable Word Processor/computer called the MICOM 2000 before the Apple got out of Woz's garage. AES must have mfrd. this after Dorsey sold it. No date given but likely pre 80. Wish I could afford it. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2056611909 Lawrence lgwalker(a)mts.net bigwalk_ca(a)yahoo.com

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Fw: sun equipment free to any home! (other side of the pond!)

by rschaefe＠gcfn.org

As seen on port-sparc at netbsd.org Please note location... Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg MATTHEWS" <G.Matthews(a)cs.ucl.ac.uk> To: <port-sparc at netbsd.org> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 6:00 AM Subject: sun equipment free to any home! > my department is about to send an awful lot of old sun stuff to landfill. lots > of monitors (not multi-sync) ipcs ipxs and classics. if you can collect you > can take away. i have cleared this provisionally with my line manager. > > no warrentee on anything, has to go asap. > > GREG > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Greg Matthews tel: 020 7679 3668 > Networks and Multimedia Group fax: 020 7387 1397 > Department of Computer Science > University College London > ------------------------------------------------------- >

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Wanted: HP 3421A Data Acquisition/Control Unit

by vp＠mcs.drexel.edu

Hi, I am looking for an HP 3421A with a digital I/O assembly and/or the Multiplexer Assembly (preferably both). Thanks **vp

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your RL02 problems

by uban＠ubanproductions.com

Pat, How is your RL02 effort going? Are you done with my terminator yet? --tom

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Slightly OT: HP 9000/C160

by pat＠purdueriots.com

I've managed to pick up a memory-less HP C110 that was upgraded to a C160. Looking at Kingston's site, they want way too much for new memory for it. Does anyone have extra memory, or a source for memory? I've also got an HP Apollo 715/50 - is that memory compatible? Thanks for the help! -- Pat

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OT: Wanted: Timex Datalink 150S wristwatch

by wh.sudbrink＠verizon.net

To make this sort of on topic, I'm willing to trade some classic hardware (various S-100, old Tandy, old Mac, others...) for one. NOTE: The watch does not have to be working, just in good cosmetic condition. Please email if interested. Thanks, Bill Sudbrink wh.sudbrink(a)verizon.net

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Looking for book

by RCini＠congressfinancial.com

Hello, all: I'm looking for the following book from the early Dr. Dobbs book series. "SmallWindows - A Library of Windowing Functions for the C Language" written by James E. Hendrix. The original publisher is M&T Books. If anyone has this and wouldn't mind parting with it, please contact me off list. Thanks. Rich Cini

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KDF 9 Programming manual.

by Lee.Davison＠merlincommunications.com

I've found a programming manual for this English Electric machine. With luck I will eventually get it OCRed and posted somewhere but if anyone has any questions it may answer meanwhile feel free to ask. 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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An S-100 Power Plug - Please?!

by dwightk.elvey＠amd.com

>From: MTPro(a)aol.com >One more time. Anyone?! Would anyone please have an extra power plug they could sell me for my generic S-100 computer? Somehow mine must have gotten given away with other misc. cords. It's the kind with two sort of oval female prong inputs on the computer end. Anyway, I'd be happy to furnish a picture to anyone who needs to verify. I haven't had it up and running for a couple of years now, and I would like to. Thank you, David > Hi I have an Allied catalog that is a couple of years old. They call these SVT cords. They have several listed: manuf Manuf# Allied# Length Price Alpha 543 663-7082 7'6" 4.62 Belden 17952 612-3569 8' 5.38 Belden 17280 612-3677 7'6" 4.84 Hope this helps Dwight

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Looking for statistics on the Computer market of the 80

by jbdigriz＠dragonsweb.org

Sellam Ismail <foo(a)siconic.com> wrote .. > On Sun, 22 Sep 2002, Voyager wrote: > > > I am working on an essay, and I need statistics and figures from the > 80's on > > sales, value, models, types of computers sold. Any number would be > > appreciated. I need to cover not only the PC market, but the home computer > > market too. > > > > Looking for numbers like like, how many Ti99/4A were sold, per year if > > possible and at what price, how many Compaq portables, how many Spectrums, > > QLs, IBM PC/XT, PC/XT clones, etc > > Sorry, I can only offer you luck in your search for these kinds of > statistics. I would love to have them myself. > > If you find any, please report them back here ;) > Byte Magazine and Infoworld both used to publish figures like this nearly every month or week, respectively, as I recall. Don't remember what their sources were. You're not the only one who'd be interested, though. The figure I always heard for total sales of the 4A was 2-3, maybe 4 million. Not sure how accurate that is, as TI had to eat a bunch of returns when they pulled the plug, but it's probably in the ballpark. There are still piles of them around, anyway. jbdigriz

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Televideo 912C and General DataComm Gen Net Terminal Server

by fastluck＠email.com

I have a Televideo 912C and a General DataComm Gen Net Terminal Server. I want to make these two machines talk to each other. I think it would be really cool to be able to display a Trek game or something. But I have a couple of problems. First of all, I'm mostly a PC guy. I don't know anything about these machines. Secondly, I don't even think the ports on the back of the Gen Net are RS-232C. If they are, there's a protocol problem or something, because what gets echoed back isn't what I type. (I type several characters before one is echoed, and the echoed character is usually an odd-looking non-character.) I don't know the password on the server, and I don't know how to operate its control keyboard. Here's something else weird--you have to actually remove the front cover to turn it on and off! Here are some pictures of these machines http://mywebpages.comcast net/fastluck1/Televideo.htm. Check out the terminal--it looks really cool. Can anyone give me information on operating these machines, or point me in the right direction? Thanks in advance, John

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An S-100 Power Plug - Please?!

by mranalog＠attbi.com

> Hi > Well, it looks like I was right after all. The part numbers > I posted were correct. I could use a couple of these cords > myself. I have a few but not as many as I have things to use it > on and some cords are in poor shape. I'm not sure If Allied > has a minimum order ( but I think they do ) but I'd be willing > go in with someone else on a purchase of at least 3 of these > cords. Their on line is listed as www.allied.avnet.com. > I haven't checked it out yet but if there is some interest > it might be worth it. The shipping will be high compared to > the cost of the cords but that is life. > Dwight > Repost of numbers: > manuf Manuf# Allied# Length Price > Alpha 543 663-7082 7'6" 4.62 > Belden 17952 612-3569 8' 5.38 < non-standard line/neutral > Belden 17280 612-3677 7'6" 4.84 I could use 3 of these power cords. They are just what I need for my Electronic Associates TR-20, TR-10 and the ATC-510 flight simulator. I found the Alpha 663-7082 in their catalog on page 385. $4.85 each for 1-24. $4.41 each for 25-up. http://www.alliedelec.com/catalog/pf.asp?FN=385.pdf They say "There is a $25.00 minimum on all on-line orders." "Orders that total less than $25.00 may be subject to a handling fee. The amount of the handling fee will be the difference between $25.00 and the total amount of the order." "The shipping cost on any order will be determined at the time of shipment. All shipments are F.O.B Fort Worth, Texas. Shipping method, in most cases, is the customer?s choice." Regards, --Doug ========================================= Doug Coward @ home in Poulsbo, WA Analog Computer Online Museum and History Center http://dcoward.best.vwh.net/analog Analogrechner, calculateur analogique, calcolatore analogico, analoogrekenaar, komputer analogowy, analog bilgisayar, kampiutere ghiyasi, analoge computer. =========================================

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Data General Nova 3 pictures

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

At 04:52 PM 9/20/02 -0500, you wrote: >On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Dan Veeneman wrote: > >> As a follow-up to the DG Nova 3/12 rescue, I've taken a bunch >> of photos of the system and added what commentary I could. >> You can see the whole thing at >> http://www.decodesystems.com/dg-nova3/ > >The Analog Devices MPX8A is a multiplexer of some sort. I think the >databook you need is the Analog Devices Module Subsystems Volume 1. I have >Volume 2, but it does not cover that device. I have volume 2 of the 1984 databook but it contains a complete index and PN reference and there's no mention of either part in it. Joe

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An S-100 Power Plug - Please?!

by dwightk.elvey＠amd.com

>From: Tothwolf <tothwolf(a)concentric.net> > >On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Dwight K. Elvey wrote: > >> An interesting side note about the Belden cords that I found in a web >> search: >> >> " The Eberline Instruments using the non-standard AC cord are listed on >> page two of this bulletin. Belden power cord model #17280 has standard >> polarity per UL 817 and CSA 895B and should NOT be used on the Eberline >> instruments listed. Belden model #17952 has polarity, neutral and lines >> reversed and is the only cord to be used on the Eberline Instruments >> listed. The non-standard cords come from the manufacturer with a paper >> label stating that they have reversed polarity but the labels are >> susceptible to damage and are easily lost. " > >I have one of those non-standard cords in a box of parts for my JC80 >system. It appears Johnson Controls used those cords for that system. I'd >like to find a couple more of those cords (I'm short one, and could use a >spare) if anyone comes across any. > >-Toth > > Hi Well, it looks like I was right after all. The part numbers I posted were correct. I could use a couple of these cords myself. I have a few but not as many as I have things to use it on and some cords are in poor shape. I'm not sure If Allied has a minimum order ( but I think they do ) but I'd be willing go in with someone else on a purchase of at least 3 of these cords. Their on line is listed as www.allied.avnet.com. I haven't checked it out yet but if there is some interest it might be worth it. The shipping will be high compared to the cost of the cords but that is life. Dwight Repost of numbers: manuf Manuf# Allied# Length Price Alpha 543 663-7082 7'6" 4.62 Belden 17952 612-3569 8' 5.38 < non-standard line/neutral Belden 17280 612-3677 7'6" 4.84

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Flat Panel Display

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

Picked up a Gateway 15" digital flat panel display at auction on Thursday and need the video cable and ac adapter for it. Gateway was no help both online and I went to one of their local stores (they do not carry parts). During a google search I did find these part numbers cable = 8003275 and adapter = 6500322. no luck on ebay either. Anyone have clue? Thanks

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what drive does an RV02K WORK disk go in?

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

Ouch! Good luck. I wonder how rare one of those are. I've heard of them (I think), but I'm pretty sure I've never seen one for sale. Depending on how badly you need the data, you might want to consider looking for a professional data recovery service that might have a drive (unless you're lucky and someone on the list can do it for you). Zane > DEC RV20 optical disk drive... is what you are looking for... > > > > Brian Hechinger wrote: > > > and does anyone know where i could get one? i need to get data off of an > > RV02K pak, but lack the drive.

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Humming Variac?

by foo＠siconic.com

Is it normal for a Variac to hum when it's plugged in? If not, any ideas why one would do so? Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org * Old computing resources for business and academia at www.VintageTech.com *

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OT: dumpster dive and water/mold cleanup

by mythtech＠mac.com

>Yup, made with a diamond stylus. The machine that made them (as well as a >radio) is still in the home too. The friend that passed away built it into >the wall with a custom cabinet. The family won't remove it because it >would leave a hole in a paneled wall, and they don't want to replace the >paneling. I would offer to repanel that wall for them (even the entire room to make sure it matched) if it meant laying my hands on one of those. Is the family selling the house? If so, stay in close contact, and even talk to the realitor and see if you can arrange something with the buyer to take custody of the machine. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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units available

by jwillis＠arielusa.com

-----Original Message----- From: Robert F. Schaefer Sent: Fri 9/20/2002 7:27 PM To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Cc: Subject: Fw: units available Found on spamnet news, wish I was a few hours closer! Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hank Vander Waal" <hvanderw(a)novagate.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 1:24 PM Subject: units available What are you asking for the MV3100 and do you ship? Thanks John Willis > Anyone interested in the following pieces of equipment please contact me off > list. Doing some house cleaning here and need to move a couple of things. > They are located in West Michigan near Grand Rapids. > > MV3100-30 with 32MB memory > can throw in drive or 2 > > Decservers - 200's and 300's with MMJ connectors > 90L & 90l+ > Decserver 250 with LP ports > VT 320's > > I really dont want to throw them away - I can remember how much this stuf > cost new !! :) > > please contact me at hvanderw at mansply dot com > > >

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Fw: units available

by rschaefe＠gcfn.org

Found on spamnet news, wish I was a few hours closer! Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hank Vander Waal" <hvanderw(a)novagate.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 1:24 PM Subject: units available > Anyone interested in the following pieces of equipment please contact me off > list. Doing some house cleaning here and need to move a couple of things. > They are located in West Michigan near Grand Rapids. > > MV3100-30 with 32MB memory > can throw in drive or 2 > > Decservers - 200's and 300's with MMJ connectors > 90L & 90l+ > Decserver 250 with LP ports > VT 320's > > I really dont want to throw them away - I can remember how much this stuf > cost new !! :) > > please contact me at hvanderw at mansply dot com > > >

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Fw: Flat Panel Display

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

----- Original Message ----- From: "Keys" <jrkeys(a)concentric.net> To: "cctech@classiccmp" <cctech(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 6:14 PM Subject: Flat Panel Display > Picked up a Gateway 15" digital flat panel display at auction on Thursday > and need the video cable and ac adapter for it. Gateway was no help both > online and I went to one of their local stores (they do not carry parts). > During a google search I did find these part numbers cable = 8003275 and > adapter = 6500322. no luck on ebay either. Anyone have clue? Thanks >

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2.4Mb 5 1/4" floppy drive?

by xds_sigma7＠hotmail.com

Those drives must be from an IBM control unit, such as a 3174, since I know the drives in it say "1.4M" next to them. Will J _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

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Any Sanyo/Everex/Zeos 386 LT owners ?

by lgwalker＠mts.net

I finally got serious about my Commodore LT and did some major Googling thru the NGs. Following some hints I found, I got what I think is the pinout for the 8pin mini-din power plug on the Zeos site. Sanyo appears to be the mfgr. Anyone on the list have one of these beasts ? 3 of the pins take 15v and I'd like to find the amperage requirements. Lawrence lgwalker(a)mts.net bigwalk_ca(a)yahoo.com

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