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by dgriffi＠cs.csubak.edu

I have some more free-for-shipping stuff that I'm tired of looking at: Seven LM-D501W 5.25" magneto-optical disks by Panasonic Six LMR1300 5.25" magneto-optical 5.25" disks by Micro Design International I'm in California. -- David Griffith dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

17 years, 7 months

Toshiba T1000 manuals

by dgriffi＠cs.csubak.edu

I seem to recall someone asking for manuals for the Toshiba T1000. I have the user and tech manuals on Ebay now (item 230296780064). If you're not on speaking terms with Ebay, email me privately. -- David Griffith dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

17 years, 7 months

LED displays (TIL305, TIL308, etc.)

by dm561＠torfree.net

Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:58:00 -0400 From: "Roy J. Tellason" <rtellason at verizon.net> Subject: Re: LED displays (TIL305, TIL308, etc.) On Tuesday 30 September 2008 16:43, Chuck Guzis wrote: > Didn't Motorola package one if its early mask-programmed RTL ROMs as > a standard BCD-to-seven segment part? I remember that, but if you wanted more bits either way than the number of bits the chip was set up for their app info had you cascading some absurd number of them. ----------------------------- And then there's Motorola's MC14489, directly drives 5 7-seg LED displays (and/or discrete LEDs &c), cascadable, hexadecimal decoding (among others) etc. Serial input, only 1 resistor required to limit current. mike

17 years, 7 months

IBM RS/6000 Help / advice wanted

by hpjimbondoris123＠dorisland.net

John: IBM posts an iso image of the diagnostic cd try here: http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/diags/home.html Jim

17 years, 7 months

Morrow MicroDecision 3 project computer

by dgriffi＠cs.csubak.edu

I have a Morrow MicroDecision 3 that won't post and I'm not interested in restoring it myself. The case is in fair condition with some cracks to the front. I have at least fifteen MD3 motherboards in storage. What I'm offering is this nonworking computer and a couple motherboards marked "good" by whoever put them in the box I found them in -- all this for cost of shipping. -- David Griffith dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

17 years, 7 months

[CPLUG] OT: Free: Computer Automation I100 UNIX terminal

by jeff.kaneko＠juno.com

-- Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote: On Sep 29, 2008, at 12:57 PM, Roy J. Tellason wrote: >>>>> http://jet.mox.net/~six/i100.jpg >>>> >>>> Hmm, is that not a re-badged AT&T 3B1? >>> >>> I have no idea personally. >>> >>>> Also, where in the country is it? >>> >>> Harrisburg, PA area, or close enough to not matter. >> >> It sure looks EXACTLY like a 3B1 to me. It'd be a shame for this >> to hit the dump. > > It won't, since three folks have expressed interest offlist in > it. :-) > >> I can't afford it (even just shipping) right now, but if nobody >> else lays >> claim to it, would you be willing to grab it and sit on it for a >> little bit? > > If all else falls through I would, yeah, as opposed to seeing > stuff just go > to waste. > > Most excellent! The 3B1/7300 is a really nice system, definitely >worthy of rescue. > > -Dave Yes, especially since this one appears to have an ethernet adapter, which is an especially scarce item. ____________________________________________________________ Click for free info on business schools, $150K/ year potential. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3l7gMth652FqUJAHFNUCDeDzY…

17 years, 7 months

LED displays (TIL305, TIL308, etc.)

by tshoppa＠wmata.com

Chris Elmquist wrote: > BTW, where does a guy find the nice RED plastic lens that is usually put > in front of a bank of 7-segment displays to hide the view of the parts > and show only the lighted segments showing through? > > Is it just red plexiglass or is there a specific color and transmissive > capability that is typically used? If you look for "bezel" in electronics catalogs you'll see both grey and red filters... but that's a good way to pay a lot of money for ten cents of plexiglass :-). The Rohm-Haas color code for the red transluscent plexiglass you want is #2423, it's fairly common at real plastics supply houses. Now finding good plastics retail shops that'll sell or even give away small scraps today is not as easy as 20 years ago... a 4x8 sheet of this stuff is pretty huge for TIL305's! Shops that make and sell signs might have some small pieces for you. Tim.

17 years, 7 months

Vinyl Data- Classic Computers / Indie music tricks crossover

by oldcpu2＠rogerwilco.org

On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:44:04, Tom Peters wrote: > http://www.kempa.com/wp/2004/03/09/vinyl-data/ > > Excerpt: > > One strategy that major record companies have been employing lately to > deter downloading is adding bonus computer content to new CD releases. I > recently discovered that this technique is not unique to CD?s, but had in > fact been practiced in the vinyl era as well. That?s right: there were a > handful of records released in the late 70?s and early 80?s that contained > computer programs as part of the audio. This is totally insane, and totally > great. > > Most of these programs were written for the Sinclair Spectrum home > computer series. The Sinclair Spectrum was a relatively cheap home computer > system that used a television set as a monitor and loaded programs from > tapes. It thrived in England in the early 80?s: The very first example of this 'computer encoding' on vinyl that I'm aware of is on Isao Tomita's "The Planets" (1976) album of the Gustav Holst piece done up with various -- new at the time -- synthesizers. When I first heard this in 1977 I was just getting my fingers into computing, but had no way to decode the message. According to my memory, the liner notes specify that it is played into a certain cassette I/O interface on an Altair 8800 (or was it Imsai 8080?) one would find a special message. I never had the hardware for that, nor have I thought much about it over the years. I'm going to have to dig that album out (yes, I still have all of my old vinyl!) and confirm the target system, and then see what can be done to decode it with today's tools. Hmmm.....yet another project on the list! - Jared PS. If anyone is more determined than I am, let me know and I'll create a .WAV file of the section in question for your enjoyment.

17 years, 7 months

Stuff available for free/donation -> cheap

by rescue＠hawkmountain.net

As ppl have asked for a list... I've put together a non comprehensive one... but the first list covers the most likely stuff to go into the dumpster... the second one covers items that are not currently on the dumpster list but are open to offers for anyone interested. This stuff is definately going to the dumpster if unclaimed. I will part most of this stuff out if you want parts. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SS10/20 bases Gateway PC AT Tower 386/25 with power supply, no mobo, drives, etc Packard Bell Legend 406CD complete (no monitor, kb, mouse) Gateway G6-200 tower. PPro system with cpu (200mhz), no ram,drives Apple Macintosh IIsi in excellent condition (no yellowing) Macintosh LC III Apple IIGS, unknown condition, believed bad PS, believed mobo good Apple PowerMac 5260/100. no mobo, no drives, but can inc a PPC mobo PowerMac 7100/66, nice shape Packard Bell Pack-Mate 3500CD upgraded to PPro 200mhz (Intel mobo) HP Scanjet 5P. cosmetic issue with the lid, unknown working status Generic Pentium 166? (or 133?) in AT (not IBM AT size!) desktop case Agfa Arcus II scanner (has lid + bed lights), may have hv or lamp prob generic full and mid size AT tower cases (most if not all have PS only) Apple Macintosh II monitor. works, bezel was 'repaired'... so not 'pretty' HP Deskjet 660Cse (I'm sure this will need new ink) Generic Pentium 200 (probably MMX) mini tower computer. Laserwriter IINT Laserwriter IINTX Tektronix Phaser (don't have model # handy, pre Xerox), nds mech work Apple Macintosh IIcx Generic Pentium 133, 166, or 200 (I'd have to check) in AT mini tower Minuteman Alliance A500 UPS, needs batteries Xyplex Network 3000, two of them with different cards, one flaky? 56K CSU/DSU Compaq 1600R rackmount, dual cpu box with 1 PII cpu Sony 600meg external magneto Optical drive 2U Rackmount PC case, I think has PS, missing PCI riser Make an Offer pile (some of this is in consideration for the dumpster) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Ultra-10. No HD, has CD. 333 mhz proc, 2M cache, ?Meg of RAM Supermac 19" Sony Trinitron monitor, nice shape, fixed freq Leading Edge fortiva 5000 (Pentium 60 desktop system) Apple Macintosh II/IIx power supply (will work in IIfx too) Commodore MPS803 printer in the box (not new) Apple Quadra 950 mainboard Digital (DEC) LN03X-CR cartridge Digital (DEC) LN03X-CX cartridge (CG Times 24 font) Digital (DEC) LN03X-CY cartridge (CG Triumvirate 10 + 12 font) Digital (DEC) LN03X-CB cartridge (CG Times 10 + 12 font) Digital (DEC) LN03X-TA toner Digital (DEC) LN03X-AD maintenance kit (corona, filter, cart, glass) APC SmartUPS 600 rackmount (w/o rack ears), needs batteries Apple Workgroup Server 95 (w/o WGS board, so basically Q950) SGI Indigo 2 Purple, Impact PS + midplane, R4400-250 2M, GR3-ELAN SGI Indigo 2 Teal R4400-200 2M, GR3-ELAN Livingston Portmaster 3 with modem cards Cisco 2501 T1 CSU/DSU OpenRoute GT60 router OpenRoute GTX1000 router Compaq 1600 tower, two 550mhz PIII Katmai CPUs, ? 384+M RAM, RAID -- Curt

17 years, 7 months

IBM RS/6000 Help / advice wanted

by john_a_s2004＠hotmail.com

Hi, Last year I bought an RS/6000 Model 34H as I wanted a cheap example of an old Unix/AIX workstation. Having sorted out a monitor (with 3W3 lead) the machine appears to be faulty. So far whenever I power it up, I see: - a series of numbers on the front LED display (got them listed on a piece of paper somewhere, sorry not got it to hand). - Nothing on the monitor - No activity on either of the 2 serial ports (using an RS232 break-out box to a PC running terminal emulator) The machine didn't come with a manual, looking on the net I haven't found a source to buy a suitable manual let alone download one. Currently the machine is sitting out of the way doing nothing, I would like to see what the problem is before deciding whether to scrap it or try and repair it (assuming it is something like a failed SCSI hard drive). Can anyone advise what to try, or a list of what the LED numbers mean? Should for example the external SCSI connector have a terminator? I think next time I buy an RS/6000, I will look for one that comes with a manual! Regards, John _________________________________________________________________ Make a mini you and download it into Windows Live Messenger http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/111354029/direct/01/

17 years, 7 months

power supplies offered

by rtellason＠verizon.net

I have a couple of power supplies, condition unknown, that I believe are for some early Zenith Data Systems machine. There is some slight marking on them saying "ZDS 234-999" and that's it. The connector is the molex-type and not your typical PC type PS connector. Are these worth anything to anybody? Or should I just scrap 'em out? -- Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters" - Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James M Dakin

17 years, 7 months

Fwd: [CPLUG] OT: Free: Computer Automation I100 UNIX terminal

by rtellason＠verizon.net

This guy is local to me and I know where he is, he mentions Tuesday as being his deadline, but if there's some interest I can probably get a hold of it and deal with it from there. I would be willing to pack and ship if somebody wants it enough to cover my expenses "and a bit". Feel free to contact me offlist. ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: [CPLUG] OT: Free: Computer Automation I100 UNIX terminal Date: Sunday 28 September 2008 12:46 From: Chris Moates <six at mox.net> To: cplug at cplug.net I've got this UNIX terminal lying around, which is going to the big computer graveyard in the sky unless someone wants it. Here's a picture: http://jet.mox.net/~six/i100.jpg And here's what I know about it: Computer Automation I100 Workstation 40MB Hard Drive 5.25" Floppy Drive Mouse Keyboard Green screen monitor AT&T UNIX 3.5 Boots, works, root can log in with no password Has AUI ethernet jack on the back If you want it, let me know and make arrangements to come pick it up, since we're not having another CPLUG meeting for 2 months. Otherwise, it's on the curb on Tuesday. :) Chris _______________________________________________ CPLUG mailing list To unsubscribe send a mail to cplug+unsubscribe at cplug.net Archives: http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.cplug.general ------------------------------------------------------- -- Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters" - Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James M Dakin

17 years, 7 months

atc-510 simulator

by oldcpu2＠rogerwilco.org

> I am with the Alaska Chapter of the 99s and we have two of the ATC-510 > simulators (desktop model). We do not have any manuals and one of them is > giving us trouble. I am looking for two bits of information. 1) How can I > get copies of the training and service manuals and 2) where can I have them > repaired? Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Try contacting the manufacturer at: http://www.atcflightsim.com/

17 years, 7 months

First 16 issues of Byte

by hatfield＠bellsouth.net

For those of you that might be interested --- I am selling my Byte magazine collection, starting with the first 16 issues. They are nearly newsstand mint, some in the original mailing wrappers and contained in a decorative Banker's Box. BYTE MAGAZINE Sept 1975-Dec 1976 First 16 issues! (260293045819) Bidders: 2 Shipping cost: $10.00 Started: 09/27/08 at 17:25:29 for $9.99 Listed On: eBay Duration: 7 Days So, excuse the interruption but I thought some members might be interested... Fred.

17 years, 7 months

HP 5036A microprocessor lab - searching for copy of "Practical Microprocessors"

by hpjimbondoris123＠dorisland.net

hi: I Guess I was not clear in my message sorry! I need someone with a site that I could ftp or something to share this file with so others whom dont have a manual could download it. jim

17 years, 7 months

HP9836C colour alignment (grey scale tracking)

by jonas＠otter.se

> Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:05:23 +0100 > From: Philip Belben <philip at axeside.co.uk> > Subject: Re: HP9836C colour alignment (grey scale tracking) > To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only <cctech at classiccmp.org> > Message-ID: <48DE67D3.5080506 at axeside.co.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > >> Well, apparently only in Great Britain since in Germany, we call > that > >> 'screen grid', too. Only the final anode is called anode. > > > > Waht, even in CRTs? > > > > In the UK, the electrodes of a pentode -- a signal ampiifying valve > are : > > cathode, control grid, screen grid, supressor grid, anode. > > > > But for a CRT they're cathode, (control) grid, first anod, second (or > > focus) anode, somethimes third anode and final anode. > > > >> All other electrodes in a normal tube besides the cathode are called > >> 'control grid' (or just grid), 'screen grid', 'supressor grid' and > so on. > > > > Are you seriously saying that in Germany, the focus electrode in a > CRT is > > called a 'supressor grid'? > > Are you sure you two aren't talking at cross purposes? The biggest > difference between UK and US English here is probably Tube (US) = Valve > (UK). The usual German word for a thermionic valve, die Rohre, > literally means "reed", and I think it is also used for "tube" or > "pipe" > in a lot of other contexts. > In German, a vacuum tube or valve is called "eine R?hre" (or "Roehre" for those without umlauts), a pipe or other kind of tube is called "ein Rohr", "(das Rohr)" AFAIK. "?" is pronounced like "er" BTW. Jonas

17 years, 7 months

Apple 1 Reproduction on Ebay

by us21090＠yahoo.com

All, I'm having to divest myself of some of my computer things. Listed tonight is my Apple 1 Obtronix Reproduction. I built a hefty wood and plexiglass case for it. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290263898155 Tomorrow I'm planning on listing a Apple-II Switch-A-Slot which I'm not using. Thanks, Scott

17 years, 7 months

atc-510 simulator

by dbstaats＠gci.net

Joe: I am with the Alaska Chapter of the 99s and we have two of the ATC-510 simulators (desktop model). We do not have any manuals and one of them is giving us trouble. I am looking for two bits of information. 1) How can I get copies of the training and service manuals and 2) where can I have them repaired? Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Brenda

17 years, 7 months

The Crossbar System That Controlled MIT Trains

by mc＠media.mit.edu

Message: 26 Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:47:21 +0000 From: shumaker at att.net Subject: Re: The Crossbar System That Controlled MIT Trains To: "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only" <cctech at classiccmp.org> Message-ID: <092620081147.20383.48DCCBC900066D2000004F9F22243429029B0A02D29B9B0EBF9D0A050E039A089C at att.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Is it modular enough to be shippable? Have any of the more significant model railroad clubs - especially those with a historical focus been contacted? (The one in Sacramento CA comes to mind: www.smrhs.com) s shumaker I don't remember it being modular enough for shipping by UPS. Just to give you a sense of scale... The train control system measures approximately 8'w x 6'h x 1'd. and weighs at least one or two hundred pounds. My estimates are all from memory, but I have absolutely no doubt that it would have to be shipped by truck unless it was disassembled (that would mean, sadly, cutting wires). It would fit in a big cargo van or a small U-Haul. Someone with lots of space in their basement (not already taken up by trains) and a passion both for telephone technology and trains is the best candidate. --Tim

17 years, 7 months

OT? HPCC mini-conference photos

by ard＠p850ug1.demon.co.uk

The reason this is OT-ish is that HPCC is not a classic computer organisation. But at the mini-conference each year it's become something of a tradition for yours truely to dismantle some strange piece of HP computer hardware, almost always over 10 years old Anyway, there are some pictures of this year's event on http://www.voidware.com/ In case any of you care what I look like, I'm the 'high mass hobbyist' in some of the pictures. In particular in the first picture (also on the homepage IIRC) I'm the person holding up a length of paper tape. Other photos are probably of more interest. This year I dismantled an HP2748A paper tape reader. There are some pictures of the chassis and at least 2 of the PCBs. Also a picture of some of my classic HPs, including a 9830 which I used to demonstrate the reader. The laptop thing is an HP PortablePlus. You see I needed to show the program listings and program output to the audience and the HP9830 display is not ideal for this. So I stuck the 11205 serial interface module in and linked that to the PortablePlus running a terminal emulator. Now I have the somewhat rare compositie video output module for the PortablePlus, the output of that I pluggged into a borrowed, modern, video projector. -tony

17 years, 7 months

something's missing from my kit

by hpjimbondoris123＠dorisland.net

You may try taking a look here http://www.emulation.com Jim

17 years, 7 months

stuff for free/donation/trade -> cheap

by curtis＠hawkmountain.net

Following up on my own post.... Local is local to Sharon, MA Sorry for omitting that, -- Curt

17 years, 7 months

stuff for free/donation/trade -> cheap

by rescue＠hawkmountain.net

I'm having some roofing work done... and a dumpster is coming in.... I'm going to use the opportunity to unload (with great reluctance). I have SS10, SS20 stuff, Mac stuff, PC stuff (some systems, some 'bases' (i.e. SS10 nds cpu, graphics, ram), lots of parts). Way too much to list. Most stuff will be free (donations or trades appreciated but not necessary). If there is anything Sun (ss1 through SS20 era), Mac (68K era with some pre G3 PPC stuff too), SGI (Indy, I2 stuff), PC (286->P3 era including CPUs, mobos, cases, power supplies, ISA cards, VLB cards, early PCI stuff, smaller drives, controllers, etc).... that people are looking for... let me know... I'd hate to throw something out that someone would want... but I'm buried in too much stuff. The dumpster may be here as soon as next weekend. Local pickup is free (with donations/trades appreciated). If I have something you want and I have to ship it, I'm going to want $5 to $10 (to cover materials/time/gas) + actual ship cost. I can't even begin to cover adequately what I have here.... if ppl don't come up with enough 'do you have any XYZZYs ?' I'll try to make a list of the stuff (but it will be far from complete). -- Curt

17 years, 7 months

S-100 Cards for Sale

by trebor72＠execpc.com

I found a S-100 Sound Effects card in the box with my Clock Calendar card ca 1980 by QT Computer Systems inc. It is marked Copyright DRC/ BEC. has anyone seen anything on this card. I will be offering these cards to the Best Bidder. Excepting only Money Orders and Cashier Checks. Don't yet have a PAYPAL Account Bob in Wisconsin

17 years, 7 months

Apple Lisa-1 for sale

by sellam＠vintagetech.com

I have an Apple Lisa-1 for sale on consignment if anyone is interested. If so, please contact me directly for details. Point of origin will be Livermore, California. Will ship worldwide. -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]

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