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?
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?
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
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?
-- 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.
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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.
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.
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
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
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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
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
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> 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/
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
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So, excuse the interruption but I thought some members might be interested...
Fred.
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
> 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
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
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
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:
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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
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
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
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
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.
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