[catching up a bit]
> Ideally though you're going to need to determine the model of HD, and get
> some extras.
Ideally, yes, but I've found that's not always required in practice (in
admittedly limited experience).
I've successfully dd'ed a couple of old SCSI drives to larger SCSI drives
and was able to boot & run without issue (other than the wasted space). I
suspect it works because SCSI hides many low-level details. I certainly
didn't test all the boundary cases, so there certainly might be gotchas if
you used the duped disk extensively or in production.
On my VME532 machine, I dd'ed the ~150MB Maxtor ESDI drive to a ~300MB
Maxtor and it boots fine from the larger, half-wasted drive. I wouldn't
count on it working with another vendors drive, or for all permutations of
ESDI controllers.
YMMV.
Ken
Does anyone have a working Everex DC-2000 floppy-tape drive they want
to part with? I checked ePay, but didn't find anything.
Drop me an email and name your terms.
Thanks,
Chuck
> I've just uploaded scans of the Tech Ref and several other tech docs
> to http://bitsavers.org/pdf/victor/victor9000
I just noticed that the figures are all missing in the tech ref. Most
wouldn't matter, but the sector format of the floppy would be nice to
have documented. Does anyone have the details of this (actual sync pattern,
etc.)?
Hi folks,
I received an email from an individual who is looking for someone
to help fix their 8/E and possibly their paper tape punch unit.
Yes, there is still an 8/E out there doing useful work -- well
up until a few days ago, anyway :-)
If you are interested, available, etc. send me an email to
info2007 at parse.com and I'll put you in touch, and you can discuss
rates etc.
(I have various ISPs blocked due to excessive spam; +1 613 599 8318
9am to 9pm and leave a message if you can't get through).
Cheers,
-RK
--
Robert Krten, PARSE Software Devices, http://www.parse.com/resume.html
Wanted: DEC minis: http://www.parse.com/~museum/admin/wanted.html
Bob et al,
the plug is polarized, so I assumed there's diodes in the
wall-wart. Mine (TI-59, should be same) is at home and I'm not, so
I'm not able to give better first-hand info before tomorrow, but
http://xgistor-echo.ath.cx/files/TI59/
has much useful info. I commend the TI59_PSU.zip file to you
in particular.
Let me know if you want measurements off of my wall-wart(s).
I think I can arrange that.
At 12:00 -0600 1/11/07, Bob Laag wrote:
>Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:10:26 -0800
>From: BOB LAAG <RLAAG at PACBELL.NET>
>Subject: wall wart for TI-58-C
>
>I got a TI 58-c calculator a while back but there was no transformer
>with it... I was hoping someone would have one and could give me the
>specs on it and if it plugs into the calculator in either rotation...
>thanks, bob laag
--
Mark Tapley, Dwarf Engineer
(I haven't cleared my neighborhood)
210-379-4635 Dwarf Phone, 210-522-6025 Office Phone
I probably should mention that stuff has been sold at VCF that was originally
listed on VCM. I tried to remove most of it from VCM, but there are still a few
items that I missed. My apologies for any inconveniences there!!!
Marvin
It is looking more and more like I'll have to move and thus have a
****<<<LOT>>>**** (ask Hans) of stuff that needs to be tossed, sold, or stored.
I'll be putting stuff on VCM and Ebay to 1) see if I can still make enough money
to buy this house, and 2) reduce the clutter :). This will be a continuing
effort for the next several weeks and I'll be listing more stuff daily.
Off topic for VCM and maybe of interest here, I have a couple hundred Belkin NOS
Cat5 (not Cat5/e) cables w/RJ-45 ends. They are bagged as 10 sets per bag and I
have 30", 42", and 48" available at $10.00/bag plus $6.50 Priority Mail US
shipping. Email me offlist if interested.
Check out VCM and Ebay (ID=KE6HTS) for the stuff I am getting rid of.
Thanks!
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:00:45 -0600 (CST), cctech-request at classiccmp.org wrote:
> ate: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:52:51 -0800 (PST)
> From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com>
> Subject: Re: Compuserve wayback machine
> To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
> Message-ID: <200701101752.l0AHqpJr014860 at onyx.spiritone.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> > James B. DiGriz wrote:
> > > The message below is from August of last year. I just tried and got the
> > > old familiar CIS user ID prompt. Still can't remember mine, though.
> > >
> > > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ti99-4a/message/44436
> >
> > I *so* wish I could remember mine.
> >
> > Peace... Sridhar
> >
>
> It wasn't hard to find my CIS ID, however, I don't remember my password.
> Besides, I've not had an active account since sometime around late '93 most
> likely, so I kind of doubt I'd actually be able to log in.
Cool, I just tried this and actually remembered my old password (!). I
got the following message. Note the "Last access" date.
CompuServe Information Service
02:03 EST Thursday 11-Jan-2007
Last access: 20:00 28-Sep-98
Copyright (c) 2007
CompuServe Incorporated
All Rights Reserved
One moment please ...
Thank you for signing on! Our records show that you once
were a CompuServe member. Please call your local CompuServe
Customer Service to re-activate your CompuServe account [70040,504]
or use 'Sign-up' to set up a new account.
1-800-848-8990 (US and Canada)
All other countries, please contact your local
sales/service office.
Thank you for using CompuServe!
Off at 02:04 EST 11-Jan-07
Connect time = 0:01
Connection closed by foreign host.
--
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> what's the expected
> remaining lifetime of a floppy? Time is probably of the essence
Chuck and Fred have more experience, but I'm assuming once they're
in a stable temp/humidity environment they should be ok for another
10 years. The stuff I'm dealing with now is stuff WAY past its shelf
live (20-30 year old tapes). I've read hundreds of floppies over the
past five years or so, and the only problems I've had have been with
70's 8" media that was stored in poor conditions where the oxide
strips off upon head contact, and the common problem with all
head-contact media of oxide/binder buildup reducing the signal level
off the head.
I absolutely agree that the discs should be copied in image format.
On 1/10/07, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:
> There is a web server for TOPS-20, however, I believe only a couple
> sites were running it and the last ones running it have stopped due
> to some serious security flaws.
That it exists is mildly surprising. That it has security flaws
(i.e., is old and exploited, not that it's obviously sloppily written)
is not so surprising.
> From what I've heard there isn't enough interest in patching them.
That is unsurprising at all.
-ethan
>> I have many hundreds of "alien" diskettes that were to go to him when I
>> blue-screen. Now I don't know who to will them to.
> Same here--probably nobody. My collection's a little unusual in that
> it has a lot of embedded systems diskettes in it, for everything from
> a CNC EDM machine, to embroidery machines to electron microscopes to
> a cardiac monitor. Interesting, but who needs this kind of stuff
> anymore?
Someone who still owns one of these devices.
Really more of an issue for software for test equipment, though,
since that kind of stuff has a longer useful life (assuming the
floppy for it doesn't get lost..)
> it's nice that the stuff ends up with a museum where
> lots of people can see it
Another minor point is it is probably unlikely that ANYONE
other than archivists would see the physical discs unless
there is something really unique about how they look. The
important thing to preserve is their contents.
>> > Amen. Just this week, I found the envelope for the Kaypro disk he
>> > sent me years ago.
>
> I have many hundreds of "alien" diskettes that were to go to him when
> I blue-screen. Now I don't know who to will them to.
There's always CHM. I may not get to them, but my successors will.
I have this recently acquired PIX-520 with what seems to be an
entirely *blank* FLASH boot card. The machine is so clean inside -
not a speck of dust - that I think it may be a NIB unit that someone
decided to disgorge onto eBay last summer. It goes through the usual
PC-ish boot dialogs (there's an Intel Pentium board inside, with 3
Intel NICs and a 3.5" floppy as the only peripherals besides the boot
board), but when all the PC stuff is done, the unit acts dead - no
traffic on the serial port that I can see, no text on the (installed
by me for debugging) video.
I'd try the Cisco site, but besides lacking a current log-in, from
reading some of the firewall mailing list entries about older PIX OS
files, it seems that Cisco may have purged some of what I'm looking
for. If anyone happens to have any archived files from older versions
(pre 6.x) of PIX OS and the attendant boot helper files (secondary
bootstraps), please contact me *off list* if you are willing to share.
For starters, I'd love to find a file like bh510.bin, bh512.bh or
bh514.bin, which are various versions of the "boot helper" for the
less-obsolete versions of the OS. If I had a boot helper file written
to floppy, I should be able to at least see some activity related to
it _trying_ to install the OS.
Thanks,
-ethan
FYI... I'm just passing this along, please contact the original poster.
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Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:19:01 GMT
Groups: comp.sys.dec,comp.os.vms,comp.sys.dec.micro,alt.sys.pdp11,vmsnet
.pdp-11
From: Jeff Shirley <spamalot at mindspring.com>
Reply-To: spamalot at mindspring.com
Subject: MicroVAX IIs/BA123s in Demand?
Id: <9zyoh.8847$w91.8571 at newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>
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Greetings.
I have a couple of MicroVAX II systems in BA123 boxes I would like to sell,
hopefully to hobbyists rather than the local scrap guy. My question is
whether it might make more sense to just pull the boards and cabinet kits, and
scrap the BA123 enclosures.
The first system has fairly standard components, a KA630 (M7606-AF), two 4MB
boards (M7608-BP), a pair of DHV11s (M3104), a DELQA (M7516), RQDX3 (M7555),
TQK50 (M7546), RD53, TK50, and a pair of boards from Ultimate Computer
Corporation. I think the second system has some more interesting parts, like
a pair of ESDI dives and a Pertec tape drive interface.
The first system weighed in at 125 pounds, which would cost upwards of $150 to
ship across the country from (from the Los Angeles area). I just do not know
if there is any demand for the old BA123s in the hobbyist community.
Opinions?
Jeff.
P.S. Apologies to the PDP-11 groups for the crossposts.
P.P.S. This old DEC hardware amazes me. I hooked a VT220 to the first system
described above, and powered it up. It booted right up with MicroVMS V4.7,
circa 1987.
--
Jeff Shirley
spamalot at mindspring.com
"Bill Gates is filthy rich, but that doesn't mean I want to be married to him."
One of my rqdx3 boards suffered a trauma in a previous life and one of
the "DC005" chips at the bottom cracked in half. Needless to say the
board does not work.
I removed the old chip, but what now?
Does anyone have a spare DC005 or know of a suitable replacement? I
assume this is one of the magic DEC chips for qbus.
I suppose I could try extracting one from another board, but that is
pretty painful... dips are easier to get out if you can snip their
leads.
-brad
On 1/10/07, woodelf <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca> wrote:
> I just got ADVENT running on my SBC6120 only to discover the terminal
> I am using has a flakey keyboard.
Bummer.
> Just what do you use for a termial with the SBC6120?
For times when I need to move files (like programming the Flash on my
IOB6120), I use a Linux box and Kermit and whatever keyboard is on the
Linux box (laptop or desktop). For real terminal use, lately, I've
been using mostly LK201s on DEC terminals, and whatever keyboard is
handy for my Planar ELT-320, a 9" orange-screen electroluminescent wee
terminal that takes both PS/2 keyboards and DEC LK201 keyboards.
Since the terminal is so small, I like to use my Happy Hacking PS/2
keyboard with it - the whole arrangement is smaller than many laptops.
The heaviest part is the slug of metal in the base of the terminal to
keep the screen from tipping over (I also have a wall-mount case for
another ELT-320 with no base).
So... depending on platform, a DEC LK201 or some random PS/2 keyboard
(Keytronics are nice)
-ethan
Is the gateway destination old enough to be on topic? :)
Well, I'm in need of a radio reciver of a gateway destination keyboard.
Anyone wanting to part with that? :)
Thanks!
Alexandre
I didn't know this until I acquired some of these, but the keyboards
have a mouse port on the back; it looks like a standard serial 9-pin
connector and it has "MOUSE" labelled above it. However, I have yet
to find any documentation on the pinout or electrical/comm
specifications for the mouse.
Does anyone recall having a mouse hooked up to their Tektronix 4105/4205
and what kind of connection it had?
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> I know how to look up all the items a given seller is selling on ebay... but
> I seem to be too brain-dead to see how to do that on vcm. Can someone
> enlighten me?
>
> Jay
I don't know if there is an easier way, but click on one of anyones items, and
below the listing is a link to "seller's other Ads", in my case "marvin's other
Ads."
Also, I have quite a bit of HP stuff I have no need of that I just can't get to
... yet :) ... hp-8x, display terminal (bad screen rot), keyboards, printers,
drives, and I don't know what else :).