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by xtguy＠mindspring.com

I was told that Don Maslin can help me with boot disks for some old CP/M computers. I need boot disks for the following: Morrow Micro Decision MD 1 Epson QX-10 several different Kaypro models I tried to make a boot disk for the Morrow using 22disk and the 'STDCPM22' file at 'www.retroarchive.org'. 22disk did not have a file format for the Morrow MD 1, so I used the format for the Morrow MD 2. (As far as I have been able to find out, the MD1 had full height floppy disk drives and the MD2 had half-height drives, but they were the same capacity). When I tried to use the floppy to boot the computer, it would spin for about 15 seconds, then the computer would reboot. I was making the boot disk on a computer which had a 360K floppy drive. Thanks! xtguy

23 years

Seeking Lotus 1-2-3 or Symphony Developer Toolkit from 1986 ($$$)

by vcf＠siconic.com

I'm looking for the Lotus 1-2-3 or Symphony Developer Toolkit from the 1986 timeframe. If you have it, please contact me. There is a $$$ reward for finding this. -- 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 *

23 years

Installation Manual for Camintonn CMV-254

by jhfinepw4z＠compsys.to

Does anyone know where I can find the installation manual for the Camintonn CMV-254 memory board. This is a Qbus Dual board with 1 MByte of memory. Alternatively, I am actually looking for the CMV-5000 which is very similar, except that it has a battery backup option along with EDC capability. Sincerely yours, Jerome Fine -- If you attempted to send a reply and the original e-mail address has been discontinued due a high volume of junk e-mail, then the semi-permanent e-mail address can be obtained by replacing the four characters preceding the 'at' with the four digits of the current year.

23 years

help! how to recover water logged floppies?

by Innfogra＠aol.com

How do you clean the media itself? Will a clean paper towel work or is > > some other procedure required? > > After removing the magnetic disk I use denatured ethyl alcohol and a soft lintless cotton cloth to wipe it down. Paper towns are too abrasive, use soft cotton, preferably lintless. Work on top of a cotton cloth also. If there is dirt or other abrasives I would rinse this off with water and do the final drying with the alcohol wipe. I have used a head cleaning diskette jacket as a holder for the truly floppy disk at this point. I do not think you can successfully dry out a wet jacket very well, better to discard it. Paxton Astoria, OR

23 years

6850 IC needed

by acme＠ao.net

I have an old floppy disk drive interface with a dead MC6850P IC in it. Anyone know of a source for these? MCM, Jameco, and Digikey don't list them anymore :-( TIA -- Glen 0/0

23 years

Compaq EISA Netflex-2 ENET/TR adapter?

by rschaefe＠gcfn.org

Well, in the Big Box of Token-Ring Stuff I received a few days ago, there was one EISA TR adapter, a Compaq Netflex-2 ENET/TR. ENET as in Ethernet, TR as in token-ring. That's right, this baby apparently can speak ethernet *and* token-ring! I've been going over Comp^H^H^HHPs site for the last half-hour, and the only thing I've found out about it is that a part number is COMX142151, the TR side is an option that I presubably have installed (as the card has a jumper block on the TR side and not the ENET side), and it was avaliable on just about everything from the pro-whatever-500 through the -4500. Does anyone know where I can find the .cfg file for this? Can it speak ethernet and token-ring at the same time? Is there a manual for it anywhere? Thanks! Bob

23 years

Power Supply FRU06H2973

by harrywhake＠sbcglobal.net

I could sure use that Power supply here in Bakersfield,Ca, Please advise./hwh

23 years

6850 IC needed

by melamy＠earthlink.net

http://www.bgmicro.com has them... best regards, Steve Thatcher >--- Original Message --- >From: acme(a)ao.net >To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org >Date: 4/20/03 2:07:37 PM > I have an old floppy disk drive interface with a dead MC6850P IC in it. > >Anyone know of a source for these? MCM, Jameco, and Digikey don't list >them anymore :-( > >TIA -- > >Glen >0/0

23 years

help! how to recover water logged floppies?

by cbajpai＠attbi.com

I had a small accident in my basement a couple of days ago and in cleaning everything out I discovered an old box of 5.25 TRS-80/Heathkit floppies with all my old stuff on them were damp with water. I let them air dry overnight, but some of them still don't spin freely. What can I do to recover these disks - I hate to lose them. What sort of damage does water cause to floppies? Thanks, Chandra

23 years

printronix P9012 maintenance manual ?

by uban＠ubanproductions.com

Hello, Does anyone have a printronix P9012 maintenance manual? A friend just acquired one of these and it isn't fully functional, so he would like to find some schematics and such to attempt to fix it. --tnx --tom

23 years

Fw: [jdvicto@med.cornell.edu: need a home for a pdp-11 and associated...]

by rschaefe＠gcfn.org

----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Bradford" <mrbill> To: <rescue> Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 7:06 PM Subject: [rescue] [jdvicto(a)med.cornell.edu: need a home for a pdp-11 and associated...] > Please contact him directly. Can someone also forward this to classiccmp? > > Bill > > ----- Forwarded message from "Jonathan D. Victor" <jdvicto(a)med.cornell.edu> ----- > > Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 18:47:48 -0400 > To: mrbill > From: "Jonathan D. Victor" <jdvicto(a)med.cornell.edu> > Subject: need a home for a pdp-11 and associated... > Cc: jdvicto(a)med.cornell.edu > > Hello! > > I found your address on http://www.pdp11.org/, and indeed, I have a PDP-11 > and related material that now needs a new home. The material (including > photos) is described on a web page, > http://www-users.med.cornell.edu/~jdvicto/nycpdp93.html. > > Ideally, I would like to sell it, but it is also important to me that it > finds a good home (so I am not going the ebay route). > > Please let me know if you have any interest, or, if you have suggestions > for how I should proceed. > > Thank you very much. > > > Jonathan Victor > > Jonathan D. Victor mailto:jdvicto@med.cornell.edu > > Professor, Neurology and Neuroscience (212) 746 2343 (office) > Weill Medical College of Cornell University (212) 746 6521 (lab) > 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021 (212) 746 8984 (fax) > > personal: http://www-users.med.cornell.edu/~jdvicto/jdvonweb.html > lab : http://www-users.med.cornell.edu/~jdvicto/labonweb.html > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > -- > bill bradford > mrbill > austin, texas > _______________________________________________ > rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue

23 years

SMD drive cables?

by uban＠ubanproductions.com

Hello, Does anyone have a set of SMD drive cables that they would be willing to part with? I am looking for something that is at least 8' long, or maybe even a bit longer. They typically consist of a 60 pin twisted pair ribbon (or bundle) cable and a 26 pin ribbon cable. --tnx --tom

23 years

Fw: Game console up to $200

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

Forgot to put the url http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3019149119 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keys" <jrkeys(a)concentric.net> To: "cctech@classiccmp" <cctech(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 1:21 PM Subject: Game console up to $200 > A Magnavox Odyssey from 1972 is up to $200 with a few hours left to bid. I > would like to have one but not at these prices.

23 years

Game console up to $200

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

A Magnavox Odyssey from 1972 is up to $200 with a few hours left to bid. I would like to have one but not at these prices.

23 years

cctech digest, Vol 1 #476 - 3 msgs

by musicman＠satcom.whit.org

I had an accident involving 2 liters of coke and two dozen of my prize 5 1/4" floppies. I carefully slit the top (away from the access hole) and rinsed them in a sink of dishwater, then rinsed and let dry completely, then slit new disks, remove the new media disk and put the old (now cleaned) media into the new sleeve, and taped it with clear tape. Then immediately copied the disks to good new disks...They worked like a champ and I recovered everything.... Hope this helps -----Original Message----- From: cctech-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-admin@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of cctech-request(a)classiccmp.org Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 11:00 AM To: cctech(a)classiccmp.org Subject: cctech digest, Vol 1 #476 - 3 msgs Send cctech mailing list submissions to cctech(a)classiccmp.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.classiccmp.org/mailman/listinfo/cctech or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to cctech-request(a)classiccmp.org You can reach the person managing the list at cctech-admin(a)classiccmp.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of cctech digest..." Today's Topics: 1. 286 Computers (=?iso-8859-1?q?Roger=20Bisson?=) 2. Re: help! how to recover water logged floppies? (Marion Bates) 3. need CP/M boot disks (xtguy(a)mindspring.com) --__--__-- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 00:47:43 +0100 (BST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Roger=20Bisson?= <roger161uk(a)yahoo.co.uk> Subject: 286 Computers To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Reply-To: cctech(a)classiccmp.org Dear List, What is the concensus on disposal of 286 and 386sx hardware -- should they be consigned to the bin, or are there any folks out there collecting them? (or needing spares?). One is a Schneider 286 Tower PC (10Mhz), and the other is a Philips P3345 (16Mhz). Personally, I do not view either as being particularly noteworth (other than, perhaps, for sentimental reasons) .. but seems such a shame to turn them into landfill :-) Best regards, Roger For a better Internet experience http://www.yahoo.co.uk/btoffer --__--__-- Message: 2 Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 09:29:47 -0400 Subject: Re: help! how to recover water logged floppies? From: Marion Bates <mbates(a)whoopis.com> To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Reply-To: cctech(a)classiccmp.org Bummer! Well, dunno if this will be helpful to you or not, but we had a zillion 3.5" floppies from 1984 (first Mac) and they got immersed in water during Hurricane Andrew in 1992...they didn't work at all, so figuring we had nothing to lose, I slit the labels, popped 'em apart, and removed the disk itself, wiped down both surfaces with Q-tips and rubbing alcohol. Then I took new floppies and disassembled them, tossed the blank media, and put the old disk inside the case...taped back together, and almost all of them worked well enough to recover the data. The real issue seemed to be that the two paper pads swelled and wrinkled, then dried, depositing lint on the disk surface and impeding spin. The disks themselves seemed to weather the water fine. (The Mac itself survived Andrew also -- I still have it. Only hurricane damage was a couple dead keyswitches on the keyboard, I replaced those and all's well -- 11 years later. :) If only the roof had been so durable...) Good luck... -- MB On Sunday, April 20, 2003, at 09:07 AM, Chandra Bajpai wrote: > I had a small accident in my basement a couple of days ago and in > cleaning everything out I discovered an old box of 5.25 TRS-80/Heathkit > floppies with all my old stuff on them were damp with water. I let > them > air dry overnight, but some of them still don't spin freely. > > What can I do to recover these disks - I hate to lose them. What sort > of > damage does water cause to floppies? > > Thanks, > Chandra --__--__-- Message: 3 Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 09:43:24 -0600 To: cctech(a)classiccmp.org From: xtguy(a)mindspring.com Subject: need CP/M boot disks Reply-To: cctech(a)classiccmp.org I was told that Don Maslin can help me with boot disks for some old CP/M computers. I need boot disks for the following: Morrow Micro Decision MD 1 Epson QX-10 several different Kaypro models I tried to make a boot disk for the Morrow using 22disk and the 'STDCPM22' file at 'www.retroarchive.org'. 22disk did not have a file format for the Morrow MD 1, so I used the format for the Morrow MD 2. (As far as I have been able to find out, the MD1 had full height floppy disk drives and the MD2 had half-height drives, but they were the same capacity). When I tried to use the floppy to boot the computer, it would spin for about 15 seconds, then the computer would reboot. I was making the boot disk on a computer which had a 360K floppy drive. Thanks! xtguy End of cctech Digest

23 years

Game console up to $200

by cb＠mythtech.net

>A Magnavox Odyssey from 1972 is up to $200 with a few hours left to bid. I >would like to have one but not at these prices. I have one of these, but not complete. Its missing most of the little stuff like chips, cards, cash. Some overlays are missing, and I am pretty sure the rifle is long since destroyed. I'm also not positive if the unit itself works or not. Its one of the things on my list to install in my "retro" basement when I finally find a house I can afford. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years

CMD CDI-4000

by pietstan＠rogers.com

I was shuffling some of my collected VaxenStuff, and in the 4000 I found a couple of CMD CDI-4000 DSSI to SCSI bridge cards..... A yahoo and google search turned up Silicon Image's web site, with a hanging link to a supposed user's manual... :-{( Does anyone know of a real (working) link to a manual?? Failing that, does anyone know what jumper / ribbon cable does what? Thanks.....

23 years

Howdy...new to list and a couple questions.

by mike＠shawnuff.net

Hey there! I hope this isn't bad form but I'm new to the list and just wanted to put my collecting needs out there and ask a question or two. Currently I'm partial to anything TRS-80, PCjr, or PC XT related. But I'm also trying to fill in some gaps with Commodore , TI 99, and Apple II(e). Also, where do y'all find most of your stuff? There's always ebay, but that's usually at a premium. I've thought about notifying some of the local auction houses to keep an eye out. Any input would be appreciated, and it's good to know that there are folks out there who don't immediately think "samford and son" whenever they see "obsolete" hardware! -Mike

23 years

PDP-11 Freeware CDs for RSX-11 and RT-11 (Originally Produced by Tim Shoppa)

by jhfinepw4z＠compsys.to

The last two times I posted this, another person contacted me either for help or to request the CDs. This will be the last time for about 6 months unless more people reply. In regard to the Freeware CDs for RSX-11 and RT-11 that Tim Shoppa originally produced: I am in the middle of finishing a second (very small) batch of CDs and could easily add a few additional copies. I will be making all copies of the CD images from: ftp://ftp.trailing-edge.com/pub/cd-images/ http://www.classiccmp.org/PDP-11/RT-11/ http://www.classiccmp.org/PDP-11/RSX-11/ Since not everyone has both a high speed internet connection and a CD burner, I thought it would be helpful to make them available. If you have both requirements and are using Windows 98 SE / Nero Burning, I can help with the details if you don't know how to burn a CD from an "Image File". I have even been able to produce a label for each CD that is close to the original label from Tim Shoppa, although since they were scanned (THANK YOU FOR THE HELP), they are not perfect. They are available at $ 5 / $ 9 / $ 12 for 1 / 2 / 3 CDs. In addition, I understand that Memorex Black CD-Rs have a longer shelf life and are available at Business Depot. If anyone wants those instead, add $ 1 for each CD that you are requesting. Thus those amounts are $ 6 / $ 11 / $ 15 Please contact me directly for my snail mail address. I picked up some Memorex Black CD-R blanks and started on the copies for those who have already requested that a Black CD-R be used. Please include your mailing address!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In general, I will regard any funds you send as a gift so that if anyone really can't afford the CDs, please state why that is so. Outside of the US, probably about $ 2 should be sufficient for extra postage. All amounts are in US dollars. Please ask if you are not in the US. No point in converting twice. Sincerely yours, Jerome Fine -- If you attempted to send a reply and the original e-mail address has been discontinued due a high volume of junk e-mail, then the semi-permanent e-mail address can be obtained by replacing the four characters preceding the 'at' with the four digits of the current year.

23 years

Fortune systems parts available

by CCTalk＠catcorner.org

> I have the mother board (no security chip), several I/O cards, console > card, console, two terminals, a paper box of software and manuals (I > haven't inventoried yet), floppy drive and a power supply for a fortune > 16:32 (or was it 32:16?). > > All the cards and motherboard are in their original shipping/packing > containers. > > This is the spare parts inventory of a local (New Jersey USA) law firm > that has moved on to one of the Linux > > Any takers? > > Make and offer (I'm not looking for ebay prices). Would be shipping from > 07848. > > Kelly

23 years

MITS Altair 8800a for sale on eBay

by dgari＠msn.com

I am selling my second and last MITS Altair 8800a due to on-going unemployment. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/ebayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2723371361 This will be the only notice given here. Thank you. -David Gari _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

23 years

FS/A: Northern Telecom (NT) DisplayPhone Plus NT6K90AC

by big_boy_toddy＠yahoo.com

I have for sale a few Northern Telecom (yes, NT, not Nortel) Model NT6K90AC Displayphone, Date of Mfr. Nov 15 1984 (yeps, that makes them almost 19 years old, way ahead of their time). If you are interested, and know what this is for, do let me know. I think 50 USD for each is fairly reasonable. They are in very, very good working condition taken out of service a number of years ago, stored and finally sold off recently. I picked them up at a government auction, and they are being sold as-is. I know little to nothing about them, and am by no means an expert, you are more than I am...PS. I hope this is ok to offer these here for sale. I looked at the listing, and it seems this kind of device was WAY ahead of its time, so much so that NT didn't do much with them, but they are prized for collectors. I hope I can find a nice home for them.Best wishesTodd Nathan The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.

23 years

Seeking good home(s) for old hardware [UK]

by Paul.HILLS＠landisgyr.com

I would love to take the SWTP6809 system. I already have an SWTP6800 that I acquired recently. Getting on 20 years ago I built a 6809 based computer from a series running in the UK magazine "Electronics & Computing Monthly", called the 77/68 system. This was based on the SWTP stuff but was marketed through a company called Stirling Microsystems in Baker Street, London. Does anyone else here remember that system? There's one reference to it on a Google search here: http://www.jakelod.demon.co.uk/7768.htm, although now even that link isn't working anymore. Was I the only person ever to build it?!!! I never got it working, and I think my parents must have chucked it all out unfortunately, although I've still got all the docs including circuit diagram and hex dumps. paul -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Brian Chase Sent: 16 April 2003 21:20 To: Classic Computers Subject: Fwd: Seeking good home(s) for old hardware [UK] Here's something of possible interest to rightpondians. -brian. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 10:23:51 +0000 >From: John Carlyle-Clarke <john.cc(a)nospam.europlacer.co.uk> Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Seeking good home(s) for old hardware Can anyone provide any suggestions, flippant or otherwise, as to where I might seek new homes for some old kit that has been cluttering my attic for many years? My wife is putting her foot down, and frankly I am never going to do anything with it. I am paring down my collection of old computers and peripherals to a few that I will actually use, and trying to find people who will actually use the others. So I need homes for: * SWTPC 6809 computer. Main unit, disk unit inc. 8 1/2" Qume floppy drive, Western digital harddisk controller but no HDD. VDU/terminal (not working). Used to run Uniflex (but I don't have this, since the hard disk crashed and there were no originals provided). I have all the hardware and software manuals. I have seen this computer working but it has been stored a long time. * Remex paper tape reader/writer (works as far as I know, but I don't have the cables for it). * Diablo daisy wheel (have seen it working but about 17 years ago!) It's a long shot, but somebody may be able to help. I can provide more details if anyone is interested. Mail me at jpcc "at" bigfoot "dot" com if you prefer. I am in the UK.

23 years

Chips in Germany

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

Here's an interesting variety of chips for any collectors ( chip or computer ) in Germany CPU 10 St?ck Intel- AMD -Cyrix-Kingston-IBM Current bid EUR 10.50 (approx. US $11.42 ) Time left 21 hours, 56 mins + http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3413239714&category=32162

23 years

WANTED: Microbee(s)

by vivid＠australia.edu

Is there anyone out there that has, or knows of anyone with microbee(s) they want to sell/get rid of. please mail me at vivid(a)australia.edu with ANY info. Thanks.. any info would be helpful. Study Business at USQ's Australian Graduate School of Business. http://www.usq.edu.au/faculty/business/usqagsb/

23 years

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