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by Innfogra＠aol.com

There is another clue in this. I thought it booted DRDOS from the first message. I am not really familiar with DRDOS but I suspect a disk formatted under that would be different from formatting under MS or PCDOS. Do check your BIOS settings and battery. Paxton Astoria, OR

23 years

IBM Kingston

by vance＠neurotica.com

I really wish IBM Kingston hadn't closed. That place was neat. Anyone here used to work there? Peace... Sridhar

23 years

HP Laserjet Series II

by ard＠p850ug1.demon.co.uk

> God bless you John! > > Mine has just started having paper getting stuck on the "teeth roller" > underneath the larger one next to the green felt "hot" area. It needs a new > smaller roller cause worn out. There are a number of rollers that look like > this, how do I tell which one it is in order to order the right one? Take a look at the PrinterWorks web site (http://www.printerworks.com/). They have exploded diagrams of the printer (you have an 'SX engine') with all the parts identified. You should be able to get a part number for each roller. -tony

23 years

collecting silicon wafers

by dwightk.elvey＠amd.com

Hi Not necessarily. If these have been passivated, your finger prints can be cleaned off. If not, the sodium will have destroyed the functioning of the transistors. Dwight >From: "Chandra Bajpai" <cbajpai(a)attbi.com> > >Before anyone goes in trying to cash in their wafers...I assume any >wafer that was not kept in a clean room environment is worthless. The >couple of wafers I have finger prints so they definitely are worthless! > >-Chandra > > >-----Original Message----- >From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org] >On Behalf Of Dwight K. Elvey >Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 5:24 PM >To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org >Subject: RE: collecting silicon wafers > >>From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf(a)siconic.com> >> >>On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Dave Wilson wrote: >>> My only anxiety is that the general interest in collecting >>> silicon may take off in a big way before I have managed to build >>> up a workable stock. >> >>Indeed. Just try to keep a "Silicon Wafers" category from being >created >>on eBay for as long as possible and you'll be in the clear for a while >:) >> > >Hi > Even wafer collecting can have monetary value. A while back, at >the beginning of the last Middle East action, there was a military >requirement for mil spec TTL parts. I don't recall which but >I believe it was 74139's that were in short supply. Anyone >with a wafer of these could just about name their price. > The fact is that most companies consider the wafers as >proprietary information. They would rather destroy it or send >it back to the foundry to be recycled. Wafers that do make >it to the outside world are usually from some company that >has shut down and had a warehouse of overstocks. >Dwight

23 years

DEC Network Equipment Up For Grabs

by rene＠creative-computing.com

Hello, I received this distribution list address from a friend of a friend. I have the following equipment for free. Either come and pick it up or pay to have it shipped to you. Rene ******************* > 2 DECnis 600s fully populated (spare power supply, spare cards, mostly memory/CPU) Lan Cards/Wan Cards/FDDI/ATM in both MPC 1 Processor Several Adaptor Cables for WAN Cards > 2 DECnis 500s Lan/ Wan Cards MPC 11 Processor > 1 GigaSwitch ATM 5 Slot Fully Populated / Management Card / MMF Cards / Dual Power Supply > 2 DECconcentrator 500 Fully populated 1 is okay //// 1 Doesn't Power on but the cards are good A/B Ports on Management Card 2 Slave cards are all M Ports > 2 500Mhz Desktop Alphas (DEC Unix or OpenVMS) FDDI Cards / Enet Cards CD Rom / Floppy (Small Blue Desktop machine) > 1 InfoServer Tower (6 Slot CD for OpenVMS) > 2 Proteon ClamShell Routers Digital Rebranded as RouteAbout ES > Several CSU/DSUs These are not Modem Eliminators 56KB Mostly Cray // Can be setup Back to Back Thanks for looking. Rene

23 years

Items For Free ???

by junkmale＠mindspring.com

Hi Just joined the list and came across this in the October archives from Rich Beaudry. Sorry but I don't know if I can contact you off list. I know the posting is a bit old but I thought it would not hurt to ask. I am looking for one or more IBM 3270 Microchannel cards for a pet project of mine. If you (or anyone else) still have this one card available I would be happy to pay the shipping costs and even offer a couple of dollars for your trouble if you like. I could use more than one if anyone else has any that they are willing to part with. Thanks for your time, Michael

23 years

ASR33 reader woes

by c.morris＠townsqr.com

From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) >May I ask a very simple question. What machine are you using this with (from the description below, I assume a PDP8). If it _is_ a PDP8, do you have the reader control relay mod fitted correctly? If not, then you _will_ drop characters I think. My computer is an 8/L. I do not have the relay fitted at all. After a careful examination of the schematic and manuals, this relay only forces TTY power on, in LINE mode (this is redundant if the TTY is already on and prepared to read a tape), and also forces 115V to the distributor trip coil so that a tape will immediately start reading if present. Without the relay a manual start is required by simply flipping the reader lever to "Start". Everything gets up to speed after one or two characters of leader no matter how the reader is initiated. No characters will be dropped since the program will loop indefinitely at the usual KSF, JMP.-1 until a character is assembled and sent to the TTY receiver card. >That's very odd. The most obvious mechanical problem would be wear on the ratchet wheel teeth in the reader. But that would cause problems once (or n times) for every revolution of that wheel (and the drive sproket) -- Quite. That's why I'm scratching my head! >So what you're saying is that it sends the correct number of chracters, but some of them are corrupted to 0's? Yes, when an error occurs while printing the test tape I can "hear" the nonprinting character being sent to the typing unit (it "jumps" but nothing appears on the paper) and the next consecutive char is then printed correctly. >Either your read pins are misaligned (they should come through the middle of the tape holes -- check this), or the contacts are sometimes not making properly. Agreed. They look centered to me (but what IS the definition of "centered" i.e. at what point in the read cycle? The tape and pins do not seem perfectly stationary with respect to one another during the read cycle.) The manual shows that the sprocket wheel should be rotated forward to take up the slack against the detent at which point the pins are centered in the holes. IF I'm reading this right. Actually they show a "Gate Flash" that looks like a hole on the side of the sprocket, which does not exist in my reader. >Try running the reader without tape, with the EOT sensor held down. It should then send all 1's. Check that it does (use the PDP8 for this with a similar program to yhe one you've written already, just get it to halt if the character is not all 1's). Let it run for many minutes. Excellent suggestion, thank you. I will try this right away. >A really Heath Robbinson (Rube Goldberg?) trick Who's Heath Robbinson? I always liked Rube Goldberg's inventions... >3) focus a camera on the reader mechanism. Set the aperture appropriately for the flashgun. Make the room dark, hold the shutter open on B, let it run 4) When the flash fires, close the shutter, turn everything off 5) Develop the film and hope that it shows you what the problem is. -tony Sounds awfully complicated. Perhaps I can do this with my Sony digital camera if it has a sync input! thanks for the tips -Charles

23 years

HP Laserjet Series II

by cb＠mythtech.net

>Mine has just started having paper getting stuck on the "teeth roller" >underneath the larger one next to the green felt "hot" area. It needs a new >smaller roller cause worn out. There are a number of rollers that look like >this, how do I tell which one it is in order to order the right one? www.fixyourownprinter.com They sell a rebuild kit for the LJ2 that addresses the jamming on pickup. They also have a number of other kits available, for assorted common jamming problems with that printer series. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years

more goodies?

by jmh＠SLAC.Stanford.EDU

I have recently come across original -- disks only -- (5 1/4") of Wordstar Pro 4.0, Turbo Pascal, Microsoft Word 5.0 and in 3 1/2" of Microsoft Presentation Manager. Also manual and 5 1/4 disk for SpinRite. Are these of interest or should I just toss them? Jim jmh(a)slac.stanford.edu

23 years

132 column (14x11) fanfold paper

by larry＠laurelnet.com

We take standard green-bar or blue-bar and print on the back side. Larry -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Tom Uban Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 3:19 PM To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: 132 column (14x11) fanfold paper Does anyone know where 132 column (14x11) white (blank) fanfold paper is still available? Bowater used to make it years ago, but has since sold that business off... --tnx --tom

23 years

132 column (14x11) fanfold paper

by uban＠ubanproductions.com

Does anyone know where 132 column (14x11) white (blank) fanfold paper is still available? Bowater used to make it years ago, but has since sold that business off... --tnx --tom

23 years

HP79XX magnetic tape reader

by odemir＠metu.edu.tr

Dear Sir, I have a hp7974A magnetic tape reader and now I can read/write data on a magnetic tape via gpib+code (by C++) with 1600 PE density. However, the written data cannot be read our another hp7970B tape reader due to the fact that It can read the data with 800 NRZI tape density. As far as I know, hp7970E series can read both. Is it possible to buy one of it? and did You know where can i buy one? Thank you. odemir(a)metu.edu.tr

23 years

Printer Ribbon Source

by ProdFind＠aol.com

Apr 11/03 We are looking for 60 pieces obsolete printer ribbons IBM #1040920 for IBM printer 4772. We are desperate! Can you help? Thanks and regards Eric Sperwer Tel: (954) 438-6622

23 years

HP-85 HP-85B memory interface roms manuals for sale

by ravid＠cox.net

Hi, I have few items for HP-85 that I would like to sell. I have a few of each: 16K Memory Modules, 128K Memory Modules, Serial interfaces, HPIB interfaces, Modems, Rom drawers with different ROMS, Manuals and software. I can ship internationally. I am located in California USA. To make an offer for an item/s or ask questions please Email ravid(a)iovega.com. I will not monitor this board for the next week or so. Please Email me. I also have a lot of other vintage computers, software, and manuals. (TRS-80, Atari, Apple, Commodore, IBM, HP, and more) Thanks. Ravid.

23 years

Tandy 6000 (old xenix machine) needs rescuing...

by CCTalk＠catcorner.org

Right now it is in Malvern AR. Any takers, it will need to be picked up by 4/15/2003. bunch of other tandy and PeeCee equipment also. Kelly

23 years

The very first personal computers - How many are left?

by dwightk.elvey＠amd.com

>From: "The Design Fort DTP" <design.fort(a)ns.sympatico.ca> > >Hi all, > >One thing I was always interested in - and the visitors in my Computer >Museum often want to know - is how many of the very first personal computers >are still in existence. By first PCs I mean the following machines: >Kenbak 1 >Scelbi 8h >Mark-8 >IBM 5100 >Apple 1 >Altair 8800 >IMSAI 8080 Hi Missed the Poly88. Dwight > >I know it's quite difficult to figure out how many Altairs or IMSAIS are >still around. But a search on the Mark-8 e.G. (on the Internet) turned out >that there are only a handful still in existence. > >Greetings >Herbert

23 years

Needed rackmount stuff for an 8/E, 8/M, and 11/20...

by root＠parse.com

Hoping someone has some spare rackmount parts. For my 8/E, it was pulled out of a rack, so it just needs the parts that are inside the rack -- approximately 1+3/4" high sliders; my /E has the part that goes *into* the sliders. For my 8/M, it needs the complete rack kit, as does my 11/20. Anyone able to help out? Thanks in advance, -RK -- Robert Krten, PARSE Software Devices +1 613 599 8316. Realtime Systems Architecture, Consulting and Training at www.parse.com Looking for Digital Equipment Corp. PDP-1 through PDP-15 minicomputers!

23 years

Running T5200 R u interested?

by sidneybnice＠earthlink.net

Everything works but the floppy drive. Don't know if it is the controller or the floppy drive. Anyway it is in my closet taking up space. ______________________________ Respectfully and with my best regards, Sidney B. Nice sidneyb(a)vonl.com

23 years

How many Mark 8's?

by jontitus＠attbi.com

Hello: Let me chime in on the number of Mark-8 computers, etc. Several years ago I went through some old records that showed the royalties paid to me by both Radio-Electronics magazine and Techniques. R-E paid a small royalty for each of the instruction booklets they sold. You may recall the original magazine article could not hold all the information and construction details. Techniques paid a royalty on the sets of printed-circuit boards (PCBs) they sold. Based on the information I still have, I figure R-E sold about 7500 copies of the booklet, and Techniques sold about 400 sets of PCBs. Unfortunately, the original R-E article and the booklet failed to publish a key piece of information: the wiring diagram for the board-to-board connections. So, I heard from many people who needed this information, but these communications took place before email and low-cost fax, so I have no record nor recollection of how many people I spoke with. As you can probably guess, I also have no idea how many people actually built a Mark-8, nor do I know how many of those built systems still exist. My original Mark-8 is in the Smithsonian, and it was in working condition when it left here, so that counts as one system. The prototype memory board for the original point-to-point wired Mark-8 prototype went to the American Computer Museum in Bozeman, MT in October. The ACM also got mimeographed copies of the original "Mark-8 Newsletter" and its successor, the "Micro-8 Newsletter." If anyone has questions about the Mark-8, refer to the Web site: http://www.his.com/~jlewczyk/adavie/mark8b.html which contains information I wrote back in 1999. (I need to go back and clean it up a bit.) Please note, the email addresses in that posting are incorrect. People can reach me at the permanent email addresses: KZ1G(a)ARRL.NET or jontitus(a)hendrielane.com For a while longer, the jontitus(a)attbi.com email still works. We expect a shift to comcast.net sometime soon, though. Cheers, Jon Jon Titus 36 Sunset Drive Milford, MA 01757-1362 USA Phone: +1-508-478-8040 E-mail: jontitus(a)attbi.com Member, National Association of Science Writers

23 years

H89 CP/M hard-secored boot diskette

by dwightk.elvey＠amd.com

Hi I guess the next question is, does anyone have the dumps of these chips or what the new mapping is?? I suspect that there is some remapping of the memory and some for the I/O. I don't know why it would take 3 chips though. I'll have to dig through my stuff to find a schematic. I may be able to figure it out from there. Dwight >From: "Patrick Rigney" <patrick(a)evocative.com> > >> > > Tony, out of curiousity, what are your versions of the >> various PROMs and >> > > EPROMs at U516, 517, 518, and 520 on your Z90? >> > >> > That would involve getting to the Z90, which is not going to be >> > trivial.... > >FYI, I found this while trolling through some links on retroarchive.org. >Excerpt (edited) from an Arpanet message dated 17-feb-1984: > >"When I ordered CP/M the first time and it didn't work, I called >Heath and they said "Oh, yeah, you need a hardware upgrade!" >So I did the following: > >1) Replaced the 444-42 in U517 with a 444-66 >2) Connect a jumper from the middle pin of U503 to pin 17 of P509 >They assured me this would work. However, to make the full upgrade, >I could also do: >3) Replace the 444-40 in U518 with a 444-62 >4) Replace the 444-43 in U550 with a 444-61 >If I did this, I would lose cassette capability. Since this wasn't >necessary (they said) I decided to just do 1 & 2. > >When I did this and it still didn't work, I called Heath again. They >said it should have worked and my disk must be bad. So they sent me >a new disk..guess what, still didn't work. Then they say hardware >problem with the disk drive. That's when I put my problem on the net. >Mr. D. C. Finch of Phoenix was kind enough to write me a letter >(they have R/O access to the net) which told me that indeed 3 & 4 >were necessary (at least for CP/M 2.2.03 and later). So this morning >I called Heath again and they said, "That's right, you have to replace >all three chips!" Just wish they had said that back in November!! >I'll be happy to give anyone the details of Mr. Finch's letter if >asked, I don't think most people are that interested.

23 years

Tandy 6000 available for pickup in AR (was RE: TRS-80 Madness)

by kelly＠catcorner.org

not by me... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=179&item=3412008207&r d=1 A 6000 with external HD and some software. Must pick it up though. Comes with a bunch of PeeCees too. Guy says you can pick and choose what you want. Only 4 hours left and is only $1.00 right now... Kelly

23 years

Interfacing HP82905A Printer to HP85

by vassilip＠dsl.cis.upenn.edu

The manual is available at <http://www.series80.org/Manuals/HP82905B.pdf> The www.series80.org site contains scanned manuals, programs and pictures of the HP Series computers and peripherals. **vp

23 years

Juki 6100

by Profllew＠aol.com

Mike Davis, You probably already have an answer on your question about a ribbon for the Juki, but on the rare chance you haven't: Ribbons for the IBM Selectric II work on the Juki. Some of the newer ribbons tend to snag about half way thru and I have to remove the old ribbon half and attach the new to make the ribbon work. I'm trying to find a driver for the Juki to install on newer word processors. Bill Lllewellyn

23 years

HP Laserjet Series II

by jklein＠electronic-boardroom.com

God bless you John! Mine has just started having paper getting stuck on the "teeth roller" underneath the larger one next to the green felt "hot" area. It needs a new smaller roller cause worn out. There are a number of rollers that look like this, how do I tell which one it is in order to order the right one? Thanks very much. Somewhere down the line I'll return the favor. Regards, June

23 years

V-Tel

by acruicks＠cix.compulink.co.uk

Dear Andreas, I found your message; http://www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctech/2002-December/005834.html I wondered whether you would be willing to give me a copy of your 'V-Tel' client? I've been looking for something to Telnet into a mail server using the PsiMail Internet TCP/IP stack, but all I've found so far is alpha-quality Telnet clients. I would be very grateful if you could help. Regards, Alex Alex Cruickshank 12 Barton Way, Croxley Green, Herts., WD3 3QA, UK +44 (0)1923 773112 acruicks(a)cix.co.uk

23 years

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