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by healyzh＠aracnet.com

Nice haul! I'm going to guess that the following would be of definite use to a bunch of us. What are their age? As far as I know they aren't available: EK-LSIFS-SV-005 LSI-11 Systems Service Manual, Volume I: Systems Options EK-LSIFS-SV-005 LSI-11 Systems Service Manual, Volume II: Module Options A-K EK-LSIFS-SV-005 LSI-11 Systems Service Manual, Volume III: Module OptionsL-Z Of potential interest to a select few (again, I've no idea if they're available): VAXsimPLUS Field Service Manual VAXsimPLUS User Guide RM05 Disk Subsystem Service Manual RM05 Disk Subsystem Student Guide (Digital Internal Use Only) RM03 Disk Drive Maint. Print Set RP04/05/06 Field Maint. Print Set Model 733 DEC Disk Storage Drive Parts Catalog, Jan. 1976 RP04-TC Part II RP04, RP05, RP06 Field Svc. Handbook RP05/RP06 Field Handbook -Company Confidential- RP05/06 677-01/51 Disc Drive Illustrated Parts Catalog Model 677-01/51 RP05/06 DEC DISC MAINTENANCE Guide (Educ. Svcs.) Zane

23 years, 2 months

DEC/PDP documentation received

by jwillis＠arielusa.com

I've posted the list on the web... in the process of finishing it and adding the DEC order numbers. http://coherentlogic.dyndns.org/vax/vaxdocs.txt Enjoy!

23 years, 2 months

Columbia

by jwillis＠manson.vistech.net

7 people died. 7 people die all the time. These 7 happened to be astronauts. Big deal.

23 years, 2 months

Ebay - HP85A

by marvin＠rain.org

There is an HP-86A for sale on ebay at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3400284610&category=179#… The current bid is $10.50, and it ends at 11:47 PST.

23 years, 2 months

Strainge VAXserver 2000 card? (more info)

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

Indeed, the card I plucked out of the expansion box is only the card with the board's line drivers and faceplate. The real board is inside the machine, and looks to be a regular MV2000/3100 expansion board. Since someone already mentioned that their serial expander has the centronics-like connector for the H3104 on the faceplate, this *must* then be the sync-serial ("X.25") one. See the new pics at: http://www.microwalt.nl/Fred/VAXlab/VS2000-OPT-1.JPG http://www.microwalt.nl/Fred/VAXlab/VS2000-OPT-2.JPG http://www.microwalt.nl/Fred/VAXlab/VS2000-OPT-3.JPG [new] http://www.microwalt.nl/Fred/VAXlab/VS2000-OPT-4.JPG [new] These are the 1280x1024 ones., for clarity of the card's details. --fred

23 years, 2 months

VAX/PDP docs. received

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

> Received from a former DEC service rep.: Ohh... my... god ! What's the guy's address? I'll send him a crate of beer as thanks for *not* redirecting his stuff to the garbage truck, as is done WAY too often... yay yay yay! --f

23 years, 2 months

OT Avalanches (was: Columbia)

by cb＠mythtech.net

>When I was a kid, I tried and tried to make an igloo of packed cubes of >snow. I never could get one finished as once the walls started to curve >I couldn't get the layers to stick long enough to close the thing up and >complete it. An igloo is a very stable structure, but a half-finished >one isn't at all stable... In boy scouts, we cheated. We used a plastic box to make the packed cubes, and a spray bottle of water to make the blocks stick together. A light misting on the top edge of a block, then press the next block down onto it and hold for a second... igloo superglue! It worked well enough to get the structure finished... alas we didn't make it big enough for all of us in the troop to fit inside (10 of us?), and the pushing and shoving that followed made quick work of tearing it back down. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years, 2 months

Looking for source of MFM or RLL drives

by CCTalk＠catcorner.org

Any good sources of MFM or RLL drives. This would be for a Tandy 6000 running Xenix. I'm looking for 70 Meg or higher MFM (110 RLL capacity). Thanks, Kelly

23 years, 2 months

C= 64's maybe available

by cb＠mythtech.net

Picked this up from the LEM-Swap list, passing it on in case anyone was interested. Reply to him, not me. ---- Subject: [swap] OT; Commodore 64 Date: 2/7/03 8:26 AM Received: 2/7/03 9:25 AM From: Nick Hull, nhull(a)mindspring.com I need to get rid of a pair of Commodore 64 computers. Is there any group that handles these? I hate to just trash things when someone might actually want some. ---- -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years, 2 months

found usefull jumper page

by paulm064＠icqmail.com

Found a pretty good jumper settings page ,has older network adaptors and hard drive data etc. plaese don't swamp it and have it killed!

23 years, 2 months

OT: RE: Collecting, Hacking and the Spooks (was: Gulf War, dummie s,

by cb＠mythtech.net

> They restricted the use of HEAT SENSORS but they did not restrict the >police from using estimates of exceesive power usage by the power >companies. That's how they "caught" Zane. The thermal imaging sensors >would have probably shown that the source was a computer and not growing >plants. BTW they also use both technologies for detecking stills built >inside of homes. Does this open up the market to sell used big iron to drug dealers? This way they can justify their extra power usage and heat output. "No officer, I don't grow pot... its just my refridgerator sized computer, pay no attention to the plants behind the curtain" -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years, 2 months

65C51

by jaybp3＠earthlink.net

Just curious... did you find any 65C51 ICs? Jay

23 years, 2 months

10Base-FL

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Feb 6, 23:04, Adrien Farkas wrote: > 10base-FL is 62.5/125. actually, I'm running fddi on 50/125 with no > problems so it shouldn't matter _that_ much what cores you use for it > (besides singlemode 8.5/125, of course). Actually, the standards allow for both 50/125 and 62.5/125 for 10baseFL and FDDI, and everything else up to Gigabit. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

23 years, 2 months

Something for all you PS/2 fans

by vance＠neurotica.com

Anyone want PS/2 Mod 95's? Apparently some of them have Type-IV (! -- expensive) complexes. Peace... Sridhar

23 years, 2 months

10Base-FL

by vance＠neurotica.com

I'm about to put some 10Base-FL in and I was wondering if someone could tell me what kind of fiber I should be looking for? Is it 50/125 MMF like GigE? Or is it 62.5/125 MMF like FDDI? Peace... Sridhar

23 years, 2 months

RM Nimbus

by Peter.Hicks＠POGGS.CO.UK

All, I used to have an AX/2 server at home quite a while ago, and all I have left is the hard drive. I want to get this software off the drive, but I threw out my last MFM controller card ages ago. Does anybody have a copy of the old RM NET LM software that ran (runs?) Z-Net networks of PC186 machines? Even better, does anyone have an ISA MFM controller they'd be willing to swap for money? :) eBay hasn't turned up anything :( Best wishes, Peter.

23 years, 2 months

IBM 3164 Terminals

by lisa.parmar＠aircanada.ca

Hi Pat, Do you have any of the IBM 3164 terminals left? Lisa [demime 1.01a removed an attachment of type text/x-vcard which had a name of lisa.parmar.vcf]

23 years, 2 months

tonights finds

by kenziem＠sympatico.ca

I went thinking I was going to pick up an OT DY4 PPC embedded machine, instead it is an DY4 Orion with dual 8" floppies, the manual, a box of disks and a Volker Craig terminal. A few sun keyboards and a unopened copy of PharLap thrown in for good measure. My wife met me at the door saying this is the last machine, so I'll have to get the stuff from the trunk on the weekend. Does anyone have any tales to tell about the DY4? I'm also looking for drive rails for a SGI Personal Iris.

23 years, 2 months

Strainge VAXserver 2000 card?

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

And thanks to some fucked-up demime thing, pics can be found here: http://www.microwalt.nl/Fred/VAXlab/VS2000-OPT-1.JPG http://www.microwalt.nl/Fred/VAXlab/VS2000-OPT-2.JPG These are the 1280x1024 ones., for clarity of the card's details. --fred

23 years, 2 months

OT: File compression

by acme＠ao.net

Can anyone suggest a good book on file compression? Or, does anyone know where I can find C source for a simple file compression routine? The program needs to be portable to Linux, MS-DOS, CP/M and CP/M-86. (I am capable of making changes in the code to accomodate different compilers) Of course, there are compression routines which run under each of these OSs, but I need to run the same routine under all four OSs. TIA for any help -- Glen 0/0

23 years, 2 months

FS: Acorn System I Microcontroller Kit (Cambridge, UK)

by julesrichardsonuk＠yahoo.co.uk

Seen on cam.misc usenet group (Cambridge, UK) - I have no connection with the seller, so email them directly if interested. cheers Jules ======= From: Alan Bain (afrb2(a)statslab.cam.ac.uk) Subject: FS: Acorn System I Microcontroller Kit Newsgroups: ucam.adverts.forsale.computer, ucam.societies.cucps, cam.misc Date: 2003-02-06 02:58:03 PST ACORN system I 6502 Microcontroller kit as shipped from Acorn in a box full of packing beads. Never assembled, so time to get out your glue can and build it yourself. Kit contains 1 PCB (Issue 3 200000) Dates from 1980 1 Bag of components 1 Bag of ICs (incl SY6502 and the hard to find INS8154D, you were supposed to supply the others yourself -- presumably desoldered from dead boards) and a load of IC sockets. 1 Schematic Diagram I can almost certainly also locate a copy of the construction manual writen from Acorn's Market Square Address, most likely an original! Reasonable Offers (maybe around 40 pounds but no reasonable offer refused)? Alan Bain Everything you'll ever need on one web page >from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com

23 years, 2 months

HP-85 Error 74 stall

by rhahm＠nycap.rr.com

Hi, I am the proud new owner of an HP 85. Printer belts a little ratty but works fine. However when I attempted to Rew/Load/Cat any of the tapes I received with it I got a stall error. I cleaned the capstan which is intact, and did not fall apart, as I understand they tend to do. The tape motor spins fine when I pressed the tape sensor button inside and hit Rew. Finally after a bunch of attempts the tapes began to spin and I could perform the Load, Cat and Ctape operations. I still seem to get fairly frequent stall errors however. Do you think I need to replace the capstan? Can you get them (or the printer belts)anywhere, or should I use the silicon aquarium tube method mentioned in the archives? Any other thoughts appreciated. Eventually hope to hook it up to a floopy drive but need to find a mass storage rom. Also do you know of any good resources on the web for the 80 series as I haven't found a whole lot. Thanks, RH

23 years, 2 months

6502 fans - the SBC-2 is about to have another run - order boards now!

by erd_6502＠yahoo.com

(Whoops... let's try that again with the editing *finished* this time... For those who haven't been to http://65c02.tripod.com/ , the SBC-2 is a single-board 6502 with the following onboard: o 1 MHz 65c02 o 32K of static RAM o 32k of EEPROM o 2 x 65C22 Versatile Interface Adapters (VIA) o 1 x 65C51 Asynchronous Interface Adapter. o Eight 16-byte address blocks decoded for I/O (3 used onboard) This will be the second run of boards. At the moment, Daryl has ten orders. The deadline is 15-Feb. Picture at http://65c02.tripod.com/sbc2.jpg Current cost breakdown is: (from Daryl's announcement) $26.20 per board $4-6 shipping US $4-14 shipping outside US $2 for the serial cable (The serial cable is a 10-pin IDC<->DE9M, like the kind you find on Socket3 and Socket7 PeeCee motherboards). No guarantees that more orders will hit a new price point, so if you have an interest in a compact CMOS 6502 SBC, write Daryl: 65c02(a)softcom.net Do it soon. Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with the SBC-2 except as a potential customer. -ethan

23 years, 2 months

OT/Admin: tags

by zmerch＠30below.com

Rumor has it that Fred N. van Kempen may have mentioned these words: >Although this has come up a few times already, I am going to bring it >up again. Come kick my butt if you don't like it :) Awrighty -- I got my Size 9.5(US) Lacrosse Icemans on right now... ;-) <thud> Wham. Wham. Wham. Wham. Wham. -- Ascii representation of the sound of a dead horse getting beaten once again... :-( >Given the volume of the list, and the many off-topic (lets not discuss >what is and is not on-topic here) talk, I would like to propose [again] >that we do like other lists do: insert a tag [cctalk] in the Subject: >line of the postings, so it's easy to distinguis the postings from >other, perhaps more pressing e-mail. Not just no... *Hell no*... >Selecting/filtering based on sender address doesn't work well for all >clients, and depends on the ability to use processing rules in the >first place. Then filter on the headers! It's not that hard... =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Received: from ted.kwcorp.com (imail.kwcorp.com [209.83.143.147] (may be forged)) by huey.classiccmp.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id h14Iq2m50008 for <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 12:52:02 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from jwest(a)classiccmp.org) Received: from jwest [172.16.51.3] by imail.kwcorp.com (SMTPD32-7.12) id AB5BD990224; Tue, 04 Feb 2003 12:50:03 -0600 Message-ID: <005301c2cc7e$32386ee0$033310ac(a)kwcorp.com> X-BeenThere: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org List-Unsubscribe: <http://www.classiccmp.org/mailman/listinfo/cctalk>, <mailto:cctalk-request@classiccmp.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Id: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk.classiccmp.org> List-Post: <mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org> List-Help: <mailto:cctalk-request@classiccmp.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://www.classiccmp.org/mailman/listinfo/cctalk>, <mailto:cctalk-request@classiccmp.org?subject=subscribe> List-Archive: <http://www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctalk/> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= These are all unique headers to this list. Any MUA worth its salt can filter on any one of these... even some not worth it, like LookOut Hexpress... >As said, most lists out there already use this technique, it's been >accepted more or less as a standard, so can we *please* use something >like this ? Accepted by whom? All but one of the lists I'm on *don't do this* (not to mention the ones I admin) and the one that did I disliked, and unsubbed as soon as a better list was available... And this is a "standard" just like HTML email is currently a "standard" - it's not even compatible with itself, and in all, it's just a plain bad idea... IMH-But-SysAdmin-Based-O... >I don't want to start Yet Another Discussion, a mere vote would do, as >we're all techies who know what this is about. That sounds like the beginning of a 2-hour-pissing-match I had with my father-in-law a *long* time ago... "I'm not saying this because you don't want to become an auctioneer..." In all fairness, if it were a *user configurable* option, I wouldn't give a whit, so long as I could turn it off... otherwise, you know my vote... but how many times do we have to vote on this, anyway??? Prost, "Merch" -- Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers zmerch(a)30below.com What do you do when Life gives you lemons, and you don't *like* lemonade?????????????

23 years, 2 months

Columbia

by cb＠mythtech.net

>I do feel for the astronaut's families, and in almost equal measure for the >future of humanity in space. We have *got* to find a better way of getting >in and out of the gravity well. As sick as it seems... these kind of accidents are exactly what brings about the safer ways of doing things. Nearly all safety measures we as society have for everything can be traced back to someone (or many someones) being injured or killed. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years, 2 months

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