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by julesrichardsonuk＠yahoo.co.uk

Hi all, It seems that adverts are tolerated on this list, so here goes... :-) The time has unfortunately come to get rid of my Diamond D5 Wordprocessor unit; I've had it for 6 years or so now and not really paid it any attention due to lack of time. Whilst I'd like to keep it, lack of space is forcing sale as I currently need the room for more pressing (car, not computer) projects. The system's complete (dating from around the mid 1970's) including: Base unit itself (complete with twin 8" floppies + keys), Display unit, Keyboard, Printer (Diablo daisywheel, badged as Diamond), User manual, Lots of discs (including system disc master copies and backups) - all of these are in disc boxes so unless bit-rot has set in should be OK. I dumped a few pictures in a directory at: http://www.moosenet.demon.co.uk/temp/diamond (640x480 or thereabouts, directory listing gives the file sizes) I got the system in a non-working condition (along with a pile of Link machines and fileserver unit, which was what I was really interested in) and I'm afraid what with lack of time it's stayed that way. When power is applied it'll try to read from the drives, chatter for a while and then stop, with nothing appearing on the display. I found a hand-drawn schematic for part of the display unit circuitry within the user manual, which suggests that the previous owner may have been pointing a finger at that. However, I've never even had time to do the rudimentary first checks on the machine (cleaning board contacts etc.) so it's possible a good strip-down and clean might even sort it out. (as an aside I seem to recall that the back of the display tube glows when the unit's turned on, which is at least encouraging) I'd like around 30 pounds for it if anyone's interested - hopefully it'll find a good home where someone can restore it to running condition again! I'm located just north of Cambridge, UK. cheers Jules __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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, 5 months

Epson HX-20 repair details - more info

by M.Clemence＠exeter.ac.uk

Thanks to the couple of guys emailing me about this I have measured a few more things after Tony Duell's advice as follows. The three test points on the board are as follows with the machine off labelled Vp 4.8V +5 0V Vc 2.86V The transisitor Q8 has 4.8 V on the emitter but 0.18 Von the collector the +ve side of Capacitor C11 is 2.86 V pin 15 on IC7 is high None of these values change when the machine is switched on. As an aside, for those who maybe wondering why I'm bothering - I work at >from Exeter university medical physics department and I have been asked by one of our research groups to help them with a problem regarding a pair of Epson HX-20's (from about 1983). This group still use this machine to control a piece of equipment which is used as part of a large clinical study in diabetes and there is currently no available replacement. We are in the process of replacing these computers with newer machines (for which we need to replicate and validate that the software performs identically as before which will take some time) but we would like if possible to keep them running in the meantime. If any one would be willing to supply photocopies of the relevant bits of the manual (schematic in particular) I would of course pay towards copying/postage/time. Yours Matthew Clemence

23 years, 5 months

semi-OT: Replacement OS/2 Install Media

by pat＠purdueriots.com

Now that I have a good machine to try installing OS/2 on (a PS/2 Model 95), it seems that the install disks for my copy of OS/2 Warp 3 have become re-magnitized in a patter to obscure the original data. Does anyone have a copy of OS/2 that they can send me (Teledisk images or dd images or an ISO is just fine with me) or know if I can talk to someone at IBM to get new media to replace the failed old media? Thanks for the help! Pat -- "The Microsoft/IBM FORTRAN was adequate for teaching FORTRAN 77. But the performance was AMAZING! It could actually take longer to run a benchmark like sieve of Erastothanes with compiled FORTRAN than with interpreted BASIC." -- Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) http://dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/images/dilbert2040637020924.gif

23 years, 5 months

A Momentous Decision

by dwightk.elvey＠amd.com

>From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh(a)aracnet.com> > >> Just out of curiousity, how many other people here name their classic >> computers (for reasons other than giving them a network address) >> >> -tony > >Personally the only computers I give names to are ones on my network (of >course basically every system I have setup is networked). I've reached the >point though where the name is likely to simply reflect what kind of hardware >the host is. Other times the name might be what it was prior to my getting >it. > > Zane > Hi I have one at work I call "Piece of Sh*t". Does that count as naming? Dwight

23 years, 5 months

amiga

by garoalexanian＠netscape.net

I found your great web site. Would you please give me some advice? My A4000 with a Cyberscsi I module does not always boot from the floppy or the hard drive (let alone from external hard drives). I'm certain I've got proper end termination and a good cable. When it does not boot from either the hard drive or the floppy it does not even check in with the floppy as it should. I was wondering if you knew the proper voltages on the hard drive power connector. Mine gave 5.0 volt and 11.77 volt. But my A200 give 5.0 and 11.23 (it also boots intermittantly). Also, whether a low density floppy would work in place of the high density it comes with. I have a spare low density in case it is the floppy which is intermittant. THanks for any comments. I bought all these and am having nightmares __________________________________________________________________ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/

23 years, 5 months

Tandy XENIX Disks

by Robert_Feldman＠jdedwards.com

Reminds me of a couple of AT&T 6300's that I used in an exhibit at the Field Museum of Natural History here in Chicago. The keyboards were mounded under 1/2 inch particle board, with just the keypads showing (to run the program). We needed to add an extra instructional label beside the keypad, so the exhibit preparators screened the labels and, to protect them, mounted thin plexiglas over them. To mount the plexi, they drilled 4 holes all the way through the particle board -- and the keyboards that were underneath. Amazingly, neither of the keyboards was destroyed. Bob -----Original Message----- From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk [mailto:ard@p850ug1.demon.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 4:21 PM To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Tandy XENIX Disks <snip> There is one other nasty fault I've seen (at least on the M3, and I suspect the M4 is identical). There's a plastic post moulded into the bottom case of the machine under the keyboard. If something heavy is dropped onto the keyboard, it will cause this post to hit the PCB with enough force to break tracks. While you have the keyboard apart, examine this area of the PCB very carefully. > had that problems with M3 and M4 KB's -tony

23 years, 5 months

Need help with DSSI/SCSI and an ext CD-ROM

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

I wrote: > The SCSI connector, however, is NOT usable for what you're doing. > The BA440 box (which is what your cab sounds like) has provisions > for changing its internal (DSSI) bus into a SCSI bus, for example > to be used with the KFQSA controller. That way, you can use SCSI > devices with the VAX by mounting them in the old DSSI rails. > > The VAX does _NOT_ have a SCSI controller by default; unless you > have something like a KFQSA, Dilog or Emulex SCSI-to-Qbus controller, > you can NOT use the RRD43. Make that an KZQSA, obviously... Does anyone have a KFQSA and/or KZQSA they'd be willing to let go for a fair price? Thanks, Fred

23 years, 5 months

OT Re: Naming Computers (strategy, and WHY)

by xds_sigma7＠hotmail.com

I like what my computer is named (work): VAX11785.. my dad's computer formerly was VAX11780, but that was 2 machines ago.. and now his is faster : ( Will J _________________________________________________________________ Unlimited Internet access -- and 2 months free! Try MSN. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/2monthsfree.asp

23 years, 5 months

Anyone Care About RT-11

by jhfinepw4z＠compsys.to

In regard to the Freeware CDs for RSX-11 and RT-11 I have now finished the verification tasks that I feel are needed to ensure that I am producing correct images. I have made some 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/ They will shortly be sent to those individuals who requested them. Since there might be a number of individuals who can't download at a reasonable speed (even with DSL it takes about 3 hours each at about 30 KBytes per second as compared with about 3 KBytes per second on a dial up line), I am prepared to make additional copies (Tim Shoppa no longer seems to have the time to do so) and make them available at my cost (for media, label, envelope and shipping carton plus postage to the US) and make them available at my cost of about $ 5 / $ 8 / $ 10 for 1 / 2 / 3 CDs. If you prefer to have me use Maxell Black brand CDs which I have been told last about twice as long, the cost will be $ 1 more per CD. Note that all the prices are in US dollars for destinations in the US and postage from Canada. If you are in a different country, the postage will be different. Also note that any funds that I receive will be regarded as a gift. 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, 5 months

TLZ-06AA drive equivalent

by rgopalan＠ntaf.cmmacs.ernet.in

Hi, We have a TLZ-06AA 4mm DAT drive on our DEC 3000-500 Alpha server and there is some problem with it. Can someone tell me if there is an equivalent drive for the same? Thanks. Rajagopalan

23 years, 5 months

Sgi personal Iris

by sales＠sgdp.co.uk

Bill, Do you still have these PI's, if so what is the spec 4D/20 12 or 20Mhz, or 4D/30, 4D35. Any info would help, if gone thanks anyway Thanks & regards David Frith SGD Systems Ltd T: +44 1235 227322 F: +44 1235 766065 Email: sales(a)sgdp.co.uk Web: www.sgdp.co.uk This e-mail message is confidential, intended only for the above named recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged, attorney work product or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you have received this message in error, or are not the named recipient(s), please immediately notify the sender at +44 1235 227322 and delete this e-mail message from your computer. Thank you. intY has scanned this email for all known viruses (www.inty.com)

23 years, 5 months

CP/M and NEC PC8001A items available

by dcohoe＠qualitymeats.on.ca

Recently I found someone (thank you Joe!) who had a bunch of Z-80 stuff including Televideo TS803's, Xerox 820-II's etc. I brought quite a lot home, but he still has some items that he values highly. He apparently needs to move soon and is short of cash. The things I got from him were in excellent condition. He's located in western New York state. I've tried to help him out and if necessary, could store stuff for someone. If you email me off-list, I can give you his address. regards, Dan Cohoe Here's what he sent me the other day: I have several items left to sell: 4 NEC PC-8001A computers and a few printers with 4 boxes of assorted hardware and software. Note: Only 3 NEC Monitors (Green). However, to make up for the missing monitor I have bundled with these computers 2 AMDEK (Amber Monitors) (Condition unknown) 1 AMDEK II Color Monitor (that needs minor repair) 1 Apple Monitor III (was working when I last used it. Note: One of the mini disk units seems to work when it wants to... Also, I have about seven boxes of Z80 and CP/M related items: 1) a few TRS-80 Mysteries decoded books 2) Tons of CP/M Books (assembler/database/communications) 3) Kilobaud Magazines 4) Digital Research CP/M Plus manuals 5) Much more I know that one of these boxes contains the original LDOS manual with LDOS related magazines.... (still need to find the box...it's hidden here somewhere...) Brian

23 years, 5 months

IBM APL for PC help: missing VM232___.AIO

by william.white＠us.ing.com

Are you still in need of this file? I presume you are looking at IBM APL version 1.0. I still use it but the trick is always getting it to work with larger hard drives and Windows. Bill White ING Employee Benefits - Actuarial Telephone: 612-342-3145 FAX: 612-342-7029

23 years, 5 months

PDP-8L and BA08A : how to connect them ?

by sonnet＠sols.ucl.ac.be

Recently, I saved a DEC PDP-8L (S/N 2209) with a BA08A memory expander box (S/N 587) from being trashed. It is is still pretty good shape. However all the flat cables connecting the two boxes have been cut right where they come out of the boxes. There are 8 double flat cables of 11 conductors between the two boxes. The connectors are still plugged in their original location but there is no hope to match the ends which have been cut. I want to reconstruct the connection cables between the main box and the expander. Before starting the soldering work, I need to know how the connections were before (which "Flipchip" connector card in the main box was paired with which connector in the expander box?). So far, I could not find any information or drawing about the BA08A on the Internet. Could someone help me, who owns a complete PDP-8L system (or technical drawing and maintenance guidebooks) ? I am ready to send a list of the number and location of the "Flipchip" cards on the main board in the two boxes as well as the description and location of the cables. Many thanks, Philippe Sonnet

23 years, 5 months

HP Series 80 site (for HP-83, HP-85, HP-86, HP-87 and the 9915A and B)

by vassilip＠dsl.cis.upenn.edu

I have placed scanned versions of some of the manuals I have here and I plan to scan the rest as my time allows. The manuals are at: <http://www.series80.org/Manuals/index.html> I have also placed images from all the ROMs I have at: <http://www.series80.org/Images/index.html> Thanks **vp

23 years, 5 months

Dauphin DTR-1

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

I went to a small local hamfest yesterday and picked up a DTR-1. It's complete and includes all the accessories including the original boxs, papers, SW disks, manuals, PSU, slide off cover, pouch, external floppy. The only thing wrong with it is the battery is dead (no problem, 6 A size NiMH cells) and the hard drive has zillions of errors. I'm attempting to reformat the hard drive but the previous owner says that the drive is bad and needs to be replaced. Does anyone have a HP 40 Mb 1.3 inch KittyHawk drive that you're willing to part with? Or does anyone know if anyone ever came up with a way to install a different drive such as one of the PCMCIA drives or the IBM Microdrive in it? Joe

23 years, 5 months

decitek reader

by bellmfg＠erols.com

Hello, I don't believe you are still looking but I have manuals for the 262 series. Regards, Bernie

23 years, 5 months

Lost digests

by mhscc＠canada.com

I didn't realize that my mailbox had filled up, so I missed a few digests; is it possible to retrieve past digests with Mailman as it was with the previous system? mike

23 years, 5 months

Destructive labelling (was RE: Tandy XENIX Disks)

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Oct 26, 16:14, Tothwolf wrote: > On Sat, 26 Oct 2002, Doc Shipley wrote: > > On Sat, 26 Oct 2002, Sark wrote: > > > > > And they thought people would steal mouse balls WHY? > > > > Because people steal mouse balls. A friend works in a major computer > > chain store, and I used to work for University of Texas, in IT. > It isn't just the larger companies or universities that have a problem > with this either. At one local school where I maintain dozens of older > systems, some years the kids steal the balls out of the mice. The year > before last, some kid even stole 6-8 mice (and switched 4 of them out with > dead junk mice. This year I'm planning to ty-wrap the cables to something > behind the systems so that won't happen again. I sure wish I could find a > lifetime supply of the older 3 button PS/2 Logitech mice. I've found those > things to be nearly indestructible in a school, and the younger kids will > usually find a way to break anything... Talking of breaking, and mouse balls, you might be amused by the story of the blackboard and the mouse ball. See the URL below. Oh, and vuft cricket (mentioned on the same page) is played with the sort of ball you commonly find near a PC and the sort of bat you commonly find in front of the same PC (you know, the one with the clicky top surface). http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~bjmi100/uni%20history/compsci.html -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

23 years, 5 months

Fw: VAX 7000/610 available, Cambridge MA USA

by rschaefe＠gcfn.org

----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Stone" <lcs(a)MIT.EDU> To: <port-vax(a)netbsd.org> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 6:24 PM Subject: VAX 7000/610 available, Cambridge MA USA > A complete VAX 7000/610 system, working when removed from service, > will be junked next week. It includes three 19" rack cabinets; > one looks like the CPU, another has a TZ857 tape drive, TSZ07 (9-track) > tape drive, and a pair of RA92 disks. The third cabinet as three > BA350SB StorageWorks disk array units full of, I think, 2Gb drives. > > You must come get it. It's on a ground-level loading dock right now, so > a truck with a lift gate would be helpful. > > Please reply to me if you're seriously interested. This is a big > machine that draws a lot of power, so be sure you know what you're > getting into. > > -- Larry > > (happily running 1.6 on a VAXstation 4000/60)

23 years, 5 months

Fw: Free Microvax IIs in San Diego, CA

by rschaefe＠gcfn.org

As seen in c.o.v-- too far for me to drive! Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Young" <bill(a)cox.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.os.vms,comp.unix.ultrix,comp.sys.vms Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 2:27 PM Subject: Free Microvax IIs in San Diego, CA > I have 3 Microvax IIs in the San Diego, California area that need to find > a new home. They are the Q2, Q3, and Q5 models (pedistal/rack mount, > rolling tower like enclosure, and short rack with RA81). Unfortunately I > don't have time to deal with shipping or parting them out. If you are > near the San Diego area and would like to pick them up, please send mail to: > > s h @ . > p o c n > a l o e > m e x t > > Thanks, > Bill Young

23 years, 5 months

cp/m favorite?

by mtapley＠swri.edu

> gil smith asked: > I am curious what your favorite cp/m system might be. As usual, my favorite is the DEC Rainbow. Z-80 for CP/M, 8088 for CP/M 86-80, both available via anonymous update from ftp.update.uu.se, and you can even run (early) MS-DOS, and move data back and forth between OS's, on the same platform. Color and graphics available, with the right monitors and graphics card; MFM (ST-506 format) hard disk possible, again with the right add-on card. Price is usually right (just take it away), *if* you can find one. The unusual floppy format is an issue, but that's true of many CP/M systems. - Mark

23 years, 5 months

Destructive labelling (was RE: Tandy XENIX Disks)

by zmerch＠30below.com

Rumor has it that Gene Buckle may have mentioned these words: > > I'm surprised that Intel didn't try to blame the Pentium FDIV bug on > that... > > >This supposedly happened sometime in the late 70's early 80's. As long as the Pentium was on the drawing board... That could've too! (Hell, the Itanic is almost on topic already... ;-) > > It still cracks me up that according to Intel I'm a 48,000-year-old > man... ;-) > >Oh do tell. :) One of Intel's "excuses" before actually acquiescing and replacing the original Pentiums was that "under normal computing use [1], a person would only trigger the bug once every 24,000 years..." I had 2 separate Autocad files that when rendered in 3-D wouldn't render right on a buggy Pentium but would render fine on a non-buggy Pentium or a 486. They weren't anything mongo, either... one was a 3-D rendition of a door canopy, and the other was a simple desk with a couple of shelves. When rendered, the center shelf on the desk jutted out 4 or 5 inches past the desk on the buggy pentium! We couldn't figure out what the Hades was wrong with my drawing file, until I rendered it on my workstation (an old bodged-up 486-33). Granted, it took a very long time to do it [2], but both files rendered fine on that old beast, but rendered wrong on 3 different brand new pentium-based machines. Laterz, Roger "Merch" Merchberger [1] as in, not *trying* to execute special code or computations that would prove the bug exists; like doing that special Calculator routine that would spit out wrong numbers... [2] Set up job, go get lunch (15-20 minutes). See one error, make change, set up job, go do 4-5 services calls... etc... Granted, that was better than rendering on my old 386sx-16 (With Math-Co) - Set up job, go make dinner, eat dinner, watch a couple hours of TV... check job, make one change, set up job, go to bed.... Took me all weekend to do a job that I could have done in 30 minutes on my 700Mhz (dual 350's) Pentium-2 Machine... -- 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, 5 months

Destructive labelling (was RE: Tandy XENIX Disks)

by zmerch＠30below.com

Rumor has it that Gene Buckle may have mentioned these words: > > The Stores in a certain college where I once worked insisted on checking > > every delivery to make sure it was complete. I couldn't undertand why one > > or two ICs in several orders were faulty, until I realised they took them > > all out of the tubes to count them :-( > > >Intel or AMD had a similar problem (huge yield problems) because of an >overzealous clerk counting silicon wafers by hand. By *touching* them. I'm surprised that Intel didn't try to blame the Pentium FDIV bug on that... It still cracks me up that according to Intel I'm a 48,000-year-old man... ;-) Laterz, Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- 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, 5 months

Destructive labelling (was RE: Tandy XENIX Disks)

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Oct 26, 0:12, Tony Duell wrote: > I'm not going to say where it happened, but I remember an incident where > the Stores engraged the ID number onto (delicate) winchester drive HDAs > with a Dremel-like tool. Needless to say the number of bad blocks was > somewhat rediculous! The Stores in a certain college where I once worked insisted on checking every delivery to make sure it was complete. I couldn't undertand why one or two ICs in several orders were faulty, until I realised they took them all out of the tubes to count them :-( -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

23 years, 5 months

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