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by john_boffemmyer_iv＠boff-net.dhs.org

Well, I happen to have a 5.25" Hull height Seagate 10gig SCSI drive available. It powers, never fully tested it though. Hildebrand was going to take it but it fell through. I also have a 1gig IBM and I think one or two 2gig drives (Maxtor? and Seagates). Anyone need one or specs? Seagate seems to like me lately. Going for shipping only. john_boffemmyer_iv(a)boff-net.dhs.org BTW: nice to see that Sridhar is still with us. =) -John At 12:18 AM 10/9/02, you wrote: >On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, Bruce Lane wrote: > > > Actually, that's a 2.2 gig drive. The 12400N is an early Hawk series, > > very popular with the Sun 'lunchbox' systems. > >As a matter of fact, I'd like to find one of these for my Sparc LX. It >came without a drive (removed because the place that owned it was >paranoid). > >-Toth ---------------------------------------- Founder, Lead Writer, Tech Analyst and Web Designer Boff-Net Technologies http://boff-net.dhs.org/index.html ---------------------------------------

23 years, 6 months

Parts for Teletype ASR35 needed

by Qstieee＠aol.com

The last time I saw a teletype gainfully employed it was maintained by Western Union service people, even though it was attached to a real-time computer system, not the WU network. So WU may still maintain some service capability.

23 years, 6 months

Found a NCR system 3400 BoatAnchor

by Qstieee＠aol.com

I believe NCR's PC group went to AT&T, so some support might be there.

23 years, 6 months

Parts for Teletype ASR35 needed

by gil＠vauxelectronics.com

Hi Stefan: The greenkeys teletype email list averages a few emails a day (not overwhelming). To sign up, you need to go to: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/greenkeys You can poke through the archives at: http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/greenkeys/ You can peek at my incomplete and random tty stuff at: http://www.vauxelectronics.com/gil/tty/ There's also some interface stuff at: http://www.vauxelectronics.com/gil/tty232/ Bill Buzbee wrote a program that lets a tty send/receive email, ftp, and other cool things: http://www.buzbee.net/heavymetal/ http://www.buzbee.net/heavymetal/Intro.htm And yet more tty stuff at http://www.rtty.com and http://www.nadcomm.org later, gil At 08:42 PM 10/9/02 +0200, you wrote: >Yup, I saw them on eBay, but he would only sell me the complete things :( >And since I live in the Netherlands shipping them complete was VERY >expensive. I would have payed for the whole thing but just would have let >him send the smaller parts to me. > >But yes, if you could add me, send me more info, please do! > >Stefan. > >At 11:12 9-10-2002 -0700, you wrote: >>Hi Stefan: >> >>You may be interested in the greenkeys teletype email list -- lots of good >>folks with questions, answers, etc. (I am admin of it). Let me know if you >>want more info. You could join and ask, or I could forward your message if >>you'd rather. There is likely someone on greenkeys who can help you. >> >>I'm not personally familiar with the 35 (though it's just an ascii version >>of the baudot 28). The 35 is a heavy-duty machine that you should be able >>to return to service (as opposed to the 33, which is a crappy design that >>just wears out). I'd love to see some pics of your 35. >> >>There was a guy in NJ last month with two 35 machines on ebay. He could >>not get $5 for them, and may still have them. >> >>I have collected a few teletype machines that I am restoring (not selling): >> an M15-ksr, an M31-ksr, an M33-asr, an M28-ksr table-top, an M28-ro, an >>M28-rotr, an M28-td, an M14-td, and an M14-ktr. >> >> >>gil smith >> >> >>At 07:19 PM 10/9/02 +0200, you wrote: >> >Hi, >> > >> >I have here a half working Teletype ASR35. I am missing some parts, namely >> >the plastic hood, manuals and some lightbulbs. Also the ASR35 isn't >> >working properly, I am missing half of the keyboard sorta speak, you can >> >type uptil the letter H or so and then if you continue it starts with the A >> >again. >> > >> >So any help with that is also welcome. >> > >> >Thanks!! >> > >> >Stefan. >> > >> > >> > >> >>;----------------------------------------------------------- >>; vaux electronics, inc. 480-354-5556 >>; http://www.vauxelectronics.com (fax: 480-354-5558) >>;----------------------------------------------------------- > > > ;----------------------------------------------------------- ; vaux electronics, inc. 480-354-5556 ; http://www.vauxelectronics.com (fax: 480-354-5558) ;-----------------------------------------------------------

23 years, 6 months

Found a NCR system 3400 BoatAnchor

by sipke＠wxs.nl

Hi, Just PackRatted a NCR 3400 system from a house on the next blok............. It'll be legaly on topic in 2.5 month from now Seems it could run OS2 2.0 and UNIX SRV4 It's got a Exabyte tapestreamer (propably a 8200-type) and a few SCSI HD's It's got RAM-modules with 7 chips each, which seems a rather odd number to me. In 3 Banks of 8 Modules. They look a bit like 30-pin simms .......... Does anyone know if it's value is more than a rather heavy boat-anchor Sipke de Wal ------------------------------------------------- http://xgistor.ath.cx -------------------------------------------------

23 years, 6 months

10 years

by jismay＠gkar.unixboxen.net

>On Tue, 8 Oct 2002, James Rice wrote: > >> By the strict 10 year rule, Tandy 1000's are on-topic. I bought the >> My 2000 is even older. > >Both the 2000 and 1000 had interesting deviations from the PC "standard". >The 2000 was a "720K" 5.25" disk format. > >IIRC, >The 1000 did not use DMA for disk I/O, somewhat like the PCJr. > >-- >Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com In stock form the 1000 did not use DMA, but any of the Tandy, and many of the third party memory expansion cards added DMA to the system. Even a dual 360k drive 384k RAM T1000 was a pretty decent machine IMHO. At least it came standard with a printer port. -- To Sleep, Perchance to Dream. For in that sleep of death what dreams may come when we shuffle off this mortal coil must give us pause

23 years, 6 months

Richard Erlacher?

by foo＠siconic.com

So, does anyone know what ever happend to Richard Erlacher? 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, 6 months

Paperwork to move classiccmps from .ca to .us?

by classiccmp＠crash.com

Why do now what you can put off until the last minute... A gentleman in Canada has some hardware that he's willing to give me (old computers in questionable state). Thing is, neither one of us is sure if there's any paperwork required to bring these boxes over the border. He's even willing to deliver, but not without any necessary paperwork. Can anybody fill me in on what would be required? Would working versus non-working make a difference? It's close to 15 years old if that matters... Thanks, --Steve. smj(a)spamfree.crash.com

23 years, 6 months

BSD 2.9

by pat＠purdueriots.com

Does anyone know where I could find a distribution of BSD 2.9 that I could install on my PDP-11/23. Also, will it work with just a 'TU58' (or possibly two) - I should hopefully have a working emulator by the end of the week - and 32kW of ram? I don't need it to do much - I'd just like to have something set up to play with a little. Thanks! Pat -- "This fucking university has shown time and time again that it is completely fucking incompetent when it comes to employing technology" -- Anonymous http://dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/images/dilbert2040637020924.gif

23 years, 6 months

DEC SDI Drives

by vance＠neurotica.com

Does anyone have any DEC RA7X drives they would be willing to let go real cheap? Size doesn't really matter all that much. Peace... Sridhar

23 years, 6 months

Stuff on ebay

by dwightk.elvey＠amd.com

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2057697313 Ok, the price is high but this is surely a one of a kind. Dwight

23 years, 6 months

Quite OT : Im looking for 168pin 3.3v edo 2k refresh dimms - anyone?

by altertech＠blueyonder.co.uk

At 04:57 PM 10/13/02, you wrote: >The dimm must be 2k refresh. I dont wanna spend a lot on this. It is. >Its for a StarMAX 4000/160. I bought the box ram-less for $10CAN and now I >learn it might not roll OS8 but just 7.5....it might just be thrashed... It will run any OS from 7.5.3 through 9.1. See http://www.lowendmac.com/moto/4000.shtml >this would be my fastest mac in my "home-network" , replacing an old and >slow 6100/60... I know the feeling. Apart from the compact macs in my collection, I've got two powermacs on my lan. A dual 233MHz 604e running 9.1 and a 7300/166 running Yellow Dog Linux. >Think of what you might want (small item) in a trade for this... I don't know. An accelerator or Z80 card for an Apple II? Stuff for a TRS80 model 1 or 100? A NIC for a C64 (joking!)? Most of my stuff is 1980s or there abouts, space is at a premium in London so I don't have room for any of the bigger, older kit. Mail me off list with an offer of whatever you feel is appropriate. Best Regards Rob

23 years, 6 months

Erikb has been found

by roosmcd＠dds.nl

Hello, Erikb has already been contacted. Thanks! greetings, Michiel

23 years, 6 months

Fortune 32:16 (was: Amusing book cover)

by fmc＠reanimators.org

John Lawson wrote: > On 13 Oct 2002, Frank McConnell wrote: > > What's so amusing? The cover photograph is of a Fortune 32:16, and > > placed to the left of the title and blurb "An Insider's Advice on How > > You Can Earn Thousands of Extra Dollars". What I found amusing was the placement of a computer made by a company named "Fortune" next to those words. Not because of any particular failings of the company or its hardware. > Actually a similar thing went on with Molecular - which I thought were > quite advanced machines for the time. We sold several of them, got Molecular apparently did build some interesting machines, multiprocessor Z80 systems which were connected to an in-the-box CSMA/CD bus for communication with the computer that had disks attached. Haven't seen one but have heard about it from some folks I work with who used to work for Molecular or with their systems. > It was such a snazzy name: Fortune 32:16. A business name - substantial, > executive - not like having Fruit on your desk... or a business computer > touted by... Charlie Chaplin???? Puh-leeeze! Also a good way for one executive to tell his peers and underlings how much he could blow on a desk ornament. -Frank McConnell

23 years, 6 months

Contacting erikb@cyberspace.org

by roosmcd＠dds.nl

Hello Erik, Your e-mail address "erikb(a)cyberspace.org" doesn't exist according to my server. Please let me know the correct address, so I can reply. greetings, Michiel ps. (almost) old-computer-related bit: I just got a Jamma-converter for CD-i players complete with snackbar-type quiz game. The questions are in German, but it's still great fun to play; especially since you get credits by just pressing a button instead of throwing money into the machine...

23 years, 6 months

Favorite terminal

by mtapley＠swri.edu

>From: emanuel stiebler <emu(a)ecubics.com> >what is THE favorite terminal you folks here use ? Textronix 4025. No color, but nice graphics, macros, screen scrollback, contained a Z-80 (or 2?) and 64k RAM back when that was actually an OK computer system. Intuitive graphics language. Very nice physically. Loved it. Can't find one, now... - Mark

23 years, 6 months

British micros for sale / trade at VCF

by altertech＠blueyonder.co.uk

I thought it might be a nice idea to bring some 8 bit British micros to VCF. Having measured my suitcase & dug out my roll of bubble wrap here's what I reckon I can bring. The machines won't be boxed but I will bring power supplies (220V) for those that won't work off a generic PSU (Dragon, QL). The BBC has a built in PSU, the electrons need 19V and the spectra 9V. I'm open to offers, either money or kit, my aim is more to defray my airfair than to make a profit. Of course, if anyone's looking for anything in particular that's more common in the UK than the USA do let me know. Best regards Rob 3 off Acorn Electrons - working 6 off Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K rubber keys - 5 working, one with minor keyboard fault (B and N keys) 2 off Sinclair ZX Spectrum + 48K - one fully working, one with some keys not registering 2 off Dragon 32 - working 2 (or possibly 3) off Sinclair QL - all with some keys not registering. 1 off Acorn BBC Micro model B with DFS (floppy disk interface chip - less common) - working. I may be able to bring a drive as well. 1 off Cambridge Z88 Possibly 1 off Oric 1

23 years, 6 months

Quite OT : Im looking for 168pin 3.3v edo 2k refresh dimms - anyone?

by claudew＠videotron.ca

Hi Sorry, I know this is quite off topic but I know a lotta people here accumulate tons of stuff with time (like me) and there is a good chance some will have this... Looking for these for an older Apple system...32megs or 64megs 3.3v edo 2k refresh 168pins... Will trade for vintage/semi-recent/recent stuff - I have tons : networking, DEC, Sun, SGI, Apple, 8-16 bit hobby micros etc... - Ask Thanks Claude http://computer_collector.tripod.com

23 years, 6 months

Amusing book cover

by fmc＠reanimators.org

Moonlighting With Your Personal Computer Waxman, Robert J. World Almanac Publications, 1984 ISBN 0-345-31652-5 What's so amusing? The cover photograph is of a Fortune 32:16, and placed to the left of the title and blurb "An Insider's Advice on How You Can Earn Thousands of Extra Dollars". Oh well, I thought it was funny. -Frank McConnell

23 years, 6 months

Vintage Scopes

by cmcnabb＠4mcnabb.net

Well, after the recent discussion of scopes for vintage computers, I've put together a web page with a couple of pictures of two of my scopes. One is a Kenwood SM-220 station monitor that I use with the Ham Radio stuff. The other is a Tektronix RM-503 dual channel scope that I use for troubleshooting the PDP-8/E and perepherals. In the photo, it is sitting on top of a currently non-operational Sykes 7200 Dual 8" Disk drive. Here is the URL: http://cmcnabb.cc.vt.edu/scopes.html

23 years, 6 months

Favorite terminal

by mbg＠TheWorld.com

>DEC GT40. That's a PDP11/05 (with real core memory) and a VT11 vector >display board set in a desktop case with a monitor on top and a separate >keyboard). 3 user input devices -- the keyboard, a light pen and the >lights-n-switches panel. I wish I had one... I'm trying to get the hardware I need to at least put a VT11 on an 11/05 or 11/34a so I can get spacewar running... As I mentioned in a prior post, I found the DR11C which has the original spacewar control boxes we used at WPI back in the later 70s. I also found the source for the spacewar we played -- written by a friend of mine who was also a student at WPI... Megan

23 years, 6 months

DEC stuff wanted..

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

Hi all, Wheee.. thas been a loong weekend so far, trying to get all the piles of DEC stuff back into cabinets and in complete, working order... Then again, one can whine about that here, as we all do it, sometimes with grumbling wives and annoying kids in the dim background, but hey.. :) Anyway. Does anyone have (part of) the following items I could use to complete the 11/83 (BA123) box: - BA123 front plate saying "PDP-11/83" - mine says "MicroVAX II" - BA123 "front panel" switch set - I have one in, but kinda need two more, if they're around - *external* cable set for the tape unit - see below. I have an Emulex QT13 Pertec controller doing TSV05 emulation- runs well. However, for obvious reasons, the Cipher F880 tape drive is external, in a neat "tabletop" kind of box, even, with the two signal cables coming out and going into the back of the BA123, through one of the (now empty) faceplates. I'd like to replace that with a QT13 cab kit for BA123, and a cable I can plug into the Cipher and then into the cab kit thing, like I have for the (external) TK50 drive connected to my MicroPDP. I _know_ they exist, as I have seen them... just don't know where to look for these gadgets. Also, if anyone in Holland still has a couple of larger ESDI drives (600+ MB, similar to RA82) laying around.. pse contact me off-list.. I need one to emulate a RA82. Thanks, now back to my cabling issues here... :) --fred

23 years, 6 months

Sun Sparc ID

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Oct 12, 21:00, jkunz(a)unixag-kl.fh-kl.de wrote: > On 11 Oct, Ethan Dicks wrote: > > Uses 30 pin parity memory. May not like 3 chip PC SIMMs. > May depend on the SIMMs / RAM chips and the refresh cycles they need. > My SS1+ was happy with 3 chip SIMMs. So was mine. It does depend on the refresh, though. That's why some older PCs also have trouble with some 3-chip 30-pin SIMMs. One of my friends had that problem. > > Prefers 9 chip SIMMs. Can take 1MB, probably takes 4MB (mine did). > All SPARCstations should be able to take 4 MB SIMMs as the SS1 can take > them. (According to the sun.hardware.FAQ file.) Yes, it does. I had an SS1 and still have an SS1+ that both have 4MB SIMMs, and I've seen an SS2 with 4MB SIMMs. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

23 years, 6 months

New acquisition, and question

by mbg＠TheWorld.com

Okay, it is a PDP-8/L, but I don't remember an -8/L with the kind of paddle switches this one has... I seem to remember them being the rocker kind like on a pdp-8/I Megan

23 years, 6 months

Sun Sparc ID

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

> Solaris, and the max memory is 64MB except for the SPARC 2 which can > take 128MB with a rare and expensive add-in board. Isn't that 96MB with a rare and expensive add-in board, and 128MB with an EVEN rarer and expensive daughter board for the rare and expensive add-in board. Zane (Sorry, I couldn't resist, but from what I've seen it's true (each of my Sparc 2's has 96MB)).

23 years, 6 months

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