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
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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.
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)
>>;-----------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
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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
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>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.
--
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come when we shuffle off this mortal coil must give us pause
So, does anyone know what ever happend to Richard Erlacher?
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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
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
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
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
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...
>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
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
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
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
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
>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
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
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
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
> 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)).