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by jrkeys＠concentric.net

Well today was pretty good to me but I also missed some nice items at the auction. 1. A working Vectrex, console and one controller only no games with it. $5 2. A NES Stack-up cartridge for ROB the robot and it had the special Famicon board and Famicon-to-NES converter inside. $6 3. A Advanced Electronic Applications, Inc. Computer Patch Interface. It's a gray metal box with the following on the faceplate Filter - Tune - Var Shift - STBY/PTT - NORM - OFF/ON - PWR light. Under the Filter title are three buttons named VAR - 170 - CW. It's a model CP-1 and on the back are lots of phono ports. Anyone have info on this unit? 4. Got several books, generic pc's such as 386 and P166's, some 14" monitors, and some ink jets all for $10.

23 years, 8 months

Fwd: Surplus 1-Philips 501 scanning electron microscope in DE, USA

by jfoust＠threedee.com

>Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 09:49:58 -0400 (EDT) >From: Chaoying Ni <cni(a)udel.edu> >To: Microscopy(a)sparc5.microscopy.com >Subject: Surplus 1-Philips 501 with windowless EDS & 2-complete EDXA 9800 > system (detector and analyzer) > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >The Microscopy ListServer -- Sponsor: The Microscopy Society of America >To Subscribe/Unsubscribe -- Send Email to ListServer(a)MSA.Microscopy.Com >On-Line Help http://www.msa.microscopy.com/MicroscopyListserver/FAQ.html >-----------------------------------------------------------------------. > > >Hello listers, > >We have a Philips 501 with windowless EDS, both working before being >dismantled, and also a complete 9800 EDXA system. Free for non-profit edus >or orgs, or best offer to coms. Please send me inquiries off-line. Thanks! > >**************************************** >Chaoying Ni, PhD >201 DuPont Hall >The W.M. Keck Electron Microscopy Facility >College of Engineering >University of Delaware >Newark, DE 19716 > >(302) 831-8354 (O); -2318(L); -4545(Fax) >http://eml.masc.udel.edu >*****************************************

23 years, 8 months

Anyone using their old Mac?

by mythtech＠mac.com

>Does anyone here still use their old (say pre-1990) Macintosh as a regular >practice? I have a shelf of Mac SE's (800k version) that I use for a Fax pool (either sending or receiving). Although they are not phsyically in use every day, they do spend more time hooked up and running than not. I also have a Mac Plus that I keep on the floor for working with old software and 400k/800k disks (400's aren't readable by my 6500, and 800s usually have problems on my 6500). Although that will probably be replaced by an SE FDHD eventually. I think I finally moved all my 68000 machines out of normal "human" use, but I might be wrong, knowing me, I have at least one more Plus or SE sitting at a remote office for word processing duties. I know up until the end of June, I had an SE in active use for writing letters and doing spreadsheets (we closed the location it was at, so now it is on the floor in hall outside my office) And of course, my firewall/nat router is a IIsi right now. And then there is my LC 520 that is acting as a music on hold server for my phone system (kept frying CD players, so now I play quicktime rips off the LC). I'm not sure if I have any other 020 or 030 machines in regular use (but I have LOTS in occasional use as needed) And I have MANY MANY 040's still in service for daily use, and I think all of them are pre-1990. These are all still used at work for daily tasks, and serve as many an employee's primary (and usually only) computer. As well as things like giving them to friends and family to do work on (my nephew LOVES the LC 575 I gave him to do his homework and use email). -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years, 8 months

Anyone using their old Mac?

by Marion.Bates＠Dartmouth.EDU

--- Sellam Ismail wrote: Does anyone here still use their old (say pre-1990) Macintosh as a regular practice? --- end of quote --- Dunno if it falls within the time frame exactly, but I still use a Color Classic and/or SE/30 for writing papers when I wanna be alone upstairs, listening to music or whatever. The old Macs are connected to the G4 network downstairs via a really long phone cord and a localtalk-ethernet bridge, so I transfer files over AppleShare that way when I want to email/print stuff. There's something about that 9-inch screen I used throughout middle and high school (Mac Plus in that case) -- it just gets the creative juices flowing somehow. :) I also use that same Mac Plus for old games, but I think that's borderline "use" in this context. -- MB

23 years, 8 months

Fortran Coding Form Pads...

by fmc＠reanimators.org

Sellam Ismail <foo(a)siconic.com> wrote: > On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote: > > The physical dimensions of the punched cards were chosen to match dollar > > bills, so that the processing hardware could make use of existing > > Are you sure? A punch card is a bit larger than a dollar bill. US dollar bills were bigger in Hollerith's day. -Frank McConnell

23 years, 8 months

Teletypes (more update)

by mythtech＠mac.com

>That did it for me were are these 35's and can I make the drive there in one >day from Houston Texas? The 35's are in Paterson NJ... and you can make the drive in one day if you drive REALLY REALLY REALLY fast (but make sure to take all fire arms OUT of your car before you make it to Paterson... having them will only encourage the locals to shoot you first) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years, 8 months

Teletypes (more update) (William Donzelli)

by xds_sigma7＠hotmail.com

Well I carried a 33 down a ladder in a barn with the 33 above my head.. and this was one with the full stand attached... I'm not saying it was an enjoyable experience, but I did pull it off.. Will J _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

23 years, 8 months

Some punch card information

by mmcfadden＠cmh.edu

Pictures of punch cards http://inventors.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.fourmilab. ch/documents/univac/cards.html About hollerith http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blhollerith.htm When I worked for the state of Missouri in 1976-1977 they still manually sorted punch cards. There were card sorters that sorted the cards and dumped them into hoppers based on the punch that was selected. Thanks Mike mmcfadden(a)cmh.edu P.S. I'm the other CC member in Kansas City area.

23 years, 8 months

Teletypes (more update)

by mythtech＠mac.com

>> There still are 35s. > >Am I correct in assuming that these are about twice as wide as a 33? > >Am I correct in assuming that these would be much more difficult and >expensive to ship UPS? The 35's that William pointed out to me were yes, very large and easily twice the size of a 33. They would definitly have to go on a pallet and be freighted from the looks of them (granted, I am ignorant in shipping something like this, and ignorant about teletypes, so maybe they can be broken down and boxed up in peices... but from the general look, it looks like it would be the equivlent of trying to ship a small metal desk). -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years, 8 months

Teletypes (more update) (William Donzelli)

by mross666＠hotmail.com

>For the record, one known 33 is left (other than the new one). This may >change - even today a 33 was uncovered in a place I was not aware of. > >There still are 35s. In fact, no one has expressed interest in them yet >(oddly). > >William Donzelli I'm certainly up for a 33 and a 35. And I can pick up, if they're local to NYC... Mike http://www.corestore.org _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

23 years, 8 months

Things to do in Kansas?

by doc＠mdrconsult.com

Hi. It looks like I'm going to be in Overland Park (South end of KC?), Kansas next week. Are there any Classic Computing "must-see" places? any CCmp denizens? I'm flying, and working 7-6 every day, so I can't bring any PDPs or do any all-day treks, but I'd be up for meeting anyone who shares this obsession, err, hobby. Last time I was in Denver I got to meet Emanuel and Bill, and had a great time with them. It's nice having a face and a voice to go with the .sig. Doc

23 years, 8 months

Anyone near Kingsport, TN?

by tothwolf＠concentric.net

Is there anyone here on the list located near Kingsport, TN? I've been offered a huge pile of SGI IRIS boards, but I'm not sure that shipping will be feasible for them. They are likely to end up in a landfill otherwise... -Toth

23 years, 8 months

Wanted WD-100x disk controllers -- NOT for ISA bus

by xds_sigma7＠hotmail.com

Eric, You should see http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2042604088 There is a WD-1002-SHD manual in that lot. Will J _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

23 years, 8 months

Monroe Calc gone

by jpl15＠panix.com

Gawd but youse guys is a buncha Vultures! ;} The Monroe Calculator has been Spoken For - thanks and 'sorry!' to the others who have responded or who have yet to respond. I wonder if I'd put it on Ebay - maybe I'd be able to think about that Cessna Twin I want... Cheerz John

23 years, 8 months

VAX 11/730 Problem

by ms＠silke.rt.schwaben.de

Hello to all VAXenfolks, i do have a problem with a VAX-11/730 that i have reconstructed (cleaned, resoldered, replaced cable, everything. Pictures on www.vaxcluster.de. Yes, i am a bit proud of it... But sorry for the bad web-page design!) over the last few months. It is now willing to boot and tries to load it's microcode tape from the TU-58 drives. I even have a microcode tape which looks like it could be still readable. But the TU-58's are so battered that i have not been able to read the tape. I have repaced the rubber rollers, but the read/write-heads look, ummm, bad! I have found somewhere some TU-58 simulator software for DOS which looks like a promising alternative; i would place a mini-DOS-computer inside a VT-102 and route some additional cables to the VAX and bee fine. BUT: How do i get the contents of the microcode tape of the tape, into a DOS file without access to a working TU-58? Is someone on this list able to read the tape? Has someone already made a tape image i could just use? I mean, i have a original DEC tape, with serial number and all. I might even come up with a license document, if i search long enough... Any help would be greatly welcomed. This old lady is just to beautifull to use it as an electric heater only... Thank you ms -- Michael Schneider email: ms(a)silke.rt.schwaben.de Germany http://www.vaxcluster.de People disagree with me. I just ignore them. (Linus Torvalds)

23 years, 8 months

PDP-11/70 systems available - Williamsport, PA

by mythtech＠mac.com

Dang... I really need to get a house. I would drive to Williamsport, and thanks to all the PDP talk on this list, I am getting this itch to own one to see what all the fuss is about. But there is no way I would be able to have one in this rental shanty. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

23 years, 8 months

Fwd: Latest release of PDP-11 field guide available

by lists＠subatomix.com

YES! Thank you, Megan! My screams of joy have just woke the neighbors! ---------- Begin forwarded message ---------- From: Megan To: info-pdp11 Date: Monday, July 29, 2002, 7:38:44 PM Subject: Latest release of PDP-11 field guide available Contrary to opinion... I have been working on the field guide... The latest copy has corrections supplied by various people as well as new entries. It can be found at http://world.std.com/~mbg/pdp11-field-guide.txt For those who carry mirrors of it, please send me email so that I can put you on a list to obtain new copies as soon as I make them available. Please supply the URL where your copy can be found. Megan Gentry Former RT-11 Developer +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Megan Gentry, EMT/B, PP-ASEL | email: gentry at zk3.dec.com (work) | | Unix Support Engineering Group | mbg at world.std.com (home) | | Hewlett Packard | (s/ at /@/) | | 110 Spitbrook Rd. ZK03-2/T43 | URL: http://world.std.com/~mbg/ | | Nashua, NH 03062 | "pdp-11 programmer - some assembler | | (603) 884 1055 (DEC '77-'98) | required." - mbg KB1FCA | +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ ---------- End forwarded message ----------

23 years, 8 months

WTD: 6502, 6522, etc CPU and support ICs

by philpem＠dsl.pipex.com

Hi, I'm currently trying to build up a 6502-based SBC but - in true Sod's Law fashion - my supplier has dumped the entire 6502 CPU series, despite the fact they're still made by California Micro Devices. Anyone (preferably in the UK) got a few spare MOS Technology, Rockwell, Synertek or CalMicro 6502 ICs? I've also seen some photos of 6502 chips with a "VTI" logo - probably VLSI Technology; anyone ever seen one of these? There is a photo of one on http://65c02.tripod.com/ - see "SBC-1 Hardware", first photo (right at the top). If anyone with spare stock of 6502s and/or 6502 support ICs could e-mail me offlist with prices, I'd be very grateful. Thanks. -- Phil. philpem(a)dsl.pipex.com http://www.philpem.dsl.pipex.com/

23 years, 8 months

Powerbook 145 to a good home

by vcf＠siconic.com

Respond to the sender <Hans(a)nabear.com>. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 09:21:04 -0400 From: Hans Callenbach <Hans(a)nabear.com> Subject: powerbook 145 I have an old working powerbook 145... trying to not send it to the trash heap... are you interested, if not can you suggest someone? Also, an old 28 powerport modem and a working laser writer pro printer. Many thanks, Hans -- Hans Callenbach Art Director North American Bear Co., Inc. 902 Broadway 20th floor New York, NY 10010 212-388-0700 fax 388-0089 -- 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, 8 months

Synertek 6502 chips, 1984 date-code

by archer＠topnow.com

I have some Synertek NMOS 6502s from various weeks in 1984, still in their (original?) Synertek static tubes. (At least, "Synertek" is stamped on the tubes.) A few "boy are these stupid" questions: 1. Does anyone have any cool Synertek lore they'd like to share with the group? All I know about them is they made the SYM-1 and were a 6530 second-source. I guess it's safe to conclude they were also a 6502 second-source. :) 2. Is this a "Find" in any sense? (I paid all of 30 cents each for them.) My motivation is to have enough replacement parts to keep all my 6502-based hardware humming for years to come. Though in this case I have several lifetimes' worth. :) 3. Is there any reason to fear that these chips will "go bad" at any significant rate as they age? Is there any way I could store them (reasonably, I mean, no vaccum or outer-space suggestions, please. :) to maximize their lifespan? My plan is to come into work some evening and suit up with the full anti-static treatment at an EMI bench with my little SBC (retrofitted with a 40 pin ZIF socket to avoid bending their machine-straight little legs), and test them all in rapid-fire succession. Is there anything inherently dumb about powering them up? Okay, well enough dumb questions. Just looking for any comments on any of the points, as the spirit moves you. :) -- Ross

23 years, 8 months

An Apple //e and (2) Apple //c systems to good home

by vcf＠siconic.com

Please reply directly to the sender. Reply-to: <edmor(a)gist-image.com> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 17:44:02 -0400 From: EdMorcaldi <edmor(a)gist-image.com> To: vcf(a)siconic.com Subject: Donation I would like to donate my Apple //e system -- no charge. It has an Applied Engineering card for memory expansion. Can you use it? I would be willing to ship it. Also have 2 Apple IIci systems that I would like to give away. -- Ed Morcaldi System Administrator GIST Inc 203/479-7500 203/479-7575 FAX http://www.gist-image.com -- 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, 8 months

Wanted WD-100x disk controllers -- NOT for ISA bus

by aek＠spies.com

> Does anyone have any spare WD-1000, WD-1001, or related disk controllers, > or documentation on them? www.spies.com/aek/pdf/westernDigital

23 years, 8 months

PDP-11/70 systems available - Williamsport, PA

by mrbill＠mrbill.net

Please contact Robert directly if you're interested. He's in Williamsport Pa (ZIP 17745) Bill ----- Forwarded message from "Villano, Robert" <rvillano(a)brodart.com> ----- From: "Villano, Robert" <rvillano(a)brodart.com> To: "'mrbill(a)pdp11.org'" <mrbill(a)pdp11.org> Cc: "Cunningham, Scott" <cunningh(a)brodart.com>, "Codispoti, Pete" <codispoti(a)brodart.com> Subject: pdp11/70 systems are available Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 15:51:58 -0400 Hello, I'm the network admin for the Books Division of Brodart Company, a library services company. I have been asked to find a home for our (3) pdp11/70 systems. I found your site on the internet and wanted to know if you or someone you know would be interested in getting them a home. If someone would contact me by phone would be perferable because to amount of equipment we have is quite extensive. equipment summary in brief: (3) pdp11/70 main computer chassis.... all were working when shut down although some for the dz11 and dh11 serial interfaces may not be completely functional. (3) la36 system consoles (working). (6) la120 decwriter stations (2 working) others for parts. (5) ra81 disk drives (3 working) others for parts. (4) te16 tape units (2 working) others for parts. Enough spare parts to almost build another pdp11 main backplane with power supplies quite abit of documentation. If you are interested please contact me here at Brodart. Thank you Bob Villano Network Administrator Books Division rvillano(a)brodart.com 570.326.2461 ext 6612 ----- End forwarded message ----- -- bill bradford / mrbill(a)mrbill.net / austin, texas ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm reminded of the day my daughter came in, looked over my shoulder at some Perl 4 code, and said, "What is that, swearing?" -- Larry Wall

23 years, 8 months

Things to do in Kansas?

by jimw＠agora.rdrop.com

On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 19:54:07 -0500 (CDT) the Doc wrote... > It looks like I'm going to be in Overland Park (South end of KC?), > Kansas next week. > Are there any Classic Computing "must-see" places? any CCmp denizens? > I'm flying, and working 7-6 every day, so I can't bring any PDPs or do > any all-day treks, but I'd be up for meeting anyone who shares this > obsession, err, hobby. Well... depends on yer definition of 'all-day' treks, and if yet 'Indiana Jones' card is up to date, but I (and the Computer Garage collection) now reside in Yates Center, which is a hundred miles (+/- 10~20) West of KC. The collection (having just completed its x-country trek) is stacked up in the warehouse, and I'm installing a computer-based scoring system in my Bowling Center which dates to the '80s (so its on topic) <G>, so there might be something of interest... Too bad you are not coming from William Donzelli's neck of the woods... I'd love to have one of those '35s he has been talking about. ;^} -jim --- jimw(a)agora.rdrop.com The Computer Garage - http://www.rdrop.com/~jimw

23 years, 8 months

Wanted WD-100x disk controllers -- NOT for ISA bus

by IVIE＠cc.usu.edu

Eric Smith said: > Does anyone have any spare WD-1000, WD-1001, or related disk controllers, > or documentation on them? Yeah, I've got a couple of WD1002-05s, a couple of WD1002-HDOs from dead Kaypro 10s, a manual for the WD1002-05, and a manual for the WD1000. I can probably even find some of this stuff, as opposed to the Atari Portfolio stuff I promised someone a while ago. It'd cost you, though. Many years ago I sent you a couple of DECtapes with an OS/8 V3C distribution kit on them because you said you could read them with a DECtape to PC interface. It'd be nice to have those back. Or even better if you could get around to reading them and posting them somewhere for general download by the 12-bit community. -- Roger Ivie ivie(a)cc.usu.edu

23 years, 8 months

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