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by fernande＠internet1.net

I've got another batch of things to get rid of. Not everthing is free this time. If any of my prices are out of line, please feel free to counter offer. Free + shipping: -2 empty drive bay covers for BA440 series DEC cabinets -M7165 with ribbon cables -IBM WDS-380 scsi drive, 80megs, full height 3.5" -big pot with knob, new, made by Clarostat? 3 terminals, 06-115921-019, 625-7917, unknown values -Namco limit switch, mounted on a plate, rated for both AC and DC, 125v at 15amps AC or .5amps DC. -IBM 8bit ISA serial/parallel card with NS16450N uart, from an AT -generic PC floppy cable :-) -WDC 8/16 bit ISA 256K VGA card For sale plus shipping: -2 fan trays with fans from a DEC R400X DSSI expansion chassis.... these are the same as the ones in any BA440 chassis right? $10.00 each -1 power supply from DEC R400X DSSI expansion chassis. I assume this os also the same as for the BA440. $20 -Kensington System Saver Mac, this is for a Plus, SE, etc. It's in great shape. $20.00 -SCO Open Desktop 2.0.0 on QIC tape. I tried installing it, and I think I had a bad tape drive.... NT wouldn't see the drive either. I picked it up used but the tape had never been opened until I opened it. It is in the original box with all manuals and license card. $5.00 -2 Belkin narrow centronics style 6 foot scsi cables and a no-name terminator of some kind, probably passsive. All in new condition. $15.00 -generic scsi drive case, narrow with centronics style connectors, will accept either a HD or a cdrom.... has two face plates. Never used for more than a few minutes, stored most of the time. Still in box. $15.00 Chad Fernandez Michigan, USA

23 years, 8 months

new retro computing

by bfranchuk＠jetnet.ab.ca

Still plugging away of a TTL style cpu in a FPGA I have found some terminals localy. How ever I am still looking for a serial RS232 mass storage device in Canada that is not tacky looking like a old Pee-Cee. For now I am using a old 486 with a serial program to download bootstrap programs but looking around since summer is a good time to collect stuff. Baud rate of 300 or better would be nice. -- Ben Franchuk - Dawn * 12/24 bit cpu * www.jetnet.ab.ca/users/bfranchuk/index.html

23 years, 8 months

Fwd: Old vaxes available

by doc＠mdrconsult.com

From: bmeyygoogle(a)bmegroup.com (Brad) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.os.vms Subject: Old vaxes available Date: 21 Jul 2002 08:49:04 -0700 I have two older vaxes: one microvax 2000 and the other maybe a little older. These are available at very low cost or free to a worthy cause. Please email me if you are interested. I would prefer not to throw them out. I am in the Philly suburbs. Thanks, Brad

23 years, 8 months

FSOT: Lotus 123 v 1A for the Wang Proessional PC

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

I picked up a load of old software the other day and found a copy of Lotus 123 v 1A for the Wang Proessional PC. It's in the original boxed set and is like new but it's missing a couple of the disks. The Tutorial disk and Utility disk are there but the others are missing. If anyone wants it I'd like to swap it for MS-DOS version or a CPM version (if there is such a thing) as long as they're in the same condition. Again this one is in perfect condition and is as good as new with no marks, tears, wear, etc. If interested, contact me directly. Joe

23 years, 8 months

Multibus ST-506/QIC-02 (was: Re: SGI IRIS 1400 ...)

by fmc＠reanimators.org

Joe <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com> wrote: > I once attempted to repair one of HP's HP-IB hard drives used a > Vertex drive internally. I THINK it was a V160 but I'm not sure now. > I never did find a replacement that would work. IIRC I tried other > brand drives but I couldn't LL format the new drive with the normal > user stuff from HP so I don't know if the replacement drives were > incompatible or ?? or if the replacements failed due to my inability > to LL format them. Part of the problem is that the HP controller in the drive expects to see a high-level format on the drive. Back around HP-UX 7.0 I found some arguments to mediainit (-GD I think; the finding was done by running "strings" on the mediainit executable and looking for a getopt(3)-style option parsing string) that got it to tell the drive to do a low-level format and write a new high-level format as well. Made the disk portion of a 7946 usable again after going "bad" and being formatted in a PC for testing. -Frank McConnell

23 years, 8 months

Intel 8291 was Re: semi-OT

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

I was in a surplus store yesterday and found a copy of an Intel Communications Handbook. It has the complete listing of all of the specs for the 8291 and several application notes for it as well. If you want it, contact me directly and see about getting it and mailing it to you. Joe > > The 8291 is a GPIB Talker/Listener IC. It's in Volume II of the 1985 Intel Microsystem Components Handbook. I have Vol I but not Vol II so I can't give you any details about the part. > > Joe > > >At 11:40 AM 7/12/02 -0500, you wrote: >> >>I've also removed an Intel P8291A, which has been just as hard to find >>information on, anything would be useful. >> >>Thanks! >> >>-- Pat >> >>

23 years, 8 months

FSOT: AT&T 6300 DOS, GW-BASIC disks and manuals

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

I picked up a load of old software the other day and found a copy of MS-DOS for the AT&T 6300. It's in the original boxed set and includes both original disks with MS-DOS 2.11 & GW-BASIC and the manual. Everything is in perfect condition with no marks, tears, wear, etc. If anyone wants it I'd like to swap it for something that I can use. If interested contact me directly. Joe

23 years, 8 months

New (but selling used) computer shop, and hauls

by Mzthompson＠aol.com

Robert F Schaefer <rschaefe(a)gcfn.org> wrote: > Sounds like a good place to visit once a week. Maybe you could kill two > birds with one stone-- trade him those old peaseas for store credit! Yeah, he is looking for some items in particular. > BTW, where is this place located? Terre Haute, Indiana Mike

23 years, 8 months

whole collection of TRS computers FA on E-bay

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

> At 05:40 PM 7/19/02 -0400, Jerome Fine wrote: > >>Joe wrote: > > > >> A whole LOT of stuff there! <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2039902454> > > > >Jerome Fine replies: > > > >At $ 9.99, it is worth the price, but it sounds too good to be true. > >Also, how is it that he has 134 eBay transactions? It certainly > >sounds like some sort of con, but I will wait until I see the final > >auction price. Maybe I am too suspicious! > > > Hey at $9.99 even I can afford to find out! > > Joe In looking at that, anyone considering bidding on this should make sure that they're aware of the VOLUME of stuff listed here. I'm wondering if there aren't a couple of DESK sized systems in that pile. BTW, I really don't know anything about TRS-80 systems, but I do have some TRS-80 manuals that sound like the ones listed, and the pictures show a BIG computer. Zane

23 years, 8 months

NES Special Cartridge Finds

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

Well I now have two of the special Gyromite cartridges with the Famicom board and Famicom-to-NES converter inside. After reading about these and the 4 other cartridges that have these special boards I started looking for them at my normal stops. Of the 4 cartridges I purchased 2 had the boards inside. With these I can run Famicom games cartridges on the NES box.

23 years, 8 months

SGI IRIS 1400 (longish)

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jul 18, 11:55, Dan Wright wrote: > Robert F Schaefer said: > > > > What kind of pain? An arbitrary `NO', or just following the finger- > > pointing to the right desk? If I knew I'd just get the former I wouldn't > > bother, but the latter I could deal with to get some info on my 4D/35. > It's pretty much the latter. [...] > You > can't really get into their system without a supported system serial #. You > could always try giving them the serial for your 4D/35 -- who knows, someone > might (accidently) still be paying maintenace on it :) I'm afraid my experience (in the UK) is similar to Dan's. If you try to call SGI nowadays, you won't get far without a support contract and a serial number to match. Otherwise, you tend to just get referred to sales, who will try to sell you support (or an OS upgrade or whatever) if the machine is recent enough to be supportable. You might have some luck if you can find someone with a support contract who regularly sees the engineer. The older ones tend to be quite knowledgable and may even have worked on such a system or know someone who has -- and might put you in touch. Otherwise, the best resources are the comp.sys.sgi.* newsgroups, which are fairly active and populated by a number of SGI employees as well as enthusiasts. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

23 years, 8 months

PDP 11/44 startup: ?CP didn't start

by felten＠vaxnet.de

Hi, I just repaired the powersupply of my pdp 11/44 and cleaned the box. When powering up, the console terminal only shows: (Console V3.40C) (Program) (Console) ?CP didn't start >>> I guess this is bad news.... Does it mean Central Processor didn't start? (just guessing, but the RUN- light stays dark, DC-LED is on and the key works) Since i don't have a manual for the 11/44 i really don't know where to start. I searched the web for a scanned KD-11-Z manual, but found nothing. The actual configuraton is minimal, I insterted the processor, cache, ram, CIM and bus terminator like this: A - B - C - D - E - F M7090 X X X X CIM / CIS (option) X X X X X X CIS (option) --------M7093-------- FP11-F FPU --------M7094-------- KD11-Z data path --------M7095-------- KD11-Z control module --------M7096-------- KD11-Z multifuncion module --------M7097-------- KK11-B cache --------M7098-------- KD11-Z UNIBUS interface --------M8743-------- MS11-PB 1 Meg Ram X X X X X X MEM (option) X X X X X X MEM (option) X X X X X X MEM (option) X X X G X X UNIBUS M9302 X G X X UNIBUS G=Grant card. I do have the "processor handbook pdp11/04/24/34a/44/70" (printed in 1981, EB-19402-20) and tried some of the console commands. HELP works fine and gives a lot of HELP-text, but doesn't help much: all other commands tell me ?CP didn't start. I tried using the processor without FPU and disabled cache, but nothing changes. All DIP switches and 'Jumpers' (soldered) are still in default position. What can i do now ? Any idea is very welcome.... Regards, Lothar PS: Would it be usefull to anybody to scan the (entire?) processor handbook? I don't know how usefull this book can be to someone else...

23 years, 8 months

What's the value of an rtVAX 4000-300 with no drives?

by glenslick＠hotmail.com

At a surplus store today I saw a couple of rtVAX 4000-300 boxes. I don't know anything about these types of systems. Are they interesting to people on the list? What is their value without any disk drives? They were marked $75 each. They had KA670-BA cpus, which I guess is standard for that box according to some info I just found googling around. They both had TK70 drives and at least one had a TQK70 board installed, which I guess is the controller for the drive. I'm not sure how much memory they had. -Glen _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com

23 years, 8 months

Multibus ST-506/QIC-02 (was: Re: SGI IRIS 1400 ...)

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

At 02:22 AM 7/20/02 -0500, you wrote: > >This system uses a Vertex V170 (60MB?) ST-506 drive. Is anyone familiar >with them? I'm guessing I may just end up having to replace the drive with >something else. Does anyone have any brands/models they'd suggest trying >in this system? I once attempted to repair one of HP's HP-IB hard drives used a Vertex drive internally. I THINK it was a V160 but I'm not sure now. I never did find a replacement that would work. IIRC I tried other brand drives but I couldn't LL format the new drive with the normal user stuff from HP so I don't know if the replacement drives were incompatible or ?? or if the replacements failed due to my inability to LL format them. I suspect you'll run into a similar problem. In addition, you'll lose all your SW if you replace the drive. If I were you I'd do my best to get that drive working again. The fact that it spins up initailly is a promising sign. I did look through my HP disk drive notes but I couldn't find anything that told what model HP used the Vertex drive. If you find a useable replacement or manage to resurrect that drive I'd be interested in hearing what you learn. Joe

23 years, 8 months

List Change Updates

by lists＠subatomix.com

The first pages of the new ClassicCmp web site are up. It isn't much, but at least the correct instructions/forms for subscribing are there. Expect more in time. The site will be kept simple and (mostly) text-only, just like its predecessor. Comments/criticism are welcome. A few issues have popped up for people who are subscribed to both cctalk and cctech. To solve these, the following changes will be made shortly. These changes will _only_ affect people who are subscribed to _both_ cctalk and cctech. - People who haven't disabled mail delivery for either list will be unsubscribed from cctech. This stops duplicate mail. - People who have disabled mail delivery for cctech only will be unsubscribed from cctech. This stops off-topic messages sent to cctalk from forwarding to cctech without moderation. - People who have disabled mail delivery for cctalk only will be unsubscribed from cctalk. Other methods are in place to make their cctech posts forward to cctalk. - People who have disbled mail delivery for both cctalk and cctech will be unsubscribed from cctech. This prevents any issues if/when they decide to get ClassicCmp mail again. With the recent list changes, subscription to both cctalk and cctech is unnecessary and can create problems. -- Jeffrey Sharp The email address lists(a)subatomix.com is for mailing list traffic. Please send off-list mail to roach jay ess ess at wasp subatomix beetle dot com. You may need to remove some bugs first.

23 years, 8 months

NPR and the RX11 (was Re: help needed: problem with UNIBUS ac cess on my PDP-11/70)

by GOOI＠oce.nl

Hi Ethan. Yes, the RX11 (M7846) is programmed I/O only. I checked the RX board yesterday for my NPR problem in the 11/70. Indeed, the pins CA1 and CB1 are *not* wired on the board ... back to the 11/70 thread with this result. - Henk. > -----Original Message----- > From: Megan [mailto:mbg@TheWorld.com] > Sent: dinsdag 16 juli 2002 6:19 > To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: NPR and the RX11 (was Re: help needed: problem > with UNIBUS > access on my PDP-11/70) > > > The RX11 isn't DMA... when you give a command, it reads to a > silo which > the driver has to dump, a character at a time, or writes the > silo which > has been written, a character at a time... > > I just checked the RT-11 RX01 driver source to confirm it... > > Megan Gentry > Former RT-11 Developer

23 years, 8 months

Indianapolis Hamfest Haul

by Mzthompson＠aol.com

John Boffemmyer IV <john_boffemmyer_iv(a)boff-net.dhs.org> wrote: > As I imitate James Hetfield of Metallica... ATi Good. ATi GOOD! (instead of > beer). Or maybe Bobby 'Boris' Picket saying.... Mash Good Or the Toyes parody of Bobby's song saying.... Hash Good > Can't say anything good about the Compaq, I hear that! > I've repaired too many and worked with too many to go delving into my > personal opinion... Probably not too far from mine. Since I already had a Portable III, hard to turn down another one. The 5 1/4 went out on my first one and I replaced it with 3 1/2, so at least this one is still 'original' equipment. As far as later Compaq gear, give it to someone else, or gut it out for useful items. Mike

23 years, 8 months

Latest Haul^H^H^H^H Delivery

by Mzthompson＠aol.com

John Boffemmyer IV <john_boffemmyer_iv(a)boff-net.dhs.org> wrote: > Damn you Mike. You always get the fun toys. Now, now, John, be nice. Actually I get my share of duds. I was testing a hard disk last night and the software finally gave up saying 'You gotta be kidding'. Sounded like the drive would spin down, then spin back up, 'chew' on the platters a while, then spin down again. The secret, John, is knowing what you will drool over. ;^) Mike

23 years, 8 months

Multibus ST-506/QIC-02 (was: Re: SGI IRIS 1400 ...)

by aek＠spies.com

DSD 5215/17 and 6214 docs are now up at www.spies.com/aek/pdf/dsd

23 years, 8 months

HP cassette equivalents?

by foo＠siconic.com

Didn't we discuss a while back that HP82167 data carthridges were the equivalent of some other type that is still on the market? These would be for the HP 82161A drive. 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

HP9000 model 710 workstation(Apollo 700).

by geoffr＠zipcon.net

Anyone have any docs for this beastie? trying to get it up and running, need to know what sort of KB it uses, it looks like a funky RJ-45 ish KB connection :( also, what OS' are supported on this machine? biggest Hard Drive, etc..... and where can I find an OS for this machine???

23 years, 8 months

manuals was Re: HP 1600A State analyzer available

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

I checked my manuals and I have ones for the 1601, 1607, 1615 and 1630. The 1607 is almost exactly the same as a 1600 but it doesn't have a built-in display. Instead you have to use an XYZ display or couple it to a 1600. Give me a shout if you need the part numbers for the probes or other info. Joe > > FWIW several HP logic analyzers and some of their other test equipment use the same probes so they're easy to find around surplus places. They also show up on e-bay frequently and usually cheap. I may have a book for it. I'll look. > > Joe > >At 01:48 AM 7/18/02 -0700, Den wrote: >> >>Chuck >>I know it has been quite a while, Do you still have this puppy? or a book for it? >>Den www.densnet.com den(a)densnet.com >> >>Sorry but it has no probes, these will have to be scavenged for. Its in >>pretty good shape and easily meets the 10 year rule. Probes aren't too hard >>to find if you look carefully. Anyway, its free for the cost of shipping it >>somewhere, or if you are near Sunnyvale California (94087) then you can >>just pick it up. >> >>--Chuck >> >> >> >>Attachment Converted: "C:\EUDORA\Attach\ReHP1600.htm" >>

23 years, 8 months

Multibus ST-506/QIC-02 (was: Re: SGI IRIS 1400 ...)

by aek＠spies.com

> Does anyone have a databook I have the user's manual. I'll see about scanning it.

23 years, 8 months

Does anyone have a SB-180 with option 2 for the COMM180 card?

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

Option 2 is the voice synthesizer option for the COMM/SCSI controller card. Does anyone have one installed or does anyone have the docs for this option? I have the COMM180 card without the option and I'd like to try and add it. I have docs for the card but they don't give the complete details for the option. Joe

23 years, 8 months

Does anyone have a SB-180 with option 2 for the COMM180 card?

by r.stek＠snet.net

Joe - I think I might have complete docs, and luckily for you I was planning on doing some cleaning and re-organizing in my basement this weekend. Let me look. Another possibility is to email Jeff Bachiochi [Jeff.Bachiochi(a)circuitcellar.com] with any specific questions. You can tell him I told you to contact him - if he's in a good mood, he won't hold that against you <g>. Bob Stek Saver of Lost Sols

23 years, 8 months

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