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by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

> >Subject: Re: Documentation for a 256KM > From: Michael Hart <imsaicollector at yahoo.com> > Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:26:45 -0700 (PDT) > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> > >I found another date on the board. The board was made in 1983 WOW!!! >I can only imagine that it was very expensive in those days. 1 MB on a single S100 card > >--- On Thu, 3/19/09, Michael Hart <imsaicollector at yahoo.com> wrote: >From: Michael Hart <imsaicollector at yahoo.com> >Subject: Documentation for a 256KM >To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> >Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009, 2:13 PM > >Hello everyone >Does any one know about or have documentation to the >S C Digital MODEL - 256 KM > >256K/1M RAM board. > >Mine is populated with 256 K dynamic RAM so it has 1 MB RAM. > >I don't have documentation so my attempt to repair it was to replace all >the DRAM on board. >that did not work. The parity error LED stills comes on. So in my attempt to >repair the board I definitely need the documentation. > >Given that I remember something about issues using DRAM card on early S100 >cards. I am guessing these SC Digital solved the problem since the board was >made as best as I can make out on the silkscreen in 1988 > >Michael Hart > > the parity light comming on at start is normal. the parity bit hasn't been written with anything sensible yet as rams start up random. Allison > > > > > > >

17 years, 3 months

TEK SPS

by k7lfy＠yahoo.com

Dear Jerry, I have been looking for a copy of Tek SPS for some time. Is there now a version that runs on normal PC's? or is it still only hosted on PDP 11/35's etc.? I programmed in SPS for 10 years and was quite accomplished with it.? I love its graphics and data array handling capability. The High and low level support packages made driver construction a worthwhile effort as well. Sincerely, Bob Forgey Addy, WA Bob Forgey ADDY, WA

17 years, 3 months

DEC Rainbow Interest

by rescue＠hawkmountain.net

Any interest out there in a DEC Rainbow. I may have one available. It's front badge is missing, but it does have memory expansion, hard drive controller, and 10M ST412 hard drive (and of course the DEC dual floppy drive). I do not have keyboard, video cable, or monitor. I can't verify full operation of the system due to that, but powering it on hd spins up (bearings may be a little noisy... I don't recall how 'quiet' an ST412 should be anymore :-) ). It does try to boot from floppy (but of course I have no floppy). It is very clean inside. Exterior isn't bad beyond the missing badge and a bit of yellowing on the floppy drive front. If you want to make any offers, that's cool. Also willing to trade/partial trade for VT-78/WA (WT78), DecMate I, DecMate II, DecMate III, DecMate III+, NeXT color or turbo color cube or slab, anything PDP-8, PDP-11/93 cpu board, any blinking lights/switches PDP11, Sun 1 (yeah, I might as well dream :-) ), Sun 2, Apple PowerMac G4 Cube, Atari 1200XL, Amiga 4000, Amiga 1200 -- Curt

17 years, 3 months

Looking for DEC QVSS (M7602) manual or dip-settings

by js＠cimmeri.com

Message: 29 Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:39:27 -0700 From: Josh Dersch <derschjo at mail.msu.edu> Subject: Looking for DEC QVSS (M7602) manual or dip-settings Got myself a QVSS video board that I'd like to run in my MicroVAX II, but either it's configured incorrectly or it doesn't work. Anyone have a manual scanned or a list of the dip-switch settings for this? I can't find any useful info on the 'net. Symptoms are that the Keyboard responds (beeps at power up, I can hear the keyclick when I type, and the VAX seems to be responding to input) but I get no video or sync on the monitor (a VR262). Monitor, keyboard, and cable all work fine on my MicroVAX 2000, so something must be up with the QVSS. Thanks, Josh ------- J, Search online for EK-104AA-TM-001, AZ-GLNAB-MN, and AZ-GLFAB-MN. I found all these online for my QVSS, just don't remember from where. jS

17 years, 3 months

Interleaf training mauals available

by cclist＠sydex.com

I've got training manuals for Sun Interleaf 2.5 and 3.0, if anyone's interested. Yours for the cost of shipping. Cheers, Chuck

17 years, 3 months

NEC V20 files

by cclist＠sydex.com

Awhile back, there was a discussion about the NEC V20 CPU and someone asked about a couple of NEC-origin files. While looking for something else, I stumbled upon an old disk from NEC's Natick operation, given to me by Rich Naro. There is a V20 DEBUG program, some macros, a benchmark and some CP/M files to be run under the CPMulator program, but this disk does not include that program. If anyone's interested, drop me an email and I'll send a zip of the disk contents. AFAIK it is not proprietary, nor is it copyrighted material; merely something sent to NEC's customers. Cheers, Chuck

17 years, 3 months

Considering Bidding (Apple Lisa in box on eBay)

by jdjdmfamily＠yahoo.com

Okay, I have been watching this auction for quite sometime, I am thinking about bidding.? What is it worth??? I don't want to over bid, but I've never seen an in box Lisa in good shape like that, and one with a working widget (come to think of it, I've never seen one with a working internal drive), and its said to have been owned by Apple. The item number is: 270351871785 Whats it worth bidding?? I would love to bid, and its stayed so cheap, I just want to meet the reserve, but if other bid (and there is also said to be 326 watchers), I don't want to get cought up in the moment and bid my life away, I just want to know whats its worth before I bid, you guys seem like experts in this area. Thank you, Rich

17 years, 3 months

dumb rx01 image question

by brad＠heeltoe.com

[I sent this on monday but it seems to have been lost; sorry if it's a dup] I have a dumb question about rx01 image files used by simh. I used "copflp" (by John Wilson - thanks John!) to image a box of rx01 floppies. I then put the images on pc and used simh and I can see them fine with rt11 running under simh (i.e. "att rx0 image.dsk") But an old program I have which will read rt11 images does not see the directories. I am confused because it works fine with mscp image files that I connect to simh via an ra device (like an rd32). What's the difference between rt11 ra image files and rt11 rx01 image files? I would think the rt11 volume and directory info would be in the same place (but it seems I'm wrong). I tried skipping track 0 by offsetting 128*26 bytes, but that did not help. It looks like 128*25 might be a better offset for floppies. what am I missing? (and thanks in advance!) -brad

17 years, 3 months

Looking for an 8 bit HD controller

by silvercreekvalley＠yahoo.com

The card I have at the moment is the xebec card with a WD25 drive (20M). I do have a ST-251 and a ST-225 to hand as well and probably some other MFM drives. A controller for any of these would be perfect :) I did see the ISA adapter but wanted to keep the machine reasonably original if possible. I checked the cables etc, but no joy. Thanks Ian

17 years, 3 months

test, please ignore this

by evan＠snarc.net

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17 years, 3 months

Anyone looking for a HP Micro 3000 GX?

by lee_courtney＠acm.org

BTW this machine runs the older (but still fun) MPE-V operating system on a 16-bit word stack architecture. Probably circa-early 1980s era business mini-computer. Not second generation PA-RISC 32-bit HP3000 architecture. If you've ever wanted to have a stack machine, this is a pretty good example. Nice small, albeit slow, HP3000. Lee Courtney --- On Thu, 3/19/09, Josh Dersch <derschjo at mail.msu.edu> wrote: > From: Josh Dersch <derschjo at mail.msu.edu> > Subject: Anyone looking for a HP Micro 3000 GX? > To: "On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> > Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009, 12:31 AM > Hey all -- doing some more > cleaning.? I have an HP Micro 3000 GX, (model 32536AH) > I'm looking to offload.? I inherited this when I was in > high school from a business that was tossing it, and I > haven't done much with it since.? It looks like an > interesting machine, but I've got too many other things to > play with at the moment and figured there might be some > 3000-series fanatic out there looking for a new toy (or just > parts...) > > At one point it was booting some version/flavor of MPE but > in the past few years either the hard drive's gone bad, or > it's developed a few bad sectors.? It does pass all > power-on diagnostics, however. > > It has an 157MB ESDI drive, some manner of cartridge tape > drive, 4MB of ram and 16 serial ports.? It's a smallish > (well, relatively speaking) tower-form-factor machine. > > It's in pretty good shape, but it's missing a few screws on > the back panel from when I took it apart when I was 16 and > lost a few.? (Man do you ever have to take a lot of > screws out to get inside this thing!) > > Anyone interested in this?? I can't ship it (please > don't ask!) as it's way too heavy (must weigh 90lbs) but > I'll happily drive a bit to meet someone halfway.? This > is located in the Seattle, WA area.? Drop me a line... > > Thanks, > Josh >

17 years, 3 months

Schematic/Dip-switch info for PSS RAM65 (S-100)

by derschjo＠mail.msu.edu

As the title suggests, I have a PSS (Problem Solver Systems?) RAM65 S-100 static RAM board. No documentation. Anyone have any docs/schematics/info about this? I ask because I need to configure it, plus a chip appears to be missing at IC51... Thanks! Josh

17 years, 3 months

cctalk Digest, Vol 67, Issue 34

by geoffb＠vigilan.com

The HP core memory board looks very much like the one in the HP-2114B that I used for quite a while. It may have been available for the HP-2115A as well but I cannot verify that. Best Regards, Geoff > Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:15:11 -0400 > From: Paul Koning <Paul_Koning at Dell.com> > Subject: Re: Core memory Identification > To: cctalk at classiccmp.org > Pontus> Hello. A member of the swedish forum called "odd hardware" > Pontus> on sweclocker.com recently got som old memory that he would > Pontus> like to identify. One is clearly HP, but it would be nice to > Pontus> know for which machine. The second a Prime memory, and the > Pontus> third is a _huge_ core memory and without any markings. > > Pontus> Pictures can be found here: > > Pontus> http://www.sweclockers.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=9039862#post90398… >

17 years, 3 months

Want list(s)

by chrism3667＠yahoo.com

where are you located? I have an Amiga 600 and my original 64c and 1541c, but haven't turned either on since oh 1989 I think. The 600 has been *on* in much more recent days. Seemingly in good shape. --- On Wed, 3/18/09, Brian Lanning <brianlanning at gmail.com> wrote: From: Brian Lanning <brianlanning at gmail.com> Subject: Want list(s) To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 5:09 PM It looks like my this post from a few days ago vanished, so I'm sending it again.? My apologies if you get it twice. I visited Mike Lee today and brought home an Apple iie and iigs. (thanks mike)???He and I were talking about lists of wanted hardware. I think it might be useful for people to send around a list once a month or some other interval listing what we're after and maybe what we have to trade. Maybe we can bring it to the meeting later this month.? (is that still on?) So I guess I'll start.? :-) Here's what I'm willing to trade: A working amiga 2000 with a hard drive card and two floppy drives.? I can include a mouse, but not a keyboard. I also have a Commodore 128D. Here's what I'm after: Commodore 64c with a 1541c, 1541-2, or 1571 A few dead (or alive) 1571s that I can hack Amiga 500 Working Amiga 600 keyboard Amiga 1200, dead ok. CPU upgrades for the 2000 (040+) or any for the 1200 Really, any amiga peripheral or upgrade A board that would allow some sort of hard drive on the iie and iigs, so if you have something like a vulcan or scsi controller lying around...? :-) Internal scsi devices that aren't fixed disks or tape drives, so things like zip or jaz drives, etc. An NEC Multisync 3D monitor A clean IBM 5150 case I can hack A clean IBM 5170 case I can hack 3.5" and 5.25" double density floppies I can feed to the catweasel One of those 200-400 disk dvd changers A smallish audio mixing board

17 years, 3 months

IBM 050 / IBM 2495 tapes

by erikb＠digischool.nl

Hi folks, Last weekend I found a couple of IBM 050 / 2495 tapes as described in this document: http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/IBM-ProdAnn/2495-5.pdf I seem to remember a discussion about these from a long time ago - does anybody know of any other surviving examples ? Sincerely, Erik

17 years, 3 months

Anyone looking for a HP Micro 3000 GX?

by derschjo＠mail.msu.edu

Hey all -- doing some more cleaning. I have an HP Micro 3000 GX, (model 32536AH) I'm looking to offload. I inherited this when I was in high school from a business that was tossing it, and I haven't done much with it since. It looks like an interesting machine, but I've got too many other things to play with at the moment and figured there might be some 3000-series fanatic out there looking for a new toy (or just parts...) At one point it was booting some version/flavor of MPE but in the past few years either the hard drive's gone bad, or it's developed a few bad sectors. It does pass all power-on diagnostics, however. It has an 157MB ESDI drive, some manner of cartridge tape drive, 4MB of ram and 16 serial ports. It's a smallish (well, relatively speaking) tower-form-factor machine. It's in pretty good shape, but it's missing a few screws on the back panel from when I took it apart when I was 16 and lost a few. (Man do you ever have to take a lot of screws out to get inside this thing!) Anyone interested in this? I can't ship it (please don't ask!) as it's way too heavy (must weigh 90lbs) but I'll happily drive a bit to meet someone halfway. This is located in the Seattle, WA area. Drop me a line... Thanks, Josh

17 years, 3 months

test - ClassicCmp down

by vern4wright＠yahoo.com

Once again - haven't seen a new post since 3-15, March partial archive is AFU. If the site is down this won't post but I'll get the blindcopy.

17 years, 3 months

Alive ??????

by hp-fix＠xs4all.nl

Just a ping to check if cctalk is online ................ -Rik

17 years, 3 months

Fairly OT: CNC table available near Boston

by steve＠radiorobots.com

Posting for a friend; no other connection. ---------------------------------- A dev shop in Medfield, MA is moving. Available is a 1970s vintage USA made XY table and overhead support from an automated wirewrap machine; originally driven by paper tape. May be good basis for CAM or similar robotics. Moves approx 2 x 3 feet. Construction superior to a brick house. High quality ball screws etc. Table base is steel approx 1" thick; in turn mounted to a desk-like machine support. Drive motors included. Estimated weight is 750 lbs Must be picked up. Cost is nominal; free to educational institution. -------------------------------- If interested, please contact me and I can send pic and other info. Steve

17 years, 3 months

Anyone want some free RAM and CPUs?

by lproven＠gmail.com

I have a small pile of 4MB 72-pin SIMMs, both DRAM and EDO. At least a dozen, maybe 3-4 times that many. Anyone want some of them? I also have about 4 or 5 old Pentium chips. Just the bare CPU chips, not whole computers! All work, as far as I know, but they're old. I don't mean Pentium 2, 3, 4, nor even Pentium MMX, just plain old Pentium 1s. I think I have a 90MHz, a 100MHz and a few 120MHz ones. All free for the postage from London, England. -- Liam Proven ? Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Email: lproven at cix.co.uk ? GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lproven at gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 ? Cell: +44 7939-087884 ? Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AOL/AIM/iChat, Yahoo & Skype: liamproven MSN: lproven at hotmail.com ? ICQ: 73187508

17 years, 3 months

2-problems with VAXstation 3100-76 and VAX 3100 10e

by parasang＠yahoo.com

Hi: Problem 1: I have two Vax with both with similar problems. One is a 3100 VAXstation-76 and the other is a VAX 3100 and both give a keyboard error. Both display a backwards "?" and then "VT420 Keyboard Error - 4" -- the 3100-10e shows VT320 error instead. The VAXstation has not run as yet, but I have had the 10e running in the past. Now both machines display an error. Both machines and peripherals (including the VT420 and VT320) were purchased through eBay. Problem 2: About two years ago I signed up for an openVMS licence. Since then I have been unable to get the operating system working or either Montagar or ENCOMPASS to give me little more than the time of day. It has been almost 2 years since this started and I have tried almost all that I can think of to get it settled. Hopefully you can suggest what to do -- I have gone 1 year past the licence renewal and no-one has even contacted me. Peter __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now at http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com.

17 years, 3 months

Power MachTen hacking page (and Mosaic)

by spectre＠floodgap.com

For those of you who need to run classic Mac apps (now that OS X 10.5 has killed Classic), but still need a locally running Unix/X11, I've been exploring MachTen and put up some thoughts on how to patch it up to "current standards." I also ported NCSA Mosaic to it. It actually is just barely on topic. :) http://www.floodgap.com/retrotech/machten/ -- ------------------------------------ personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckaiser at floodgap.com -- Diamonds are forever. ------------------------------------------------------

17 years, 3 months

Test - Please ignore

by jhfinedp3k＠compsys.to

Test - please ignore!

17 years, 3 months

2-problems with VAXstation 3100-76 and VAX 3100 10e

by pcoghlan+cctech＠vms.eurokom.ie

> >Problem 1: >I have two Vax with both with similar problems. One is a 3100 VAXstation-76 and >the other is a VAX 3100 and both give a keyboard error. Both display a backwards >"?" and then "VT420 Keyboard Error - 4" -- the 3100-10e shows VT320 error instead. >The VAXstation has not run as yet, but I have had the 10e running in the past. >Now both machines display an error. Both machines and peripherals (including the >VT420 and VT320) were purchased through eBay. > Any time I've seen "keyboard error 4", it's been produced by a terminal. In theory, the terminal could be faulty but so far I've always found that either the keyboard plugged in to the terminal is faulty or there is nothing plugged in to the terminal where the keyboard should be. Problems with a keyboard attached to a VAX 3100 tend to produce much more obscure error reports including a bunch of hex numbers during the power-on tests. If you don't have a graphics monitor and intend to use a terminal as the system console, plug the keyboard into the terminal, not into the VAX. The little switch at the back of the VAXstation ("S3"?) then needs to be set to the correct position (it may be already). If this is not done, you can still log on at the terminal once everything is working but you can't use it for console commands and it will not be possible to install the operating system from scratch. Once the switch is set correctly and the terminal cabled up correctly, you should see the output of power-on tests on the terminal when the VAXstation is switched on. > >Problem 2: >About two years ago I signed up for an openVMS licence. Since then I have been unable >to get the operating system working or either Montagar or ENCOMPASS to give me little >more than the time of day. It has been almost 2 years since this started and I have >tried almost all that I can think of to get it settled. Hopefully you can suggest what >to do -- I have gone 1 year past the licence renewal and no-one has even contacted me. > I had a bit of hassle getting my membership number from my local Decus chapter (it's probably called something else now) which I had previously joined for free but once I got that, everything was straightforward. There is no handholding though - you type the relevant details into a form on the web and the licenses arrive in your email. Regards Peter.

17 years, 3 months

RCA WO-33A Manual available

by margr＠activ8.net.au

I am very interested in a manual for the WO-33A RCA oscilloscope. I saw your write up on internet and would be grateful if you could forward me some information on same. Keith Regazzoli, P.O. Box 44, Greenvale. 4816 Queensland, Australia

17 years, 3 months

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