- test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org - classiccmp.org

by TRASH3＠splab.cas.neu.edu

well, I have the microvax III cpu in my ba123, because I got tired of the slow speed of the mvax II. I had to diddle with systartup, as it could not figure out my configuration, but it has been running for nearly 10 years that way. The mvax III cpu had the S handles, i took them off. I saw dialog on size limitations for hard drives on mvax II, perhaps only 2 gb possible? Anyway, I also use an Emulex QD01 to run a SCSI rewriteable optical drive, so there are other means of getting SCSI. Joe Heck

22 years, 3 months

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reading apple ii disks with PCs: it WORKS !!!

by silviorf＠yahoo.com

Just to say that I've tried the soft disk2fdi to put my old apple II disks into PC, and, it WORKS !!!! BTW: the soft works too with C64, amiga, and other disks too.... fantastic !!! Silvio Yahoo! Mail - 6MB, anti-spam e antiv?rus gratuito. Crie sua conta agora: http://mail.yahoo.com.br

22 years, 3 months

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Spaceflight and Computers (geek porn)

by mike＠shawnuff.net

Apparently it is 'kinda' running on a powerpc, as the RAD6000 is a derivative: http://www.computerworld.com/governmenttopics/government/story/0,10801, 88734,00.html http://www.iews.na.baesystems.com/space/rad6000/rad6000.html -Mike On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 14:17:01 -0800 "J.C. Wren" <jcwren(a)jcwren.com> wrote: >No, it's running vxWorks on a RAD6000. > >< >http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/18_9/telecom-it-infrastructure/213… >1.html >> > >Expensive little puppies, too. > > --jc >

22 years, 3 months

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Spaceflight and Computers (geek porn)

by mike＠shawnuff.net

Has anyone seen any specs on what the current programs are using? Someone said that the current mars rover was running Darwin on a PowerPC...which I kind of doubt. Sounds like an urban legend that evolved from that picture of the powerbooks in mission control. -Mike On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 13:41:24 -0800 Kirk Davis <kdavis(a)ndx.net> wrote: > >Mars rover made me curious about the computers used in older >missions. Found this cool link giving a detailed history: > >http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/computers/contents.html > >Kirk > > >

22 years, 3 months

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Spaceflight and Computers (geek porn)

by kdavis＠ndx.net

Mars rover made me curious about the computers used in older missions. Found this cool link giving a detailed history: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/computers/contents.html Kirk

22 years, 3 months

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MVII's for the taking...

by phufnagel＠snet.net

I have two MVII's in a dec rack (5' high?), if anyone is interested. Too big to ship, but if anyone in the northeast (I'm in CT) wants to give them a good home, I can load it in my truck and bring them to you. Unsure of memory, I think one has a SCSI controller in it, plus I have some other boards around I'll throw in with the deal. Really would rather get rid of the whole thing, rack and all, rather than part it out. Email me if you are interested. -- Pete

22 years, 3 months

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Looking for a copy of EK-KA630-UG

by msokolov＠ivan.Harhan.ORG

der Mouse <mouse(a)rodents.montreal.qc.ca> wrote: > I'd actually like to get hold of a copy myself. If someone can get me > hardcopy I will volunteer to scan it for anyone who wants softcopy. Given a hard copy, I would also be willing to produce a soft one. I don't know of a scanner that I can attach to my MicroVAX, so I can't scan, but I would be willing to retype the text and redraw the diagrams etc. in PostScript vector graphics. MS

22 years, 3 months

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TI 960 / 990 FD1000 8" disk array 3.2mb

by RMay635703＠aol.com

I emailed you last year, I ended up putting it on auction http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4193&item=2778223896 If anyone is interested place a bid Cheers Ryan May

22 years, 3 months

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APF Imagination Machine?

by dickset＠amanda.spole.gov

I'm trying to track down a game I once saw in the late 1970s... my memory of it is that it's an underwater game, where you move your sub from left to right (side view of the world), and dodge obstacles like seaweed and marine life. There's a distinct possibility that this was on an APF Imagination Machine. I do remember it was a brightly-colored game, and was *not* on something common like an Apple ][. I was into PETs, so seeing a game of this color and visual complexity was quite stunning at the time. Does this ring any bells with anyone? Is there a good place to see screen shots of APF games? Thanks, -ethan -- Ethan Dicks, A-130-S Current South Pole Weather at 04-Jan-2004 22:10 Z South Pole Station PSC 468 Box 400 Temp -18.8 F (-28.2 C) Windchill -15.3 F (-26.3 C) APO AP 96598 Wind 2.9 kts Grid 078 Barometer 687 mb (10365 ft) Ethan.Dicks(a)amanda.spole.gov http://penguincentral.com/penguincentral.html

22 years, 3 months

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another request for DEC memory board settings

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

I've asked this from time to time, and googled many times, but can't find the info. Does anyone have any documentation for a unibus "Standard Memories" brand board designated "MM-144" or maybe "MM-114"? Thanks! Jay West --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]

22 years, 3 months

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Qbus KDA50 led error codes

by felten＠vaxnet.de

Hello, Does anyone know what this error code means? 1 1 1 1 -------------M7164-1-2-4-8--------------- 0 0 0 1 -------------M7165-1-2-4-8--------------- it shows immediatly this code, no other combination after power up. The Users Guide does not mention it. I've remove W2 and W3 on both modules (for Q22/CD slots). The qbus backplane only contains the uVAX II processor board and the kda50. Any idea what I could test on the module? I tried >>> e 172150 (read IP register) but it's invalid. Lothar

22 years, 3 months

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H960 rack question - ra81, 11/45 etc.

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

I'm finally starting to look at my options for putting together some of my DEC gear into complete refurbed systems. I was thinking of using an RA81 drive with my 11/45. However, best as I can eyeball it, the RA81 drive won't fit into the H960 rack depth-wise (at least, with a proper back door on it like mine has - and I want it to be able to close). The RA81 drives I have are in a tall white corp cabinet, except two are in another H960 rack (which has no back door). From looking at those two, I don't think a back door (on my other 960 rack) would close (the two RA81's in the current 960 without the back door looks like - ummm an amateur job). Can someone confirm or deny, before I start going to the grief of racking heavy drives & such? Was also wrestling with the idea of whether to put an 11/34 into a mid-height corp cab, or an H960. Which is more authentic, or are they both? I don't recall seeing 34's in white corp cabs. If I did that, it would probably use RL02's. I forget the disk requirements for a reasonable RT11/TSX+ system, I think two RL02's may be cutting it close. Any advice? Regards, Jay West

22 years, 3 months

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Jumpering for NEC FD-1165H 8-inch floppy drive

by shirsch＠adelphia.net

Title says it. Can anyone point me to online data for this elderly device? I'm trying to get mine working with a Compaticard IV on an older '486 PC. For reasons I do not understand, the motor isn't starting although the heads load and step properly. DC power looks fine going into the drive, but the motor is not seeing any of it. Steve

22 years, 3 months

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HP 4951C analyzer (+ 18197A module)

by waltje＠pdp11.nl

Hi all, Might be offtopic, dunno, but does anyone know this thing? We're looking at its floppy drive (which *seems* to be standard) but cant read anything off its disks... Cheers, Fred -- Fred N. van Kempen, DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) Collector/Archivist Visit the VAXlab Project at http://VAXlab.pdp11.nl/ Visit the Archives at http://www.pdp11.nl/ Email: waltje(a)pdp11.nl BUSSUM, THE NETHERLANDS / Mountain View, CA, USA

22 years, 3 months

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VT340 information

by pat＠computer-refuge.org

I'm looking for information on my VT340+. What I want is in Volume 1 of the programming manual (the Text part, not the Graphics part). I've tried google and looking on vt100.net, among other places. What I'd really like to know is how to change colors while in text mode on the VT340. It doesn't take ANSI color strings ( ESC [ x ; y x ), so it's gotta be someting else if it is possible. If anyone knows, I'd much appreciate the response : ) Thanks, Pat -- Purdue University ITAP/RCS Information Technology at Purdue Research Computing and Storage http://www.itap.purdue.edu/rcs/

22 years, 3 months

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DECserver 90L+ for trade

by jpl15＠panix.com

As faithful readers of The List will remember - I have three DECserver 90L+ ethernet terminal servers - which I tried very hard to make work like RS232 muxes - alas; I failed. So I would like to offer two of them in trade for a pair of RS232 mux boxen having 4 ports minimum, up to 8 or so - don't need more that 4 or 5 ports, but units having more are good too... and using some kind of copper between them (no fiber units - I have copper everywhere in the house, or soon will, but I'm too retro to be pulling glass around). I do think I'll hang on to one of them to try and use in my upcoming multi-purpose server scheme. These seem to work nicely, they were taken out of service - they have the power supplies and a four lengths of real Dec cable, along with 3 or four BNC Tees. No terminators, unfortunately... I'd like to do a straight swap - I'll ship FedEx anywhere in the world - lemme know what you might have. Cheers and let's all have a Nicer 04 - hmmm? John

22 years, 3 months

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New Year's Wishes

by waltje＠pdp11.nl

Hi All, A belated New year to all of you.. may this yeas bring jobs to those in dire need of one, and, in general, may this this year bring peace, both financial as well as global, to all of us. That said.. I'm currently in the Northern California area (this means SanFran-SanJose, I'm in Mountain View), so anyone in for a drink and some food should drop me a line, either email or y phone (650.814.4899) to meet up. I'm kinda planning on spending my birthday (this wednesday) somewhere fun, soo... (yes, Sellam and John, this'd include you ;-) Cheers, Fred -- Fred N. van Kempen, DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) Collector/Archivist Visit the VAXlab Project at http://VAXlab.pdp11.nl/ Visit the Archives at http://www.pdp11.nl/ Email: waltje(a)pdp11.nl BUSSUM, THE NETHERLANDS / Mountain View, CA, USA

22 years, 3 months

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AT&T Gemini Electronic Blackboard

by NEMOSTEVE＠aol.com

Afternoon, I have a working AT&T Gemini Electronic Blackboard system. Are you still looking? I'm in New Jersey - home of all of MaBell. Any interest? Thanks, Steve

22 years, 3 months

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PDF Scanning problems

by rcini＠optonline.net

Hi: I'm trying to scan a Northstar Horizon manual and I'm having a funky page sizing problem. All of the pages are letter (8.5"x11") size. I'm scanning them using a USB-based ScanJet 5200c with an ADF and directly through Adobe Acrobat 5. Here's the problem. Although each page is the same size, the scans are all different sizes. I've tried forcing the scanning software (HP Precision Scan 2.0) to "letter size", which doesn't work, and there doesn't appear to be any way within Acrobat to resize larger. I can crop smaller but not increase the scanned page size. I'm not wed to Acrobat, just the PDF format. If there are better tools out there for the Windows platform that are cheap (as in free or close to it), I'm game. The key is, however, that it will make use of the document feeder. I don't want to scan 100 individual pages into TIFF files and then combine them manually. Any ideas appreciated. Rich Rich Cini Collector of classic computers Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/ /************************************************************/

22 years, 3 months

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Iomec disc drive ?

by uban＠ubanproductions.com

Hello, Is there any chance that someone has an Iomec removable platter disk drive? The type that I am looking for uses an IBM 2315 style 2.5Mb cartridge, similar to an RK05. I know that this is a pretty futile request, but it never hurts to ask... --tom

22 years, 3 months

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HP 5036A

by jfelix＠iac.net

Hello, I read in some posts online that you were planning on making available some info on the HP5036A Microprocessor Trainer Lab. I just bought one on eBay (without any manual) and I am interested in learning as much as I can about this. Do you have any materials online? Can I buy photocopies from you? Thank you in advance, Joe Felix jfelix(a)iac.net

22 years, 3 months

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Dilog DQ703 SCSI - TMSCP controller

by felten＠vaxnet.de

[Hello, I'm forwarding this] I have a Dilog DQ703 SCSI - TMSCP controller, and noted that Dilog also makes a Disc MSCP versions of this. Is it possible to change the protocol of this controller to Disc-MSCP by changeing the firmware, and if yes, who knows a source for a copy of this firmware? I am also looking for a (copy or scan of) the manual and other documentation for this controller. Thanks in avance [Lothar]

22 years, 3 months

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Tandon LT/386

by pkatzmann＠online.de

Hi Chris, I found your posting at classiccmp.org concerning your Tandon LT/386. I happen to own one of these machines too, I saved it from being awayown out and now use it for programming my telephone-system - which in my case works perfectly. The problem with my machine is that I need to get into the BIOS to change the boot sequence to replace DOS 3.01 by DOS 6.22. As I have got no manual I need to know the necessary keystrokes to get to the BIOS. Could you help me out, please? Thanks in advance - Philipp from the Black Forest ---------------------------------------- Dipl.-Ing. Philipp Katzmann Tannenweg 7 D-79677 Sch?nau Tel. +49-7673-932006 Mobil: +49-173-3178397 eMail: pkatzmann(a)online.de ----------------------------------------

22 years, 3 months

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Old Matrox Drivers

by teoz＠neo.rr.com

Anybody have drivers or manual for the old matrox MGA -VLB/2+ card (1994 vintage)? Cant seem to find much on this card on google or matrox site

22 years, 3 months

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DEC 11/34 on eBay

by jpl15＠panix.com

Seems to be a company who has a lot of semiconductor processing Stuff... just the (big) box and a card complement - listed - but no peripherals of any kind. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1504&item=2585678980 Cheers John

22 years, 3 months

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Portable III

by GaryFloy＠aol.com

Bill, do you still have the Portable III. I would be intrested in it.Please advise. Thaks Gary

22 years, 3 months

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NEC APC III diskettes?

by d_cymbal＠hotmail.com

Hi All, I just picked up on of these but no docs/sw. Anyone know where I could snag a copy of the system disks? Thanks. dc

22 years, 3 months

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Signetics Data Book

by fm.arnold＠gmx.net

cctech-request(a)classiccmp.org schrieb am 02.01.2004: >----------<snip>----------- >Message: 4 >Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 08:07:53 -0500 >From: Joe <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com> >Subject: Re: Signetics Data Book >To: rcarson(a)localnet.com, "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic > Posts" <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> >Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20031231080753.0086e210(a)pop-server.cfl.rr.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > There's nothing remotely similar to this number in either of my >Signetics data books. Are you sure that it's a Signetics part? The "MC" >sounds more like a Motorola part. Is there a date code on the part? > > Joe > > >At 04:01 PM 12/30/03 -0500, you wrote: >>Hi Eric, >> >>I saw something you put on the web last year. Do you have an old >>Signetics data book? I'm trying to find a schematic for the inside of a >>Signetics MC3361 chip. Can you help me. Thanks. >> >>Bob Carson >> >> >----------<snip>----------- I found following in IC-masters 1986: (p114, c2) MC3361 is a Motorola part, but there is also a part made by Signettics known as PCD3361. according to Mot. it is the low voltage version of MC3357, and that is an: Low power FM-IF for dual conversion scanning receivers. The signeticspart (with similar number!) is discribed as: programmable multi-tone telephone ringer. So nothing to to do with computers, hope it helps you anyway. Frank

22 years, 3 months

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List of Sun VMEbus boards available

by rdd＠rddavis.org

The following is a list of some boards that are taking up a lot of space. I still have most of the following. Let me know what you're interested in, what you think they're worth (cash or trade), etc. I've reached the point where I'm tired of them taking up a lot of space and am becoming tempted to just start pulling out all socketed chips and removing the non-socketed chips with a blowtorch. Who wants to save them from such a fate? Pickup preferred. 501-1153 - Sun-2 Ethernet Controller 501-8010 - Sun-3 CPU - which one? 501-1164 - 4MB Sun-3, Carrera (4/75, etc.) 501-1206 - 0MB Sun-3/2xx 501-1206 501-1206 501-1208 - 4MB Sun-3, Carrera (4/75, etc.) 501-1208 501-1208 501-1268 - Graphics accellerator, "Graphics Processor Two" (GP2) 501-1268 501-1268 501-1089 - Sun-3 color double-buffered frame buffer C03 501-1089 501-1116 - Sun-3 color frame buffer CG3 501-1116 501-1116 501-1116 501-1116 501-1116 501-1116 501-1116 501-1116 501-1116 501-1116 501-1116 501-1116 501-1267 - Sun-3 color frame buffer CG5 501-1267 501-8520 - some sort of color frame buffer w/ "Special products" tag attached 501-1054 - Ungermann Bass CATV network transceiver 501-1139 - Graphics Processor Plus 501-1139 501-8001 - appears similar to the above 501-8001 501-1132 - Carrera memory - 4MB 501-8006 - same as above 501-8006 501-1105 - Floating point accelerator 501-8004 - same as above, I think 501-1166 - Xylogics 451 VMEbus SMD disk controller 501-1249 - Ciprico Tapemaster 1/2" controller 501-1249 501-8011 - looks like one of the above 501-1221 - Sunlink multi-prococol comms processor (MCP) 501-1157 - 16-port board 501-1162 - Sun 3/50 with a Sunflower Computer SFXMX memory board 501-1162 - same as above 501-1158 - Dual 1/2" tape (listing says SunLink serial comm. processor, SCP) 501-1155 - Dual 1/2" tape, Xylogics 472 1/2" tape ctrlr. 9U VMEbus 501-1149 - Sun-2 SCSI host adapter assembly, internal SCSI 501-1149 501-1149 501-1203 - 16-channel asynch. line multiplexer-2 (ALM-2) ???-???? - same as above, no ID tag, no handles 501-1217 - Sun-3 SCSI host adapter assembly, external SCSI 501-1217 501-1217 501-1217 501-1217 501-1217 part number? - Color printer board GPIB-1014-15 - National Instruments GPIB board Systech VPC-2200 on a AVIV VMEbus adapter card 027-100G6 FiberCom WLAN/VME 027-100G2 FiberCom VME Card WhisperNet board with VMSbus interface circuitry only empty VMS-bus "frame"-only boards -- Copyright (C) 2003 R. D. Davis The difference between humans & other animals: All Rights Reserved an unnatural belief that we're above Nature & rdd(a)rddavis.org 410-744-4900 her other creatures, using dogma to justify such http://www.rddavis.org beliefs and to justify much human cruelty.

22 years, 3 months

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211BSD install

by chrisc＠addpower.com

I'm doing some research on what it'll take to get 211BSD installed on my PDP after I get all the hardware installed and working correctly. It looks like I'm going to need to make a boot tape to install it. Is there any other method that I could use? I'm also assuming that I will need to get a TK50, a TK70 or the like. I'm going to be installing this system with a SCSI controller that speaks MSCP and (hopefully) TMSCP, and I was really hoping that I could get away with creating the installation tape with the SCSI DAT drive I have... Thanks in advance! Back to reading about the KDJ11-B, Chris

22 years, 3 months

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TU80 and F880 magtapes, cleaning and usage?

by felten＠vaxnet.de

Hello, I've connected a Cipher F880 to a qbus pdp11 using a Emulex TC02. Althrough I've got the complete doc for the TC02, I can't get the drive to work correctly. The OS is 2.11BSD, and the error message is: ts0: hard error bn0 xs0=350<MOT,ONL,IES,PED> xs1=2<UNC> xs2=100000<OPM> and somtimes a bn280 I get this message when writing or reading the tape, using tar or dd. I've configured the TC02 to factory defaults, except 22bit addressing is enabled. But should I select Streaming or Formatted mode ? The speed select is currently set to > 50 ips, should I set it to 0-50 ips? Of course it could be the F880, so I tried to use the TU80, but it does not make a big change. The TU80-test (test 01) uses a write-enabled tape to test the drive, sometimes it stops with error code 04 or 06 (the manual is not very specific: error codes 0-9 are read/write errors) and sometimes a 12 (hub not latched). Could it be that my tapemeadia is bad? I've got a Burroughs tape, labeled 23Mar79, and a couple of old tapes form 'eastern germany' without any date. How should I clean the heads of the tapedrives? (used some cleaner for tapedecks) And for the TU80, should I clean the small holes for the air-bearing? I'm not really used to use this kind of gear, so I don't know the common problems using tapes. Regards, Lothar

22 years, 3 months

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Musings on 2003

by jrice54＠charter.net

The year 2003 was a pretty good year for me. My Sgi collection grew >from 1 to 15 units (8 are Iris Indigo's from 1992-93 and are now properly "on topic"), Sun's from 3 to 9, I've lost count of Mac's and Mac clones and I gave my Amiga's away to another collector, I finally got that Daystar Millennium that had proved so elusive, my NeXT (all NeXT's are now on-topic) collection grew from 3 to 5 with a ton of new documentation, software and accessories, and I still have not found my MaxxBoxx. I have also had to come to grips with the fact that my space is not infinite. I'm getting better organized, but stuff came in faster than it could be repaired, restored, cataloged or even stored properly. I've started considering purchases more carefully, not just grabbing every thing that crosses my path. Target has probably doubled the sale of Sterlite bins in the State of Texas because of my efforts to sort and organize. Most of all this year has taught me just how much I have to learn to be able to put all of my collection to productive use. I also need to thank my beautiful and patient wife, who didn't even flinch when a semi pulled up to our driveway and dumped three pallets of Sgi equipment behind her Volvo. She has also learned not to question why I need to make a no notice 800 mile round trip to rescue a homeless workstation. To all my fellow collectors, I wish you a Happy New Year. May you find what ever you are seaching for and at a cost much less than you were prepared to pay for it! James Director of The Texas State Home for Wayward and Homeless Computers -- http://webpages.charter.net/jrice54/classiccomp2.html

22 years, 3 months

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pdp11/34 restoration : question & items sought

by jos.mar＠bluewin.ch

My recently acquired 11/34 has a few missing parts : the boot proms of the M9301 and the M7850 parity board. It does have 16K mos memory and the full programmer panel. However, when I fire it up, I cannot halt the processor, the RUN light stays on. Could this be due to the missing parts ? And of course, to complement the system, I am looking for the following parts : - the missing items of course - an unibus RL11 controller. Are these rare ? - Some more memory. Jos Dreesen , Zurich Switzerland

22 years, 3 months

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Transputer-based Floppies (Highs & Lows of a haul)

by rmeenaks＠olf.com

Two years ago, I went down to Bath, England to pick up a major haul of transputer hardware, software, and documentation. The software was a packed box of 5-1/4 inch floppies of various stuff. The person I got this from didn't really care too much about the software and wanted to dump the whole thing in the dumpster. It was a good thing he asked me 1st before doing this! Here are the highs: 1) Found numberous drivers and programs for various transtech and inmos boards (yipee!). These are very hard to come by 2) Found schematics and source for A LOT of transputer boards that were manufactured including PAL equations, gerber files, etc 3) Found *original* disks of Microsoft Quick Basic 4.0, Turbo C, and MS Windows 1.0 Here is the lows: 1) Apparently, some clown overwrote several *ORIGINAL* disks from INMOS with his/her own applications and programs. This is a HUGE disappointment for me as some of the disks were drivers for boards that are almost impossible to get (e.g. B009, B006, Portakit, among other rare stuff) :-( I havent gone over ALL the disks as it is quite large, but I am currently in the process of creating images for several of the disks. Stay tuned.... Cheers, Ram PS: Happy New Year!!!!

22 years, 3 months

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Cleaning house (FS/T: lots o' stuff)

by pat＠computer-refuge.org

I'm trying to turn my apartment back into an apartment, instead of the warehouse of machines it currently is... so I'm trying to get rid of some of my machines that i've got multiple of, or no longer have any real interest in. Here's a list of what I'm offering. I'll be putting more stuff on eBay (userid: pfinnegan) but it's mostly going to be OT machines. Also, I purchased an MMJ crimper and a bag of MMJ ends... in order to help subsidize it, i'm offering length-to-spec MMJ cables. If anyone is interested, I'm asking $5 per cable for up to 20ft plus shipping ($3.85 for Priority Mail). If you want multiple cables, ask me and we can work out a deal. I can also do MMJ to RJ45 cables, but won't do RJ45 to RJ45's... network cables are cheap enough. Now, the list: + IBM RS/6000 410: 80MHz PPC601, 2GB HDD, 32MB RAM, CDROM, graphics card (13W3 connector), 2.88MB floppy drive $15 + shipping + IBM RS/6000 410: 80MHz PPC601, 2GB HDD, 64MB RAM, CDROM, graphics card (13W3 connector), 2.88MB floppy drive $20 + shipping On both of the above machines, I don't have the key, but I've removed the pins from the locks so they can be operated with "anything"... + Sun SparcStation 5, 70MHz, 96MB ram, CDROM, floppy, 2GB HDD, CG6 501-2981 narrow scsi/10BaseT ethernet card $10 + shipping + Sun SparcStation 5, 85MHz, 128MB ram, CDROM, floppy, 2GB HDD, CG6 501-2981 narrow scsi/10BaseT ethernet card $15 + shipping + Sun SparcStation 5, 85MHz, 128MB ram, floppy, 2GB HDD, CG6, 501-2981 narrow scsi/10BaseT ethernet card $20 + shipping + DEC DECstation 5000/200: R3000/25MHz, 40MB ram, PMAG-B framebuffer $10 + shipping + DEC DECstation 5000/240: R3400/40MHz, 64MB ram, PMAGB-B framebuffer $15 + shipping + DEC 3000/300LX: 125MHz 61064 Alpha, 32MB RAM, 4GB HDD $20 + shipping + DEC 3000/300: 150MHz 61064 Alpha, 64MB RAM, 4GB HDD $25 + shipping + DEC VAXstation 3100 m38: 2 memory boards (16-24MB ram), 500MB HDD, OpenVMS 7.2 installed (Hobbyist version from Montagar) $15 + shipping + 4x"MBR Systems, Inc" S-100 systems - various CPU, RAM, some A/D cards, a video/keyboard interface card, in a 4-5U rackmount case with the keyboard mounted on the front. Most have 40-48kB ram and some EPROMs shoved into a 64kB static ram card. $20 ea + shipping + SGI IRIS 4D/80 (030-0122 / IP4.5) CPU board with 16MB ram - I no longer had the room for the machine, so it went away and I kept the cpu and some VME cards from it. $5 + shipping + 24x"66 block" telephone connection blocks wired together as 100x2 connections... I picked these up pretty cheaply for no good reason : ) 3 for $5 + shipping I prefer shipping via FEDEX, is from zip 47906. I'll take payment via PayPal or Check... I'll give you the address when you ask me for the item (if you've won it). If you prefer to trade me something for the above, here's what I'm looking for: + Unibus (w/toggles) PDP-11 (this is worth multiple items, of course... I'd probably even be willing to pay something for this) + Parts for above PDP-11 + Seagate ST-251 and ST-225 hard drives (working) + DEC RL02 disk packs (non-red shock indicator) + KA-660 CPU board and cab kit for a vax 4k/200 (S-handles) Pat -- Purdue University ITAP/RCS Information Technology at Purdue Research Computing and Storage http://www.itap.purdue.edu/rcs/

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WTB: TU80 or other 9-track tape New Mexico, Arizona, West Texas

by ceo＠coherent-logic.com

Needs to be a TU80 or have a Unibus interface card to use with an 11/750 Contact off-list. Thanks!

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Happy New Years

by cmurray＠eagle.ca

To all classic/orphan and 'old' computer collectors and enthusiasts wishing you all the very best computing for 2004. Murray-- cctalk-request(a)classiccmp.org wrote: > Send cctalk mailing list submissions to > cctalk(a)classiccmp.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.classiccmp.org/mailman/listinfo/cctalk > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > cctalk-request(a)classiccmp.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > cctalk-owner(a)classiccmp.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of cctalk digest..." >

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Best wishes for 2004

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jan 1, 14:29, Rob O'Donnell wrote: > At 00:55 01/01/2004 +0000, you wrote: > > >50 minutes late 'cuz I was responsible for the pyro *and* the > >champagne (the bad weather may have cancelled the party in my home town > >of Edinburgh, but we don't give up in York)... > > > > LOL. We had pleny of 'pyro' here too (Salford) but saw and heard the > fireworks in York (maybe yours) courtesy of "Most Haunted Live" on LivingTV > which was coming from the Race Course. :-) Probably not mine, as I live on the other side of York, and I doubt if they'd be visible through the snow at that time -- but I did manage to get the first peonie burst on the stroke of midnight! -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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On eBay: 50 hard-sector 5.25" floppies

by classiccmp＠crash.com

Need hard-sectored floppies? This guy's got at least 50 of them, used with the Northstar Horizon. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2776824061&category=1247 I don't own one, I can't use them, and I don't know this guy from Adam. But I don't come across them very often, so maybe someone on the list who does need them would appreciate the link. Enjoy, --Steve.

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Signetics Data Book

by technobug＠comcast.net

On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 20:43:45 GMT, Pete Turnbull <pete(a)dunnington.u-net.com> wrote: > On Dec 31, 8:07, Joe wrote: >> There's nothing remotely similar to this number in either of my >> Signetics data books. Are you sure that it's a Signetics part? The > "MC" >> sounds more like a Motorola part. Is there a date code on the part? > > How old are the books? It's moderately recent (late 1990s), and I'm > fairly sure it's actually second-sourced by Philips from a Motorola > original (now obsolete, of course ;-)) > > -- > Pete Peter Turnbull > Network Manager > University of York Signetics was acquired in 1975 by Philips. The current Signetics is a Korean assembly and test company which traces its lineage from the original Signetics. If there is actually a Signetics logo on the chip and the date code is from the late '90s, the number is probably a "house" number... You might look at <http://www.icmaster.com/> and check the logo on the chip. There are a number of "S"s that are similar to the original Signetics log. Claude Ceccon

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Whole HP 1000F mini on eBay for $250

by classiccmp＠crash.com

Hey all you HP mini nuts, look what showed up on ePay a couple hours ago: HP 1000F complete with S/W Manuals & spares eBay item # 2777501482 "This is a complete HP 1000F mini computer with 2648A graphics terminal, two 120MB disk drives and several disk packs, including RTE IVB grandfather disc. [...] Pick up must be arranged by buyer at storeage facility in Houston Texas, packaging not available." Best of all, Buy It Now is only $250! I have no affiliation with the auction. I just wish it were a tasty DEC mini similarly configured, and up in the Northeast somewhere... Good luck and happy new year! --Steve.

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9920 stuff

by RLANDER1＠stny.rr.com

Looking for a keyboard for a 9920 - do you still have the stuff ??? Thanks Ryan

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Commodore Haul

by rcini＠optonline.net

Hello, all: Today I picked up a small cache of Commodore 64 equipment. That in and of itself is not notable, but this guy has the entire Infocom games collection with game cheats *and* the complete Commodore Compute! and RUN magazines. I really wanted this for the magazines. I will be taking a complete inventory in the next few days and if there's anything else interesting, I'll let everyone know. Happy New Year to all. Rich Rich Cini Collector of classic computers Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/ /************************************************************/

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WTB: TU80 drive in Southern NM, West Texas, Arizona area

by jwillis＠coherent-logic.com

WTB. TU80 drive in Southern NM, West Texas, Arizona. Will pick up.

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AM26LS34 line receiver chip

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Dec 31, 0:16, Tony Duell wrote: > Does anyone have a pinout for the AM26LS34 quad differential line > receiver chip? It's used in some later Acorn Econet products... > > My databooks cover the '30 to '33 only, and a google search didn't seem > to find a datasheet. It's the same pinout as a 26LS33, in fact it's almost the same chip, but with higher input resistance (20K) and higher hysteresis, and it doesn't have the internal failsafe (output on a 26LS32/33 is guaranteed to go high if both inputs are unconnected). -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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Pre-PPC Mac Stuff Free

by sml49＠comcast.net

> Message: 25 > Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 17:38:26 -0800 > From: "David Vohs" <netsurfer_x1(a)fastmailbox.net> > Subject: Re: Pre-PPC Mac Stuff Free > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> > Message-ID: <20031231013827.2F0C043799(a)server1.messagingengine.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" > > Do you happen to have a copy of a program called "SmoothTalker" for First > Byte Software in the bunch? No; sorry; never heard of that one.. SML

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pdp11/34 restoration : question & items sought

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Dec 31, 14:21, Jos Dreesen wrote: > > My recently acquired 11/34 has a few missing parts : > the boot proms of the M9301 and the M7850 parity board. > > It does have 16K mos memory and the full programmer panel. > > However, when I fire it up, I cannot halt the processor, the RUN light > stays on. > > Could this be due to the missing parts ? Not having the parity board simply means that parity errors won't be checked or detected. Missing the PROMs won't upset anything (except if you try to boot it, of course). Your problem is most likely to be a missing NPR link on the backplane. Common problem; it's caught me out at least once. Make sure there are no empty SPC slots; all should be occupied by dual-height grant cards or devices that pass NPR, or a small grant card with the NPR link made amongst the wirewrap -- between pins CA1 and CB1. The small grant cards only link the four Bus Grant lines, not NPR. > And of course, to complement the system, I am looking for the following > parts : > > - an unibus RL11 controller. Are these rare ? > - Some more memory. Neither of those should be *too* hard to come by. Neither of them are rare. What's "missing"? Just the PROMs and the parity card? -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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Signetics Data Book

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Dec 31, 8:07, Joe wrote: > There's nothing remotely similar to this number in either of my > Signetics data books. Are you sure that it's a Signetics part? The "MC" > sounds more like a Motorola part. Is there a date code on the part? How old are the books? It's moderately recent (late 1990s), and I'm fairly sure it's actually second-sourced by Philips from a Motorola original (now obsolete, of course ;-)) -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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WTB or Trade VT525

by list＠saracom.com

Hello, Title says it all. Does anyone have one cheap? I want to hook to my console switch. Max

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Signetics Data Book

by rcarson＠localnet.com

Hi Eric, I saw something you put on the web last year. Do you have an old Signetics data book? I'm trying to find a schematic for the inside of a Signetics MC3361 chip. Can you help me. Thanks. Bob Carson

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