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

by gunther＠aurora.regenstrief.org

Hi, I just closed a deal for a run to get some 60 miles from here. I was "called to duty" on the Classic Computer Rescue Squad. I tell you Penske is your friend! I got a liftgate truck for $75 and $0.18/mi. When you guys rent a truck make sure you claim a business rate. After all, we are a voluntary non-profit "organization" that helps businesses get rid of their old computing equipment and save the environment and the technology. We share equipment with people in need, including private collections and museums. That's what we do, so that's what we can claim business rates for. cheers, -Gunther

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Apple //e disposal

by edunn＠frontier.net

I have an Apple //e that I need to dispose of, but I hate to take it to the dump. Is anyone interested in it know of any place who would take it off my hands. It has a Cider hard drive and a 1 mb ram card and 2 printers. Any help would be appreciated Thanks Ed Dunn Cortez, CO

23 years, 1 month

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Classic find at the Dayton Computerfest

by erd_6502＠yahoo.com

In addition to modern stuff I found, I picked up an Intel SDK-86 trainer - it has screwposts for +5VDC, -12VDC and GND, an unremarkable 8086, several peripheral chips, 8 x D2142 RAMs, 8 x MAN71A 7-segment LED displays and a pristine prototyping area. Since I have stack of +5VDC -> -12VDC DC-DC converters (from Qbus COMBOARDs), I was planning on attaching one to this board so I can run it off of +5VDC only. Now to find docs... -ethan

23 years, 1 month

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Transistors (2 of 2)

by Edward.Tillman＠valero.com

Articles named as found on MSNBC website links to Newsweek. Thought you might like! [Article begins...] Newsweek Weblogs / The Practical Futurist Michael Rogers [...] March 14, 2003 / 1:16 PM ET THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW I'm on vacation for a week in Death Valley (which is not, by the way, the new name for Silicon Valley), hoping to catch a bit of the springtime desert flower bloom. But before I sign off, here are a couple of interesting pieces from new magazines. IEEE Spectrum has a nostalgic story on early transistors, especially the classic CK722, the first such device widely sold to hobbyists. I still remember saving my allowance at age 10 to buy my first CK722; I wasn't quite sure what I was going to do with it, but you could just feel the magic in that tiny component. (In the end I decided to build an audio tone generator solely powered by copper and zinc electrodes stuck into a lemon, thus celebrating the fact that we were now liberated from the power requirements of vacuum tubes. Practicality was never a major factor in my early electronics work.) The CK722 came up again in my life. A little over a decade later, Esquire assigned me to profile the Nobel-prize winning inventor of my beloved transistor, William Shockley, who unfortunately by then had transferred his energies to pseudoscientific theories about race and intelligence. When the article came out, Shockley was shocked that a kid who could reminisce so fondly about the CK722 would turn around and call its inventor a deluded racist. When he called to complain, all I could tell him was that he should have stuck to semiconductors. [...Article Ends] Cheers! Ed Tillman Store Automation Tech Support Specialist Valero Energy Corporation San Antonio, Texas, USA Office: (210)592-3110, Fax (210)592-2048 Email: edward.tillman(a)valero.com <mailto:edward.tillman@valero.com> [demime 1.01a removed an attachment of type image/bmp which had a name of Valero5.bmp]

23 years, 1 month

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Transistors (1 of 2)

by Edward.Tillman＠valero.com

Articles named as found on MSNBC newspage links to Newsweek. Still thought you might enjoy! [Article Begins...] The Irresistible Transistor Fifty years ago this month, a man embraced his inner hobbyist and gave thousands of engineers their first transistor By Harry Goldstein Is it possible to love a transistor? Certainly what Jack Ward feels for the Raytheon CK722, the first transistor sold to the general public, goes beyond casual affection. He's collected thousands of early transistor specimens, including dozens of CK722s. His stately yellow Victorian home on a quiet, tree-lined street in Brookline, Mass., has a basement crammed with enough code oscillators, Geiger counters, radios, hand- wrought circuit boards, transistorized hearing aids, subminiature vacuum tubes, diodes, resistors, and capacitors to make any collector of vintage electronic gear drool. He's written one book about the CK722 and has started another about early transistor history at RCA. When he's not working as associate director of quality for the Bedford, Mass., facility of gene-chip maker Affymetrix Inc., he's busy maintaining his virtual Transistor Museum on the Web and is widely acknowledged by fellow collectors as a techno- anthropologist par excellence. [...Article Ends] Cheers! Ed Tillman Store Automation Tech Support Specialist Valero Energy Corporation San Antonio, Texas, USA Office: (210)592-3110, Fax (210)592-2048 Email: edward.tillman(a)valero.com <mailto:edward.tillman@valero.com> [demime 1.01a removed an attachment of type image/bmp which had a name of Valero5.bmp]

23 years, 1 month

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DEC InfoServer ?

by Fred.van.Kempen＠microwalt.nl

All, is anyone here familiar with installing and operating Info Servers? I got word that they are pretty much the same as a stripped-down MV3100, so installing the InfoServer CD on such a machine (equipped with CD drive) should get us the desired result... Pse contact me off-list if you can help, and I'll summarize here, later. Thx, Fred

23 years, 1 month

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IBM 4331 in MA

by r_beaudry＠hotmail.com

Hello all, Thanks for all of the responses. It appears that there are several parties interested in this, so I am withdrawing my hat from the ring. I have neither the floor space nor the domain knowledge to make it all work. However, I only live about an hour away from this system, so if the lucky new owner wants help loading/hauling it, I will be glad to offer any assistance I can, including space in my pickup truck (Dodge Dakota) for smaller items... Rich B. _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail

23 years, 1 month

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Programmer's Utilities Guide for the CP/M Family of Operating Systems

by melamy＠earthlink.net

you can find all the cp/m 3 docs here... (as well as 2.2, etc) best regards, Steve Thatcher http://www.cpm.z80.de/drilib.html >--- Original Message --- >From: "Damien Cymbal" <d_cymbal(a)hotmail.com> >To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> >Date: 3/16/03 10:36:28 AM > Hello All, > >I recently inherited a Visual 1050 that I am attemping to resurrect. > >The docs I got include _CP/M Plus (CP/M Version 3) Operating SystemUser's >Guide_ from Digital Research. > >In its forward, this manual mentions that the doc set should also >include: > >_CP/M Plus (CP/M Version 3) Operating System Programmer's Guide_ > >and > >_Programmer's Utilities Guide for the CP/M Family of Operating Systems_ > >I've found online copies of OSPG via google, but haven't found anything >concerning the utils guide. Did such it actually exist? Does it exists by >some other name? > >Thanks. > >dc

23 years, 1 month

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Complete AS400 9406 for sale

by rick＠holygrail.com

I have the following AS400 system for sale. It was up and running prior to me rescuing it from a dead dot com auction. Please email me for more information. Rick Rack 1 Contents: - 9309-2 rack - Power Supply: 21F9008 - Case containing 26 slots: o 59X4819 FN2615 (Has 2 EIA I/O cards + Floppy Controller) o 86G8303 SCSI Controller o 85F9041 FC 6112 (RL) o 74F1455 o 85F8935 FC 6501 (RL) o 85F9107 Ethernet o 85F8909 6500 IOP o 16G7241 FC 2592 (RL) o 56F0269 o 17G2598 FC 2700 (RL) IO Regulator o 17G2598 FC 2700 (RL) IO Regulator o 21F9209 - RAID Array 9337 o 8 1g drives (55F9818) - Tape drive 9337 - Control panel 21F5769 Rack 2 Contents: - 9309-2 rack - Power Supply: 10F9298 - IO Card unit feature 5010/5030 03F8338 o 76X4669 FC 6019 (RL) o 46F5467 FC 6130 (RL) o 46F5467 FC 6130 (RL) o 46F5467 FC 6130 (RL) o 68F7321 FC 6134 (RL) o 26F5028 FC 6031 (RL) o 26F5028 FC 6031 (RL) o 08F5361 FC 6130(RL) o 59X4270 Token ring - RAID Array 9337 o 8 1g drives 55F9818 Lots of cables & Parts Three manuals Several tapes

23 years, 1 month

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Amiga Term Softs needed

by mcb242＠psu.edu

Hello, I am currently resurrecting an Amiga 2000, but I have neither an Ethernet card or Terminal software. There are tons of programs on the net, but getting them from the net to the Amiga is proving difficult. If anyone can help me in this chicken/egg scenario, I would REALLY appreciate it. Thanks -Marlin

23 years, 1 month

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anyone working with IBM PC-RTs?

by brendle＠ems.psu.edu

Just a quick "ping" to see if there any any people out there who are working with the old IBM PC/RT platform. Had a request from a friend to get my two old 6150s up and running so he could have access to them since he wants to work on the port of 4.4BSD (these are currently running "AOS" which is a 4.3), but seem to have a toasted monitor & might need to track down another of them (with the funky square connector) or maybe someone with the cable that connects to the also-strange serial so I could try a Teleray/HDS/DEC terminal or some such thing (think I might be able to locate an old one). Thought that before I go too far, it might be worth my while to see if any folks here are doing the platform (I fear these are going to be too rare to find much, but where better to check? =-)). thanks! -j Jeff Brendle Office: 248A Deike Bldg./(814)865-3257/fax 863-7708 Desktop Support Spv. Home: #210 Parkgate 349 Toftrees Ave. Penn State - Coll. of E&MS State College, PA / (814)861-8180 Mailto:bli@psu.edu AOL/MSN/Yahoo! IM - JSBrendle

23 years, 1 month

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8" floppy drive manual

by rachael＠rachael.dyndns.org

Hi have just collected two NEC FD1165-FQ, does anyone have any infomation about such a drive ? Google doesnt seem to have any usefull link on those. Need to know if its a standart shugard bus and the pinout of the power connector. Regards Jacob Dahl Pind -- CBM, Amiga,Vintage hardware collector Email: rachael(a)rachael.dyndns.org url: http://rachael.dyndns.org

23 years, 1 month

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8" floppy drive manual

by rachael＠rachael.dyndns.org

Hi have just collected two NEC FD1165-FQ, does anyone have any infomation about such a drive ? Google doesnt seem to have any usefull link on those. Need to know if its a standart shugard bus and the pinout of the power connector. Regards Jacob Dahl Pind -- CBM, Amiga,Vintage hardware collector Email: rachael(a)rachael.dyndns.org url: http://rachael.dyndns.org

23 years, 1 month

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Big Want List

by mhstein＠canada.com

Hi, Sellam: Tell us more about this large project, especially if this equipment has to be in working condition or is just for display. Although I'm annoyed by people who say, "Gee, you should have asked me last week, I just threw out...", I'm afraid I did indeed scrap a Z2D (or equivalent), a 103, a Rainbow, a Spinwriter and most of a North Star. I do still have a CS-2 (Equivalent to a Z2D) with a TopHat (dual 8" floppy) and a BRZ-II fan system which fits underneath the CS-2, a System 3 (late model, single 8" drive & HD), several System 1's, and have access to several more System 3's, 100s, 300s and 400s as well as several boxes of cards, manuals, software and sales literature. Also a C-5 Terminal and, I think, most of a C-10. I've also got a few other miscellaneous terminals, Falcos and an ADM-11; what other "periperhals" are you looking for? I also have two Vector mz's, but no software or docs and I'm not sure I have all the cards; I loaded one with Cromemco cards and an MFM HD because it is easier to work on and quieter than the Cromemcos. Finally, I have 1.9 Hyperions (Hyperia?), (one missing the front cover), a user guide and various software diskettes but no other manuals. And of course I still have the various books & stuff that you and I talked about way back when. There are two problems however: some, if not all, of the Cromemco stuff is promised to Dan Cohoe (if & when I get around to sorting through it and getting as much as possible working), so you'd have to talk to him as well as me, and I really have no interest whatsoever in packing, crating and shipping this stuff from Toronto to California. So, if you're interested and have solutions to our problems, email me at mhscc(a)canada.com or phone me at 416-532-4322. Hope we can find a way to help you out at least a little bit. mike in Toronto (in the finally starting to warm up frozen north of Canada) ---------------------Original Message------------------- Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 12:13:08 -0800 (PST) From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf(a)siconic.com> To: Classic Computers Mailing List <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>, Subject: Big Want List I'm working on a rather large project and am looking for the following computers and hardware: Cromemco Z2D (and periperhals) Cromemco System Three (and peripherals) Centronics printer (103 or any model) DEC Rainbow 100 (and peripherals) DEC Pro350 Heathkit H11 (and peripherals) Micro-Term ACT I (terminal) NEC SpinWriter NorthStar Dimension Ohio Scientific Challenger (any model, prefer II or III) OSM Zeus (any model) SWTPc 6800 (and peripherals) Vector Graphics (prefer MZ/2) Fortune Systems 32:16 Dynalogic Hyperion Corvus Concept (and peripherals) (Peripherals include monitors, keyboards, terminals, disk drives, hard drives, printers, etc.) I am also interested in any and all collateral material including: * System software (originals preferred) * Application software (originals preferred) * Manuals and schematics * Related magazines * Related books * Ephemera such as posters, buttons, mugs, etc. If you have anything on the above list please contact me with an asking price. International or domestic. I can also be reached by phone at +1 925/294-5900. Thanks! -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival

23 years, 1 month

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FSOT: Perkin Elmer stuff

by che1hsh＠sccc.susc.ac.ir

Dear Joe, Can you give me information about the manual? Where are you? can give me your mail address? Best Regards, >>>> Hi, I picked up a couple of blue three ring binders with Perkin Elmer logos on them. Both have manuals in them. One is for PECESS Software Packet for a UV/VIS/NIR Spectroscopy and has some printouts with BASIC listings. The other has a manual for Command Descriptions Reference Manual for CDS-3 Application program. Does anyone want them? I'll trade for something I can use like HP manuals, Tektronix 4041 manuals or ???? Joe.

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PDP-11/24 Available in Virginia

by cmcnabb＠4mcnabb.net

I've decided that the PDP-11/24 I have is not getting enough attention since I've acquired the 11/83. So, if anyone is interested, I've got the following available for pick up near Blacksburg in Southwest Virginia: PDP-11/24 EIS FPP 1 Megabyte of RAM DZ11A RL11 UDA50 Unibus Map RA80 Disk Drive RL02 Drives (two of them) RL02 Disk Packs (nine of them) RSTS/E 9.2 (with Y2K patch) is installed on the RA-80 The system is in two racks, one contains the PDP-11/24 and one contains the RL02s. I will not break this system up, so whoever wants it has to be willing to take the whole thing, including all the disk packs and the spare grant cards I have for it. You can see a picture at http://cmcnabb.cc.vt.edu/~cmcnabb/projects/pdp11 . The HP Terminal is NOT included, since I kinda need it for the HP-9000/832 If there are no takers, then I will keep the system (no E-bay for this one) Scrappers/Board Collectors need not reply. -- Christopher L McNabb Operating Systems Analyst Email: cmcnabb(a)4mcnabb.net Virginia Tech ICBM: 37.1356N 80.4272N GMRS: WPSR255 ARS: N2UX Grid Sq: EM97SD

23 years, 1 month

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Intel 4004 was: New To List and PDP8 Question

by dwightk.elvey＠amd.com

Hi Bill It is a complete SIM4-01 setup with the programmer card. see: http://www.vintage-computer.com/images/digibarn/digibarn4004.jpg It isn't clear in the picture but under the newer MCS4 manuals is one of the older ones with a complete descrition of the SIM4 in it. You didn't put the programs in RAM, it still require one to blow 1702's that you'd replace those on the SIM4 board to test out your programs. You need to remember this is a Harvard architecture type processor. The motherboard/box has some dip connectors, LED lights and switches that can be used for I/O to simulate your application with. I still use it every now and then to blow 1702A for various things. Dwight >From: "Bill Kotaska" <bkotaska(a)earthlink.net> > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dwight K. Elvey" <dwightk.elvey(a)amd.com> >To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> >Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 11:26 AM >Subject: Intel 4004 was: New To List and PDP8 Question > > >> >> I have a SIM4 but mine doesn't have the nice LCD read out that >> yours has. I wrote an assembler as well. Mine is single pass >> but I can still do forward references by having the lables self >> resolve them selves as their location is assigned. I also have >> a simualtor that I wrote. It is built around the SIM4 board. >> >Wow Dwight, a real SIM4. Is it the -01 or -02. I think the main difference >was the number of PROMs it would hold. Do you also have the box with the >mating connectors? I think it was used to interface the SIM4 to another >board for programming 1702s. Oh what THESE would fetch on eBay. All joking >aside, I hope you wouldn't do that. I know I couldn't. >> >> Most 4004 systems have a lot of hardware dependencies since >> not all used things like the 4002's for RAMs or the normal >> I/O methods. >> >I toyed with the idea of making a SIM4 clone but I would have had to do too >many part substitutions. It wouldn't have been much of a clone. And I still >wouldn't have been able to execute out of RAM. >Right? > >Bill

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Fujitsu disk drive info ?

by SAMFAUST＠aol.com

Hi: I am looking for the same information for the power supply (just the output wiring diagram). I have a source for a lot more of the supplies if you need any. Thanks, Joe F.

23 years, 1 month

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RS/6000 Console Help

by larry＠laurelnet.com

c20 = An unexpected halt occurred, and the system is configured to enter the kernel debug program instead of entering a system dump. > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org > [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]On > Behalf Of Steven Nikkel > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 4:21 PM > To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: RS/6000 Console Help > > > I just obtained an RS/6000 C20 and am having problems > getting access to the serial console. I know the null > cable and terminal I'm using works, but I can't get anything > to display. > It runs through its post and ends up with c20 on the front > panel display, I don't know if its booted up correctly > and displaying its name or stalled at an error. > Help!

23 years, 1 month

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Semi-OT: VMS Webserver book

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

On Friday I happened to get lucky and find a copy of a new VMS book that I've been wanting to get, but hadn't bothered to order from Amazon. The book is "OpenVMS with Apache, OSU, and WASD -- The Nonstop Webserver", by Alan Winston. While it's decidedly on the expensive side at $45 I've been finding it to be an excellent book and well worth the money. One thing I found interesting is that a large portion of Alan's target audience seems to be OpenVMS Hobbyists. If anyone has been thinking of picking the book, I would highly recommend that you do. Now I'm going back to reading it! Zane

23 years, 1 month

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today's finds

by kenziem＠sympatico.ca

A Pair of 2001 Pets, one with the chicklet keyboard one without, A Commodore 64, A sun 3/80 A few external floppies for the commodores There is also someone with an IBM 3511 SCSI enclosure with an IBM 350 and 365. They look like one of my old office machines but the dual PPro makes makes it interesting. The problem is that I've almost run out of space. I'll have to start getting rid of a few machines in order to fit any more in. -- Ottawa, Canada Collector of vintage computers http://www.ncf.ca/~ba600

23 years, 1 month

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Programmer's Utilities Guide for the CP/M Family of Operating Systems

by d_cymbal＠hotmail.com

Hello All, I recently inherited a Visual 1050 that I am attemping to resurrect. The docs I got include _CP/M Plus (CP/M Version 3) Operating SystemUser's Guide_ from Digital Research. In its forward, this manual mentions that the doc set should also include: _CP/M Plus (CP/M Version 3) Operating System Programmer's Guide_ and _Programmer's Utilities Guide for the CP/M Family of Operating Systems_ I've found online copies of OSPG via google, but haven't found anything concerning the utils guide. Did such it actually exist? Does it exists by some other name? Thanks. dc

23 years, 1 month

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IBM 4331 in MA

by r_beaudry＠hotmail.com

Hello all, Here is a list of what's available on that IBM 4331 in Massachusetts... Any idea how much floor space this would use up? Also, does any of it run on standard 120V AC? I realize a truck w/ lift gate would be ideal to haul this, but would any single pieces fit in a pickup truck? I doubt I could take this over, but I have opened communications w/ the current owner. I asked if he would be willing to give away the system, but no reply yet ... Would anyone like help rescuing this system? I'm about an hour away from it... > >1 3803 Tape Control Unit >2 3420 Tape Drives >1 3179 Console >4 3278 Monitors >1 4331 Main Frame(including boot diskette) >4 3340 Disk Drives >13 3340 Disk Packs >1 2821 Control Unit >1 1403 N1 Printer with Print Train >1 2540 Card Reader Punch >3 29 Keypunch >2 83 Card Sorter >1 129 Punch/Verifier > All Cables and Connectors > All Manuals _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

23 years, 1 month

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FA: HP 7957/7958 hard drives with HP BASIC and HPL installed

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

Hi, I just listed a pair of HP hard drives on E-bay. One is a HP 7958B 155 Mb drive with HPL, BASIC V 4.0, two copies of BASIC V 6.3 and Basic V 5.0 installed and operating. The other is a HP 7957A 80Mb dirve with HFS BASIC 6.3 installed. This drives and software will work with the HP 9000 200 and 300 computers (9826, 9836, 9920, etc) or the drives can be formatted and used on the HP IPC (Intergral personal Computer) or other computers that support CS-80 drives. The 7958 has HPL version 2.0 installed. This is the same language as used on the HP 9825. With it you can run your 9825 SW on a 9826 or other 9000 200. See <http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=rigdonj> Joe

23 years, 1 month

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Hyperion 3032 questions

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

Hi All, This past week I picked up a Hyperion model 3032 computer with a low serial number (<800) made in Canada. I found some info on it on the web but not much. Can anyone tell me if this will run PC-DOS? I powered it up and it appears to boot PC DOS 5.0 fine but then I can't get any response from the keyboard so I don't know if it's a DOS problem or hardware problem. Anyone have pinouts or other info on the keyboard port? Joe

23 years, 1 month

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Panasonic Personal Partner (old PDA)

by evan947＠yahoo.com

Hello listmates, I'm looking for any and all data on the Panasonic Personal Partner. Before ya'll go a-Googling, here's what I already have: first, data from its OS launch (www.pocketsoft.com/pocketdos.html), second, data about a rebranded Nixdorf version (http://www.i-m.de/home/compmuseum/index_e.htm). Can anyone help? Evan Koblentz

23 years, 1 month

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Today's yield ...

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

> 1 x HP9000K-class HPK400CM long rack with You scare me :^) I've seen K-class systems, not what I'd want at home! > 1 x DEC7620 wow, a 7000 in my garage I have not checked out the inside, > don't know my way in those yet, it's all behind closed doors. You have a 7000, you haven't figured out how to open it up, AND you wasted all this time typing this up?!?! You've better willpower than I would! > 1 x DEC3000 looks like the successor to the BA23 uVAX-II I'm sure there might be someone somewhere that like's 3000's, but I'm not one of them. In fact based on the way you describe this one this has got to be one that scares me almost as much as that K-Class :^) > blessed with tape drives: > 1 x TLZ07 DAT > 2 x TZ86 DLT III > 1 x TZ88 DLT IV > 1 x TSZ07 9-track > 1 x TZ867 DLT III library > 2 x QIC tape drives (150MB, 18 tapes) > > 2 x VT510 Oh, drool! As if the 7000 wasn't bad enough, just this stuff would make one heck of a nice haul!!! > 10+ x "DW22A-AA" boxes, some kind of SCSI converters, they uses lots > of those, don't know what for. The HSZ's talk differential SCSI, could it that these are SE-to-DIFF converters. Will such things work with the HSZ's? I've got two big array's, but they're sitting in storage till we get a house, so I've not been able to experiment with them. Overall, I think I'm green with envy!!! Well, except for that K-Class :^) Zane

23 years, 1 month

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IBM 4331 in MA

by Innfogra＠aol.com

In a message dated 3/14/03 9:55:05 PM Pacific Standard Time, mail.list(a)analog-and-digital-solutions.com writes: > A lot of equipment movers use the ratcheting web strapping instead of rope. > 'Tis better than rope but expensive...I use trucker hitches to cinch the load down. Does the same job. Either way you want to make sure the load is secure. IBM stuff will move even with wheel locks and the levelers set down. There is a lot of mass. Paxton Astoria, OR

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Today's yield ...

by gunther＠aurora.regenstrief.org

Hi, here is my report of today's trip: 1 x HP9000K-class HPK400CM long rack with 1 x HP DiskArray with 12 x 2GB drives also in the cabinet 1 x "HP6000 SCSI SE", basically just 2 x DSS2 DAT drives 1 x DEC7620 wow, a 7000 in my garage I have not checked out the inside, don't know my way in those yet, it's all behind closed doors. 1 x DEC3000 looks like the successor to the BA23 uVAX-II 2 x StorageWork cabinets, one long one short. 33 x RZ28B drives (2GB) 2 x RZ29 drives (4GB) 1 x HSZ40B 2 x HSZ40C blessed with tape drives: 1 x TLZ07 DAT 2 x TZ86 DLT III 1 x TZ88 DLT IV 1 x TSZ07 9-track 1 x TZ867 DLT III library 2 x QIC tape drives (150MB, 18 tapes) 2 x VT510 1 x HP Terminal 10+ x "DW22A-AA" boxes, some kind of SCSI converters, they uses lots of those, don't know what for. unfortunately the HP9000 rack tumbled over the DEC3000 during the first mile return trip. I had it all strapped up, but the strap on the HP was too low so it tumbled over it. The HP is not damaged much at all as far as I can see. The DEC3000 has some broken plastic, but still stands fair after I put her back together. The DEC7000 was in the same strap but it didn't fall. It only rolled over to the other side of the truck. Funny. cheers, -Gunther

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DUP Problem with RT-11

by jhfinepw4z＠compsys.to

>"Jerome H. Fine" wrote: > I have been attempting for some to to write ALL 65536 blocks > from one RT-11 partition to a second RT-11 partition. Does > anyone know of what is wrong with what I am doing? I am > using V5.03 of RT-11 under the Supnik emulator and I do the > command: > COPY/DEVICE/NOQU DU0:/START:0./END:65535. DU1:/START:0. > However, ONLY 65535 blocks are transferred. On the other hand, > If I do the command: > COPY/DEVICE/NOQU DU0:/START:65524./END:65535. DU1:/START:0. > then TWO blocks are transferred. > > Can anyone help? Any suggestions other than going into the DUP.SAV > program and fixing this bug? Jerome Fine replies: After 10 years, I finally (by accident) just tried the correct combination. But it still takes TWO commands to do what should be done with just ONE command: COPY/DEVICE/NOQU DU0: DU1: which results in the following command: COPY/DEVICE/NOQU DU0:/START:0./END:65534. DU1:/START:0. I then followed with this EXPLICIT command (just thought I should try it today and found that it works): COPY/DEVICE DU0:/START:65535./END:65535. DU1:/START:65535. After that I checked the result (actually before and after the previous command): DIFF/BINARY DU0:/START:0./END:65535. DU1:/START:0. and found that the last ONE block COPY command had indeed worked. If you actually read this far and you would like a copy of an enhanced BINCOM, let me know via an e-mail and after I have fixed a few bugs, I will release it for hobby use. The DEC distributed version of BINCOM does NOT have the ability to read block 65535. Sincerely yours, Jerome Fine -- If you attempted to send a reply and the original e-mail address has been discontinued due a high volume of junk e-mail, then the semi-permanent e-mail address can be obtained by replacing the four characters preceding the 'at' with the four digits of the current year.

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OT: univac III

by kittstr＠access-4-free.com

For the same opening bid as the Univac III we could just buy 30,000 used uniforms!! :-) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2813422512

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Freeware CDs Available for RSX-11 and RT-11

by jhfinepw4z＠compsys.to

In regard to the Freeware CDs for RSX-11 and RT-11 that Tim Shoppa originally produced: I am in the middle of making up a second (very small) batch of CDs and could easily add a few additional copies. I will be making all copies of the CD images from: ftp://ftp.trailing-edge.com/pub/cd-images/ http://www.classiccmp.org/PDP-11/RT-11/ http://www.classiccmp.org/PDP-11/RSX-11/ Since not everyone has both a high speed internet connection and a CD burner, I thought it would be helpful to make them available. If you have both requirements and are using Windows 98 SE / Nero Burning, I can help with the details if you don't know how to burn a CD from an "Image File". I have even been able to produce a label for each CD that is close to the original label from Tim Shoppa, although since they were scanned (THANK YOU FOR THE HELP), they are not perfect. They are available at $ 5 / $ 9 / $ 12 for 1 / 2 / 3 CDs. In addition, I understand that Memorex Black CD-Rs have a longer shelf life and are available at Business Depot. If anyone wants those instead, add $ 1 for each CD that you are requesting. Thus those amounts are $ 6 / $ 11 / $ 15 I will be picking up some Memorx CD-R blanks in a few days and starting on the copies for those who have already requested that a Black CD-R be used. Please include your mailing address!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In general, I will regard any funds you send as a gift so that if anyone really can't afford the CDs, please state why that is so. Outside of the US, probably about $ 2 should be sufficient for extra postage. All amounts are in US dollars. Please ask if you are not in the US. No point in converting twice. Sincerely yours, Jerome Fine -- If you attempted to send a reply and the original e-mail address has been discontinued due a high volume of junk e-mail, then the semi-permanent e-mail address can be obtained by replacing the four characters preceding the 'at' with the four digits of the current year.

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PCjr and SCSI - ?

by nampcjr＠yahoo.com

I recently made a good purchase on some PCjr stuff that includes a SCSI sidecar made by PC Enterprises....This was neat not only for the fact that you could hook a HDD up to the Pcjr, but it was bootable as well! I have heard of other ways to hook the PCjr up to SCSI devices other than through the PCE sidecar (TMC 850jr) and have even heard roumors.....they were bootable as well...This would have taken some clever programming and the addition of EPROM's...etc...Im wondering if anyone out here ever had such a project going, completed and would like to share the knowledge of the "How-to" Brian

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Tandy 1000 (1984)

by vcf＠siconic.com

See below. Says it all. Reply-to: LisAndyp(a)aol.com ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2003 17:56:29 EST From: LisAndyp(a)aol.com Subject: Tandy 1000 (1984) - can we donate I'm in a suburb outside of NYC and have a Tandy 1000 from 1984 we would like to donate. are you interested? lisa kovitz 212 614 5041 (day) -- 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 *

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J-11/PDP-11 - Litton Industrial Automation Systems MPC-II Microcontroller

by ken＠seefried.com

I've found what might (or might not) be a real treasure, a pair of Litton Industrial Automation Systems MPC-II Microcontrollers. These are J-11 based industrial controllers, that include among other things video from a Motorols 6845 CRTC. I'm looking for any information I can collect about this thing. More info at http://seefried.com/kjs3/nerd/whatisit/mpcii.htm. Thanks... Ken

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Motorola Memory Systems MMS1132 Q-Bus Memory Card

by ken＠seefried.com

I'm looking for the jumper settings for a Motorola Memory Systems MMS1132 Q-Bus memory card. I've got more info at http://seefried.com/kjs3/nerd/whatisit/mms1132.htm. Thanks... Ken

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Fujitsu FBM-U502GU-J Bubble Memory Drive

by ken＠seefried.com

I've got a pair of Fujitsu FBM-U502GU-J bubble memory drives, with associated FBM-C128GA cartridges. I'd really be overjoyed if someone knew something about them and could share that info with me. I've got more detailed info at http://seefried.com/kjs3/nerd/whatisit/fujitsu-bm.htm Thanks... Ken

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Troubleshooting lockup problems

by d_cymbal＠hotmail.com

Hello All, I'm looking for pointers on how to troubleshoot an apparent hardware problem with an Atari 400. The machine runs fine for about 5-10 minutes and then will lock up solid. Turn it off, leave it off for a bit, and get another 5-10 minutes so I'm assuming that there is some sort of heat/temperature issue that is causing it, but I'd appreciate any tips on how I can drill down further to determine the exact cause. Thanks much. dc

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Free, if you want 'em

by avickers＠solutionengineers.com

Just had a bit of a clear-out of one of my cupboards, and came across some elderly Intel type stuff which someone may find useful. All untested, as I have nothing to test them on (no, that's the truth!). All items are free if you send me a padded SAE, or £1.50 (UK) if I have to provide the envelope & postage. Items available are: 1x 386DX20 CPU 1x 387DX20 to match above 1x Cyrix 6x86 P150 CPU 4x 30-pin SIMMs, 1 pair & 2 singles, IIRC 1MB each. All items were working when I pulled them, but have sat in a box for so long now that I couldn't honestly say whether or not they still do. The next stop for these is the bin, so grab 'em now if you want 'em. -- Cheers, Ade. Be where it's at, B-Racing! http://b-racing.com

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STAR TREK: THE SEARCH FOR POWER

by marvin＠rain.org

I just received this in email, and thought this might be interesting to the listmembers! ********** "Sulu, set XR4 to CPM, and install the ExtRAM. We're taking her out." "Aye, sir." "Scotty, how long until we can shift into Linux?" "Captain, if you can install the bubble memory, we might have room for Linux and a couple of system utilities. Possibly an application. I think we can do it, but there are too many unknowns. We'll need to do a proper shakedown." "Spock?" "Linux is a massive system, Captain. It may be more than we can handle." "Sulu, compile the Linux kernel, and load it from the cassette drive." "Cassette drive? ......Aye, Captain." "Scotty, I want full power to the internal modem and to the PDD2." "Captain, yer overloadin' her as it is. The power supply just isn't built to run the external LEDs." "Power, Scotty! I want more power! Chekov, attach the mouse to the BCR. Spock, any results on the clock speed?" "Fascinating, Captain. It seems as if the modem interrupt is overwriting the background task timing, which is slowing down system performance." "Yes, Bones? What do you want?" "Jim, you just have a little spreadsheet work, mailing labels, and some word processing. Don't you think you're overdoing it a bit?" "Scotty, where is that power!?" "Captain, I'm givin' ye all she's got. It's that miserable printer with the low impedance causing a backward leak through the low-power indicator. You'll have to install a diode to fix the bias if you want to see the true power level." "Chekov, install the half-wave rectifier." "Yes, sir." "Uhura, any word from Club 100?" "Well, Captain, we've received several interrupts from the ring-detect circuit, but, because we're not multitasking, the data is just sitting there." "Sulu?" "Captain, she's shifting into 600 baud Captain, I'm losing control at the helm. It looks like we've encountered a bad sector." "Put it on visual, Sulu." "Captain, the monitor is not responding, sir. Shifting display to LCD mode." "Spock? What's the problem?" "Unknown, Captain. Linux seems to be rerouting all input to a null device." Trying 'grep'", now muttering, "whatever that is." "Scotty, what's happening with those '/dev' subdirectories?" "Captain, she canna take much morrre.... Another fifteen seconds and the NICAD'll burrrn up for surrre...." "Scotty, we're not using the NICAD." "Sorry, Captain, but I haven't been able to say that for twenty minutes." "Uhura, notify Club 100." "Captain, the display cannot keep up with input data past 300 baud." "Spock, install the SWEEP scroll disable." "Yes, sir." "Captain! I'm getting a message from Club 100...... Apparently, sir, they're going to time-warp previously forgotten modes of data handling; it looks like binary data is being received in the input buffer port now." "Scotty, quick, shift TELCOM to Kermit. This could be a trick to get us back to the standard ROM." "Chekov, we need hardcopy! Fire HP LaserJet!" "Aye, sir." "Bones, how do I see which tasks are active?" "I'm a doctor, Jim, not a command shell!" "Scotty! Why can't I get a directory on this thing!!?" "Captain, ye just canna have the X Window System running in 32K of RAM. It's like matter and antimatter, the system's too bogged down. Yer drainin me quartz crystals." "Chekov, report." "Captain, the little arrow is responding, but the status bar shows we're back to 1980." "Spock? What's happening to our multitasking?" "It appears as if the needs of the one are outweighing the needs of the many." "Captain, she's not even runnin on reserve now. We'll have to do a cold boot for surrre." "Bones?" "It's dead, Jim."

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IBM 4331 in MA

by Innfogra＠aol.com

In a message dated 3/14/03 6:48:44 PM Pacific Standard Time, r_beaudry(a)hotmail.com writes: > >1 3803 Tape Control Unit > >2 3420 Tape Drives > >1 3179 Console > >4 3278 Monitors > >1 4331 Main Frame(including boot diskette) > >4 3340 Disk Drives > >13 3340 Disk Packs > >1 2821 Control Unit > >1 1403 N1 Printer with Print Train > >1 2540 Card Reader Punch > >3 29 Keypunch > >2 83 Card Sorter > >1 129 Punch/Verifier > > All Cables and Connectors > > All Manuals > > Nice system. Worth saving whole. I count about 7 Pickups full but it would be much better to rent a Penske or another full size truck with a Railgate. A standard liftgate might not handle the 1403, IIRC that is 1600 pounds on a wide wheelbase. If you go from Whse loading dock to another loading dock you do not need a liftgate, same if you have a forklift at each end. Having moved something like that I would rent a 26 footer. My quick calculation is 25 1/2 feet. Take packing blankets because the small stuff has to go on top, and rope along with some IBM wire wheel stops to secure the stuff so that it doesn't roll around. In Oregon, USA, you do not need a CDL if you are moving under 26,000 pounds. Here I rented from Ryder for full size trucks or Budget for lighter trucks, never used Penske. Heavy stuff goes in first and up front. The keypunches at the back. I can suggest a loading plan if you get the system. A big problem with IBM is it is heavy and hard to get out of a pickup without a crane and or crushing yourself. The larger truck is priceless. When you use the proper equipment it is easy. Make sure everything is tied down well, that is what the rope is for. Paxton Astoria, OR USA

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teledisk problem

by d_cymbal＠hotmail.com

Anybody seen this one? I'm running into a problem with a set of disks (original Visual 1050 system disks) where when teledisk gets to cyl 80 it pops up an error box "Drive A: is not ready. Please correct and press any key to continue". Needless to say, nothing I've tried gets past this error. Teledisk usually seems fairly tolerant of most errors and will keep chugging, but not so in this case. I tried a few versions, the latest I have is 2.16, all behave the same. Any ideas? dc

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RS/6000 Console Help (Steven Nikkel)

by ejchapel＠attbi.com

>Steven, c20 = An unexpected halt occurred, and the system is configured to enter the kernel debug program instead of entering a system dump. More codes can be found here: http://www.pimpworks.org/ibm/aixled.html Ed >Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 15:20:48 -0600 (CST) >From: Steven Nikkel <steven_nikkel(a)ertyu.org> >Subject: RS/6000 Console Help > >I just obtained an RS/6000 C20 and am having problems >getting access to the serial console. I know the null >cable and terminal I'm using works, but I can't get anything to display. >It runs through its post and ends up with c20 on the front >panel display, I don't know if its booted up correctly >and displaying its name or stalled at an error. >Help!

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OT For Sale (Transformer Winding Business)

by jpl15＠panix.com

OFF TOPIC - but ya never know. I have for sale the physical assets of a transformer and coil winding company: 3 Boesch toroidial winders, four multi-bobbin straight winders with tensoiners, thousands of pounds of wire from #46 to #10, Litz wires, thousands of pounds of laminations and core materials, tens of thousands of toroid cores all segregated and in steel bins, plus headers, bobbins, terminals, tape, vacuum pots, manuals, etc. Contact me off list: stuff is going just for my investment in it, and it's located in Northern California - I moved the whole load in one 24' UHaul truck, about 9000 lbs all up. Cheers John

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Wang 2200 emulator upgraded to version 1.0

by frustum＠pacbell.net

Nearly half a year ago I put out version 0.5 of my Wang 2200 emulator. Life got busy, and it has taken a lot longer than I expected to get version 1.0 ready. With this release, the source code is also available. If you want to take a look, here the link to the emulator, including release notes: http://www.thebattles.net/wang/emu.html The "front door" to the Wang 2200 site is here: http://www.thebattles.net/wang/wang.html The emulator is written for a Win32 environment, although it might just run under Wine on Linux, or one of the Mac PC emulators. I don't use anything too exotic in the Win32 API. The zip file contains a couple dozen programs to try out. Background: What is the 2200? It was first announced by Wang Computers in 1971 or so, and was a dedicated BASIC-only machine. It is a TTL-based CPU that had ROM'd microcode to implement the BASIC interpreter. The BASIC is interesting in that it is ideosyncratic: weak in some areas (statically sized string variables), very strong in others (MAT SORT anyone?).

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WTD: NEC V20 Hardware Manual, IBM PC schematics

by philpem＠dsl.pipex.com

Hi, I'm trying to track down a copy of the NEC V20 Hardware Manual. I've managed to find a PDF version of the Software (programming) Manual, but the Hardware Manual (which, typically, is filled with the info I need to get this thing running) is a pain in the neck to find, especially now the V20 is classified as obsolete by NEC. I'm also after a copy of the schematics for the original IBM PC-AT and PC-XT. Anyone got a set they can scan or photocopy for me? Thanks. -- Phil. philpem(a)dsl.pipex.com http://www.philpem.dsl.pipex.com/

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RS/6000 Console Help

by steven_nikkel＠ertyu.org

I just obtained an RS/6000 C20 and am having problems getting access to the serial console. I know the null cable and terminal I'm using works, but I can't get anything to display. It runs through its post and ends up with c20 on the front panel display, I don't know if its booted up correctly and displaying its name or stalled at an error. Help!

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Surplus VAX and other mainframe equipment for sell

by terryf＠intersurf.com

Gentlemen: I live in Baton Rouge and had reason to visit Surplus Solutions today. Surplus Solutions is a seller on ebay for used comp equipment and has VERY low prices (especially when you don't have to pay freight). I was talking to the owner regarding mainframe systems and asked if they had any. He replied "they don't move well on ebay, but I do have some old main frame stuff, including several pallets of VAX" What doesn't sell on ebay gets scrapped. He also said he would try relisting some of the stuff He does not have an inventory list, all they do is ebay, however he said they do accept inquiries via phone or email, do sell direct and would welcome my posting this, along with any inquiries regarding the stuff. They are "SurplusSolutions" on ebay, do a seller search and you will hit on dozens of pages of listings. I AM IN NO WAY AFFILIATED WITH THIS COMPANY, I do however share in the belief that a lot of this old stuff should not meet the scrappers. I may be contacted off list if needed, to possibly help with pickups or storage or possibly get a picture or two of something (if I can convince them to allow it). Sorry, I don't have their phone or email handy, you'll need to get it off ebay Terry Freeman terryf(a)cox.net

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Manual "Practical Microprocessors" wanted

by glenslick＠hotmail.com

I will try to make a weekend project out of typing in the ROM listing from the source in the manual and then post it somewhere. -Glen >Glen, does the book have the assembly source for the ROM? That would be >useful to have, if it isn't entirely too much trouble to type in.

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Fairlight (was Re: Synertek 6507)

by mross666＠hotmail.com

>Isn't that how the Fairlight CMI (Computer Musical Instrument) works? >Only with 6800s instead of 6502/6507? Does anyone on the list have >a CMI? Something like that... the original CMI certainly has a pair of 6800s... I'd need to RTFM to remind myself how they interacted. I have one - an original Mark I CMI, probably my favourite 'small' system, see: http://www.corestore.org/fl2.htm (page of detail thumbnails) and http://www.corestore.org/fairlight.jpg (nice LARGE pic of whole system) It's in pretty-near perfect shape, and works very nicely! The software they managed to implement on a pair of 6800s is one of the most truly awesome hacks I've ever seen. I'll bring it to the next VCF-East... I'm in process of doing a proper web page about it. Mike http://www.corestore.org _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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