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

by aek＠spies.com

here are parts compatible with 7611's 256*4 +------+ A6 |1 16| Vcc A5 |2 15| A7 A4 |3 14| CE2/ A3 |4 13| CE1/ A0 |5 12| O1 A1 |6 11| O2 A2 |7 10| O3 GND|8 9| O4 +------+ Signetics MMI TI Harris Raytheon AMD National Intel --------- --- -- ------ -------- --- -------- ----- TS 82S129 (50ns) 6301-1 24S10 7611-5 29661 27S21 74S287 3621 82S129A(27ns) 63S141 - 7611A - 27S21A - - Intersil Fujitsu -------- ------- 7052

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Some people need help!

by MTPro＠aol.com

Hello, I received both of these message yesterday and I cannot help the people. Anyone have an answer for them? Please respond driectly to them and not me, thanks: ----------------------------------------------- I am looking for a converter to convert some old Wordstar documents. I'm wondering if you might have one handy and could email it here (Sydney, Australia). Or else, do you have any idea where I could get one on the web. I have had a search but with little precise luck. It looks like Microsoft offers a massive 12+ Mb solution to everything which likely would contain it. I will come at that if needs be but thought I'd first try to just get a simple worstar-only translator if I can. Years ago I used to have such things myself but I no longer could locate it now. Kind Regards John Byrnes, Geologist byrnesj(a)minerals.nsw.gov.au ----------------------------------------------- Ref: xerox computer/ser.#m92-013062/1983/bios ver. 5.00 Would you have any info on this machine? I am not certain if it works so I need to obtain it's original operating system or at least a start-up disk. I would like to try and move it for a friend. He has a pawn shop, and this is a case where he got the shaft. A little joke. He is a fair person as far as I can see, and I just want to help him if I can. Any help you might send my way about this machine would be helpful. All it has as far as a model is xerox both on the monitor, and the cpu. I needed to type aa: to get it to recognize the floppy drive of which it has two 51/4" drives. The monitor is connected to the cpu with two wide insulated ribbon cables. the serial, parallel, and keyboard ports are at the back of the monitor at the bottom. It is a different configuration than I am used to, but it seems to work. I don't believe it has a hard drive, but I haven't taken the hood off to check. The drives search the disks I have put in, but to no avail. I think it might be that cm/p operating system, like the old kpro I have, but there again I am not certain. I hope that what info I have given is sufficient to identify this machine. Thanks , Jimmy Dean Fisher ,phydauex56(a)yahoo.com

23 years, 11 months

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Mac Portable problems

by RCini＠congressfinancial.com

Hello, all: I decided to pull-out my Mac Portable to charge it after it being on the shelf for about 1 year. I put the battery in and plugged in the power adapter. As soon as I insert the battery, the unit immediately starts up but doesn't boot and I get lots of vertical lines on the screen (in no discernable pattern). I know that the screen has a few defective rows near the bottom but had no other issues the last time I used it. It wasn't stored in extreme temperatures (either cold or warm). I hope that some of the screen drivers didn't go flaky on me. Since I haven't used it in a while, I've forgotten a lot about it. Does this have a reset button on it? Any thoughts on what else to look for? Rich ========================== Richard A. Cini, Jr. Congress Financial Corporation 1133 Avenue of the Americas 30th Floor New York, NY 10036 (212) 545-4402 (212) 840-6259 (facsimile)

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How to Print CD Label

by jhfinepw4z＠compsys.to

I need some help with a ".tif" file. A scan was made of a CD label. The label can be printed on a laser printer and the result is great, but in the wrong position. I am a dummy using Windows 98 SE. When I use Windows Explorer and click on the file name, up comes the image of the label. It can be rotated, but there does not seem to be anything that will allow me to move the image sideways nor down so that the image is printed on top of the label. Can anyone suggest what I need to do? 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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Classic Assumption

by doc＠mdrconsult.com

Hey. This is sort of long, but relates a major wake-up call for me. I have a J-Series RS/6000 7013-560 that I rescued from Goodwill awhile back. It's an awesome machine, and one of my favorites. My company works occasionally with/for a firm who produces traveling AIX classes. They move machines from city to city, doing one-week IBM curricula. About 15-18 months ago, their shippers lost 8 of 12 machines on the way to San Antonio. My boss & I rented them all our equipment - 6 RS6ks and a couple of terminals - for a week to keep the class from folding. The 560 went, against my better judgment. When the computers came home, the first thing I did was reinstall a clean OS on each one. It's amazing how many ways students can hose an install. The 560 stays on 4.3.2, for sentimental reasons. It wouldn't load properly. The BOS would install with no errors, and come up on reboot to a 554 error code. Unable to find bootable device. I swapped drives, I reset jumpers, I verified termination, I unplugged everything that spins. I even found a replacement IBM CD-ROM. I eventually narrowed it down to the SCSI cable. (A J-box internal SCSI cable is a nightmare to behold, and hell to replace. Let alone _find_ one) Last week I picked up a 520 and swapped the cable, then the SCSI adapter. Same problem. The 520 also came with full hardware docs and diagnostic floppy set, so I ran a full suite. Everything checked out, except for that 554 error. I finally decided to load v3.2.5, which also came with the 520, just because. When I pulled the 4.3.2 CD out of the caddy, where it's lived for 2 years, I found an ugly little dob of some pink gel on the data side. I cleaned the disk, put it back, installed AIX v4.3.2 on my 560, and it's running happily right now. I get so accustomed to old hardware having issues, and especially after it had been transported, and unsupervised lusers had their hands on it, that I completely bypassed some elementary checkpoints and lost the use of my machine for a year. Bah. I'd feel like an idiot if it wasn't so, ummm, "classic". Doc

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ST-225 help needed

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

---------- > From: geoffr(a)zipcon.net > To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org > Cc: geoffr(a)zipcon.net > Subject: Re: Re: ST-225 help needed > Date: Monday, July 22, 2002 10:48 PM > > http://www.aquascape.com/theref/controllers/layouts/cs_wd1002s-wx2.html > > this will give you the setup for your card :) > Okay, the drawing show settings for Rev G and Rev H BIOS -- anyone know how I can tell which version these cards have? Thanks -- Glen 0/0 If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if not now, when? -- Pirkei Avot

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Help with New Find

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

Picked up a Victor Comptometer Duolectric today at a auction for free and I can't locate any info on it. I tried to google but got nothing but info on the company not the machine. Anyone know of a source for information on this model? Also got a Nintendo Virtual Boy ($6), Mac Color Classic ($10), Mac Centris 650 (free), and a Toshiba Satellite Pro ($1).

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ST-225 help needed

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

Hope someone can help . . . I have two Seagate ST-225 drives and a WD1002SWX2A controller. Both drives have previously lived in XT-class DOS-based PCs. One of the drives is bootable, the other is not. What I need to do is set both drives up in the same PC, booting from the bootable drive (duh) so that I can extract the data from the non-bootable drive. The object of the game is to move the data to a modern (Duron-based) system. I can't boot from a floppy disk drive due to a fault in the motherboard, but I do have a SCSI controller and hard drive in the XT system. I can move the SCSI drive to the newer system once I can get to the data on the non-bootable ST-225. What is the proper configuration for the ST-225 drives and the WD controller? Any help is greatly appreciated. Glen 0/0 If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if not now, when? -- Pirkei Avot

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DEC Manuals Available

by Mzthompson＠aol.com

The following manuals are available. The cost listed with each manual is just to cover mailing costs. If you want one of these: 1) Send an email reserving your manual(s) *** US destinations only *** 2) I will email you to confirm your reservation (or to say sorry, too late) 3) After confirmation of your reservation, send the funds (cash, check, or stamps) to cover the cost of mailing. Title: VT320 Installation & User's Guide P/N: EK-VT320-UG-001 Quant: 2 Cost: $3 Title: TZK10 Cartridge Tape Drive; User Guide P/N: EK--TZK10-OG-001 Quant: 1 Cost: $2 TZK12 525mb SCSI Tape Drive; Installation Guide - 2 copies P/N: EK-XATAA-IG.001 Quant: 2 Cost: $2 Title: VR320 Color Monitor - Installation & User's Guide P/N: EK-VR320-IN-001 Quant: 2 Cost: $2 Title: DECserver 200 Hardware Installation/Owner's Guide P/N: EK-D200C-IN-001 Quant: 2 Cost: $3 Title: Ultrix Basic Installation Guide P/N: AA-PBL0A-TE Quant: 1 Cost: $3 Mike

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Adaptec ACB-4070 was Re: ST-225 help needed

by erd_6502＠yahoo.com

--- Joe <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com> wrote: > At 09:12 PM 7/22/02 -0700, you wrote: > > > >--- Joe <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com> wrote: > >> At 06:26 PM 7/22/02 -0700, Ethan wrote: > >> >--- Don Maslin <donm(a)cts.com> wrote: > >> >> ...I see no reason why a regular SCSI > >> >> drive could not be installed in lieu of the ACB-4070 and ST-411/506 > >> >> interface drive. > >> so the host has to "know" the geometry, > >> > >> Hmmm. But how do you tell it the geometry? > > > >That entirely depends on the software/firmware on the host. > > This is on a CPM machine so the program isn't that fancy. But I was > reading through the manual again last night and it says that the source > code for the HD install program was included so that you could modify it > for the particular drive. I don't have that file with my stuff so I'll > have to search for it. That would be essential I would think. Almost certainly, the expected drive geometry is embedded in the partitioning software which may or may not be tightly coupled with the low-level formatting software you reference above. With source code, you could turn off any features you don't want, and change the tables as needed (although you *could* just ignore the rest of the drive and only use the first few megs; unlike an ST506/ST412/ESDI/SMD drive, modern SCSI and IDE drives present a virtual model of tracks and sectors because they have a variable number of sectors per track and you can't easily *know* what physical cylinder you are on). In a similar vein, between myself and some folks in Michigan, Finland and Germany, we've managed to tweak the partition tables for a Commodore D9090 disk drive which happens to have an OMTI SASI<->ST506 bridge controller so that it can use other drives like the ST225. One project that I have on my long-term plate is to tweak the ROMs to handle embedded SCSI drives (the formatting and partitioning software is *in* the drive and run by one of its two microprocessors; the PET is completely out of the loop - it just sends a "N0:diskname,nn" command to the drive and the drive does all the hard work). It's not exactly the same situation, but there are similarities - you have to understand the formatter to know what changes are needed. > >> >Additionally, whatever (low level) formatting software comes with the > >> >host might or not might not work with an embedded drive... > Since whatever replacement drive that I get will most likely come from > a MS-DOS machine I'll almost certainly have to LL format it. Even more so > since CPM only handles ~8 Mb partitions. According to the manual I > SHOULD have both the LL formatting program and something equivelent to > NEWFS. Again I don't know if I actually have the files. I got a large > box of SW with the system but loaned it to someone and now he can't find > it. Generally speaking, you only have to LL format an embedded SCSI disk if you are trying to whack and refresh the bad block table because the disk is aging or you need a different sector size. LL formatting has to be done *before* partitioning; it's not the _same_ as partitioning. Think of it this way - in the PC/XT DOS world, you LL format an ST225 drive with debug the command "G=C800:5" that jumps into the controller's BIOS You partition with fdisk, and you high-level format with "FORMAT". Three seperate steps. If your embedded drive works on some other system, you can probably jump right to "partition" under CP/M, unless for some strange reason, you can't use 512 byte sectors (almost certainly what your SCSI drive has on it now, but I _have_ seen other sizes in non-Intel systems) > What do you think of trying to use some kind of removeable media > drive such as an IOMEGA ZIP drive or an old Syquest drive? Should be no different to your host than any other embedded drive. I don't know about LUN issues, but I wouldn't expect them. I have both a SCSI ZIP and a 44MB SQ555 (just got a stack of cartridges from the Micro Center for $3 each, new off the bargain table!) and have had no compatibility problems on Suns or Amigas or Macs or PeeCees (would love to try them out on a PDP-8 but I'm still searching for an OMNIBUS SCSI controller). > Thanks for your advice. I'll look for a SCSI drive to try our in it. I > may contact you again if I run into other problems. No problem. Good luck. -ethan P.S. - found an interesting historical document on Segate controllers and drives at http://www.mm.mtu.edu/drives/seagate/misc/pc_hints.txt If you didn't used to have to mess with PeeCee drives 10-15 years ago, there's some good information in there. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com

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HP-HIL update

by roosmcd＠dds.nl

You've just got to love Google: "You can! The 715/80 has both HIL and PS/2 signals in this 10 pin connector. Here's the pinout of the adapter box (no guarantee, of course): | Pin Signal | Workstation HIL PS2 Mouse PS2 Kbd ----------------+---------------------------------------- HIL +12V | 1 1 HIL SI | 2 2 HIL SO | 3 3 GND | 4 4 3 3 PS2 Mouse Clock | 5 5 PS2 Mouse Data | 6 1 GND | 7 3 3 PS2 Kbd Data | 8 1 PS2 Kbd Clock | 9 5 PS2 +5V | 10 4 4 " So that's what inside the UKP 19.50 cable.. Can anyone please confirm if this really works? Or if it just blows up your workstation (pictures!). It looks like my C110 doesn't have all the pins in the HP-HIL socket. greetings, Michiel

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COMM180 docs

by r.stek＠snet.net

Joe - I found a copy of the COMM180 Technical Manual Release 1.0 dated 1985. It's about 60 pages long. Is this what you have? What specifically were you looking for? Bob Stek Saver of Lost Sols

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Todays Find - answer to Mac Question

by mythtech＠mac.com

>The Mac in that lot was a Performa 578 and was on my list to look for. In >one of the other lots I got two Performa 5200CD's, one in bad shape but will >be used for parts. Also one of the bidders there seen me getting all the Mac >stuff and went to his truck and came back with a Performa 635CD and gave it >to me for free. Doesn't that put you like 3 Macs away from having one of each? Lucky dog -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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ST-225 help needed

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

---------- > From: Gene Buckle <geneb(a)deltasoft.com> > To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: ST-225 help needed > Date: Monday, July 22, 2002 5:27 PM > > Is the motherboard old enough to have the switch block that tell it how > many floppy drives are connected? > > g. Yes! But, I don't know how to set the switches. If I do a "DIR A:" the drive spins and DOS ultimately reports "Error reading Drive A" Thanks again -- Glen 0/0 If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if not now, when? -- Pirkei Avot

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ST-225 help needed

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

---------- > From: Gene Buckle <geneb(a)deltasoft.com> > To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: ST-225 help needed > Date: Monday, July 22, 2002 5:24 PM > > You might also try doing "g=c800:5" from debug to enter the controller rom > and see if there is a setup you have to perform. > > g. > Thanks Gene -- that didn't occur to me. I'll try it tomorrow. Later -- Glen 0/0 If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if not now, when? -- Pirkei Avot

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ST-225 help needed

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

---------- > From: Marvin Johnston <marvin(a)rain.org> > To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: ST-225 help needed > Date: Monday, July 22, 2002 5:08 PM > > > One way to actually see if the HD is being recognized by the system is > to use fdisk, option 4 (display ...). If fdisk doesn't see it, then > there is a hardware problem someplace ... bad cable, wrong jumper > settings on the HD and/or controller, bad HD controller, bad HD, etc. FDISK sees only one drive. > If there is a motherboard problem, why not just use an AT motherboard > with the CMOS set to no drives? Besides being able to read the HDs, you > will be able to use high density floppys. The other MBs I have here are all '486 and higher and do not recognize the controller card (I have two identical cards). > I don't recall the parameters for your HD controller ... the older ones > needed to have a jumper set on the controller for each drive, while some > of the newer ones did that with software and some information put on the > HD itself. This controller has jumpers. > How do you know the motherboard is a fault for not being able to read > the 360K drive? Because I replaced the FDD controller and floppy disk drive with known good units, and still cannot read any floppy diskette. Thanks -- Glen 0/0 If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if not now, when? -- Pirkei Avot

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ST-225 help needed

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

---------- > From: Gene Buckle <geneb(a)deltasoft.com> > To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: ST-225 help needed > Date: Monday, July 22, 2002 5:03 PM > > Have you verified the usual things, like making sure there is a > terminating resistor pack on the last drive in the chain? Yup. > You've got the > drive select jumpers correctly set? Yup. > What about the two data cables? 0 > going to drive 0 and 1 going to drive 1? Yup. > Does the control cable have the > correct twist to it? (afaik, the control & floppy cables had the same > number of lines, but the twist was different between them) Yup. The problem *must* be that the controller is not configured to recognize that there are two drives. Thanks -- Glen 0/0 If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if not now, when? -- Pirkei Avot

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ST-225 help needed

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

> From: Don Maslin <donm(a)cts.com> > To: classiccmp <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> > Subject: Re: ST-225 help needed > Date: Monday, July 22, 2002 3:53 PM > > > Is the WD controller the same one that the drives running on in the XT? > If not, it is possible that you will not be able to boot/read the > drives. It is the same controller that originally wrote the data to the drives. > Assuming that this is not a problem, and assuming that you are using a > cable with a twist, both drives should be set as the second DS and the > bootable one should be connected beyond the twist. Be sure that you > connect the proper 20 pin connectors to the appropriate drives. No problem there. Both drives are set to second channel, and the cable has a twist, but the controller does not see the second drive. Now I need to know how to configure this controller for a dual-drive setup. > Set > the BIOS to no hard drives and let the BIOS on the controller handle > the drives. Boot 'er up. Hmm, no BIOS setup program on XT-class machines ;>) > Hopefully, you will be able to write to a floppy, or it might be > difficult to save your data from the data disk. Actually, the system can't write to a floppy, but the system does recognize a SCSI drive connected to an 8-bit controller, so I can move the data to the SCSI drive and then put the SCSI drive into a system with a usable floppy drive. Thanks -- Glen 0/0

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ST-225 help needed

by acme_ent＠bellsouth.net

---------- > From: Marvin Johnston <marvin(a)rain.org> > To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: ST-225 help needed > Date: Monday, July 22, 2002 5:09 PM > > > OH, and speaking of the cable, are you using a twisted HD cable and NOT > a floppy disk cable? The difference it the twist is closer to the edge > on the HD cable than the floppy cable. It's a twisted HDD cable. Thanks -- Glen 0/0 If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if not now, when? -- Pirkei Avot

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whole collection of TRS computers FA on E-bay

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

A whole LOT of stuff there! <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2039902454> Joe

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Fwd: Old Computer seeking new home (IBM Pr Jr., NW Chicago)

by jfoust＠threedee.com

>From: Nkjvcjs(a)aol.com >Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 17:19:52 EDT >Subject: Old Computer seeking new home >To: jfoust(a)threedee.com > >I am looking for a new home for my IBM PC jr. I don't have room for it anymore, but It was my first computer that my daddy got for me when I was 4 years old, so I can't bear to throw it away. >It is currently hooked up and working. >It is the PC jr system with the 64kb internal memory expansion, the power attachment, two memory expansion sidecars and the printer parallel port attachment. It is the system with the internal modem. It also has the corded keyboard and color monitor, and dot matrix printer. >I also have the basic cartridge and manual; DOS 5&1/2 floppies and manual; IBM writing assistant & IBM filing assistant with manuals; and Exploring the IBM PC jr floppies & manuals. >I don't want any money or anything for it, just to know that it is going to a good home. >I am in Illinois, Chicago western suburbs. Any help you can offer in finding it a new home would be appreciated. >Nicole

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FA: E & L Instruments Mini-Micro Designer Model MMD-1

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

Located in Oz but currently only $11 US. <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1749958797> The seller has two of them! <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1750561229>

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OT: the pinouts for a Mini-Din connector labled a/v out

by ghldbrd＠ccp.com

JUst came up with a Diamond Speedstar A70 video card and in addition to the usual 15 pin monitor jack, it has a seven pin mini-DI jack marked as A/V OUT. I presume this is an NTSC output, and I'm assuming that it may have a hardware MPEG decoder for DVD playback? I'm wondering if any of you guy know where I can get the break out cable for this plug, or at least the pinout so I can build one of my own. Gary Hildebrand St. Joseph, MO

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VRE01/VT1200 pictures

by mrbill＠mrbill.net

For those of you who've never seen a VT1200 with a VRE01 plasma display: http://gallery.mrbill.net/view_album.php?set_albumName=vre01 The "darker orange" colors are closer to what it actually looks like. I was able to get these pictures after switching to "full spectrum" compact flourescent bulbs in the computer room. The pictures where the display appears "yellow" are from when I had one of the GE Reveal bulbs up overhead. Interesting how it makes a difference. Bill -- Bill Bradford mrbill(a)mrbill.net Austin, TX

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Query as to Frieden calculator value

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

Just received an old Frieden electro-mechanical calculator from the estate of a family member. There's some sentimental attachment to it so I'm not looking to sell it. However, I am somewhat curious as to what it may be worth. It is in perfect working (and cosmetic) condition. Model is SBT10. Any of the calculator oriented list members have any idea? Jay West

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next batch of things to sell/give away

by fernande＠internet1.net

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

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new retro computing

by bfranchuk＠jetnet.ab.ca

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

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Fwd: Old vaxes available

by doc＠mdrconsult.com

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

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

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

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

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

by fmc＠reanimators.org

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

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Intel 8291 was Re: semi-OT

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

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

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

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

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

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New (but selling used) computer shop, and hauls

by Mzthompson＠aol.com

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

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whole collection of TRS computers FA on E-bay

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

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

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NES Special Cartridge Finds

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

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

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SGI IRIS 1400 (longish)

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

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

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

by felten＠vaxnet.de

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

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

by glenslick＠hotmail.com

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

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

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

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

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List Change Updates

by lists＠subatomix.com

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

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

by GOOI＠oce.nl

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

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Indianapolis Hamfest Haul

by Mzthompson＠aol.com

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

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Latest Haul^H^H^H^H Delivery

by Mzthompson＠aol.com

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

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

by aek＠spies.com

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

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HP cassette equivalents?

by foo＠siconic.com

Didn't we discuss a while back that HP82167 data carthridges were the equivalent of some other type that is still on the market? These would be for the HP 82161A drive. Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org * Old computing resources for business and academia at www.VintageTech.com *

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HP9000 model 710 workstation(Apollo 700).

by geoffr＠zipcon.net

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

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manuals was Re: HP 1600A State analyzer available

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

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

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

by aek＠spies.com

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

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

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

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

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

by r.stek＠snet.net

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

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