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

by BHuntsman＠mail2.cu-portland.edu

I know there aren't too many S/390 hobbyists on this list, but anyone know where I could land a 9033 Model 4 ESCON director, plus console, and hopefully manuals and the console software? And maybe an ACF and pedestal stand for a 3590? Thanks in advance! -Ben

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Wanted: Kaypro 16 disks

by eastside＠charter.net

Still looking for these? Thanks Greg Lucido Eastside Realty Services/Condobilling 4611 E Anaheim St #C Long Beach, Ca. 90804 562-494-1710 562-494-1329 FAX

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Wanted: Kaypro 16 disks

by eastside＠charter.net

Are you still looking for the kaypro disks? Thanks Greg Lucido Eastside Realty Services/Condobilling 4611 E Anaheim St #C Long Beach, Ca. 90804 562-494-1710 562-494-1329 FAX

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Control Data CDC Plato system available in Minneapolis

by tosteve＠yahoo.com

Matt writes: --------------------------------------- I have an old Control Data Plato computer and am trying to determine the best way to sell it and value.??I wouldn't feel right throwing it away. Located in Minneapolis, MN. matt at minnesotahometeam.com ???? ---------------------------------------

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Looking for AIM65 rom image

by dm561＠torfree.net

----- Original Message ----- > > Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 11:44:16 -0400 > From: Richard Cini <rich.cini at verizon.net> > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"> > Faster typing than me! > > The ROMs are 2532 so you will need to make a little adapter or get 2532 > chips from your favorite vintage electronics supplier or eBay. > > Rich Cini > Sent from my iPhone ----- Reply: Sorry about duplicating info about your excellent site; digest mode dontcha know... Just wanted to add that the later Dynatem AIM65 versions had a pair of jumpers for each ROM to select 2532/2732. As Ethan said, it's a trivial mod to use 2732s but Jim Brain does sell adapters; as a side note, I've used one of his adapters to combine all four language ROMs into one chip, selectable with a DIP switch (with the low mem part of Pascal loded into expanded RAM).

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Looking for AIM65 rom image

by dm561＠torfree.net

----- Original message: > Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 14:44:32 +0200 > From: Simon Claessen <simski at dds.nl> > > Hello all, > > we at hack42.nl just got our first AIM65 together with a SYM-1. the AIM > has custom roms, but it would be nice to have a standard version as > well. we have a eprom programmer, althoug it might be too new to service > 4k eproms... anyway, we are looking for rom images for this machine. > -- > Met vriendelijke Groet, > > Simon Claessen > drukknop.nl ----- Reply: Rich Cini has a pretty complete set of documentation and images on his most excellent site: http://www.classiccmp.org/cini/systems.htm -Standard ROMS -Assembler -BASIC -FORTH -PL/65 -Pascal (note that Pascal requires RAM or ROM at $4000-$7FFF)

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Pdp11 2.11bsd floppy direct access

by roe＠liveblockauctions.com

I'm trying to figure out how to access an rx33 floppy disk on a pdp11/83 without going through the disklabel process. It would be nice if I could write a tar archive to a floppy with my Linux system, and extract it on the 11/83. Unfortunately, since the rx33 looks like any other MSCP disk to unix, it doesn't seem to want to access the floppy unless a disklabel (and file system) is present. I'm sure there must be some way to get actual raw access to the floppy drive under 2.11bsd, but I can't seem to figure it out, and I've spent some time looking through the ra device driver source. Frustration levels are high -:) Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

12 years, 3 months

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Annual cross country hauling requests

by wdonzelli＠gmail.com

The time has come up once again for me to cross the country, New York to California and back, and points in between, during the April and May timeframe. As usual, I am looking for opportunities to fund the trip by hauling equipment for people. I already have some deals in the works, but could probably use some more (especially in the return leg of the journey). Prices for my services are very reasonable, and I know how to handle classic computers in a nice safe manner, unlike many general freight shippers. So, please think about this and send me a note off list with any sorts of potential pickups and deliveries, and I will see if and how they can be worked into the plan. There is also a very good chance I will be making a trip or two to Chicago (from New York), and would have space going West. This might happen as soon as the snow clears up, before the big trip. -- Will

12 years, 3 months

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HP-2000 stuff from Arizona needed.

by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com

HP-2000 stuff from Arizona needed. Please - anyone with photos or old papers from phoenix union HS district computer info? I have found more stuff but need to add more orig or scanned or 3d objects The centerpiece in the display is the 2116 that was from their hp-2000a timeshare system. We also have a collection build around the HP 2000 that Maricopa community college district used too. Drop us a note off list please . Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC

12 years, 3 months

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Goodwill Computer Museum online catalog

by aek＠bitsavers.org

FYI http://db.goodwillcomputermuseum.org/providence/pawtucket/index.php

12 years, 3 months

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IBM HDD sled anyone?

by f.helyanvy＠gmail.com

Hello! I need a HDD sled [ I have the HDD already] for Loviatar [http://olatheskunk.pl/computers/Loviatar.html]. For those, who doesn't want to click: Loviatar is how I call my IntelliStation POWER 275. I got it for free last year, just had to transport it across country. If anyone has unnecessary sled that is compatible with it' I'd like to get it. [Of course unless this will cost $5000 ;) ] (-) Ola Hughson

12 years, 3 months

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*FREE* TK-50 cartridges

by lproven＠gmail.com

Not a single bid at one penny on eBay, so does anyone want to save a few of these from the bin? I have a box of about 25 TK-50s here, mostly 3M brand ones. No idea of working condition. Happy to send anywhere in the world for the cost of postage. I have hundreds of jiffy bags (padded envelopes) so not even asking for a donation for packaging - just post at cost. Happy to send via surface post to keep costs down - it's generally about 2/3 the price of airmail. They're in London, UK and you can of course collect for free. Last time I mentioned these I had several requests but nobody's reappeared... -- Liam Proven * Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lproven at cix.co.uk * GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lproven at hotmail.com * Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 * Cell: +44 7939-087884

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Group buy for PDP-8/e/a/f/m 32K RAM kit ends Monday

by vrs＠msn.com

Just a reminder -- the money collection phase of the group buy ends at the end of the month. On Tuesday, I plan to place the board and component orders based on whatever I've received by then. We have 42 paid units for the group buy so far, an excellent response! There are still three folks who expressed interest, but have not paid. If you want one of these, now is the time! Here are the details again, in case you need them: The 32K RAM kit is for an Omnibus card that should work in the PDP-8/e, 8/f, 8/m, and 8/a: - Complete kit, including battery, PCB and parts. Soldering required. Includes IC sockets for the RAM kit, but not for the prototype area. - The amount is $95, including shipping. If you are outside the USA, please add $20 for shipping. - Please make Paypal payment to this email address. It will show my wife's name, Hildebrand. (My initials are vrs, and that email is just my initials at msn.com.) - Ordering for this project will close March 31, 2014. - The kits are expected to ship by May 8th. (Long PCB turn time is used to keep the price down.) - Please allow up to 10-days for delivery. Some features of the kit: - Battery backup with long life. - Inhibit on power fail to prevent memory corruption. - Easy to build, with all through-hole parts. - Provides full 32K memory in a single card slot. - Cooperation with any mix of core memory or ROM boards. - Compatibility with the Omnibus. - Most of the full Omnibus board area is laid out for prototyping. - High quality board with gold fingers, plated holes, silk screen and solder-mask. You can read Steve's article about the prototype here: http://www.tronola.com/html/ram_for_pdp-8e.html Thanks, Vince PS I tried to send this yesterday, but it seems to have never arrived. Apologies if that version (or this one) appears after the end of the month.

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Vintage systems available in San Jose, California

by lists＠loomcom.com

Through a random eBay purchase, I found a nice little collection of stuff in San Jose, CA near 880/101. The owner's name is Tom Thinh, and he's got a 10'x20' (-ish) unit packed with stuff he's trying to sell. He says he's been collecting the stuff for years. He seems friendly and reasonable to haggle with as a businessman. I asked him if it would be OK to pass along his information to the list, he was happy for me to do so. While I was there picking up an AT&T Unix PC, I saw the following: - Another AT&T Unix PC. - Some AT&T 3B2's. - A stack of pizza-box VAXen of various types. - MicroVAX I or II in a BA-123 chassis (couldn't see the badge). - A Symbolics 3610 [NB: I saw a keyboard, but didn't see the Symbolics console anywhere, but he says he thinks he has it in there... somewhere] - A BeBox. - A small army of NeXTstation - both color and mono, lots of monitors and keyboards and sound boxes. Also a couple of printers in original boxes. - Amigas (at least one 2000 and a 4000 with video toaster). - VT100 terminal. - Several Data General 9-track tapes (what looked like an A/OS distribution? DG is not my strong suit). Lots more. That's just what I remember. There were also random PC things and parts and manuals and so forth. Anyway, if you're interested, you can contact Tom directly (not me!), voice or text, at 1-408-874-6471 -Seth

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Best wishes to the VCF East attendees

by jws＠jwsss.com

I hope you all document what you guys do, and the rest of us can look at photos and proceedings as you can put up. I'd also look in on a hangout, or look at webcam coverage if it is going to be up. thanks jim

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anyone with photos or old papers from phoenix union HS district computer info?

by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com

Please - anyone with photos or old papers from phoenix union HS district computer info? I have found more stuff but need to add more orig or scanned or 3d objects The centerpiece in the display is the 2116 that was from their hp-2000a timeshare system. We also have a collection build around the HP 2000 that Maricopa community college district used too. Drop us a note off list please . Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC In a message dated 4/2/2014 12:45:29 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk-request at classiccmp.org writes: Send cctalk mailing list submissions to cctalk at classiccmp.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.classiccmp.org/mailman/listinfo/cctalk or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to cctalk-request at classiccmp.org You can reach the person managing the list at cctalk-owner at classiccmp.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of cctalk digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: CSC Hard Drive Bible, was Re: IDE and LBA support... Non-PC (allison) 2. Re: CSC Hard Drive Bible, was Re: IDE and LBA support... Non-PC (Chuck Guzis) 3. Re: CSC Hard Drive Bible, was Re: IDE and LBA support... Non-PC (steve shumaker) 4. Re: IBM 6-ring Field Engineering binders (Jacob Lindberg) 5. Re: WTD - 40-track (360K) 5.25in floppy drive (Liam Proven) 6. Re: *FREE* TK-50 cartridges (Liam Proven) 7. IBM HDD sled anyone? (Ola Hughson) 8. Re: IBM 6-ring Field Engineering binders (Al Kossow) 9. Re: IBM HDD sled anyone? (Liam Proven) 10. Re: IBM HDD sled anyone? (Liam Proven) 11. More kit for sale: PC 40t DD FDD, Apple Powerbook 170 (Liam Proven) 12. Re: IBM 6-ring Field Engineering binders (Jacob Lindberg) 13. Re: *FREE* TK-50 cartridges (Todd Goodman) 14. Re: *FREE* TK-50 cartridges (supervinx) 15. Re: *FREE* TK-50 cartridges (Liam Proven) 16. Vintage systems available in San Jose, California (Seth Morabito) 17. Re: Vintage systems available in San Jose, California (Adrian Graham) 18. Re: NeXT equipment up for sale (Gary Sparkes) 19. Re: IBM HDD sled anyone? (Ola Hughson) 20. Re: IBM HDD sled anyone? (Ola Hughson) 21. Re: *FREE* TK-50 cartridges (supervinx) 22. Re: Vintage systems available in San Jose, California (supervinx) 23. Re: Group buy for PDP-8/e/a/f/m 32K RAM kit ends Monday (John Wilson) 24. Re: Vintage systems available in San Jose, California (John H. Reinhardt) 25. Re: Vintage systems available in San Jose, California (SPC) 26. FREE: TLV320AIC3106 audio codec and Schmartboard (David Griffith) 27. Re: Pdp11 2.11bsd floppy direct access (Roe Peterson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 13:24:48 -0400 From: allison <ajp166 at verizon.net> To: cctech at classiccmp.org Subject: Re: CSC Hard Drive Bible, was Re: IDE and LBA support... Non-PC Message-ID: <533AF660.3000104 at verizon.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On 04/01/2014 12:31 PM, Al Kossow wrote: > On 4/1/14 9:27 AM, allison wrote: > >> I ended up testing about 20 drives and all under 420mb tested did not >> support LBA. >> > > And what models might they be? Other than the Prodrives you mentioned (over 250M and after 1995), St3660A, WD520MB (also dated coded 1995 or later). I had one 740 and one 820mb 2.5" that also did. And a segate(memory test) tidbit 2.5" thick (old laptop) drive that didn't do LBA but does 8bit transfer. I passed on all of them as I needed a minimum two and preferably the same. The 3660As and the Toshiba/IBMs fit the bill. The Toshibas were picked as they only needed 5V to simplify life further. The project is CP/M related. CPU will be Z80. Allison ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 10:34:54 -0700 From: Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: CSC Hard Drive Bible, was Re: IDE and LBA support... Non-PC Message-ID: <533AF8BE.9090300 at sydex.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed On 04/01/2014 09:52 AM, Fred Cisin wrote: > On Tue, 1 Apr 2014, Steven M Jones wrote: >> Reminds me of Corporate Systems Center's Hard Drive Bible. When I got a >> copy, it was a three-ring binder full of specs on MFM and ESDI drives. >> Looks like you can browse the 8th edition on Archive.org. Later versions (e.v. VIII) came with a CD also. Since I've never looked at the CD, I don't know what's on it. Perhaps Mike Farris' hard drive index has more information? http://mfarris.com/hard/1776.html --Chuck ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 12:34:45 -0700 From: steve shumaker <shumaker at att.net> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: CSC Hard Drive Bible, was Re: IDE and LBA support... Non-PC Message-ID: <533B14D5.4050505 at att.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed On 4/1/2014 9:52 AM, Fred Cisin wrote: >>> My mind isn't coming up with the name of the software or reference but >>> wasn't there a huge hardware database program with hundreds or >>> thousands of hard drive specs listed? Maybe that implies they're all >>> CHS though. I think the name was pretty simple though. Something >>> hardware Reference? Not that much help I know. >>> > "The-REF"? > > On Tue, 1 Apr 2014, Steven M Jones wrote: > >> Reminds me of Corporate Systems Center's Hard Drive Bible. When I got a >> copy, it was a three-ring binder full of specs on MFM and ESDI drives. >> Looks like you can browse the 8th edition on Archive.org. >> > The copy that I FPUIB'ed out last summer was a 1990 looseleaf(binder), > plus some loose printouts. > CSC also briefly put out an elegant hardcover edition. > > > Unfortunately, none of those MFM listings of cylinders and heads will help > with Allison's quest for an IDE drive with LBA. > > > -- > Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com > http://www.xenosoft.com/FPUIB > > and a mighty fine copy it is!!! steve ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 22:21:18 +0200 From: Jacob Lindberg <lindberg.jacob at gmail.com> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: IBM 6-ring Field Engineering binders Message-ID: <1F1563D9-3BAC-44E1-8112-1323A8EDB1B7 at gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I took a few photos of the books i have. Sorry about the bad picture quality. If anything is interesting i'll try scanning them this summer. I don't know if i have a scanner that is large enough to handle the field engineering book though.. i'll have to check that. 8" disk for scale. Bonus image of a system/34 operator panel. http://imgur.com/a/MUpid //Jacob 31 mar 2014 kl. 11:15 skrev Jerry Kemp - other <other at oryx.cc>: > +1 > > I would 2nd that request. I would love to see any System/34 or System/36 stuff. > > Jerry > > > On 03/28/14 05:23 PM, Benjamin Huntsman wrote: >> I have a few of the field engineering books, brand-new old stock, but not the 6-ring binder to put them in... >> >> Thanks though! The System/34 stuff would probably be great to have on bitsavers either way! >> >> -Ben >> ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 21:24:00 +0100 From: Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: WTD - 40-track (360K) 5.25in floppy drive Message-ID: <CAMTenCHpNzzOm+5xCn9-95LN0Evyza18A72oOWjVfZ0Suf2rXQ at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On 22 July 2013 01:25, Philip Pemberton <classiccmp at philpem.me.uk> wrote: > Hi guys, > > I'm trying to get my hands on a 5.25in double-sided 40 tracks per side > "360K" floppy drive with the Shugart or IBM PC 34-pin connector (either > edge connector or pin header is fine). Does anyone have a spare they'd > like to part with? Slight preference for Teac or Mitsubishi, but > anything will do at this point. > > I've checked Ebay, there are tons in the US (complete with "seller does > not ship internationally, don't even ask"), but the only ones I've seen > from UK sellers are parts scalpers wanting stupid money for them (?149 > "sold untested with no guarantee"? really?). > > A BBC Micro 40-track drive would also be fine -- as long as it's native > 40-track, not 40/80 track switchable or double-stepping (an 80-track > drive mated to a PCB which double-steps the head). Cumana, Viglen and a > few other companies made these, they were extremely common a few years ago. > > I'm on the verge of getting DiscFerret write support working (at least > for UNIX PC disks) but the sodding thing won't read anything my 80-track > drives have written! > I'd rather not borrow the 3B1's drive - the DiscFerret is experimental > and a benchtop lashup is hardly an ideal scenario. Pardon me for reviving an old thread, but I've found a 360kB drive in the garage. It's on eBay for an opening bid of 1p: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/-/271442092962 -- Liam Proven * Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lproven at cix.co.uk * GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lproven at hotmail.com * Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 * Cell: +44 7939-087884 ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 21:47:13 +0100 From: Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: *FREE* TK-50 cartridges Message-ID: <CAMTenCHc-fGxaiXJXFKRj=BJdVzPBHMu-fNfxJkN7FpFejA+Rw at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On 24 March 2014 21:22, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote: > Not a single bid at one penny on eBay, so does anyone want to save a > few of these from the bin? I have a box of about 25 TK-50s here, > mostly 3M brand ones. No idea of working condition. > > Happy to send anywhere in the world for the cost of postage. I have > hundreds of jiffy bags (padded envelopes) so not even asking for a > donation for packaging - just post at cost. > > Happy to send via surface post to keep costs down - it's generally > about 2/3 the price of airmail. > > They're in London, UK and you can of course collect for free. > > Last time I mentioned these I had several requests but nobody's reappeared... I should have guessed that this would happen. No bids, no watchers at 1p on eBay, so I offer them at free-for-the-postage and get a dozen people wanting them, including being willing to pay postage to half the world - France, Italy, South Africa and various bits of North America! So I am not sure how I can divide these up equitably. I'm not looking to make a profit here, just not throw them, and ideally, not post 20-odd tapes out individually. I would welcome suggestions, folks! But please, don't reply just to me - either to everyone, or better still, on the 2 mailing lists I posted the offer on - Sun-Rescue and ClassicCmp Talk. What do people think? Try to just divide them up equally, or what? -- Liam Proven * Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lproven at cix.co.uk * GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lproven at hotmail.com * Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 * Cell: +44 7939-087884 ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 23:10:13 +0200 From: Ola Hughson <f.helyanvy at gmail.com> To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Subject: IBM HDD sled anyone? Message-ID: <20140401231013.1a7ad4626e4fa20e96f86b1c at gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Hello! I need a HDD sled [ I have the HDD already] for Loviatar [http://olatheskunk.pl/computers/Loviatar.html]. For those, who doesn't want to click: Loviatar is how I call my IntelliStation POWER 275. I got it for free last year, just had to transport it across country. If anyone has unnecessary sled that is compatible with it' I'd like to get it. [Of course unless this will cost $5000 ;) ] (-) Ola Hughson ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 14:15:26 -0700 From: Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Subject: Re: IBM 6-ring Field Engineering binders Message-ID: <533B2C6E.6030007 at bitsavers.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed On 4/1/14 1:21 PM, Jacob Lindberg wrote: > I took a few photos of the books i have. Sorry about the bad picture quality. If anything is interesting i'll try scanning them this summer. > compare it with what's already up at http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/system34 before spending a whole lot of time on it. ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 22:19:43 +0100 From: Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: IBM HDD sled anyone? Message-ID: <CAMTenCFwXq2Zwhx3qPFJfb+AZjEUqmmKOY83NZZ++uoyDKpXcw at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On 1 April 2014 22:10, Ola Hughson <f.helyanvy at gmail.com> wrote: > Hello! > I need a HDD sled [ I have the HDD already] for Loviatar [http://olatheskunk.pl/computers/Loviatar.html]. > > For those, who doesn't want to click: Loviatar is how I call my IntelliStation POWER 275. I got it for free last year, just had to transport it across country. > > If anyone has unnecessary sled that is compatible with it' I'd like to get it. > > [Of course unless this will cost $5000 ;) ] > > (-) Any idea what it looks like? I have 1 or 2 lying around, mostly on old SCSI drives... -- Liam Proven * Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lproven at cix.co.uk * GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lproven at hotmail.com * Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 * Cell: +44 7939-087884 ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 22:20:27 +0100 From: Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: IBM HDD sled anyone? Message-ID: <CAMTenCExDcMAW04J_HnLaiFRydy7k9mkSTQZcMi3OEHjtimbww at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On 1 April 2014 22:10, Ola Hughson <f.helyanvy at gmail.com> wrote: > I need a HDD sled [ I have the HDD already] for Loviatar [http://olatheskunk.pl/computers/Loviatar.html]. Also, I see that you are looking for a Powerbook 170. As it happens, I just listed one on eBay, for 1p. :?) -- Liam Proven * Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lproven at cix.co.uk * GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lproven at hotmail.com * Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 * Cell: +44 7939-087884 ------------------------------ Message: 11 Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 22:22:15 +0100 From: Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: More kit for sale: PC 40t DD FDD, Apple Powerbook 170 Message-ID: <CAMTenCHUvGNPL=wb5MfTuny4-cVb47YKHqrAwhyuefyVxiPz6g at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 COPAL 5.25" 40-track DD (360kB) floppy drive http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271442092962 Apple Powerbook 170 (working) with maxed-out RAM, PSU & carry case http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271442171161 Apologies for the spam, but I've seen people looking for 360kB drives (sorry, Fred) before and I thought the Powerbook might be of interest here too... -- Liam Proven * Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lproven at cix.co.uk * GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lproven at hotmail.com * Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 * Cell: +44 7939-087884 ------------------------------ Message: 12 Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 23:38:33 +0200 From: Jacob Lindberg <lindberg.jacob at gmail.com> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: IBM 6-ring Field Engineering binders Message-ID: <3AB7EB90-C38E-4DCE-A366-485F66867CD1 at gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Thanks for that! it looks like almost everything is already there. //Jacob 1 apr 2014 kl. 23:15 skrev Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org>: > On 4/1/14 1:21 PM, Jacob Lindberg wrote: >> I took a few photos of the books i have. Sorry about the bad picture quality. If anything is interesting i'll try scanning them this summer. >> > > compare it with what's already up at http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/system34 before spending a whole lot of time on it. > > > > ------------------------------ Message: 13 Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 18:23:55 -0400 From: Todd Goodman <tsg at bonedaddy.net> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: *FREE* TK-50 cartridges Message-ID: <20140401222354.GM32381 at ns1.bonedaddy.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii * Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> [140401 16:51]: > On 24 March 2014 21:22, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote: > > Not a single bid at one penny on eBay, so does anyone want to save a > > few of these from the bin? I have a box of about 25 TK-50s here, > > mostly 3M brand ones. No idea of working condition. > > > > Happy to send anywhere in the world for the cost of postage. I have > > hundreds of jiffy bags (padded envelopes) so not even asking for a > > donation for packaging - just post at cost. > > > > Happy to send via surface post to keep costs down - it's generally > > about 2/3 the price of airmail. > > > > They're in London, UK and you can of course collect for free. > > > > Last time I mentioned these I had several requests but nobody's reappeared... > > I should have guessed that this would happen. No bids, no watchers at > 1p on eBay, so I offer them at free-for-the-postage and get a dozen > people wanting them, including being willing to pay postage to half > the world - France, Italy, South Africa and various bits of North > America! > > So I am not sure how I can divide these up equitably. I'm not looking > to make a profit here, just not throw them, and ideally, not post > 20-odd tapes out individually. I would welcome suggestions, folks! But > please, don't reply just to me - either to everyone, or better still, > on the 2 mailing lists I posted the offer on - Sun-Rescue and > ClassicCmp Talk. > > What do people think? Try to just divide them up equally, or what? I'll bow out since you have enough interest. Thanks! Todd ------------------------------ Message: 14 Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 00:46:25 +0200 From: supervinx <supervinx at libero.it> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: *FREE* TK-50 cartridges Message-ID: <1396392385.2312.0.camel at SVX-NOTEBOOK> Content-Type: text/plain Relist them on ebay and open the fox-chase :D ------------------------------ Message: 15 Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 00:08:00 +0100 From: Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: *FREE* TK-50 cartridges Message-ID: <CAMTenCHgkqVSDf-Mb_qvJriByyU3m+ZzzXQdwSkJocyXREfb1A at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On 1 April 2014 23:46, supervinx <supervinx at libero.it> wrote: > Relist them on ebay and open the fox-chase :D That is a /very/ tempting idea, it must be said! -- Liam Proven * Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lproven at cix.co.uk * GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lproven at hotmail.com * Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 * Cell: +44 7939-087884 ------------------------------ Message: 16 Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 19:41:47 -0400 From: Seth Morabito <lists at loomcom.com> To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Subject: Vintage systems available in San Jose, California Message-ID: <20140401234147.GA20814 at mail.loomcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Through a random eBay purchase, I found a nice little collection of stuff in San Jose, CA near 880/101. The owner's name is Tom Thinh, and he's got a 10'x20' (-ish) unit packed with stuff he's trying to sell. He says he's been collecting the stuff for years. He seems friendly and reasonable to haggle with as a businessman. I asked him if it would be OK to pass along his information to the list, he was happy for me to do so. While I was there picking up an AT&T Unix PC, I saw the following: - Another AT&T Unix PC. - Some AT&T 3B2's. - A stack of pizza-box VAXen of various types. - MicroVAX I or II in a BA-123 chassis (couldn't see the badge). - A Symbolics 3610 [NB: I saw a keyboard, but didn't see the Symbolics console anywhere, but he says he thinks he has it in there... somewhere] - A BeBox. - A small army of NeXTstation - both color and mono, lots of monitors and keyboards and sound boxes. Also a couple of printers in original boxes. - Amigas (at least one 2000 and a 4000 with video toaster). - VT100 terminal. - Several Data General 9-track tapes (what looked like an A/OS distribution? DG is not my strong suit). Lots more. That's just what I remember. There were also random PC things and parts and manuals and so forth. Anyway, if you're interested, you can contact Tom directly (not me!), voice or text, at 1-408-874-6471 -Seth ------------------------------ Message: 17 Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 01:02:47 +0100 From: Adrian Graham <witchy at binarydinosaurs.co.uk> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: Vintage systems available in San Jose, California Message-ID: <CF611237.45101%witchy at binarydinosaurs.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" On 02/04/2014 00:41, "Seth Morabito" <lists at loomcom.com> wrote: > Through a random eBay purchase, I found a nice little collection of > stuff in San Jose, CA near 880/101. The owner's name is Tom Thinh, > and he's got a 10'x20' (-ish) unit packed with stuff he's trying to > sell. He says he's been collecting the stuff for years. He seems > friendly and reasonable to haggle with as a businessman. I asked him > if it would be OK to pass along his information to the list, he was > happy for me to do so. > > While I was there picking up an AT&T Unix PC, I saw the following: > > - Another AT&T Unix PC. > - Some AT&T 3B2's. > - A stack of pizza-box VAXen of various types. > - MicroVAX I or II in a BA-123 chassis (couldn't see the badge). > - A Symbolics 3610 [NB: I saw a keyboard, but didn't see the Symbolics > console anywhere, but he says he thinks he has it in there... > somewhere] > - A BeBox. > - A small army of NeXTstation - both color and mono, > lots of monitors and keyboards and sound boxes. Also > a couple of printers in original boxes. > - Amigas (at least one 2000 and a 4000 with video toaster). > - VT100 terminal. > - Several Data General 9-track tapes (what looked like > an A/OS distribution? DG is not my strong suit). I wasn't going to read this, then I did. Then I wished I hadn't. Wrong side of the Pond :/ -- Adrian/Witchy Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer collection? ------------------------------ Message: 18 Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 21:51:59 -0400 From: Gary Sparkes <mokuba at gmail.com> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: NeXT equipment up for sale Message-ID: <CAH5WRh4UhVYF0YP3tay9LUEN5qtVKHiy28uHbDDi1YP2LTOY1Q at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I'm not aware of him, but please forward my info to him. That'd be great. On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 5:21 AM, Jerry Kemp - other <other at oryx.cc> wrote: > Hello Gary, > > I'm not sure if you are aware of Mr. Bill from the Sun Rescue list. > > He's a great guy who has done a lot of great things in saving older > systems and assisting lots of people. > > He (Mr. Bill) had recently announced that he had wanted a NeXT cube for > quite some time. > > Unless you inbox gets over flooded with request for your cube, I might > request that you give Mr. Bill first chance at your cube if he is > interested. > > Thank you, > > Jerry > > > > On 03/29/14 11:02 AM, Gary Sparkes wrote: > >> More of the great purge ... >> >> NeXTcube, 25mhz 68040 - one ram bank not filled. >> >> Needs a paint job (dinged and scratched up but not case damage). >> >> It is missing 1 foot on the bottom. >> >> $600 without cables, $700 with cables, monitor, and kb/mouse. Has 1.2GB >> full height seagate drive with NS3.3 and dev tools loaded. >> >> Mono slabs - various configurations - $75 >> >> Color slab - $150, $200 with y cable and soundbox. >> >> Y cable and soundbox by themselves - $75 (I only have one to spare so >> prefer it go with a color slab). >> >> NeXT branded power cords $20/ea ( I think i have 3 ) >> >> NeXT laser printers - make offers. I have like 10 ...... >> >> NeXTcube backplane - $100 >> >> I have 2 larger color monitors and 1 19"er, these are in bel air MD ... >> offers. >> >> 1 extra frog monitor. offers. >> >> Also some Sun lunchboxes - $70/ea (A variety of classics, LXs, and IPXs) >> RS6K B50 - $50 >> >> (no prices include shipping) >> >> >> As with my last ad, mokuba at gmail.com or 646-649-0977 >> >> As posted on: >> >> http://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19210#19210 >> >> -- Gary G. Sparkes Jr. KB3HAG ------------------------------ Message: 19 Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 07:18:50 +0200 From: Ola Hughson <f.helyanvy at gmail.com> To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Subject: Re: IBM HDD sled anyone? Message-ID: <20140402071850.8e741a18fa13838cb5f47734 at gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Tue, 1 Apr 2014 22:20:27 +0100 Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com>, w swoim raporcie o post?pach w nauce magii przyja?ni, pisze: > Also, I see that you are looking for a Powerbook 170. As it happens, I > just listed one on eBay, for 1p. :?) 1. I see, I bidded it, I wonder if I'll win. Propably people will come and win over me. [If only You lived nearby Manchester, I could take it by myself - I'm coming in June]. 2. It's just a pointer. The long list of PowerBooks is not the list of all the models I want; it's a list of *possible* models I could get. (-) Ola Hughson ------------------------------ Message: 20 Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 07:20:48 +0200 From: Ola Hughson <f.helyanvy at gmail.com> To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Subject: Re: IBM HDD sled anyone? Message-ID: <20140402072048.520d387708cfb49a855af907 at gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2 On Tue, 1 Apr 2014 22:19:43 +0100 Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com>, w swoim raporcie o post?pach w nauce magii przyja?ni, pisze: > Any idea what it looks like? I have 1 or 2 lying around, mostly on old > SCSI drives... https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14556313/SAM_1224.JPG -> That's the connector. (-) Ola Hughson ------------------------------ Message: 21 Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 08:18:19 +0200 From: supervinx <supervinx at libero.it> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: *FREE* TK-50 cartridges Message-ID: <1396419499.2323.1.camel at SVX-NOTEBOOK> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Il giorno mer, 02/04/2014 alle 00.08 +0100, Liam Proven ha scritto: > On 1 April 2014 23:46, supervinx <supervinx at libero.it> wrote: > > Relist them on ebay and open the fox-chase :D > > That is a /very/ tempting idea, it must be said! > > I was serious, since whatever you'll do, nobody will be satisfied! So the use of a third-party decision method could be very helpful... ------------------------------ Message: 22 Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 08:19:43 +0200 From: supervinx <supervinx at libero.it> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: Vintage systems available in San Jose, California Message-ID: <1396419583.2323.3.camel at SVX-NOTEBOOK> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > I wasn't going to read this, then I did. Then I wished I hadn't. Wrong side > of the Pond :/ > Don't tell me... Everyday I read about fair priced unreachable stuff, while nearby I see stellar priced junk :( ------------------------------ Message: 23 Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 02:36:18 -0400 From: John Wilson <wilson at dbit.com> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: Group buy for PDP-8/e/a/f/m 32K RAM kit ends Monday Message-ID: <20140402063617.GA2059 at dbit.dbit.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 02:19:51PM -0700, Vincent Slyngstad wrote: > - High quality board with gold fingers, plated holes, silk screen >and solder-mask. Dumb question: is the kit Pb-free? I just want to know which tools to use on it (I don't want to mess up my RoHS iron's mojo, or needlessly taint the kit, even if going RoHS on Omnibus is kind of a hollow gesture given how lead-laden the rest of the machine is). Thanks! John Wilson Monson, MA ------------------------------ Message: 24 Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 02:44:00 -0400 From: "John H. Reinhardt" <johnhreinhardt at yahoo.com> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: Vintage systems available in San Jose, California Message-ID: <533BB1B0.4060009 at yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed On 4/1/2014 8:02 PM, Adrian Graham wrote: > On 02/04/2014 00:41, "Seth Morabito" <lists at loomcom.com> wrote: > >> Through a random eBay purchase, I found a nice little collection of >> stuff in San Jose, CA near 880/101. The owner's name is Tom Thinh, >> >> - MicroVAX I or II in a BA-123 chassis (couldn't see the badge). >> >> - VT100 terminal. >> >> I wasn't going to read this, then I did. Then I wished I hadn't. Wrong side >> of the Pond :/ >> That MV whatever in the BA-123 would be nice along with the VT100, but merely the wrong side of the continent here. Still too far. John H. Reinhardt ------------------------------ Message: 25 Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 09:01:58 +0200 From: SPC <spedraja at gmail.com> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: Vintage systems available in San Jose, California Message-ID: <CACytpF_Vx3P4ceM9fBy6WrTkg1eCFkG4OdW_yshQjMoezMcPsA at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Another AT&T 3b2 and/or UnixPC would be fine for me, mostly for spares. -- Gracias | Regards Saludos - Greetings - Freundliche Gr??e - Salutations -- *Sergio Pedraja* twitter: @sergio_pedraja skype: Sergio Pedraja http://plus.google.com/u/0/101292256663392735405 http://www.linkedin.com/in/sergiopedraja http://www.quora.com/Sergio-Pedraja ----- No crea todo lo que ve, ni crea que est? vi?ndolo todo 2014-04-02 1:41 GMT+02:00 Seth Morabito <lists at loomcom.com>: > Through a random eBay purchase, I found a nice little collection of > stuff in San Jose, CA near 880/101. The owner's name is Tom Thinh, > and he's got a 10'x20' (-ish) unit packed with stuff he's trying to > sell. He says he's been collecting the stuff for years. He seems > friendly and reasonable to haggle with as a businessman. I asked him > if it would be OK to pass along his information to the list, he was > happy for me to do so. > > While I was there picking up an AT&T Unix PC, I saw the following: > > - Another AT&T Unix PC. > - Some AT&T 3B2's. > - A stack of pizza-box VAXen of various types. > - MicroVAX I or II in a BA-123 chassis (couldn't see the badge). > - A Symbolics 3610 [NB: I saw a keyboard, but didn't see the Symbolics > console anywhere, but he says he thinks he has it in there... > somewhere] > - A BeBox. > - A small army of NeXTstation - both color and mono, > lots of monitors and keyboards and sound boxes. Also > a couple of printers in original boxes. > - Amigas (at least one 2000 and a 4000 with video toaster). > - VT100 terminal. > - Several Data General 9-track tapes (what looked like > an A/OS distribution? DG is not my strong suit). > > Lots more. That's just what I remember. There were also random PC > things and parts and manuals and so forth. > > Anyway, if you're interested, you can contact Tom directly (not me!), > voice or text, at 1-408-874-6471 > > -Seth > ------------------------------ Message: 26 Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 00:19:34 -0700 (PDT) From: David Griffith <dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu> To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Subject: FREE: TLV320AIC3106 audio codec and Schmartboard Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1404020012190.29632 at sleipnir.cs.csubak.edu> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII While trying to wrap my head around soldering QFN chips, I managed to mangle a Schmartboard[1] and a Texas Instruments TLV320AIC3106[2]. My problem is that I impatiently omitted flux, which I don't currently have. The board and chip are crusted with solder in several wrong places. I would like to offer the chip and Schmartboard to anyone who thinks they can resurrect and use it. Cost is nothing -- not even postage. I have some international first class stamps lying around that won't otherwise get used. So, if you're gung-ho about soldering tiny things like this, please take these off my hands and out of my mind. I'll order some flux and more supplies and do this right with fresh materials. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G1IfYguQLQ [2] The TLV320AIC3106 is an audio codec chip often found in USB sound interfaces. See http://www.ti.com/product/tlv320aic3106 -- David Griffith dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu ------------------------------ Message: 27 Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 10:42:15 -0600 From: Roe Peterson <roe at liveblockauctions.com> To: <cctech at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: Pdp11 2.11bsd floppy direct access Message-ID: <533AEC67.7060900 at liveblockauctions.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format=flowed On 03/30/2014 10:05 AM, Glen Slick wrote: > On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Peterson, Roe (LAI) > <roe at liveblockauctions.com> wrote: >> I'm trying to figure out how to access an rx33 floppy disk on a pdp11/83 without going through the disklabel process. >> >> It would be nice if I could write a tar archive to a floppy with my Linux system, and extract it on the 11/83. Unfortunately, since the rx33 looks like any other MSCP disk to unix, it doesn't seem to want to access the floppy unless a disklabel (and file system) is present. >> >> I'm sure there must be some way to get actual raw access to the floppy drive under 2.11bsd, but I can't seem to figure it out, and I've spent some time looking through the ra device driver source. Frustration levels are high -:) >> >> Anyone have any suggestions? >> >> Thanks in advance. > Does it work if you use the raw device /dev/rra1a instead of > /dev/ra1a, assuming ra0 is the boot device and ra1 is the rx33? In this case, it's /dev/rra8a. Here's what happens with a freshly formatted floppy: # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rra8a bs=512 write error: read only file system 2+0 blocks in 2+0 blocks out # > End of cctalk Digest, Vol 128, Issue 3 **************************************

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HP 9820A on eBay.

by hp-fix＠xs4all.nl

Item 371031181418 plugging of cause;)

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IBM 6-ring Field Engineering binders

by BHuntsman＠mail2.cu-portland.edu

Anyone know where I could find some of those really old IBM Field Engineering Handbook 6-ring binders, circa System/360 era? Many thanks! -Ben

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More kit for sale: PC 40t DD FDD, Apple Powerbook 170

by lproven＠gmail.com

COPAL 5.25" 40-track DD (360kB) floppy drive http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271442092962 Apple Powerbook 170 (working) with maxed-out RAM, PSU & carry case http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271442171161 Apologies for the spam, but I've seen people looking for 360kB drives (sorry, Fred) before and I thought the Powerbook might be of interest here too... -- Liam Proven * Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lproven at cix.co.uk * GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lproven at hotmail.com * Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 * Cell: +44 7939-087884

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WTD - 40-track (360K) 5.25in floppy drive

by classiccmp＠philpem.me.uk

Hi guys, I'm trying to get my hands on a 5.25in double-sided 40 tracks per side "360K" floppy drive with the Shugart or IBM PC 34-pin connector (either edge connector or pin header is fine). Does anyone have a spare they'd like to part with? Slight preference for Teac or Mitsubishi, but anything will do at this point. I've checked Ebay, there are tons in the US (complete with "seller does not ship internationally, don't even ask"), but the only ones I've seen >from UK sellers are parts scalpers wanting stupid money for them (?149 "sold untested with no guarantee"? really?). A BBC Micro 40-track drive would also be fine -- as long as it's native 40-track, not 40/80 track switchable or double-stepping (an 80-track drive mated to a PCB which double-steps the head). Cumana, Viglen and a few other companies made these, they were extremely common a few years ago. I'm on the verge of getting DiscFerret write support working (at least for UNIX PC disks) but the sodding thing won't read anything my 80-track drives have written! I'd rather not borrow the 3B1's drive - the DiscFerret is experimental and a benchtop lashup is hardly an ideal scenario. Thanks, -- Phil. classiccmp at philpem.me.uk http://www.philpem.me.uk/

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Storage Shelf Life and Reforming Aluminum Electrolytic Fixed Capacitors

by marvin＠west.net

It has been a while since I've seen this publication mentioned, so some of the new people might find this interesting to read: http://www.dscc.dla.mil/Downloads/MilSpec/Docs/MIL-HDBK-1131/hb1131.pdf It is a DOD publication for storage shelf life and reforming procedures for Aluminum Electrolytic Fixed Capacitors.

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Tape drive wanted

by azd30＠telus.net

I'm looking for a reaonably priced tape drive in a Sun 411 enclosure w/ the scsi-2 cable and the terminator. Prefer one of the older style Archive150/250's , but could do with a an 8mm. As long as it can '>b st()' on an old '020 it will work... Bonus if you threw in a cartridge or two 8-). I 'd like to create a SunOS 4.1.1 boot tape. I could do a CDROM, but somehow it seems more 'authentic' to install it from tape!!! If anyone can help me out shoot me an e-mail off list. It would be shipped in the lower 48, WA state... cheers -- alex

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pre-ebay/pre-skip tat

by abuse＠cabal.org.uk

Hi, I posted the message below to a UK-based mailing list of hardware-fondlers, but didn't get any bites. Is there really *nobody* in the London area that fancies collcting a free fixer-upper x64 Sun box? --- I'm moving home shortly and don't have any short-term use for some of my Fine Legacy Equipment: 1) A Sun Ultra 20 M2. This is a dual-core ~2GHz Opteron, 4GB ECC RAM and some good video cards. A rather nice piece of kit when it was made in 2006, but rather behind the curve now. Worse, a recent attempt to install a SCSI card into it to read some old disks caused the thing to not want to POST. It did this before and started working again after a faff with the CMOS batter, but that didn't work and I didn't care to spend the time debugging it. Realistically, this is a source of a novelty case, PSU and spud brackets for a Sun-fancier who fancies putting a decent x86 box inside. It's a standard ATX case, so no epic case modding is required. This is arguably the pre-skip tat. Best offer wins, even if that is "I'll come to Mitcham and not charge you for dragging it away". 2) A whitebox 3U Opteron server. Two Opteron CPUs, RAM, hardware SATA RAID controller, and 10 hotswap drive bays. ISTR it has an optical drive, but I'd have to go and check. This *does* work (or at least did when I last tested it) but the power consumption is horrific. I bought this for the case/PSU, but never got round to transferring my home fileserver's guts into it. Now I have exactly 10 disks, there's no room for expansion so it's of limited use to me now. (I intend to go and buy a much larger case, probably the X-Case RM 424s[0] or one of its siblings.) The motherboard is again clearly junk, but the case and other bits still have value, so this is the pre-eBay tat which I estimate is worth around ?120. I'll offer a deep discount on this price to anybody who can again just collect it and not make me have to figure out how to ship the damn thing. [0] http://www.xcase.co.uk/rackmount-cases/4u-rackmount-server-cases/x-case-rm-…

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Can anyone ID these old cabinets?

by jules.richardson99＠gmail.com

Morning all, Local junk shoppe owner asked me if I knew what these cabinets were, because he thought they might be computer-related, and although I have my doubts I said I'd ask here: http://www.patooie.com/temp/cabs.jpg The top one is about 18" wide and 18" deep, while the bottom one is more like 20" wide and 18" deep (all guesstimates with mk1 eyeball). The slots on both are about 2" high. Both have arms internally which are designed to slide the contents out partway when the doors are opened, and the arms on the green one are curved, suggesting that they held something cylindrical. Somehow they 'feel' too old to be computer-related to me - if I had to guess, I'd say they were maybe for canisters containing movie reels, but I suppose it's possible that they're far newer than I think and might be for some '60s or '70s disk packs / tapes / whatever... cheers Jules

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80's era graphics: MicroVAX and Ramtek 9460 (eBay, Stockton CA)

by wmaddox＠pacbell.net

I've seen this item relisted several times. I believe it is a MicroVAX 3500.? It's in a dual rack on large casters with built in air conditioning! Looks nice and clean. http://www.ebay.com/itm/s/191112495182 --Bill

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old UNIX + WizNet module = Networkable UNIX?

by lehmann＠ans-netz.de

Hi, has someone on this list ever tried to connect a WizNet module like the following to a UNIX system without any network stack and use it? http://www.wiznet.co.kr/Sub_Modules/en/product/Product_Detail.asp?cate1=&ca… I have an old SYSIII Z8000 System which has zero clue about "network" and I wonder if this could be changed by such a module. At least a kernel and a libnet which utilizes this driver have to be written which would be quite some work to get a "compatible" libnet at the end of the day. I guess at least "ping" would be doable then. For ftp, telnet and so on much more kernel work would have to be done I guess... Pseudo-Terminal support at least... plenty of work :( Greetings, Oliver

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ball brothers hd17 monitor schematic / service manual wanted

by jdr_use＠bluewin.ch

ball brothers hd17 monitor schematic / service manual wanted, so I can finally tackle the stability issues on my Lilith's display / monitor. The HD17 is not among the Ball Brothers section on Bitsavers. Jos

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WABI for sun

by jws＠jwsss.com

This was a very early and horribly priced bit to run X86 code on sun systems. Internally and elsewhere I heard is was called "What a Bunch of Idiots" Anyway some idiot has a cd he thinks is worth $599 on epay right now. I don't know that you could activate it w/o someone at Sun getting you a key, but even so it is a lot over the top. Found in my sweep for interesting "emulators". there is also a cd for "SoftWindows" for only $399. My original search w/o tuning used to sweep up some religious cult who used the term, as well as a huge number of folks who used the term to refer to something sold to defeat encryption on Satellite boxes. That business all died when the 8' dishes out on the farm gave way to Dish and the like with real encryption. Jim

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MDT 870

by loubert359＠gmail.com

Hello, I am currently looking for a Digicom Electrocom 870 MDT mobile police computer for a police vehicle restoration. These computers were widely used in the 80s but are now obsolete. Do you have one possibly for sale or know of someone with one? Any help would be appreciated, thank you.

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old terminal computers.

by rmx44＠aim.com

i have wondered something. do old terminal machines need to be used with their own server box or can they be used with other machines. also what are some stuff u can do with an old terminal

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MSDOS and Word source releases

by aek＠bitsavers.org

FYI http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2014/03/25/microsoft-make…

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UNIVAC / Unisys System 80 Manuals found a new home

by p.gebhardt＠ymail.com

Hello list, just wants to drop a small note that the large lot of manuals and schematics about the System 80 mainframe found a new home in the "Museo dell'Informatica Funzionante computer museum in Palazzolo Acreide, Italy". They have such a system, so the manuals seem to be in good hands. Check out their website: http://museo.freaknet.org/en/ I will in future, as soon as I find some time, finalise the files of the scans and put the rest of them on bitsavers. Kind regards, Pierre ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pierre's collection of classic computers : http://classic-computing.dyndns.org/

12 years, 3 months

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FREE: (Seattle) Motorola EXORterm 155 (very dirty)

by derschjo＠gmail.com

Got a Motorola Exorterm 155 terminal in kind of sad shape. Everything's there, but this thing was home to more than a few mice before I got ahold of it, and it'll need a serious cleaning and probably some component-level repair in the monitor and power supply sections. The logic PCB is unscathed (and uses the venerable Motorola 6800 CPU). Here's a pic (this is just the terminal+keyboard on top, not the EXORmacs system on the bottom): http://yahozna.dyndns.org/scratch/exormacs/exorterm.jpg I have too many other projects and I get the feeling I'm not going to get around to this one for a very long time. If anyone wants this for parts or otherwise, come and grab it in the Seattle area :). - Josh

12 years, 3 months

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Hardware for an Exhibition at the Barbican, London

by samuel.twidale＠barbican.org.uk

Hi all, I'm working on an exhibition for the Barbican Centre in London and need to acquire a few pieces of 'digital history' for one section. I've been asking around to find certain items and have been pointed in the direction of this group. So here is a list of what I am looking for: Commodore PET Apple Macintost 128k Apple II Sinclair ZX Spectrum BBC Micro + Cub Monitor NeXt Cube A couple of G3 iMacs Please get in touch if you are able to help us find these items - we would be either looking to loan for 5 years or to buy outright. Thanks for your help, Sam Samuel Twidale Exhibition Technical Consultant Barbican International Enterprises T: 020 7638 4141 ext: 7333 Barbican Centre Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS barbican.org.uk Find us on Facebook | Twitter | Blog | Flickr| YouTube Digital Revolution (3 Jul?14 Sep 2014): an immersive exhibition of art, design, film, music and video games from the 1970s to the future. Opening this summer at the Barbican P before you print think about the Environment *********************************************************************************** This e-mail, and any attachment, is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify the sender immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not the views of the Barbican Centre, unless specifically stated. All liability for errors and viruses is excluded. *********************************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email has been scanned for email related threats and delivered safely by Mimecast. For more information please visit http://www.mimecast.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

12 years, 3 months

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FFS: SW and books

by classiccmp＠crash.com

Found a box of OS/2 and DOS/Windows things I have no use for. Please send claims to smj+classiccmp at crash.com rather than the list. First come, first served. If you want anything, you pay for shipping in the form of USPS Flat Rate boxes - small, medium, or large, and whatever mix of them is required. Sorry, the wait in line to plead for permission to send something at media mail or book rates isn't on the menu. If you're near Berkeley, CA then local pickup is a possibility. If you feel moved to include any extra dollars above S&H, they will go to the anaerobic yeast by-products research fund... Software ======== IBM Object REXX for Windows 95 v1.0 shrink wrapped Seagate/Arcada Sytos Premium Backup and Recovery for OS/2 - with "OS/2 Warp and LAN Server 4.0 Support!" - two copies, each shrink-wrapped Symantec Time Line Project Management v3.0 for DOS, 3.5" floppies Symantec Time Line Project Management v4.0 for DOS, 3.5" floppies Org Plus for Windows v3.0 (org chart creation), shrink-wrapped Berkeley Systems "After Dark for Windows" screensaver, 1991, 5.25" floppy only DeScribe v4.0, Beta v1.0, for OS/2, 1992, five 3.5" floppies only - no docs Lotus SMTP/MIME MTA rel 1.06 for OS/2, WinNT, and Unix, sealed CDROM - no docs Certified for: - OS/2 Warp Connect - Windows NT Server 3.51 and 4.0 - IBM AIX 4.1.4 - Sun Solaris SPARC 2.5 and 2.5.1 - Sun Solaris Intel Edition 2.5 and 2.5.1 Books ===== Godfrey, "Programming the OS/2 Kernel" ISBN 9-780137-237760 Iacobucci, "OS/2 Programmer's Guide" ISBN 0-07-881300-X Microsoft, "OS/2 Programmer's Reference Volume 1", ISBN 1-55615-220-5 Microsoft, "OS/2 Programmer's Reference Volume 2", ISBN 1-55615-221-3 Microsoft, "OS/2 Programmer's Reference Volume 3", ISBN 1-55615-222-1 Microsoft, "OS/2 Programmer's Reference Volume 4", ISBN 1-55615-259-0

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intro

by kruhe2011＠gmail.com

Hello all. I'm a relatively recent list subscriber who has spent the last 3 months lurking and learning. Since my earliest computing experiences date >from the mid-1980s, I lack firsthand experience with a number of the systems discussed here, so I have sat back, listened, and kept my keyboard quiet.I would like to introduce myself, though, because one of these days I might have something to add to the discussion. At this point, I've managed to accumulate a few interesting machines, of which my favorites are a "chiclet" PET (which will be my maiden restoration project), an AT&T 7300 (in working condition and on its way to me now), and an IBM RS/6000 Model 140 (which is neither "vintage" nor rare, but I wanted a RISC/AIX system). Currently, in my "spare" time (i.e., not often enough), I'm working on restoring and patching some old gaps in my knowledge of basic electronics and circuit design. I think my desire to do that is primarily what motivated me to take up this hobby in the first place. For now, I'll just add that I currently live in NY, and I'm looking forward to attending VCF East, which will be my first VCF. Maybe I'll even get to meet some of you there. OK, I'm shy, so I'm just going to tiptoe back out of here now...

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DEC + other junk all gone

by dstalk＠execulink.com

Thanks to all who enquired. Everything is now gone. Don

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Motorola EXORmacs EPROMs: Already imaged?

by derschjo＠gmail.com

Hey all -- As I'm in the process of moving stuff out of storage and into my new spacious(*) basement, I keep finding new projects and getting immediately sidetracked by them :). I dug out a Motorola Exormacs (68K development platform) machine that needed a good scrubbing and it's up and running again (mostly -- I have no disk hardware). This has a number of EPROMs in it and I'm curious if these have been archived anywhere. A cursory glance at the 'net hasn't revealed anything but before I go through the process of dumping all of these (and there are a lot) I figured I'd check here. For the record, these are what I have: - 68K Debug Board - MACSbug 2.6 (6 2716s) - 68K MPU board - 2 2716s - Universal Intelligent Peripheral Controller - 7 2716s - Multi-Channel Communications Module - 5 2716s Thanks as always, Josh (*) not for long at this rate...

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odd Burroughs 1960s Comparator of System Timing Demo Kit? WHATZIT?

by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com

see this item with many photos at.... http://smecc.org/burroughs_what-is-it_page_-_artifacts_needing_identificatio n!.htm item C_O_S_T Comparator of System Timing Demo Kit? seems to be 2 of these in the pouch... pouch will not close with both so we have decided one board and one ruler is a duplicate. Maybe should should go to C.B.I if they do not have one? Burroughs COST - tell us about how this was used and any interesting stories .. This was in the Jack Aldrige collection Thanks, Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC

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Countdown to VCFSE 2.0

by keviford＠gmail.com

The Vintage Computer Festival Southeast (VCFSE) 2.0 is just five weeks from today! The show, put on by the Atlanta Historic Computer Society (AHCS) and the Computer Museum of America (CMofA), will take place in Roswell, GA on May 3 and 4. We selected those dates to make it easy for people to attend both VCF East and VCF Southeast this year. The venue will be the same CompUSA store building in Roswell GA as last year. This year's exhibit space will be greatly enlarged over last year, occupying the whole retail space of the store. About 2/3 of the space will be occupied by a museum display of personal computing artifacts from the Kenbak 1 forward. The remaining 1/3 of the retail space will contain hobbyist vintage computing exhibits. For those who missed last year or who would like to see it again, the highly-acclaimed Apple pop-up museum from last year's festival will again be available. The popular retro-gaming area and introduction to soldering activity will be available again. This year, we are also working to bring in a number of vendors, assemble a stellar slate of speakers, and offer workshop experiences. Of course, the kids' scavenger hunt will be back this year too. For more information please visit http://www.vintage.org/2014/southeast/. We hope to see you there!

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Speed faults and an RA82 disk

by ball.of.john＠gmail.com

My PDP-11/84 came with an RA82 disk and after three years of work I have it finally coming up to speed and going ready. I had to redesign the circuit that generated a tach pulse for monitoring the speed of the spindle. The original circuit never wanted to work for me. http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a166/ballsandy/Computer%20related/logic.jp g http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a166/ballsandy/Computer%20related/IMG_5731 .jpg The new circuit however is unreliable. At complete random the drive will throw both nonfatal and fatal speed errors however at no time can you hear that the speed of the drive has changed (and for error DA and error 26 you would definately hear it), nor can I catch the last moments before spindown on an oscilloscope as to see if the transistor is locking up or if there's some sort of interference. Again, it occurs randomly. I can be seeking or reading or writing or just idling the drive and it will happen and it makes the drive impossible to use. Could this just be me using too low speed a transistor or could this be something else that I have not yet considered? The reason I'm bypassing the original 74LS14 is that even when replaced it leaks about a volt onto the input pin and forced the signal high. I could not figure out a way to pull that down and still get the signal to come up properly so I simply removed it from the equation. -John

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My experiences with an SD21EC

by terry＠webweavers.co.nz

Some of you might like to read about my impressions of the SD21EC: A flash drive alternative to the Commodore 1541 disk drive. http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/blog/2014-03-29-2sd21ec-for-commodores.… Terry (Tez)

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MITS 88-HDSK picture needed

by rich.cini＠verizon.net

All ? Mike Douglas added support for the MITS 88-HDSK hard drive system to my Altair32 Emulator. Right now, there?s only a dialog box to interface with the code so I?d like to make a nice on-screen graphic like I did with the floppy disk. Does anyone have access to an 88-HDSK that they can take a picture of the front of the unit and send to me? I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks! Rich -- Rich Cini Collector of Classic Computers Build Master and lead engineer, Altair32 Emulator http://www.classiccmp.org/cini http://www.classiccmp.org/altair32

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DEC + other junk

by dstalk＠execulink.com

I've been cleaning out the basement and came across some DEC and other computer junk. If anyone is interested in any of this stuff please contact me off list. It's pickup only in London, Ontario. Don --------- DEC: Power Supplies: H720 - missing power transistors H720E H716 - may need adjusting (2) H744 - some parts removed H754 - some parts removed Other Hardware (PDP-11, PDP-8, maybe PDP-16): (7) M970 (5) M971 DM11-BB test conn. H861C (3) G021 - 2 marked "bad" (2) G228 - 1 marked "rejected" M660 M133 (2) external bus cable conn M953B (2) really long flat cable with Berg connectors (2) 70-7222 - cable "card extender" - i.e. single card, cable, single socket M594 (2) G826 - 1 marked "rejected" 1 block of wirewrap packplane (4 dual cards) 3 blocks of wirewrap packplane (12 dual cards) M7258 M7270 - LSI-11/2 with KEV11 - marked "bad" (wouldn't boot) PC04/PC05 - high speed paper tape reader/punch DECtape (3) W998A (4) 70-15273-00B - 20mA adapter for VT-100 (boards only, I should have one complete unit but can't find it right now) DC004 QBUS interface IC I may have what looks like the coloured top front panel from a PDP-11 cabinet. Non-DEC LSI-11: MDB MLSI-MRV-002 - dual, RAM? Data Translation - dual, 2 Berg connectors - parallel port? - marked "bad" Norpak (for Telidon page creation - all quad - probably for LSI-11): (also have set of boards for a Telidon terminal) CPU INTERFACE CPUI-6 D481 GVMD-3 D2059 RA CPU INTERFACE CPU1 D481R2 INSTR DEC, MEM AD SEL IDMA D704R0 VIDEO, MEM AC TIMING VMAT D707R1 Non-DEC: Some General Automation GA-16/220 parts: Memory Service Module 31D02301A TTY/PS/OSC 31C02417A (current loop) EIA interface (on prototype IF board) 51D00085A01 power supply prototyping boards backplane Nortel XMS (68000) 8" floppy drive + 2 head/stepper assemblies and 2 motors Lanpar Vision 1000 (VT-100 clone) HP 33443-69001 1 MB memory add-on for Laserjet II HP M1062-66501/M1126-6601F eprom card 82050 WP Courier 10 daisy wheel 80962 APL 10 Light Italic 12 daisy wheel (7) DC300 tape cartridges (4) wren rings external SCSI drive - Plus Impulse 52S/LP drive - probably for MAC SCSI CDROM drive 3270 clone keyboard (keyboard only - no case) CDC keyboard from 1970s (keyboard only - no case) Apple G090S monitor Apple mice: M0100, Desktop Bus Mouse G5431 E89826GT LR66731 (80) 5.25" floppies 360K floppy drive 1.2M floppy drive punch for 5.25" floppies MFE digital cassette drive PC cards: Centram Systems West P/N 10322 with Zilog Z0853004PSC SCC - RS422/3 ? Logitech P/N 200039-00 (with PS-2 mouse connector) adaptec AHA-1542C SCSI 30 pin simms: 256K?, 1M, 4M 1970s CPUs + support ICs: TI 9980, 6800, 6502, Intel, Z80, RCA 1802

12 years, 3 months

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Osborne I almost ready! - Looking for disk images (double density)

by webmaster＠supervinx.com

Hi! I found and replaced a faulty 4116 ram chip: I used an oscilloscope to monitor pin14 (DOUT), and the faulty chip showed no activity at all... Now's the trouble: where can I found some disk images (double density)? My O1 has the DD upgrade. I found only a DD CPMSYS disk image, but it hangs after having loaded the HELP. The floppies which came with the O1 are almost unreadable. Only one could be read (by now). This disk boots the O1 in a minimal CP/M: setup works, xref works, but mbasic and cbas2 hang. I searched the web, but links have been outdated... Thanks!

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intro

by dm561＠torfree.net

----- Original Message: > Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 18:10:13 -0400 > From: K Ruhe <kruhe2011 at gmail.com> > > At this point, I've managed to accumulate a few interesting machines, of > which my favorites are a "chiclet" PET (which will be my maiden > restoration project).. Welcome! You might also want to join the Vintage Computer Forum; a lot of PETs discussed and repaired over there, both live and also in past threads. http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/forumdisplay.php?21-Commodore mike

12 years, 3 months

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bbs/fideonet database for australia

by billdeg＠buzz1.com

> On 26/03/2014, at 12:11 PM, Tom Sparks <tom_a_sparks at yahoo.com.au> wrote: > >> I am looking for a bbs/fideonet database for Australia >> that lists the nodes that existed in the past >> so I can see if there were node around my location > >> Tom, where are you located? > > Moree, but I need a list of northern NSW nodes Here is what I have from June 13 1986, all of the NSW nodes for what it's worth. HOST 155 Ausnet 61-2-959-3712 Sydney NSW Brian Gatenby 2400 201 Fido Australia 61-2-959-3712 Sydney NSW Richard Morgan 2400 202 The Studio -Unpublished- Nth Sydney NSW Lorraine Gatenby 2400 DA:7p-8a 210 Aus Talc 61-2-959-3712 Willoughby NSW Steve Dumbrell 1200 Bill http://vintagecomputer.net/fidonet/

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uVAX2 Help

by tiggerlasv＠aim.com

> Slot 1 KA630-A CPU M7606AF > Slot 2 8M RAM M7609-AM > Slot 3 8M RAM M7609-AP > Slot 4 CMD SCSI MSCP encapsulating (top half) empty bottom > Slot 5 M7516-YM (ethernet, top) M7546 for TK-50 (bottom) > Slot 6 VCB02 > Slot 7 VCB02 Memory > Slot 8 VCB02 Memory Slot 4 is your problem. You need to add either another dual board to this configuration, or an M9047 grant continuity card to fill up the space next to the SCSI controller. Once you hit slot 4, there can be no open slots in between boards. Tim

12 years, 3 months

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Ebay UK - PDP 11/34

by dave＠willomail.co.uk

Not mine but since they don't show up that often in the UK. I thought somebody might be interested... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DEC-PDP-11-34-Computer-/251487218486 Cheers, Dave

12 years, 3 months

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cctalk Digest, Vol 127, Issue 33

by elson＠pico-systems.com

On 03/26/2014 08:40 AM, cctalk-request at classiccmp.org wrote: > Message: 15 > Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:19:17 -0400 > From: Jonathan Katz<jon at jonworld.com> > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > <cctalk at classiccmp.org> > Subject: uVAX2 Help > Message-ID: > <CAEOZr+0byXEZ5TG=nEvnBMDXTGELb+3GewkZVjEHrizBbdi=3A at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > All, > > I've added a VCB02 card to my MicroVax 2. Right now the VAX is setup with > the following layout... > > Slot 1 KA630-A CPU M7606AF > Slot 2 8M RAM M7609-AM > Slot 3 8M RAM M7609-AP > Slot 4 CMD SCSI MSCP encapsulating (top half) empty bottom > Slot 5 M7516-YM (ethernet, top) M7546 for TK-50 (bottom) > Slot 6 VCB02 > Slot 7 VCB02 Memory > Slot 8 VCB02 Memory > > Per the docs on bitsavers, the VCB02 can go in any QBUS slot 5-8, but the > layouts in the manual are different than what I have setup. > > With the VCB02 in there POST takes longer, but the console still comes out > on the serial port. The VCB02 shows 3 red LEDs. > > I assume I need to set the addressing on the card, but I have 0 clue what > to do. > OK, when you boot, you get no display on the screen? That means the boot ROMs in your CPU board don't have VCB-02 support in them. (Same as mine.) My notes show the device address was set to 777402 (Gee, that looks like an octal address. So much I've forgotten about VAX stuff...) I think the 3 LEDs come on at power up, and then go off in a quick sequence when the device driver configures it. Is this a VMS or Unix-derived system? I know VMS 4.7 had the drivers for the QDSS (VCB-02), but if you are using an older OS, not sure. As the boot ROMs don't support the frame buffer, you should not expect any display until the OS is up. Other than making sure the I/O address was set to a value so that the driver enumeration could identify the board, I did nothing special to configure it. Jon

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