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

by aek＠bitsavers.org

There are several version of PDP-11 FIG-FORTH on the net, I'm trying to find the one from Marty Ewing originally DECUS 11-232, later for RT-11 The writeup for the RT-11 version shows up with a Google search https://manualzz.com/doc/20421230/forth-programming-system-rt11-decus-distr… FORTH PROGRAMMING SYSTEM RT11 DECUS Distribution Documentation File M. S. Ewing 18 October 1978 the files in it are: FORTH.DOC This file. FORTH.MAC Forth Macro source for the Forth "kernel" FORSYS.DAT Standard Forth text file XED.DAT Extended editor text BFP.DAT Basic floating point package EFP.DAT An extended floating point package MSG.DAT A minimal message file. I have some sources which use a Z80 threaded language called Terse that I believe is based on this kernel that I'm trying to archive (it's for some Bally arcade games)

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A couple of fig-FORTH documents FTGH

by toby＠telegraphics.com.au

1) fig-FORTH 6502 Assembly Source Listing Release 1.1 with Compiler Security and Variable Length Names (Sept 1980) 2) fig-FORTH Installation Manual Release 1 With Compiler Security and Variable Length Names (Nov 1980) Free for shipping, located in Toronto Canada --Toby

7 years, 8 months

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DEC LA-12 (Correspondent) keycaps?

by dave＠661.org

I was wondering if anyone had any spare keys for a DEC LA-12 (aka Correspondent) printing terminal. I need the '1' key and the "DATA/TALK" key. -- David Griffith dave at 661.org A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

7 years, 8 months

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First 3.5 inch FDD [WAS: RE: Prototype IBM DemiDiskette drive]

by t.gardner＠computer.org

Well it all depends upon what u mean by "first" The Sony drive and cartridge were not compatible in many ways with what became the physical, magnetic and electrical interface standards for the 3.5-inch drive and cartridge. The standards came out of the "Microfloppy Industry Committee" (Google it with quotes) organized by Shugart Corp. Either Shugart or Tandon was the first to ship drives compatible to the standard. Tandon probably did the first such cartridge. The original Sony drive and cartridge died out and Sony didn't come out with a compatible set until well after Shugart and Tandon. The early adopters of the Sony design like HP then changed to the industry standard design. Tom -----Original Message----- From: Fred Cisin [mailto:cisin at xenosoft.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 1:25 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: RE: Prototype IBM DemiDiskette drive >> I just picked up a Model 350 on eBay, just because I'd never seen a >> Shugart sub 5" drive. >> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Sankyo-Shugart-Venture-Model-350- >> Computer-Disk-Drive-/253708808435 On Wed, 22 Aug 2018, Ali via cctalk wrote: > Interesting. I wonder if IBM was looking at those drives for use. The seller (or more accurately the seller's father) used to work for IBM Industrial services in Boca Raton. Well, the SA300 (single sided version) were not the first 3.5" drives, but they may have been the first 300 RPM ones with an SA400 interface. (The Sony 600RPM drives would require more changes) The SA300 could be dropped into a 5150 (with only issues of mounting brackets (Erector set) and power connector) and were supported by some OEM versions of MS-DOS 2.11. IBM public support of 3.5" began with PC-DOS 3.20.

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Datic 2000 / Ampex 844 Documentation ?

by jos.dreesen＠greenmail.ch

Ran into an early CP/M system today, from german company Datic. It is a single-user 8080 system, featuring a delay-line based CRT output and an Ampex 844 fixed platter / removable 14" cartridge driver. Is this simply a Diablo 44 equivalent, as I suspect, or is this a true standalone development from Ampex ? First time I have seen a 14" drive on a CP/M system.... Jos

7 years, 8 months

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The near-mythical IBM color MDA

by schlae＠gmail.com

The NEC Multisync monitor thread reminded me that I used one to produce a video, and I thought a few of you might enjoy it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TiHFWH4NWk

7 years, 8 months

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CESI VM8128 PDP8-A 128 K MOS?

by useddec＠gmail.com

I have an idea what this might be, but I can't find anything to confirm it on line. Can anyone shine some light on it? Thanks, Paul

7 years, 8 months

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NEC Multisync monitor manual

by chd＠chdickman.com

I am looking for a manual for the original NEC Multisync monitor. Google fails me because of all the follow on monitors had Multisync in the name. -chuck

7 years, 8 months

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DTC TakeTen media?

by cclist＠sydex.com

On 08/23/2018 01:22 PM, jim stephens wrote: > > The Drivetec media was 6mb then 12mb.? The 6mb media worked well if you > repunched the floppies as AT high density media, and when DTC died a > huge amount was sold with instructions on how to do that, as the cost of > media was then still high for 1.2mb media. > I've only seen the 3.3MB and 6.6MB versions. The 3.3 was used on the Kypro "Robie". My 6.6 media was sent to me by the tech support fellow at Verbatim, just before they closed their Santa Clara operation. I already had the drive. The Drivetec drives were also sold by DTC as their "TeamMate" series of external drive/controller combos. There's a German auction of the TakeTen here: https://tinyurl.com/yax6tjvc You can see that the drive slot is considerably thicker than a normal floppy disk--and it's identified as a "Removable Cartridge Disk Drive". Again, I don't recall ever seeing the cartridges. DTC did a lot of strange things. I first knew them as manufacturing a sheet feeder for the Diablo Hitype printer. I still have a few of their disk controller cards and some SCSI controller engineering documents. --Chuck

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DTC TakeTen media?

by cclist＠sydex.com

An interesting take on the removable media of the time, circa 188: https://ia601603.us.archive.org/30/items/PC-Mag-1988-09-13/PC-Mag-1988-09-1… Starts on PDF page 213. I don't think that DTC ever made a hard drive, but they did package external drives under the TeamMate product line. --Chuck

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DTC TakeTen media?

by cclist＠sydex.com

On the subject of oddball PC media, does anyone out there have media for the DTC "Take Ten" cartridge drive? I've got the drive here, still in original shrink-wrap and packaging, but no media, so I don't have the faintest idea if it still works. As the 5.25" cartridges only held 10MB, I suspect this was a flash-in-the-pan venture. I'd never heard of one back in the day when everyone was using Bernoulli drives. --Chuck

7 years, 8 months

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Using M122 keyboards on a PC

by sales＠elecplus.com

Orihalcon sells nifty Soarers converter cables that let you use most terminal keyboards on a PC. But please be aware that ONLY the keys found on a normal PC keyboard will work! You can do some remapping, but F13-F24 will not be available, and some keys will not operate the same as they did on the original keyboard. I have used these to test Wyse (with removable cables), IBM, and a bunch of AT and XT keyboards. They do not work for ADDS keyboards. Cindy Croxton Electronics Plus 1613 Water Street Kerrville, TX 78028 830-370-3239 cell sales at elecplus.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

7 years, 8 months

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Scans of VT05, RK05 and PC04 IPB, TC11 Formatter doc and DC013 chip doc

by mattislind＠gmail.com

I scanned some more documents: The version of the TC11 formatter manual online is not matching the binary that is available. This one is a later version which is a better match. http://storage.datormuseum.se/u/96935524/Datormusuem/DEC/DEC-11-YPTC-D_TC11… I found three IPBs. I couldn't find them directly on bisavers: http://storage.datormuseum.se/u/96935524/Datormusuem/DEC/DEC-PC04-IPB-1.pdf http://storage.datormuseum.se/u/96935524/Datormusuem/DEC/DEC-VT05-IPB-1.pdf http://storage.datormuseum.se/u/96935524/Datormusuem/DEC/DEC-RK05-IPB-1.pdf Finally I found a copy from a book that is about the DC013 chip - not the best copy unfortunately. But I haven't found anything like this online. http://storage.datormuseum.se/u/96935524/Datormusuem/DEC/DC013.pdf /Mattis

7 years, 8 months

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Prototype IBM DemiDiskette drive

by schlae＠gmail.com

Yesterday I dug out my prototype IBM DemiDiskette drive and took some photos: https://twitter.com/TubeTimeUS/status/1032066215647166464. It caused a bit of interest on Twitter so I figured some of you here may also like seeing it. I don't really know a whole lot about it other than what my grandfather told me (he worked on the team that developed it). Dates on the remaining paperwork go from December 1979 through August 1980. It was supposed to be a very low cost drive for the microcomputer market (target price IIRC was <$100). Although it was originally developed by a team working at IBM Austin, it was handed off to a different team apparently working out of Rochester. The disk capacity was not very large--I don't remember the exact number but it was probably around 100K or less. A few interesting observations: * The stepper motor uses a spiral cam to convert rotation into linear motion to drive the head. * It is a single-sided drive. * A microswitch senses the presence of the disk instead of an optical pair. * There is no write protect notch or sensor. * There is no index sensor. * The spindle drive motor is a DC brushed motor with an encoder wheel for speed control. * Not shown in the pics, but the plastic "spot welds" holding the vinyl jackets on the disks are intentionally widely spaced making the cookie easier to remove for analysis. It's not really something you get to see every day, that's for sure... --Eric

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RK05 spindle pulleys - trade 50Hz vs 60Hz?

by gerardcjat＠free.fr

Why don't you simply power it through an inverter that will output 60 Hz, eventually even "down to" 120 V , true sine wave, of course ??? They are not that expensive by now. And be carefull : motor designed for 60 Hz, running "under" 50 Hz, OR THE OPPOSITE, I do not recall !!!, display a significant reduced life time. I have to check which is which, but I know this is a question of saturated magnetic field. Better check first.

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DEC compatible Unibus MOS

by useddec＠gmail.com

More sorting, more boards..... 3) DATARAM 40818 (ONE IS ? POPULATED) 2) EMC CORP 240-010-900 512KB EMC CORP 240-012-900 4MB MOSTEK MK8044 ASM 6805 MOTOROLA MM19 ? POPULATED 1 BROKEN CHIP NATIONAL SEMI 551109202 PLESSEY 701295 128KB HAS BROKEN CHIPS STANDARD MEM MM-144 TRENDATA STANDARD MEM MM-135 2) TRENDATA STANDARD MEM MM-140

7 years, 8 months

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IBM Model M keyboard for 3192

by chd＠chdickman.com

I got a box of miscellaneous model M keyboards last week. One of them has 122 keys and the connector is the size of a PC/AT type circular DIN connector, but the 5 pins are spread over 240deg instead of the AT's 180deg. The part no. is 1390702 and a little research found it is >from an IBM 3192 terminal. Is it electrically/protocol compatible with the PC/AT and PS/2 keyboard or a different animal completely? -chuck

7 years, 8 months

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BBS for RSTS

by john＠yoyodyne-propulsion.net

I'm sure it's been years since I've darkened anyone's door around here. I still have this idea that someone should write a proper BBS system (and run it) for RSTS... ...the age old problem is getting data in and out of it to connect it to the world... or one of the problems anyhow. Maybe using a telnet connection to a terminal device and some sort of homebrew message queueing system to an outside helper. Hmmm.

7 years, 8 months

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Tape end retainers--followup

by cclist＠sydex.com

I finally got my package of cling vinyl today and discovered that it is indeed the stuff the vinyl open-reel tape retention strips were made of in the days of yore. The stuff is Grafix-brand "Cling Vinyl", KFC9-ASST. 9 9"x12" paper-backed sheets. Easy enough to cut with scissors or standard paper cutter. 6" long x 3/8" wide seems to be about right. No more foam blocks! --Chuck

7 years, 8 months

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ISO Dura 1021 or 1041 terminal docs

by aek＠bitsavers.org

some local folks have picked up a few of these, so I thought I'd ask if anyone has any documentation beyond what I put up on bitsavers yesterday they are modified Selectric mechanisms with serial I/O and paper tape reader/punches

7 years, 8 months

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DEC compatible memory and Integrated Solutions boards + Apollo

by useddec＠gmail.com

I found another group of quad size memory and a few other items. Please contact me off list if you are interested. Shipping is from 61853. Camintonn CDV-4000 Chrislin CI-MIV8 CLEARPOINT DD072 16MB CLEARPOINT DD080 16MB CLEARPOINT DD082 32MB CLEARPOINT DD090 16MB National Semi NS23-R DATARAM 63016 MS650-BA compatable DATARAM 40919 MS630 Also Integrated Solutions M68000 board and three IS68XM memory 101103 Apollo 0121173-001 with daughter board

7 years, 8 months

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How to tell if a Displaywriter 6360 floppy has double-sided drives in it.

by aek＠bitsavers.org

I don't know if this is always true, but it appears that the way you can tell is if there is a "T" on the lower right of the 6580 badge on the front. I didn't see this in the documentation anywhere. The controller inside is significantly different (3 boards instead of one). +--------+ | IBM | | | | 6360 | | T| +--------+ There are a couple up on eBay right now from seller 'potomacestore' Double-sided 6360s seem to be much less common than single-sided.

7 years, 8 months

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Litton Monroe OC-8820

by francesco.nidito＠gmail.com

Hi All ? I recently bought a Litton Monroe OC-8820 but, unfortunately, there were neither software nor manual with the machine. Does anybody in this list have software and / or manuals for the OC-8820? Many thanks in advance, Francesco

7 years, 8 months

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VCFMW 13: Less Than a Month to Go!

by silent700＠gmail.com

Hello classic computing fans! We're entering the final weeks before the big event, and here is an update. If you're subscribed to the mailing list, you've already seen most of this (for review/sharing: https://mailchi.mp/e060dcbd1bfd/vcf-midwest-13-one-month-to-go). - Exhibits: Our exhibitor list has been posted, showing most (but not all!) of the displays you'll see this year. We're happy to once again have a great variety of platforms and eras represented, as well as some new faces alongside our veteran exhibitors. Check it out at: http://vcfmw.org/ex.html - Table space: We are full! Until, that is, we're not. All of the past shows have included several last-minute changes, so space does open up. There is a stand-by list forming; please email me directly if you'd like to be on it. - Presentations: Once again this year we have a full weekend of interesting talks and demos. The schedule (as it stands now) has been posted. All talks are filmed and will be posted online - but they're always much better in person! http://vcfmw.org/pres.html - Hotel: Due to other parties pre-booking a large block of rooms, Friday night (14th) at the Holiday Inn is sold out. If you have not yet reserved a room, please check back with the hotel after 8/27, as any remaining unbooked rooms will be added back to our block on that date. Our block still has rooms for Thursday, Saturday and Sunday nights. - Donations: VCFMW is a community-supported exhibition, free and open to all. Most of our funding comes from either cash donations (online or at the show) or donations of equipment for our community auction. Please consider one or both methods of support. Auction items can be given to VCFMW staff before Saturday afternoon. Purchasing items at the auction also helps - and it's always an event not to be missed! - Free pile: The tradition of the Free Pile continues this year. This is a great way to unload that "junk" (but not too junky) hardware and software and contribute to the classic computing community. Our only request is that you make sure that whatever you leave is gone by 4pm Sunday. We thank you once again for your interest in and support of VCF Midwest and the whole classic computing hobby. We'll see you in a month! -j

7 years, 8 months

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I have too many Wyse keyboards!

by sales＠elecplus.com

https://www.elecshopper.com/input-devices/keyboards.html?manufacturer=52 20% off all Wyse keyboards priced more than $25 if you buy 25 or more. Use code WYSE20OFF at checkout. Offer ends 27 Aug 2018. Cindy Croxton Electronics Plus 1613 Water Street Kerrville, TX 78028 830-370-3239 cell sales at elecplus.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

7 years, 8 months

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QED 933 (11/93 clone) and mystery SCSI board

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: Glen Slick > A few people bought QED-993 boards from eBay in the last few years. > ... They are set up to use the standard 11/93 console panel, although > only 4 async ports are implemented, not 8. Is there any documentation anywhere? Bitsavers had only a thing on the QED-95. Noel

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Australian Computer Museum - HELP

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: Pontus Pihlgren > I hope you can get the help you need. What ever happened about this? I figure the bulldozers must have arrived by now? Noel

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Australian Computer Museum - HELP

by markarmbrennan＠gmail.com

Hi Noel, I spoke to John last week most things were saved, I am going to try to help them with some archiving of some of the items that were in storage later in the year. But the good news is most things were saved in time. Mark

7 years, 8 months

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HP scope mailing list

by chd＠chdickman.com

Is there an HP scope and instrument mailing list? I have an HP 181A storage scope that I would like to get working again. -chuck

7 years, 8 months

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New Listings from Sellam's Collection [re-send]

by sellam.ismail＠gmail.com

> > Good evening, everybody. Time for a new batch of stuff! New items for August 18, 2018: Heathkit H88 Heahtkit H88 Heathkit EUW-20A Servo-Recorder Atari 410 Program Recorder Atari 825 80 Column Printer Atari CX85 Commodore MPS-803 Printer Commodore 1870 Modem/1200 (boxed) Cardco Inc. card? Centronics Parallel Printer Interface with Graphics for the VIC-20 and C-64 Computers Radio Shack TRS-80 Orchestra-90 Stereo Music Synthesizer Radio Shack TRS-80 Modem I Radio Shack TRS-80 Line Printer II IBM PCjr TI Speech Synthesizer Timex-Sinclair 1016 (boxed) Xerox 860 Keyboard Iomega A210H Bernoulli Box 10+10 Exidy Dual Disk DEC BA353-AA StorageWorks DEC TK50Z-FA DEC TX50Z-GA Tektronix 4051E01 ROM Expander Tektronix 4051 Binary Program Loader Tektronix PLOT 50 System Software Tape Tektronix PLOT 50 System Software Tape Tektronix PLOT 50 System Software Tape Tektronix PLOT 50 System Software Backup Tape Tektronix PLOT 50 System Software Backup Tape Tektronix PLOT 50 Statistics Vol. 2 Tape 1 Tektronix 4051R01 Matrix Functions Instructional Manual Communications Logic LSMC1 Modem Racal-Milgo COM-LINK 7S modem Dialectron S.A.M. Smart Answering Machine Atari STM1 mouse Information Machines MA100 Professional Modem Adapter As always, an index of links to the specific items above is in the New Arrivals Niche: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...72371&range=A1 <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1I53wxarLHlNmlPVf_HJ5oMKuab4zrApI_hi…> Remember: you can always make an offer! I'm still catching up after the VCF so if you e-mailed me about something a couple weeks ago please know I will be getting back to you in the next couple days. Thanks! Sellam

7 years, 8 months

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Centronics 101A manuals?

by pbirkel＠gmail.com

Speaking of BIG printers, does anyone have the maintenance manual for the Centronics 101A impact printer? All that I've found thus far is marketing literature. Not even an owner's manual. -----Original Message----- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mattis Lind via cctalk Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2018 5:08 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Oliverti Te300 teleprinter manuals? Does anyone have any type of manuals for the Olivetti Te300 teleprinters? Preferebly maintenance manuals or similar. https://vads.ac.uk/diad/bres/pub/COID/231/32.jpg

7 years, 8 months

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Fairly Extensive Singer/Friden "System Ten" Computer System for Rescue

by rickb＠bensene.com

Through my Old Calculator Museum website, I have been contacted by a gentleman that has a fairly substantial Singer/Friden System 10 that is located in a building that the business wants to clear out. The computer system is slated to end up in a dumpster if it isn't rescued. The place the machine was stored is indoors, in an office-like space in a larger warehouse style building. The space was not temperature controlled, but there are no signs of water damage or serious corrosion. Some critters (probably mice) have been inside the cabinets of the system, but the contact said that there were no obvious signs that they chewed anything up. The system is very dusty (it was not covered), and it appears that some panels on the cabinets may have been removed, but are probably with the system. Some stuff appears to be partly disassembled. There also might be some spare parts, e.g., circuit boards. The system consists of a CPU, probably a Model 20, two Model 80 Display Terminals, a line printer of some sort, and two Mode 40 disk-pack (aka dishwasher-sized) disk drives. There are quite a few Model 41 disk packs there.. There also appears to be some documentation. There may also be some kind of magtape drive with the system, as there is a rack full of 7 or 9-track tapes hanging in it. Not sure if these are included with the system, though. Here is a link to some photos of the system: http://pail.bensene.com/Singer10 Beware that the web host does not have much upstream bandwidth, and the photos are pretty high resolution, so downloading them may take some time. Most of the photos are between 1.8 and 2.5 megabytes in size. there is some documentation on the Singer System Ten up on Bitsavers at http://bitsavers.org/pdf/singer/systemTen . Some of the documentation there is for the equipment that is available. These systems aren't very common, and there likely aren't all that many of them left in existence. Singer sold a lot of these systems into retail outlets as part of one of the first online Point-of-Sale systems. One notable account was Sears and Roebuck, who installed a huge networked (via Modem) environment using System Ten machines in stores to run Point-of-Sale systems, with modem links to larger systems that collected the information, and usually fed it to even larger systems (e.g., IBM mainframe) for inventory management, bookkeeping, and other large corporate-level reporting/management systems. However, the system aged quickly, as other competitors came onto the Point-of-Sale scene very quickly, with systems that were less expensive, more reliable, and more easily maintained. Many of the Singer systems in large retailers were replaced within a few years of being put into service. There was little market for "used" systems, so most all of them taken out of service went for scrap. The System 10 CPU was pretty unique in that it had "hardware"-based timesharing. The system managed time-slicing between "partitions" in main memory (magnetic core) with hardware that provided a fixed timeslice to each partition, switching to the next either when the time-slice ran out, or certain instructions (e.g., I/O) were executed that would trigger an immediate context switch. The system had hardware protection for the partitions to isolate the partitions from each other, allowing them to run independently. There was a shared and a read-only system partition which could facilitate inter-partition communications and management functions. Pretty cool for a design done in the late '60's. It'd be a real shame for this system to end up in the trash, which is exactly where it will go if a home can't be found for it relatively soon (e.g., next couple of weeks). The system is located in West Chicago, IL. It's all pretty sizable, so, you'd probably need a small commercial-style moving van with a lift-gate (the stuff is likely quite heavy, especially the disk drives) to haul it. You would also probably need a heavy-duty hand-truck or two, and some strong straps. You'd need some muscle, too. I suspect it'd be more than a 1-man job. My contact wants it out of there. You just have to come get it and haul it away. If you have any serious interest in rescuing this system, drop me an Email, and I'll put you in touch with my contact. Hopefully someone out there can give this machine a new home. Email: rickb .at. bensene .dot. com Rick Bensene The Old Calculator Museum http://oldcalculatormuseum.com

7 years, 8 months

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QED 933 (11/93 clone) and mystery SCSI board

by useddec＠gmail.com

I just found a QED 933. I've had Memtec boards before, but I don't remember anything about this one. The other board is a SI-QS 1000 6050-6005-B (Systems Industry?) quad height . Does anyone have any info or interest in these? Thanks, Paul

7 years, 8 months

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Interesting blog post on Zuse

by lproven＠gmail.com

Konrad Zuse, Alan Turing, and the World?s First Computer Startup POSTED ON OCTOBER 18, 2013 ? POSTED IN STARTUPS <http://www.nathanzeldes.com/blog/category/startups/> http://www.nathanzeldes.com/blog/2013/10/konrad-zuse-alan-turing-worlds-fir… -- Sent from my smartphone. Please pardon brevity & typos.

7 years, 8 months

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VCFMW drop offs, pick ups, visits

by useddec＠gmail.com

I'm looking forward to seeing everyone going to VCFMW. I'm going to try to go up Friday and leave late Saturday. It's always great when people swing by the house, but try to give me some warning, especially with me going up Friday. I hope to have a path dug into my last 25 foot storage unit and retrieve a ton of micro-Vax II parts along with a ton of other items. I still have a few 3000 alphas, about 10 3100s, a few 4000s, 5000s, 6 or so BA11-N (11/03L/23) boxes, BA23s, LA120s, and 1000's of other parts. Also some REMEX interfaces and a bunch of paper tape readers and maybe punches I'm getting tired of looking at. Please contact me off list if you have any requests or questions. Feel free to send me wish lists. Thanks, Paul

7 years, 8 months

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Vaxstation 2000, parts, more

by useddec＠gmail.com

I have a Vaxstation 2000 with the BA40-A expansion box , cable and hard drive. I have four more unit That I couldn't get close enough to tell if they are 2000s or expansion boxes. If anyone is interest in any, I will pull them out and can supply a configuration. I also have two MS400-BA 4mb cards, a VS40-X 54-166-88 4 plane graphics cards and two VS40-X 54-17282-01 8 plane cards. Last is a 54-19783-01 VT1000 board. If you have any interest or questions please contact me off list. Thanks, Paul

7 years, 8 months

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VCF Midwest seller's experience?

by marvin＠west.net

This will make my third year selling at VCFMW. My motives are to pay for the trip :), Diminish the "collection", and have fun talking/meeting with other attendees. All three have been easily accomplished! For me, I don't relish the use of a consignment area and spend most of my time in the selling area. I try not to buy much as I am really trying to downsize the collection. I do find it better to try and have buyers waiting for anything large or heavy. I'm not sure, but I suspect enough people might be interested that it could be a 24 hour event, Fri night - Sun afternoon :). See you there! Marvin > From: John Foust <jfoust at threedee.com> > > I'm thinking of reducing my collection by bringing items to VCF Midwest. > I attended once six or seven years ago. > > Of course a great deal depends on what I'm selling, so I'll build a list. > > Possibles include Micro PDP-11, Microvax II, Vaxstations, Kaypro 1, > CBM, Amiga, Atari, Apple, some S-100 boards. > > Is there anyone here who sold at a previous VCF Midwest? How did it go? > > If there's only 150 attendees, is selling more like exhibiting? > Ideally I'd like to come home with an empty van. > > - John

7 years, 8 months

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IBM Displaywriter Logic for sale

by sales＠elecplus.com

https://mashup.equallogicstorage.net/ibm/ibm-display-writer-system-untested- for-parts-repair/ Not affiliated with seller, etc. Cindy Croxton --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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VCF Midwest seller's experience?

by jfoust＠threedee.com

I'm thinking of reducing my collection by bringing items to VCF Midwest. I attended once six or seven years ago. Of course a great deal depends on what I'm selling, so I'll build a list. Possibles include Micro PDP-11, Microvax II, Vaxstations, Kaypro 1, CBM, Amiga, Atari, Apple, some S-100 boards. Is there anyone here who sold at a previous VCF Midwest? How did it go? If there's only 150 attendees, is selling more like exhibiting? Ideally I'd like to come home with an empty van. - John

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SPARCstation Voyager - Any history?

by michael.99.thompson＠gmail.com

> > From: Steve Algernon <salgernon at me.com> > Subject: SPARCstation Voyager - Any history? > > Cleaning up a non-post?ing SPARCStation voyager 146 (are there others?) > and found a crude cat drawing on the silkscreen: > > https://twitter.com/salgernon/status/1029474524100616192?s=21 > > Just curious if anyone knows any backstory for this kitty. (I was at sunw > from ?90 to ?92 and this machine is a little after my time!) > > ?sma > The Sun 386i, Roadrunner, had the roadrunner and the developers names molded into the case. There are pictures of some of the developers here: https://sites.google.com/site/mthompsonorg/Home/sun-microsystems/sun-386i-d… -- Michael Thompson

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vintage printers in Colo Springs

by billdegnan＠gmail.com

If anyone is interested in a Wang Daisy Wheel Printer, Diablo same, Star SG-10, TRS 80- DWP 510 and a few other things like that let me know and I will pass your info along to a guy who contacted me through my web site. I do not know the guy. I am not interested in these. This person implied that is not giving them away, He may just want a token payment or he may be Ebay savvy. Or somewhere in between.... Please don't reply here, send your contact info, securely, here: https://www.vintagecomputer.net/contact.cfm (I don't track or store contact form submittals from my web site.) Bill

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SPARCstation Voyager - Any history?

by salgernon＠me.com

Cleaning up a non-post?ing SPARCStation voyager 146 (are there others?) and found a crude cat drawing on the silkscreen: https://twitter.com/salgernon/status/1029474524100616192?s=21 Just curious if anyone knows any backstory for this kitty. (I was at sunw from ?90 to ?92 and this machine is a little after my time!) ?sma

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MicroVAX I

by robertbeauchamp33＠yahoo.com

My mother is moving and her spouse has a MicroVax I he bought new back in 1984 for some crazy amount. I don?t see this model listed in your chart? Can you tell me if there is any value to this machine? He also has two original monitors. Sent from my iPhone

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Tandy parts

by useddec＠gmail.com

I have a Tandy 1700355 rev c p/n 870-9782 motherboard and a 1700496-B p/n 87091127 card. If interested, please contact me off list. Thanks, Paul

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Single-height Qbus grant continuity PCB

by jnc＠mercury.lcs.mit.edu

> From: Tony Duell > I have here a little square board (the same size as the older Unibus > grant continuity card) with just 2 pairs of pins linked. ... Has anyone > come across that one before? No, that's a new one on me. I have seen off-brand single-height QBUS grant jumpers, but full length (no knuckle-busting); I have a number from MDB Systems. Noel

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Single-height Qbus grant continuity PCB

by ard.p850ug1＠gmail.com

All the PDP11 people here will know the little square grant continuity board used in Unibus machines, along with the later dual-height one that also connected the NPG signal. And the common Qbus grant continuity board that was also a full dual-height one that had a couple of pairs of pins linked on one of the connectors. But I have here a little square board (the same size as the older Unibus grant continuity card) with just 2 pairs of pins linked. In the etch is a Digital logo (so I assume it's a real DEC product) and : LSI11 Grant Continuity G7272 5012564B Side 2 Has anyone come across that one before? -tony

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General Electric Terminet 30 manuals?

by mattislind＠gmail.com

Continuing this thread with requests for heavy printers and the like. Is there anyone that has manuals for the GE Terminet 30? https://i.imgur.com/8Q0Mf2d.jpg /Mattis

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Northern Telecon ICs

by jon＠jonworld.com

All, A buddy on twitter is trying to find out info on the following NT ICs. Info here: "Northern Telecom QMV271BY1 / NTOOR66C3A : Unknown device. Ceramic Pin Grid Array package with gold cap. Manufactured Week 33 of 1990. No further information known." https://twitter.com/Neko_Ed/status/1029034885573500929 Any ideas to help him? -- -Jon +44 7792 149029

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FPUIB: Books available free or postage

by cisin＠xenosoft.com

I will not do extensive/conscientious shopping for boxes/shipping rates. So, they may go Priority or Media mail, and not extremely quickly. I'll expect prompt reimbursement of postage (rounded up). Anybody want any of: Simpson, Alan dBase III Plus Programmer's Reference Guide Sybex 1987 0-89588-382-1 Very Good Business Computer Systems : An Introduction Kroenke, David Mitchell 1987 0-394-39055-5 Very Good Promotional copy, marked as such C : How To Program : 4th Edition Deitel Prentice hall 2004 0-13-142644-3 Good, racked, Cisin on edge Fuzzy Logic : For business And Industry Earl Cox Charles river 1995 1-886801-01-0 poor remaindered? missing front cover Lotus User's Guide : Lotus 1-2-3 For DOS Release 2.4 Lotus 1993 C Primer Plus Waite/Prata/Martin Sams 1984 0-672-22090-3 VG Adobe Photoshop 5.0 User Guide Adobe 1998 G damaged back cover ObjectVision Reference Guide Borland 1991 vg Advanced dBase III Plus Programming And Techniques Miriam Liskin osborene/McGraw0-07-881249-6 VG Adobe Photoshop 5.5 User Guid Supplement Adobe 1999 G Microsoft Windows Programmer's Reference "New For Version 3 Microsoft 1990 1-55615-309-0 G Systems Programming In Turbo C Michael Young Sybex 1988 0-89588-467-4 G Java in A Nutshell 2nd Edition Flanagan O'Reilly 1997 1-56592-262-X G Systems Programming Tuning Loukides O'Reilly 1990 0-937175-60-9 G Discrete Mathematics : Schaum's Outlines Lipson McGraw Hill new Xerox Ventura Publisher training Guide Xerox 1988 G Palm Pilot : The Connected Organizer : Handbook professional Edition, Quick Start, Applications & Solutions 3Com/Palm 1997 vg OB_Disclaimer: these did not sell at VCF (Box A10)

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Help ID'ing Bridge Rectifier

by derschjo＠gmail.com

Hey all -- Working on bringing a Dasher D200 terminal back to life. There's a bridge rectifier package that appears to have a short in it and I can't find any info on it -- I suspect it may have a house part number. It's got a Motorola logo on it, and is labeled "SDA314." In the schematic ( http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dg/terminals/014-000640_DASHER_D100_D200_Display_T…) it's CR6. This short causes the 5W resistors before the fuse to smoke and explode, but the fuse is fine (thank goodness.) :). Anyone have any ideas? Thanks, Josh

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