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HP2113B power supply documentation

by aek＠spies.com

www.bitsavers.org/pdf/hp/1000/1000_MEF_EngrRef/92851-90001_Jun79_9.pdf

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200LX -- was: 10 year rule

by msokolov＠ivan.Harhan.ORG

Teo Zenios <teoz(a)neo.rr.com> wrote: > I have yet to see an consumer OS that did not crash [...] "Consumer OS" is an oxymoron that constitutes the very root of the problem. There should be NO such thing as a "consumer OS". No consumer should ever be given a computer or an OS. Or for that matter, there should be no consumers at all. Two-leggeds living their lives as consumers are unworthy of life and are not even human since the true purpose of human life is to produce and contribute, rather than consume, eat, shit, sleep, fuck and pollute the environment with SUVs. Consumer societies like the modern Western world are a cancerous tumor on the body of Mother Earth that needs to be cut out (a few strategic nukes would be nice) to save the planet. -MS, Communist and believer in rule by the workers, noting that worker == producer. Workers of the world, unite to overthrow and annihilate the consumer society and replace it with a producer society!

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Sun Type 5 keyboard f*-up

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Nov 18 2004, 16:52, Tore S Bekkedal wrote: > Brilliant! That is extremely useful general-purpose information. I also > happen to have what in Norwegian is called isopropanol, I can only > assume that they are the same? Yes, same thing. > Again, thank you, that info will come in handy. > > I have some insanely dirty SGI KB's I got recently, too. Unless something like salt water, red wine (Mateus Ros? is bad too, one of my friends discovered), etc has got in, there's an easier and less dramatic way to clean them. Usually the dirt is (1) general dirt on the keys, (2) biscuit crumbs, paper clips, hair, etc, under and in between the keytops, and (3) general dirt anddiscoloration of the case and cable. Take off the keytops (you can get a little puller to make this easier, but if you take the cover off the keyboard you can do it with your fingers). Use a vacuum cleaner and a small paint brush to remove the crud around the keys. Clean the cable with a small amount of white spirit on a paper kitchen towel, and finsh off with a dry towel (optionally add a very small amount of furniture polish). Clean the case with a damp cloth and detergent or kitchen-surface cleaner (don't forget to rinse it off!). I use one of two methods to clean the keycaps, depending on how many I do at once. One way is to dunk them in a small washing-up basin (or a large kitchen bowl) with some mild detergent (I use Flash, which is a non-foaming and fairly gentle floor cleaner) and swish them around for a while, then pour out the liquid, dump the keycaps into a towel, and dry them off. If I do it that way, I often spray a little (very little) Mr Sheen (liquid furniture polish) onto the wet keycaps just before I dry them; it leaves an almost imperceptible coating of wax that prevents them getting dirty again so quickly. The other way is to put them into a pillowcase, tie the open end off so they can't escape, and sling the pillowcase in the (clothes) washing machine. Dry in the tumble drier (still in the pillowcase), with your preferred fabric conditioner (same effect as the Mr Sheen above). You can get brownie points from She Who Must Be Obeyed by doing this as part of a small load of the regular laundry :-) Liz, of course, is used to finding sprayed-painted metallic parts curing in the oven, pillowcases rattling quietly in the tumble drier, and circuit boards in the dishwasher (don't use the hot drying cycle, dry using IPA and compressed air). That's got me looking at the five keyboard around me. Yuk. Time to find that pillowcase, I fear, at least for three of them :-( -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

21 years, 4 months

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Sun Type 5 keyboard f*-up

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

Hi The Sun keyboards would need to be disassembled if they have water on them. These are made of multiple layers of flexible pcb. One might dry for a month and not get it dry. Just a few hours with the layers wet will cause traces to be rotted away ( from experience ). Dwight >From: james <james(a)jdfogg.com> > >> How rugged is this KB? Will it take water, and relatively hot water >> too? > >Any keyboard will take boiling water, at least on the circuitry. During >manufacture circuit boards are washed after wave soldering in a 200 >degree spray (ph isn't neutral, but I don't remember which way it >swings). > >The only concern is the plastics. > >I've washed all my keyboards (incl Sun) in dishwashers on regular cycle >with a little detergent (NOT Cascade or other powder detergents that >contain sand - use liquid). I don't recommend using the drying cycle. >The trick is to chase the water afterwards and I use isopropynol >(rubbing alcohol) to do that. Isopropynol binds to water and will take >it away as it flows off the board. > >Follow with a hair dryer and a day or two in the sun. > >This also works for rescuing electronics that have been dropped in >lakes/oceans if you get to them quickly. > >

21 years, 4 months

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pdp 8 on ebay

by williams.dan＠gmail.com

Anyone bidding on this ?. It's up to ?162 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1247&item=51387351… If you check out his other auctions he has an 8" drive for an altair machine as well. Nothing to do with the seller although I have bought a few things frim him. I got the 380z from him. Dan

21 years, 4 months

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tracing out schematics

by dave04a＠dunfield.com

At 13:25 18/11/2004 +0000, you wrote: >Bert Thomas wrote: > >> I've read in the past that Tony called someone a whimp cause he said he >> didn't dare to reverse engineer a 4 layer board or something like that. I >> wonder, if _that_ is easy, how does one solve problems like traces that >> run under components? If its a simple and cheap component, it could be >> removed and replaced later. >> > >When I traced out the circuit diagram for my Ensoniq Mirage sampler's >ailing analogue section, I just measured the DC resistance between two >points and guessed. With a bit of thought, you can usually judge what >makes sense to be connected to what. A technique that I've used out of desperation when trying to track a few signals through a multi-layer board where I had "no idea" where they came out, is to cut a square of aluminum foil - size depends on board size and how "fine" you want to be - press it onto regions of the board using a pad or sponge to insure it presses down on all connections (obviously you do this with the power off, board disconnected and any nicads/supercaps removed etc.) - this lets you test conductance from the original signal to whole areas of the board.. Once you narrow down the area where the signal appears, it is much easier to find it. Whole pile of caveats and warnings about shorting components which may still be charged, passing current from DVM through unknown paths through the circuitry etc. will no doubt be forthcoming - just be careful and aware of what you are doing - YMMV, but it has worked for me on more than one occation. Regards, Dave -- dave04a (at) Dave Dunfield dunfield (dot) Firmware development services & tools: www.dunfield.com com Vintage computing equipment collector. http://www.parse.com/~ddunfield/museum/index.html

21 years, 4 months

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10 year rule

by Ladyelec＠aol.com

Why not make it : 10 years: Vintage 20 years: classic 25 years: antique or something similar to that? Isa

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Norsk Data Nord-10/S restoration effort on the way!

by aek＠spies.com

> It's in excellent cosmetic condition. I powered it up You really should learn the basics about applying power to electronic gear that has been off for some unknown period of time. It is an INCREDIBLY BAD idea to just go into a room full of old computers and just randomly start applying power to equipment in unknown condition. At an absolute minimum, you should check the condition of the power supplies.

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HP 2113B service manual / schematics

by peterbrown10＠hotmail.com

Hi Joe, >One of the things that I noticed was that the computer kept running and >even though I turned >off the power switch the cap kept sizzling. On the 2113 (and I guess from your description the 2117) the capacitor is directly across the terminals on the mains input socket - i.e. on the 'always hot' side of the on/off switch. So turning the power off behind the front panel of the computer won't help. In order to effectively control interference the capacitor has to be mounted as close to the point at which mains enters the equipment enclosure as possible. Mounting it further away causes the input leads to act like an antenna inside the enclosure. >I had to unplug the line cord to stop it. Yep, this is the only way to shut the power off to this capacitor, it is always live when the equipment is plugged into a live mains socket. A good reason NOT to leave this sort of equipment plugged in but turned off! Peter Brown

21 years, 4 months

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HP 2113B service manual / schematics

by peterbrown10＠hotmail.com

Hi Bob and Jay, Thanks for replying to my post. I now have a pile of schematics to try to understand! Bob: Thanks for the info on the -2 volt rail - I'm not going to be running any 2116 hardware so I guess I should be OK. I'm still intrigued as to why my rail should be out of spec (the service manual is pretty precise about the rail limits). If any one has access to the schematic for the standard power supply for the 2113B (i.e. without the battery back up option) then I'd be very interested in getting hold of a copy. Cheers Peter Brown

21 years, 4 months

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HP 41C calculator

by dbetz＠xlisper.mv.com

I picked up an HP 41C calculator at the VCF 7.0 earlier this month. It has damage from leaking batteries and is beyond my ability to repair it. Would anyone like to take a try? It has the following modules installed: Memory Module Financial 1 Math 1 Please let me know by private email if you are interested. I'm offering it for free and I will pay shipping. Heck, it weighs next to nothing and won't cost much to ship. If you want it, send me email. David Betz dbetz(a)xlisper.mv.com

21 years, 4 months

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DL11-W (M7856) schematics

by bert＠brothom.nl

Hi all, Can anyone here point me to the DL11-W (M7856) schematics? I have a hardcopy here, but I seem to miss pieces. Thanks! Bert

21 years, 4 months

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HP 2113B service manual / schematics

by peterbrown10＠hotmail.com

Hi All, Excitement in the lab last night! - I left the 2113B running on the bench whilst I went to make a cup of tea (yep, British) only to return to a room full of smoke. Turned out that the 240 volt rated 0.22u surpressor capacitor (mounted across the live and neutral pins on the mains socket) had decided to give up the ghost. No real damage done - just a bit stinky and a bit of smoke damage. The machine had run just fine for about two hours before the cap decided to break. This has happened to me before on another piece of ageing electronics - it is probably worth checking all old electronics for this type of surpressor capacitor and replacing them BEFORE turning the equipment on. Hope that this is of help to someone. Peter Brown

21 years, 4 months

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Sanyo Items Offered

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

Does anyone in or near Colorado want the following items Sanyo MBC550 and a Sanyo monitor ? Email me and I will put you in contact with the person that has them.

21 years, 4 months

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Wives and computers

by msokolov＠ivan.Harhan.ORG

Jim Isbell, W5JAI <jim.isbell(a)gmail.com> wrote: > BUT...now she expects to have the system updated every two weeks. She > used to be satisfied with my cast offs but now she wants the latest!! You mean she can't use an ASR33? Why not? Teach her how to use one! MS

21 years, 4 months

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DEC VAX Stuff Available in MA ... Part #2

by richard.beaudry＠gmail.com

Hello all, OK ... So far all of the responses to part #1 have been "I look forward to part #2", or "I'll take what's left"... Therefore, I'll keep it all available, in case someone wants the entire kit. If not, then I'll sort out what's left and let the vultures get it :-) Please note that I am NOT willing to ship anything in this list. Too big, too heavy, too much trouble. Please do not ask me to ship it... You can pick it up in Westminster, MA 01473. Here's the deal: - A case the size/weight of a typical desktop PC, labeled on the front "VAX 4000-100", and on the back "MicroVAX 3100". Nice and clean, nothing in the 5.25" external bays, and only one hard drive in the internal bays, RF31T-EA (Google says 381MB DSSI). Has what looks like a standard set of ports on the back (I found one similar to this on a Google search, and it had all the same ports: printer, DSSI, Q-Bus, SCSI, Ethernet, Console, Printer). NOT powered on, untested, working pull. - DEC TS05 Tape drive, with two cables. HEAVY! Untested, working pull - MTI StingRay DS and StingRay Disk Array. The DS unit looks to be the controller, and the Disk Array has 7 1GB drives. DS unit weighs about 40lbs., and the Disk Array is at least double that (about the size of a FULL 486 PC Tower case). Untested, working pull - R400X expansion unit. Again, some Googling reveals it is a BA440 cabinet, with 4 drives (DSSI I believe). Also has a M7493-PA card, and H7874-00 power supply. Untested, working pull - B400X expansion unit. Another BA440, NO hard drives, but does have a TK70 tape drive. Has the same H7874-00 power supply. Cards are: M9060-YA load module, M7530-PA TS05 controller, M9047-00 grant card, M7559-00 TK70 controller, M9405-PA QBus Expansion card. Untested, working pull. I'll take emails for a couple of days OFF-LIST please. I'd like to get this out of the house (or, rather, my wife would :-) ), so priority will be given to those who can come sooner rather than later..... I'll try to answer any questions, but I am a DEC neophyte... Thanks, Rich B.

21 years, 4 months

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Terak 8510 pcb pics

by aek＠spies.com

In case anyone is curious what the qbus pcbs look like inside of a Terak 8510 www.bitsavers.org/pdf/terak/PCBs

21 years, 4 months

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VAX 6600 UK Wales

by lists＠microvax.org

> This is Meltie's department, though whether he can get the means > together to get to welshland is another thing entirely. I can't, plus > I've got nowhere to put it :-\ The 4000 would be nice but I've already > got a 4505a :) Thanks for thinking of me, but Snowdon computers (i've seen it already by a stroke of luck) get them in occasionally and I just can't afford the van at the moment :( Give me six months and i'll have given up on Uni and moved to Cheltenham/Bristol to work with a mate in VMS admin. Sod Uni... Job! Money! House! 3-Phase! alex/melt

21 years, 4 months

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Nice bit of test gear history...

by kyrrin＠bluefeathertech.com

My inner voice kept urging me to stop by the local used-computer place today despite my currently low cash level. Now I know why. Besides the SCSI connection adapter I needed, I also picked up a neat piece of computing test equipment history. It's a V-ATE POST and diagnostic test card, made by Vista Microsystems and vintage about 1991. I remember seeing these things (and lusting after them, but I couldn't afford $2,300+ at the time) in the Specialized Products catalog of the time, right alongside the Lynx floppy-disk tester/exercisers, RS232 breakout boxes, and other such goodies. I never in my wildest dreams thought I'd ever own one. This particular board will work in any AT-type system with an ISA slot. Besides doing the usual POST code readout and diagnostic functions, it will also function as an AT-bus specific logic analyzer. God only knows what I'm going to use it for right now, but I just couldn't leave it there to be picked up by some brainless boob who has no idea of the history of the thing, much less how to use it! <sigh> And I thought I was done collecting computer hardware some years ago. At least I'm not bringing home VAXstations now... ;-) Keep the peace(es). -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy, Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech do/t c=o=m "If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped with surreal ports?"

21 years, 4 months

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DEC Docs, Diagrams, and Diags. on Microfische

by john＠guntersville.net

Has anyone noticed this?? Someone should probably get them posted on a website if they can be reproduced to any reasonable degree. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5137825332&ssPageNa…

21 years, 4 months

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PSU capability of a Sun external SCSI case?

by julesrichardsonuk＠yahoo.co.uk

I suppose someone here might know this! I've an external Sun case that accepts a single 5.25" SCSI device such as a CDROM or DAT drive (the case is open at the front). It's one of those two-colour plastic shelled ones, pale blue / cream, with 68 pin SCSI connectors on the back and a 50 pin connector internally + power cable. *nowhere* on it does it seem to say what capacity load it'll drive though. Most unhelpful. Anyone happen to know? It'd be a useful way of temporarily hooking up old 50 pin SCSI devices to my modern PC for backup purposes as it lives on top of my desk, but I rather suspect the PSU might go into meltdown if hooked up to a 5.25" FH drive (with the top of the Sun case removed of course :) ta! Jules

21 years, 4 months

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OT: Fastest Pentium Pro?

by gsutton9503＠wavecable.com

What was the fastest Pentium Pro CPU produced? On one site that a Jeeves search turned up, there was mention of the Pro getting up to 300MHz, yet another search result says that the fastest is 200MHz. Plus, the HP Vectra XA that I am tinkering with uses a Pentium Pro CPU (she currently has a 200), and according to the geeksheet for this motherboard (http://www.embeddedlogic.com/TH99/m/E-H/35391.htm) this board can take up to a 266. So, which is it?

21 years, 4 months

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GOPHER

by tomj＠wps.com

It's got to be 10 years old now, right? gopherspace was wonderful, a brilliant use of the internet besides email. Too bad for gopher that http was better. I long ago took down my gopher server, and it seems it's largely disappeared from the net, even wiretap.spies.com appears empty in my browser (firefox) which tries to render it as html! Besides a few flat-earthers ("Bring Back Gopher!") it's largely disappeared. Anyone on this list still run one? What's the best client to use? Here's a good quick ref on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_protocol

21 years, 4 months

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A 386 being given away Fw: collectioins

by jrkeys＠concentric.net

Please email Alexis directly if you want this item as I do not have any knowledge about it. Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: Alexis Skriloff To: jkeys(a)houstoncomputermuseum.org Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 11:51 PM Subject: collectioins hi, i have a 386 AMT, 40 mg hard drive, toshiba dot matrix printer, keyboard, nec multisync 3d monitor, and mouse. some floppies, software and manuals. are ;you interested and if not, do you know of anyone who might be interested? sincerely, alexis

21 years, 5 months

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74act2155 chips

by julesrichardsonuk＠yahoo.co.uk

Anyone know what a 74ACT2155 IC is? Memory of some sort, but is there anything special about them? I've managed to pull the NCR Tower into the middle of the garage and have pulled the covers off - I'll take the disks out later and see if they spin up first as the machine's somewhat useless if they don't! After that I'll reseat the boards, check the PSU etc. but I do remember the machine had developed some sort of fault when I parked it up years ago. ISTR it being *totally* dead, so there's likely a PSU problem. Anyway, there are quite a few of these 74ACT2155 chips on little modules on the system board; one of the modules is labelled as being cache so they're definitely memory of some flavour - I've just not come across these with a 74xxx part number before. NCR didn't half like their PAL chips. I counted over 40 on the system board alone. There's almost as many as there are typical logic ICs. cheers Jules

21 years, 5 months

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DEC colours

by mross666＠hotmail.com

Does anyone have codes - Pantone numbers, or something like that - or commercial paint names, for the following shades of DEC paint: pdp-15 'powder blue' pdp-10 dark blue pdp-12 green The light, very slightly creamy, grey paint used for front panel frames, RA8x disk drives, etc. Have some restoration to do! Thanks - please CC any replies to my email, list digest distribution seems slow of late! Mike http://www.corestore.org

21 years, 5 months

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HP 1650B manuals?

by brain＠jbrain.com

Picked up a nice 1650B logic analyzer, but no manuals. Before I debate about spending $100.00 for a set of manuals, I thought I'd see if someone has a 1650A/B manual around, or has copies. Jim -- Jim Brain, Brain Innovations brain(a)jbrain.com http://www.jbrain.com Dabbling in WWW, Embedded Systems, Old CBM computers, and Good Times!

21 years, 5 months

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offlist request

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

If anyone would like to help this person, contact me offlist.... -------------- Hello, I am not a programmer, but my husband is. He has 4 each 7" tapes and 2 each 11" tapes that I believe came from a old PDP11 On these tapes are stories that my husband wrote 15 to 18 years ago. His son, along with his fiancee and 7 of his best friends were killed in a tragic airplane accident in 2001. On one of the tapes is a story that he wrote. I thought if I could somehow download or get a copy in print form what is on the tapes it would be a wonderful gift to my husband. Please let me know if you can direct me where I might find someone to help me. Thank you, Sincerely,

21 years, 5 months

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HP 2113B service manual / schematics

by peterbrown10＠hotmail.com

Hi All, I'm in the process of powering up a 2113B. I took a look at the output voltages from the PSU and they all look fine *except* the -2 volt line that appears to be running at -2.47 volts. I have the 2109B / 2113B installation and service manual but the service procedure just talks about adjusting the 5 volt line and all the other supply voltages tracking this one. I can't find a schematic for the power supply in the documentation that I have 02109-90015. Questions: 1. Is my copy of 02109-9005 (Installation and service manual) incomplete i.e. should there be a schematic in it? 2. Does anyone have a schematic for the 2019B / 2113B computer power supply. Note that the 'B' is important as the power supply was revised between the 'A' and 'B' models. 3. What is the -2 volt line used for? 4. Does it matter that the -2 volt line is outside specification? 5. Is a full schematic available for the 2113B computer? - I'm sort of interested in what exactly is going on on the motherboard. Many thanks Peter Brown

21 years, 5 months

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KM11 maintenance module

by chd_1＠nktelco.net

Is there a schematic online for the DEC PDP-11 maintenance tool KM11? Googling, the best I found was a description by Tony Duell for a homebrew replacement. Excellent as that is, a schematic is just so much easier to read.

21 years, 5 months

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HP 2113B service manual / schematics

by peterbrown10＠hotmail.com

Hi Jay et al., I've had a look at the .pdf's that you suggested - interesting stuff! Unfortunately just as it begins to get really interesting it looks as though the pages are missing. The bits that are most relevant to me, 'B-series power supply', are listed in the index .pdf as being at the end of section 9 but the scans of these pages haven't been published. Does anyone have the relevant pages? Looks like section 9, page 132 and following... Cheers to all Peter Brown

21 years, 5 months

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SMS 8000 model 40 Operating System?

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

Anybody what OS these use or anything else about them? I picked up seven of them with docs this past weekend. They're rackmount chassis with 5 Multibus 1 slots. According to the manual they have an Intel 86/35 CPU card, 4 Mb of RAM, a 12 Mb Seagate ST 213 12Mb hard drive with an intel iSBC 214 controller, a 48 TPI 5 1/4" floppy drive and a SMS peripheral controller. I have dug into any of them yet to check. I'll be asking lots more questions. I picked up an American Buttload* of computers this past weekend. And you won't believe where they came from! *That's at least 2x a Metric Buttload! Joe

21 years, 5 months

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looking for a plm80 compiler for Intel ISIS-II

by melamy＠earthlink.net

hi all, I have a ISIS version of kermit that requires a PLM compiler to "fix" Does anyone have a copy available? I must have left my copy back in Seattle and I was trying to get a bunch of files copied over, but I need to fix kermit first... Thanks! best regards, Steve Thatcher

21 years, 5 months

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FA: Intel Bubble Memory card and bunch of SGI Onyx Reality Engine boards

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

See <http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQgotopageZ1QQsassZrigdonjQQsorecordsperpageZ50QQ…> Joe

21 years, 5 months

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Norsk Data history site translated!

by toresbe＠ifi.uio.no

Allright, I got around to translating a part of the Norwegian ND history site. It's now up under http://heim.ifi.uio.no/~toresbe/nd/stuff/history Read and rejoice :) -- Tore S Bekkedal <toresbe(a)ifi.uio.no>

21 years, 5 months

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Norsk Data History

by marvin＠rain.org

Norsk Data struck chord somewhere in my memory, and I found my copy of "Norsk Data - A Success Story" by Per Oyvind Heradstveit. Published in 1985, it covers the history from its founding in 1967 through 1984. A quick book search turned up no hits, so I have no idea how easy or how hard this book might be to find. However, for anyone interested in Norsk Data, it is a wonderful book!

21 years, 5 months

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Sun manuals available for pickup, Santa Ana, Southern Cal, also other "stuff"

by jwstephens＠msm.umr.edu

I am cleaning out a storage locker and have a lot of stuff I won't take, that I can hardly begin to count up here. the best item for this list is a pile of older sun manuals for anyone into old sun 4.x stuff, and early solaris. I also have tapes and what have you too. I have some sun 3/x stuff left, from some things that I could get from long ago, such as some smd drives and cabinets. Please plan to pick this up. I do not have the means to ship this stuff. Jim Stephens

21 years, 5 months

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identify this MicroSolutions card?

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

I found this in a load of scrap this weekend. It's marked MicroSolutions (makers of the highly desirable Capticards) so I grabbed it. It fits an 8 bit ISA slot and says Pacific Rim Technologies on the component side and MicroSolutions on the other. It has jumpers for address (only marked A and B) as well as DMA and IRQ settings. It's only about 4 inches long and has a UM8272A LSI IC and about a dozen SSI ICs. There is a D(something) 37F connector on the back on the card and solder pads for 34 ribbon cable header on the inside edge but no header installed. What have I got? I'm sure that it's some kind of floppy drive controller but nothing beyond that. joe

21 years, 5 months

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Tecmar 1st Mate card

by melamy＠earthlink.net

Tecmar also made PC expansion cards. I recall a TECMAR Graphics Master video card too. I recall the 1st Mate, but not as a tape controller. I would suspect it was an I/O expansion. The large chips would be the ones to ID the fuctionality - 8250(40 pin) - serial, MM58167(24 pin) - time of day clock, 74LS374(20 pin) - parallel port best regards, Steve On Mon, 15 Nov 2004, Stefan wrote: > Does anyone know what a Tecmar 1st mate card is ?

21 years, 5 months

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Tecmar 1st Mate card

by birs23＠zeelandnet.nl

Does anyone know what a Tecmar 1st mate card is ? It came from an IBM PC and has one male 25 pin connector on the card itself and has another 25 pin female connector attached to a flatcable. Its from 1982 and probably has part number 200029. Stefan. ------------------------------------------------------- http://www.oldcomputercollection.com

21 years, 5 months

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DEC colours

by Innfogra＠aol.com

Pantone numbers are what you would use to communicate with a print shop if you needed to get an exact replication of color in a lithographic printing job. I, too, would be interested in the Pantone Numbers for DEC equipment. Paxton Astoria, OR

21 years, 5 months

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Wives and computers

by jim.isbell＠gmail.com

I think I creatated a Frankinstein Monster!! For 40 years my wife has not been interested in computers. 5 years ago I finially got her introduced to computers. She surfs the internet lika pro, installs her own software etc. BUT...now she expects to have the system updated every two weeks. She used to be satisfied with my cast offs but now she wants the latest!! This came to light most recently when I installed a Lansing sub woofer speaker system. Its not the latest technology and I even got it off E Bay for only $2.25 but it is the best I have ever heard. Now she wants one!!! -- Jim Isbell W5JAI UV #257 CAL 27 #221

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Sperry anyone?

by wmaddox＠pacbell.net

The 5000/50 is apparently a 68020-based Unix box, formerly the NCR Tower series. There doesn't seem to be much interest -- looks like they'll go cheap. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1247&item=5136977541… http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1247&item=5136979040…

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Brits so Wacky

by vcf＠siconic.com

This is much fun. It's a contest on some UK channel for people to come up with concepts for the most crap 1980s games. This is not picking crap 1980s games mind you, but coming up with parodies of games in the 1980s that were such crap they were memorable. http://www.b3ta.com/features/crapcomputergames/ Some highlights: Invaders from Space http://www.mrandmrswheatley.co.uk/invaders.html Father Jack Nun Attack http://www.distaste.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Father%20Jack.php Paintmash Dungeon 2 http://www.mrandmrswheatley.co.uk/princess1.html Spazz Attack http://www.mrandmrswheatley.co.uk/spazzman.html Super Bog Run http://www.lskerton.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/bogrun.html There are also what I'm sure are UK-centric jokes that are above my head but that will make the blokes howl. -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]

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No more bids from the EU

by cmcnabb＠gmail.com

Well, it looks like I won't be able to accept bids from the EU anymore: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/03/ebay_catalogue/

21 years, 5 months

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Enigma kits in USA (Robert Greenstreet)

by gstreet＠indy.net

Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 17:50:53 -0500 From: "Glen Goodwin" <acme(a)gbronline.com> Subject: Enigma kits in USA To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> > http://www.xat.nl/enigma-e/ > > That's DAMMED cool! Somebody needs to start selling these in the US! > > Joe --------------------------------------------------------------- >>Okay, you got my attention. I import stuff from all over the >>world, so why not Gt. Britain? >> >>Bletchley Park sells them for GBP119.99 (US$222.49), >>and the Museum Jan Corver in The Netherlands charges >>EUR130 (US$168.72), freight not included. >> >>If ten people on this list raise their hands and say "I want one" >>at *roughly* US$200 plus UPS shipping from Florida, I'll >>get in touch with the Enigma-kit folks and see what we can work out. >>By bringing in a number of them we'll save on the freight and possibly >>get a volume discount, too. >>[clipped] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Glen, I'm interested! Thanks, Robert Greenstreet (gstreet(a)indy.net)

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DEC R4000X-B9 in Kansas City

by mmcfadden＠cmh.edu

DEC deskside computer system labeled R4000X-B9 found at local surplus spot. I think it may be a MIPS processor based system. Mike m m c f a d d e n at c m h dot e d u

21 years, 5 months

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Now available: Guide to U.S. Computer Museums, 2005 Edition

by news＠computercollector.com

Hi all, Evan K. here again with a (blatantly commercial) list message: as an extension of the newsletter, I've now published the Guide to U.S. Computer Museums, 2005 Edition. The guide is in booklet form. It includes explanations of the history, mission, and uniqueness of more than 20 museums across the country. It also includes GPS coordinates, to help you find the museums on trips to new places. There is an "additional resources" appendix too. The information in the booklet is much more detailed than what I've posted online before. For example, we all know the Computer History Museum, but do you know about the ones in Kansas, Rhode Island, and Virginia? Do you know about the Perham Collection or the Historical Electronics Museum? Do you know where you can tour a supercomputer or see an original Enigma decoder machine? LOL, and for your talkative list members, the above questions are not intended for endless discussion here... they're just to make a point. :) Anyway, it took some time and effort and money to compile all of this information, so here's the commercial part (sorry, Mr. West!): I'm selling the booklets for $6 each (or $10 for two). There is also a $1 shipping cost, per every two copies -- makes a terrific holiday gift for your favorite traveling nerd. The booklets are available at my web site, http://news.computercollector.com ... thanks for reading this, - EK ===== Tell your friends about the Computer Collector Newsletter! -- It's free and we'll never send spam or share your email address -- Publishing every Monday(-ish), ask about writing for us -- Mainframes to videogames, hardware and software, we cover it all Visit the museums directory and read about past events at our web site: http://news.computercollector.com Contact us at news(a)computercollector.com 585 readers and counting!

21 years, 5 months

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Looking for RT-11 for SMS1000

by jplist＠kiwigeek.com

I have a friend who's needing a copy of RT-11 for an SMS1000, any help in finding a copy would be appreciated. This chap works at a fische and printshop and the 11/34 they used for talking to their lasers kicked it, so they're going to replace it with an SMS1000 they have on hand. The guy says that the stock PDP11/34 RT-11 image won't run on the SMS1000, so he's assuming a more specialised version is required. Thanks all; JP

21 years, 5 months

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HP 4951B Protocol Analyzer manual?

by uban＠ubanproductions.com

At the recent Ft. Wayne hamfest, I picked up an HP 4951B Protocol analyzer, but it didn't have a manual with it. Does anyone have one that I can get either a scan or copy of? --tnx --tom

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