Okay, I admit it: There are many, many things I don't know. :) And one
of those things came up in a conversation today, and sheer curiosity leads
me to ask:
What, exactly, is a resonant transformer?
The subject came up here about a month or so back - I think it was in
reference to a DEC PDP-8/E power supply, but that could be a mistake -
and a look through Google seemed to only bring me sites about Tesla
coils, which was interesting but didn't really shed light on the subject.
So I'm still curious. :) What does a resonant transformer do that a
conventional one does not? Does it have usefulness outside of Tesla
coils? What would it be doing in an 8/E (or whatever machine it was that
was being discussed at the time)?
Any enlightenment appreciated. :)
-O.-
Allright, so I'm going to the movie theatres to watch Fahrenheit 9/11
(this was probably about two months ago). The movie theatre I pick also
happens to have a conference centre at the lower floors. I'm bored, the
movie doesn't start for 40 minutes, so I go down and behold the exhibit
I hadn't looked at since sixth grade or something. The conference
center, as the exhibit, is owned by Storebrand, a major insurance
company here in Norway. (Storebrand literally means "Big fire", hee hee)
And the exhibit is full of cool old office hardware (old IBM
dictaphones, mechanical cardpunches/sorters, etc). And amongst one of
the cards, I see a COBOL card - PICTURE XX99. Ah ha! The smell of
opportunity! And old punch card paper! (*sniff* Ahhh...)
I call around, and finally end up talking to a man named Dag Wold, who
is the archivist and historian at Storebrand, and he explained that he
was a retired insurance worker that kept tabs on the archive's
inventory.
So, finally, I get to come over and look. And what a sight! Apart from a
metric buttload of cool old mechanical stuff and dictaphones and stuff,
a cool IBM 3270 terminal (I think I'm gonna start a thread on that
too :), a VT102 (what was the 2 for, again?), and a nice TI mini I tried
but failed to boot (The floppy I tried probably wasn't the boot floppy),
and some other cool stuff I really should take pictures of, the crown
jewel of the collection was definately (IMO :) a NORD-10/S minicomputer
with a 9-track Pertec rebrand tape drive. /S means "With various
enhancements, like cache" in Norwegian. Terse language, you see. :P
It's in excellent cosmetic condition. I powered it up, and everything
seemed to be working, but seeing how I don't know the first thing about
pretty much anything from Norsk Data, "working" means "didn't burst into
flames" :)
Enter Johnny Oddene, the webmaster of sintran.com, ex-Norsk
Data-employee, hobbyist, and owner of what was left of ND after they
went bankrupt in 1993. (Pretty much just a warezhouse and a trademark)
I mailed him, told him a bit about the project, and asked him if there
was any documentation or anything availible. He wanted to see the thing,
and we decide to meet up at the Storebrand warehouse.
He powered it up and started toggling and talking with me about the
architecture. And what an architecture!! The most interesting feature is
the concept of levels, which was new to me.
The CPU had 16 levels, 0-15. A 'level' was pretty much a sort of what
IBM would call PSW and Intel called ..was it TSS? Anyway, it describes a
running task with all its registers. The interesting thing, is that the
registers that you'd normally get from RAM with a Load PSW isntruction
or an <Insert Intel equivalent> are actually registers inside the CPU!
You just do a level switch, one instruction, and it switches levels and
immediately continues the other level! Of course, with what ISTR being 6
GPRs and some things like PC and stuff, this would end up with a lot of
registers. But boy, was it fast!
In fact, some customers buying the ND-100, the sequel to the Nord-10,
noticed a significant decrease in performance due to this.
It also would BOOT OVER NETWORKS! IN 1972! In what was called OPCOM
(IIRC), which was a small bootloader in PROM, you could boot from
various devices.
It used to have a disk, but now it doesn't :\
I am impressed at how much he remembered about the machine. Reading his
homepage, I find that this was the first computer he used (And the first
is always special... I envy him starting on such an ingenious arch
instead of a sodding 286 like me)
He didn't, however, remember any instructions, so no toggling yet. You
could also tell the thing to boot from floppy using a terminal over
current loop. However, being the owner of the friggin' company, he of
course has a complete set of docs! And a terminal! Yay! He's promised to
call me when he's heading up to his warehouse so I get a peek, too. I
will of course take pictures if I can get to borrow my (What do you call
people living in the room next to you at an orphanage? Neighbour?)'s
CyberShot.
I will of course start a webpage on this. For people wondering, the
PDP-7 is still where it's always been, and waiting for a wire-wrapper.
Thanks in advance for all the help you all probably will give me during
this project ;)
With excited rgds,
--
Tore S Bekkedal <toresbe(a)ifi.uio.no>
Hi,
As yall have noticed, my (pdp11.nl) mail server died on me while
I was away. Apparently, one of the RZ26L drives in Unibus died.
While testing some of those drives, several others died, so I did
replace all of them with new(er) RZ28's which have proben to be
rock solid.
Dunno how much mail was eventually bounced back, I believe the
problems started wednesday night, soo...
Cheers,
Fred
--
Fred N. van Kempen, DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) Collector/Archivist
Visit the VAXlab Project at http://VAXlab.pdp11.nl/
Visit the Archives at http://www.pdp11.nl/
Email: waltje(a)pdp11.nl BUSSUM, THE NETHERLANDS / Mountain View, CA, USA
what you want to google for is "ferroresonant power supplies"
http://www.mcitransformer.com/i_notes.html
for example
A ferroresonant power supply is very similar to an unregulated power supply except for the characteristics of the ferroresonant transformer.
The ferroresonant transformer will supply a constant output voltage over a wide variation of the transformer input voltage. The problems with using a ferroresonant power supply include that it is very sensitive to slight changes in line frequency and would not be switchable from 50 Hz to 60 Hz, and that the transformers dissipate more heat than conventional transformers. These power supplies are heavier and will have more audible noise from the transformer resonance than regulated linear power supplies.
Hello all,
My company recently decommissioned a small DEC system. They were
going to scrap it out, but the person who became the "owner" of the
system was loathe to do that, as it was a working system. I spotted
the pile of stuff, and asked about its status. Long story short, I am
now the owner of the system. However, I know *ZERO* about DEC stuff,
so I thought I would make it available to the list. I don't know if
the pile represented a single system, or half a system, or what, but
it is better than dumpstering it, right? :-)
This is only part of the list -- the "small stuff" if you will. The
"big stuff" is still waiting for me to go and get it. Once I get it
and look it over, I will list it here as well (as a teaser, think
B400X, R400X, TS05, RAID array, and MicroVAX).
First, the brief rules:
- Everything is free if you come get it (Westminster MA, USA, ZIP code
01473). If I ship it, I ask shipping +20% (for my time). "Shipping"
includes postage and packaging materials. I buy all of my boxes,
etc., at Staples... Please don't ask me to go 50 miles out of my way
to get a cheaper box :-)
- Please email me *off-list* to indicate yout interest. I will take
emails up until Monday 11/15 at midnight, to give weekenders and
international folks time to see this. I will decide who gets what in
the event of multiple interested parties. I will email the lucky ones
sometime on Tuesday.
- I will try to answer all questions to the best of my abilities, but
remember, my knowledge of DEC systems is less than zero....
OK, on to the stuff:
- Terminal, VT-420 C2, manufactured 7-Aug-1990. Amber screen, passes
diagnostics on power-up. Screen is kind of dim, and also "wavy"
(letters move back and forth at high frequency). Also will need a
good cleaning. Has a keyboard attached, LK-401-AA, rev. A02.
Keyboard is also quite dirty, but appears to be functional (F3 brings
up config. menu, and I could navigate w/ keyboard)
- Terminal, VT-320 C2, manufactured 31-Aug-1990. Amber screen, bright
stable picture, some burn-in, but not too bad. Startup diagnostics
pass. Will need a good cleaning. Has attached keyboard, LK-401-EA,
rev A04. Keyboard dirty, but functional. Has a WordPerfect template
stuck on above the top row of keys. Again, F3 brought me to config,
and I could navigate w/ keyboard.
- Terminal, VT-520 C4, manufactured 1994. Amber screen, clean, but
definite screen burn. Status line is badly burned in, and screen shows
signs of other burn-in. Startup diagnostics pass. Has attached
keyboard, LK-411-AA Rev B01, dirty but functional. I was able to bring up
config and navigate w/ keyboard.
- Terminal, VT-520 C4, manufactured 1994. Untested, because it is
still in its original box. The box is opened, but the styrofoam
packing is there, and the terminal appears still sealed inside the
blue plastic bag it was shipped in. Base is also included, but NO
manuals or keyboard.
- DECServer 200/MC. Has a 15-pin Ethernet connector and 8 DB-25 male
connectors. Also says Model: DSRVB-A. Untested, but working when
pulled.
- ThinWire Ethernet Singloport Repeater-150. DESPR-EE, rev C02.
Looks cleam, missing rubber feet. Untested, but another working pull.
- M9404-PA card. Full-height card. Half is just a plastic spacer,
the other half says "Q22 Cable Connector". Untested.
- M9047 Grant Continuity Card
- Manual: "B400X Expander Installation Guide"
- Manual: EK-BA44A-IN, "Entry Systems, BA400-Series Enclosures,
Storage Devices Installation Procedures" (TWO copies)
- Manual: EK-BA44A-IN-003, "Entry Systems, BA400-Series Enclosures,
Storage Devices Installation Procedures"
- Manual: EK-RF72D-UG, "RF Series Integrated Storage Element User's Guide"
- Manual: EK-RF72D-IM, "RF Series Integrated Storage Element
Installation Manual for BA200-Series Enclosures"
- Plugs, possibly for setting Drive IDs, or Bus IDs? Part Number:
12-28766-19 REV A01. Three plugs with no ID, the rest numbered 0-7.
One full set, one with blanks and 0,6,7 only.
- Plugs, possibly for setting Drive IDs, or Bus IDs? Part Number:
12-28766-28 REV B01. Three plugs with no ID, the rest numbered 0-7.
One full set, one with blanks and 0,5,6,7 only.
- FIVE covers, look like they cover hard drives. 7027049-02, Rev. A01
Thanks!
Rich B.
I've bought a model 33 off eBay. The seller doesn't
really know how to ship one -- he's just got it in a
box with styrofoam peanuts. I'm trying to give him
some instructions on how to do it right. I recall
that
there is a shipping screw that must be locked, but
don't remember the details. Can anyone give me some
instructions I can pass on to him? If anyone has
shipped one of these, I'd like to know what worked and
what didn't. I remember a few stories of machines
damaged in transit showing up on the list.
Thanks,
--Bill
Hello,
Any collectors in or near OC, CA?
I occassionally have things to get rid of, but nothing
particularily valuable.
Examples:
Commodore stuff (VIC,C64).
Portables (Compaq, Osborne).
Books (Apple, Amiga).
and other similar stuff.
Watch for me on the Fox TV show "The O.C."!
Just kidding, it's lame.
Steve.
__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page.
www.yahoo.com
Yo Freddie - call me on my landline of cell if your mailserver is still
stuffed up....
obClassiccmp: Found a few nice VaxStationen at Wierd Stuff last time I was
there... an M3100/74 and accompanying Storage Expansion Box with all the
cables intact, including the RGB/kybd/mouse cable. Ain't had time to
power it up yet, but it's on The Canonical List of Things to Eventually
Do.
Cheers
John
Thanks all for the explanation.
I have put some new pictures on my website (www.pdp-11.nl)
Goto [Homebrew 'PDP-11'] -> [spin off]. To get the LED's on the photo
the colors of the artwork are not correct; the smal picture above it
is more like it. The latest source code is available in the ZIP file
(and with and without RealConsole in the two S19 record files).
The S19 without RealConsole will run stand-alone on the Core Board
(no I/O Board needed) if the 32k RAM chip is installed.
I will certainly check out David's PDP-8 online. Cool!
greetz,
- Henk, PA8PDP.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Sent: 11-11-2004 18:32
Subject: Re: one more question about pdp8/e console switches behaviour
I think people have answered your questions but if not my online PDP-8
interface should work like the real front panel. It is a real 8/E but
the web interface is a custom board I made. I copied the front panel
logic
so it should act the same and it seemed to in my testing.
http://www.pdp8.net/run.shtml
David Gesswein
http://www.pdp8.net/ -- Run an old computer with blinkenlights.
Have any PDP-8 stuff you're willing to part
with?
> [...Norsk Data NORD-10/S...]
> Oh man, det er kjempe, KJEMPEkult!
Hehe. visst faen :)
>Now I _really_ need to find a way to move back to Norway! You wouldn't
>happen to know of a job in the area looking for a mouse? :-)
Bring a PDP-11 and I'll stash you in the basement ;)
--
Tore S Bekkedal <toresbe(a)ifi.uio.no>
How do I change the email address I receive this list on???
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pdfs of the fiche scans are trickling onto
www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/fiche/200dpi
I'm doing the diagnostic listings first, then any other
documents that are readable and don't already appear from
paper scans. I'll have a list of the full contents later
tonight on bitsavers.
At 19:13 10/11/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>At "Au Vieux PC" (where shopping is always an Adventure) I spotted a T4400
>with docking station and parallele port to SCSI addapter and other bits.
>All for 15 CAD.
>
>However, the T4400 has a BIOS password.
>http://www.bitlink.ca/Library/toshiba.shtml Says that it's impossible to
>remove the password. Anyone here have any other ideas?
>
>Also, anyone want this beast?
>
>-Philip
Philip,
If you have a parallel port, you should be able to do it. I have never done
this myself, however it is reported by many to work on Toshiba laptops:
----------------------- Begin Quote ----------------------
This method works on all older (ancient) models.
This is what you need:
1. Your notebook
2. An empty formatted diskette (720 kb or 1,44 mb)
3. A second computer (e.g. a DOS desktop PC)
4. A hex-editor (e.g. Norton DiskEdit or HexWorks)
This is what you have to do:
1. Start the desktop PC and start the hex-editor
2. Put the disk in drive A:
3. Change the first five bytes of sector 2 (boot sector is sector 1)
to: 4B 45 59 00 00
4. Save it! Now you have a KEYDISK
5. Remove the disk from drive A:
6. Put the disk in the notebook drive
7. Start the notebook in Boot Mode (push the reset button)
8. Press Enter when asked for Password:
9. You will be asked to Set Password again. Press Y and Enter.
10. You now see the BIOS configuration where you can set a new password.
Of course this will only work if you can still boot the machine.
Newer models try:
Toshiba notebook BIOS password removal via Parallel Port
If you make a simple device that you connect to your parallel port, a
lot of Toshiba computers remove the password when you boot it up. The
device, named "loopback" by some, could be made out of any parallel
wire with 25pins connectors. You should connect these pins:
1-5-10,
2-11,
3-17,
4-12,
6-16,
7-13,
8-14,
9-15
For those who care, what is connect to what
1-5-10, 1=Strob, 5 =data bit 3, 10 = ack
2-11, 2=data bit 0, 11=Busy
3-17, 3=data bit 1, 17=SLCT IN
4-12, 4=data bit 2, 12=Paper End
6-16, 6=data bit 4, 16=reset
7-13, 7=data bit 5, 13=SLCT (out)
8-14, 8=data bit 6, 14=Auto feed
9-15 9=data bit 7, n/c sometimes +5v
If you have a newer laptop again, one without a parallel port you will
need a special USB password removal tool, and they cost much more.
---------------- End Quote ----------------
If you give up on it or otherwise decide to unload it, I have some interest
(located in Ottawa).
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
Re: "Obviously the value would be greatly enhanced if we could knock up an
index (document title or part number, where it starts, where it ends) and
better yet if individual docs could be pulled out into separate pdfs."
All of this is fairly easy if you have full-version Adobe Acrobat. I'm not
saying it's not time consuming, but it's far less difficult than many people
(who have never used full-version Acrobat, but have only used the reader)
would suspect.
I MIGHT do it if I get access to the files. Downloading 1,000 jpegs will
probably take a lot more time than consolidating them into a PDF file, which
can then be fairly indexed.
I'm aware of someone that is looking to get some of the books they
publish into a modern format. Curently the data exists in such
formats as IBM Mag Cards and Scenicwriter, as well as other formats.
Does anyone know of anyway of converting these two formats into
something like RTF?
Zane
--
--
| Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator |
| healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast |
| | Classic Computer Collector |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------+
| Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, |
| PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. |
| http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |
I have been ready for 20 years to dump "Uncle Bill" but every time I
try to switch to Linux I run into problems that seem insurmountable.
Recently I have been looking at the Linspire line of products...Lindows
in particular. It looks like what I need, BUT....just as always, when I
ask about compatibility with the various applications that I now run
under XP I get the same run-around. "Get it and try with Wine and see
if it works." If I have to get drunk first, I am not interested...#8-)
I can't do that. There are programs I need and I cannot just take a
chance that "maybe it will work" My main concerns are Adobe PDF
creator, Adobe Photo Shop, Netscape, and particularly Easy Office 2001
which contains all my data in Easy Spreadsheet files that are not
compatible with Excel (even though they are supposed to be).
I don't want to have to go out and buy an all new set of apps. That
makes the relatively low price of Lindows immaterial. And besides, all
my files would likely be incompatible so I lose all my old data unless I
keep two machines. Also, I use Netscape for browser and E Mail and I
have tons of mail files and bookmarks that I would have to figure out
how to get over to Lindows...Unless Netscape will run under Lindows. ????
I know there are free apps that can do word processing and spreadsheets
and photo processing, but they appear to be "stripped down" versions.
I can network the old and new computers ( I already have the LAN in
operation with two MS OS computers on it) then I could download all my
files and programs into the new computer....IF I COULD BE SURE that they
would work with the Lindows OS. Spending $49 to try what might be a
failure is NOT an option.
Does anyone have any suggestions other than buy it and hope it works?
Equipment just saw outside at a surplus dealer:
2 Xerox 820's of some type,
1 DEC Minc-11,
1 DEC PDP-11/73,
1 Osborne-1,
1 DEC Gi-Gi,
4 Wang MVPs with Terminals and Peripherals.
No connection to dealer.
Contact:
Pembelton Electronics, Inc.
Ft Wayne, IN 46808
(260) 484-1812
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So VCF 7.0 was pretty damn awesome. Thanks to all who came, especially to
those who exhibited.
Attendance was lower than last year, but the turnout was still really
good. I won't have an absolute number for a few more days yet.
I'll try to get the photo gallery up a lot quicker this time. Look for
that in the next two weeks.
--
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> What steps would be necessary to run Edusystem 50 on an SBC6120?
Simulation of an RF08 256kword swapping disc.
The copies of EDU50 that survive require the use of that disc
for swapping.
Hi Folks,
Long time lurker, first time poster here.
I'm the seller of the microfiche collection up on ebay. I apologize that
I haven't jump in here sooner and talked about this.
The collection HAS been scanned into a ~4GB set of jpegs and tiffs.
A professional scanning company was used: www.data2cd.com. At the time,
over 2 years now, they were the cheapest and scanned per microfiche.
Due to time constrains, absent-mindedness, and bandwidth limitations, I
haven't made the files available.
The scans are only organized into pages per microfiche... no other
sorting or labeling has been done. In some cases, there are more than
one set of documents present on a microfiche.
There are some pages were data2cd was not able to extract enough detail.
Either the density was beyond their equipment and/or the original page
was not transfered/photographed correctly.
I'd be very happy to flood someone's connection for a weekend to
transfer the files over with the promise to organize and host the files
for the general vintage computing public. Ideally, it would be nice to
have these organized into PDFs. Also, it would be nice to throw some
files at an OCR to extract the diagnostic source code.
My recommendation is to bet on the auction if you have a desire to
collect such material and can preserve it. Please don't bet with the
only intention to scan these -- that's already been done!
-- Michael
Welp, my project car needs an engine so I'm selling trinkets
on ePay.
Some Tek and HP catalogs, a couple old ones.
Two items are umm substantially priced, my IBM 7090 reference
manuals. It's possibly, even likely, insane, but hey, it's only
bits (and cash).
I've got a bit of hardware I'll put up soon, like a working
GRiDcase with expansion chassis, etc.
I'm looking for boards for an ancient pdp-11. The first is M8090. 2, M8030. 3, M7430. If you can point me in the right direction, I would be most appreciative.
Regards,
Ron
I was watching "Connections", (either ep 4 or ep 5 - "Faith in Numbers" or
"Wheel of Fortune", when about 3 min into the show, James Burke fires up a
Straight-8 w/LED front-panel lights, and at least a couple of DECtape drives,
all to control a planetarium.
I just about fell off the couch!
http://www.documentary-video.com/displayitem.cfm?vid=854
-ethan
P.S. - to make this doubly on-topic, I was watching this on Betamax. I think
the South Pole has the largest Beta repository on the planet - several hundred
original tapes. I probably found about one or two a week to watch, all year
long, from "Soylent Green" to "2001" to "Forbidden Planet", and lots more!
--
Ethan Dicks, A-130-S Current South Pole Weather at 11-Nov-2004 22:01 Z
South Pole Station
PSC 468 Box 400 Temp -40 F (-40.0 C) Windchill -72.59 F (-58.2 C)
APO AP 96598 Wind 15.1 kts Grid 000 Barometer 690.3 mb (10238. ft)
Ethan.Dicks(a)amanda.spole.gov http://penguincentral.com/penguincentral.html
It's best to know what model PS/2. If it's a 95xx, it will be much easier
and even fun to set up.
In a message dated 11/12/2004 8:31:26 AM Eastern Standard Time,
john_boffemmyer_iv(a)boff-net.dhs.org writes:
A fellow IBM'er of mine is selling me his complete IBM PS/2 system. It's
MicroChannel AND has Token Ring! woohoo. It is also SCSI! I am also getting
a MAU in original plastic still WITH reset tool. yippie. I can add that to
the 24 port Bay Networks (now Nortel) Baystack 504 (mod) that I have. Now
all I need to do is toss in a few larger SCSI drives and find someone nice
enough to have a copy of the MCA configuration floppy that I will be
needing. Once I know the specific unit, I will ask the list for help on
that. More than likely, I know I'll get a few flames, but hey, gotta ask as
it will be my main machine/server on the TR side of the network. It is
currently running DOS and a semi-modified Windows 3.1 (?). I want to do
something, like toss Debian on it as it has a very nice net install and
works well for me so far. Any suggestions guys?
-John Boffemmyer IV
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Founder, Network Engineer, Tech Analyst
and Web Designer Boff-Net Technologies
http://boff-net.dhs.org/index.html
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I saw this in the usenet in alt.sys.pdp11, and I am unfortunately too far
away to get it myself... Anyone here?
Frank
>************** First Message *************
>Greetings from Michigan State University
>
>I've got the following group of stuff set to go to salvage and have no
>idea of the value (if any) that they have anymore. Any information would
>be appreciated.
>
>DEC PDP 11/93 - RSX11M+
> TK-50 TAPE DRIVE (1)
> MAXTOR RD-54 DRIVES (2)
> M3106 - 4 LINE ASYNC CARD (2)
> M3107 - DHQ11-M ASYNC MUX (1)
> M7516 - Q-BUS TO ETHERNET ADAPTOR (1)
> M7555 - RD DISK CONT BD F4/D1,DUAL (1)
> M8991 (1)
> M9058 - RQDX2,3 CABLE PADDLE CARD (1)
> M9401 - GRANT CONTINUITY CARD (3)
>
>DEC PDP 11/83 - RSX11M+
> TK-50 TAPE DRIVE (1)
> MAXTOR RD-54 DRIVES (2)
> M3106 - 4 LINE ASYNC CARD (2)
> M3107 - DHQ11-M ASYNC MUX (2)
> M7516 - Q-BUS TO ETHERNET ADAPTOR (1)
> M7555 - RD DISK CONT BD F4/D1,DUAL (1)
> M9058 - RQDX2,3 CABLE PADDLE CARD (1)
>
>DEC VAXStation II
> MAXTOR RD-53 DRIVES (2)
> M3106 - 4 LINE ASYNC CARD (2)
> M7504 - DEQN-M Q-BUS ETHERNET CARD (1)
> M7555 - RD DISK CONT BD F4/D1,DUAL (1)
> M8027 - LPV11 PRINTER CONTROLLER (1)
> M9058 - RQDX2,3 CABLE PADDLE CARD (1)
> EMULEX TC0210201-FSH - TAPE CONTROLLER
> EMULEX SC0310201-BXF - DISK CONTROLLER
>
>MISCELLANEOUS
> DEC H3104 - 36-PIN TO 8 MMJ PORTS (3)
> DECXM-M.D01 - AUI X BNC THINWIRE MAU (2)
> DEC BNE40=02 - 2M E-NET/IEEE 802 NI CABLE (2)
> DEC H8571-C - MMJ-RS232 ADAPTER (3)
> DEC H8571-D - MMJ-RS232 ADAPTER (2)
> DEC H8575-B - DB9F / MMJ ADAPTER (7)
> EMU-TEK - REVs 3.0A and 3.0B (1ea)
> VT520-A4 TERMINAL (1)
> BLACK BOX 4-1 RS-232 SWITCH (DB25)
> BLACK BOX 6-1 RS-232 SWITCH (DB25)
>
>Thanks...
>
>Todd Wilson
>HVAC Services - Michigan State University
>
>
>
>
>************** Second Message *************
>I should clarify...
>
>These systems are to be sent to salvage complete, and I don't intend to
>part them out. Of the miscellaneous parts, the H3104s go with the PDPs (2
>with the 11/83, 1 with the 11/93). The MAUs and NI cables were a DECNet
>interface between the two PDPs. 232-MMJ adapters, I have a bunch of
>generics (bought from Black-Box) along with the actual DEC ones listed. I
>also have quite a bit of documentation with the PDPs. The VaxStation was
>procured as a parts machine since it is also QBus and PDP parts were
>becoming scarce(though we never used it as such). My hope is to generate
>some interest in them so that someone will buy them through salvage rather
>than sending them to the crusher. The last unit I sent to salvage was an
>11/24, 5 full enclosures, 9 RA-81 disk drives, 1 RA-80, 2 RLO2, and about
>(literally) 30 RLO2 Pacs. All were crushed due to lack of interest. When I
>send this group of items to salvage, it will include some LA100 and 120
>printers and stands, an RLO2 Diagnostic Pac (RSX11M), and I think I have 2
>or three more VTs (if memory serves, VT320s). I might have 1 more RA80
>also. My intent is to post back here with details on how to purchase the
>items through salvage when I send them (within the next week or two). Many
>have offered EBay as an option, but our equipment transfer rules do not
>permit direct sale of University owned items. All inventoried materials
>must be transferred to Salvage for release from the University.
>
>If anyone need to contact me about them, I can be reached at
>
>Direct Line: (517)432-0533
>Email: tdwilson(a)pplant.msu.edu
>
>Thanks
>
>Todd Wilson
>
> outstring (1, "Make multiple copies!\n");
about 700mb (~200 sheets) are on bitsavers after about 2.5 hours. they are
in a hidden directory that the ftp mirrors will pick up.
i'm guessing it will be some time in the early morning when the transfer
finishes.
the good news is the diagnostic listings look OK. the bad news is they were
scanned with an effective resolution of 200dpi, which is going to make it
very iffy to OCR. bundling the diagnostic listings into pdfs combining multiple
sheets and adding page numbers should be fairly easy to automate.
I am forwarding this from the Boston Craigslist in case anybody is interested.
Reply to: anon-48640258(a)craigslist.org
=================================================================
I have a 5x10ft storage locker with 24 years worth of computing,
but now I am moving and have to get rid of it. You can keep this
in your own collection or sell it on eBay. Help me clean it out
within the next few weeks by taking all of it.
To keep it serious I'll accept offers for one week. If no offers,
not even token offers, I'll take it all to the dump myself. I
have a pickup truck and can help transport if you pay gas.
Located and available to be seen in Londonderry, NH, at exit 5 off
Interstate 93.
Little of this stuff is usable in a modern environment, but it
all worked when taken out of service.
Apple //e. Monochrome and 13-in digital color monitors,
5MB Corvus hard drive, Imagewriter 1 printer. Many cards and
accessories. Complete Apple Pascal and Modula-2 system. A
whole bunch of software and manuals.
Macintosh Plus. 20MB hard drive. Many accessories. Software
and manuals.
Compaq II 80286 portable computer with 20MB hard drive. Canon
8086 computer and monitor. 80286 IBM AT clone with monitor.
All these would make good Minix systems to toy with.
8088 computer and monitor with floppy drives. 80386 DOS
laptop. HP Omnibook 300 ultraportable Windows notebook.
Sun IPX Solaris UNIX workstation with disk array, 19-inch
color monitor, keyboard, mouse.
HP Laserjet 3P (needs board). A couple of Epson inkjet
printers. A couple of Microtek SCSI flatbed optical scanners.
Hundreds of manuals and books, especially on Pascal and Unix,
will sell separately or keep but won't give away.
__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page.
www.yahoo.com
I'd be very happy to flood someone's connection for a weekend to
transfer the files over with the promise to organize and host the files
for the general vintage computing public.
--
I can take care of this on bitsavers.
>
>
> This is really cool:
>
> http://www.xat.nl/enigma-e/
>
> Sellam Ismail
> Vintage Computer Festival
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>>What's the point? If you want an Enigma copy, then build a real
>>mechanical one (not at all impossible in a good home workshop). If you
>>want an encryption system, then use one of the many more secure ones that
>>are available now, If for some reason you want to be able to
>>encode/decode enigma messages, it's not hard to write a suitable program
>>for a good handheld computer/calculator.
>>This seems to be as pointless as those fake 'old radios' that look like
>>pre-war sets but which have ICs inside (or the UK 'copies' of 1960's
>>transistor portables with the FM band and ICs inside). If you want a
>>valve radio, then get one...
>>-tony
------------------------------------------------
OK, naysayers. Fine, be that way... But I commend anyone who takes the time
to make such a kit. I think it's incredibly cool--just like the various
emulations from the paper versions to the simulator versions to the real
copies. They all took a great deal of thought and planning. "Dissing"
something like this reminds me of when I still had a shot at flying for my
once great company. One of the chief pilots in charge of (pilot) hiring had
_nothing_ good to say about simulators at all. He especially _hated_ any PC
version of a fltsim. In point of fact, ual had one of the best pilot
training programs on the planet, and guess what(?), like all airlines, they
train in the sim (full motion, awesomely realistic). The final checkride is
in the real thing (to my knowledge, the final checkouts were done on
revenue flights). Sims must not be all that bad, eh? Not everyone has
access to full motion sims--in fact, almost no one does...
I fell in love with the first sim I ever saw. It was a "terrain modeling
board" based T-37 full motion sim. Later, we got to fly the cgi versions
(which were nightime only, due to the limited graphics capabilities
available when they were made). T-38 sims were all cgi based (No mechinal
stuff to break down, and it was the instrumentation that they were
interested in). In 1980, this stuff seemed "spaced-aged" (esp. the cgi
sims, which were crude by today's standards). I've been following PC based
fltsims since the early days (and they really were crude by today's
standards). There are those who still have nothing good to say about
PC-based sims, but I can't say enough good about them. Apparently, a
difference in perception...
(And, yes, I acknowledge that there is no substitute for the real thing,
but they truly are one of the most efficient ways ever devised to turn gold
into thin air, and they take up a lot of space and need lots of care and
attention! It's definitely a trade-off...)
Regards,
Bob Greenstreet
> I was going to suggest Retroarchive
You're certainly welcome to mirror bitsavers content, if you
have a way to do mirroring via ftp. It is currently around
37gb.
I took a brief trip out to one of my scrap^H^H^H^H^H er, treasure sources today. I didn't expect to find much and I wasn't disappointed if you catch my meaning. However I did find a loose board that looks suspiously like a SGI Indigo board which surprised me because I've never seen any Indigo stuff at this place. I brought home the board and checked on the net and found that it's fairly rare card for the Indigos. It's Real Time Video Capture Card, pn 030-8095-003. But unfortunately it's in really bad condition, something heavy was dropped on it and the board is cracked and at least one surface mount IC is broken in half :-( But the good news is that I also found a floppy disk drive in a SGI sled and it appears to be the right one for the Indigo. The one in my R4400 Indigo is flaky so the trip was worth it after all.
Joe
(Unrelated to Micheal's post, just the bearer of bad content from the list.)
The message from Michael re: fiche has malformed To:
data. Someone's not handling quotes properly!
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:59:31 -0500
From: Michael <vaxlion(a)postal.lionsden.com>
Reply-To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
To: General(a)apocalypse.org,
"Discussion(a)apocalypse.org"@fiche.wps.com:On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Subject: Hold the scanners! (was DEC Docs, Diagrams,
and Diags. on Microfische)
> Otherwise, the way this is handled is to shear the binding off the book.
Sewn book bindings can be disassembled without shearing. Take the journals
apart then scan the left and right pages sequentially. Most glued bindings
and be peeled apart in a similar manner. In fact, it's difficult to keep
a glued binding from falling apart if it's older than 20 years.
The problem with shearing a binding is you have to make absolutely, positively
sure that all of the pages are aligned, or you take a 'C' shaped cut out of
the bound edge of the book. By the time you get a book down to the size where
you can make sure the stacks are straight, you may as well have taken them
all apart by hand.
Where are they?
Original Message:
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From: Marvin Johnston marvin(a)rain.org
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 11:00:39 -0800
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Needs Rescuing - Tektronics Terminal
A friend of mine has two Tektronics T-4109 terminals w/ keyboards and
graphics tablet that need to go away today or tomorrow. Does anyone want
these? I can pick them up and hold for a short while if necessary.
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On Nov 11 2004, 13:29, Gooijen H wrote:
> Hmm, is that behaviour of a real pdp8/e console logical?
> I am not saying it is wrong; perhaps the impementation DIGITAL
> made is a little strange ...?
I think it's perfectly logical. When you press EXAM, it increments the
address ready to read the next word. When you press DEP, it increments
the address ready for the next entry. Unlike a PDP-11, where sometimes
it increments, sometimes not, and you have to remember the rules :-)
It's just a different way of doing it. Remember this is a simpler
machine, designed some years before the -11.
> When you activate HALT (or SING STEP), the top row of lights
> show the Memory Address (aka the Program Counter, PC).
> When the knob is then set at "MD" the current instruction (at PC)
> is displayed on the 'data' row of lights below the Memory Address.
> So far so good (correct?).
Yes, if you HALT a running program, that's correct. It displays the
address just about to be used, logically, so that if you press CONT it
starts at the address which is displayed, just as if you did an ADDR
LOAD of that address, and then pressed CONT.
> When you press EXAM the *first* time, the data still shows what
> is at memory location [PC], but the Memory Address shows [PC+1] ...
Yes. It shows the word at the address that was displayed just before
you pressed EXAM. Having pressed EXAM, it then displays the next
address.
> That would mean that the displayed data and the displayed Memory
> Address *can* be out of 'sync'. Only after you pressed EXAM at least
> once you are sure that the displayed data is from location minus one
> from the displayed Memory Address.
> Is my understanding correct?
It's not really out of sync. When running, or after a HALT, and BEFORE
you tamper with any switches, the display shows the current address and
the data at that address. Which is probably what you want, most of the
time. If you then press EXAM, you will get the data from whatever
address was current (and displayed) just before you press EXAM. If you
press DEP instead, the data you write would go to the address that was
current, and displayed, just before you pressed DEP. When you press
either of those keys, the address is incremented ready for the next
EXAM or DEP.
> Other question.
> Is the increment after EXAM (and DEP) *always* done on the pdp8/e?
It's always done. It's done as you press the switch down.
> The reason I'm asking is that on PDP-11's the repeated sequence
> EXAM / DEP / EXAM / DEP, etc. does *not* increment the address.
> Address increment is only done when EXAM is pressed after EXAM
> was pressed. Likewise for a DEP / DEP sequence.
PDP-8 users get the DEP right the first time, and don't need to check
it ;-)
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Oops, I should have mentioned that these are in Santa Barbara,
California. His comment was that these are in pristine condition
(although they are probably dusty from where they have been sitting.)
A friend of mine has two Tektronics T-4109 terminals w/ keyboards and
graphics tablet that need to go away today or tomorrow. Does anyone want
these? I can pick them up and hold for a short while if necessary.
Definitely do not let them ship it in a box
filled with peanuts. With a heavy object, some
sort of liquefaction occurs and the object bangs
around inside the box. Poured foam can work
if the thing is sealed in a plastic bag. I've had
very good luck when the shipper has used pieces
of rigid styrofoam, even scraps broken up from
the large styrofoam castings used to ship
monitors or computers, fit tightly on all six
sides of the object being shipped, leaving no
empty volume. I just received a paper tape
punch and reader from the Netherlands shipped
this way and there wasn't a crack or scratch.
Brian
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I need a photo of a 5251 keyboard with enough detail to make out the
keyboard layout
if possible.
email if you can scan or photograph one for me from some place.
thanks,
jim
Yes, it's not too difficult to remove passwords from older Toshiba models.
There are 2 ways, basically. One uses a dongle on the parallel port, the
other uses a floppy diskette with some magic bytes in a particular place on
the disk. Both the dongle and pre-made floppies are sold on E-Bay. With a
bit of effort, you can track down information on how to make either
yourself.
I think people have answered your questions but if not my online PDP-8
interface should work like the real front panel. It is a real 8/E but
the web interface is a custom board I made. I copied the front panel logic
so it should act the same and it seemed to in my testing.
http://www.pdp8.net/run.shtml
David Gesswein
http://www.pdp8.net/ -- Run an old computer with blinkenlights.
Have any PDP-8 stuff you're willing to part with?
Hmm, is that behaviour of a real pdp8/e console logical?
I am not saying it is wrong; perhaps the impementation DIGITAL
made is a little strange ...?
When you activate HALT (or SING STEP), the top row of lights
show the Memory Address (aka the Program Counter, PC).
When the knob is then set at "MD" the current instruction (at PC)
is displayed on the 'data' row of lights below the Memory Address.
So far so good (correct?).
When you press EXAM the *first* time, the data still shows what
is at memory location [PC], but the Memory Address shows [PC+1] ...
That would mean that the displayed data and the displayed Memory
Address *can* be out of 'sync'. Only after you pressed EXAM at least
once you are sure that the displayed data is from location minus one
>from the displayed Memory Address.
Is my understanding correct?
Other question.
Is the increment after EXAM (and DEP) *always* done on the pdp8/e?
The reason I'm asking is that on PDP-11's the repeated sequence
EXAM / DEP / EXAM / DEP, etc. does *not* increment the address.
Address increment is only done when EXAM is pressed after EXAM
was pressed. Likewise for a DEP / DEP sequence.
again, TIA,
- Henk, PA8PDP.
> The position is always relevant, but you don't set it to AC. You set
> it to MD (Memory Data). And when you press EXAM (or DEP), the address
> displayed on the upper row will increment (but the data displayed will
> remain the same, the data for the address that was current when you
> pressed EXAM/DEP).
A fellow IBM'er of mine is selling me his complete IBM PS/2 system. It's
MicroChannel AND has Token Ring! woohoo. It is also SCSI! I am also getting
a MAU in original plastic still WITH reset tool. yippie. I can add that to
the 24 port Bay Networks (now Nortel) Baystack 504 (mod) that I have. Now
all I need to do is toss in a few larger SCSI drives and find someone nice
enough to have a copy of the MCA configuration floppy that I will be
needing. Once I know the specific unit, I will ask the list for help on
that. More than likely, I know I'll get a few flames, but hey, gotta ask as
it will be my main machine/server on the TR side of the network. It is
currently running DOS and a semi-modified Windows 3.1 (?). I want to do
something, like toss Debian on it as it has a very nice net install and
works well for me so far. Any suggestions guys?
-John Boffemmyer IV
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Founder, Network Engineer, Tech Analyst
and Web Designer Boff-Net Technologies
http://boff-net.dhs.org/index.html
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Thanks very much for the clear answer, Pete.
I have a webpage "in development", and hope to add a few pictures
representing the latest state of affairs. There is also a ZIP file
but it is an old version ... I will clean up the current source
(remove some debugging stuff) and make that available for download
as well. If you have a working Core Board *with* the extra 16k RAM
chip, you can run the pdp8/e simulation without the I/O Board by
just assembling the source with the "RealCons" conditional set to 0.
The wiring details (and more) are all in the source file. The link
to the page is: www.pdp-11.nl -- the click on [Homebrew 'PDP-11']
in the menu at the left, and on the page that opens click the link
[spin off] at the top right.
enjoy (?),
- Henk, PA8PDP.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org
> [mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Pete Turnbull
> Sent: donderdag 11 november 2004 9:08
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Subject: Re: one more question about pdp8/e console switches behaviour
>
>
> On Nov 11 2004, 8:32, Gooijen H wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I have the pdp8/e *including* the console running on the Core
> > 6809 Board (plus one I/O Board)!
>
> Nice! I look forward to seeing this.
>
> > If the HALT (or SING STEP) switch is down, you can use the EXAM
> > and DEP momentary switches. If I press EXAM, I want to see the
> > 12-bit word contents of the address currently on display in the
> > top row (memory address) of the console.
> > That 12-bit word is displayed on the 12 lights below the memory
> > address lights. Is it correct that the position of the selector
> > switch (the rotary knob) must be on "AC" to see the contents of
> > the active address? Or is its position not relevant while HALT
> > (or SING STEP) is active which seems odd to me because you want
> > to be able to see more than just the AC when you HALTed the CPU?
>
> The position is always relevant, but you don't set it to AC. You set
> it to MD (Memory Data). And when you press EXAM (or DEP), the address
> displayed on the upper row will increment (but the data displayed will
> remain the same, the data for the address that was current when you
> pressed EXAM/DEP).
>
> > The answer seems easy, I just want to hear confirmation.
> > The current implementation shows the contents briefly after I
> > pressed EXAM *and* the knob is on "AC". Just *very briefly*,
> > then the simulation shows the actual AC content again.
>
> It shouldn't do that.
>
> > So, on a real pdp8/e I assume that when the knob is on "AC" you
> > see the contents of AC when HALT is active?
>
> Yes, without any glitches from the data. But only if the rotary knob
> is turned to the AC position, otherwise you see whatever you've
> selected (STATE, STATUS, AC, MD, MQ, BUS).
>
> > In that case, after the user pushed EXAM once (and the memory
> > contents is displayed as I described above), how does he get to
> > see contents of the "AC" again?
> >
> > Hope I made myself clear why I asked the question ...
> >
> > TIA,
> > - Henk, PA8PDP.
>
> --
> Pete Peter Turnbull
> Network Manager
> University of York