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

by sml49＠comcast.net

On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 Jim Isbell <millenniumfalcon(a)cableone.net> wrote: > Subject: Salvaging HP Laser Jet series II > I saved anything that had a wire connected to it and put all the > plastic, sheet metal and gear trains into the trash on the theory that > the gear trains looked tough enough to not be a failure point. Those machines have Canon engines that are really long-lived; I have an Apple LaserWriter Iig (originally a Iint) which has the same mechanism and it's been running (admittedly in light use lately) since October 1989. I wonder if anyone on the list has any kind of teardown instructions or lubrication instructions for these machines - mine sounds as if it can use a greasing when it's feeding paper - not a screeching sound but is sounds as if something's running dry in there. It's never been taken apart and Apple's hardbound book on the LW II doesn't give this kind of information. I'd hate to slop the wrong lube in the wrong place and damage this old workhorse as it enters its 16th year of service. Seth Lewin

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ultrix 4.5 vax

by rachael＠rachael.dyndns.org

Hello My vaxserver 3100 has been installed with ultrix 4.5, I get alot better along with a unix than with vms, I was wondering if someone has keeped a copy of the different security updates from DEC ? I know the freeware archive at ftp.eagle.y.se , and I have installed the different interessing things from there. I graped the gnu things there and got unmbasic compiled, its not vaxbasic but is basic, actual not that slow either. Did a small inventory the other day, my commodore machines are staring to take up abit of space, had 13 64 machines of different types, and a 1541 or 1541II for every one of the. just needs to figure out a way to cluster them through IEC :) Maybe Cameron Kaiser can help here. regards Jacob Dahl Pind -- CBM, Amiga,Vintage hardware collector Email: rachael(a)rachael.dyndns.org url: http://rachael.dyndns.org fido: 2:237/38.8

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international order........... (fwd)

by vcf＠siconic.com

By the way, for proper context, here's the original message thread from my "customer". I have no idea where he saw that I have Commodore or Okidata printers. But you do realize this does make it on topic, since those are very vintage! :) P.S. I MapQuested that address and it exists apparently. Can someone from that area sanity check it? I wonder what's there... -- 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 ] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:46:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf(a)siconic.com> To: mark green <greensupplier(a)yahoo.com> Cc: utl(a)rivne.com Subject: Re: international order........... On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, mark green wrote: > good day sir/ms > hi my name is green i am a business man, i live in usa i have a store in canada and uk, i purchase and sell goods from one store to another store. but for security purpose this is my address 27 East 158th Place > South Holland, illinois, > USA , 60473 > so there is a new store i wanted to set up in nigeria and i will like to place an order form your store to that store in nigeria. > but i want you to some straigth i don't live in nigeria because some people don't want to ship to that country fir some reason and i don't know why but for me i like the country > because i make a lot of profit there and idon't realy stay there i due go and come back for business i am a wihte man that love black people, > so i will like to know if you accept credit card for your payment and if you can ship to the country. > my couirer service that use is via, > dhl > fedex > so iwill place my order immidately you recieve you reply > regards > green Yes. Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 13:32:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf(a)siconic.com> To: mark green <greensupplier(a)yahoo.com> Subject: Re: ITEMS LIST............ On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, mark green wrote: > hello > thank you for the reply,so i can now make my order pls see the goods below: > 1, > Commodore Business Machines 1526 Printer > QTY:5 > 2, > Okidata Okimate 20 > QTY:5 > so you can cacu;ate the total cost of the goods so that can make the payment I only have Okidata 21 models. They are 1 better than the model 20. Is this OK? My price is $37.62 each. For the 1526 printer, I have 7 in stock. $39.95 each. If you buy all 7 I'll give you a better price. Do you need extra dwibbles? -- 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 ]

21 years, 6 months

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Don Maslin

by fmc＠reanimators.org

Yet another e-mail virus forged my address on an e-mail to his address, and it bounced to me with something like "mailbox full". Which made me think, I haven't seen anything from him since 10 August or so, and while I've never met him I think he's an old-timer.... A Google search on 'Maslin "San Diego"' found <http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040910/news_1m10obitkp.html> which says: DONALD A. MASLIN Nov. 2, 1927-Aug. 28, 2004 Donald A. Maslin, 76, of La Jolla died Aug. 28. He was born in New Haven, Conn., and was a combat systems department head for the Navy. He served in the Coast Guard and was a member of the San Diego Computer Society. Survivors include his wife, Bristol; and sister, Margaret Stadtler of Versailles, Ky. No services were planned. A scattering of ashes was planned. Arrangements: Telophase Cremation Society. (end quote) -Frank McConnell

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Yahoo! News Story - Floppy Disk Becoming Relic of the Past (fwd)

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Sep 21 2004, 13:44, John Foust wrote: > At 01:02 PM 9/21/2004, Pete Turnbull wrote: > >Readers I've seen use the standard drivers -- W2K and WinXP recognise > >them. The little cheap 6-in-one/7-in-one/8-in-one card readers just > >appear as multiple USB storage devices, like DOS disks (as do USB > >"pens"). I got mine here for about five quid. > > I must be thinking about Win98 machines that needed the drivers. Probably. I remember it was fun trying to get those things to work with W95 (for certain values of "fun"). -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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computer flooring (fwd)

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Sep 21 2004, 12:58, McFadden, Mike wrote: > Offering a bribe; I'll throw in some of my wife's homemade chocolate > chip cookies for the right deal. She will be glad to make them if the > tiles disappear. LOL! My wife would be very glad to see the some of the stuff *on* the tiles disappear! -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

21 years, 6 months

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Mine's smaller than yours (Re: rewriting legacy OS for new iron)

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Sep 16 2004, 17:40, Greg Ewing wrote: > Ron Hudson <ron.hudson(a)sbcglobal.net>: > > > I wish I had some DEC hardware, what's the physically smallest PDP11 > > one could find? > > I have an SBC-11 system consisting of a power supply and > 4-slot backplane that's about the size of a couple of > lunch boxes. > > Can anyone beat that? I can't (smallest 11 I have is an 11/03 with MXV11 and a Baydel floppy controller in an H9273 with an ex-PC PSU), but I once wanted to put together a system to control some other device that had serial ports, and the easiest way seemed to be to use an 11/03 or 11/23 processor and an MXV11. I got as far as setting aside a dual-height processor, an MXV11, and a PSU, and obtaining a set of DEC connectors to build a 2x2 backplane, but it never got assembled. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

21 years, 6 months

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computer flooring (fwd)

by vcf＠siconic.com

Is anyone interested in computer flooring? See below. I don't believe I know this guy...or it might be the same guy I was dealing with a couple years ago when I was actively searching for this stuff. Reply-to: Bill Hepburn <bburn(a)iquest.net> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:15:44 -0700 From: Bill Hepburn <bburn(a)iquest.net> To: vcf(a)vintage.org Subject: computer flooring We liquidate industry and just ran across about 4000 panels of computer flooring. They are 2'x2' and we are asking $4.00 each. mail me back if you still have an interest -- 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 ]

21 years, 6 months

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ITEMS LIST............ (fwd)

by vcf＠siconic.com

I did a BCC of the message below to the list but it didn't go through for some reason. I wonder why not? Anyway, this is the last message I sent to my "customer". I'm anxiously awaiting his reply. I can't wait to get behind the wheels of that Lamborghini with my personal escort after a refreshing milk bath. -- 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 ] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 09:01:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf(a)siconic.com> To: mark green <greensupplier(a)yahoo.com> Subject: Re: ITEMS LIST............ On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, mark green wrote: > hello > thank you for the reply i we like to ship in 3 day plaese caculate > the shipping cost to this address > 40 bello street papa ajao mushin lagos nigeria 23401 If you choose my Personal Delivery Option then I would be there in about 3 days. It will take me 1-2 days to prepare and then 1 day for travel, so I would be there on Friday or Saturday. Checking around, the best price on airfare seems to be $1,782 for a roundtrip. I'll require two nights in the hotel, so I imagine $200 per night should cover that. For food I imagine I can get by on $100. After much research, I can get a Lamborghini for $463 for the day (I had to really haggle on this one) but it will require a $1000 deposit for the short rental. A good personal escort will be another $1000 for the time I will be there (she must be clean, bathed, and shaven, and her paperwork certifying she is 100% disease-free must be notarized). Throw in another $100 for the French wine and probably $50 for the milk bath. So that comes out to something like $3,695. Please send a valid, non-fraudulent cashier's check for US$12,457.48 (product + shipping) to me and I'll be there by Saturday with your brand new Sony laptops plus your Commodore Business Machines 1526 Printer (quantity 5) and your Okidata Okimate 21 printer (also quantity 5). I look very forward to accumulating this transaction in the swiftest feasible timeslot capable to man. Thank you for your business!!! Osama P.S. I just want to give a shout-out to my homies on CCTALK! VCF is in the house, boyeeee!!! > > Vintage Computer Festival <vcf(a)siconic.com> wrote: > On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, mark green wrote: > > > thank you for therespond plaese i want you to caculate the total > > cost of the first order and 5 sony laptop plaese speed up the caculation > > so that i can make the payment and your reply is late plaese i need a > > qiuck reply > > Ok, the total without shipping is $8,762.48. I took the liberty of > configuring the laptops with the maximum 64K of memory and BASIC language > installed via the Bubble Memory module carrier, since you did not specify > what you wanted exactly. I also installed two 5.25" 140K floppy disks (I > didn't have any 8" disk drives available). > > How quickly would you like them shipped? Your options are: > > 1) Personal same-day delivery - I will deliver them to your door but you > must pay for the airfare, a hotel room, rental car (I require no less than > a high speed Italian car), personal escort that is certified disease free, > and three meals a day plus dessert and a bottle of French wine with my > milk bath at the end of each day. > > 2) Surface mail - 6-8 weeks > > 3) Camel courier (my cousin in Saudi Arabia runs this service) which will > take about 2-3 weeks once the products arrive in an undisclosed location > in an unidentified gulf state. > > Please advise immediately as payment will be required soon. > > -- 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 ]

21 years, 6 months

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Super DEC find today

by edward＠groenenberg.net

Well, today was a truly super find day. We (Henk Gooijen and I) collected 2 pallets full of test equipment from HP at an older warehouse (was used by DEC). What we got : 2x Unibus margin testers 2x Unibus exercisers 3x RK06/07 drive testers 2x RM02/3/5 drive testers 1x PRS01 papertape reader 2x portable RX02 drives (basically 1 RX02 drive + psu in suitcase) 1x portable RX01 drive 2x potrable RX50 drives 2x RL02 reference packs (these have a blue top and are marked RL02-RF) 1x set of RL01's containing a full XXDP+ diagnostic kit 1x RL02 containing XXDP+ 1x RA60 containing 8xxx/9xxx complete diagnostic kit 1x RL02 containing 11/750 diagnostics 2x RA60 data packs 2x RK07 alignment packs 2x RK06 alignment packs 1x RK07 XXDP+ pack 1x RM02/3 Alignment pack 1x RM02/3 XXDP+ pack 1x Kennedy 9900 tapedrive exerciser 1x Wilson tester (for various SMD/CMD drives, incl CDC's) 1x RP06 drive tester 1x RP05/06 alignment toolset 1x RT02 terminal 1x HSC50/70 software kit 3x RK06/07 alignment toolset 200+ floppies containing XXDP+ (DX/DY) 70+ floppies containing XXDP+ (RX50) 10+ tapes containing XXDP+ 3x head inspector kits. Pics to be seen at www.groenenberg.net/gallery/view_album.php Ed -- edward(a)groenenberg.net | Collector of PDP-11's. http://www.groenenberg.net | Politici zijn vieze oplichters. Unix Lives! M$ Windows is crap. '97 TL1000S

21 years, 6 months

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Salvaging HP LaserJet Series II

by cb＠mythtech.net

>My HP series II makes a "groaning" sound as the paper exits into the >paper tray. No other symptoms, just the "Groan". Is that something to >fix now or something that is normal? IIRC, that is the exit rollers. Like most rubber rollers, they harden over time, causing them to start groaning as paper passes thru. I don't think it is something you have to fix ASAP. If you ignore it, eventually paper will stop exiting and jam. I repaired mine with a kit from fixyourownprinter.com (I also did the pickup rollers at the same time). Mine was for an Apple LaserWriter IINT, but its the same engine. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

21 years, 6 months

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ITEMS LIST............ (fwd)

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

ROFL! What's next, VCF Nigeria? Joe PS You forgot to add the armed guard(s) to your list of expenses. At 11:36 AM 9/21/04 -0700, you wrote: > >I did a BCC of the message below to the list but it didn't go through for >some reason. I wonder why not? > >Anyway, this is the last message I sent to my "customer". I'm anxiously >awaiting his reply. I can't wait to get behind the wheels of that >Lamborghini with my personal escort after a refreshing milk bath. > >-- > >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 ] > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 09:01:37 -0700 (PDT) >From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf(a)siconic.com> >To: mark green <greensupplier(a)yahoo.com> >Subject: Re: ITEMS LIST............ > >On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, mark green wrote: > >> hello >> thank you for the reply i we like to ship in 3 day plaese caculate >> the shipping cost to this address >> 40 bello street papa ajao mushin lagos nigeria 23401 > >If you choose my Personal Delivery Option then I would be there in about 3 >days. It will take me 1-2 days to prepare and then 1 day for travel, so I >would be there on Friday or Saturday. > >Checking around, the best price on airfare seems to be $1,782 for a >roundtrip. I'll require two nights in the hotel, so I imagine $200 per >night should cover that. For food I imagine I can get by on $100. After >much research, I can get a Lamborghini for $463 for the day (I had to >really haggle on this one) but it will require a $1000 deposit for the >short rental. A good personal escort will be another $1000 for the time I >will be there (she must be clean, bathed, and shaven, and her paperwork >certifying she is 100% disease-free must be notarized). Throw in another >$100 for the French wine and probably $50 for the milk bath. So that >comes out to something like $3,695. > >Please send a valid, non-fraudulent cashier's check for US$12,457.48 >(product + shipping) to me and I'll be there by Saturday with your brand >new Sony laptops plus your Commodore Business Machines 1526 Printer >(quantity 5) and your Okidata Okimate 21 printer (also quantity 5). > >I look very forward to accumulating this transaction in the swiftest >feasible timeslot capable to man. > >Thank you for your business!!! > >Osama > >P.S. I just want to give a shout-out to my homies on CCTALK! VCF is in >the house, boyeeee!!! > >> >> Vintage Computer Festival <vcf(a)siconic.com> wrote: >> On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, mark green wrote: >> >> > thank you for therespond plaese i want you to caculate the total >> > cost of the first order and 5 sony laptop plaese speed up the caculation >> > so that i can make the payment and your reply is late plaese i need a >> > qiuck reply >> >> Ok, the total without shipping is $8,762.48. I took the liberty of >> configuring the laptops with the maximum 64K of memory and BASIC language >> installed via the Bubble Memory module carrier, since you did not specify >> what you wanted exactly. I also installed two 5.25" 140K floppy disks (I >> didn't have any 8" disk drives available). >> >> How quickly would you like them shipped? Your options are: >> >> 1) Personal same-day delivery - I will deliver them to your door but you >> must pay for the airfare, a hotel room, rental car (I require no less than >> a high speed Italian car), personal escort that is certified disease free, >> and three meals a day plus dessert and a bottle of French wine with my >> milk bath at the end of each day. >> >> 2) Surface mail - 6-8 weeks >> >> 3) Camel courier (my cousin in Saudi Arabia runs this service) which will >> take about 2-3 weeks once the products arrive in an undisclosed location >> in an unidentified gulf state. >> >> Please advise immediately as payment will be required soon. >> >> > >-- > >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 ] > > > >

21 years, 6 months

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HP5036A schematics

by oconnor＠wctc.net

Patrick, I saw your posting of 9 Jan 04 regarding the HP 5036A Service Manual. I am trying to obtain a copy. Do you still have the information? Thank you, Chuck O'Connor chuck(a)tcr-inc.com

21 years, 6 months

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ASR-33 repair parts

by CPUMECH＠aol.com

For $25 you can buy a new typewheel for a 33TTY. Call Dataterm Inc. 781-938-1010 in Woburn, MA.

21 years, 6 months

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Guess what the hurricane(s) left behind!

by ddl-cctech＠danlan.com

Hmm. I have a variety of iRMX86 distribution disks including, IIRC, Pascal and Fortran (and maybe PL/M) compilers. I also have Xenix distribution disks for the 286 flavor of Intel multibus box. There should be real manuals for everything as well. These will all be coming out of the crawlspace shortly... Dan Lanciani ddl(a)danlan.*com

21 years, 6 months

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Yahoo! News Story - Floppy Disk Becoming Relic of the Past (fwd)

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Sep 21 2004, 7:57, John Foust wrote: > At 05:42 AM 9/21/2004, you wrote: > >Lots of 'em out there, John- not very expensive either. > > Late-night brain block. I own several, but I always > thought of them as "read the CF cards from my camera" devices. > They require special drivers. But USB thumb-memories don't, right? Readers I've seen use the standard drivers -- W2K and WinXP recognise them. The little cheap 6-in-one/7-in-one/8-in-one card readers just appear as multiple USB storage devices, like DOS disks (as do USB "pens"). I got mine here for about five quid. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

21 years, 6 months

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international order........... (fwd)

by cb＠mythtech.net

>By the way, for proper context, here's the original message thread from my >"customer". I have no idea where he saw that I have Commodore or Okidata >printers. But you do realize this does make it on topic, since those are >very vintage! :) I assume you will fill us in on how this plays out? Or at least point us to a web page where you post it? Oh, and how is your price on just dwibbles? I'm a little shy on them myself :-) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

21 years, 6 months

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computer flooring (fwd)

by mmcfadden＠cmh.edu

This topic is very timely my wife just asked me about a pile of computer flooring in the corner of the garage. I have some of the non carpet computer flooring tiles, they came out of a CT scanner room. I think there are about 32 tiles, and some of the rails and feet to support them. Best offer plus you pay shipping... Located near Kansas City, Missouri. Offering a bribe; I'll throw in some of my wife's homemade chocolate chip cookies for the right deal. She will be glad to make them if the tiles disappear. Mike

21 years, 6 months

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computer flooring (fwd)

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Sep 21 2004, 9:45, Al Kossow wrote: > > > this stuff is HARD to come by > > yup. > > I'm interested as well. > Where is it located? > > Would suspect the other Big Iron people (Donzelli, Ross) may be interested > as well. Makes me feel pleased I got mine a few years ago (about 200 sq ft). $4 a tile is a good price but do check what condition it's in -- some types are quite prone to warping if badly stored (unevenly stacked) and they're worthless if they're warped. Also check the height of the stanchions, and whether they can be cut down if they're too tall. I got a local engineering company to cut 70 for me. Lastly, check if they're vinyl-clad or carpeted. Lifters for carpeted ones are relatively uncommon and expensive (I discovered this when we lost one recently and I had quite a task finding a decent replacement), plus carpeted ones tend to make for more dust and static, to say nothing of the problems of solder splashes, oily dirt, etc. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

21 years, 6 months

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Yahoo! News Story - Floppy Disk Becoming Relic of the Past (fwd)

by AppleTO＠gmail.com

If the floppy disk disappeared, I would notice (I use them) but would not care. It is also unfair to say the floppy disk is disappearing when CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/CD-RWs are serving similar purposes: to distribute and install software, to exchange data between machines or people, and to backup data. The main difference is the technology. Besides, floppy diskettes are not as uniform as the article implies. They seem to suggest that there are two sizes, then leave it at that. Well, there were different densities and encodings too. Oh, and there were more than two physical sizes. (IIRC, 8" and 12" was common. Then there is all of the similar-but-failed technologies.) I couldn't care less if they disappeared, because all of those different formats make it next to impossible to transfer data between different computers. Now if you were to say that the serial port is disappearing ... well then I would be concerned.

21 years, 6 months

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Big IBM vacuum-column tapes drives on Ebay

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Sep 21 2004, 9:53, Paul Koning wrote: > >>>>> "Brad" == Brad Parker <brad(a)heeltoe.com> writes: > > Brad> Paul Koning wrote: > >> With the controller included, it would presumably hook up to > >> anything that knows an IBM channel interface. So if you have a > >> DX11 you could hook it up to your Unibus PDP11; > > Brad> wow - bus & tag? I've never seen a dx11. I assume VMS had > Brad> support for that. > > No VMS support that I know of. The DX11 was a rather uncommon beast. > I believe it was a 6 foot rack full of little M series modules (and > perhaps even older modules). Built by the CSS group, I believe. When > I heard of it, it was definitely used with a PDP11 at one end, not a > VAX. Not a 6' rack, about 4', but it was full of M-series modules. And lamps. Lots and lots of lamps on the front. I've seen two, one converted to use LEDs (or possibly supplied like that), and both hanging off 11/34s, running a modified version of RT-11, IIRC (but I could be wrong about the OS). -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

21 years, 6 months

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Taxan 630U monitor question

by rich_bramante＠yahoo.com

I dug up a Taxan 630U RGB monitor with an 8-pin DIN connector that I'm trying to test. Apparently this was originally connected to an AT&T 6300, so the cable I currently have is 8pin DIN <--> DB-25. Is there anyway to connect this to a standard DB-9 CGA port. I've looked around a little for an adapter or cable but no immediate hits. Can I build my own if I get the pinouts? Thanks for any help. _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com

21 years, 6 months

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Atari 2600 s-video mod

by bpope＠wordstock.com

All, I am working on a Atari 2600 S-video mod and am trying to follow instructions for a 4 switch 2600.... But of course the 2600 _they_ picture is totally different then the one I am trying to mod.. Does anyone have some pinouts for the TIA or for different 4-switch 2600's? Is there any way I could find out the locations of the Lumas / Sync / Chroma myself? Thanks!, Bryan Pope

21 years, 6 months

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Yahoo! News Story - Floppy Disk Becoming Relic of the Past (fwd)

by cb＠mythtech.net

>Hmm. Come to think of it, does anyone make a CompactFlash >to USB adapter that would let us use all these cheap CF cards >as USB disks? Yes, just don't ask me who, because I don't remember off the top of my head. But I know when I bought my first MemoryStick reader, the same company offered a reader for CF along with other types. It was about the same size as a USB FlashDrive, and could be plugged directly into a USB port (although it also came with a 3 foot extension cable). I can't give a review of how well it worked, as the package said my MemoryStick reader didn't need drivers for Mac OS 9, upon opening the package, I found that it in fact did need drivers. So I returned it and bought a different brand that really didn't need drivers. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

21 years, 6 months

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computer flooring (fwd)

by aek＠spies.com

Check if they have the jacks as well. Tiles by themselves would be a pita to install without the support jacks, which are normally glued to the subfloor

21 years, 6 months

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Intellec 8 Development System

by JMeyer101＠aol.com

Looking for some advice on this deal. I found an Intellec 8 with instruction manual, Cassette Tape Unit (Mesonix Automation LTD - model # is listed as "Fitted DCR-3 Tape Unit"), Stand Alone Tape Reader/Transmitter (Addmaster 606)and a Desktop Punch Station (Litton - Sweda International, Inc Roytron 528 Punch). Seller is quoting two prices, one as-is and the other is "Cleaned and Working" (there is a $1500 difference between the two. I think I'll take my chances and clean it myself...). I already own an Intellec 4 and thought the 8 would be a nice addition. Not sure what a reasonable price for the whole lot would be. Any comments? Thanks, Jeff

21 years, 6 months

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looking for NeXTstep

by yoda＠isr.ist.utl.pt

Hello. I rescued a NeXTcube from going to the garbage. However, the hard disk seems dead. Does anyone have a NeXTstep instalation software around? Cheers, Rodrigo Ventura -- *** Rodrigo Martins de Matos Ventura <yoda(a)isr.ist.utl.pt> *** Web page: http://www.isr.ist.utl.pt/~yoda *** Teaching Assistant and PhD Student at ISR: *** Instituto de Sistemas e Robotica, Polo de Lisboa *** Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa, PORTUGAL *** PGP fingerprint = 0119 AD13 9EEE 264A 3F10 31D3 89B3 C6C4 60C6 4585

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DECmate III vs VT103 for size? was Re: Real PDP11 model question

by Innfogra＠aol.com

The terminal for the Decmate III is the VR201 although they can use the color VR241 with the optional color card. The keyboard is the LK201 Gold Key word processing keyboard. The DECmate III is a small box about 12" wide by 11" deep and about 5 1/2" high. The VR201 is one of the smallest mono monitors I have ever seen, comparable to the Zenith 9 inchers. I have had both the VT103 and a Decmate III and would definitely believe the Decmate III, keyboard and mono monitor is smaller than a VT103 and keyboard. Now if you include the color monitor...but then the VT103 was not color either. A quick google search for "DECmate III" brought up http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=468 which has a picture of the outfit. Hmm, in production from 1984 to 1990. There were both Z80 and 8088 option cards for CPM and MS-DOS? I have seen the CPM options, although more common in the DECmate II but never the 8088 card. Monochrome WPS Word Processing worked very well and was easy to run on the RX50's 400K floppys. I am sure that is why it survived for so long. Does anyone know of an Ethernet interface for one of these? Paxton Astoria, OR

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LGP-21 photos, including memory

by tomj＠wps.com

Sloooowly I get stuff up on the website... http://wps.com/projects/LGP-21/Documentation/Photos/index.html This URL is in the index, but I've added some photos. If you scroll down there's some photos of the memory, heads, platter, scratches, the caplugs, etc. (After careful dust removal, I keep a lint-free washed towel over the top of the memory assembly. No sense inviting more dust in there.)

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Poly 8813/8810 emulator

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

Hi Bob Bybee has place his Polymorphic emulator on his web page. He was an editor for the PolyNews. The emulator runs on a PC in DOS mode. Most current machines can emulate the original faster than the original. He originally wrote the emulator for people migrating from the Polymorphic machines to PC's but wanted to keep the software that they were previously using on the Poly's. Many had ledger programs and Poly's BASIC was one of the better implementations. Anyway, it is all good fun: http://bybeeweb.com/pm.htm Enjoy Dwight PS Any specific questions about the commands, you can either ask him or me. He is much more expert than I am but I do have a working knowledge.

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Don Maslin

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

Hi Although, I never actually asked Don for copies of an OS, I have sent a couple of things to him. I do hope that his family realizes how important saving this old software was to him and takes appropriate action to keep that information >from being lost. I'd never met him but we have had several email conversations. I feel like I did just lose a friend. In fact, I did just lose a friend. Dwight

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BBC printer port (ever used for anything else?)

by ard＠p850ug1.demon.co.uk

Still tinkering with that Acorn Cambridge.... Firstly some background... As Beeb owners will know, the BBC micro had 5 header plugs on the front edge of the main PCB, which were accessible under the machine. They were : Floppy Disk (34 pin, standard Shugart pinout) Printer (26 pin. This is one port of a 6522, buffered, and used to connector a Centronics printer) USer port (20 pin, the other port of that 6522) 1MHz Bus (34 pin. This is a system bus, 8 address lines, 8 data lines, R/W, Phi2 clock, address decoder outputs, etc) Tube (40 pin. Also a system bus, used for the second processors) On the Camdbridge, the floppy and Tube ports are not brought out. There's a floppy drive built-in, and the Tube links to the 32016 second processor board. The other 3 connectoes are linked to connectors on the rear panel -- DB25 for the user port, DC37 for the 1MHz bus (yes it's used internally for the SCSI controller too), 24 pin Blue Ribbon for the printer port. Now, one of the things I need to do is make up addapters from those connector back to header plugs so I can connect normal Beeb add-ons to the Cambridge. At leat for the User port and 1MHz bus. If the printer port was only ever used to link to printers, then I can make a cable from the 24 pin Blue Ribbon to a 36 pin Blue Ribbon (to fit a Centronics printer socket). But if someone used the printer port for something else (say as a set of outputs to control something, since it's buffered the data lines are output-only), I suppose I'd better make an adapter back to a 26 pin header. So has anyone ever heard of the Beeb printer port being used for something other than a parallel printer? -tony

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RAREST COMPUTERS....

by LAAG＠PACBELL.NET

ANY THOUGHTS ON HOW RARE THE COMPUTER AUTOMATION MINI COMPUTERS MIGHT BE NOW??? SOMEONE TOLD ME OF A GUY UP IN THE SEATTLE AREA WITH SOME TOO...

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ISDN useless relic? Token Ring unkillable

by msokolov＠ivan.Harhan.ORG

Mike Ford <mikeford(a)socal.rr.com> wrote: > Sitting on my desk I have a totally neat Harmonix Hi-Card P8, a PCI card > that I think can talk to 4 primary ISDN lines [...] Did you say ISDN *Primary* Rate Interface (PRI), the big expensive one that carries 23 (in North America) or 30 (in Europe) B channels, NOT the 2B+D Basic Rate Interface (BRI)? So it's basically a channelised T1/E1 card, right? Do you know if it can do E1 or just T1? If it can do E1, my friend Stacy Minkin in Uzbekistan was looking for a PCI channelised E1 card and probably still is. It isn't ISDN, though, just a channelised E1. He wants to connect an E1 line from their old municipal telephone switch (classic traditional telephony, pre-ISDN, pre-other modern innovations) to an Asterisk Linux-based VoIP gateway. MS

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smc HDC9224

by emu＠ecubics.com

Anybody out here has a datasheet for it ? (disk controller)

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BC11Y-05?

by brad＠heeltoe.com

Hi all I could use a short Unibus connector cable. I have one which is about 20' long and I have one which is about 2.5' long. I need one about 5' long. I think that's a BC11Y-05. Basically to go between two unibus boxes sitting next to each other on the floor :-) Anyone have one they don't need? (this is the wide "white" cable with a dual-height connector on each end) -brad

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Real PDP11 model question

by mbg＠TheWorld.com

>Were there any PDP11's as small as the DECmate III? Not really. The smallest box (available from DEC) into which one could place a PDP-11 was the Shoebox (SB-11, or BA11-VA, if I remember correctly) which was about a foot wide and about 9 inches deep. It had a 4slot backplane (4x2, Q, AB side only) and a power supply. This was enough to put together a CPU (11/2, KDF11-A, KDJ11-A), memory, serial lines, bootstrap (MXV11-B), network card (DEQNA or DELQA) and a disk interface (RQDX3). It was not meant for housing the actual disk.. that would have to be another box. Megan Gentry Former RT-11 Developer +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Megan Gentry, EMT/B, PP-ASEL,ST| email: mbg at world.std.com | | Member of Technical Staff | megan at savaje.com | | SavaJe Technologies, Inc. | (s/ at /@/) | | 100 Apollo Drive | URL: http://world.std.com/~mbg/ | | Chelmsford, MA 01824 | "pdp-11 programmer - some assembler | | (978) 256 6521 (DEC '77-'98) | required." - mbg KB1FCA | +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

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Teledisk

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

Hi I very much doubt teledisk would work through USB. In order to work, it has to be very personal with the controller. Dwight >From: "jim stephens" <jwstephens(a)msm.umr.edu> > >teledisk is quite cranky about running on processors that are too fast >if you get the wrong version and the wrong system together. > >also have you run it on anything that is USB attached? I'd be interested >if any of the trick stuff to adjust track sizes, and other copy protect >override features work on the USB version. > >jim > > >

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Guess what the hurricane(s) left behind!

by aek＠spies.com

You dirty dog! I didn't know that you had a copy! Can I get a copy of it and the docs for it? -- the docs should be on bitsavers/intel I offered you DMK (or raw) images a year ago -- X-Sender: rigdonj(a)pop-server.cfl.rr.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (16) Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2003 11:24:55 To: Al Kossow <aek(a)spies.com> From: Joe <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com> Subject: Re: Good News, Bad news In-Reply-To: <200308021514.h72FEdx6005359(a)spies.com> References: <3.0.6.16.20030802082807.515f2da4(a)pop-server.cfl.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-SpamBouncer: 1.6 beta (7/05/02) X-SBClass: OK X-Folder: Bulk Status: RO At 08:14 AM 8/2/03 -0700, you wrote: >they should be on sourceforge. >http://sourceforge.net/projects/dmklib/ > Thanks. Have you tried to use Teledisk on the iRMX disks? If not can you try it on one of them. If it works can you send or post the disk images where I can get them?

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Yahoo! News Story - Floppy Disk Becoming Relic of the Past (fwd)

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

>From: "Ethan Dicks" <dickset(a)amanda.spole.gov> > >> Now if you were to say that the serial port is disappearing ... well >> then I would be concerned. > >The serial port _is_ disappearing. I am concerned. I have a number of Hi I'm starting to have what I call linkage machines. I have a lap top with a CDROM drive that I tranfer stuff to a desk top with CROM and floppies. From the floppy, I go to an older lap top to send serial to my older machines. I expect someday I'll have a DVD writer to talk to a machine that only uses DVD's. It is the weakest chain linking but what else to do? Dwight

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Yahoo! News Story - Floppy Disk Becoming Relic of the Past (fwd)

by cb＠mythtech.net

>Gee, neither of the last two new computers that I purchased had >floppy drives (and one of those is about 5 years old now). I'd say >this is old news (and the PC world finally catching up with the rest >of us). I can't even remember the last time I used a floppy drive. Heck the last two PC's I bought not only didn't have floppy drives, but completely lacked floppy controllers, so I couldn't add one if I even wanted to. They also lacked on board Serial and Parallel. Everything was expected to be done via USB. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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kaypro 10 for sell!!!

by josh＠scarecrow.com

I know this post is pretty old - still have one (or a Kaypro 2)? Looking for it - doesn't matter if it runs or not . Working on a random nostalgia project. Cheers, Josh.

21 years, 6 months

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Intellec power cord

by JMeyer101＠aol.com

I received both power cords on Friday. I ended up buying both cords Jack Rubin suggested (only about $6.00 each and I didn't want to waste time waiting if the first wasn't correct). I checked the polarity of both cords and the cord # 17952-B1-8 matches the polarity on the Intellec 4. Big thanks to Jack for pointing me to Newark to pick up the cord! And thanks to all others who gave guidance for how to verify the correct polarity. Thanks, Jeff

21 years, 6 months

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C4P Floppy

by JMeyer101＠aol.com

Hello All, I am considering modifying an old 5 1/4 or even 3 1/2 drive to work with the 4P but have never done one before so I'm a bit weary (I've been given some coaching from a couple guys from CCTech on how to do the conversion and they say it's not a big deal. Thanks guys). However, I'd rather have an original to complete my system. I have the opportunity to pick one up from ebay at about $400, but that's a bit over my budget. Anyone know of a source where I can pick up a drive? Thanks, Jeff

21 years, 6 months

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Please Help Identify Mystery ISA Card

by gsutton9503＠wavecable.com

I just recently purchased an old Toshiba T5200/100 Laptop at a thrift store. One of the cards installed in it was an old 8-bit device of some sort. First of all, here are pictures of the card in question. http://webpages.charter.net/scarletdown/Geekworks/GW-Mystery-Card-0.JPG http://webpages.charter.net/scarletdown/Geekworks/GW-Mystery-Card-1.JPG Can anyone here help me identify what this card is, and more importantly, where I can download MS-DOS drivers for it? It is from Maynard Electronics, 1988. The large socketed chip says: WD33C93A-PL 00-08 9031 069660200102 PROTO Other markings state: Type II Controller, and Rev. -5 The FCC ID number is D8I6I2 60201. Just taking a wild guess, I suspect that this is some sort of SCSI Controller. However, I could not find it in the TH99 archives. The only match for Maynard on Driverguide is for a 16-Bit SCSI driver from Seagate. Also, I could not find any info on Seagate's site either. So, anyone here have any info on this card and possibly know where to get drivers for it?

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Hard disk recovery recommendations

by jfoust＠threedee.com

>From the recent discussion about data recovery from hard drives, was there a recommendation for a company that performs well at fair prices? I'd like to keep a company in mind for recommending to clients when they're in dire straits. I looked around on the web for resources regarding data recovery, and by far most of the words out there are related to sales pitches for the companies offering the service. I don't think I found any less-potentially-biased info from amateurs. Safe for amateurs like us: If the drive is working, data recovery tools like http://www.r-tt.com/ Software-based tools like SpinRite www.grc.com Logic-board swapping between identical models of HD Not safe or smart for amateurs: Platter swapping - John

21 years, 6 months

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Paging Fred N. van Kempen

by rich_bramante＠yahoo.com

Fred, please contact me re: the Rainbow Doc Set. I haven't heard anything for 14 days and am going to relist them. Thanks. rich __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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Made first phone call

by vcf＠siconic.com

I made an initial phone call to Don's number and got an answering machine (presumably Don's voice is still on the OGM). I chose not to leave a message. I'll try again later today. -- 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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More VT520 terminals for sale

by vcf＠siconic.com

I've posted a couple more DEC VT520 terminals on the Vintage Computer Marketplace: http://marketplace.vintage.org $25 each...such a bargain! :) -- 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 ]

21 years, 6 months

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simh qustions

by ron.hudson＠sbcglobal.net

simh hp2100 how do I setup the simulator to run the papertape basic? set cpu.... att dev basic1 boot dev what do I put for dev, do I need any other attaches simh PDP11 / RSTS/E Can other machines on my network attach to the simulated PDP11 via telnet? what port? Thanks.

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