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

Anybody going to VCF east from the Washington DC area?

by wh.sudbrink＠verizon.net

I haven't decided for sure, but I'm thinking of going. If I do decide to go, I'd want to drive and I'd rather not drive the whole way myself. Actually, arranging a car (or van) pool would likely clinch my decision in favor of going. Available travel options will also (obviously) influence what I might bring to exhibit. I will not be available for an extended trip... itinerary would need to be something like: pack Wednesday night, travel up Thursday, attend, pack Saturday night, travel back Sunday. Based on my expirences driving to NYC, I assume the trip to Burlington would kill a day. Thanks, Bill Sudbrink

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OLD RSTS manuals found

by wacarder＠usit.net

I was going through some boxes of old stuff from my college days and I found the following manuals: * RSTS-11 System Managers Guide, DEC-11-ORSMA-B-D for use with V004A, Jan 1973 * RSTS/E System Generation Manual, Update#1, DEC-11-ORGNA-A-D (for V06A-02), July 1975, Dec 1975 * RSTS/E System Reliability Test, DEC-11-ORSRB-A-D (for V05B-24), October 1974 * RSTS/E System Manager's Guide, DEC-11-ORSMC-A-D (for V05C-01), October 1974 * RSTS/E Documentation Directory, DEC-11-ORDAA-A-D (for V6), July 1975 * RSTS/E System Manager's Guide, DEC-11-ORSMB-A-D, (for V05A), First Printing, May 1973 (V4?) Does anyone know if these exist in PDF form yet? I have not looked over all the contents of Al's Bitsavers yet, but I thought I'd go ahead and make a list of what I have here. If these aren't in PDF form somewhere already, I'll try to scan them some time over the summer. I need to get a scanner with a sheet feeder! Ashley

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Pressed Particle Board Shelving Warning

by cb＠mythtech.net

>It turns out that the boards are >sagging a bit towards the center, so it's just a matter of time before >things begin to go crash. Not sure how soon that might happen, but >this sagging has occurred fairly quickly, or so it seems. The moisture helped, but particle board does just sag over time. But it may be a while before it crashes, and it probably will slip free of the end supports before it actually breaks. I had a particle board shelf over a kitchen sink in my old house. The steam from washing dishes caused the board to sag under the weight of the cookbooks something fierce. I had almost a full 1 foot displacement from the low point of the center to the height of the shelf supports on the sides. The shelf was only 5 feet long, so you can imagine how much of a bow that was. My shelf was screwed into the side supports so it couldn't slip out. Mine bowed within the first year of it being there (when I moved in there was one there that was just as bad, and I replaced it). It stayed bowed for 2 years until I got annoyed at everything falling over from the angle. I then screwed a hook into the shelf, and into the ceiling, and over the course of a few days, pulled the board straight using a chain (I couldn't add another support in the middle because it was in front of a window). With the help of the chain, the board remained almost perfectly straight for the last 2 years I lived there (I was never able to get it exactly straight again and I didn't feel like replacing the shelf again in a place I was renting). So my guess is, you will get a large bow in that board without it breaking. The only fear I would have is the board bowing so much it slips off the end supports and the entire shelf drops. If you can find a way to resupport the middle you can probably stop the bow entirely and it will continue to give you years of happy service. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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building an RS-485<->RS422 converter

by dickset＠amanda.spole.gov

I have a need to build a serial converter down here. ISTR RS-422 drivers are something like 26L32s, which we have. What I'm not sure of is what to use for the RS485 end. Any suggestions? Obviously, I'll have to use what's here since we won't see any planes for five more months. Thanks for any pointers. -ethan -- Ethan Dicks, A-130-S Current South Pole Weather at 26-May-2004 22:00 Z South Pole Station PSC 468 Box 400 Temp -79.9 F (-62.2 C) Windchill -113.7 F (-81 C) APO AP 96598 Wind 8 kts Grid 044 Barometer 680.7 mb (10599. ft) Ethan.Dicks(a)amanda.spole.gov http://penguincentral.com/penguincentral.html

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ST6803P datasheet?

by dave04a＠dunfield.com

At 01:23 27/05/2004 +0100, you wrote: >Jules Richardson wrote: >> I have a few of the things (and a whole pile of 68A09 CPUs which also >> seem very hard to find data for). > >The 6809 data sheet should tell you about the 68A09 and 68B09, too. >As for software, there's always "Programming The 6809" by Rodnay Zaks >and William Labiak. Or "6809 Assembly Language Programming" by >Lance Leventhal. Both the the 6809 data sheet, and the Motorola 6809/6809E Microprocessor Programming Manual are available on my web site: http://www.parse.com/~ddunfield/museum/index.html Go to the "D6809 Portable" entry, and then select "Documentation" and scroll down to the "Reference material" section. Regards, -- 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

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Paging Michael Thompson

by vcf＠siconic.com

Michael Thompson, I can't e-mail you because of a spam filter on your side :( Have you got an alternate address? Please e-mail me (I can receive >from you). -- 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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Pressed Particle Board Shelving Warning

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On May 27, 0:18, R. D. Davis wrote: > While there's nothing extremely heavy on the shelves - e.g., one shelf > contains a Canon laser printer (the square one with a CX engine), > about 40 full-height 5-1/4" hard drives, an 8" floppy drive and a few > other things, I noticed that some of the items on some of the shelves > appear to be leaning slightly. It turns out that the boards are > sagging a bit towards the center, so it's just a matter of time before > things begin to go crash. Not sure how soon that might happen, but > this sagging has occurred fairly quickly, or so it seems. Perhaps this will reassure you a bit. This happens gradually over time to particle board (we call it chipboard over here), and it probably hasn't happened suddenly -- it's just that you didn't notice until it reached some threshold. The board is very flexible,and it will bend a long way before it gives way. It's very common to see sagging shelves especially where the suports are at or near the ends instead of about 1/4 of the way in (so the forces on each side balance better). It's also very common to see cabinets (chest of drawers, kitchen cupboard standing alone) with sides bowing outwards. I've seen a chipboard shelf sag so much it slipped between the end supports, but rarely seen one snap. For bookshelves, using 5/8" chipboard, a general recommendation is no more than 2'6" between supports, assuming the shelf is about 50% deeper than the books. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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Wanted: M9312 ROMs

by aek＠spies.com

here's a fairly complete list of part numbers. bob supnik was looking for the XE etherboot prom a while back if one should turn up -- RL01, RL02 (DL) 23-751A9 RK06, RK07 (DM) 23-752A9 RX01 floppy disk, single density (DX) 23-753A9 RP02/RP03 (DP), Massbus RP04, RP05, RP06, RM02, RM03 (DB) 23-755A9 RK03, RK05 DECdisk (DK), TU55, TU56 DECtape (DT) 23-756A9 TU45, TU77, TE16 Massbus tape (MM) 23-757A9 TS03, TU10, TE10 tape (MT) 23-758A9 RS03, RS04 (DS) 23-759A9 ASR33 (TT), PC05 (PP) 23-760A9 TU60 DECcassette (CT) 23-761A9 RS11, RS64 23-762A9 CR11 card reader 23-763A9 TS04, TS11, TU80 tape (MS) 23-764A9 TU58 DECtape II (DD) 23-765A9 MSCP disk, including UDA50, RAxx (DU) 23-767A9 RX02 floppy disk, double density (DY) 23-811A9 DECnet DDCMP DMC11, DMR11 (XM) 23-862A9 23-863A9 23-864A9 DECnet DDCMP DUP11 (XW) 23-865A9 23-866A9 23-867A9 DECnet DDCMP DU11 (XU) 23-868A9 23-869A9 23-870A9 DECnet DDCMP DL11-E (XL) 23-926A9 23-927A9 23-928A9 DECnet Ethernet DEUNA (XE) 23-E22A9 TMSCP tape including TK50, TU81 (MU) 23-E39A9 proms are: 82S131, Am27S13, 63S241, 74S571 512x4 three-state

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ST6803P datasheet?

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

Anybody know where I can find a datasheet for this? I didn't find ANYTHING about the 6803 on SGS-Thomson's website. Joe

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Wanted: M9312 ROMs

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On May 26, 21:19, Fred N. van Kempen wrote: > On Wed, 26 May 2004, wai-sun chia wrote: > > So I'll need boot ROMs which supports RA and DU disks. Because my 11/04 used to be an embedded CNC drill controller, in the place of the regular CPU diagnostic is has a weird proprietary program which tries to initialize some long-gone/dead equipment which used to be connected to the PDP. > > > > In summary, I'm willing to pay a fair/reasonable price for the following M9312 ROMs (unless some one has spares, then I wouldn't mind them free of course :-)): > ... > > Although I assume we can all check our systems and boards and come > up with all of these, wouldnt it be much nicer (and cheaper) if you > just get the ROM contents as binary files, which you then plug into > an eprom? Unfortunately they're small bipolar fusible-link PROMs which are hard to get and almost as hard to find a programmer for (unless you're me or Tony). The A9 types are 82S131 (or MMI6306, 75S171, 27S13, 93448, etc) 16-pin DIL 512-words by 4-bit wide, and the F1 types are 82S137 (or TI24S41, MMI6353, 74S573, 27SS33, 93453, etc) 18-pin DIL 1024 words x 4-bit wide. The idea of storing the images is a good one, however. As far as I know you can't get these from DEC/Compaq/HP any more, so I'll host them if anyone has images to add to the collection. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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9312 ROM Archiving

by kyrrin＠bluefeathertech.com

Although I'm not collecting computers any more, I still run a large FTP site, and I have the capability to read (and program) all kinds of devices, including bipolar PROMs. I would be happy to donate my services at no cost (well, perhaps enough to cover return mail) in terms of archiving images of the boot PROMs, and making them available for download. All I would need is original (or copied) PROMs to be read and archived, along with a description of which ROM is for what purpose. The original devices would then be returned to whoever sent them. I invite anyone who wants to do this to contact me via private E-mail, and I will set it up. Keep the peace(es). -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy, Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech do/t c=o=m "If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped with surreal ports?"

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What's the weirdest thing that you've ever found inside a computer?

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On May 26, 12:28, Fred Cisin wrote: > On Wed, 26 May 2004, Joe R. wrote: > > connectors and gender menders. But I got to wondering what is the strangest > > thing that anyone has ever found inside a computer or similar piece of > > electronics gear. > > folding money in a disused floppy drive? - gives added meaning to > "best price", or "how much would you pay me to take it away?" A penny (a large British one) inside a Commodore PET; it was the cause of the shorted PSU and blown fuse. I've often found extra screws rattling around inside things. Paper clips are pretty common, as are biscuit crumbs and bits of crisp ("potato chips", you colonists call them, I believe). The worst was the dust in an 11/23 I was once called out to fix. It wouldn't boot (which turned out to be because it was overheating). When I slid the cover off the BA11-N, it looked like a large grey brick. I explained to the owners that having it on the floor under the reception desk was perhaps not the best place for this hotel's call logger and billing system. But the strangest must be the 1?" No.8 woodscrew inside an RK05 pack. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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PDP11/04 DL11 Console Emulator woes..

by squidster＠techie.com

SUCCESS! You guys are great!! I wired the E and M pins together at the BERG connector and everything is as documented in the M9312 manual. Weird that for such an important wiring/setting, this wasn't mentioned at all in the manual.. Well I guess that's what a community is for.. :-) /wai-sun -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm

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What's the weirdest thing that you've ever found inside a com puter?

by Lee.Davison＠merlincommunications.com

Not in a computer but .. A used condom inside the back of monitor receiver in an outside broadcast radio van. To get inside this receiver you had to unscrew it from the wall then unscrew the back cover, not the sort of "Quick! Hide it in here!" job you would expect. Lee. ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________

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Wanted: M9312 ROMs

by aek＠spies.com

> Burning an EPROM seems like an easy way to go. They are small bipolar roms

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Outbound laptop

by vcf＠siconic.com

You'll have to pay some decent money for it, but if you've been looking for an Outbound for a while, here's an opportunity: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5701457714 The Outbound is an interesting laptop. Produced in the late 1980's (or early 1990s?) it was an answer to Apple's lack of a decent laptop. You had to pull the ROMs from your SE in order to use it though, as they shipped without ROMs to avoid getting sued by Apple. -- 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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What's the weirdest thing that you've ever found inside a computer?

by cb＠mythtech.net

>paper clips in floppy drive Paper clips, 3x5 index cards, Post-It pads, or other scrap paper is normally stored in the floppy drives of the PCs in my call center. They think that slot is really for office supply storage. I no longer consider that strange, in fact, I now expect it and have redesigned how I deal with those machines anticipating that the floppy drives have all been broken because of it. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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What's the weirdest thing that you've ever found inside a computer?

by d_cymbal＠hotmail.com

>connectors and gender menders. But I got to wondering what is the strangest >thing that anyone has ever found inside a computer or similar piece of >electronics gear. > > Joe 1/2 a dead rat in a big old dot-matrix printer. Well, actually it was a whole rat, but 1/2 was ground up really bad in the gear mechanisms and you couldn't really tell what it was anymore. (This was found as a result of a "my printer's not working!" complaint). _________________________________________________________________ MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page – FREE download! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/

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PDP-11/23 (free)

by ken.rauhala＠nokia.com

Hi, This was my home PC before the days of IBM PC and Microsoft. It goes back to late 1970's and early 1980's. Comes with RT-11 operating system on RX02 floopies, manuals, printer, and VT100 terminal. Located in Merrimack NH. I'm not on this mail list so reply to me directly or call. Ken Rauhala +1 781 993 4626

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Outbound laptop

by cb＠mythtech.net

>You'll have to pay some decent money for it, but if you've been looking >for an Outbound for a while, here's an opportunity: > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5701457714 <sigh> ANOTHER machine I've always wanted that has now moved into the "too expensive for me" realm. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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Interesting Flops From the past

by gmanuel＠gmconsulting.net

Some pretty funny old stuff. http://www.insearchofstupidity.com/Stupid_Marketing/Museum_Exhibits/Stupid_P roducts/stupid_products.html Hope you enjoy. Greg Manuel ==> FREE spam killer: http://eliminatespam.com * FREE PopUp Buster+: http://popupbuster.net * $500 BONUS: http://www.freebonus4you.com/

21 years, 10 months

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HP 1000 System in Huntsville AL

by g-wright＠att.net

This is a pallet load of HP 1000 Pieces. If no one saw this, maybe some will keep it from the scrapers. I would take them if they where closer. http://cgi.govliquidation.com/auction/view?id=381756 Jerry

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Encore Annex ANN 02 Terminal Server

by jnick＠cs.adelaide.edu.au

Hi, Thanks to everyone who responded. I'll post a working solution, if I can produce one, to the list. This isn't intended to close off this thread but I did want to record my appreciation of the really useful answers so far. Of course now I'm lamenting that I didn't save one of the IPXs that went into the skip so I could run a SunOS 4.1.3 server for the software! Cheers, Nick. -- -- Nick Falkner -- PhD Student -- Distributed and High Performance Computing Group -- The University of Adelaide

21 years, 10 months

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kaypro 16/2

by srstein＠seattleschools.org

can the kaypro 16/2 be easily upgraded to include a hard drive. If so, what drive would fit in it and does it have a controller on board already. Sandy

21 years, 10 months

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IBM AT Free to a Good Home

by melamy＠earthlink.net

I'll take it. I have been looking for a real AT... best regards, Steve Thatcher -----Original Message----- From: Bill Richman <bill(a)timeguy.com> Sent: May 17, 2004 3:21 PM To: cctech(a)classiccmp.org Subject: IBM AT Free to a Good Home I have an IBM AT with all original docs and keyboard, in like-new condition from the original owner. It can be yours for the price of shipping. Note that it has an upgrade VGA video card in place of the usual mono or CGA/EGA card, and that it currently will not boot from the hard drive (which is why he finally upgraded to a PC made in the last 20 years). A 14" VGA monitor, IBM ProPrinter, and Okidata 320 printer are also available as part of the bundle. E-mail if you have questions or want the thing. Note that I ship via Mailboxes Etc. so be prepared to pay their packing/shipping rates or arrange to pick it up.

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Chicago Test equipment sale???

by Innfogra＠aol.com

Anyone go to the Chicago test equipment sale? Can you please post a report. Curious how it was? Paxton Astoria, OR

21 years, 10 months

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Connection Machine

by mross666＠hotmail.com

>From: Ken Campbell <ken(a)fraserhouse.com> >Subject: Connection Machine > >Silly question, I'm sure, but has anyone ever seen a CM-1 or CM-2 >Connection Machine in the wild? > >For those not familiar with it: http://mission.base.com/tamiko/cm/ There are several in the wild, including mine. See: http://www.corestore.org/super.htm Please note my 'wanted' list: CM front-ends, software, and interface cables. Also as of today I'm looking for an RH780... my VAX-11/780 showed up and it hasn't got one :( Mike http://www.corestore.org

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PDP11/04 DL11 Console Emulator woes..

by squidster＠techie.com

Greetings, I have been playing with my recently acquired PDP11/04 (BA11-L) and restoration has been going quite well (anybody who needs hints on how to convert a H777-CA/115V to a H777-CB/240V, please give me a ping). The console device is a DL11-W/M7856 which came with a 20mA (orginal console was a TTY), which I don't have. BTW, the bootstrap device is M7312. Therefore, I proceeded to make my own EIA cable from the DL11 manual so that I can use my VT320. I made a standard null modem configuration (BERG-DB25F) and made the necessary 9600/8N1 jumper changes to the DL11-W... The result is that I can get into the console emulator no problem and get the "@" prompt. But the problem is that the console doesn't seem to recognize any of my inputs; i.e. I can simply type anything and it doesn't response. I seem to be receiving data fine, but looks like whatever I transmit from my VT the DL11 doesn't seem to grok/respond. Any clues? Thanks. /wai-sun -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm

21 years, 10 months

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IBM AT Free to a Good Home

by melamy＠earthlink.net

only if it is about their main IT person, Joe Linux... :) >Are Microsoft jokes still acceptable? >

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Qwint Systems?

by sloboyko＠yahoo.com

> What you probably have is a Qwint 740 or 780 (I'd have > to see it to know what model). It was the smallest > plain paper teletype replacement probably ever built. I have a TI model that I think is a tad smaller than the Qwint. Ahhh, but the trick is that it's PLAIN PAPER (dot matrix impact). Qwint sold these printers to VAR's that found this very useful (filling out multipart forms, etc). It's cost per page was much lower than thermal, also. ===== -Steve Loboyko Incredible wisdom actually found in a commerical fortune cookie: "When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day." Website: http://juliepalooza.8m.com/sl __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Domains – Claim yours for only $14.70/year http://smallbusiness.promotions.yahoo.com/offer

21 years, 10 months

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Interesting Apple PowerBook tablet computer

by jbmcb＠hotmail.com

>From: "Teo Zenios" <teoz(a)neo.rr.com> >Reply-To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic >Posts"<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> >To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" ><cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> >Subject: Re: Interesting Apple PowerBook tablet computer >Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 16:55:29 -0400 > >The ANS 500 looks impressive, but your stuck running one version of AIX and >there is no support for anything newer then what shipped with the unit >(sure >there is probably a version of Linux for it). There really isn't much >information about these units around, must have died a quick death in the >market. > >I don't see why an AWS95 isn't considered a real server since it was the >best/last platform for A/UX, has a 300 watt power supply, security key that >controls power, and room for lots of scsi drives internally and externally. > The AWS95 is a monster, in desktop computer terms. It's got a massive, cache-accelerated SCSI-II controller eating up the PDS slot, tons of NuBus and memory slots, includes a DAT drive, and A/UX FLIES on it. The ANS hardware is interesting, I remember a MacWorld article on them, and they seem pretty beasty. RAID, redundant, hot-swappable power supplies, LCD status screen, etc... As far as alternate OSes go, I assume you could get some version of Linux running on it, and, *of course*: http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/ _________________________________________________________________ MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page – FREE download! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/

21 years, 10 months

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OT eBay Offline?

by john_boffemmyer_iv＠boff-net.dhs.org

Out in NY at 8am - so far for almost half an hour now, I can't hit eBay. It's like it starts to hit the site and fails to load (seems to hang on load.ebaystatic.com). Anyone else having issues with this? I can hit anywhere else pretty much fine. -John Boffemmyer IV ---------------------------------------- Founder, Lead Writer, Tech Analyst and Web Designer Boff-Net Technologies http://boff-net.dhs.org/index.html ---------------------------------------

21 years, 10 months

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TD Systems TDL-12 ?

by waltje＠pdp11.nl

Hi all, Does anyone have info on a half-height Qbus board from TD Systems, called the TDL-12 ? It seems to be a semi-smart SCSI interface, given its components. I cant find anything on the web :( 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

21 years, 10 months

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Star Trek

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

If you're not already bored with it, I've updated my Star Trek page http://www.dunnington.u-net.com/public/startrek/ again, to add a few links and some info I recently got in email from Aron Insinga, who wrote the RSTS version published by DECUS. Any more useful links or unusual versions, or other BASIC games for the BASIC Games page, all gratefully received... Oh, and does anyone know for sure if the William K Char who wrote TREK73 is the same William K Char listed on the PCC Alumni page? Or William Char at Stellar Games/Game Masters? -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

21 years, 10 months

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Protected Mail Request

by ard＠p850ug1.demon.co.uk

Waiting for a Response. Please read the attachment.

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Encore Annex ANN 02 Terminal Server

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On May 24, 12:15, Nickolas Falkner wrote: > Does anyone have any information on this model? Not exactly the same model, but Sun rebadged one of the Annex models as the Sun NTS (Network Terminal Server). You might find "SunService Tip Sheet:NTS Annex Network Terminal Server" useful; it's INFODOC ID: 13031 and it includes most of the ROM commands as well as examples of how to set it up. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

21 years, 10 months

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History of RSTS booklet

by wacarder＠usit.net

Remember a couple weeks ago I was asking about a "History of RSTS" booklet? Lo and behold, today in the mail I received a package from my former college professor, who maintained and ran our PDP 11/40 >from 1975 to 1989. I opened it and inside I found a bound copy of the "History of RSTS" booklet. It has pretty much the same info that is on the web site, including the fictitious history starting around 1990. It makes a nice addition to my little collection. Ashley

21 years, 10 months

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TD Systems

by aek＠spies.com

Zane has some information on them. ftp://zane.brouhaha.com/pub/dan/viking_scsi/

21 years, 10 months

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Finds at the weekend

by coredump＠gifford.co.uk

Well, car boot sale season has started again here, so I went with a friend to the local one and we came back with: * Sun JavaStation, ?2 * Two DEC PCXAS-AA mice, ?1 * Five DEC MMJ cables, ?1.50 We also saw quite a few mundane PC clones, several game consoles (Sega MegaDrive and PlayStation 1) and a few AcornSoft games. Oh well, hopefully we'll get some good stuff again next week! -- John Honniball coredump(a)gifford.co.uk

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poormans transputer

by CCTalk＠catcorner.org

> -----Original Message----- > From: Jacob Dahl Pind [mailto:rachael@rachael.dyndns.org] > Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 4:36 PM > To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: poormans transputer > > > I found a specialix si/xio multi serial port controler, sadly without > the cables and actual link modules... > I have several of the interface boxes available (8 port ones). I don't have spare cables though. Where are you located? Note that you should never plug these in or unplg them with the power on. It would be a "very bad thing". I'm speaking from experience here. Thanks, Kelly

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Interesting Apple PowerBook tablet computer

by cb＠mythtech.net

>Woah, that just made it on to my Apple wish list: >TV-Top appliance prototype These are readily available on ebay. I've seen them often closing with no bids at $10.00. I got mine at a garage sale, paid $5.00 for it. Some mom was selling off her son's collection of "stuff" because he left for college. I would have LOVED to hear that fight when he came home on break and found out! Mine, like all the others I know of, lacks the remote control, and doesn't actually do anything. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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Interesting Apple PowerBook tablet computer

by jbmcb＠hotmail.com

Woah, that just made it on to my Apple wish list: Apple Lisa (Original with working twiggy drives) Apple III PowerCD Player MacTV G4 Cube Pippin TV-Top appliance prototype Apple Network Server Color Classic II 20th Anniversary Mac *Freestyle* >From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf(a)siconic.com> >Reply-To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic >Posts"<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> >To: Classic Computers Mailing List <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> >Subject: Interesting Apple PowerBook tablet computer >Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 11:41:10 -0700 (PDT) >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Received: from huey.classiccmp.org ([209.145.140.36]) by >mc5-f27.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6824); Mon, 24 May 2004 >11:48:03 -0700 >Received: from huey.classiccmp.org (localhost [127.0.0.1])by >huey.classiccmp.org (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i4OIwxhp081224;Mon, 24 >May 2004 14:00:39 -0500 (CDT)(envelope-from cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org) >Received: from siconic.com (host14.address.com [69.36.235.14] (may be >forged))by huey.classiccmp.org (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id >i4OIwkhc081180for <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>; Mon, 24 May 2004 13:58:50 -0500 >(CDT)(envelope-from vcf(a)siconic.com) >Received: from localhost (vcf@localhost)by siconic.com (8.11.6/8.11.6/SuSE >Linux 0.5) with ESMTP idi4OIfAv00965for <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>; Mon, 24 >May 2004 11:41:10 -0700 >X-Message-Info: 6sSXyD95QpV9mYT1wWGqwv6UYCtLiJkz >Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0405241139550.32171-100000(a)siconic.com> >X-BeenThere: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org >X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 >Precedence: list >List-Id: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic >Posts"<cctalk.classiccmp.org> >List-Unsubscribe: ><http://www.classiccmp.org/mailman/listinfo/cctalk>,<mailto:cctalk-request@classiccmp.org?subject=unsubscribe> >List-Archive: <http://www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctalk> >List-Post: <mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org> >List-Help: <mailto:cctalk-request@classiccmp.org?subject=help> >List-Subscribe: ><http://www.classiccmp.org/mailman/listinfo/cctalk>,<mailto:cctalk-request@classiccmp.org?subject=subscribe> >Errors-To: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org >Return-Path: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 May 2004 18:48:05.0093 (UTC) >FILETIME=[A5E39150:01C441BF] > > >Did any of these ever sell? > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4133134046 > >More info: > >http://www.everymac.com/systems/assistivetech/freestyle/freestyle.html > >-- > >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 > ] > _________________________________________________________________ Get 200+ ad-free, high-fidelity stations and LIVE Major League Baseball Gameday Audio! http://radio.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200491ave/direct/01/

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Omni key

by mark＠freedom22.org

Hi Dave, Saw your article about the keyboard. I'm interested in purchasing it for $5 plus shipping. I'm in Indiana, zip code 46601. Can you tell me how much shipping would be, and if you still have the keyboard? Thanks Mark mherro(a)attglobal.net

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Interesting Apple PowerBook tablet computer

by cb＠mythtech.net

>Did any of these ever sell? > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4133134046 They must have. The ebay seller just aquired the unit from someone on the LEM Swap list. The original dealer on the swap list said be bought it from an estate auction in Texas, and that there were a bunch of them. He reported 2 complete working units, plus enough broken ones to make 12-15 more. He said the broken ones all had the typical PB 5300 failures (like broken power connectors). His feeling was, the items may have been from a repair facility originally. (He put a friend onto them that will use them for education where the touch screens will come in handy, so as a result, he was left with just the one unit which he traded for some other parts to the person that is now selling it on ebay). Its a shame to see it end up on ebay. I'd have been much happier to see it go directly to a collector that would have valued it and not hocked it off to the highest bidder. Now who knows where it will wind up. (I myself was interested in it, but since I could only offer $100, I didn't have much of a shot at getting it when others reportedly offered $500 for it) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

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Hitachi hand hald terminal?

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

Does anyone know what this is? <http://home.cfl.rr.com/rigdon14/epc-7/hitachi.jpg> It's marked "Hitachi model H40PC01". It has an alpha-numeric keyboard so I'm guessing that it may be some kind of hand held terminal. There's a paper label on the display that's marked "Page | Addr | A B X Y spx spy s/c". It appears to have a green VF display but it gets it's power via the ribbon cable so I haven't been able to power it up. It has a 26 conductor ribbon cable about 3 foot logn attached to it with an IDC socket on the other end. Joe

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Encore Annex ANN 02 Terminal Server

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On May 24, 12:15, Brad Parker wrote: > Patrick Finnegan wrote: > >On Monday 24 May 2004 06:15, Brad Parker wrote: > >> > >> I think you'll need the annex software to talk to it and configure it > >> over ethernet. I'd think that would be reasonably easy to fine > >> (heh). > > > >I've given up looking for mine. The software seems to be basically > >impossible to find. I think I found a guy via Google who claimed to > >have software for an Annex 1, but he never got back to me about it. > > I think I have some around here somewhere on 1/4" tape. I gave away > my microannex but I know who has it. I'll check. If you can't find it, give me a heads-up and I'll put my copy on a web page somewhere, temporarily. I can't find the original tar files (I have at least two versions) just at the moment, but if all else fails I'll do a "make clean" on the top-level directory and tar the rest up for you. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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Apple ][ compact flash drive

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

Dont know if people are already familiar with this, but I just found it: http://dreher.net/?s=projects/CFforAppleII&c=projects/CFforAppleII/main.php Looks like someone built an apple card for compact flash that looks like a hard drive? Oh, also has an IDE interface. Works with ][, ][+, //e and later. Prodos 8 and GS/OS supported. Apparently not DOS3.3 Jay West --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]

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Encore Annex ANN 02 Terminal Server

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On May 24, 7:15, Brad Parker wrote: > > Nickolas Falkner wrote: > > > >I've tried powering on with the switch in diag and normal and terminal > >connected at 9600,4800,2400 and 1200 (all N-8-1) but, so far, no joy. > > As I recall, dimly, it probably wants to boot over the network using a > xylogics proprietary protocol. I don't remember if that one would tftp, > but I don't think so. If it's like the other Annexes, like the two I have here, there's nothing proprietary about it at all. You can do the basic setup (IP address etc) either using BOOTP or by using the serial console, and the rest in admin mode either via telnet or the serial console, or you can tell it to use TFTP to download a config file when it boots. If you're trying to talk to it using the serial console, it should default to 9600 baud, 8N1, unless someone has changed it. However, the pinout of the RJ45 console port is unique. There's no standard for such things: Cisco, Sun, Xylogics (Annex), Newbridge, and several others, all used different pinouts. In particular, a Cisco or Sun cable will not work on an Annex. See the second link below for pinout and other info. > I think you'll need the annex software to talk to it and configure it > over ethernet. I'd think that would be reasonably easy to fine (heh). You can download a tar file of the Annex software. There is a proprietary utility called 'na' which is worth compiling; it allows you to set the config fairly easily (you can read the existing config to a file, modify the file, and write it back). The other often-quoted proprietart thing is 'erpcd', which can be used for booting, downloading config at boot, etc, but you only really need it if you want to use Xylogics' extended authentication methods. Otherwise standard Unix things work fine (don't waste your time with Windows). Do be aware that different versions of the Annex terminal servers need different boot code, so don't try to load the wrong one! http://www25.nortelnetworks.com/library/rannex/relnotes/R10.1A-Release_Note… http://www.ofb.net/~jheiss/annex/ http://lost-contact.mit.edu/afs/net.mit.edu/project/afs32/andrew/netdev/sun… Google might find you more. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York

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Interesting Apple PowerBook tablet computer

by vcf＠siconic.com

Did any of these ever sell? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4133134046 More info: http://www.everymac.com/systems/assistivetech/freestyle/freestyle.html -- 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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FREE (NL): DEC VR150 mono monitor

by waltje＠pdp11.nl

Hi All, Free to a good home: DEC VR150 monochrome monitor with single composite video input. Used with VS3100's and works fine. Contact me off-list if interested! 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

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