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Paint JObs (was Re: Restoration of Discolored Plastic)

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> Keeping in mind, that (at least in the past) if you paid IBM enough, you > could get a mainframe done in just about any color scheme that you wanted. > > I have to think that the wildest one that I personally experienced, was at > a Ralston Purina (feed) plant. And yes, as you might guess (or fear) the > entire system was painted in red and white checkerboard. Most 370s I'd seen had been either the standard blue or the (older?) burnt sienna, but at IU Kokomo (or was it Fort Wayne?) they had a 370/25 that was canary yellow. Talk about putting your eyes out! -dq

25 years, 11 months

vax (fwd)

by vcf＠siconic.com

I think this guy may have fool's gold syndrome but if someone would like to help him out then please do. Reply-to: m.mcneely(a)prodigy.net ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 10:21:56 -0400 From: m.mcneely <m.mcneely(a)prodigy.net> Subject: vax i have a vax 4000/300 and codex 6745 i just unplugged from the wall in a major retail store im demolishing it was installed new in 90 i dont know anything about servers but i know it must be worth something it looks new it has 3 dec300servers in it, and plenty of other things [hubs routers monitors and key boards] that i dont know anything about what im looking for is {whats it worth} it was working when i unplugged it it still has the two floppies in the drive and i have all the cables that were hooked to it if you would like i can send pics i'd be willing to pay someone a commition for selling it for me thanks in advance Rick M.McNeely(a)prodigy.net Sellam International Man of Intrigue and Danger ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Looking for a six in a pile of nines... Coming soon: VCF 4.0! VCF East: Planning in Progress See http://www.vintage.org for details!

25 years, 11 months

Subject: the other side of the equation - your SO/spouse

by mmcfadden＠cmh.edu

Maybe I am lucky or my SO is special but we have come to an equilibrium. She has a few pieces of sailing and tennis equipment scattered around the property and I have lots of computer stuff. Last week she was looking for the lawn swings and looked in the attic of the garage. Her first question was "Where did all of that stuff come from?" Luckily I could "honestly" answer that many of the boxes were empty waiting to ship stuff. I seem to collect really good quality computer/medical equipment shipping boxes. It's much easier to send somebody a computer if it's packed right. She has never looked in the little travel trailer which we haven't used in years. Currently full of cables and old tape stuff. I can always point to her tennis racquet stringing machine in the rec room and sails hanging in the garage. I firmly believe and we have discussed this that a computer hobby is a lot cheaper than all of the people around here who go to the gambling boats, football/baseball games, golf, or out at the bars every night. Besides I'm usually not drinking, loosing money, or chasing women just out in the garage fiddling with the computers. The skills from this hobby also means that I can usually fix a dead phone, rewire broken mixer cord, replace furnace fan motor, fix plumbing, fiddle with electrical/electronic devices, take a VCR apart and sometimes even get it back together and working. I have an old house which means all these skills are survival skills. I also get called by neighbors to look at their computers and this nets me a few old machines/components. Mike My thoughts right now, nobody else's. mmcfadden(a)cmh.edu

25 years, 11 months

Your dream computer room.

by xds_sigma7＠hotmail.com

Well... It would be an entire building, I like Marvin's 10,000 sq ft. minimum, as for the fire protection, I'd for sure want halon or something similar, i.e. NO water! A raised floor of course, but with twice the normal height under the floor. Also, a basement area containing some massive transformers (so I could get 440 volt power), and diesel generators in the event of power failure. There would also be room for a water cooling system, in the event I ever get lucky enough to own an IBM 3033 or other water-cooled machine. Central air is a must, I'd require it to be a positive air flow environent, meeting mil specs. Definetly climate-controlled, I like the fireproof room for docs and software idea, also a seperate room for spare boards and misc stuff. It would have to have an area for disk pack storage too. Another seperate workshop-type room, with logic analyzer, scope, etc. Also, multiple humongous 3-phase UPS's, just in case. Hell, why not my own substation? Also, a loading dock at semi height would be good, and there would be a nice long sloped ramp too. Will J ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

25 years, 11 months

The cost of collecting debate

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

[..snip..] > Anyway, the IBM Incompatibles that I've got include : > Sirius (Victor 9000) ??? I remember Victor going through lots of trouble before it disappeared; did it in fact get revived for a while as Sirius? Or was Sirius another company, buying V9000s and rebadging them? A Victor 9000 is one of the few PC-alikes I intend on adding to my collection; a Tandy 2000 would be another. -dq

25 years, 11 months

Your dream computer room.

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> Also, multiple humongous 3-phase UPS's, just in case. > Hell, why not my own substation? Will, don't stop there... why not go all the way and install a fast breeder reactor, so you'll be able to have all the electricity you need plus generate your own fuel for future use! Hey, the original post did say "Dream", didn't it? 8D

25 years, 11 months

TU58-K DECTAPE IIs available

by mrbill＠mrbill.net

I've got a box of five TU58-K DECTAPE IIs available, if someone has a need for them and has something to swap in return (I'm not lookin for much) let me know. Bill -- +-------------------\ /-----------------+ | Bill Bradford | www.sunhelp.org | | mrbill(a)mrbill.net | www.decvax.org | | Austin, Texas USA | www.pdp11.org | +-------------------/ \-----------------+

25 years, 11 months

Lexmark Lexbook MB10

by ss＠allegro.com

Hi, I got my Lexmark Lexbook MB10 going finally (had to determine the polarity of the A/C input). A couple of pictures are at: http://www.allegro.com/people/sieler/lexbook/ I mention this only because there seems to be no other information on the web about this machine. Stan Sieler sieler(a)allegro.com www.allegro.com/sieler/wanted/index.html www.allegro.com/sieler

25 years, 11 months

Getting into VAXing

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On June 29, Tony Duell wrote: > It's essentially the same CPU, packed into a different case, and with an > RC25 disk drive. I am told the latter is a nightmare which headcrashes if > you look at it wrongly, but anyway..... At a former place of employment, there was a legend of one of those blasted RC25 drives crashing because someone farted. Apparently, the guy was sitting on one of those notorious un-padded wooden chairs which was on the raised floor right next to the machine (an 11/725) containing the drive. He ate lunch at the Mexican restaurant across the street. Apparently his output produced just enough vibration at just the right frequency to cause the head to hit the media during a spinup. -Dave McGuire

25 years, 11 months

Xerox DayBreak

by yoda＠isr.ist.utl.pt

Hi. I have a Xerox DayBreak workstation lying on a corner back home and I'd really much liked to do something with it. I have already posted emails to this list about this subject, but since so much time passed since then I resolved to re-post to see I get something new. The issues I'd like to solve are: 1. decent interface of the display output to some monitor -- I worked on a small circuit to convert the ECL levels and separate syncs into a composite video output, for a mono monitor, using discrete components, but the image was sort of fuzzy. Are there any ideas on doing these the right way (if any)? 2. interfacing the keyboard/mouse connector to a PC's serial port -- I managed to build a decent interface for this (using a MAX232), but now the problem is protocol: anyone knows the protocol for sending key presses/releases signals? I believe they have something from 1 to 3 bytes. I have a set of PDF of scanned Xerox manuals (TechRef and IOP) including some schematics (awesome work! congrats for the one who scanned them and put them on the web!). But they don't specify the keyboard protocol. On the other hand, I also got PDF's of the MESA manuals, but they describe teh keyboard interface at the API level (no luck there either). Any help on these issues is very welcome! Cheers, -- *** 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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