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by elmo＠mminternet.com

I have the following xeroxed manuals for 11/60 or 11/70 PCM memory systems: micromemory 7405 Product Manual (Electronic Memories & Magnetics, Hawthorne CA) Mostek Memory Systems MK8015 PDP-11 Add-In Memory Technical Manual Plessey Peripherals Systems PM-11D MMU Installation Procedure an original: DEC BA11-K mounting box user's manual and another xerox: Omnitec Telephone Coupler Models 401, 501, 701 (Teletype) Technical Specifications & Maintenance Manual Yours for postage. Regards, Eliot

26 years

Fw: Anyone interested in VAX tapes

by mark.champion＠am.sony.com

Appologies to mailing list - I forgot to embed carridge returns. Here's another copy. John, The large (700') tapes say "3M - Scotch". The small (600') tapes say "OPUS CriticalFile". They all come in plastic tape holders. These tapes originally contained demo files for Tektronix 4014 terminal emulator products my former company (Northwest Digital Systems) produced. These are data files only, no .exe files. They were created using VMS Copy. The bit density is 1600BPI. Some of the tapes include instructions for reading the tape. The date on this documentation is November, 1988. Mark Champion Sony Electronics 206-524-0014 mark.champion(a)am.sony.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Allain" <John.Allain(a)donnelley.infousa.com> To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 12:16 PM Subject: RE: Anyone interested in VAX tapes > > Mark, > > What makes these Vax tapes? > Do they have any software? > Do they have content descriptive labels? > Are they just ?RMS? filestructured user data? > Am I interested <g>? > > John A. (DECAACP-itated)

26 years

Anyone interested in VAX tapes

by mark.champion＠am.sony.com

I have 30 small (6" dia) VAX tapes (Opus 6250) and 12 large (7" dia) VAX tapes (Scotch 700). I believe the small tapes are 600' x 1/2" and the large tapes are 700' x 1/2". I think they have all been written on once. Are these worth anything to anyone? What should I do with them? Throw them away? Give them away? List on Ebay? Mark Champion Sony Electronics 206-524-0014 mark.champion(a)am.sony.com

26 years

TI Professional Computer

by Glenatacme＠aol.com

Tony Duell wrote: > I'd always have a toolkit with me to lock heads on a machine that I'd > purchased (after I've paid for it then it's mine to take to bits as I > choose, right?). Sure, but not in my store! How can I possibly know if you're competent enough not to get zapped? I don't know how it is in the UK, but here in the States a lot of people are litigation-crazy. I pay a *fortune* for insurance, but the policy states that *no* customer can do any kind of work -- even using a word processor -- in my store. If we allow this, then we (my partner and I) assume full liability. A real-life story: Previously, we owned a trophy/awards/engraving shop. One day Mrs. Mom and her three children came in looking for a ten-dollar trophy. While I was taking her order, Junior (about ten years old) knocked a $300 crystal figurine off of a shelf, onto the floor, smashing it to bits. I asked the child to leave it alone, but as I was fetching a broom Mom told Junior to "clean up that mess" and he grabbed a handful of glass, severely cutting himself. End result: lawsuit filed, insurance carrier settled out of court, insurance company jacked up our premiums, and we're out a $300 piece of crystal. I couldn't complain, because that was the cheapest way out of the situation. So, yes, it's yours to dismantle, test, or smash to holy hell. But not in *my store*! Glen 0/0

26 years

A Great Find & A Defense of E-Bay

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> > It's not just the pricing structure for me, and the fact that there are > > clusters of morons Out There who have more money and time than common > > sense. > > In other words, you're annoyed that someone might want the same item you > do, and might be willing to pay more than you are. Welcome to the world > of supply and demand. Of course your words could just as easily apply to > the stock market, or the farmers market for that matter. > > Lack of time is one of the reasons I keep searching acution sites. What > I wouldn't give to be able to head to surplus stores more than about three > times a year. Some day I hope to live in that fantasy world where people > get weekends off. So my options are... 1) On that rare day off spend 8 > hours in surplus stores looking for a part I'm probably not going to find, > while my wife curses me for not spending that rare day off with her. 2) > Do an automated auction search and (eventually) pay $20 for a $5 part. I really envy those of you who live on either the left coast or in an area that's been tech-saavy for a long time; here in the heart of the rust belt, the surplus stores just don't carry hitech electronics. ..snip.. > I make it a point not to rule anything out until the bid goes > above what I'm willing to pay. A prudent rule I concur with. -dq

26 years

A Great Find & A Defense of E-Bay

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

..snip.. > Then, along came a few people who decided to auction stuff of on > newsgroups, not content to sell it to the first person who contacted > them, then, there was e-bilk, and many of the ads on Usenet > disappeared, or else began to announce something that was going to be > auctioned off on e-bilk. ..snip.. > Now, do you understand? I used to do the exact same thing. During a period of marginal income, I sold an Altair 8800 manual I'd been holding on to every since the Popular Electronics article (from which I ordered just the manual). I sold it during an upswing in the popularity of Microsoft stuff, advertising it as "the oldest Microsoft BASIC manual." Asked and got $50 for it. Then recently, when real estate taxes became suddenly due (long story), I needed money fast. I had a 1983 Audi Quattro sitting in the driveway, rusting, a project car that was starting to look like it would never get a timeslice. So I posted it for sale on the Quattro list. I got 5 interested parties within 24 hours; within 48 that became 3 serious inquiries. By 72 hours it was down to two people, one came down that day to examine the car, brought a check with him. I really didn't think he was serious and had been certain the other guy would end up with the car. I was wrong; the guy with the check was serious, I needed the money immediately, so I sold it. The other guy was furious and now won't speak to me. I wish to God I'd sold it in auction format, whether on E-Bay or not. I'd have gotten what I paid for it, plus more, instead of taking a $1500 loss. > I do agree with you that one can occasionally find bargain on e-bay > and other auction sites, but it's still npot the same as finding > things on Usenet or hamfests and haggling over the price. R.D., you and others may have more faith that the long-sought- after item in front of you on E-Bay will be available later somewhere else in better shape for even cheaper; I guess I lack faith. When I see what I want and I want it badly enough, I'll pay the going rate to get it. Sometimes I regret it. I do understand taking a stand; I won't eat at the McDonald's that's closest to my office because one day I went there and a busload of school children were on some kind of field trip and being served to the exclusion of adults with 30-minute lunch breaks. The adults supervising the children, and those running the store, could not only not imagine why I was upset, but thought I was out of place for even suggesting that they should have scheduled their trip for another part of the day. I don't like the way they do business so I won't do business with them. Nyah. But I love the new McExtra or whatever it's called and I gotta drive way outta my way to get one because I've chosen to take this stand. Maybe someday, E-Bay will piss me off enough I'll take my business elsewhere. But for now, if I don't like the price, I just don't bid. regards, doug quebbeman

26 years

Looking for F13 keycap for Wyse 50

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

Anybody out there got a dead Wyse 50 keyboard >from which they could spare a keycap for F13? tia, -doug quebbeman

26 years

Something of possible interest to the VAX/VMS Crowd

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

A friend in OZ was looking for info on how MS language translators (old ones) write debugging info into .OBJ files for the old Codeview debugger, and he found this item clearly not related to his search, but of possible interest to friends of VAXen: http://research.compaq.com/SRC/m3sources/html/codeview/src/oldCodeView.m3.ht ml get it while you can, I don't think this site is meant for the perusal of mere mortals... -dq

26 years

Fw: New find: HP 1000 E series

by fmc＠reanimators.org

"Jay West" <west(a)tseinc.com> wrote: > I use 12531 controllers. I do have a few baci boards, but I'm not > sure what docs I have on them. I'll look, but anyone else have this > handy? Looks like I have manuals (installation/service/reference and diagnostic) for these (12966A) and they shouldn't be buried too deep, maybe I can look for them tomorrow or (more likely) this weekend. -Frank McConnell

26 years

The Missing 6809 UniFLEX Archive

by pete＠dunnington.u-net.com

On Jun 14, 14:14, healyzh(a)aracnet.com wrote: > OK, for all I know everyone that is interested in such stuff already knows > about this. Possibly, but it's an excellent resource -- and as the web page says, it may not be around for ever (hint). > However, I just ran across this, and it sounds like something > of interest to some of the list members (basically because it's apparently > software for 6809 SWTP boxes). > > Remember I've no idea what this stuff is. It's just what it says it is -- the FLEX and UniFLEX operating system software (related to OS/9) for SWTPC 6809 systems. Randy spent a lot of time and effort tracking this down about five years ago; we exchanged some email because I had what appeared to be some FLEX stuff on 8" but no machine to read it, and Randy eventually found it elsewhere. -- Pete Peter Turnbull Dept. of Computer Science University of York

26 years

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