finally success !!!
With only the CPU and the memory boards and the RDQ3 in the system I was
able
to boot into VMS 5.5. Had to reboot with "b /1" and "set uafalternate 1" to
circumvent the
login but it worked.
Now let's start some serious learning about VMS ;-)
Tomorrow we'll see about the other boards and the batteries are propably
gone
but those things seem manageble now
thanx everyone for the help
sipke
I'm CC'ing this to classiccmp and port-vax because what I have is
pertinent to anyone using rackmount hardware (or VME boards).
Both items are LOCAL PICKUP ONLY, Kent, Washington (southeast of Seattle).
NON-FREEBIE... Asking $50.00 or best offer.
Five-foot tall enclosed equipment rack for 19" hardware. Cosmetically OK,
some scratching of the paint, no dents or drops that I can see.
Rails front and back are pre-drilled and tapped for standard 10-32 screws.
Has 'wiremold' brand plug strip mounted along one side to the rear, and a
humongous (12" at least) cooling fan in the bottom.
Said fan draws air through a removable/cleanable aluminum-mesh filter on
the bottom/front, then blows it up from the bottom of the cabinet. It's
noisy, but it moves a load of air! The power cord for said fan was frayed
and cracking, so I cut it off. Can be easily replaced.
It's on wheels, and includes a magnetic-latch rear door. Black/Light Tan
color scheme.
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FREE TO A GOOD HOME...
Charles River Data Systems VME Chassis, Rackmount (std. 19"), with slides.
Eight-slot, if I recall correctly, big beefy power supply, plenty of I/O
connectors, and space to mount hard drives (5.25 or 3.5, your choice).
Heck, I think I may even have the key for the keyswitch up front.
If you buy the rack, and then decide you want the chassis, great. If not,
said chassis is a first-come, first-served freebie.
Thanks much!
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Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies
http://www.bluefeathertech.com // E-mail: kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com
Amateur Radio: WD6EOS since Dec. '77
"Our science can only describe an object, event, or living thing in our
own human terms. It cannot, in any way, define any of them..."
Yes, decidedly off topic but I intend for this msg to be the initial
contact for answers to my questions. This shall be discussed further
off-list, not here.
I hope there are one or more folks who read this who've worked on or at
least been around old time race cars which used Sun Tachometers and have an
answer to the following:
I'm trying to restore a Sun Tachometer Transmitter for a friend who's
furiously trying to finish his 1953-vintage Kurtis Kraft race car
restoration project before the upcoming AACA show season. It is a
magneto-type ignition system and he's found a used Transmitter. Model
number is EB37, MAGneto type and it is hung off a Ford Flathead V8.
There are two batteries mounted inside the unit, obviously because often
race cars with magneto ignition have no need of a battery whether it be 6V
or 12V. They _look_ like NiCd cells, maybe 600-800 mAh capacity, but I'm
not 100% sure. This unit is from back in the late 1950's and has a "1058"
rubber-stamped in orange ink on the back of the case - I suspect Oct, 1958.
Would anybody be able to confirm if these are indeed NiCd cells? Reason I'm
not sure is I haven't found when NiCd batteries actually came into use and
I believe they are a 60's invention, not 50's which this Sun unit evidently
dates to. If not NiCd, what are they?
Thanks for your time!
Regards, Chris
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Christian Fandt, Electronic/Electrical Historian
Jamestown, NY USA cfandt(a)netsync.net
Member of Antique Wireless Association
URL: http://www.antiquewireless.org/
>I hope there are one or more folks who read this who've worked on or at
>least been around old time race cars which used Sun Tachometers and have an
>answer to the following:
>
>I'm trying to restore a Sun Tachometer Transmitter for a friend who's
>furiously trying to finish his 1953-vintage Kurtis Kraft race car
>restoration project before the upcoming AACA show season. It is a
>magneto-type ignition system and he's found a used Transmitter. Model
>number is EB37, MAGneto type and it is hung off a Ford Flathead V8.
>
>There are two batteries mounted inside the unit, obviously because often
>race cars with magneto ignition have no need of a battery whether it be 6V
>or 12V. They _look_ like NiCd cells, maybe 600-800 mAh capacity, but I'm
>not 100% sure. This unit is from back in the late 1950's and has a "1058"
>rubber-stamped in orange ink on the back of the case - I suspect Oct, 1958.
They are likely mercury cells, I used to have to find them for the tach(SUN)
in the crown Vicki my brother had. common was the 5.8V/250mah.
>Would anybody be able to confirm if these are indeed NiCd cells? Reason I'm
>not sure is I haven't found when NiCd batteries actually came into use and
>I believe they are a 60's invention, not 50's which this Sun unit evidently
Nicads are quite old. Though the common form on the 50s-60s was the wet
cells that looked like lead acid. They were also available as hermetic
(well sorta) then and not cheap.
Allison
>>just an OBTW: I use QB45, if someone didn't take the minor effort to
>>complie to an .EXE
>>and instead used BRUN.... well they did their own disservice.
>>
>>Allison
>
>I don't think the MS qbasic for the mac ever offered a option to compile.
>Basically nothing that was done with the package will run past about OS 7.1
>if that, so if it was just being stupid, everybody was. Good reason to keep
>a few old macs around to play the old games etc.
My fault, I assumed it was PC and dos world. I have no clue on MACs and
can almost recognize one 2:3 tries.
Allison
>On Sat, Apr 08, 2000 at 12:18:23AM -0700, Mike Ford wrote:
>> I was speaking in reference only to MicroSoft QuickBasic, and quite a few
>> people were more than miffed when MS pulled the plug on it since the
>> applications they wrote depended on a runtime module from MS. And yes I
just an OBTW: I use QB45, if someone didn't take the minor effort to
complie to an .EXE
and instead used BRUN.... well they did their own disservice.
Allison
In a message dated 4/8/00 12:48:11 Central Daylight Time, pryor(a)wi.net writes:
> Mike,
> I'll repeat my offer of $100 if you still have this stuff.
> Jim
Jim - also, I travel almost every week so let me know when you plan to pick
up. Make sure you have room for all the books and other junk. The only item
I can't find is the 8" drive. Probably went with the H-89 stuff I sold last
month.
Know anyone that is looking for an H-89? I found another one while I was
cleaning off shelves.
Mike Stover, KB9VU
CCA# 404
MARS AFA3BO
Florissant, MO
In a message dated 4/8/00 12:48:11 Central Daylight Time, pryor(a)wi.net writes:
> Mike,
> I'll repeat my offer of $100 if you still have this stuff.
> Jim
>
>
OK Jim - come get it.
Mike
Mike Stover, KB9VU
CCA# 404
MARS AFA3BO
Florissant, MO
I have an operational H/Z-110 low profile computer with the Zenith Color monitor. Unit has dual hard drives and a floppy installed internally. MB is the last revision produced and has 768K loaded. The optional Gemini card to run PCDOS (IBM) native programs is also installed. Outboard Zenith 8" floppy drive in the factory enclosure.
Original User Manuals, Technical Manuals and Service Manual set with all service bulletins included.
ZDOS, MSDOS version 2, CP/M-80, CP/M-86 operating systems.
Several applications software items including Wordstar, Multiplan, Condor, and others (15 original 3 ring binder documentation sets) and other user software totalling over 200 5.25" disks.
$150 for the whole lot. Pick up in the St. Louis area. I need to get this system out of the way and into a new home for someone to use. Help!
Thanks
Mike Stover, Florissant, MO
>Running Telemate as a terminal program i cannot set Hardware
>flowcontrol on cause it tells me that CTS=off (baud = 4800)
Hardware flow control? Gack. You want absolutely no hardware flow
control, you want software flow control (XON/XOFF) only. My favorite
terminal emulator for a PC-clone box is MS-Kermit, available for free
>from ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/ , and this will do the job quite nicely.
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