22 Jan
2016
22 Jan
'16
3:25 p.m.
I think I lucked out on the foam, as that was one of the first things I
checked. I had to go through and replace all the form in my 8/e chassis and
that was a pretty disgusting process. These drives were used in a
production environment up until a recently and seem really well maintained,
and from the looks of it, a very clean environment. They were even shipped
to me with the heads locked properly. I'm still going to be super cognizant
of the foam when I pull the filters to check them though. Thanks!
On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 3:09 PM, Pete Lancashire <pete at petelancashire.com>
wrote:
Be very careful of the filter assembly, make sure the
foam seals are not
deteriorated to where they can add to what ends up on the platter.
On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 2:00 PM, Joshua Stetson <saburwulf at gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi there, long time viewer, first time poster.
First an introduction:
My name is Joshua Stetson and I'm a software engineer by trade. My
earliest
memories have always involved computers starting
with a DOS based Zenith
8088 where I played some of my first games.
My first foray into "classic" computing was on a Commodore 64 which my
Uncle gave me while I was still in Jr. High. I'd already been introduced
to
programming at an early age, so this machine was
an absolute treat to me
at
the time as it was my first step into assembly
language. As time
progressed, my interests turned older and I began a collection of S-100
gear including an IMSAI 8080 and a SOL-20.
Over the past couple of years, I've managed to work back even further,
piecing together a PDP-8/e system from various parts collected over the
past 4 years and now I have a fully working 8/e including 32kw of core
and
an RK05E card set. I've been running the
system using Kyle Owen's
os8diskserver and David Gesswein's sendtape utilities which both work
absolutely wonderfully. It was amazing to be able to run Adventure on a
native system!
I'd like to send a shout out to Kyle for the os8diskserver, that is some
pretty awesome work there. David for his software and archive of DEC
documentation which was indispensable for helping me debug a few boards
and
get everything running and tested. I also want to
thank Vincent Slyngstad
for his help and support on some questions.
Now to my ask:
Recently I've found a pair of RK05J drives and a few disk packs. One of
my
drives seems to be in fully working order, the
other the blower is not
working, so I'm working on fixing that right now.
I'm currently missing cabling for connect these drives to the RK05E board
set. If anyone happens to have an extra cable set they'd be willing to
part
with so I can bring these beasts back to life,
I'd appreciate it!
Ideally I would like to find the following:
7009026 Cable which is two ribbon cables with a M933B or C flip chip on
the
other end
The interface cable between the two drives: BC11A
The terminator card M930
At minimum, I'm pretty sure I'd only need the first cable to run one of
the
drives, but I'd appreciate any help from
those who have more experience.
Also, I don't have a rack for this equipment yet, so I'm running it all
tabletop, but I'm in the market for a rack + rails (I only have the rails
for the equipment, but not the ones that mount to the rack itself. Any
leads on more 16-sector packs would also be appreciated! Also, still
hoping
to get the extended arithmetic boards, RTC, and
possibly a TSC8
Timesharing
option as I have 4 SLUs and would love to try out
some timesharing.
On a side note, I'm looking to perhaps sell or trade my SOL-20 sometime
soon. It's 100% working as I restored it about 3 years ago. It works
great,
but I'm looking to part with all of my S-100
equipment to focus more on
DEC.
Thanks!