11 Feb
2008
11 Feb
'08
12:26 a.m.
I've been contacted by a guy who has some stuff to get rid of, he'd rather
see it put to good use than end up in a landfill. Of the gear he's
mentioned, a couple of things might be of interest to the folks here. I've
put two pics online:
http://mysite.verizon.net/rtellason/HP%20tape%20transport_2.JPG
http://mysite.verizon.net/rtellason/six%20ft%20rack%205.jpg
(I hope I got these right, if they don't work please let me know!)
The equipment is located in northern Wisconsin. There's more to come, and
I'll be hearing about it in email sometime soon, but I'm not hurrying him as
he said something about it being -22F there the morning he sent me the first
set of pics. Yikes! :-)
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Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, ?a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. ?--Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
11 Feb
11 Feb
5:14 a.m.
At 02:26 AM 2/11/2008, Roy J. Tellason wrote:
I've been contacted by a guy who has some stuff to
get rid of, he'd rather
see it put to good use than end up in a landfill.
Any idea what they might be? They look like they've been kicked around
in a warehouse for a decade or two. And exactly where? Northern Wisconsin
is a big, cold place.
- John
12:51 p.m.
On Monday 11 February 2008 08:14, John Foust wrote:
At 02:26 AM 2/11/2008, Roy J. Tellason wrote:
No, I don't have much more specific info than what was posted.
I've been contacted by a guy who has some
stuff to get rid of, he'd
rather see it put to good use than end up in a landfill.
Any idea what they might be? They look like they've been kicked around in a
warehouse for a decade or
two.
This guy said he was cleaning out his shed. And that there's another one. I
noticed the one drive appeared to have tape loaded on it, too.
And exactly where? Northern Wisconsin is a big, cold
place.
I don't have much in the way of details at this point. There were a whole lot
of other parts, capacitors and some enclosures and I'm looking forward to
getting more info from him sometime soon, particularly when he gets into his
other shed.
--
Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, ?a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. ?--Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
2:26 p.m.
On Monday 11 February 2008 15:51, Roy J. Tellason wrote:
On Monday 11 February 2008 08:14, John Foust wrote:
Apologies, I looked over our emails and found this:
"I live about 3 miles North East of Centuria, Wi."
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Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, ?a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. ?--Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
At 02:26 AM 2/11/2008, Roy J. Tellason wrote:
No, I don't have much more specific info than what was posted.
I've been contacted by a guy who has some
stuff to get rid of, he'd
rather see it put to good use than end up in a landfill.
Any idea what they might be? They look like they've been kicked around in
a warehouse for a decade or
two.
This guy said he was cleaning out his shed. And that there's another one.
I noticed the one drive appeared to have tape loaded on it, too.
> And exactly where? Northern Wisconsin is a big, cold place.
4:20 p.m.
At 04:26 PM 2/11/2008, Roy J. Tellason wrote:
Apologies, I looked over our emails and found this:
"I live about 3 miles North East of Centuria, Wi."
Middle of nowhere, 90 minutes NE from Minneapolis. Arguably close
(the same distance?) to Cray's facilities, though. Wonder what
they could be.
- John
12 Feb
12 Feb
5:52 a.m.
John Foust wrote:
At 04:26 PM 2/11/2008, Roy J. Tellason wrote:
Hmm, that's not too far from me I guess (or at least I get down to Minneapolis
about once a month - and as it takes me close on 5 hours for that, an extra 90
mins isn't too bad!)
That HP tape unit looks to be in the same sort of chassis as the 2114/2116
systems & related (PSU, paper tape reader etc.). No idea about the bigger rack
though - I've not seen a reel arrangement like that one before (i.e. such a
wide vertical spacing)
I can't offer help with any big stuff right now (no space in the car!), but
I'm looking around for a van at the moment, so maybe in a month or two...
cheers
Jules
Apologies, I looked over our emails and found
this:
"I live about 3 miles North East of Centuria, Wi."
Middle of nowhere, 90 minutes NE from Minneapolis. Arguably close
(the same distance?) to Cray's facilities, though. Wonder what
they could be. 
12:59 a.m.
John Foust wrote:
At 02:26 AM 2/11/2008, Roy J. Tellason wrote:
These look like instrumentation recorders, likely analog.
Pictures of the rear, particularly connectors for the cables,
would be revealing, as instrumentation recorders generally have
multiple input connections for multitrack recording.
--Bill
I've been contacted by a guy who has some
stuff to get rid of, he'd rather
see it put to good use than end up in a landfill.
Any idea what they might be? They look like they've been kicked around
in a warehouse for a decade or two. And exactly where? Northern Wisconsin
is a big, cold place.
4:30 p.m.
On Tuesday 12 February 2008 03:59, William Maddox wrote:
John Foust wrote:
I'll mention that the next time I hear from him. There was also a Scully deck
but with no electronics? And boxes of assorted caps and resistors and
such...
--
Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, ?a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. ?--Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
-
Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
At 02:26 AM 2/11/2008, Roy J. Tellason wrote:
These look like instrumentation recorders, likely analog.
Pictures of the rear, particularly connectors for the cables,
would be revealing, as instrumentation recorders generally have
multiple input connections for multitrack recording. I've been contacted by a guy who has some
stuff to get rid of, he'd
rather see it put to good use than end up in a landfill.
Any idea what they might be? They look like they've been kicked around
in a warehouse for a decade or two. And exactly where? Northern
Wisconsin is a big, cold place.
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