Thanks Dan. I used to have the same book but I'd never found any of that type bubble memory so I gave it to Erik when he visted this area. Isn't that the way it always goes? Joe At 11:36 PM 4/16/04 -0400, you wrote: compound.

At 10:54 PM 4/16/04 -0500, Scott wrote: awhile. I have an Intel 'Bubble Memory Development Kit' which is a boxed kit with an ISA slot board for a PC with two modules on it that have a total of 4 megabits of bubble memory. Complete in the box with all docs. About a decade ago I plugged it into a 286 machine and verified that it does work with the Intel drivers supplied. You get a 512K bubble memory drive once the drivers are loaded. It was apparently intended as a 'evaluation kit' for developers to play around with to familiarize themselves with bubble memory. memory expansion board' back in the era after Windows 95 had come out when everybody was scrambling to cram more memory into their PC to try to make Windows 95 actually work. They tried to get 80 bucks for it for quite awhile in the glass case in front, then one day I found it back in the 'junk' bin and snapped it up for $5. I used to have one of those too but I'll be dogged if I can find it now. I turned the house up side down looking for it a couple of years ago. A friend of mine has about 5 or 6 of them but I doubt he could find his either. I used to find bubble memory in some of the scrap and surplus places but haven't seen any for several years. This is the first TI bubble memory that I've ever seen too. Now I just need to find some docs on this card and I can install it in one of my Multibus systems. I've been wanting to find or build a core memory system for one of them but this is just as cool. Joe Joe

On Sat, 17 Apr 2004, Joe R. wrote: I've got an Intel labelled box that used to contain 100 pieces of Bubble Memory modules encased in large foam blocks; 4 layers with 25 pieces per layer. I found it at an electronics surplus shop with 99 pieces :) I sold or gave away a dozen or so. I haven't seen that box in a while. I wonder from time to time where it went. -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]

You might be able to repair it. It won't look as good, but it'll protect the TTY (and prevent you from getting caught up in the works!). First find a solvent for the plastic. Dichoromethane (methylene chloride) is often suitable. It should soften the surface of the plastic if brushed on (try this inside, obviously). Then put the hits together a few at a time, and run a brush dipped in the solvent along the cracks. This will stick them together, Take a pice of fabric. Cotton seems to work well (handkerchief, old shirt, etc). When I needed this, my mother draged me into a sewing shop, dived into a box of offcuts and pulled out something costing 50p (IIRC). It worked fine, and I've got plenty left for other jobs. Anyway, cut a piece of this fabric to cover the inside of the broken area, with an overlap onto good, unbroken, parts of the cover. Put it in place and brush it with the solvent. Press it into the softened plastic. Let it all dry. The result is normally pretty strong. -tony

Turn it over by hand first. With the mains disocnnected, turn the motor fan and make sure everything moves freely, without jamming. Trip the clutches as necessary, but you'll have to latch them up by hand at the end of the cycle if you're turning it by hand, since they depend on the speed/inertia of the moving parts to latch, When you're sure noting is jammed, then you can apply power to the motor. I speak from experience, having had a drive belt get totally stripped when some linkage was out of place and jamming the machine. Fortunately it was just the belt, and fortunately I had a spare, but you might not be so lucky! -tony

On Sat, 17 Apr 2004, George Leo Rachor Jr. wrote: Never heard of that but it sounds delicious. -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]