4 Feb
2002
4 Feb
'02
5:58 a.m.
I haven't seen this here yet, so I am forwarding it. I expect at least
*someone* here will be interested.
PB Schechter
Standard Disclaimer: I am merely the messenger; I have no knowledge of,
nor interest (financial) in, this equipment.
Q-bus equipment up for bids, potentially free.
I have a moderately sized lot of Q-bus equipment up for grabs.
Before you get all excited, I have some statements to make up-front:
1.) This equipment is being offered as a LOT. It will not be pieced-out.
Equipment must be picked up in Las Vegas. I do NOT have time to box/ship
this stuff.
Boards, and small components are in boxes. Bigger items are not.
Since this is being offered as a lot, ALL the equipment must be removed.
There is enough equipment to fill a 10' U-Haul mover.
2.) It has been stored in a garage for the last 4 years.
Temperatures varied from 50 - 100 degrees,
with a humidity range of 10 to 25%.
Equipment has NOT been powered up during this time.
3.) All of the major equipment (drives, boards, etc.)
were working at some point, but there are no guarantees
as to their operability.
4.) I will accept bids on these items via e-mail, with a cut-off date of
02/22/02.
I will keep track of any interested parties, and if I don't receive any
bids,
the equipment will go to the first person that I can make arrangements
with,
to come out and pick everything up. In which case, all it will cost you
is
the time, and the truck rental.
Most of this list is from memory -- I'm sure there are things that I'm
forgetting.
Additionally, there are one or two boxes of miscellaneous pieces/parts.
Qty Item Notes
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2 6' racks, w/ PDP-11 logo No side panels, or back doors.
8" round fans on top.
2 BA23 chassis/power supply New-style internal power supply
cables, per ECO.
2 BA23 rack-mount kits
1 BA23 floor-standing enclosure Empty case only.
1 BA11 chassis/power supply 22-bit backplane. Don't know which
flavor;
could be 9275 or 9276.
1 BA11 rack-mount kit
1 Rack-mount RX50 chassis Don't remember the model number, or
which pieces/parts are actually
there.
I think the original power supply was
yanked, and a generic power supply
mounted
in the back.
1 LA180 printer. Might have the serial interface
inside,
but I'm not sure.
1 Cable for LA180 to LPV11
2 RL02 drives, w/ rails 10-meg removable pack drives. 19"
I have one set of unit number caps, 0
- 3.
I have about 5 or 6 RL cables, enough
to
daisy-chain 4 drives to controller.
2 RL01 drives, with rails 5-meg removable pack drives. 19"
1 Fujitsu Eagle 474 MB SMD drive, rack mount with
rails. 19"
1 Cipher F880 tape drive Front/auto loading 1/2" 9-track
magtape drive. 19"
2 Hitachi DK512-S drives 150MB 5.25" SMD drives.
1 Seagate 8" SMD drive Don't remember capacity; 800 meg,
maybe 1.2 gig.
In a home-brew chassis w/ power
supply.
1 Maxtor 130MB MFM drive Full height. Might be 150MB.
Unknown condition.
2 Quantum Q540 MFM drives 30MB Full height. Unknown condition.
2 Seagate ST-type drives. Half Height. At least one 10MB, one
20 or 40MB.
1 RX50 drive Full-height dual-floppy.
1 TK50 tape drive Full-height. Condition unknown.
1 TK70 tape drive Full-height. Condition unknown.
1 Generic chassis w/ 8" floppies Unknown condition. Probably not
RX02-compatible.
1 Centronics brand printer Wide carriage dot-matrix w/ lcd front
panel.
1 LA12 portable terminal Serial port works, not sure about the
modems.
2 VT220 terminals Possibly 3. . . w/ keyboards
1 IBM video terminal Unknown model (3150?) Does VT100
emulation.
1 VT50 terminal, w/ printer It's a classic. ;-)
Boards:
2 KDJ11 CPU's 11/73's, quad, w/ boot & serial
ports.
18Mhz crystals installed, if I
remember right.
1 KDF11 CPU 11/23, quad, w/ boot & serial ports.
2 Camminton CMV504 2-meg dual-height q-bus memory.
1 Camminton CMV4000 4-meg quad-height q-bus memory.
1 MSV11-PK (?) 512K quad-height q-bus memory.
2 DELQA Q-bus ethernet controllers.
1 LPV11 Probably 2. Q-bus line printer
controller(s).
1 Generic DLV11-J Possibly 2.
1 RQDX3 MFM controller.
1 RQDX2 MFM controller.
1 RQDXE Q-bus RQDX drive expander card.
1 QD32 Dual-height SMD controller.
1 DQ248 Quad-height, 4-drive SMD-E
controller.
1 Tape controller It's either a DQ132 or a TC03.
1 DEC Terminal server 200 or 200 MC -- requires MOP loader.
1 Emulex CS02 Multiplexer With 16-port panel and cables.
1 TQK50 controller For TK50 cartridge tape drive.
1 TQK70 controller For TK70 cartridge tape drive.
1 RLV21 controller Possibly 2. For RL01/RL02 drives.
This is all that pops to mind right now, but I know there's a bunch more
out there. I have covered all the important items, though.
I'm THINKING that I had a dual 11/73 board out there, as well as
an Emulex QD01/D MFM controller, but these might only exist in my imagination.
I know I have a few boxes of media out there (tapes, RL01/RL02 packs), but I
have
no idea what condition they're in at this point.
There are also a few boxes of DEC magazines, and a box of some sort of
UNIBUS hardware out there -- mostly DZ11 boards. There should be a set
of Q-bus extension/expansion cables, for daisy-chaining backplanes.
Interested parties can reply to: TiggerLasV (Thats on aol.com)
*** do NOT reply to this message, as it will bounce. ****
Thanks again!
Tim
7:08 a.m.
On Mon, 4 Feb 2002 pb(a)Colorado.EDU wrote:
Q-bus equipment up for bids, potentially free. [...]
2 6' racks, w/ PDP-11 logo No side panels, or back doors.
8" round fans on top.
Let it be known to whomever takes this stuff that I really would like to
posess those 'PDP-11 logo' plates that go at the top of the rack.
--
Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss(a)subatomix.com
11:57 a.m.
OK Since a couple of other people put up their wish list, I'll do mine.
1 RLV21 controller Possibly 2.
For RL01/RL02 drives.
I think he meant RLV11 or RLV12, but I would like to have one for my RL02
sitting in my bedroom. A cable to go from the drive to the controller
would also be nice, but not necessarily needed.
There are also a few boxes of DEC magazines, and a box of some sort of
UNIBUS hardware out there -- mostly DZ11 boards. There should be a set
of Q-bus extension/expansion cables, for daisy-chaining backplanes.
A piece of QBUS backplane would be nice, if availble, along with an
extension cable (and terminator...) Especially necessary if the RLV11/12
expects a Q/CD instead of a Q/Q backplane.
TK50 and/or TK70 media would be nice...
If anyone has any of this available, contact me off the list. I'm not in
any real rush looking for the above, but if you're looking to get rid of
them, I might be able to help ;)
-- Pat
1:59 p.m.
--- Pat Finnegan <pat(a)purdueriots.com> wrote:
OK Since a couple of other people put up their wish
list, I'll do mine.
If it's an RLV11, there's no big deal - it's a BC08 to the bracket,
and a transition header, just like the ones on the back of the RL01/RL02
drives. If you don't have one with the controller, you can get one
1 RLV21 controller
Possibly 2. For RL01/RL02
drives.
I think he meant RLV11 or RLV12, but I would like to have one for my RL02
sitting in my bedroom. A cable to go from the drive to the controller
would also be nice, but not necessarily needed. from the back of a dead drive.
ISTR the RLV12 has a custom cable from the Berg end to the RL01/RL02
end. It _may_ be the same arrangement; it may not. It's been so long,
I forget. I just remember using a custom cable from the back of our
MicroVAX to the first drive, and an RL-11-style arrangement when I had
an RLV12 at home.
A piece of QBUS backplane would be nice, if availble,
along with an
extension cable (and terminator...) Especially necessary if the RLV11/12
expects a Q/CD instead of a Q/Q backplane.
The RLV11 needs a pair of Q/CD slots; the RLV12 fits into a single quad-
height Q/Q slot and works on 18-bit _and_ 22-bit machines.
-ethan
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2:40 p.m.
Pat Finnegan wrote:
A piece of QBUS backplane would be nice, if availble,
along with an
extension cable (and terminator...) Especially necessary if the RLV11/12
expects a Q/CD instead of a Q/Q backplane.
The BA23 can be "VERY CAREFULLY USED" for the RLV11
IF THE CPU IS PLACED IN THE FIRST SLOT AND THE RLV11
(pair of boards) IS PLACED IN THE SECOND AND THIRD SLOTS
I have actually seen this done, but I am not really absolutely sure. However,
it certainly seems reasonable. For example, a PDP-11/53 CPU which includes
memory, etc. would have the second and third slots available to do just this
and be totally proper in this aspect.
CAREFUL!!! PLACING AN RLV11 IN SLOTS FOUR AND BEYOND
CAUSES THE MAGIC SMOKE TO DISAPPEAR!
TK50 and/or TK70 media would be nice...
As explained many times before, the only physical difference is that
the TK50 is a CompacTape with a brown label and the TK70 is
a CompacTape II with a blue label. Using a blank tape in a TK50
drive places information on the tape which the TK70 drive can
recognize - the result is to immediately place the drive in WRITE
PROTECT mode. If you can find a tape eraser (degauser), then
every TK50 media I have every done that to can be used in a TK70.
If anyone has any of this available, contact me off
the list. I'm not in
any real rush looking for the above, but if you're looking to get rid of
them, I might be able to help ;)
-- Pat
In a couple of years, I will start to toss my stuff as I gradually shift
to using a CD for backup. Keep me in mind - but my e-mail address
will start to change in a few months to get rid of spam. I will probably
try and see if adding 4 random characters to my name in front of the
"@" will do the trick with a default being the current 4 digit year
when the address suddenly changes. If the default stays spam free, then
that should do the trick - especially since it will change each year.
Can anyone think of a better default that is easily described but
can't be figured out by a program? Also, it needs to automatically
change about once a year as well.
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