1 Jun
2002
1 Jun
'02
7:06 a.m.
The seller is Swan Computers. This was up for
500UKP the other week and attracted no bids.
They also appear to have parted out a
VAX 8650 and a PDP-11/70 too. OTOH it seems
to be reasonably common practice when
acquiring the Nth large machine to strip
the useful bits (boards, cables, cab kits,
PSUs etc.) and ditch the cabinet to save
on storage costs. So maybe these boards
have been out of a machine for quite a
while now.
Antonio
1 Jun
1 Jun
8:47 a.m.
Antonio Carlini wrote:
The seller is Swan Computers. This was up for
500UKP the other week and attracted no bids.
They also appear to have parted out a
VAX 8650 and a PDP-11/70 too. OTOH it seems
to be reasonably common practice when
acquiring the Nth large machine to strip
the useful bits (boards, cables, cab kits,
PSUs etc.) and ditch the cabinet to save
on storage costs. So maybe these boards
have been out of a machine for quite a
while now.
They have also got a VAX 11/780 for sale in parts. And
lots of PDP-8 stuff. The exchange rate and international
shipping makes it difficult to go shopping there though.
cheers,
-Gunther
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3 Jun
3 Jun
5:39 a.m.
They also appear to have parted out a
VAX 8650 and a PDP-11/70 too. OTOH it seems
to be reasonably common practice when
acquiring the Nth large machine to strip
the useful bits (boards, cables, cab kits,
PSUs etc.) and ditch the cabinet to save
on storage costs. So maybe these boards
have been out of a machine for quite a
while now.
Not directly. Last year they decommisioned 90 running 11/70's, of which
almost all
of them have been sold to organisations who are still using them. In
fact, my first
11/70 I have at home does come from them, and this particular machine
came from a
British Naval education department where it apparently was used to run a
submarine simulator. The original configuration was a cpu, a mos memory
box and an RX02.
(Yes, the software was apparently on just 2 floppies!)
I was at their place last Friday, and I have seen the 11/60. It looks
pretty clean
to me, and besides the missing panel it looks rather good.
It's a bit big for me, and the cabinet type makes it a bit difficult for
me to
use/move/lift....
There was also a VAX 9000 to be seen, and according to the info I got,
there seems
to be only 35 of them made (and I have a piece of the processor).
Oh, and no, I'm not affiliated to them, but happen to be a happy
customer.
Ed
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6:36 a.m.
New subject: NPR: "Radio Row"
NPR is broadcasting a show on "Radio Row" today.
This was the 'Fry's' for the tube era, 1945->1965.
It's on on 4:30 for me.
"From the early 1920s through much of the 1960s, Lower
Manhattan was the place to go to buy a radio. A six-block
area around Cortland Street was filled with stores selling
electronics. That was before the city chose that spot for a
major project called the World Trade Center. Monday on
All Things Considered, the Lost and Found Sound Sonic
Memorial Project takes us back to the place once known
as "Radio Row."
http://www.npr.org/programs/atc/index.html Mon., June 3, 2002
John A.
7:52 a.m.
New subject: IBM 9373 console processor
Does anybody know how an IBM 9373 (smallish, one rack, S/370 machine)
connects to the console processore, a PS/2 30 PC. The manual shows that you
have to connect the cable from the 9373 (male DB-25) to the back, left
side of the PC. Could be a serial port, but sounds strange; an S/370 would
certainly want to speak SDLC/3270 and not an asyn protocol
All info on this machine are welcomed.
By the way, what is the general interest for an IBM 6150 RT/PC with docs
and manuals. I've been offered one but don't want to collect too much stuff 8-)
cheers
e.
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11:14 a.m.
New subject: NPR: "Radio Row"
Quothe John Allain, from writings of Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 02:36:41PM -0400:
area around Cortland Street was filled with stores
selling
electronics. That was before the city chose that spot for a
major project called the World Trade Center. Monday on
That figures; typical of politicians to destroy something useful, used
by people with functional brains, to make bizdroids happy or to please
the brain-damaged "duh, footbawl!" sports fans.
Perhaps a disgruntled electronics hacker, who lost a good source for
electronics supplies, was the real mastermind behind the World Trade
Center destruction. Anyway, now would be a good time to rebuild Radio
Row, and celebrate the reappeance of Radio Row with the world's
largest hamfest.
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