16 May
2003
16 May
'03
5:36 a.m.
Visiting a charity shop this week I found one of these ..
http://www.vintagecalculators.com/html/anita_1011_lsi.html
.. an Anita 1011 desktop calculator, 10 digit Nixie display
and all for the sum of Two pounds forty seven pence.
Apart from the rubber feet having melted into a marshmallow
like crusty sludge it's mint condition with the manual and
dust cover. Looks very pretty all lit up.
Lee.
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16 May
16 May
10:13 a.m.
New subject: Dryer outlets and Thyristors
I was considering picking up a VAX 6000-610, let me rephrase
that, I was considering moving a VAX 6000 to my garage,
somehow, and... I remember an extensive discussion a while
back about getting Gunther's and perhaps other peoples VAXen
to work on house power.
Can someone supply a summary of how do do so? A pointer to
an "eureka" email would suffice if one exists since I have a pretty
good classiccmp archive here.
TIA
John A.
1:45 p.m.
New subject: Dryer outlets and Thyristors
On Fri, 16 May 2003, John Allain wrote:
I was considering picking up a VAX 6000-610, let me
rephrase
that, I was considering moving a VAX 6000 to my garage,
somehow, and... I remember an extensive discussion a while
back about getting Gunther's and perhaps other peoples VAXen
to work on house power.
Can someone supply a summary of how do do so? A pointer to
an "eureka" email would suffice if one exists since I have a pretty
good classiccmp archive here.
All you do is to hook the two live leads from the dryer plug to the three
live terminals on the 3-phase plug on the VAX. What I mean is that you
hook phase 1 live and phase 3 live to one live leg of the dryer plug, and
phase 2 to the other live leg. Then you hook neutral to neutral, ground
to ground, and plug it in. Then you're good to go.
Peace... Sridhar
19 May
19 May
9:17 p.m.
New subject: Dryer outlets and Thyristors
----- Original Message -----
From: <vance(a)neurotica.com>
To: "John Allain" <allain(a)panix.com>
Cc: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: Dryer outlets and Thyristors
On Fri, 16 May 2003, John Allain wrote:
It's been a while since I tamed my VAX 6320, but ISTR that it can be as easy
as taping off one of the three hot legs on the power cord and feeding the
other two with 220V-- it's a full-wave rectifier on the other end. You
might lose power to part of the internal accessory power strip, though.
I was considering picking up a VAX 6000-610, let
me rephrase
that, I was considering moving a VAX 6000 to my garage,
somehow, and... I remember an extensive discussion a while
back about getting Gunther's and perhaps other peoples VAXen
to work on house power.
Can someone supply a summary of how do do so? A pointer to
an "eureka" email would suffice if one exists since I have a pretty
good classiccmp archive here.
All you do is to hook the two live leads from the dryer plug to the three
live terminals on the 3-phase plug on the VAX. What I mean is that you
hook phase 1 live and phase 3 live to one live leg of the dryer plug, and
phase 2 to the other live leg. Then you hook neutral to neutral, ground
to ground, and plug it in. Then you're good to go.
Peace... Sridhar
Bob
21 May
21 May
11:19 a.m.
New subject: Dryer outlets and Thyristors
On Sat, 17 May 2003, Robert F. Schaefer wrote:
Which is exactly what my setup would avoid.
Peace... Sridhar
All you do is
to hook the two live leads from the dryer plug to the
three live terminals on the 3-phase plug on the VAX. What I mean is
that you hook phase 1 live and phase 3 live to one live leg of the
dryer plug, and phase 2 to the other live leg. Then you hook neutral
to neutral, ground to ground, and plug it in. Then you're good to go.
It's been a while since I tamed my VAX 6320, but ISTR that it can be as
easy as taping off one of the three hot legs on the power cord and
feeding the other two with 220V-- it's a full-wave rectifier on the
other end. You might lose power to part of the internal accessory power
strip, though. 
16 May
16 May
10:46 a.m.
Visiting a charity shop this week I found one of these
..
http://www.vintagecalculators.com/html/anita_1011_lsi.html
.. an Anita 1011 desktop calculator, 10 digit Nixie display
and all for the sum of Two pounds forty seven pence.
Apart from the rubber feet having melted into a marshmallow
like crusty sludge it's mint condition with the manual and
dust cover. Looks very pretty all lit up.
That's really cool Lee. I wish I had one. :)
g.
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