23 Jul
2009
23 Jul
'09
6:27 p.m.
Is there any serious interest here for DEC VT420s? I have a large pile
of them now, and am wondering if they are worth refurbing, or if I
should just scrap them out.
Also, I have access to a large number of 80 meg disk packs for the CDC
SMD drives. I do not really need them (I am more a 300 meg guy), but
is there interest in these?
--
Will
23 Jul
23 Jul
6:33 p.m.
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 9:27 PM, William Donzelli<wdonzelli at gmail.com> wrote:
Is there any serious interest here for DEC VT420s? I
have a large pile
of them now, and am wondering if they are worth refurbing, or if I
should just scrap them out.
Let me know what you find - I still have access to a small pile of
(dirty but working) VT220s that failed to garner any interest when I
mentioned them a few weeks ago.
Also, I have access to a large number of 80 meg disk
packs for the CDC
SMD drives. I do not really need them (I am more a 300 meg guy), but
is there interest in these?
If by 80MB CDC you mean 9762s, those packs should be compatible with
DEC RM02s and RM03s.
(from http://www.inwap.com/pdp10/usenet/disks)
RM02 65M 32 5 823 pack; CDC 9762; 2400 rpm [phys 80M?]
RM03 65M 32 5 823 pack; CDC 9762 [phys 80M?]
-ethan
6:43 p.m.
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Ethan Dicks<ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 9:27 PM, William
Donzelli<wdonzelli at gmail.com> wrote:
Where are you both located? I could surely use another VT420 or VT220 (or two).
-Seth
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Seth Morabito
Union City, CA, USA
sethm at loomcom.com
Is there any serious interest here for DEC
VT420s? I have a large pile
of them now, and am wondering if they are worth refurbing, or if I
should just scrap them out.
Let me know what you find - I still have access to a small pile of
(dirty but working) VT220s that failed to garner any interest when I
mentioned them a few weeks ago. 
6:49 p.m.
Ethan Dicks wrote:
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 9:27 PM, William
Donzelli<wdonzelli at gmail.com> wrote:
I tend to ignore such offers, for the simple reason
few people want to ship them in the USA let alone out of the
country. Right now I am happy with Spare Time Gimozo's dumb
terminal that is working nicely with the SBC6120 pdp/8.
Ben.
PS. Still have to pickup a used VGA & keyboard for it.
Is there any serious interest here for DEC
VT420s? I have a large pile
of them now, and am wondering if they are worth refurbing, or if I
should just scrap them out.
Let me know what you find - I still have access to a small pile of
(dirty but working) VT220s that failed to garner any interest when I
mentioned them a few weeks ago.
7:25 p.m.
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 9:49 PM, Ben<bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca> wrote:
Ethan Dicks wrote:
That is certainly a concern. At least a VT220 without keyboard (which
is what these are) is easy enough to box up.
The VT220s are in Columbus, OH, at the home of FreeGeek Columbus (a
block away from Ohio State). They are in the pile of stuff to be sold
on eBay, but if someone wanted to show up, I'm sure something could be
worked out for a direct donation (they do that sort of thing all the
time for accessory items).
Let me know what you find - I still have access to a small pile of
(dirty but working) VT220s that failed to garner any interest when I
mentioned them a few weeks ago.
I tend to ignore such offers, for the simple reason
few people want to ship them in the USA let alone out of the
country. Right now I am happy with Spare Time Gimozo's
dumb
terminal that is working nicely with the SBC6120 pdp/8.
Sure. It's a great little project - I have a couple, but haven't been
able to find the time with the new job to finish assembling one (but
I'm close).
PS. Still have to pickup a used VGA & keyboard for
it.
I have a couple of 12" LCDs that were in a $10 hamfest box two years
ago and a couple of 15" LCDs that were $15-$20 at the local thrift
store. I plan to velcro the board on the back of one of them.
-ethan
8:22 p.m.
Ethan Dicks wrote:
Bug the software people for the latest firmware. You need it.
Good plan!
Right now I am
happy with Spare Time Gimozo's dumb
terminal that is working nicely with the SBC6120 pdp/8.
Sure. It's a great little project - I have a couple, but haven't been
able to find the time with the new job to finish assembling one (but
I'm close). PS. Still have
to pickup a used VGA & keyboard for it.
I have a couple of 12" LCDs that were in a $10 hamfest box two years
ago and a couple of 15" LCDs that were $15-$20 at the local thrift
store. I plan to velcro the board on the back of one of them. -ethan
Ben.
8:26 p.m.
I'd be interested in some vt420's and some vt220's and any other vt
terminals,
esp Volkers, but those are damn hard to find.
I could even drive and pick them up, OH isn't far from me in ON,
if, someone wants to split gas costs....
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:25:03 -0400
Subject: Re: VT420s, 80 meg packs
From: ethan.dicks at gmail.com
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 9:49 PM, Ben<bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca> wrote:
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Ethan Dicks wrote:
That is certainly a concern. At least a VT220 without keyboard (which
is what these are) is easy enough to box up.
The VT220s are in Columbus, OH, at the home of FreeGeek Columbus (a
block away from Ohio State). They are in the pile of stuff to be sold
on eBay, but if someone wanted to show up, I'm sure something could be
worked out for a direct donation (they do that sort of thing all the
time for accessory items).
Let me know what you find - I still have access to a small pile of
(dirty but working) VT220s that failed to garner any interest when I
mentioned them a few weeks ago.
I tend to ignore such offers, for the simple reason
few people want to ship them in the USA let alone out of the
country. Right now I am happy with Spare Time Gimozo's
dumb
terminal that is working nicely with the SBC6120 pdp/8.
Sure. It's a great little project - I have a couple, but haven't been
able to find the time with the new job to finish assembling one (but
I'm close).
PS. Still have to pickup a used VGA &
keyboard for it.
I have a couple of 12" LCDs that were in a $10 hamfest box two years
ago and a couple of 15" LCDs that were $15-$20 at the local thrift
store. I plan to velcro the board on the back of one of them.
-ethan 
28 Jul
28 Jul
4:46 p.m.
New subject: Vintage Props for auction
20th Century Props is currently auctioning off its property, starting
today:
http://www.greatamerican.com/GAGAuction/Auctions/AuctionDetails.aspx?Id=393
I noticed a pair of ASR-33's:
http://www.sellauction.com/ga/EVENTS/GA073009/IMG/4463.jpg
http://www.sellauction.com/ga/EVENTS/GA073009/IMG/4464.jpg
Mike Loewen mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us
Old Technology http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/
9:26 p.m.
New subject: Vintage Props for auction
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 01:46, Mike Loewen <mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us>wrote:
20th Century Props is currently auctioning off its property, starting
today:
An upside down Fujitsu Eagle front panel on this one :
http://www.sellauction.com/ga/EVENTS/GA073109/IMG/5032-5033.jpg
<http://www.sellauction.com/ga/EVENTS/GA073109/IMG/5032-5033.jpg>(lot 5032,
5033)
--
Stephane
Paris, France.
http://3w.posterous.com
23 Jul
23 Jul
7:23 p.m.
At 9:33 PM -0400 7/23/09, Ethan Dicks wrote:
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 9:27 PM, William
Donzelli<wdonzelli at gmail.com> wrote:
Personally I'm not interested in VT220's. I would be in VT420's *IF*
they were local to me. I've quite a few DEC terminals, and of the
ones I have the VT420's are my favorite. What I really want is a
VT525 (the one that looks like a DEC Multia, and plugs into a VGA
monitor), or the VT340+ (I think that's right). Not that I'm in the
position to get any at the moment.
Zane
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| MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic Computer Collector |
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Is there any serious interest here for DEC
VT420s? I have a large pile
of them now, and am wondering if they are worth refurbing, or if I
should just scrap them out.
Let me know what you find - I still have access to a small pile of
(dirty but working) VT220s that failed to garner any interest when I
mentioned them a few weeks ago. 
7:10 p.m.
William Donzelli wrote:
Is there any serious interest here for DEC VT420s? I
have a large pile
of them now, and am wondering if they are worth refurbing, or if I
should just scrap them out.
Also, I have access to a large number of 80 meg disk packs for the CDC
SMD drives. I do not really need them (I am more a 300 meg guy), but
is there interest in these?
--
Will
Yes, I would be interested in 80 meg packs for my CDC 9762 drives. I'm
pretty sure they can be used in other drives as well.
Bob
10:54 p.m.
Al Kossow wrote:
Bob Rosenbloom wrote:
Yes that's what I meant. I have
two Plessey DD11 series drives that are
CDC 9762's. With a total of four drives, two CDC and two Plessey,
and no disk packs, I could sure use a few!
Bob
Yes, I would be interested in 80 meg packs for my
CDC 9762 drives.
I'm pretty sure they can be used in other drives as well.
Only 9762 variants, like the RM02 and RM03.
9762 and 9766 packs are unique to CDC drives.
10 Aug
10 Aug
11:13 a.m.
Also, I have access to a large number of 80 meg disk
packs for the CDC
SMD drives. I do not really need them (I am more a 300 meg guy), but
is there interest in these?
It is likely I will be picking up the packs tomorrow.
I am thinking about asking $25 per pack, plus shipping, maybe with
quantity discounts available.
So, no, I am not giving these away. These are all known good CLEANED
packs - the owner used these as his stock for his 3rd party
maintenance business. They have been stored in official Wrightline
pack cabinets. This is contrasted by the dubious quality of packs seen
on Ebay. Crashed? Stored in a barn? Who knows?
There are also a few 300 meg CDC packs, plus some hawks, and maybe a
few alignment packs. NOS heads and filters for the 80 and 300 meg SMDs
as well.
Shipping from 10512. Possible delivery options between here and Chicago.
Please reply off list.
--
Will
11 Aug
11 Aug
2:49 p.m.
For the people interested in the 80 meg packs, please send your full
shipping addresses (off list).
--
Will
7 p.m.
Just to make things clear - the 80 meg packs are CDC 877 or equivalent.
I also have some packs for a CDC 854.
--
Will
13 Aug
13 Aug
9:03 p.m.
New subject: 80 meg packs
Hi Will,
I tried to email you last night but I do not think it went through ???
I could use 4 of the 877 disk packs if you still have some.
Jerry Wright
JLC inc.
1517 Central ave So.
Kent, Wa. 98032
253-854-9601 PST
Thanks, Jerry
-------------- Original message from William Donzelli <wdonzelli at gmail.com>:
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Just to make things clear - the 80 meg packs are CDC
877 or equivalent.
I also have some packs for a CDC 854.
--
Will
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