6 Nov
2013
6 Nov
'13
8:43 a.m.
Folks,
We have the above going on the scrap pile in Cambs, UK. Shout if you want
me to save anything! More to come as we clear out space in our 'hasn't
moved for 20 years' space...
--
adrian/witchy
Owner of Binary Dinosaurs, the UK's biggest home computer collection?
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk
6 Nov
6 Nov
9:08 a.m.
On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Adrian Graham
<binarydinosaurs at gmail.com> wrote:
Folks,
We have the above going on the scrap pile in Cambs, UK. Shout if you want
me to save anything! More to come as we clear out space in our 'hasn't
moved for 20 years' space...
There were some folks on this side of the pond who were interested in RA7x
devices, but the postage is going to be impressive (over $20/kilo last time I
checked).
-ethan
9:15 a.m.
On 6 November 2013 17:08, Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Adrian Graham
<binarydinosaurs at gmail.com> wrote:
Imagine how much the postage would be on the 3x RA92s they've just dug out!
--
adrian/witchy
Owner of Binary Dinosaurs, the UK's biggest home computer collection?
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk
Folks,
We have the above going on the scrap pile in Cambs, UK. Shout if you want
me to save anything! More to come as we clear out space in our 'hasn't
moved for 20 years' space...
There were some folks on this side of the pond who were interested in RA7x
devices, but the postage is going to be impressive (over $20/kilo last
time I
checked).
9:40 a.m.
On Nov 6, 2013, at 12:15 PM, Adrian Graham <binarydinosaurs at gmail.com> wrote:
On 6 November 2013 17:08, Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks
at gmail.com> wrote:
31.8 kilos, per the RA92 manual. Probably about $650, then.
- Dave
On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Adrian Graham
<binarydinosaurs at gmail.com> wrote:
Imagine how much the postage would be on the 3x RA92s they've just dug out! Folks,
We have the above going on the scrap pile in Cambs, UK. Shout if you want
me to save anything! More to come as we clear out space in our 'hasn't
moved for 20 years' space...
There were some folks on this side of the pond who were interested in RA7x
devices, but the postage is going to be impressive (over $20/kilo last
time I
checked).
7 Nov
7 Nov
1:10 p.m.
We must find a home for these, they aren't going to be scrapped too soon I
hope?
Doubt I have space, but might be able to store temporarily if need be.
Regards
Rob
On 6 November 2013 17:40, David Riley <fraveydank at gmail.com> wrote:
On Nov 6, 2013, at 12:15 PM, Adrian Graham
<binarydinosaurs at gmail.com>
wrote:
out!
31.8 kilos, per the RA92 manual. Probably about $650, then.
- Dave
On 6 November 2013 17:08, Ethan Dicks
<ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Adrian Graham
> <binarydinosaurs at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Folks,
>>
>> We have the above going on the scrap pile in Cambs, UK. Shout if you
want
>> me to save anything! More to come as we
clear out space in our 'hasn't
>> moved for 20 years' space...
>
> There were some folks on this side of the pond who were interested in
RA7x
devices,
but the postage is going to be impressive (over $20/kilo last
time I
checked).
Imagine how much the postage would be on the 3x RA92s they've just dug 
3:01 p.m.
Tomorrow mate, there's an RC25 there too. I'll happily store them here but
once they're in the car at work I'll not be able to get them out again at
home!
On 07/11/2013 22:10, "Jarratt RMA" <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com>
wrote:
We must find a home for these, they aren't going
to be scrapped too soon I
hope?
Doubt I have space, but might be able to store temporarily if need be.
Regards
Rob
On 6 November 2013 17:40, David Riley <fraveydank at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 6, 2013, at 12:15 PM, Adrian Graham <binarydinosaurs at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 6 November 2013 17:08, Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Adrian Graham
>>> <binarydinosaurs at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Folks,
>>>>
>>>> We have the above going on the scrap pile in Cambs, UK. Shout if you
> want
>>>> me to save anything! More to come as we clear out space in our
'hasn't
>>>> moved for 20 years' space...
>>>
>>> There were some folks on this side of the pond who were interested in
> RA7x
>>> devices, but the postage is going to be impressive (over $20/kilo last
>>> time I
>>> checked).
>>>
>>
>> Imagine how much the postage would be on the 3x RA92s they've just dug
> out!
>
> 31.8 kilos, per the RA92 manual. Probably about $650, then.
>
>
> - Dave
>
>
--
Adrian/Witchy
Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
collection?
4:31 p.m.
On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 6:01 PM, Adrian Graham
<witchy at binarydinosaurs.co.uk> wrote:
Tomorrow mate, there's an RC25 there too. I'll
happily store them here but
once they're in the car at work I'll not be able to get them out again at
home!
I'm on the lookout for one or two RC25 removable cartridges. I have the 11/725
but I haven't been able to fire it up because I can't spin up the
drive (and I don't
own a Unibus SCSI card to be able to avoid using the RC25).
I do not wish to pay to ship an entire drive across the pond.
-ethan
3:04 p.m.
On 07/11/2013 21:10, Jarratt RMA wrote:
We must find a home for these, they aren't going
to be scrapped too soon I
hope?
Doubt I have space, but might be able to store temporarily if need be.
Regards
Rob
The National Museum of Computing...
On 6 November 2013 17:40, David Riley <fraveydank at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 6, 2013, at 12:15 PM, Adrian Graham <binarydinosaurs at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 6 November 2013 17:08, Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Adrian Graham
>>> <binarydinosaurs at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Folks,
>>>>
>>>> We have the above going on the scrap pile in Cambs, UK. Shout if you
> want
>>>> me to save anything! More to come as we clear out space in our
'hasn't
>>>> moved for 20 years' space...
>>> There were some folks on this side of the pond who were interested in
> RA7x
>>> devices, but the postage is going to be impressive (over $20/kilo last
>>> time I
>>> checked).
>>>
>> Imagine how much the postage would be on the 3x RA92s they've just dug
> out!
>
> 31.8 kilos, per the RA92 manual. Probably about $650, then.
>
>
> - Dave
>
>
3:03 p.m.
On 08/11/2013 00:04, "Dave" <dave.g4ugm at gmail.com> wrote:
On 07/11/2013 21:10, Jarratt RMA wrote:
They won't be interested. 10 years ago yes, we collected all sorts of DEC
stuff for them, but now that they're a recognised charity and full-time
museum the DEC collecting stopped.
--
Adrian/Witchy
Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
collection?
We must find a home for these, they aren't
going to be scrapped too soon I
hope?
Doubt I have space, but might be able to store temporarily if need be.
Regards
Rob
The National Museum of Computing... 
8 Nov
8 Nov
9:06 a.m.
On 11/07/2013 05:03 PM, Adrian Graham wrote:
On 08/11/2013 00:04, "Dave" <dave.g4ugm
at gmail.com> wrote:
Did you try Jason @ the Centre for Computing History? I don't know how they
are for DEC gear, but they may well be interested - plus it'd be local.
If I remember right the RA81 is the complete cabinet (the actual HDA inside
is called something else), but the RA72 is just a drive, correct?
cheers
Jules
On 07/11/2013 21:10, Jarratt RMA wrote:
They won't be interested. 10 years ago yes, we collected all sorts of DEC
stuff for them, but now that they're a recognised charity and full-time
museum the DEC collecting stopped. We must find a home for these, they aren't
going to be scrapped too soon I
hope?
Doubt I have space, but might be able to store temporarily if need be.
Regards
Rob
The National Museum of Computing... 
11:18 a.m.
From: Jules Richardson
Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 9:07 AM
If I remember right the RA81 is the complete cabinet
(the actual
HDA inside is called something else), but the RA72 is just a drive,
correct?
No, it's called "the RA81 HDA". We had 6 RA81 drives in 2 low-boy
cabinets at LOTS, with redundant HSC50s and an SC008 putting them
together with 3 DEC-20s and a System Concepts SC-30M on a CI network.
With an MTBF of 6 months, DEC Field Circus replaced an HDA roughly
every month until the manufacturing error was discovered[1]; our FE
sincerely hated those drives.
Rich Alderson
Vintage Computing Sr. Systems Engineer
Living Computer Museum
2245 1st Avenue S
Seattle, WA 98134
mailto:RichA at LivingComputerMuseum.org
http://www.LivingComputerMuseum.org/
[1] It turned out that the "latex" gloves used by clean room workers
in the assembly of the HDAs were permeable to skin oils, and the
platters were ending up with occasional fingerprints on them.
Once that was corrected, the drives were much more stable in the
field, but the damage to their reputation was insurmountable.
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