11 Jul
2021
11 Jul
'21
7:33 a.m.
Hello, I am looking for any of the following items. I have terminals and
assorted qbus and S100 cards for trade, or am happy to discuss payment :).
1) Qbus scsi card
2) Emulex TC01
3) QBUS bus probe
4) SD2SCSI
5) Teletype DRPE or ARPE (already have a BRPE) paper tape punches
6) AED/tektronix/SGI/etc... graphics terminal
7) Unfomatted pertec controller (any bus)
8) S100 jade bus probe, system monitor board, or similar
9) Anything fabri-tek, Gould, or SEL
10) blinkenlights and flippenpaddles computers, any interesting front
panels, etc...
11) ESDI disk emulator
Thank you!
-Eric
11 Jul
11 Jul
5:57 p.m.
Also, I am in central texas :)
Thanks!
On Sun, Jul 11, 2021, 9:33 AM Eric Moore <mooreericnyc at gmail.com> wrote:
Hello, I am looking for any of the following items. I
have terminals and
assorted qbus and S100 cards for trade, or am happy to discuss payment :).
1) Qbus scsi card
2) Emulex TC01
3) QBUS bus probe
4) SD2SCSI
5) Teletype DRPE or ARPE (already have a BRPE) paper tape punches
6) AED/tektronix/SGI/etc... graphics terminal
7) Unfomatted pertec controller (any bus)
8) S100 jade bus probe, system monitor board, or similar
9) Anything fabri-tek, Gould, or SEL
10) blinkenlights and flippenpaddles computers, any interesting front
panels, etc...
11) ESDI disk emulator
Thank you!
-Eric
19 Jul
19 Jul
8:03 p.m.
On 7/11/2021 9:33 AM, Eric Moore via cctalk wrote:
Hello, I am looking for any of the following items. I
have terminals and
assorted qbus and S100 cards for trade, or am happy to discuss payment :).
1) Qbus scsi card
You and me both. ;) I have one - and I intend to keep it.
2) Emulex TC01
3) QBUS bus probe
4) SD2SCSI
Do you mean a device that emulates a SCSI drive with an SD card? Why
not just go out and purchase a SCSI2SD V5.1 - a little slower than the
newer ones, but works fine in my Sun, SGI and Intergraph Boxen.
I also just bought one of the less expensive Androda SCSI emulators -
designed for Macs, really, but it might work and it is relatively
inexpensive.
5) Teletype DRPE or ARPE (already have a BRPE) paper
tape punches
6) AED/tektronix/SGI/etc... graphics terminal
FYI, if you have "Pizza Boxes" then I have found that the cable commonly
available (VGA one end, 13W3 on the other - the one with switches on it)
works well on both Sun and SGI Boxen. Google Sun VGA 13W3 on eBay.
You probably want the one with the switches.)
7) Unfomatted pertec controller (any bus)
I have some old Pertec formatters that have no bus interface. Free to
good homes. Some were mouse houses for a while, but were subsequently
cleaned up reasonably well. Models F649-72 (2 of those) and F649-40.
Heavy to ship.
In addition, I think I have a TC031, Pertec/QBus (I think) that I really
am not using. I tried it out once - I think the issue was that I had a
Pertec interface speed mismatch between it and the HP drive I have with
a Pertec interface (which also has issues with loading tape.) I
suspect it is formatted, however.
8) S100 jade bus probe, system monitor board, or
similar
9) Anything fabri-tek, Gould, or SEL
I have a Fabritek memory box. I think it was on a PDP-12, but am not
100% certain without going back and looking at old paperwork. I am not
sure of its condition, electrically speaking - whether it had slots for
cables, or cables coming out of it, and if the latter, whether they are
intact. It has been stored in my basement for decades, low and dray.
That would take some work to pry out of my hands.
10) blinkenlights and flippenpaddles computers, any
interesting front
panels, etc...
11) ESDI disk emulator
I am not aware of any such beasties in the wild. MFM, yes, but I
haven't seen ESDI. I would love for such a thing to exist, thinking of
my Apollo, 3B2 and IBM RT/PC workstations.
Thank you!
-Eric
9 p.m.
On Jul 19, 2021, at 8:03 PM, Jay Jaeger via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
The SCSI2SD v5.1 should be faster than the Q-Bus. I bought several recently, and plan to
put one in my PDP-11/73. I even opted for these for my VAXstation 4000?s. I figure I?ll
use the newer ones in an AlphaStation.
I?d also love to have one of these, preferably using SD or CF cards. The Webster WQESD/04
card is a fantastic card, it?s only downfall is that it works with ESDI drives, rather
than SCSI, and they?re big and loud. :-)
Zane
On 7/11/2021 9:33 AM, Eric Moore via cctalk wrote:
Yeah, they are sort of a necessity.
Hello, I am looking for any of the following
items. I have terminals and
assorted qbus and S100 cards for trade, or am happy to discuss payment :).
1) Qbus scsi card
You and me both. ;) I have one - and I intend to keep it. 4) SD2SCSI
Do you mean a device that emulates a SCSI drive with an SD card? Why not just go out and
purchase a SCSI2SD V5.1 - a little slower than the newer ones, but works fine in my Sun,
SGI and Intergraph Boxen. 11) ESDI disk
emulator
I am not aware of any such beasties in the wild. MFM, yes, but I haven't seen ESDI.
I would love for such a thing to exist, thinking of my Apollo, 3B2 and IBM RT/PC
workstations.
20 Jul
20 Jul
4:59 a.m.
11) ESDI
disk emulator
I am not aware of any such beasties in the wild. MFM, yes, but I
12:27 p.m.
On 7/20/2021 6:59 AM, Eric Moore wrote:
haven't
seen ESDI.? ?I would love for such a thing to exist,
thinking of my Apollo, 3B2 and IBM RT/PC workstations.
I?d also love to have one of these, preferably using SD or CF
cards.? The Webster WQESD/04 card is a fantastic card, it?s only
downfall is that it works with ESDI drives, rather than SCSI, and
they?re big and loud. :-)
Zane
http://www.datexdsm.com/ESDI.php <http://www.datexdsm.com/ESDI.php> is
what I was thinking of. There are a couple other commercial models out
there on offer, no one seems to have one though in the discord or
apparently here :)
-Eric
I fear these, as well as those shown on one or two other websites, are
vapor-ware. The MFM emulators all seem out of stock, the ESDI emulator
(DWX750) "documentation" is not even a page - just a "blurb".
JRJ
11) ESDI
disk emulator
I am not aware of any such beasties in the wild.? MFM, yes, but I 
5:34 p.m.
On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 4:06 PM Jay Jaeger via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
On 7/20/2021 6:59 AM, Eric Moore wrote:
haven't
seen ESDI. I would love for such a thing to exist,
thinking of my Apollo, 3B2 and IBM RT/PC workstations.
I?d also love to have one of these, preferably using SD or CF
cards. The Webster WQESD/04 card is a fantastic card, it?s only
downfall is that it works with ESDI drives, rather than SCSI, and
they?re big and loud. :-)
Zane
http://www.datexdsm.com/ESDI.php <http://www.datexdsm.com/ESDI.php> is
what I was thinking of. There are a couple other commercial models out
there on offer, no one seems to have one though in the discord or
apparently here :)
-Eric
I fear these, as well as those shown on one or two other websites, are
vapor-ware. The MFM emulators all seem out of stock, the ESDI emulator
(DWX750) "documentation" is not even a page - just a "blurb".
I had a similar experience with a set of emulators made by Arraid -- LCM
inquired about one of their SMD emulators (
https://www.arraid.com/data-storage-products/product/aem-1.html) and the
response we got was "we can no longer source the parts to manufacture
these, we have a few remaining in stock that we will sell for $10,000 a
piece." We did not purchase one.
I suspect that even if you could find someone to sell you one of these
emulators, they would be extremely expensive. I have never seen one for
sale on the used market. If you find one, consider yourself lucky. If
anyone *DOES* have one of these SMD emulators and wants to find a new home
for it, do drop me a line.
- Josh
11) ESDI
disk emulator
I am not aware of any such beasties in the wild. MFM, yes, but I JRJ
7:47 p.m.
On 7/20/2021 7:34 PM, Josh Dersch wrote:
On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 4:06 PM Jay Jaeger via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org <mailto:cctalk at classiccmp.org>> wrote:
On 7/20/2021 6:59 AM, Eric Moore wrote:
For SMD, this patent may have been a bit of a stumbling block at one
time, though if it was approved, it would have expired long ago.
https://patents.google.com/patent/WO1990001193A1/en
JRJ
? ? ? >> 11) ESDI disk emulator
? ? ? >
? ? ? > I am not aware of any such beasties in the wild.? MFM,
yes, but I
? ? ?haven't seen ESDI.? ?I would love for
such a thing to exist,
? ? ?thinking of my Apollo, 3B2 and IBM RT/PC workstations.
? ? ?I?d also love to have one of these, preferably using SD or CF
? ? ?cards.? The Webster WQESD/04 card is a fantastic card, it?s only
? ? ?downfall is that it works with ESDI drives, rather than SCSI, and
? ? ?they?re big and loud. :-)
? ? ?Zane
http://www.datexdsm.com/ESDI.php
<http://www.datexdsm.com/ESDI.php>
<http://www.datexdsm.com/ESDI.php
<http://www.datexdsm.com/ESDI.php>> is
what I was thinking of. There are a couple other
commercial
models out
there on offer, no one seems to have one though
in the discord or
apparently here :)
-Eric
I fear these, as well as those shown on one or two other websites, are
vapor-ware.? The MFM emulators all seem out of stock, the ESDI emulator
(DWX750) "documentation" is not even a page - just a "blurb".
I had a similar experience with a set of emulators made by Arraid -- LCM
inquired about one of their SMD emulators
(https://www.arraid.com/data-storage-products/product/aem-1.html
<https://www.arraid.com/data-storage-products/product/aem-1.html>) and
the response we got was "we can no longer source the parts to
manufacture these, we have a few remaining in stock that we will sell
for $10,000 a piece."? We did not purchase one.
I suspect that even if you could find someone to sell you one of these
emulators, they would be extremely expensive.? I have never seen one for
sale on the used market.? If you find one, consider yourself lucky.? If
anyone *DOES* have one of these SMD emulators and wants to find a new
home for it, do drop me a line.
- Josh
JRJ
5:17 a.m.
4) SD2SCSI
Do you mean a device that emulates a SCSI drive with an SD card? Why
not just go out and purchase a SCSI2SD V5.1 - a little slower than the
newer ones, but works fine in my Sun, SGI and Intergraph Boxen.
I also just bought one of the less expensive Androda SCSI emulators -
designed for Macs, really, but it might work and it is relatively
inexpensive.
7) Unfomatted
pertec controller (any bus)
I have some old Pertec formatters that have no bus interface. Free to
good homes. Some were mouse houses for a while, but were subsequently
cleaned up reasonably well. Models F649-72 (2 of those) and F649-40.
Heavy to ship.
In addition, I think I have a TC031, Pertec/QBus (I think) that I really
am not using. I tried it out once - I think the issue was that I had a
Pertec interface speed mismatch between it and the HP drive I have with
a Pertec interface (which also has issues with loading tape.) I
suspect it is formatted, however.
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