FTGH: More miscellaneous old stuff

Curious Marc curiousmarc3 at gmail.com
Sun Aug 28 22:49:54 CDT 2016


Mouse, 
I am interested in your HP stuff if nobody has claimed it. Unfortunately I am not in Ottawa, so that would involve shipping. I tried to reach you via email but both my personal and work email were blocked by your server. Send me a message off line if you want.
Marc

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> On Aug 22, 2016, at 8:54 PM, Mouse <mouse at Rodents-Montreal.ORG> wrote:
> 
> Okay, I took a bit more time going through my storage.
> 
> (a) The SparQs are indeed disks; I didn't look closely enough.
> 
> (b) Some more stuff:
> 
> - Three disks, which IIRC came out of a MicroVAX-II.  Two are
>   Micropolis 1325Ds and the third is a plain 1325.  Also present are
>   two sets of cables, each set suitable to connect one drive to a
>   controller card.
> 
> - One HP 9153A (an HP-IB device; it appears to be a 3.5" floppy drive).
> 
> - One HP 7958A (an HP-IB device; it appears to be disk).
> 
> - One HP card, likely the interface card from something like a 7958A.
>  It has an HP-IB connector, an ID switch, two connectors for cables to
>  the drive, and a connector apparently for power.  In the etch on the
>  component side is the number 07957-60001; on a sticker, below a
>  barcode, is the text *57CNO14515* (or perhaps *57CN014515*, the font
>  is ambiguous).
> 
> As before, this stuff is in Ottawa, and is yours for the coming and
> picking it up.  Functionality is unknown, and details may be incorrect
> because they were hand-copied.
> 
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