Re: 9-Track Magtape Drive ID

2019-06-01 Thread Mark J. Blair via cctalk
> On Jun 1, 2019, at 4:22 PM, Steve Malikoff via cctalk > wrote: > > BTW If the old rubber rings one the hubs are too > expanded and won't allow a tape reel to slide on, just replace with a # BS336 > O-ring > from a bearings/seals/gasket shop. These are cheap, readily available and > takes

Re: 9-Track Magtape Drive ID

2019-06-01 Thread Steve Malikoff via cctalk
Mark said > Does anybody here recognize the make and model of this tape drive? > > https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7_mfdfUIAMcTly.jpg > > -- > Mark J. Blair, NF6X > http://www.nf6x.net/ As Al said, Kennedy 9000. Slide the test buttons door panel upwards on the top left and all will be revealed :)

Updates to the Dick Smith System 80 site

2019-06-01 Thread Terry Stewart via cctalk
Apologies for cross-posting. I've added a few new bits and pieces to the Dick Smith System 80 site. If anyone is interested, take a look at the first three entries under this link. https://www.classic-computers.org.nz/system-80/whats_new.htm Incidentally, this month is somewhat of a milestone.

Re: 9-Track Magtape Drive ID

2019-06-01 Thread Mark J. Blair via cctalk
> On Jun 1, 2019, at 15:27, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk > wrote: > > Congrats!! Should be fun to play with. I just picked up a Micro PDP-11/53 > which is about the biggest I can fit into my office/computer room. lol > Neat! I’d like to get a PDP-11 in that form factor someday.

Re: Found today

2019-06-01 Thread Warner Losh via cctalk
On Sat, Jun 1, 2019, 4:19 PM Chris Pye wrote: > > > On 2 Jun 2019, at 5:07 am, Warner Losh via cctalk > wrote: > > > > Found the Ultrix poster from 1984 I was asking about today when cleaning > > out my truck: > > > > https://twitter.com/bsdimp/status/1134855890689855488 > > > > Warner > > > I

Re: 9-Track Magtape Drive ID

2019-06-01 Thread John H. Reinhardt via cctalk
On 6/1/2019 5:24 PM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote: On Jun 1, 2019, at 14:57, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote: Is this the system that was on Reddit? Yes. I’ll be fetching it next weekend. I’m excited! I wonder if the hard drive is still usable, and if there is anything interesting on

Re: 9-Track Magtape Drive ID

2019-06-01 Thread Mark J. Blair via cctalk
> On Jun 1, 2019, at 14:57, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk > wrote: > Is this the system that was on Reddit? Yes. I’ll be fetching it next weekend. I’m excited! I wonder if the hard drive is still usable, and if there is anything interesting on it? By a chance meeting with my neighbor today, I

Re: Found today

2019-06-01 Thread Chris Pye via cctalk
> On 2 Jun 2019, at 5:07 am, Warner Losh via cctalk > wrote: > > Found the Ultrix poster from 1984 I was asking about today when cleaning > out my truck: > > https://twitter.com/bsdimp/status/1134855890689855488 > > Warner I see that there is a Pro sitting on the desk, was there are

Re: 9-Track Magtape Drive ID

2019-06-01 Thread John H. Reinhardt via cctalk
On 6/1/2019 1:23 PM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote: Thanks! I am taking the whole system. It's in a rack with a PDP-11/34A, a System Industries 9400 controller, and what looks to me like a Fujitsu M228x series hard drive: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D77fRMFU0AEQtSO.jpg I grabbed the M228x

Found today

2019-06-01 Thread Warner Losh via cctalk
Found the Ultrix poster from 1984 I was asking about today when cleaning out my truck: https://twitter.com/bsdimp/status/1134855890689855488 Warner

Re: 9-Track Magtape Drive ID

2019-06-01 Thread Mark J. Blair via cctalk
Cool. So that means that this 11/34A has more backplane slots than the base model? The programmer panel is also appealing. I presume that the Kennedy 9000 doesn’t have a Pertec interface, then? It remains to be seen whether I ever start my 11/44 restoration vs. moving it along to another

Re: 9-Track Magtape Drive ID

2019-06-01 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 6/1/19 11:23 AM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote: > Would the brown panel between the tape drive and computer be a filler panel, > or part of the 11/34A? it is the top half of the 10.5" CPU chassis the tape controller is probably internal to the cpu and with have three ribbon cables

Re: 9-Track Magtape Drive ID

2019-06-01 Thread Robert via cctalk
Looks like a Kennedy 9000 series, with the sliding panel and all. On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 12:53 PM Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote: > > Does anybody here recognize the make and model of this tape drive? > > https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7_mfdfUIAMcTly.jpg > > -- > Mark J. Blair, NF6X >

DEC QBUS power supply minimum load

2019-06-01 Thread Douglas Taylor via cctalk
The M7264 CPU thread reminded me of the collection of LSI-11 CPU's that I have and want to get up and running.  A very useful thread. This may have been covered some time in the past, but, my question is "What is the minimum load for the power supply in the BA11-M, -N and BA23 boxes?" Is it

Re: 9-Track Magtape Drive ID

2019-06-01 Thread Mark J. Blair via cctalk
Thanks! I am taking the whole system. It's in a rack with a PDP-11/34A, a System Industries 9400 controller, and what looks to me like a Fujitsu M228x series hard drive: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D77fRMFU0AEQtSO.jpg I grabbed the M228x manuals from Bitsavers to look up how the spindle and

Re: 9-Track Magtape Drive ID

2019-06-01 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
45ips tension arm 800/1600 looking at the 'density' slide switch make shure you get the cables and controller board if you don't take the whole system On 6/1/19 10:56 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > kennedy 9000 > > On 6/1/19 10:53 AM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote: >> Does anybody here

Re: 9-Track Magtape Drive ID

2019-06-01 Thread Warner Losh via cctalk
I don't know for sure, but it looks a heck of a lot like the drive I loaded for backups on a 11/34a that the company I worked summers for had. 1983 or 1984 was the time frame. Warner On Sat, Jun 1, 2019, 11:53 AM Mark J. Blair via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Does anybody here

Re: 9-Track Magtape Drive ID

2019-06-01 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
kennedy 9000 On 6/1/19 10:53 AM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote: > Does anybody here recognize the make and model of this tape drive? > > https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7_mfdfUIAMcTly.jpg >

9-Track Magtape Drive ID

2019-06-01 Thread Mark J. Blair via cctalk
Does anybody here recognize the make and model of this tape drive? https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7_mfdfUIAMcTly.jpg -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X http://www.nf6x.net/

COMX-35

2019-06-01 Thread James Wilkinson via cctalk
Anyone happen to have one for sale/trade?

Re: 11/93 next step

2019-06-01 Thread Douglas Taylor via cctalk
On 6/1/2019 12:11 AM, Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote: Hi Well we are moving forward. The 160336 alternate RQDX3 address and vector have been confirmed as OK by one of our Techno Mages. So rather than an RX50 I'll give an RX33 whirl. A floppy disk way in means I can enhance the

Re: Uniprobe

2019-06-01 Thread W2HX via cctalk
I hope the creator of the uniprobe will someday create a Q probe! From: cctalk on behalf of Jim Manley via cctalk Sent: Saturday, June 1, 2019 2:35 AM To: marc.how...@ieee.org; Marc Howard; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re:

Re: Uniprobe

2019-06-01 Thread Jim Manley via cctalk
http://retrocmp.com/tools/uniprobe On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 11:44 PM Marc Howard via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > OK, stupid question time. I'm at work and I can't find retrocomp's > website. Can you point me to it? > > Thanks, > > Marc Howard > > On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 2:36 PM