Re: Any PDP11s for sale in the UK?
I had a couple of emails about but nothing has come of them (at least, not yet anyway). The LSI models are perhaps safer to send across Europe? Maybe an 11/23, 34 or 73? Thanks, Aaron. > Hi everyone, > > I am very interested in DEC stuff and I would love a PDP11 to play with > and have in my (small) collection. If anyone has one in the UK that they > would be interested in selling, please contact me off list. I'm > interested in both Q-bus and Unibus models. > > Pretty unlikely but I thought I'd ask. > > Thanks!
Re: DIR of old computer collectors #3
Good idea, I'll sign up now! On 28 May 2017 19:39:54 BST, Earl Evans via cctalk wrote: >Info entered. Thanks for doing this! > >- Earl > > >On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 5:00 PM, Curious Marc via cctalk < >cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> Nice way to present it! I added my own info. >> >> Marc >> >> >> >> From: cctalk on behalf of " >> cctalk@classiccmp.org" >> Reply-To: Oldcomputers , >"cctalk@classiccmp.org" < >> cctalk@classiccmp.org> >> Date: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at 11:21 AM >> To: "cctalk@classiccmp.org" >> Subject: DIR of old computer collectors #3 >> >> >> >> Here's the page for now for your perusal - the temporary URL is >subject to >> change. >> >> >> >> http://oldcomputers.net/some-collectors.html >> >> >> >> There's a submit button in the upper right, but it just emails me. >> >> >> >> The entry field in the upper left is kind of fun - enter a valid >address >> or location, select it from the drop-down box, and it takes you >there. It >> also gives GPS coordinates. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
Re: DEC terminals and classic server computing
Hey Henry, Nice to see you on the list :) I was just doing a search and it looks like the VT510 has a DIN socket on the back. Is this just PS2? The earlier terminals used an RJ-11 connector. Aaron. Henry Bond via cctalk writes: > It's a 510, cheap on eBay it is a bit new for what I was going for. > > Thanks for the link though :) > -H > > On 29 May 2017 00:19:05 BST, Toby Thain via cctalk > wrote: >>On 2017-05-28 7:08 PM, Henry Bond via cctalk wrote: >>> I have long had an interest in server tech and "technology with >>character" I finally took the plunge and got a DEC and I am looking for >>something of a similar vintage to connect it to. >>> I have read about VAXstations, z80 based mainframes. This seems like >>the kind of devices I would like to acquire and learn the workings of. >>> >>> I also require a keyboard for my DEC terminal. >> >>If it's a VT100, there's a keyboard on ebay currently. >> >>http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Vintage-Digital-DEC-VT-100-Series-Computer-Keyboard-/302320158666 >> >>--Toby >>(not affiliated) >> >>> >>> As this is my first post to the list, I am mostly looking for >>resources (UK would be preferable) >>> -- H >>> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >>> -- Aaron Jackson PhD Student, Computer Vision Laboratory, Uni of Nottingham http://aaronsplace.co.uk/
Re: DEC terminals and classic server computing
On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 02:25:17PM +0100, Aaron Jackson via cctalk wrote: > Hey Henry, > > Nice to see you on the list :) > > I was just doing a search and it looks like the VT510 has a DIN socket > on the back. Is this just PS2? The earlier terminals used an RJ-11 > connector. > I'm pretty certain vt510 use PS2, thought the layout of the keyboards are a little different compared to PC keyboards. /P > Aaron. > > > Henry Bond via cctalk writes: > > > It's a 510, cheap on eBay it is a bit new for what I was going for. > > > > Thanks for the link though :) > > -H > > > > On 29 May 2017 00:19:05 BST, Toby Thain via cctalk > > wrote: > >>On 2017-05-28 7:08 PM, Henry Bond via cctalk wrote: > >>> I have long had an interest in server tech and "technology with > >>character" I finally took the plunge and got a DEC and I am looking for > >>something of a similar vintage to connect it to. > >>> I have read about VAXstations, z80 based mainframes. This seems like > >>the kind of devices I would like to acquire and learn the workings of. > >>> > >>> I also require a keyboard for my DEC terminal. > >> > >>If it's a VT100, there's a keyboard on ebay currently. > >> > >>http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Vintage-Digital-DEC-VT-100-Series-Computer-Keyboard-/302320158666 > >> > >>--Toby > >>(not affiliated) > >> > >>> > >>> As this is my first post to the list, I am mostly looking for > >>resources (UK would be preferable) > >>> -- H > >>> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > >>> > > > -- > Aaron Jackson > PhD Student, Computer Vision Laboratory, Uni of Nottingham > http://aaronsplace.co.uk/
Re: DEC terminals and classic server computing
On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 6:41 AM, Pontus Pihlgren via cctalk wrote: > On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 02:25:17PM +0100, Aaron Jackson via cctalk wrote: >> Hey Henry, >> >> Nice to see you on the list :) >> >> I was just doing a search and it looks like the VT510 has a DIN socket >> on the back. Is this just PS2? The earlier terminals used an RJ-11 >> connector. >> > > I'm pretty certain vt510 use PS2, thought the layout of the keyboards > are a little different compared to PC keyboards. > > /P The DEC PS/2 keyboards that you could use with the VT510, VT520, VT525 include the LK450, LK460, and LK461.
Re: DEC terminals and classic server computing
> > The DEC PS/2 keyboards that you could use with the VT510, VT520, VT525 > include the LK450, LK460, and LK461. > My VT510 has an LK411. I don't know if this is what it came with originally but I suspect it is. It works fine with it anyway. Regards, Peter Coghlan.
NCR 6081
would be nice if someone could save this, since it is so complete. he's only off my about 20 years in the age of it www.ebay.com/itm/292132955235
Re: What is this bus?
On 5/28/17 8:28 PM, jim stephens via cctalk wrote: > The Pascal Microengine had a black and brushed aluminum package There was a bus version. I have cards, but no backplane.
Re: What is this bus?
So is this backplane any use to you (or anyone) ? - Original Message - From: "Al Kossow via cctalk" To: Sent: Monday, May 29, 2017 11:38 AM Subject: Re: What is this bus? > > > On 5/28/17 8:28 PM, jim stephens via cctalk wrote: > >> The Pascal Microengine had a black and brushed aluminum package > > There was a bus version. I have cards, but no backplane. > >
Re: What is this bus?
On 5/29/2017 8:38 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: On 5/28/17 8:28 PM, jim stephens via cctalk wrote: The Pascal Microengine had a black and brushed aluminum package There was a bus version. I have cards, but no backplane. I saw a lot of WD PME scrap here, even engineering stuff. The staff shared a building with a friend, and some stuff I had came down the hall from there to scrap dealers. I don't recall seeing anything that fit with what the guy had in the photos here with the open frame supply. Could be for the PME, but would maybe be a refugee prototype or such. The offices which had some of the development was in Sky Park Circle in Irvine, colocated with Technology Marketing, Inc. Some financial people who had dealings with Microdata's founding owned the building that had both TMI and the WD offices located there. Albert Wong (IIRC) of the A in AST worked at TMI with a friend till the ramp up of AST drew him in. Thanks Jim
Re: What is this bus?
- Original Message - From: "jim stephens via cctalk" To: Sent: Monday, May 29, 2017 12:06 PM Subject: Re: What is this bus? > > > On 5/29/2017 8:38 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: >> >> On 5/28/17 8:28 PM, jim stephens via cctalk wrote: >> >>> The Pascal Microengine had a black and brushed aluminum package >> There was a bus version. I have cards, but no backplane. > I saw a lot of WD PME scrap here, even engineering stuff. The staff > shared a building with a friend, and some stuff I had came down the hall > from there to scrap dealers. > > I don't recall seeing anything that fit with what the guy had in the > photos here with the open frame supply. Could be for the PME, but would > maybe be a refugee prototype or such. > > The offices which had some of the development was in Sky Park Circle in > Irvine, colocated with Technology Marketing, Inc. > > Some financial people who had dealings with Microdata's founding owned > the building that had both TMI and the WD offices located there. > > Albert Wong (IIRC) of the A in AST worked at TMI with a friend till the > ramp up of AST drew him in. > > Thanks > Jim FWIW, the power supply looks too professional/commercial to be part of a prototype; it looks like it's meant to slide into its chassis/cabinet, with a handhold to allow pulling it out and a spring-loaded latch to lock it into place. But it's also quite possible that the PS and the backplane don't even belong together.
Anyone remember ZOSO disks?
Back in the 80's I had some archive disks (maybe SIG/M or CPM/UG or maybe something else?) which had files on the disk named like ZOSO.022 (for disk #22) which was the Star Trek basic game disk. I'm attaching below the text from that file (best viewed with a monospace font). I seem to recall this person who went by the moniker of Zoso had written others as well, but I can't find them right now. Just curious if any of you had seen those and if anyone knows who this mysterious Zoso person was? If I find others I'll post them. Regards, Amardeep AC9MF * * * * * THIS DISK CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING FILES: STARTREK.TXT THIS IS THE ORIGINAL SOURCE FILE FROM WHICH THIS PACKAGE WAS DEVELOPED. IT IS PURPORTED TO RUN AS IS WITH MITS 8K BASIC. IT CONTAINS ALL THE REMARKS, AUTHOR CREDITS ETC. IF YOU HAVE THIS BASIC WITH ASCII-LOAD CAPABILITY, TRY IT !! BIGTREK.ASC THIS IS THE RESULT OF HAVING TRIED TO TRIM THE ABOVE SOURCE SO AS TO GET IT TO RUN (IN A 64K SYSTEM) WITH MICROSOFT'S MBASIC. IT PRESENTLY IS ALMOST SHORT ENOUGH, BUT NOT QUITE. BECAUSE OF THIS, THE OBJECTIVE BECAME TO MAKE IT SUITABLE FOR TDL'S DISK BASIC RUNNING IN 64K. IT RUNS QUITE NICELY THAT WAY. ALL OF THE FEATURES OF THE ABOVE PROGRAM ARE RETAINED, AND A COUPLE OF NEW ONES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED. BIGTREK.BAS THIS IS THE COMPACTED MACHINE CODE OF THE ABOVE FILE WHICH LOADS ABOUT 50 TIMES FASTER THAN THE ASCII VERSION (TDL DISK BASIC ONLY). THE PROPER STEPS TO LOAD THIS ARE AS FOLLOWS : (ASSUME YOU HAVE LOADED TDL BASIC INTO A 64K SYSTEM)... 1 - OPEN#1,"I","BIGTREK.BAS" 2 - LOAD "B" 3 - CLOSE#1,"I" 4 - RUN TREKINFO.DOC A BRIEF TUTORIAL ON THE RULES FOR PLAYING THIS, CROSS-REFER- ENCED WHERE POSSIBLE WITH THE FAMILIAR COMMANDS OF THE MORE COMMONLY AVAILABLE 'STARTREKS'. TREKMOD.ASC SEE EXPLANATION (IN POST-SCRIPT). STRTRK/2.ASC THIS IS INCLUDED BECAUSE I LIKE THE 'COMMUNICATIONS' AND 'MIS- SION-PROGRESS-REPORTS' THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN THIS MUCH SMALLER (STILL > 20K) VERSION. NO MATTER HOW YOU GO WITH THIS, IT IS LIKELY THAT YOU WILL NEED 64K (PERHAPS 60K IF YOU USE 8K BASIC) TO RUN IT AT ALL. ONLY GUARANTEE IS THAT IT WILL RUN WITH TDL DISK BASIC/64K AS IS. SINCE I CAN RUN THIS, I LEAVE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE TO GET IT WORKING WITH EITHER MICROSOFT DISK BASIC (OR BASIC-E). ONE SUGGESTION FOR THE FORMER PROJECT MIGHT BE TO PARTITION THIS PROGRAM INTO TWO MODULES. THE FIRST WOULD CONTAIN ALL OF THE LINES RELATING TO GALAXY INITIALIZATION, DIMENSIONING STATEMENTS, DATA- TABLES AND ALL BEGINNING OF GAME DIALOGUE - IN OTHER WORDS, LINES NOT REFER- ENCED AFTER GAME IS IN PROGRESS. THIS FILE MIGHT BE CALLED 'STARMOD1.ASC'. THE OTHER MODULE, 'STARMOD2.ASC' WOULD CONTAIN EVERYTHING ELSE. THE LAST COMMAND (TO BASIC) IN 'STARMOD1.ASC' WOULD BE: MERGE"STARMOD2.ASC". BOTH MODULES WOULD HAVE TO BE RENUMBERED IN SUCH A WAY THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 'MERGE', EACH NEW LINE OF 'STARMOD2' WOULD WIPE OUT A LINE OF 'STARMOD1' WHICH HAD THE SAME LINE NUMBER (UNTIL EVERY LINE OF FIRST MODULE WAS OVERWRITTEN BY A NEW LINE FROM SECOND MODULE). ONE CHANGE WOULD BE NECESSITATED IN THE SECOND MODULE: IF A PLAYER REPLIED 'Y' TO THE QUESTION, 'ANOTHER GAME ?' A BRANCH WOULD NEED TO BE MADE TO A LINE WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMAND, - RUN "STARMOD1.ASC". THIS SOL- UTION IS A BIT 'KLUGEY', BUT PERHAPS PREFERABLE TO FURTHER TRIMMING. SEE THE 'P.S.' BELOW; THE MICROSOFT MANUAL IMPLYS (BY NO PROHIBITION) THE LIKELIHOOD OF SUCH (ABOVE-MENTIONED) ARTIFICES BEING EFFECTIVE. THE DISAPPOINTMENT THAT MR. DOGGE ENCOUNTERED SHOULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO HONEST EXPERIMENTATION COMBINED WITH (THE TYPICALLY) INADEQUATE DOCUMENTATION. HAVE FUN !!! - ZOSO LATE NOTE: THE EXPERIMENT WITH MERGING TWO OR MORE MODULES HAS BEEN TRIED. I AM SAD TO REPORT THAT THIS APPROACH APPARENTLY DOES NOT WORK. IT SEEMS THAT THE EFFECT OF THE 'MERGE' FUNCTION IS TO DESTROY DATA (IN ADDITION TO CERTAIN LINE NUMBERS). MY THANKS TO MR. E. DOGGE FOR THIS INFO. E.D. ALSO SENT A 'TRIM- JOB' OF 'BIGTREK' CALLED 'TREKMOD'; IT PLAYS THE SAME GAME, BUT LACKS THE 'SCO- RING' AND 'VISUAL' FUNCTIONS. NOT TO DEMEAN MR. DOGGE'S EFFORT, I CAN'T PER- SONALLY SEE HOW THIS PARTICULAR 'STARTREK' CAN BE MEANINGFUL WITHOUT THE SCO- RING ROUTINE. IF THIS WERE MY 'BABY', I WOULD (IF NECESSARY) REDUCE EVERY BIT OF (TEXTUAL) CONSOLE OUTPUT TO A 2 DIGIT CODE SO AS TO RETAIN 'SCORING'; THE 'VISUALS' ARE CUTE BUT NON-ESSENTIAL. SEE WHAT YOU THINK. ALSO !!! THERE ARE (IN THE 'BIGTREK' FILES ONLY) SOME CRUCIAL ERROR TRAPS WHICH I INSERTED. LOOK FOR THESE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 'NAVIGATE' AND 'IMPULSE' SUBROUTINES. THE COMMON STARTREK PRACTISE OF INPUTTING A '0' WARP-FACTOR (DISTANCE) TO ABORT AN IMPROPERLY ENTERED NAVIGATION ROUTINE WILL, WITHOUT THESE TRAPS, GIVE YOU A 'SUBSCRIPT OUT OF BOUNDS' ERROR, AND THE GAME WILL HAVE BEEN (LITERALLY) LOST. I SUGGEST COPYING THESE EXACTLY IF YOU WILL BE TRYING THE 'TREKMOD' IM- PLEMENTATION.
DEC rack-mount AlphaServer 2100A
If there's anyone out there with a rack-mount DEC AlphaServer 2100A - the one with the underslung pair of power supplies -- I'd appreciate your help in determining the 15-pin control-cable configuration for J3. It may require examining the other end of the "power supply control cable assembly" P#17-04014-01, which is 24-pin (to handle the dual/redundant power supply configuration). Available hardware documentation is pretty sparse. Physical examination of an AlphaServer 2100A system backplane (54-24129-01) would certainly help! While I'm pretty sure that I've figured out the +5V +- sense lines (pins 3-4), and the +3.3V +- sense lines (pins 15-14), I've failed to determine the purpose of other control lines - most particularly which one(s) turn it on. Pins 10 is suspect, but there's no obvious reference point for voltage measurement or evidence whether it should be shorted to another pin, or . something else. There's no control relay or other obvious mechanism. The PCB is dense-packed with surface-mount components on one side and power components on the other; tracing circuits is a bear. Applying AC starts up the 24VDC fans, but none of the four switchers kick in :-<. Thanks for any clues! paul
Re: What is this bus?
On 05/29/2017 10:13 AM, Mike Stein via cctalk wrote: > But it's also quite possible that the PS and the backplane don't even > belong together. ^ This was my initial guess. It just looked wrong. --Chuck
Re: Teletype 43
We need to find a source of the pin feed paper for the 43! Also a great thing to round out the display would be to have the aux. tape reader punch that was marketed for it- non working is ok visually - working would be a wonderful thing! Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) In a message dated 5/24/2017 8:26:28 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 7:20 PM, Jim Brain via cctalk wrote: > On 5/23/2017 1:07 AM, dave.g4...@gmail.com wrote: > >> You probably need a null modem cable. >> > I had one (and used it), but not all null modem cables are evidently the > same :-) I soldered up a loopback as you suggested, and the unit dropped > into DATA MODE on startup. I then played with the signals. The unit > really does want DCD to be active, as just doing CTS/RTS, DTR/DSR, and > RX/TX did not do the trick. Evidently, my null modem cable I had tested > with previously does not connect DCD. Swapped out for a null modem adapter > (from our old now deceased friend Radio Shack) and the unit works with a > new Dell M4800 laptop (so "newer" style +-10V RS232 levels must be OK. > The minimum legit voltage swing for RS-232 is supposed to be plus and minus 5 volts and the maximum allowed voltage swing is plus and minus 25 volts. The problems occur when gear didn't bother to do the negative swing to minus 5 volts. Plus and Minus 10 volts is more than adequate. The printer ribbon has less life left in it than I anticipated, but a list > member is helping me, so it should be good to go after a deep cleaning and > a light oiling. I did notice the printhead starts to stutter at times on > long lines, but I *think* it's a function of the damage to the ribbon, so > we'll troubleshoot that only if it continues after ribbon fixes. > The ribbon on my 43 is a reinking type. The ribbon loop is maybe 18 inches? I have a new in bag ribbon which I am sure is also dried out. I used a drop of thin oil on the reinking roller the last time I messed with it and that seemed to work. You probably want to use something that will lubricate because the pins on the dot matrix print heads do need that to keep them from rusting and wearing out. The "stutter" you mention is normal. The printer electronics buffers a few characters during the slow carriage return and prints slightly faster than 30cps so when a new line is started it goes at full speed until the buffer is empty at which point it goes into the stutter mode. This eliminated the need to send nulls after a carriage return that was necessary on the earlier purely mechanical printers. -- Doug Ingraham PDP-8 SN 1175
KL10 backplane on eBay
Another eBait wonder: http://www.ebay.com/itm/182597510806 The listing says "Local pick-up only", and it's in Denver, Colorado. Someone should really save this (although the chances of finding all the boards to go with it is pretty slim). Noel
Re: KL10 backplane on eBay
Will it fit in a pickup truck? On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 1:31 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Another eBait wonder: > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/182597510806 > > The listing says "Local pick-up only", and it's in Denver, Colorado. > Someone > should really save this (although the chances of finding all the boards to > go > with it is pretty slim). > > Noel > > > > >
Re: KL10 backplane on eBay
On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 03:31:17PM -0400, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > The listing says "Local pick-up only", and it's in Denver, Colorado. OK Warner, better saddle up and ride. mcl
Re: KL10 backplane on eBay
dang it you were too fast
Re: KL10 backplane on eBay
On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 1:34 PM, Mark Linimon wrote: > dang it you were too fast > It looks like it would, but it's at best just a conversation piece because it was flakey when it was replaced 35 years ago and has had who knows what care and mistreatment since Unless I'm missing something... Warner
Re: Anyone remember ZOSO disks?
On 5/29/17 10:30 AM, Amardeep S Chana via cctalk wrote: > I seem to recall this > person who went by the moniker of Zoso The mysterious Zoso was a reviewer of CP/M Users Group disks and was a contributor to Creative Computing, and probably other related SF Bay publications as well.
Re: Anyone remember ZOSO disks?
maybe some connection to Lifeboat Assoc? S-100 NEWSLETTER Tony Gold's Lifeboat Associates is now located at 1651 Third Avenue, NYC, NY 10028, A new publication, labelled "Introductory Issue', and dated April, 1980 has been sent to us. While its annual subscription rate of $18, plus $6 for the CP/M Users' Group catalog may strike some hobbyists as a trifle high, there is considerable value in these items. To have both a list of latest versions available of proprietary software products, and a compendium of bugs in those products is of exceptional value to the serious hobbyist/programmer. We trust that the incredible typographical errors encountered in this first emission do not extend to data lists as well as descriptive text. What the heck is a 'partical' list {p*4)? Zoso, hire a proofreader^ On 5/29/17 12:40 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > > On 5/29/17 10:30 AM, Amardeep S Chana via cctalk wrote: >> I seem to recall this >> person who went by the moniker of Zoso > > The mysterious Zoso was a reviewer of CP/M Users Group disks > and was a contributor to Creative Computing, and probably other > related SF Bay publications as well. > >
Re: KL10 backplane on eBay
> From: Warner Losh > Will it fit in a pickup truck? Should fit into most 4-wheeled transport devices (except a new Ford GT, those supposedly only have 2 cubic feet or so of storage :-). Noel
Re: FTGH clear-out at Mesa Electronics, Richmond, CA, USA
> From: Paul Koning > For some definition of "standard". ... other machines of that time or earlier > numbered bits according to the power of 2 they represent, i.e., the "current > standard". Well, the vast majority of computers 'back then' numbered bits (and byes) from left to right - which is why in numbers in TCP and IP, the bytes go from left to right (necessitating byte swaps on most current architectures before sending a packet out into the network). The majority of computers being attached to the network when TCP/IP was being defined used that byte order (I think PDP-11's were the only exception, but I'm too lazy to check a copy of HOSTS.TXT to make sure), and so that's what we're stuck with now. So, I can see, centuries in the future, the bytes in a word on the Internet (and it _is_ capitalized) still being in an order set by long-dead computers. Kind of like how rail gauge today still mimics the width of Roman carts (yes, I know the story is only half-true, but it's not wholly wrong). Noel
For Sale: RCA COSMAC VIP with SC/MP II co-processor
This is a very cool COSMAC VIP that has been slightly modded to act as a front-end processor for an SC/MP II processor board with a custom-built front panel for the SC/MP as well as some interesting add-ons for the VIP (PROM programmer, Tiny BASIC ROM card, CDP1855 math co-processor) and more. Full description and links to photos here: http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?58035-RCA-COSMAC-VIP-with-SC-MP-II-co-processor-and-more&highlight= I also produced a video to show off the setup for historical purposes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BozGSTumwXc Thanks! Sellam
Firefly dual processor card
Against my better judgement, I obtained a DEC SRC Firefly dual processor card. If i read this* correctly, then this card is interfaced to the shared memory bus (MBUS) as opposed to the QBUS (the card uses a Q bus format). I realize it's probably hopeless, but I'll ask anyway: Are there any schematics or specifications on the connectors anywhere? *IEEE Computer, also available on Bitsavers as a technical report.
(Mostly Sun) Hardware and Docs in Arlington MA
The following would like to find new homes: Not ESPECIALLY interested in boxing/shipping (the docs would be easy, and would love to see them preserved for posterity). BOXED SunOS 4.0 doc set with 4.0.1 update 2 lg , 1 medium, 2 small boxes Also have SunOS 4.1.2 install manual Sun Hardware (specs from stickers, not validated) 2 SPARCstation IPC 2 SPARCstation IPX (1 w/ PowerUp 80Mhz CPU, which stopped working?) any all of the above may have bad power supplies 2 SPARCstation LX (one marked 32MB, no floppy) 1 SPARCstation Classic (no floppy) 3 SPARCstation 10 (10/30 w/ 16MB, 10/41 w/ 80MB, 10/41 w/ 64MB) 1 SPARCstation 4 (bad P/S) 1 SPARCstation 5 SUN QIC (150?) drive in box SCSI CD-ROM in enclosure Many 50 pin SCSI cables AT&T "UNIX PC" (7300?) w/ mobo, monitor, keyboard & mouse No hard drive. The owner got bored when the grounding on the HD started making noise. I think he yanked the 68000 chip, and perhaps others.
Re: KL10 backplane on eBay
On 5/29/2017 3:02 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > From: Warner Losh > Will it fit in a pickup truck? Should fit into most 4-wheeled transport devices (except a new Ford GT, those supposedly only have 2 cubic feet or so of storage :-). Noel But you still have to remove them bales of hay, twine and a odd Indian or Two. Ben.
Re: HP 9836 systems and Fuji Pictrography 4000 printer available
On 5/27/17 5:04 PM, Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk wrote: On 5/27/2017 3:26 PM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: On 5/27/17 1:51 PM, Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk wrote: I looked at the three machines. Two are monochrome and the third has a sticker saying it's been upgraded to an 9836C so that's the one for the color monitor. Unfortunately, it looks like no one is interested in them so they might get scrapped. Oh well... I just don't have room to keep everything. Bob I'm interested in the 9836C, but I won't be down to Santa Cruz for awhile; maybe it could be shipped up with the rest of the gear once the LCM meets and works the plans? Would you be willing to hold onto it for a little while longer? Thanks, Josh Sure, I'll pull it for you. Want any of the printers? Thanks! I don't need any of the printers, I'm set :). - Josh Bob
Re: KL10 backplane on eBay
On 05/29/2017 02:31 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: Another eBait wonder: http://www.ebay.com/itm/182597510806 The listing says "Local pick-up only", and it's in Denver, Colorado. Someone should really save this (although the chances of finding all the boards to go with it is pretty slim). Noel Wow, what did they do with the boards??? Jon