Re: offlist RE: Looking for Nova 1200 guts

2017-10-11 Thread Dominique Carlier via cctalk
Me, except (and I'm looking for) about the basic i/o board. But it's a Nova 1200 clone fromDCC, thus a D-116 (E) Dominique On 12/10/2017 02:49, Jay West via cctalk wrote: Crates of 'em. Not sure how many are 800 vs 1200 though... -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@c

offlist RE: Looking for Nova 1200 guts

2017-10-11 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Crates of 'em. Not sure how many are 800 vs 1200 though... -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of jim stephens via cctalk Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 6:42 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Looking for Nova

Looking for Nova 1200 guts

2017-10-11 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
I would like to see if anyone has a processor, basic i/o and a memory board for said system. Thanks Jim

Re: Tektronix 8560 external hard disk connector

2017-10-11 Thread Christian Groessler via cctalk
On 10/10/17 01:24, Rick Bensene via cctalk wrote: Al K. wrote: there are two versions. the 1981 8560 uses microp 1200, later ones have xebec 1410 and are sasi 070-3899-00_8560_MSDU_Installation_Guide_Nov81.pdf 070-4759-00_8560_8561_8562_Service_Mar84.pdf If the 8560 in question uses the 8" ha

Re: (Classic Computers) HP 7970 1/2" 9-Track Reel-to-Reel Tape Drive

2017-10-11 Thread Jack Harper via cctalk
Hello Anders - Sorry for the delay responding - I had a couple medical issues pop up that slowed me down a bit. Yes, there are two photosensors on the Overland Data Tape Drive that detect BOT/EOT conditions from the shiny reflective strip. I checked the voltages coming out of the photo de

RE: (Classic Computers) HELLO JAY - HP 7970 1/2" 9-Track Reel-to-Reel Tape Drive

2017-10-11 Thread Jack Harper via cctalk
Hello Jay - I have been a bit under the weather here - thus, the delay in responding. I am the guy that contemplates seeing if I can get an HP7970 tape drive up and running with a 68000 box. You mentioned that you have a 7970B that you "should get rid of." Might you be interested to sell th

Re: PCMCIA (Was: The origin of the phrases ATA and IDE

2017-10-11 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Wed, 11 Oct 2017, Robert Feldman via cctalk wrote: Apologies for replying to this old message (I'm behind on reading the digests) and for top posting, but info on the Poquet PC card and how it differs from PCMCIA 1.0 can be found at http://www.bmason.com/PoqetPC/docs/poqetpc/techref/chapter1

Re: PCMCIA (Was: The origin of the phrases ATA and IDE

2017-10-11 Thread Robert Feldman via cctalk
Apologies for replying to this old message (I'm behind on reading the digests) and for top posting, but info on the Poquet PC card and how it differs from PCMCIA 1.0 can be found at http://www.bmason.com/PoqetPC/docs/poqetpc/techref/chapter1.html#Cards. Just scroll down to the "PCMCIA & JEIDA R

RE: More videos of VCF's Univac

2017-10-11 Thread Jay West via cctalk
VCF Univac 'project leader' wrote: "Remember that there is only 32K of memory in the machine." "only 32k"?? HP2K ran 32 users in 32K of ram, and did it quite well. J

RE: A Mystery

2017-10-11 Thread Rob Jarratt via cctalk
> >Memory says: it was MICROVAX/RT and the cpu had a reduced instruction > >set and was used with ELN/PASCAL. IT was a reduced capability machine. > > You¹re thinking of the rtVAX, which was a different product; the rtVAX > 1000 was a MicroVAX II, but without memory managent. It could not run VMS

Re: More videos of VCF's Univac

2017-10-11 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 10/10/2017 11:16 AM, Evan Koblentz via cctalk wrote: > I texted our project leader. He replied: "The short answer is I don't > know. The copy I got is from one of the sailors on a destroyer with the > equipment. Most programs written for the 1219 used an assembler called > TRIM or Ultra. Rememb

Re: A Mystery

2017-10-11 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 10/11/2017 01:51 AM, Steven M Jones via cctalk wrote: On 10/10/2017 12:51, allison via cctalk wrote: Memory says: it was MICROVAX/RT and the cpu had a reduced instruction set and was used with ELN/PASCAL. IT was a reduced capability machine. As I recollect it used the same KA630/M7606,

Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?

2017-10-11 Thread Doug Ingraham via cctalk
On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 1:50 PM, Electronics Plus via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I had some DEC branded daisy wheel printers years ago, but they are long > gone now. There was also an LA75 and and LA210, IIRC. > > Cindy > > -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bou

Where is the memory on the AP-101S memory board?

2017-10-11 Thread Shoppa, Tim via cctalk
Michael Umbricht has uploaded this wonderful hi-res picture of an AP-101S - the Space Shuttle computer solid state memory board - to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System/4_Pi#/media/File:IBM_AP-101S_memory_board.jpg I see a lot of 54F series TTL, some Dale resistor arrays, and

Re: A Mystery

2017-10-11 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Oct 10, 2017, at 3:51 PM, allison via cctalk wrote: > > Memory says: it was MICROVAX/RT and the cpu had a reduced instruction set and > was used with > ELN/PASCAL. IT was a reduced capability machine. Microvaxen in general have reduced instruction sets, as specifically sanctioned by lat

Re: A Mystery

2017-10-11 Thread Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctalk
On 10/10/17, 9:51 PM, "cctech on behalf of allison via cctech" wrote: > > >On 10/10/17 3:17 PM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk wrote: >> On 10/10/17 14:26, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >>> It's a VAXstation II/RC backplane, it was sold cheaper and crippled >>> by DEC to prevent adding more cards to

Updated list of items available for immediate sale

2017-10-11 Thread Sellam Ismail via cctalk
I've updated the list of items I have for immediate sale on the VCFed forums: http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?58709-New-Items-For-Sale-Check-the-List-and-Make-an-Offer-or-Request&p=480710#post480710 Please request more information on any item in which you are interest and I shall oblige

Re: More videos of VCF's Univac

2017-10-11 Thread Ed via cctalk
good to see it up and running! Ed# In a message dated 10/10/2017 5:08:17 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: nice job. How many 1219-B's are still running in the world any more? Bill On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 1:00 AM, Evan Koblentz via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.

Re: Several new items for sale

2017-10-11 Thread CuriousMarc via cctalk
Hi Sellam, I'm interested in your serial Thinkjet. No rush. Marc On Oct 7, 2017, at 12:12 AM, Sellam Ismail via cctalk wrote: I have listed several new items for sale on the VCFed forums. They are: Mentor Graphics 433 Workstation http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?60031-Mentor- Graphic