Re: Advice requested on proper disposal of Seagate ST3000DM001 disk drives

2018-09-20 Thread Alan Perry via cctalk
I find it enjoyable to disassemble the drives that I want to dispose of. I take all of the metal bits and throw them in my scrap metal recycling bin. I throw the boards in my electronics/e-waste recycling bin. I used to keep the magnets, but I have a pretty good magnet collection now and, with

In search of microchannel P390 card...

2018-09-20 Thread Ian Finder via cctalk
If you have a lead on one, please ping me off-list. I have a very specific project I'm trying to accomplish. thanks

Re: Floating point math in FORTRAN IV on PDP-8

2018-09-20 Thread Jonathan Engwall via cctalk
My SIMH resists anything but Adventure, I am working through a Fortran IV. I think you break from the loop and confuse the machine using i. That with some error checking: .TYPE FLOAT.FT   DO 50 X=1,100   F = FLOAT(X)   G = SQRT(F) IF (G) (11,11,90) 11 WRITE(4,75) G 75 FORMAT(H 5,ERRO

Re: Advice requested on proper disposal of Seagate ST3000DM001 disk drives

2018-09-20 Thread Alexandre Souza via cctalk
Have you heard about a pointy hammer? :) 2018-09-21 0:37 GMT-03:00 drlegendre via cctalk : > If you're that intent on firey destruction, it would be much simpler & > safer to use an oxyacetylene cutting torch, or a plasma cutter. > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2018, 10:20 PM Eric Smith via cctalk < > cctal

HP CPU32 Emulation Adapter

2018-09-20 Thread Joseph Zatarski via cctalk
Hello everyone, This is a longshot, but I was wondering if anybody has or knows someone who might have a very specific HP part. It's the HP E3417A, a PQFP132 PGA interposer for some HP emulation/debug preprocessor stuff for CPU32 (among other 132 pin QFP). Basically I came into an HP logic anal

Re: Advice requested on proper disposal of Seagate ST3000DM001 disk drives

2018-09-20 Thread drlegendre via cctalk
If you're that intent on firey destruction, it would be much simpler & safer to use an oxyacetylene cutting torch, or a plasma cutter. On Thu, Sep 20, 2018, 10:20 PM Eric Smith via cctalk wrote: > Anyone have advice on making thermite? Ingredients, sources, proportions? > > The internet seems to

Re: Advice requested on proper disposal of Seagate ST3000DM001 disk drives

2018-09-20 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 09/20/2018 08:20 PM, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote: > Anyone have advice on making thermite? Ingredients, sources, proportions? > > The internet seems to think that just using aluminum powder with ferric > oxide is relatively hard to ignite, and that some manganese dioxide would > help with that.

Advice requested on proper disposal of Seagate ST3000DM001 disk drives

2018-09-20 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
Anyone have advice on making thermite? Ingredients, sources, proportions? The internet seems to think that just using aluminum powder with ferric oxide is relatively hard to ignite, and that some manganese dioxide would help with that. Without spending too much time shopping, it looks like I can

Re: ISO 70's and 80's coax and twinax terminal docs/brochures

2018-09-20 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 9/20/18 3:10 AM, Evan Linwood via cctalk wrote: I've started to more aggressively archive material on old IBM and compatible coax and twinax I'm not sure if this helps - they seem like they may be in the disposal chain though, might possibly be able to grab manuals if they come up? http://

Re: ISO 70's and 80's coax and twinax terminal docs/brochures

2018-09-20 Thread Evan Linwood via cctalk
> I've started to more aggressively archive material on old IBM and compatible > coax and twinax I'm not sure if this helps - they seem like they may be in the disposal chain though, might possibly be able to grab manuals if they come up? http://www.a1usedcomputers.com.au/shop/prodList.asp?idCat