11/93 rebuild - Major and Significant Result.

Hi Due to the help from Glen Slick. (The only guy to answer the question as asked.) What to do is interesting. How to do it will get you there. I now have a SCSI drive on the 11/93 that thinks its an RD54 and is trying to boot RSTS/E. It fails gracefully during the boot  giving

How to format Dectape (TC08 + TU56)

Hi, I fired up the 8/A tonight and the TU56's are failing diags. I want to format a tape for scratch use but I can't find the MAINDEC that does this (along with flipping up the backplane switch. Can someone refresh me on the proceedure? Thanks, Marc Howard

RE: looking for an old IBM knob from a 609 calculator panel

There’s a lot of aluminum stove knobs that might fit the bill. Google “metal stove replacement button” and you’ll see a few. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: cctalk on behalf of Chuck Guzis via cctalk

Hewlett Packard 2601A Printer

I have an old daisy wheel printer by Hewlett-Packard, their 2601A. We got this from an estate cleanout and I would like to sell it. It has been powered up and the power light comes on and the carriage moves to the starting position. It is a large, very heavy machine. I have it on ebay for $150

Re: IBM lifting tool

> Their closest current product looks like the Genie Load Lifter. I saw the name also but didn't think to search :) - some great looking units there.

Re: IBM lifting tool

> I bodged together my PDP-Lifter that's a nice piece of bodging!

Re: Abandoned FACOM system in Italy?

Andrea (Brent & Glen) Nice work spotting the factory .. Needless to say, it might not even be possible to do anything, but hopefully someone takes an interest!

Re: M7264 Troubleshooting

On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 6:23 PM Noel Chiappa via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Hi, sorry about the delayed reply; been dealing with this: > > http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/jpg/backoak/WholeTreeS.jpg > > The cranes arrive tomorrow... > > > > I took a look at all the lines you

Re: 11/93 rebuild

> From: Holm Tiffe > You have to have an already existing parition structure on the disk and > an OS that knows what todo with that. The "--list" command to 'dd' gives a whole bunch of stuff: Win32 Available Volume Information \\.\Volume{cd4ae459-0daa-11e2-9625-806d6172696f}\

Re: M7264 Troubleshooting

Hi, sorry about the delayed reply; been dealing with this: http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/jpg/backoak/WholeTreeS.jpg The cranes arrive tomorrow... > I took a look at all the lines you mentioned. BDAL3-13, BDIN, BSYNC, and > BBS7 are all active and jump around in some manner. Hmm.

Re: looking for an old IBM knob from a 609 calculator panel

Umm...yes, I know. -- Will On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 6:35 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > > On 5/28/19 10:35 AM, William Donzelli via cctalk wrote: > > Those knobs look like they are cast pop metal or zinc or something, > > not Bakelite. > > What flavor pop? ("pot" metal or monkey metal). > >

Re: looking for an old IBM knob from a 609 calculator panel

On 5/28/19 10:35 AM, William Donzelli via cctalk wrote: > Those knobs look like they are cast pop metal or zinc or something, > not Bakelite. What flavor pop? ("pot" metal or monkey metal). --Chuck

Re: looking for an old IBM knob from a 609 calculator panel

> On Tuesday, May 28, 2019, 10:36:10 AM PDT, William Donzelli via cctalk > wrote: > > Those knobs look like they are cast pop metal or zinc or something, > not Bakelite. > > -- > Will > They are metal for sure. Probably cast. They are smooth, though there's a bit > of corrosion and

Re: looking for an old IBM knob from a 609 calculator panel

They look like something off an old stove ;-) - Original Message - From: "Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk" To: "Electronics Plus" ; "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" ; "William Donzelli" Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2019 1:55 PM Subject: Re: looking for an old IBM knob from a

trying to ID early core stacks from GE 200 series ( like for dartmouth basic machine) or or ERMA. any old times have close up docs or part numbers? I may have found the lost treasure...we  have a   2

trying to ID early core stacks from GE 200 series ( like for dartmouth basic machine) or or ERMA. any old times have close up docs or part numbers? I may have found the lost treasure... we  have a   2 each 21 inch  or   so  wide  thing   with 2  monster ass  stacks  mounted in each one.. one

Re: Modern BLISS compiler

On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 3:55 AM Liam Proven via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > This just came up on Fess Bouc. I did not know that it existed. > > It's an LLVM-backed modern compiler for BLISS. > > https://madisongh.github.io/blissc/ This is based on a several year old llvm. Is there

Re: looking for an old IBM knob from a 609 calculator panel

On Tuesday, May 28, 2019, 10:36:10 AM PDT, William Donzelli via cctalk wrote: Those knobs look like they are cast pop metal or zinc or something, not Bakelite. -- Will They are metal for sure. Probably cast. They are smooth, though there's a bit of corrosion and pitting on them

Re: looking for an old IBM knob from a 609 calculator panel

Those knobs look like they are cast pop metal or zinc or something, not Bakelite. -- Will On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 1:27 PM Electronics Plus via cctalk wrote: > > Looks like a standard old Bakelite type knob to me. I pulled a lot from old > equipment 30 years ago. I will check to see if any got

RE: looking for an old IBM knob from a 609 calculator panel

Looks like a standard old Bakelite type knob to me. I pulled a lot from old equipment 30 years ago. I will check to see if any got salvaged. Cindy -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Re: looking for an old IBM knob from a 609 calculator panel

Hi Bob Even with 3d printing, you'd need to do some sanding and shaping to make it look as clean as the original. I still think casing one is the best option. If the mold is right, it will even match the surface. Dwight From: cctalk on behalf of Bob

Re: looking for an old IBM knob from a 609 calculator panel

On 5/28/2019 6:42 AM, William Donzelli wrote: I think that is an IBM specific knob. I will keep an eye out for one, but do not hold your breath! It is certainly not a common knob. Is it for a 1/4 inch shaft? -- Will Yes, it's a standard 1/4" shaft. Might try and get one 3D printed if I can

Re: looking for an old IBM knob from a 609 calculator panel

I've never seen one exactly like that before either. You might want to make a mold and create one that way. Dwight From: cctalk on behalf of William Donzelli via cctalk Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2019 6:42 AM To: Bob Rosenbloom; General Discussion: On-Topic and

Re: looking for an old IBM knob from a 609 calculator panel

I think that is an IBM specific knob. I will keep an eye out for one, but do not hold your breath! It is certainly not a common knob. Is it for a 1/4 inch shaft? -- Will On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 11:41 PM Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk wrote: > > A long shot I know, but I'm looking for an IBM knob

11/93 Rebuild - Project resumed - PSU replaced

11/93 Rebuild - Project resumed - PSU replaced Rod --

Re: Abandoned FACOM system in Italy?

On 2019-May-27, at 5:53 PM, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote: > On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 4:14 PM shad via cctech > wrote: >> >> Hello, >> do you know the people who made the video? >> I think the factory is the Satilai in Saronno. >> >> Andrea > > I believe those guys are based somewhere in the

Re: M7264 Troubleshooting

mån 2019-05-27 klockan 12:47 -0500 skrev Mister PDP via cctalk: > I took a look at all the lines you mentioned. BDAL3-13, BDIN, BSYNC, > and > BBS7 are all active and jump around in some manner. BRPLY is still > the only > line that does not have any activity on it. None of the BDAL lines > seem >