Old IBM magnetic media

Old IBM magnetic media Yes, two cartridges have a total capacity of 100mb, the same as the staging disks, IBM 3330-1. However, the entire cartridge contents are not staged, only the cylinders that have the requested data. Not sure why your cartridges were empty. Here’s a link to my ‘working ‘

Re: Great, my VT52 is shot.

I looked at the video once more and paused around 0:21. It appears to be some text there on the uppermost row. Maybe the vertical sweep is highly non-linear. Check all capacitors in the vertical stage. C43, C41,C40, C42, C35 and C45. Would probably be good to measure the voltage over the current s

Wanted for non-profit public museum: DEC VT100

Old IBM magnetic media I am hoping someone can help me with a project. I’m volunteer at our local music museum (National Music Centre/Studio Bell.) They are restoring a vintage Synclavier, an early digital audio workstation, which happens to have an embedded DEC PDP 11/23. Part of the museums purp

Kennedy 9800 - Power-up tips?

Hi friends, Now that I have enough hobby time having quit my job two weeks before the apocalypse, I'm interested in poking at my Kennedy 9800 tape controller project. I bought the tape unit in Q3 2017 and the seller said they had powered it up and nothing seemed awry. I have not powered it up and

Re: Wanted for non-profit public museum: DEC VT100

Where is this to be displayed?  I can't help you with the VT100 but I was very involved in the PDP11/40 machine that David McLey built his software on! In fact, I worked until 1 in the morning the night before he had a meeting with the financiers from New York to finance project, when it fail

Wanted for non-profit public museum: DEC VT100

It's located at the Calgary based National Music Centre/Studio Bell in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I have to correct the original posting, it's a McLeyvier, not a Synclavier. -Original Message- From: cctalk On Behalf Of Nigel Johnson via cctalk Sent: April 20, 2020 12:19 PM To: barry bortni

Re: Wanted for non-profit public museum: DEC VT100

I thought they were the same!  Maybe the name was changed when he founded Syntronics with his partners form NYC! A bit too far for my wanderings! The last time I was in Calgary I picked up a horrible disease while on a five-hour layover at the airport! cheers, Nigel On 20/04/2020 15:02, ba

Re: Wanted for non-profit public museum: DEC VT100

have you reach out to any of the local IT guys in town that do smal work they may know of one sitting in some forgooten closet have u tried sait? u of c?

paging rik bos

Anyone seen Rik Bos around? I sent him some 12920/21 mux boards to repair, and he got to keep some but haven’t heard anything in a long time…. I may start playing with the HP2000 again soon 😊

RE: Wanted for non-profit public museum: DEC VT100

Yes, I have reached out to my contacts across Canada including old support techs, and the UofC. *From:* Adrian Stoness *Sent:* April 20, 2020 1:08 PM *To:* barry bortnick ; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts *Subject:* Re: Wanted for non-profit public museum: DEC VT100 have yo

Re: Wanted for non-profit public museum: DEC VT100

did u reaach out to recyclers? such these guys in wpg https://www.motherearthrecycling.ca/ On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 2:19 PM barry bortnick via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Yes, I have reached out to my contacts across Canada including old support > techs, and the UofC. > > > > *From:*

RE: Wanted for non-profit public museum: DEC VT100

It’s difficult to reach out to too many 3rd parties; that why I am hoping this route, which has many eyes, will lead to first person find. Thanks for the help! *From:* Adrian Stoness *Sent:* April 20, 2020 1:24 PM *To:* barry bortnick ; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts *Subject

Re: paging rik bos

On 4/20/20 12:10 PM, jwest--- via cctalk wrote: Anyone seen Rik Bos around? I sent him some 12920/21 mux boards to repair, and he got to keep some but haven’t heard anything in a long time…. I may start playing with the HP2000 again soon 😊 he is on the vintHP list

Re: Wanted for non-profit public museum: DEC VT100

no problem though never ment to be annoying if i was in anyway the suggestion i gave for the recycler does from time to time have these terminals for sale. ive always wanted to check out studio bell such a treasure but always been closed when been in town, and then theres aecon witch with work neve

RE: Wanted for non-profit public museum: DEC VT100

Hi Adrian, Upon re-reading my response, I see there might be some unintended sarcasm at the end of my response. Please understand none was meant. Cheers, Barry *From:* Adrian Stoness *Sent:* April 20, 2020 2:14 PM *To:* barry bortnick ; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts *Sub