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 ‘
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
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
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
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
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.
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Sent: April 20, 2020 12:19 PM
To: barry bortni
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
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?
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 😊
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
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*Subject:* Re: Wanted for non-profit public museum: DEC VT100
have yo
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:*
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
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and Off-Topic Posts
*Subject
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
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
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
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