On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 07:29:53PM -, Stephen Buck wrote:
> Looking for a pair of DEC RL02 drives, working or otherwise, for a PDP-11
> restoration destined for a local computer museum in Boulder, Colorado. It's
> fine if it's not working - I'm happy to try and get it up and running. Thanks!
On 5/11/2020 11:15 PM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote:
> Hi all --
>
> I'm restoring a Xerox Alto and I started going over the system's Diablo 30
> drive. The heads are in bad shape; the bottom one is actually missing both
> parts of the erase poles (so the black portion of the head no longer makes
On 2020-05-11 10:57 PM, Boris Gimbarzevsky via cctalk wrote:
> Nice how machines from that era were well made enough to still work.
Eric spared us video of what was probably months of restoration to make
it work as well as new.
Lovely video, beautiful machine. Thanks for posting.
Are the tapes
On 5/12/20 6:10 AM, Jay Jaeger via cctalk wrote:
I don't remember now if these parts I have were from drives originally
on a DEC or DG system.
The easy way to tell is the low density heads have metal instead of ceramic
disks.
If anyone has the older metal style, Carl Claunch is trying to fin
There are known backup copies of all my tapes. I hope to acquire a new
reader/punch soon to put my tapes online.
-Eric
On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 9:10 AM Toby Thain wrote:
> On 2020-05-11 10:57 PM, Boris Gimbarzevsky via cctalk wrote:
> > Nice how machines from that era were well made enough to st
On Tue, 12 May 2020 at 03:53, Eric Moore via cctalk
wrote:
>
> https://youtu.be/L743MjJthHY
>
> I recently got my SEL 810A working. I hope you guys enjoy the video :).
Very nifty indeed. Shared with the VCC on FB so you may see a few more
viewers from there! :-)
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Thanks for the lead David, I'll email him to see what he has.
Steve
Bill D. wrote:
>
> So I thought I'd try my hand at the FANUC TAPE READER A860. I may need to
> make a serial cable (?) to connect from
> the internal connector don't know yet. Or maybe the internal 50-pin port
> from the photos is for the punch. Don't know yet, thus the need for the
> manual.
>
>
> I checked bitsavers.org but there was no manual there, anyone here have a
> PDF or URL of the PDF for the FACIT tape reader A860-0056-T020?
>
Sorry FANUC not "FACIT"
b
On 05/12/2020 11:10 AM, Bill Degnan via cctech wrote:
Turns out the "The Director" tape reader I purchased last week was
defective and I got a refund. So I thought I'd try my hand at the FANUC
TAPE READER A860. I may need to make a serial cable (?) to connect from
the internal connector don't k
Turns out the "The Director" tape reader I purchased last week was
defective and I got a refund. So I thought I'd try my hand at the FANUC
TAPE READER A860. I may need to make a serial cable (?) to connect from
the internal connector don't know yet. Or maybe the internal 50-pin port
from the pho
mislabeled as qbus
https://www.ebay.com/itm/143603725400
They made their own, and it is very definitely a Japanese design
You have to be careful with the motors, many are 220 though it looks like they
are 100v in the pictures of that model
on the web
I went through the excercise of trying to find reader schematics a couple of
years ago for Japanese
Al,
Here is the Ebay auction, I hope the manual is included assuming the 50-pin
port is the output port.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/GUARANTEED-GOOD-USED-FANUC-TAPE-READER-A860-0056-T020/392104833775?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
Bill
On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 4:33 PM Al
Not expecting a manual (but I did ask), looking to see if anyone has one,
I.have been searching
Bill
On Tue, May 12, 2020, 4:55 PM Al Kossow via cctech
wrote:
> On 5/12/20 1:42 PM, Bill Degnan wrote:
> > Al,
> > Here is the Ebay auction, I hope the manual is included assuming the
> 50-pin port i
On 5/12/20 1:42 PM, Bill Degnan wrote:
Al,
Here is the Ebay auction, I hope the manual is included assuming the 50-pin
port is the output port.
? there isn't a manual shown
the 50 pin connector is the I/O
you can find descriptions of the pinout online from people making paper tape
reader re
I have been looking at the flyback transformer from my VAXmate. I think it
could have failed but I can't be completely sure. I have posted a
description here:
https://robs-old-computers.com/2020/05/12/vaxmate-flyback-transformer/
Can anyone offer an opinion?
Thanks
Rob
On Sun, 10 May 2020, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote:
> > I seem to remember people saying it is quite difficult to replace these,
> > mainly because you can't get them out without breaking the holder. Is that
> > right? Has anyone done this successfully and have any tips?
>
> Is this the green LE
That's fantastic Maciej! I often buy from Farnell, so there is no issue with
getting those parts myself. When I have accumulated enough wants to warrant
an order I will get them.
Regards
Rob
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk On Behalf Of Maciej W.
Rozycki
> via cctalk
> Sent: 13 May 2
> Here is the Ebay auction, I hope the manual is included assuming the 50-pin
> port is the output port.
>
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/GUARANTEED-GOOD-USED-FANUC-TAPE-READER-A860-0056-T020/392104833775?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
Perhaps try the IndustryArena CNC f
check on mr plc forums
On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 4:00 PM Bill Degnan via cctech <
cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Not expecting a manual (but I did ask), looking to see if anyone has one,
> I.have been searching
> Bill
>
> On Tue, May 12, 2020, 4:55 PM Al Kossow via cctech
> wrote:
>
> > On 5/12/2
I have a DS20E Alpha machine. It's pretty fully configured, with two 666
MHz CPUs, 4GB RAM and 4x10K SCSI drives. In other words, it's a real power
hog. It has three power supply modules installed, and if I understand the
configuration rules then at least two should be required to run the mach
Following up on the results of my searching around. The FANUC A860 reader
with A20B controller (the normal set up) has a 50 pin output port. There
is a device one can buy that receives the signal from the FANUC's 50-pin
port and converts to into 25-pin RS232. The device is called a behind the
ta
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