Re: DECTape head problem

2022-02-08 Thread Tom Hunter via cctalk
You could try: http://www.jrfmagnetics.com/ Tom On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 3:06 PM Gary Oliver via cctalk wrote: > On 2/8/22 14:14, Wayne S via cctech wrote: > > Searched a lille bit for Western Magnetics. Here’s a site that has some > surplus heads, even a western magnetics onebut probably not th

Re: DECTape head problem

2022-02-08 Thread Gary Oliver via cctalk
On 2/8/22 14:14, Wayne S via cctech wrote: Searched a lille bit for Western Magnetics. Here’s a site that has some surplus heads, even a western magnetics onebut probably not the correct one. There is a corporate charter record for Western Magnetics in Minnesota dated 1964. Maybe this is the

Re: DECTape head problem

2022-02-08 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Feb 8, 2022, at 5:14 PM, Wayne S via cctech wrote: > > Searched a lille bit for Western Magnetics. Here’s a site that has some > surplus heads, even a western magnetics onebut probably not the correct one. > There is a corporate charter record for Western Magnetics in Minnesota dated

Re: DECTape head problem

2022-02-08 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Feb 8, 2022, at 4:04 PM, Ron Pool via cctech wrote: > >> So it sermsdectape heads are special. I don’t think Dec would have the >> desire to make them internally so they probably contractef with a company >> already set up to do that. Who were the big tape head manufacturers at that >>

Re: DECTape head problem

2022-02-08 Thread Gary Oliver via cctalk
On 2/8/22 13:04, Ron Pool via cctech wrote: So it sermsdectape heads are special. I don’t think Dec would have the desire to make them internally so they probably contractef with a company already set up to do that. Who were the big tape head manufacturers at that time? Does anyone know? A ph

Re: DECTape head problem

2022-02-08 Thread Gary Oliver via cctalk
On 2/8/22 13:04, Ron Pool via cctech wrote: So it sermsdectape heads are special. I don’t think Dec would have the desire to make them internally so they probably contractef with a company already set up to do that. Who were the big tape head manufacturers at that time? Does anyone know? A ph

RE: DECTape head problem

2022-02-08 Thread Ron Pool via cctalk
> So it sermsdectape heads are special. I don’t think Dec would have the desire > to make them internally so they probably contractef with a company already > set up to do that. Who were the big tape head manufacturers at that time? > Does anyone know? A photo of the back of a TU56 DECtape head

Re: PDP-11/34 CPU PROMS

2022-02-08 Thread Warner Losh via cctalk
On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 7:04 PM Warner Losh wrote: > I found > https://deramp.com/downloads/mfe_archive/011-Digital%20Equipment%20Corporation/08%20PDP-11/01%20PDP-1104-1134/05%20PDP-1104-1134%20Microcode/ > which has the source code... > > But I couldn't find the tools to use these files to create

Need 8mm or DLT-II tape?

2022-02-08 Thread Van Snyder via cctalk
I have many 8mm tapes. A few are new. First comers get new ones. I have a few 8mm cleaning cassettes I have about a dozen DLT-II tapes. I have a Quantum DLT-II drive with wide SCSI LVD/SE interface I have some Ultrium LTO fibre-channel SCSI drives that were removed from a tape-mounting robot se

Re: PDP-11/34 CPU PROMS

2022-02-08 Thread Warner Losh via cctalk
I found https://deramp.com/downloads/mfe_archive/011-Digital%20Equipment%20Corporation/08%20PDP-11/01%20PDP-1104-1134/05%20PDP-1104-1134%20Microcode/ which has the source code... But I couldn't find the tools to use these files to create microcode images. http://filedump.theglitchworks.net/softwa

PDP-11/34 CPU PROMS

2022-02-08 Thread Rod Smallwood via cctalk
Hi Jerry Walker and I have an 11/34 under restoration. We have run into a bit of a problem. On the M8266 CPU control board a defective 7404 (E111) has killed a bunch of the PROMs holding the microcode. Does anybody have or can get images of the PROMs on this board so replacement de

Re: DEC AXV11-C analog board

2022-02-08 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 2/8/22 16:35, Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote: On 2/8/2022 5:22 PM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: On 2/8/22 13:34, Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote: Update on this:  I did put together a battery and voltage divider to test the AXV11.  The label on the A/D module says it brings the output from

Re: DEC AXV11-C analog board

2022-02-08 Thread Douglas Taylor via cctalk
On 2/8/2022 5:22 PM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: On 2/8/22 13:34, Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote: Update on this:  I did put together a battery and voltage divider to test the AXV11.  The label on the A/D module says it brings the output from the multiplexer to one of the external pins.  I was

Re: DEC AXV11-C analog board

2022-02-08 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 2/8/22 13:34, Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote: Update on this:  I did put together a battery and voltage divider to test the AXV11.  The label on the A/D module says it brings the output from the multiplexer to one of the external pins.  I was able to verify that the voltage applied to a co

Re: Anyone live in Minneapolis?

2022-02-08 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Steve at oldcomputers.net > There are some vintage tablets in Minneapolis (Eden Prarire) that would > like, but the seller will not ship. > Any help? When dealing with eBaiters who can't/won't ship, I have had good luck with PakMail (http://www.pakmail.com/); for a usually

Re: DEC AXV11-C analog board

2022-02-08 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Sun, Feb 6, 2022 at 9:20 AM Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote: > > Does anyone have any info on the A/D module? Who made it? Can you open > it up? Does XXDP have a test for this? http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/xxdp/PDP11_DiagnosticHandbook_1988.pdf PDP11 DIAGNOSTIC HANDBOOK 1988, Page

Anyone live in Minneapolis?

2022-02-08 Thread Oldcompu via cctalk
There are some vintage tablets in Minneapolis (Eden Prarire) that would like, but the seller will not ship. Any help? You will have to pay, pick up, and ship. I would do it for you! Thanks- Steve in CA

Re: DECTape head problem

2022-02-08 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Feb 8, 2022, at 2:53 PM, Wayne S via cctech wrote: > > Since so many audio tape players and computer magtape units were made it > would stand to reason that there has to be a stash somewhere of tape heads > and it’s just a matter of finding where they are. > Are there any part numbers o

Re: DEC AXV11-C analog board

2022-02-08 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Feb 8, 2022, at 2:34 PM, Douglas Taylor via cctalk > wrote: > > Update on this: I did put together a battery and voltage divider to test the > AXV11. The label on the A/D module says it brings the output from the > multiplexer to one of the external pins. I was able to verify that t

Re: DEC AXV11-C analog board

2022-02-08 Thread Douglas Taylor via cctalk
Update on this:  I did put together a battery and voltage divider to test the AXV11.  The label on the A/D module says it brings the output from the multiplexer to one of the external pins.  I was able to verify that the voltage applied to a couple of the A/D inputs makes it through the multipl