Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 71, Issue 1

2020-08-01 Thread Earl Baugh via cctalk
I’m interested!!! Would you be able to take them to a UPS store ( or the like ) and I’ll call them to pay for shipping. Possible?? Earl Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 1, 2020, at 1:00 PM, cctalk-requ...@classiccmp.org wrote: > > Send cctalk mailing list submissions to >cctalk@classiccmp.

Need a part for Sun 2/120.

2019-04-23 Thread Earl Baugh via cctalk
I’m in the process of restoring a Sun 2/120 and realized that the unit I have doesn’t have the back plate and cables for monitor and keyboard/mouse. I have spare parts to trade for 2/120 ( including a sun 2/120 keyboard cable I found today. ) or can do $$ Earl Sent from my iPhone

Need part for Sun 2/129

2019-04-23 Thread Earl Baugh via cctalk
I’m in the process of restoring a Sun 2/120 and realized that the unit I have doesn’t have the back plate and cables for monitor and keyboard/mouse. I have spare parts to trade for 2/120 ( including a sun 2/120 keyboard cable I found today. ) or can do $$ Earl Sent from my iPhone Sent from

Need some Sun VME boards... (and if someone has a power supply...)

2019-03-27 Thread Earl Baugh via cctalk
Folks, I have been able to get the Sun 3/110 to boot using the SCSI2SD board as I had asked about earlier (if you want to see the details of what I did, I posted to the sun-rescue list...) However, I can't seem to get more that 4mb to work in the 3/110 chassis ( the 2nd chassis I have is 240v, a

Clearpoint SNXRAM/12 VME

2019-03-18 Thread Earl Baugh via cctalk
Hey, Anybody happen to have any documentation for a Clearpoint SNXRAM card? I’ll take any version ( though I have the /12 card ). I’m trying to figure out the jumpers on this board. It generates a memory error in my Sun 3/110 but not sure if that’s because of overlapping addressing. I’ve tried se

Fwd: Sun 3 with SCSI2SD

2019-03-17 Thread Earl Baugh via cctalk
Howdy, Wondering if anyone has used a SCSI2SD card with a Sun 3 class machine. I know Walter B has had success with the Sun 2( that’s next on my list after I get the Sun 3/110 working with one. ) I have some Version 5 of the card. (I also have a version 3 card that I tried long ago, with little s

Fwd: Sun 3/XXX 240v power supply — switch to 115v — is it possible?

2019-03-17 Thread Earl Baugh via cctalk
Howdy, I’ve recently gotten a second Sun 3/Xxx 3 slot VME chassis, however the power supply is a EU version, 240v. I know on a number of “newer” power supplies there is a switch to go from 240 to 115. I’ve taken this one apart ( at least to the point where it comes off the bottom of the VME chass

RE: Sun 1 and Framebuffer

2018-12-07 Thread Earl Baugh via cctalk
> > On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 4:39 AM Liam Proven via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > > On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 12:44, Tony Duell wrote: > > > > > > I don't think anyone is questioning that it's a workstation, and that > it > > was made by Sun. > > > > > > I think the problem is over 'fi

Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 35, Issue 9

2017-05-09 Thread Earl Baugh via cctalk
> Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 21:02:39 -0400 > From: william degnan > Subject: Re: BETSI Expander for the Commodore PET > > On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 8:35 PM, John Ball via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > > So it seems in the early days of the PET a company by the name of > > Forethought Pro

Re:VCF SE Photos

2017-05-03 Thread Earl Baugh via cctalk
> Date: Wed, 3 May 2017 08:03:19 -0400 > Subject: VCF SE Photos > > Here are my photos from the VCF South East April 30/May 1. Roswell, GA > hosted by Mims' Computer History Museum of America > > http://vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=677 > > Just to clarify something here about VCF South

Kennedy 9000 Tape Drives, Terminals and Packs

2017-04-17 Thread Earl Baugh via cctalk
I was helping out someone here locally to dig thru a pile of electronics that he had obtained in helping out a woman clean out her house. Her husband passed away and she wanted the space back. Apparently the husband "somehow" dealt in HW repair. A good number of the items were known broken spares

Re: CDC 6600 - Why so awesome?

2016-06-24 Thread Earl Baugh
This thread reminded me that I recently got shipped what the person told me was a CDC 6000 Central Memory core. (it matches what's on this page : http://www.museumwaalsdorp.nl/computer/en/6400hwac.html ). He told me that the console looked like this : http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people

Re: Keyboards and the Model M (was Re: NEC ProSpeed 386)

2016-06-16 Thread Earl Baugh
From: Swift Griggs On Wed, 15 Jun 2016, geneb wrote: > I just wish the Unicomp keys were two-part keys like the Model M uses. I wish ALL keyboards did that... it's a superior design, IMHO. I'm puzzled, what do you mean two part? Cap and key? That's all I've gotten from Unicomp... That's how I

Re: Model M Key Cap Replacement

2016-06-07 Thread Earl Baugh
> my real IBM clicky keyboard does not have usb so I tried various usb > adapters and they could be flaky,... > you would have to start computer then have to unplug and reinsert > keyboard connection etc... > > anyone have a solve for this? thanks Ed# Yes, if you look on ebay, there is

RE: ISO: Fujitsu M228x power supply (Josh Dersch)

2016-04-18 Thread Earl Baugh
> > Another weekend acquisition is a Fujitsu M2284 SMD drive (14" platters > under a transparent cover, what's not to love?). It's in good shape and > was properly locked down for shipping so there's a good chance it'll > still work with some coaxing. I'm missing the power supply, however. I > b

VCF SE 4.0 Announcement

2016-03-05 Thread Earl Baugh
Many of you may have heard about this already, but to make sure everyone knows, We are proud to announce the fourth annual Vintage Computer Festival Southeast (VCFSE) in Roswell GA. The Festival, on April 2nd and 3rd, features over 35,000 square feet of exhibits, museums, presentations, and inter

Re: Looking for a PERQ

2015-12-09 Thread Earl Baugh
> > This is a laughable ask, I realize that- but I'd really like to find a > PERQ. > > Anywhere in the US and Canada is fair game. I am prepared to work on one in > any condition, and am okay with any model. > > I'm definitely not asking for a handout and would like to negotiate a > reasonable pric

Two Rescues, Too much stuff to add to the project list...

2015-07-21 Thread Earl Baugh
Folks, With the help of my local rescue buddy (Jeff) we had a pretty busy week rescuing a big chunk of things from basements. (and saw a lots of other interesting things... a 90% assembled Rutan EZ in one basement and a very cool, oscilloscope that would probably have have had a lot of folks drool

Wang Model 370

2015-07-16 Thread Earl Baugh
Howdy, Went on a rescue last night and while there were three machines I knew of (a PDP-11 that I'll give more details on later, haven't looked at boards, etc, since it was part of a Particle Measuring System, an HP 85-ish machine and a slightly later HP machine) there was one thing that I hadn't