Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item that you own?

2017-01-14 Thread Göran Axelsson
A lot of interesting answers in this thread, here are a couple of my rarest ones. The machine I appreciate the most is the NORD-1 that I rescued last summer. I'm working on getting it up and running. Originally built in 1972. http://www.ndwiki.org/wiki/NORD-1_Serial_47 I've done some research

Re: Datapoint

2016-10-03 Thread Göran Axelsson
Den 2016-10-02 kl. 16:04, skrev Noel Chiappa: Any collectors of early Datapoint machines out there on the list? I got a DP2200 version I with serial memory, missing pieces and screen rot. I got it in my teens, 30-35 years ago and along the way I picked off some pieces. The most visible

Re: ExpandaCore 18 core memory

2016-08-01 Thread Göran Axelsson
to add a hard drive to the machine yet as I'm not sure I can even read the memory. :-D Göran Den 2016-07-26 kl. 01:15, skrev Göran Axelsson: Den 2016-07-25 kl. 14:37, skrev Camiel Vanderhoeven: Op 25 jul. 2016 2:25 p.m. schreef "Göran Axelsson" <axels...@acc.umu.se>:

Re: ExpandaCore 18 core memory

2016-07-26 Thread Göran Axelsson
Den 2016-07-25 kl. 14:37, skrev Camiel Vanderhoeven: Op 25 jul. 2016 2:25 p.m. schreef "Göran Axelsson" <axels...@acc.umu.se>: My guess so far is that there is a problem with reading and writing to the memory. The problem is that I have no documentation over the memory module

ExpandaCore 18 core memory

2016-07-25 Thread Göran Axelsson
Hi again... My recent adventures with the StorageTek tape unit is on hold since I got a whole new computer to play with... (and because the disk on my linux with SCSI card had gone bad). A NORD-1 by Norsk Data AS (or Norsk Dataelektronikk AS as the company was called in those days). It is a

Re: StorageTek 2920 9-track manual or instructions wanted (And a bit about rescuing a Nord-1)

2016-07-03 Thread Göran Axelsson
Hi and thanks for all the help I got! Both on the list and via email directly. A couple of days ago I did a quick test of the drive and I was able to load tapes, both manually and with automatic tape loading. It's a really nice drive. BPI were detected automatically so the drive seems to be

StorageTek 2920 9-track manual or instructions wanted

2016-06-28 Thread Göran Axelsson
Hi all, I have a Norsk Data ND110324 9-track drive which is a rebranded StorageTek 2920 with SCSI interface. So far I have only found a single manual for it, a quick guide card of 10 pages. Is there a manual out there which describes the unit a bit more in depth, like setting the SCSI

Re: StorageTek 2920 9-track manual or instructions wanted

2016-06-28 Thread Göran Axelsson
Adding the links I should have included from start ... doh! Den 2016-06-28 kl. 11:28, skrev Göran Axelsson: Hi all, I have a Norsk Data ND110324 9-track drive which is a rebranded StorageTek 2920 with SCSI interface. http://www.ndwiki.org/wiki/User:Gandalf/hw/filestore_2 So far I have only

Re: Data Recovery Services

2016-01-20 Thread Göran Axelsson
Den 2016-01-20 kl. 21:35, skrev John Robertson: On 01/20/2016 11:22 AM, JC White wrote: I need to recover some files from a SCSI drive that failed over a decade ago. Are there data recovery services that can determine if the files on the drive can be recovered or can actually do such a

Re: Data General 6050 Cartridge Disk Drive, got 6060 documents

2015-09-06 Thread Göran Axelsson
I got a thick manual full of schematics and procedures for Data General 6060 series cartridge disks, don't know if it could be of some help. Göran Den 2015-09-02 kl. 16:21, skrev b coleman: I know this is a pretty long shot, but does anyone happen to have any service or maintenance manuals