messages there in comp.os.vms since 3/9 until today (3/12) and
then I got 23 messages dated 3/10 - 3/12. I even did a "Get Messages" several
time and nothing. I don't know if it's Thunderbird or E-S.
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On 8/20/2023 6:55 PM, Tony Jones via cctalk wrote:
On Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 3:44 PM John H. Reinhardt via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
And so on. Am I looking in the wrong spot?
No but you need to look longer and as I said prices are all over the
place. I see resellers
On 8/20/2023 3:45 PM, Tony Jones via cctalk wrote:
On Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 12:05 PM John H. Reinhardt via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
I've seen a lot of posts at the EEVblog and it seems I missed possibly the
golden age of 16700 LA by a few years price-wise.
Also unsure wh
://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroVAX#MicroVAX_3800_and_MicroVAX_3900
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On 8/20/2023 3:18 PM, devin davison via cctalk wrote:
Hello All,
I am working to get my two microvax systems working, I have a couple of
microvax 3800 systems.
While I am waiting to get the real hardware going, I would like
On 8/20/2023 2:43 PM, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote:
On Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 12:05 PM John H. Reinhardt via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
Hello all. I looking around for a Logic Analyzer for doing (mostly) DEC
QBus/UniBus stuff. Being the way I am I want something with enough
wondering is if there is something specific I should be looking for,
or opinions on which LA is more suitable. Or even if there is a different make
of LA to look for.
Thanks in advance for your help
John H. Reinhardt
I just found this the other day, but I see the update date in in 2014 so it may
not be of use.
http://ftp.zx.net.nz/cgi-bin/archive-mirror
There is some info about libraries under the Storageworks folder.
https://ftp.zx.net.nz/pub/archive/ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/storageworks/
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Brunswick
that might want it for themselves?
Ebay listing https://www.ebay.com/itm/334615827742?
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markings on the other side, on the top was only the X2 and the value.
You might have to remove it just to be certain that it is a RIFA, but the top
lettering and the overall look point in that direction.
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So thank you Dennis! I'm sure it probably cleared out some others caught in
limbo as well.
Many thanks to Jay as well for his service to the community.
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the solder was
removed quickly and the parts literally dropped off the boards. I have also
used it to rework some badly soldered (by me) sockets on a QBone card I was
assembling. While it was relatively expensive (to me) it has been worth the
cost.
John H. Reinhardt
On 4/15/2022 4:32 PM, Rob
://retrocmp.com/projects/unibone/286-unibone-building
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On 1/10/2022 1:43 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote:
Hm. That is an idea. Technically I'm just wanting to get the thing working to
see if it works, so a Unibone would be reasonable. Now where do I buy one/a
kit/whatever
: https://www.ebay.com/itm/275083502085 (The 11/780 is visible in the
background of the first picture)
RM05: https://www.ebay.com/itm/284587865252
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but not totally unreasonable. There don't seem to
be any RM05 packs included with the drive.
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ec.com/images/zoc/us/mainwinvt102_osx.png
I've not had it have a problem with any part of VT100/102/200 emulation that I
can remember.
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.
Thank you
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typing for commands if you're used to UNIX, and don't put any VAX
with a public DCL account on the Internet because there is a huge
security hole in DCL that was never fixed for VAX.
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(the last VAX version)
Cheers
Phil.
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On 5/22/2021 10:29 AM, Zane Healy wrote:
On May 21, 2021, at 5:15 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk
wrote:
On 5/21/2021 3:41 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
Does anyone have experience using a SCSI2SD board to replace a Hard Drive on a
VAXstation or an AlphaStation? I’m thinking about
n the floppy opening.
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PRRT #8909
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to
have ISOs of them. I'm interested in running earlier VMS versions on my 11/730.
I too would be interested if it is possible to get disk images of these two CDs.
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uses), I should be set for life.
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t, get it as who knows if they will be available again.
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it's like and to have a backup in case
something happens to my Paladin. Hopefully, it is a good tool and IEC keeps it
in production as it seems to be the only source now.
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bledepot.com/05MCPhoneMMJ.html
Pacific Cables:
http://www.pacificcable.com/DEC-Cables-Digital-Equipment-Corporation-Cables.html
thanks
tim
timothy rutherford
t...@nmia.com
505-550-5110
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the
press to avoid coverage of the Staten Island Ferry giant squid attack.
http://www.sioctopusdisaster.com/memorial.html
But, there have been no verified accounts of giant squid attacks in Wall, NJ.
See? It worked!
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, then $2400,
$2700, $3700 and higher. The last 15 seconds saw the price soar through the
$4000's and nearly make it to $5000. By then, I was hoping to see it that
$5000 mark but it fell just short.
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I need one for an 11/83 (if I can get my CPU board to run). It's on my "to do"
list to try to 3-D model one for FMD or resin printing.
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On 3/5/2021 10:51 AM, Nigel Johnson via cctalk wrote:
Speaking of badges, I have a BA23 that doesn't have one. It wa
“ and i have room
for it.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Digital-DEC-BA23-Lot-Micro-PDP-11-73-VAXstation-3200-x2-VT220-x2-Extras-Docs/224368924502?hash=item343d6e1756:g:zp8AAOSwvWNgO9qe
Sent from my iPhone
That's a nice collection of DEC kit. The PDP-11/73 pedestal would be nice.
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t know who you mean...
No, he means "The Digital Group". It was a microcomputer company in the
1975-1979 time frame.
http://bytecollector.com/the_digital_group.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Digital_Group
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://www.livingcomputerss.org/
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me think it might be for a
PDP-8?
Noel
it's a 32k 8a memory board
If it helps, when you zoom in on the red card it says MS8-CA. Looks like the
listing has ended but no buyer.
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ecall which model.
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H. Reinhardt
On 10/19/2020 10:27 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
anyone willing to chip in some money to help me pay for this?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/303733340900
The listing says sold already. Did you get it?
I don't have a PDP-11/84 and likely never will but I'd chip in $50 if you got
it.
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002.html#infoserver_staback>
A quick Google search didn't find any How to on using an Infoserver but the
pieces are there in the V7.3 Install manual. Matt Burke's page on setting up
the Infoserver software in Simh worked for me a few months ago. If you have
questions on anything that' snot clear, then ask.
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er DS10's, a MicroVAX 3100 and a PDP-11. I also
use the same theory in a couple Raspberry Pi's. The Pi's use log2ram for the
/var/log files to help also. They don't actually swap much.
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;
A DECserver 300 installation manual
<https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_decetherneATEDECserver300SoftwareInstallationVMSJu_2092641/page/n1/mode/2up>
Some of the software was available on one of the VMS Freeware CDs. I don't
remember which one though and it's not in my notes.
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On 8/6/2020 2:04 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote:
On 8/6/2020 1:13 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
almost finished with this
http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/magazines/RSTS_Professional
I'd like to gap-fill the rare RSTS Professional issues if anyone still has
them. They are staple-bound
.
There are a good number of the archived on Brett Bump's RSTS.ORG site.
<http://www.rsts.org/autoindex.php?dir=rstspro>
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On 7/28/2020 1:11 PM, Camiel Vanderhoeven wrote:
On Jul 28, 2020, at 7:47 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote:
The question that will be answered when someone gets the VSI CLP PAKs is will
those PAKS work on an older version of OpenVMS? The Hobbyis
. I suppose VSI could have engineered OpenVMS and/or the
PAKS with VSI as the Producer which would probably limit them to working on VSI
versions of OpenVMS.
bill
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On 7/7/2020 2:57 PM, Zane Healy wrote:
On Jul 7, 2020, at 12:24 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk
wrote:
On 7/7/2020 1:02 PM, Ethan O'Toole via cctalk wrote:
I run a SCSI2SD on my A2500 with whatever SCSI card it has by default. The only
issue that I have is the SCSI2SD boots slower than
On 7/7/2020 2:24 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote:
On 7/7/2020 1:02 PM, Ethan O'Toole via cctalk wrote:
Am I correct that a v5.1 SCSI2SD should work just fine? Anything I need to be
aware of?
I run a SCSI2SD on my A2500 with whatever SCSI card it has by default. The only
issue that I
uct-p/scsi2sd-v5.1-v6-bracket-black.htm>
StarTech 3.5" to 5.35" mount <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HLZXH2>
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.
paul
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N-Trak #7566
didn't know about. Looks like I can offload my
10 boxes of Mac System 6 and System 7 programming manuals and books to someone
that wants hardcopy. Everything I have is in PDF on that site now.
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Hmmm. Smoke???
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On 5/6/2020 3:30 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote:
Never heard of it, but if you want me to try plugging it into my BA23 let me
know. What's the worst that could happen :-)
C
On 5/6/2020 4:23 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:
Hi, I'm looking
never had any exchanges with Charles, well, none of significance, but he
could be of rather, um, shall we say strong opinion on topics.
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On 4/27/2020 10:40 AM, Pontus Pihlgren via cctalk wrote:
On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 09:08:24AM -0500, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote
rd due to complications from
the COVID-19 virus. I'm fuzzy on his exact biography, but he was big in the
development of OS/8 for the PDP-8 at DEC. His current project was an update of
OS/8 which he called P?S/8. Apparently he owned multiple LINC-8's according to
comments on the Facebook group.
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On 4/26/2020 5:21 PM, Bob Smith via cctalk wrote:
saw a comment that this belonged to CJL.
bb
That's what they're saying over on the PDP-8 Facebook page.
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/decpdp8/>
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On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 4:57 PM William Donzelli via cctalk
, 2020 at 4:07 PM John H. Reinhardt via cctalk mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote:
On 3/30/2020 1:37 PM, Mark Matlock via cctalk wrote:
>
> Bill,
> I have the APL-11 V2.1 source files on a RL02 disk image. I will make it
available at http://www.rsx11m.com/
APL-11 V1.X since it was there in the Fall of 1978 when I
started. We had a couple of DEC LA36's with the APL character set and
keyboards.
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On 3/13/2020 10:30 PM, Tapley, Mark B. via cctalk wrote:
On Mar 10, 2020, at 7:59 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk
wrote:
[EXTERNAL EMAIL]
On 3/10/2020 1:17 PM, Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote:
I really liked the idea of running VMS on simh (and learning some more
skills), even if I had
On 3/11/2020 12:10 PM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk wrote:
On 11/03/2020 00:59, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote:
Nope. All you have to do is go to eisner.decuserve.org and register (follow my
earlier instructions). They don't care what country you are from. All are
welcome. Do it now
.
They can't, they have no printers or ink to sell. They already broke the
company up into HP - printers, ink and PC's and HPE - Servers, etc (including
OpenVMS until it was sold or licensed to VSI).
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license(s) that will last
until the end of 2021 at least.
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as the people who
attend Makerfests aren't usually the ones that sign the contracts.
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On 3/9/2020 12:20 PM, Eric Smith wrote:
On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 4:32 PM John H. Reinhardt via cctalk mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote:
I would think that those that already have legal VAX PAKs/licenses could
still run them. It's just no *NEW* PAKs could be legally generated.
The
st license so you may have to wait a bit. In
the meantime you have an Eisner account which is an Alphaserver DS20 running OpenVMS V8.4 to play
with. If you are new to VMS then "HELP" is your friend. You can find out just about
anything you wanted to know starting with "HELP".
Jo
will be out of the business completely.
bill
I would think that those that already have legal VAX PAKs/licenses could still
run them. It's just no *NEW* PAKs could be legally generated.
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Monday at least.
The "standard prices" part doesn't' look encouraging.
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e same.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Cheers, Wiz!!
John H. Reinhardt
*From:*owner-hec...@update.uu.se [mailto:owner-hec...@update.uu.se] *On Behalf
Of *David Moylan
*Sent:* Saturday, 7 March 2020 4:14 PM
*To:* hec...@update.uu.se
*Subject:* [HECnet] HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing
Hi all,
53 I bought from you last April. Works
great! I wish I wasn't down in Fort Worth or else I'd be over looking and
probably aggravating my wife (What?? More junk??). Actually she's pretty
understanding. ;)
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of the year.
Happy New Year's Eve all! (for those not over the timezone far enough to be in
the New Year already...)
Hopefully I'll boot my PDP-11/53 soon. I just have to get up the nerve to test
the Power supply. Now we're back on topic. :D
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PRRT #8909
C HS #11530
N-Trak
sense!
On 31/12/2019 12:09, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote:
On 12/31/2019 10:15 AM, Adrian Stoness via cctalk wrote:
?
I know!!! 69£ for a sandwich lunch??? Talk about price gouging!
On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 8:16 AM Mark Darvill via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
Goo
258 820871
mark.darv...@mac.com
Thanks for using valecoaches.com!
Vale Coaches
Site built by Marnhull Computers Marnhull Computers
m...@marnhullcomputers.com>
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PRRT #8909
C HS #11530
N-Trak #7566
, since this past February, you also have to pay in order
to have Groups.IO do the moving of your messages, files and photos. No freebie
for that anymore.
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). For anyone who is interested the code is available at:
<https://github.com/JohnForecast/RaspbianDECnet
<https://github.com/JohnForecast/RaspbianDECnet>>
John.
Thanks! Looking forward to trying it out.
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the EOL of various platforms - VAX is 2011, Alpha is
2017, Integrity is ongoing still but coming to an end soon.
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and that happens to all documents as far as I can tell. I
haven't checked with Adobe.
The colors seemed good, too. The covers were good and the red highlights
inside were legible.
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On 8/24/2019 4:11 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
On 8/24/19 1:38 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote:
On 8/24/2019 3:30 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote:
I'll have to double check, but from the looks of this list I don't need the
VAX/VMS Grey Wall that I acquired a couple
months
s to build the 75 different emulators. It has the latest
updates to Raspbian Buster.
What USB3 thumb drive did you use?
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On 8/24/2019 3:30 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote:
I'll have to double check, but from the looks of this list I don't need the
VAX/VMS Grey Wall that I acquired a couple months ago. It's a nearly pristine
set of the V5.0 VAX/VMS documentation set. Some volumes are still sealed
./VMS_5.0_Apr88/aa-lb25a-te_VMS_5.0_Obsolete_Features_Manual_Apr88.tar
./VMS_5.0_Apr88/aa-lb34a-te_VAXstation_2000_Installation_Apr88.tar
./VMS_5.0_Apr88/ey-d209e-sg-0001.tar
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PRRT #8909
C HS #11530
N-Trak #7566
On 8/20/2019 11:26 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote:
On 8/20/2019 11:08 PM, John H. Reinhardt wrote:
On 8/20/2019 10:37 PM, Zane Healy wrote:
On Aug 20, 2019, at 5:16 PM, John H. Reinhardt via
cctalk wrote:
On 8/20/2019 1:51 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
On Aug 20, 2019, at 11:43
On 8/20/2019 11:08 PM, John H. Reinhardt wrote:
On 8/20/2019 10:37 PM, Zane Healy wrote:
On Aug 20, 2019, at 5:16 PM, John H. Reinhardt via
cctalk wrote:
On 8/20/2019 1:51 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
On Aug 20, 2019, at 11:43 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk
wrote:
From: Glen Slick
for.
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.
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Just curious, but anything worth scanning (DEC)? Not that I'll make it to
VCFmw this year. I'm in/near Fort Worth, TX so it's a long haul for me. But
they all are from here.
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. Apparently some people have had problems with the host
not letting them move the name registration when switching hosting providers.
Or vice versa. I don't have any experience with that. I've either self hosted
or, like now, have co-located hardware.
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any do that? For free? Or cheap? I didn't dig
real deep into providers.
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estimate?
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On 6/25/2019 8:00 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
On 6/25/19 5:35 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote:
I hope someone scans that RSTS/E documentation. There isn't a lot of it
available online.
Seriously?
I count 75 manuals under pdp11/rsts on bitsavers
Sounds like a lot, I know
t I'm in Fort Worth, TX
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in Thunderbird... I'd
wondered how it happened. ;)
Noel
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On 6/1/2019 5:24 PM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote:
On Jun 1, 2019, at 14:57, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk
wrote:
Is this the system that was on Reddit?
Yes. I’ll be fetching it next weekend. I’m excited! I wonder if the hard drive
is still usable, and if there is anything interesting
?
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PRRT #8909
C HS #11530
N-Trak #7566
wouldn't be able to run anything a
good number of months. I do miss my Ohio basement. Basements in the DFW area
are few and far between due to the type of soil around here.
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ing and two BL860c I2 Itanium for OpenVMS
(2) APC 2U high 3000VA SUM3000RMXL2U UPS systems
Rack:
<https://www.ebay.com/itm/27U-4-Post-Open-Frame-Data-Server-Rack-19-32-Deep-3-Pairs-of-L-Rails/161408751608>
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58>
BA11 Chassis:
<https://www.ebay.com/itm/ONE-Vintage-DEC-PDP-11-BA11-LE-UNIBUS-Expansion-Unit-RARE/123730039634>
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Compaq AlphaServer DS10 with
a Qlogic ISP1020 SCSI card and OpenVMS V8.4
Others have had success with MicroVAXen and V7.3 and earlier so I think it's my
system, but I haven't had time to work it out yet.
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PRRT #8909
C HS #11530
N-Trak #7566
: they say
Yee haw a lot down here).
BTW, If this VAX can't find a home and is destined for a dumpster, I'll hold it
as long as necessary. I'm very close to Fort Worth, TX (Okay, I gave it
away...)
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...
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On 12/18/2018 11:24 PM, Evan Koblentz via cctalk wrote:
I'll take care of it.
On 12/19/18 12:10 AM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote:
Does anyone here have any pull or contacts with the owner or moderator at the Vintage Computer Federation forums? I've been a member there since January 2014
ouncement.php?f=23=2>. No response.
So I am asking here because I figure there must be some overlap and maybe
someone know someone that can help
Thanks.
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by Avast antivirus software.
https://www.avast.com/antivirus
Since I live in Fort Worth, I wasn't sure if I wanted to hear about this. Or
rather, my wife wouldn't want me to hear about this. Oh, my, they're actually
in Euless, TX. Only 30 minutes from me. This could be dangerous.
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Hours are by appointment only. Appointments
may be scheduled Mon - Fri excluding holidays. All sales as is where is. No
warranties or guarantees. Bidder to inspect in person to confirm condition
Just in case anyone is interested.
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as a brick and mortar storefront (or warehouse) and
as an online seller <http://stores.ebay.com/Keyways-Inc>
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