test-drb June 2001

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by jhellige＠earthlink.net

> But yes, it is rectangular. And big. I would give my right arm to >be able to restore/preserve/own a functional Cyber205 (or any Cyber >for that matter, anybody have a smaller one available?)...the one at >Purdue seems to have been gutted, sigh. At least a gutted one presents at least some sort of starting point on which to build and it it's the racks and panels you get, that's a bit better than starting off with nothing more than a single board or two. If it were a machine I wanted badly enough, it'd still be worth looking into even in that type of shape. There are certainly automotive and aircraft collectors that have started out with less and ended up with fully functional vehicles after spending enough time gathering the pieces. Jeff

25 years

new source for ZILOG parts also know as diskettes without lab els.

by mmcfadden＠cmh.edu

When I need a floppy and I grab one out of the stuff box where the unlabelled ones live, I always do a dir first to see what's on the floppy. It's amazing how many of my lost files I find that way. I think the labels fall of and crumble to dust. I found a couple of 5 1/4 floppies with IBM DisplayWrite 3 files on them the other day. Some of the files were from 1984. One file was my resume. It's amazing that I was listing my accomplishments about programming in Fortran IV, and PDP assembly language. Our data was accessed in Datatrieve and we wrote Fortran files to create data sets. We were thinking about a VAX to replace our PDP 11/70. Mike mmcfadden(a)cmh.edu

25 years

Any Dutch/Belgium Collectors ?

by stefan＠softhome.net

Are there any Dutch or Belgium collectors here that I don't know yet ? Just curious :) Think I know most of them, but hey, you never know ;) cya, Stefan.

25 years

Altair 8800 front panel lamps

by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

I wrote once about this and it's annoying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Stop with the funky font shit! Allison -----Original Message----- From: Marvin <marvin(a)rain.org> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Date: Saturday, June 02, 2001 10:58 AM Subject: Re: Altair 8800 front panel lamps > > >Sellam Ismail wrote: > >> I recommend: >> >> Fire in the Valley (Freiberger/Swaine) >> Hackers (Levy) >> The Naked Computer (Rochester/Gantz) > >I found Fire in the Valley on ABE at >http://dogbert.abebooks.com/abe/BookSearch for $6.00 plus postage. A most >interesting book! Some of these books are getting a bit harder to find on >the streets.

25 years

Next Megapixel N4000 low B+ or schematics anyone....?

by claudew＠videotron.ca

Hi I acquired a complete clean NExT slab and the Megapixel N4000 (yes the tube might be weak....still) monitor is looking like it has low B+ (87 VDC) I have no picture or apparent HV (probably very low) I hear a short HV crackling at power up....anybody have schematics for these or fixed a lot of these and are fimiliar with them so I dont hunt around for hours.... Claude http://www.members.tripod.com/computer_collector

25 years

eBay as career

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On June 12, John Foust wrote: > At 02:03 PM 6/12/01 -0400, Dave McGuire wrote: > > I've been selling some analog and digital test equipment, some synth > >and music-related stuff, and some computer stuff. NeXT Dimension > >boards, for example...I had about a dozen of them, and most of them > >went for around $400/ea. > > Were you buying and reselling, or selling old gear you > already owned? Buying stuff elsewhere (surplus places) and reselling it, and selling stuff I already had around. > >It's been profitable enough to pay my > >$1400/mo rent and my $700/mo car payment, as well as other bills...no > >"think" to it, if I hadn't been doing this, I'd be bankrupt...or > >worse, working a 9-5 schedule, being taken advantage of by suits and > >having clueless MCSEs trying to take credit for my work. > > Now there's something to flame about. It's not uncommon, though. Indeed. -Dave McGuire

25 years

Free to good home: Compupro S100 system

by pcw＠mesanet.com

I picked this up a a local junk auction, but have no interest in s100 stuff, thought someone here might like it (to be picked up only -- too much trouble to ship - I'm in SF bay area) Compupro Rack mount system with 22? slot S100 backplane, 86/87 CPU card (8086), 2x RAM22 RAM cards (256KB each), System support card, 8 channel serial card, and hard/floppy controller card. Probably ran MPM at some time (might still!) Also have another rack that came with it with 10? MB ST506 type hard drive and 5 1/4" floppy Peter Wallace

25 years

More PDP11/70 boards for trade

by anheier＠owt.com

Hi, I have some more pdp11/70 boards up for trade. All the boards have the mounting hardware. I have no means to test their operation, so can?t guarantee their functionality. Some of the capacitors etc are damaged by poor handling, but look repairable. Shipping is on your nickel unless trading components have similar shipping fees. Please email me directly, not on newlist. Thanks Norm anheier(a)owt.com MODULE OPTION BUS DESCRIPTION 3 each - M8728 MK11 U 64-Kword 39-bit MOS memory array (11/70, 11/750) 2 each - M8144 KB11-C U 11/70 cache data memory M8126 FP11-C U 11/70 fraction processor, high order M8128 FP11-C U 11/70 floating point ROM control M8132 KB11-C U 11/70 instruction register decode & condition codes M8134 KB11-C U 11/70 processor data & UNIBUS registers module M8130 KB11-C U 11/70 data paths module M8149 MJ11 U 11/70 memory transceiver card M7984 MS11-KE * 16-Kword 39-bit MOS RAM array M8139 KB11-C U 11/70 timing generator module (different board form factor) G066 ?? M6728 ?? I also have a box of DEC ribbon cables. Most have DEC part numbers.

25 years

Cyber205 was RE: Ebay horror ...

by dhquebbeman＠theestopinalgroup.com

> At 12:18 PM 6/12/01 -0400, Doug wrote: > > >It appears that, at least as recently as August 2000, a Cyber > >170 driving the Early Warning Radar System at Cape Cod Air > >Force Station, known as "Pave Paws", was still in operation. > > > >Discussions were going on at that time w/r/t its replacement. > > > >This machine, sans media, disks, etc, might be a good candidate > >for a future rescue (since it's military, they may want to > >wipe the disks using hammers). > > Actually, they use acid. :-( That doesn't destroy data, it just rearranges it... (yes, my favorite color is paisley). :-)

25 years

Ebay horror ...

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On June 12, joe wrote: > Exactly! I doubt anyone on this list makes a living by selling on > E-bay. I have been for the past ~5 months. Not by choice, mind you...and certainly not forever...but it's certainly feasible. -Dave McGuire

25 years

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