I'm fowarding this from Geoffrey Rochat of the RCS/RI, confirming that they do,
in fact, still exist.
Oh yes, the RetroComputing Society of Rhode Island is still very much in
business (www.osfn.org/rcs). {As is the Rhode Island Computer Museum
(www.osfn.org/ricm).} I don't know why you couldn't get through by e-mail,
other than the fact that "Shrimp", the RCS/RI's faithful Sun server, has its
good days and its bad days, and it's anyone's bet what today is. And I
don't know whether the phone is still there or not, but unless it's a
monthly Open House it's a crap shoot as to whether anyone's on-premises to
pick it up. I for one don't subscribe to Classic Comp, having dropped it
after having watched a particularly ferocious case of flaming break out, so
this was kindly forwarded to me by Marc Bileau, who is very active in the
RCS/RI's activities.
So, just what is this item up for auction? I doubt we're bidding on it in
any case, as money is a bit tight all around right now. But if it's good
we'd be delighted to receive a donation.
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> Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 12:47:07 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "O. Sharp" <ohh(a)drizzle.com>
> Subject: RCS/RI Still In Existence?
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> Does anybody know if the Retrocomputing Society of Rhode Island
> (http://osfn.org/rcs/) is still around? I've sent a couple of e-mails
> their way, and tried their phone number, but not with any luck.
>
> I saw one of the things on their online "wish-list" up for auction on
> eBay, and thought about having a go at getting it for them, but it'd be
> nice to know if they still needed it first. (Not to mention making sure I
> wasn't bidding _against_ them. <g>)
>
> -O.-
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>Your iBook won't write an 800k floppy? Hmmm... Is the floppy an actual 800k
>floppy, or a 1.44m floppy?
Apple stopped having the drives read and write 400 and 800 k disks a
while ago.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
I have a brand-new, fully functional Overland Data OD3201 tape drive
that I'm going to gut for a few parts and then junk the carcass.
Nobody wants these damn things, anyway....
Cheers
John
Hi all, I'm looking for a datasheet for the AY-3600 that is used as a keyboard
matrix encoder in Apple IIe's. I haven't had much luck finding it from my
other sources yet.
Thanks!
Pat
--
Purdue University ITAP/RCS
Information Technology at Purdue
Research Computing and Storage
http://www.itap.purdue.edu/rcs/
>Do you still have this motherboard?
> AMD 386 SX-40, AMI Bios, "Cyclone" chipset?, 6- 16 bit ISA slots, 4- 30
Nope, long since gone.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
>> I may have an old SE/30 ethernet card...
>
>
>Also, I believe that I'll need some sort of riser? The cut-out on the
>case is 2 inches above where the motherboard is...
No, the SE/30 Ethernet card is a two part card. One part plugs into the
mobo's PDS slot, then there is a ribbon cable that connects it to the 2nd
part which screws into the slot casing for external access.
So no riser card as the ribbon cable spans the distance.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
114 (7 inch diameter reel, 25 ips max speed)
9 (9 track)
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86 (800/1600 bpi)
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2 (again, 25 ips)
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240 ( 240 volts ac)
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Fp (PE only)
The manual shows 6 connectors on the bottom of the unit, probably
inside. These are labelled J1 through J6. J1,J2 are motor control.
J3, J4 are read card. J5,J6 are write/control card. J1,J2 are closest
to front.
On the top edge of the write/control card (closest to rear) are the
two fifty-pin I/O connections.
The manual says nothing about JA through JD. Perhaps it is an add-on
formatter, which is not detailed in the manuals.
Hope that helps, but I don't see how. Nothing matches for connectors.
Joe Heck
Andreas wrote:
Subj: Digi-Data corporation Tape drive docs sought
Hello all,
I got a Digi-Data Corporation, Model 1149-86-2-240-FP, Tape-Drive. I'm
interested in any kind of documentation, esp, how to connect this tape
to an Emulex TC02 tape-controller. The tape-controller has two
connectors labeled J1 and J2, the tape-drive has four connectors,
labeled JA to JD, so there are multiple choices while tring to connect
the tape-drive, so I need some help!
Andreas
On Oct 8, 16:50, Joe wrote:
> At 01:24 PM 10/8/03 -0500, you wrote:
> >No, I was trying to indicate that the CPU was an 11/23 not an
11/23+. So,
> >do I need some magic cable to go from a DIP socket on the CPU board
to
> >this card? If so, does anyone have a pinout for it?
>
> If you're referring to the large socket between the MMU and FP IC,
then
> it's a spare according to my DEC handbook.
You take the FPU chip out, and put the connector for the FPP in its
place. There's no point in having both!
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
>Ok, I get a blinking floppy disk "?" in the middle of the screen. I
>guess the CD rom I
>have is not bootable after all.
>
>(it came from a 2 disk pack marked "Apple Software" / "Claris Software"
Try Command-Option-Shift-Tab and see if that works. However, there is a
good chance that it isn't a bootable CD
>My iBook won't read the CD. My SE want's for format any 1.44 floppy,
>and my iBook
>won't mount any 400/800mb floppy.
I'll make up a set of System 6 install disks tomorrow. Send me a mailing
address off list.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
I talked with the folks at BDI and these lots aren't going to be part of
this week's auction after all (they had a lot of stuff queued up) they
assure me that next week (closing on 19th of October) the lots will be
available. Next week I will follow up with the exact lot numbers for those
of you who were discouraged by the extremely difficult to navigate
mechanics of their site.
--Chuck
--------------------- Previous Email ...
A number of VAXen are available this week from www.auctionbdi.com. I gave
them all of my "spares machines" which I cannot store and no one in the Bay
Area wanted. The good news is that BDI will ship them to you pretty much
anywhere in the country and the minimum bid is $25. The lot to look for has
3 MV3400's (in BA213 cases), one VAX 4000/300 (in a BA440 case) and one
MicroVAX II in a pedastal BA23 case. I don't recall how complete they are,
I do thing the 4000/300 is complete except for some DSSI plugs which I
needed to bring my 3800 on line. Two of the 3400's have the front "door"
(one says MicroVAX 3400, one says VAXServer 3400). If you've got a 3400 or
4000/300 there are plenty of parts to "enhance" your system. I believe the
4000/300 has 192MB of memory but can't swear to it)
There is also a MicroVAX 3600 in a H9644 rack. This one I've never looked
at in depth other than to note that it has a 4 SCSI drives and a tape but a
gap where the SCSI controller had been. Given that it couldn't talk to the
disks I pretty much ignored it.
Finally there are some PC parts with a nice 17" NEC 5fg monitor (including
the special NEC VGA cable). The monitor is nice but not an "Energy Saver"
(it stays on as long as power is applied, no standby mode) Probably not of
interest to this crowd but I thought I would mention it.
--Chuck
