Believe me I tried!!!! At least locally! I did save a few dozen. At the
time I was not a member of any group like this, so finding someone who wanted
them was not an easy task. Sorry. . .
In a message dated 11/28/03 2:35:25 AM, vcf(a)siconic.com writes:
> > students progress. Our last DigiCard controller dies about 3 years ago.
> > We still have some of the 5.25" disks but 1000s of the software binders
> > went into the dumpster about 2 years ago. I would have given them a good
> > home but I didn't have the space, and sometimes I just have to say "NO".
>
> Hmm, how about finding other people who would be interested rather than
> dumpstering them? :(
>
Hmm, I've got a couple of patch panels identical to the TR-48 shown on
that URL. I got them from Los Alamos Sales, Ed had some huge, multi-rack
analog computer that got broken up and scrapped. It was huge, probably a
dozen racks or more. I took home two panels only.
I was going to just hang them on the wall, they're nice to look at.
Well, it finally happened :-). I was able to talk to my pdp-8L at 19200
baud over an RS-232 link from my PC. Just a cable swap and some dip-switch
adjustments and I can talk to my TTY over current loop.
However, my TTY doesn't have the reader-run mod. Does anyone have a TTY
with reader-run in or near the PDX metro area that I could test with?
Thanks,
Vince
You may have read about the apocryphal Mel the Programmer on the net...
Well it appears that Mel Kaye was a real person, was a master programmer
for the Royal McBee Corp, and wrote little things like boot code for the
LGP-30. Here's some substantiating factoids.
http://wps.com/projects/LGP-21/mel-the-programmer.html
Thanks again to Bob Lilley for the pointers.
Clearing off the shelves a bit...
1) Cisco 72-0791-01 V.35 DTE cable - 6 feet or so, Cisco serial to V.35
$2.00
2) Box of Five 3M DC600A Cartridges, all new and still in plastic.
$2.00 (for the whole box)
3) Xilinx XACT 2000/3000 PGA Dev System Reference Guide, new, no disks.
$2.00
4) CommShare 700M Acoustic Coupler, ancient, looks current loop
(thats Teletype, folks), looks complete but untested.
$5.00
5) DEC G727A Bus Grant Continuity card.
$1.00
6) Digital Research MP/M-86 Command Summary booklet, from 1982
$2.00
First come first served, pretty much. Buyer pays S&H. If anyone wants a
box of DD 3.5 inch disks for free, I'll throw that in if you buy
something. I take Paypal (but DO NOT use this email address for the account).
See, I said not much money.
William Donzelli
aw288(a)osfn.org
I've got a decserver 200/mc and I've managed to get the terminal server
software to load.
What I'd like to do is set it up so I can hang my various unix boxes off
of it and use the console port on the terminal server to switch between
them. [think: serial kvm]
I know I'm going to need a pile of null-modems, but I have no idea how
to configure the server to do what I want. The documentation I've come
across seems to indicate that this is possible.
Anyone have any documentation on how I'd set this up? I don't need LAT,
so that's not really an issue.
[of course, if anyone has a newer terminal server that'll do this that
they're willing to part with for postage, I'd not turn it down :) ]
Brian Wheeler
bdwheele(a)indiana.edu
Ok, more fuel to add to the discussion about reporters being complete
idiots.
I did an interview recently for a local paper. The writer seemed very
bright and asked good questions. The article came out today. I was
impressed with the technical accuracy. However, there was one MAJOR
problem: the article said that I sold recycled computers to the Alameda
County Computer Resource Center. Now, this may at first seem like a minor
error, but it's huge.
First of all, under agreement with the ACCRC, I act as a drop-off center
for computer and electronic recycling. All items dropped off at my
facility are in fact donations to the ACCRC, and donation receipts are
given for income tax deductions. Second, the computers and electronics
collected are then delivered to the ACCRC where they then refurbish and
distribute the computers they receive as an officially registered
501(c)(3) non-profit organization. To say that I sell computers to
the ACCRC makes it seem like I am engaged in fraud. So now people who
read this article and have or were considering donating items through my
service to the ACCRC will think I am in fact fraudulently collecting
computers to resell to a non-profit. Nice.
In short, I have been libeled is a seriously egregious fashion. So much
for the free publicity I was hoping for. I'll have to wait until tomorrow
(Monday) to see what the paper intends to do to rectify the situation.
If they don't play by my rules then I'm getting an attorney.
This incident may well be the final straw. From now on I'm now
considering telling any reporter that comes within 10 feet of me to fuck
off.
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Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 18:28:30 -0500
Subject: Re: One That Got Away (was: Woohoo! Another DEC score!)
>>...There. That's my True Confession(tm).
I've got a couple of those... a Connection Machine CM-200, and a pdp-12 :-(
The CM-200: In the early 1990s, I was in Edinburgh, trying to track down
some pdps. I ended up at the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre (EPCC),
where I found a pdp-11/45, just decommisioned, which had been running as a
communications front end. I also found the most impressive computer I had
(and have) ever seen: a Connection Machine CM-200, flashing all its lights
at me in a very beguiling fashion! I determined there and then that I would
try, in a few years when such machines were being retired, to secure one for
the Corestore.
I let around five years go by, not realising just how long a period that is
in high-performance computing, before I spoke to the people in Edinburgh
again: 'oh I'm sorry, we finished with that machine six months ago - it was
carted off for scrap. We kept a few of the boards as souvenirs...'!!!
The pdp-12: In 1993 I collected a pdp-12 from a medical research place. At
the time I removed it, there were still two other pdp-12s on site there, one
complete and in use, the other dismantled for spares. One machine remained
in intermittant use until at least 2001! I had been promised the remaining
equipment when it was finally surplus to requirements, and telephoned the
place every few months, always getting the reply ' it will be a few more
months at least'... then came the fatefull day in early 2002 when I called
and heard 'oh sorry we forgot about you - we got rid of it all a couple of
months ago, it all went to an old computer enthusiast who asked us for it!'
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
At least the -12 *did* get saved...
Mike
http://www.corestore.org
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