test-drb April 2004

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by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

>From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf(a)siconic.com> > >On Mon, 12 Apr 2004, Dwight K. Elvey wrote: > >> It takes quite a bit of elbow grease but yes, it can be done. >> Usually you use some 10 to 20 micron aluminum oxide to fine >> grind until you are past the scratch. Then you use rouge or >> cerium oxide to polish. It is a process similar to what we do >> to make a telescope mirror. > >Do I have to worry about any heat build-up that might cause a fracture of >some sort? > >So sounds good so far. Can I just go to the local telescope store and >pick up the materials? Can I use my Dremel to do the polishing for me? > >-- > >Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival > Hi Sellam You might check at places like stained glass supply stores or places the do beveled glass. They have polishing compounds that are designed to be used with a buffing wheel. The technics I used are designed to end up with a surface that is smooth to less than 1/8 wavelength of light. You don't need anything like that for a screen. Most telescope stores don't have supplies for doing mirrors. I mail order my supplies from places like Newport Glass or William-Bell. Check with places that sell and repair window glass. If they don't have anything there, they'll at least know where to get it. Dwight

21 years, 1 month

Pre-R3000 SGIs

by torquil＠chemist.com

Does anyone have more information about the first SGI machines? I know they made m68k before the R2000. Anyone actually have one or have more information about SGIs 1980s (not 70s I presume?) history? -------- Thanks, Torquil MacCorkle, III Lexington, Virginia

21 years, 1 month

AIX PS/2 v1.2 - four sets of 3.5" floppies in binders

by Stephen_R_Gentry＠LafayetteLife.com

Jack, hello. I came across a rather old email regarding aix for ps/2 that you apparently owned. I'm contacting you on the slim chance to see if you still had these items and if so, are they still for sale? Thanks, Steve Gentry

21 years, 1 month

blinkenlight console - not only for PDP's !

by uban＠ubanproductions.com

Nice job Henk! --tom

21 years, 1 month

Looking for a slew of manuals ($$$)

by vcf＠siconic.com

I'm seeking manuals for the following products for a client: Probe X [from the Strategic Software Group] HP GlancePlus HP PerfView HP OpenView IBM Tivoli IBM Netview Have you got these? Cool! Let's talk. Send me a message in private e-mail. Thanks! -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]

21 years, 1 month

Flight Simulator for IRIX

by phirkel＠sympatico.ca

Hi there folks. Way back in the day, 1992 or so, I used to play on my father's SGI Indigo R3000 at work (the very one which sits beside me at this time; the story about how I got it is pretty good, ask if you want to hear it) a flight simulator. The graphics were nothing special, but I do remember you could fire missiles at targets. Any other details are blurry now, especially since it has been 12 years since I played that game! I was wondering if anyone remembered such a game, and possibly it's name and maybe direct me in the direction as to where I could get a copy. If you have a copy to sell, I have a PayPal account and money in it to spend! Thank you! Phil.

21 years, 1 month

Paging Ed Sharpe

by vcf＠siconic.com

Ed, You've not responded to my messages regarding the DPS-6. At this point I'm assuming you're not getting them for some reason, but if you don't reply to this one by tomorrow then I'll assume you're no longer interested and will go to the next in line. -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]

21 years, 1 month

Removing physical blemishes from CRT?

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

>From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf(a)siconic.com> > > >Although the CRT in question is off-topic, the question is fairly topical: > >Is there any way to remove physical blemishes from the face of a CRT? >I've got a very nice 19" SVGA display that has some scratches on the face. >They are somewhat invisible unless you happen to be looking at something >at that part of the screen (lower third, right of center). > >Can this be buffed out or ... ? > >I hope there's a way to do this because I've been wanting to fix the face >of my 35" ProScan TV that has the same problem. You barely notice it, but >it is slightly distracting when you do. > >-- > >Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival Hi Sellam It takes quite a bit of elbow grease but yes, it can be done. Usually you use some 10 to 20 micron aluminum oxide to fine grind until you are past the scratch. Then you use rouge or cerium oxide to polish. It is a process similar to what we do to make a telescope mirror. Dwight

21 years, 1 month

Parallel Key boards

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

Hi For anyone wanting a parallel keyboard for their old project machine or someone wanting to connect to a Polymorphic video board, there is a pair of keyboards on ebay at: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1247&item=4122846529 I've bought two of these myself and they are excellent quality keyboards. I have no other connection with the seller. The boards are early 80's vintage and use a 8051 technology. The key field appears to be capacitive so it should last a long time. They run on a single +5V. Dwight

21 years, 1 month

FREE: NetFRAME NS400

by evan947＠yahoo.com

Hi all, Doug Ricci, who works in IT at the Johns Hopkins Dept. of Radiology, is offering a NetFRAME NS400 (s/n D00453) for free. He says it supported more than 150 users on Novell NetWare from 1991-1998 and cost $80,000 when it was new! He added, "We can't sell it-not allowed to. I'd like to give it to a collector..." You can reach Doug at DWRICCI(a)jhmi.edu, please mention that you were referred by me. Thanks, Evan Koblentz

21 years, 1 month

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test-drb April 2004