test-drb July 2004

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Burroughs B1955

by mike＠corestore.org

On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 09:16:00 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: > >PLEASE! save this from the scrapper! > >The Computer History Mueseum has one of these and one of the stops I made last >month was to one of the last field service guys who maintained those systems >and picked up all of the documentation, field diags, and a complete set of >cards that he still had left. I'm hoping Mike (corestore) will be interested >but it is a BIG system, as you can tell from the pics. >--- > >There is a B1955 mainframe system on Ebay right now, with just about a day >left: > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5109222569 Oh feck... Louisiana is a long way... wish there were some better pics, I wouldn't know any Burroughs kit if it fell on my head. Not something I've ever looked at. How old is a 1955? What's the blinkenlight count like? Is it compatible with anything better-known? Mike http://www.corestore.org 'As I walk along these shores I am the history within'

21 years, 2 months

Burroughs B1955

by aek＠spies.com

It may have been a different model but it was the same vintage. I've got some 5.25" floppies from it if anyone cares or wants copies, I think it's most of the OS. - That would have been a B1965 or later with the 'soft' console, which replaced the front panel and cassettes. I'm VERY interested in any tapes, floppies or docs for these systems and if anyone turns up a B1965 CPU or later PLEASE contact me, as a friend of mine who designed the 1965 CPU would like to have one.

21 years, 2 months

Burroughs B1955

by aw288＠osfn.org

There is a B1955 mainframe system on Ebay right now, with just about a day left: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5109222569 This is a circa 1980 system - it is sort of large. It looks complete, but it really is hard to tell. I really don't think I can go save* this beast, so I am passing this on. Anyone in the South (Louisiana, I think) interested? Old B machines are very rare, and very much worth saving (it has an interesting architecture, too!). Only if all of the moons line up will I bid on this, so if someone else is pretty sure they will move on it, please let me know. I would rather have a coordinated effort here. *The high bidder (at one buck) is a scrapper - check out the auctions he has won inthe past. William Donzelli aw288(a)osfn.org

21 years, 2 months

printing pdf manuals

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

I recently got an upgrade for my Laserjet 4+ printer. It included a duplexer, 64mb ram upgrade, envelope feeder, and extended paper tray. I've printed off a few manuals on 3 hole punched paper from Al's bitsavers site and I've been really happy with the setup & results. However I have a question perhaps some here can answer... If one has a separate paper tray on their printer for, say... 11x17 (schematics), will adobe pdf reader software print all the pages on regular paper, and as it's going along, notice which pages in the PDF file are bigger (11x17, or legal, etc.) and print those pages "in-line" from the other paper tray? My thought is... after printing, I could take the stack of printout and fold in the long schematic pages before dropping it in a binder. I have no idea if adobe acrobat reader does this "sensing of paper size on each page" or not. Anyone have any thoughts on this? Lots of the manuals I want to print have fold-out schematics pages sprinkled throughout normal 8x11. If this cant be done, I was thinking I could print all pages except the big size ones (by looking at each page :\), then print those separately but thats a pain and I don't know if I can say to exclude certain pages. Thanks for any thoughts/advice! Jay West --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]

21 years, 2 months

are you still interested in buying an osborne 1 computer?

by davi＠comcast.net

And how much are you offering to pay?

21 years, 2 months

Xerox Sigma VII --- big IRON

by ghldbrd＠ccp.com

Just reminiscing over my first encounter with computers back in 1970 ----- It was a Xerox Sigma VII in the basement of the Montana State University. REAL batch programming, with stacks of punchcards, and a really crappy compiler that burped when it hit the first error. APL was done via dialup terminal and Teletype machine --- dial the number and plug in the handset (Ma Bell wouldn't allow direct connection of modems to their phonelines back then). Does anyone have a picture of said critter? I'd like to get one just for memory's sake. Sigma VII was a computer one loved to hate. Gary Hildebrand St. Joseph, MO

21 years, 2 months

IBM RISC System/6000 58H available

by vcf＠siconic.com

I've got an IBM RISC System/6000 model 58H available for sale. According to the spec sheet on this page: http://www.s6000.com/modelpr.html ...it's a 55Mhz Power2 system with 32K I cache and 256K D cache (no, I don't know what any of this means). I don't want much for it. I'll be willing to ship it if you really want it that bad (it's not heavy but it is large). Make a reasonable offer and it's yours. Local pickup will get preference. -- 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, 2 months

OT: Bell&Howell TSC-200 System Calibrator????

by SUPRDAVE＠aol.com

At 08:28 PM 7/22/04 -0400, SuperDave wrote: >In a message dated 7/22/2004 7:20:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time, >rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com writes: > I found one of these a couple of days ago. Does anyone here know anything >about them? I'm trying to figure out what some of the pushbuttons do. >I work for the company, but all info on older stuff cannot be found. : Wonderfull! :-( Do you know if B&H built professional grade test :equipment? This looks far too complex inside to be for a hobbiest. BTW :these don't seem to be too rare. I searched the net and found several for :sale but no one has any info on them. We're actually Bowe Bell and Howell, because of Bowe Systec AG merger. It seems that anything that's not document printing and mail inserting and handling (which is what BBH is known for) is all but forgotten about. I'll have to ask my boss about the old skool days.

21 years, 2 months

IRIX 5.3 and 'configure' utility...

by julesrichardsonuk＠yahoo.co.uk

Ok, I'm starting to get a nice little Indy system together now :-) Any ideas where I can get the 'configure' utility from? (hopefully there's a version that can be made to work with 5.3). Not sure where it is, or if it's buried in some random collection of stuff. cheers, Jules

21 years, 2 months

MDS series II again

by aek＠spies.com

I have been thinking about the series II schematics you have. Any chance of sending them to me (on me of course), so I can get them down to Kinkos to copy? -- Are you looking for Intellec Series 2? Monitor on top, boards load from the front?

21 years, 2 months

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