test-drb July 2004

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DEC/Compaq Enterprise Storage Arrays and TL882 Tape Jukebox

by root＠parse.com

Hi folks, we came across a whack of Enterprise Server Arrays, and a TL882 tape jukebox. Here's a list of the stuff: power supply units 30-48191-4 180w 70-33252-01 NIC-SCSI 70-32866-01 terminal HSZ70 70-32832-01 w. flash card HSZ cache w/ 4 x 32MB 72pin SIMM cache battery pack 70-32188-04 fans (400293-001 McLean Eng. PR770C +12v) DS-BA35X-FA 70-33067-02 (BA356) DS-SWXRA-HA This probably *just* qualifies within the 10-year-old rule for cctech :-) though I couldn't find a date anywhere; I'm betting on mid 1990's. We're looking to get rid of this stuff in order to recoup costs on the purchase (it was a lot bid, and this was the "extra" equipment). Is anyone interested? Can anyone suggest places that might be interested in this (other than, obviously, eBay, which is where it will end up)? I'm hoping people who have these arrays are interested in spare parts like power supplies, fans, HSZ cache upgrades, etc. The arrays are missing the drives because those "had to be scrapped" for security reasons; unfortunately, they also scrapped the plastic cases that the drives resided in. Thanks in advance! Cheers, -RK -- Robert Krten, PARSE Software Devices +1 613 599 8316. Realtime Systems Architecture, Consulting, Books and Training at www.parse.com Looking for Digital Equipment Corp. PDP-1 through PDP-15 minicomputers!

21 years

Stuff I'm bringing to VCF East

by dbetz＠xlisper.mv.com

I'm bringing the following stuff to VCF East in the hopes of finding it new homes: 1) 2 PDT-11/150's (already spoken for) 2) 2 DECmate III+'s (with hard drive and CP/M option) 3) 1 DECmate III (dual floppies) 4) 1 DEC Pro380 5) 1 DEC VR201 monitor 6) 1 DEC LK201 keyboard 7) 1 Radio Shack CoCo3 8) 1 Sun Sparc Classic X with software 9) 1 SWTP 6800 10) 1 SWTP AC-30 with documentation 11) 1 SWTP DMAF2 Floppy controller with documentation 12) 1 NEC EVAKIT-8 evaluation kit with documentation (8080 clone) 13) 1 Atari Portfolio with serial interface and memory cards and documentation 14) 1 TRS-80 Model 100 with cassette drive 15) 1 Atari Jaguar with CD-ROM drive with some games 16) 1 Micromint SB180 single board computer with documentation and software 17) 1 VAXstation 4000 VLC without hard drive 18) 1 DEC hard drive that *may* work with the 4000 VLC What I'm hoping to acquire: 1) A complete kit for the SBC6120 2) A book on 6502 assembly language programming Once I get an SBC6120 up and running I will have an additional DECmate III+ with VR201 and LK201 available.

21 years

Tymac Tape Controller for Commodore?

by marvin＠rain.org

I found a blue Tymac controller that looks like it fits the Commodore C-64 back edge connector. Google brought up a couple of things, but I didn't see any pictures to verify that is what I have. This is in a blue case with a reset button, three LEDs for Motor/Read/Write, and two slide switches ... norm/dupl and +/-, and three connectors (1 - 3/32" and 2 - 1/8") that look like they plug into a cassette recorder. Does anyone have any information on this thing?

21 years

Places and People around Fresno

by ron.hudson＠sbcglobal.net

Ok, I seem to have come to rest in Tulare CA remember I was in Kansas City MO for a while... Anyway - any places of interest in Fresno or nearby?

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Vaian 620?

by aek＠spies.com

I had a 622/i, an 18-bit version, the 620 with the 6-bit slices all used. It died the horrible death of wirewrap decay. I pitched it and the mauals (gulp) back in 86 or so, what a horrible mistake. == foo.. The 620 is an unusual architecture in that it was available in both 16 and 18 bit versions. I was able to pick up an 18 bit version a few years ago. Anything more about the ND 812 that you saw at a surplus place last year?

21 years

Archive 5945C tape drive - Emulex or Adaptec interface board?

by julesrichardsonuk＠yahoo.co.uk

Amongst a box of Acorn floppies that I got hold of the other day I found several DC600 tape cartridges. I thought it might be useful to see if I can get any data off them (I have no idea what's on them, if they're still readable, or what format any data on them is in - I know, I know... :) Paths scribbled on some suggest they came from some variety of Unix machine, so chances are they're tar format. Now, in the loft I have a pair of Archive 5945C 60MB drives which I didn't have the heart to throw out. God knows if they work or not. I know, I know... They're QIC-36 interface drives apparently. This is where I do the hand-waving stuff as I start to get out of my depth (my only tape experience is with modern DLT and DAT drives) I happen to have a whole box of stray interface boards with SCSI at one end and various other interfaces at the other. Included in these are Adaptec 3530GA's and Emulex MW0210402's, both of which I think bridge SCSI to QIC-36. No, I don't know if *those* work either... Question is, are these boards interchangable? Or in order to stand a chance of reading these tapes, do I need to know what board was originally used (and even which drive!) in order to write them? Furthermore, just because the drive's then on the SCSI bus, can I expect it to just appear as a modern SCSI tape unit does (i.e. if I can drive a DLT or DAT drive from my Unix OS, should the same be true of these controller boards / ancient drives)? I have the Adaptec 3530A manual, which suggests it's just a plug in and go solution (but I have no idea how the GA series boards that I have differ from the A series) Thoughts welcome, before I go trying to cable everything up! cheers Jules

21 years

Dec manuals

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

Someone just sent me an email with the line below in it: "Btw, I just found another batch of manuals, including stuff for PDP-6, -7, -8, -9, -10, -11, and -15... I imagine someone probably will want these also. " MUAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA Jay --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]

21 years

Paging Dan Veeneman

by jwest＠classiccmp.org

Dan; Need to talk to you about a deal! Jay

21 years

Free stuff for VCF East comers.....

by d_cymbal＠hotmail.com

I've got a handful of Visual Technology model 55 and 310 terminals that are destined for the scrapper, I haven't been able to give them away around here. If anyone coming east for VCF wants them for free, let me know and we can try to work something out. I've also got a boatload of other dumb terminals that I am not sure what they are -- these are CLSI OEM deals. I think some of them at least are touchscreen models, might be interesting to play with. If anybody wants them, they are also $0.00. And I've also got that Apollo DN550 19" RGB monitor that I've tried to give away a few times still available. Full disclosure: none of these have been tested. They were put into storage (working) a few years ago but haven't seen an electrical outlet since. These were from a system swap at a large public library. Only issue: I won't be at VCF :-( as I am leaving for vacation Fri. morn. If someone coming in for Thurs wants them, that would be the best time for me to make the swap. I could also do it Fri morn, but it would have to be early, like 7:00 AM. These are located over in Tewksbury MA, which is about 20 minutes from Burlington. So someone with a big truck/van (and heart????) let me know. I've also got an untested DEC Pro 350 (PC350-D2) sans keyboard and monitor that I was going to eBay, but if some wants to make a reasonable offer for it and pick it up to save the ship costs it would probably make more sense.

21 years

TEST USERS NEEDED

by waltje＠pdp11.nl

Hi, I am in need of some people who can test some of the projects I am slowly cleaning up for release: 1. TDU - the Tape Distribution File Format (TDF) utility, which handles the archiving of magtapes. All my tape images are in this format, so I'd better get the tools published as well ;-) Uses my ASPI library on DOS/Win32 platforms. --> done 2. VTserver - transfer data from/to bare-metal PDP-11 systems. Uses the TDF library (above) and the TTY generic serial driver library. --> in final beta (Ashley Carder is busy testing/using it as we speak) 3. OpenMOP - full-spec MOP DL/RC server for UNIX and Win32 platforms. Uses my NETLIB generic network I/O library. --> next up for final beta (after VTserver) 4. OpenLAT - full-spec LAT server for UNIX and Win32 platforms. Uses my NETLIB generic network I/O library. --> needs cleanup and more work, after OpenMOP is done. 5. OpenPORT - full-spec LASTport (InfoServer) service for UNIX/Win32. --> final design phase, uses code from OpenMOP and OpenLAT, and uses the NETLIB library. These projects, plus their documentation, and probably one or two papers on retro-computing issues (network installing DEC systems will be one) will be my "hobby" for the second half of this year. I want these packages to be tested (and confirmed to work ;-) on the Win32 (and DOS, where possible) platforms, and on a number of often- used UNIX-ish platforms: - OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD - Linux (-intel, alpha) - DEC Ultrix-32 (vax, mips) - Digital UNIX / Tru64 My personal test platforms are Tru64 UNIX (alpha), DEC Ultrix-32 (vax and mips), OpenBSD/vax, FreeBSD/intel and Win32+DOS. Other people will have to check the builds (and working) on other platforms. Also needed is a thorough check of the documentation. If you can help on any of these, please let me know! Cheers, Fred -- Fred N. van Kempen, DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) Collector/Archivist Visit the VAXlab Project at http://VAXlab.pdp11.nl/ Visit the Archives at http://www.pdp11.nl/ Email: waltje(a)pdp11.nl BUSSUM, THE NETHERLANDS / Mountain View, CA, USA

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