The second tape drive looks like a Qualstar 1260 and the third a Fujitsu
M2444 series.
Bob
On 7/31/2025 3:03 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
I am Michael St. Clair, Chuck's nephew by marriage. I'm writing from his
account to establish bona fides; apologies for any surprise it might cause.
Y
There were a whole bunch of cartridge / cassette systems made to record
and play back RS-232 data. Sykes (made the 4912 cassette unit for
Tektronix) , Memodyne, Teac, Sy/MAX and many others made them. I have a
Tektronix 4923 that I've used in line with a 4006 terminal connected to
a PDP-8e. Use
On 9/30/2024 6:31 PM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
On 9/30/24 16:23, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
One application for devices like that would be vacuum tube power
amplifiers, to delay the high voltage power supply until after the
heater current has been on for a bit.
paul
On Sep 30, 2024
Tektronix used this type of tube in some of their later vacuum tube
scopes. Some audio amplifiers also used them. Can help improve tube life
by keeping the plate supply off until the tubes warm up.
Bob
On 9/30/2024 2:21 PM, Van Snyder via cctalk wrote:
I have two SPST time delay 12-volt relay
On 9/12/2024 7:24 PM, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote:
On Thu, Sep 12, 2024, 6:13 PM Adrian Stoness via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
WaIt someone paid 23k for a asr33?
Price Realised USD 23,940
Does that include the 26% buyer's premium, or is that another $6,224 for a
total of $30,164
On 11/21/2023 4:08 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
ISTR a 4004 on one of the boards of my DTC300 Hytype I daisy wheel
printers.
(or has unrefreshed wetware dynamic RAM lost its content?)
On Tue, 21 Nov 2023, Peter Wallace wrote:
I think thats a 4040
Peter Wallace
Sorry about that. Not sure
(MR8 EC)
M849
M3310
On 16/11/2023 20:53, Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk wrote:
Do you have any more of the DEC PDP-8 e/m/f front panels?
I'm looking for one that matches the layout attached. I don't care
what model (e/m/f etc.) it's for, but the rotary switch layout needs
to be ri
On 11/16/2023 12:53 PM, Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk wrote:
Do you have any more of the DEC PDP-8 e/m/f front panels?
I'm looking for one that matches the layout attached. I don't care
what model (e/m/f etc.) it's for, but the rotary switch layout needs
to be right and I prefer t
Do you have any more of the DEC PDP-8 e/m/f front panels?
I'm looking for one that matches the layout attached. I don't care what
model (e/m/f etc.) it's for, but the rotary switch layout needs to be
right and I prefer the matte finish. Color is not important either I
have orange, green, and b
This link mentions the Marilake displays were LCD:
https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=194031
Most plasma displays I've seen were more red or red/orange. The Marilake
displays look too yellow. Could be a monochrome LCD with an EL backlight.
Bob
On 9/16/2023 9:55 PM, Mark Huffstut
Whoops, should have been off list...
On 12/8/2021 10:48 PM, Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk wrote:
Do you have more info on it? I can't find much on-line. Is is a stand
alone box or board set?
I love A/D and D/A stuff so would be very interested. I have many
PDP-8's, a PDP-12 and LINC-8.
Do you have more info on it? I can't find much on-line. Is is a stand
alone box or board set?
I love A/D and D/A stuff so would be very interested. I have many
PDP-8's, a PDP-12 and LINC-8.
Any idea on how much you want for it?
Thanks!
Bob
On 12/8/2021 4:11 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote:
W
On 9/30/2020 3:40 PM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote:
On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 2:41 PM Gavin Scott via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
Josh wrote:
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Aqb36sqnCIfMpIVXm5draSrWHGMzJg
Would these potentially be the sense amp / comparators for the core? I
wonder if they were
On 8/1/2020 10:07 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
I've bought a small number of L-series tapes over the years that I
finally read yesterday,
mostly pass 1 and 2 of the assembler.
Part numbers look like this. Oddly, they all seem to be wound
backwards. The person-readable
label is at the end, w
On 4/25/2020 3:27 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote:
Ok, I've uploaded pictures to https://www.crystel.com/bob/
There are a bunch of 8 inch floppies and old hard disks down there.
We have to move fast though, this needs to be cleaned out. How can
people help me on this?
You could contact the
On 3/30/2020 12:02 PM, Josh Dersch via cctech wrote:
On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 1:48 PM Brendan McNeill via cctech <
cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote:
Here in NZ and around the world many of us are in lockdown and spending
more time on our computers, if that were possible. I have just completed
the r
On 2/26/2020 1:47 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
On 2/26/20 11:56 AM, jos via cctalk wrote:
On 26.02.20 20:43, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/TEKTRONIX-Model-4054A-ALL-IN-ONE-Microcomputer-Vintage/372966927909
good price, it's BIG though..
Would have loved to pick tha
On 1/25/2020 5:46 PM, Steve Malikoff via cctalk wrote:
I was idly browsing some old electronics magazines on archive.org and saw this
Tektronix testing system from 1972 that clearly has an 11/20 and TU-56. Just
curious
as to what the piece of gear is sandwiched between the two. It sort of looks
There's a cheap General Automation SPC 16/45 on eBay that someone needs
to get. It's for pickup only
in Royal Oak, MI otherwise I would go for it. Includes a disk drive.
Looks like it needs to be gone in a week.
See:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/General-Automation-1972-SPH-45-16-Minicomputer-Consol
On 8/30/2019 7:24 PM, John Ames via cctech wrote:
Ran into this at the electronics-surplus store just down the way from
my workplace and grabbed it on the cheap. I don't actually know what
it *is,* but the labels on the switches make it look a *hell* of a lot
like a 16-bit general-purpose compute
See:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Computer-Link-665-Series-600-Disc-Pack-Inspector-AO-American-Optical/173934678748?hash=item287f5092dc:g:GBsAAOSw~61cUegn
Bob
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On 6/3/2019 4:10 PM, steven stengel via cctalk wrote:
There's a weird Sord M23P (I think) from the early 80's at this elderly persons
house in Walnut Creek, CA - East of the bay.
She can't pack and ship it - it's too big and heavy. It was actually sent to
her by mistake, it was supposed to be
see if any got salvaged.
>
> Cindy
>
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Bob
> Rosenbloom via cctalk
> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2019 10:57 AM
> To: William Donzelli; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Subject
if I
can figure out how to draw it.
Bob
On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 11:41 PM Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk
wrote:
A long shot I know, but I'm looking for an IBM knob that's missing from
a 609 calculator panel I have.
Photos can be seen here:
http://dvq.com/ibm/ibm-609-pnl1.JPG
http://dvq.
A long shot I know, but I'm looking for an IBM knob that's missing from
a 609 calculator panel I have.
Photos can be seen here:
http://dvq.com/ibm/ibm-609-pnl1.JPG
http://dvq.com/ibm/ibm-609-pnl4.JPG
http://dvq.com/ibm/ibm-609-pnl5.JPG
I have no idea if the knob was made by IBM or was a common
There's a mis-categorized disk pack inspection unit up on eBay. Might
be of use to someone.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Early-Digital-Equiment-Corp-DEC-Portable-Briefcase-Paper-Tape-Reader-Punch/303149714641?hash=item4695218cd1:g:ks8AAOSwEVZc1PQo
Bob
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Yes, Al will end up with them after I play with them.
Bob
On 5/4/2019 12:38 PM, William Donzelli via cctalk wrote:
Bob's a good home, too.
--
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On May 4, 2019 3:28 PM, "Donald via cctalk" wrote:
I sent a mail to Al at a...@bitsavers.org on 4/11 regarding a bunch of IBM
manuals.
http:
On 5/4/2019 11:21 AM, Donald via cctalk wrote:
Still cleaning out for Nevada move.
http://www.myimagecollection.com/cemanuals/
Last 2 are interesting. 2075 Processing Unit and some Russian machine
EC4001. Number sounds familiar from my eBay sojourns.
Available for cost of Media
On 12/21/2018 2:49 AM, Mattis Lind via cctalk wrote:
There is an auction for some kind of early DEC module. It appears to be a
bit slice of MB, AR and MQ. There is also a signature by Gordon Bell on the
board.
But I cannot figure out which early machine it comes from.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/V
On 12/15/2018 1:22 AM, Rod G8DGR via cctalk wrote:
I have an idea to produce an MM-8 clone using RAM that acts like core when
turned off.
Can anybody suggest a chip that will do this?
Rod Smallwood
Sent from Mail for Windows 10
I used Everspin MRAM chips for my PDP-8e memory cards. It's ju
On 12/7/2018 7:01 PM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote:
On 07/12/2018 17:44, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
On 12/07/2018 11:22 AM, systems_glitch via cctalk wrote:
Indeed, unless you need character pacing.
Actually, with the correct settings of the serial port (xon/xoff or
CTS pin) the serial po
On Saturday, November 3, 2018 7:14 AM, Adrian Stoness via cctalk
wrote:
get some thick plexi glass to cover it and sit it up for display to look in
but not touch ;)
On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 9:08 AM Guy Dunphy via cctalk
wrote:
> At 04:34 AM 3/11/2018 -0700, Al Kossow wrote:
> >On 11/
On 10/27/2018 9:50 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 10/27/18 9:13 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
On 10/27/18 7:37 PM, Eric Smith wrote:
EZ-Hook XKM
thanks!
https://sigrok.org/wiki/Probe_comparison
is a breakdown. they note that Salae used to ship EZ-Hook but now ship a
knock-off (no E
On 10/26/2018 8:04 PM, William Donzelli wrote:
What is the thread? 6-32? 8-32?
--
Will
Thread is 6-32.
Bob
On Oct 26, 2018 8:44 PM, "Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk"
mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote:
On 10/26/2018 7:41 PM, Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk wrote:
On
On 10/26/2018 7:41 PM, Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk wrote:
On 10/26/2018 7:19 PM, Steve Malikoff via cctalk wrote:
William said
One the original PDP-8 ("Straight 8"), the front panel has two aluminum
strips on the sides, one on the left and one on the right. Each
should have
a pair o
On 10/26/2018 7:19 PM, Steve Malikoff via cctalk wrote:
William said
One the original PDP-8 ("Straight 8"), the front panel has two aluminum
strips on the sides, one on the left and one on the right. Each should have
a pair of flathead countersunk screws, likwly Phillips head.
Can someone tell
On 9/23/2018 7:46 AM, Michael Thompson via cctech wrote:
Visitors to the RICM like to play SPACEWAR! in the PDP-12. Unfortunately
using the console switches is uncomfortable, not intuitive, and is tough on
the switches. We would like to recreate the switch boxes used on the PDP-1
to make playing
I can hold it but I will probably not be around on the weekends for the
next few weeks or so.
Bob
On 9/23/2018 1:03 PM, steve shumaker via cctalk wrote:
If you can hold it until the 6th, I can pick it up either Sat or Sun.
Steve
dOn 9/22/2018 2:21 PM, Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk wrote:
No
No, it's still available, come get it!
Bob
On 9/22/2018 1:35 PM, steve shumaker via cctalk wrote:
Ok.. I'll bite... Is the CDC/clone system spoken for yet?
Steve Shumaker
On 9/21/2018 7:44 PM, Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk wrote:
I have four 9-track tape drives, and a dirty DEC ra
On 9/21/2018 7:44 PM, Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk wrote:
I have four 9-track tape drives, and a dirty DEC rack, that I need to
get rid of.
Two of the drives are HP 7970B's. One has the door unattached. Then
there's a Kennedy 9100 800/1600 bpi drive.
Very heavy. As found, none te
I have four 9-track tape drives, and a dirty DEC rack, that I need to
get rid of.
Two of the drives are HP 7970B's. One has the door unattached. Then
there's a Kennedy 9100 800/1600 bpi drive.
Very heavy. As found, none tested by me. Just don't have time to play
with them.
Last is a CDC dri
On 9/6/2018 10:38 PM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote:
A long time ago, I had the incomplete remnants of an oddball terminal which I
retrieved from a junk pile at a small, obscure school in Pasadena. I'll try to
describe it as best I can, based on old memory. I could have sworn that it had
a da
Al has the 4052R12 ROM dumps up on bitsavers.
Bob
On 7/15/2018 12:49 PM, Monty McGraw via cctalk wrote:
I have been recovering dozens of old Tektronix 4050 series tapes and found
one with Fast Graphics software for the 4051. This software program jumped
into 6800 assembly code and retrieved th
I used an GPIB to serial converter to get serial data out of my 4052.
This allowed me to get 8 bit serial data, not just the seven the
Tektronix serial port allowed for.
I used it to drive a paper tape punch/reader, just for fun. There are
some on ebay. Also, an USB to GPIB converter should work
On 4/5/2018 5:17 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:
This is listed under a useless title:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/292503681011
But it's (currently) cheap (don't all bid against each other ;-).
Noel
I bought a Tektronix 4010 interface board from this seller. It's
basically destroyed.
On 3/28/2018 6:00 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
If you start with a fiche viewer, then a lot of the mechanical
parts, such as the fiche holder, are well under way. You need to
modify the card movement mechanism to be able to automate it, but
you could put that part off until you confirm tha
On 3/4/2018 10:26 AM, Adrian Stoness via cctalk wrote:
some sorta drawer doubht its a chad catcher with a hole for a handle
as for what its from no idea
On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 11:54 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
Chad catcher from a PC05 paper tape punch?
On Tuesday, January 30, 2018 1:55 PM, Bill Degnan via cctech
wrote:
https://retropopplanet.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/vintage-computer.jpg
I was not at this particular VCF out in California in the later 90's when
this photo of a DEC exhibit was taken; the original picture from vintag
Hi Randy.
I'm sure I have an extra com pack. I'll check storage today.
Bob
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PDP 11/03? LSI-11?
Maybe someone can use it. Nice blue color.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-DIGITAL-INSTRUMENTS-COUNTER-HG-ELEMENTS/302392510749?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
Bob
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I have a Vidar P-62 large format scanner available to anyone willing to
come pick it up.
It has a SCSI interface. Drivers for Windows XP are available on the
web, don't know about newer Windows
or other operating systems. Also, it's completely untested, I have
nothing that's has a SCSI interfa
On Tuesday, November 21, 2017 11:18 AM, jos via cctalk
wrote:
Looking into fabricating a few (functional-only) copies of the Tektronix
diagnostis rom pack
Seems quite a few people have non-functional units...
Any interest out there ?
Jos
Yes! I'm very interested in a few units.
Bob
On 10/28/2017 5:43 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:
Does anyone know who does this site:
http://decmuseum.org/index.html
I looked, and didn't see anything in the site itself, and doing a 'whois'
didn't turn up anything useful.
The site has some really nice PDP-5 photos which I was wonderi
On 10/3/2017 9:25 AM, Ian Finder via cctalk wrote:
On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 9:12 AM, Randy Dawson via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
I think he has a few of these left. The big problem is the RAMPACK
plastic cases are recycled from old ROMPACKs and these are in short supply.
He is look
I'm looking for the schematic of a Tektronix 4050E01 ROM expander
(toaster). This is the one that works with either the
Tektronix 4051 or 4052/4054 units. Different than the 4051E01. I have a
few to fix. Anyone have a manual for one that they
could scan?
Thanks,
Bob
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The following is available from Dan in Sacramento, CA. He usually will
ship if needed.
Please contact him directly, I'm just passing the info along.
-Bob
*Equipment available:*
**
*1 **IBM 557 Interpreter **with manuals, $300*
*3 IBM 1416 Print trains, $275 each*
*2 IBM 3174-51R, $100 each
More spring cleaning. This time it's a Corona Data Systems PC.
Kinda like an old Compaq unit. Has floppy and hard disk, but does not
boot up.
Pickup in Santa Cruz, CA
http://anifur.com/clist/corona1.JPG
http://anifur.com/clist/corona2.JPG
http://anifur.com/clist/corona3.JPG
Bob
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On 5/27/2017 3:26 PM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote:
On 5/27/17 1:51 PM, Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk wrote:
I looked at the three machines. Two are monochrome and the third has
a sticker saying it's been upgraded to
an 9836C so that's the one for the color monitor.
Unfortunately
On 5/26/2017 12:50 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 8:45 PM, Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk
wrote:
Spring cleaning time!
I have three vintage HP 9836 computers, two monochrome monitors, one color
monitor and three printers.
I'm sure they are going to need work to get runnin
Spring cleaning time!
I have three vintage HP 9836 computers, two monochrome monitors, one
color monitor and three printers.
I'm sure they are going to need work to get running. No testing has been
done. Could probably get two out
of the three working. Somewhere I have a few various I/O cards a
I use a solid state one, an older version of this:
http://www.phasetechnologies.com/downloads/products/phase-perfect/pt330specs.pdf
Bought on ebay quite a few years ago.
I also have a small Phoenix rotary phase converter, also from ebay. This
one seems to have unbalanced outputs.
I believe it
I got this from Daniel. You can contact him directly if there's anything
of interest.
Daniel de Long
I will be going there on Tuesday and could bring things back to the bay
area if they are not too large.
I will have a trailer.
Bob
__
On 3/30/2017 8:42 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
On Thu, 30 Mar 2017, jim stephens via cctalk wrote:
Across from the side of the road that original Frys was on was a
TOGO's that filled the parking lot and 2 or three nicely stocked junk
stores, which changed frequently. The guys who did the H
Saw this on Craigslist so if anyone needs one it's reasonable at $35
working.
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/sys/6060214206.html
Bob
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On 2/18/2017 10:29 AM, Paul Birkel wrote:
-Original Message-
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Bob
Rosenbloom
Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2017 1:24 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: PDP-11/24 CPU later version
On 2/18
On 2/18/2017 10:04 AM, Paul Birkel wrote:
-Original Message-
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Al Kossow
Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2017 12:50 PM
To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: PDP-11/24 CPU later version
PDF-A
which is the reason it's not on bit
On 2/13/2017 2:06 AM, Tony Duell wrote:
I am not sure if anyone is interested, but I've scanned the manual
for the Trend
HSR500 and HSR500P optical paper tape readers. If I've got the
permissions right,
then you can get it from my google drive on :
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5uNCTLB4Vs
Just passing this on. Please contact Dan directly at: Daniel de Long
He's located in Sacramento, CA and in the past was willing to ship.
Bob
Equipment available:
1 IBM 552 Interpreter
1 IBM 557 Interpreter with manuals
1 MIA 557 Interpreter (IBM) with manuals
3 IBM 3178 with control an
On 1/14/2017 3:49 PM, Rick Bensene wrote:
--snip
I know what you mean about the DC300 carts...what a lousy design...at least from a
longevity standpoint. I've had numerous nightmares with those cartridges in a
number of vintage systems that I've got.Broken tension bands, sticky tape...just
On 1/28/2017 6:51 AM, Mattis Lind wrote:
I am about to get our IBM1627 (rebranded Calcomp 565) going but the pens in
the case is quite dry. What is the best method to refurbish those? What is
the best solvent to get the old ink out? What ink to refill with?
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-rp
On 1/17/2017 9:09 AM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
I find it curious that what seems to be collected in the minicomputer
area seems to be gear of major brands.
Does anyone collect Varian minis?
Or General Automation?
Or any one of the many non-DEC, HP, etc. minis? Heck, I don't read much
about DG minis
On 1/15/2017 2:30 PM, Glen Slick wrote:
Was the point there that some other extender options have connectors
that are not as deep, and therefore less desirable?
I have a 6-DE-11 dual width, dual height (Height 8.43" Width 5.2")
extender from Douglas Electronics that are available for $40 with th
On 1/11/2017 8:45 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
I also have an Allen-Bradley 7320, a CNC machine tool control. The
heart of it is a 7300 "industrial processor" 16-bit minicomputer. I
used it for a year or so to run a retrofitted Bridgeport milling
machine, but got tired of it breaking down, which it di
On 11/20/2016 11:42 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> From: Josh Dersch
> Someone should try to rescue that; they're very rare...
I personally don't want to get into this (I'm already knee-deep in PDP-11
stuff), but I can help with the logistics; I'm down in SE Virginia, very
close to the NC
It could be a 7/32 or 8/32. There will be some custom Triad boards
inside. Their systems were used in auto parts and hardware stores.
Disk drives may be Hawks. The terminals were plasma screens designed in
house. The printers are TI Omni 800's rebadged Triad.
It looks like there are some CRT term
On 10/14/2016 7:29 PM, Tony Aiuto wrote:
I used most of the SEL/Gould/Encore machines. The 32/77 was an original
SEL design, from before Gould bought them. It ran MPX-32, their real-time
OS. TTL based. The 32/87 was ECL, in a much bigger cabinet. They made
slight hardware changes to the 32/77 an
On 10/13/2016 9:01 AM, Rick Bensene wrote:
I'm curious what the Systems 32/77 is..
Wasn't Gould SEL? maybe an SEL system?
The 32/77-series was a 32-bit machine implemented in ECL, based on
earlier SEL designs, but is definitely Gould in design/manufacture.
Some of the machines in the series h
Sent, poorly, from my iPad.
> On Oct 12, 2016, at 10:08 PM, jim stephens wrote:
>
>
>
>> On 10/12/2016 9:37 PM, Josh Dersch wrote:
>>
>>> On 10/12/16 9:13 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
>>> https://grafeauction.proxibid.com/asp/catalog.asp?aid=117590&gl=288#288
>>>
>>> someone needs to grab those 11
On Craigslist. Has bad screen rot.
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/atq/5817891157.html
Bob
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Got the following message from Daniel de Long.
Please respond to him directly at:
del...@ulink.net
Dan de Long
R&D Data Corp
2425 24th Street
Sacramento Ca 95818
Phone 916 452 8233
He may be willing to ship stuff.
Bob,
Equipment available:
Three new IBM 9518 Color Display in factory box,
On 9/26/2016 3:21 AM, jim stephens wrote:
I was looking thru one of the yearbooks from my time at University of
Missouri, Rolla. I found what I think is a photo of a GE-200. I
"liberated" this system or one of them to a lab I had, when they were
mothballed, and I could swear that is what the
On 9/22/2016 1:17 AM, Mattis Lind wrote:
I cannot find anything mentioned about character blanking in the circuit
description.
I read this on the topic "Alphanumeric Display":
"Refer to the display control block diagram (Fig 6-13). The display
coordinate position is generated through the digita
.
> On Sep 6, 2016, at 6:16 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
>
>
>
>> On 9/6/16 4:18 PM, Tom Gardner wrote:
>>
>> A friend of mine died recently; he was amongst many things an electronics
>> tinkerer and has a closet full of small parts in bin cabinets (resistors,
>> capacitors, ICs, transistors, hardw
On 9/6/2016 9:27 PM, Mike wrote:
On Tuesday, August 30, 2016 19:26:26 Ali wrote:
Well, looks like the seller cancelled the bids and suddenly item is no
longer available. Would like to believe it is a mistake but we all know
better...
-Ali
I have a compete unit in Ottawa if there's interest.
I found a simple manual for a "System 2400" 24 bit computer. Can be
downloaded here: http://dvq.com/docs/dcs2400o.pdf
There's a reference to "dcs 2400" and on the title page, "Digital
Computer" from the rep. Gene Baumgardner.
Does anyone have more info on this computer, or the company who mad
His email address is:
del...@ulink.net
Also, the 4361 is now tested! Got this from him:
**/I had the IBM 4361-5 running//
//today for history files, accounts receivables, month end statements,
sales tax//
//register, ran a few invoices on the Telex (IBM 3287) printer. Backed
up files on the//
Want a smallish mainframe? Dan de Long (info at bottom, contact him
directly) has an IBM 4361 system available.
Also a bunch of peripherals and more modems than I've ever seen in one
place. I bought an IBM 2540 card read punch
from him and picked it up in person. I have some photos of the trip
d
On 8/1/2016 6:29 PM, Hayden Kroepfl wrote:
Hi,
I recently acquired a pair of HP 2100A minicomputers locally for very
cheap. Don't think I could get much more local that a guy literally at the
end of my street. He bought them at an auction over ten years ago, never
powered them on, and left them
On 7/31/2016 9:33 PM, jim stephens wrote:
On 7/31/2016 6:42 PM, Erik Klein wrote:
On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 8:24 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
Is it too late to also set up an E-waste recycling even next to VCF?
Weird Stuff Warehouse is practically right around the corner...
.-)
Can someone in
On 5/4/2016 5:52 PM, Charles Dickman wrote:
Has anyone ever worked up a PC parallel port to Facit 4070 paper tape
punch interface?
I found one on a Swedish website. The punch parallel input looks like
it is TTL compatible, but I can't find anything in the documentation
that describes the input v
On Monday, May 2, 2016 1:21 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
> On May 2, 2016, at 3:59 PM, Mattis Lind wrote:
>
> Yet another nice color brochure.
>
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/96935524/Datormusuem/lab11.pdf
>
> Has anyone seen a VR20 in real? Rather interesting to be able to do a
On 4/27/2016 10:12 PM, Erik Baigar wrote:
On Wed, 27 Apr 2016, Bob Rosenbloom wrote:
I have my Rolm 1603 working. No peripherals hooked to it, but you can
toggle in stuff from the front panel.
http://dvq.com/oldcomp/photos2/1k/rolm1603_f.jpg
Very cool, Bob - we have been in touch seom
On 4/26/2016 11:23 PM, Erik Baigar wrote:
Well - "are out there" I agree, but do you know of any PRIVATELY
owned and ALIVE machines? There is lot of PDP* discussion here, but
it is very hard to get in touch with people being working on
Rolm stuff. Of course: In contrast to a non-working PDP8 (w
On 3/26/2016 10:53 AM, william degnan wrote:
On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Rod Smallwood <
rodsmallwoo...@btinternet.com> wrote:
Hi Guys
Does anybody have an 8/i or 8/L?. I need a close up pic of
the logo area to the top left of the panel.
In particular the address text und
On 3/2/2016 5:41 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
I've been having fun looking at TV programs that I watched when the
family had a 17" monochrome RCA set. At any rate, here's one such
about a guy who gets shocked by a computer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-pfWhehSB4
Note that, about 3:20 in, the
On 11/28/2015 4:47 PM, william degnan wrote:
Anyone have a source to purchase the tape to repair a papertape, or a kit
such as what they have here:
http://physicsmuseum.uq.edu.au/paper-tape-repair-tool
Thanks
You could try westnc.com, they used to sell splicing kits.
Bob
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Vintage computer
On 11/15/2015 9:14 PM, Jos Dreesen wrote:
On 16.11.2015 00:10, Bob Rosenbloom wrote:
I was contacted by Micheal D. Cranford from the Tektronix Museum up
in OR about
a design for a ROM module for the Tektronix 4051 graphic computer. It
looks to be a very
useful item. See the description below
I was contacted by Micheal D. Cranford from the Tektronix Museum up in
OR about
a design for a ROM module for the Tektronix 4051 graphic computer. It
looks to be a very
useful item. See the description below. He's looking to build up some of
them and make them
available. Cost would be about $100
Saw this on Craigslist. Anyone interested?
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/zip/5311274675.html
Bob
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Vintage computers and electronics
www.dvq.com
www.tekmuseum.com
www.decmuseum.org
On 10/31/2015 2:15 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
On 10/31/2015 03:11 PM, Charles Anthony wrote:
What I don't know how to do is drive 500 or so LEDs.
I am guessing a bunch of shift registers, but I've pretty much
reached my
design limits. I need some guidance on locating and understanding the
technolog
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