On 7/20/18 2:43 PM, Mattis Lind wrote:
> Credits goes to AJ Palmgren for reading the tape and to David Gesswein from
> whom I stole and modified the MFM decoder.
>
> And as Al wrote: No it is not at all QIC. The drive has four fixed tracks
> and the encoding is MFM.
>
I hadn't looked at
>
> I seem to remember the original QIC11 standard was (or at least included) a
> 4 track version. And the later 9 track format kept those 4 tracks in the
> same
> place and put 5 more, one on each side and 3 between them if you see what
> I mean.
>
> So unless you need to read 2 tracks simultaneou
On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 3:26 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk
wrote:
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> On 7/20/18 2:43 PM, Mattis Lind wrote:
>
>> And as Al wrote: No it is not at all QIC. The drive has four fixed tracks
>> and the encoding is MFM.
>
> These 4-track fixed-head drives were common drives prior to the invention of
>
On 7/20/18 2:43 PM, Mattis Lind wrote:
> And as Al wrote: No it is not at all QIC. The drive has four fixed tracks
> and the encoding is MFM.
These 4-track fixed-head drives were common drives prior to the invention of
movable head devices. TI used them in 990
systems as well as early 80 c
I have one model 21 and one model 11. Finch drive and ST506 drive
respectively. Not sure about the status of disks, but I have a spare Finch
drive. I also have three install tapes. One Sadie 3.5 and two ZEUS 3.21.
When time permits I will read those. AJ Palmgren read a tape with a tar
archive I ma
On 7/20/18 6:20 AM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote:
>> We also have some tapes, again, I don't know which ones.
Be VERY careful with those if you find them. They are NOT
QIC-compatible and the belts WILL be bad.
IIRC that was one of the first donations to our club back in 2005
On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 1:04 AM Evan Koblentz via cctech <
cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote:
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> >> A very big and expensive door stopper without OS tapes.
> >> But most importantly: the CPU board is missing!
> >> The card in slot 2 ap
A very big and expensive door stopper without OS tapes.
But most importantly: the CPU board is missing!
The card in slot 2 appears to be an additional SIO card.
This is a model 20, quite low-end. We have a model 32 (much rarer, I
haven't found anyone else with a model 32), but it is non-functi
On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 2:16 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
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> On 7/19/18 10:20 AM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote:
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> > There's a Model 31 at LCM+L (used to be mine).
>
> what kind of disk does it have?
>
>
SMD Disks, 40mb Memorex. Don't recall the model numbers, I can dig it up
if you need.
On 7/19/18 10:20 AM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote:
> There's a Model 31 at LCM+L (used to be mine).
what kind of disk does it have?
On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 12:53 AM, Christian Corti via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Jul 2018, Al Kossow wrote:
>
>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/292646012304
>>
>> local pickup only
>>
>> the reserve is >$1500
>>
>
> ROTFL
> A very big and expensive door stopper without OS tapes.
On Wed, 18 Jul 2018, Al Kossow wrote:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/292646012304
local pickup only
the reserve is >$1500
ROTFL
A very big and expensive door stopper without OS tapes.
But most importantly: the CPU board is missing!
The card in slot 2 appears to be an additional SIO card.
This is a
oh, and this isn't me.
I just had a really bad experience with them where they "lost" 2 of the 5 Priam
disk
drives I bought from them, so I guess local pickup in Rochester NY is a good
thing.
On 7/18/18 4:01 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
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> https://www.ebay.com/itm/292646012304
>
> local pi
https://www.ebay.com/itm/292646012304
local pickup only
the reserve is >$1500
I would guess the CDC Winchesters are toast if they haven't had their heads
locked
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