Re: IBM 026 - Decision Data 8010 card punch on Ebay in

2015-10-02 Thread Marc Verdiell
Henk, Congrats! What a buy. Gorgeous super-clean machine. The Juki looks almost like a copy of an IBM 029, down to the angled styling and stacker section. Except of course for the color. Marc From: Henk Gooijen Subject: Re: IBM 026 - Decision Data 8010 card punch on

Re: One more try - Can you ID this S-100 Serial board?

2015-10-02 Thread Holm Tiffe
Chris Elmquist wrote: > On Thursday (10/01/2015 at 06:21PM -0500), drlegendre . wrote: > > @Chris > > > > That's an intriguing and very real possibility, but then there's this: > > http://www.mct.net/ - Does that logo look familiar? Founded in the 80s, > > controller boards, interface modules, si

Reinstalling SunOS 4.1.4 without CD drive

2015-10-02 Thread Eric Christopherson
A very generous list member just gave me a SPARCStation 20 with SunOS 4.1.4 on it. I thought the first thing I would do would be to image its hard drive in my Linux PC, in case I ever wanted to start fresh. I assume that if I make a bitwise copy of it, I can later write those same bits out. But no

Re: Reinstalling SunOS 4.1.4 without CD drive

2015-10-02 Thread David Brownlee
On 2 October 2015 at 15:01, Eric Christopherson wrote: > A very generous list member just gave me a SPARCStation 20 with SunOS > 4.1.4 on it. I thought the first thing I would do would be to image > its hard drive in my Linux PC, in case I ever wanted to start fresh. > > I assume that if I make a

Anybody need some Tri-lead?

2015-10-02 Thread Jon Elson
I have a box of IBM Tri-lead pulled out of a 370/145 when it got torn down for spares. It is essentially the total amount of tri-lead that was in the machine, a full paper box of it. Anybody have a need for some? Anybody got an MST machine running that they need spare wire for? It is in St

Re: Reinstalling SunOS 4.1.4 without CD drive

2015-10-02 Thread Mark G. Thomas
Hi, On Fri, Oct 02, 2015 at 03:17:18PM +0100, David Brownlee wrote: > On 2 October 2015 at 15:01, Eric Christopherson > wrote: > > A very generous list member just gave me a SPARCStation 20 with SunOS > > 4.1.4 on it. I thought the first thing I would do would be to image > > its hard drive in my

Re: Thoughts on manual database design?

2015-10-02 Thread Jay Jaeger
On 10/2/2015 12:04 AM, william degnan wrote: > Coming up with a schema that works with multiple manufacturers is the big > challenge. > Not sure it is that big a challenge. Perfection is not required. Just the ability to find stuff later. My schema currently has manual manufacturer - the origi

Re: One more try - Can you ID this S-100 Serial board?

2015-10-02 Thread drlegendre .
I think Holm nailed that one. The logo is probably just a coincidence, as it's pretty safe to say this board didn't originate in the 'Bad Old Days' of the DDR.. ;-) Seems like MCT in Shoreview, MN is our best working hypothesis. Would be nice to come across an advert or other piece of corporate ep

Re: Reinstalling SunOS 4.1.4 without CD drive

2015-10-02 Thread Eric Christopherson
On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 9:17 AM, David Brownlee wrote: > On 2 October 2015 at 15:01, Eric Christopherson > wrote: >> A very generous list member just gave me a SPARCStation 20 with SunOS >> 4.1.4 on it. I thought the first thing I would do would be to image >> its hard drive in my Linux PC, in cas

1985-1989 IBM terminals

2015-10-02 Thread Cindy Croxton
Is anyone interested in IBM terminals from roughly 1985-1989? There is a complete system, probably no keyboards. Located upper Midwest US. Cindy Croxton --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Re: Reinstalling SunOS 4.1.4 without CD drive

2015-10-02 Thread Justin Dj Scott
So, lets say you have your disk already partitioned the way you want it, and you have a swap (partition c) partition of equal or greater size of your install iso (actually not very likely, but lets just say that's so). You can create a filesystem on partition c from another machine, put your CD

Re: 1985-1989 IBM terminals

2015-10-02 Thread Jay Jaeger
What sort of complete system? (I am in Madison, WI) JRJ On 10/2/2015 11:44 AM, Cindy Croxton wrote: > Is anyone interested in IBM terminals from roughly 1985-1989? There is a > complete system, probably no keyboards. Located upper Midwest US. > > > > Cindy Croxton > > > > --- > This em

RE: 1985-1989 IBM terminals

2015-10-02 Thread Cindy Croxton
He says the servers are about knee tall. These are not yellowed, in nice shape. I am waiting for counts and model or part numbers. More than 2 pallets worth of equipment. The servers will cost because of the gold in the boards. The monitors he said could go free to a museum. -Original Message

Wanted: BeBox front plastics, IO riser

2015-10-02 Thread ethan
Hello all, I have a BeBox 66mhz that is missing the front plastic parts and the IO riser that has all the ports on it. By any chance does anyone have these parts available for sale? - Ethan -- Ethan O'Toole

update on IBM terminals

2015-10-02 Thread Cindy Croxton
The terminals are models 3472 and 3477. The keyboards are Model M. The server is a 3174-11R He did not give counts. Cindy --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

RE: update on IBM terminals

2015-10-02 Thread Dave G4UGM
Why are these always in the USA? I wouldn't have thought there was much gold in a 3174-11R I think there are only a couple of boards in them. The 3174-11R is normally connected to the host via SDLC and as such isn't usable "as-is" unless you have a Mainframe with an HDLC or BiSync cards. I Think

Re: Reinstalling SunOS 4.1.4 without CD drive

2015-10-02 Thread Mouse
> So, lets say you have your disk already partitioned the way you want it, and$ (In passing: please don't use paragraph-length lines.) It's been a while, but I'm fairly sure 4.1.x swapped onto b, with c being the whole-disk partition. (That's on disks. CDs are a completely different kettle of f

Re: update on IBM terminals

2015-10-02 Thread Mike Stein
The keyboards are probably worth the most ;-) 321565328456 262061662693 Or how about this one for only $1000: 262068557786 - Original Message - From: "Dave G4UGM" To: "'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'" Sent: Friday, October 02, 2015 2:13 PM Subject: RE: update on

Re: Thoughts on manual database design?

2015-10-02 Thread Mike Stein
Is that the way it's done these days, e.g. the contents of the Location field in three places, Location and Manual_Type only containing one field, no keys other than Manual_Key etc.? Looks like I'll have to brush up on database design... ;-) m - Original Message - From: "Jay Jaeg

RE: update on IBM terminals

2015-10-02 Thread Dave G4UGM
The keyboards go for stupid amounts, and get butchered... .. but note those you found are 12PF key boards with PS/2 jacks. The ones on the terminals will be 24PF Key, with a socket with a screw retaining ring Dave > -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp

Re: update on IBM terminals

2015-10-02 Thread Mike Stein
True enough; Model M covers a lot of variations, but I did add a smiley... ;-) There are 24PF keyboards on eBay, also worth more than I'd pay (unless I had to ;-) Do these usually have detachable cords? Many of them did... m - Original Message - From: "Dave G4UGM" To: "'General D

Re: One more try - Can you ID this S-100 Serial board?

2015-10-02 Thread Chris Elmquist
On Friday (10/02/2015 at 11:22AM -0500), drlegendre . wrote: > I think Holm nailed that one. The logo is probably just a coincidence, as > it's pretty safe to say this board didn't originate in the 'Bad Old Days' > of the DDR.. ;-) > > Seems like MCT in Shoreview, MN is our best working hypothesis

RE: update on IBM terminals

2015-10-02 Thread Dave G4UGM
Looking at "Sold" listings the going rate is between $50 and $100. Here is a more reasonably priced example similar to the others:- http://www.ebay.com/itm/121760785250 Thy have a detachable cable, but the keyboard end is rather an odd connector... Dave G4UGM > -Original Message- > Fr

Re: One more try - Can you ID this S-100 Serial board?

2015-10-02 Thread drlegendre .
I'd say that nails it, good work! Presently, I have a mail in to a Ken Ramsey who is a VP of sales at MCT. He believes that they may well have made the board, and has promised to forward my photos to their engineers - now in Malaysia - to see if anyone recognizes it. But at least we know who made

Sources for Old ISA boards

2015-10-02 Thread Douglas Taylor
I've seen the discussion here about sources for old IC's, ones that are out of production, mainly the DEC buss interface chips. Are there places where old PC cards can be found? I mean besides ebay. I'm looking for ISA interface cards that were for Bomem spectrometers, they are probably 20-2

Re: Reinstalling SunOS 4.1.4 without CD drive

2015-10-02 Thread Justin Dj Scott
Correct, b, not c... c is whole disk. My bad. Sorry about line length, I don't use HTML email, and expect the far end to wordwrap appropriate to the terminal width. ;) cheers, dj Mouse(mouse) wrote: > > So, lets say you have your disk already partitioned the way you want it, > > and$ > > (In

Re: Thoughts on manual database design?

2015-10-02 Thread Jay Jaeger
There are three columns named Location for a reason. There is the column Location in a table all by itself. That is a list of locations - not just for manuals, but, eventually, for all of my artifacts. Then there is a table of Cabinets. Each Cabinet has a single location at any given time. But

Re: Thoughts on manual database design?

2015-10-02 Thread Mike Stein
I'm just surprised that it looks like the names/descriptions are the key; what if you repaint the BLUE cabinet in your wife MARY'S BEDROOM red, or for that matter if you remarry and MARY'S BEDROOM becomes LINDA'S BEDROOM? Does the software update all occurrences automatically, or am I misund

Re: Thoughts on manual database design?

2015-10-02 Thread Jay Jaeger
The descriptions are not the keys to any table, but the names sometimes are, if there hasn't been a reason to use a different key. For example: Location is the key to the Location table. Location . Cabinet is the key to the Cabinet table - cabinets are not necessarily unique unto themselves but

Flexowriter

2015-10-02 Thread william degnan
Anyone out in CALI (I think he said Santa Cruz) who is looking for a very nice condition Flexowriter with desk. I wish I could take it, but I have a moratorium on new stuff for a while. It's museum quality. Email me privately for more info. I have only seen the pictures, don't know the guy who c

Re: Reinstalling SunOS 4.1.4 without CD drive

2015-10-02 Thread Mouse
> Sorry about line length, I don't use HTML email, and expect the far > end to wordwrap appropriate to the terminal width. ;) Then it would probably be a good idea to mark your text as rewrappable; without that, the receiver's UA has no way to know whether line breaks are significant or not. See

Re: Reinstalling SunOS 4.1.4 without CD drive

2015-10-02 Thread Mike Stein
No problem here; OE wrapped to the size of the window. m - Original Message - From: "Mouse" To: Sent: Friday, October 02, 2015 7:11 PM Subject: Re: Reinstalling SunOS 4.1.4 without CD drive Sorry about line length, I don't use HTML email, and expect the far end to wordwrap appr

Re: Thoughts on manual database design?

2015-10-02 Thread Mike Stein
Ah, OK; not really relational then, but as long as it works reliably... Yeah, you may not remarry or repaint a cabinet but it's quite possible that you'll move one... Doesn't your software provide for hiding the auto keys except during maintenance? No provision for multiple (changed) publi

Re: Thoughts on manual database design?

2015-10-02 Thread Jay Jaeger
On 10/2/2015 7:25 PM, Mike Stein wrote: > Ah, OK; not really relational then, but as long as it works reliably... Not *fully* relational. It fits at least one of the lower echelon orders, I think. > > Yeah, you may not remarry or repaint a cabinet but it's quite possible > that you'll move one.

Re: Thoughts on manual database design?

2015-10-02 Thread Mike Stein
- Original Message - From: "Jay Jaeger" To: Sent: Friday, October 02, 2015 9:08 PM Subject: Re: Thoughts on manual database design? On 10/2/2015 7:25 PM, Mike Stein wrote: ... No provision for multiple (changed) publishers so a given manual could show up under both Compaq or HP,

Re: Thoughts on manual database design?

2015-10-02 Thread Jay Jaeger
On 10/2/2015 8:40 PM, Mike Stein wrote: > > - Original Message - From: "Jay Jaeger" > To: > Sent: Friday, October 02, 2015 9:08 PM > Subject: Re: Thoughts on manual database design? > > >> On 10/2/2015 7:25 PM, Mike Stein wrote: > ... >>> No provision for multiple (changed) publishers

Re: Interlisp-D (Medley) "display font" disks for the 1186?

2015-10-02 Thread Josh Dersch
On 9/7/15 10:23 PM, Josh Dersch wrote: On 9/7/15 7:21 PM, Josh Dersch wrote: Quick update: This compiled (with warnings) on my Mac and seems to run fine. It does appear to support 5.25" 360K images and I was able to extract files from the 1186/6085 images (from Bitsavers). The ViewPoint i

Looking for RRD40 caddy

2015-10-02 Thread jpw
Hello all, I am looking for a CD caddy that is compatible with the DEC RRD40. Willing to pay for the caddy + shipping; haven't had any luck with eBay et. al. Thanks, JP Willis

Troubleshooting a 286.. oscope level!

2015-10-02 Thread ethan
Hello everyone, I'm working to troubleshoot a 286 laptop style computer. I've kind of hit the end of my knowledge and wondering if anyone has any insight. The computer in question I've never seen run. So I don't know normal behavior. There were a few caps inside that were leaking electrol

Writing SCSI 9-Track Mag Tapes from Windows/DOS

2015-10-02 Thread Marc Verdiell
Chuck, Thanks for your STP2T02.exe SCSI tape to SIMH program. Ran like a champ under Win98 DOS, first time. It's the only utility that did work out of the box to read a tape from my SCSI-1 HP 88780 9-track into a SIMH file, out of the 5 or so I tried. Before I jump to Linux, which seems to be th

Re: Writing SCSI 9-Track Mag Tapes from Windows/DOS

2015-10-02 Thread John Wilson
On Fri, Oct 02, 2015 at 11:28:49PM -0700, Marc Verdiell wrote: >Thanks for your STP2T02.exe SCSI tape to SIMH program. Ran like a champ >under Win98 DOS, first time. It's the only utility that did work out of the >box to read a tape from my SCSI-1 HP 88780 9-track into a SIMH file, out of >the 5