On Apr 18, 2016, at 10:05 PM, Ian Finder wrote:
> https://www.instagram.com/p/6GLEvutS_e/?taken-by=tr1nitr0n
Are those a 68450 DMAC and 68451 MMU on the board next to the 68010?
-- Chris
> On Apr 18, 2016, at 10:11 PM, Eric Korpela wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
>>
>> I did some research among the antique fan collectors on the web.
>> Here's what's been recommended, in no particular order:
>
> And if you're looking to preserve an extremely va
Very cool,
Glad it was able to be saved, sounds like a neat system, do you have any
specs on it, that you can share?
On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 1:07 PM, Ian Finder wrote:
> Thank you all, and thanks Jay West for this wonderful venue.
>
> Less than 24 hours later the machine is spoken for, and I'm
On Mon, 18 Apr 2016, Ian Finder wrote:
I don't really need anything- the machine was new in box and works
correctly. It has media- but I'd love more context if people know it. Sure,
it's a very boring generic M68K box, but I can barely find any record of it
existing.
While (probably) not direct
On Apr 18, 2016, at 11:15 PM, drlegendre . wrote:
> Unless the Braycote products are directly interchangeable with Sperm Whale
> oil, how is your comparison even remotely relevant?
>
> They are rendered from entirely different sources. Whale oil is a natural,
> animal-derived product that pretty
Well, after discussing all things that can go wrong with a floppy disk to
corrupt or destroy it, it makes me wonder about another vintage media
format: the cart.
How long will they last?
Why does blowing on them help? (mosture? cleaning action?)
Are some better than others in terms of longevi
Unless the Braycote products are directly interchangeable with Sperm
Whale oil, how is your comparison even remotely relevant?
Well whale oil is merely an example illustrating that there are other
expensive and/or hard to come by lubricants.
> On Apr 19, 2016, at 10:53 AM, Swift Griggs wrote:
>
>
> Well, after discussing all things that can go wrong with a floppy disk to
> corrupt or destroy it, it makes me wonder about another vintage media
> format: the cart.
You mean a ROM cartridge as opposed to a magnetic tape cartridge, ri
Very cool,
Glad it was able to be saved, sounds like a neat system, do you have any
specs on it, that you can share?
Warms my SGI fanboy side to see these systems being saved!
--
Ethan O'Toole
On Tue, 19 Apr 2016, Paul Koning wrote:
> You mean a ROM cartridge as opposed to a magnetic tape cartridge, right?
> ("Cart" is also broadcast radio slang for magnetic tape cartridges,
> vaguely like an 8-track tape in appearance.)
ROM carts, yes. I know what you mean about the old radio "carts
How long will they last?
Probably a long time, but dump them all anyways! You never know!
Why does blowing on them help? (mosture? cleaning action?)
The moisure makes the connection work better or something, so that is
where it comes from. Cleaning the contacts is best, and if it's a NES yo
On 2016-Apr-19, at 8:13 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
>
>> On Apr 19, 2016, at 10:53 AM, Swift Griggs wrote:
>>
>>
>> Well, after discussing all things that can go wrong with a floppy disk to
>> corrupt or destroy it, it makes me wonder about another vintage media
>> format: the cart.
>
> You mea
On 04/19/2016 08:13 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
>
>> On Apr 19, 2016, at 10:53 AM, Swift Griggs
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Well, after discussing all things that can go wrong with a floppy
>> disk to corrupt or destroy it, it makes me wonder about another
>> vintage media format: the cart.
>
> You mean a R
On Tue, 19 Apr 2016, et...@757.org wrote:
> > Glad it was able to be saved, sounds like a neat system, do you have any
> > specs on it, that you can share?
> Warms my SGI fanboy side to see these systems being saved!
I agree. I'm just glad I don't have to find the space or lift the damn thing
:-)
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> From: Jon Elson
> If you open one of these up, make sure to oil the cotton packing to
> supply oil gradually to the bearing.
I don't see any sign of a cotton packing around it (but maybe it's just
sealed away where I
On 04/19/2016 08:52 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> Thanks very much for taking the time to do that; my only concern is
> to wonder if their experience is applicable, since these things are
> turning an order of magnitude faster than old household fans.
Is it really that extreme? Most US AC induction
I agree. I'm just glad I don't have to find the space or lift the damn thing
:-)
Compared to IBM, Sun big iron, Cray big iron the SGI Origin 2000/Onyx2 and
Challenge XL/Onyx are very friendly fridge sized computers! They roll
easy, they're lightweight and not overbuilt. They use a simple 220v
I love the Onyx rack.
Ethan wrote:
> I think they're the best of the newer large computers
They're something splendidly entertaining about a big honkin' graphical
workstation that you can roll up to and poke around the GUI on.
I have one of the full rack 3-phase ones in Seattle which, like the o
On Apr 19, 2016, at 10:52 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> Speaking of orientation, though: these fans, like most PDP-11 fans, send air
> downwards. I was thinking of flipping them, to send the heat upwards (its
> 'natural' direction), but after pondering a bit, I'm not sure this is a good
> idea: the a
On Tue, 19 Apr 2016, et...@757.org wrote:
> > Why does blowing on them help? (mosture? cleaning action?)
> The moisure makes the connection work better or something, so that is
> where it comes from. Cleaning the contacts is best, and if it's a NES you
> can replace the "finger module" or the slo
On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 7:45 PM, drlegendre . wrote:
> Forgive my ignorance..
>
> What could possibly justify a cost of $25,000 (US) for a liter of this
> Braycote material? Of course, I'm extrapolating - $25/gm, assuming
> 1000gm/l.
>
First, I'm not trying to justify it outside of special circu
On 4/18/16 4:36 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
> John Craig experienced a process that a friend called "the inevitable decline
> of flea-markets".
two things have killed the electronics ones off in the Bay Area
eBay
and the nail in the coffin
the state of California requiring a sales number if you s
On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 8:39 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> What's the going price per gallon of sperm whale oil?
>
Quite a bit more than Braycote, I'm sure. And it would be nowhere near as
good. But if I were restoring a $25,000 machine, spending $250 on 10 grams
of Braycote wouldn't seem outrageou
> two things have killed the electronics ones off in the Bay Area
>
> eBay
Well, eBay is killing itself slowly. Every year they make more and more
onerous and anti-buyer rules and policies. That coupled with the fact that
shipping rates are becoming unbearable is going to end eBay in electronics
They're something splendidly entertaining about a big honkin' graphical
workstation that you can roll up to and poke around the GUI on.
Only the Onyx series has graphics :-) Most of ours at NASA were headless
with nothing but a serial console, and lots of CPUs. They crunched
satellite data all
Sellam why has he retired??
I didn't say that. He simply stepped back from owning/managing VCF.
He'll still be at VCF West and we invited him to be an exhibit judge.
Hey all --
Finally got the power supplies in my 11/750 humming again (after numerous
failures) and generally things are looking good -- it passes microverify (I
get the '%%' output at power-up) and most diagnostics (that I can run
without an RDM) are passing.
The ECKAL (Cache/TB) Diagnostic is fa
On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 1:29 PM, Evan Koblentz wrote:
> Sellam why has he retired??
>>
>
> I didn't say that. He simply stepped back from owning/managing VCF. He'll
> still be at VCF West and we invited him to be an exhibit judge.
>
exhibit judge?
--
@ BillDeg:
Web: vintagecomputer.net
Twi
On Tue, 19 Apr 2016, et...@757.org wrote:
They're something splendidly entertaining about a big honkin' graphical
workstation that you can roll up to and poke around the GUI on.
Only the Onyx series has graphics :-) Most of ours at NASA were headless with
nothing but a serial console, and lo
Sellam why has he retired??
I didn't say that. He simply stepped back from owning/managing VCF. He'll
still be at VCF West and we invited him to be an exhibit judge.
exhibit judge?
We haven't had judging at VCF East, but Sellam always did at West and
we'll probably continue it this su
From: Evan Koblentz
> For VCF-West, I have a ridiculous amount of crap to dispose of
Looking forward to seeing you there. I encourage you to sell as much as
possible in consignment as long as it's on-topic. :)
**
Evan,
One thing I ALWAYS looked forward to at the VCF shows was being ab
On 2016-04-16 18:07, Glen Slick wrote:
On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 5:44 AM, Robert Jarratt
wrote:
Anyone got the following document: DIGITAL Personal Workstation
System
Reference and Maintenance Guide
Only thing I managed to find so far:
http://www.cilinder.be/docs/digitalpwsau/miatasg.zip
Dow
Hi there,
Does anyone happen to have any manuals kicking around for Microscience
MFM hard disk drives?
One for the HH-1090 would be very nice -- especially if it includes
service information (read: schematics).
I have, as the gentleman said, a cunning plan... however, a little more
information w
On Tue, 19 Apr 2016, Ian Finder wrote:
> They're something splendidly entertaining about a big honkin' graphical
> workstation that you can roll up to and poke around the GUI on.
No doubt. The main thing to me is that they aren't "boring" business
machines. They were made to do fun creative thin
The original Onyx ('Terminator') generally only had 3-phase if it had the VME
backplane package added. Mine came from Boeing and had the VME cage (and a
bunch of custom hardware of which I have no real understanding what it
interfaces to), but it runs just fine on single-phase.
Ah okay.
For c
While arranging some shelves, I came across an Imlac PDS-1 printset
that I rescued from somewhere (I don't remember where)
What I didn't realize was that in the back of the printset was some
assembler source code for David Bloodgood's "Imlac terminal emulator
program".
Photos here:
http://imgu
I'm seeking the monitor for a Compugraphic MCS5 typesetter. If anyone has
one of these and is willing to let it go, please contact me directly.
Thanks!
--
Sellam Abraham VintageTech
---
On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 12:25 PM, Seth Morabito wrote:
> While arranging some shelves, I came across an Imlac PDS-1 printset
> that I rescued from somewhere (I don't remember where)
>
> What I didn't realize was that in the back of the printset was some
> assembler source code for David Bloodgood
Here's my top 3 weirdest devices I've ever sent email through, just for fun:
1. The AlphaSmart "Dana" which was a strange laptop-like device which ran
PalmOS. The email client was Eudora for PalmOS.
2. Sony eVilla BeIA appliance using some kind of (crappy) built-in mail
application.
3.
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From: "Swift Griggs"
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2016 3:53 PM
Subject: ROM Cartridges. Lifespan, and other tidbits
> Seen the crazy prices for rare Neo Geo carts? $400 bucks for "Twinkle Star
> Sprites" ? Sure!
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> > Remember the ones like Starfox for the SNES that had coprocessors
embedded
> > on them? Those were neat.
On Tue, 19 Apr 2016, Andrew Burton wrote:
> Sorry, you are wrong. I own three SNES games that use the SFX chip:
> Starfox, Stunt Race FX and Yoshi's Island (SFX chip used for sprite
> rotation and 3D objects, such as doors that fell towards the screen).
Cool. I thought there were only two as
> On Apr 19, 2016, at 4:15 PM, Mike Stein wrote:
>
> I finally found my micrometer; is there a cross-reference of pin # vs. depth
> or just a list of standard depths for ACE keys somewhere?
Look here, http://www.hpcworld.com/mobile/km/pocketcutup/index.html, click "See
the manual", it's at th
I finally found my micrometer; is there a cross-reference of pin # vs. depth or
just a list of standard depths for ACE keys somewhere?
m
On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 11:41 AM, Swift Griggs
wrote:
>
> On Tue, 19 Apr 2016, et...@757.org wrote:
> > > Why does blowing on them help? (mosture? cleaning action?)
> > The moisure makes the connection work better or something, so that is
> > where it comes from. Cleaning the contacts is best, a
On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 9:53 AM, Swift Griggs wrote:
>
> I have some 90's consoles in my collection and I fondly remember a few
> systems that took carts that family and friends owned back in the 80's and
> 90's. I thought the Colecovision Adam was awesome. My cousin had one and
> I
> was so je
On Tue, 19 Apr 2016, Mike Stein wrote:
I finally found my micrometer; is there a cross-reference of pin # vs.
depth or just a list of standard depths for ACE keys somewhere?
Yes. Called a "depth and space reference" (different for manufacturer,
and sometimes blank)
5 years ago, we had a simi
On Tue, 19 Apr 2016, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Tue, 19 Apr 2016, Paul Koning wrote:
Look here, http://www.hpcworld.com/mobile/km/pocketcutup/index.html, click
"See the manual", it's at the bottom of the first page.
Looks like a neat little machine. I don't have one (or any knowledge of
these devic
On Tue, 19 Apr 2016, Paul Koning wrote:
Look here, http://www.hpcworld.com/mobile/km/pocketcutup/index.html, click "See the
manual", it's at the bottom of the first page.
Looks like a neat little machine. I don't have one (or any knowledge of
these devices), but if I needed keys like that I'd
Also reference how you counted them, clockwise or counter clockwise.
There may be a standard, in a recent exercise with Jay West (who knows
more on this than I do) the locksmith we went to to have some of Jay's
measured keys made was used to people not recalling when they had the
codes that Fr
On 04/19/2016 11:22 AM, Ian Finder wrote:
If we're rambling about SGIs now, my all time fav. is the Indigo 2 R1000
Max Impact. You see one, and it looks normal enough, but when you pop that
cover- there is so much logic packed into that box! It's one of the densest
machines I've ever encountered.
Did not read the whole thread, ill chime in with a vote for a tiny drill, an
insulin syringe and ATF. done it since the 70s on muffin fans, 10 previous
years on bronze bushed blower motors.
Original message
From: Chuck Guzis
Date: 04/18/2016 22:22 (GMT-08:00)
To: "Genera
ATF.. ATF?!?!? Heresy, heresy!!
Not.
I suppose it depends what we're talking about, Type F or the various grades
of Dexron. But that's what I have in my pump oiler can. Per my
understanding, it's essentially a highly-refined 20W oil with a series of
additives that allow it to serve double-duty as
On 04/19/2016 08:29 PM, drlegendre . wrote:
ATF.. ATF?!?!? Heresy, heresy!!
Not.
I suppose it depends what we're talking about, Type F or the various grades
of Dexron. But that's what I have in my pump oiler can. Per my
understanding, it's essentially a highly-refined 20W oil with a series of
a
Hey, I'm always ready to learn..
One 'trick' I was taught, was to put a quart of ATF into an auto engine
that was down a quart of oil, and ready for a change. Claim was that it had
superior detergent / surfactant qualities, and would clean things up for
the change. You were supposed to run it for
I heard someone comment that there is some issue with game boy cartridges now
and was recommending not buying those anymore. I'm not sure of what the details
were.. maybe a battery issue? I think if they're bad they won't boot. Anyone
know the real details?
> It's a little costly for the amount of need that we have. What do
> you think of the Klom imitation of it?
I've got one of the Klom imitations coming. Report to follow...
If it helps anyone, I can produce Chicago double-sided keys from code.
This sort of thing:
http://www.repeater-builder.
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From: "Paul Koning"
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts"
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2016 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: Keys - Non-Ace was RE: ACE Key codes (xx2247 etc.)
> On Apr 19, 2016, at 4:15 PM, Mike Stein wrote:
>
> I finally found my micrometer; is there a cros
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