On 2016-Nov-07, at 10:06 PM, Jason Howe wrote:
> Are there any Wang people on this list?
>
> I came across a Wang 2243, which is an enclosure w/ 3 8-inch floppy drives in
> it for $75 in the local surplus shop.
>
> Is there a demand for something like this whole or is the value in the drives?
>
On 8 November 2016 at 01:42, Graham Toal wrote:
> the old clothes makes it sound like a prop buyer for movies... on the other
> hand they'd probably buy a dead one for less...
>
Maybe the buyer was taking this hobby to the next level: a vintage way of
life?
Depending on what the clothing was, maybe they just like the old stuff.
I buy good condition vintage shirts because I don't like the quality or fit of
the crap
they make today.
On 11/8/16 7:24 AM, Tom Moss wrote:
> Maybe the buyer was taking this hobby to the next level: a vintage way of
> life?
On 10/17/2016 11:23 AM, Jay Jaeger wrote:
> The back label says 8000-10A, which should indeed be a Z80 system with a
> hard disk. I have an Altos 1004 disk for the thing (and experience with
> its power supply ;) ), but when I bought mine, my seller (not the same
> as this one) mis-listed the CPU
On 11/07/2016 10:31 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
On 11/07/2016 07:59 PM, Mark Linimon wrote:
On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 at 11:23:58AM -0800, Chuck Guzis wrote:
But if you're a suburban resident living on Mulberry
Street, anything
but single-phase is pretty much out of the question.
Oh, you can get it -- bu
>
>
>
> As a follow up, I did end up purchasing the thing, in order to get the
> prerequisite Altos 8200 system board and hard disk controller to mate
> with my existing Altos disk. (My disk is the larger sized SA-4008,
> contrary to the 1004 I cited earlier). It is indeed a 8000-10 system,
> wit
> On Nov 8, 2016, at 8:47 AM, Jon Elson wrote:
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> On 11/07/2016 10:31 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
>> On 11/07/2016 07:59 PM, Mark Linimon wrote:
>>> On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 at 11:23:58AM -0800, Chuck Guzis wrote:
But if you're a suburban resident living on Mulberry Street, anything
but single-p
> On Nov 8, 2016, at 12:08 PM, Guy Sotomayor Jr wrote:
>
>
>> On Nov 8, 2016, at 8:47 AM, Jon Elson wrote:
>>
>> On 11/07/2016 10:31 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
>>> On 11/07/2016 07:59 PM, Mark Linimon wrote:
On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 at 11:23:58AM -0800, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> But if you're a sub
On Tue, 8 Nov 2016, Brent Hilpert wrote:
On 2016-Nov-07, at 10:06 PM, Jason Howe wrote:
Are there any Wang people on this list?
I came across a Wang 2243, which is an enclosure w/ 3 8-inch floppy drives in
it for $75 in the local surplus shop.
Is there a demand for something like this whol
> On Nov 8, 2016, at 9:22 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
>
>
>> On Nov 8, 2016, at 12:08 PM, Guy Sotomayor Jr wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On Nov 8, 2016, at 8:47 AM, Jon Elson wrote:
>>>
>>> On 11/07/2016 10:31 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
On 11/07/2016 07:59 PM, Mark Linimon wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 a
On Tue, 8 Nov 2016 09:33:37 -0800
Guy Sotomayor Jr wrote:
> > On Nov 8, 2016, at 9:22 AM, Paul Koning
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >> On Nov 8, 2016, at 12:08 PM, Guy Sotomayor Jr
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Nov 8, 2016, at 8:47 AM, Jon Elson
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On 11/07/2016 10:31 PM
Jason Howe wrote:
> Are there any Wang people on this list?
>I came across a Wang 2243, which is an enclosure w/ 3 8-inch floppy drives in
>it for $75 in the local surplus shop.
Jim Battle might be interested: http://wang2200.org.
He's got a keen interest in Wang Labs 2200 (among some other stu
> On Nov 8, 2016, at 12:33 PM, Guy Sotomayor Jr wrote:
>
> ...
>>
>> A VFD is a good option and may be quite economical if you get one of the low
>> cost simple ones. I have one (3 hp model for my lathe) that cost only a bit
>> over $100, though the price has gone up since. (Westinghouse TE
another rathole :-(
picked up some ST125 mfm drives and a multibus-ish floppy/mfm controller on
ebay that came from a AR/Telenex
8600 Autoscope, which is a high-level protocol analyzer because it used an
example of a hard disk controller
chip I had never seen used before (Signetics 68454)
http:
On Tue, 8 Nov 2016, Rick Bensene wrote:
Jason Howe wrote:
Are there any Wang people on this list?
I came across a Wang 2243, which is an enclosure w/ 3 8-inch floppy drives in
it for $75 in the local surplus shop.
Jim Battle might be interested: http://wang2200.org.
He's got a keen inter
Weirdstuff Warehouse has recently acquired a clean AS400 9406-170. It
was taken out of service where it was running. The lot includes
manuals, terminals, printers, cables, etc. I took a bunch of pictures
of the unit which are available via the link below:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B7
To hijack this thread...
While sorting out some more stuff here I found an Atlantic Research
protocol analyser.
The front cover says it's a model 3600, but some of the PCBs say 4500
on them. Since
from what little is on-line the 3600 could be upgraded to a 4500, I
wonder if that is what
happened t
On 11/8/16 11:21 AM, Tony Duell wrote:
> I don't suppose anyone has the manuals for it
>
there are a couple of 4600 technical manuals listed on eBay
they probably won't have schematics, though
On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 7:31 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
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>
> On 11/8/16 11:21 AM, Tony Duell wrote:
>
>> I don't suppose anyone has the manuals for it
>>
>
> there are a couple of 4600 technical manuals listed on eBay
> they probably won't have schematics, though
>
>
>
I am pretty sure the 4600 is
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Paul
> Koning
> Sent: 08 November 2016 17:22
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
>
> Subject: Re: Supercomputers, fishing for information
>
>
> > On Nov 8, 2016, at 12:08 PM, Guy
> On Nov 8, 2016, at 11:51 AM, Dave Wade wrote:
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>
>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Paul
>> Koning
>> Sent: 08 November 2016 17:22
>> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
>>
>> Subject: Re: Supercomputers, fis
Hi all --
I'm working on getting a TC11 + TU56 running at the LCM+L. We plan to use
it as a tool for various archival and restoration efforts.
After restoring the power supplies, I have it lashed up to a PDP-11/44 -- I
know this is anachronistic, but it's been a workhorse machine with ethernet
a
On 11/8/16 12:37 PM, Josh Dersch wrote:
> I've assembled and run on RT-11 and it goes through the motions of
> writing out the timing and mark tracks, but when it goes through the second
> pass to write out the block numbers it fails immediately
Did you set the switch on the controller front pan
I’m looking to have to do something to get 3-phase for the IBM 4331
gear. I haven’t quite added up the power requirements yet but I’m
guessing its going to be in the 10-15kVA range. Since the power to all
of the gear is really split between 3 loads (string of 4 3340 drives,
3803 control unit
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Guy
> Sotomayor Jr
> Sent: 08 November 2016 20:10
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
>
> Subject: Re: Supercomputers, fishing for information
>
>
> > On Nov 8, 2016, at 11:51 AM, D
> On Nov 8, 2016, at 3:37 PM, Josh Dersch wrote:
>
> Hi all --
>
> ...
> 2) I'm looking for means to format DECtapes on the TC11. I have a few
> marginal tapes and I'd like to see if reformatting them brings them back to
> life. The maintenance manual only indicates "a special program supplie
On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 12:54 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
>
> > On Nov 8, 2016, at 3:37 PM, Josh Dersch wrote:
> >
> > Hi all --
> >
> > ...
> > 2) I'm looking for means to format DECtapes on the TC11. I have a few
> > marginal tapes and I'd like to see if reformatting them brings them back
> to
> >
> From: Josh Dersch
> If I run them on SIMH configured as an 11/44, I see the same behavior.
> If I run them on SIMH configured as an 11/20, then I get the printout
> described in the documentation and listings. ... I haven't yet dug in
> to see what accounts for the difference
Toby Thain wrote:
> On 2016-11-07 8:34 AM, Holm Tiffe wrote:
> > Jörg Hoppe wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> my version of the MACRO11 cross-assembler for PDP-11 is now on
> >> https://github.com/j-hoppe/MACRO11 .
> >>
> >> Among others it fixes the "JMP Rn is illegal" error on "jmp (rx)" opcode.
>
On 08/11/16 19:35, Tony Duell wrote:
I am pretty sure the 4600 is totally different (it's the 3600 and 4500
that I am looking for). It's probably going to be less hassle to trace
the whole lot out. At least I recognise all the ICs apart from one
(and that's on one of the boards labelled '4500' so
On 11/8/16 3:46 PM, Antonio Carlini wrote:
>
> I have manuals for the ARC Interview 7000 and the Interview 8000, but I
> suspect that they are sufficiently different
> as to be of no use to you. I do think they are scanned though, so if you
> think they might be useful, please shout.
>
It w
On 11/08/2016 11:08 AM, Guy Sotomayor Jr wrote:
I’m looking to have to do something to get 3-phase for the
IBM 4331 gear. I haven’t quite added up the power
requirements yet but I’m guessing its going to be in the
10-15kVA range. Since the power to all of the gear is
really split between 3 loa
On 11/08/2016 11:33 AM, Guy Sotomayor Jr wrote:
Yea, that’s what I’m struggling with. The issue is that
the control units power the devices that are connected to
them (from what I can tell), so I have to power the entire
string as one unit. The same goes for the 3340’s - the
entire string is p
On 11/08/2016 11:55 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
The classic formula is 1 hp = 750 W. But there's more to the picture. Motors
draw a steady state current based on the power demanded from them, and the hp
rating shows the max that they are designed for. But when starting they draw
much more curr
well, not just ANY Multibus board
http://www.ebay.com/itm/262697366358
Just wanted to say thanks for doing this scan (and of course all the other
great work you do), Al, the quality was fantastic.
For anyone else that didn't notice this (or forgot to check back), it's at:
http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/epson/printer/P8001A_MX-80_Technical_Manua
On 11/8/16 1:43 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> From: Josh Dersch
> If I run them on SIMH configured as an 11/44, I see the same behavior.
> If I run them on SIMH configured as an 11/20, then I get the printout
> described in the documentation and listings. ... I haven't yet dug i
For a 432 board, I'm not all that surprised.
It only needs the 43203 board to be a system.
Eric S. would have loved to get that board.
I suspect 432 stuff is even rarer than Intel bouble
memory.
Dwight
From: cctalk on behalf of Al Kossow
Sent: Tuesday, Nov
A processor that Intel would love to forget...
On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 6:44 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
> well, not just ANY Multibus board
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/262697366358
>
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