The most versatile, effective cleaning tool /ever/. Not even sarcastic.
=]
--
Anders Nelson
+1 (517) 775-6129
www.erogear.com
On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 3:45 PM, dwight via cctalk
wrote:
> I always use my finger and finger nail. Your finger is very sensitive to
> even the tiniest piece of crud.
> From: Fritz Mueller
> My restored RK05 drives are missing their rear air filters (the ones that
> cover the back of the card cage).
The formal DEC name is "prefilter" (since the air that comes in here goes
through the cards, and the air blower, and then through the absolute filter
o
On 01/26/2018 07:15 PM, Jules Richardson via cctalk wrote:
After that... well, I need to work out how to get the entire supply
assembly to start up while it's open, so that I can work on it outside the
machine - then I can at least start looking for differences between the two
supplies (boy, are
On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 9:04 AM, Jules Richardson via cctalk
wrote:
>
> Time to add CPU/memory in, wire up a console cable and see what happens, I
> guess.
With the PSU working everything else should be easier to get going after that.
Did you figure out what the hard drive is? A working RD54 wou
On Jan 27, 2018, at 8:46 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk
wrote:
> http://gunkies.org/wiki/RK05_disk_drive#Prefilter_frame
Thank you!
> On 27 Jan 2018, at 17:04, Jules Richardson via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> On 01/26/2018 07:15 PM, Jules Richardson via cctalk wrote:
>> After that... well, I need to work out how to get the entire supply
>> assembly to start up while it's open, so that I can work on it outside the
>> machine - then
I thoroughly enjoyed Marc's video of the head cleaning.
Some dumb questions from a guy who has not yet experienced his first head crash
on a removable-pack hard drive:
When it happens, am I correct in assuming that the pack is toast, and should
never be loaded again?
My removable-pack drives a
I’d like to thank whoever it was who added the Abit K8V Pro/Winbond W83627HF
with its test results to the TESTFDC page for writing SSSD disks. I’ve been
trying to get a similar setup going for a fortnight now and last week found
this motherboard on e*ay for Not Many UK Pounds. Coupled with a scr
windows 98 on a athlon 64 shoiuld be one of the fastest windows installs
ever :)
anyhow cool rig for messing with stuff
On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 1:16 PM, Adrian Graham via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> I’d like to thank whoever it was who added the Abit K8V Pro/Winbond
> W83627HF with
Thanks for the tip on heating, Carl.
> On Jan 27, 2018, at 11:02 AM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk
> wrote:
> Some dumb questions from a guy who has not yet experienced his first head
> crash on a removable-pack hard drive:
>
> When it happens, am I correct in assuming that the pack is toast, and
That came off of the original import from Dave's old registry. I've still
got to go through and approve the new submissions, planning on doing that
this weekend, as well as adding a few of my own!
Thanks,
Jonathan
On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 2:16 PM, Adrian Graham via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org>
A 380Z, nice! I used to use those when I was at University. My final year
project used one connected to a research machine called MU6-G for diagnostics.
All the registers in the machine were connected up as one enormous shift
register, so you could get and set any register in the machine from th
On 01/27/2018 11:44 AM, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote:
On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 9:04 AM, Jules Richardson via cctalk
wrote:
Time to add CPU/memory in, wire up a console cable and see what happens, I
guess.
With the PSU working everything else should be easier to get going after that.
Did you f
On Jan 27, 2018, at 11:05 AM, Mark J. Blair via cctech
wrote:
> Isopropyl alcohol. Not very good for drinking; even store-brand vodka in
> plastic jugs is less harsh. :)
Haha — I don’t think I’ve had any “jug vodka” since college house-party days,
but that takes me back :-)
—FritzM.
I have an ADV11-A that I would like to use in a Q22 RSX11M+ system. The
ADV11-C will work in a 22-bit Bus system from what I understand but the ADV11-A
was made for 18 bit Bus systems. In the OEM Micronote book, Note 5, it states:
Any device which uses backplane pins BC1, BD1, BEl, BF1 or
The IPA is heated to 60C before the ultrasound is able to remove the oxide
remnants, FWIW.
While we can often get the entire smooth surface of the head clean with
swabs and IPA, it is very difficult to clean all the material that forms in
the cruciform trench recessed into the head (where the read
> On Jan 27, 2018, at 11:16 AM, Mark Matlock via cctech
> wrote:
>
> I have an ADV11-A that I would like to use in a Q22 RSX11M+ system. The
> ADV11-C will work in a 22-bit Bus system from what I understand but the
> ADV11-A was made for 18 bit Bus systems. In the OEM Micronote book, Note 5,
ipa as in beer?
On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 12:17 PM, Carl Claunch via cctech <
cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> The IPA is heated to 60C before the ultrasound is able to remove the oxide
> remnants, FWIW.
>
> While we can often get the entire smooth surface of the head clean with
> swabs and IPA, it
Isopropyl alcohol would be a sensible guess, I've not seen that
abbreviation before though .
- H
On Sat, Jan 27, 2018, 18:24 Adrian Stoness via cctech
wrote:
> ipa as in beer?
>
> On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 12:17 PM, Carl Claunch via cctech <
> cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> > The IPA is heated
> On Jan 27, 2018, at 10:23, Adrian Stoness via cctech
> wrote:
>
> ipa as in beer?
Isopropyl alcohol. Not very good for drinking; even store-brand vodka in
plastic jugs is less harsh. :)
--
Mark J. Blair, NF6X
http://www.nf6x.net/
Yeah for me IPA=India Pale Ale
On 2018-01-27 2:45 PM, Henry Bond via cctalk wrote:
Isopropyl alcohol would be a sensible guess, I've not seen that
abbreviation before though .
- H
On Sat, Jan 27, 2018, 18:24 Adrian Stoness via cctech
wrote:
ipa as in beer?
On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 12:17 PM
> On 27 Jan 2018, at 20:23, Rob Jarratt wrote:
>
> A 380Z, nice! I used to use those when I was at University. My final year
> project used one connected to a research machine called MU6-G for
> diagnostics. All the registers in the machine were connected up as one
> enormous shift register,
On 01/27/2018 02:43 PM, Jules Richardson via cctalk wrote:
There's a ref here for the status codes:
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c01608433
OK, looking at the 630QB tech manual now, which seems to be where these
were lifted from... and of course it points out t
On 01/27/2018 12:51 PM, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote:
Anyway, I tweaked my loads to draw a little more current - and bingo!
I'm now getting stable +5V and +12V outputs on both PSUs, a working
card cage fan, and the DC OK light comes on.
This is good, particularly since my own BA123 has been s
On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 1:02 PM, Jules Richardson via cctalk
wrote:
>
> OK, looking at the 630QB tech manual now, which seems to be where these were
> lifted from... and of course it points out that the LEDs on the M7606
> correspond to the hex codes on the panel (i.e. my four red LEDs with the
>
On 01/27/2018 03:02 PM, Jules Richardson via cctalk wrote:
OK, looking at the 630QB tech manual now, which seems to be where these
were lifted from... and of course it points out that the LEDs on the M7606
correspond to the hex codes on the panel (i.e. my four red LEDs with the
middle pair flashi
I too watched Marc's video with great interest, as I have a pair of Diablo 31's
identical to his.
Now, I'm a long long long way from getting them operational, but it's good to
see what has worked for
future reference.
As I'd never be able to find a similar alignment pack, the heads in mine would
On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 4:34 PM, Jules Richardson via cctalk
wrote:
> Success!
Congratulations!
> I'd left the rear panel console settings how they were when I got the
> machine, I mean 'T' for terminal, right? Wrong... arrow for terminal, 'T'
> for "sit there alternating between F and 9, and dr
On Sat, 27 Jan 2018, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote:
I?d like to thank whoever it was who added the Abit K8V Pro/Winbond W83627HF
with its test results to the TESTFDC page for writing SSSD disks. I?ve been
trying to get a similar setup going for a fortnight now and last week found
this motherb
Speaking of these drives, I have a single decpack cartridge which hitchhiked
along with a purchase of RL02 packs. It's marked "decpack 2200 BPI-12" and has
12 sector notches in the hub. Does that mean that it was most likely used with
an RK05 drive in a PDP-11 system? I seem to recall that packs
On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 4:34 PM, Jules Richardson via cctalk
wrote:
> Success!
Congratulations!
> I'd left the rear panel console settings how they were when I got the
> machine, I mean 'T' for terminal, right? Wrong... arrow for terminal, 'T'
> for "sit there alternating between F and 9, and d
On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 2:02 PM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk
wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 4:34 PM, Jules Richardson via cctalk
> wrote:
>> Success!
>
> Congratulations!
>
>> I'd left the rear panel console settings how they were when I got the
>> machine, I mean 'T' for terminal, right? Wrong... a
> On 27 Jan 2018, at 21:55, Mike Loewen via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 27 Jan 2018, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote:
>
>> I?d like to thank whoever it was who added the Abit K8V Pro/Winbond W83627HF
>> with its test results to the TESTFDC page for writing SSSD disks. I?ve been
>> trying to g
(2nd go, fat fingers posted from the wrong account, apologies if it double
posts)
> On 27 Jan 2018, at 21:55, Mike Loewen via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 27 Jan 2018, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote:
>
>> I?d like to thank whoever it was who added the Abit K8V Pro/Winbond W83627HF
>> with its
BTW, what's the difference between a KK11-A and KK11-B?
Thanks,
Marc
On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 6:21 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> > From: Mattis Lind
>
> > I have now scanned the MP00574 / KK11-A printset I have received.
>
> Thank you very much for doing t
On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 5:13 PM, Glen Slick wrote:
>> Just be sure to follow the grant chain - the BA23 and BA123 have a
>> hybrid backplane where the first few slots are CD slots and the rest
>> are serpentine (3 CD slots for BA23, 5 CD slots for BA123).
>
> First 4 slots of a BA123 are Q22/CD, n
On Sat, 27 Jan 2018, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote:
Now where did I put that 8? drive...
I'm using a Tandon 848 on mine.
My pair are Tandons, they?re in a CPT8500 word processor which I?d also like to
get going at some point. Any tips on coaxing them back into life?
Nothing specific
> From: Marc Howard
> what's the difference between a KK11-A and KK11-B?
KK11-A -> -11/34
KK11-B -> -11/44
Noel
On 01/27/2018 04:02 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 4:34 PM, Jules Richardson via cctalk
wrote:
Success!
Congratulations!
ish... :-)
It seems that my DHV11 board is bad - the system stalls on the PSU tests
with it plugged in.
The TK50 drive sits there with a rapidly-flas
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jules
> Richardson via cctalk
> Sent: 27 January 2018 23:39
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Subject: Re: DEC H7260 PSU fault
>
> On 01/27/2018 04:02 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
>
> On 27 Jan 2018, at 22:58, Mike Loewen via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 27 Jan 2018, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote:
>
Now where did I put that 8? drive...
>>>
>>> I'm using a Tandon 848 on mine.
>>
>> My pair are Tandons, they?re in a CPT8500 word processor which I?d also like
>> to
*sigh* Fat fingers again.
> On 27 Jan 2018, at 22:58, Mike Loewen via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 27 Jan 2018, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote:
>
Now where did I put that 8? drive...
>>>
>>> I'm using a Tandon 848 on mine.
>>
>> My pair are Tandons, they?re in a CPT8500 word processor w
chyron 8 inch disks chyron IV - m4100ex-- sports disc - fonts - font load
front compose etc
does anyone had this chyron and firing it up? some discs nice and
clean come have foam stuck to envelopes ..
maybe you have something we can use here. since I dont think we w
Another vote for the FDADAP. Could've built my own, but it's reasonably
priced, handles TG43, does RX50, and I like supporting John's work.
Thanks,
Jonathan
On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 7:06 PM, Adrian Graham via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> *sigh* Fat fingers again.
>
> > On 27 Jan 201
I don't like most IPAs. I do like lagers and most ale's like Sierra Nevada's.
Dwight
From: cctalk on behalf of Paul Berger via
cctalk
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2018 12:54:59 PM
To: Henry Bond via cctalk
Subject: Re:
Yeah for me IPA=India Pale Ale
On 2018-
With the drive actually hooked up to the controller, I'm getting "?54
RETRY" messages when it's trying to boot - however, I'm not entirely sure
what device it's trying to boot from! Maybe it's attempting the TK50, or
via Ethernet. I still need to read up on that and work out how to force it
to at
On 01/27/2018 02:43 PM, Jules Richardson via cctalk wrote:
Well, there's someone's hand-written sticker on the top
saying it's a lowly RD51 - however the actual p/n sticker
says it's an RD53-A and the defect table lists it as
ST506, 85MB.
Of course it probably doesn't work anyway ;-)
The l
Three ‘computing’ events are happening:
1) The i-Pad was introduced by S. Jobs 8 yrs. ago and defined a ‘new’
computing paradigm for the masses. The reason I mention this event is
because a young friend(20 yrs. old) said “That’s ancient computing!” What
is one to make of classic-computing t
yea ipa's are to bitter
have u had a saison though?
On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 6:38 PM, dwight via cctalk
wrote:
> I don't like most IPAs. I do like lagers and most ale's like Sierra
> Nevada's.
>
> Dwight
>
>
>
> From: cctalk on behalf of Paul Berger via
> cctalk
Next video: cleaning heads in fragly brewed IPA (the beer). I bet it would work
too. Ultrasound in hot solvent cleans stuff that no other method can.
Marc
> On Jan 27, 2018, at 5:26 PM, Adrian Stoness via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> yea ipa's are to bitter
>
> have u had a saison though?
>
> On Sat,
On 2018-01-27 8:16 PM, Murray McCullough via cctalk wrote:
> Three ‘computing’ events are happening:
>
>
>
> 1) The i-Pad ...
>
>
>
> 2) Bitcoin mining – The energy usage is extreme because of GPUs. Was
> 16-bit computer era, employing the 80287, such an energy hog?
It's extreme be
> From: Mark Matlock
>Any device which uses backplane pins BC1, BD1, BEl, BF1 or DC1, 001,
>DEl, OF!
Those last are probably typos for "DD1, DE1, DF1".
> Several other pins are also tied to ground on that connector such as
> BC2, BJ1, and BT1.
Yeah, those are all sta
On 01/27/2018 12:04 PM, Jules Richardson via cctalk wrote:
> On 01/26/2018 07:15 PM, Jules Richardson via cctalk wrote:
>> After that... well, I need to work out how to get the entire supply
>> assembly to start up while it's open, so that I can work on it
>> outside the
>> machine - then I can at
FWIW, Found these bits in the TOPS-10 7.04 sources:
http://pdp-10.trailing-edge.com/tops10_704_monitoranf_bb-x140c-sb/01/10,7/anf10/chk11.p11.html
Search for ";DETERMINE THE DL10 BASE ADDRESS"
Which tries setting the following bit pattern:
DL.CNX!DL.CPE!DL.CWC!DL.11C
Those bits and others can b
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