Re: Identifying TO-3 w/HP house numbering

2018-10-16 Thread Curious Marc via cctalk
Can't find it either in any of the X-ref lists I have. As you know already, 1854 are usually NPN transistors, but around these numbers I see mostly Darlingtons in my collection. So maybe that's what you have, and why the junctions would test weird. Marc > On Oct 15, 2018, at 10:21 PM, Josh Ders

Re: Identifying TO-3 w/HP house numbering

2018-10-16 Thread Curious Marc via cctalk
Forgot to mention, I have a 2382A that works (affectionately known as the "Munchkin" terminal). I could measure some stuff in mine for comparison if that could help out. For the HP curious, the 2382A makes an appearance at the end of one of my videos: https://youtu.be/GLkhcDAOVPo?t=19m50 It is

Re: Ultrix Tape: Block Size?

2018-10-16 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
On Tue, 16 Oct 2018, Warren Toomey wrote: All, I received this request from Matthew who isn't subscribed to either the TUHS or cctalk lists. He knows how to read the lists archives. Many thanks for any help you can provide. Cheers, Warren See https://ifctfvax.superglobalmegacorp.com/releases/UN

Re: Identifying TO-3 w/HP house numbering

2018-10-16 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
On Mon, 15 Oct 2018, Josh Dersch wrote: Got an HP 2382A terminal I'm attempting to resurrect. I get no video, no heater, no high voltage. What I believe to be the horizontal output transistor appears to be bad, but I'm not sure if this thing contains internal diodes that might be throwing off m

Documation TM200 card reader - pinch roller restoration

2018-10-16 Thread Guy Dunphy via cctalk
Previously: Manual for Documation TM200 punched card reader Restoration of the mechanics of my TM200 punch card reader progresses. There's a writeup here: http://everist.org/NobLog/20180922_data_in_holes.htm#tm200 Currently I'm machining a mold to cast new pinch rollers - and there's the rub (o

Re: Identifying TO-3 w/HP house numbering

2018-10-16 Thread David Collins via cctalk
The 9816 uses a BUZ45 - might be the same as the 2382? David Collins +61 424 785 131 > On 16 Oct 2018, at 3:24 pm, Curious Marc via cctech > wrote: > > Forgot to mention, I have a 2382A that works (affectionately known as the > "Munchkin" terminal). I could measure some stuff in mine for comp

Re: Documation TM200 card reader - pinch roller restoration

2018-10-16 Thread Steve Malikoff via cctalk
Guy said > Restoration of the mechanics of my TM200 punch card reader progresses. > There's a writeup here: > http://everist.org/NobLog/20180922_data_in_holes.htm#tm200 Very interesting page, thanks > Obviously too much 'squish' is undesirable since the roller would get > permanently deformed wh

Re: Wanted: tech docs on original Iomega 8-inch full height 10MB Bernoulli drive (Alpha-10)

2018-10-16 Thread Michael Brutman via cctalk
Get a cleaning cartridge ... it's the easiest way. In theory the head is slightly recessed behind the polished plate that establishes the airflow near the media; remember, the media deforms and rises toward the head, making contact with the polished plate but not touching the head. So maybe a su

Re: Documation TM200 card reader - pinch roller restoration

2018-10-16 Thread Mattis Lind via cctalk
Den tis 16 okt. 2018 kl 11:52 skrev Guy Dunphy via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org>: > Previously: Manual for Documation TM200 punched card reader > > Restoration of the mechanics of my TM200 punch card reader progresses. > There's a writeup here: > http://everist.org/NobLog/20180922_data_in_holes.

Re: [TUHS] Ultrix Tape: Block Size?

2018-10-16 Thread William Pechter via cctalk
DEC Tape II was the serial driven TU58. The TK50 was CompacTape or something like that. It was the predecessor of a number of square tapes... See DLT on Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Linear_Tape Bill -Original Message- From: Paul Winalski To: Clem Cole Cc: The Eun

Re: Identifying TO-3 w/HP house numbering

2018-10-16 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
Thanks, all, for the responses! The way it measures out makes it look like it may be an MJ10006 or similar. I think it's probably ok. I poked around a bit more this morning and it's looking like part of the flyback is shorted out -- we have a 2382 at the museum and I popped it open just now and

Re: [TUHS] Ultrix Tape: Block Size?

2018-10-16 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Oct 16, 2018, at 1:23 PM, William Pechter via cctalk > wrote: > > DEC Tape II was the serial driven TU58. > The TK50 was CompacTape or something like that. It was the predecessor of a > number of square tapes... > > See DLT on Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Linear_T

Re: [TUHS] Ultrix Tape: Block Size?

2018-10-16 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 1:49 PM Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > > On Oct 16, 2018, at 1:23 PM, William Pechter via cctalk > > wrote: > > > > DEC Tape II was the serial driven TU58. > > The TK50 was CompacTape or something like that. It was the predecessor of > > a number of square tapes... > >

Re: Documation TM200 card reader - pinch roller restoration

2018-10-16 Thread Guy Dunphy via cctalk
Update: I've received good clear photos of the roller pairs, from which I can work out a sufficiently accurate diameter for the pinch roller. Thanks David and Ed. My guess of 27.5 WAS quite a bit off. Preliminary working from the photo gives a roller Dia of 27.2 mm, ie only just touching. But t

Re: Documation TM200 card reader - pinch roller restoration

2018-10-16 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Guy Dunphy > The mechanics has no adjustment or spring tension on the pinch roller > positions. ... all the spring is in the rubber of the rollers. > But how much squish? > ... > I'm hoping someone might have some knowledge of how much punch card > reader pinch

Re: Documation TM200 card reader - pinch roller restoration

2018-10-16 Thread Guy Dunphy via cctalk
At 07:21 PM 16/10/2018 -0400, you wrote: >> From: Guy Dunphy > >> The mechanics has no adjustment or spring tension on the pinch roller >> positions. ... all the spring is in the rubber of the rollers. >> But how much squish? >> ... >> I'm hoping someone might have some know

Re: Identifying TO-3 w/HP house numbering

2018-10-16 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 11:19 AM Josh Dersch wrote: > Thanks, all, for the responses! The way it measures out makes it look > like it may be an MJ10006 or similar. I think it's probably ok. > > I poked around a bit more this morning and it's looking like part of the > flyback is shorted out --

Re: Wanted: tech docs on original Iomega 8-inch full height 10MB Bernoulli drive (Alpha-10)

2018-10-16 Thread David Schmidt via cctalk
On 10/15/18 1:00 PM, cctech-requ...@classiccmp.org wrote: From: Michael Brutman Hi Eric, I have working 10MB and 20MB units here being driven by a PC XT with the Iomega specific card for them. I've had to puts lots of effort into cleaning the heads on them. I'm not sure if there is an oxide

Re: Wanted: tech docs on original Iomega 8-inch full height 10MB Bernoulli drive (Alpha-10)

2018-10-16 Thread Hagstrom, Paul via cctalk
> On Oct 16, 2018, at 7:28 AM, David Schmidt via cctech > wrote: > > On 10/15/18 1:00 PM, cctech-requ...@classiccmp.org wrote: >> From: Michael Brutman >> Hi Eric, >> I have working 10MB and 20MB units here being driven by a PC XT with the >> Iomega specific card for them. >> I've had to puts

Re: [TUHS] Ultrix Tape: Block Size?

2018-10-16 Thread Clem Cole via cctalk
On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 12:57 PM Paul Winalski wrote: > The block size is almost certainly 512 bytes. > Which is what I said - the block siize is set by the HW. But ... the issue is trying to get the TK-50 to stream. Hence the traditional unix: dd ibs=64K obs=XXX | tar xvfp - trick. This will

Re: [TUHS] Ultrix Tape: Block Size?

2018-10-16 Thread Paul Winalski via cctalk
On 10/15/18, Clem Cole wrote: > #$%^ - they >>weren't<< like DECtape from a reliability standpoint ... > ᐧ The original DECtape was extremely reliable. Not so the TK50. Calling it "DECtape II" was an insult to the original DECtape. The problem wasn't so much the drive itself, but the controller.

Re: [TUHS] Ultrix Tape: Block Size?

2018-10-16 Thread Clem Cole via cctalk
But Paul's comment is still right on - the controller for both was a 1MHz i8085 and just could not keep up. I hated both .. its' too bad DEC refused to use QIC. They did eventually use 4mm DAT on an SCSI (and actually OEM'ed the drive from HP it turns out). The 8mm [Exabyte Unit] was from CSS a

Re: [TUHS] Ultrix Tape: Block Size?

2018-10-16 Thread Paul Winalski via cctalk
On 10/16/18, William Pechter wrote: > DEC Tape II was the serial driven TU58. > The TK50 was CompacTape or something like that. It was the predecessor of a > number of square tapes... > > See DLT on Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Linear_Tape > My mistake. Yes, I was thinking o

TK50, was: Re: [TUHS] Ultrix Tape: Block Size?

2018-10-16 Thread emanuel stiebler via cctalk
On 2018-10-16 20:37, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > > >> On Oct 16, 2018, at 1:23 PM, William Pechter via cctalk >> wrote: >> >> DEC Tape II was the serial driven TU58. >> The TK50 was CompacTape or something like that. It was the predecessor of a >> number of square tapes... >> >> See DLT o