Hello folks,
We've had another shipment of retired DEC kit come in that's free to good
homes but it has to be either collected or earmarked for collection by
Thursday 17th October, I realise this isn't giving people much notice.
Alpha 4100 5/300, single CPU, 3GB RAM, DE450, KZPAAx2, FDDI, pedesta
What’s the best way to restore a dull BOT marker so I can get a good dump of a
tape? I don’t need a long-term fix since tapes themselves are in exceedingly
bad condition and are unlikely to survive more than one read.
On 10/13/19 5:35 PM, Wayne S via cctalk wrote:
> In 1981-1987 i worked for a company that used the MCBA system subroutines to
> develop a system to do trust plan administration for labor unions. Mostly it
> was remote data entry by the unions themselves over leased lines using black
> box modems
On 10/14/19 9:32 AM, Daniel Seagraves via cctalk wrote:
> What’s the best way to restore a dull BOT marker
replace it
there were rolls of brady BOT tape on ebay but I don't see them now
> > What’s the best way to restore a dull BOT marker
> replace it
> there were rolls of brady BOT tape on ebay but I don't see them now
Actually, it would be helpful when googling to know what this sort of
thing is used for in the _modern_ world. Presumably any NOS on ebay
that was made to be
On 10/14/19 12:26 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
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> On 10/14/19 9:32 AM, Daniel Seagraves via cctalk wrote:
>> What’s the best way to restore a dull BOT marker
>
> replace it
>
> there were rolls of brady BOT tape on ebay but I don't see them now
There are still people selling sensing foil
I have a very old roll of this that I used to put on to 9 track mag tape
in the DEC world:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/SCOTCH-65-7-32-X-100-NOS-ALUMINUM-FOIL-SPLICING-SENSING-TAPE-4-OPEN-REEL-DECKS-/192282792454
It is not the adhesive that fails, it is the metallised tape itself - I
just tried pe
On 10/14/19 1:05 PM, Nigel Johnson via cctalk wrote:
> I have a very old roll of this that I used to put on to 9 track mag tape
> in the DEC world:
>
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/SCOTCH-65-7-32-X-100-NOS-ALUMINUM-FOIL-SPLICING-SENSING-TAPE-4-OPEN-REEL-DECKS-/192282792454
>
>
> It is not the adhesi
Oh, there are still a couple of the real (reel?) things available on eBay:
https://www.ebay.ie/itm/650-SENSING-MARKERS-3M-FOR-OLD-COMPUTERS-IBM-APPLE-AND-OTHER-VERY-RARE-/151593837933
On 2019-Oct-14, at 12:46 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
> On 10/14/19 12:26 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
>>
>> On 10/14/19 9:32 AM, Daniel Seagraves via cctalk wrote:
>>> What’s the best way to restore a dull BOT marker
>>
>> replace it
>>
>> there were rolls of brady BOT tape on ebay but
cool, that was the stuff I remembered seeing
On 10/14/19 2:57 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
> Oh, there are still a couple of the real (reel?) things available on eBay:
>
> https://www.ebay.ie/itm/650-SENSING-MARKERS-3M-FOR-OLD-COMPUTERS-IBM-APPLE-AND-OTHER-VERY-RARE-/151593837933
>
Hi - I was not going to write about this here until I was pretty sure we
were on track, but it looks like we are go to open our new vintage computer
gallery and hobby shop this Friday. If you're local to the
Philadelphia/Baltimore area, look us up and better yet, pop in for a
visit.
Our first fea
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