Interest in Prime manuals?

[Ethan Dicks via cctalk]

Hi, All,

Been helping a friend clean out his garage and we ran across a cubic
foot of Prime manuals, mostly software and applications, probably from
the early to mid 1980s (I did not see clear indication on casual
inspection).  These have been unfortunately stored in a place that has
gotten damp so they are *not* pristine.  The couple I looked through
were not so bad the pages were glued together, but there's a definite
smell of must and mold.

I leafed through the prime directory on bitsavers and did not
recognize any titles.  Is there another repository of Prime docs I can
check to see if these have already been scanned?  Is anyone so
interested in Prime docs they want to pay shipping (or take possession
at VCFmw) for slightly-damaged manuals?

If I don't hear a clear and resounding affirmative, the owner will
toss these very soon, as in tomorrow or the end of the weekend at the
latest.

-ethan

Re: Free to a good home: Honeywell/Bull DPS-6 workstation / server (Seattle, WA)

[Mike Palmer via cctalk]

-- Josh

Do you still have it?

Regards

Mike

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Speaking of Big H - - Is there already a repository of PRINTOUT Newsletters sc

[Ed via cctalk]

Speaking of  Big H - - Is there already a repository of PRINTOUT   
Honeywell Employee Newsletters  scanned already?
Thanks   for  Info  Ed#  _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)  

Re: honeywell h316 manuals

[Ed via cctalk]

happy to  pay  shipping  PLUS A  CASH BONUS   DEPENDING ON  WHICH  MANUALS 
AND CONDITION to  SMECCmuseum  
in Arizona
 
COURYHOUSE/SMECC
ATTN -  ED SHARPE ARCHVIIT
5802 W PALMAIRE AVE
GLENDALE AZ 85301
 
Thanks  for  consideration
Ed#  _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)  
 
 
 
In a message dated 8/31/2017 6:45:15 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
cctalk@classiccmp.org writes:

just  found some in a house im poked my head in to look at  buying.  anthow
would anyone want these for the cost of shipping from northern  manitoba?

Re: honeywell h316 manuals

[william degnan via cctalk]

which ones are they?
BIll

On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 9:45 PM, Adrian Stoness via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> just found some in a house im poked my head in to look at  buying. anthow
> would anyone want these for the cost of shipping from northern manitoba?
>

honeywell h316 manuals

[Adrian Stoness via cctalk]

just found some in a house im poked my head in to look at  buying. anthow
would anyone want these for the cost of shipping from northern manitoba?

Re: Keys in Houston

[David Williams via cctalk]

>If anyone knows how John Keys is doing with his collection, he is in 
>Houston.  I wish him safety personally, and hope his property and 
>collection survives as well.

Don't have contacts with John Keys and no word on him but I and the few others 
I have contact with here in Houston are okay as far as I've been able to find 
out so far. Flooding stopped literally right across the street from us.
David Williamswww.trailingedge.com


On Thursday, August 31, 2017 3:36 AM, jim stephens via cctalk 
 wrote:
 

 If anyone knows how John Keys is doing with his collection, he is in 
Houston.  I wish him safety personally, and hope his property and 
collection survives as well.

thanks
jim stephens



   

More Stuff for VCFMW

[Marvin Johnston via cctalk]

I just found out I can't fit a whole house of stuff in my van :). So 
I'll be posting some larger/heavier stuff that I may or may not bring 
depending on if this stuff is something I'd have to bring back. So:


$25 each - Four imac G4 computers, working w/keyboard/mouse,

$35 each - Two imac G5 computers, working w/keyboard/mouse (marginal 
vintage)


$50 each - 5+ LD-V1000 laserdisk players, not working but circa 1980's 
used on some Cinematronics laserdisk games (earliest is Space Ace.) 
These are all unused, but unlikely to be working. They all have a Z80 
controller inside.


$1500 - Cromemco System 3 with hard drive/Cromemco monitor and a LOT of 
original manuals/software (guessing maybe couple hundred+.) It worked 
when I first got it 20 - 30 years ago from a Cromemco dealer. I don't 
remember seeing a keyboard, but it might be there.


$600 ??? - PDP-11/05, (12" high?), rough condition, no documentation

$1000 - Two TRS-80 model 6000 with lots of 8" disks (100+.) No idea if 
they are working. I *think* one is missing the keyboard. Runs Xenix and 
some of the original system disks are included.


$300 - Next slabs with keyboard, soundbox, and cable. I used them years 
ago to record and playback when I was practicing the piano :). But no 
idea if they are working or not at this point.


$100 each - two Dual 8" Floppy Drive rack mount unit. Untested but came 
out of a data center years ago and never checked out.


$

Basically, I'm downsizing so I have room to work on the Polymorphic and 
Lobo Drives (and other computers/peripherals) that were built in the 
Santa Barbara area.


Let me know if you are interested. I'll be leaving either next Tuesday 
or Wednesday (early) for the trip back east.


Thanks!

Marvin, KE6HTS

Re: Off Topic Any customs brokers on the list?

[william degnan via cctalk]

Paul,
I used my business incorporation (EIN) to get items through from Canada to
the USA by car, through customs  I contacted the FedEx Trade Network and
purchased a single transaction bond premium from them.  I declared the
computer items as "display exhibit props" avoiding computers so as not to
confuse vintage computers with working current production computers.  They
created a AWB / BL Number for me to use to get through customs, etc.  It's
kind of a pain so get all this in advance if you're trucking anything
through from Canada into the USA.   Easier to get the items into Canada I
seem to remember.
Bill

On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 2:44 AM, Paul Anderson via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> Are there any customs brokers out that could help me out with some
> questions?
>
> Thanks In Advance, Paul
>

Re: Solaris on PPC?

[Rico Pajarola via cctalk]

On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 5:57 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> >> Nearly 25 years later, my memory is pretty vague, however, around ’93
> at the FOSE trade show in Washington DC, IBM had a system running both OS/2
> and AIX.  I want to say it was PPC, but it may have been x86.
> >
> > It was more than likely x86 and the AIX would have been AIX PS/2 (which
> I did a lot of work on at the time).
>
> I think you’re right, especially as, IIRC, it was a laptop.
>
In 1993 AIX PS/2 would hardly have been news anymore. Sounds about right
for announcing stuff running on the 601, but it's a bit early for Solaris
2.5.1.

I have 2 PPC machines running Solaris 2.5.1. One is a Motorola PowerStack
E100, the other an early IBM PReP (6015-40P IIRC). The docs also mention
that it runs on the PPC thinkpads (820/850/860).

It's actually quite nice, it feels quite snappy and full featured. The only
oddity is that when you install it, you need to boot some special
openfirmware emulation from floppy disk which can then load the rest from
CD.

I only have the OS, but I heard there's a version of the Sun Workshop
compiler that has PPC support. I'd love to get my hands on that ;)

There's also a version of OS/2 for those machines, but it's hardly more
than a proof of concept.

Keys in Houston

[jim stephens via cctalk]

If anyone knows how John Keys is doing with his collection, he is in 
Houston.  I wish him safety personally, and hope his property and 
collection survives as well.


thanks
jim stephens

Off Topic Any customs brokers on the list?

[Paul Anderson via cctalk]

Are there any customs brokers out that could help me out with some
questions?

Thanks In Advance, Paul

Re: IBM 3330 Drive

[AJ Palmgren via cctalk]

Thanks, Tom, this was quite helpful, and much appreciated!

I wasn't able to access your URL at
http://opac.libraryworld.com/opac/catalog_edit.php?catalog_
id=230824_doc=standard.php=43
however.  I get a Could not connect to mysql error.

Anyway, I really appreciate you pointing me in these directions.  I love a
vintage computing challenge!

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 11:16 AM, Tom Gardner via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> FWIW Paul Alan's Living Computer Museum has (or had) working PDP10's using
> DEC’s RP06's  id=230824_doc=standard.php=43>  which are very similar to a
> 3330-11 (they are Memorex 677's with a bolt on DEC controller).  They will
> not mount a 3330 disk pack (3336) but they should mount a 3336-11 disk pack
> and probably spin it up but DEC’s fixed sector size will be an issue.  I
> seem to recall u could format IBM 3336-11 packs into the DEC format so u
> might actually be able to scan a full track without reformatting
>
>
>
> I know of no operational 3330 or PCM equivalents (e.g. Memorex 3670,
> ISS/Itel 7330, etc); the Computer History Museum purports to have one,
> Catalog Number L2006.1.5  org/collections/catalog/L2006.1.5> , but it might be a -11.  It probably
> would power up and u probably could get it to seek and read (u would need a
> simple controller) but getting access from the museum would be a challenge.
>
>
>
> Good luck.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Tom
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: AJ Palmgren [mailto:microtechd...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2017 9:42 PM
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Subject: IBM 3330 Drive
>
>
>
> Does anyone here have good technical experience with, or even better
> ACCESS to, an IBM 3330 compatible hard drive unit?  (working or not).
>
>
>
> I'm getting more daring with my projects to attempt to read ancient
> magnetic flux transitions off of things, and I might have an opportunity to
> read a disk pack for one of these beauties.
>
>
>
> I'm certain there are MANY obstacles to overcome with what I'm suggesting,
> and depending on what might be available, I'll tackle those one at a time
> as I cross those bridges.  But for now, I'll just ask about the hardware.
>
>
>
> --
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> AJ
>
>   http://QICreader.com
>
>   http://Point4iris.com
>
>   http://MightyFrame.com
>
>
>
>


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