Re: ISO: Stabilization feet for DEC H960 rack
> From: Steven Malikoff > I have yet to machine the bolt head tapers to the originals but lost > the photo of one that was posted here some time ago. By "bolt head tapers", do you mean the special bolts with countersunk heads, or the countersunk holes in the extension feet? Whichever it was, I can provide photos and/or measurements, as needed. Noel
Re: ISO: Stabilization feet for DEC H960 rack
I love to buy some if anyone ever makes reproductions. Marc On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 7:37 PM Josh Dersch via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I realize these are uncommon; curious if anyone has a spare pair somewhere > (hey, that rhymes.) I'd like to be able to pull out the CPU on my 11/70 > without worrying about the whole thing tipping over and crushing people I > care about. It's the little things, really... > > Thanks! > - Josh >
Re: ISO: Stabilization feet for DEC H960 rack
Josh said > I realize these are uncommon; curious if anyone has a spare pair somewhere > (hey, that rhymes.) I'd like to be able to pull out the CPU on my 11/70 > without worrying about the whole thing tipping over and crushing people I > care about. It's the little things, really... I made two pairs of repo ones that turned out beautifully. They have a welded steel bar load-bearing skeleton and adjustable pad like the original, and a 3D-printed shell sprayed in satin black that completes the aesthetics and follows the "six foot rule" in that they probably wouldn't be picked out from the originals from a few feet away. I have yet to machine the bolt head tapers to the originals but lost the photo of one that was posted here some time ago. I got a lot of help from cctalk on the dimensions of the foot a while back, but some of these are still a tiny bit inaccurate, but I can't expect the average person to have a surface table, height gauge, angle gauge etc. I was planning to make a few pairs for sale some day. If there was sufficient interest I can get to fabricating the cutting, bending and welding jigs to produce then more quickly than the completely hand-made ones I have done. The biggest problem is I'm not sure how much they would cost. Also I have not yet laser-cut the accompanying kick panel. I have the dimensions for that but I would rather measure one myself before committing to those. http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/data/500/Stabiliser_feet_02.png http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/data/500/Stabiliser_feet_01.png Steve.
Re: Any interest in a Floating Point Systems AP-120 array processor?
On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 08:15:50PM -0800, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: > I picked this up a number of years ago for reasons that entirely > escape me. Those are the best reasons!!!1 :-) mcl
Any interest in a Floating Point Systems AP-120 array processor?
I picked this up a number of years ago for reasons that entirely escape me. It's certainly neat, but I don't see myself ever actually using it and it's large and heavy. Documented here: http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/fps/7259-02_AP-120B_procHbk.pdf Mine appears to have a DEC-style interface but I'm unsure what it talks to on the DEC side of things. I can take pictures if there's interest, but it's fairly nondescript, just a large white box with rack-mount ears and a small panel with some switches on it. It's in the Seattle area if anyone wants it, and it's free! Shipping is... not something I really want to think about right now. - Josh
Re: ISO: Stabilization feet for DEC H960 rack
On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 10:37 PM Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: > I realize these are uncommon; curious if anyone has a spare pair somewhere > (hey, that rhymes.) I'd like to be able to pull out the CPU on my 11/70 > without worrying about the whole thing tipping over and crushing people I > care about. It's the little things, really... I think they've come up before as something that would be worthwhile to cast a couple dozen of. I don't have any that aren't firmly attached to a full rack, and I have racks with none. -ethan
ISO: Stabilization feet for DEC H960 rack
I realize these are uncommon; curious if anyone has a spare pair somewhere (hey, that rhymes.) I'd like to be able to pull out the CPU on my 11/70 without worrying about the whole thing tipping over and crushing people I care about. It's the little things, really... Thanks! - Josh
DOS/Batch 10 source disks
Did someone on the list buy the pair of source RK05's on eBay? https://www.ebay.com/itm/PDP-11-Program-Monitor-V10-02-CUSP-and-Device-Driver-2xRK05-DEC-Digital-PDP/353391043210 I bought the fortran source disk that was listed at the same time, but didn't go after these because of the cost and I may already have it in the archived DECtapes on bitsavers.
