equipment available

2015-07-01 Thread Jay West
Some have asked if I'm just posting gear from ads I see online in my equipment available deals. The answer is no; I very frequently get individuals emailing me directly about systems they want to dispose of, so unless I was blind-CC'd, these equipment available deals are generally not known

Re: Where to get a Vax or microvax

2015-07-01 Thread Peter Coghlan
william degnan wrote: I recently got a Microvax 3100 and a VAX 4000-200, very pleased with how easy they are to work with. I have had a lot more issues with Alpahservers. VAX/Aphas running one flavor or another of openVMS. I agree with Ian, think the 3100's are a good starter VAX. My 3100

Re: Where to get a Vax or microvax

2015-07-01 Thread Antonio Carlini
On 29 June 2015 at 23:04, Johnny Billquist b...@update.uu.se wrote: I don't remember if I have the printsets for the 8650, but we (Update) sure have quite a lot of documentation for it. IIRC I do have some 8600 *training* printsets which I scanned and made available years ago. I think some

Re: list consolidation

2015-07-01 Thread Peter Coghlan
FYI - in the fairly near term, I plan to get rid of the two views of the same list configuration on the classiccmp server. It has always created a rather large administrative burden, but also lately just has not been working right (problems subscribing, duplicate emails, a continuous stream

Re: Where to get a Vax or microvax

2015-07-01 Thread Mike Ross
Well if we're all putting down markers, I have an 11/780 and /730; I'd love a /750 to round out the collection. I used to have one, back in mid 1990s it was one of the first machines I collected... Got it up and running VMS, then loaned it to a friend, forgot to ask for it back, lost touch with

Re: 48mb NeXT slab ram up for grabs

2015-07-01 Thread Steve Algernon
Already claimed! Thanks. On Jul 1, 2015, at 12:09 PM, Steve Algernon salger...@me.com wrote: 2 x 16mb 72 pin 70ns 2 x 8mb 72 pin 70ns pulled from a working next slab that I upgraded; I've no use for them, so FFFS. (Invent an acronym that doesn't involve you having to send me $.73 via

Re: out-of-mainstream minis

2015-07-01 Thread Mark Linimon
On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 06:54:51PM -0700, Brent Hilpert wrote: Something I could wish to find/stumble-across would be one of the out-of-the-mainstream minis from the 60s/70s - something not DEC, not HP, not IBM, not DG (although a little Nova would be nice). I had to suffer through building

Re: out-of-mainstream minis

2015-07-01 Thread Brent Hilpert
On 2015-Jul-01, at 2:26 PM, Matt Patoray wrote: On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 5:21 PM, Mark Linimon lini...@lonesome.com wrote: On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 06:54:51PM -0700, Brent Hilpert wrote: Something I could wish to find/stumble-across would be one of the out-of-the-mainstream minis from the 60s/70s

Re: out-of-mainstream minis

2015-07-01 Thread Matt Patoray
Varian made interesting mini computers with a very cool front panel. I think RCA at one time also made smaller computers along with the Spectra/70 mainframe series. On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 5:21 PM, Mark Linimon lini...@lonesome.com wrote: On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 06:54:51PM -0700, Brent Hilpert

Re: Where to get a Vax or microvax

2015-07-01 Thread Ian S. King
On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 2:30 PM, Peter Coghlan cct...@beyondthepale.ie wrote: william degnan wrote: I recently got a Microvax 3100 and a VAX 4000-200, very pleased with how easy they are to work with. I have had a lot more issues with Alpahservers. VAX/Aphas running one flavor or

RE: Where to get a Vax or microvax

2015-07-01 Thread Robert Jarratt
I found that for some MicroVAXen, such as my 4000-300, there is a Panasonic cordless phone battery that almost exactly fits where the original TOY battery does, and the connector is the same! I've mentioned it here on CC, so the part number should be in the archives. Yes, I have done

Re: DEC Logo

2015-07-01 Thread simon
On 30-06-15 15:10, Toby Thain wrote: On 2015-06-30 4:44 AM, simon wrote: On 29-06-15 14:56, Toby Thain wrote: On 2015-06-29 3:54 AM, simon wrote: the front of the internal bus options maintenance manual in front of me. But looking at the f in 8/f gives me the impression they mixed some

Re: Where to get a Vax or microvax

2015-07-01 Thread william degnan
thanks again. I will. I guess I should check my 4000-200 too. On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 11:33 PM, Glen Slick glen.sl...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 8:23 PM, william degnan billdeg...@gmail.com wrote: You're saying yes there is a battery in this machine? MicroVAX 3100,

Re: Where to get a Vax or microvax

2015-07-01 Thread Glen Slick
On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 8:23 PM, william degnan billdeg...@gmail.com wrote: You're saying yes there is a battery in this machine? MicroVAX 3100, VAXserver 3100, InfoServer 100 and InfoServer 150/150 VXT Maintenance Guide EK-A0372-MG.B01

Re: Where to get a Vax or microvax

2015-07-01 Thread Glen Slick
On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 7:13 PM, william degnan billdeg...@gmail.com wrote: The Microvax 3100 model DV-31BT4-A - what number is that model? Originally I thought it was a 30 but then I found that there are 3100-30 nameplates, so I must be wrong. Was there just a plain vanilla Microvax 3100?

seeking advice on moving PDP 11 and related gear

2015-07-01 Thread devin davison
Ive been trying to get a pdp 11 for quite a few years now, I recently found someone selling a 11/34 with related gear in a couple of racks Here in my state of florida. I jumped at the chance and bought it, i have not found anything for sale this close to me before, yet alone in my state. The plan

Re: Where to get a Vax or microvax

2015-07-01 Thread devin davison
Oh, a couple people asked my location. I'm in Vero Beach Florida.

Re: Where to get a Vax or microvax

2015-07-01 Thread william degnan
ok. I will check it asap. Thanks for the info. basically this is a box turns on and works...so I have not spent much time other than just change the PW and access the system, connect to the internet quickly. You're saying yes there is a battery in this machine? On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 10:57 PM,

Re: Where to get a Vax or microvax

2015-07-01 Thread devin davison
I take it the buried vax 11/780 you found has been sold off by now? I would love to have one of the original larger machines such as the 780, although one of the smaller desktop machines would probably be a more sane decision to start off with.

RE: out-of-mainstream minis

2015-07-01 Thread tony duell
Not all minis came from the States :-) One of my favourite non-mainstream families is the Philips P800 series. It's a 16 bit machine with 16 registers (0 is the program counter and 15 is the stack pointer, rest are mostly general purpose) and separate I/O instructions (not memory-mapped I/O).

Re: equipment available

2015-07-01 Thread Kelly Leavitt
Depending where in North Jersey, I can assist in loading/packing if anyone needs help. I have no interest in HP stuff other than idle curiosity. From: cctalk cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org on behalf of Jay West jw...@classiccmp.org Sent: Wednesday, July

Re: Recommendations for Packers/Freighters near Fresno, CA?

2015-07-01 Thread Tapley, Mark
Josh, Forward Air did OK with a pallet I shipped to Ethan D.. I drove my car up with computers, straps, cardboard, and shrink-wrap. They pointed me at a pallet, I took a few hours to stack computers on the pallet, pad them with pieces of torn-up cardboard, strap them down, cocoon the

Re: Where to get a Vax or microvax

2015-07-01 Thread william degnan
The Microvax 3100 model DV-31BT4-A - what number is that model? Originally I thought it was a 30 but then I found that there are 3100-30 nameplates, so I must be wrong. Was there just a plain vanilla Microvax 3100? Now you have me thinking I need to check for a battery. I need to track down the

Re: Where to get a Vax or microvax

2015-07-01 Thread Glen Slick
On Jul 1, 2015 7:13 PM, william degnan billdeg...@gmail.com wrote: The Microvax 3100 model DV-31BT4-A - what number is that model? Originally I thought it was a 30 but then I found that there are 3100-30 nameplates, so I must be wrong. Was there just a plain vanilla Microvax 3100? Now you

Re: Where to get a Vax or microvax

2015-07-01 Thread william degnan
Not that I doubt you but where is the DV-31BT4-A specifically referenced? How do you know that this is the KA41-A 10 or 20? On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 10:23 PM, Glen Slick glen.sl...@gmail.com wrote: On Jul 1, 2015 7:13 PM, william degnan billdeg...@gmail.com wrote: The Microvax 3100 model