looking for: fairchild model 8200 manual

2020-02-10 Thread Adrian Stoness via cctalk
trying to find a manual for a fairchild universal counter timer model 8200 circa 1968? got one i found like to see if i can get it working for the rack. can only find this sales catilog from 68

RD53 failure modes

2020-02-10 Thread Carlos E Murillo-Sanchez via cctalk
Hello folks; I've recently had some free time and decided to look at some hardware failures in my small collection.  I fixed a couple of analog boards in the compact Mac department, and a failed scsi disk in one of them prompted me to test the small stash of such drives that I have.  Turns

test

2020-02-10 Thread jwest--- via cctalk
test

IBM Type 31 Alphabetical Duplicating Keypunch available, Seattle area

2020-02-10 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
(resending as this appears to have gotten eaten last time...) Hi all -- As the subject line says I've got an IBM Type 31 Alphabetical Duplicating Keypunch sitting in my basement, in the Seattle area. It's in well-loved but decent physical condition and appears to be completely original. I have

PC3XC manual?

2020-02-10 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
My Pro has a PC3XC 4-line serial interface, and I know I once had a manual for it because the driver code I wrote mentions it. But I can't find it -- it may have been lost or it may have been a DEC document I did not take with me. Is there a PC3XC-BA programming manual anywhere? paul

Re: Old IBM magnetic media

2020-02-10 Thread Donald via cctalk
I had an old IRA 7340 Hypertape cartridge. It is at the Computer Museum of America. I still have a cartridge but don't know from where. I just got some replacement strips for a 2321 Data Cell.

Looking for info - Computer Extension systems WE-VM8E8 board

2020-02-10 Thread Bob Smith via cctalk
I have 3 of these omnibus boards, all fully populated with 8K 12 bit words of 2102 static ram. What I don't have is the documentation that describes the way the jumpers need to be set up for each 8K field. The set up seems to involves what looks like a 3 parallel 8 pin sockets that look like one

Re: RD53 failure modes

2020-02-10 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Fri, 7 Feb 2020, Carlos E Murillo-Sanchez via cctalk wrote: system originally came with an RD53 that has sat elsewhere for 25 years.  It passed a read test in 2005.  So I tried to see if I could read it and maybe image it now, but no go. The disk spins up, initiates a seek (the arm is not

Re: IBM Type 31 Alphabetical Duplicating Keypunch available, Seattle area

2020-02-10 Thread William Donzelli via cctalk
How did you end up with that? Anyway, I forwarded your message to see if the Techworks! Binghamton Bunch wants it. -- Will On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 6:35 PM Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: > > (resending as this appears to have gotten eaten last time...) > > Hi all -- > > As the subject line says

another test

2020-02-10 Thread jwest--- via cctalk

Re: test

2020-02-10 Thread Alexandre Souza via cctalk
Test failed. Please call Jim West on Support Desk ---8<---Corte aqui---8<--- http://www.tabajara-labs.blogspot.com http://www.tabalabs.com.br ---8<---Corte aqui---8<--- Em seg., 10 de fev. de 2020 às 20:08, jwest--- via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> escreveu: > test > >

Re: IBM Type 31 Alphabetical Duplicating Keypunch available, Seattle area

2020-02-10 Thread Tony Aiuto via cctalk
Wow. That is gorgeous. On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 7:24 PM William Donzelli via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > How did you end up with that? > > Anyway, I forwarded your message to see if the Techworks! Binghamton > Bunch wants it. > > -- > Will > > On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 6:35 PM Josh

Re: IBM Type 31 Alphabetical Duplicating Keypunch available, Seattle area

2020-02-10 Thread Lyle Bickley via cctalk
I forwarded your email to the 1401 Restoration Team at the Computer History Museum... Cheers, Lyle -- On Mon, 10 Feb 2020 15:34:36 -0800 Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: > (resending as this appears to have gotten eaten last time...) > > Hi all -- > > As the subject line says I've got an IBM

Making use of Panda dist TOPS20

2020-02-10 Thread David Griffith via cctalk
I'm trying to wrap my head around getting Mark Crispin's Panda Distribution of TOPS20 set up such that I can actually make use of a TOPS20 environment. I keep finding lots of manuals through Google searches, but I'm missing a few critical things. Things that are evading me are as follows:

Opening a MicroVAX 2000

2020-02-10 Thread Antonio Carlini via cctalk
I'm trying to non-destructively open up a MicroVAX 2000. I've removed the bottom "dressing" section (which holds some of the I/O connectors)  but the next step isn't obvious. None of the manuals I have cover dismantling and the net doesn't have an IPB or similar available. Other people have

Re: Making use of Panda dist TOPS20

2020-02-10 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 1:12 AM David Griffith via cctalk wrote: > I'm trying to wrap my head around getting Mark Crispin's Panda > Distribution of TOPS20 set up such that I can actually make use of a > TOPS20 environment. > > 1) How do I get networking set up, preferably such that it'll work on

Re: Opening a MicroVAX 2000

2020-02-10 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 10:21 PM Antonio Carlini via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I'm trying to non-destructively open up a MicroVAX 2000. > > > I've removed the bottom "dressing" section (which holds some of the I/O > connectors) but the next step isn't obvious. None of the manuals