Re: moving cleanout - partial DECmate I / VT278

2015-07-20 Thread Brent Hilpert
On 2015-Jul-19, at 10:45 PM, couryhouse wrote: What are you going to do with it?Looking. For a wt78 but this fell in our lap While I did expect DEC-anything would attract more interest, I was figuring people would have read my message from earlier in the day, here's the

Re: Multibus arbiter design

2015-07-20 Thread N0body H0me
-Original Message- From: space...@gmail.com Sent: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 21:14:45 -0600 To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Multibus arbiter design On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 4:01 PM, N0body H0me n0body.h...@inbox.com wrote: A quick search on the Site Which Must Not Be Named shows

Re: moving cleanout - partial DECmate I / VT278

2015-07-20 Thread COURYHOUSE
what is condition of the mod 100 trs 80? more concerned abut visual as it would go in a tools of the journalist over at the univ or if anyone else has one they could toss in a box and send this way. They were one of the early issued items to some reporters to phone home stories.

Re: PDP 11 gear finally moved

2015-07-20 Thread Dave Woyciesjes
On 07/19/2015 02:03 AM, tony duell wrote: So, tony, if I'm correct, you just called bullshit, right? I assume this relates to my comments on static damage of PDP11 PSUs, I am not sure I would quite put it that way (not on a public list :-)) but (a) I have never seen a DEC PSU (in a PDP11 or

Re: PDP 11 gear finally moved

2015-07-20 Thread Mark J. Blair
If I may go back to the original post topic for a moment, what model is that line printer that is pictured? I'm on the lookout for a DEC LP32 to go with my 11/730. Now on the topic of capacitors: The only component type that I replace on sight at this point are the Rifa paper-dielectric EMI

RE: HP 2100 bulbs

2015-07-20 Thread Mike Loewen
On Mon, 20 Jul 2015, Jay West wrote: What I'd really like, is one of those light bulb replacement tools for the 2100 :) As anyone knows who has replaced them before, it's a bit of a frustrating pain to get them inserted just right given clearences and such :) I'm not positive, but I seem to

Re: AlphaServer 4100 CPU fan

2015-07-20 Thread Richard Loken
On Mon, 20 Jul 2015, Adrian Graham wrote: We still have a few AS4100s out there in the field and CPU fans are becoming scarce, so being canny we sourced some *almost* identical replacements to no avail. In the majority of cases, it is the bearings that fail and they are commercially

RE: HP 2100 bulbs

2015-07-20 Thread tony duell
Did it look something like this? http://www.sandman.com/images/swbdlampext.jpg That looks very like the UK Post Office tool I mentioned. Take a look here : http://www.samhallas.co.uk/collection/test.htm at the 'Extractor, Lamp, No 5'. This tool has an extension moulded on the handle

RE: HP 2100 bulbs

2015-07-20 Thread Jay West
Tony said: What is the electrical rating? For the 2140-0364, aka CM7361-200 MRC Parameter Characteristics ABHPOverall Length 0.625 inches maximum AFSPFilament DesignationC-2R AFSTLight Output Rating 0.050 spherical candlepower nominal single rating

RE: HP 2100 bulbs

2015-07-20 Thread Jay West
What I'd really like, is one of those light bulb replacement tools for the 2100 :) As anyone knows who has replaced them before, it's a bit of a frustrating pain to get them inserted just right given clearences and such :) I'm not positive, but I seem to recall back in foggy memory that there

RE: HP 2100 bulbs

2015-07-20 Thread tony duell
Yes, you're right, the darn things are bipin, not midget flange. ARGH!, Repairing those is a lot harder... What I'd really like, is one of those light bulb replacement tools for the 2100 :) As anyone knows who has replaced them before, it's a bit of a frustrating pain to get them

HP 2100 bulbs

2015-07-20 Thread Jay West
Greetings folks. I'm on a mission to get some replacement bulbs for my 2100A/S machines. The official part is 2140-0364 (38 of them per machine). Google appears to indicate that an identical replacement is CM7361-200. One of my old parts donor 2100's has both OL-783BP and OL-783BPC, but I don't

Re: HP 2100 bulbs

2015-07-20 Thread Bob Rosenbloom
On 7/20/2015 8:59 AM, Jay West wrote: Snipped... Has anyone already found a good source/price for these? Given the number of bulbs per machine, cheaper is better :) I may have to go to one of those bulk purchase parts places, in which case I'd probably need an order of 1000 or so. If I

Konan SMC100 S100 SMD HD controller

2015-07-20 Thread Mike Stein
Anybody have a use for one of these (actually a two-board set)? I've got two of the 'A' boards and one 'B' board missing the 3 ROM and RAM chips, condition unknown; yours for $5.00 per board ($15/set) postage from Toronto. m

RE: HP 2100 bulbs

2015-07-20 Thread Jay West
Glen; - I bought (40x) CM7361 from Mouser last month (Mouser part # 606-CM7361). At =10 and 100 they were $0.72 each. They are rated at 25,000 hour. I haven't installed any of this batch in my 2100A yet. I think I installed some of the same previously. - Is there some difference between

RE: HP 2100 bulbs

2015-07-20 Thread tony duell
A CM7361 is a T - 1 3/4 bi-pin base bulb rated at 5V and 60ma. I am pretty sure that's the rating of the wire-ended bulbs I used to repair the bulb in an HP instrument. -tony

Re: AlphaServer 4100 CPU fan

2015-07-20 Thread Adrian Graham
Hi, Do the original fans have speed sensors? There were several different versions of this. Some fans have an OK signal, some give a pulse once per rev. Did the original fans have 3 wires? Yes, I put them down as +12V, GND, Pulse. Original fan: http://f0p.co.uk/AS4100original.JPG

RE: HP 2100 bulbs

2015-07-20 Thread Glen Slick
On Jul 20, 2015 9:31 AM, Jay West jw...@classiccmp.org wrote: Is there some difference between CM7361 and CM7361-200? J That I do not know. I haven't looked for datasheets with any possible differences yet. I'll have to check what type of bulbs I still might have installed as originals and

Re: HP 2100 bulbs

2015-07-20 Thread Glen Slick
On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 8:59 AM, Jay West jw...@classiccmp.org wrote: Greetings folks. I'm on a mission to get some replacement bulbs for my 2100A/S machines. The official part is 2140-0364 (38 of them per machine). Google appears to indicate that an identical replacement is CM7361-200. One of

RE: HP 2100 bulbs

2015-07-20 Thread Glen Slick
On Jul 20, 2015 9:55 AM, tony duell a...@p850ug1.demon.co.uk wrote: What is the electrical rating? IIRC these are midget flange bulbs. A CM7361 is a T - 1 3/4 bi-pin base bulb rated at 5V and 60ma. Not sure about the originals.

Re: AlphaServer 4100 CPU fan

2015-07-20 Thread Johnny Billquist
On 2015-07-20 17:31, Adrian Graham wrote: Hi, Do the original fans have speed sensors? There were several different versions of this. Some fans have an OK signal, some give a pulse once per rev. Did the original fans have 3 wires? Yes, I put them down as +12V, GND, Pulse. Original fan:

MEM11 Update

2015-07-20 Thread Guy Sotomayor
As I mentioned previously, I took some time off from working on the MEM11 for the past several months. I had some time over the past few days, so I spent it working on the simulator. Right now all of the J1 instructions seem to simulate properly. Everything related to the basic simulator also

RE: using new technology on old machines. Was: PDP-12 Restoration at the RICM

2015-07-20 Thread Dave G4UGM
-Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Guzis Sent: 15 June 2015 18:25 To: gene...@classiccmp.org; discuss...@classiccmp.org:On-Topic and Off- Topic Posts Subject: Re: using new technology on old machines. Was: PDP-12 Restoration at

RE: HP 2100 bulbs

2015-07-20 Thread tony duell
Greetings folks. I'm on a mission to get some replacement bulbs for my 2100A/S machines. The official part is 2140-0364 (38 of them per machine). Google appears to indicate that an identical replacement is CM7361-200. One of my old parts donor 2100's has both OL-783BP and OL-783BPC, but I

RE: PDP 11 gear finally moved

2015-07-20 Thread Tothwolf
On Mon, 20 Jul 2015, tony duell wrote: Replace - yes, *especially* if you don't have a big budget. Aluminum electrolytic capacitors are CHEAP and easy to obtain. Replacement semiconductors by comparison are expensive and can be quite difficult to find. Err, have you priced the

RE: PDP 11 gear finally moved

2015-07-20 Thread Tothwolf
On Mon, 20 Jul 2015, Rich Alderson wrote: On Sat, 18 Jul 2015, Peter Coghlan wrote: Rich Alderson ri...@livingcomputermuseum.org wrote: It is generally a good idea to re-form electrolytic capacitors in power supplies, and to bench check the power supplies (under some kind of load) before

Re: PDP 11 gear finally moved

2015-07-20 Thread Tothwolf
On Mon, 20 Jul 2015, Mark J. Blair wrote: Now on the topic of capacitors: The only component type that I replace on sight at this point are the Rifa paper-dielectric EMI suppression caps. Had one go incendiary on me so far, and I do a replace-on-sight routine on them because my hypothesis of

Re: PDP 11 gear finally moved

2015-07-20 Thread Mark J. Blair
On Jul 20, 2015, at 18:02 , Tothwolf tothw...@concentric.net wrote: I replace wax paper types with polyester (mylar), polystyrene or ceramic discs, depending on how they are used in the circuit (note however that for wound foil types, modern replacement parts do not mark the outside foil,

Available: IBM 5120

2015-07-20 Thread Steven Stengel
I have an IBM 5120 desktop computer to give away, but it has no circuit cards, so it won't work as-is. Danger- it weighs 100 pounds. Located in Orange County, CA 92656

RE: PDP 11 gear finally moved

2015-07-20 Thread Rich Alderson
From: Peter Coghlan Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2015 1:27 AM Rich Alderson ri...@livingcomputermuseum.org wrote: It is generally a good idea to re-form electrolytic capacitors in power supplies, and to bench check the power supplies (under some kind of load) before actually applying power to

RE: PDP 11 gear finally moved

2015-07-20 Thread tony duell
I've not replaced any in a PDP11 power supply, however I have replaced them in other equipment with equally large PSUs. In the odd case where a computer grade screw terminal capacitor is extremely expensive or completely unobtainable (those which I've purchased were under $20-30) I might be

Re: PDP 11 gear finally moved

2015-07-20 Thread Eric Smith
On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Rich Alderson ri...@livingcomputermuseum.org wrote: industry white papers with tables of decay rates for the aluminum electrolytics that indicate that, *no matter what*, they lose capacitance over time, until c. 14 years from manufacturer date they are at 10%