Re: Pair of Portmaster II's

2018-07-25 Thread Tammy Firefly via cctalk
Diane, Ill take them. What do you want for them? Thanks --Tammy On 7/25/18 1:56 PM, Diane Bruce via cctalk wrote: > I have two Livingston PM-11's (http://portmasters.com/faq.html) and I haven't > needed > either of these in a long time. Is anyone interested in them? > > Diane >

R: HP-2116 front panel lamps

2018-07-25 Thread Alberto Rubinelli - Fondazione Museo del Computer via cctalk
> Good info! Don't know how I could miss this one, it is even cheaper than > the 345. I think I wanted to stick to the same type as the ones in the > panel. I've buy these lamps from Oshino Lamps, the original supplier for a good price. Minimun quantity 100 pcs Alberto

PDP-11/23 with RL02 on - eBay US

2018-07-25 Thread Ulrich Tagge via cctalk
Just spotted this auction on eBay US Item: 263824036905 Location is: Glenview, Illinois Not cheap, but the seller is open for offers. Not affiliated with the seller.

Re: RK05 spindle pulleys - trade 50Hz vs 60Hz?

2018-07-25 Thread Paul Anderson via cctalk
I can't find my IPB, but the maintenance manual shows there were both 50 and 60 hz versions made. I think I've shipped them overseas, but never modified them. I did ship a lot of RX02 drives overseas, and to properly convert them the pulleys, belts, and wiring harness had to be swapped. We were

Re: RK05 spindle pulleys - trade 50Hz vs 60Hz?

2018-07-25 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
> There are, however, DEC products other than the RK05 which had different > transformers for 50 Hz and 60 Hz. For example, the H771 power supply used > in the RX01 and RX02. There were three H771 models, The H771A for 90-132 > VAC 60 Hz, The H771C for 90-132 VAC 50 Hz, and the H771D for 180-264

Re: how good is the data reliability with CD ROM and DVD RAM?

2018-07-25 Thread Paul Berger via cctalk
On 2018-07-25 10:39 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: For example, If I want to use a Micro-4/3 lens on a Leica bellows, then On Wed, 25 Jul 2018, Zane Healy wrote: Why would I want to use a Micro-4/3 lens on my Leica’s, will it even cover the 35mm frame (or full frame sensor)? I

Re: SCO Skunkware?

2018-07-25 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
I think I have the disks, let me dig out what I have On 7/25/18 6:53 PM, David Griffith via cctalk wrote: > > Does anyone have any Skunkware ISOs from around 1995 to 1998? >

SCO Skunkware?

2018-07-25 Thread David Griffith via cctalk
Does anyone have any Skunkware ISOs from around 1995 to 1998? -- David Griffith d...@661.org A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

Re: how good is the data reliability with CD ROM and DVD RAM?

2018-07-25 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
For example, If I want to use a Micro-4/3 lens on a Leica bellows, then On Wed, 25 Jul 2018, Zane Healy wrote: Why would I want to use a Micro-4/3 lens on my Leica’s, will it even cover the 35mm frame (or full frame sensor)? I wouldn't. But, I'd like to use the leica BELLOWS on the digital

Re: DEC power connectors (UNIBUS PDP-11s, mostly)

2018-07-25 Thread Fritz Mueller via cctalk
If these are what you are talking about, I ordered up a bunch a couple years ago when I rebuilt the power harness for my 11/45, and can attest they are the right thing: https://www.connectorpeople.com/Connector/TYCO-AMP-TE_CONNECTIVITY/1/1-480460-0

Re: how good is the data reliability with CD ROM and DVD RAM?

2018-07-25 Thread Zane Healy via cctalk
> On Jul 25, 2018, at 3:43 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk > wrote: > > For example, If I want to use a Micro-4/3 lens on a Leica bellows, then which > way is "TO"? Are we adapting the M4/3 lens to Leica bellows, or adapting > the Leica bellows to M4/2? You and I might know what we mean, but

Re: how good is the data reliability with CD ROM and DVD RAM?

2018-07-25 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 07/25/2018 04:37 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > Like this? : > https://www.ebay.com/itm/183299125079 That might have possibilities. I've ordered a couple of eBay item 362055535419, for 2 clams and change each. Same thing from Cathay. Thanks, Chuck

Re: how good is the data reliability with CD ROM and DVD RAM?

2018-07-25 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Wed, 25 Jul 2018, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: Again, I've been misunderstood. I'm looking for an adapter that allows one to use standard size SD cards in a MicroSD slot. I can find only one incarnation of this idea in a rather shoddy-locking hunk of F44 PCB with a uSD socket mounted on it.

Re: how good is the data reliability with CD ROM and DVD RAM?

2018-07-25 Thread John Foust via cctalk
At 06:06 PM 7/25/2018, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: >and, in line with the treachery of descriptions of adapters, several of those >are micro-SD to micro-SD extenders, NOT size adapters! You can daisy-chain them. It helps get around the form factor and clearance issues. :-) - John

Re: how good is the data reliability with CD ROM and DVD RAM?

2018-07-25 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 07/25/2018 04:06 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > > and, in line with the treachery of descriptions of adapters, several of > those are micro-SD to micro-SD extenders, NOT size adapters! > > But, one of those has "other alternatives" that seem to be the right one. The ones with a ribbon

Re: how good is the data reliability with CD ROM and DVD RAM?

2018-07-25 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 07/25/2018 02:56 PM, Alexander Schreiber wrote: > Of course there are. Since both SD cards and µSD cards have identical > electrical and protocol interfaces, those adapters are just passive pieces > of plastic and wires. In fact, a lot of µSD cards sold these days come > packaged with a µSD to

Re: how good is the data reliability with CD ROM and DVD RAM?

2018-07-25 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
Yes, micro-SD often comes with an adapter to use micro-SD in an SD slot. But are there adapters readily available to connect an SD card to a device that has a micro-SD slot? (">> for insertion of standard SD into mcroSD slots?") On Wed, 25 Jul 2018, John Foust via cctalk wrote: Wouldn't such

Re: how good is the data reliability with CD ROM and DVD RAM?

2018-07-25 Thread Ali via cctalk
>Of course there are. Since both SD cards >and µSD cards have identical >electrical and protocol interfaces, those >adapters are just passive pieces >of plastic and wires. In fact, a lot of µSD >cards sold these days come I believe Chuck is looking for the other way SD to micros i.e. a size

Motorola IDP board

2018-07-25 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
hi any chance someone has worked with the Motorola IDP m68EC0x0 board and has the manual of the 68EC020IDP CPU module? let me know p.s. have you ever seen the IDP-net card? any information on the IDP bus timing? (i'd like to develop my own net-card for the IDP bus, but I need the timing spec)

Re: how good is the data reliability with CD ROM and DVD RAM?

2018-07-25 Thread John Foust via cctalk
At 05:43 PM 7/25/2018, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: >Yes, micro-SD often comes with an adapter to use micro-SD in an SD slot. >But are there adapters readily available to connect an SD card to a device >that has a micro-SD slot? >(">> for insertion of standard SD into mcroSD slots?") Wouldn't

Re: how good is the data reliability with CD ROM and DVD RAM?

2018-07-25 Thread Tapley, Mark via cctalk
> On Jul 25, 2018, at 4:56 PM, Alexander Schreiber via cctalk > wrote: > >> Are there such things as "microSD" to "standard SD" adapters that allows >> for insertion of standard SD into mcroSD slots? > > Of course there are. Since both SD cards and µSD cards have identical > electrical and

Re: how good is the data reliability with CD ROM and DVD RAM?

2018-07-25 Thread Alexander Schreiber via cctalk
On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 10:54:26AM -0700, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > On 07/22/2018 09:05 PM, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote: > > Throughout this whole thread, I've been tempted to say that you get better > > data fidelity if you take a green magic marker and mark the edges of the > > disk... >

Re: DEC power connectors (UNIBUS PDP-11s, mostly)

2018-07-25 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Mattis Lind > Unfortunately the mate-n-lok which has 8 position and is used for > current loop connectors and H74x plug regulator does not seems to be > available anymore. But it would be nice to be corrected here. According to one dealer Web-site, what I think are those

RE: Pair of Portmaster II's

2018-07-25 Thread Jim MacKenzie via cctalk
If shipping to Regina, SK wouldn't be objectionable, I'd take one of these off your hands. I've wanted one for awhile. Jim -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Diane Bruce via cctalk Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 1:57 PM To:

Re: DEC power connectors (UNIBUS PDP-11s, mostly)

2018-07-25 Thread Mattis Lind via cctalk
> They are 'Commercial Mate-n-Lok', now made by TE Connectivity, who bought > AMP. > Here are the current part numbers: > > VAX (VAX-11/750 specifically) but I assume many DEC machine of the same vintage uses Universal Mate-N-Lok series. This what I bought a couple of years ago to have handy

Pair of Portmaster II's

2018-07-25 Thread Diane Bruce via cctalk
I have two Livingston PM-11's (http://portmasters.com/faq.html) and I haven't needed either of these in a long time. Is anyone interested in them? Diane -- - d...@freebsd.org d...@db.net http://www.db.net/~db

Re: RK05 spindle pulleys - trade 50Hz vs 60Hz?

2018-07-25 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 12:17 PM, Tony Duell wrote: > On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 5:48 PM, Eric Smith via cctalk > > Some products were built using different transformers for 50 vs 60 Hz > > models, and the 60 Hz models uses a transformer inadequate for 50 Hz > > operation. > > This may well be true

Re: DEC power connectors (UNIBUS PDP-11s, mostly)

2018-07-25 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Bill Degnan > is this info on or will be on your wiki? Well, it's not 'mine', but yes, I will be posting it when I find time. Noel

Re: DEC power connectors (UNIBUS PDP-11s, mostly)

2018-07-25 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
Just curious, is this info on or will be on your wiki? I find it to be a well-organized resource. On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 3:09 PM Noel Chiappa via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > So, it turns out the power connectors (plastic female shell with metal male > pins, etc) widely used in

DEC power connectors (UNIBUS PDP-11s, mostly)

2018-07-25 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
So, it turns out the power connectors (plastic female shell with metal male pins, etc) widely used in UNIBUS PDP-11's (e.g. to provide power to backplanes, etc) are still available, if anyone else wants any. (No doubt some of you already knew this; this is for those, like me, who didn't! :-) The

Re: RK05 spindle pulleys - trade 50Hz vs 60Hz?

2018-07-25 Thread Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk
> On Jul 25, 2018, at 11:17 AM, Tony Duell via cctalk > wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 5:48 PM, Eric Smith via cctalk > wrote: > >> I'm not sure about motors, but 60 Hz power transformers can't handle as >> high a maximum power (or current) when used for 50 Hz. The maximum power >> has

Re: RK05 spindle pulleys - trade 50Hz vs 60Hz?

2018-07-25 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 5:48 PM, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote: > I'm not sure about motors, but 60 Hz power transformers can't handle as > high a maximum power (or current) when used for 50 Hz. The maximum power > has to be derated. Some transformers are specified/sold with a single power >

Re: RK05 spindle pulleys - trade 50Hz vs 60Hz?

2018-07-25 Thread Carlos E Murillo-Sanchez via cctalk
Eric Smith via cctalk wrote: On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 7:54 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: On Jul 25, 2018, at 9:50 AM, GerardCJAT via cctech < cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: Why don't you simply power it through an inverter that will output 60 Hz, eventually even

Re: RK05 spindle pulleys - trade 50Hz vs 60Hz?

2018-07-25 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 7:54 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > On Jul 25, 2018, at 9:50 AM, GerardCJAT via cctech < > cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > Why don't you simply power it through an inverter that will output 60 > Hz, eventually even "down to" 120 V ,

Re: HP-2116 front panel lamps

2018-07-25 Thread dwight via cctalk
It might be worth saving the bases and buying "grain of wheat" lamps to rebuild the lights. I see ~70ma 6v lamps available. That sounds similar to the original specification. Dwight From: cctalk on behalf of Brent Hilpert via cctalk Sent: Wednesday, July

Re: HP-2116 front panel lamps

2018-07-25 Thread Brent Hilpert via cctalk
On 2018-Jul-25, at 6:47 AM, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: > On Wed, 25 Jul 2018, it was written >> Christian, when I was restoring the HP Computer Museum's 2116A I ordered a >> bunch of these 345 bulbs from 1000bulbs.com - but it seems they no longer >> stock them. >> >> I did find this

Re: HP-2116 front panel lamps

2018-07-25 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
On Wed, 25 Jul 2018, GerardCJAT wrote: When I was "doing sort of " C.E. for 2116 ( 1971 _ 1981 ), we were using CM 380 as replacement. Even longer life !! Good info! Don't know how I could miss this one, it is even cheaper than the 345. I think I wanted to stick to the same type as the ones

Re: RK05 spindle pulleys - trade 50Hz vs 60Hz?

2018-07-25 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Jul 25, 2018, at 9:50 AM, GerardCJAT via cctech > wrote: > > Why don't you simply power it through an inverter that will output 60 Hz, > eventually even "down to" 120 V , true sine wave, of course ??? They are not > that expensive by now. I wouldn't worry about "true sine wave".

RK05 spindle pulleys - trade 50Hz vs 60Hz?

2018-07-25 Thread GerardCJAT via cctalk
Why don't you simply power it through an inverter that will output 60 Hz, eventually even "down to" 120 V , true sine wave, of course ??? They are not that expensive by now. And be carefull : motor designed for 60 Hz, running "under" 50 Hz, OR THE OPPOSITE, I do not recall !!!, display a

RE: HP-2116 front panel lamps

2018-07-25 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
On Wed, 25 Jul 2018, it was written Christian, when I was restoring the HP Computer Museum's 2116A I ordered a bunch of these 345 bulbs from 1000bulbs.com - but it seems they no longer stock them. I did find this listing though which looks current...

HP-2116 front panel lamps

2018-07-25 Thread GerardCJAT via cctalk
When I was "doing sort of " C.E. for 2116 ( 1971 _ 1981 ), we were using CM 380 as replacement. Even longer life !!

Re: Scanned a few DEC manuals.

2018-07-25 Thread Mattis Lind via cctalk
Two more drawings: http://storage.datormuseum.se/u/96935524/Datormusuem/DEC-11-HLCA-D_LC11_DECwriter_system_engieering_drawings_MISSING_ONE_PAGE.pdf http://storage.datormuseum.se/u/96935524/Datormusuem/DEC-11-HLCA-D_LC11_DECwriter_system_manual.pdf The latter is very similar to the HLCB

Re: Mystery 8085-related IC identification needed please

2018-07-25 Thread alemoco4--- via cctalk
Hi Are you still looking to purchase STC executel, I have just found my old one in the cupboard under my bed and could sell. Please email me if interested Regards Peter Sent from my iPhone

Re: Strange third party board in PDP-11/45

2018-07-25 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Mattis Lind > I will take a picture of the boards in more detail so we can figure out > what they are doing later on. Thanks, that would be really useful. > My understanding is that slot 1AB and slot 26 AB is tied to each > other. So if there would be no expansion

Re: ABLE, other non DEC boards.

2018-07-25 Thread Mattis Lind via cctalk
> > While looking for the ABLE (ACT) board that Mattis was talking about (and I > found it for a list member who has first dibs on it) I came across: > > > It is likely that the one that wanted the Cache/45 board also wants the double dual board that goes into slot 26 AB and 27 AB. I cannot tell

RE: HP-2116 front panel lamps

2018-07-25 Thread David Collins via cctalk
Christian, when I was restoring the HP Computer Museum's 2116A I ordered a bunch of these 345 bulbs from 1000bulbs.com - but it seems they no longer stock them. I did find this listing though which looks current... https://www.lighting-pros.com/eiko-345-t-1-3-4-midget-flanged-sx6s-case-of-1 0

HP-2116 front panel lamps

2018-07-25 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
Hi, I need to replace several broken lamps from our HP-2116B front panel. The old/original ones are CM-345 or OL-345. This makes sense, they are rated 6V 40mA 1 hours. BUT: The maintenance manual says something different and is even wrong and inconsistent. HP part number is 2140-0035,

ABLE, other non DEC boards.

2018-07-25 Thread Paul Anderson via cctalk
I had a nice talk with an old friend earlier today, and we talked about how some companies were so proud of their products that they never put their name on it. Sometimes a logo, sometimes only a part number. Bitsaver is great- I don't don't know what any of us would do without it. But There are

Re: Strange third party board in PDP-11/45

2018-07-25 Thread Mattis Lind via cctalk
> > The sandwiched dual boards are sitting in 27 / 26 AB. The board in > 27AB > > was empty (quick glance), while the board in 26AB has a few TTL chips > > on it. Slot 26AB is the Unibus A slot, Slot 27 AB should be a > > terminator on Unibus B. > > I'm more interested in _what_

Scanned a few DEC manuals.

2018-07-25 Thread Mattis Lind via cctalk
http://storage.datormuseum.se/u/96935524/Datormusuem/DEC-MS11-HMSB-D_PDP11_45_MS11_semiconductor_memory_systems_maintenance_manual.pdf The MS11 main manual above seems to be a later version than the one already available