Re: Keys for startech 25U server rack
On 2/22/21 7:36 PM, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: > On 2/22/21 5:27 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >> Do all Startech Duraracks use the same key? Anyone know? > > I have no idea who uses the same keys. > > I've found the keys from APC work in multiple vendor's cabinets. So if > you have a set, you might give them a try. > > My experience is that the keys are NOT specific to each cabinet. At > least the ones that I've been exposed to over the last 20 years. Good enough--I can write the manufacturer for a replacement set without sounding like an idiot. I seem to have inherited the box where all the spare parts were tossed. Lots of brackets that I have no idea what function they perform. The HP PDU was shipped with 10 power strips; which is about 6 too many. Thanks, Chuck
Re: ISO IBM flex cables made by Chabin
On 01/30/2021 09:29 AM, Jon Elson wrote: On 01/30/2021 07:29 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: I'm making some replacement cables and paddle cards so I'm on the lookout for these connectors on cable assemblies. http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/dasd/21ED/chabin_4.jpg You'd think there would be piles of them around since they were used as the interplanar connecting cables in lots of IBM products. Oh wow! Yes, I may have some of these laying around somewhere. I will look, it might be a few days. I have some Chabin TLC cables that have been cut from the paddle boards. I also have 4 of the SLT-style connectors sawed off of the some paddle boards. Those are quite dirty. I don't know if any of this is of any use to you. But, the contacts inside the connectors might be helpful in reverse-engineering them. Jon
Re: MSI 6800 EPROM Software
On 02/22/2021 01:31 PM, Brad H via cctalk wrote: Hi there, A longshot I'm sure - but I am wondering if anyone familiar with MSI (Midwest Scentific - SS50 bus system) would happen to have a copy of the software for their 1702A EPROM burner, I think the model is PR-1. I just picked one up and am eager to see if I can use it to read/burn 1702As, something that has been an issue for me for a while now. Reading them is pretty easy. BURNING them is crazy. They need an 80 V power supply, and I think you XOR the address or something as you apply the programming voltage. Jon
Re: Keys for startech 25U server rack
On 2/22/21 5:27 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: Do all Startech Duraracks use the same key? Anyone know? I have no idea who uses the same keys. I've found the keys from APC work in multiple vendor's cabinets. So if you have a set, you might give them a try. My experience is that the keys are NOT specific to each cabinet. At least the ones that I've been exposed to over the last 20 years. -- Grant. . . . unix || die
Keys for startech 25U server rack
I dropped by the local e-waste recycler and picked up a Startech 25U server rack for $100. (This one: https://cdn.cnetcontent.com/75/26/75261816-2cf3-43e9-a0b3-1e63752d781e.pdf). Heavy bugger, complete with glass door. I was as surprised as the guy who helped me load it to find that it barely fit in a Gen2 Prius (I left the truck at home). It came with an HP EO4500 PDU, with all 4 power strips (I have no use for this, so if you do, drop me a line. Maybe we can work out something). They also tossed in all of the bags of unused parts. But--no keys! Do all Startech Duraracks use the same key? Anyone know? --Chuck
Re: TI 960
On Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:31:55 -0800 Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > On 2/22/21 12:29 AM, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: > > On Sun, 21 Feb 2021, Al Kossow wrote: > >> Not very often you see paper tape software for them > > > > Unfortunately I haven't found *any* software for the 960, yet. > > > > Christian > > I sent him an offer for just the paper tapes. > I doubt he'll reply. > > Please let us know the outcome. If he goes for it, it will greatly increase the odds that *cough* anyone else will make an offer on the rest of it. Especially if he'll throw in the Silent 700 and its stand, and the input card that looks like it belongs with the 960s. I wonder if it may be asking too much to include the 11/34 as well. Certainly clear him some space, though. More room for more liquid merch, I'd think.
MSI 6800 EPROM Software
Hi there, A longshot I'm sure - but I am wondering if anyone familiar with MSI (Midwest Scentific - SS50 bus system) would happen to have a copy of the software for their 1702A EPROM burner, I think the model is PR-1. I just picked one up and am eager to see if I can use it to read/burn 1702As, something that has been an issue for me for a while now. Many thanks, Brad
Re: TI 960
On 2/22/21 12:29 AM, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: On Sun, 21 Feb 2021, Al Kossow wrote: Not very often you see paper tape software for them Unfortunately I haven't found *any* software for the 960, yet. Christian I sent him an offer for just the paper tapes. I doubt he'll reply.
Re: TI 960
On Sun, 21 Feb 2021 16:00:36 -0800 Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > On 2/21/21 3:59 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > I'm assuming these are 960s > > Not very often you see paper tape software for them > > Price is absurd for the mixed bag that is there > > > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/Texas-Instruments-Mainframe-Computers-With-Parts-and-Other-Computers/20328577123 > > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/Texas-Instruments-Mainframe-Computers-With-Parts-and-Other-Computers/203285771237 > Definitely Two 960A's with programmer panels, systems disassembled, no telling how much missing. I see what looks like CRU bus proto boards amidst either spares or the contents of 960 chassis. I do see at least 1 drive of some kind. The racks are nice. Also see DEC, Arete, and AT gear in there as well, among other things, some unremarkable, like Dell P4 mobos. This is the seller that wants a grand for the 733 ASR, right? For its "Apple 1" keyboard? Maybe they want $7K here because of the 3b1's keyboard. You'd really have to go see the stuff to get a better idea of what the seller has and what shape it's in, to make some kind of reasonable offer. Hopefully somebody local could do that, if the seller is agreeable. Thanks, jbdigriz
Re: TI 960
On Sun, 21 Feb 2021, Al Kossow wrote: Not very often you see paper tape software for them Unfortunately I haven't found *any* software for the 960, yet. Christian
