Re: DEC BA11-K KY11-L mounting brackets -- how?

[Noel Chiappa via cctalk]

> From: From: Fritz Mueller

> two solutions come to mind -- the one you mention here with nut and
> washer, or inserting a hex-head machine screw in the other direction.
> Either the nut or the hex-head screw could then be secured with a small
> combination wrench.

Well, if you put the bolt in first (which you'd kind of have to do, if going
from front to back, with the adapter already mounted to the KY11-L), you'd
have to hold it in place while you offer the KY11-L up to the BA11-K. Which
was why I was originally thinking, put the bolt in in the other direction,
which you can do after you put the KY11-L+adapter in place.

But that brings up another idea: put the bolt in place (on the adapter), use
a first (thin) nut (with washer, if necessary) to hold it in place, then bolt
the adapter to the KY11-L bezel, then mount the whole works up to the BA11-K.

Not sure which would work better. I'd probably go with the 'pointing forward'
bolt, and use a lock-washer (or one of those nuts with integral lock-washer),
and then you can mostly tighten with a Phillips driver from the rear. But the
extra washer might be easier to put together (if it doesn't push the KY11-L
bezel too far forward).

Noel

Might be the wrong forum to ask

[Van Snyder via cctalk]

I have some old stuff, that's not really computer stuff, so this might
be the wrong forum to ask.

But it might be the right people.

1. Sears Model 564.21600300 monaural portable tape cassette player,
with external mic and switch. It works, but it needs a new spindle
belt. Tape plays, but only the capstan advances it, so it gets tangled
up inside the box. I found a 5v power cube that works with it, even
though it says it wants 6v.

2. Sony SVR-2000 Tivo DVR. It appears to work, but I don't have the
remote, so it doesn't do anything other than cycle through its warnings
about not having been connected to the telephone and made the monthly
call to collect the fee.

3. Tivo Series 2 DT Digital Video Recorder, model TCD649080. Says
"Welcome! Powering Up..." but I waited for half an hour and it didn't
do anything else. It was connected to my network (the lights on the RJ-
45 socket were blinking) but my router couldn't see it. I have the
remote for this.

Any of these are yours for the price of shipping -- or local pickup in
91214.

Van Snyder
van.sny...@sbcglobal.net

Re: DEC BA11-K KY11-L mounting brackets -- how?

[Fritz Mueller via cctalk]

> Now that I've thought about it for a bit, I wonder if you can use a
> nut-and-washer in place of the press fit threaded bushing at the bottom (but
> otherwise all the hardware,and insertion directions, will be the same); it
> will be kind of difficult to get the nut in there with the KY11-L pressed up
> to the front of the BA11-K (which is probably why they went to the press fit
> threaded bushing) - maybe hold it with a pair of needle-nose?

Yeah, two solutions come to mind -- the one you mention here with nut and 
washer, or inserting a hex-head machine screw in the other direction.  Either 
the nut or the hex-head screw could then be secured with a small combination 
wrench.

Re: DEC BA11-K KY11-L mounting brackets -- how?

[Noel Chiappa via cctalk]

>> From: Fritz Mueller

>> my brackets just have a punched oval hole at the bottom, and not a
>> "tapped hole" per your description above.

> The adapters on mine look _almost_ identical to yours, but _definitly_
> have a #8 press fit threaded bushing at the bottom.

Now that I've thought about it for a bit, I wonder if you can use a
nut-and-washer in place of the press fit threaded bushing at the bottom (but
otherwise all the hardware,and insertion directions, will be the same); it
will be kind of difficult to get the nut in there with the KY11-L pressed up
to the front of the BA11-K (which is probably why they went to the press fit
threaded bushing) - maybe hold it with a pair of needle-nose?

 Noel

PS: Thanks for the URL for the knob; I'm going to order a couple of spares
(the DEC originals have a tendency to break).

Re: DEC BA11-K KY11-L mounting brackets -- how?

[Fritz Mueller via cctalk]

Thanks for the info, Noel.

There seem to be several small oddities with this cabinet (there was also a 
puzzle I posted about here a while back, related to securing the power monitor 
board; it turned out with that one that this cabinet is missing some internal 
mounting tabs that other folks' cabinets seem to have.)

> On Apr 20, 2021, at 4:14 PM, Noel Chiappa  wrote:
> 
>> Pictures of my brackets should be viewable at
>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/wni3mDAQHozK9Ho27
> 
> I couldn't get them to display on my modern Window laptop, using either the
> Edge or Explorer browsers. I had to get my wife to show them to me on her
> Apple laptop. Not a great site to use for photos.

Wow, sorry about that...  Do folks here have an alternative service they 
like/recommend for sharing linked photos to the list?

cheers,
  --FritzM.

Re: DEC BA11-K KY11-L mounting brackets -- how?

[Noel Chiappa via cctalk]

> From: Fritz Mueller

> Pictures of my brackets should be viewable at
> https://photos.app.goo.gl/wni3mDAQHozK9Ho27

I couldn't get them to display on my modern Window laptop, using either the
Edge or Explorer browsers. I had to get my wife to show them to me on her
Apple laptop. Not a great site to use for photos.


> The interesting/confusing bit for me is the bottom part... In the
> second picture you can see that my brackets just have a punched oval
> hole at the bottom, and not a "tapped hole" per your description above.

Odd. The adapters on mine look _almost_ identical to yours, but _definitly_
have a #8 press fit threaded bushing at the bottom. Then there are a pair of
holes in the folded-over bit, and a pair of machine screws go through
superimposed holes in the flat part, and into tapped holes in the KY11-L
bezel, which hold the adapter to the bezel. The 1" long #8 machine screw
then holds the adapter to the tabs in the BA11-K.

To do the other mounting hardware, in Henk's picture, there's a flat metal
plate, with i) a hole in each end, and ii) a threaded hole in the middle. Two
machine screws (#8, I thihk) hold the flat plate to the bezel, then another
screw (#10, maybe) holds that U-shaped piece in Henk's picture to the flat
piece, and then a pair of #10 screws hold that to the tabs in the BA11-K.
(All machine screws above face forward.)


>> I'm too burned out (COVID long haul) at the moment

> Something a lot of us are going to have to face in the upcoming
> months/years, it seems -- wishing you best!

Hey, it could be worse! :-)

Has the classic computers commuinity lost anyone to COVID? I know we've
lost a few in the last year, but I don't recall if any were COVID.

Noel

Re: Apple 3.5" drive issue

[Richard Cini via cctalk]

If you can hear the eject motor, you may want to inspect the eject gear. I know 
I’ve had to replace them on both of my //gs drives. They’re 3D printed and I 
think I found them on eBay or one of the 3D services. I forget. I do remember 
it was $15 for 2.

http://cini.classiccmp.org/
Long Island S100 User’s Group

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From: cctalk  on behalf of David Williams via 
cctalk 
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 5:56:13 PM
To: CCTalk 
Subject: Apple 3.5" drive issue

Moved recently and finally have space to set up the collection and play
with it. I've set up my Apple IIgs and a Macintosh Plus and in testing
they are still working but while doing so I've noticed an issue with the
3.5" drives. I have an Apple Superdrive and 4 Apple 3.5 Drives on the
IIgs and where they all work as far as reading and writing, only the
Superdrive can actually eject the disks. The Mac Plus has the internal
drive and an external Apple 800K drive, both of which work except not
being able to eject disks either. So out of 7 drives, I have one that
doesn't need a paperclip to eject the disk. Haven't opened them up to
look at them yet, wanted to see if this is common and suggestions on
possible causes to check.

Thanks.

David Williams
www.trailingedge.com

Apple 3.5" drive issue

[David Williams via cctalk]

Moved recently and finally have space to set up the collection and play 
with it. I've set up my Apple IIgs and a Macintosh Plus and in testing 
they are still working but while doing so I've noticed an issue with the 
3.5" drives. I have an Apple Superdrive and 4 Apple 3.5 Drives on the 
IIgs and where they all work as far as reading and writing, only the 
Superdrive can actually eject the disks. The Mac Plus has the internal 
drive and an external Apple 800K drive, both of which work except not 
being able to eject disks either. So out of 7 drives, I have one that 
doesn't need a paperclip to eject the disk. Haven't opened them up to 
look at them yet, wanted to see if this is common and suggestions on 
possible causes to check.


Thanks.

David Williams
www.trailingedge.com

FTAG: 42U Rack Cabinet, flat packed for collection [London, UK]

[Andrew Luke Nesbit via cctalk]

Hello all!

I am starting a new job next week and returning to a field where my 
roots are (multimedia engineering, signal processing, etc).


Therefore I am vacating my studio workshop and ending a few projects I 
was working on until recently.  I have a lot of industrial and 
enterprise server hardware to sell or give away FTAG (free to a good home).


FTAG: Toten GS Cabinet, 42u, 1000 mm Deep, 800mm Wide, 3 Fixed Shelfs + 
2 Fan Units + Cable Management


800mm wide which is easier to work with than a 600mm.  However being 
1000mm deep it does it mean you can add 670mm servers.  It's a 
relatively large cabinet so you can fit pretty much most rack-mountable 
servers.


It is packaged as a flat-packaged self-assemble rack cabinet in five 
large, flat-packaged, boxes.  I will of course help move them from my 
office to your van (I recommend collection with a van or courier with van).


This item is among the first things I'm giving away because I need to 
free up some room.  This will make it easier to catalog and sell/give 
away.  I will be advertising other items too in the next few days.


Post code: N15 4QL (Seven Sisters and Tottenham Hale)

Any recommendations for other mailing lists or web forums to advertize 
this offer are welcome too.


Thank you all!!

Kind regards,

Andrew

Re: RSX11D disks on EBAY- anyone interested?

[Fritz Mueller via cctalk]

> On Apr 19, 2021, at 8:37 AM, Lee Gleason via cctalk  
> wrote:
> Does anyone have an actual, physical, assembled, currently working  RK05 
> drive that could read it in for me?

Hi Lee -- I have a currently working RK05 attached to an (also currently 
working) 11/45, and would be willing to give this a go for you?  I am in the SF 
Bay Area (Oakland) -- DM me to coordinate details is you wish?

   cheers,
 --FritzM.