Last sun3 ask: In search of a SCSI controller (VME) for a 3/260

2018-02-27 Thread Ian via cctalk
Folks, sorry for the Sun spam. Everything was working in my newly acquired 3/260, and the monitor is even starting to shape up. It was a gorgeous machine until I tried to use the SCSI bus on it. The controller is dead, very dead. No fuses or obvious things. No matter the device or chain...

Re: Searching for Sun2 and Sun3 bits and bobs- a long-running project approaches completion!

2018-02-24 Thread Ian via cctalk
> wrote: > >> On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 2:46 PM, Ian via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> >> wrote: >> >> I need to shake loose a keyboard and mouse for a Sun 2. > > For non-Sun experts, what is that exactly? > > I have a keyboard that looks like this one wit

Searching for Sun2 and Sun3 bits and bobs- a long-running project approaches completion!

2018-02-24 Thread Ian via cctalk
Hi folks, I recently, on a trip to Oregon, finally got a compatible ECL monitor for my Sun 2. It came with a rather nice Sun 3/260, which I’d like to run as well. So I thought I’d put out a beg here- I’m so close to finishing this. I need to shake loose a keyboard and mouse for a Sun 2.

Seeking one or two Xerox daybreak mice, preferably 3 button

2018-02-14 Thread Ian via cctalk
Trying to get a leg up on a project and keep a ratio of peripherals to machines, please let me know if you have one to sell. Sent from my toaster oven.

Re: Maxtor full-height 5.25" drives of death

2018-02-08 Thread Ian via cctalk
> >> On 02/08/2018 12:28 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: >> >> Little concrete analysis has actually been done on these drives that has >> been released outside the >> drive recovery shops. Al, thanks for the thoughtful response- I was genuinely unaware heads could simply fail outside of the

Re: Maxtor full-height 5.25" drives of death

2018-02-08 Thread Ian via cctalk
On Feb 8, 2018, at 11:03, Tom Gardner via cctalk wrote: > > XT2190 was first produced in 3Q 1984 and last produced in 1989 which gives > yours a remarkable life span and well beyond the them at most 5 year warranty. > Be thankful they lasted this long. Good point. The

Re: AT Work Group System Voice Power voice processing boards for Unix PC 6300/7300 for sale

2017-05-18 Thread Ian via cctalk
Thanks Sellam. Still a cool product but I got all excited for a second thinking you had found the Unix PC cards. :) Hopefully someone can put them to good use now that the addressable market is much larger... Get Outlook for Android