Re: domains available (FTGH)

Hello Jay, In the highly unlikely event that you get no interest in decvax.org I would be interested. I do an occasional blog and keep thinking it would be good to have a place to collect DEC VAX information. I think others are more likely to be able to dedicate more time to it, so give it to

Re: Manchester University Joint System in the 1970s

I was there 1980-1984, I don't ever recall using a 7600 though, I thought I used a CDC Cyber 172 (or 170 or something similar). It is possible I may have some records buried at home, but I am away at the moment and they would not be easily accessible. I have to re-arrange a lot of stuff over

Re: FTGH clear-out at Mesa Electronics, Richmond, CA, USA

If FedEx is the only option then I think that may have to rule me out, shipping to the UK would be prohibitive. I had found a good rate with Parcel Monkey, if that is an option then I am still keen. Thanks for your help! Regards Rob > > On 24 May 2017 at 19:39 Anders Nelson via cctalk

Re: Stripping an RA80

> > On 31 December 2016 at 17:26 Tony Duell wrote: > > > I am probably going to be flamed for this > > My VAX11/730 has an R80 disk drive as you might expect. I dismantled this > many > years ago to move it and never reassembled it. Over the years

Re: MicroVax II

> > On 30 July 2016 at 02:30 Zane Healy wrote: > > > > > On Jul 29, 2016, at 6:08 PM, Douglas Taylor > > wrote: > > > > I just got a MicroVax II in the BA123 world box chassis. I has a TK50, > > RX50, RXDQ2, but no DEQNA.

RE: classics I threw away or sold ... foolishly

> On 18 May 2016 at 23:31 Swift Griggs wrote: > > > On Wed, 18 May 2016, Benjamin Huntsman wrote: > > 1. HP 150 and 9121D, [...] > > Whoa. That's a really "cute" machine. What are those drives in the front, > flopticals or just cool looking 3.5" floppies ? I'm looking at

Re: classics I threw away or sold ... foolishly

> On 18 May 2016 at 22:11 Swift Griggs wrote: > > > On Wed, 18 May 2016, Ben Sinclair wrote: > > That's a fun and depressing exercise... > > Hee hee. I thought so, or perhaps I was just looking for company in my > mock-misery :-) > In my case nothing too spectacular,

Replacement for a Corcom F2987A EMI Filter

I have two failed Corcom filters in two DEC Rainbows. I see some spares available in the US, but shipping to the UK is likely to be prohibitive and I would like if possible to find a modern equivalent. It is this one: http://meci.com/corcom-12-20129-01-emi-line-filter-model-f2987a.html. I am told

Re: PDP-11

> > On 11 May 2016 at 21:53 Dave Wade wrote: > > > I thought I had attached a pic of the card layouts, I assume these are > deleted... Here is a link... Sorry it's long. > > > >

RE: AlphaStation 200 NVRAM Problem

> > On 03 May 2016 at 18:20 "Maciej W. Rozycki" wrote: > > > On Mon, 2 May 2016, Robert Jarratt wrote: > > > I decided to attempt the construction of an adapter. But it is the > > connectors which always bite me because I don't know what all the types >

RE: AlphaStation 200 NVRAM Problem

> > On 02 May 2016 at 22:56 "Maciej W. Rozycki" wrote: > > > On Mon, 2 May 2016, Robert Jarratt wrote: > > > > Other than that maybe it's NVRAM after all. But what could it be then > > that > > > did not show up in your testing? Could it be that the

Re: Manual for DEC 433au

> > On 19 April 2016 at 19:29 Laurens Vets wrote: > > > On 2016-04-16 18:07, Glen Slick wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 5:44 AM, Robert Jarratt > > wrote: > >> Anyone got the following document: DIGITAL Personal

Re: Need info for a VAX Station 3100 SPX / VS42A-DA

> > On 01 April 2016 at 03:45 Pete Lancashire wrote: > > Won the guy on the big auction site, put the minimum bid down and $50 > later > it showed up on the doorstop. > > http://petelancashire.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=6027 > > Sorry for the

Re: The last fix for a "All Shook Up" 33

> > On 27 October 2015 at 18:06 Peter Cetinski wrote: > > > > > On Oct 27, 2015, at 1:59 PM, tony duell > wrote: > > > >> experience. An 'UP ARROW' means nothing, nor does 'FRAGILE' > > > > I thought 'Fragile' meant 'Use this

Re: The last fix for a "All Shook Up" 33

> > On 27 October 2015 at 19:30 Peter Cetinski <p...@pski.net> wrote: > > > > > On Oct 27, 2015, at 3:25 PM, Ethan Dicks <ethan.di...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 3:22 PM, Jarratt RMA > > <robert.ja

Re: VT100 and/or VT105 rescued from scrap

> On 21 October 2015 at 20:52 william degnan wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 3:29 PM, tony duell wrote: > > > [VT100, etc, monitor PCB] > > > > > Is that true of the vt102 as well? > > > > I don't think I've ever worked on a VT102, but

Re: VT100 and/or VT105 rescued from scrap

> On 20 October 2015 at 22:12 Ian Primus wrote: > > > I can't seem to get the link to work with the pictures, so I don't > know what the tube looks like, but sticky fluid is NOT an indication > of a problem with the tube. Some tubes used a bonded safety glass, and >

Re: A tale of woe, including carelessness, stupidity and laziness....

As a child I remember getting a shock from a fridge and being thrown across the room into the wall opposite. I really did crash into the wall quite hard, so I can imagine it being very easy for the shock to cause other injuries. Regards Rob On 26/08/2015, tony duell a...@p850ug1.demon.co.uk

Re: VT100 preventative maintenance?

I can't say I know for sure, but I did replace all the electrolytics on the video control boards of both my VT101 and VT102, because there was a definite wobble to the image on both terminals. Replacing all of them fixed the wobble. As I have posted before, I did this after testing each capacitor

Re: VT100 preventative maintenance?

Oooh, didn't know about the diodes. Are there any specific ones that you think should be replaced no matter what? If not, are there any tests you would recommend? Regards Rob On 22 August 2015 at 19:10, tony duell a...@p850ug1.demon.co.uk wrote: Should I leave well enough alone, or is

Re: Saved DEC kit

Hello Adrian, Any news on whether I might be able to get my hands on the 2000 and 4000 VLC? Regards Rob On 1 August 2015 at 11:59, Adrian Graham wit...@binarydinosaurs.co.uk wrote: No probs Rob, I'll give it a couple of days and dig through my old messages from Dec/Jan this year. The

Re: Chromatics on ebay

It is always hard to know the real story. It *is* possible the seller genuinely didn't know what they were doing. I know I can be too willing to give others the benefit of the doubt, and, equally this could be an experienced seller pretending not to know, when his plan to avoid higher insertion

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

(I would change the subject line, but I am not sure how to do it in my ISP's web mail client) As far as I know XH558 will be permanently stationed at Finningley after this year's flying season is completed. The full details are here: http://www.vulcantothesky.org/, including dates of flypasts and

Re: DEC Runoff to any modern format conversion or DEC MSCP protocol specs

I wouldn't mind running a file through runoff either, or building the Pascal code that was mentioned. It would be a good excuse to do something with one of my machines. Regards Rob On 4 June 2015 at 20:53, Mark Wickens m...@wickensonline.co.uk wrote: Someone (possibly me) surely can process