RE: 1990 Era computer room

2015-06-22 Thread Jay West
I saw this newpaper photo on ebay, item 191606970872, where these 2 big wigs are proudly standing in front of their computer system looking over some printout. The actual computers in the picture don't look familiar to me, can anyone ID them? The disc drives appear to be HP 7900A

equipment available

2015-07-01 Thread Jay West
Some have asked if I'm just posting gear from ads I see online in my equipment available deals. The answer is no; I very frequently get individuals emailing me directly about systems they want to dispose of, so unless I was blind-CC'd, these equipment available deals are generally not known

RE: List Gripes

2015-07-03 Thread Jay West
John Willis wrote... Why it or its moderators decide to unceremoniously unsubscribe me every few months without warning is beyond me. [snip] It would be _really_ nice to do a warning message to people who haven't broken any list rules and haven't asked to be removed before dumping them,

RE: seeking advice on moving PDP 11 and related gear

2015-07-02 Thread Jay West
Hence the reason I asked on-list for a web developer. One response thus far -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Noel Chiappa Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2015 2:16 PM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Cc: j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu Subject: Re:

RE: VAX-11/750 registry (Was: Reviving a VAX-11/750)

2015-07-07 Thread Jay West
Should the requirement be weight, physical size, or what tools are lost in it? BTU requirements.

RE: accidental post allowance

2015-07-31 Thread Jay West
Mark wrote As a matter of fact I assumed that you'd intentionally let it through to give him the opportunity to show us first hand what kind of person he is. Very effective in any case. (taking off my list-owner hat and speaking for myself) Nah - I believe that pretty much the most

RE: Silent 785 docs?

2015-08-22 Thread Jay West
I had written Anyone have operators and/or service manual for the Silent 785? Still looking for the manual, but... found a quick reference guide inside the unit. I had seen it before, but didn't see the note on the back at the bottom regarding configuration. Long story short, by

RE: Silent 785 docs?

2015-08-22 Thread Jay West
Glen wrote... - Is that the one you rescued from somewhere in LA? Was wondering if you were able to successfully manage that. - Nope. That was an 800 series KSR. I still want that, but the business trip I was hoping to use to justify it never materialized. Still looking for someone in

RE: FYI gmane cctalk group

2015-08-24 Thread Jay West
That means they are copying the list without permission. -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of dwight Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 10:22 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: RE: FYI gmane

Silent 785 docs?

2015-08-22 Thread Jay West
I've got a TI Silent 785 I'm trying to get configured/running. I see docs on bitsavers for the earlier models, but not anything in the 780 series and outwardly they do appear to be somewhat different than the 700 series. My google searches don't return joy either. I'm particularly looking for

list consolidation

2015-06-30 Thread Jay West
FYI - in the fairly near term, I plan to get rid of the two views of the same list configuration on the classiccmp server. It has always created a rather large administrative burden, but also lately just has not been working right (problems subscribing, duplicate emails, a continuous stream of

RE: equipment available

2015-06-30 Thread Jay West
Paul wrote... - Sorry, that should have been off list. - Yep, and that's why you missed the deal ;) Someone responded privately right away, the equipment has been claimed. J

RE: Request for web development (ccmp)

2015-06-30 Thread Jay West
Andrew wrote... What specific tools/software/languages would be required to fill the role? Standard FAMP stack (where F = freebsd)

IBM 5150 available ($)

2015-07-31 Thread Jay West
Stopped in the local electronics haunt, and the owner directed me to a Fine to Very Good IBM 5150. I did not look at it closely, but externally appears to be very good shape with minor scratches on the under-side. It has two FH 5.25's, and a cassette port on back. He did say that memory had been

RE: A Final Word (FINAL)

2015-07-30 Thread Jay West
One thing I will absolutely not abide here is drama of any kind. Regardless of anyone's sentiments in response to his post one way or the other, the list is no place for that. Suffice it to say, his subject line was correct. That was the final word he'll ever get on this list, and I have made

RE: Booting an IBM MP 3000 S/390 System

2015-08-05 Thread Jay West
Guy; That's just plain awesome :) J

RE: Unidentified chip

2015-08-05 Thread Jay West
Tony wrote... - As a total aside, on some HP boards there is a 16 pin DIL package with the part number 1260-0339. Any ideas what that chip is? - Is it on any boards related to the HP1000 or 21MX computers? If so... what board? J

paging mouse (rodents/montreal)

2015-08-03 Thread Jay West
Sorry for the public post, can't get through privately. But oddly, the list seems to make it through. Very strange. Mouse, tried sending you a few replies, but your mail server sends rejections back from your MX host. Any chance you could whitelist the classiccmp.org server IP? Best, J

RE: Booting an IBM MP 3000 S/390 System

2015-08-06 Thread Jay West
Gene wrote... - One thing I don't understand - why can't the machine boot on its own? Why would IBM design a computer that required another computer just to boot it? To report higher sales of OS2/Warp? ;) Not the only one though, ISTR the 11/780 used a 11/03 to boot? J

OT RE: Saved DEC kit

2015-08-05 Thread Jay West
Tony wrote (re: 25kg)... Its about half the weight of many minicomputer bits (I think an RK05 drive is about 50kg for example). I cry DEC-bias, using an RK05 as your UOM ;) For HP, a bare 7906 drive is 75kg (165#), and with controller, power supply, and desk side rack that only holds

RE: H960 blank panel clips

2015-07-27 Thread Jay West
Maybe a future possibility to have a (maybe Chinese) manufacturer make a batch of 1000, 2000 or maybe 1 clips with a type of plastic which is slightly more flexible so that they do not break off to quickly? I have no idea what current prices would be for this field of manufacturing

paging Paul Birkel

2015-07-23 Thread Jay West
List - sorry for the noise.. Paul - sent you a couple emails on the 2100 front, wasn't sure if you got them (re: WCS boards). J

RE: HP 2100 bulbs

2015-07-20 Thread Jay West
Tony said: What is the electrical rating? For the 2140-0364, aka CM7361-200 MRC Parameter Characteristics ABHPOverall Length 0.625 inches maximum AFSPFilament DesignationC-2R AFSTLight Output Rating 0.050 spherical candlepower nominal single rating

RE: HP 2100 bulbs

2015-07-20 Thread Jay West
What I'd really like, is one of those light bulb replacement tools for the 2100 :) As anyone knows who has replaced them before, it's a bit of a frustrating pain to get them inserted just right given clearences and such :) I'm not positive, but I seem to recall back in foggy memory that there

HP 2100 bulbs

2015-07-20 Thread Jay West
Greetings folks. I'm on a mission to get some replacement bulbs for my 2100A/S machines. The official part is 2140-0364 (38 of them per machine). Google appears to indicate that an identical replacement is CM7361-200. One of my old parts donor 2100's has both OL-783BP and OL-783BPC, but I don't

RE: HP 2100 bulbs

2015-07-20 Thread Jay West
Glen; - I bought (40x) CM7361 from Mouser last month (Mouser part # 606-CM7361). At =10 and 100 they were $0.72 each. They are rated at 25,000 hour. I haven't installed any of this batch in my 2100A yet. I think I installed some of the same previously. - Is there some difference between

RE: KIM Uno /PiDP-11 plans...

2015-10-23 Thread Jay West
Dave wrote... -- I think that the switches can be found, but they might be expensive. -- But as Noel wrote... the problem isn't the CK switches as far as the "model number" on them goes. They can be found pretty easy. The problem is that CK switches used in these systems were custom made

RE: Retro Reproduction.

2015-10-23 Thread Jay West
Vince wrote... - In addition, the pivot heads seem to have been spread with some sort of heat process, so it is virtually impossible to remove the handle without breaking off the pivots. - I should point out... so far I've had about six or eight switch covers on various eclipse

RE: Retro Reproduction.

2015-10-23 Thread Jay West
Ethan wrote... Looking at your picture, I'd say that is not identical to any DEC switch handle I know of. Yeah, I couldn't remember what system it was... but when I first took apart a DG front panel and looked at the plastic switch covers, I *KNOW* I remember that I had worked on

RE: Retro Reproduction.

2015-10-23 Thread Jay West
Ben wrote... Bring in the Gorillas. :) Other than bootstrapping, switches tend to sit idle. Guess it's all what you're doing. I use the front panels *A LOT* on all my machines. A completely missing switchcover, or a broken switch, would be far more than just an inconvenience to me at

RE: Retro Reproduction.

2015-10-23 Thread Jay West
Ethan wrote... > Do the DG handles have the same problems as DEC switch handles? > (fragile pivots that break off) To which Christian replied... Only the 16-bit Eclipse family, and they're really not that fragile -- you sort of have to work to break them. Ethan - Yes. They have the

RE: Retro Reproduction.

2015-10-23 Thread Jay West
I should also add if people are talking about reproducing DEC switch handles (the plastic covers)... I would love to get spares for my DG gear so whatever process works for the dec ones may be helpful there. J

RE: Retro Reproduction.

2015-10-23 Thread Jay West
Rod; It's not just the dec folks. I have a DG box that I'd REALLY like to get a new (plexiglass, but thinner and more flexible) panel done for. I'd imagine it's silkscreening And I know of at least one other DG person looking for the same... J

Quantum Link (Q-Link)

2015-10-25 Thread Jay West
I received the email below, thought I'd pass it on... - Dear J West, I am writing to inform you about an article I have created about Quantum Link, an online service that was available in the US & Canada from 1985 to 1994. https://www.tinytickle.co.uk/quantum-link/ Quantum Link, originally

RE: To Al Kossow at bitsavers

2015-11-12 Thread Jay West
I think bitsavers is the best spot for that type of thing. But if for whatever reason Al doesn't wish to, I'd be happy to put them at: http://www.classiccmp.org/PDP-11/ in the RT11 directory. There are already files and distributions of interest there. J

RE: Fw: new message

2015-11-12 Thread Jay West
Apologies, not sure how that got through. Maybe a listmember got address-book-malware. Will see if the headers reveal anything that is easy to spot. J

dec cabinet part available

2015-11-01 Thread Jay West
I've been away from DEC stuff far too long, so I don't remember what this is called - but I'll describe it. The beige dec cabinets (corp cab?) that are wider than about 19 inches... the ones where there is the "normal" 19" rack and then to the left or the right there is a top to bottom, front to

RE: Chuck Forsberg died on 9/24. :(

2015-11-03 Thread Jay West
It was written... - Doesn't look like any software can be downloaded. It was hosted on a FTP site. Archive.org doesn't do FTP. :( Does anyone happen to have a copy of ftp://omen.com? There were a few things I would have liked. - Yeah, already looked at doing that. When I hear about a

RE: VCF nonsense (was: VCF-Berlin, 2015)

2015-11-02 Thread Jay West
This came up a few months ago here, and I asked for it to be taken to private email. Not sure why it resurfaced again (nor do I wish an explanation for it)... let's just keep this topic in private email please. J

RE: DG S/130 progress

2015-11-05 Thread Jay West
Yep, I purchased a couple boxes of 8" HS floppies, I think you were going to contact me off-list. In any case... send me the current version and I'll give it a whirl. J -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of shad Sent: Thursday, November

RE: Vintage computing events in Germany [Was: Re: VCF-Berlin, 2015]

2015-11-05 Thread Jay West
Anke wrote > If there is any interest, I can post announcements for those events in > advance. Anke - please feel free to post any classic computer related events on this list!! J

RE: 8" hard sector (Was DG S/130 status)

2015-10-19 Thread Jay West
We need to be able to do 32 sector 8" floppies :) J

RE: DG S/130 progress

2015-10-15 Thread Jay West
Shadoo wrote... - Then I developed a tool to connect it to PC via serial, using the console port; this tool is somehow similar to VTserver for PDP11 realm, but more expandable. Basically, you can do memory transfers between Nova and PC (both directions), and execute almost *ANY* I/O

8" hard sector (Was DG S/130 status)

2015-10-14 Thread Jay West
I found a company selling new 8" 32-sector hard sector floppies. http://www.athana.com/html/diskette.html Item # 47-0801 They want $150 per box of 10. That's a pretty hefty pricetag... but in the absence of other suppliers I may just have to break down and buy a box from them. J

RE: DG S/130 progress

2015-10-14 Thread Jay West
Henk wrote... >Great series of pictures Jay! Thanks! Most of those pics are "so I don't forget where wires go", but some of them are presentable :) >After more than a year on a desk, I mounted the 6125 tape drive in the top of the rack with its power supply on the right side next to it. I went

FOUND RE: nut bars? ;)

2015-10-15 Thread Jay West
Cindy wrote... - Are the one you want made by Accuride perhaps? http://www.accuride.com/media/1975/rackmountaccessories_pdf_3.pdf They call them "bar nuts" :-) - BINGO! That's the ones :) Thanks Cindy!!

RE: DG S/130 progress

2015-10-15 Thread Jay West
Henk wrote... -- On the right vertical post of the rack you mount two hinges. Each hinge has a pin that simply goes through a hole of the vertical post, and one screw. -- Yep, I got the installation instructions in the manual, which are wonderfully detailed WRT rackmounting. You may not

RE: 8" hard sector (Was DG S/130 status)

2015-10-16 Thread Jay West
Dwight wrote -- I'd makes some slight changes if I did it again. -- How about support for 8"? ;) J

RE: DG S/130 progress

2015-10-15 Thread Jay West
Henk wrote... - Yup, I mounted the 6125 in the top of the rack. The thought indeed did not occur that you can screw the pin in the metal hinge from the *bottom* side. I removed the top plastic part with the Data General text (top cover) to get the clearance space needed to hang the drive on

nut bars? ;)

2015-10-15 Thread Jay West
Perhaps my google skills are challenged (probably so), but I can't find this. Is there a modern source of nut bars that one could order with specific thread size and # of holes (NEMA pattern)? Yeah, I know I'm being OCD and can just use individual nuts. But after you keep losing a handful of

new acquisition

2015-10-13 Thread Jay West
Yep, I was the one that scored that SYM-1 and accessories for $40 :) Pictures at https://www.flickr.com/photos/131070638@N02 Just arrived, have yet to power it up as I'm busy with DG projects (next email!) :) J

DG S/130 progress

2015-10-13 Thread Jay West
Pictures of the S/130 system I'm building up are at https://www.flickr.com/photos/131070638@N02 I think the last I posted here... the cpu was up and running, that was the first piece I refurbished. I took everything out of the rack and cleaned that up well, and the cpu has been remounted there.

RE: VAX-11/750 registry (Was: Reviving a VAX-11/750)

2015-07-09 Thread Jay West
This may be hosted on the classiccmp server if you wish. There are already plans afoot for a registry there that would include both public and private listings, as well as measures to ensure entries that are desired to be anonymous (but verified) can be presented as well. The initial idea was for

RE: VAX-11/750 registry (Was: Reviving a VAX-11/750)

2015-07-09 Thread Jay West
One problem is going to be authentication. If it has any contact information (and it seems like it would need to in order to be useful) then it's gonna become a target for SPAM. Captcha? J

RE: VAX-11/750 registry (Was: Reviving a VAX-11/750)

2015-07-09 Thread Jay West
Linux, a web page form, some PHP scripts and MySQL and we're done. Any ^ Chilling words. Are you TRYING to get Jay to withdraw his offer of hosting? Hah. The classiccmp server is LAMP... so none of the above is a

RE: Could someone make the list do the [cctalk] thing in the subject line?

2015-11-17 Thread Jay West
Ed# wrote... COMBINE THEM THEN JUST ADD TWO LETTERS AND A DASH AS THUS CC- No.

RE: VCFMW

2015-09-01 Thread Jay West
> From: Jay West > Ian's 11/23 11/34. I know, I know, those blasted PDP-11's; under-foot everywhere! :-) Noel

RE: Data General Projects

2015-09-01 Thread Jay West
Al wrote... - It is the transform processor from a GE CAT scanner. I was just getting around to scanning the drawings for it. - I have never in any device seen a higher density of chips and boards per square inch. I suspect that if any of the fans fail, it would burst into flames within 30

Data General Projects

2015-09-01 Thread Jay West
It's time to start on the Data General stuff I've had forever but not yet restored :) This time much of it has finally made its way into the workshop so perhaps there will be some progress. Pictures of the initial set of racks to work on are at https://www.flickr.com/photos/131070638@N02 , but

VCFMW

2015-09-01 Thread Jay West
VCFMW is over, and I wanted to give a huge CONGRATS to Jason for the resulting show that he put on. Most of you will recall it was originally at Purdue, then was moved to Heron Point (IL). That venue was no longer available, so Jason scouted out a new venue (Holiday Inn) in Elk Grove Village, IL.

RE: Keys resurfaces

2015-09-04 Thread Jay West
As always, my hosting company will gladly provide hosting services to any classic computing related website at no charge. I'll send him an email offering same. I don't want to offer free web development though, someone else can step up with that work if they wish :)

raised floor possibly available

2015-09-04 Thread Jay West
A building next door to one of my offices was a datacenter/colo facility. It has sat vacant for quite a few years, and the new owner contacted me yesterday about some unrelated items. I asked about the raised floor and she said "all available, dirt cheap, come over and look". Sometime next

RE: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-05 Thread Jay West
This thread has migrated into the realm of "should be handled off-list". J

RE: 21MX proms (per request)

2015-09-07 Thread Jay West
Sean wrote - But I do think there's merit in Alexandre's general argument that one could theoretically emulate the older bipolar PROMs with some mix of modern components ... and the programmable device would be (a) more easily obtainable than the old bipolar PROMs and (b) programmable

RE: 21MX proms (per request

2015-09-08 Thread Jay West
Sean wrote -- The median listing price for them on eBay for a 29B with pack seems to be around $3-400 which IMO is a little steep for a 30+ year old PROM programmer. -- Nope. There is a very good reason why they still command such a price. Worth every penny. I can't belittle a 30

RE: VCFMW

2015-09-02 Thread Jay West
Jason wrote - Indeed, my basket-case HP1000E was, if not fixed, assessed and put on its way to good health by a pro HP fixer-upper. And at a free event! You can't ask for much more value than that. - Yeah, that 2109 was pretty much a mess. It definitely took some severe hits over

RE: Serial Disk Server to PDP-8/A

2015-09-02 Thread Jay West
And the online store is apparently "down for maintenance" :\ -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jay West Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2015 3:40 PM To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' <cctalk@classiccmp

RE: Wanted: ROM images from HP 9895, 82901/82902, and other HP-IB disk drives

2015-09-02 Thread Jay West
For drives of that general ilk I have: 9121 9122 9144 7957 Let me know if these would be of use. J -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Eric Smith Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2015 2:51 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and

RE: Serial Disk Server to PDP-8/A

2015-09-02 Thread Jay West
Charles wrote... --- I just installed Kyle Owen's Serial Disk Server on my 8/A (at high speed via an Omni-USB card I got from Philipp Hachtmann). --- Yeah, I've been meaning to get one of those omni-usb cards. Googling for the link. J

RE: no, not retrobrite

2015-09-04 Thread Jay West
Al wrote... >I didn't know how the things worked, so I looked it up I should point out that for most things classiccmp I use them on, you have to scrub REALLY hard, in very small back and forth strokes. When you hear them squeaking, they are working right. It even gets out things that I could

RE: Problem with RF73 DSSI disk

2015-09-04 Thread Jay West
John wrote Might I respectfully just quip here, that different countries have different culture re what is offensive. [snip] I think the best policy is to let as much as possible "slide" here in the online world. VERY well put. About 1% of the time I post a question here, I get

RE: 21MX proms (per request)

2015-09-06 Thread Jay West
Alexander wrote... - Intersting to note: many times i have used eproms in place of these proms. Usually, flash parts are faster, so better suited to the task. - Loader roms: You may be able to get by with that on loader roms. I've never found eproms that were functional & pin compatible.

RE: 21MX proms (per request)

2015-09-06 Thread Jay West
Glen wrote The loader PROMs are 256x4 while the firmware PROMs are either 512x8 or 1024x8. The firmware has some interesting code to unpack the 256x4 loader PROMs into 64x16 format in memory, and patch in the I/O select code while it is doing it. The same 1K parts are used

RE: Reading ROMs

2015-09-03 Thread Jay West
Marc wrote HP 1000. Not only the standard 24 pin ROMs but the small 14 or 16 pin bootloader ROMs that Jay showed me at VCF. What would be a good ROM programmer that could read and write these of older HP equipment ROMs? --- The Data I/O 29B works perfectly for those old fusable link

RE: 21MX proms (per request

2015-09-09 Thread Jay West
Sean wrote... -- my bench is all Racal, Tek, HP, Fluke, etc and the -- You must be one of those high net worth folks you mentioned in your previous post, I'm jealous of that kind of bench gear! I'm not saying the CP-1128 isn't a great value. Of course it's a good solution! I am

Amiga 2000HD spotted, STL

2015-09-10 Thread Jay West
Local electronics haunt has an Amiga 2000HD on the shelf. I was in a rush so didn't get any particulars. It did not appear to have a monitor or keyboard. Didn't see a price tag, but just from past experience I'd guess the owner tagged it around $50. I'm not in to them, no interest.. But if

RE: 21MX proms (per request

2015-09-13 Thread Jay West
Dwight wrote... > If you still have a working machine, why not disassemble the boot ROMs. They are only a few instructions long. Not necessary, as the source and binary for all the loader roms is in the aforementioned manual. None of them are "only a few instructions long". Most of them are a

Cryptolocker (was RE: Is tape dead?

2015-09-16 Thread Jay West
I took on a brand new client a while back, and before doing any real work for them they were hit by cryptolocker. I hadn't yet even done a "IT Review" for them, so didn't yet know what systems they had in place. Thus, under the gun, I started looking at their backup setup, and found it

RE: 21MX proms (per request

2015-09-11 Thread Jay West
Gerard wrote HOW OFTEN theses old PROM fail ?? Who had been through this problem and does it "really" worth to have some blanks "just in case" ?? 1) Once is enough, if it is the only known copy of that particular rom. But in general they are very reliable. More often than not -

RE: 21MX proms (per request

2015-09-09 Thread Jay West
Glen wrote... Just in case anyone is looking at BP Microsystems programmers: I'm looking - heck, at that price, a good backup/insurance policy! Would love to see a full device list J

RE: Is tape dead?

2015-09-15 Thread Jay West
Along the lines of this thread... back a few years ago when it was mentioned on the list that the last company making 1/2 mag tape was ceasing production, I bought a couple cases (I think 24 tapes total). I'm about 3/4ths of the way through them. Anyone know if new manufactured 1/2 mag tape

RE: 21MX proms (per request

2015-09-14 Thread Jay West
Dwight wrote... My main thinking was the best place to save a boot is to save it on paper.I recall looking at mine to see how the flag worked.( not mass storage yet so needed a serial loader ). - Ah, gotcha. Yep, you're right! On a few loaders where the part #'s were obscured, I had to

RE: retro computers in your browser

2015-09-28 Thread Jay West
The H89 emulator is pretty fun :) Thanks for the link! J

RE: ESR Meter Recommendations

2015-09-30 Thread Jay West
John wrote That is an authorized Bob Parker variation of his original Dick Smith ESR meter kit. On this side of the pond they were made by Anatek until the owner was killed in an accident, then the series (now called the Blue ESR) is made by Alltronics and sold by dealers such as I.

RE: IBM 026

2015-09-19 Thread Jay West
Subscription suspended. Next topic? -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Able Baker Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 8:06 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: IBM 026 oooh very

RE: IBM 026

2015-09-19 Thread Jay West
Marc wrote... Well, hopefully this community is about celebrating people that have an interest in saving old valuable hardware. Not bullying them. Ditto. Offlist email sent. Saving substantial hardware involves a substantial personal investment in time and money. So, Todd, well

RE: IBM 026

2015-09-20 Thread Jay West
I apparently put Abel on Mod rather than UnSub, and then moderators approved the messages. Now he's been unsubbed and I checked both lists. However, be aware the list archives are public. J

RE: would like to find blue dg et head looking terminal to go with small ecli...

2015-09-22 Thread Jay West
Jay Jaeger wrote... The one with the head in a yoke in my case is a 6053 aka Dasher D2. Interesting. Apparently there are two different ones that look like this - "head in a yoke". The ones in the picture that you mentioned being "6053 aka Dasher D2" are NOT the one that I have. The

RE: would like to find blue dg et head looking terminal to go with small eclipse

2015-09-22 Thread Jay West
Jay Jaeger wrote... ??? What do you mean by "blue dg et head looking terminal" ??? I'd bet that he's referring to the Data General Dasher D200 terminal. I have one: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131070638@N02/21058074082 But perhaps a better picture:

RE: would like to find blue dg et head looking terminal to go with small ecli...

2015-09-22 Thread Jay West
Ed wrote... Pretty futile to restore until I have manuals and a load tape if needed in front of me. Not futile at all. Taking it apart, cleaning it up, replacing anything obviously bad, checking out the power supply all things you can likely do without a manual. You could go a

Some amount of DG goodness

2015-09-21 Thread Jay West
I decided to raid the front panel of my S/200 to get a switch cover and a switch for the S/130; what can I say - I got antsy to see if the S/130 worked ;) When taking the S/200 front panel apart I found it really wasn't in great shape as it had appeared to be from the outside. A large number of

RE: IBM 026 - Decision Data 8010 card punch on Ebay in Germany

2015-09-21 Thread Jay West
That is simply gorgeous.

RE: Some amount of DG goodness

2015-09-21 Thread Jay West
Shadoo wrote However it's missing all the front panel switch levers, so I would need to rebuild them, not having had the luck of finding some at reasonable price. As a safety net, I was going to send one to another listmember that has a 3d scanner/printer and see if they can

RE: Some amount of DG goodness

2015-09-21 Thread Jay West
Mark wrote... Also, that heap of DG stuff in the pictures looks really lovely! Thank you... Those pictures don't even show a quarter of the DG gear floating around here. But honestly-unfortunately, it's simply WAY too much. Soon as I get one or two good working Eclipses and one or two

DG S/130 front panel switches?

2015-09-19 Thread Jay West
So does anyone have a trashed/dead front panel for a Data General S/130 (S/200 would also work) that can be a donor? All I need are two switches/paddles/Covers, but my S/200 front panel is perfect so I don't want to rob from that for the S/130 project. One light blue, one dark blue... Crossing my

RE: TSS/8 with modern disks?

2015-09-19 Thread Jay West
Ed wrote Seems like a ssd would make an idealfixed head replacement if it has to swap swap swap all the time? O.O J

classiccmp work

2015-11-27 Thread Jay West
I'm doing some work today and possibly over the next few days related to ftp services on the classiccmp server. Expect some squirrelyness over today and/or through the weekend. Also, since semi-retirement is now here... there will be some work finally getting started on things related to

RE: classiccmp work

2015-11-27 Thread Jay West
FTP on the classiccmp server should now be working more reliably for passive mode. You may have to use "ftp.classiccmp.org" as opposed to your own DNS name that may be hosted there. Please test and advise me off-list if you still have any issues. J

RE: Flash (or ide) storage for HP-2000?

2015-11-27 Thread Jay West
Ed wrote ok pretty interesting but no driver for access-2000unfortunately ! --- You could write it. The paper tape emulator there needs no drivers. I have one, and it works incredibly well (on HP2000 as well as every other environment). As to the ide disk emulator...

RE: Maximizing value selling a working 11/34

2015-12-08 Thread Jay West
Noel wrote. - So I know someone who has a working 11/34 (4 RLO2's and the 11/34 in an H960, running RSTS/E) they want to sell, and they want to know how to maximize the value - i.e. whether to sell it as a complete working system, or to

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