As I stretched to go running on the morning of Dec. 20th, I caught sight of a large box on the porch, outside the window. OMG, the DEC RK05 hard drive had...
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evan@...
ekoblentz
Dec 26, 2012 9:33 pm
... I'm a runner too. Any others in the club?...
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Dave McGuire
purringdave
Dec 26, 2012 9:59 pm
... Only when chased! -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA...
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J. Alexander Jacocks
caliphalexander
Dec 26, 2012 10:25 pm
On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Christian Liendo < ... Seconded! Many thanks, Brian! - Alex...
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evan@...
ekoblentz
Dec 26, 2012 10:47 pm
... For reasons unknown, four of Brian's messages got caught in the Yahoo spam filter, and I just noticed them yesterday. Ergo the delay in the messages...
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Mike Loewen
mloewen16823
Dec 26, 2012 10:53 pm
... NONE of my messages get through Bill Degnan's spam filter... Mike Loewen mloewen@... Old Technology...
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Matt Patoray
matt_patoray
Dec 27, 2012 12:13 am
... Nope I just lift things up and put them down....
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Brian Schenkenberger,...
VAXman@...
Dec 27, 2012 2:34 am
... SPAMmer! :P -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG Well I speak to machines with the voice of humanity....
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joshbensadon
Dec 27, 2012 2:39 am
... Very cool! I guess I was lucky, my terminal only had a dirty brightness pot. It also needs a screen glass job, but it's not so bad, so I'll hold off for...
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Kyle Owen
kylevowen
Dec 27, 2012 2:48 am
... Lucky indeed! The screen restoration is really easy. Stinky, but easy. I would recommend my method of hot glue to glue the glass plate onto the CRT, since...
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joshbensadon
Dec 27, 2012 5:31 am
I am trying to figure out a diplay module. Does anyone have databooks on the following chips: Mostek MK2301P 24pin ceramic chip. Following are probably some...
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Stephen L
shlafferty
Dec 27, 2012 1:23 pm
... Hi Josh, FWIW, I have a 1977 Mostek catalog which shows an MK2300/2302 24-pin part. It's a character generator ROM, organized as 64, 5x7 characters. If you...
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William Donzelli
toober00
Dec 27, 2012 2:26 pm
... The other numbers sound like they are from Burroughs, so I might think they came from Burroughs ECD (the Nixie and plasma display people). -- Will...
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Dave McGuire
purringdave
Dec 27, 2012 3:15 pm
... This is great stuff. :-) One of my 8/e systems has an RK05 on it. (well, two, but one needs a rebuild) RK05s are a very good match for OS/8. I have a...
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Stephen L
shlafferty
Dec 27, 2012 6:49 pm
... So I snapped up a few of those, which has reduced the need for the soft-sectoring mod. I still might pursue that, though, since others have expressed...
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B. Degnan
billdeg
Dec 27, 2012 7:41 pm
... the PDP-8, without success. Then late yesterday, I spoke with some kind folks at Athana.com. Seems that they used to make them and still have 200, ...
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evan@...
ekoblentz
Dec 27, 2012 9:27 pm
InfoAge is closed for a while due to power failure. I don't know for how long. Rumor has it that a transformer croaked, so it could be a while. Will send...
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corey986
Dec 28, 2012 12:03 am
I have started the de-hacking of the system... I removed all the cards and the personality module. First step, I hooked the keyboard back up using the correct...
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Stephen L
shlafferty
Dec 28, 2012 12:28 am
Hi Bill, ... Athana said that some of their staff is out for the holidays, so the disks won't ship until next week. There's a week transit from CA and perhaps...
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B. Degnan
billdeg
Dec 28, 2012 1:14 am
Herb and I, with a few minutes of Lee peeking over our shoulders, systematically walked through the schematic. We made I though to the ROM and stopped. Ran...
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B. Degnan
billdeg
Dec 28, 2012 1:17 am
... Correction - I have 4 disk packs for my two RK05's. They're set up in tandem as drive 0 and 1. http://vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=314 ... a...
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David Gesswein
dgesswein
Dec 28, 2012 3:10 am
... If you think the head alignment is off I'd start with a new pack and try formating in then running the standalone diagnostics. That way the alignment won't...
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B. Degnan
billdeg
Dec 28, 2012 3:49 am
... Dave - Assuming my battery pack is long dead, if it's there at all, are they prone to leakage and cause damage - should I attend to this immediately? Bill...
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B. Degnan
billdeg
Dec 28, 2012 4:08 am
Found from the manual that the batteries are associated with the H743 voltage regulator. ...
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corey986
Dec 28, 2012 1:34 pm
They'd be willing to sell that I can drive to meet you and pickup. Need one that is known to work. Before I invest in a "date" correct ceramic white one for...
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David Gesswein
dgesswein
Dec 28, 2012 2:01 pm
... They are nickel cadnium so will leak after enough time though not as bad as some other types and only metal below them. The origional has a plastic sleve...
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Stephen L
shlafferty
Dec 28, 2012 7:02 pm
Hi Dave, ... get to that point. Need to reform/checkout/fix the power supplies and deal with the decaying foam. The foam collar between the blower and the card...
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joshbensadon
Dec 28, 2012 11:08 pm
Hi Corey, I have extra 8080's I can test in my IMSAI, but I have to mail it to you. If you have trouble getting it locally, then I can be your plan-B. Cheers, ...
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Bryan Pope
popebryan20
Dec 28, 2012 11:59 pm
Corey, Have you heard of Unicorn Electronics? http://www.unicornelectronics.com/ I have bought stuff from them when I used to live in S NJ and was very happy....
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corey986
Dec 29, 2012 12:37 am
Yep, I've bought stuff from them in the past... I just didn't have $25 in stuff they carry right now. Too bad mouser doesn't carry the 8080, I need some...
