hey all, was working on my mvii build last night, and after shutting it down to get some dinner i came back to it having a whole host of issues. i have been working through bit by bit trying to figure out what is wrong, but the current issue i am having has me stumped. my backplane (h9278) is...
hey all! i recently picked up a spare VT103 backplane on ebay thinking since they (VT103s) are quite rare, it might be possible to retrofit it into my VT100- as far as i know they are the exact same physical dimensions and all, just the power supply is beefier and there is an LSI11 backplane...
hey all, i have an unhappy indigo in my collection- i recently replaced the CPU battery since the diagnostic LED was yellow and i could get nothing on my display. this fixed the issue with the yellow LED and the CPU seems happy from the outside, but now i am still getting nothing on the display...
hey all, looking for the VCB02 bulkhead panel, i believe it is the same between the BA23 and 123, DEC only specify the part number as 7432220 in documentation, it should be 15 pin d-sub and DB9 or DB15 with a 15pin cable.
thanks :)
hey all, anyone have mirrors of the above-mentioned in a gotek-friendly format? dave gesswein has some on his site but they are in rx01 format and i'm not sure how best to convert them for use on a real DECmateII. thank you :)
hey all! i have a collection of TK50 and TK70 tapes that i'd like to go through, i plan on reusing them if possible but i'd like to make sure there's nothing interesting or useful on them first. most of them are exhibiting errors that i don't believe are related to the drive or the controller...
hey all, i picked up an NGEN B26 off ebay today with an "I/O board" that i cannot identify, 3676-2060A seems to be the part number. is anyone able to ID this? it is installed in the slot closest to the connector breakout panel and is the only board of four the seller did not remove for display...
hey all, sorry for spamming this section x) in need of some 32MB 72 pin ECC SIMMs, 60-70ns, same as the title. need 8 total, currently have 0. they are available on ebay but with wildly fluctuating prices, and i'd like to see if i can get all 8 at once from one person at a fair price.
thank you!
seeing chris1's s/3x thread i figured i would post my own holy grail thread as well- don't bother telling me i'll have to get lucky, i already know :)
looking for a (ideally working) lispm of some sort, ideally something capable of running interlisp but if it isn't scrap i'll take it...
hey all, in need of a keyboard and mouse for an indigo i just picked up, the cheapest i can find both on ebay right now costs around as much as i paid for the system itself which is pretty rough x)
thanks as always!
if anyone happens to have prebuilt spares of the following (or just boards they aren't using anymore) i'll be happy to take them off your hands for a fair price, getting started on the Z2D rebuild and turns out ICs are pretty expensive when you're needing to buy this many of them x)
no need...
i'm having trouble getting some floppies written for my 2x and i can't figure out if my image is bad, if i am using the wrong drive, or something else. i have an IBM 4869 that i believe to be 360kb, and a greaseweazle on the latest firmware. the blank disks that came with this system are all...
hey all, i recently picked up a lovely silent 700/745 from ebay, but unfortunately the moron i bought it from underpacked it, and now it is no longer working. it powers on, but i am unable to type or move the paper in offline mode, and there is no status LED when in online mode (maybe only...
hey all! does anyone know if schematics for the BA11-VA exist anywhere? i am looking on bitsavers and do not see anything. i am hoping to design and produce a modern five slot version of this chassis since it is so hard to find, and i would really like a single user RSX11 box that i can run on...
hey all, bit of an odd question but the kaypro systems i bought a while ago came with these lovely little laminated outlines you could stick on the outside of the keyboard- unfortunately the wordstar one i got was damaged, and so i am wondering if anyone has a copy or scans of these somewhere?