I was at the museum today with Bill Degnan. Corey Cohen was there to unlock the doors. We had three groups of visitors today. The first was a women and three children. The kids were very excited but Mom was afraid they would break something so they didn't stay long. The next was an older man who was reminiscing about the old days when he operated some similar equipment He hung around for a while and kept talking to Bill D. Ha-ha The last was a couple who were very interested in the punch cards and the card reader/printer on the IBM 1130. Apparently she used to work with punched cards and formatting data for the keypunch operators. Bill D1 was able to complete his tasks given to him by Jeff. He got all the computers working except for the TRS 80 model 1 which was missing a cable. Bill D2 removed the capstan from the display Univac 1532 and cleaned out all the gummy rubber and debris left in the paper tape reader. We also checked two of the three warehouse 1532s. The capstans on them are in equally bad condition to the one removed from display. We took one of the other bad capstans off of the warehouse 1532 for comparison and measurements. We have fairly accurate measurements taken with a vernier dial indicator caliper. Now we need to get one rebuilt. The extra capstan is in the bottom drawer of the I/O console. Bill Drom
On 7/3/2016 6:06 PM, Bill Dromgoole via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
We took one of the other bad capstans off of the warehouse 1532 for comparison and measurements. We have fairly accurate measurements taken with a vernier dial indicator caliper. Now we need to get one rebuilt. The extra capstan is in the bottom drawer of the I/O console.
Bill Drom
I would get one of the rubber roller repro guys (http://www.terrysrubberrollers.com/ or similar) and either refurbish all the old ones in one go (I'm guessing you need to send the original metal core part?) or get enough reproduction rubber rollers made to repair all the units in the warehouse and museum, plus at least one extra spare. -- Jonathan Gevaryahu jgevaryahu@gmail.com jgevaryahu@hotmail.com
On Sun, 3 Jul 2016, Bill Dromgoole via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I was at the museum today with Bill Degnan. ... The last was a couple who were very interested in the punch cards and the card reader/printer on the IBM 1130. Apparently she used to work with punched cards and formatting data for the keypunch operators.
You guys are welcome to fire up the keypunch. It was working when I left it in February, but it needs to be exercised (or maybe exorcised). The printer needs work, but the basic functions should be okay. The sensing pins on the read station also need lubrication, so duping cards doesn't work reliably. You should be able to punch cards with it. Mike Loewen mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
On Sun, 3 Jul 2016, Evan Koblentz wrote:
You guys are welcome to fire up the keypunch
We are expanding the docent staff from five to 10ish, but I don't think there are many (any?) of us who really know how to operate it.
Did you lose the writeup I sent last time? :-) Mike Loewen mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 9:08 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
You guys are welcome to fire up the keypunch
We are expanding the docent staff from five to 10ish, but I don't think there are many (any?) of us who really know how to operate it.
Exaggeration, I did not fix everything. Basically I got the PET and the IBM PC running as requested. I left a bootable demo disk in the IBM PC that you can just turn on and go with. The TRS 80 needs the buffered expansion cable that goes from the TRS 80 keyboard to the expansion unit. I was not able to test the drives as a result. I also powered on a lot of the systems and checked them out. I did not fix the Amiga or power it on for that matter. I tested the UNIX PC. -- @ BillDeg: Web: vintagecomputer.net Twitter: @billdeg <https://twitter.com/billdeg> Youtube: @billdeg <https://www.youtube.com/user/billdeg> Unauthorized Bio <http://www.vintagecomputer.net/readme.cfm>
OK Thanks for fixing the PET! And the PC disk! I will look for a cable in the warehouse for the TRS-80. On Sunday, July 3, 2016, william degnan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 9:08 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org <javascript:;>> wrote:
You guys are welcome to fire up the keypunch
We are expanding the docent staff from five to 10ish, but I don't think there are many (any?) of us who really know how to operate it.
Exaggeration, I did not fix everything.
Basically I got the PET and the IBM PC running as requested. I left a bootable demo disk in the IBM PC that you can just turn on and go with.
The TRS 80 needs the buffered expansion cable that goes from the TRS 80 keyboard to the expansion unit. I was not able to test the drives as a result. I also powered on a lot of the systems and checked them out.
I did not fix the Amiga or power it on for that matter.
I tested the UNIX PC.
-- @ BillDeg: Web: vintagecomputer.net Twitter: @billdeg <https://twitter.com/billdeg> Youtube: @billdeg <https://www.youtube.com/user/billdeg> Unauthorized Bio <http://www.vintagecomputer.net/readme.cfm>
There are two types of cable to use, the "buffered" and non buffered. Depends on which model expansion unit you have. It will say "buffered" on it (or nothing). BUT if it works it works regardless of what cable you use. It should be a 3-4 inch flat cable with female flat connector on both sides. b On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 12:06 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
OK Thanks for fixing the PET! And the PC disk! I will look for a cable in the warehouse for the TRS-80.
On Sunday, July 3, 2016, william degnan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 9:08 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org <javascript:;>> wrote:
You guys are welcome to fire up the keypunch
We are expanding the docent staff from five to 10ish, but I don't think there are many (any?) of us who really know how to operate it.
Exaggeration, I did not fix everything.
Basically I got the PET and the IBM PC running as requested. I left a bootable demo disk in the IBM PC that you can just turn on and go with.
The TRS 80 needs the buffered expansion cable that goes from the TRS 80 keyboard to the expansion unit. I was not able to test the drives as a result. I also powered on a lot of the systems and checked them out.
I did not fix the Amiga or power it on for that matter.
I tested the UNIX PC.
-- @ BillDeg: Web: vintagecomputer.net Twitter: @billdeg <https://twitter.com/billdeg> Youtube: @billdeg <https://www.youtube.com/user/billdeg> Unauthorized Bio <http://www.vintagecomputer.net/readme.cfm>
-- @ BillDeg: Web: vintagecomputer.net Twitter: @billdeg <https://twitter.com/billdeg> Youtube: @billdeg <https://www.youtube.com/user/billdeg> Unauthorized Bio <http://www.vintagecomputer.net/readme.cfm>
Bill Deg Thanks so much for being docent this past Sunday! I know you come from further that most docents, so it is much appreciated. I hope that you are able to do it every once in a while. It is nice to have more docents in the rotation and docents with different knowledge about the systems. Bill Drom Thanks for working on the Univac! It is nice to have you and Bill Deg get the museum pieces working or closer to working condition. On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 1:22 PM, william degnan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
There are two types of cable to use, the "buffered" and non buffered. Depends on which model expansion unit you have. It will say "buffered" on it (or nothing). BUT if it works it works regardless of what cable you use. It should be a 3-4 inch flat cable with female flat connector on both sides. b
On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 12:06 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
OK Thanks for fixing the PET! And the PC disk! I will look for a cable in the warehouse for the TRS-80.
On Sunday, July 3, 2016, william degnan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 9:08 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org <javascript:;>> wrote:
You guys are welcome to fire up the keypunch
We are expanding the docent staff from five to 10ish, but I don't think there are many (any?) of us who really know how to operate it.
Exaggeration, I did not fix everything.
Basically I got the PET and the IBM PC running as requested. I left a bootable demo disk in the IBM PC that you can just turn on and go with.
The TRS 80 needs the buffered expansion cable that goes from the TRS 80 keyboard to the expansion unit. I was not able to test the drives as a result. I also powered on a lot of the systems and checked them out.
I did not fix the Amiga or power it on for that matter.
I tested the UNIX PC.
-- @ BillDeg: Web: vintagecomputer.net Twitter: @billdeg <https://twitter.com/billdeg> Youtube: @billdeg <https://www.youtube.com/user/billdeg> Unauthorized Bio <http://www.vintagecomputer.net/readme.cfm>
-- @ BillDeg: Web: vintagecomputer.net Twitter: @billdeg <https://twitter.com/billdeg> Youtube: @billdeg <https://www.youtube.com/user/billdeg> Unauthorized Bio <http://www.vintagecomputer.net/readme.cfm>
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