• Re: Andromeda Systems DC11

    From P.Lj@peter.ljungberg.sui@gmail.com to alt.sys.pdp11 on Sun Feb 27 11:40:01 2022
    From Newsgroup: alt.sys.pdp11

    On Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 2:45:25 AM UTC+2, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
    On 04/03/2018 06:55 PM, Charles Richmond wrote:
    On 3/31/2018 6:52 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
    On 03/31/2018 02:07 AM, P.Lj wrote:
    Yes, that is probably correct, I think it was connected to a ST506, I >>> got them over ten years ago so my memory is a byte vague.

    ^P


    If you ever feel you want to get rid of them feel free to send
    them here. I only have three of the "Personality Cards" but I
    do still use them. Who knows, maybe I'll find more somewhere.

    bill


    You want ST506's??? Are those the MFM drives that were in the IBM XT???

    Yes they are but the at this point they are not worth the postage to
    ship them. Likely to fail in a very short time. I still have about
    a half dozen but I have had 4 or 5 fail in the past couple months.

    bill

    Do you know what failed on your boards?
    ^P
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  • From Bill Gunshannon@bill.gunshannon@gmail.com to alt.sys.pdp11 on Sun Feb 27 15:21:56 2022
    From Newsgroup: alt.sys.pdp11

    On 2/27/22 14:40, P.Lj wrote:
    On Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 2:45:25 AM UTC+2, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
    On 04/03/2018 06:55 PM, Charles Richmond wrote:
    On 3/31/2018 6:52 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
    On 03/31/2018 02:07 AM, P.Lj wrote:
    Yes, that is probably correct, I think it was connected to a ST506, I >>>>> got them over ten years ago so my memory is a byte vague.

    ^P


    If you ever feel you want to get rid of them feel free to send
    them here. I only have three of the "Personality Cards" but I
    do still use them. Who knows, maybe I'll find more somewhere.

    bill


    You want ST506's??? Are those the MFM drives that were in the IBM XT??? >>>
    Yes they are but the at this point they are not worth the postage to
    ship them. Likely to fail in a very short time. I still have about
    a half dozen but I have had 4 or 5 fail in the past couple months.

    bill

    Do you know what failed on your boards?
    ^P

    Do you realize how old this message is? I have a hard time remembering
    what I had for breakfast. :-)

    But in this case....

    Most of the time it is bearings. The drives get louder and louder and
    then one day they just don't spin any more. One or two were probably
    logic boards but I don't think many go that way.

    bill


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  • From P.Lj@peter.ljungberg.sui@gmail.com to alt.sys.pdp11 on Mon Feb 28 09:47:39 2022
    From Newsgroup: alt.sys.pdp11

    On Sunday, February 27, 2022 at 9:22:00 PM UTC+1, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
    On 2/27/22 14:40, P.Lj wrote:
    On Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 2:45:25 AM UTC+2, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
    On 04/03/2018 06:55 PM, Charles Richmond wrote:
    On 3/31/2018 6:52 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
    On 03/31/2018 02:07 AM, P.Lj wrote:
    Yes, that is probably correct, I think it was connected to a ST506, I >>>>> got them over ten years ago so my memory is a byte vague.

    ^P


    If you ever feel you want to get rid of them feel free to send
    them here. I only have three of the "Personality Cards" but I
    do still use them. Who knows, maybe I'll find more somewhere.

    bill


    You want ST506's??? Are those the MFM drives that were in the IBM XT??? >>>
    Yes they are but the at this point they are not worth the postage to
    ship them. Likely to fail in a very short time. I still have about
    a half dozen but I have had 4 or 5 fail in the past couple months.

    bill

    Do you know what failed on your boards?
    ^P
    Do you realize how old this message is? I have a hard time remembering
    what I had for breakfast. :-)

    But in this case....

    Most of the time it is bearings. The drives get louder and louder and
    then one day they just don't spin any more. One or two were probably
    logic boards but I don't think many go that way.

    bill

    you were looking for a DC11, still?

    ^P
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  • From Bill Gunshannon@bill.gunshannon@gmail.com to alt.sys.pdp11 on Mon Feb 28 14:59:16 2022
    From Newsgroup: alt.sys.pdp11

    On 2/28/22 12:47, P.Lj wrote:
    On Sunday, February 27, 2022 at 9:22:00 PM UTC+1, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
    On 2/27/22 14:40, P.Lj wrote:
    On Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 2:45:25 AM UTC+2, Bill Gunshannon wrote: >>>> On 04/03/2018 06:55 PM, Charles Richmond wrote:
    On 3/31/2018 6:52 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
    On 03/31/2018 02:07 AM, P.Lj wrote:
    Yes, that is probably correct, I think it was connected to a ST506, I >>>>>>> got them over ten years ago so my memory is a byte vague.

    ^P


    If you ever feel you want to get rid of them feel free to send
    them here. I only have three of the "Personality Cards" but I
    do still use them. Who knows, maybe I'll find more somewhere.

    bill


    You want ST506's??? Are those the MFM drives that were in the IBM XT??? >>>>>
    Yes they are but the at this point they are not worth the postage to
    ship them. Likely to fail in a very short time. I still have about
    a half dozen but I have had 4 or 5 fail in the past couple months.

    bill

    Do you know what failed on your boards?
    ^P
    Do you realize how old this message is? I have a hard time remembering
    what I had for breakfast. :-)

    But in this case....

    Most of the time it is bearings. The drives get louder and louder and
    then one day they just don't spin any more. One or two were probably
    logic boards but I don't think many go that way.

    bill

    you were looking for a DC11, still?


    Not necessarily a DC11. I have two of them. But I really could use
    the "Personality Cards" Especially one or two for 8" disks. And I
    could always use some for the ST506 disks as I am hoping to be able
    to spring for a couple of the emulators at some point.

    bill


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  • From P.Lj@peter.ljungberg.sui@gmail.com to alt.sys.pdp11 on Tue Mar 1 04:22:43 2022
    From Newsgroup: alt.sys.pdp11

    On Monday, February 28, 2022 at 8:59:19 PM UTC+1, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
    On 2/28/22 12:47, P.Lj wrote:
    On Sunday, February 27, 2022 at 9:22:00 PM UTC+1, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
    On 2/27/22 14:40, P.Lj wrote:
    On Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 2:45:25 AM UTC+2, Bill Gunshannon wrote: >>>> On 04/03/2018 06:55 PM, Charles Richmond wrote:
    On 3/31/2018 6:52 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
    On 03/31/2018 02:07 AM, P.Lj wrote:
    Yes, that is probably correct, I think it was connected to a ST506, I
    got them over ten years ago so my memory is a byte vague.

    ^P


    If you ever feel you want to get rid of them feel free to send
    them here. I only have three of the "Personality Cards" but I
    do still use them. Who knows, maybe I'll find more somewhere.

    bill


    You want ST506's??? Are those the MFM drives that were in the IBM XT???

    Yes they are but the at this point they are not worth the postage to >>>> ship them. Likely to fail in a very short time. I still have about
    a half dozen but I have had 4 or 5 fail in the past couple months.

    bill

    Do you know what failed on your boards?
    ^P
    Do you realize how old this message is? I have a hard time remembering
    what I had for breakfast. :-)

    But in this case....

    Most of the time it is bearings. The drives get louder and louder and
    then one day they just don't spin any more. One or two were probably
    logic boards but I don't think many go that way.

    bill

    you were looking for a DC11, still?

    Not necessarily a DC11. I have two of them. But I really could use
    the "Personality Cards" Especially one or two for 8" disks. And I
    could always use some for the ST506 disks as I am hoping to be able
    to spring for a couple of the emulators at some point.

    bill

    I have one ST506 left, it worked the last time I tested it, not sure now though, interested, should I check it?

    ^P
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  • From Bill Gunshannon@bill.gunshannon@gmail.com to alt.sys.pdp11 on Tue Mar 1 08:30:53 2022
    From Newsgroup: alt.sys.pdp11

    On 3/1/22 07:22, P.Lj wrote:
    On Monday, February 28, 2022 at 8:59:19 PM UTC+1, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
    On 2/28/22 12:47, P.Lj wrote:
    On Sunday, February 27, 2022 at 9:22:00 PM UTC+1, Bill Gunshannon wrote: >>>> On 2/27/22 14:40, P.Lj wrote:
    On Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 2:45:25 AM UTC+2, Bill Gunshannon wrote: >>>>>> On 04/03/2018 06:55 PM, Charles Richmond wrote:
    On 3/31/2018 6:52 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
    On 03/31/2018 02:07 AM, P.Lj wrote:
    Yes, that is probably correct, I think it was connected to a ST506, I >>>>>>>>> got them over ten years ago so my memory is a byte vague.

    ^P


    If you ever feel you want to get rid of them feel free to send >>>>>>>> them here. I only have three of the "Personality Cards" but I
    do still use them. Who knows, maybe I'll find more somewhere.

    bill


    You want ST506's??? Are those the MFM drives that were in the IBM XT??? >>>>>>>
    Yes they are but the at this point they are not worth the postage to >>>>>> ship them. Likely to fail in a very short time. I still have about >>>>>> a half dozen but I have had 4 or 5 fail in the past couple months. >>>>>>
    bill

    Do you know what failed on your boards?
    ^P
    Do you realize how old this message is? I have a hard time remembering >>>> what I had for breakfast. :-)

    But in this case....

    Most of the time it is bearings. The drives get louder and louder and
    then one day they just don't spin any more. One or two were probably
    logic boards but I don't think many go that way.

    bill

    you were looking for a DC11, still?

    Not necessarily a DC11. I have two of them. But I really could use
    the "Personality Cards" Especially one or two for 8" disks. And I
    could always use some for the ST506 disks as I am hoping to be able
    to spring for a couple of the emulators at some point.

    bill

    I have one ST506 left, it worked the last time I tested it, not sure now though, interested, should I check it?

    ^P

    I'm not looking for disks. I still have a bunch of ST506 disks
    that may or may not spin up the next time I try them. :-)
    I am only looking for the adapters (which Andromeda called
    "Personality Cards") which hang off the cable coming from the
    DC11. I have two ST506 adapters and one 5.25/3.5" floppy
    adapter. I would love to get two more ST506, another floppy
    and I would love top get a pair of the ones for 8" disks.
    But I expect there is little hope of that by now.

    bill

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  • From P.Lj@peter.ljungberg.sui@gmail.com to alt.sys.pdp11 on Wed Mar 2 10:52:15 2022
    From Newsgroup: alt.sys.pdp11

    On Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at 2:30:57 PM UTC+1, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
    On 3/1/22 07:22, P.Lj wrote:
    On Monday, February 28, 2022 at 8:59:19 PM UTC+1, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
    On 2/28/22 12:47, P.Lj wrote:
    On Sunday, February 27, 2022 at 9:22:00 PM UTC+1, Bill Gunshannon wrote: >>>> On 2/27/22 14:40, P.Lj wrote:
    On Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 2:45:25 AM UTC+2, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
    On 04/03/2018 06:55 PM, Charles Richmond wrote:
    On 3/31/2018 6:52 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
    On 03/31/2018 02:07 AM, P.Lj wrote:
    Yes, that is probably correct, I think it was connected to a ST506, I
    got them over ten years ago so my memory is a byte vague. >>>>>>>>>
    ^P


    If you ever feel you want to get rid of them feel free to send >>>>>>>> them here. I only have three of the "Personality Cards" but I >>>>>>>> do still use them. Who knows, maybe I'll find more somewhere. >>>>>>>>
    bill


    You want ST506's??? Are those the MFM drives that were in the IBM XT???

    Yes they are but the at this point they are not worth the postage to >>>>>> ship them. Likely to fail in a very short time. I still have about >>>>>> a half dozen but I have had 4 or 5 fail in the past couple months. >>>>>>
    bill

    Do you know what failed on your boards?
    ^P
    Do you realize how old this message is? I have a hard time remembering >>>> what I had for breakfast. :-)

    But in this case....

    Most of the time it is bearings. The drives get louder and louder and >>>> then one day they just don't spin any more. One or two were probably >>>> logic boards but I don't think many go that way.

    bill

    you were looking for a DC11, still?

    Not necessarily a DC11. I have two of them. But I really could use
    the "Personality Cards" Especially one or two for 8" disks. And I
    could always use some for the ST506 disks as I am hoping to be able
    to spring for a couple of the emulators at some point.

    bill

    I have one ST506 left, it worked the last time I tested it, not sure now though, interested, should I check it?

    ^P
    I'm not looking for disks. I still have a bunch of ST506 disks
    that may or may not spin up the next time I try them. :-)
    I am only looking for the adapters (which Andromeda called
    "Personality Cards") which hang off the cable coming from the
    DC11. I have two ST506 adapters and one 5.25/3.5" floppy
    adapter. I would love to get two more ST506, another floppy
    and I would love top get a pair of the ones for 8" disks.
    But I expect there is little hope of that by now.

    bill

    Ah, you mean the cable kit?
    ^P
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  • From Bill Gunshannon@bill.gunshannon@gmail.com to alt.sys.pdp11 on Wed Mar 2 14:14:39 2022
    From Newsgroup: alt.sys.pdp11

    On 3/2/22 13:52, P.Lj wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at 2:30:57 PM UTC+1, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
    On 3/1/22 07:22, P.Lj wrote:
    On Monday, February 28, 2022 at 8:59:19 PM UTC+1, Bill Gunshannon wrote: >>>> On 2/28/22 12:47, P.Lj wrote:
    On Sunday, February 27, 2022 at 9:22:00 PM UTC+1, Bill Gunshannon wrote: >>>>>> On 2/27/22 14:40, P.Lj wrote:
    On Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 2:45:25 AM UTC+2, Bill Gunshannon wrote: >>>>>>>> On 04/03/2018 06:55 PM, Charles Richmond wrote:
    On 3/31/2018 6:52 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
    On 03/31/2018 02:07 AM, P.Lj wrote:
    Yes, that is probably correct, I think it was connected to a ST506, I
    got them over ten years ago so my memory is a byte vague. >>>>>>>>>>>
    ^P


    If you ever feel you want to get rid of them feel free to send >>>>>>>>>> them here. I only have three of the "Personality Cards" but I >>>>>>>>>> do still use them. Who knows, maybe I'll find more somewhere. >>>>>>>>>>
    bill


    You want ST506's??? Are those the MFM drives that were in the IBM XT???

    Yes they are but the at this point they are not worth the postage to >>>>>>>> ship them. Likely to fail in a very short time. I still have about >>>>>>>> a half dozen but I have had 4 or 5 fail in the past couple months. >>>>>>>>
    bill

    Do you know what failed on your boards?
    ^P
    Do you realize how old this message is? I have a hard time remembering >>>>>> what I had for breakfast. :-)

    But in this case....

    Most of the time it is bearings. The drives get louder and louder and >>>>>> then one day they just don't spin any more. One or two were probably >>>>>> logic boards but I don't think many go that way.

    bill

    you were looking for a DC11, still?

    Not necessarily a DC11. I have two of them. But I really could use
    the "Personality Cards" Especially one or two for 8" disks. And I
    could always use some for the ST506 disks as I am hoping to be able
    to spring for a couple of the emulators at some point.

    bill

    I have one ST506 left, it worked the last time I tested it, not sure now though, interested, should I check it?

    ^P
    I'm not looking for disks. I still have a bunch of ST506 disks
    that may or may not spin up the next time I try them. :-)
    I am only looking for the adapters (which Andromeda called
    "Personality Cards") which hang off the cable coming from the
    DC11. I have two ST506 adapters and one 5.25/3.5" floppy
    adapter. I would love to get two more ST506, another floppy
    and I would love top get a pair of the ones for 8" disks.
    But I expect there is little hope of that by now.

    bill

    Ah, you mean the cable kit?
    ^P

    Well, there's really no cable per se. Maybe a couple stubs on the
    ST506 ones. Mostly just a cute little pc board with a couple
    connectors on it. But, yes, they're the ones.

    bill

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  • From Al Kossow@aek@bitsavers.org to alt.sys.pdp11 on Mon Jul 11 18:16:37 2022
    From Newsgroup: alt.sys.pdp11

    I just uploaded the UDC11 rt11 utilities to http://bitsavers.org/bits/AndromedaSystems

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