Goodies

From: Jerome Fine <jhfine_at_idirect.com>
Date: Sun Feb 20 21:52:45 2000

>Brian Roth wrote:

> Just picked up some interesting goodies this weekend. How about a UNIVAC
> 1610 card punch station. Its in great shape and I think it'll work with
> a good degrunging. Also got a whole boatload of DEC manuals and
> handbooks including the original handbook for the classic 8 including a
> software reference and price list.

Jerome Fine replies:

I remember cutting my teeth on a UNIVAC 1107 - well, not my first
computer which was an IBM 650. But at this point, I don't feel I
want to go back to using punch cards.

> I also received a VAXstation II that had a card by CMD in it. It may be
> wishful thinking but it has a 50 pin header on it with three resistor
> packs like a SCSI. The model is CQD-220/M. Anyone heard of this one?

The CQD-220/M is a SCSI host adapter for hard disk drives ONLY - no
tape drives allowed. CMD also made a disk/tape version called a
CQD-220/TM as well as a tape ONLY version called CQD-220/T.

The CQD-220/M is likely useful to others, so perhaps offer it for sale
if you don't have a use for it. I would certainly buy it if you are not
going to use it yourself. But, if you are going to use your uVAX II,
just hook up a SCSI drive and it should run. Is your VAXstation II the
model which is a BA23 with 3 slots filled with epoxy?

Sincerely yours,

Jerome Fine
Received on Sun Feb 20 2000 - 21:52:45 GMT