Trade List
Items Wanted
Here is an incomplete list of things I am looking for, in no particular order. I’m located near Riverside, California, USA.
- Vintage Tektronix curve tracer(s), particularly models 570, 576, or 577
- HP/Agilent 16702B logic analyzer with some good timing/state analysis plugins
- Tektronix 600 series direct-view storage tube (DVST) monitor, especially the 611
- Parts and accessories for my Czechoslovakian M-125-3MR2 “Fialka” (ФИАЛКА) cipher machine, as described here at the Crypto Museum site:
- All power cables for the standard power supply: I do not have any original cables, and I currently use a kludge of banana test leads.
- Cyrillic print head: My machine just came with the Czechoslovakian print head. I don’t have a Cyrillic print head, or any of the dust covers or clips for storing extra heads in the machine’s lid.
- Wheel opening tool for the later style adjustable wheels
- Test reflector, and the retainer clip for storing it in the machine’s cover
- Metal guide rod that goes at the left side of the top cover (mine is missing)
- Tool kit
- Items for my DEC VAXstation 3100 Model 38:
- Bezel for TZ30 tape drive option, 74-37501-01
- Color monitor, VR160 (preferred) or VR290 (big!)
- Color video cable to match VR160 or VR290
- DEC-branded BNC tees and terminators with plastic overmold
- External SCSI terminator for the 68 pin plug
- Caddy-loading SCSI CD-ROM drive with either DEC external enclosure or proper bezel to install it in a VAXstation 3100
- DEC LA75 printer
- Teletype BRPE punch, especially one for 1 inch 6/7/8-level tape
- Teletype DRPE punch
- A VAX-11/725 system: I have an 11/730 already, and I’m really curious about the 11/725’s RC25 drive.
- PDP-11 and/or microVAX systems in BA23 deskside cases, particularly with RX50 or TK50 drives. I like the looks of these.
- PDP-11 or microVAX system in BA123 case. I have a hypothesis that one of these would make a good nightstand when it’s not turned on.
- DEC VT220 terminal
- DEC PDP-8/M OMNIBUS peripherals, cards, and supplies:
- High-speed paper tape punch/reader
- DECtape subsystem, any variant
- DECtape media
- DEC PDP-11 series UNIBUS peripherals, cards, and supplies:
- High-speed paper tape punch/reader for fanfold tapes
- Any interesting original paper tapes which I don’t already have
- Blank fanfold 1″ paper tape
- RK05 drive subsystem: I have a 12-sector RK05 pack, but no drive to go with it.
- 12-sector RK05 packs
- RK05 alignment pack
- DEC PDP-11 series QBUS peripherals and cards:
- M8018 KUV11 Writable Control Store card
- Aluminized printer paper for my Racal MA-4233 printer. Referred to as “electrosensitive paper” or “metal paper”, I believe. It uses 60mm wide rolls of approximately 42µm thick paper on a plastic core of around 12mm diameter (though the core isn’t critical in this printer), with a very thin aluminum coating over a dark paper substrate. While exact drop-in rolls would be great, I’d consider any wider size which I might be able to cut down, as well as large rolls or sheets of this kind of paper for use in my AN/TXC-1 facsimile machine.
- Inspired by TM 11-5895-1412-12&P for Basic Generation Unit AN/GYK-33, I would like to put together an HP Portable Plus computer system:
- HP Portable Plus computer, preferably with 512k RAM; AKA Model 110 Plus; AKA CP-1836/G NSN 5895-01-254-6699
- HP Model 9114B disk drive (HP-IL interface); AKA RD-592/G NSN 5895-01-254-6700
- HP Model 2225B Thinkjet Printer (HP-IL interface); AKA NSN 7025-01-199-8707
- Related accessories such as HP-IL cables and other HP-IL peripherals
- HP Series 80 accessories for my HP-85B:
- 82938A HP-IL interface module
- 82939A RS-232 interface module
- 82940A GPIO interface module
- Tape cartridges: Almost all of them are bad by now, but a small number of them might be repairable.
- HP-IL (the silly serial loop bus) peripherals and cables. I have an HP-IL interface for my HP41c calculator, but alas, I have nothing to plug it into.
- Items for my Collins 618T-2 HF SSB aircraft transceiver project:
- Shockmount for PP-2352/UR inverter (part of AN/TRC-75)
- Mating connectors for PP-2352/UR inverter (part of AN/TRC-75)
- AN/WRC-1 transceiver (R-1051/URR, T-827/URT, AM-3007/UR, CU-937/UR)
- AN/URC-35 transceiver (RT-618/UR, AM-3007/UR, C-9044/URC-35, CU-937/UR)
- Harris RF-301 transceiver, especially a military config like AN/URC-58 or AN/GRC-165
- TRS-80 Model II System Desk
- Programmer’s Switch for my Macintosh 512k
- Programmer’s Switch for my Macintosh SE
- Compupro CPM-80 version 2.2R or 2.2S Master Distribution Disk (not one of the earlier versions; I’m specifically looking for at least version 2.2R), either as a physical diskette or an image file
- Data General Nova series hardware to expand and complement my Nova 3/12 system, including peripherals and other Nova models
- AN/PRC-47 parts and accessories:
- BB-451/U storage batteries, with or without the juicy innards
- AC power cable CX-8393
- Matching 115VAC 400Hz generator
- Parts for my AN/PRD-1 direction finder, formerly owned by Bart Rowlett WB6HQK (SK):
- Surveyor’s magnetic compass MX-1454/U
- Original manual TM 11-677 (I have a PDF already)
- A vintage mechanical Hellschreiber teleprinter
- AN/PRC-66 items:
- Antenna
- Guard receiver module (I think I’ve heard that these are somewhere between hen’s teeth and nonexistent?)
- Manual(s)
- AN/PRC-21 radio set items:
- Whip antenna AT-486/G.
- Battery BA-358/U (can be dead) or at least a battery socket.
- Power cable for connecting G-43/G handcrank generator to PP-2684/GRC-109 power supply.
- Parts for my M38A1 Jeep:
- Dash serial number plate for USMC Kaiser-Jeep M38A1
- Good 7.00×16 tires
- Bows & rods
- Winter top
- Shifter knob, push-on
- T-47A/ART-13 and BC-348-P parts:
- Waveguide to coaxial adapter for AN/PPS-6 radar set. This does not have a standard rectangular waveguide flange. Instead, it has a circular one with a quick-disconnect latch to allow the feed horn stalk to be easily removed for transport.
- Cable CG-3366/U from duplex transceiver to auxiliary audio in jack on MD-522A modem, for my AN/GRC-122B RTTY set
- Pinball machine from the 1970s through 1980s which is new enough to have electronic control, but old enough to not have a dot matrix marquee display
- Bally slot machine, either electromechanical or microprocessor-controlled with mechanical wheels, of the sorts commonly installed in Las Vegas during the 1970s and 1980s
- Surface grinder
- Bridgeport type vertical milling machine, either an actual Bridgeport made one or another brand of comparable quality
- Height gauge and related equipment for metrology and layout on surface plates
- 120/208VAC 400Hz 3 phase engine-driven generator set, 120/240VAC 60Hz single phase powered motor generator, inverter, or generator head, capable of providing at least 1.5kW of 120/208VAC 400Hz 3 phase power