Re: nut bars? ;)
On Thu, 15 Oct 2015, Dave Woyciesjes wrote: On 10/15/2015 02:44 PM, Jay West wrote: ... In some cases, nut bars are very preferable... I think we have plenty of those around here *bars*, not *bags*! :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
RE: The Internet & our hobby
On Fri, 23 Oct 2015, Bill Sudbrink wrote: Fred Cisin wrote: While I won't try to claim that the FIRST or SECOND emails were flames, I'm inclined to think that they started early. 'course in our day, we were much more polite in how we flamed Emacs? You _MUST_ be kidding. WordStar. Non-document mode. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
RE: The Internet & our hobby
On Fri, 23 Oct 2015, Fred Cisin wrote: started early. 'course in our day, we were much more polite in how we flamed Emacs? You _MUST_ be kidding. On Fri, 23 Oct 2015, geneb wrote: WordStar. Non-document mode. Did you really think that that was better than Electric Pencil? I'm going to say "yes", simply because not having ever even seen it makes it worse than WordStar. :) My very first inspiration for writing XenoCopy was ads for Michael Shrayer's program to convert files from Electric Pencil disks to CP/M disks. I never saw or used it, but the idea that files COULD BE converted between incompatible disk formats, . . . Until August 1981, my development efforts were on TRS80. It would be really cool if you were to upload XenoCopy to the IA with a description of how it came to be, the development process and its history. I suspect it would be a fascinating read. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Retro Reproduction.
On Fri, 23 Oct 2015, Jon Elson wrote: On 10/23/2015 01:57 PM, Paul Koning wrote: On Oct 23, 2015, at 2:48 PM, ben wrote: ... It does seem mechanical stuff is dieing art. I don't know about that. Yes, there is an open-source project that provides a CNC machine control for mill, lathes, hexapods and robots. That is LinuxCNC. It started as a NIST project to see what was so complicated in a CNC control, but then moved out of NIST and has been extended greatly. it is also now being used for 3D printers. I sell some hardware for motion control based on this software, and have sold over 300 controller-interfaces. A popular one seems to be using MachineKit on a Beagle Bone Black g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Retro Reproduction.
On Fri, 23 Oct 2015, Jon Elson wrote: On 10/23/2015 04:32 PM, geneb wrote: On Fri, 23 Oct 2015, Jon Elson wrote: I sell some hardware for motion control based on this software, and have sold over 300 controller-interfaces. A popular one seems to be using MachineKit on a Beagle Bone Black Yes, my latest product is the CRAMPS board for machinekit and BBB. I wouldn't mind finding step-by-step instructions on how to refit a 2000 model year MaxNC 10 open loop mill. The controller it has now is parallel port based and the control software is DOS only. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Substituting DSHD for DSDD disks (or DS2D if you prefer)
On Mon, 26 Oct 2015, Jules Richardson wrote: On 10/24/2015 09:14 PM, Fred Cisin wrote: Are we really running short of "720K" floppies? I've never had any luck finding used disks anywhere locally; people are a bit too concerned about data theft these days, and all of that seems to go straight to landfill. I suspect Athana still stocks them. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Model 152 PSU dummy loads - Re: NeXT Cube - powers on briefly then off again
On Mon, 26 Oct 2015, Chuck Guzis wrote: The talk about dummy loads brought back a memory of the Heath Cantenna--an RF dummy load consisting of a Globar (noninductive) resistor in a gallon paint can filled with mineral oil with an attachment to a SO-239 "UHF" connector on top. IIRC, it was literally capable of dissipating a full "gallon". I have one of those sitting on the floor of my office. :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Chuck Forsberg died on 9/24. :(
Here's the obituary: http://www.anewtradition.com/obituaries/obituary/12060_Charles_Alton_Forsberg g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
RE: Chuck Forsberg died on 9/24. :(
On Tue, 3 Nov 2015, Jay West wrote: Yeah, already looked at doing that. When I hear about a site going down permanently I often try to snag a copy for posterity and dump it on the classiccmp server for folks (with owner permission if possible), but for this one it doesn't appear files can be had :( Maybe reach out to his widow? g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: RMS [was Re: Terminology [was RE: IBM z890]]
On Wed, 4 Nov 2015, Fred Cisin wrote: "Hmmm. What else could we call the keyboard?" FADID. Where do I send the consulting bill? g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: RMS [was Re: Terminology [was RE: IBM z890]]
On Wed, 4 Nov 2015, Fred Cisin wrote: On Wed, 4 Nov 2015, Fred Cisin wrote: "Hmmm. What else could we call the keyboard?" On Wed, 4 Nov 2015, geneb wrote: FADID. Where do I send the consulting bill? I'm not familiar with that one. It just might be unique enough to keep anybody from confusing our fadids from somebody else's keyboards Finger Accessible Data Input Device. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: RMS [was Re: Terminology [was RE: IBM z890]]
On Wed, 4 Nov 2015, Charles Anthony wrote: On Wed, 4 Nov 2015, geneb wrote: FADID. Where do I send the consulting bill? I'm not familiar with that one. It just might be unique enough to keep anybody from confusing our fadids from somebody else's keyboards Finger Accessible Data Input Device. DADDID -- Digit Accessible Digital Data Input Device *hiss* A competitor! I'll sue! g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: To Al Kossow at bitsavers
On Sat, 14 Nov 2015, Paul Koning wrote: "Abandonware" is a term invented as an excuse to steal other people's property. Let's not try to apply it here. Copyright infringement is not theft... at least according to the Supreme Court, but then again, what do they know? g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Giving away collection of computers
On Tue, 17 Nov 2015, Ian Finder wrote: Ian S. King wrote: "... -- K7PDP" Show-off ;) I'll see that K7PDP and raise you an N7MOS. :D g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
RE: Could someone make the list do the [cctalk] thing in the subject line?
On Tue, 17 Nov 2015, Jay West wrote: Ed# wrote... COMBINE THEM THEN JUST ADD TWO LETTERS AND A DASH AS THUS CC- No. How about [CC] prefixed by a Copyright symbol so we can streamline and process two arguments at once? :D g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Fw: new message
On Sun, 22 Nov 2015, Eric Christopherson wrote: My ISP injects into web pages a helpful heads-up message if your account If you can, run screaming to another ISP. I don't care how "helpful" they're trying to be, content injection like that should be punished with a public skinning. Until then, try pointing your DNS to 8.8.8.8 (Google) and see if that prevents their shenannigans. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Oberon and the OberonStation (retro-style FPGA computing)
On Tue, 24 Nov 2015, ben wrote: On 11/23/2015 7:28 PM, William Maddox wrote: The revived 2013 re-issue of Niklaus Wirth's Oberon system is a joy to behold. If you've never heard of Oberon before, it is a minimalistic education-oriented language and operating system designed after Wirth had taken a (second) sabattical at PARC in the 80's. I say WORTH LESS, with out even looking at it, as I am NOT a Pascal FAN It's ok Ben, nobody's perfect. :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Oberon and the OberonStation (retro-style FPGA computing)
On Tue, 24 Nov 2015, Paul Koning wrote: Pascal is largely obsolete now, but I still appreciate it -- of the 40 or so languages I know, there are only two where I could go from no knowledge at all to having a working program of significant size in one week: Pascal and Python. Um, no. Check out Delphi, Lazarus and FPC. No where near "obsolete". g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Oberon and the OberonStation (retro-style FPGA computing)
On Wed, 25 Nov 2015, Jon Elson wrote: On 11/25/2015 09:01 AM, geneb wrote: On Tue, 24 Nov 2015, Paul Koning wrote: Pascal is largely obsolete now, but I still appreciate it -- of the 40 or so languages I know, there are only two where I could go from no knowledge at all to having a working program of significant size in one week: Pascal and Python. Um, no. Check out Delphi, Lazarus and FPC. No where near "obsolete". I was really pleased with FPC! Are people actually creating new projects with it? I was grateful to discover FPC so I could update my photoplotter program and move away from the Turbo Pascal / Windows XP executable I have been using. But, I haven't used it for any new projects. (Yet.) You might want to join the fpc users mailing list. It's got decent traffic on it. The range of cpu targets you can compile to is pretty good. You can even compile for Android. :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: New Commodore 64 is Finally Here--For Real! PC MAG Snip
On Sun, 27 Dec 2015, Mike wrote: Would you buy the new Commodore 64 ? ? ? No. The company folded years ago after the founder and driving force behind the whole mess, died. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: New Commodore 64 is Finally Here--For Real! PC MAG Snip
On Mon, 28 Dec 2015, Paul Berger wrote: On 2015-12-28 12:13 PM, geneb wrote: On Sun, 27 Dec 2015, Mike wrote: Would you buy the new Commodore 64 ? ? ? No. The company folded years ago after the founder and driving force behind the whole mess, died. g. The man who founded Commodore, Jack Tramiel resigned from the company in 1984, Commodore went on for another 10 years before declaring bankruptcy in 1994. Tramiel died of heart failure in 2012. I'm well aware of that (as are most if not all Commodore nerds). I was referring to the guy that stood up Commodore USA to build PCs in a similar form factor to the original breadbox C-64. He died unexpectedly and the company folded. It would have likely done so anyway, but Barry Altman's untimely death hastened it. Don't try to teach your grandmother how to steal sheep. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
For you SGI fans...
https://archive.org/details/cdromsoftware?&sort=-publicdate&and[]=SGI g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: For you SGI fans...
On Tue, 12 Jan 2016, Ian S. King wrote: On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 12:10 PM, geneb wrote: https://archive.org/details/cdromsoftware?&sort=-publicdate&and[]=SGI O. M. G. Thanks! You're welcome, but I'm just the guy pointing it out. :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: For you SGI fans...
On Tue, 12 Jan 2016, Ian Finder wrote: This is a great start, but I wouldn't install this version. Try to install the 6.5.22 overlay or greater. It does indeed require some disks from this media set, but is more compatible with newer open source software built for the platform. Installing 6.5.0 seems like a waste of time... So instead of sneering about it, why not upload ISOs of that version? g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: For you SGI fans...
On Tue, 12 Jan 2016, Ian Finder wrote: So instead of sneering about it, why not upload ISOs of that version? I wasn't sneering at it. My goal was to advise people not to waste time performing a 4 hour install process that takes 6 CDs that each need to be read in twice only to find out they can't run anything. IRIX is one of the worst OSes to go thru such a process for. Because the way you worded it appeared to invalidate what was done without offering anything more than "a waste of time". Had you written, "It's a waste of time because ", then I probably wouldn't have been a dick about it. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Building a PC - then & now
On Wed, 13 Jan 2016, Paul Koning wrote: On Jan 13, 2016, at 6:01 PM, William Donzelli wrote: Er...Heathkit is long gone. It was for a while. But it's back. Check out heathkit.com. The radio kit they're selling is an embarassment. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Retrocomputing on StackExchange...
http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/94441/retro-computing I think this is actually a pretty good idea and StackExchange is a great platform. As of right now it needs 11 more people following it (and more questions). tnx. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Retrocomputing on StackExchange...
On Fri, 15 Jan 2016, David Brownlee wrote: On 15 January 2016 at 13:50, geneb wrote: http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/94441/retro-computing I think this is actually a pretty good idea and StackExchange is a great platform. As of right now it needs 11 more people following it (and more questions). It might be good to adjust it to include more than just "micro" computers... Good idea, but it's not up to me - I didn't create the proposed SE section. :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Building a PC - then & now
On Fri, 15 Jan 2016, John Robertson wrote: I built one of the Heathkit colour TVs in time to watch the moon landings. I was 18 and built in one day (and night) and it worked from the first turn on. Lasted over twenty years as the main house set only needing service every few years until the picture tube gave out finally. If you're astronomically bored, check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P1HMJOV0qA&list=PLEENdRyj_RZb7hgF_88AoF1yQEPvTqkiC I finished the build over the holiday break. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
VAXology
VAXCINATION A "preventive training" provided to potential users of the VAX system to prevent software foul-ups other than deliberate. VAX-RAY A high-energy screening to determine whether a user is qualified to have a VAX I/O station on his floor. VAXWAGENWhat everyone jumps on after the VAX is approved VAXING AND VAXING is the successful use of the VAX during WAILING the full moon. Wailing is the less successful alternative during the other lunar phases. VAXMAS The day the VAX come in. VAXCILLATE To oscillate between possible ways to administer VAX training. VAXCIMILE A German copy of the VAX. VAXECUTION The denial to a user of future access to the VAX. NO VAX TO A put-down administered to those withour a dial-up GRIND line, and hence no acces to the VAX, as in "Infidel! Let that terminal alone! You have no VAX to grind!" VAX AND THE SINGLE GIRL A relationship with much potential. VAXI! VAXI! A cry heard and unheeded by cruising VAX personnel as they go around the corridors, hailed by frantic users-to-be who desire a high-tech ride on the VAX. AVAXA low-flying VAX with radar. VAXTENUATINGThe generic excuse used to explain delays in the CIRCUMSTANCES delivery of the VAX. VAXCENTUATE To underline the importance of the VAX. VAXTERMINATION The perennial zapping of mysterious files from the VAX. VAXCINE An abbreviation for "I have seen the VAX!" VEDI, VENI, That victory cry - "I saw, I conquered. The VAX VAXIcame!" VAXERCISE An early morning workout on the VAX. VAXUUM A computer room without a VAX. Abhorred by nature. VAXIMUM Keeping silent to the max about the startup of the VAX. VAX POPULI The users. VAX BUILDUP The result of not using the file delete command often enough. VAXACHUSETTSDEC country. INCOME VAX What one shouts when the VAX is delivered. VAX-FREE BOND A special relationship with a non-VAX computer on Wall Street. THE BLUE VAXWorld War I medal honoring high-powered computing. Also (modern): A VAX made by Smurfs. VAXIMA The height of ecstasy reached while computing on VAX. Also (archaic): Mother of VAX. VAXIS What the world of computers rotates on. GRODY TO THE VAX Like, y'know, the VAX in the valley fer shure! VAX-CARSWhat G.M. doesn't make. VAXICDENT The spilling of coffee on a VAX terminal. VAXONERATED The honor of DEC. VAXLE That to which the wheels of the VAX are attached. VAXIDERMIST One who lives by the dictum "You can take the VAX and stuff it!" THE VAX OF Everything you ever wanted to know about the birds LIFEand the bees (and the bugs in the VAX). VAX Long-haired northern cousins of the buffalo, used as beasts of burden in Tibet. TO VAX ELOQUENT The act of preparing a glossary for the VAX. g.
Re: C64 system cost?
On Tue, 19 Jan 2016, Rick Wilbur wrote: Check eBay right now. A complete system with everything you want, without the SD card interface. Has 17 hours left. Bidding with the cost of shipping is at $217.00. It will cost you under $100.00 for the SD interface. You might get everything you want for around $400. Type in at eBay search "Commodore C64 System" you will see a complete working system with computer, Monitor, floppy drive, cables, power supply and software for sale. Regards Craigslist can be a good resource as well. If you're located in Western Washington, I'll GIVE you a system. You've got to come up with your own monitor and printer though. :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: C64 system cost?
On Tue, 19 Jan 2016, drlegendre . wrote: This coming weekend I'm supposed to receive something like 2-3 complete C-64 systems with drives, monitors and accys. Who knows, one could be yours?! =) Aren't rescues fun? :) If you're looking for Commodore oriented books or magazines, you can't beat the Bombjack Archive: http://www.bombjack.org/commodore. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: SD Card disk drive for C-64?
On Sat, 23 Jan 2016, Eric Christopherson wrote: How did these dumb drives interface with the computer at a software level? I'd think a DOS would need to be loaded somehow. The drives had their DOS in ROM. Keep in mind that the 1541, 1571, etc. essentially were computers unto themselves with a CPU (6502), ROM and RAM. The host computer doesn't need to concern itself with what track & sector the drive is reading from - it just tells the drive "send me " and the drive is smart enough to do just that. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
PC fonts...
This site has a lot of interesting info on a number of fonts used in PCs and compatibles. It looks like there was quite a bit of research involved. http://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/fontlist/ g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: What to Do with a PS/2?
On Mon, 25 Jan 2016, Mark J. Blair wrote: This machine doesn't have a CD drive, and I don't think it ever did based on there being no missing bezel filler panels. But I think that the scsi2sd may be able to emulate a CD drive. I'm off to work now, but this evening I'll poke around to see what Warp images are out there. There's a few folks out there running internet-connected BBSes on OS/2. You might look into that. :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
RE: VAXen and minimal memory (was Re: The PDP11/04 has landed..)
On Thu, 11 Feb 2016, Jay West wrote: Guy wrote... - In late '86 I was running a VAX8500 with 2 RA81s - Can't be true. There's no such thing as running RA81's *Grin* Don't laugh. in 1993 I was running FOUR of them connected to a VAX 8250. In my house. Upstairs. :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Looking for PDP handbook
On Fri, 19 Feb 2016, Richard Cini wrote: It depends on the quality of the binding and its age, and how much pressure you put on the spine. I've done it with the cover up with a white paper "mask" on the glass to minimize haze at the edges, and then hold the book by hand. There will be some text warping in the scan as a result of the gutter of the binding not being flat to the glass. Of course, if anyone has a copy whose binding is already compromised that would be good. I have not found a scan of this anywhere so certainly it would be good to scan. This is an excellent reason to build one of these: http://www.diybookscanner.org/ :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Non-binding-breaking Book scanners (Was: Looking for PDP handbook
On Fri, 19 Feb 2016, Fred Cisin wrote: http://www.diybookscanner.org/ :) Ooh, that's pretty cool. Yes, but, . . . I've participated in building a few similar devices. So download the CAD files and get cracking. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Non-binding-breaking Book scanners (Was: Looking for PDP handbook
On Fri, 19 Feb 2016, Fred Cisin wrote: http://www.diybookscanner.org/ :) Ooh, that's pretty cool. Yes, but, . . . I've participated in building a few similar devices. So download the CAD files and get cracking. If that's the way that you WANT to do it. It's mostly plywood, framing, and some pipe work. We did one with slotted angle iron, one with unistrut, and a few with scrap 2x4s. *sighs theatrically and shuffles off Fred's lawn* :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: The AT&T 3B2 is still proprietary
On Tue, 23 Feb 2016, Fred Cisin wrote: Can someone explain this list reply to me what what it has to do with AT&T minis? On Tue, 23 Feb 2016, Alan Hightower wrote: 1) Mike lives in Colorado, Washington, Oregon, or Alaska 2) Mike fell off his Honda ATC 3-wheeler and hit is head really hard 3) Spam bot that has gone self-aware and off it's pre-programmed Viagra sales script I'm not sure there is a 4th choice. 4) It's a metaphor. "They" have tried for a long time to suppress the right of the people to use AT&T 3B2! Like the Honda ATC 3-wheeler, the AT&T 3B2 afficionados shall never give up. 5) Got distracted, thought he was replying to a different message. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Sun 4/260
On Sat, 12 Mar 2016, James Vess wrote: I honestly am a bit surprised, as other dealings I've had with groups that focus on technology typically are not as welcoming or responsive. You caught us on a good day. I'm sure you'll get yelled at next week. Welcome to the zoo. :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Here's what happens when an 18 year old buys a mainframe...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45X4VP8CGtk It's pretty entertaining. :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
RE: Voltage regulator with alternate voltage source...
On Thu, 7 Apr 2016, Bill Sudbrink wrote: Maybe I'm overthinking this. If I just put regulated +5 on the 7805 VIN will it work? Isn't the minimum input voltage for a 7805, 6vdc? g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
RE: network event
On Fri, 22 May 2015, Jay West wrote: Chuck wrote... - I, for one, didn't even notice. - I really really wish I could say the same. Truly. Well you're the guy behind the curtain. We're forbidden from noticing you. :D g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: more old stuff
On Wed, 27 May 2015, Electronics Plus wrote: A KayPro II and a KayPro II ...so two IIs? :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Need Dos bootable 5 1/4" floppy with binary or hex editor
On Sat, 6 Jun 2015, jwsmobile wrote: For Pick folks (Mr. F15) I don't know the sysprog password, and need to null it out. Cool! Are you going to try to image the disk in order to use it in a virtual machine? g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Looking for PDF files of The Computer Journal
On Sun, 7 Jun 2015, Kip Koon wrote: Hi Everyone, I am looking for pdf files for the Computer Journal. There is a series of articles on designing microprocessors I'd like to someday read about. Any ideas where they may be located? https://archive.org/details/the-computer-journal g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: using new technology on old machines
On Tue, 16 Jun 2015, Noel Chiappa wrote: I wish there was some _easy_ way to lay in a stock of the most common TTL IC's - e.g. some kind of kit one could buy - but alas, I don't know of any. (Hence my dream of finding and acquiring someone else's collection! :-) Suggestions for the source of such a good diversified 'starter kit' welcome... How about this: http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10001_10001_84961_-1 g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: using new technology on old machines
On Tue, 16 Jun 2015, Mark J. Blair wrote: On Jun 16, 2015, at 08:19, geneb wrote: On Tue, 16 Jun 2015, Noel Chiappa wrote: I wish there was some _easy_ way to lay in a stock of the most common TTL IC's - e.g. some kind of kit one could buy - but alas, I don't know of any. (Hence my dream of finding and acquiring someone else's collection! :-) Suggestions for the source of such a good diversified 'starter kit' welcome... How about this: http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10001_10001_84961_-1 Very nice! I might just order one of those. They also offer 4000 series, transistor, resistor, and capacitor collections. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Have you seen Droste Week on RetroBattlestations?
On Thu, 18 Jun 2015, Chris Osborn wrote: It’s Droste Week on RetroBattlestations! Inspired by a couple of different posts, I thought it would be fun to do a challenge where people don’t just post a picture of their computer, but they display the picture of their computer *on* their computer and post that! It’s going quite well and I really enjoy reading about the hoops people are having to jump through to get pictures converted and transferred and displayed. There have been photos of monochrome computers with high resolution, low resolution block graphics, ASCII art on CP/M computers, and even a mechanical typewriter! What can you come up with? The best one by far (so far) is the VT240 that's displaying the picture by using a redefined character set. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: XH558 - was Re: using new technology etc
On Fri, 19 Jun 2015, ANDY HOLT wrote: I expect that quite a lot of Bf109s are currently being made airworthy in time for the75th anniversary of AdlerTag … it quite surprised me that there were more flyable than I might have guessed, but none in the possession of the RAF or the Confederate Airforce - but I'd bet that the Battle-of-Britain flight will have restored at least one from the RAF museum soon. OK - fun question, when was the last time that Bf109s and Spitfires were in genuine aerial combat (and who flew which side)? (Last time both were flying in close proximity was probably during the making of the film "Battle of Britain" in 1968/9) I suspect in actual combat would be 1947 in Israel (as the S-199). The aircraft used in the film were all Buchons, not "real" Bf-109s. There are a surprising number (4+) of "new build" Bf-109G and K models. They're "technically" restorations because they're building around an existing data plate. A leader in this is Arsenal 45. They've already finished the build of a brand new Bf-109K4. There are also a few people involved with building brand new DB-601 engines based on scanned parts, original engineering drawings and newly created drawings from existing parts. This ties nicely into this: http://www.simpits.org/geneb/?p=365 *huge grin* g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Northrup Flying Wing - was Re: XH558 - was Re: using new technology etc
On Fri, 19 Jun 2015, Toby Thain wrote: "in 1949 the Air Force ordered all the flying wings destroyed, all the jigs and tools destroyed, every trace of the flying wing eradicated. A few years later even the engineering drawings were all destroyed by new Northrop management." I don't know why they went to those lengths, but it's my understanding that the program was cancelled because at the time, the USAAF (USAF?) mandated stall testing as part of their development programs. Without serious flight control computers, stalling a flying wing just ends up in a freshly planted aluminum tree. Even WITH good computers, stalling a flying wing is a Bad Idea(tm). AFAIK, the B-2 has never been stalled (on purpose), even during development. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: [RANT]False Beeprog. AGAIN.
On Tue, 23 Jun 2015, Johnny Billquist wrote: On 2015-06-23 18:41, Alexandre Souza wrote: But unless I misunderstood things, the software merely does a check if the hardware looks sane, and if not it displays a message saying that this is the wrong hardware, and it refuses to continue running. No Johnny. As I said, it bricks (renders inoperable) your hardware if it isn't original. Yes. The software refuses to run, and just displays a message that you are running on fake hardware. Does that prevent you from loading some other software on said device? How did you get the "broken" software on the device? There is a difference between refusing to run, and trying to destroy the hardware. He's mentioned more than once that this software BRICKS the device. When something is bricked, that means you might as well treat it like the stone kind for all the use you're going to get out of it from then on. It's dead, pushing up daisies, it's run down the curtain to the Choir Invisible. IT'S BRICKED. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: [RANT]False Beeprog. AGAIN.
On Tue, 23 Jun 2015, Alexandre Souza wrote: He's mentioned more than once that this software BRICKS the device. When something is bricked, that means you might as well treat it like the stone kind for all the use you're going to get out of it from then on. In the last message I added (render it unoperable) for the ones who don't know the slang :) It's dead, pushing up daisies, it's run down the curtain to the Choir Invisible. IT'S BRICKED. Man, I LOLed with this "pushing up daisies" :D It is most assuredly NOT pining for the fjords! :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: [RANT]False Beeprog. AGAIN.
On Tue, 23 Jun 2015, Fred Cisin wrote: It's dead, pushing up daisies, it's run down the curtain to the Choir Invisible. IT'S BRICKED. Man, I LOLed with this "pushing up daisies" :D It is most assuredly NOT pining for the fjords! :) It is a relatively common euphemism, and is explicitly included in the classic Monty Python "Dead Parrot" sketch. http://www.davidpbrown.co.uk/jokes/monty-python-parrot.html Fred, if there's anyone on this list that DIDN'T get the joke, they need to turn in their nerd cards. :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: [RANT]False Beeprog. AGAIN.
On Tue, 23 Jun 2015, Dave Woyciesjes wrote: On 06/23/2015 03:13 PM, geneb wrote: On Tue, 23 Jun 2015, Johnny Billquist wrote: On 2015-06-23 18:41, Alexandre Souza wrote: But unless I misunderstood things, the software merely does a check if the hardware looks sane, and if not it displays a message saying that this is the wrong hardware, and it refuses to continue running. No Johnny. As I said, it bricks (renders inoperable) your hardware if it isn't original. Yes. The software refuses to run, and just displays a message that you are running on fake hardware. Does that prevent you from loading some other software on said device? How did you get the "broken" software on the device? There is a difference between refusing to run, and trying to destroy the hardware. He's mentioned more than once that this software BRICKS the device. When something is bricked, that means you might as well treat it like the stone kind for all the use you're going to get out of it from then on. It's dead, pushing up daisies, it's run down the curtain to the Choir Invisible. IT'S BRICKED. g. Should he stick a fork in it? Only after unplugging it first. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: [RANT]False Beeprog. AGAIN.
On Tue, 23 Jun 2015, Johnny Billquist wrote: On 2015-06-23 22:05, Chuck Guzis wrote: On 06/23/2015 12:03 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote: What is in the NVRAM? And how did it get there in the first place? Are you saying that it is impossible to reprogram the device with some other firmware after you have tried the version Elnec have which detects your clone? It's possible, but as I understand it, reprogramming involves using a PICKit programming tool, something not everyone has access to. The point is that prior to Elnec doing their little act of revenge, the clone programmer worked just fine. Afterwards, not so much. So it is recoverable... *headdesk* Yes, technically it's recoverable. A car that's been set on fire and left to burn is also technically recoverable. I assume the system can be upgraded in the field through some built in function in the firmware, and that function is also no longer available after installing the "latest" version then. No. the Elnec firmware update effectively destroys the counterfeit device (in the absence of a person with very specific skills that can undo the damage). Well, the criminal part is obviously done by the company cloning the device in the first place. Further aggravated by selling it as some other device it is not. So they are fraudulent both to Elnec and to end users. Yes, but as is often the case, the end user doesn't know the device they have is counterfeit. I know that in the US people sue for all kind of things, and sometimes the most amazing things stand up in courts, so I wouldn't be surprised to learn that this could hold up as well, but in my view, Elnec was perfectly in their right to do what they have done. No they weren't. They have effectively destroyed property owned by someone else. The fact that the device they destroyed is counterfeit is completely irrelevant! FTDI learned this the hard way when some drooling MBA decided it would be a good idea to brick people's serial devices. AFAIK, they're STILL suffering for that - as they well should. If you brick a piece of equipment that I own, don't bother running. You'll only die tired. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: email gripe
On Tue, 7 Jul 2015, Sean Conner wrote: [2] mutt. I was forced to upgrade a decade ago because elm was no longer maintained and non-Y2K compliant (I think that's why I switched). Alpine Forever! :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Huge news! MARCH's 501c3
On Mon, 27 Jul 2015, Al Kossow wrote: On 7/27/15 10:54 AM, Evan Koblentz wrote: "Vintage Computer Federation". Great I hope Sellam gets on your ass over that. Al, don't be a dick. Evan clearly mentioned that he got Sellam's and Erik Klein's(sp?) OK on the name. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Huge news! MARCH's 501c3
On Mon, 27 Jul 2015, Lee Courtney wrote: I think Al forgot the :-) for the humor impaired. From past experience, probably not. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: H960 blank panel clips
On Tue, 28 Jul 2015, William Donzelli wrote: There are several kinds. These: http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/tech/pdp11/jpg/H960FrontPanelClips.jpg You know...that wouldn't be terribly difficult to print. The heat-set inserts are easily obtainable too. (that little metal threaded bit) Anyone have a broken one they can send me for Evil Experiments? :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: H960 blank panel clips
On Wed, 29 Jul 2015, Vincent Slyngstad wrote: From: Pete Turnbull: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 2:57 AM On 29/07/2015 07:24, Vincent Slyngstad wrote: I've placed a new design at: http://svn.so-much-stuff.com/svn/trunk/3D/rack-bracket/bracket-new.jpg That looks pretty good to me, and the only refinements I'd suggest are these: Firstly, to add a small fillet to the junction of post and flat surface, so that there's a small radius, perhaps 0.5mm - 1.0mm, at the transition. The sharp transition will concentrate any stress, and a radius will reduce that. I'm not sure how much difference it makes for a 3D-printed object but it would be significant for injection moulding. Are you referring to the junction of the post and the block? That would be easy enough to do (though tedious in SketchUp). ...which is why SketchUp shouldn't be used for CAD work. If you're using Windows, I strongly suggest you get DesignSpark Mechanical - it's free to use and has a work flow very similar to SketchUp. If you're not using Windows, give the current release of FreeCAD a shot. When it comes to CAD work, SketchUp is THE worst choice possible. You should also do your design work in metric if you expect to be having parts printed. Scaling isn't a practical solution because it can introduce problems depending on the slicer used. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: H960 blank panel clips
I have a crufty old version of DesignSpark PCB. I'll have a look at Mechanical. It's basically SpaceClaim that's been tweaked to only output it's native file format and STL files. You should also do your design work in metric if you expect to be having parts printed. Scaling isn't a practical solution because it can introduce problems depending on the slicer used. I can export in metric, but the DEC designs generally don't make much sense unless you're doing them in power of 2 fractions of inches. Everything is 1/8", 1/4", etc. The problem is that the toolchains for 3D printing are all (or at least all the ones I've seen - which is a lot) metric. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: A Final Word (FINAL)
On Fri, 31 Jul 2015, Matt Patoray wrote: Since the S/N ratio on the list is now at about 20 dB and falling, I am done with the list. 7 messages (including yours...gah! Now *8*) out of 1163 is not exactly bad ratio. Maybe you forgot how to math today? :D g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: This Hobby Is Actually Useful!
On Mon, 3 Aug 2015, Sean Caron wrote: When it comes to soldering, I usually recommend Hakko or Pace irons; I have a Hakko 936 and it's a great "all-rounder". The FX-888D seems to be their recommended replacement for the 936 so I guess I will endorse that, if they are making the new models as well as they built the old ones (although IMO they look a little silly now) ... I paid less than $100 USD for my 936 brand new and I think I just got it from some random eBay vendor, maybe you can find them there, even in the Commonwealth? I have both the FX-888 and FX-888D. They're VERY nice irons. The tips are the same as those used with the 936. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Booting an IBM MP 3000 S/390 System
On Thu, 6 Aug 2015, Marc Verdiell wrote: Wow. I'll never complain again that it takes too long to boot Windows... One thing I don't understand - why can't the machine boot on its own? Why would IBM design a computer that required another computer just to boot it? g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
RE: Booting an IBM MP 3000 S/390 System
On Thu, 6 Aug 2015, Jay West wrote: Gene wrote... - One thing I don't understand - why can't the machine boot on its own? Why would IBM design a computer that required another computer just to boot it? To report higher sales of OS2/Warp? ;) I'll rate that as "Midly Plausible". :) Not the only one though, ISTR the 11/780 used a 11/03 to boot? I guess I just don't understand WHY. Wouldn't it be more economical (both from a manufacturing and sales standpoint) to design a mini or mainframe that could boot with nothing more than a dumb terminal as a system console? g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Booting an IBM MP 3000 S/390 System
On Thu, 6 Aug 2015, Guy Sotomayor wrote: In many cases more than one! ;-) But more to the point, having a separate processor handing the booting chores frees the main CPU from those tasks. Initialization can be a pain just look at the x86 ISA and the hoops it makes the S/W (BIOS & OS) just to get to the point where the OS can really start it's own initialization! And that doesn't even cover the "magic" that goes on just so that the x86 CPU can fetch the first instruction. As folks have mentioned, a lot of larg(er) system have service processors to handle the booting chores. However, it's more than that. The service processor (as the name implies) is doing a whole lot more than just booting. It is also responsible for running low level diagnostics and capturing the results of hard crashes for later diagnosis. Thanks for the info Guy (and others!). The biggest machine I ever owed was a VAX 8250 that I got straight out of the machine room at Mannesmann-Tally in Kent, WA. Fun machine, but made my upstairs floor sag noticeably(sp). It had four RA-81s and a TU-81+. :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Unidentified chip -- Spoiler for HP 1260-0339
On Thu, 6 Aug 2015, Eric Smith wrote: On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 10:22 AM, tony duell wrote: Amazingly there is nothing inside that 16pin DIL package. No silicon chip, no thick-film resistor network, nothing. It is just a package with the pins. Are you sure? They might have gotten a really good deal on house-marked Signetics 25120 chips, with not all of the address lines bonded out. It could also be a chip used to test an auto-insertion machine or wave solder machine. If memory serves, they'll use correctly pinned but "fake" parts to test those processes before moving to the more expensive real thing. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: test equipment / Re: Z80 / Z84C Swap (Doh!)
On Mon, 17 Aug 2015, Noel Chiappa wrote: > From: Eric Smith > If a person has any reasonable business justification But a lot of the people here don't; they're purely hobbyists. So spending $1K on a piece of test equipment just isn't realistic for them. Having said that, I do see some DSO's on eBay for not much money (e.g. the little hand-held ones), and those might be a good alternative to a logic analyzer - I never used one, so I tend not to think of them. I scored a Rigol DS1102E for $219 last week. It needs two new rotary encoders, but it did pass all the self-tests. Repair parts were under $3. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: More on manuals plus rescue
On Tue, 18 Aug 2015, Al Kossow wrote: He destroyed the organizational schema of bitsavers when he "mirrored" it and had his little band of minions "curate" it for IA. Bullshit. His mirror has zero effect on your original site or organization. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: More on manuals plus rescue
On Fri, 21 Aug 2015, Evan Koblentz wrote: Years ago I needed a HP service manual for a plotter I was trying to repair that I owned. HP of course wouldn't let me have it, so I had to buy a PDF copy from someone on eBay. I ended up removing the password and posting it on my website. That's called "stealing". No it's not. At *worst* you're voilating the copyright of someone elses copyright violation. COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IS. NOT. THEFT. This is not my opinion, it's decided case law by the Supreme Court. The more of it turned free, the better. True, but you can't just take the law into your own hands. Well until we get together enough people together to buy a Senator or three like the likes of Disney does, we're not left a whole lot of options. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: More on manuals plus rescue
On Fri, 21 Aug 2015, william degnan wrote: As a musician sometimes the bar pays the ASCAP fees sometimes they don't but at least there is a way to compensate the song copyright owner when a band plays a cover song on stage at a bar. I wonder if some sort of ASCAP for out of print manuals could workthis way owners could register their manuals and make it public where to send fees AND the fees would be low enough that people would not mind paying them. This puts some responsibility on the manual owner to make their claim I suppose. Then you have international vs. domestic copyright, etc. ...but unlike with ASCAP, the creator of the manual would actually see some money? ;) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Vintage Software Copyright
On Fri, 21 Aug 2015, Rod Smallwood wrote: So what is the lifetime of a software copyright ? You're going to die before it expires. Quite possibly your grand children as well. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Vintage Software Copyright
On Fri, 21 Aug 2015, et...@757.org wrote: I *DO* have friends that are interested in vintage computing but work in jobs where any copying of any software that isn't strictly allowed by law is a no-no, and they're pretty much stuck. Own a couple of computers but can't do much because it's difficult to buy software for Commodore 64 (especially development tools) and stuff. I think it's madness but gotta feed the landlord/bankers. They must be getting paid pretty well if they're allowing their employer to perform random inspections of their homes and personal computers. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: More on manuals plus rescue
On Fri, 21 Aug 2015, Evan Koblentz wrote: That's why I speak out against attempts to paint copyright violation as other things, such as theft: it's an appeal to emotions, trying to equate "thing I want people to oppose" with "very different thing I expect people already consider bad". It's a fundamentally dishonest bit of oratory. I write for a (meager) living. If someone were to take my work and decide for themselves that it should be online for free, then they ARE stealing from me. That is reality, not the semantics of case law. No, they're not stealing from you. Quit taking talking points from the RIAA. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: punchcard svg file available
On Thu, 10 Sep 2015, Kyle Owen wrote: On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 7:52 AM, Al Kossow wrote: look at ALL of the documentation of the period NO ONE called them PUNCH cards Section 7: http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/burroughs/200-21001B_B200_SeriesRefMan_Jul64.pdf "Punch card stock" "punch card peripherals" Second to last page: http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/univac/terminals/brochures/U5219_DCT_1000_Brochure_May70.pdf "punch card reading and handling" 3rd page in PDF: http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/hp/2000TSB/36000-91001_HP2000_contribLibrDoc_Vol1_Aug76.pdf "Punch card equipment test" Section 5.3: http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/philco/s-2000/TRANSAC_S-2000_System_Description_Jan58.pdf "On-Line Punch Card System" "can read punch cards" Page 23-5: http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com//pdf/honeywell/multics/GB61-01B_OperatorsGde_Dec87.pdf "different punch card decoding conventions" While I prefer the term "punched card," I cannot agree with the aforementioned capitalized generalizations. So THAT's what a "petard" looks like! :D g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: punchcard svg file available
On Thu, 10 Sep 2015, Fred Cisin wrote: On Thu, 10 Sep 2015, Mike Stein wrote: For a while many utility bills etc. were sent out with prepunched cards containing the customer and billing information, to be mailed back with your payment for proper allocation. A guy that I went to school with, would always take those utility bills, and before sending them back, would punch "/*" in the first two columns. (NOTE: we're talking 360 JCL, not C source code) This is at least the 2nd time I've seen this message today. Mailman gone mental on us Jay? g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: internet blocking problem ?
Can you do a traceroute to members.iinet.net.au? In case DNS is blocked, the IP address is 203.0.178.90. I've been on iiNet since they bought out my previous ISP. Here's a traceroute sample: 1 75-145-20-102-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net (75.145.20.102) 0.554 ms 1.468 ms 1.878 ms 2 96.120.101.173 (96.120.101.173) 12.365 ms 13.275 ms 13.457 ms 3 te-0-2-0-4-sur02.tacoma.wa.seattle.comcast.net (68.87.207.193) 21.075 ms 21.161 ms 21.245 ms 4 be-1-sur03.tacoma.wa.seattle.comcast.net (69.139.164.210) 19.539 ms 20.673 ms 20.886 ms 5 be-28-ar01.seattle.wa.seattle.comcast.net (69.139.164.205) 25.549 ms 25.034 ms 25.142 ms 6 be-33650-cr02.seattle.wa.ibone.comcast.net (68.86.93.165) 25.681 ms 23.712 ms 23.783 ms 7 he-0-13-0-0-pe04.seattle.wa.ibone.comcast.net (68.86.82.234) 21.195 ms 15.285 ms 22.278 ms 8 as174.seattle.wa.ibone.comcast.net (66.208.228.110) 22.719 ms 16.767 ms 19.258 ms 9 be2084.ccr22.sea01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.0.253) 20.280 ms 19.499 ms 22.475 ms 10 be2077.ccr22.sfo01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.0.241) 37.690 ms be2075.ccr21.sfo01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.0.233) 36.861 ms be2077.ccr22.sfo01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.0.241) 33.408 ms 11 be2164.ccr21.sjc01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.28.34) 34.810 ms be2165.ccr22.sjc01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.28.66) 39.254 ms be2164.ccr21.sjc01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.28.34) 39.929 ms 12 be2160.ccr21.lax01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.27.161) 47.379 ms be2161.ccr22.lax01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.27.169) 48.420 ms 45.969 ms 13 be2017.ccr21.lax04.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.0.237) 43.561 ms 45.060 ms be2019.ccr21.lax04.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.88.10) 44.200 ms 14 * * * It times out after the 14th hop. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Spelling reforms [was RE: punchcard svg file available]
On Fri, 11 Sep 2015, Chuck Guzis wrote: On 09/11/2015 12:03 PM, Rich Alderson wrote: However, it was far earlier than the Victorians. Noah Webster (1758-1843) only overlaps the Victorian era by 6 years; he was reacting against the aristocratic spelling norms of the 17th and 18th centuries, when Latin and Greek were held to be more important than English in the learning of the latter language. His spelling book was originally published in 1783. It should be noted that neither Webster, nor Col. McCormick (he of the Chicago Tribune simplified spelling) got all of what they wanted. Webster wanted spellings of "ake", "soop", "cloke", "wimmen"... The NEA in the 1890s accounted for "catalog", "prolog", "program"... Then there was the Simplified Spelling Board of 1906, advocated by Andrew Carnegie and Theodore Roosevelt. Congress didn't much care for the 300-word list, but some spellings made it into modern usage. "Meter", "maneuver", "orthopedic", "omelet", "sulfate", "wagon" are among those. Thus, US spelling has been a work in progress. This discussion reminds me of this quote: "The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and riffle their pockets for new vocabulary." :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
RE: It's BASIC Week again!
On Sun, 13 Sep 2015, Dave G4UGM wrote: Well, participating in such an event for the fun of it might be interesting, but to be perfectly frank, I don't know what one calls "BASIC" anymore. Isn't that a Retro Question ? I seem to remember it being asked about GFA basic .. If the disks are still good, I've actually got a copy of GFA Basic for DOS. :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: It's BASIC Week again!
On Sun, 13 Sep 2015, Chuck Guzis wrote: On 09/13/2015 01:18 PM, Fred Cisin wrote: Well, participating in such an event for the fun of it might be interesting, but to be perfectly frank, I don't know what one calls "BASIC" anymore. Does it have to be TRUE BASIC, or are street BASICs accepted? I didn't want to bring up TRUE BASIC, as I suspect not a lot of "other" BASICs would understand it. How about BASIC-E or CBASIC? And what's this DOS stuff? Was there an official IBM BASIC for DOS/360? How about my own creation, STAR BASIC? I've still got a T-shirt and manual for it (and some source code somewhere)... If your BASIC of choice can produce a program for the contest, who the hell cares what dialect or platform it's for? As long as it's "vintage", run with it. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Is tape dead?
On Mon, 14 Sep 2015, drlegendre . wrote: To the clown, to the CLOWN!! =P Fixed that for ya. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Backups [was Re: Is tape dead?]
On Thu, 24 Sep 2015, Chuck Guzis wrote: On 09/24/2015 04:30 PM, Alexander Schreiber wrote: IMHO, you want to buy at one generation below the current max capacity on the assumption that they ironed out the bugs on that one. So, if you were to move up from the 500GB SATA drives to the "next generation", which would you choose? I've got a number of WD Blue 1TB drives in use. They're very good drives. You can find them for around $50 each too. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: A new Lisp-based OS that hearkens back to the old days of comprehensible computers
On Thu, 1 Oct 2015, Liam Proven wrote: * m0n0wall Isn't m0n0wall just a LiveCD for a firewall? It was when I used it last. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Weird c. 1982 Onyx systems 68010-based UNIX minicomputer
On Mon, 18 Apr 2016, Ian Finder wrote: I don't really need anything- the machine was new in box and works correctly. It has media- but I'd love more context if people know it. Sure, it's a very boring generic M68K box, but I can barely find any record of it existing. While (probably) not directly related to that machine, the only other Onyx I've ever heard of was in the early to mid 80's. It ran a multi-user Citadel (bbs) and was located somewhere in King County. The name of the system escapes me. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Keys - Non-Ace was RE: ACE Key codes (xx2247 etc.)
On Tue, 19 Apr 2016, Fred Cisin wrote: On Tue, 19 Apr 2016, Paul Koning wrote: Look here, http://www.hpcworld.com/mobile/km/pocketcutup/index.html, click "See the manual", it's at the bottom of the first page. Looks like a neat little machine. I don't have one (or any knowledge of these devices), but if I needed keys like that I'd consider it. It's a little costly for the amount of need that we have. What do you think of the Klom imitation of it? If someone wants to send me a 3D model of a key, I'll try 3D printing one to see how that works out. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Vintage computer ads...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T1IYdjOpYE The video is an hour long, but you can skip around. It includes ads for machines like the ITT Xtra, IBM PC Jr, etc. The Hayes Smartmodem ad is just atrocious. :) There's even ads for IOMega drives and the Promethus Pro Modem... g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: strangest systems I've sent email from
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016, Chuck Guzis wrote: On 04/25/2016 09:39 AM, Jon Elson wrote: I used it to port a couple of my programs from (Ughhh!) Borland Turbo Pascal for Windows to Linux, and it was a surprisingly painless job. The only thing I notice is the error messages look exactly like Borland error messages on DOS. (Error 132 at 1B7F sort of thing.) Historically, one of my pet peeves with compiler writers. IBM 704 FORTRAN had better and clearer diagnostics than many of today's compilers. Well keep in mind that given that error, you could stick that address into the "Find Error Location" of the IDE and it would drop you right on the line of code that triggered the error. Check out Lazarus for doing cross-platform GUI applications. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: strangest systems I've sent email from
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016, Jon Elson wrote: On 04/25/2016 12:42 PM, geneb wrote: On Mon, 25 Apr 2016, Chuck Guzis wrote: On 04/25/2016 09:39 AM, Jon Elson wrote: I used it to port a couple of my programs from (Ughhh!) Borland Turbo Pascal for Windows to Linux, and it was a surprisingly painless job. The only thing I notice is the error messages look exactly like Borland error messages on DOS. (Error 132 at 1B7F sort of thing.) Historically, one of my pet peeves with compiler writers. IBM 704 FORTRAN had better and clearer diagnostics than many of today's compilers. Well keep in mind that given that error, you could stick that address into the "Find Error Location" of the IDE and it would drop you right on the line of code that triggered the error. Yes, does that work with FPC on Linux? It's possible. FPC uses GDB for the debugger - you'd have to check to see if the text mode IDE has the error location feature that the Turbo Pascal IDE had. I'm not sure about Lazarus as I don't use it often. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: History [was Re: strangest systems I've sent email from]
On Wed, 27 Apr 2016, Sean Conner wrote: It was thus said that the Great Mouse once stated: What I've often wondered is why there are so many IT people with the same sort of laments and we haven't all collectively built our own networks over wireless ? The crazy patchwork quilt of regulations applying to amateur use of radio spectrum, is my guess. Now, I would add the depressingly high chance of being invaded by the masses if/when we build something big enough to be useful. We've already built one network only to have it invaded and overrun; why would we expect anything different to happen to the new one? Just look into the political machinations of what was known as FidoNet to see how this could end up. What IS known as FidoNet (1:138/142 here. :) ) and it's still a political shit-show, mostly due to people from Zone 2. *sigh* g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: History [was Re: strangest systems I've sent email from]
On Wed, 27 Apr 2016, John Willis wrote: What IS known as FidoNet (1:138/142 here. :) ) and it's still a political shit-show, mostly due to people from Zone 2. *sigh* Why, hello, 1:138/142! 1:305/1 here! #fidobros! *laughs uproariously* g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: FidoNet ....show [was: History [was Re: strangest systems I've sent email from]]
On Sun, 1 May 2016, Tomasz Rola wrote: On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 10:07:34AM -0700, geneb wrote: On Wed, 27 Apr 2016, Sean Conner wrote: [...] Just look into the political machinations of what was known as FidoNet to see how this could end up. What IS known as FidoNet (1:138/142 here. :) ) and it's still a political shit-show, mostly due to people from Zone 2. *sigh* Pardon my ignorant question but is there a place on the net where I could read some more about it? Or maybe it is short enough to explain here? Books could be written about it unfortunately, One of the more annoying aspects is Bjorn Felten, the current editor of FidoNews - he's refused repeated requests to pass on his editor duties for various reasons and he's refused - for at least the last 10 years. Find a telnetable BBS that's a member of FidoNet and start reading the FidoNews echo for a taste of the insanity. The Fido Sysop (FNSYSOP) is also a pretty deranged place. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Ideas for running a VB4 application on modern hardware?
On Tue, 3 May 2016, Liam Proven wrote: On 3 May 2016 at 05:24, Chuck Guzis wrote: The hardware's not there to run 16-bit code natively in 64 bit mode. I think you mean software? It is possible to run Windows 7's XP Mode under Windows 8.x -- I've done it. http://www.howtogeek.com/171395/how-to-get-windows-xp-mode-on-windows-8/ This *might* work on Win10. The issue is that with 64 bit versions of windows, the 16 bit thunking layer isn't present. The simplest way to do this is to grab VMWare Player (free download) and then create a Win98 VM. Google can point to a number of downloadable, ready-to-run Win98SE VMs. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: FidoNet ....show [was: History [was Re: strangest systems I've sent email...
On Wed, 4 May 2016, Tomasz Rola wrote: Now I even started to think, very shyly, how nice would it have been to posess even one real IP4 number and have one such thing on my router. It can run Linux (or so OpenWRT guys claim), so it can run gopherd too. Albeit I would rather have non-Linux on it. My dreams always have this complicated multistory property. Of course my cabletv can sell me "business" service. Ugh. This is tempting but I am strong. :-) There are services like http://www.noip.com/free where you can get a DNS entry for dynamically changing IP addresses. This way you can run a BBS without having to buy a business class account. You could even bring up an AWS instance for about $5 a month, which is great for doing BBS work. :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Ideas for running a VB4 application on modern hardware?
On Wed, 4 May 2016, Liam Proven wrote: On 3 May 2016 at 16:20, geneb wrote: The issue is that with 64 bit versions of windows, the 16 bit thunking layer isn't present. The simplest way to do this is to grab VMWare Player (free download) and then create a Win98 VM. Google can point to a number of downloadable, ready-to-run Win98SE VMs. VMware Player is freeware, not FOSS, and there might be licensing issues. Irrelevant. (EULAs have the same value as toilet paper and shoul be used for the same purpose.) [c] Using the XP Mode VM, which is freely downloadable from MS, you do not need to install and customise it. 64 bit host OS = 64 Bit XP Mode VM. (AFAIK) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: 3D Printing cases and SGI "skins"
On Wed, 11 May 2016, Swift Griggs wrote: Has anyone used a 3D printer to make a case for their old machine ? I've started drafting an SGI Indy "skin" in Sketch, but it's just a box right now, nothing cool. I've noticed and been somewhat inspired by these: Do NOT use SketchUp to create parts for 3D printing. You'll end up with an STL that's all screwed up. A good, free tool for this kind of thing would be DesignSpark Mechanical. It has a workflow similar to SketchUp. There's other free-to-use packages out there but I'm not familiar with them. A C64 custom job: https://3dprint.com/39764/3d-print-commodore-case/ That's not a C-64. It's an emulated C-64 with a PC keyboard. :) g. <--- writes manuals for 3D printers -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: 3D Printing cases and SGI "skins"
On Wed, 11 May 2016, Swift Griggs wrote: On Wed, 11 May 2016, geneb wrote: Do NOT use SketchUp to create parts for 3D printing. You'll end up with an STL that's all screwed up. Ah, okay, thanks for this tip. NP. If you're going to the Bay Area Maker Faire, stop by the SeeMeCNC booth and say hi. :) A good, free tool for this kind of thing would be DesignSpark Mechanical. It has a workflow similar to SketchUp. Cool. I'm not fond of SketchUp anyhow. I'm switchin'. If you've ever used qcad, I'm wondering what you or others might know/think of it. That one works on my Unix boxes, that's why I ask. It's been flirting with me every since I've seen it appearing in various pkg repos. I only use SolidWorks. There's nothing out there for MacOS or *nix that I'd spend the effort to throw a brick at. :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: 3D Printing cases and SGI "skins"
On Wed, 11 May 2016, alexmcwhir...@triadic.us wrote: On 2016-05-11 17:59, geneb wrote: Cool. I'm not fond of SketchUp anyhow. I'm switchin'. If you've ever used qcad, I'm wondering what you or others might know/think of it. That one works on my Unix boxes, that's why I ask. It's been flirting with me every since I've seen it appearing in various pkg repos. I only use SolidWorks. There's nothing out there for MacOS or *nix that I'd spend the effort to throw a brick at. :) g. FreeCad has worked great for all of my printing needs FWIW. Granted i tend to build structural things, not necessarily pretty things. I did however design a 1U server case that holds 8 RPi's with a integrated PSU / UltraCap UPS. I've heard good things about FreeCAD, but only if you're using the nighties. Apparently the "stable" version is way behind feature-wise. A number of people are using Blender for organic shapes, but I don't know how well it outputs STL files. (That and the learning curve is a 90 degree angle.) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: 3D Printing cases and SGI "skins"
On Wed, 11 May 2016, Mike Barnes wrote: On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 5:10 PM, Swift Griggs wrote: Has anyone used a 3D printer to make a case for their old machine ? I've started drafting an SGI Indy "skin" in Sketch, but it's just a box right now, nothing cool. Not an actual old machine, but I did a mini-blinkenlights replica of an HP-2100 system that has an Odroid-C1 in one of the boxes and uses simH to emulate HP Access (see https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikebikes/22213398140). Each box was bigger than my printer (Makerbot Rep2), so had to be built in pieces and assembled using thermoplastic inserts. There's also a black 3d printed light tunnel inside to keep the lights from leaking to the adjacent lights. That's really slick! Condolences on owning a takerbot. :) This design was done using OpenSCAD (http://www.openscad.org). For almost all of my designs these days, I use Onshape (https://cad.onshape.com). Both have their uses. Onshape has a learning curve, but is extremely powerful. Mike OpenSCAD always struck me as a poor programming language masquerading as an even worse parametric design tool, but some folks seem to enjoy it. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
