Re: Huge news! MARCH's 501c3

2015-07-27 Thread John Robertson
On 07/27/2015 7:40 PM, Evan Koblentz wrote: He did say that they got permission from Sellam (and Erik K.) Correct. We briefed them both on our plans several months ago and they're both on board. Also, a technicality that I neglected to say earlier: MARCH didn't "become" the Federation; in

Re: H960 blank panel clips

2015-07-27 Thread John Wilson
On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 07:10:51AM +0200, Arno Kletzander wrote: >metal ball heads with a hex base on threaded posts are available as spares >for R/C cars and similar, see e.g. ebay auction 161768309137 (10 for less than >EUR 4,-- + S/H). You could probably just screw them into a suitably-sized hol

Re: H960 blank panel clips

2015-07-27 Thread Arno Kletzander
On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 11:58:36AM -0400, Noel Chiappa wrote: >Saw this auction for a pair of H960 blank front panel clips: > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/391207099375 > >and though I'd pick them up... until they went for $30 (including shipping),at >which point I decided I'd go back to my previous p

Re: Huge news! MARCH's 501c3

2015-07-27 Thread Evan Koblentz
March can now compete with chm That's definitely NOT our plan.

Re: Huge news! MARCH's 501c3

2015-07-27 Thread Evan Koblentz
Congratulations to MARCH on the new phase of existence! Thanks. :) Legacy MARCH will continue as our basic club / email list. The "new" VCF will be for our museum + public events.

Re: Huge news! MARCH's 501c3

2015-07-27 Thread Evan Koblentz
He did say that they got permission from Sellam (and Erik K.) Correct. We briefed them both on our plans several months ago and they're both on board. Also, a technicality that I neglected to say earlier: MARCH didn't "become" the Federation; instead the Federation is a new entity, legall

Re: Just got a big C= Haul

2015-07-27 Thread Paxton Hoag
On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 6:51 PM, drlegendre . wrote: > Ugh! Thanks for the heads-up! > > Thankfully, I've had (almost) nothing but excellent experiences dealing > with essentially anon. individuals over the net - buying, selling & trading > this-n-that. From guns to electronics to books to motors

Re: Just got a big C= Haul

2015-07-27 Thread Paxton Hoag
On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 6:10 PM, Paxton Hoag wrote: > >> Commodore Colt PC >> > > -- > Paxton Hoag > Astoria, OR > USA > -- Paxton Hoag Astoria, OR USA

Re: Just got a big C= Haul

2015-07-27 Thread Paxton Hoag
> > > Commodore Colt PC > -- Paxton Hoag Astoria, OR USA

Re: Huge news! MARCH's 501c3

2015-07-27 Thread Al Kossow
On 7/27/15 5:07 PM, couryhouse wrote: March can now compete with chm A little humor to lighten the burden of one's day.

Re: Huge news! MARCH's 501c3

2015-07-27 Thread couryhouse
March can now compete with chm  for the larger cash donations and grants now I would assume! Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone Original message From: Jason Scott Date: 07/27/2015 1:06 PM (GMT-07:00) To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts

Re: H960 blank panel clips

2015-07-27 Thread Tothwolf
On Mon, 27 Jul 2015, John Wilson wrote: On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 11:58:36AM -0400, Noel Chiappa wrote: Saw this auction for a pair of H960 blank front panel clips: http://www.ebay.com/itm/391207099375 and though I'd pick them up... until they went for $30 (including shipping),at which point

Re: Huge news! MARCH's 501c3

2015-07-27 Thread geneb
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

Re: Huge news! MARCH's 501c3

2015-07-27 Thread Lee Courtney
I think Al forgot the :-) for the humor impaired. On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 1:06 PM, Jason Scott wrote: > Al, what happened to you? > On Jul 27, 2015 12:59 PM, "Al Kossow" wrote: > > > On 7/27/15 10:54 AM, Evan Koblentz wrote: > > > > "Vintage Computer Federation". > >> > >> > > Great > > > > I

Re: Huge news! MARCH's 501c3

2015-07-27 Thread Jason Scott
Congratulations to MARCH on the new phase of existence! On Jul 27, 2015 2:06 PM, "geneb" wrote: > 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,

Re: Huge news! MARCH's 501c3

2015-07-27 Thread Jason Scott
Al, what happened to you? On Jul 27, 2015 12:59 PM, "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. > > > > >

Re: Huge news! MARCH's 501c3

2015-07-27 Thread geneb
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

Re: Huge news! MARCH's 501c3

2015-07-27 Thread Fred Cisin
On Mon, 27 Jul 2015, Evan Koblentz wrote: "Vintage Computer Federation". We'll continue to do business as MARCH. The new name, which happens to have the abbreviation "VCF" (get it? -- and yes we got permission from Sellam and from Erik K.), allows us to potentially expand beyond just being a reg

Re: Huge news! MARCH's 501c3

2015-07-27 Thread Al Kossow
On 7/27/15 10:54 AM, Evan Koblentz wrote: "Vintage Computer Federation". Great I hope Sellam gets on your ass over that.

Huge news! MARCH's 501c3

2015-07-27 Thread Evan Koblentz
We heard back from Uncle Sam @ the IRS: MARCH is finally a federal 501(c)3 non-profit charity. It took 9 years of prognosticating and 1 year of actual work. :) We needed to file using a different name than "Mid-Atlantic Retro Computing Hobbyists" so that's the other big piece of news here. Our

Re: PDP-8 GTF question

2015-07-27 Thread Vincent Slyngstad
From: Brian L. Stuart: Monday, July 27, 2015 10:00 AM I can see where this happens in the M837 schematic (E50), whenever DF is gated to AC9-11. That, in turn, seems to be for GTF or RIB. I wonder if there are differences in different versions of the schematics. If I'm reading the versions I

Re: H960 blank panel clips

2015-07-27 Thread Al Kossow
On 7/27/15 9:14 AM, quapla wrote: Maybe a future possibility to have a (maybe Chinese) manufacturer make a batch of 1000, 2000 or maybe 1 clips with a type of plastic which is slightly more flexible so that they do not break off to quickly? The current design is flawed. It should be fixed

Re: PDP-8 GTF question

2015-07-27 Thread Brian L. Stuart
> I can see where this happens in the M837 schematic (E50), > whenever DF is gated to AC9-11.  That, in turn, seems to > be for GTF or RIB. I wonder if there are differences in different versions of the schematics. If I'm reading the versions I got from bitsavers correctly, on E50, Pins 2, 5,

Re: H960 blank panel clips

2015-07-27 Thread John Wilson
On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 11:58:36AM -0400, Noel Chiappa wrote: >Saw this auction for a pair of H960 blank front panel clips: > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/391207099375 > >and though I'd pick them up... until they went for $30 (including shipping),at >which point I decided I'd go back to my previous p

Re: H960 blank panel clips

2015-07-27 Thread Vincent Slyngstad
From: Noel Chiappa: Monday, July 27, 2015 8:58 AM Time to find someone who can do injection molding... (I don't think these could be 3D printed, the necks of the bulb-heads are under a lot of stress when removing panels, they often snap off; will 3D printed parts be that strong?) They are actua

RE: H960 blank panel clips

2015-07-27 Thread Jay West
Maybe a future possibility to have a (maybe Chinese) manufacturer make a batch of 1000, 2000 or maybe 1 clips with a type of plastic which is slightly more flexible so that they do not break off to quickly? I have no idea what current prices would be for this field of manufacturing bu

Re: H960 blank panel clips

2015-07-27 Thread quapla
On 2015-07-27 17:58, j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu wrote: Saw this auction for a pair of H960 blank front panel clips: http://www.ebay.com/itm/391207099375 and though I'd pick them up... until they went for $30 (including shipping),at which point I decided I'd go back to my previous plan to fabri

H960 blank panel clips

2015-07-27 Thread Noel Chiappa
Saw this auction for a pair of H960 blank front panel clips: http://www.ebay.com/itm/391207099375 and though I'd pick them up... until they went for $30 (including shipping),at which point I decided I'd go back to my previous plan to fabricate some out of some scrap wood, and a pair of screws.

Re: PDP-8 GTF question

2015-07-27 Thread Brian L. Stuart
> To Stuart - are you sure your code does it right. Could you post it? That's kind of what got me here. I was running the 8E-D1HA maindec on my emulator and it was failing at that point. My initial reaction was that I was misinterpreting the RTF behavior and that perhaps it wasn't setting the in

Re: PDP-8 GTF question

2015-07-27 Thread Brian L. Stuart
On Mon, 7/27/15, Vincent Slyngstad wrote: > > I need to pick the brains of some PDP-8 experts.  According to > > the references I can find, especially the Small Computer Handbook, > > the GTF instruction should include the M837 interrupt inhibit bit > > in AC3. > > I can see where this happens in

Re: First Computer Store

2015-07-27 Thread Murray McCullough
As Fred Cisin writes: "Yes, as usual, all such claims are meaningless without term definitions. What Murray was referring to was arguably the first PERSONAL computer store, and run as a retail storefront. IBM did do some retail sales, although they might not have called it "retail", out of their b

Sun hardware needs a home

2015-07-27 Thread Corey Anderson
I have the following Sun hardware which I’d like to find a good home for: Sparc 2 Sparc Classic An Ultra 10 tower CRT A couple of external hard disks, CD drives, and tape drive A Sun motherboard of unknown type A few mice/keyboards A box of software The Sparc 2, classic, and Ultra 10 towers all w

Re: Sun hardware needs a home

2015-07-27 Thread Corey Anderson
The Sun hardware now has a new owner. Thanks, Corey. > On Jul 26, 2015, at 3:04 PM, Corey Anderson wrote: > > I have the following Sun hardware which I’d like to find a good home for: > > Sparc 2 > Sparc Classic > An Ultra 10 tower > CRT > A couple of external hard disks, CD drives, and tape

Re: PDP-8 GTF question

2015-07-27 Thread Johnny Billquist
On 2015-07-27 08:16, Vincent Slyngstad wrote: From: Brian L. Stuart: Sunday, July 26, 2015 8:51 PM Running the GTF instruction on my 8/M when the inhibit FF is set results in a 0 in AC3. Curiouser. To Stuart - are you sure your code does it right. Could you post it? Furthermore, both simh

R: Re: IBM RT memory boards

2015-07-27 Thread supervinx
I own two 7012 and could be interested in, if you can shipping overseas :) Messaggio originale Da: Sean Caron Data:25/07/2015 16:17 (GMT+01:00) A: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" ,Sean Caron Oggetto: Re: IBM RT memory boards If you're going to toss th