Not sure if it's relevant:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordMARC
My brother was one of the few engineers on this product, in Palo Alto. The
software ran on dozens of different machines and architectures, using the most
portable language of the day: Fortran 77. I believe MARC was the umbrell
> I'm sorry I looked ...
> >
> > What? -- what's wrong with "Altair Era" "S-100 Mainframes"?
>
Looking through my old Bytes many manufacturers referred to their CPU housings
as "mainframes". Whether correct or not the terms appears to have been used to
identify CPU housings that could be pick
On Tue, Sep 22, 2015, Jay Jaeger wrote:
> (BTW, My memory of that acronym is "Machine Assisted Resource
> Coordinator", a small-sized Unix work-alike developed by Ed Ziemba (RIP)
> using Leor Zolman's BDS C compiler).
I'm having trouble finding much about this system; most of it is on your
web pag
I know a few folks that custom make parts and many are from DEC if anyone needs
me to check just let me know.
Sue
> On Sep 26, 2015, at 3:45 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
>
> On 09/26/2015 11:25 AM, tony duell wrote:
>>>
>> I'll tell you one that you can't get -- the fan in the PDP11/44.
>> That one
On 09/26/2015 09:06 PM, Eric Christopherson wrote:
I'm sorry I looked ...
What? -- what's wrong with "Altair Era" "S-100 Mainframes"?
Didn't Intel call the IA432 a "micro mainframe"?
--Chuck
On Sat, Sep 26, 2015, Mark Linimon wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 03:59:39PM -0400, Brian Walenz wrote:
> > $17k for a CRT and a keyboard in a (beat up) wood case.
>
> For some reason this got me looking at "mainframe" on eBay search.
>
> Good lord.
>
> I need to tell these children "if you co
>Jerome H. Fine wrote:
>Al Kossow wrote:
>On 9/25/15 9:57 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
If you whip up a list of what you've got, I'd be happy to check it
for you.
You REALLY want to check what Alan Frisbie has done this past year
before spending
a lot of time on this. I see in alt.sys.pdp11 th
I like the irony of a plastics company using a wooden computer, even if the
asking price seems quite ambitious.
--
Mark J. Blair, NF6X
http://www.nf6x.net/
Oops, not the MT-32, that uses the Intel MCS-96 family. Nearly too many chips
here to keep track of!
Rather it's for the ACT Apricot PC/Xi seems to use an 8089 for I/O.
David
> On Sep 25, 2015, at 2:53 PM, David Ryskalczyk wrote:
>
> MAME has an emulator and a disassembler since the Roland MT-
As I've periodically posted, my 8/A has an intermittent power supply problem
(Power OK light and signal line flickers, so the entire system is confused.
Throwing the DC breaker and resetting it will often make the problem go away
for the rest of the evening). It's slowly getting worse, to the po
On 2015-09-26 5:51 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
On 2015-09-26 23:42, Toby Thain wrote:
On 2015-09-26 4:28 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
On 2015-09-26 12:16, Johnny Billquist wrote:
On 2015-09-25 22:35, Al Kossow wrote:
I have been going back and applying OCR to the ones on bitsavers.
Are there s
On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 03:59:39PM -0400, Brian Walenz wrote:
> $17k for a CRT and a keyboard in a (beat up) wood case.
For some reason this got me looking at "mainframe" on eBay search.
Good lord.
I need to tell these children "if you could pick it up, it was not a
mainframe."
I'm sorry I look
On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 9:38 AM, dwight wrote:
> Someplace in my piles of stuff, I may have an EPROM '89. At least I
> think it was an 89.
> If I find it, your welcome to it Eric.
Thanks, Dwight, but I don't think there was any EPROM version of the
8089, as they don't have internal program memory
On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 06:13:39PM -0700, Fred Cisin wrote:
> Halfway across the Richmond-San Rafael bridge the Garmin siad to turn right.
Maybe it was trying to save you from the perpetual American Election
Cycle? :-)
mcl
On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
> What I/O board are you trying to figure out, Eric?
Intel iSBC 215. I have a G, but all variants have a similar processor
subsystem using the 8089.
I'd appreciate copies of the firmware for all Intel iSBC 215 variants.
I presently have one ver
My Garmin has had data integrity issues in its database. Plus, lack of
*convenient* tools, and having to rummage around here and there to find
them.
Halfway across the Richmond-San Rafael bridge the Garmin siad to turn
right. Never trust the voices.
VERY NICE. I wish home automation systems now a day were as easy and simple
to use. I bet you this did not need "the cloud" so you could just set your
temperature!
-Ali
Look into AMX stuff. The parts are cheap on ebay. You have to write all
the stuff yourself using their NetLinx programming lan
As I mentioned in another response, I truly dislike SQLite, based on my
experience with it on my Garmin GPS.
I'm still not sure why - my experience has been very good. What bad
experiences have you had?
~~
Mark Moulding
My Garmin has had data integrity issues in its database. Plus, lack of
On 2015-09-26 23:42, Toby Thain wrote:
On 2015-09-26 4:28 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
On 2015-09-26 12:16, Johnny Billquist wrote:
On 2015-09-25 22:35, Al Kossow wrote:
I have been going back and applying OCR to the ones on bitsavers.
Are there some in particular that you have a problem with?
Come on…it’s free shipping!
> On Sep 26, 2015, at 5:35 PM, william degnan wrote:
>
> Crap I paid $22,500 for mine.
>
> Bill Degnan
> twitter: billdeg
> vintagecomputer.net
> On Sep 26, 2015 4:45 PM, "Jacob Ritorto" wrote:
>
>> the cluelessness of the descriptive text on that basic 4 ad. hila
On 2015-09-26 4:28 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
On 2015-09-26 12:16, Johnny Billquist wrote:
On 2015-09-25 22:35, Al Kossow wrote:
I have been going back and applying OCR to the ones on bitsavers.
Are there some in particular that you have a problem with?
Aha. I wasn't aware of that. I've down
On 2015-09-26 23:35, Al Kossow wrote:
On 9/26/15 1:28 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
Sadly I don't even remember what software I used for OCR about 10
years ago, but I had something for Windows back then, which actually
figured out fonts and all, and created a plain Word document from
the OCR proc
On 9/26/15 1:28 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
Sadly I don't even remember what software I used for OCR about 10 years ago,
but I had something for Windows back then, which actually figured out fonts and
all, and created a plain Word document from
the OCR process.
Ain't gonna happen.
I have ma
Crap I paid $22,500 for mine.
Bill Degnan
twitter: billdeg
vintagecomputer.net
On Sep 26, 2015 4:45 PM, "Jacob Ritorto" wrote:
> the cluelessness of the descriptive text on that basic 4 ad. hilarious.
> 'there are only two mainframes i know of in existence.'
>
> On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 3:59 PM
the cluelessness of the descriptive text on that basic 4 ad. hilarious.
'there are only two mainframes i know of in existence.'
On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Brian Walenz wrote:
> Don't forget about this one:
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/191698368565
>
> $17k for a CRT and a keyboard in a (b
On 2015-09-26 12:16, Johnny Billquist wrote:
On 2015-09-25 22:35, Al Kossow wrote:
I have been going back and applying OCR to the ones on bitsavers.
Are there some in particular that you have a problem with?
Aha. I wasn't aware of that. I've downloaded copies many years ago that
I've been keep
> It's a ~6 minute tour of a home automation system from the 1980s that
> features graphical floor layouts and touch screen programming. The
> system is built into the house.
VERY NICE. I wish home automation systems now a day were as easy and simple
to use. I bet you this did not need "the cloud
I began my first job ever working at a computer repair shop not soon after
those drives first hit the market and I recall them being pretty dodgy. I
replaced many Bigfoot drives when I was in high school! They were also dog
slow ... 3600 RPM, I think ...
The quality got better as time went on, if
On 09/26/2015 11:25 AM, tony duell wrote:
I'll tell you one that you can't get -- the fan in the PDP11/44.
That one is a standard outer dimension alright, but electrically
it's plain odd. 35V 70Hz AC or something. It runs from a full-H
circuit from the (possibly battery packed) 36V supply. Ther
> >> and you may decide it is better to replace the fan.
> As far as I know, all the old DEC fans, from PDP-8 and
> PDP-11 models, are totally standard size, and can still be
> bought new from Digi-Key, Mouser, etc. If it is more than a
> few drops of oil needed, then it makes NO SENSE to repair
>
On 09/26/2015 06:36 AM, tony duell wrote:
If it is totally
open-circuit, then the winding has failed. Rewinding is often possible, but
not trivial, particularly not for something that has to stand mains voltage,
and you may decide it is better to replace the fan.
As far as I know, all the old
Don't forget about this one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/191698368565
$17k for a CRT and a keyboard in a (beat up) wood case. He's missing the
box with the electronics, and, clearly, the cables... At least it isn't
signed!
b
On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 9:49 AM, wrote:
> Pocket change compared to w
On Sep 26, 2015, at 10:20 AM, Sellam ibn Abraham wrote:
> I wanted to share this because it's pretty neat:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BHIknNa6Eg
>
> It's a ~6 minute tour of a home automation system from the 1980s that
> features graphical floor layouts and touch screen programming.
I wanted to share this because it's pretty neat:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BHIknNa6Eg
It's a ~6 minute tour of a home automation system from the 1980s that
features graphical floor layouts and touch screen programming. The system
is built into the house.
--
Sellam ibn Abraham
> From: Sean Caron
> the worst thing on the market since the old Quantum Bigfoot
Just out of curiousity, what was so bad about the Bigfoot?
Noel
On 9/26/15 6:18 AM, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
Come on guys, we have been over this a thousand times. Value is
what someone is willing to pay.
And with 32kW of memory and resonable condition (no rust or
rodents) the price is not off by a factor of ten as you suggest.
Perhaps a factor two or three.
Pocket change compared to what the seller wants for this Olivetti Programma
101, priced to go!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Olivetti-PROGRAMMA-101-signed-by-one-of-the-authors-PRE-ALTAIR-8800-AND-C4004-/271973010365
To me the signing on the top of the case sort of spoils the clean appearance, I
think
Come on guys, we have been over this a thousand times. Value is
what someone is willing to pay.
And with 32kW of memory and resonable condition (no rust or
rodents) the price is not off by a factor of ten as you suggest.
Perhaps a factor two or three.
We'll see when the auction ends.
/P
On S
Missing toggle switches = Not working for repair or parts. Value $500.00
On 26/09/2015 13:35, Noel Chiappa wrote:
I'm not sure which is more amusing:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/191523958984
the price they expect to get, or calling it a 'mainframe'.
Noel
--
Wanted : KDJ11-E M8981 KK
> From: tony duell
> They would never take being straightened, the metal is partially
> fractured already.
Ah. OK. Well, a later poster mentioned a possible source of new feet - I had
assumed you wanted exactly identical ones, which may not be available, but if
all you want is functio
I'm not sure which is more amusing:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/191523958984
the price they expect to get, or calling it a 'mainframe'.
Noel
> > 2 of said feet got bent at right-angles (!)
>
> Hammer them straight, and clean up the threads with a die. Those outriggers
> are unobtainium, so I can't imagine the feet are much better.
They would never take being straightened, the metal is partially fractured
already.
I had assumed t
>
> I have a BA11K power supply out of a pdp 11/34 that has frozen up fans.
> They are frozen up pretty bad. I heard from another list member here they
> are repairable, any advice on how to do so?
I have repaired many fans over the years, I am not sure if I have done those
ones specifically.
F
On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 12:16:47PM +0200, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> On 2015-09-25 22:35, Al Kossow wrote:
> >On 9/25/15 11:06 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> >>But I seriously would like to OCR the manuals
> >
> >WHICH manuals are you complaining about?
>
> All of them.
Of course it would be nice i
On 2015-09-25 22:35, Al Kossow wrote:
On 9/25/15 11:06 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
But I seriously would like to OCR the manuals
WHICH manuals are you complaining about?
All of them.
I have been going back and applying OCR to the ones on bitsavers.
Are there some in particular that you hav
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