Re: PDP2011 board

2015-10-22 Thread Don North
On 10/22/2015 10:09 PM, ben wrote: On 10/22/2015 10:54 PM, Don North wrote: For PDP2011 direct compatibility then the path of least resistance is probably the DE0-NANO with CycloneIV for $79. I have several; nice little boards for experimentation. You can get it from Adafruit ($99) or Digikey as

RE: Model 28 Teletype on ebay

2015-10-22 Thread Brad
Thanks! I'm just trying to figure out my options. There aren't many teletypes coming up to begin with, and finding something that I'd really like like an ASR-33 might not happen any time soon. The model 28 looks like a serious machine. It feels like something someone would have gotten chea

Re: PDP2011 board

2015-10-22 Thread Rob Doyle
On 10/22/2015 8:44 PM, Don North wrote: On 10/22/2015 6:11 PM, jwsmobile wrote: I'm not sure if the author of this nice bit of work is on here, but I'm looking at a board for this, the Altera DE-1. Unfortunately there are a plethora of Altera DE-1 boards and much puzzlement by me as to whether

Re: PDP2011 board

2015-10-22 Thread ben
On 10/22/2015 10:54 PM, Don North wrote: On 10/22/2015 9:27 PM, ben wrote: On 10/22/2015 9:44 PM, Don North wrote: I have one of the DE1 CycloneII device boards and at this point that family (CycloneII) is a bit old. If you can get it really cheap (<<$50) go for it, but the last Altera toolset

Re: PiDP-11 plans...

2015-10-22 Thread Don North
On 10/22/2015 9:06 PM, ben wrote: On 10/22/2015 8:45 PM, Mark Matlock wrote: Oscar, I am very excited to hear about your PiDP-11 project. I also would urge you to go to 1:1 scale for the PDP-11/70 panel and also utilize the classic Purple and Pink color scheme. One other comment I would make

PiDP-11 plans...

2015-10-22 Thread Mark Matlock
Oscar, I am very excited to hear about your PiDP-11 project. I also would urge you to go to 1:1 scale for the PDP-11/70 panel and also utilize the classic Purple and Pink color scheme. I saw Henk's PDP-11/70 reanimation and dreamed of doing one some day, and then saw Jorge Hoppe's work

The Internet & our hobby

2015-10-22 Thread Murray McCullough
43 years ago around this time the Internet we use to communicate with was probably made possible because of TCP/IP, or Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol created at Stanford University. Today 3 billion people are on the net but really made it possible for this extravagant number was th

Re: PiDP-11 plans...

2015-10-22 Thread ben
On 10/22/2015 8:45 PM, Mark Matlock wrote: Oscar, I am very excited to hear about your PiDP-11 project. I also would urge you to go to 1:1 scale for the PDP-11/70 panel and also utilize the classic Purple and Pink color scheme. One other comment I would make is that it would be great to modifi

Re: KIM Uno /PiDP-11 plans...

2015-10-22 Thread David C. Jenner
How about making a version for a REAL PDP-11/70 front panel, and one for a REAL PDP-11/45 front panel, for those of us who have such stashed away waiting for the right simulator to come along... On 10/21/15 3:00 PM, Oscar Vermeulen wrote: Hi, Oscar is already working on another very promisi

Re: PDP2011 board

2015-10-22 Thread Don North
On 10/22/2015 9:27 PM, ben wrote: On 10/22/2015 9:44 PM, Don North wrote: I have one of the DE1 CycloneII device boards and at this point that family (CycloneII) is a bit old. If you can get it really cheap (<<$50) go for it, but the last Altera toolset that supports CycloneII is v13.0sp1 (v15.

Re: PDP2011 board

2015-10-22 Thread ben
On 10/22/2015 9:44 PM, Don North wrote: I have one of the DE1 CycloneII device boards and at this point that family (CycloneII) is a bit old. If you can get it really cheap (<<$50) go for it, but the last Altera toolset that supports CycloneII is v13.0sp1 (v15.0 is current). I have moved most al

Re: PDP2011 board

2015-10-22 Thread Don North
On 10/22/2015 6:11 PM, jwsmobile wrote: I'm not sure if the author of this nice bit of work is on here, but I'm looking at a board for this, the Altera DE-1. Unfortunately there are a plethora of Altera DE-1 boards and much puzzlement by me as to whether this is the right one. The page with

Re: PDP2011 board

2015-10-22 Thread ben
On 10/22/2015 7:11 PM, jwsmobile wrote: I'm not sure if the author of this nice bit of work is on here, but I'm looking at a board for this, the Altera DE-1. Unfortunately there are a plethora of Altera DE-1 boards and much puzzlement by me as to whether this is the right one. The page with th

Re: Model 28 Teletype on ebay

2015-10-22 Thread COURYHOUSE
2 units one tape puncher thing the other table top ksr 28 other thing a Powersupply Ed Sharpe In a message dated 10/22/2015 5:57:22 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, unclefal...@yahoo.ca writes: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Teletype-equipment-1-model-28-writer-1-reperforater- 1-50vdc-supply-

Re: Model 28 Teletype on ebay

2015-10-22 Thread william degnan
I seem to remember that the Tech Processor Technologies 3P+S described how to get a model 28 running with its IO board. You'd have to check that, but sure why not? It's just harder to do anything with a machine that's not really made for systems that generally-speaking look for ascii and 8 bit ta

PDP2011 board

2015-10-22 Thread jwsmobile
I'm not sure if the author of this nice bit of work is on here, but I'm looking at a board for this, the Altera DE-1. Unfortunately there are a plethora of Altera DE-1 boards and much puzzlement by me as to whether this is the right one. The page with the info is deficient in details to tel

Model 28 Teletype on ebay

2015-10-22 Thread Brad
Hey guys, Further to our conversation - I was looking at this beast: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Teletype-equipment-1-model-28-writer-1-reperforater- 1-50vdc-supply-etc-/121791042544?hash=item1c5b4fd3f0:g:UR8AAOSwnDZUJHWs Wasn't sure if it was two units? The first couple of pics look diffe

Re: HP 1663A Logic Analyzer keyboard

2015-10-22 Thread Jochen Kunz
Am 15.10.15 um 00:58 schrieb Ian Finder: > In fact I may need one for my HP 715. There are two variants of HP9000/715: The older versions like the 715/33 have HIL only. The newer like the 714/64 have HIL and PS/2. You _need_ that breakout box for the later to connect any keyboard or mouse. It is ju

looking for Siemens T100 telexes in the US

2015-10-22 Thread simon
Hi All, I was contacted via the greenkeys list for my spare parts of the two T100 telexes, but I think it should be possible to obtain them in the states. Is there someone willing to part of their broken or otherwise non/half functional T100 in the usa. they need the parts for a movie. -- Me

Re: VT100 and/or VT105 rescued from scrap

2015-10-22 Thread Paul Anderson
You can turn a 101 into a 102 by simply replacing the logic board. The 101, 102, 131, and 132 are all interchangeable. The only option they will support is the 20 ma option. The basic keyboards are basically the same, but the caps and functions may vary with unit and software. On Thu, Oct 22, 20

Re: DecServer 550 chassis

2015-10-22 Thread Holm Tiffe
Holm Tiffe wrote: > Johnny Billquist wrote: > > > On 2015-10-19 23:11, jwsmobile wrote: > > > > > > > > >On 10/19/2015 12:39 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote: > > >>Well, you did ask for "thoughts in the conversion", so I gave you > > >>mine. Sorry if you felt they were unhelpful. I just thought the >

Re: 360 mockups Re: Has anyone hear of the Computer History Archives Project?

2015-10-22 Thread Ethan Dicks
On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 8:13 AM, wrote: > I've almost finished replicating the iconic Eames PSCC-4... > ... A real PSCC-4 is > $700 USD on eBay Earlier this year, a local small village upgraded their town hall auditorium seating and recouped thousands of dollars selling the chair shells on eBay.

Re: 360 mockups Re: Has anyone hear of the Computer History Archives Project?

2015-10-22 Thread Jon Elson
On 10/22/2015 07:13 AM, ste...@malikoff.com wrote: Steve wrote: (By the way - I'm looking for a red INTERRUPT insert, red STOP insert and pearl POWER ON insert for my 360/40 console, if anyone can help :) Is this for a mockup or a real 360/40 console? Regards, Peter Coghlan Oh, it's quite r

Re: 360 mockups Re: Has anyone hear of the Computer History Archives Project?

2015-10-22 Thread Peter Coghlan
> > Original Message > Subject: Re: 360 mockups Re: Has anyone hear of the Computer History Archives > Project? > From:"Peter Coghlan" > Date:Thu, October 22, 2015 9:14 pm > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Post

Re: KIM Uno /PiDP-11 plans...

2015-10-22 Thread azd30
I have both of Oscar's awesome kits... the PiDP8 is nice in the small form factor since it's 'lugabble', but a 1/1 replica sitting in a 19" rack, now that would be something. I'm pretty sure that the price for producing the kit would be directly proportional to the scale though. But, as Mike me

Re: VT100 and/or VT105 rescued from scrap

2015-10-22 Thread Johnny Billquist
On 2015-10-22 17:07, Paul Koning wrote: On Oct 22, 2015, at 10:36 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote: On 2015-10-22 16:32, Paul Koning wrote: On Oct 22, 2015, at 9:15 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote: ... The VT100 is field upgradeable to a VT101 (I think) or a VT102 (I know). However, the VT102 is n

Re: VT100 and/or VT105 rescued from scrap

2015-10-22 Thread Paul Koning
> On Oct 22, 2015, at 10:36 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote: > > On 2015-10-22 16:32, Paul Koning wrote: >> >>> On Oct 22, 2015, at 9:15 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote: >>> >>> ... >>> The VT100 is field upgradeable to a VT101 (I think) or a VT102 (I know). >>> However, the VT102 is not the same as a

RE: VT100 and/or VT105 rescued from scrap

2015-10-22 Thread tony duell
> The way I remember it is that the VT100 comes in several configurations (for > example AVO or > not) and you can field modify it from one to another. > > On the other hand, the VT101 and VT102 are fixed configs (that is, not > intended to be field > upgradable), roughly matching the base and A

Re: VT100 and/or VT105 rescued from scrap

2015-10-22 Thread Johnny Billquist
On 2015-10-22 16:32, Paul Koning wrote: On Oct 22, 2015, at 9:15 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote: ... The VT100 is field upgradeable to a VT101 (I think) or a VT102 (I know). However, the VT102 is not the same as a VT100 with the added AVO and printer. Functionally they are the same, but inside

Re: VT100 and/or VT105 rescued from scrap

2015-10-22 Thread Paul Koning
> On Oct 22, 2015, at 9:15 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote: > > ... > The VT100 is field upgradeable to a VT101 (I think) or a VT102 (I know). > However, the VT102 is not the same as a VT100 with the added AVO and printer. > Functionally they are the same, but inside they will look different. That

Re: VT100 and/or VT105 rescued from scrap

2015-10-22 Thread Johnny Billquist
On 2015-10-22 15:32, william degnan wrote: Let me clarify... I agree the 100 is a separate machine from the "core 101/102" terminal, even with the same options. On my vt100 the ROM is different than my vt102, but my 100 has the 132 char graphics upgrade so it's functionally like the 102 in that

Re: VT100 and/or VT105 rescued from scrap

2015-10-22 Thread william degnan
Let me clarify... I agree the 100 is a separate machine from the "core 101/102" terminal, even with the same options. On my vt100 the ROM is different than my vt102, but my 100 has the 132 char graphics upgrade so it's functionally like the 102 in that way. Looks differently inside. On Thu, Oct

Re: VT100 and/or VT105 rescued from scrap

2015-10-22 Thread Johnny Billquist
On 2015-10-22 15:05, william degnan wrote: Note that while in theory the AVO was an added option, the VT102 did not have it (or the printer port) as separate parts that were added to a basic VT100. The VT102 had a different board with all those options already on the motherboard, and no addit

Re: VT100 and/or VT105 rescued from scrap

2015-10-22 Thread william degnan
> > >> Note that while in theory the AVO was an added option, the VT102 did not > have it (or the printer port) as separate parts that were added to a basic > VT100. The VT102 had a different board with all those options already on > the motherboard, and no additional options could be installed. >

Re: VT100 and/or VT105 rescued from scrap

2015-10-22 Thread Johnny Billquist
On 2015-10-22 13:03, william degnan wrote: On Oct 22, 2015 4:51 AM, "Christian Corti" wrote: On Wed, 21 Oct 2015, Paul Anderson wrote: The VT101,02,31, and 32 are the same, as are the VT100, 105, and 125. If you say they are the same, can you turn a VT101 into a VT102? Christian Yes.

Re: 360 mockups Re: Has anyone hear of the Computer History Archives Project?

2015-10-22 Thread steven
Original Message Subject: Re: 360 mockups Re: Has anyone hear of the Computer History Archives Project? From:"Peter Coghlan" Date:Thu, October 22, 2015 9:14 pm To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"

Re: VT100 and/or VT105 rescued from scrap

2015-10-22 Thread william degnan
On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 7:35 AM, tony duell wrote: > > > > > The VT101,02,31, and 32 are the same, as are the VT100, 105, and 125. > > > > If you say they are the same, can you turn a VT101 into a VT102? > > I don't think there was an official way to do it (from what I remember the > VT101 was >

RE: VT100 and/or VT105 rescued from scrap

2015-10-22 Thread tony duell
> > > The VT101,02,31, and 32 are the same, as are the VT100, 105, and 125. > > If you say they are the same, can you turn a VT101 into a VT102? I don't think there was an official way to do it (from what I remember the VT101 was sold as a 'closed' terminal (maybe replace the logic board), but

Re: 360 mockups Re: Has anyone hear of the Computer History Archives Project?

2015-10-22 Thread Peter Coghlan
Steve wrote: > > (By the way - I'm looking for a red INTERRUPT insert, red STOP insert and > pearl POWER ON insert for my 360/40 console, if anyone can help :) > Is this for a mockup or a real 360/40 console? Regards, Peter Coghlan

Re: VT100 and/or VT105 rescued from scrap

2015-10-22 Thread william degnan
On Oct 22, 2015 4:51 AM, "Christian Corti" wrote: > > On Wed, 21 Oct 2015, Paul Anderson wrote: >> >> The VT101,02,31, and 32 are the same, as are the VT100, 105, and 125. > > > If you say they are the same, can you turn a VT101 into a VT102? > > Christian Yes. For example 80/132 column is an op

Re: VT100 and/or VT105 rescued from scrap

2015-10-22 Thread Christian Corti
On Wed, 21 Oct 2015, Paul Anderson wrote: The VT101,02,31, and 32 are the same, as are the VT100, 105, and 125. If you say they are the same, can you turn a VT101 into a VT102? Christian