Re: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Mike
On 12/10/2015 01:38 AM, Zane Healy wrote: >> On Dec 9, 2015, at 8:12 AM, Mike wrote: >> >> Are there any other Commodore 64 users out there? > LOL! Yes! Though sadly I lack the time to do anything with my C-64. It and > my PDP-11/73 are my favorite classic computers. > > The only thing I’ve

Re: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Mike
On 12/10/2015 01:34 AM, Mike Stein wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "drlegendre ." > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2015 5:03 PM > Subject: Re: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!! > > >> Hi Mike, >> >> Yo

Re: TOP POSTING

2015-12-09 Thread Mike
On 12/09/2015 11:14 PM, Fred Cisin wrote: > On Wed, 9 Dec 2015, Mike Stein wrote: >> I hear that Donald Trump top-posts... > > also > Michael Dell > Carly Fiorina > Mark Zuckerberg > Sarah Palin > Meg Whitman > Paris Hilton > Bill Gates > And he is one of the smartest finatual men in the world an

Re: TOP POSTING

2015-12-09 Thread Mike
On 12/09/2015 10:42 PM, Mike Stein wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Fred Cisin" > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2015 10:05 PM > Subject: Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of > a lifetime!!!

Re: TOP POSTING

2015-12-09 Thread Mike
On 12/09/2015 10:35 PM, Gene Buckle wrote: > On 12/9/2015 1:58 PM, Jay West wrote: >> Please make an effort not to top-post :| >> >> J >> >> > ...or we'll cut you. > > g. > Will do!

Re: TOP POSTING

2015-12-09 Thread Mike
On 12/09/2015 10:16 PM, Mike Stein wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "drlegendre ." > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2015 7:44 PM > Subject: Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of > a lifetime!!!

Re: QIC Tape help with CRC - Dwight?

2015-12-09 Thread Microtech Dart
Just a quick update here, I believe that I have finally cracked the code on the CRC polynomial/model for this enigmatic Kennedy 64XX QIC tape format. Please see http://microtechm1.blogspot.com/2015/09/kennedy-6450-tape-drive-data-format.html#CRC Here are the core findings: For both 4096 and 819

Re: TOP POSTING

2015-12-09 Thread Mike
On 12/09/2015 09:52 PM, Peter Cetinski wrote: >> On Dec 9, 2015, at 9:45 PM, Sean Conner wrote: >> >> It was thus said that the Great Mike Boyle once stated: >>> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE ***This e-mail transmission, including any >>> attachments, contains information that may be confidential

Re: IDE knowledge anyone?

2015-12-09 Thread Chuck Guzis
On 12/09/2015 09:58 PM, Oliver Lehmann wrote: And this is whst I do/did. The drive supports LBA. I also tried CHS with it and oft course i used cyl 0, head 0 and sector 1 without success. I now ordered a cheap chinese LA When you say that you get an error, exactly what is the error (status b

Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Geoff Oltmans
This is a bit like the old toilet seat up/down argument... On Dec 9, 2015, at 3:58 PM, Jay West wrote: > Please make an effort not to top-post :| > > J > >

Re: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread COURYHOUSE
many high paid cios started with a vic 20 or a c 64! everyone has their treasured first Ed# In a message dated 12/9/2015 11:34:32 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, mhs.st...@gmail.com writes: Surprised to see so much interest in C64s on a 'serious' list... m

Re: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Zane Healy
> On Dec 9, 2015, at 8:12 AM, Mike wrote: > > Are there any other Commodore 64 users out there? LOL! Yes! Though sadly I lack the time to do anything with my C-64. It and my PDP-11/73 are my favorite classic computers. The only thing I’ve done in ages that’s even remotely Classic Computer

Re: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Mike Stein
- Original Message - From: "drlegendre ." To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2015 5:03 PM Subject: Re: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!! > Hi Mike, > > You're not alone, I'm a big fan of the C-64.. in fact, I'm j

Re: Purchased a Microvax 3800

2015-12-09 Thread devin davison
I got the power cord for the microvax 3800 in the mail today. I checked the fans as someone suggested, they Spin nice and smooth. I Iooked over everything, nothing seems out of place. I powered the machine on. Very quiet. I expected it to be much louder. I turned the machine on and nothing explode

Re: IDE knowledge anyone?

2015-12-09 Thread Oliver Lehmann
Chuck Guzis wrote: On 12/09/2015 02:14 PM, Philip Pemberton wrote: I thought the first valid sector on an IDE disk was sector 1, CHS 0:0:1? Yes; it's only 0 in LBA mode. And this is whst I do/did. The drive supports LBA. I also tried CHS with it and oft course i used cyl 0, head 0 and

Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Alexandre Souza
weren't all talking about C64s??? ":) 2015-12-10 3:23 GMT-02:00 : > On Wed, 9 Dec 2015, Mike Stein wrote: > > - Original Message - >> From: "Fred Cisin" >> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" < >> cctalk@classiccmp.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2015 10:05 PM >>

Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread dave
On Wed, 9 Dec 2015, Mike Stein wrote: - Original Message - From: "Fred Cisin" To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2015 10:05 PM Subject: Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!! "Top posting

Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Fred Cisin
On Wed, 9 Dec 2015, Mike Stein wrote: I hear that Donald Trump top-posts... also Michael Dell Carly Fiorina Mark Zuckerberg Sarah Palin Meg Whitman Paris Hilton Bill Gates

Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Eric Smith
On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 8:11 PM, Fred Cisin wrote: > Can I REFUSE to accept modern "reality"? Of course you can. Reality is by definition that which obstinately exists regardless of your beliefs or lack thereof. The Right Ordinary Horatio Jackson: "I'm afraid, sir, you have rather a weak grasp o

Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Mike Stein
- Original Message - From: "Fred Cisin" To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2015 10:05 PM Subject: Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!! >> "Top posting implies that you are only interested i

Re: TOP POSTING

2015-12-09 Thread Gene Buckle
On 12/9/2015 4:21 PM, Jules Richardson wrote: On 12/09/2015 06:03 PM, Joseph Lang wrote: Anybody know how to bottom post on an iPhone? I've never been able to figure it out. Turn it upside down? Better yet, don't use a telephone. g.

Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Gene Buckle
On 12/9/2015 1:58 PM, Jay West wrote: Please make an effort not to top-post :| J ...or we'll cut you. g.

Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Mike Stein
- Original Message - From: "drlegendre ." To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2015 7:44 PM Subject: Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!! > "Top posting implies that you are only interested i

Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Fred Cisin
on my phone it doesnt show the quoted text it hides it till i send or i would just delete the stuff out... On Wed, 9 Dec 2015, Adrian Stoness wrote: and my computer it seems to hide the stuff I suspect that the culprit for THAT is the software that you are running, not the hardware.

Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Fred Cisin
All the email clients I have are top posting On Wed, 9 Dec 2015, Mouse wrote: There are good civilized email clients available in plenty; if you don't happen to have any, I can only assume you can't be bothered. get with the times No. Right on. Can I REFUSE to accept modern "reality"?

Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Fred Cisin
"Top posting implies that you are only interested in computers from the 1990s or newer." On Wed, 9 Dec 2015, drlegendre . wrote: In addition to being a sign of secretly harbored communist sympathies. I thought that it was the other way around

Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Fred Cisin
On Wed, 9 Dec 2015, Adrian Stoness wrote: U guys are fickle at times. Oldest computer history stuff I have is the last remaining model of a Phillips p1000 from 68 I've got a front panel of a 8i in pecies I found in a field that I'm slowly getting parts together to rebuild.. and therefor

Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Peter Cetinski
> On Dec 9, 2015, at 9:45 PM, Sean Conner wrote: > > It was thus said that the Great Mike Boyle once stated: >> >> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE ***This e-mail transmission, including any >> attachments, contains information that may be confidential or privileged. >> The information is intended f

Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Sean Conner
It was thus said that the Great Mike Boyle once stated: > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE ***This e-mail transmission, including any > attachments, contains information that may be confidential or privileged. > The information is intended for the use of the individual or entity named > above. If yo

Four-phase non-overlapping clock generator using PIC microcontroller

2015-12-09 Thread Eric Smith
In the 1970s, some microprocessors and support chips used four-phase NMOS logic. Some, including the Rockwell PPS-4 and PPS-8, generated the four non-overlapping clock phases on-chip based on two external clock inputs, while others, including the TI TMS9900, the Western Digital CP1600 chip set (use

Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Dave Woyciesjes
> On Dec 9, 2015, at 9:08 PM, Adrian Stoness wrote: > > on my phone it doesnt show the quoted text it hides it till i send or i > would just delete the stuff out... > > and my computer it seems to hide the stuff >> >> The iPhone does show what you are replying to, and it's quite easy to get

Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Adrian Stoness
on my phone it doesnt show the quoted text it hides it till i send or i would just delete the stuff out... and my computer it seems to hide the stuff > >

Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Mark J. Blair
> On Dec 9, 2015, at 16:03 , Joseph Lang wrote: > > Anybody know how to bottom post on an iPhone? I've never been able to figure > it out. Just move the cursor under the quoted text and start typing. It's no different than using a keyboard, except that you use your thumb instead of arrow keys

Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Kevin Monceaux
On Wed, Dec 09, 2015 at 07:03:04PM -0500, Joseph Lang wrote: > Anybody know how to bottom post on an iPhone? I've never been able to > figure it out. I've never figured it out either. My iPhone is great for a lot of things. E-Mail isn't one of them. I stick with a PC and Mutt for e-mail. --

Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Mike Boyle
I hope I am doing it right lol On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 8:32 PM, Mouse wrote: > >> All the email clients I have are top posting > > There are good civilized email clients available in plenty; if you > don't happen to have any, I can only assume you can't be bothered. > > >> get with the times > >

Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Mouse
>> All the email clients I have are top posting There are good civilized email clients available in plenty; if you don't happen to have any, I can only assume you can't be bothered. >> get with the times No. If your email client defaults to top-posting, it probably also defaults to no-trimming,

Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread drlegendre .
"Top posting implies that you are only interested in computers from the 1990s or newer." In addition to being a sign of secretly harbored communist sympathies. On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 6:26 PM, Fred Cisin wrote: > On Wed, 9 Dec 2015, Adrian Stoness wrote: > >> All the email clients I have are top

Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Adrian Stoness
U guys are fickle at times. Oldest computer history stuff I have is the last remaining model of a Phillips p1000 from 68 I've got a front panel of a 8i in pecies I found in a field that I'm slowly getting parts together to rebuild.. On Dec 9, 2015 6:26 PM, "Fred Cisin" wrote: > On Wed, 9

Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Fred Cisin
On Wed, 9 Dec 2015, Adrian Stoness wrote: All the email clients I have are top posting get with the times you guys "Get with the times" ??!? You should be able to get with the times of the kinds of computers that you are interested in. Top posting implies that you are only interested in com

Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Adrian Stoness
All the email clients I have are top posting get with the times you guys On Dec 9, 2015 6:19 PM, "Jules Richardson" wrote: > On 12/09/2015 06:03 PM, Joseph Lang wrote: > >> Anybody know how to bottom post on an iPhone? I've never been able to >> figure it out. >> > > Turn it upside down? > >

Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Jules Richardson
On 12/09/2015 06:03 PM, Joseph Lang wrote: Anybody know how to bottom post on an iPhone? I've never been able to figure it out. Turn it upside down?

Re: TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Joseph Lang
Anybody know how to bottom post on an iPhone? I've never been able to figure it out. Joe > On Dec 9, 2015, at 4:58 PM, "Jay West" wrote: > > Please make an effort not to top-post :| > > J > >

Re: IDE knowledge anyone?

2015-12-09 Thread Chuck Guzis
On 12/09/2015 02:14 PM, Philip Pemberton wrote: I thought the first valid sector on an IDE disk was sector 1, CHS 0:0:1? Yes; it's only 0 in LBA mode. If you'd like, I can jump in here, having done a bunch of IDE software back in the bad old days. Anyone remember the glitches in the IDE

RE: Looking for a PERQ

2015-12-09 Thread Robert Jarratt
> -Original Message- > From: cctech [mailto:cctech-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Earl > Baugh > Sent: 09 December 2015 18:39 > To: cct...@classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: Looking for a PERQ > > > > > This is a laughable ask, I realize that- but I'd really like to find a > > PERQ. > >

Re: Looking for a PERQ

2015-12-09 Thread Earl Baugh
> > This is a laughable ask, I realize that- but I'd really like to find a > PERQ. > > Anywhere in the US and Canada is fair game. I am prepared to work on one in > any condition, and am okay with any model. > > I'm definitely not asking for a handout and would like to negotiate a > reasonable pric

Re: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread william degnan
On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 5:17 PM, drlegendre . wrote: > Jules, > > C-64 key / case colors are just a matter of where and when it was produced. > IIRC the original units had the Orange FN keys, with gray coming later. > Case colors changed too, not sure when / why - but it might have something > to

Re: IDE knowledge anyone?

2015-12-09 Thread Alexandre Souza
A proper HP16500C or better (series 17000) is way cheap nowadays. Myself use a 16500C with lots of accessories (thank you, you know who you are!!!) and a 16505A. Maybe it can help you. I don't know if there is an IDE analyser for it (I have it for SCSI) but you can look for it. Or write a module fo

Re: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread drlegendre .
Jules, C-64 key / case colors are just a matter of where and when it was produced. IIRC the original units had the Orange FN keys, with gray coming later. Case colors changed too, not sure when / why - but it might have something to do with the C-64C & C-128 models that emerged later in the prod.

Re: IDE knowledge anyone?

2015-12-09 Thread Philip Pemberton
On 06/12/15 20:57, Oliver Lehmann wrote: > Right after power up and after the disk got ready, I issue the IDENTIFY > command and read the data back which works perfectly. After that I > read sector 0 and this fails. I thought the first valid sector on an IDE disk was sector 1, CHS 0:0:1? -- Phil

RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Jay West
Drlegendre wrote -- You're not alone, I'm a big fan of the C-64.. in fact, I'm just finishing up a software / hardware project to interface the C-64 to a Model 15 Teletype. -- Ditto. I've got a shelf of C64 stuff as well. Many fond memories of them and

Re: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread drlegendre .
Hi Mike, You're not alone, I'm a big fan of the C-64.. in fact, I'm just finishing up a software / hardware project to interface the C-64 to a Model 15 Teletype. Looks like quite a haul you made there! I'll be curious to know what all emerges from the heap - and of course, there are a couple thin

TOP POSTING (was: RE: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Jay West
Please make an effort not to top-post :| J

Re: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread ethan
Funny, I just picked up two boxed machines today, along with a 1541, docs, cables, modem, and a VIC-1525 printer. I've not brought everything inside to take a better look at it all yet, although I did notice that one machine has gray function keys and the other orange - I'm not sure if there's a

Re: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Jules Richardson
On 12/09/2015 10:12 AM, Mike wrote: Are there any other Commodore 64 users out there? Funny, I just picked up two boxed machines today, along with a 1541, docs, cables, modem, and a VIC-1525 printer. I've not brought everything inside to take a better look at it all yet, although I did notice

RE: DEC MM15 core mem found

2015-12-09 Thread Rich Alderson
From: Pontus Pihlgren Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 11:52 PM > On Tue, Dec 08, 2015 at 09:42:27PM +, Rich Alderson wrote: >> Flip Chip technology was invented for the PDP-7, after the failure of >> the large System Modules used in the PDP-6. > What where the failure(s) with System Modules

Re: CDC Finch Alternatives Today [WAS:RE: Evotek Winchester Harddisk]

2015-12-09 Thread Oliver Lehmann
Hi Tony, they definity mean not SMD with "CDC" as for SMD a complete different controller exists for the system which explicitly is for SMD drives only. Oliver Tom Gardner wrote: The manual u cited states, "The disk controller can control either a CDC or Finch drives. All drives attached to

RE: CDC Finch Alternatives Today [WAS:RE: Evotek Winchester Harddisk]

2015-12-09 Thread Tom Gardner
The manual u cited states, "The disk controller can control either a CDC or Finch drives. All drives attached to any controller must be of one type." I'm not sure what they mean by "CDC" but if u are lucky it might mean "SMD." According to the 1983 Disk/Trend Finch interfaces were available on

RE: Help w/ HP 88780 Tape Drive (corrected email).

2015-12-09 Thread Ali
I am still looking for some help on this if anyone has ideas. It looks like the read/write/format board is bad. Anyone have a spare they can part with or are am I looking at a super effective door stop here? -Ali

Re: Anyone interested in old (PDP-8 driven) Radio Automation hardware?

2015-12-09 Thread COURYHOUSE
our phx station had an 8E with one backplane in it and a single diablo hard drive. would be great to buy one of these for the museum . Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) In a message dated 12/9/2015 7:19:06 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, radiot...@juno.com writes: At 11:

Re: TEST

2015-12-09 Thread Dave Woyciesjes
On 12/09/2015 10:27 AM, Mike wrote: Tihis is my first post to the group I just want to make sure that everyone can see this and that I have it setup right please reply if yall can see this. Nope. Can't see it. You failed... ;) -- --- Dave Woyciesjes --- ICQ# 905818 --- CompTIA A+ Cer

Re: Looking for a PERQ

2015-12-09 Thread Josh Dersch
On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 9:11 AM, tony duell wrote: > > The Kriz tablet definitely existed, I have half of one (it's the "mouse" > > portion, it basically looks like a Hawley mouse without the ball). The > > device is supported in the Z80 code, PERQ microcode and POS software. > > Are you thinking

Re: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Mike
Will do I tested it all and it's all working I just boxed it all up until I have my computer room back lol. On 12/09/2015 12:28 PM, devin davison wrote: > That is an impressive pile of stuff. Well worth the money. Post back with > some pictures of it all running if you can. > > > On Wed, Dec 9, 20

Re: Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread devin davison
That is an impressive pile of stuff. Well worth the money. Post back with some pictures of it all running if you can. On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Mike wrote: > I was searching Craigslist and found this post with 7 boxes of C64 stuff > One C64 was still in the box, hard to find games great

RE: Looking for a PERQ

2015-12-09 Thread tony duell
> The Kriz tablet definitely existed, I have half of one (it's the "mouse" > portion, it basically looks like a Hawley mouse without the ball). The > device is supported in the Z80 code, PERQ microcode and POS software. Are you thinking of the PERQ 2 version that had a synchronous serial interfac

Best 200 buck I have ever spent!!! Deal of a lifetime!!!

2015-12-09 Thread Mike
I was searching Craigslist and found this post with 7 boxes of C64 stuff One C64 was still in the box, hard to find games great books and much much more here is a link to what I got! once I have it all setup Ill upload some more pictures. Here is a link to the photos... http://s1093.photobucket.c

Re: Looking for a PERQ

2015-12-09 Thread Josh Dersch
On 12/9/15 7:54 AM, tony duell wrote: I rescued one for VCFederation museum two years ago. http://vintagecomputer.net/perq/ I was just looking at it this weekend. It needs a keyboard and mouse I believe. I remember there was a guy in Texas who had a few, never heard the full story though. That

Re: TEST

2015-12-09 Thread Alexandre Souza
Can't see it, test failed! :) Enviado do meu Tele-Movel Em 09/12/2015 14:46, "Adrian Stoness" escreveu: > Hi yep can see it > On Dec 9, 2015 10:29 AM, "william degnan" wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Mike wrote: > > > > > Tihis is my first post to the group I just want to make su

Re: TEST

2015-12-09 Thread Adrian Stoness
Hi yep can see it On Dec 9, 2015 10:29 AM, "william degnan" wrote: > On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Mike wrote: > > > Tihis is my first post to the group I just want to make sure that > > everyone can see this and that I have it setup right please reply if > > yall can see this. > > > > Bottom

RE: midrange-l - WAS:::Re: Looking for AS/400

2015-12-09 Thread Jay West
Mike write... Sorry to bust in this post but I have read the page where I sighned up and well.. How do to make a post and not just reply to others? Again sorry for the off-topic question... This (as well as subsequent post) were handled off-list. J

Re: Looking for a PERQ

2015-12-09 Thread william degnan
On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Mike wrote: > Hey William What is the name of your club I was wanting to start a club > in my area. > Mike, Please bottom post in your replies. vintagecomputerfederation.org is the web site of our club. For those of you who wonder, FKA MARCH is "formerly known

Re: Anyone interested in old (PDP-8 driven) Radio Automation hardware?

2015-12-09 Thread Dale H. Cook
At 10:05 AM 12/9/2015, wulfman wrote: >Before one opens ones mouth its best to become informed. I have nearly forty years of experience as a radio station chief engineer, and began doing radio engineering in college in 1969. >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidelipac > >yes we had 4 track nab car

Re: Looking for a PERQ

2015-12-09 Thread Mike
Hey William What is the name of your club I was wanting to start a club in my area. On 12/09/2015 11:28 AM, william degnan wrote: > On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 11:20 AM, tony duell wrote: > >>> Tony - thanks I passed the info along to our club. >> Some years ago I made some notes on the insides of my

TEST

2015-12-09 Thread Mike
Tihis is my first post to the group I just want to make sure that everyone can see this and that I have it setup right please reply if yall can see this.

Re: TEST

2015-12-09 Thread william degnan
On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Mike wrote: > Tihis is my first post to the group I just want to make sure that > everyone can see this and that I have it setup right please reply if > yall can see this. > Bottom post reply. You're IN MAN. -- Bill vintagecomputer.net

Re: Looking for a PERQ

2015-12-09 Thread william degnan
On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 11:20 AM, tony duell wrote: > > > > Tony - thanks I passed the info along to our club. > > Some years ago I made some notes on the insides of my PERQ1 keyboard. > Hopefully > they will surface again when I get round to unpacking the rest of my books > (after the > house mov

RE: Looking for a PERQ

2015-12-09 Thread tony duell
> > Tony - thanks I passed the info along to our club. Some years ago I made some notes on the insides of my PERQ1 keyboard. Hopefully they will surface again when I get round to unpacking the rest of my books (after the house move..). If not then I can probably work it all out again, I do certa

Re: Looking for a PERQ

2015-12-09 Thread william degnan
On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 10:54 AM, tony duell wrote: > > > > I rescued one for VCFederation museum two years ago. > > http://vintagecomputer.net/perq/ > > I was just looking at it this weekend. It needs a keyboard and mouse I > > believe. I remember there was a guy in Texas who had a few, never h

RE: Looking for a PERQ

2015-12-09 Thread tony duell
> > I rescued one for VCFederation museum two years ago. > http://vintagecomputer.net/perq/ > I was just looking at it this weekend. It needs a keyboard and mouse I > believe. I remember there was a guy in Texas who had a few, never heard > the full story though. That's a PERQ 1 (or 1a, the diff

Re: Anyone interested in old (PDP-8 driven) Radio Automation hardware?

2015-12-09 Thread Dale H. Cook
At 09:54 AM 12/9/2015, Al Kossow wrote: >The systems I'm familiar with were made by Gates (not Bill) in the early 70s. The Gates cart machines were rebranded ATC machines. ATC was a progenitor of ITC, one of the foremost of the cart machine manufacturers. I worked with ATC machines and the rebr

Re: Anyone interested in old (PDP-8 driven) Radio Automation hardware?

2015-12-09 Thread Dale H. Cook
At 09:24 AM 12/9/2015, Mike Boyle wrote: >Do you have photos? I don't need photos - I worked with carts from the time I entered radio (1969) until the last of my clients abandoned them several years ago. I have installed, maintained and repaired hundreds of cart machines in the course of my ca

Re: Anyone interested in old (PDP-8 driven) Radio Automation hardware?

2015-12-09 Thread wulfman
Before one opens ones mouth its best to become informed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidelipac yes we had 4 track nab carts On 12/9/2015 7:24 AM, Mike Boyle wrote: > Do you have photos? > > On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 9:18 AM, Dale H. Cook wrote: > >> At 11:53 PM 12/8/2015, wulfman wrote: >> >>>

Re: Anyone interested in old (PDP-8 driven) Radio Automation hardware?

2015-12-09 Thread Al Kossow
On 12/9/15 6:54 AM, Al Kossow wrote: you had to clean the heads every couple of shifts at a non-automated station. I hadn't ever thought much about this, but the air sound of a 1960's Top-40 AM radio station was the direct result of the invention of the cart machine.

Re: Anyone interested in old (PDP-8 driven) Radio Automation hardware?

2015-12-09 Thread Al Kossow
On 12/9/15 6:24 AM, Mike Boyle wrote: Do you have photos? http://www.jimprice.com/prosound/carts.htm or do a google image search for "broadcast cart" I had forgotten the top of the cart was often clear

Re: DEC MM15 core mem found

2015-12-09 Thread Al Kossow
On 12/8/15 11:52 PM, Pontus Pihlgren wrote: What where the failure(s) with System Modules in the PDP-6? cost? reliabilty? Connectors. They had over the top and backplane connectors. They also had problems with solder joints on rivets used for connecting traces on the front and back side of th

Re: Anyone interested in old (PDP-8 driven) Radio Automation hardware?

2015-12-09 Thread Al Kossow
On 12/9/15 6:24 AM, Mike Boyle wrote: Do you have photos? They look just like a Lear 4-track tape, with the hole for the capstan to pop up into.

Re: Anyone interested in old (PDP-8 driven) Radio Automation hardware?

2015-12-09 Thread Al Kossow
On 12/8/15 8:54 PM, Alexis Kotlowy wrote: Very interesting. The cartridges were probably NAB cartridges. They are continuous loop, lubricated with graphite, with cue tones on the non-audio tracks. The graphite shed onto the playback head so you had to clean the heads every couple of shifts at

Re: Anyone interested in old (PDP-8 driven) Radio Automation hardware?

2015-12-09 Thread Mike Boyle
Do you have photos? On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 9:18 AM, Dale H. Cook wrote: > At 11:53 PM 12/8/2015, wulfman wrote: > > >The "carts" were 4 track tapes. > > They were not. They were either 2 track for mono or 3 track for stereo, > and they were physically different from, and not interchangeable with

Re: midrange-l - WAS:::Re: Looking for AS/400

2015-12-09 Thread Mike Boyle
Sorry to bust in this post but I have read the page where I sighned up and well.. How do to make a post and not just reply to others? Again sorry for the off-topic question... On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 9:01 PM, Mike Ross wrote: > Check my YouTube channel - name is 'abaduck' (!) - for videos of all

Re: Anyone interested in old (PDP-8 driven) Radio Automation hardware?

2015-12-09 Thread Dale H. Cook
At 11:53 PM 12/8/2015, wulfman wrote: >The "carts" were 4 track tapes. They were not. They were either 2 track for mono or 3 track for stereo, and they were physically different from, and not interchangeable with, consumer tape cartridges. Radio carts were introduced in, IIRC, the early 1960s (

Re: IDE knowledge anyone?

2015-12-09 Thread Joseph Lang
Since identify and read buffer return consistent data, timing would appear to be ok. I would change the parameters used for read. iIRC you used chs =0/0/0. Try chs=1/1/1 Joe > On Dec 8, 2015, at 4:38 PM, Oliver Lehmann wrote: > > > Oliver Lehmann wrote: > >> Oliver Lehmann wrote: >> >>>

Re: List vs. community size

2015-12-09 Thread Pontus Pihlgren
On Wed, Dec 09, 2015 at 09:08:18AM +0100, Pontus Pihlgren wrote: > On Tue, Dec 08, 2015 at 03:26:14PM -0600, JP Hindin wrote: > > > > So I post a picture of my workshop with 13 racks, including half a dozen SGI > > Onyx2, a pair of SunFire 6800s, a Cray J98, a Sun E1, and a bunch of > > PDP11s

Re: List vs. community size

2015-12-09 Thread Pontus Pihlgren
On Tue, Dec 08, 2015 at 03:26:14PM -0600, JP Hindin wrote: > > So I post a picture of my workshop with 13 racks, including half a dozen SGI > Onyx2, a pair of SunFire 6800s, a Cray J98, a Sun E1, and a bunch of > PDP11s, VAXes, Sun E450s/E4000s/386i, Sun 4/470s, MicroPDPs, MicroVAXes, oh, > an

Re: Maximizing value selling a working 11/34

2015-12-09 Thread Pontus Pihlgren
Gosh, people sure are overreacting... The 11/34 isn't the most sought after system so it might be difficult to find someone to pick it up or willing pay the shipping. The parts are probably not very sought after either so it might not be worth the effort to split it up with the hope of selling