Re: KiCad Footprint ??

2015-12-20 Thread Don North
On 12/20/2015 5:02 AM, GerardCJAT wrote: Speaking of KiCad Yesterday, I tried for the first time KiCad, and my first board design with it. The very first part I was looking for I was not able to locate it. Is it because I am a newbe or because this part does not exist yet, beeing "too

Re: KiCad Footprint ??

2015-12-20 Thread Mark J. Blair
> On Dec 20, 2015, at 05:02, GerardCJAT wrote: > > Yesterday, I tried for the first time KiCad, and my first board design with > it. > The very first part I was looking for I was not able to locate it. > Is it because I am a newbe or because this part does not exist yet, beeing > "too old

Re: The best spreadsheet / database program for Commodore 64?

2015-12-20 Thread Kelly Fergason
i used a product called Trio back in the day. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 20, 2015, at 11:54 AM, Mike Whalen wrote: > > Again not an integrated suite but there was also Multiplan, a spreadsheet > for the C64 from Microsoft. > > https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplan

RE: EAI TR-10 Patch Plugs

2015-12-20 Thread Tothwolf
On Mon, 21 Dec 2015, Dave G4UGM wrote: On Sun, 20 Dec 2015, Charles Anthony wrote: Or, rather then cutting it, remove the inside threads on the shell, and glue it back on to the plug, rather than screwing it on. That’s about the best method, but there is not much room for extra lead to push

Re: EAI TR-10 Patch Plugs

2015-12-20 Thread Chuck Guzis
On 12/20/2015 08:25 PM, Charles Anthony wrote: It also occurs to me that for a patch cable: a measured length of some kind of resistive wire between two plugs rather than a resistor? I don't think so. Vacuum tubes (or valves if you will) are high-impedance devices. Those resistors are like

Re: EAI TR-10 Patch Plugs

2015-12-20 Thread Charles Anthony
On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote: > On 12/20/2015 03:20 PM, Charles Anthony wrote: > > Or, rather then cutting it, remove the inside threads on the shell, >> and glue it back on to the plug, rather than screwing it on. >> > > I don't have any to show you, but I do remember that

Re: EAI TR-10 Patch Plugs

2015-12-20 Thread Mike Stein
- Original Message - From: "Chuck Guzis" To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2015 10:21 PM Subject: Re: EAI TR-10 Patch Plugs > On 12/20/2015 04:10 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote: > >> I don't have any to show you, but I do remember that some of t

Re: EAI TR-10 Patch Plugs

2015-12-20 Thread Chuck Guzis
On 12/20/2015 04:10 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote: I don't have any to show you, but I do remember that some of these banana plugs used an un-threaded barrel, employing a small (head-less) screw on the side that threaded into the top of the plug fixture. In the long run, probably better, as they could

RE: EAI TR-10 Patch Plugs

2015-12-20 Thread Dave G4UGM
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Charles > Anthony > Sent: 20 December 2015 23:20 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: EAI TR-10 Patch Plugs > > On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Charles Anthony >

Re: EAI TR-10 Patch Plugs

2015-12-20 Thread Chuck Guzis
On 12/20/2015 03:20 PM, Charles Anthony wrote: Or, rather then cutting it, remove the inside threads on the shell, and glue it back on to the plug, rather than screwing it on. I don't have any to show you, but I do remember that some of these banana plugs used an un-threaded barrel, employing

RE: VAX 4000-500 PSU Overload?

2015-12-20 Thread Robert Jarratt
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Paul > Koning > Sent: 20 December 2015 22:32 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Subject: Re: VAX 4000-500 PSU Overload? > > > > On Dec 19, 2015, at 4:05 PM, Robert Jarratt > wr

Re: EAI TR-10 Patch Plugs

2015-12-20 Thread Charles Anthony
On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Charles Anthony wrote: > > > On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 2:43 PM, Dave Wade wrote: > >> >> >> > -Original Message- >> > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of >> > ste...@malikoff.com >> > Sent: 20 December 2015 22:23 >> > To: Genera

Re: Wood (was Re: IBM Mainframe terminal stuff)

2015-12-20 Thread Fred Cisin
Are you sure it wasn't rosewood? Polished to a satin sheen with [WELL} whale oil of course... ;-) On Sun, 20 Dec 2015, William Donzelli wrote: I am sorry, the expiration date on this rosewood/whaileoil joke has passed. lifetime + 95 ? Derivative works? The machinewas certainly a corporate wo

Re: EAI TR-10 Patch Plugs

2015-12-20 Thread Charles Anthony
On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 2:43 PM, Dave Wade wrote: > > > > -Original Message- > > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of > > ste...@malikoff.com > > Sent: 20 December 2015 22:23 > > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > > > Subject: RE: EAI TR-

RE: EAI TR-10 Patch Plugs

2015-12-20 Thread Dave Wade
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of > ste...@malikoff.com > Sent: 20 December 2015 22:23 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: RE: EAI TR-10 Patch Plugs > > Original Message --

Re: Wood (was Re: IBM Mainframe terminal stuff)

2015-12-20 Thread William Donzelli
> Are you sure it wasn't rosewood? > > --- > > Polished to a satin sheen with whale oil of course... > > ;-) I am sorry, the expiration date on this rosewood/whaileoil joke has passed. -- Will

Re: Wood (was Re: IBM Mainframe terminal stuff)

2015-12-20 Thread Mike Stein
- Original Message - From: "Liam Proven" Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2015 4:06 PM On 20 December 2015 at 04:30, Eric Smith wrote: > On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 8:27 PM, Fred Cisin wrote: >> Was it the Processor Technology Sol that had oak strips on the sides? > > Walnut. Are you sure it w

Re: VAX 4000-500 PSU Overload?

2015-12-20 Thread Paul Koning
> On Dec 19, 2015, at 4:05 PM, Robert Jarratt > wrote: > > ... > I can't tell if this is a Kelvin connected one or not, although I suspect it > probably is. You can see a picture with two here: http://1drv.ms/1micVN7. > These are from a second board in the PSU, but they look identical to the on

RE: EAI TR-10 Patch Plugs

2015-12-20 Thread steven
Original Message Subject: RE: EAI TR-10 Patch Plugs From:"Dave Wade" Date:Mon, December 21, 2015 3:46 am To: "'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'" ---

Re: Wood (was Re: IBM Mainframe terminal stuff)

2015-12-20 Thread Liam Proven
On 20 December 2015 at 04:30, Eric Smith wrote: > On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 8:27 PM, Fred Cisin wrote: >> Was it the Processor Technology Sol that had oak strips on the sides? > > Walnut. Are you sure it wasn't rosewood? -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpr

Re: scan of IEEE-696 standard

2015-12-20 Thread Chuck Guzis
On 12/20/2015 12:40 PM, Mouse wrote: If so, 1983+95 = 2078 when it'll be public domain, Jurisdiction-dependent. Not everywhere is crazy enough to follow the USA's disney clause (though the Berne Convention does have some possibly-relevant reciprocal recognition clauses). What little I've been

Re: scan of IEEE-696 standard

2015-12-20 Thread Eric Smith
On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 1:40 PM, Mouse wrote: > What little I've been able to find on this in a few minutes indicates > that "author's lifetime + 70" is more common than anything + 95. In some (many?) jurisdictions that use author's lifetime + 70, for works of "corporate" authorship the term is 9

Re: scan of IEEE-696 standard

2015-12-20 Thread Mouse
> If so, 1983+95 = 2078 when it'll be public domain, Jurisdiction-dependent. Not everywhere is crazy enough to follow the USA's disney clause (though the Berne Convention does have some possibly-relevant reciprocal recognition clauses). What little I've been able to find on this in a few minutes

Re: What did computers without screens do?

2015-12-20 Thread Eric Smith
On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 1:16 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote: > Short version is, even the cheap and simple 555 has been replaced in > many products with a cheap-as-or-cheaper-than microcontroller, not > because it's simpler, but because it allows for greater flexibility > and reduces the overall product co

Re: scan of IEEE-696 standard

2015-12-20 Thread Dale H. Cook
At 03:04 PM 12/20/2015, Eric Smith wrote: >The problem has been solved. Is the solution available online? Dale H. Cook, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA Osborne 1 / Kaypro 4-84 / Kaypro 1 / Amstrad PPC-640 http://plymouthcolony.net/starcity/radios/index.html

Re: scan of IEEE-696 standard

2015-12-20 Thread Eric Smith
I asked: > Does anyone have a scan of the IEEE-696 (S-100) standard that has NOT > been run through OCR The problem has been solved. Thanks!

Re: scan of IEEE-696 standard

2015-12-20 Thread Eric Smith
On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 12:28 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote: > Does IEEE consider this to be copyrighted material? Of course they do. > Have you contacted the folks at IEEE for a copy? It's withdrawn, so IEEE doesn't sell it. Most likely IHS Global Engineering Documents does. Not to put too fine a po

Re: scan of IEEE-696 standard

2015-12-20 Thread Chuck Guzis
On 12/20/2015 11:13 AM, Eric Smith wrote: On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 11:11 AM, Chuck Guzis wrote: There's another one here also, but I assume it's also an OCR victim: http://www.z80.eu/dos65/DOS-65_IEEE_Standard_696_Guide.pdf That's interesting, and thanks for pointing it out, but it isn't the s

Re: scan of IEEE-696 standard

2015-12-20 Thread Eric Smith
On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 11:11 AM, Chuck Guzis wrote: > There's another one here also, but I assume it's also an OCR victim: > http://www.z80.eu/dos65/DOS-65_IEEE_Standard_696_Guide.pdf That's interesting, and thanks for pointing it out, but it isn't the standard.

Re: scan of IEEE-696 standard

2015-12-20 Thread Eric Smith
Has same OCR problems. See figure 16 on page 38.

Re: scan of IEEE-696 standard

2015-12-20 Thread Chuck Guzis
On 12/20/2015 04:02 AM, Tor Arntsen wrote: On 20 December 2015 at 07:25, Eric Smith wrote: Is this it? (1983) http://www.pestingers.net/PDFs/Other_computers/IEEE%20696%20S-100%20Bus%20Specs.pdf That's the one that's been screwed up by OCR. What about this one? Except for the front page

Re: The best spreadsheet / database program for Commodore 64?

2015-12-20 Thread Mike Whalen
Again not an integrated suite but there was also Multiplan, a spreadsheet for the C64 from Microsoft. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplan

RE: EAI TR-10 Patch Plugs

2015-12-20 Thread Dave Wade
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of > ste...@malikoff.com > Sent: 20 December 2015 02:10 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts > Subject: Re: EAI TR-10 Patch Plugs > > > Original Message ---

Re: The best spreadsheet / database program for Commodore 64?

2015-12-20 Thread william degnan
> > > > GEOS was also pretty well populated with various applications like the ones > you seek. You'd need a mouse for hardware and, unfortunately, I've not had > an easy time getting it to work well in emulation. > https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEOS_(8-bit_operating_system) > > GEOS was fun, fun

Gotek floppy emulator w/ HxC firmware

2015-12-20 Thread Steven Hirsch
Is anyone using this combination? I'm having problems getting it to work reliably on a soft-sector controller in my Heath H89 and their forum is essentially dead. --

Re: The best spreadsheet / database program for Commodore 64?

2015-12-20 Thread Mike Whalen
On Saturday, December 19, 2015, Mike wrote: > Is there anything like Appleworks 1.0 for the commodore 64? if so could > you be kind enough to give me the name of the program? I have searched > but have found nothing of any value. I just would like a checkbool > ledger and a savings spreadsheet. >

The best spreadsheet / database program for Commodore 64?

2015-12-20 Thread Mike
Is there anything like Appleworks 1.0 for the commodore 64? if so could you be kind enough to give me the name of the program? I have searched but have found nothing of any value. I just would like a checkbool ledger and a savings spreadsheet.

KiCad Footprint ??

2015-12-20 Thread GerardCJAT
Speaking of KiCad Yesterday, I tried for the first time KiCad, and my first board design with it. The very first part I was looking for I was not able to locate it. Is it because I am a newbe or because this part does not exist yet, beeing "too old" ?? I was looking for : Card edge con

Re: scan of IEEE-696 standard

2015-12-20 Thread Tor Arntsen
On 20 December 2015 at 07:25, Eric Smith wrote: >> Is this it? (1983) >> http://www.pestingers.net/PDFs/Other_computers/IEEE%20696%20S-100%20Bus%20Specs.pdf > > That's the one that's been screwed up by OCR. What about this one? Except for the front page and possibly the very beginning, it seems t

Re: EAI TR-10 Patch Plugs

2015-12-20 Thread steven
Original Message Subject: EAI TR-10 Patch Plugs From:"Dave Wade" Date:Sun, December 20, 2015 6:41 am To: "'General Discussion: On-Topic Posts'" -- > Fol

Re: EAI TR-10 Patch Plugs

2015-12-20 Thread Pete Turnbull
On 19/12/2015 20:41, Dave Wade wrote: I can easily obtain 4mm plugs and sockets, and solder a resistor between them, but when I try and mount them on a short rigid tube all my efforts fail. The plug and socket need to be twisted in opposite directions and any soldered joint just fails. Any usgge

RE: EAI TR-10 Patch Plugs

2015-12-20 Thread Dave Wade
> -Original Message- > From: cctech [mailto:cctech-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of william > degnan > Sent: 20 December 2015 00:34 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts > Subject: Re: EAI TR-10 Patch Plugs > > On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 7:05 PM, Pete Turnbull > wrote: > > > On 19

Re: EAI TR-10 Patch Plugs

2015-12-20 Thread william degnan
On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 7:05 PM, Pete Turnbull wrote: > On 19/12/2015 20:41, Dave Wade wrote: > >> I can easily obtain 4mm plugs and sockets, and solder a resistor >> between them, but when I try and mount them on a short rigid tube all >> my efforts fail. The plug and socket need to be twisted i