Re: Unexpected Apple Lisa display - what is it?

2016-09-28 Thread COURYHOUSE
then I head ho some lisa cases later had mc boards shoved in them!? Ed# In a message dated 9/28/2016 9:54:55 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, santo.nucif...@gmail.com writes: I have this one one of my Lisa's as well. It's like a start up menu that allows you to launch the Finder. That

Re: Unexpected Apple Lisa display - what is it?

2016-09-28 Thread Eric Smith
On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Paul McJones wrote: > I suspect it is a Macintosh utility (Disk Copy?) Lisas could run Macintosh > software using something called MacWorks. It doesn't look like any version of DiskCopy I've seen, but I think Paul is right about it being Mac software, since the L

Re: Unexpected Apple Lisa display - what is it?

2016-09-28 Thread Paul McJones
> Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 09:15:42 + (UTC) > From: steven stengel > Message-ID: <916931269.6067118.1475054142...@mail.yahoo.com> > > > What is this unusual Apple Lisa display - some sort of diagnostics? > > http://oldcomputers.net/temp/lisa.jpg I suspect it is a Macintosh utility (Disk Copy

Is anyone making replacement clear labels for DEC gear?

2016-09-28 Thread Ethan Dicks
Hi, All, I'm restoring some stuff from the mid 1970s and a recent acquisition was previously cleaned of mouse damage but needs to be sanded and repainted by me. One aspect of it is that some of the labels are damaged (but some can probably be masked and painted around). The level of damage I'm t

Re: Unexpected Apple Lisa display - what is it?

2016-09-28 Thread Adrian Graham
On 28/09/2016 20:02, "Paul McJones" wrote: >> Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 09:15:42 + (UTC) >> From: steven stengel >> Message-ID: <916931269.6067118.1475054142...@mail.yahoo.com> >> >> >> What is this unusual Apple Lisa display - some sort of diagnostics? >> >> http://oldcomputers.net/temp/lis

Re: Unexpected Apple Lisa display - what is it?

2016-09-28 Thread Santo Nucifora
I have this one one of my Lisa's as well. It's like a start up menu that allows you to launch the Finder. That's all I ever do with it. I don't know what the name is but it may be a part of specific version of MacWorks Plus. Sorry, I don't have any more info. Santo On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 3:02

Re: Atari 1400XL for sale...

2016-09-28 Thread COURYHOUSE
We have several Atari in the museum's collection is this really rare? I will have to go check which we have... we were given a bath of as new in box cpu, monitors, etc etc... What is a good reference site for us to come up to speed on this gear? Thanks Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http

DEC ALL-IN-1

2016-09-28 Thread Curt Vendel
Hi, I had heard many years back that the DOS version of WPS could read and open DEC AI1 files. I was able to get a copy of WPSDOS and tried to no avail. Anyone have any luck opening AI1 files on a PC computer in DOS or Windows to get a file to open with all of the proper formatting

Re: Atari 1400XL for sale...

2016-09-28 Thread ethan
OMG RARE On Wed, 28 Sep 2016, Curt Vendel wrote: Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 19:55:39 -0400 From: Curt Vendel Reply-To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Subject: Atari 1400XL for sale... I saw one of these go on Ebay re

Atari 1400XL for sale...

2016-09-28 Thread Curt Vendel
I saw one of these go on Ebay recently and I'm considering sell my 1400XL. Looking for a respectable amount, so if you are interested, please don't offer low ball offers. Please contact me off list to discuss, thank you. http://www.atarimuseum.com/computers/8bits/xl/1400xl/1400.html Curt

RE: cctalk Digest, Vol 27, Issue 27

2016-09-28 Thread Smith, Wayne
> Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 09:15:42 + (UTC) > From: steven stengel > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts" > Subject: Unexpected Apple Lisa display - what is it? > Message-ID: <916931269.6067118.1475054142...@mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > What is this unusual

KT11-B Paging Option engineering drawings and 'Technical Manual' online

2016-09-28 Thread Noel Chiappa
So, the KT11-B Paging Option engineering drawings recently made their appearance online: http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/1120/KT11-B_EngrDrws_Feb72.pdf After a good bit of study of them, I have prepared a 'Technical Manual' for the KT11-B, somewhat in the flavour of the old DEC technical man

Unexpected Apple Lisa display - what is it?

2016-09-28 Thread steven stengel
What is this unusual Apple Lisa display - some sort of diagnostics? http://oldcomputers.net/temp/lisa.jpg

Re: Y Combinator is restoring one of Alan Kay's Xerox Alto machines

2016-09-28 Thread Liam Proven
On 27 September 2016 at 17:21, Al Kossow wrote: > How would you suggest they do that? They have one disk drive. There is a ton of discussion in here about imaging old media. There are also disk execisers and the like. It's not big by modern standards, and it's fairly well-documented; read the co