Re: Looking for Bruce from Future Dimensions, Compuware

2016-09-29 Thread Microtech Dart
Yes! These are the octal-value asci characters, as far as I understand, for the Point 4 IRIS system. That's for identifying the Televideo connection! It's probably purely anecdotal, but back in the day, the address of this local computer servicer/reseller was: FUTURE DIMENSIONS,INC. 847 N. HOLL

Re: Looking for Bruce from Future Dimensions, Compuware

2016-09-29 Thread Dennis Boone
> 40 PRINT "\207\\233\*\215\\215\\215\\215\\215\\215\\215\\21 5\\215"; Apparently we also know that he understood Televideo terminals. De

Looking for Bruce from Future Dimensions, Compuware

2016-09-29 Thread Microtech Dart
Interesting story (well maybe for some). For any of you who have followed my projects, here is some context: It is one and the same company who used both the Point 4 IRIS systems and the Convergent Technologies MightyFrame systems that I have spent the last 3 years reconstructing and restoring. So

Re: Atari 1400XL for sale...

2016-09-29 Thread Jason Howe
Indeed. I dream of what a 1450XLD with a fully populated 1090 XL might have been... I also remember seeing the 815 Dual disk drives in an Atari catalog when I was a kid and being struck with the wants. Only much later did I learn that they're similarly unobtanium. --Jason On 09/29/2016 07

BA23 BA11-M power up after long time

2016-09-29 Thread Douglas Taylor
I have a couple of BA23 based boxes and one BA11-M box that I haven't powered on in a couple of years and would like to resurrect them into working PDP11's. How should I go about powering them up without doing any damage? What is an appropriate load for the power supply?

Re: Unexpected Apple Lisa display - what is it?

2016-09-29 Thread Steven Stengel
A guy wants to sell it to me. > On Sep 28, 2016, at 11:24 PM, Sam O'nella wrote: > > Lol well crap. I was trying to remember which member here owned that site but > figured it out. So where'd you find the picture Steven? > Original message >> From: steven stengel > >> >> Wh

Re: Labels white on clear

2016-09-29 Thread Chuck Guzis
On 09/29/2016 12:00 PM, Rod Smallwood wrote: > Hi > > White on clear labels- yes. Size, Content and expected price to me > please. > > Rod (Panelman) Smallwood I recall the old GC wite- and black- decal sets. But it seems to me that the RC and model folks would seem to have a good solution for

Labels white on clear

2016-09-29 Thread Rod Smallwood
Hi White on clear labels- yes. Size, Content and expected price to me please. Rod (Panelman) Smallwood -- *PDP-8/e PDP-8/f PDP-8/m PDP-8/i Front Panels ex Stock - Order Now*

Re: Is anyone making replacement clear labels for DEC gear?

2016-09-29 Thread Rod Smallwood
On 29/09/2016 19:02, Fred Cisin wrote: This definitely sounds like a place where it would be good to have one person specialize in this, rather than everyone rolling their own. Anyone up for becoming label-meister? On Thu, 29 Sep 2016, Rod Smallwood wrote: There is a process used for decals

Re: Is anyone making replacement clear labels for DEC gear?

2016-09-29 Thread Fred Cisin
This definitely sounds like a place where it would be good to have one person specialize in this, rather than everyone rolling their own. Anyone up for becoming label-meister? On Thu, 29 Sep 2016, Rod Smallwood wrote: There is a process used for decals. You peel the back off and press on to w

Re: Is anyone making replacement clear labels for DEC gear?

2016-09-29 Thread Fred Cisin
SOME of the Brother P-Touch label machines have a USB port, making it possible to print a JPG, and not be stuck with the internal fonts. The machines are readily available that take up to 1" wide, although 3/4" is a more common upper limit. I don't know which machines will take wider media. On

Re: Is anyone making replacement clear labels for DEC gear?

2016-09-29 Thread Fred Cisin
On Thu, 29 Sep 2016, Doug Ingraham wrote: I noticed that the local stores don't tend to stock the white on clear tape. I had to order the cartridge I have. Amazon.com lists them

Re: Is anyone making replacement clear labels for DEC gear?

2016-09-29 Thread Ethan Dicks
On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 12:57 PM, Fred Cisin wrote: > On Thu, 29 Sep 2016, Doug Ingraham wrote: >> >> White on clear is available with the Brother P-Touch label system. Just do >> a google search for white on clear label tape. Right. That's one approach if bitmaps are possible. The usual intern

Re: Is anyone making replacement clear labels for DEC gear?

2016-09-29 Thread Ethan Dicks
On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 12:12 PM, Rod Smallwood wrote: >> > From: Ethan Dicks >> >> > One aspect of it is that some of the labels are damaged >> > ... >> > Before embarking on spinning up a process, I thought I'd ask if >> anyone >> > has already done so. > > I seem t

Re: Is anyone making replacement clear labels for DEC gear?

2016-09-29 Thread Fred Cisin
On Thu, 29 Sep 2016, Doug Ingraham wrote: White on clear is available with the Brother P-Touch label system. Just do a google search for white on clear label tape. SOME of the Brother P-Touch label machines have a USB port, making it possible to print a JPG, and not be stuck with the internal

Re: Is anyone making replacement clear labels for DEC gear?

2016-09-29 Thread Jon Elson
On 09/29/2016 11:12 AM, Rod Smallwood wrote: I seem to remember that at least some of the markings were not actually labels but screened onto the chassis. White for black metalwork and black on unpainted cad and pass metalwork. There is a process used for decals. You peel the bac

Re: Is anyone making replacement clear labels for DEC gear?

2016-09-29 Thread Paul Koning
> On Sep 29, 2016, at 12:12 PM, Rod Smallwood > wrote: > > ... > Clear labels are available (I think). Printing black on clear OK. White is a > problem. You need a special printer. There are inkjet printers that support white ink (or pigment). Those are probably professional type machines,

Re: Is anyone making replacement clear labels for DEC gear?

2016-09-29 Thread Rod Smallwood
On 29/09/2016 16:12, Noel Chiappa wrote: > From: Ethan Dicks > One aspect of it is that some of the labels are damaged > ... > Before embarking on spinning up a process, I thought I'd ask if anyone > has already done so. This definitely sounds like a place where it wou

Re: Is anyone making replacement clear labels for DEC gear?

2016-09-29 Thread Noel Chiappa
> From: Ethan Dicks > One aspect of it is that some of the labels are damaged > ... > Before embarking on spinning up a process, I thought I'd ask if anyone > has already done so. This definitely sounds like a place where it would be good to have one person specialize in this

Re: Is anyone making replacement clear labels for DEC gear?

2016-09-29 Thread steven
> 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

Re: Is anyone making replacement clear labels for DEC gear?

2016-09-29 Thread Doug Ingraham
White on clear is available with the Brother P-Touch label system. Just do a google search for white on clear label tape. On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 1:05 AM, Fritz Mueller wrote: > Hi Ethan, > > On my 11/45, the big power supply regulator stickers on the back of the > CPU cabinet were also badly

Re: Is anyone making replacement clear labels for DEC gear?

2016-09-29 Thread Doug Ingraham
I noticed that the local stores don't tend to stock the white on clear tape. I had to order the cartridge I have. On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 8:18 AM, Doug Ingraham wrote: > White on clear is available with the Brother P-Touch label system. Just > do a google search for white on clear label tape

Re: Atari 1400XL for sale...

2016-09-29 Thread Peter Cetinski
> On Sep 29, 2016, at 10:00 AM, et...@757.org wrote: >> > > I thought the 1400 and more importantly the 1450XLD with the integreated disk > drive were pretty much limited to the color brochure that was packed in with > the XL series? > > Ethan O'Toole > There were some prototypes built but

Re: Atari 1400XL for sale...

2016-09-29 Thread ethan
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://w

Re: Is anyone making replacement clear labels for DEC gear?

2016-09-29 Thread Fritz Mueller
Hi Ethan, On my 11/45, the big power supply regulator stickers on the back of the CPU cabinet were also badly damaged. As part of my restore, I went to some effort to make suitable replacements. The originals were white on clear. I found that stickeryou.com did a nice job with white on clear

Re: Unexpected Apple Lisa display - what is it?

2016-09-29 Thread Sam O'nella
Lol well crap. I was trying to remember which member here owned that site but figured it out. So where'd you find the picture Steven? Original message > From: steven stengel > > What is this unusual Apple Lisa display - some sort of diagnostics? > > http://oldcomputers.net/te