Re: DMMCheck (Now a word from a non-sponsor)

2016-12-03 Thread Curious Marc
Thanks! This was very useful to me. Marc From: cctalk on behalf of "drlegendre ." Reply-To: "cctalk@classiccmp.org" Date: Friday, December 2, 2016 at 11:54 PM To: "cctalk@classiccmp.org" Subject: DMMCheck (Now a word from a non-sponsor) Quick FYI for the bench-techs in the group.

Re: HP1631D Logic Analyzer..Software???

2016-12-03 Thread Tony Duell
> This page says the 82176A cartridges are extremely reliable and they > have been able to read every tape they have come accross: > http://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=676 I have had them fail, but so far not in a way that makes them unreadable. The main problem is the pressure pad (foam

Re: Intel C1101A

2016-12-03 Thread dwight
I'm not sure I know how to decode Intel's date codes. I was looking at some of the old parts I got from a friend that was proto types from the lab. I have a C8008-1 with F5000, a 31013 with 0587 and a 1101 with 776. I know the 31013 couldn't have been 1987 because neither he nor I were workin

Re: Black anti-static foam corrosion

2016-12-03 Thread COURYHOUSE
a loss indeed... Well we have the M2 body and light meter to go on top. All we just need the lens so if you ever find another please let us know! Thanks ! Ed# In a message dated 12/3/2016 8:46:15 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, ci...@xenosoft.com writes: > > (Three other cases had s

Re: Black anti-static foam corrosion

2016-12-03 Thread Fred Cisin
> (Three other cases had simply disappeared between the time my buddy > died and the time that the county let us go through the house.) On Sat, 3 Dec 2016, couryho...@aol.com wrote: let me know if you have a 90 mm summacron f2(?) a nice working one is great! I not good inside but looks

Re: Black anti-static foam corrosion

2016-12-03 Thread COURYHOUSE
let me know if you have a 90 mm summacron f2(?) a nice working one is great! I not good inside but looks ok on the outside let me know... we need it to go on an M2 in a display. Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) In a message dated 12/3/2016 8:24:48 P.M. US Mountain S

Re: Black anti-static foam corrosion

2016-12-03 Thread Fred Cisin
On Sat, 3 Dec 2016, drlegendre . wrote: Interesting find, thanks for posting this. I've seen this as well. with a batch of old ICs which had been stored (in black foam) for some 20-30 years. The leads kind of just stayed behind in the foam.. My assumption was that the foam was simply hygroscopic,

Re: Black anti-static foam corrosion

2016-12-03 Thread drlegendre .
Interesting find, thanks for posting this. I've seen this as well. with a batch of old ICs which had been stored (in black foam) for some 20-30 years. The leads kind of just stayed behind in the foam.. My assumption was that the foam was simply hygroscopic, and held enough atmospheric moisture & p

Re: ISO Tekelec Chameleon 32 mfm disk

2016-12-03 Thread Al Kossow
On 12/3/16 2:06 PM, Mattis Lind wrote: > 2016-11-28 20:27 GMT+01:00 Al Kossow : > >> Slim chance, but does anyone have a working Chameleon that I could clone >> the software off of? >> They are 40mb MFM drives, I just bought two, and both units are missing >> the drives, making them >> boat anch

Re: HP1631D Logic Analyzer..Software???

2016-12-03 Thread Glen Slick
On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 2:00 PM, Rik Bos wrote: > Glen, > > Are you sure it's the HP 82161 drive that's for the 82176A mini cassette and > not the DC100 tapes. > If it's the DC100 tape, it may be possible to read it with a HP-85 or an > 9877A tape drive. > It depends on the tape format if the tap

Re: ISO Tekelec Chameleon 32 mfm disk

2016-12-03 Thread Mattis Lind
2016-11-28 20:27 GMT+01:00 Al Kossow : > Slim chance, but does anyone have a working Chameleon that I could clone > the software off of? > They are 40mb MFM drives, I just bought two, and both units are missing > the drives, making them > boat anchors. Or, slimmer yet, if someone has the software

RE: HP1631D Logic Analyzer..Software???

2016-12-03 Thread Rik Bos
Glen, Are you sure it's the HP 82161 drive that's for the 82176A mini cassette and not the DC100 tapes. If it's the DC100 tape, it may be possible to read it with a HP-85 or an 9877A tape drive. It depends on the tape format if the tapes are readable on other systems. -Rik > -Oorspronkelij

RE: HP1631D Logic Analyzer..Software???

2016-12-03 Thread Jay West
If there are any problems reading Glen's copy, let me know, I have the same disks for my 1631. Might have gotten them from Glen :) J

Re: HP1631D Logic Analyzer..Software???

2016-12-03 Thread Glen Slick
On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 12:13 PM, Holm Tiffe wrote: > Hi folks, > > I have an HP1631D Logic Analyzer for some years now und got an HP9121 > dual Floppy drive that fits to it yesterday. > I've tested the drive, formating disks, storing and reading data ist > working :-) > While reading the Users Man

Intel C1101A

2016-12-03 Thread Brad H
Putting this out there for those hopefully in the know. I have been acquiring date-correct ICs and parts for my Mark-8 project, which is years down the line. I'm planning to build it on very carefully replicated clone boards, based off my originals. For my purposes, I'm trying to keep ICs ear

HP1631D Logic Analyzer..Software???

2016-12-03 Thread Holm Tiffe
Hi folks, I have an HP1631D Logic Analyzer for some years now und got an HP9121 dual Floppy drive that fits to it yesterday. I've tested the drive, formating disks, storing and reading data ist working :-) While reading the Users Manual of the LA I've found out that besides of storing setup- and c

Re: Double Buffer RK11-C

2016-12-03 Thread Noel Chiappa
> I'm working on the prints now. OK, done and uploaded: http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/tech/pdp11/RK11-C-DB_EngrDrws_Dec72.pdf I haven't had the time to pore over them to figure out exactly what the changes do, but they add two buffer registers (ABUF and BBUF), so they probably offer greate

Black anti-static foam corrosion

2016-12-03 Thread Al Kossow
I was curious what the compound is that corrodes IC leads in old black anti-static foam adipic acid https://www.febo.com/pipermail/time-nuts/2008-July/032531.html and google for polyurethane and adipic acid https://www.jstor.org/stable/20619421 Corrosion on Metallic Tokens Stored in Polyureth

Re: Thinking about acquiring PDP stuff

2016-12-03 Thread allison
On 12/02/2016 06:18 PM, Brad H wrote: > > Original message > From: allison > Date: 2016-12-02 2:23 PM (GMT-08:00) > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: Thinking about acquiring PDP stuff > > On 12/02/2016 12:33 PM, Brad H wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: c

Growing the hobby

2016-12-03 Thread Evan Koblentz
Hello cctalk'ers, We at the Vintage Computer Federation would like to thank everyone for making 2016 an incredible year. Most of you know us by now, but just in case you don't -- we're a 501(c)3 non-profit created a year ago to organize the Vintage Computer Forum, VCF East, VCF West, and the

Intel iUP-201 repair

2016-12-03 Thread John S
Hi, I have an Intel iUP-201 EPROM programmer which is giving a 'Power Supply Failure' error. I think it is failing a self check for one of the output voltages from one of its uA723 precision regulators, which are set from resistor networks and multi-turn pots. I have checked all the electrol