On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 11:37 PM, Adrian Graham
wrote:
> Evening all,
>
> I wish I had the ability to take a board layout and turn it into a logically
> laid out schematic but as yet I don't. Video sync on my Executel 3910 is
> still running me round in circles so could one of you fine folk take a
Allison wrote;
I envy the chance to restore a LGP-30 or for that fact play with one.
Many of the things I remember
mid sixties on are now gone or were rare then. Like small desk sized drum
computers using transistors or first generation IC (RTL and RDTL).
Rick Bensene wrote:
I so regret not
neither. GI keyboard encoder and translation prom
pretty common in Keytronics kbs
On 1/7/17 7:14 PM, dwight wrote:
>
> I'm not much help but is the uP a x51 or x48 chip?
>
> Dwight
>
>
>
> From: cctalk on behalf of Adam Sampson
>
> Sent: Saturday, January 7,
I'm not much help but is the uP a x51 or x48 chip?
Dwight
From: cctalk on behalf of Adam Sampson
Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2017 6:38:58 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Unknown keyboard
Kyle Owen writes:
> Does anyone h
Kyle Owen writes:
> Does anyone have an idea what this keyboard went to? The "here is" key
> tells me it's likely a terminal, but the hex key pad is throwing me off.
> Pictures here: http://imgur.com/a/zTgR2
I'm not sure it helps very much, but here's one in its case:
https://geekhack.org/inde
Evening all,
I wish I had the ability to take a board layout and turn it into a logically
laid out schematic but as yet I don't. Video sync on my Executel 3910 is
still running me round in circles so could one of you fine folk take a look
at this board layout drawn as best I can:
http://www.binar
On 01/07/2017 11:44 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
>> On Jan 6, 2017, at 9:46 PM, Rick Bensene wrote:
>>
>> ...
>> The machine was made by Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (aka 3M
>> Corporation). Today, there seems to be no record that 3M ever was in the
>> computer business. But...it was.
> Not a
On Jan 7, 2017, at 4:50 PM, Kyle Owen wrote:
> I guess I'm on a roll, trying to find out what some things are in the
> collection. Any idea what this paper tape reader could've been connected
> to?
>
> http://imgur.com/a/DjRj7
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kyle
Kyle,
That reader teams up with Friden's "
and
Friden_SFD_Brochure.pdf
On 1/7/17 3:19 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
> programatic flexowriter
> seen in
> 74-221_Friden_Programatic_Flexowriter_Brochure.pdf
> and
> 74-204_Friden_Computyper_Brochure.pdf
>
> On 1/7/17 2:50 PM, Kyle Owen wrote:
>> I guess I'm on a roll, trying to find out what some thi
programatic flexowriter
seen in
74-221_Friden_Programatic_Flexowriter_Brochure.pdf
and
74-204_Friden_Computyper_Brochure.pdf
On 1/7/17 2:50 PM, Kyle Owen wrote:
> I guess I'm on a roll, trying to find out what some things are in the
> collection. Any idea what this paper tape reader could've been
I would guess a flexowriter. I havn't seen one with two readers, but when I
worked for an Insurance Company ours had two punches (and one reader).
They were used to print Policies and capture the policy information for the
master file as these were mixed case documents and the line printers we h
I guess I'm on a roll, trying to find out what some things are in the
collection. Any idea what this paper tape reader could've been connected
to?
http://imgur.com/a/DjRj7
Thanks,
Kyle
On 1/7/17 12:22 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
> Interestingly the personallity board in the R80 printset is called the RM80
> personality board. Suggesting that as I thought the RM80 is the R80 with
> a Massbus interface box.
>
RM == "Minnow"
The R80 started out life as the disk for the ill-fated lit
On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 2:16 PM, Kyle Owen wrote:
> Does anyone have an idea what this keyboard went to? The "here is" key
> tells me it's likely a terminal, but the hex key pad is throwing me off.
>
> Pictures here: http://imgur.com/a/zTgR2
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kyle
>
I recall having one of those, ma
> On Jan 6, 2017, at 9:46 PM, Rick Bensene wrote:
>
> ...
> The machine was made by Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (aka 3M
> Corporation). Today, there seems to be no record that 3M ever was in the
> computer business. But...it was.
Not a drum computer but another example of a company
Does anyone have an idea what this keyboard went to? The "here is" key
tells me it's likely a terminal, but the hex key pad is throwing me off.
Pictures here: http://imgur.com/a/zTgR2
Thanks,
Kyle
On Fri, Jan 06, 2017 at 06:45:56PM +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
> An image gallery of cheesy -- and cheese-cakey -- magazine covers from
> what were for me the golden days.
> But the UK mags weren't ever like this.
Most weren't. I have an issue of one of the unofficial Mega Drive magazines
from the
On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 8:08 PM, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 07, 2017 at 08:00:43PM +, Tony Duell wrote:
>>
>> The RM80 is an R80 with a Massbus interface box in the stand. Or at
>> least I think it is. I've not got any technical documentation on that unit.
>
> I sounds like what I've
On Sat, Jan 07, 2017 at 08:00:43PM +, Tony Duell wrote:
>
> The RM80 is an R80 with a Massbus interface box in the stand. Or at
> least I think it is. I've not got any technical documentation on that unit.
I sounds like what I've got..
> If you have one, can you tell me what the cabling betw
On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 6:48 PM, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
> Hi
>
> I think you should sacrifice the RA80 for a working R80. I know there
> are several RA80 in the wild but I've never heard of a R80.
Well, actually I think you own an R80 but don't know it :-)
As I understand it, the R80 had the sort
Some is not so vintage, but most of it is. https://elecshopper.com
Yes, I will ship internationally, but the value on the customs forms will
reflect the actual price paid, as do the invoices.
Look around, maybe find something interesting.
The RSS feeds are at https://elecshopper.com/RSS if you
> On Jan 7, 2017, at 1:48 PM, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
>
> ...I'm curious. I have an RM80 (which I intend to use as is). But would the
> RA80 personality board be possible to transplant into an RM80 to read or
> write its content?
I doubt it. The RM80 uses a track format with a spare sector pe
Hi
I think you should sacrifice the RA80 for a working R80. I know there
are several RA80 in the wild but I've never heard of a R80.
On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 05:26:50PM +, Tony Duell wrote:
>
> 3) Those that are of no use in the R80, but are not too hard to store
> Personality board
> Contro
On 07/01/2017 18:01, Pete Turnbull wrote:
That part is easy. Turn it upside down, and for each of the tabs,
insert a small (1/4") flat-blade screwdriver into the rectangular hole
by each tab, turn it so that the side moves away from the bottom cover
sufficiently, then slip a smaller screwdriver
On 07/01/2017 16:44, Jerry Weiss wrote:
What is the best way to approach evaluating old RL02 Packs for
cleaning? Does anyone have experience opening up all the little
plastic tabs on the covers? I have a large stash of RL02’s that I had
planned to backup. I was planning on just doing a visual
On 01/07/2017 07:01 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
> On 1/7/17 3:06 AM, jim stephens wrote:
>
>> They did make a tape drive of some sort
>
> They made several generations, what I've found on their cartridge
> tape drives is under 3M on bitsavers. All use variations of their
> trade secret or what eventuall
On 1/7/2017 11:44 AM, Jerry Weiss wrote:
What is the best way to approach evaluating old RL02 Packs for
cleaning? Does anyone have experience opening up all the little
plastic tabs on the covers? I have a large stash of RL02’s that I had
planned to backup. I was planning on just doing a visual
> On Jan 7, 2017, at 3:42 AM, Pete Turnbull wrote:
>
> On 07/01/2017 04:08, Robert Armstrong w#rote:
>>> Paul Koning wrote:
>>> one would think unplugging the power to the head actuator coils ...
>>
>> One might think that, and that plan works for an RK05, but an RL02 is
>> smarter. Unless t
You might be looking at my TVT project.. sorry. The z80 computer is mixed in
there. Here's a direct shot of its motherboard:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4pq0-BHd2x6WmVQZjctMzFadlk/view?usp=drivesdk
Sent from my Samsung device
Original message
From: Liam Proven
On 1/7/17 3:06 AM, jim stephens wrote:
They did make a tape drive of some sort
They made several generations, what I've found on their cartridge tape
drives is under 3M on bitsavers. All use variations of their trade
secret or what eventually became QIC standard tape formats.
The 1/4" tape
On 7 January 2017 at 05:01, drlegendre . wrote:
> I liked the one with the guy seated at a "desk" which is apparently
> outfitted with nothing more than a color dot-matrix printer and a telephone
> set. Must be a serious power-user, then..
Yes, I liked that. And WORDPERFERCT. :-D
> But, at leas
On 6 January 2017 at 20:52, Brad H wrote:
>
>
> I've put some pics of it here:
> https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B4pq0-BHd2x6bjY3MTRZbGRCQmM?usp=shar
> ing
>
>
>
> Thoughts/opinions welcome.
The logo is right there on one of the boards.
http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/RadioElectronics/TV_T
On January 7, 2017 5:06:32 AM CST, jim stephens wrote:
>
>
>On 1/6/2017 6:46 PM, Rick Bensene wrote:
>> Today, there seems to be no record that 3M ever was in the computer
>business. But...it was.
>They inflicted the write only media on the world that became QIC. So
>they were in the biz long en
Hi all!
Wishing you all a happy new year :)
I'm looking for a KIM-1 system and/or any other related hardware, the
earlier the better! If you have one you'd like to sell, please drop me a
line :)
-A
On 1/6/2017 6:46 PM, Rick Bensene wrote:
Today, there seems to be no record that 3M ever was in the computer business.
But...it was.
They inflicted the write only media on the world that became QIC. So
they were in the biz long enough to do that.
Media never intended to be recorded at the
On 07/01/2017 04:08, Robert Armstrong w#rote:
Paul Koning wrote:
one would think unplugging the power to the head actuator coils ...
One might think that, and that plan works for an RK05, but an RL02 is
smarter. Unless the heads go on cylinder within a few seconds of the head
load signal,
Incredibly clean unit. Museum quality ;-)
Marc
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