Re: File recovery help needed (Alabama)

2017-06-23 Thread Ed via cctalk
Well- just write it to an ide hard drive on the win 95 Packard Bell then... pull the drive and read it on something newer! Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) In a message dated 6/23/2017 4:04:22 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: On 06/23/2017

TV Typewriter project nearing completion

2017-06-23 Thread Brad H via cctalk
Thought I would post an update here of my progress in recreating Don Lancaster's original TVT prototype: http://bradhodge.ca/blog/?cat=11 Visually I think it's pretty close. I just ordered the transformer from Signal Tranformer - the same 24-1A the original used, so I'm pretty keen to get that

Re: File recovery help needed (Alabama)

2017-06-23 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Fri, 23 Jun 2017, Geoff Oltmans wrote: Silly me... And here I was thinking I could just use my dell dimension celeron machine running win98 complete with 5.25" floppy drive AND (drum roll) a 10/100 NIC and ftp over to my ftp server. But your idea sounds more thorough. :) Sure. But, a 2G US

Re: McLeyvier music synthesizer

2017-06-23 Thread Adrian Stoness via cctalk
hi something poiped up on a facebook synth group that may have some information burried in it to ur interest i havent dug into it yet but heres a pdf http://neutrinorecords.com/gear/Electronotes%20Newsletter%20-%20Free%20PDF%20Collection%202017.06.23.zip and the website of the publiusher a 70 yr o

Re: File recovery help needed (Alabama)

2017-06-23 Thread Geoff Oltmans via cctalk
On Jun 23, 2017, at 11:23 AM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: >> with a Packard Bell w/' Win 95 (Not hooked to the internet) with a 5 1/4 >> drive in it! > > Surely the most prized artifact in any museum's collection! > >> On Fri, 23 Jun 2017, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: >> And then what d

Re: VT100 keycaps? "Z" wanted

2017-06-23 Thread r.stricklin via cctalk
I'll pile on with a request for a "setup" key? Does the LA120 even have a setup key?! ok bear. -- Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 23, 2017, at 19:00, John Wilson via cctalk > wrote: > >> On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 08:35:11PM -0500, Paul Anderson via cctalk wrote: >> I should be able to snag one o

Re: VT100 keycaps? "Z" wanted

2017-06-23 Thread John Wilson via cctalk
On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 08:35:11PM -0500, Paul Anderson via cctalk wrote: >I should be able to snag one off a spare LA120 kybd. I think they are the >same style. >If you still need it, send me your address off list and I'll try to ship >you one next week. Similarly, what would you charge for an "E

Re: VT100 keycaps? "Z" wanted

2017-06-23 Thread Alexandre Souza via cctalk
How hard it is to find a VT340 keyboard? 2017-06-23 22:35 GMT-03:00 Paul Anderson via cctalk : > Hi Eric, > > I should be able to snag one off a spare LA120 kybd. I think they are the > same style. > If you still need it, send me your address off list and I'll try to ship > you one next week. >

Re: VT100 keycaps? "Z" wanted

2017-06-23 Thread Paul Anderson via cctalk
Hi Eric, I should be able to snag one off a spare LA120 kybd. I think they are the same style. If you still need it, send me your address off list and I'll try to ship you one next week. Paul On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 2:00 AM, Eric Smith via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > My VT180 is

Re: try that stuff, it's awesome

2017-06-23 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
Don't bother opening it, it's spam. --Chuck On 06/23/2017 04:38 PM, steve via cctalk wrote: > Yo! > > I've come across that stuff accidentally, it is just awesome! Just give it a > try http://bit.do/dxbM2 > > > Take care, steve > > > > From: General Discussion On-Topic and Off-Topic Po

Re: File recovery help needed (Alabama)

2017-06-23 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 06/23/2017 10:53 AM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > On Fri, 23 Jun 2017, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >> If it's a P1 or later system, don't forget USB pen drive.There >> are even DOS drivers available for that functionality. > > Since Ed said Win95, I chose to discount the likelihood of t

Re: Free HP 9836 in Santa Cruz, CA

2017-06-23 Thread dwight via cctalk
Sounds like Bob Rosenbloom. Dwight From: cctalk on behalf of Connor Krukosky via cctalk Sent: Friday, June 23, 2017 5:55:53 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Free HP 9836 in Santa Cruz, CA I am in no way affiliated and wish it w

Re: File recovery help needed (Alabama)

2017-06-23 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Fri, 23 Jun 2017, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: If it's a P1 or later system, don't forget USB pen drive.There are even DOS drivers available for that functionality. Since Ed said Win95, I chose to discount the likelihood of that capability. I doubted that he would have rolled his own.

Re: File recovery help needed (Alabama)

2017-06-23 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 06/23/2017 09:23 AM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > Some folk might come up with shortcuts that seem quicker, but > unless/until they do the transfer, . . . If it's a P1 or later system, don't forget USB pen drive.There are even DOS drivers available for that functionality. I think that m

RE: File recovery help needed (Alabama)

2017-06-23 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
with a Packard Bell w/' Win 95 (Not hooked to the internet) with a 5 1/4 drive in it! Surely the most prized artifact in any museum's collection! On Fri, 23 Jun 2017, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: And then what do you do with them? No network and most likely no USB. I suppose you could w

Re: File recovery help needed (Alabama)

2017-06-23 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On 23 June 2017 at 17:40, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > That was a rhetorical question. Don't you hate rhetorical questions? Oh very good. *Slow handclap* -- Liam Proven • Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • Google Mail/Talk/Plus: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/Facebook

Re: File recovery help needed (Alabama)

2017-06-23 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
Which brings it all down to: "How do you read 5.25" MS-DOS disks?" That was a rhetorical question. Don't you hate rhetorical questions? On Fri, 23 Jun 2017, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: Try reading the cctlk archives Always a good idea! This has been discussed AGAIN and AGAIN for severa

Re: File recovery help needed (Alabama)

2017-06-23 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
> Which brings it all down to: > "How do you read 5.25" MS-DOS disks?" > Try reading the cctlk archives This has been discussed AGAIN and AGAIN for several decades. cctlk badly needs a FAQ

Free HP 9836 in Santa Cruz, CA

2017-06-23 Thread Connor Krukosky via cctalk
I am in no way affiliated and wish it wasn't on the other side of the country so I could get it! https://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/sys/6188389886.html "I have a single monochrome HP 9836 computer with two monitors and three printers left. All completely untested, but free!" Hope someone can

Re: Getting to NeXt Command prompt

2017-06-23 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Eric Christopherson >> On Mon, Jun 19, 2017, william degnan via cctech wrote: >> [Command + ~] is a system reset. > Just out of curiosity: do you mean the shift key gets held down too? > If not, it would write it as Command + `. I found the syntax slightly confusing.

RE: File recovery help needed (Alabama)

2017-06-23 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Ed via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Friday, June 23, 2017 2:13 AM To: ci...@xenosoft.com; cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: File recovery help needed (Alabama) with a Packard Bell w/' Win

RE: File recovery help needed (Alabama)

2017-06-23 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Mike Loewen via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Friday, June 23, 2017 12:48 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: File recovery help needed (Alabama) On Thu, 22