Re: Tektronix 8560 external hard disk connector [WAS: Re: The origin of SCSI]

On 10/8/17 3:14 PM, Christian Groessler via cctalk wrote: > On 10/07/17 03:06, Rick Bensene via cctalk wrote: > >> If I recall correctly, these machines used an 8" Micropolis hard disk drive. there are two versions. the 1981 8560 uses microp 1200, later ones have xebec 1410 and are sasi 070-3

DEC Emulation Website

While it’s still in need of a major update, the DEC Emulation website now has a new home. It’s now on my server, and realistically I should have moved it years ago. http://www.avanthar.com/healyzh/decemulation/decemu.html Believe it or not, I am planning to update the pages in the near future,

Re: Tektronix 8560 external hard disk connector [WAS: Re: The origin of SCSI]

On 10/07/17 03:06, Rick Bensene via cctalk wrote: If I recall correctly, these machines used an 8" Micropolis hard disk drive. These were most definitely not SCSI, or even SASI. They used a proprietary Micropolis parallel interface. The disk expansion connector, while looking like it might be

Re: Aaron Nabil & pdp-8.org

> On Oct 8, 2017, at 1:22 PM, Vincent Slyngstad via cctalk > wrote: > > I wrote to Aaron a couple of days ago, and mentioned Jay's offer to him. > > I did hear back from him -- he's aware of the problem and does have his site > backed up. > (He didn't volunteer any details about his plans, bu

Re: Aaron Nabil & pdp-8.org

I wrote to Aaron a couple of days ago, and mentioned Jay's offer to him. I did hear back from him -- he's aware of the problem and does have his site backed up. (He didn't volunteer any details about his plans, but I assume he's got things in hand.) Vince

FS: HP 1000 A990 in Europe

I've a HP 1000 A990 with HP 7912A integrated in one box. Running on RTE-A VC+ , it needs a new home . https://www.flickr.com/photos/hp-fix/albums/72157623014716127 If interested, please contact me off-list. The system is located i

Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?

LQP02 On 08/10/2017 18:19, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I have an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix isn’t what I’m after. Zane -- Wanted one pdp-8/i rocker switch leaver to copy.

Re: OT: the death of shortwave / Re: Hallicrafters S-85

When I see something that is neat...I camp on it until I decide or have a friend put his hand on and stand in front. Yea... to many times turn around and then look down and someone else now has it... Ed# In a message dated 10/8/2017 9:52:59 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, cct

RE: (Classic Computers) HP 7970 1/2" 9-Track Reel-to-Reel Tape Drive

Talking to the direct interface should be much easier interface-wise. The added difficulty is that you are now responsible for formatting. The interface is well documented (look for 5952-5441_HP_7970E_Interface_Guide_May71.pdf), at least for the E. Marc From: Jack Harper [mailto:har...@secureo

Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?

> > I'm sure DEC did NOT make the actual wheel motor assembly. Qume and Diablo were the two biggies in that arena. > > Probably because of patents and copyrights, you couldn't just make compatible daisy wheel font wheels, either. > > > > Jon > I had once a dec - branded OEM Diablo, I still have

Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?

> On Oct 8, 2017, at 11:00 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk > wrote: > > On 10/08/2017 12:31 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >> On 10/08/2017 10:19 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >>> Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I >>> have an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix is

Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?

On 10/08/2017 12:31 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: On 10/08/2017 10:19 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I have an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix isn’t what I’m after. You mean like the LQP03 or LQP45? I don't know if DEC

Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?

Yea... so DEC sold them... but the mech was oem diablio? In a message dated 10/8/2017 10:51:39 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: our printers -- daisywheel type -- on wps-8system had a diablio mech as I remember... Ed# _www.smec.org_ (http:

Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?

our printers -- daisywheel type -- on wps-8 system had a diablio mech as I remember... Ed# _www.smec.org_ (http://www.smec.org) In a message dated 10/8/2017 10:35:55 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: > On Oct 8, 2017, at 10:31 AM, Chuck Guzis via c

Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?

> On Oct 8, 2017, at 10:31 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk > wrote: > > On 10/08/2017 10:19 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >> Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I >> have an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix isn’t what I’m after. > > You mean like the LQP03 or LQP45

Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?

On 10/08/2017 10:19 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I have > an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix isn’t what I’m after. You mean like the LQP03 or LQP45? I don't know if DEC made the basic mechanism, however. --Chuck

Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?

> On 8 Oct 2017, at 18:19, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > > Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I have > an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix isn’t what I’m after. My brain is telling me LQP02 so yes, a daisywheel. I’ve not seen one for 30 years or so though. —

Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?

Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I have an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix isn’t what I’m after. Zane

Re: OT: the death of shortwave / Re: Hallicrafters S-85

On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 10:20 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > There is a huge base of HF work being done along with real-time mapping > of HF and Tropo propagation, along with all the software defined radio > work. > > I'm a ham and pretty much only do HF, though I have been playing with a new

Re: OpenVMS Hobbyist & HPE vs. HP

Is this the address I need to be looking for email from? Zane > On Oct 8, 2017, at 2:46 AM, Rod Smallwood via cctalk > wrote: > > > > > > On 08/10/2017 05:13, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >> Has anyone gotten any Hobbyist Licenses lately? I’m trying to get them, and >> I notice that wh

Re: OT: the death of shortwave / Re: Hallicrafters S-85

On 10/8/17 7:42 AM, dwight via cctalk wrote: > Most hams today seem to be into 2 meter and not so much long range SW. > There is a huge base of HF work being done along with real-time mapping of HF and Tropo propagation, along with all the software defined radio work. http://www.reversebeacon.

Re: OT: the death of shortwave / Re: Hallicrafters S-85

One wonder how many SW hams were active in the Caribbean. Most hams today seem to be into 2 meter and not so much long range SW. I would suspect it was still quite important. As a fun project, a number of years ago, I used a modem card with a DSP chip to decode radio weather fax. I used to DSP

Re: DECstation 5000/240 Alternative Console Weirdness

On Sat, 7 Oct 2017, Rob Jarratt via cctalk wrote: > I can get output on the alternative serial console, but no matter what I do > with the setenv console command, or installing/removing the video card, the > firmware console will not take input from the alternate serial console. > However if I boo

Re: OpenVMS Hobbyist & HPE vs. HP

On 08/10/2017 05:13, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: Has anyone gotten any Hobbyist Licenses lately? I’m trying to get them, and I notice that while I’m signing up at an HPE.com website, the initial email comes from an HP.com address. So far no luck getting licenses, but they might have gon