Re: Tape drive threading--right or left?

2017-10-20 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Oct 20, 2017, at 3:54 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk > wrote: > > I spent a lot of my early days threading CDC 60x and 65x tape drives. > There, the supply reel, as you face the drive, is on your right side and > takeup is on the left. It's easy to thread--I could thread up a drive > in 15 s

Tape drive threading--right or left?

2017-10-20 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
I spent a lot of my early days threading CDC 60x and 65x tape drives. There, the supply reel, as you face the drive, is on your right side and takeup is on the left. It's easy to thread--I could thread up a drive in 15 seconds or so. But IBM and, it seems, much of the rest of the world swaps the

Re: Is it really that quiet out there?

2017-10-20 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
Last one of those was a couple weeks ago.  Then there were a bunch of backed up ones. List has been steady and in real time (from what I've seen). thanks Jim On 10/20/2017 11:30 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: Lately, I've received message "belches"

Re: Is it really that quiet out there?

2017-10-20 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 10/20/2017 11:09 AM, Ian S. King via cctalk wrote: > I haven't seen any list messages since the 16th. My last batch of messages are from the 18th. Lately, I've received message "belches" that include messages from days before that I've already received. --Chuck

Re: Is it really that quiet out there?

2017-10-20 Thread Alexandre Souza via cctalk
Shhh.. people are sleeping! Enviado do meu Tele-Movel On Oct 20, 2017 4:11 PM, "Ian S. King via cctalk" wrote: > I haven't seen any list messages since the 16th. > > -- > Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate > The Information School > Dissertation: "Why the Conversat

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

2017-10-20 Thread Diane Bruce via cctalk
On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 01:12:03PM -0400, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > > > On Oct 20, 2017, at 11:03 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk > > wrote: > > > > ... > > Was looking at the digital repeater modes this morning > > http://www.mikemyers.me/blog/2016/2/19/d-star-dmr-fusion-which-is-right-for-you

Re: Is it really that quiet out there?

2017-10-20 Thread Zane Healy via cctalk
There would appear to be a problem with your email. There has been plenty of activity. Zane > On Oct 20, 2017, at 11:09 AM, Ian S. King via cctalk > wrote: > > I haven't seen any list messages since the 16th. > > -- > Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate

Is it really that quiet out there?

2017-10-20 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
I haven't seen any list messages since the 16th. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Principal Investigator, "Reflections on Early Co

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

2017-10-20 Thread Brian L. Stuart via cctalk
On Fri, 10/20/17, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > I've noticed since I've gotten into this again that there is a lot of > closed-source thinking It's pretty disturbing when you think about how the amateur radio world developed and that it was given legal status in part to encourage experimentatio

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

2017-10-20 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
I've noticed since I've gotten into this again that there is a lot of closed-source thinking in the ham world. A lot of devices with microcontrollers released as binary only, for example. Not very good if you want to build something the guy no longer makes available. On 10/20/17 12:12 PM,

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

2017-10-20 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Oct 20, 2017, at 11:03 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk > wrote: > > ... > Was looking at the digital repeater modes this morning > http://www.mikemyers.me/blog/2016/2/19/d-star-dmr-fusion-which-is-right-for-you > > Pretty disappointing that the most popular ones use proprietary comms > protocol

RE: HP 21mx/whatever processor works with doublesided key... i forgot model#

2017-10-20 Thread Jay West via cctalk
Ed wrote... -- HP 21mx/whatever processor works with double sided key... (I forgot model#) -- Given the way you phrased it, the correct replacement for 'whatever' is M series. E and F never used the double sided key. However, even that is not entirely correct. Older M's used the dou

Re: HP 7970 1/2" 9-Track Reel-to-Reel Tape Drive...

2017-10-20 Thread Anders Nelson via cctalk
Just FYI that dual 7970 has been reduced to $679 OBO... -- Anders Nelson +1 (517) 775-6129 www.erogear.com On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 10:54 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 10/18/2017 06:19 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > > > Yes, I had a 3500 Lb lathe shipped from NJ to MO

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

2017-10-20 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 10/19/17 9:15 PM, Ed Thierbach via cctalk wrote: I'd be interested in a classic computing net as well. I have 40 - 10 meters available on HF. Our area is lagging in digital repeater coverage, so no Fusion or DMR or D*Star for me just yet. 73, -Ed- AB8OJ I took an analog VHF/UHF radio and

Re: RT11 Disk Partitioning and RQZX1 SCSI controller

2017-10-20 Thread Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctalk
On 10/19/17, 6:22 PM, "cctalk on behalf of Douglas Taylor via cctalk" wrote: >Is there a potential problem here? > >I have an 11/53 microPDP11 with a RQZX1 controller connected to a single >DEC DSP3043 drive (535MB) and a single RX33 floppy. > >The autoconfigure setup in the RQZX1 puts the hard