Re: advice upcoming visit to Bletchley Park / comp museum

2019-07-06 Thread Paul Anderson via cctalk
I was thinking of going over for a visit, but try to fly into Luton and save a lot of travel. If I want to go to London, take the train. Paul On Sun, Jul 7, 2019 at 1:24 AM Dave Wade via cctalk wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: William Donzelli > > Sent: 07 July 2019 01:56 > > To

RE: advice upcoming visit to Bletchley Park / comp museum

2019-07-06 Thread Dave Wade via cctalk
> -Original Message- > From: William Donzelli > Sent: 07 July 2019 01:56 > To: Dave Wade ; General Discussion: On-Topic > Posts > Subject: Re: advice upcoming visit to Bletchley Park / comp museum > > > If you really want to do justice to Bletchley you need two days. > > I did the site

Apple ][ EPROM programmer Re: Lots of Apple 1 computers @ VCF West

2019-07-06 Thread Steve Malikoff via cctalk
Guy said > I just _love_ being reminded of the circumstances of my NOT buying an Apple > I, and what that mistake cost me. > > http://everist.org/NobLog/20181001_missing_wave.htm You mention you were not aware of any EPROM programmer boards for the Apple ][. I had one for my taiwanese FORMOSA Ap

Re: Lots of Apple 1 computers @ VCF West

2019-07-06 Thread ben via cctalk
On 7/6/2019 7:59 PM, ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote: Not many collectors back when the Apple1 came out! While the CHEAP 6502 is remembered with the Apple we must not forget that the 16 pin 4K dram really made that computer work. Regardless of the architecture, 32 KB is needed to do any useful compu

Re: Lots of Apple 1 computers @ VCF West

2019-07-06 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
Not many collectors back when the Apple1 came out!  Not  sure either if many understood  what that  single board computer  would  birth in the  way  of a line  of  follow ons.  Sometimes  the future is not  known! Ed# In a message dated 7/6/2019 6:51:40 PM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@clas

Re: Lots of Apple 1 computers @ VCF West

2019-07-06 Thread ben via cctalk
On 7/6/2019 1:12 AM, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote: At 08:21 PM 5/07/2019 -0400, you wrote: You could be sitting on $400K-$1,000,000. That's the current range of decent-condition Apple 1 boards. I just _love_ being reminded of the circumstances of my NOT buying an Apple I, and what that mistake

Re: Wtd: advice upcoming visit to Bletchley Park / comp museum

2019-07-06 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Sun, 7 Jul 2019 at 00:23, Mattis Lind via cctalk wrote: > > When I visited Bletchley park and TNMOC I went by train from London. Euston > I believe. From Gatwick there are trains to Victoria which are quite quick. Me too. But then, I lived in London. Still took nearly 2 hours. But I think you

Re: Lots of Apple 1 computers @ VCF West

2019-07-06 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 at 09:12, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote: > > I just _love_ being reminded of the circumstances of my NOT buying an Apple > I, and what that mistake cost me. > > http://everist.org/NobLog/20181001_missing_wave.htm Sad reading... -- Liam Proven - Profile: https://about.me/liampr

Re: Question about Apple ///

2019-07-06 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
In a message dated 7/5/2019 11:51:16 PM US Mountain Standard Time, cct...@classiccmp.org writes: Bad video memory? Our  Lisa  does  that  too... I  just  leave it  shit  off (grin!) On Sat, 6 Jul 2019, ED SHATNER via cctalk wrote: Oppsthat was supposed to say shut off! Why? "shut off" doe

Re: Email delivery protocols / methods.

2019-07-06 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
Those who quibble about the ftp being a separate entity from mail protocol would do well to look at RFC 524 from 1973. There, the MAIL command is implemented within the ftp structure (that is, it is an ftp command). I've found it interesting that 524 never addresses the matter of data representat

Re: Email delivery protocols / methods.

2019-07-06 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Jul 5, 2019, at 5:05 PM, Grant Taylor via cctalk > wrote: > > Here's pot stirrer for a holiday Friday afternoon: > > How many different protocols / methods can we collectively come up with for > how email can be transferred? > > I'm primarily thinking about between servers (MTA-to-MTA

Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 58, Issue 6

2019-07-06 Thread Nigel Johnson via cctalk
Anybody have any docs on the DEC LSI 11/93 (KDJ11-E)? I have a suspect one and am looking for schematics, configuration data etc. I am trying to run it in a BA23 backplane and seemingly geting bus hangs as is there is something that it is looking for that is not there! cheers, Nigel On 06/

QSIC, was: Re: Email delivery protocols / methods.

2019-07-06 Thread emanuel stiebler via cctalk
On 2019-07-06 10:53, David Bridgham via cctalk wrote: > Obviously that message wasn't supposed to go to the list.  I forget how > the list re-writes the message headers like that.  Sorry about that. Don't worry. It fits the subject, "Email methods" ;-) And good to hear, you're making progress on

Re: Email delivery protocols / methods.

2019-07-06 Thread David Bridgham via cctalk
Obviously that message wasn't supposed to go to the list.  I forget how the list re-writes the message headers like that.  Sorry about that. Dave

Re: Email delivery protocols / methods.

2019-07-06 Thread David Bridgham via cctalk
On 7/6/19 8:46 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > So here's one I'm not sure anyone else will catch: TFTP has an email mode! I knew about that one. :-)  Did anyone other than CSR ever use it? Not much airplane news.  I've spent some time chasing down wheels and brakes for the Galaxie.  The d

Wtd: advice upcoming visit to Bletchley Park / comp museum

2019-07-06 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
Hi...I am arriving at Gatwick Airport this weds evening1045pm and I have a 17 hour layover. I'd like to visit the national computer museum at bletchley park about an hour north. I see I can rent a car from the airport and drive to a hotel near the museum. There are a few hotels with 24/7 desks.

Re: Question about Apple ///

2019-07-06 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
Oppsthat was supposed to say shut off! In a message dated 7/5/2019 11:51:16 PM US Mountain Standard Time, cct...@classiccmp.org writes: Bad video memory? Our  Lisa  does  that  too... I  just  leave it  shit  off (grin!)

Re: Wtd: advice upcoming visit to Bletchley Park / comp museum

2019-07-06 Thread Mattis Lind via cctalk
lördag 6 juli 2019 skrev Bill Degnan via cctech : > Hi...I am arriving at Gatwick Airport this weds evening1045pm and I have a > 17 hour layover. I'd like to visit the national computer museum at > bletchley park about an hour north. I see I can rent a car from the > airport and drive to a hotel

Re: Wtd: advice upcoming visit to Bletchley Park / comp museum

2019-07-06 Thread Peter Corlett via cctalk
On Sat, Jul 06, 2019 at 12:54:28PM +0300, Bill Degnan via cctech wrote: > Hi...I am arriving at Gatwick Airport this weds evening1045pm and I have a > 17 hour layover. I'd like to visit the national computer museum at > bletchley park about an hour north. [...] It's actually *two* hours north; th

Re: Email delivery protocols / methods.

2019-07-06 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Grant Taylor > How many different protocols / methods can we collectively come up with > for how email can be transferred?' Hey, this is the classic computers list, so you should only list early stuff, (say pre-1990), and leave out all the modern crap (but I repeat myself). S

Re: Question about Apple ///

2019-07-06 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
> > > > > > > Looks like this: > > https://share.icloud.com/photos/0NHNkEG9ssPsi65ojivBteKaQ > > > > Does this failure mode ring any bells? Obviously the video signal is > being > > generated well enough to sync a composite output. Any idea whether I > > should start by replacing the CPU or the

Re: Lots of Apple 1 computers @ VCF West

2019-07-06 Thread Guy Dunphy via cctalk
At 08:21 PM 5/07/2019 -0400, you wrote: >You could be sitting on $400K-$1,000,000. That's the current range of >decent-condition Apple 1 boards. I just _love_ being reminded of the circumstances of my NOT buying an Apple I, and what that mistake cost me. http://everist.org/NobLog/20181001_missi