Re: ISO: Diablo 30 heads

2020-05-11 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
On 5/11/2020 9:15 PM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: Hi all -- I'm restoring a Xerox Alto and I started going over the system's Diablo 30 drive. The heads are in bad shape; the bottom one is actually missing both parts of the erase poles (so the black portion of the head no longer makes a "t"

ISO: Diablo 30 heads

2020-05-11 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
Hi all -- I'm restoring a Xerox Alto and I started going over the system's Diablo 30 drive. The heads are in bad shape; the bottom one is actually missing both parts of the erase poles (so the black portion of the head no longer makes a "t", it's just a black line). This means the head (in addit

Re: SEL 810A running lunar lander

2020-05-11 Thread Eric Moore via cctalk
And I had entered it countless times before, and made mistakes a fair number of times, but as far as I recall it had never worked after just checking all the memory addresses except for that time you see captured in video *shrug* This machine is very thermally sensitive, I assume it was just a tra

Re: SEL 810A running lunar lander

2020-05-11 Thread Boris Gimbarzevsky via cctalk
Nice how machines from that era were well made enough to still work. Remember that Lunar Lander game from about 1970. Version I played was written in FOCAL and run on a TSS-8. Should try it out on some kids who think they're great gamers and see how fast they catch on - once we were able to l

Re: SEL 810A running lunar lander

2020-05-11 Thread Richard Cini via cctalk
Yes that’s very cool. Funny how the bootstrap didn’t take the first time even though you entered it correctly. Rich Get Outlook for iOS On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 10:03 PM -0400, "Adrian Stoness via cctalk" wrote: kool On Mo

Re: SEL 810A running lunar lander

2020-05-11 Thread Adrian Stoness via cctalk
kool On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 8:53 PM Eric Moore via cctalk wrote: > https://youtu.be/L743MjJthHY > > I recently got my SEL 810A working. I hope you guys enjoy the video :). > > -Eric >

SEL 810A running lunar lander

2020-05-11 Thread Eric Moore via cctalk
https://youtu.be/L743MjJthHY I recently got my SEL 810A working. I hope you guys enjoy the video :). -Eric

Re: Wanting some help with a PDP-8/a

2020-05-11 Thread Bob Smith via cctalk
The first thing that comes to mind on the 8/a is whether or not the front panel (key press is what I assume you are using, cables are plugged into the board the proper way. On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 5:10 PM Bryan Longram via cctalk wrote: > > I acquired a non-functional PDP-8/A several months ago a

Wanting some help with a PDP-8/a

2020-05-11 Thread Bryan Longram via cctalk
I acquired a non-functional PDP-8/A several months ago and in that time I've replaced all the outwardly damaged parts and have gotten the machine to power on with no issues. However the problem I've been having now that I can't quite seem to pin down is that every time I power the machine the ad

Compaq opal 15" monitor

2020-05-11 Thread Electronics Plus via cctalk
Someone asked for one of these a long time ago. I have one tested and working; needs a good cleaning. Make offer; local pickup only. Cindy Croxton Electronics Plus 1613 Water Street Kerrville, TX 78028 830-370-3239 cell sa...@elecplus.com -- This email has been checked for viruses b

RE: AT&T PC 6300

2020-05-11 Thread Electronics Plus via cctalk
I have had these before. There ARE collectors out there for them! Cindy -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Bill Gunshannon via cctalk Sent: Monday, May 11, 2020 7:36 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: AT&T PC

Re: AT&T PC 6300

2020-05-11 Thread Nigel Johnson via cctalk
You might find someone on an Olivetti forum who is interested :-) On 11/05/2020 08:35, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: I have never seen one mentioned but is there anyone  here with an interest in these?  I found a still sealed copy of the Software Development Set Ver. 2.0.  What's it worth?

AT&T PC 6300

2020-05-11 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
I have never seen one mentioned but is there anyone here with an interest in these? I found a still sealed copy of the Software Development Set Ver. 2.0. What's it worth? bill

Re: Looking for a pair of DEC RL02 drives, working or otherwise

2020-05-11 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 5/10/20 8:37 PM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 7:05 PM Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: God, $140 is quite reasonable. Yes I think so too. And when I think of how many of them I threw out because I couldn't even give them away!! bill

PDP-6 fan

2020-05-11 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
So I guess someone: https://www.ebay.com/itm/324151272982 is a majot PDP-6 fan Noel