[cctalk] Late '70s DEC manual covers [niche!]

2023-02-10 Thread Paul Flo Williams via cctalk
Folks, During lockdown I was having some fun redrawing old DEC manual covers with Inkscape, specifically terminal and printer manuals from the late 1970s. I've attached a montage of four that I printed out so I could stick it on the wall. I'm aware I may be the only person, even here, who finds th

[cctalk] Re: WTB: Acorn A3010 or A4000

2023-02-10 Thread Ethan O'Toole via cctalk
Looking for an Acorn A3010 or A4000 + KB/Mouse, happy to repair it. Also Sinclair +3 with some disks Also BBC Micro Also Amstrad CPC 6128 color. Could forgo monitor and build my own PSU. - Ethan Still looking (though I might have line on the +3) -- : Ethan O'Toole

[cctalk] Re: SDF had put a PDP-10 on the Internet

2023-02-10 Thread Mark Huffstutter via cctalk
Well, I don't know what to tell you. I am looking at the sdf.org page right now, and When I click on the welcome tab at the top of the page I see the same message I did When I posted the first email. Maybe it's a local problem. Mark -Original Message- From: Christian Corti via cctalk

[cctalk] Re: SDF had put a PDP-10 on the Internet

2023-02-10 Thread Lee Courtney via cctalk
Toad-2 is up as of 1015 PST 2/10...although the system clock is wrong. lee@lee-Alienware-17-R5:~$ ssh twe...@sdf.org Trying 172.16.36.36... Connected to TWENEX.ORG. Escape character is 'off'. TWENEX.ORG XKL Toad-2 running TOPS-20, TOPS-20 Monitor 7(63327)-6 Welcome to the all new TWENEX.ORG run

[cctalk] Re: Store with "vintage" computers and parts

2023-02-10 Thread Ethan O'Toole via cctalk
I would be interested in knowing some of those options. Thanks, Will Brave Search / Brave Browser is one. Yandex is a Russian search engine that can come in useful sometimes. Trying to find ISO CD images of discs for music hardware (Samplers) it feels like the internet through google is way s

[cctalk] Re: Store with "vintage" computers and parts

2023-02-10 Thread Will Cooke via cctalk
> On 02/10/2023 9:53 AM CST Sellam Abraham via cctalk > wrote: > > > DDG is just a Google fish bowl. Same data set, similar results. > > If you're concerned about privacy, there are much better options available. > > Sellam > I would be interested in knowing some of those options. Than

[cctalk] Re: Store with "vintage" computers and parts

2023-02-10 Thread Sellam Abraham via cctalk
DDG is just a Google fish bowl. Same data set, similar results. If you're concerned about privacy, there are much better options available. Sellam On Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 3:40 AM Adrian Godwin via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I normally use DuckDuckGo as it's the default in Brave, the

[cctalk] Re: WTB: Acorn A3010 or A4000

2023-02-10 Thread Ethan O'Toole via cctalk
Hi, Ethan, Whereabouts are you? I'm in York, UK, and I have more than one spare BBC Micro. I don't have an A3010 but I do have an A3020 (red function keys) if that's of interest. Private email sent! The A3020 and BBC Micro are of interest! Thanks! - Ethan -- : Ethan

[cctalk] Looking for info on BAI Data Products model 1230 paper tape punch/reader

2023-02-10 Thread Ian McLaughlin via cctalk
Hello All, I have a PDP 11/05 that I’ve been restoring slowly over the last few years. I’m to the point now where I’d like to get a paper tape reader attached to it. The only reader I can find in my junk is a Bower Associates BAI Data Products model 1230 punch. I’ve put a picture of it here f

[cctalk] Re: Store with "vintage" computers and parts

2023-02-10 Thread Adrian Godwin via cctalk
I normally use DuckDuckGo as it's the default in Brave, the degoogled version of Chrome that I use. It generally does what I want, but whereas google will usually give me local (UK) results first for suppliers, Duckduckgo will give worldwide results (which mostly means USA). You could see Google's

[cctalk] Re: SDF had put a PDP-10 on the Internet

2023-02-10 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
On Thu, 9 Feb 2023, Mark Huffstutter wrote: Short story on the welcome page. There's no welcome page, sdf.org is down. Christian