[cctalk] Re: interlace [was: NTSC TV demodulator ]

2024-05-30 Thread Maciej W. Rozycki via cctalk
On Mon, 20 May 2024, Wayne S via cctalk wrote: > The setup on the earlier monitors was sometimes call “ODB” , don‘t know > why. Was equivalent to setup. As a counterexample my first PC monitor had nothing like that. It was a dual-frequency B&W CRT and only had three controls: a power-on swit

[cctalk] Re: First Personal Computer

2024-05-30 Thread Mike Stein via cctalk
Not sure I share your definition of 'fun'... On Thu, May 30, 2024 at 8:29 AM Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > > On Thu, May 30, 2024 at 2:06 AM John Herron via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > Only because I thought it would be funny to hear ChatGPT's wrong answer. > > Here is ChatGP

[cctalk] Punchcards

2024-05-30 Thread lukaskron--- via cctalk
Hello! This is my first message to this mailing list but I think this question is well suited for here. My name is Lukas and I am currently living in Germany and I am searching for punch cards preferable with logos/universities around the world. If someone still has some of such cards laying a

[cctalk] Re: Video/keyboard mono cable for Sun 386i

2024-05-30 Thread Stefano Sanna via cctalk
Thank you! On 30/05/24 15:10, Christopher Zach via cctalk wrote: Am at a conference just do a search on 386i and I should pop up On May 30, 2024 9:06:48 AM EDT, Stefano Sanna via cctalk wrote: Hi. I thought about using the serial connection (which should be enabled only if the video card i

[cctalk] Re: Video/keyboard mono cable for Sun 386i

2024-05-30 Thread Christopher Zach via cctalk
Am at a conference just do a search on 386i and I should pop up On May 30, 2024 9:06:48 AM EDT, Stefano Sanna via cctalk wrote: >Hi. > >I thought about using the serial connection (which should be enabled only if >the video card is removed). > >Thank you for the advice about the battery: usual

[cctalk] Re: Video/keyboard mono cable for Sun 386i

2024-05-30 Thread Stefano Sanna via cctalk
[sending message again, with attachment replaced by a link: https://www.mmcc.it/resources/misc/IMG_7975_video.JPG ] Thank you Richard! To use this cable, I need to replace my video card with a color one. Please, see attached picture of the connector I have on my 386i. I suppose that finding t

[cctalk] Re: Video/keyboard mono cable for Sun 386i

2024-05-30 Thread Stefano Sanna via cctalk
Hi. I thought about using the serial connection (which should be enabled only if the video card is removed). Thank you for the advice about the battery: usual issue with SGI, Sony News :-) Unfortunately, the hard disk was been removed before I collected the workstation. Could you ple

[cctalk] Re: First Personal Computer

2024-05-30 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
On Thu, May 30, 2024 at 2:06 AM John Herron via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Only because I thought it would be funny to hear ChatGPT's wrong answer. > Here is ChatGPT's answer on the first personal computer. > > ME> What was the first personal computer? > ChatGPT> The first personal c

[cctalk] Re: Video/keyboard mono cable for Sun 386i

2024-05-30 Thread Stefano Sanna via cctalk
Thank you! On 30/05/24 11:43, Richard wrote: Hi There, I have a cable attached to my Sun 386i. I used to have spares but sadly no more. I don’t believe there is anything special in the cable. If I have an opportunity I can buzz through and let you know what each pin is in the cable. Give me

[cctalk] Re: Video/keyboard mono cable for Sun 386i

2024-05-30 Thread cz via cctalk
I have one around here somewhere. Sun built two cables, one was for the color boards (CGThree and CGFive) and the other was for monochrome systems (the D15). In the meantime you can hook a computer to the RS232 port and start running the thing headless to see what's there. Note, you're going t

[cctalk] Re: Video/keyboard mono cable for Sun 386i

2024-05-30 Thread Richard via cctalk
Hi There, I have a cable attached to my Sun 386i. I used to have spares but sadly no more. I don’t believe there is anything special in the cable. If I have an opportunity I can buzz through and let you know what each pin is in the cable. Give me a week or two and if I haven’t reverted please

[cctalk] Video/keyboard mono cable for Sun 386i

2024-05-30 Thread Stefano Sanna via cctalk
Hi. I recently bought a Sun Microsystems 386i and I discovered (too late...) that monitor and keyboard are connected to the same D15 connector on the back using a "Y" cable (I had experience with other Sun workstations, this was first contact with Intel-based hardware). Unfortunately, I have

[cctalk] Re: First Personal Computer

2024-05-30 Thread Don R via cctalk
I’m surprised you didn’t quiz ChatGPT until it refused to answer and/or crashed. I understand “it” can use very “colorful” language when provoked and poked. ;) Don Resor Sent from someone's iPhone > On May 29, 2024, at 11:06 PM, John Herron via cctalk > wrote: > > Only because I thought it