OT: Trying to fix my account

2017-11-11 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
Sorry for the spam - I'm trying some ideas to see if I can figure out why I don't get cctalk/cctech messages anymore (for about a month now). -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the

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 <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Principal Investigator, "

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

2017-10-16 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
pair of 6146 power level. > > I home brew on HF though 432... > > Allison > My FT-817 (5 watts) has no problem reaching from the West Coast of the US to the East with SSB - IF the band is open. Most recently I've found 40m to be open most often (at least when I'm on HF

Re: TU58 Serial port address

2017-10-07 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
annel 0 Baud Rate to 19200 = Connect K to 0 > > Disable console = C1 X to 0 and C2 X to 0 > > So do the above and connect TU-58 to Channel 0 and it will be Device DD0 > under RT11FB - Yes? > > Rod > > > > > > > > > -- > > Wanted one pdp-8

Re: HP 9845 complete system on auction in Sweden

2017-09-25 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
r adhesives hold up better? We hope so. -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Principal Investigator, "Reflectio

Re: HP 9845 complete system on auction in Sweden

2017-09-25 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
> > I have one of these with pretty bad screen rot, and I'm not sure if my HPIB controller is working right - but the system itself runs pretty well. One of my local collector friends has developed an approach to pull the face shield and replace the adhesive - on my list o

Re: Alto 5-Key Keyset pictures

2017-09-20 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
f money on this. There are two castings of the same > material as the keyboard > and monitors, and two injection molded parts for the keys and the four > spacers betwen the microswitches. > > > -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-11 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
I¹m looking for some FORTRAN code that would typically have run on > this kind of computer so I can show people what this kind of system was > used for. > > Congratulations! I've been too busy to do any restorations, so for now I live vicariously through people like you. :-) -

Re: EMA Links on a G104 Sense/Inhibit board

2017-08-23 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
in the prints, which are available on BitSavers. That's where I found it last time I did this. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Throug

Re: pdp-8/e restoration.

2017-08-07 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
e echo test problem. > RS232 on M8650 needed a jumper E-M on board or plug. > > > So now to check out that rim loader stuff. > Its in C but I can get round that problem. > > > Rod > > -- > Wanted one pdp-8/i rocker switch leaver to copy. > > For verily, LI

Re: pdp-8/e restoration.

2017-08-07 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
for an ASR-33, providing both a terminal session and a papertape image reader/punch. N.B.: much PDP-8 software likes 7E1, but PTR/PTP is 8N1. ISTR that even when I fiddled with SLU settings, I couldn't get away from 7E1 for some of the diagnostics. Of course, I've slept since t

Re: Visual 1050

2017-08-07 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
s of these I believe. > > > > "MULTI" not milti :-) > Gary, if you're not in too much of a hurry I'd be interested in driving up to Bellingham and picking it up. :-) -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu>

Re: pdp-8/e restoration.

2017-08-05 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
d CONT. > > Test program still in core. Started right up. > > To-days task get the serial I/O going. > > Rod in Restore Mode > > > .-- > Wanted one pdp-8/i rocker switch leaver to copy. > > -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http

Re: pdp-8/e restoration.

2017-08-04 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
it isn't necessary for the run lamp. > The reason to make it glow > dimly when off is to reduce the filament thermal shock when turning on and > off. This makes the bulbs > last a lot longer. The run lamp does not flicker in operation so not > necessary on that one. > &g

Did you use a Xerox Alto? Know anyone who did?

2017-07-31 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
-- Ian PS: I asked Jay for permission to post this. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Archivist, Voices

Re: Whole IBM System/34 available in unknown condition

2017-07-25 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
t; > >> Not mine, but I have contact details. The scrapper wants $800 for it > local pick up. > >> > >> > >> Let me know today, please. > >> > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > >> > >> -Ben > > > -- Ian S. Kin

Re: Cipher F880 with S100 interface card on local CL

2017-07-10 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
with the CPLD altogether. > > --Chuck > > > FWIW: once upon a time I hooked up a TX-8 to a DOS PC with a network card, ran MS LANMAN client, and had a networked F880. I wrote a small RMT interpreter for it, too. -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information

Re: Cipher F880 with S100 interface card on local CL

2017-07-08 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
know if you're interested (I'm in Eugene, OR) > > --Chuck > S-100?!?!?!? I have a couple of those drives. I don't have anything with S-100, but isn't there a SS-50 adapter to S-100? I'd love to have just the interface card. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, P

Re: Monitors for ADM3 and ADM3a parts or replacement whole unit?

2017-06-30 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 12:26 AM, wrote: > Ian we are in Arizona! > Ed# > > All, Ed and I are talking privately and I think I have him covered. FYI -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: &qu

Re: DEC LK201 Keyboards for VT220 terminals etc.

2017-06-30 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
ngs myself, waiting for me to try > to fix up my 3 VAXstation 4000VLCs. Any spares -- including 2 of the > VAXstations -- will be heading for eBay. The snag is that they're now > in Czechia. :-) > > > Bummer - I've been wanting a VLC for a while. Wrong side of th

Re: Monitors for ADM3 and ADM3a parts or replacement whole unit?

2017-06-30 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
y system? > > It is a beauty save for the missing monitor parts.. > Advice Hints? > > thanks Ed# > > > > > -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Construct

Re: DECstation 220 - Out of Ideas?

2017-06-24 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
to rail on its read-enable pin. A thought: can you measure the current and its direction on the P82C206 pin? That's my troubleshooting thinking given that I don't have it in front of me. :-) I hope this is helpful -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information

Re: DEC MINC in center Germany

2017-06-16 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
le to get a copy of the Mincbasic and RT11 disk? willing to > pay to get it for our Mincs. > > thanks > Jim > > -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered:

Re: DEC archives

2017-06-14 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
ven pinout-level documentation for my VAX 6000-660 for some time. I'd part with significant organs to obtain printsets of power supply elements. Al? And it looks like I'm burning the bulk of my PTO on my daughter's high school graduation and installation at university. :-) I mi

Re: Micral N (1974) for sale

2017-05-31 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
tion house website > https://www.rouillac.com/fr/news-1252-le_micral_n_premier_micro_ordinateur > > Starting price : 20 K€. > > Good luck ;-) > > I sure hope it goes to a good home - but unfortunately it won't be mine. -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Can

Re: Any PDP11s for sale in the UK?

2017-05-30 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
x27;d say that you're more likely to find an 11/23 or perhaps an 11/03, the latter being a less-capable version of the former. The 11/73 is fairly powerful and valued, and less available. The 11/34 is a Unibus machine, and I've not seen one that wasn't rack-mounted. -- Ian -- Ian

Re: Something for the P3 you have in your back yard

2017-04-30 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 10:52 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Military-IBM-Computer-/201911842662 > > https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/weaps/an-uys-1.htm > > Does this come under the category of 'hom

Re: Large Scale Systems Museum announcement

2017-04-21 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
photos of our facilities on the Facebook page. > > Please feel free to forward this message to anyone whom you think > might be interested. > > Thanks, > -Dave McGuire > President/Curator, LSSM > > -- > Dave McGuire,

Re: If C is so evil why is it so successful?

2017-04-12 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
>> PS: There probably is something to the sports car analogy, but I'm not >> going >> to take a position on that one! :-) Interesting side-question though: is >> assembler more or less like a sports car than C? :-) >> > All computer computer languages are only as

Re: Microcomputer and misc for sale

2017-04-05 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
s, ill see if people are still interested and what they are > willing to offer. > > --Devin > -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrativ

Re: Z-8000 something on eBay

2017-03-23 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
if it were a high performance controller. > > Can prove me wrong, but I'm guessing some sort of controller. > thanks > Jim > All of those connectors make me think it's some sort of comm controller. FWIW. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information S

Re: Introducing the UUCP/Usenet Project

2017-03-21 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
the pre-web days and it worked fine. > > --Chuck > There's a VMS version, too. So many choices -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotech

Re: Univac I memory tank

2017-03-14 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
tain to be residuals. -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://t

Re: IBM S/32, PDP-11/60+RL01, PDP-11/34, East Lansing MI

2017-02-28 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
; > > Someone please rescue this equipment. The thought of it going to the > scrappers is, well, brutal. > > Indeed. > > > Aren't PDP-11/60s kind of a rare beast? > > Quite rare. I've seen more 11/20s than 11/60s... (not that either > number is large). >

Re: Wildly hopeful eBay seller

2017-02-27 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
lous price.) > > - Josh > > > It'll probably show up again as a regular auction when this guy realizes he's on e-crack. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: C

Disassembly of a DG One?

2017-02-11 Thread Ian S. King
sible, but there is no obvious way to remove it. I don't like to just force things, for obvious reasons. Thanks to anyone with some advice. -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mat

Re: OT: RANT (Was: [cctalk-requ...@classiccmp.org: confirm 38290c8a992491eda604beff5a06ff20cd7e85f5]

2017-02-03 Thread Ian S. King
On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 5:55 AM, geneb wrote: > On Thu, 2 Feb 2017, Ian S. King wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 4:24 PM, geneb wrote: >> >> On Thu, 2 Feb 2017, Ian Finder wrote: >>> >>> WTF did I just read. >>> >>>> >>

Re: Logic Analysers

2017-02-02 Thread Ian S. King
G wins. -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribunalvoices.org>

Re: OT: RANT (Was: [cctalk-requ...@classiccmp.org: confirm 38290c8a992491eda604beff5a06ff20cd7e85f5]

2017-02-02 Thread Ian S. King
; > ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment > A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. > http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_! > -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: &qu

Re: OT: RANT (Was: [cctalk-requ...@classiccmp.org: confirm 38290c8a992491eda604beff5a06ff20cd7e85f5]

2017-02-02 Thread Ian S. King
> > Fred, you have to turn it up to 11 - after all, consider your competition these days in the domain of absurdity. -- Ian (the other one - we are everywhere) -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conv

Re: Visible LINCtape Tracks

2017-01-31 Thread Ian S. King
abstractions there are physical phenomena - such as magnetic domains on a tape. Cheers -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a

Re: nice looking Series/1

2017-01-30 Thread Ian S. King
Dave > > Well, someone did. :-) I wasn't going to make a road trip to Connecticut for it. -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Nar

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?

2017-01-10 Thread Ian S. King
ired to run correctly off dryer power, which I do have. That's one of the (many) projects on my post-dissertation list. With six processors and a half-gigabyte of RAM, I've been told this is probably the most built-out VAX 6600 remaining. -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Can

Re: Polycorp Poly repair (b)log

2017-01-09 Thread Ian S. King
ctronics, and how much was power, video and sometimes drives. I brought a TeleVideo TPC-1 back to life a few months ago, and your restoration brings back memories (some of them cringeworthy). -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu

Re: GMAIL accounts suspended.

2017-01-09 Thread Ian S. King
st Inc. > http://bickleywest.com > > "Black holes are where God is dividing by zero" > -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative

Re: Unknown keyboard

2017-01-07 Thread Ian S. King
t; Kyle > I recall having one of those, many years ago - and I had/have no idea where or what it came from. But it was definitely the same keyboard, I remember the unique hex pad. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation

Re: an edible apple

2016-12-28 Thread Ian S. King
en-1986-macintosh-plus- > into-an-amusing-trash-1757398260 > > I love my daughter, but her gingerbread house has nothing on this. But she's planning to study environmental science in college - maybe gingerbread trees? Or gingerbread bureaucrats, so you can bite their tiny heads off when

Re: PDP-6s at MIT

2016-12-23 Thread Ian S. King
one point, Rich Alderson at LCM had ITS running on a KS-10 (from MIT!), but I don't know what the current status might be. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Soc

Re: ADM-3A Lower case ROM issue

2016-12-13 Thread Ian S. King
the board - ISTR there's another chip that needs to be added, some simple TTL logic. I converted mine several years ago without problems - but that was with the original ROM. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why

Re: VAX expert 'needed'

2016-12-08 Thread Ian S. King
very busy - try sending him a reminder. > > Noel > I've emailed him, too. He does travel a lot. I'll be slow in adding content - an upcoming publication, teaching next quarter and a dissertation in process take up most of my time - but I do have a VAX 6000-660.

Re: RE: Base 64 posts to the list

2016-12-04 Thread Ian S. King
On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Jonas Otter wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion. My delivery was set to MIME, I have changed it > to plain text. Hopefully that will solve the problem. > > What? No format flame war? What's this world coming to? -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph

Re: Thinking about acquiring PDP stuff

2016-11-29 Thread Ian S. King
sy as plugging a card into a backplane. The 8/I requires wirewrap work. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Archivist

Re: SWTPC 6800 issues again

2016-11-28 Thread Ian S. King
ed the power supply? If possible, use a scope, but even a good DVM will tell you if you're maintaining voltage. And if the filter cap is the original, just replace it - they have a limited lifespan. I bought one from Digi-Key for $19. Hope that helps -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSC

Re: for sale/trade: big list of both old and (relatively) new, deadline: end of November (ideally)

2016-11-25 Thread Ian S. King
ocated in a residential area in Leiden (in the province of > Zuid-Holland / South > I was just in Leiden last week! Of course, I was flying, so I would have been constrained on what I could carry -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.u

Re: Thanksgiving Day

2016-11-24 Thread Ian S. King
ity in ''adversity" (we had emergency lighting and the bar maid brought out numerous candles) and made this one of the best Thanksgiving experiences I've ever had. And all my computer work (document editing) was local. All good! -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. C

Re: A computer collection in NL

2016-11-16 Thread Ian S. King
dquarters > city Eindhoven. > All I ask, if possible, is that I get a business card from you ;-) > > greetz, > - Henk > Hi Henk, Well, I'm in The Netherlands, but not 'in the southern part' - rather, I'm in Leiden at an academic workshop. Oh well, close

Re: Collection of stuff in Austin (ebay warning) listed before

2016-11-13 Thread Ian S. King
ave given the Motorola a home. Maybe even those > Sun 4/110s out of nostalgia. > > mcl > There are a few things I'd like from that list as well, but (a) I'm not going to Austin to get it and (b) tuition will be due soon. :-) And frankly, the stuff looks filthy - you have to

Re: Paper tape carriers and paper tape

2016-11-11 Thread Ian S. King
. >> >> >> Somewhere I have a photo of the machine that IBM used to make punch cards. It's in a small museum in Endicott, NY. It did indeed take a roll of paper made to IBM specs and produce the flat punch cards many of us know and some subset of those, love. It hadn't been

Re: more on lisp compilers

2016-11-10 Thread Ian S. King
an entire distro > there plus a lot of layered products. These are reduntant, my employer's > last VAX is now sleeping in my basement. That TK50 drive works on my VAX 4000/300 as well -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Di

Re: DEC DELQA - seems not to work. Anyone got a spare? [SOLVED]

2016-11-07 Thread Ian S. King
ad to have helped :) > > Joe Zatarski > > >>>>* I must be doing something wrong running the test manually, though - > *>>>>>>>* d/w/p 2000192c 2000 > *>>>>* Just leaves 2000 in the VAR register, permanently. > *>>>>* --Toby > *>>&

Re: VAX Common Lisp

2016-11-04 Thread Ian S. King
gt; according to this link: > > http://de.openvms.org/spl.php?product_name=LISP&display=full > > I don't have any CONDIST sets that old myself to take a look. > I don't recall how old my CONDIST is but I'll try to give it a look-see. -- Ian S. King, M

Re: VAX Common Lisp

2016-11-04 Thread Ian S. King
oops to get it. In fact, I had both Common Lisp and 'Standard' Lisp installed. -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Des

Re: R: What interest in a

2016-11-03 Thread Ian S. King
ne or should I dump it? > > Richard > Bristol, UK > Well, if no one else can afford shipping :-) I'm in Seattle and would definitely be interested. I used HP-UX when I was training people on Boeing's aircraft simulator software. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candid

Has anyone here seen a 8H070 external floppy?

2016-11-01 Thread Ian S. King
-port-connected device, in which case I'm probably out of luck trying to find its driver.... -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a

Re: For sale 128K Core RAM Industrial PDP 11/40 Massbus System

2016-10-31 Thread Ian S. King
27;, which is almost certainly a later naming as the -11 line grew. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Archivist, Vo

Re: For sale 128K Core RAM Industrial PDP 11/40 Massbus System

2016-10-30 Thread Ian S. King
mplete brain fart by me - but I thought Unix > > required a machine with separate I/D spaces and the 11/40 wasn't one > > of them? > > > > If I'm wrong that will be of some assistance to me actually :-) > > > I've run 6th Edition on an 11/34

Re: Old versions of Emacs

2016-10-21 Thread Ian S. King
cavate it; the tapes had some > dropouts, which may have made the dump (a straight 'dd' of a 4.3 > filesystem) > unreadable. > > Noel > I would love to have an Emacs I could run on my Pro-380. Then I can do some real work with it. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSC

Re: Altair, IMSAI, SWTPC, etc. for sale in Philly

2016-10-20 Thread Ian S. King
x27;ll just play with my SWTPC 6800 for now. (Oh, I want a 6809, too.) -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Archivi

Re: Museum thoughts?

2016-10-19 Thread Ian S. King
pitch it to local media. Buy them beers. If you can tie into local legislators (I've done this), that's a plus, because they know people with money (which is how they get elected). If you can tell a potential donor's story well, that encourages the potential donor. Here's where y

Re: VTServer/etc for V6 Unix

2016-10-18 Thread Ian S. King
> > I'll go home and dig through my old stuff and see what I can find. > > Cheers, Warren > My plan too, Warren, but I haven't quite made it 'home' yet. Writing a paper for a workshop next month :-) I know I made it work and booted V6 on my 11/34. --

Re: VTServer/etc for V6 Unix

2016-10-18 Thread Ian S. King
v6-specific tools somewhere, perhaps on some machine I still have (and I think I know which one). I recall finding documentation for it, too, and I think I even know where it is. I'm hoping it might have a URL in the header/footer, which might still be extant - if not, I can scan it. I thin

Re: MASSBUS disk emulator (Was: Unibus controller for MFM disks)

2016-10-17 Thread Ian S. King
I've made some inquries, stay tuned On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 1:09 PM, Pontus Pihlgren wrote: > On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 12:16:10PM -0400, Noel Chiappa wrote: > > > From: Ian S. King > > > > > When I left in 2014, LCM's Massbus disk emulator was

Re: Unibus controller for MFM disks

2016-10-16 Thread Ian S. King
ng like that but don't know how far they got. > When I left in 2014, LCM's Massbus disk emulator was working quite well indeed, and was running in 'production' to keep down the hours on the RP06 drives. ISTR the plan was always to open-source the hardware and firmware, too

Re: Reasonable price for a complete SOL-20 system?

2016-10-15 Thread Ian S. King
had already dumpstered ALL of "that junk" from his office. > > Please tell me that said institution has since been burned to the ground. "That junk", indeed. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: &q

Re: Blue Origin launch (Was: uVAX system (mostly) that Ian King was interested in)

2016-10-13 Thread Ian S. King
, back on topic - off to write some 6800 diagnostics for my SWTPC machine. :-) PS: the uVAX hardware in the original thread is on its way. -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Con

Re: Twiggys [was: Re: ka... ching!]

2016-10-10 Thread Ian S. King
On Sun, Oct 9, 2016 at 6:07 PM, Brad H wrote: > > > Original message > From: "Ian S. King" > Date: 2016-10-09 5:08 PM (GMT-08:00) > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subje

Re: cctech Digest, Vol 28, Issue 4

2016-10-10 Thread Ian S. King
> > Scott > > > > > > End of cctech Digest, Vol 28, Issue 4 > > * > > > Hi Scott, I'm talking with my colleagues at the People's Computer Museum about perhaps making you an offer. We're in Sea

Re: New acquisition. Ploycorp Poly 1. New Zealand school computer

2016-10-09 Thread Ian S. King
http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/blog/2016-10-9-poly-acquisition.htm > > > > This could have been the BBC of New Zealand schools... (-: > > > > Terry (Tez) > > > Very cool indeed. I hope you fix the second system rather than using it as a parts beast - I think the

Re: Twiggys [was: Re: ka... ching!]

2016-10-09 Thread Ian S. King
On Sun, Oct 9, 2016 at 3:07 PM, Brad H wrote: > > > Original message > From: "Ian S. King" > Date: 2016-10-09 2:30 PM (GMT-08:00) > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subje

Re: Twiggys [was: Re: ka... ching!]

2016-10-09 Thread Ian S. King
e very useful system is the one that can read S-records from the serial input, allowing you to easily transfer programs onto the machine. If you want to grok the 6800 in fullness, there are online scans of Motorola's programming manual for the device. Another great resource is the s

Re: TPC-I back in one piece (was Re: TeleVideo progress)

2016-10-09 Thread Ian S. King
Fine by me! My intent was to see the information shared. I've been helped by the experiences others have shared here and elsewhere, so I'm glad to return the favor. :-) On Sun, Oct 9, 2016 at 8:55 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > > From: Ian S. King > > > What

Re: Twiggys [was: Re: ka... ching!]

2016-10-08 Thread Ian S. King
ing I thought was interesting. I've never been a gamer, but always played games down in the kernel. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnica

Re: Twiggys [was: Re: ka... ching!]

2016-10-08 Thread Ian S. King
ollector acquaintance just a few minutes ago who asked whether I was going to sell my TeleVideo TPC-I now that it works. For a moment I thought he'd lapsed into a foreign language -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertatio

TPC-I back in one piece (was Re: TeleVideo progress)

2016-10-08 Thread Ian S. King
On Sun, Oct 2, 2016 at 8:20 PM, jim stephens wrote: > > > On 10/2/2016 6:23 PM, Ian S. King wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I've posted looking for help with a TeleVideo TPC-1, and I've heard a lot >> of crickets >> > I saw your FB posting, g

Re: Magnetic media FTGH!

2016-10-08 Thread Ian S. King
ppear to be working copies of the above. > > There are three Microsoft-branded floppies: > > Microsoft Mouse Setup/Mouse Menus 1 > Microsoft PaintbrushProgram/Mouse Menus 2 > Microsoft PaintbrushUtilities Disk > > and two that don't fit any o

Re: Blue Origin launch (Was: uVAX system (mostly) that Ian King was interested in)

2016-10-05 Thread Ian S. King
On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 1:38 PM, John H. Reinhardt wrote: > > On 10/5/2016 3:34 PM, jim stephens wrote: > >> >> >> On 10/4/2016 7:47 AM, Ian S. King wrote: >> >>> Jon >>>> > >>>> >Sorry for the delay in responding, Jon - I

Re: mc68010+mc68451 Unix source?

2016-10-04 Thread Ian S. King
n't use it for demand > paging. the normal way you use it in unix is setting up segents for > text, data, and bss > > > > I remember reading the spec sheets for a MMU of that type - for the 6809! That was one versatile little processor. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.

Re: uVAX system (mostly) that Ian King was interested in

2016-10-04 Thread Ian S. King
On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 6:25 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > On 10/02/2016 08:23 PM, Ian S. King wrote: > > Back in July we corresponded about a uVAX system that was less than > complete that you had expressed interest in. I sent a private email, but > didn't get a response. So, I

TeleVideo progress

2016-10-02 Thread Ian S. King
or swap the two and pray - but this is a restoration. I've ordered an exact, tested/guaranteed working replacement from ePay, and I'm going to have everything working to spec before I snap this thing back together. Yes, I'm having fun. :-) -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Cand

Re: ka... ching!

2016-10-01 Thread Ian S. King
ollars/pounds/euro for X, so can I." I think few people actually look at *completed* sales, i.e. what people really paid for something. On one hand, it's a shame stuff ends up on ePay where it becomes the target of 'feeding frenzy' behaviors - but it's not

Re: ISO: VAXBI hardware

2016-09-21 Thread Ian S. King
ny repairs. > > > Also -- any suggestions for mass storage? I have a KDB50 (T1002, T1003 > > set), but SDI drives are getting harder to find. > > I still owe you a list and/or picture from my external SDI<->ESDI box, > but, yeah, SDI drives aren't getting mo

Re: Linux at 25

2016-09-14 Thread Ian S. King
;s going to be the Internet of Pwned Things before too long. >> >> Busybox is the first big lawsuit over GPL as well, wonder if these folks > complied with the various restrictions. > > thanks > jim > > And technology is always better when the lawyers get inv

Re: Subjects, Topics and Threading

2016-09-14 Thread Ian S. King
ge hardware and software - it was so, well, meaningful. We haven't had a good food-fight here in... days! -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrativ

Re: Logic Analyser Advice

2016-09-10 Thread Ian S. King
lip on the IC. There have been a couple of times I've had every single pod in play, each connected to one or even two DIP clips. -- Ian > > > > > Be very careful if you take a pod apart, there is a delicate ceramic > hybrid > > circuit inside. > > > > -tony=

Re: 50 yrs. of Star Trek!

2016-09-09 Thread Ian S. King
e of the press. >>> >> >> Ah yes, but can you make in sheets 60 feet by 10 feet by 1 inch >>>>> thick and >>>>> withstand the pressure of 18,000 cu ft of water? :) >>>>> >>>> >> THAT would be a big heated vacuu

Re: Logic Analyser Advice

2016-09-09 Thread Ian S. King
I did that research regarding the HPs, without as much success as you obviously enjoyed. Tek and HP are really different beasts, in my experience. On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 6:54 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > > From: Ian S. King > > > Do you have the grey rectangular bits tha

Re: Logic Analyser Advice

2016-09-09 Thread Ian S. King
I should look for. There seem to be quite a few items like this: > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291753390848, are these likely to be suitable > alternatives? > > > > Thanks > > > > Rob > > -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <ht

Re: 50 yrs. of Star Trek!

2016-09-08 Thread Ian S. King
nice fellow and said he had no > objection. > > I noted Mike Loewen interviewed him about it some time later and did a > nice web page > about it. > > http://i.imgur.com/K9EZq.jpg > > http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~alien/aaa.html > > https://savedparadigms.file

Re: Apple IIGS on epay - local pickup in Seattle

2016-09-06 Thread Ian S. King
> > > > Yes, that's the one. Sorry, just forgot to paste the link - - wasn't > trying to keep others from finding it. > > > > http://m.ebay.com/itm/401179185305?_mwBanner=1 > > > > > > > > If you bid and won you could probably get someone o

Re: The huge lot that had the NIB 8" floppies is now on ebay

2016-09-06 Thread Ian S. King
ade, it makes more sense for > > the sender to make it once than all the interested recipients to have > > to duplicate the effort. > > Excellent point. > > And the "eBay:" tag idea follow this principle too, I will note... So let's > remember to add

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