[cctalk] Re: Converting raw images to floppy images

2025-04-23 Thread Joe George via cctalk
eometry in it so the ImageDisk tool knows what to write, and other software that uses IMD uses the embedded geometry to know what the disk looks like. "Raw" volumes are typically just straight sector data dumps with no indication of sector sizes or tracks. Joe > On Apr 23, 2025, at 8:

[cctalk] Selling Off My Q-Bus Collection (revision based on suggestions)

2025-03-25 Thread Joe via cctalk
Hi, located in Eastern MA, I already have a couple of interests, but I'll see what comes in. Multiple q-bus boards that can easily ship, a VT103, a BA chassis 9x4 I think and two RX02 units.

[cctalk] Selling Off My Q-Bus Collection

2025-03-19 Thread Joe via cctalk
y has thoughts on where I should post the list or sell it. I could always do Epay, but I'm not sure that is the best place. I thought here or Vintage would be better but I'd like to hear thoughts from somebody that has already been there. thanks in advance Joe Heck

[cctalk] FTGH IBM 4245 Printer Bands

2024-12-21 Thread Joe George via cctalk
Anyone have an IBM 4245 printer? I came into a box of NOS print bands and have zero use for them. Don't want to hard them, don't want to throw them out. FTGH, pitch in a couple of bucks for shipping and they're yours. I can get part numbers and quantities if there's interest. There's about a doz

[cctalk] Re: Nintendo is 135 years old

2024-09-30 Thread Joe George via cctalk
I have an alternate-nerdness fondness for playing cards and unusual card decks, and Hanafuda cards qualify. I have several decks of Nintendo Hanafuda cards, they still make them. Joe > On Sep 29, 2024, at 8:33 AM, Tomasz Rola via cctalk > wrote: > > Hi > > Quite clas

[cctalk] Re: oddity or just early 5160 mobo?

2024-04-11 Thread Joe George via cctalk
t was likely an XT for me). Joe > On Apr 10, 2024, at 9:51 PM, Just Kant via cctalk > wrote: > > I sort of doubt any of these boards were factory supplied this way, but the > date codes on the ram in question are consistent with most other ics . the > other banks contain chip

RE: VT-320 interfacing

2020-11-14 Thread Joe Piche via cctalk
Rebuilt the DEC-423 to DB-9F cable with a new db9, and it works a treat. -Original Message- From: cctalk On Behalf Of Joe Piche via cctalk Sent: Monday, November 9, 2020 10:34 PM To: 'Mark J. Blair' ; 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' Subject: RE: V

RE: VT-320 interfacing

2020-11-09 Thread Joe Piche via cctalk
I built that one, thank you for the link. Worked for a bit, then quit. If I move the wires around, I can get it to come and go, so it seems to be the old db9-F I used is garbage. I ordered new ones, just waiting for them to arrive. I'll send an update when I have a new connector. Thanks!

VT-320 interfacing

2020-11-09 Thread Joe Piche via cctalk
Hi All. I've recently come into a really nice VT-320 terminal, but am having a hell of a time getting it to communicate with the outside world (mainly my PiDP-8 and PiDP-11). I've gone to the lowest common denominator, using a USB serial cable and terminal software to verify everything is wor

Re: IBM System/36 5360 For Sale - Alabama

2020-07-07 Thread Joe George via cctalk
goodies I’d be willing to pay more than it’s worth but that’s still a single digit percentage of what he’s asking. Wanna road trip sometime? It might be more productive to reason with him in person with cash in hand. Joe > On Jul 7, 2020, at 3:13 PM, alan--- via cctalk wrote: > >

Re: stuff for sale - recent move

2020-03-03 Thread Joe Zatarski via cctalk
e other accessories, I can have a look when I get home, get a few pictures put up for you, and we can continue from there. International shipping should not be an issue, filling out a customs form is not very hard. Best Regards, Joe Zatarski

Wang 2200 Diskettes

2020-03-01 Thread Joe George via cctalk
anyone on the list have any interest in them? Is the software worth rescuing or is it already archived somewhere? If anyone wants them, drop me an email off list. Gimme a couple of bucks to cover shipping and I’ll send you all the ones that look viable. Joe

vaxstation ii machine check & diags efficacy

2019-06-19 Thread Joe Zatarski via cctalk
> It's a VAXstation II/GPX. I'm trying to install VMS 5.5 (from CD if it matters; there is a CMD CQD-200 or -220 as the only storage controller) and routinely getting machine check exceptions. > > Standalone backup always boots. Sometimes I get an exception the moment I hit on a restore; sometimes

Re: DEC KA650 VAX memory troubleshooting (video)

2019-06-17 Thread Joe Zatarski via cctalk
tions (kinda, the info is there to derive them), explanations of the signals on the memory bus, and most importantly, a list of which bits and RAM regions correspond to the 312 DRAMs on the board. On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 8:33 PM Joe Zatarski wrote: > > Hey Everyone, > > I just thought I&#

Missing posts in archive and no Subject: line

2019-06-17 Thread Joe Zatarski via cctalk
> So, a couple of posts yesterday did not show up in the date archive: > > http://www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctalk/2019-June/date.html > > which is how I read the list. They are: > > Software for Fairy YL-23 IC tester wanted > http://www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctalk/2019-June/048094.htm

Re: DEC KA650 VAX memory troubleshooting (video)

2019-06-16 Thread Joe Zatarski via cctalk
Where can I find it? > > Thanks > > Rob > > > -Original Message- > > From: cctech On Behalf Of Joe Zatarski > via > > cctech > > Sent: 16 June 2019 02:33 > > To: cct...@classiccmp.org > > Subject: DEC KA650 VAX memory troubleshooting (

DEC KA650 VAX memory troubleshooting (video)

2019-06-15 Thread Joe Zatarski via cctalk
bleshooting in the future Regards, Joe Zatarski

Re: Looking for Byte Jan 78 missing page

2019-03-28 Thread joe heck via cctalk
I have what I think is a complete collection of Byte magazines. I am looking at January 1978, Volume 3 Number 1, pages 97/98 as I type. Joe Heck On 3/28/2019 5:29 AM, Tor Arntsen via cctalk wrote: On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 at 01:41, Randy Dawson via cctalk wrote: The american radio history site

p112

2018-12-03 Thread Joe Smith via cctalk
Are there any boards available or rom monitor updates?

Re: Kaypro 2000 charging

2018-05-17 Thread joe heck via cctalk
The manual and the other documentation I've found online boasts a 4 hour useful runtime (with light to moderate floppy use) with a 24 hour charge. And yes, the unit is heavy, at about 13 pounds. Joe On 5/17/2018 1:17 AM, dwight via cctalk wrote: I've used NiCads in RC radios, a lo

Re: Kaypro 2000 charging

2018-05-16 Thread joe heck via cctalk
lable then. Just too long ago for me to remember. If you check Youtube, and look for RIP Kaypro, you will see a machine being taken apart. Joe On 5/16/2018 9:40 PM, dwight wrote: I'm curious about the lead acid battery. Most rechargeable things used NiCads. Do you have a picture of what

Kaypro 2000 charging

2018-05-16 Thread joe heck via cctalk
to just turn it on, rather than try to charge the batteries. Thanks. Joe Heck

Re: CLASSICCMP vs. RackSpace or Gmail

2018-02-05 Thread Joe Giliberti via cctalk
A few months ago I stopped getting messages and ended up getting yhis address booted from the list because of excessive bounces after reactivating three times. Though straight away I signed back up and no issues since. Joe G <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_sour

Re: Looking for Dr. Dobb's Developer Library DVD 6

2017-10-29 Thread Joe Seiwert III via cctalk
Hello Steve, Found ur post re: a copy DDJ DVD 6. Wondering if u ever got a response. Also, I'm looking for an archive of Computer Language. If u know where one is at be greatful if u can pass along the info. -- Joe Seiwert III jseiwer...@berkeley.columbia.edu http://www.linkedin.com/in/jseiwert

HP Multiprogrammer 6942a interesting?

2017-06-09 Thread Joe Giliberti via cctalk
t be there, but I was just wondering if these were anything special. Can anything interesting be done with one of them without an HP system? Thanks! Joe Giliberti

Re: Photography, was Re: Pair of Twiggys

2017-03-14 Thread Joe Giliberti via cctalk
Looking at doing some wet plate work next, but I haven't found a cheap source of ether yet. Maybe a surgical supply place in a bad neighborhood?

Re: help needed installing USB to Serial Cable for ADTPro

2017-03-13 Thread Joe Giliberti via cctalk
Bingo! Thanks man! On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 4:19 PM, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote: > On 12/03/2017 20:57, "Joe Giliberti via cctalk" > wrote: > >> The bootstrapping option is grayed out in ADT so I can't do that. I >> don't have access to my usua

Re: help needed installing USB to Serial Cable for ADTPro

2017-03-12 Thread Joe Giliberti via cctalk
The bootstrapping option is grayed out in ADT so I can't do that. I don't have access to my usual tools for the next few days, so I can't loop the pins On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 5:28 AM, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote: > On 12/03/2017 01:52, "Joe Giliberti via cctalk"

Re: help needed installing USB to Serial Cable for ADTPro

2017-03-12 Thread Joe Giliberti via cctalk
All right, ADT apparently thinks that it's connected all the time, even when the cable is disconnected from the //c. I will continue troubleshooting tomorrow. Goodnight! On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 9:40 PM, Joe Giliberti wrote: > Any attempt to connect to view, send or receive results i

Re: help needed installing USB to Serial Cable for ADTPro

2017-03-12 Thread Joe Giliberti via cctalk
Any attempt to connect to view, send or receive results in a host timeout On Mar 11, 2017 9:15 PM, "Mike Whalen" wrote: > Are you getting host timeout when you attempt to list a directory? > > > On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 7:53 PM Joe Giliberti > wrote: > >>

Re: help needed installing USB to Serial Cable for ADTPro

2017-03-11 Thread Joe Giliberti via cctalk
appreciate everyone's help Joe Giliberti On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 7:13 PM, Mike Whalen wrote: > Great news! > > > On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 4:49 PM Joe Giliberti via cctalk > wrote: >> >> Okay, it's working the ugreen one. I did a stupid and dropped the >>

Re: help needed installing USB to Serial Cable for ADTPro

2017-03-11 Thread Joe Giliberti via cctalk
Okay, it's working the ugreen one. I did a stupid and dropped the RXTXComm file in the wrong place. Well, since all sales are final at Radioshack these days, I've got an extra cable... Thanks again. If I didn't look into the things suggested, I probably wouldn't have fou

Re: help needed installing USB to Serial Cable for ADTPro

2017-03-11 Thread Joe Giliberti via cctalk
or Windows 7. I'll give it a shot and report back. Thanks for your're assistance! Joe Giliberti

help needed installing USB to Serial Cable for ADTPro

2017-03-10 Thread Joe Giliberti via cctalk
o but it didn't see a serial port. Has anyone run into this issue before? Thank you in advance! Joe Giliberti

Re: Local Pickup of PDP-11 Qbus Hardware, Software and Manuals

2016-12-12 Thread Joe Piche
On 12/11/2016 8:01 PM, Jerome H. Fine wrote: As I find that there is less and less need for my PDP-11 Qbus Hardware, Software and Manuals, I wish to determine if there is any interest in my local area to transfer everything using local pickup in Toronto. As some of you know, my interest is in RT

Re: Seeking docs and schematic for Novation CAT modem

2016-09-13 Thread Joe Piche
Atari 830/Novation CAT. -ethan I have the manual for a 103/212 smart cat modem. PN 490418-1/490521-1. Circa 1982 Is that what you need? Cheers, Joe

Re: FW: Y Combinator is restoring one of Alan Kay's Xerox Alto machines

2016-09-11 Thread Joe Piche
On 9/10/2016 8:46 PM, CuriousMarc wrote: Video of session 6 is up: https://youtu.be/b7yVhMT7tr4 Found our first bad IC. Probably not our last one. On 9/3/16 11:08 PM, curiousma...@gmail.com wrote: Episode 5, still does not boot, but we are starting to follow long why: https://youtu.b

Re: 50 yrs. of Star Trek!

2016-09-08 Thread Joe Giliberti
It's funny you bring up Alexa and Siri. I read an article a few days ago about how Majel Barrett, the voice of the ship's computer from TOS to the first reboot movie (and Gene Roddenberry's wife) recorded a phonetic library shortly before her death. I know that Google at one point had a speech syst

ICS Microprocessor Training Lab info

2016-08-28 Thread Joe Giliberti
with only a basic understanding of BASIC :-) Lately though, I've been feeling like I need more of an intellectual challenge. If anyone can help with more inflammation about this system, documentation and/or any suggestions you may have, I'd welcome it. Thanks in advance! Joe Giliberti

OT: Creative reuse

2016-08-08 Thread Joe Giliberti
y if this email offends anyone http://i63.tinypic.com/28ahk06.jpg Joe

Re: Yard sale goodies

2016-08-06 Thread Joe Giliberti
Supposedly the guy has a full COSMAC system that he'll have for me tomorrow. On Aug 6, 2016 5:45 PM, "Peter Cetinski" wrote: > > > On Aug 6, 2016, at 5:12 PM, Joe Giliberti wrote: > > > > Greetings! > > Went to a sale this morning and ended up with som

Yard sale goodies

2016-08-06 Thread Joe Giliberti
x27;s going to dig out a bunch of other 70s and early 80s equipment. https://postimg.org/image/gyjd3j16p/ I can find no reference to either the microprocessor trainer for the cosmic disk drive assembly online. Any information would be pretty cool to see. Thanks! Joe Giliberti

GVP Ram for Amiga Accelerators

2016-07-27 Thread Joe Piche
I've got an old amiga 2000, that I have stuffed a GVP G-Force 030 accelerator into. Does any one have, or know a source for the 1mb or 4mb 64pin GVP Simms? Thanks

Re: 386 upgrade board

2016-02-08 Thread Joe Giliberti
016 at 12:00 PM, Ian S. King wrote: > On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 3:00 PM, Joe Giliberti > wrote: > > > That's good to know that they are out there. If anyone has one they would > > be willing to part with, please let me know. I'm also in the market for > an > >

Re: 386 upgrade board

2016-02-07 Thread Joe Giliberti
That's good to know that they are out there. If anyone has one they would be willing to part with, please let me know. I'm also in the market for an ISA hard card if anyone has one. Thanks, Joe <https://www.avast.com/sig-email> This email has been sent from a virus-free compu

386 upgrade board

2016-02-07 Thread Joe Giliberti
would be interesting to get this thing going with that, a Hard Card and an ethernet card, somewhat capable of doing some modern tasks. Thanks! Joe <https://www.avast.com/sig-email> This email has been sent from a virus-free computer protected by Avast. www.avast.com <https://www.avast

C64 system cost?

2016-01-19 Thread Joe Giliberti
uch I might end up spending on all of this? Thanks! Joe <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> This email has been sent from a virus-free computer protected by Avast. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/s

RE: PDP8 / ETOS

2015-10-16 Thread Joe
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of David > Gesswein > Sent: 2015-10-14 6:38 PM > To: cct...@classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: PDP8 / ETOS > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 11:06:25AM -0600, Joe wrote: > > > O

PiDP8/I & ETOS

2015-09-29 Thread Joe
nd I might be missing something obvious), a way to mount an RK05 disk so even a single user can access it at a time.. Thanks for reading. Joe

Re: De-yellowing

2015-08-23 Thread Joe Giliberti
I've successfully "retrobrited" old TV safety screens and a few NES console. What I used was 12% hydrogen peroxide from the beauty supply shop, along with sodium percarbonate, glycerin to keep it wet and xanthan gum to stabilize it to a paint on gel. Then all you do is paint it on, cover it with Sa

Re: maybe OT: Powerbook 5300 OS upgrade

2015-08-21 Thread Joe Giliberti
I guess I'll be trolling ebay for a bit for a drive. Thanks Guys! On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 10:59 AM, Zane H. Healy wrote: > > > On Aug 21, 2015, at 7:45 AM, Joe Giliberti wrote: > > > > Greetings! > > > > I know that many of my posts to this list tend

maybe OT: Powerbook 5300 OS upgrade

2015-08-21 Thread Joe Giliberti
there any system 8.6 install floppies? I can't think of another way to get it on there. TIA Joe

OT: Pentium processor sizes

2015-07-10 Thread Joe Giliberti
Hey. I'm sorry for the off topic post, but I couldn't think of another forum to ask my question. I'm just looking for information as to whether there are different sizes Pentium processor dependent upon whether the processor is for a desktop or laptop. I want to see if I can give my old Hewlett Pac

OT: Reading Mac Floppies

2015-07-03 Thread Joe Giliberti
Greetings, I know this may be OT, but can someone tell me if a modern PC (with a USB floppy drive) could read 1.44MB floppies from a 68k Mac? I want to use a Powerbook 190 for some word processing and need a means of transferring data. Thanks Joe

Re: using new technology on old machines. Was: PDP-12 Restoration at the RICM

2015-06-15 Thread Joe Lenox
I also think it is in the spirit of the computer - using what is available to fix a problem at hand. I think the arduino was overkill when an attiny (smaller, easier to hide) would probably serve just as well. If you have the ttl logic bits lying around and know how to use them, fine. Still would