The carriage control tapes had the sprocket holes dead center which
lead to people putting them on backwards by accident and since most
people only used a couple channels for any given form, this would lead
to paper runaways, as would neglecting to lower the brush block after
mounting the ca
Ah, the (un)famous "Blue Box" !
I used such a system back in the early 80's. I do not recall which OS
was used, if any. The programming language was PL/M, and the output was
to be burned into an EPROM (2712??)
My system had 3 8" floppy drives, SSSD, 250K , IIRC.
The system we developped (I
Den 2024-05-20 kl. 15:26 skrev Paul Koning via cctalk:
On May 20, 2024, at 6:08 AM, Nico de Jong via cctalk
wrote:
...
I used to work on the P6000 series, and they had a very interesting
architecture. For those who want to know a bit more about Philips' history, I
can recommend
Den 2024-05-20 kl. 10:56 skrev Tony Duell via cctalk:
On Sun, May 19, 2024 at 4:56 PM Tarek Hoteit via cctalk
wrote:
Thank you, Josh. How did your passion start with classical computers? Maybe
this helps in understanding the generation?
I know how I got started, but not really why. Although
On 2024-04-13 19:22, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
On Apr 12, 2024, at 9:55 PM, ben via cctalk wrote:
Did any one ever use a keyboard to magtape as input device?
My wife did, sort of: for a while she worked with IBM MT/ST word processors.
Those were very early word processing systems tha
Oh yes.
Back in the late 80's, I delivered some 13-14 autoloader-equipped media
conversion systems to norwegian, finnish and danish customers.
The problem they solved, was that the customers customers had a variety
of floppy disc formats, like Norsk Data, IBM, CP/M, IBM 3740 (which
itself ha
On 2024-02-08 05:16, jim stephens via cctalk wrote:
On 2/7/24 21:51, steve shumaker via cctalk wrote:
Greetings!
Based on the comment in a message posted last fall, I downloaded and
installed the Overland Data Depot4 software that was mentioned during
a discussion of SCSI tape tools. But
Hello Lothar
I checked my stock, and found the drive . Irwin Rhomat model 285-EE-10.
Sorry, but I could not find the software
Regards
Nico
On 2023-06-19 17:50, Nico de Jong via cctalk wrote:
Hello
I believe I have the software at home, but I will not be able to check it
before Tuesday, as I
Hello
I believe I have the software at home, but I will not be able to check it
before Tuesday, as I am out of town for the time being. As far as I remember,
the IRWIN drive (at least the one I have) was seen as a floppy disk, and had to
be connected to the floppy controller.
I’ll be back
Nico
jong via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
We have some tapedrives on our conversion system. M4 and Qualstar.
Please mail me directly if you are interested
Regards
Nico de Jong
www.datamuseum.dk
On 2023-05-30 00:48, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
List,
I'd rather not put a custo
We have some tapedrives on our conversion system. M4 and Qualstar.
Please mail me directly if you are interested
Regards
Nico de Jong
www.datamuseum.dk
On 2023-05-30 00:48, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
List,
I'd rather not put a customer through the throes of sending a 10.5" re
On 2023-01-10 08:12, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 1/9/23 22:31, Fred Cisin wrote:
A little quick speculation, but not determinable without the system, .
. .
The Teac FD55F was a 96tpi "720K" drive at 300 RPM
The Teac FD55G was a "1.2M" drive. 360RPM
The FD55GF was both, and there were severa
On 2023-01-10 07:31, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
On 1/9/23 21:16, nico de jong via cctalk wrote:
Hello Chuck
Speaking of old floppies, when I was busy converting floppies (I've
now been retired for 10 years) I frequently had problems reading some
5.25" disks, but only on speci
On 2023-01-10 07:14, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 1/9/23 21:16, nico de jong via cctalk wrote:
Hello Chuck
Speaking of old floppies, when I was busy converting floppies (I've
now been retired for 10 years) I frequently had problems reading some
5.25" disks, but only on speci
Hello Chuck
Speaking of old floppies, when I was busy converting floppies (I've now
been retired for 10 years) I frequently had problems reading some 5.25"
disks, but only on specific drives. Those disks came from IBM systems,
probably S/3.
I cannot be sure that the solution holds, but it wa
On 2021-12-10 10:31, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote:
On Thu, 9 Dec 2021, nico de jong wrote:
You need a COM port (or simulator) and a little box converting RS232
to 50 BPS serial. Diagrams can be found everywhere. But you could
also look at
There isn't such a converter thing ;-)
Wha
Hello Peter
Yes, the drive is 3480 compatible.
I have only seen them as "normal" SCSI, but that is not the same as
saying that differential versions do not exist.
I believe I have a manual somewhere, but can't look into it until mid
next week
I'll get back to you if I find it
Nico
On 2021-12-0
On 2021-12-09 11:26, Dominique Carlier via cctalk wrote:
On 9/12/2021 11:00, nico de jong via cctalk wrote:
Sent !
it all here
Regards
Nico (OZ1BMC), formerly PTT telegraph operator
On 2021-12-09 11:14, Dominique Carlier via cctalk wrote:
Oh great ! But a little bit noisy to use like that ;)
Well, I'm interested by your software anyway !
Dominique
On 9/12/2021 11:00, nico de jong via cctalk
>Please note : all mecanial Siemens machines I've seen, use 40 mA. Not
60 mA.
/Nico
On 2021-12-09 00:21, Curious Marc via cctalk wrote:
Dominique,
Nice to see your machine working so well! I like how it lights up from the
inside. To connect it to a computer, you could simply get a Volpe board
Dominique,
Well, that is in principle very easy.
You need a COM port (or simulator) and a little box converting RS232 to
50 BPS serial. Diagrams can be found everywhere. But you could also
look at www.i-telex.net. This is a (primarily) german "band of
brothers". They have set up an internation
Hi all,
I'm hoping to get an answer here.
The 8625 barcode printer has a prompting mode, switched on by activating
the bottom switch in a bank of switches. The printer is then supposed to
write a prompt, so you can start programming the label formats.
I seem to remember that the printer expe
Hi All,
It might sound a bit strange, but I am looking for the manual for the
Intermec 8625 barcode printer. I need it for a museum project in the
danish Home Guard, but it seems to be just as rare a a hens teeth. I
would be very grateful if I could borrow the user manual for copying the
rele
Hi all,
Back in the early 70's I was an operator on an IBM 360/40 with 4
tapedrives. Nobody could understand that sometimes a tape transfer would
stop saying "end of tape", mainly around 3 PM, when not called for. It
was mainly one specific drive, but its two neighbours, one on each side,
cou
On 2020-04-17 09:12, ben via cctalk wrote:
On 4/17/2020 12:19 AM, Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote:
On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 10:00:17PM +, Tapley, Mark B. via cctalk
wrote:
[...]
Tomasz, forgive me but I have to ask. You did note the date on which
that announcement appeared, right?
Yeah. I do
Hi all,
This discussion brought up some memories. Until I retired, I was in the
media conversion business (read : handling media Windows did not
support). One of my customers was the danish Custom and Tax authority,
and they had a peculiar problem. They wanted the incoming data to be
verified
Nice !
On 2019-11-12 17:45, Jay Jaeger via cctalk wrote:
After months of procrastination and work, my new website has gone live at:
https://www.computercollection.net/
It is a nearly complete makeover. The home page also has a link to what
my site used to look like.
(Context: The website us
On 2019-10-28 09:43, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote:
On Sun, 27 Oct 2019, nico de jong wrote:
Then you could generate turnkey systems, where the "operating system"
could be floppy or cassette (ECMA34) based,
Turnkey systems typically controlled process equipment and the li
On 2019-10-28 09:43, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote:
On Sun, 27 Oct 2019, nico de jong wrote:
Then you could generate turnkey systems, where the "operating system"
could be floppy or cassette (ECMA34) based,
Turnkey systems typically controlled process equipment and the li
On 2019-10-28 09:37, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote:
On Sat, 26 Oct 2019, nico de jong wrote:
As for documentation I have the CPU (only) technical manual for the
P850,
the 2 volumes of schematics for the P851 and the preliminary manual
(alas
without the microcode source) for the P854
Bedankt Fred Jan, Op XS4ALL vond ik 1 manual die ik nog niet had (VDU).
Theo's website had ik al "gemelkt" :-)
Bedankt voor de hulp
Groeten
Nico
On 2019-10-27 18:39, Fred Jan Kraan via cctalk wrote:
Hi,
Some manuals are available at:
http://electrickery.xs4all.nl/comp/divcomp/doc/index.htm
On 2019-10-27 15:56, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote:
On Sat, 26 Oct 2019, jos wrote:
On software side not much : a single cassette with Fortran & manuals.
That is also the problem with our P856, I have a single-density FDC
with floppy drives but no floppy based operating system.
Christi
l 316 witch i think is what your talking about
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x533q90/r/924/RfzStB.jpg
On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 7:38 PM Paul Koning via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Oct 26, 2019, at 5:00 AM, nico de jong via cctech <
cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote:
Hi
Yes, I know of Vaxbarn. I have copied many of Camiels manuals, and he
has copied a lot of mine. I visited him and his lovely wife a few years
ago. Very agreeable people (and nice kids...)
I know about the P1000, but I've never seen one "on the flesh". When I
started to work for Philips Data Sy
Yes, exactly.
Do you have the manuals in a mailable version?
Cheers
Nico
On 2019-10-26 21:30, Adrian Stoness via cctalk wrote:
mean like this
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x795q90/r/922/b5tczU.jpg
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x533q90/r/922/XYBanl.jpg
https://imagizer.imagesh
On 2019-10-26 20:13, jos via cctalk wrote:
On 26.10.19 11:00, nico de jong via cctech wrote:
Hi all,
Back in the 70's and 80's Philips had a quite popular series of mini
computers called P800, which also branched out to the PTS series and
possibly other.
Could I be lucky to
On 2019-10-26 20:01, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote:
On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 6:53 PM nico de jong via cctalk
wrote:
In order to test things, I've developped a simulator and assembler for
the P857, although without floating point and I/O processor, as I have
no documentation for that, so
of my initial
shipments!
In 1985, every computer that included a CRT made by Philips was made
at their factory in Ste. Laurent, QC, or so their engineers told me.
cheers,
Nigel (then known as Bill) Johnson
On 26/10/2019 13:53, nico de jong via cctalk wrote:
On 2019-10-26 19:44, Tony Duel
On 2019-10-26 19:44, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote:
On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 6:36 PM nico de jong via cctalk
wrote:
Hi all,
Back in the 70's and 80's Philips had a quite popular series of mini
computers called P800, which also branched out to the PTS series and
possibly other.
Hi all,
Back in the 70's and 80's Philips had a quite popular series of mini
computers called P800, which also branched out to the PTS series and
possibly other.
Could I be lucky to find other list members interested in these
products? I know of a few, but there surely must be others. I'm tr
Hi *Bill
I have 3x Bull 3215 tapes if you are willing to pay the postage from
Denmark. I can erase them on a Tandberg drive, if you want.
Nico
On 31-01-2019 22:33, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
Does anyone have any DC6525 tape cartridges they would be willing
to part with? One of the E
Sorry Ethan, the cassettes I have, are marked HP ultium 200 GB, C7971A.
I have 6 or so, plus a cleaning cassette
Can you usem them?
Regards
Nico
- Original Message -
From: "Ethan via cctalk"
To:
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2018 5:14 PM
Subject: Wanted: LTO-5 tapes (used?)
>
> Looking f
Oh sh..l., It was a bit too quick
Apologies...
/Nico
- Original Message -
From: "ANDY HOLT via cctalk"
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2018 3:52 PM
Subject: EF50 was Re: radar history
>E = 6.3v filament
> F = Pentode
> 5x = B9G base
>
> A
.. also known as Noval base
/Nico
- Original Message -
From: "ANDY HOLT via cctalk"
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2018 3:52 PM
Subject: EF50 was Re: radar history
>E = 6.3v filament
> F = Pentode
> 5x = B9G base
>
> Andy
--
I am using
the 2501 was also part of the 3780 RJE terminal. The printer was a 1442 IIRC
/Nico
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Fra: Henk Stegeman via cctalk
Til: cctalk@classiccmp.org
Sendt: 12. november 2017 10:48
Emne: IBM 2501 + doc + spares available in EU.
Hi,
Available in the Netherl
The Open Office for Windows package has a "save as ...pdf" function
/Nico
- Original Message -
From: Paul Birkel
To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2017 9:40 AM
Subject: RE: PDF PDF Which is right and which is ... Was Re: PDP-11/24 C
Hi
I've had the same problem some years back, with a DDS-3, IIRC
I did some research, and the most reasonable outcome was that it was not
possible by normal means, because some algorithm reading synchronisation
data couldnt find out what was happening, so, the backup was ruined.
/Nico
--
Hi all
I have never had problems with reading 800 bpi tapes on a Qualster 3412S.
But writing is a completely different discipline. The M4 9914 (?) can do it,
according to the documentation, but I've never tried it.
The 3412 is a bit weak in reading stitching tapes, the 9914 is a lot better
(I h
I wouldnt be surprised if I were the only one with a Philips PTS mini, or
rather a set of spares that can be combined into one. The PTS series is a
swedish development, based on Philips P800 hardware, but with a lot of extra
adapters so it could be used for banks, airlines, etc.
BTW : I'm still
- Oprindelig meddelelse -
Fra: "Rod Smallwood"
> Hi All
>
>I saw a video about the systems used in 1950's and 1960's
> bombers for navigation and bomb aiming.
>
> I think they could be classed as a computer even lacking a stored program.
> I just wondered if anybody had co
>
> The only language supported on the 360/20 was RPG. For a mostly tab card
> type of operation, you could actually do a lot in RPG. Otherwise, you had
> to write in machine language and get it assembled on another system.
I never used a /20, but I did a lot RPG/II on a model /40. It is in fac
- Oprindelig meddelelse -
Fra: "Swift Griggs"
Til: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
Sendt: 20. april 2016 18:55
Emne: Re: strangest systems I've sent email from
> On Wed, 20 Apr 2016, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
>> For remote mailing I prefer i vt terminal and a microwav
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Fra: "Jon Elson"
Til: ; "discuss...@classiccmp.org:On-Topic and
Off-Topic Posts"
Sendt: 24. marts 2016 16:34
Emne: Re: help reading 9 track tape
>> There is no equipment locally that
>> can read the contents of this tape, but it would really help the
>> stu
On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 10:17 PM, Nico de Jong wrote:
> Original Message -
> From: "Mike Ross"
> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
>>
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 9:41 AM
>> Subject: Odd disk image format..
Original Message -
From: "Mike Ross"
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 9:41 AM
Subject: Odd disk image format... .552?
> Recently found some long-lost images of 5 1/4" floppies that were sent
> to me... 10-15 years ago. Here's on
- Original Message -
From: "Mike"
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2015 2:22 PM
Subject: Re: [cctalk] Re: TOP POSTING
> The one question I do have for the older gentlemen on here is what in the
> world did the computers without a scr
- Original Message -
From: "Tom Moss"
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 8:39 PM
Subject: Wanted: 9-track tapes.
> Does anyone have any 9-track tapes for sale, preferably in the UK/EU? I'm
> getting tired of ordering NOS tape from
- Original Message -
From: "Tom Moss"
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2015 3:49 PM
Subject: Wanted: Pertec Tape Controller
> Hi all,
>
> I'm looking for a pertec controller suitable for a Qualstar 1052.
> ISA/SCSI/S-100 interfaces are
I share your favourite(s). In the danish IT-museum-to-be (www.datamuseum.dk) we
have two P857-based systems running. We have lots of spare parts and nearly all
documentation, so if you need something, you are welcome to ask.
I'm presently building a "table top" version of a system with the P857 C
Hi ED
I only know Friden as the makers of the Flexowriter. It was something like a
Teletype, but with many more characters. It was used heavily in the
typesetting industry
/Nico
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