[cctalk] Re: Looking for information on Megan Gentry, former RT-11 developer

2025-02-13 Thread Paul Flo Williams via cctalk
On Thu, 13 Feb 2025 01:13:26 -0800 "J. Peterson via cctalk" wrote: > This link has an update from 2023, along with an email address. > > https://www.pdp-11.nl/fieldguide.html Megan used to be one of the maintainers of that list, but I don't think that was recent. She renewed her ham radio licen

[cctalk] Re: Drum memory on pdp11's? Wikipedia thinks so....

2024-04-15 Thread Paul Flo Williams via cctalk
On Sat, 13 Apr 2024 17:26:31 -0400 Christopher Zach via cctalk wrote: > Was reading the Wikipedia article on Drum memories: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_memory#External_links > > And came across this tidbit. > > As late as 1980, PDP-11/45 machines using magnetic core main memory >

[cctalk] Re: vt220 firmware source?

2024-02-05 Thread Paul Flo Williams via cctalk
On Mon, 5 Feb 2024 19:16:46 - "Rob Jarratt" wrote: > Your annotated VT100 listing was invaluable in helping me to fix my > own VT100 (still not working though, but on the video output side). > Would be interested in how you did it, I get the impression from your > message that you used an emu

[cctalk] Re: vt220 firmware source?

2024-02-05 Thread Paul Flo Williams via cctalk
On Sun, 04 Feb 2024 16:26:57 -0700 Richard via cctalk wrote: > In article you > write: > >I'm about to dive in to commenting the disassembly listings, but > >figured I'd ping here to see if anybody might have done this already > >in case I wouldn't have to start from scratch? > > Give IDA Pro

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

2023-02-11 Thread Paul Flo Williams via cctalk
On Sat, 11 Feb 2023 13:50:43 -0500 Anders Nelson via cctalk wrote: > Wow, beautiful! Any chance I could get a poster/high-quality print of > your 4-up artwork? Go for it! https://hisdeedsaredust.com/posts/2023/dec-manual-covers/ I've printed this image on A4 semi-gloss paper, which works out a

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

2023-02-11 Thread Paul Flo Williams via cctalk
On Fri, 10 Feb 2023 22:33:03 + Paul Flo Williams via cctalk wrote: > 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

[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: DEC/HP computers from deceased collector (nr Andover UK)

2023-01-07 Thread Paul Flo Williams via cctalk
On Sat, 7 Jan 2023 22:22:32 + Mark Brennan via cctalk wrote: > Hi Chris, > Would you know if there were any DEC/HP brochure or product guides as > I would be interested in adding them to our online collection > Kind regards > Mark Where is this online collection, please? Paul.

[cctalk] Re: loading vt220 fonts

2023-01-07 Thread Paul Flo Williams via cctalk
On Sat, 7 Jan 2023 07:34:26 -0700 Warner Losh via cctalk wrote: > Vt240 had graphics. But the LA50 also had sixel graphics, as did the > vt125. Regis graphics was built on sixels :) ReGIS graphics is a vector language, not sixel-based.

[cctalk] Re: Modern Replacement for H7140 in PDP 11/24

2022-11-13 Thread Paul Flo Williams via cctalk
On Sun, 13 Nov 2022 18:36:24 - Rob Jarratt via cctalk wrote: > Given all the troubles I have had with the H7140 in my PDP 11/24 I am > considering whether to replace it with modern equivalents, installed > inside the H7140 enclosure. I am a bit puzzled by the specs listed in > the PDP 11/24 M

Re: Another oddball Pro/350 document

2021-10-06 Thread Paul Flo Williams via cctalk
On Wed, 6 Oct 2021 21:54:30 -0400 Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: > I have another odd preliminary document: Guide to writing a P/OS I/O > Driver and advanced programming notes. Order AA-BT73A-TH > > Is there a copy on the net somewhere, or is this another unique > oddball I should scan? This is

Re: MD5 list of bitsavers files

2021-10-01 Thread Paul Flo Williams via cctalk
On Thu, 30 Sep 2021 18:47:52 +0100 Antonio Carlini via cctalk wrote: > I see that manx lists the MD5 checksum for many files, at least it > does for those from bitsavers. Is there a publicly available list of > URL and MD5 checksum? This would make it relatively easy for me to > cross check my fi

Re: Scanning Suggestions (Bookmarks & Colour)

2021-09-10 Thread Paul Flo Williams via cctalk
On Fri, 3 Sep 2021 10:10:50 +0100 Antonio Carlini via cctalk wrote: > On 02/09/2021 20:51, Paul Flo Williams via cctalk wrote: > > > > I haven't finished writing this up, but my workflow tends to be to > > produce a Group4 TIFF from the colour scan by simple threshold

Scanning Suggestions (Bookmarks & Colour)

2021-09-02 Thread Paul Flo Williams via cctalk
With apologies for breaking the threading, as I've just rejoined and I'm responding to something I've just spotted in the archive ... Regarding colour separations for scanned documents, GraphicsMagick is quite capable of producing the required individual colour layers. If you identify the colours