On 6/27/2024 10:09 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote:
Regardless I think Sellam is on to something here, there is need for a
service to manage the vintage computing collections of this who are not
predisposed to do so themselves. At a minimum an objective consultation
and report produced by an e
I'm not involved, Sellam, but just the ignore the trolls. Life is too
short.
On 6/25/2024 9:33 PM, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote:
On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 7:29 PM Eric Moore via cctalk
wrote:
Sellam joined the ccmp discord as "Chumba" and, among other things, claimed
long covid is not
On 5/28/2024 6:16 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
On Wed, 29 May 2024, Adrian Godwin wrote:
As a child. my parents weren't sufficiently enamoured of televisions
to buy
one, but I was given some old ones.
The one on the bottom had working sound and the one on the top had
working
video.
When
2 units working when properly stored a few years ago. 1 unit, parts unit.
Must take all 3.
Tested successfully only with a PC and a VAX.
Located in Frederick, Maryland, USA
On 8/25/2023 9:46 AM, Gavin Scott via cctalk wrote:
I feel like people are over-thinking the Apple 1 thing.
Apple made a lot of people rich, and I think the number of rich Apple
people who want to be able to throw parties and say stuff like, "Oh,
yes, that's my Apple I that I paid a million doll
On 6/6/2023 10:22 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 6/6/23 04:25, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote:
There were a articles in the more technical journal-type mags 1981/82 that
discussed porting IBM DOS to non IBM 8088 systems that go into the
mechanics of it. DOS v 1.25 was the OEM version for th
On 5/23/2023 5:27 PM, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote:
Tony,
You are extraordinarily tedious.
Sellam
He's also very funny, if you like dry British humor )
On 5/22/2023 5:38 AM, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote:
I hereby formally retract my erroneous suggestion of a "386 98,SP2 desktop
with floppies and USB", and replace my suggestion with:
"a PC with USB and floppies", and let Tony decide what vintage to use.
Fully concur. If it were me, I'd probably s
On 1/24/2023 12:14 PM, Steve Lewis via cctalk wrote:
To me, I'm somewhat concerned on the "health risk" of CRTs - I know there
is no direct evidence about it. But they're fundamentally like old radar
systems, using a directed beam.
I'm a bit rusty on the subject, but as far as I understand it,
Hush, contact me off-list. I have two DEC PDP-11/05's for sale, if
that's of any interest.
On 1/23/2023 4:29 PM, h...@dec.dog via cctalk wrote:
...
—
.hush
Got interesting stuff to sell? Let me know!
Looking for DEC, IBM, CDC, SGI, Data General, and more!
On Monday, Jan 23, 2023 at 4:18 P
On 1/23/2023 2:28 PM, Chris via cctalk wrote: @ Mike Stein
Not everything is criticism. I only corrected a rather obtuse notion about
people replacing mechanical drives with solid state ones. Everyone would love
to use their original equipment if it was practical. I for 1 have NO luck wi
On 12/11/2022 7:25 PM, John Foust via cctalk wrote:
Their web site locator didn't specifically let me find which offices
can do large format scanning. It also didn't say what resolution
they can do.
I have an architect client who'd let me use his blueprint scanner/printer,
but I think it's only
On 10/31/2022 6:31 PM, Rich Alderson via cctalk wrote:
...
LCM+L closed its doors to the public in March 2020...
This project was the response to the original order simply to turn everything
off. We pointed out vociferously how much damage that would do to the
dinosaurs, reminding the nontechn
On 2022-02-25 16:09, js--- via cctalk
wrote:
Hi, folks.
I've a HP 9915A computer with an
interesting problem. The motherboard
utilizes a ceramic Intel D8048 chip.
The problem is that this 8048 has a
crack right across the top middle of
it, and half of the top of the chip
On 2/26/2022 3:21 PM, Tony Duell via
cctalk wrote:
On Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 5:19 PM js--- via cctalk wrote:
As the chances of success are highly
improbable, looks like I'm SOL on this
particular motherboard.
My bench is rather full at the moment and will be for a few more weeks...
B
On 2/25/2022 5:09 PM, Will Cooke via
cctalk wrote:
On 02/25/2022 2:23 PM Paul Berger via cctalk wrote:
The 8048 is a mask programmed part, there is an EPROM version 8748.
While the 8048 is mask programmed I believe that the contents of the ROM
can be dumped.
As Paul said, the 8048 is mask
Hi, folks.
I've a HP 9915A computer with an
interesting problem. The motherboard
utilizes a ceramic Intel D8048 chip.
The problem is that this 8048 has a
crack right across the top middle of it,
and half of the top of the chip has
begun to separate.
Powering up the machine as-i
On 2/23/2022 12:38 PM, Ethan Dicks via
cctalk wrote:
Rod, My memory is that programs like
putr need to run on "real" DOS, not a
DOS window. So if you are trying to
run putr without booting to MS-DOS 6.2
or older, that could be the source of
your problems with it.
He should be able to b
On 2/22/2022 9:29 PM, Rod Smallwood via
cctalk wrote:
Hi
Well I have had a huge response to
my request.
I am unsure as to if I have defined
the problem properly.
Rod, you've defined the problem well enough.
Have you read the PUTR manual thoroughly?
As long as your hardware is OK, PUT
On 2/22/2022 7:00 PM, Ray Jewhurst wrote:
I read that you can indeed use a
standard 1.2 Meg drive and that you
can also use DSHD 5.25 disks in place
of RX50s. Is there any truth in this?
If there is it will be much easier and
cheaper to make disks for my Rainbow.
As Chuck noted, I'd thin
On 2/22/2022 6:42 PM, Warner Losh wrote:
On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 4:36 PM js---
via cctalk <mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote:
Rod,
Not sure an RX33 (if 1.2MB
equivalent) would write working RX50
800k (double density) disks. Very
different drives.
The
On 2/22/2022 11:20 AM, Rod Smallwood via
cctalk wrote:
Hi All
I did find some RX50 images of
the MicroRSX distribution.
So I fired up my DEC Celebris FX.
It runs W95 and has a 3.5 inch floppy,
a real RX33 5.25 inch drive and a CD-R.
Its accessible on my network so
getting fi
Rod,
Not sure an RX33 (if 1.2MB
equivalent) would write working RX50
800k (double density) disks. Very
different drives.
I've successfully put an actual RX-50
drive on my PC, and written RX-50 images
using PUTR. You might try that route.
- John Singleton
On 2/22/2022 11:20 AM, R
On 8/15/2021 10:08 AM, Bill Gunshannon
via cctalk wrote:
On 8/15/21 12:45 AM, Warner Losh via
cctalk wrote:
Distributions/DEC/Ultrix-11/Fred-Ultrix3
in the tuhs archive has complete
instructions as well as a program to
build the ultrix tapes
It took a day because I wanted to test
it
On 5/26/2020 10:30 AM, TangentDelta via
cctalk wrote:
Hello!
I have an HP 9817 and its accompanying 9133D disk drive unit.
The disk drive seems like a rather large can of worms, so I've been ignoring
it. I re-capped the 9817's power supply. It powers up and it passes all of its
diagnostic
On 5/23/2020 8:45 AM, Rob Jarratt via
cctalk wrote:
As it looks like I am not going to be able to repair the monitor board for
my VAXmate I am wondering if I can do anything with the outputs from the I/O
board to drive an external monitor instead.
...
I had a go at building this
http://www.
On 3/10/2020 8:48 AM, Bill Gunshannon
via cctalk wrote:
On 3/10/20 2:31 AM, Dave Wade via
cctalk wrote:
-Original Message-
From: cctalk
On
Behalf Of Rod Smallwood
via cctalk
Sent: 10 March 2020 04:14
To: Fred Cisin via cctalk
Subject: Re: HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist
license progra
On 7/14/2019 12:41 PM, Guy Dunphy via
cctalk wrote:
At 12:38 AM 14/07/2019 -0400, Jesse Dougherty wrote:
Whats your deal dude? I'm not trolling anyone. I have hundreds of these
boards here.. I don't need 170 HP 1000 Series MUX cards. They just don't
sell that often for me to hold on to. What
On 11/21/2018 5:46 PM, Bill Gunshannon
via cctalk wrote:
On 11/21/18 5:19 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
Ed,
It is YOUR mail program that is doing the extraneous insertions, and
then not showing them to you when you view your own messages.
ALL of us see either extraneous characters, or ex
On 11/12/2018 7:56 PM, Chuck Guzis via
cctalk wrote:
On 11/12/18 1:39 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
Google has no mention. Yet.
How can we confirm?
Bill's family confirms and has set up a GoFundMe page for his wife and son:
https://www.gofundme.com/godbouttuckcampfirerelieffund
--Chu
On 10/19/2018 10:34 AM, Bill Degnan via
cctalk wrote:
Here is a great example of why the keyboards and terminals are getting
separated
https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-3101-beam-spring-keyboard-purchased-new-in-1982/123422383512?hash=item1cbc8c1d98:g:sCkAAOSwfbhbwQvU
Note the price $2000 so far. H
Replied privately.
On 10/7/2018 9:56 AM, allison via cctalk
wrote:
Group,
I have one of these TEAC Phillips tape drives. I have a manual:
Is tape (media) available for it?
What was it typically used in?
How much storage was it?
I was digging for some paerts and found it in my collection
On 7/3/2018 3:58 AM, Christian Corti via
cctalk wrote:
On Mon, 2 Jul 2018, "j...@cimmeri.com"
wrote:
Seriously! Liam, don't you know that
handling paper with your hands
transfers oils to it and hastens its
decay? This is why gloves are worn
to handle old paper artifacts.
*lol*
Especia
people not to touch museum
exhibits makes sense to me.
On Mon, 2 Jul 2018, js--- via cctalk
wrote:
Seriously! Liam, don't you know that
handling paper with your hands
transfers oils to it and hastens its
decay? This is why gloves are worn
to handle old paper artifacts.
Seriously!
On 7/2/2018 7:51 AM, Paul Koning via
cctalk wrote:
On Jul 1, 2018, at 10:29 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk
wrote:
The Moravian Galley in Brno has an exhibition on "Computer Art 1968".
The only actual computer is a very well-preserved German LGP-30. I
took a few photos of it yesterday... and
Sellam, emailed you a few times -- no
reply.. check your spam folder.
Hi Folks.
I've reorganized my sales listings into a Google Sheets set. The
introductory page is here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1I53wxarLHlNmlPVf_HJ5oMKuab4zrApI_hiX0pNmy48/edit#gid=0
Use the tabs on the
On 5/1/2018 11:26 AM, Noel Chiappa via
cctalk wrote:
> From: js
> To take a suggestion from your playbook, I'd try asking eBay - 'I'm
> getting incorrect search results. Why?'
Yeah, that would be something to try, but I was wary of stirring up trouble -
eBay might decide to
On 5/1/2018 10:19 AM, Noel Chiappa via
cctalk wrote:
Come on people, please i) try doing some actual research to see if theories
hold water, don't just quickly post, and ii) read prior posts thoroughly.
This is your thing to research. Please take suggestions for what they are.
Searching for
It could possibly be the "-" sign. I
use that to exclude tokens from a search.
So "pdp -parts" should list all pdp
items that are NOT parts.
- J.
On 5/1/2018 8:44 AM, Noel Chiappa via
cctalk wrote:
> From: W2HX
> I filter on category "Computers/tablets& Networking." It mig
On 4/26/2018 11:46 AM, Liam Proven via
cctalk wrote:
Personally, the $99 Timex 1000 was the only computer I could have afforded
back then. Schools had Apple II's but not so many people in their homes
then, at least where I lived.
That's very cool. Thanks for sharing.
I knew the TS1000 (and
On 2/12/2018 3:52 PM, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote:
On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 12:34 PM, Eric Smith via cctalk
wrote:
Format a track with the sector size that occurs later on the track, with
dummy sectors ahead of them and gap sizes selected to position them
properly.
Start formatting with the sec
On 2/9/2018 12:25 PM, Chuck Guzis via
cctalk wrote:
On 02/09/2018 05:20 AM, allison via cctalk wrote:
At the other extreme I have over a dozen Quantum D540s (RD52 31mb full
height)
that are really old and getting older and still work without issues.
Some of those
have sat on the shelf for
On 1/6/2018 5:51 AM, shad via cctalk
wrote:
Hello,
I have some doubt about DEC tape units and related interfaces.
What I know about (right or wrong, please correct):
- TU80 is a Pertec drive, it needs M7454 (unibus, TS11 driver) which is a
modified Dilog DU132. No option for QBUS.
- TS05
On 1/8/2018 3:03 PM, shad via cctalk
wrote:
Hello,
I also have a Dilog SU723A, but never managed to find any docs for it.
My board is revision D.
It works be very nice to find something.
As the MSCP / TMSCP selection is only a matter of firmware, I wouldn't be
surprised if the MSCP SU726A
On 12/24/2017 12:14 AM, Curious Marc via cctalk wrote:
I did not find a good emulation on the PC. There is one that had a good demo
but costs $20, and I was never able to buy it, their buying site has a bug.
Marc
http://hp15c.com/
On 12/8/2017 2:13 PM, Aaron Jackson via
cctalk wrote:
I wonder if there's a problem with the floppy you are using?
Remember, the RX0x drives can't hard reformat the floppies (as in, write the
sector headers), so if the floopy has a problem, you can't fix it with the
RX02.
Noel
Possi
On 10/30/2017 2:42 PM, Chuck Guzis via
cctalk wrote:
Well, "emulate" is a very fuzzy word, even in the context that you provide.
Taking as an example, some pre-S/360 hardware that's easily verified, is
the IBM 7094. It ran the instruction set of the 7090 but with a single
departure--the use
On 10/1/2017 12:02 PM, Tony Duell via
cctalk wrote:
On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 5:18 PM, js--- via cctalk wrote:
You need a 25khz monitor. Here's a list I've compiled over the years.
25khz 640x400 SOG monitors
HP 98204A (used with 82913A 12" 640x240 and 82912A 9" 640x24
You need a 25khz monitor. Here's a
list I've compiled over the years.
25khz 640x400 SOG monitors
HP 98204A (used with 82913A 12" 640x240
and 82912A 9" 640x240 monitors)
HP 98204B (used with 35721 14" 640x400
and 35731 12" 640x400 monitors)
HP 98543A (used with 35741 12" 640x400
RGB monit
On 9/29/2017 9:54 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 09/29/2017 07:04 PM, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote:
I think there are two barriers to that. No sata is a cards. And BIOS of
that era still required you to tell it the chs for the drive...
So, let's change the acronym to SSATA - "Serial Sort
..
On 8/24/2017 6:14 PM, Toby Thain via
cctalk wrote:
Please note that I said to keep things in a historical perspective and
on-topic. I don't think that is saying sexism is ok.
On a technical list with adults, I believe that when someone posts something
on-topic which has portions you do no
On 5/22/2017 6:39 AM, Diane Bruce via cctalk wrote:
On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 07:20:34AM -0400, Ken Seefried via cctalk wrote:
And if you break one you have to call HAZMAT. You did realize that,
didn't you? They contain mercury and any breakage requires professional
remediation by law!!
Please
On 5/5/2017 2:33 PM, Fred Cisin via
cctalk wrote:
On Fri, 5 May 2017, Bill Gunshannon
via cctalk wrote:
But I thought the problem was that
most disk controllers can't do RX02.
Everybody doesn't have a Catweasel or
Cryoflux.
That's right.
Chuck's suggestion would require that
somebody who
On 5/4/2017 6:39 PM, Terry Stewart via
cctalk wrote:
And yet, if there were an RX02 somewhere on this VAX, I don't believe
you'd be able to read them at all... RX02 seeming more likely with a VAX.
Interestingly PUTR, does seem to accommodate this, and the kind of system I
have set up (i.e. 1
On 5/4/2017 6:16 PM, Terry Stewart via
cctalk wrote:
If these are from a VAX, could they be microcode disks for a 11/780?
There was a RX01 attached via a LSI-11 as console.
And yet, if there were an RX02 somewhere
on this VAX, I don't believe you'd be
able to read them at all... RX02 see
On 4/25/2017 11:34 AM, Pete Turnbull via
cctalk wrote:
On 25/04/2017 15:55, Tapley, Mark via
cctalk wrote:
On Apr 25, 2017, at 8:51 AM, allison
via cctalk
wrote:
Even after all that I'd still dry it
with a little heat (oven at 180F or
a clean empty
container in the sun.
Irrelevant fo
That is in fact how I spot degauss CRT screens, but using a flat wood
boring bit (metal, obviously, instead of a paint stick) with the magnet
stuck on the end, spun around with a drill.
- J.
On 3/16/2017 6:37 PM, dwight via cctalk wrote:
It sounds like one can make a fine tape degausser by
On 3/15/2017 11:35 AM, Liam Proven via
cctalk wrote:
On 15 March 2017 at 14:17, geneb via cctalk wrote:
Well hooray for Xerox. Apple still obtained the concepts from Xerox,
regardless of the mechanism.
Only some and only very basic ones.
Icons for files, the "OK" and "Cancel" buttons, scr
On 3/13/2017 3:24 PM, Toby Thain via cctalk wrote:
On 2017-03-13 4:15 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
If it says "Earth is destroyed, the programmers failed"
You appear to have no clue what "Halt and Catch Fire" is.
...But if the TITLE of the show says "stuff catches fire" that's a
pr
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