On 19/08/2016 22:13, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove wrote:
On 19 August 2016 at 10:31, Rod Smallwood wrote:
Now for the fun version. How do I do the same sort of thing but with DEC
hardware?
You mean host a website with DEC hardware?
With a PDP-11:
Johnny Billquist has a lovely TCP/IP package
On 19 August 2016 at 10:31, Rod Smallwood wrote:
> Now for the fun version. How do I do the same sort of thing but with DEC
> hardware?
>
You mean host a website with DEC hardware?
With a PDP-11:
> Johnny Billquist has a lovely TCP/IP package for RSX-11/M+ which includes an
> HTTP server if I re
On 18/08/2016 14:56, Rod Smallwood wrote:
On 18/08/2016 14:25, Jonathan Katz wrote:
On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 3:15 PM, Rod Smallwood
wrote:
Whats an Etsy?
on-line storefront for artisan stuff, low-volume stuff.
This is my friend's store for homemade portraits and the link:
https://www.ets
>> I assume you can just register and set up shop there. I don't think
>> the overhead is too bad. You just upload some photos of your panels,
>> price them, set the quantity (or build to order) and you're done.
>>
>>
> Good grief a old typewriter with a display!!!
People with too much time on the
On 18/08/2016 14:25, Jonathan Katz wrote:
On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 3:15 PM, Rod Smallwood
wrote:
Whats an Etsy?
on-line storefront for artisan stuff, low-volume stuff.
This is my friend's store for homemade portraits and the link:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/cordialkitten
Here's something th
On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 3:15 PM, Rod Smallwood
wrote:
> Whats an Etsy?
>
on-line storefront for artisan stuff, low-volume stuff.
This is my friend's store for homemade portraits and the link:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/cordialkitten
Here's something that is kind of interesting:
https://www.etsy.
On 18/08/2016 12:10, Jonathan Katz wrote:
On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 1:08 PM, Rod Smallwood
wrote:
Other information and addenda is welcome, but not necessary (re: Ian's
point about necessity), and I wouldn't postpone posting in favor of
fancier distribution. LCD is the most survivable (broadl
On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 1:08 PM, Rod Smallwood
wrote:
>
>
>> Other information and addenda is welcome, but not necessary (re: Ian's
>> point about necessity), and I wouldn't postpone posting in favor of
>> fancier distribution. LCD is the most survivable (broadly), and easiest
>> to archive.
>>
>
On 18/08/2016 11:21, Daniel Moniz wrote:
On Sun, Aug 14, 2016, at 12:04 PM, Ian Finder wrote:
My preference: KISS principle; keep it simple, stupid.
Set up an HTTP server or a web host that does directory listings, and and
dump all the stuff into a sensible folder structure a-la Bitsavers.
W
On Sun, Aug 14, 2016, at 12:04 PM, Ian Finder wrote:
> My preference: KISS principle; keep it simple, stupid.
>
> Set up an HTTP server or a web host that does directory listings, and and
> dump all the stuff into a sensible folder structure a-la Bitsavers.
>
> When you get more stuff just file i
Hi
Thank you for your order
Please send payment to PayPal rodsmallwoo...@btinternet.com as below
and your shipping address to me.
On 16/08/2016 22:36, Adrian Stoness wrote:
I would like to order one how do I do that?
On Aug 16, 2016 3:41 PM, "Rod Smallwood"
wrote:
Hi
Same price
I would like to order one how do I do that?
On Aug 16, 2016 3:41 PM, "Rod Smallwood"
wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> Same price as before $150 + $20 shipping.
>
> Shipments going out to-morrow.
>
> Payment to my PayPal account rodsmallwoo...@btinternet.com
>
> Rod (Panelman) Smallwood
>
>
>
>
Hi
Same price as before $150 + $20 shipping.
Shipments going out to-morrow.
Payment to my PayPal account rodsmallwoo...@btinternet.com
Rod (Panelman) Smallwood
On 16/08/2016 20:56, Ian S. King wrote:
I tried to mail you off-list and got an error from your mail server. I
w
I tried to mail you off-list and got an error from your mail server. I
would like to know your pricing - I have a rebadged 8/I that could use a
facelift. Thanks.
On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 12:17 PM, Rod Smallwood <
rodsmallwoo...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> Hi Guys
>
>PDP-8/i panels a
Hi Guys
PDP-8/i panels are now shipping. If you are quick with
your order we can ship to-morrow
Rod (Panelman) Smallwood
On 15/08/2016 03:25, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 07:43:21PM +0100, Rod Smallwood wrote:
Thank you all very much. I'm collating all of this most useful data.
I think I have sent you this:
http://pdp8.se/slask/front_paneler
Not complete but it has som odd color variations a
On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 07:43:21PM +0100, Rod Smallwood wrote:
> Thank you all very much. I'm collating all of this most useful data.
I think I have sent you this:
http://pdp8.se/slask/front_paneler
Not complete but it has som odd color variations and OEM version. It has
the chocolaty csis1170.
On 8/14/16 12:04 PM, Ian Finder wrote:
> No need for wikis or CMSes or any of that junk.
>
Such things are useful, Richard's RSS feed of bitsavers, for example
but they can be added later.
I am a VERY strong believer in keeping the content flat and not dynamically
served, so that it can be rs
Sat, 13 Aug 2016 09:20:13 -0400
From: Christian Gauger-Cosgrove
Subject: Re: Front Panel - Update. - PDP=8/i and PDP-8/l - Bezels -
PDP-11
There's also different coloured versions for many of the panels too.
E.g. there's a brown-and-white '70 panel used in OEM typesett
2016 09:20:13 -0400
>>> From: Christian Gauger-Cosgrove
>>> Subject: Re: Front Panel - Update. - PDP=8/i and PDP-8/l - Bezels -
>>> PDP-11
>>>
>>> There's also different coloured versions for many of the panels too.
>>> E.g. there'
> From: Jay West
> I had already offered to host the panels... I just didn't want to
> create full blow web content
I'd be happy to create some Web V0.1 content for it - similar to my other
simple Web pages, e.g.:
http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/tech/DECIndicatorPanels.html
Let me k
Smallwood
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2016 2:27 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Front Panel update - Catalog
Thanks that's interesting
Rod
On 14/08/2016 20:04, Ian Finder wrote:
> My preference: KISS principle; keep it simple, stupid.
>
> Set up
Thanks that's interesting
Rod
On 14/08/2016 20:04, Ian Finder wrote:
My preference: KISS principle; keep it simple, stupid.
Set up an HTTP server or a web host that does directory listings, and and
dump all the stuff into a sensible folder structure a-la Bitsavers.
When you get more stuff jus
My preference: KISS principle; keep it simple, stupid.
Set up an HTTP server or a web host that does directory listings, and and
dump all the stuff into a sensible folder structure a-la Bitsavers.
When you get more stuff just file it accordingly.
No need for wikis or CMSes or any of that junk.
Hi Guys
I'd like to catalog my growing list of panels etc. and
the data I have on them.
Some of course I may never make and others I will.
A number of you are connected to museums and would have come
across this issue.
Perhaps you could advise.
On 14/08/2016 12:48, Michael Thompson wrote:
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2016 09:20:13 -0400
From: Christian Gauger-Cosgrove
Subject: Re: Front Panel - Update. - PDP=8/i and PDP-8/l - Bezels -
PDP-11
There's also different coloured versions for many of the panels too.
E.g. there's a
>
> Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2016 09:20:13 -0400
> From: Christian Gauger-Cosgrove
> Subject: Re: Front Panel - Update. - PDP=8/i and PDP-8/l - Bezels -
> PDP-11
>
> There's also different coloured versions for many of the panels too.
> E.g. there's a bro
I think I've registered with you before, but I'm interested in a PDP-11/70
panel and if you do them, a bezel for it.
John H. Reinhardt
On 8/12/2016 4:49 AM, Rod Smallwood wrote:
Hi Guys
Well my panels made to VCF. I have had some feedback and I
expect more.
Currently I have
Amazing! Thanks, Rod. You're really on top of this.
On Sunday, August 14, 2016, Rod Smallwood
wrote:
>
>
> On 14/08/2016 06:57, Ian Finder wrote:
>
>> Registering interest for 11/40! Also, one comment after playing with my
>> panels...
>>
>> We should laquer the back of them to prevent the black
On 14/08/2016 06:57, Ian Finder wrote:
Registering interest for 11/40! Also, one comment after playing with my
panels...
We should laquer the back of them to prevent the black back-coating from
scratching off...
On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 1:49 AM, Rod Smallwood <
rodsmallwoo...@btinternet.com> w
Also registering interest in 11 panels also. 11/45 would be my first choice
followed by ’70, ’40 & ‘20
> On Aug 13, 2016, at 10:57 PM, Ian Finder wrote:
>
> Registering interest for 11/40! Also, one comment after playing with my
> panels...
>
> We should laquer the back of them to prevent the
Registering interest for 11/40! Also, one comment after playing with my
panels...
We should laquer the back of them to prevent the black back-coating from
scratching off...
On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 1:49 AM, Rod Smallwood <
rodsmallwoo...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> Hi Guys
>
> Well m
> From: Christian Gauger-Cosgrove
> There's also different coloured versions for many of the panels too.
> ... There's a blue-and-red '40 panel sold by DEC in their
> "INDUSTRIAL-11" version.
Also for the /70; I announced a couple of weeks back that I'd added a scan of
one to my P
On 13 August 2016 at 14:32, Don North wrote:
> Like this maybe: http://www.ak6dn.com/stuff/1174.jpg
>
Yes, exactly that one! Based on the rest of your e-mail I'm guessing
it's yours, right? Any chance you could get a higher res scan of it?
> This is a 'true' 11/74 panel from the never-producti
On 13/08/2016 19:32, Don North wrote:
On 8/13/2016 6:20 AM, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove wrote:
On 13 August 2016 at 08:07, Noel Chiappa
wrote:
I can't recall any other models with front panels? (Well, the /74,
but IIRC
there are none of those extant outside museums - although people
might wan
On 8/13/2016 6:20 AM, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove wrote:
On 13 August 2016 at 08:07, Noel Chiappa wrote:
I can't recall any other models with front panels? (Well, the /74, but IIRC
there are none of those extant outside museums - although people might want
some for simulators.)
The whole list o
On 13/08/2016 13:07, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> From: Rod Smallwood
> Please register interest in ... PDP-11 panels
It will depend on price - will they be the same as the PDP-8 panels (since
they are so similar)? If so, can you remind us of the pricing, please? If
not, any estimate?
I as
On 13/08/2016 14:20, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove wrote:
On 13 August 2016 at 08:07, Noel Chiappa wrote:
I can't recall any other models with front panels? (Well, the /74, but IIRC
there are none of those extant outside museums - although people might want
some for simulators.)
The whole list o
On 13 August 2016 at 08:07, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> I can't recall any other models with front panels? (Well, the /74, but IIRC
> there are none of those extant outside museums - although people might want
> some for simulators.)
>
The whole list of PDP-11 models with any sort of front panel beyond
> From: Rod Smallwood
> Please register interest in ... PDP-11 panels
It will depend on price - will they be the same as the PDP-8 panels (since
they are so similar)? If so, can you remind us of the pricing, please? If
not, any estimate?
I assume you'll eventually be doing all of them (/3
8i I want one for my panel rebuild project
On Aug 12, 2016 3:49 AM, "Rod Smallwood"
wrote:
Hi Guys
Well my panels made to VCF. I have had some feedback and I
expect more.
Currently I have stock of PDP-8/e (Types A and B) , PDP-8/f and PDP-8/m.
PDP-8/i should be out of manufact
Hi Guys
Well my panels made to VCF. I have had some feedback
and I expect more.
Currently I have stock of PDP-8/e (Types A and B) , PDP-8/f and PDP-8/m.
PDP-8/i should be out of manufacturing by now. Next up is PDP-8/L.
-++ Order the above now +++
Hi Guys
I think I now have the very short clip of front panel
production at the silk screeners on YouTube
Try https://youtu.be/8qi4cveAc3A (go to YouTube first)
Rod
Ooops!
For boards read panels
Rod
Hi Guys
Just got back from the silk screeners. Panels everywhere!!
Final layers (Amber and white ) going on. Customising insets for type A
and B ready
Front is now matt black as per requests.
They are sourcing some ready made packaging and plastic cloth.
Its that soft stuff you
Hi Guys!
I have just sent off an email to the silk screeners and
will talk to them later.
Like most of the UK they have been shut down from 18th December until
to-day.
When they shutdown they had put the black layer on the back of all of
the panels and they were in the drier
Hi Guys
1 Real 8/e panel as absolute check leaves US on its way to
me to-day
2. Out of twenty slots sixteen have gone. That leaves four.
If they don't go before printing starts I'll have them
screened to uncommitted /e (can become A or B)
Hi Guys
I just got back from the meeting at the silk screen shop.
They are going to start by printing ten PDP8/e panels with the details
that are common to both A and B.
I'm sending them a couple of overlays. One to convert the common panel
to an A Type and the other to make it into a B typ
Hi Pontus
Thanks that clears up one or two things.
I worked on a straight 8 with its clear cover on top along with a couple
of 8/e's at Harwell.
Whilst at DEC 1975 onwards I saw loads of 8/a's and the odd 8/e lurking
on the top of a filing cabinet.
As far as I can remember I never saw
On Mon, Aug 03, 2015 at 12:23:56PM +0100, Rod Smallwood wrote:
> Hi Guys
> The drawings for pdp8/e (A), pdp8/e (B), pdp8/f and
> pdp8/m have now gone to the silkscreeners for checking and costing.
> I'll let you all know when they are available. Those who chose to
> prepay but to w
Hi Guys
The drawings for pdp8/e (A), pdp8/e (B), pdp8/f and
pdp8/m have now gone to the silkscreeners for checking and costing.
I'll let you all know when they are available. Those who chose to prepay
but to wait for the version they needed will go out first.
One issue I need
Hi Guys
As usual I try to keep you updated on front panel
progress.
(Always supposing I know where I am!!)
I now have _prototype_ white seperation artwork for four front PDP8 panels
1. pdp8/e Type A
2. pdp8/e Type B
3. pdp8/f
4. pdp8/m
I am doing all four together as they
Hi Rod,
The only kit I'm aware of is Grant Stockly's. AFAIK he's not been replying
to emails for about five years. There's also Mike Douglas's Altair Clone,
but that panel won't fit.
Here's the scan:
http://www.vintage-computer.com/images/altairfrontpanelscan.jpg
Just to be clear, I'm only looki
Hi Tom
I had thought somebody had done one (or it was part of a kit)
However I cant find
anything about it. So lets have a look at your scan.
Regards
Rod
On 14/07/2015 19:44, Tom Moss wrote:
Hi Rod,
Any chance I could commission you to do an Altair 8800 panel?
The silkscreen has
Hi Rod,
Any chance I could commission you to do an Altair 8800 panel?
The silkscreen has almost completely worn off on mine, but I have a
high-quality scan of a good one.
-Tom
On 14 July 2015 at 19:20, Rod Smallwood
wrote:
> Hello Everybody
> In the course of doing the
Hello Everybody
In the course of doing the artwork for 8/e
type B I have turned up some more variations.
The list now looks like this:
1. Switch position markings
2. Line round switch area
3. The EMA title block isolated from the other titles
4. Lines between groups o
Hi Guys
Well I'm back from holiday. I'm now sorting out what I'm
calling the PDP 8/e B model panel.
This has the markings for the latest type of selector switch, vertical
lines between lamp groups and
the line round the selector switch area.
If anybody has not got an order in and
From: Bob Rosenbloom: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 2:28 PM
I have no idea why DEC made their own switch out of the reeds. Seems like it
would cost more than a standard switch so they probably had a reason. Possibly
they thought it would not wear as much with thereeds having millions of
operations r
On Wednesday, June 24, 2015 1:35 PM, Vincent Slyngstad
wrote:
From: Paul Birke: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 10:59 PM
> Can anyone recommend suitable rotary switches for either the A (vertical)
> or B (angled) configuration?
Unfortunately I don't have any leads on a modern equivalent.
(Just t
From: Paul Birke: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 10:59 PM
Can anyone recommend suitable rotary switches for either the A (vertical)
or B (angled) configuration?
Unfortunately I don't have any leads on a modern equivalent.
(Just the fairly useless DEC part numbers.)
The construction is dead simple, tho
Try Vince Slyngstad
On 24/06/2015 06:59, Paul Birkel wrote:
Can anyone recommend suitable rotary switches for either the A (vertical)
or B (angled) configuration?
On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Rod Smallwood <
rodsmallwoo...@btinternet.com> wrote:
Hi Guys
I am off to Friedric
Can anyone recommend suitable rotary switches for either the A (vertical)
or B (angled) configuration?
On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Rod Smallwood <
rodsmallwoo...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> Hi Guys
> I am off to Friedrichshafen for a few days and will be back
> on 1-JUL-2015.
>
>
Hi Guys
I am off to Friedrichshafen for a few days and will be
back on 1-JUL-2015.
The next two batches of front panels will be:
8/e Type A
1. Old switch position markings (1 and 6 vertical)
2. Line around switch Area
3. Vertical lines b
On 2015-Jun-09, at 4:07 PM, William Donzelli wrote:
> Varian bought the design of the 620. I forget the name of the original
> firm, but I have a brochure on it.
>
> Weird things happen. CDC rebadged small VAX machines and Nova 3s, for
> example, even with their minicomputer line intact.
> On Tue
-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: RE: Front Panel Update
Interesting. Varian is a microwave equipment company; I have one of
their
TWTs sitting on my H960 at home.
Vacuum equipment, I could believe that. But yes, Varian made a 16 bit
minicomputer; I had a handbook for it at
My father was a
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of tony
duell
> Sent: 10 June 2015 05:46
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Subject: RE: Front Panel Update
>
> > Interesting. Varian is a microwave equipmen
> Interesting. Varian is a microwave equipment company; I have one of their
> TWTs sitting on my H960 at home.
> Vacuum equipment, I could believe that. But yes, Varian made a 16 bit
> minicomputer; I had a handbook for it at
My father was a physical chemist who did a lot of work with vacuu
Unisys absorbed Varian mini computers ie the V 77
nice chart in this pdf of the family tree
http://rmarsh.cs.und.edu/CLASS/CS451/HANDOUTS/os-unisys.pdf
by the way the purchase agreement was dated 1977 between Uni and Var
we have lots of manuals in the catacombs unisys/var
I think that was on Springfield, down a few blocks.
On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 6:32 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
> The ANTS system I saw was in CAC, the building originally built to house
> Illiac IV. It sat next to an IMP (a 6 foot high battleship gray box with a
> larg
The ANTS system I saw was in CAC, the building originally built to house Illiac
IV. It sat next to an IMP (a 6 foot high battleship gray box with a large
hoisting eye on top).
paul
> On Jun 9, 2015, at 7:21 PM, Paul Anderson wrote:
>
> Was that in the "Astromony building" on Goodwin
Was that in the "Astromony building" on Goodwin located next to CSL?
It was not on contract with us, at least not very often. I worked on it
several times. It had 2 DB11- unibus repeaters on it, and was supposedly
the longest bus ever.
Paul
On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 9:30 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
Varian bought the design of the 620. I forget the name of the original
firm, but I have a brochure on it.
Weird things happen. CDC rebadged small VAX machines and Nova 3s, for
example, even with their minicomputer line intact.
--
Will
On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 6:45 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
>
>> On J
> On Jun 9, 2015, at 5:58 PM, tony duell wrote:
>
>
>> WTF? Varian was a competitor of DEC. They made minis themselves. Sounds
>> extremely strange that one would take a DEC mini, and put a Varian badge
>> on it. Did someone try to make a joke?
>
> I will always think of Varian as a maker of (
> WTF? Varian was a competitor of DEC. They made minis themselves. Sounds
> extremely strange that one would take a DEC mini, and put a Varian badge
> on it. Did someone try to make a joke?
I will always think of Varian as a maker of (very high quality) vacuum
equipment.
I am sure this was not
ONLY SOMETIMES...
remember Varian also made scientific instruments that had computers
lasted to them and probably used dec when they were not making their own
mini Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)
In a message dated 6/9/2015 2:46:50 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
On 2015-06-09 23:15, tony duell wrote:
DEC was very keen on its OEM business and if the order was big enough would
allow some variation in
colours but would not allow the dec logo to be removed or changed.
I’m not sure if that’s completely true. I remember a PDP11 (11/45 probably) at
the Un
> > DEC was very keen on its OEM business and if the order was big enough would
> > allow some variation in
> > colours but would not allow the dec logo to be removed or changed.
> I’m not sure if that’s completely true. I remember a PDP11 (11/45 probably)
> at the University of Illinois, arou
On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 9:30 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
> I’m not sure if that’s completely true. I remember a PDP11 (11/45 probably)
> at the University of Illinois, around 1975. It was used as a terminal
> controller for ARPAnet. The system was called ANTS (not sure what that
> stands for), and
They can't have enforced it all that hard. I've seen a few like these:
http://www.update.uu.se/~pontus/slask/front_paneler/pdp-8m-cc-computer-control.JPG
http://www.update.uu.se/~pontus/slask/front_paneler/pdp-8e-cddp.jpg
http://www.update.uu.se/~pontus/slask/front_paneler/pdp-8l-UCC.jpg
/P
On
There was a letter that went to a large terminals digital oem in about
1975 stating as below as being the position.
Guess who signed the letter? I''ll give you a hint. It wasn't Ken Olsen!
On 09/06/2015 15:30, Paul Koning wrote:
On Jun 9, 2015, at 3:58 AM, Rod Smallwood wrote:
DEC was very
> From: Paul Koning
> I remember a PDP11 (11/45 probably) at the University of Illinois,
> ... The system was called ANTS (not sure what that stands for)
"ARPA Network Terminal System". According to RFC-597, Illinois had both an
11/20 and an 11/50 (11/45 variant) running ANTS; other s
> On Jun 9, 2015, at 3:58 AM, Rod Smallwood
> wrote:
>
>
> DEC was very keen on its OEM business and if the order was big enough would
> allow some variation in colours but would not allow the dec logo to be
> removed or changed.
I’m not sure if that’s completely true. I remember a PDP11 (
DEC was very keen on its OEM business and if the order was big enough
would allow some variation in colours but would not allow the dec logo
to be removed or changed.
Whilst not for a pdp 8. I do have a front panel label with both
digital and REUTERS on it
The 8/f has a white border with
On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at 06:50:25AM +, d...@661.org wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Jun 2015, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
>
> >There are so many versions. The blue and green are my
> >favourites. The chocolate 11/70 requires special mention.
> >
> >Here are some examples I've collected.
> >
> >http://www.update.
On Tue, 9 Jun 2015, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
There are so many versions. The blue and green are my
favourites. The chocolate 11/70 requires special mention.
Here are some examples I've collected.
http://www.update.uu.se/~pontus/slask/front_paneler/
Are these pictures of panels you own? I procu
There are so many versions. The blue and green are my
favourites. The chocolate 11/70 requires special mention.
Here are some examples I've collected.
http://www.update.uu.se/~pontus/slask/front_paneler/
/P
On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 11:56:45PM -0500, Paul Anderson wrote:
> not to mention the re
not to mention the red/ blue used in industrial systems.
On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 11:49 PM, Bob Rosenbloom
wrote:
> On 6/8/2015 9:41 PM, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 11:18:50PM +0200, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>>
>>> Got both an 8/M with a front, and an 8/F. I don't remember
> On Jun 8, 2015, at 21:49 , Bob Rosenbloom wrote:
> I have an 8/M that came in blue.
> http://www.dvq.com/oldcomp/photos2/1k/dec8m1.jpg
Oooh, that is really pretty!
--
Mark J. Blair, NF6X
http://www.nf6x.net/
On 6/8/2015 9:41 PM, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 11:18:50PM +0200, Johnny Billquist wrote:
Got both an 8/M with a front, and an 8/F. I don't remember that
there are any differences in color, but my memory might just have
bit errors.
Also not sure what the "extra markings" wou
On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 11:18:50PM +0200, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>
> Got both an 8/M with a front, and an 8/F. I don't remember that
> there are any differences in color, but my memory might just have
> bit errors.
>
> Also not sure what the "extra markings" would be on the 8/F. As far
> as I ca
On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 04:38:15PM -0700, Vincent Slyngstad wrote:
> From: Rod Smallwood: Monday, June 08, 2015 11:28 AM
> >Theres an 8/f which replaced the 8/e and has a similar front panel
> >with extra markings
>
> I hate to mention it, but I believe that the rotary switch on the
> 8/E panels w
Ah! the old 8S thinking back on it this 8S was from a site we
were actually paid to haul stuff away from as the land lord had the
building rented to a new tenant. Date? had to be in 1981 or 82..
we also got a bunch of CDC washing machine early disk drives that were
Thanks yes I had been warned by one member. I discussed it yesterday
with the silkscreeners.
We call it the B model and it only affects the white layer.
On 09/06/2015 00:38, Vincent Slyngstad wrote:
From: Rod Smallwood: Monday, June 08, 2015 11:28 AM
Theres an 8/f which replaced the 8/e and
From: Rod Smallwood: Monday, June 08, 2015 11:28 AM
Theres an 8/f which replaced the 8/e and has a similar front panel with
extra markings
I hate to mention it, but I believe that the rotary switch on
the 8/E panels was replaced at some point with one that
has a different number of degrees pe
*checks*
H
My workbench currently held up by a VAX-11/730, an RK05, and an RA81...
Mike
On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 11:03 AM, ben wrote:
> On 6/8/2015 4:30 PM, couryho...@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> yea Will... things that fit under the workbench can languish for 40
>> years... if it has to sit
On 6/8/2015 4:30 PM, couryho...@aol.com wrote:
yea Will... things that fit under the workbench can languish for 40
years... if it has to sit on top it may a a shorter lifespan Ed#
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Ok, where are the computers HOLDING UP THE WORKBENCH?
Ben.
On 6/8/2015 4:18 PM, William Donzelli wrote:
It's pretty rare. I have one too.
I've seen and heard of more straight 8s than I have 8/S
PDP-8/Ss used to be quite rare, but they have been popping out of the
woodwork for some time now. I would venture to say they are now more
extant that Straight
yea Will... things that fit under the workbench can languish for 40
years... if it has to sit on top it may a a shorter lifespan Ed#
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In a message dated 6/8/2015 3:18:35 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
wdonze...@gmail.com writes:
> It'
n Wireless 4G LTE smartphone
>
> Original message
> From: ben
> Date: 06/08/2015 12:05 PM (GMT-07:00)
> To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Front Panel Update
>
> On 6/8/2015 12:28 PM, Rod Smallwood wrote:
>> Theres an 8/f which repl
> It's pretty rare. I have one too.
>
> I've seen and heard of more straight 8s than I have 8/S
PDP-8/Ss used to be quite rare, but they have been popping out of the
woodwork for some time now. I would venture to say they are now more
extant that Straight-8s.
Small is survivability.
PDP-8/S was
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