Re: Wanted: stand for NeXT monitor

2015-05-29 Thread Sean Caron
It was always my experience ... I think NeXTstep had a reputation of being a little balky on the proprietary NeXT hardware. I am fortunate to have a decent swath of their product line ... an original '030 Cube, a Color slab and a Turbo Color slab and even on the Turbo slab with 32 megs RAM and a 72

Re: Sorry if I haven't back to you...

2015-05-29 Thread Paul Anderson
I have a stack of boards here whenever you are ready. Sorry if i dropped the ball. I might have missed it. I'm going in Monday, should be ok, just a painwell, a lot of pain... On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 1:49 PM, shad wrote: > Hello Paul, > good luck for your surgery! I hope there's nothing

Re: Bitcoining on a 1401

2015-05-29 Thread Sean Caron
That's cool. I'd love to have a copy of their deck just as a display piece :O Best, Sean On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 1:24 PM, jwsmobile wrote: > > I saw this article over on the Hercules group, and was amused. > > http://www.righto.com/2015/05/bitcoin-mining-on-55-year-old-ibm-1401.html > > Thank

Sorry if I haven't back to you...

2015-05-29 Thread shadoooo
Hello Paul, good luck for your surgery! I hope there's nothing too bad. As for the "business", I sent you more emails in the last months, unfortunately no answer at all... maybe I went direct to spam? :( Anyway, when you are back good, please let me know something. Thanks Andrea

Re: Looking for the Tek 465 of Logic Analysers

2015-05-29 Thread Noel Chiappa
> From: Jon Elson > On 05/28/2015 09:53 PM, Ken Seefried wrote: >> Ease of finding complete kit; nothing worse than dropping a dime on >> what looks like a good deal only to find you're missing the unobtanium >> cable > The Tek 1240 should work. I can second that. I rec

Re: 8-bit Computer TV Channel Use

2015-05-29 Thread David Brownlee
On 23 May 2015 at 16:35, Chris Osborn wrote: > > Are you on the CoCo mailing list? Have you seen the RGB2VGA by Luis Antoniosi > (CoCoDemus)? I know at one point he had been tinkering with making it support > composite from the Apple II. It’s semi open-source, I think there are 2 > versions and

Re: Wanted: stand for NeXT monitor

2015-05-29 Thread Chris Osborn
On May 28, 2015, at 8:20 AM, Sean Caron wrote: > Can you even run Openstep on the NeXT proprietary hardware? The performance > must be awful… My NeXTstation 25mhz 68040 with 40 megs of RAM runs OPENSTEP 4.2 just fine. I never felt like it was laggy or anything. In fact, when I got OSX (aka OP

Re: PDP-12 Restoration at the RICM

2015-05-29 Thread Jay Jaeger
If you haven't yet found one, I have spares for the switch cover - I have an entire console and the backplanes (with the cards) whose machine was disassembled out from underneath them. JRJ On 5/10/2015 9:45 AM, Michael Thompson wrote: > Sorry, I sent the message before I was finished. > > The CR

Re: Looking for the Tek 465 of Logic Analysers

2015-05-29 Thread Alexandre Souza
I'd go to a 16500C. Handy do-everything analyser mainframe, which can have a scope and a pattern generator (mine has it all) integrated. Modular and most parts are WAY CHEAP. Of course you can go one step higher and get the 17500. --- Enviado do meu Apple IIGS (pq eu sou chique) Meu si

Re: Bitcoining on a 1401

2015-05-29 Thread John Ames
> The article mentions the CHM has two 1401s functioning, but I guess halving > the time won't help much. Au contraire! Running two of them means it would take only more than *half* the lifetime of the universe, which means you still have *less* than half the lifetime of the universe left to enjo

RE: Looking for the Tek 465 of Logic Analysers

2015-05-29 Thread Ken Seefried
From: tony duell >> - No weird technologies in the design (all TTL/CMOS logic) > >That is going to be a problem. AFAIK no 'serious' logic analyser was all >TTL or (high speed) CMOS. If you are looking for one that is mostly/all >standard logic, I think you have to consider ECL here. I meant I'm n

The old Monroe 10 calculator

2015-05-29 Thread Electronics Plus
Not sure if this is old enough to count? Warranty expiration date on the back is 5-20-1975 J Comes with cassette tape. No AC adapter to test it. If interested, make offer. Cindy Croxton Electronics Plus 1613 Water Street Kerrville, TX 78028 830-370-3239 cell sa...@elecplus.com AOL IM

Possible large stash of equipment in California estate

2015-05-29 Thread Robert Feldman
The following message was posted on the Large Format Photography Forum, to which I subscribe: A good friend's widow has computer junk. He was a computer tech. A huge room stacked floor to ceiling with racks loaded with obsolete computers & stuff. Any idea what sort of reclycers she could con

Re: Looking for the Tek 465 of Logic Analysers

2015-05-29 Thread Ian S. King
I'm quite fond of my HP 1630G. It's quite fast enough for the sort of machines I'm logic-analyzing. :-) On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 5:57 PM, Ken Seefried wrote: > From: tony duell > >> - No weird technologies in the design (all TTL/CMOS logic) > > > >That is going to be a problem. AFAIK no 'serio

RE: Looking for the Tek 465 of Logic Analysers

2015-05-29 Thread tony duell
> > I'm quite fond of my HP 1630G. It's quite fast enough for the sort of > machines I'm logic-analyzing. :-) Ditto. Well, I can't remember which model I was given, it's the one that's maxed out with 'state' channels, but only the basic 'timing' channels. The manual is excellent (and availa

Re: Bitcoining on a 1401

2015-05-29 Thread Chuck Guzis
On 05/29/2015 10:41 AM, John Ames wrote: The article mentions the CHM has two 1401s functioning, but I guess halving the time won't help much. Au contraire! Running two of them means it would take only more than *half* the lifetime of the universe, which means you still have *less* than half t

Re: Wanted: stand for NeXT monitor

2015-05-29 Thread Toby Thain
On 2015-05-29 10:09 AM, Chris Osborn wrote: On May 28, 2015, at 8:20 AM, Sean Caron wrote: Can you even run Openstep on the NeXT proprietary hardware? The performance must be awful… My NeXTstation 25mhz 68040 with 40 megs of RAM runs OPENSTEP 4.2 just fine. I never felt like it was laggy o

PDP 11/44 for sale

2015-05-29 Thread Rod
I have been on this list for a long time as a reader and wanted to give the list a heads up on this system before doing anything else in case somebody wants it and can pick it up. -- Cabinet 1: Quickware Engineering QED-95 CPU replacement 2- TU-58 tape drives Cabinet 2: BA11-KW RX02

Re: Looking for the Tek 465 of Logic Analysers

2015-05-29 Thread Henk Gooijen
That's good to hear. 2 weeks ago I got an HP1630D and last week a 1631. Both came with pods, but the first one did not have the "plug" with the test leads, and the second one did. So I bought the second one too for the plugs with leads. The 1631 looks quite identical to the 1630, but the 1631 has

Re: PDP 11/44 for sale

2015-05-29 Thread Henk Gooijen
Isn't the QED-95 the "upgrade" (read: CPU replacement) for the 11/70? That 11/44 is an 11/70 in disguise :-) Or am I too late and should be in bed? - Henk -Oorspronkelijk bericht- From: Rod Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 10:04 PM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: PDP 11/44 for sale I

RE: Looking for the Tek 465 of Logic Analysers

2015-05-29 Thread tony duell
> That's good to hear. > 2 weeks ago I got an HP1630D and last week a 1631. > Both came with pods, but the first one did not have the "plug" > with the test leads, and the second one did. So I bought the second The actual pods, which are plugged into the back of the instrument are quite complex a

Re: OT: Looking for the Tek 465 of Logic Analysers

2015-05-29 Thread Marc Verdiell
I'd suggest to go for the king of the hill at the time, and get an HP 16xx (163x, 165x, 166x, 167x) for all-in-ones or the 16500 if you like to modularize yourself, although tis latter one is much harder to put together since you have to get the frame, the plug ins, the software, etc... On the

Re: PDP 11/44 for sale

2015-05-29 Thread Connor Krukosky
How I would love to have such a system. But with no money and being on the other side of continent... Anyway I would love to see photos of this system from whoever gets it :) I have yet to get my first PDP 11... Well unless you count a DEC Pro 350... Been searching for awhile but when they pop up

Re: PDP 11/44 for sale

2015-05-29 Thread Kirk B Davis
Found this about the QED-95 https://archive.org/stream/bitsavers_quickwareE.31995_3518743/QED-95_Ver_4.3_1995_djvu.txt Doc claims ~6.5 X over a 11/70 Here's eBay listed for just the board set at $900 http://www.ebay.com/itm/QED-95-PDP-CPU-5-Board-Upgrade-Kit-with-Cables-/200602265914 On May 29

Re: OT: Looking for the Tek 465 of Logic Analysers

2015-05-29 Thread wulfman
i own a 16500B software is still on HPs site i got it off ebay for 200$ fully loaded with a FULL set of probes i am very happy with it go for the hp On 5/29/2015 1:37 PM, Marc Verdiell wrote: > I'd suggest to go for the king of the hill at the time, and get an HP 16xx > (163x, 165x, 166x, 167

Panaplex display history

2015-05-29 Thread Jules Richardson
JOOI, does anyone know when Panaplex 7-segment displays started going the way of the dodo, to be replaced with LED displays (and, on the back of that, what were the advantages of a Panaplex-type display over an LED one?) I just saved a few boards from a dumpster with such displays on (they'r

Re: Bitcoining on a 1401

2015-05-29 Thread Marc Verdiell
We do have two 1401s, and on a good day, they both work. No working 360s. But even if we could have the two 1401's talk to each other, it would still take about the age of the universe to mine a block. This is about the worst machine for scientific calculation, as it does BCD, character by chara

Re: Panaplex display history

2015-05-29 Thread Brent Hilpert
On 2015-May-29, at 3:54 PM, Jules Richardson wrote: > JOOI, does anyone know when Panaplex 7-segment displays started going the way > of the dodo, to be replaced with LED displays (and, on the back of that, what > were the advantages of a Panaplex-type display over an LED one?) Panaplex and othe

Re: Panaplex display history

2015-05-29 Thread Chuck Guzis
I'll assume that you've seen the "roll your own" panaplex displays. Does that count as manufacture? http://www.imajeenyus.com/vacuum/20101115_second_panaplex/index.shtml --Chuck

Re: Bitcoining on a 1401

2015-05-29 Thread Chuck Guzis
On 05/29/2015 02:18 PM, Marc Verdiell wrote: We do have two 1401s, and on a good day, they both work. No working 360s. But even if we could have the two 1401's talk to each other, it would still take about the age of the universe to mine a block. This is about the worst machine for scientific cal

Re: Wanted: stand for NeXT monitor

2015-05-29 Thread Alan Perry
I am running OPENSTEP on an Axil 320 (SPARCstation 20 clone) with 416M of memory and a 60MHz SuperSPARC processor (sadly OPENSTEP (at least the version that I have) only supports one of the two processors in the system). The system runs OPENSTEP very well. alan On 5/28/15 8:20 AM, Sean Caron

Re: Wanted: stand for NeXT monitor

2015-05-29 Thread Jerry Kemp
Jumping in on the bandwagon. A few years back, I had a friend loan me his NeXT slab for about a year. 25 Mhz CPU. Everything pretty much stock. My observation of the default GUI was it was pretty darn quick, not even taking into account the hardware it was running on. Jerry On 05/29/15 0

Dec pdp 11/44 for sale

2015-05-29 Thread Rod
I have been on this list for a long time as a reader and wanted to give the list a heads up on this system before doing anything else in case somebody wants it and can pick it up. -- Cabinet 1: Quickware Engineering QED-95 CPU replacement 2- TU-58 tape drives Cabinet 2: BA11-KW RX02

Re: Wanted: stand for NeXT monitor

2015-05-29 Thread COURYHOUSE
we have one of the NeXT cube looking computer, a monitor and a NeXT laser printer. looking for an archive stash of advertising lit. and graphics we can use to build a display around this hardware. Suggestions? Thanks Ed Sharpe _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) In

Re: PDP 11/44 for sale

2015-05-29 Thread Johnny Billquist
On 2015-05-29 22:22, Henk Gooijen wrote: Isn't the QED-95 the "upgrade" (read: CPU replacement) for the 11/70? That 11/44 is an 11/70 in disguise :-) Or am I too late and should be in bed? If I remember right, the QED-95 can be used as an upgrade in any Unibus system. I think there are some c

Re: PDP 11/44 for sale

2015-05-29 Thread E. Groenenberg
> On 2015-05-29 22:22, Henk Gooijen wrote: >> Isn't the QED-95 the "upgrade" (read: CPU replacement) for the 11/70? >> That 11/44 is an 11/70 in disguise :-) Or am I too late and should be >> in bed? > > If I remember right, the QED-95 can be used as an upgrade in any Unibus > system. I think the