Re: Front Panels Sample layout.

2015-07-19 Thread simon
ours is visible on flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/simski/15171396948/ On 19-07-15 00:00, Rod Smallwood wrote: Hi I am working on an 8/f version. Its not far along enough to send out just yet . Rod On 18/07/2015 12:34, simon wrote: Hi Rod, that sounds like a good idea. we have a 8/

Re: Front Panels Sample layout.

2015-07-19 Thread Rod Smallwood
Hi Simon Yes thats what I am working on right now. I can see your problem - cracked area around keylock. Of course I can't reproduce the old sticky labels That looks like an original set of /e drawings in front. How good are they? Regards Rod On 19/07/2015 10:14, simon wrote: ours is v

Re: Reproducing old machines with newer technology

2015-07-19 Thread Paul Koning
> On Jul 19, 2015, at 12:06 AM, Mike Stein wrote: > > ... > I always wondered which was more efficient, multiplexing among essentially > complete 'computers per user' sharing a common I/O 'channel' or swapping > processes and memory banks… If you’re talking about switching a single resource (

Re: Front Panels Sample layout.

2015-07-19 Thread simon
Oh, they are merely scratches from the key. We decided to keep the labels for history's sake and yes the printset is in good condition, but not better than te scans available on bitsavers. On 19-07-15 12:38, Rod Smallwood wrote: Hi Simon Yes thats what I am working on right now. I can see

RE: PDP 11 gear finally moved

2015-07-19 Thread dwight
I have rarely seen static damage to electronic parts. I can imagine that if I were in Nevada during winter time, I might see more. There were times when, even with a key to be the discharge point that my arm still jumped. On parts, the ones I've seen that I could definitely attribute to static were

RE: PDP 11 gear finally moved

2015-07-19 Thread tony duell
> > I have rarely seen static damage to electronic parts. I can imagine > that if I were in Nevada during winter time, I might see more. There > were times when, even with a key to be the discharge point that > my arm still jumped. Be careful, static daamge does not always show up at the time. Yo

Re: Front Panels Sample layout.

2015-07-19 Thread Dave
(On Sunday, July 19, 2015 4:14 AM, simon wrote:) > ours is visible on flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/simski/15171396948/ Nice.  That's identical to the 8m panels I have, except the the 'f' instead of the 'm'.  I like the separation of the LED rows on these panels. Dave On 19-07-15 00

Re: Multibus arbiter design

2015-07-19 Thread Al Kossow
SUN I or II board? On 7/18/15 10:50 PM, Eric Smith wrote: Is anyone aware of any published detailed designs of Multibus arbitration circuitry

moving cleanout - IBM XT(s), assorted macs, green-screen NTSC monitors, TRS-80 types, etc

2015-07-19 Thread Brent Hilpert
So my house sold yesterday after < 3 days on the market (the market here is nuts). I have about two months to move, so a bunch of stuff has to disappear. Location is the Vancouver, BC, Canada region (Port Moody more precisely). Most of this stuff is larger and I'm not going to have a lot of time

Re: Front Panels Sample layout.

2015-07-19 Thread Rod Smallwood
That seems to be the case, logo apart , f and m seem to be the same On 19/07/2015 15:55, Dave wrote: (On Sunday, July 19, 2015 4:14 AM, simon wrote:) ours is visible on flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/simski/15171396948/ Nice. That's identical to the 8m panels I have, except the

Re: moving cleanout - IBM XT(s), assorted macs, green-screen NTSC monitors, TRS-80 types, etc

2015-07-19 Thread Mike Stein
Hi Brent, I'd be interested in the TRS-80 model 100... Sorry for replying on-list, but I've sent you private emails in the past and got no reply so I suspect I may not be getting through for some reason. I think I've got a scrap XT keyboard somewhere in case someone needs a key or two. m

Re: Multibus arbiter design

2015-07-19 Thread Eric Smith
On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 9:21 AM, Al Kossow wrote: > SUN I or II board? Cool, the Sun 2 CPU board doc has description and schematic.

Re: Multibus arbiter design

2015-07-19 Thread N0body H0me
> -Original Message- > From: space...@gmail.com > Sent: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 13:15:37 -0600 > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: Multibus arbiter design > > On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 9:21 AM, Al Kossow wrote: >> SUN I or II board? > > Cool, the Sun 2 CPU board doc has description and s

Re: PDP 11 gear finally moved

2015-07-19 Thread Tothwolf
On Fri, 17 Jul 2015, Jay Jaeger wrote: On 7/17/2015 1:33 PM, Rich Alderson wrote: It is generally a good idea to re-form electrolytic capacitors in power supplies, and to bench check the power supplies (under some kind of load) before actually applying power to the whole unit. It is always a

Re: PDP 11 gear finally moved

2015-07-19 Thread Tothwolf
On Fri, 17 Jul 2015, Todd Killingsworth wrote: I suspect part of the "swap'em ALL out" mentality comes from the 90's when some botched industrial espionage had some of the bottom-tier cap manufacturers using a dodgy electrolytic formula for their caps. These caps would have a frequent failure

RE: PDP 11 gear finally moved

2015-07-19 Thread Tothwolf
On Fri, 17 Jul 2015, tony duell wrote: Perhaps. But not all of it, certainly. I'm currently four for four fixing dead flatscreens by re-capping their power supplies; I imagine others have similar experiences. It's not a huge stretch to imagine This could be taken to show that modern capaci

Re: Multibus arbiter design

2015-07-19 Thread Eric Smith
On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 4:01 PM, N0body H0me wrote: > A quick search on the "Site Which Must Not Be Named" shows > some NOS 8289's for about $7 each, including postage. I dunno, > just sayin-- why re-invent the wheel? 1. The 8289, being bipolar, draws an absurd amount of current on +5V. Well ov

Re: moving cleanout - partial DECmate I / VT278

2015-07-19 Thread Brent Hilpert
Further to my earlier message today, something else to go: DECmate I / VT278 monitor & CPU This is the VT100 monitor/housing with the 6120-PDP8-microproc-based CPU board in one of the logic slots. Sadly, missing the keyboard and floppies unit, so it's not complete.

Re: PDP 11 gear finally moved

2015-07-19 Thread Jay jaeger
Well, all I can say is that my experience differs. I have had newer capacitors fail, and old ones, too, of course, but nothing points to wholesale replacement as a cost or time effective strategy, especially on something like an Altair. FWIW, I don't run my vintage machines all that often. Of

MFM reader emulator

2015-07-19 Thread David Gesswein
I'm doing another run of boards. The description of the board changes and the expected price are at: http://www.pdp8online.com/mfm/board_revb.shtml If you desire any please respond by email not to list with 1) How many bare boards you wish. I will assume production boards unless you state h

Re: Linear Power Supply (Conversion Equipment Corp) from a basic four 510

2015-07-19 Thread jwsmobile
On 7/19/2015 2:43 PM, Armin Diehl wrote: Yes, that is all correct. The first machines used by Basic Four (later MAI) were Microdata machines. Basic Four released BB1 (Business Basic Level 1) and BB2 on these machines. These were the “blue” ones, e.g. http://www.ricomputermuseum.org/Home/equip

Re: Linear Power Supply (Conversion Equipment Corp) from a basic four 510

2015-07-19 Thread Armin Diehl
Yes, that is all correct. The first machines used by Basic Four (later MAI) were Microdata machines. Basic Four released BB1 (Business Basic Level 1) and BB2 on these machines. These were the “blue” ones, e.g. http://www.ricomputermuseum.org/Home/equipment/mai-basic-four-model-1200 Schematics

Re: moving cleanout - partial DECmate I / VT278

2015-07-19 Thread couryhouse
What are you going to do with it?Looking. For a wt78 but this fell in our lap Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone Original message From: Brent Hilpert Date: 07/19/2015 9:29 PM (GMT-07:00) To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" S

Re: Multibus arbiter design

2015-07-19 Thread N0body H0me
> -Original Message- > From: space...@gmail.com > Sent: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 21:14:45 -0600 > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: Multibus arbiter design > > On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 4:01 PM, N0body H0me > wrote: >> A quick search on the "Site Which Must Not Be Named" shows >> some NOS

Re: Multibus arbiter design

2015-07-19 Thread Eric Smith
On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 12:04 AM, N0body H0me wrote: > Anyways, just trying to be helpful. I appreciate that. I wasn't criticizing, just explaining a few reasons why I prefer not to use an actual 8289 in my design. Thanks! Eric