I was checking out the Altair 8800 kit online (really cool). But I am
hoping to one day find a kit or plans to build a Mark-8 replica, since I'm
so deep into Radio Electronics features. I know there was a kit out there
(Obtronix?). Was it any good? Do I need someone to make a new kit or is
the
On Sat, 24 Oct 2015, Brad wrote:
I was checking out the Altair 8800 kit online (really cool). But I am
hoping to one day find a kit or plans to build a Mark-8 replica, since
I'm so deep into Radio Electronics features. I know there was a kit out
there (Obtronix?). Was it any good? Do I nee
Er.. Wow!
Ok the process mimics the original production system.
I draw the panel using Inkscape because it runs on windows and Linux,
produces .svg (scalable vector graphics) files and its free!!
As sources I use photographs, Scans (The best way because there are no
lens errors) and
Oscar,
I forgot to ask for your private email on VCFB, so I use this public
channel.
Can you sell me a PiDP8, so I can port my Blinkenlight Api Server to the
platform of the upcoming 11/70?
I'd like to have it as preassembled as possible, 'cause my schedule is
very tight.
http://www.retroc
On 24/10/2015 08:21, Brad wrote:
I was checking out the Altair 8800 kit online (really cool). But I am
hoping to one day find a kit or plans to build a Mark-8 replica, since I'm
so deep into Radio Electronics features. I know there was a kit out there
(Obtronix?). Was it any good? Do I need
> The UK is full of small companies making and repairing all kinds of past
> products.
>
> For example the MGB GT (a much loved British sports car). The factory
> stopped making them in the early 1980's
> However a few guys bought the press tools and have been turning out two
> or three body shel
Hello Tony
Well like a lot of things its not always simple.
Lets deal with the GT40 first.
Well I know why I picked the car as opposed to the display.
In the late 1960's I did what was called a sandwich course.
Part of the time at work and part at college.
I worked in the test lab of
On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 08:58:58AM +0200, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> On 2015-10-24 00:22, ANDY HOLT wrote:
> >
> > Don't get me wrong... Emacs isn't a bad OS... Too bad there isn't a decent
> > text editor for it.
> >
> >
> > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone
> >
> >
> > Ah,
Hi folks,
PET4032 repair continues with all ROMs, video RAM and dodgy sockets removed
thanks to a hot air gun. Holes cleaned and I have new turned pin sockets for
everything I've removed which I'll be fitting this afternoon.
Since the ROMs came out OK I'm trying to dump them using my Pinmaster48
> From: Johnny Billquist
> Well, it is not correct when we then include that it is 43 years old...
> Internets using TCP/IP is a bit over 30 years old, but not over 40.
Good point! {Does a little math in his head...} 43 years, that gives us 1972.
The OP was clearly thinking of the ARP
On 10/24/2015 2:21 AM, Brad wrote:
> I was checking out the Altair 8800 kit online (really cool). But I am
> hoping to one day find a kit or plans to build a Mark-8 replica, since I'm
> so deep into Radio Electronics features. I know there was a kit out there
> (Obtronix?). Was it any good? Do
On 10/23/15 2:43 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
On 10/23/15 12:39 PM, Josh Dersch wrote:
I don't
suppose anyone has a service manual for these things so I know what
stuff
to probe? (Nothing on Bitsavers and a casual Google search turns up
nothing of interest.)
Service manuals/schematics/ASIC info is
> Well, it is not correct when we then include that it is 43 years old...
> Internets using TCP/IP is a bit over 30 years old, but not over 40.
On Sat, 24 Oct 2015, Noel Chiappa wrote:
Good point! {Does a little math in his head...} 43 years, that gives us 1972.
The OP was clearly thinkin
On 10/24/2015 5:43 AM, Adrian Graham wrote:
Hi folks,
PET4032 repair continues with all ROMs, video RAM and dodgy sockets removed
thanks to a hot air gun. Holes cleaned and I have new turned pin sockets for
everything I've removed which I'll be fitting this afternoon.
Since the ROMs came out OK
On 10/24/15 10:15 AM, Josh Dersch wrote:
there are a few ICs surface-mounted to the flat ribbon
cable running to the head assembly.
Those are the head preamps. You should be able to scope out if there is
anything coming out of them.
>
> That's pretty much what I figured. I took a closer look at one of the
> other dead XT2190s I have that I'd opened up to inspect awhile back and
> there are a few ICs surface-mounted to the flat ribbon cable running to
> the head assembly. I suppose it's likely that one of these has failed,
>
On 13/09/15 08:33, d...@661.org wrote:
Someone on #classiccmp showed pictures of a DDR SDRAM module with
piggybacked TSOP memory chips. I've never heard of doing this with
surface-mounted devices.
http://imgur.com/a/CGk8h
I have, within easy reach, a 1GB SDRAM (168-pin) SDRAM that does exa
As my mail to cctech dod'nt came through, here a mail only to the cctalk
list.
sorry if it becomes a double post.
Hi All,
I was contacted via the greenkeys list for my spare parts of the two
T100 telexes, but I think it should be possible to obtain them in the
states. Is there someone willin
Simon,
cctech is moderated.
-Rik
-Oorspronkelijk bericht-
Van: "simon"
Verzonden: 24-10-2015 20:54
Aan: "cctalk@classiccmp.org"
Onderwerp: looking for Siemens T100 telexes in the US
As my mail to cctech dod'nt came through, here a mail only to the cctalk
list.
sorry if it become
I have an M24 which does not have the bus converter card P1050). There are a
couple of these cards on ebay in the USA, which makes it expensive for me,
and I am not sure which of the two would be best anyway.
There is another bus converter available in the UK, but it is PC1076 (IF
622), which m
The MiniScribe brick story is told at:
http://chmhdd.wikifoundry.com/page/MiniScribe+files+bancruptcy
The apocryphal tale is that when the Maxtor President visited his then
recently acquired MiniScribe facilities he was shown buildings 1,2, 3, and
5. When asked what happened to building 4 he was
On 10/24/15 11:40 AM, tony duell wrote:
Most likely those ICs are head switch/preamp devices and the servo head
preamplifier. They are very likely to be custom.
Silicon Systems was a common supplier in the 80s to mid-90s, which is why their
Storage Products data books have been scanned.
I have a Sun machine with a 13W3 framebuffer output, which is connected
via a Monoprice VGA adapter to my LCD monitor. It works great, but the
ends of the standoff bolts without nuts come together where the VGA
cable meets the adapter; that is to say, the VGA cable's nuts are on the
far side of the
This unfortunate creature has seen ill-storage and a slight mouse
infestation and bears the rusty scars of time and moisture. But with
your kindness and patience, it will have the chance to bound joyfully
through fields of Greenbar once again, bringing joy and the printed
word/ASCII art to all who
> I have a Sun machine with a 13W3 framebuffer output, which is
> connected via a Monoprice VGA adapter to my LCD monitor. [...]
> I'm wondering what I can put between the two to keep the cable from
> disconnecting from the adapter. Some searches seem to indicate I
> want some 4x40 (or 4-40) fem
On 10/24/15 11:40 AM, tony duell wrote:
That's pretty much what I figured. I took a closer look at one of the
other dead XT2190s I have that I'd opened up to inspect awhile back and
there are a few ICs surface-mounted to the flat ribbon cable running to
the head assembly. I suppose it's likely
On 24/10/2015 19:18, "John Robertson" wrote:
> On 10/24/2015 5:43 AM, Adrian Graham wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> PET4032 repair continues with all ROMs, video RAM and dodgy sockets removed
>> thanks to a hot air gun. Holes cleaned and I have new turned pin sockets for
>> everything I've removed
On Fri, 23 Oct 2015, Jon Elson wrote:
On 10/23/2015 04:32 PM, geneb wrote:
On Fri, 23 Oct 2015, Jon Elson wrote:
I sell some hardware for motion control based on this software, and have
sold over 300 controller-interfaces.
A popular one seems to be using MachineKit on a Beagle Bone Black
Probably a silly question, but I assume that if
you're using a 28-pin socket you are inserting it
aligned at the end *opposite* pin 1, with pin
numbers offset by 2 (ie. 2x32 pin1 is 2764/256 pin
3, etc.)?
m
- Original Message -
From: "Adrian Graham"
To: ; "General Discussion:
On
For reasons too abstruse to explain in detail I'm on the lookout for
terminals that are, physically, really small - especially serial and
coax 3270, and possibly twinax 5250.
Yes you could do things with small laptops and PDAs with PCMCIA cards
and adapters and software - I know a guy who kept a P
On 10/24/2015 08:01 PM, geneb wrote:
I wouldn't mind finding step-by-step instructions on how
to refit a 2000 model year MaxNC 10 open loop mill. The
controller it has now is parallel port based and the
control software is DOS only.
Well, this is a stepper-driven machine? Are the stepper
I know Chuck Guzis has written about this, but I don't see that he's done
so publicly in the last few years, so I thought I'd ask here about his and
others' views on the perennial question of whether (some) 3.5" DSHD disks
can be reliably used in DSDD-only drives. The oft-repeated claim is that
wri
On Sat, 24 Oct 2015, Eric Christopherson wrote:
I know Chuck Guzis has written about this, but I don't see that he's done
so publicly in the last few years, so I thought I'd ask here about his and
others' views on the perennial question of whether (some) 3.5" DSHD disks
can be reliably used in DS
How small is "really small"? IBM made a terminal with a 5" screen for the 4704
banking systems. http://frente-cajas.blogspot.com/
-Original Message-
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mike Ross
Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2015 8:55 PM
To: General Discussion:
On Sat, 24 Oct 2015, Cindy Croxton wrote:
How small is "really small"? IBM made a terminal with a 5" screen for
the 4704 banking systems. http://frente-cajas.blogspot.com/
And the Atari Portfolio runs a version of DR-DOS.
And the Poqet ran MS-DOS.
Both have serial ports available.
Both will ru
On 10/24/2015 08:10 PM, Cindy Croxton wrote:
How small is "really small"? IBM made a terminal with a 5" screen for
the 4704 banking systems. http://frente-cajas.blogspot.com/
I've got one with a 64 character 1-line LED display. Is that small enough?
--Chuck
The Epson RC-20 wrist watch (30 years ago) had serial port, RAM, ROM,
and sort of a Z80.
But, nobody ever brought up CP/M on it.
16 char x 1 line is small enough? :)
Em 25/10/2015 01:34, "Chuck Guzis" escreveu:
> On 10/24/2015 08:10 PM, Cindy Croxton wrote:
>
>> How small is "really small"? IBM made a terminal with a 5" screen for
>> the 4704 banking systems. http://frente-cajas.blogspot.com/
>>
>
> I've got one with a 64
On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 8:39 PM, Alexandre Souza <
alexandre.tabaj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 16 char x 1 line is small enough? :)
> Em 25/10/2015 01:34, "Chuck Guzis" escreveu:
>
> > On 10/24/2015 08:10 PM, Cindy Croxton wrote:
> >
> >> How small is "really small"? IBM made a terminal with a 5" scre
On 10/24/2015 06:59 PM, Eric Christopherson wrote:
I know Chuck Guzis has written about this, but I don't see that he's done
so publicly in the last few years, so I thought I'd ask here about his and
others' views on the perennial question of whether (some) 3.5" DSHD disks
can be reliably used in
yes we have one line LED letter terminals used for Deaf and hard of
Hearing.
we will buy more of them too. do you have any of them?
ASCII or BAUDOT either for our Deaf Telecom diaplay.
Drop me a line offlist thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC
In a message dated 10/24/2015 8:44:59
On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 9:14 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Oct 2015, Eric Christopherson wrote:
>
>> I know Chuck Guzis has written about this, but I don't see that he's done
>> so publicly in the last few years, so I thought I'd ask here about his and
>> others' views on the perennial quest
What tool does one use to install the metal pin into a plastic PCB
extractor, e.g., the Bivar CP-36 or Keystone 8642?
I don't yet have any uninstalled extractors on hand, but I'm going to
need some for a project. Looking at PCBs with extractors already
installed has not made it obvious to me how t
On 10/24/2015 09:06 PM, Eric Christopherson wrote:
Fascinating -- I didn't know there were AC and DC magnetic fields.
How strong is "very strong", and would the library device I mentioned
count toward "an AC erase"? Should I assume that just doing an AC
erase would be insufficient?
The AC uni
On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Tom Gardner wrote:
> The MiniScribe brick story is told at:
> http://chmhdd.wikifoundry.com/page/MiniScribe+files+bancruptcy
>
> The apocryphal tale is that when the Maxtor President visited his then
> recently acquired MiniScribe facilities he was shown buildings
On 10/24/2015 09:49 PM, Eric Smith wrote:
What tool does one use to install the metal pin into a plastic PCB
extractor, e.g., the Bivar CP-36 or Keystone 8642?
There are expensive tools for the purpose, but I've always just used a
pair of long-nose pliers to compress the end of the spring pin
On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Cindy Croxton wrote:
> How small is "really small"? IBM made a terminal with a 5" screen for the
> 4704 banking systems. http://frente-cajas.blogspot.com/
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mike Ross
On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 11:20 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> There are expensive tools for the purpose, but I've always just used a pair
> of long-nose pliers to compress the end of the spring pin slightly to get it
> started, then drive it home with a soft-faced mallet. Make sure that the
> body of th
On Sat, 24 Oct 2015, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 10/24/2015 09:49 PM, Eric Smith wrote:
What tool does one use to install the metal pin into a plastic PCB
extractor, e.g., the Bivar CP-36 or Keystone 8642?
There are expensive tools for the purpose, but I've always just used a pair
of long-nose pli
- Original Message -
From: "Chuck Guzis"
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic
Posts"
Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2015 1:20 AM
Subject: Re: tool for installing pin in PCB
extractors?
On 10/24/2015 09:49 PM, Eric Smith wrote:
What tool does one use to install the metal pin
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