- Original Message -
From: "Brent Hilpert"
Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 2:01 AM
On 2015-Dec-15, at 6:21 PM, Mike Ross wrote:
>
> I have taken Brent up on that :-)
>
First crack can be picked up here:
http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~hilpert/tmp/WIOSelectric.pdf
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Awesome
> From: Chuck Guzis
> It's also occurred to me that without screens, we might be better off
> today ... The average web-surfing experience blasts the user with tons
> of filigree and useless data, but very little useful information. ...
> Web sites that have multi-megabyte spla
> From: Doug Ingraham
> I regret that when I obtained my Straight 8 system in the early 80's I
> chose not to take the ASR-35.
> ...
> A glass terminal is not the same experience as a teletype.
Thank goodness for that! I had the 'joy' of using exclusively Teletypes for
the fir
Did the email server fall over again?
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On 12/14/2015 04:28 PM, Mike wrote:
On 12/14/2015 08:13 PM, Jason Howe wrote:
On 12/13/2015 10:17 AM, william degnan wrote:
I have found that most vintage ribbons can be replaced with new
ribbons for
new devices. Worst case you may find the right width but you'll have to
re-thread to fit the
On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Mike Boyle wrote:
> --
> I did a Google search on a straight eight system and found this . .
>
> http://www.pdp8.net/shows/vcfe12/exhibit_small.jpg
>
> If this is the correct image I see a small round screen and if memory
> serves me a line
> like a heart beat mon
@ Brent Hilpert
May I ask what software you use for creating your schematics ??
I like the way gates are drawn.
Thanks !
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On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 5:41 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Dec 2015, Mike Boyle wrote:
>
>> I would love to have a micro and all of the 70 and 80- 87 Honda Motorcycle
>> parts! The old ATC's Gotta Love em!
>>
>
> Then you should start designing a database to keep track of the parts, and
> th
On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 8:44 AM, Noel Chiappa
wrote:
> 'joy' of using exclusively Teletypes for
> the first two years I worked with computers, and I didn't (and still don't)
> miss them one bit!
>
> Which is not to say I look down on those who collect/restore them, I
> understand they are an imp
On Fri, 18 Dec 2015, couryho...@aol.com wrote:
kept a LAPTOP IBM with dual floppies and a odd plasma screen all in one
IBM computer...
"Convertable"
Prior to release, IBM was filming one or more commercials with a Charlie
Chaplin look-a-like in a 1957 Chevy ragtop
and we have an IBM that
Two things...not really "decisions", but circumstances where had I been more
clueful, would have resulted in getting some good stuff --
1) My father owned a production machine shop. He had an early CNC mill that
used a PDP 8/m as the "C" in CNC (Computerized Numerical Control). The machine
wa
>
>
>
> He said that the scrappers had already been called, and that I'd have to
> beat them there and get the stuff, as he wanted it gone that day. I
> signed the waiver, and then went to my boss immediately and said I had an
> urgent issue to tend to, and that I needed the rest of the day off.
On 12/18/2015 06:40 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
Agree completely. The amount of useless 'eye candy' on the average
Web page is, well, appalling. But then again, the low S/N on
developing technologies, as worthless content expands faster than
high quality - well, that's nothing new, look at TV.
He
On 2015-12-18 2:04 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 12/18/2015 06:40 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
Agree completely. The amount of useless 'eye candy' on the average
Web page is, well, appalling. But then again, the low S/N on
developing technologies, as worthless content expands faster than
high quality -
Uh no? Steady stream of posts.
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From: Dave Woyciesjes [mailto:woycies...@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 9:47 AM
To: ClassicCMP ; jw...@classiccmp.org
Subject: Classic CMP list fall over again?
Did the email server fall over again?
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On 2015-12-18 12:42 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Fri, 18 Dec 2015, couryho...@aol.com wrote:
kept a LAPTOP IBM with dual floppies and a odd plasma screen all in
one IBM computer...
"Convertable"
Prior to release, IBM was filming one or more commercials with a
Charlie Chaplin look-a-like in a 1957
I wonder if I got suspended... I'll have to go have a look-see...
On 12/18/2015 02:44 PM, Jay West wrote:
Uh no? Steady stream of posts.
-Original Message-
From: Dave Woyciesjes [mailto:woycies...@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 9:47 AM
To: ClassicCMP ; jw...@clas
On 12/18/2015 03:05 PM, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
I wonder if I got suspended... I'll have to go have a look-see...
Ah, yup, there we go. Yahoo bouncing again, and got suspended
On 12/18/2015 02:44 PM, Jay West wrote:
Uh no? Steady stream of posts.
-Original Message--
> On Dec 18, 2015, at 12:03 PM, Paul Berger wrote:
>
>>
> The screen on the convertable is not plasma, it is a LCD screen and there
> where two versions one reflective and the other backlit. In the PS/2 days
> there where suitcase size machines with plasma displays but they only had a
> sin
On 2015-12-18 4:15 PM, Guy Sotomayor wrote:
On Dec 18, 2015, at 12:03 PM, Paul Berger wrote:
The screen on the convertable is not plasma, it is a LCD screen and there where
two versions one reflective and the other backlit. In the PS/2 days there
where suitcase size machines with plasma disp
I deal with modern computing devices with no visual display - or at least,
the visual display is not used. My current Day Job is in accessibility,
and I make extensive use of screen readers (your Android phone comes with
TalkBack, and if you're an iSerf you have VoiceOver). It changes the
design
On 2015-Dec-16, at 10:26 PM, Mike Ross wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 8:01 PM, Brent Hilpert wrote:
>>
>> First crack can be picked up here:
>>http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~hilpert/tmp/WIOSelectric.pdf
>>
>> There are a few areas and pins I couldn't discern from the photos.
>> Mostly around U1
On 2015-Dec-18, at 12:13 AM, Mike Stein wrote:
> - Original Message -
> From: "Brent Hilpert"
> Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 2:01 AM
>
> First crack can be picked up here:
> http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~hilpert/tmp/WIOSelectric.pdf
>
> - Reply -
>
> Mind telling me/us what softw
On 2015-12-18 5:00 PM, Brent Hilpert wrote:
On 2015-Dec-16, at 10:26 PM, Mike Ross wrote:
On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 8:01 PM, Brent Hilpert wrote:
First crack can be picked up here:
http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~hilpert/tmp/WIOSelectric.pdf
There are a few areas and pins I couldn't discern from
> From: Brent Hilpert
> I need to move to something newer but I haven't evaluated current
> schematic-drawing programs
Dave Bridgham got me started with KiCAD, and that seems like a pretty good
system to me. It has separate sub-systems for schematic capture; circuitry
checking; netlis
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Noel
> Chiappa
> Sent: 18 December 2015 14:44
> To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
> Cc: j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu
> Subject: Re: Decisions you regret (classiccmp related)
>
> > From: Doug Ingraham
>
>
I’ve been tinkering around with my IBM Mainframe terminals and I’m pretty close
to having everything the way that I want it.
I currently have an IBM 3174-61R Establishment controller connecting to my
“mainframes” via TCP/IP. This allows me to not only connect to my Multiprise
3000 S/390 but al
Looking for some Fluke Micro System Troubleshooter stuff:
Looking for the following key caps: AUTO, BUS, RAM SHORT, and C
Bonus key caps (not needed, but better ones would be nice): RAM LONG,
I/O, 1, 2
Also looking for PODS for:
6502
Z80
6809
8080
If you have any of these available, please l
ok we have this
In the PS/2 days there where suitcase size machines with plasma displays
but they only had a single diskette drive that folded out of the front,
we also have the dual disc laptop 1st thing IBM made with lcd
then we also have a one that is like a suitcase compaq p
On 12/18/2015 02:38 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
Dave Bridgham got me started with KiCAD, and that seems like a pretty
good system to me. It has separate sub-systems for schematic capture;
circuitry checking; netlist generation; PCB layout; etc, etc. I've
only worked with the first three, but it seem
Oh sounds like fun!
I'm working with 3277 which uses a different protocol; connects to
older mainframes (360/370) via 3171/3172 controllers - channel
attached or remote. Also connects to System/3 direct to the CPU
hardware as a console. I have a 3172 controller; physically rough and
needs restorat
g 3271 and 3272 controllers I should have said! They're much
dumber than 3174 - no program load device whatever; all done in
hardware. Just an on/off switch and a couple of status lights.
Mike
On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 2:27 PM, Mike Ross wrote:
> Oh sounds like fun!
>
> I'm working with 3277 w
Do you have a 3272? I found one during the cleanup of the Black Hole.
I think I can get ALDs and docs for it.
--
Will
On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 8:30 PM, Mike Ross wrote:
> g 3271 and 3272 controllers I should have said! They're much
> dumber than 3174 - no program load device whatever; all do
On 2015-12-18 9:30 PM, Mike Ross wrote:
g 3271 and 3272 controllers I should have said! They're much
dumber than 3174 - no program load device whatever; all done in
hardware. Just an on/off switch and a couple of status lights.
Mike
On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 2:27 PM, Mike Ross wrote:
Oh sou
I have a 3271 Model 2 - the remote bisync one. It's in embarrassing
condition; I'll take pics once it's cleaned up! Only IBM product I
have with significant wood in it; the top panel of the unit is made of
formica-covered chipboard!
No docs.
I wonder if it might be possible to finagle it into wor
Most (all?) 029/129s have a chipboard top. Also, you S/3 should, right?
The only bit of classic computer stuff I have ever seen with REAL wood
on it was a Computervision system during college. The cabinets has
strips of oak on the front. Quite nice.
--
Will
On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 9:32 PM, Mike
My 129 had a chipboard top I believe; I can't confirm as the bloody
thing was stolen! (Belongs in 'biggest regrets' thread g).
No wood in my System/3s; all metal, including the 'desktop' which ties
the CPU to the printer and disk/card units.
I'll tell what does have wood though, now I think a
Its possible, but you need a modem eliminator mostly to provide the
clocks for the sync data line, other than that is is similar to a null
modem.
I remember the control units being pretty much trouble free however the
3277 terminals,3284 and 3286 printers where a different story. What I
reme
I've just repaired my 3277 which had lain idle for Goddess knows how
long - decades possibly.
I stripped, cleaned, and inspected it. I found a loose capacitor - one
of the tiny black rectangular ones - lying in the bottom of the thing.
I found out where it came from on the analog board and put a
On 12/18/2015 08:40 PM, William Donzelli wrote:
Most (all?) 029/129s have a chipboard top. Also, you S/3 should, right?
The only bit of classic computer stuff I have ever seen with REAL wood
on it was a Computervision system during college. The cabinets has
strips of oak on the front. Quite nice
On Fri, 18 Dec 2015, William Donzelli wrote:
Most (all?) 029/129s have a chipboard top. Also, you S/3 should, right?
The only bit of classic computer stuff I have ever seen with REAL wood
on it was a Computervision system during college. The cabinets has
strips of oak on the front. Quite nice.
I have a spare 029 that got wet, so the desk portion expanded.
Definitely chipboard.
I think the 1130 also have a chipboard desktop. Many have a
distinctive crack from expansion.
--
Will
On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 10:24 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
> On 12/18/2015 08:40 PM, William Donzelli wrote:
>>
>> M
On 12/18/2015 09:27 PM, William Donzelli wrote:
I have a spare 029 that got wet, so the desk portion expanded.
Definitely chipboard.
Sorry, I was thinking of the 026!
Jon
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Maciej W.
> Rozycki
> Sent: 17 December 2015 16:18
> To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
> Cc: cct...@classiccmp.org
> Subject: RE: VAX 4000-500 PSU Overload?
>
> NB the two brown capacitors seen in the middle
On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 10:48 PM, Peter Cetinski wrote:
> > On Dec 17, 2015, at 4:40 PM, devin davison wrote:
> >
> > I Volunteer constantly at the salvation army looking for such things to
> > show up.
>
> I love your dedication to the hobby. Working at the Salvation Army just
> to get an "in"
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