Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter

2016-03-25 Thread Robert Jarratt
The M24 I got the other day has the bus converter, whereas the other M24 that I already had does not. I bought a bus converter for the "old" one, but then realised I didn't have any mounting bushes or spacers in order to install it. I thought of removing some of the bushes from the new one to share

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2016-03-25 Thread William Maddox
I received one of the new panels from Rob, and it is nearly indistinguishable from the original. It captures the matte finish of the original exactly. Fantastic! >_PDP-8 New Products under consideration _ > >1. Front panels for any of the other PDP-8 models, Including the >Straight 8 but excl

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2016-03-25 Thread Rod Smallwood
Hi Bill Thank you for the kind words. What you have is Version 3. Version 1 shipped in limited quantities. Version 2 never shipped because Chessie (My silk screen expert) and I did not like what happend when we put matt black on the front. I had to sit down and think about that one. I

Re: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter

2016-03-25 Thread Dave Wade
Could they be 3d printed? Pictures might help... On 25 Mar 2016 09:20, "Robert Jarratt" wrote: > The M24 I got the other day has the bus converter, whereas the other M24 > that I already had does not. I bought a bus converter for the "old" one, > but > then realised I didn't have any mounting bus

RE: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter

2016-03-25 Thread Robert Jarratt
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Dave > Wade > Sent: 25 March 2016 12:16 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter > > Could they be 3d printed? Pictures m

RE: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter

2016-03-25 Thread tony duell
> > Could they be 3d printed? Pictures might help... > > There are actually two varieties. The plastic ones probably could, but > actually I was > talking about the steel ones which probably can't. I have put it all away > again for > now so I can't get any pictures right now. I'll get it out

RE: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter

2016-03-25 Thread Robert Jarratt
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of tony duell > Sent: 25 March 2016 12:59 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: RE: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter > > > > > Could they be 3d printed? Pictu

Re: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter

2016-03-25 Thread Todd Goodman
* Robert Jarratt [160325 08:29]: > > > > -Original Message- > > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Dave > > Wade > > Sent: 25 March 2016 12:16 > > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > > > Subject: Re: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus

Re: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter

2016-03-25 Thread Chuck Guzis
I'll have to open up my 6300 to see what they are, but my initial impression is that rivnuts might be just the ticket. I'll check later, however. --Chuck

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2016-03-25 Thread John Ball
I'm up in Kamloops but even at the cost of gas (about $120 tghere and back) I'm tempted to go down and pick it up if it has not already happened. Failing that, There's a fantastic place at 304 Victoria drive that will accept the machine if you can't find a home for it. I can vet for them as their s

RE: Free XT Machine

2016-03-25 Thread John Ball
>I'm up in Kamloops but even at the cost of gas (about $120 tghere and back) I'm tempted to go down and pick >it up if it has not already happened. Failing that, There's a fantastic place at 304 Victoria drive that >will accept the machine if you can't find a home for it. I can vet for them as thei

RE: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter

2016-03-25 Thread Robert Jarratt
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Chuck > Guzis > Sent: 25 March 2016 15:31 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter > > I'll have to open up my 6300 to see

RE: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter

2016-03-25 Thread Fred Cisin
I looked up rivnuts and they certainly look similar. They are definitely not standoffs though. I shall look closer at rivnuts. also look at nutserts. Riv-nuts are pop-rivets with a threaded center. Usable through sheet metal, and into blind holes (very carefully) Nutserts call for drilling a

RE: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter

2016-03-25 Thread Robert Jarratt
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Fred Cisin > Sent: 25 March 2016 19:10 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: RE: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter > > > I looked up rivnuts and they certai

Re: Free XT Machine

2016-03-25 Thread Ian S. King
I'm waiting to hear back, but I think Brent and I have an agreement on this. :-) On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 10:34 AM, John Ball wrote: > >I'm up in Kamloops but even at the cost of gas (about $120 tghere and > back) > I'm tempted to go down and pick >it up if it has not already happened. > Failing

Re: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter

2016-03-25 Thread Chuck Guzis
On 03/25/2016 02:25 PM, Robert Jarratt wrote: I have posted the pictures here: https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=FC758A5A91B91301!5776&authkey=!AOs6cfg 8p_qyB5Q&ithint=folder%2cjpg The pictures show three things: 1. The square holes that the mountings go into. 2. The top and bottom sid

Re: Free XT Machine

2016-03-25 Thread Brent Hilpert
Sorry to leave anybody anticipating, busy packing house to deadline. Yes, Ian was first in with local transfer so it's his at this point. On 2016-Mar-25, at 2:54 PM, Ian S. King wrote: > I'm waiting to hear back, but I think Brent and I have an agreement on > this. :-) > > On Fri, Mar 25, 2016

Re: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter

2016-03-25 Thread dwight
Rob, many of your messages are blank. Dwight From: cctalk on behalf of Robert Jarratt Sent: Friday, March 25, 2016 2:25 PM To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' Subject: RE: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter > -Original

also free for pickup: macClassic

2016-03-25 Thread Brent Hilpert
I believe it has the nothing-but-horizontal-bars-in-display problem. Picked it up in anticipation of working on it someday but I have too much to do. With keyboard. I think the system disks and manuals are also around. Sorry, but I just can't get into packing&shipping stuff this size.

couple of Coco machines also free for pickup

2016-03-25 Thread Brent Hilpert
Vancouver, B.C. region, as with the other stuff.

Re: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter

2016-03-25 Thread Fred Cisin
Sorry for top posting, . . . Does what you just forwarded look blank to you? Search it for: "I have posted the pictures here:" ending with "Regards Rob" On Fri, 25 Mar 2016, dwight wrote: Rob, many of your messages are blank. Dwight From: cctalk on

RE: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter

2016-03-25 Thread Robert Jarratt
> > Ah, thanks for saving me the trouble of digging out my own 6300. > > The exact nylon standoffs might be a bit difficult, but the metal parts could > easily be replaced with plain old threaded hex standoffs. The original metal > standoffs are press-fitted into place and my guess that they'll

Re: couple of Coco machines also free for pickup

2016-03-25 Thread dwight
I'm thinking that maybe someone should sit outside your place with a pickup truck and camper shell. Dwight From: cctalk on behalf of Brent Hilpert Sent: Friday, March 25, 2016 3:26 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: couple o

Re: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter

2016-03-25 Thread Mike Stein
- Original Message - From: "Robert Jarratt" Sent: Friday, March 25, 2016 7:10 PM ... >> Here's Mouser's 578 pages of standoff choices: >> >> http://www.mouser.com/Electromechanical/Hardware/Standoffs- >> Spacers/_/N-aictf >> >> So maybe not original, but close enough functionally. >>

Re: DEC H7104-D debugging...

2016-03-25 Thread Josh Dersch
On 3/24/16 3:25 AM, Mattis Lind wrote: So I had a few minutes tonight to investigate a few things: - The startup PSU is running, and the relay in the 5V supply is firing and stays energized until the supply is powered off. - The +5V, and +/-12V bias voltages are being properly generated. This ma