Whats the matter with Vintage Computer Forum ?
Its got walls like Mordor
I thought I might register. I filled out their form (tedious) and hit
submit.
It tells me my email address is already in use !
It then offers to change my password and asks for my email address.
It says email sent needless
On 14 April 2016 at 08:45, Rod Smallwood
wrote:
> Whats the matter with Vintage Computer Forum ?
> Its got walls like Mordor
>
> I thought I might register. I filled out their form (tedious) and hit
> submit.
> It tells me my email address is already in use !
> It then offers to change my passwor
Thanks Adrian
Rod
On 14/04/2016 11:54, Adrian Graham wrote:
On 14 April 2016 at 08:45, Rod Smallwood
wrote:
Whats the matter with Vintage Computer Forum ?
Its got walls like Mordor
I thought I might register. I filled out their form (tedious) and hit
submit.
It tells me my email address is
I'll be in New Orleans for a few days next week - anything vintage electronics
to recommend?
Thanks,
Jack
One NTI and one byte shop board.
If you attend Friday's Apple-1 classes you may get to play on one and you will
be able to compare them to the current Mimeo and Newton reproduction boards.
For the weekend we will be rotating units and will post a schedule when
demonstrations will occur.
On 14 April 2016 at 09:45, Rod Smallwood wrote:
> Whats the matter with Vintage Computer Forum ?
> Its got walls like Mordor
>
> I thought I might register. I filled out their form (tedious) and hit
> submit.
> It tells me my email address is already in use !
[..]
The forum was moved to http://ww
Think most our hotspots have been mentioned. Last I've heard Goodwill
(franchise* so rules vary by city/owners) has a mandate to all goodwill in town
that they must send all computer equipment to the goodwill computerworks store
which is the one mentioned (off the frontage of north 183 and just
Not sure about mounting the drive and reading the filesystem properly (not much
bad could happen from trying) but that gives you the opportunity to back it up
(dd) or to potentially hex edit the raw drive itself and overwrite the password
hash with one you do know as long as its the exact same a
DEC Legacy UK show
Where did it go ?
2015 then nothing
Rod Smallwood
On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 8:40 AM, Sam O'nella wrote:
>
> Pinballz arcade (N. Austin)/Pinballz kingdom (buda) are functional arcades
> catering to pinball and early games nut also newer titles scattered around.
> Most are for sale but IMO at "not interested in selling" prices (2.5x?
> Going rates).
I thought Mark was only aiming for every two years.
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Rod
> Smallwood
> Sent: 14 April 2016 14:14
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts
> Subject: DEC Legacy UK show
>
> DEC Legacy UK show
>
> Wher
I called this morning. the place it came from does not want to be helpful.
The person i spoke with was uncertain why the drive was not wiped in the
first place.
I am going to start imaging the drives with dd and see if i can find
anything useful on them. Hex editing the raw hash sounds like the wa
Get the SLIC cd (or tape), and do a D-mode manual IPL.
Reinstall (DO NOT select the option to install and initialize). This is
generally referred to as "slipping the LIC". You can re-install it without
trashing the OS. That'll get you into DST, where you can reset the password.
What version o
So why did it say See you in 2016?
On 14/04/2016 15:03, Dave Wade wrote:
I thought Mark was only aiming for every two years.
-Original Message-
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Rod
Smallwood
Sent: 14 April 2016 14:14
To: General Discussion: On-Topic Pos
On 14/04/2016 14:39, Tor Arntsen wrote:
On 14 April 2016 at 09:45, Rod Smallwood wrote:
Whats the matter with Vintage Computer Forum ?
Its got walls like Mordor
I thought I might register. I filled out their form (tedious) and hit
submit.
It tells me my email address is already in use !
[..
Hi Rod,
Tor is right, you registered last year according to this:
http://www.vcfed.org/forum/member.php?35160-Rod-Smallwood&tab=activitystream&type=user
Cheers
Adrian
On 14 April 2016 at 15:04, Rod Smallwood
wrote:
>
>
> On 14/04/2016 14:39, Tor Arntsen wrote:
>
>> On 14 April 2016 at 09:45,
Rod Smallwood wrote:
I have no idea what you are talking about.
I have no user name no password or anything else to search with.
Please repeat your message in understandable English
Rod Smallwood
Try:
http://www.vcfed.org/forum/member.php?35160-Rod-Smallwood
Join Date
April 29th, 201
So there was a post awhile back that discussed replacement "leveling feet"
for the stabilizing outrigger front feet on H960 cabinets (DEC's formal name
for them is apparently "extension feet"); somone pointed out that one can
buy such things, and gave some pointers.
So I needed some, and here's th
2016-04-14 16:04 GMT+02:00 Rod Smallwood :
>
>
> On 14/04/2016 14:39, Tor Arntsen wrote:
>
>> On 14 April 2016 at 09:45, Rod Smallwood
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Whats the matter with Vintage Computer Forum ?
>>> Its got walls like Mordor
>>>
>>> I thought I might register. I filled out their form (tedious
Here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/391430322544
Sorry the notice is so short, I was going to do it a couple of days
ago, and forgot.
Noel
I really doubt that it can be done, and the structure of the data is totally
dissimilar from what you can see in windows/unix/vms.
Moreover there are high chances of being on hw raid
-Messaggio originale-
Da: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] Per conto di Sam O'nella
Inviato:
Well somebody registered ..
However that does not get me in..
I think I'll go back to doing the color layers for the 11/55 front panel.
Its easier!!
Rod Smallwood
On 14/04/2016 15:15, Adrian Graham wrote:
Hi Rod,
Tor is right, you registered last year according to this:
http://www.vcfed.org
On Apr 14, 2016 7:20 AM, "Noel Chiappa" wrote:
>
> Here:
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/391430322544
>
> Sorry the notice is so short, I was going to do it a couple of days
> ago, and forgot.
>
> Noel
The seller is an active well known member of this list. (Not me)
I don't think there is any point on imaging AS/400 drives. The original AS/400
OS had "single level storage" so basically a the disks were an extension to
ram, or more that RAM is just a temporary disk buffer. SO just as a program in
virtual memory can be spread across any location of physical m
I give up !!!
I still have no idea how to register
All I wanted to do was to put up some links to my latest DEC front panels
Rod Smallwood
On 14/04/2016 15:19, Mattis Lind wrote:
2016-04-14 16:04 GMT+02:00 Rod Smallwood :
On 14/04/2016 14:39, Tor Arntsen wrote:
On 14 April 2016 at 09:45,
Also, DD won't work on those disks; you'll have to use sg_utils and use raw
SCSI commands to dump the disks. Linux DD uses the system calls to read
block devices, and interestingly enough, they only support multiples of
512b for sector size on that.
Dumping those disks isn't impossible, but you ne
Well, I removed quite a lot of QSECOFR passwords...
Try to boot in manual mode,
01 B M
and follow this...
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1019462
Resetting QSECOFR with an Attended IPL
Hoping that DST password is still QSECOFR/QSECOFR (usually it is so)
You must have registered on the old site, and forgotten,
Go to
http://www.vcfed.org/forum/login.php?do=lostpw
put in your e-mail address, follow the instructions to recover user name and
password.
Dave
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Beh
It is a very informal event, organised by Mark in his own time. He has family
and work commitments like all of us, so I expect he has not been able to find
the time.
Regards
Rob
Sent from my Windows 10 phone
From: Rod Smallwood
Sent: 14 April 2016 15:09
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Of
I agree little point in imaging.
First step: password guess; try logging in to account QSECOFR password
QSECOFR; you may luck out and find it is the default.
If that fails do a DST IPL (Google it) and use the DST QSECOFR account (NOT
the same as the system QSECOFR account!) to reset the system QS
Yes. I had an AS/400 disk with too many grown defects. I imaged it with
sg_utils and transferred the content back to an identical disk. It booted
flawlessly...
Tried that again same result no email.
Rod
On 14/04/2016 15:49, Dave Wade wrote:
You must have registered on the old site, and forgotten,
Go to
http://www.vcfed.org/forum/login.php?do=lostpw
put in your e-mail address, follow the instructions to recover user name and
password.
Dave
---
On 04/14/2016 12:45 AM, Rod Smallwood wrote:
> Whats the matter with Vintage Computer Forum ? Its got walls like
> Mordor
For the life of me, I don't understand why the old VC Forum URL simply
doesn't automatically redirect to the new one.
--Chuck
> From: Dave Wade
> just as a program in virtual memory can be spread across any location
> of physical memory, a "file" on an AS/400 can be spread across any
> number of disk sectors on any drive
Yes, but the same thing is basically true of most conventional file systems,
e.g. va
I just tried that and as before nothing...
I checked the date and on that day last year I was nowhere near a computer.
On 14/04/2016 15:49, Dave Wade wrote:
You must have registered on the old site, and forgotten,
Go to
http://www.vcfed.org/forum/login.php?do=lostpw
put in your e-mail addres
It would appear the transition did not go well.
I thinks I registered when I had not.
I keep getting told to recover my non existent user name and password.
So I put in my email address as asked and of course it doesn't send
anything because there is nothing to send.
Rod
On 14/04/2016 16:23, Ch
On 14 April 2016 at 17:45, Rod Smallwood wrote:
> So I put in my email address as asked and of course it doesn't send
> anything because there is nothing to send.
Rod, I note that on the list you've used 2 different email addresses:
rodsmallw...@btconnect.com
&
rodsmallwoo...@btinternet.com
On 14/04/16 15:29, Glen Slick wrote:
On Apr 14, 2016 7:20 AM, "Noel Chiappa" wrote:
Here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/391430322544
Sorry the notice is so short, I was going to do it a couple of days
ago, and forgot.
Noel
The seller is an active well known member of this list. (Not m
On 4/13/16 7:52 PM, jwsmobile wrote:
> Side discussion on Facebook says that media is rare too. None with the
> system (I think) from the discussion there.
>
I have tons of it. They are 12 sector 2315 packs.
You have to duplicate it on a two drive Alto, since the format is
unique. I've heard L
BT Being aggressive with its SPAM filters?
Dave
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Rod
> Smallwood
> Sent: 14 April 2016 16:19
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Subject: Re: Vintage Computer Forum
>
> Tried that
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Al Kossow
> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 9:22 AM
> To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Xerox Alto on eBay
>
>
>
> On 4/13/16 7:52 PM, jwsmobile wrote:
>
> > Side discussion on Facebook says th
On 4/14/16 9:55 AM, Josh Dersch wrote:
> If anyone out there ends up with a working Alto and needs working media, we
> can help out in that regard (assuming you provide usable packs).
Have you ever gotten a pack from an RK05 to write?
I've tried a couple of times without luck
and have wondered
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Al Kossow
> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 9:58 AM
> To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Xerox Alto on eBay
>
>
>
> On 4/14/16 9:55 AM, Josh Dersch wrote:
> > If anyone out there ends up with a w
On 4/14/16 9:22 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
> I'm also assuming whoever has it reads this list, since the BIN just
> happens to match what I've been offered for the machines that I still
> have.
>
In restored condition..
Hi
I don't think so.
Actually I should look in the junk folder
Nope nuffin in there.
Whoever is running this site should just delete my account and let me
start as a new user.
Rod
On 14/04/2016 17:40, Dave Wade wrote:
BT Being aggressive with its SPAM filters?
Dave
-Original Message-
It wasn't me!
On 14/04/2016 15:15, Oliver Lehmann wrote:
Rod Smallwood wrote:
I have no idea what you are talking about.
I have no user name no password or anything else to search with.
Please repeat your message in understandable English
Rod Smallwood
Try:
http://www.vcfed.org/forum/me
> From: Josh Dersch
>> They are 12 sector 2315 packs. You have to duplicate it on a two drive
>> Alto, since the format is unique.
> we're able to duplicate packs and write new ones out from disk images.
> (At the moment it's kind of cumbersome -- involving a PDP-11/44 with a
>
> On Apr 14, 2016, at 12:05 PM, Josh Dersch
> wrote:
>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Al Kossow
>> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 9:58 AM
>> To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
>> Subject: Re: Xerox Alto on eBay
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4/14/1
On Apr 14, 2016, at 12:28 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
>
>> From: Josh Dersch
>
>>> They are 12 sector 2315 packs. You have to duplicate it on a two drive
>>> Alto, since the format is unique.
>
>> we're able to duplicate packs and write new ones out from disk images.
>> (At the moment it's kind of
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Noel
> Chiappa
> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 10:28 AM
> To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
> Cc: j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu
> Subject: Re: Xerox Alto on eBay
>
> > From: Josh Dersch
>
> >> They are 12
> From: Josh Dersch
> we copy disk images to/from the PDP-11/44 over 3Mbit Ethernet to the
> Alto :).
Ah, got it. In the context of the thread, with all the RK05 discussion, I
wrongly assumed that somehow there was an RK05 involved.
> wrote a rough implementation of PUP BSP and t
Hi Guys
All outstanding PDP-8/e A and B front panels have
shipped and should reach US customers
around 20/21 March. Next to go will be 8/f and /m.
I'm building up stock so as to have at least ten of all of the popular
range available.
By some miracle we did manage to sa
Is there ever any Vintage Computer Festivals in Oklahoma? If not How
would I go about setting one up in Tulsa? I can have use of any of the
buildings at the fairgrounds...?
--
*
*
On Apr 14, 2016 1:34 PM, "Josh Dersch"
wrote:
> So we copy disk images to/from the PDP-11/44 over 3Mbit Ethernet to the
Alto :).
>
> - Josh
>
Quite a hack! So you copy in real time as it were? Direct from packs on a
running Alto to packs on a running 11? Would it be practical to hack it
further
- Original Message -
From: "Chuck Guzis"
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: Vintage Computer Forum
> On 04/14/2016 12:45 AM, Rod Smallwood wrote:
>> Whats the matter with Vintage Computer Forum ? Its got walls lik
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mike Ross
> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 11:54 AM
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Subject: RE: Xerox Alto on eBay
>
> On Apr 14, 2016 1:34 PM, "Josh Dersch"
>
> wrote:
>
> >
$40K and the guy can't even be arsed to take pictures. What a dick...
On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 12:31 PM, Josh Dersch <
jo...@livingcomputermuseum.org> wrote:
> > -Original Message-
> > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mike
> Ross
> > Sent: Thursday, April 14
There are pics - scroll right from the first pic - the one borrowed from
the internet.
On Apr 14, 2016 3:50 PM, "Ian Finder" wrote:
> $40K and the guy can't even be arsed to take pictures. What a dick...
>
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 12:31 PM, Josh Dersch <
> jo...@livingcomputermuseum.org> wrote:
On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 1:24 PM, Mike Ross wrote:
>> There are pics - scroll right from the first pic - the one borrowed from
the internet.
I meant Cardcage / internal pictures which I know more than a few people on
this list have asked for...
On Apr 14, 2016 3:50 PM, "Ian Finder" wrote:
>
> >
Is there ever any Vintage Computer Festivals in Oklahoma? If not How
would I go about setting one up in Tulsa? I can have use of any of the
buildings at the fairgrounds...?
Make like a shoe... and do it!
--
Ethan O'Toole
Our presentation series during VCF-SE events has been recorded from the
1.0 event to the 4.0 event which happened two weeks ago. In the past,
good intentions to get videos edited and posted in a timely manor have
been out-weighed by real-life demands. I'm hoping to break the cycle
starting this
Is there ever any Vintage Computer Festivals in Oklahoma? If not How
would I go about setting one up in Tulsa? I can have use of any of the
buildings at the fairgrounds...?
On Thu, 14 Apr 2016, et...@757.org wrote:
Make like a shoe... and do it!
If he comes up with his own name, then there is
On 14/04/2016 19:58, Mike Stein wrote:
- Original Message -
From: "Chuck Guzis"
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: Vintage Computer Forum
On 04/14/2016 12:45 AM, Rod Smallwood wrote:
Whats the matter with Vin
>It does for me.
>www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/ >>
http://www.vcfed.org/forum/activity.php
Yes, me too. My experience of the whole thing was a seamless one. I'm
redirected from my old bookmarked link and everything works just as it did.
Terry (Tez)
If he comes up with his own name, then there is nothing stopping him from
putting it together completely independently.
If he wants to use the VCF name, then he should talk tothose currently doing
it.
Is it a trademark like Maker Faire where everyone has to pay per-attendee
royalties to use th
If he comes up with his own name, then there is nothing stopping him from
putting it together completely independently.
If he wants to use the VCF name, then he should talk tothose currently
doing it.
On Thu, 14 Apr 2016, et...@757.org wrote:
Is it a trademark like Maker Faire where everyone has
On 04/14/2016 05:18 PM, Terry Stewart wrote:
>> It does for me.
>
>> www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/ >>
> http://www.vcfed.org/forum/activity.php
It does for me now, but didn't when the switchover was first made.
Perhaps I jumped the gun.
--Chuck
Hi,
Decapped chip (via X-Acto) (Mostek, 1976 date code, TYPE B):
http://wsudbrink.dyndns.org:8080/images/cyclops-latest/P4140002.JPG
All wired up:
http://wsudbrink.dyndns.org:8080/images/cyclops-latest/P4140003.JPG
Money shot (just like Popular Electronics):
http://wsudbrink.dyndns.org:8080/i
Most cool!!!
Dwight
From: cctalk on behalf of Bill Sudbrink
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 6:37 PM
To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
Subject: CYCLOPS: Here it is, but come see it in person at VCF East
Hi,
Decapped chip (via X-Acto
No, it was not trademarked. Not until VERY recently, even if so. I'm not
convinced it is
-Original Message-
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Fred Cisin
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 8:08 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject:
Sandy Bungarner was a friend that I'd known for 15 or 20 years.
He was one of the principle designers of the code that went into
Jef Raskin's Canon Cat.
He was also a professor a Gavilan College, near Gilroy, Ca.
He'd been fighting cancer for more years than I can remember.
I suspect not to many kn
Oops, I misspelled his name. I broke my right wrist and
I forget to proof read.
Sandy Bumgarner
Dwight
From: cctalk on behalf of dwight
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 6:53 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Lost a friend
On 2016-Apr-14, at 6:37 PM, Bill Sudbrink wrote:
> ...
> Looks good:
>
> http://wsudbrink.dyndns.org:8080/images/cyclops-latest/P4140008.JPG
>
> How about a hand?:
>
> http://wsudbrink.dyndns.org:8080/images/cyclops-latest/P4140009.JPG
> ...
Wow, (that was quick), great job to get one of these
On Fri, 15 Apr 2016, dwight wrote:
Sandy BuMgarner was a friend that I'd known for 15 or 20 years.
He was one of the principle designers of the code that went into
Jef Raskin's Canon Cat.
He was also a professor a Gavilan College, near Gilroy, Ca.
He'd been fighting cancer for more years than I c
Brent Hilpert
> Wow, (that was quick), great job to get one of these working.
Thanks. Quick? Actually, I've been working on it for several
years. The assembly was fairly quick. If you have all of the
parts in one place, a competent solderer should be able to build
it in a few hours.
> (I fina
On 2016-Apr-14, at 7:50 PM, Bill Sudbrink wrote:
> Brent Hilpert
>> Wow, (that was quick), great job to get one of these working.
>
> Thanks. Quick? Actually, I've been working on it for several
> years. The assembly was fairly quick. If you have all of the
> parts in one place, a competent so
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