RE: BA123 Side panels and Stuck TK50

2016-08-31 Thread Rob Jarratt
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of jim > stephens > Sent: 31 August 2016 04:08 > To: r...@jarratt.me.uk; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: BA123 Side panels and Stuck TK50 > > I've bought a pile of driv

Re: BA123 Side panels and Stuck TK50

2016-08-31 Thread Adrian Graham
On 31/08/2016 08:26, "Rob Jarratt" wrote: > > >> -Original Message- >> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of jim >> stephens >> Sent: 31 August 2016 04:08 >> To: r...@jarratt.me.uk; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts >> >> Subject: Re: BA123 Sid

Re: DEC Pro 350/380 Memory Cards - Interchangeability?

2016-08-31 Thread Paul Koning
> On Aug 30, 2016, at 8:15 PM, Eric Smith wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 1:28 PM, Paul Koning wrote: >> Another possibility would be a current (not surplus) DRAM device such as a >> 1M x 16 chip, plus a couple of level shifters to go between the 3.3 V it >> likes and the 5V logic of the P

X Windows System Design Principles, a lecture by James Gettys

2016-08-31 Thread tim lindner
I think it is dated 1988. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdmNHM9BKY0 Interesting fact: His name is Gettys. Interesting quote: "We should never have done [the] Arc [drawing command], we should have done some spline implementation." -- -- tim lindner "Proper User Policy apparently means Sim

How to build an ASCII CRT terminal, circa 1967

2016-08-31 Thread Al Kossow
Magnetorestrictive delay lines and a charactron. http://bitsavers.org/pdf/rca/terminal/70_750/70-01-752-U_Model_70_752_Video_Data_Terminal_Maintenance_Manual_Oct73.pdf We got one (no keyboard) a couple days ago with the manual. I'm still cleaning it up. It had something nesting in it and the ins

Re: How to build an ASCII CRT terminal, circa 1967

2016-08-31 Thread Paul Berger
On 2016-08-31 12:15 PM, Al Kossow wrote: Magnetorestrictive delay lines and a charactron. http://bitsavers.org/pdf/rca/terminal/70_750/70-01-752-U_Model_70_752_Video_Data_Terminal_Maintenance_Manual_Oct73.pdf We got one (no keyboard) a couple days ago with the manual. I'm still cleaning it up.

Re: How to build an ASCII CRT terminal, circa 1967

2016-08-31 Thread Al Kossow
On 8/31/16 8:35 AM, Paul Berger wrote: > it would be possible to have it generate 7 bit ASCII > code by using an appropriately "programmed" interposer under the keys. it does say the keyboard generates ASCII on pg 3-2 of the maint manual..

Re: How to build an ASCII CRT terminal, circa 1967

2016-08-31 Thread Eric Christopherson
On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Al Kossow wrote: > Magnetorestrictive delay lines and a charactron. > > http://bitsavers.org/pdf/rca/terminal/70_750/70-01-752-U_ > Model_70_752_Video_Data_Terminal_Maintenance_Manual_Oct73.pdf > > We got one (no keyboard) a couple days ago with the manual. I'm s

Re: How to build an ASCII CRT terminal, circa 1967

2016-08-31 Thread Mike Stein
Looks like the folder name changed from 70_750 to 70_752: - Original Message - From: "Eric Christopherson" To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 12:09 PM Subject: Re: How to build an ASCII CRT terminal, circa 1967 > On Wed, Aug 31, 201

Re: How to build an ASCII CRT terminal, circa 1967

2016-08-31 Thread Mike Stein
Oops... should have read: Looks like the folder changed from 70-750 to 70-752: http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/rca/terminal/70_752/70-01-752-U_Model_70_752_Video_Data_Terminal_Maintenance_Manual_Oct73.pdf - Original Message - From: "Eric Christopherson" To: "General Discussion:

Re: How to build an ASCII CRT terminal, circa 1967

2016-08-31 Thread COURYHOUSE
same as univac uniscope or? In a message dated 8/31/2016 8:41:06 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, a...@bitsavers.org writes: On 8/31/16 8:35 AM, Paul Berger wrote: > it would be possible to have it generate 7 bit ASCII > code by using an appropriately "programmed" interposer under the

Re: BA123 Side panels and Stuck TK50

2016-08-31 Thread Douglas Taylor
On 8/30/2016 4:54 PM, shad wrote: Hello, The same cabinet has a TK50 and I foolishly put a cartridge into it and now it won't come out. It is called being 'stuck'. How do proceed to get this TK50 cartridge out? Error 'stuck' means that the tape has been "glued" to the head because of t

Wanted - two 27C010-capable EPROM emulators

2016-08-31 Thread Philip Pemberton
Hi there, Does anyone have a pair of spare EPROM emulators which are capable of emulating 27C010 EPROMs? Ideally two identical ones, but that's optional. I'm trying to reverse-engineer a Securicor Datatrak MkII navigation receiver and build a signal generator which can emulate a chain of Datatra

Re: X Windows System Design Principles, a lecture by James Gettys

2016-08-31 Thread Tony Aiuto
I used to tell people he wrote the *getty* program. Of course, that was a long time ago, when people actually used serial terminals. On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 11:03 AM, tim lindner wrote: > I think it is dated 1988. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdmNHM9BKY0 > > Interesting fact: His name is

Re: Wanted - two 27C010-capable EPROM emulators

2016-08-31 Thread Glen Slick
On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 3:07 PM, Philip Pemberton wrote: > > I could swear these things were as common as housebricks on ebay a year > or so ago, but now they're not quite so common... > Grammar Engine PromICE units show up on eBay from time to time in the US sometimes around the $20 range for ju

Re: DEC Pro 350/380 Memory Cards - Interchangeability?

2016-08-31 Thread Eric Smith
On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 6:42 AM, Paul Koning wrote: > Yes, the one I saw when I made that comment is an MSM51V18165F by Lapis, a 1M > by 16 "fast page mode" EDO DRAM. If it's EDO, it may not be compatible with systems that weren't designed for EDO, and since none of the 16-pin parts were EDO, I'