> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Randy
> Dawson via cctalk
> Sent: 24 May 2017 07:47
> To: jim stephens ; steven stengel ;
> General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Subject: Re: Re: Directory of old computer collectors
>
>
>> Link to some photos I took:
>> https://www.flickr.com/...
>
> The link is 404 for me.
> will look for the other post.
Sigh. Looks like default permissions weren't "public", but Flickr/Yahoo
is also suggesting this heretofore alien URL format:
https://www.flickr.com/gp/smj_crash/4bgzj2
I think so. It would at least be nice to see a picture.
If it's smallish I might even pay postage for it :D
/P
On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 04:50:42PM +0200, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
> My flatmate has one of these. Just the small subassembly with the 2
> push-buttons and a red light between them
I'm surprised to see a swedish keyboard there :)
What is a PCM-12 ?
And I think that Datability VCP-1000 can do LAT to TCP/IP translation.
/P
On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 01:24:37AM -0700, Steven M Jones via cctalk wrote:
> >> Link to some photos I took:
> >> https://www.flickr.com/...
> >
> > The
On 23.05.2017 03:41, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote:
No eye-rolling here. Nice find!
Here the same. Perhaps not the most wanted device - but... better have
than need...
I got home last night, and the unit fires up and works (well, in local mode.
Docs claim
it is rs232 out the back, but co
On 23.05.2017 06:57, Jim Brain via cctalk wrote:
Do you have a "traffic light"? I find them invaluable for diagnosing
handshaking and TxD/RxD swaps.
Yep. constant low on TX.
Oh, I wrote my message before reading on in the thread... Sorry.
Good that you have one!
Can you please send out the url of this list, and on the list a reliable
way to contact the list maintainer?
Bill Degnan
twitter: billdeg
vintagecomputer.net
On May 24, 2017 1:19 AM, "Randy Dawson via cctalk"
wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
>
> add me to your list.
>
>
> I am in Thousand Oaks, CA (Los Angele
> On May 23, 2017, at 9:20 PM, Jim Brain via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> On 5/23/2017 1:07 AM, dave.g4...@gmail.com wrote:
>> You probably need a null modem cable.
> I had one (and used it), but not all null modem cables are evidently the same
> :-) I soldered up a loopback as you suggested, and the
On 24 May 2017 at 10:25, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
> I think so. It would at least be nice to see a picture.
>
> If it's smallish I might even pay postage for it :D
Working on it. My flatmate's mother tidied it away and we thought it
had been thrown out, but I have rediscovered it in its hiding plac
On 05/24/2017 03:58 AM, Rob Jarratt via cctalk wrote:
>> -Original Message-
>> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Randy
>> Dawson via cctalk
>> Sent: 24 May 2017 07:47
>> To: jim stephens ; steven stengel ;
>> General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
>
On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 8:30 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
wrote:
>
> In point of advancing technology, one can purchase a STM32F4 development
> board with USB, UART, microSD, battery-backed RTC and oodles of timers
> and I/Os as well as a TFT interface for less than $12 shipped. Almost
> all I/Os a
On Wed, 24 May 2017, Randy Dawson via cctalk wrote:
Hi Jim,
Anybody that is paranoid about telling their location and the computer
dinosaurs running in their basement needs a head alignment.
Another case of some guy over-estimating the worth of the junk we hold on to.
It is zero, of value
> Metallic mercury isn't anything you want to ingest, but it won't go thru
> your skin unless it has some other compound to drag it,
This isn't quite true. Elemental liquid mercury will pass through skin but
at a much slower rate. Vapourized elemental mercury via inhalation is, uh,
more "efficien
> > Anybody that is paranoid about telling their location and the computer
> > dinosaurs running in their basement needs a head alignment.
>
> Randy, with all due respect, have you seen how much an Apple 1 or a
> Lisa... or even their _drives_ go for lately? Symbolics machines? Crays?
> One-offs
On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 2:59 AM, Torfinn Ingolfsen via cctech <
cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 8:30 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
> wrote:
> >
> > In point of advancing technology, one can purchase a STM32F4 development
> > board with USB, UART, microSD, battery-backed RTC a
On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 7:20 PM, Jim Brain via cctalk wrote:
> On 5/23/2017 1:07 AM, dave.g4...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> You probably need a null modem cable.
>>
> I had one (and used it), but not all null modem cables are evidently the
> same :-) I soldered up a loopback as you suggested, and the
On 05/24/2017 01:59 AM, Torfinn Ingolfsen via cctalk wrote:
> On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 8:30 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> Some of us just want a working solution. So, any links for hardware,
> software and an assembly description?
Mine are for specific-purpose applications, so they're no
On 05/23/2017 11:55 PM, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk wrote:
The Wikipedia article on Dr. Wetterhahn seems to indicate
this went a lot slower than we were told in the seminar.
Not sure who to trust, there.
The NEJM article seems to say it was also not a precipitous decline.
OK, then I guess the peo
On 05/24/2017 03:24 AM, Steven M Jones via cctalk wrote:
Link to some photos I took:
https://www.flickr.com/...
The link is 404 for me.
will look for the other post.
Sigh. Looks like default permissions weren't "public", but Flickr/Yahoo
is also suggesting this heretofore alien URL format:
ons 2017-05-24 klockan 11:16 +0200 skrev Pontus Pihlgren via cctalk:
> I'm surprised to see a swedish keyboard there :)
>
> What is a PCM-12 ?
>
> And I think that Datability VCP-1000 can do LAT to TCP/IP translation.
>
> /P
I think (the Viking kb) is a console for something like a computer
c
I have also encountered many drives in which the grease inside the hub spindle
and/or hub clamp bearings had dried out. When I am cleaning up a new-to-me old
floppy drives, I check all of the ball bearings in the spindle and hub clamp to
make sure that they spin freely. If they drag noticeably,
On 05/24/2017 02:16, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
>
> I'm surprised to see a swedish keyboard there :)
And I thought it was important to include that keyboard, because
somebody somewhere must be in a real jam if they need one...
> What is a PCM-12 ?
It appears to be a PDP-8 clone based on the Inters
Heavens, why are the bit positions in descending order right to left in
that PCM-12?
I think I would quickly lose my mind.
--
Anders Nelson
+1 (517) 775-6129
www.erogear.com
On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 9:30 AM, Steven M Jones via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> On 05/24/2017 02:16, Pontu
On 24.05.2017 09:58, Rob Jarratt via cctalk wrote:
It seems that you are suggesting people are worried about their collections
being attractive to thieves. Well, that may be true for the lucky few, but
for me it is simply about coordinates for identity theft and other kinds of
criminality.
Par
A few more things
HP 1650A logic analyser
A couple Nova core memory boards
lots of random connectors/cables/SMT parts etc
The Dectalk is still here, for people that expressed an interest, I really
have no time to ship it as we are moving at the same time trying to keep
production/testing/ship
To whomever wants that DECTalk, I live in San Francisco and could pick it
up and ship it for you!
--
Anders Nelson
+1 (517) 775-6129
www.erogear.com
On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 9:49 AM, Peter C. Wallace via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> A few more things
>
> HP 1650A logic analyser
> A
Anyway. I don't need to be added to any more pages that publicly list my
contact info that I do not have control over, thank you. I need to see
before I approve something like that.
On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 12:46 PM, Philipp Hachtmann via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
>
> On 24.05.201
On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 9:30 AM, Steven M Jones via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> On 05/24/2017 02:16, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
> >
> > I'm surprised to see a swedish keyboard there :)
>
> And I thought it was important to include that keyboard, because
> somebody somewhere must be in a r
Wow, lots of interest in my proximity to the loot! I've contacted Peter
directly as he's been the point of contact on all this and I'll let him
point me to whomever he had selected the DECTalk to go to.
I drive a coupe so I only have so much space but once I get there I'll help
as much as I'm able
On 5/24/2017 12:30 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 05/23/2017 05:31 PM, Andrew Harvey via cctalk wrote:
I don't think Indivudual Computers make the catweasle any more. They never
released a 64bit Windows driver for it.
In point of advancing technology, one can purchase a STM32F4 developme
Alright I have my bearings, God help me. I'll make a trip *today* at 1pm
PST, so 1.5 hours from now. I should be there for 1.5 hours or so.
Please send me your prioritized wish lists ASAP - I can't guarantee
anything but I'll do my best.
The Rules!:
- DECTalk priority goes to the person who r
Hello Anders,
thanks for your offer!
I wrote you an email, I would be glad to receive the DECtalk!
Andrea
Hi everyone,
I am very interested in DEC stuff and I would love a PDP11 to play with
and have in my (small) collection. If anyone has one in the UK that they
would be interested in selling, please contact me off list. I'm
interested in both Q-bus and Unibus models.
Pretty unlikely but I thought I
On 05/24/2017 11:19 AM, ben via cctalk wrote:
> But who wants to write the software?
Yes, just so. I learned about that one decades ago.
> I am building a 1977 ttl style computer because now I have spare time.
> Finding vintage or similar devices is being a challenge as well fighting
> modern O
On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 03:12:05PM +0200, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 24 May 2017 at 10:25, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
> > I think so. It would at least be nice to see a picture.
> >
> > If it's smallish I might even pay postage for it :D
>
> Working on it. My flatmate's mother tidied it away and we thou
> On May 24, 2017, at 3:35 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
> wrote:
>
>
> I suspect that a PDP-11 in FPGA is quite a bit more reliable than the
> real thing--and when you're done you have a nice abstract description of
> the hardware in VHDL format.
The trick is to get it close enough to correct,
On 5/24/2017 1:35 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 05/24/2017 11:19 AM, ben via cctalk wrote:
But who wants to write the software?
Yes, just so. I learned about that one decades ago.
I am building a 1977 ttl style computer because now I have spare time.
Finding vintage or similar devic
On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 09:57:01AM -0700, Anders Nelson via cctalk wrote:
> To whomever wants that DECTalk, I live in San Francisco and could pick it
> up and ship it for you!
I guess I'm late to the game. But put me on the queue.
/P
>
> --
> Anders Nelson
>
> +1 (517) 775-6129
>
> www.erogea
On Wed, 24 May 2017, cctalk-requ...@classiccmp.org wrote:
Message: 51
From: Anders Nelson
To: "Peter C. Wallace" , "General Discussion:
On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
To whomever wants that DECTalk, I live in San Francisco and could pick it
up and ship it for you!
I believe there wa
I want it, and happy to pay shipping to UK, decstation 5000/240 too. I found a
shipping option that should work for me, can check later
Sent from my Windows 10 phone
From: Anders Nelson via cctalk
Sent: 24 May 2017 17:57
To: Peter C. Wallace; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subj
Here's the page for now for your perusal - the temporary URL is subject to
change.
http://oldcomputers.net/some-collectors.html
There's a submit button in the upper right, but it just emails me.
The entry field in the upper left is kind of fun - enter a valid address or
location, select it fr
On 5/24/17 3:35 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 05/24/2017 11:19 AM, ben via cctalk wrote:
But who wants to write the software?
Yes, just so. I learned about that one decades ago.
I am building a 1977 ttl style computer because now I have spare time.
Finding vintage or similar device
If FedEx is the only option then I think that may have to rule me out, shipping
to the UK would be prohibitive. I had found a good rate with Parcel Monkey, if
that is an option then I am still keen.
Thanks for your help!
Regards
Rob
>
> On 24 May 2017 at 19:39 Anders Nelson via cctalk
> w
On 5/24/17 12:58 PM, ben via cctalk wrote:
> With typo in VHDL you have hard problem finding that single gate
> error.
The world has been debugging 100,000+ gate systems with simulations for
a few decades now.
Once you've built up a set of test vectors, it actually becomes really
obvious where
But who wants to write the software?
On Wed, 24 May 2017, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
Yes, just so. I learned about that one decades ago.
It just needs to be open source software, open source hardware, also
available assembled, optionally bundled with or mounted in floppy drives
for 3.5"
> It just needs to be open source software, open source hardware, also
> available assembled, optionally bundled with or mounted in floppy
> drives for 3.5" 5.25", 8".
> It should sell for less than $20 (with 3.5" drive, slightly higher with
> 8", even higher with multi-drive 3",3.25",3.5",5.25",8"
On 5/24/2017 3:28 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
On 5/24/17 12:58 PM, ben via cctalk wrote:
With typo in VHDL you have hard problem finding that single gate
error.
The world has been debugging 100,000+ gate systems with simulations for
a few decades now.
Once you've built up a set of test
What is the age requirement to be eligible for inclusion in the old
'computer collectors' list? :-)
-Gary
I have news,
On my way over, my engine bay turned into a hot tub party of steam courtesy
of coolant leaking all over the block. The shop was on the way so it's
being repaired now but I wasn't able to get to Mesa. =[ I might try
tomorrow...
How obnoxious, I hate to get people's hopes up and not d
But, we're probably not including some essential capability.
Whatever features it has, SOMEBODY will say that it is INSANE to have
bothered with some of those features, but not to have included some
other feature that they want.
Instructions in Chinese,Japanese,and Basic English in blue on a
On 5/24/2017 4:17 PM, Gary Oliver via cctalk wrote:
What is the age requirement to be eligible for inclusion in the old
'computer collectors' list? :-)
You need glasses to read this message.
-Gary
Al Kossow wrote on: Wed, 24 May 2017 14:28:19 -0700
> On 5/24/17 12:58 PM, ben via cctalk wrote:
>
> > With typo in VHDL you have hard problem finding that single gate
> > error.
>
> The world has been debugging 100,000+ gate systems with simulations for
> a few decades now.
>
> Once you've buil
On Wed, 24 May 2017, Gary Oliver via cctalk wrote:
What is the age requirement to be eligible for inclusion in the old 'computer
collectors' list? :-)
old enough that you should know better?
The computers do not need to be older than the people on the list,
so long as they will get off of my
But, we're probably not including some essential capability.
Whatever features it has, SOMEBODY will say that it is INSANE to have
bothered with some of those features, but not to have included some
other feature that they want.
On Wed, 24 May 2017, ben via cctalk wrote:
Instructions in Chinese
On 24 May 2017 at 21:45, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
> Cool, how might it have ended up in the UK (I assume it is there)
Er, no. It, like me, is in Brno in the Czech Republic.
--
Liam Proven • Profile: https://about.me/liamproven
Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • Google Mail/Talk/Plus: lpro...@gmail.com
T
My monster lives!
After being brought home in a dozen parts, cleaned with Windex and an air
compressor, and reassembled, my Alphaserver 4100 is once again up and
running OpenVMS. There were a couple minor snags while I went up to the
attic to find a CPU fan, move a ton of stuff to find an electr
JP wrote:
>Randy, with all due respect, have you seen how much an Apple 1 or a
Lisa... or even their _drives_ go for lately?
>Symbolics machines? Crays? One-offs or limited-run machines?
While an honor to see my old favorite- the Symbolics- in a line with Cray
and Apple 1, they ain't THAT expensiv
On 5/10/2017 9:17 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
On Wed, 10 May 2017, Sam O'nella via cctalk wrote:
Is this a thing? There's an archive of vintage physical computer keys?
This would be very cool. Heck one could potentially even 3d print a
key for short term usage.
Jay West was starting to co
On 5/24/2017 5:23 PM, Ian Finder via cctalk wrote:
JP wrote:
Randy, with all due respect, have you seen how much an Apple 1 or a
Lisa... or even their_drives_ go for lately?
Yes and I would never keep such in a home w/o proper security. Someone
with $1m assets should not have them were they
On Wed, 24 May 2017, Pete Lancashire wrote:
Displaying that Motif session on a 'real' CRT that takes 1/3 of your desk,
weights 50+ lbs and takes around 150W.
I had a lovely 21" trinitron CRT here that I sent to the dump last year,
it had sat idle in the storage room for ten years and I needed
> > Displaying that Motif session on a 'real' CRT that takes 1/3 of your desk,
> > weights 50+ lbs and takes around 150W.
>
> I had a lovely 21" trinitron CRT here that I sent to the dump last year,
> it had sat idle in the storage room for ten years and I needed the space.
> That is shameful.
My
On 05/24/2017 12:49 PM, allison via cctalk wrote:
> I remember when RTL was new and uRTL was a later improvement.
Flatpack and TO-100. I probably still have a few mW RTL packages
around. DIPs came later.
--Chuck
On 05/24/2017 12:49 PM, allison via cctalk wrote:
> I remember when RTL was new and uRTL was a later improvement.
Flatpack and TO-100. I probably still have a few mW RTL packages
around. DIPs came later.
--Chuck
On 05/24/2017 02:28 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
> Once you've built up a set of test vectors, it actually becomes really
> obvious where a single gate error is through simulation.
Does anyone collect the old Zycad hardware emulators? They were the
(very expensive) cat's whiskers at one time
On 5/24/2017 4:52 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
But, we're probably not including some essential capability.
Whatever features it has, SOMEBODY will say that it is INSANE to have
bothered with some of those features, but not to have included some
other feature that they want.
On Wed, 24 May
On 05/24/2017 02:19 PM, ben via cctech wrote:
> On 5/24/2017 12:30 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
>> On 05/23/2017 05:31 PM, Andrew Harvey via cctalk wrote:
>>> I don't think Indivudual Computers make the catweasle any more. They
>>> never
>>> released a 64bit Windows driver for it.
>>
>> In poi
I have an Atari 1040ST that I picked up some time back. It is very clean
and for the most part appears to work. It has what appears to be some kind
of generic SCSI hard drive (no markings except a serial number on the back)
as well as a DMA/SCSI adapter. The computer will boot to GEM/TOS with or
I think you’ll find that’s an ACSI Disk, I’m not sure how compatible they are
with SCSI.
Zane
> On May 24, 2017, at 5:12 PM, Win Heagy via cctech
> wrote:
>
> I have an Atari 1040ST that I picked up some time back. It is very clean
> and for the most part appears to work. It has what appe
Oh dear. I hope it is fixed soon and not too costly. I think we all appreciate
your effort to help save this equipment.
Regards
Rob
Sent from my Windows 10 phone
From: Anders Nelson via cctalk
Sent: 24 May 2017 23:20
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: FTGH clear-
Displaying that Motif session on a 'real' CRT that takes 1/3 of your desk,
weights 50+ lbs and takes around 150W.
-pete ...
On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 4:51 PM, Richard Loken via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> My monster lives!
>
> After being brought home in a dozen parts, cleaned with Wi
On 5/24/2017 7:19 PM, allison via cctech wrote:
I have a load of all of those... 2901Cs the faster ones. The 2901 tends
to force
the flavor of the hardware and instructions toward microcoded machine.
But if you want 9 or 18 bits, 2901 is not the answer.
A 74181 can be tricked in to being use
On 05/24/2017 07:03 PM, Zane Healy via cctech wrote:
> I think you’ll find that’s an ACSI Disk, I’m not sure how compatible
> they are with SCSI.
ACSI is close--there are some differences from SCSI. I still have a
board I built back in the day to bridge the SCSI-ACSI difference. I
used it with an
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