Today's WTF sale find

2017-09-17 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
One card, piece of cardboard, 65 bucks. I managed to snag 12,000 cards recently for about $20 / box. vintage-ibm-box-mainframe-computer-punch-cards-early-1970s-punched-hollerith-/ http://www.ebay.com/itm/322745650297 It was stored in climate controlled conditions, you know.

Re: DEC H9xx rack parts needed

2017-09-17 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Sep 16, 2017, at 7:44 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk > wrote: > > On 09/16/2017 03:21 PM, Steve Malikoff via cctalk wrote: > >> Yes I agree they both appear to be simple machining jobs. As a substitute >> for drill rod... > > I'm unclear why the recommendation has been for "drill rod" (i.e.

Re: Estate sale: Rainbow 100, Mac

2017-09-17 Thread Warner Losh via cctalk
On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 10:37 AM, Dave Mitton via cctech < cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I passed by an estate sale home of an ex DEC employee. > > In his attic was a Rainbow 100 (original not 100) and an old Macintosh. > Lot of software diskettes, LA50, some other stuff. > What kinds of softwa

Estate sale: Rainbow 100, Mac

2017-09-17 Thread Dave Mitton via cctalk
I passed by an estate sale home of an ex DEC employee. In his attic was a Rainbow 100 (original not 100) and an old Macintosh. Lot of software diskettes, LA50, some other stuff. The estate sale is till 2pm. 26 Woodberry Lane, North Andover, MA 01845 Otherwise you could arrange an appointment ti

H7878 Fails Under Even Moderate Load

2017-09-17 Thread Rob Jarratt via cctalk
I have been doing more work on my H7878 PSU for my DECstation 5000 Model 240. It looks like if I put the +5V or -12V outputs under any kind of load then it stops working. I have posted more details here: https://robs-old-computers.com/2017/09/17/decstation-5000-model-240-psu-fail ing-under-moderate

Chasing Digiac...

2017-09-17 Thread geneb via cctalk
I'm trying to find out more information about a Digiac 4500 S-100 bus system that will eventually be coming my way. The machine was originally obtained through an estate sale and all the docs were thrown out. :( It appears to be some kind of computer system trainer, but information on the 'ne

Fwd: Chasing Digiac...

2017-09-17 Thread Ed via cctalk
well there is this total cool book and picture! http://www.smecc.org/digiac.htm we would love to find the system! From: cctalk@classiccmp.org Reply-to: ge...@deltasoft.com To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Sent: 9/17/2017 11:55:38 A.M. US Mountain

ICL 1501 terminal available in Sweden.

2017-09-17 Thread Mattis Lind via cctalk
In a closed Facebook group in Sweden there is someone that want to sell a number of ICL1501 terminals. https://i.imgur.com/GvwCeEw.jpg https://i.imgur.com/WdzXiNw.jpg https://i.imgur.com/EXAV19v.jpg They have two small tape drives that uses what it seem standard audio tapes. The terminals seems

Re: H7878 Fails Under Even Moderate Load

2017-09-17 Thread Peter Coghlan via cctalk
> > Can anyone explain the behaviour? > It's hard to know what to do from a distance but here's what I think I'd look at if I was faced with this problem. I think failing under moderate load could be explained by one or more of the following possibilities and probably others I haven't thought of:

Re: ICL 1501 terminal available in Sweden.

2017-09-17 Thread Torfinn Ingolfsen via cctalk
On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 10:01 PM, Mattis Lind via cctalk wrote: > In a closed Facebook group in Sweden there is someone that want to sell a > number of ICL1501 terminals. > > > https://i.imgur.com/GvwCeEw.jpg > https://i.imgur.com/WdzXiNw.jpg > https://i.imgur.com/EXAV19v.jpg > > They have two sma

RE: H7878 Fails Under Even Moderate Load

2017-09-17 Thread Rob Jarratt via cctalk
Many thanks for all the suggestions. I will go through them all, although it may take me a while On your last point, at first I thought that there isn't any feedback from the machine. However, apart from a DC OK (which will be an output), there is a wire labelled "Warning", which could possibl

RE: H7878 Fails Under Even Moderate Load

2017-09-17 Thread Maciej W. Rozycki via cctalk
On Sun, 17 Sep 2017, Rob Jarratt via cctalk wrote: > Many thanks for all the suggestions. I will go through them all, although it > may take me a while > > On your last point, at first I thought that there isn't any feedback from > the machine. However, apart from a DC OK (which will be an ou

Re: ICL 1501 terminal available in Sweden.

2017-09-17 Thread Ed Sharpe via cctalk
looks like a good catch for someone... we have never seen these before Ed# Sent from AOL Mobile Mail On Sunday, September 17, 2017 Torfinn Ingolfsen via cctalk wrote: On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 10:01 PM, Mattis Lind via cctalk wrote: > In a closed Facebook group in Sweden there is someone

updates to the Little Orphan Tomy Tutor site

2017-09-17 Thread Cameron Kaiser via cctalk
The Little Orphan Tomy Tutor site has finally been updated again: * Tutti II 2.0, the tape-enabled Tomy Tutor emulator, is updated with lots of core fixes (including a new ALU core derived from MAME/MESS), improved faster graphics with fixed 9918A palette, and all-new high quality SN76489AN

Re: Fwd: Chasing Digiac...

2017-09-17 Thread allison via cctalk
Huge temporal disconnect. The smcc manual is from 1966... S100 was first seen as the MITS altair in late 1974. Allison On 09/17/2017 03:03 PM, Ed via cctalk wrote: > well there is this total cool book and picture! > > http://www.smecc.org/digiac.htm > > we would love to find the

Re: Chasing Digiac...

2017-09-17 Thread Ed via cctalk
yep Allison - noticed the date but once posted... alas too late. too late. I would like to find the 1966 one by the same name though! Ed# In a message dated 9/17/2017 9:50:32 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: Huge temporal disconnect. The smcc manua

Re: ICL 1501 terminal available in Sweden.

2017-09-17 Thread Neil Thompson via cctalk
In the early 1980s I was working for a large grocery chain (Checkers) here in South Africa and the ICL 15xx boxes were used as branch level machines connected via our country-wide network to the central data processing facility with ICL 2900-type machines running VME/B. The 15xx programmes were wr