R.I.P. Robert T. "Doc" Suding

2018-03-23 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
I just learned from the April 2018 issue of QST that Robert T. "Doc" Suding, W0LMD, has died. Suding cofounded and was chief design engineer of The Digital Group, an early microcomputer company in Denver (1974-1979).

Re: R.I.P. Robert T. "Doc" Suding

2018-03-23 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
http://m.legacy.com/obituaries/denverpost/obituary.aspx?n=robert-suding&pid=187748166

Re: R.I.P. Robert T. "Doc" Suding

2018-03-23 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
Here is a photo from bytecollector. I think it was Herb who showed one of these at a VCF East, IIRC. http://bytecollector.com/images/suding_001.jpg On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 4:36 AM, Eric Smith via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > http://m.legacy.com/obituaries/denverpost/obituary.aspx?n=

Help with IC identification

2018-03-23 Thread Adrian Graham via cctalk
Hi folks, I'm looking for info on a few 8 pin DIPs that are in a cache battery module. They're marked thus: 4973 AK W79B 4965 AF W83A Anyone? I've not traced pinouts yet but maybe someone else's google-fu is better than mine today. Cheers, -- adrian/witchy Owner of Binary Dinosaurs, the UK's

Re: R.I.P. Robert T. "Doc" Suding

2018-03-23 Thread Lyle Bickley via cctalk
On Fri, 23 Mar 2018 08:27:35 + Eric Smith via cctalk wrote: > I just learned from the April 2018 issue of QST that Robert T. "Doc" > Suding, W0LMD, has died. Suding cofounded and was chief design > engineer of The Digital Group, an early microcomputer company in > Denver (1974-1979). Back in

Re: R.I.P. Robert T. "Doc" Suding

2018-03-23 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 3/23/18 7:46 AM, Lyle Bickley via cctalk wrote: > Back in the mid-seventies, when I was COB of "Personal Computer > Corporation", The Digital Group product line was our best seller for a > couple of years. Our staff often had one-on-one contact with Doc. > Suding. Those of us who knew him wil

Re: R.I.P. Robert T. "Doc" Suding

2018-03-23 Thread John Foust via cctalk
At 10:45 AM 3/23/2018, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: >He was a good guy. He took the time to come out to Wisconsin back then >to demo his system for the Wisconsin Computer Society, back when the >Milwaukee Computer Store on North Avenue was the only one around. There was one on Capitol near Maryland

Re: Shipping a Flexowriter

2018-03-23 Thread Kyle Owen via cctalk
Thank you for the compliments! I'm looking forward to getting it going. Any idea what the model (FIO) indicates? Trying to locate some repair manuals and tips. Anything else I should look for other than what's on Bitsavers? The unit powers up and types with a few keys slow to act or return. Carr

Re: R.I.P. Robert T. "Doc" Suding

2018-03-23 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
Itty Bitty Computers I worked there one summer. The only place I ever saw an Apple I when it was for sale. The Milwaukee Computer Store started before IBC's Milwaukee branch started. Their original store was in Evanston, IL. On 3/23/18 9:07 AM, John Foust via cctalk wrote: > At 10:45 AM 3/23/20

Re: R.I.P. Robert T. "Doc" Suding

2018-03-23 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Al Kossow > The only place I ever saw an Apple I when it was for sale. Don't you wish you'd bought one - and kept it? :-) Noel

Unix-PC

2018-03-23 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
Well, I don't know what happened to everybody who wanted it but that Unix-PC is still sitting here and it needs to go.  One more offer before I scrap it.  Needs to be someone who can pick it up real soon. bill

Re: Unix-PC

2018-03-23 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
I will take it if no one else does, but where is it, missed this thread B On Mar 23, 2018 4:46 PM, "Bill Gunshannon via cctalk" wrote: > > Well, I don't know what happened to everybody who wanted it > > but that Unix-PC is still sitting here and it needs to go. One more > > offer before I scrap

Re: Unix-PC

2018-03-23 Thread Steven M Jones via cctalk
On 03/23/2018 14:32, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: I will take it if no one else does, but where is it, missed this thread Most recent reference I could find was May 2017: http://www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctalk/2017-May/034691.html Bill appears to be located near Scranton, PA. If I

Re: Shipping a Flexowriter

2018-03-23 Thread Michael Zahorik via cctalk
Kyle, my Friden is a Model SFD-V, although yours looks similar, apparently it is different. You will find that a lot of the old lube has combined with dust and dirt to make gummy grime. This sticky stuff will cause the relays and lever arms to stick and act sluggishly. I have found that a strip

Re: R.I.P. Robert T. "Doc" Suding

2018-03-23 Thread John Foust via cctalk
At 12:49 PM 3/23/2018, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: >Itty Bitty Computers >I worked there one summer. >The only place I ever saw an Apple I when it was for sale. I was perhaps 13 at the time, living just down the street, learning BASIC via ASR-33 dialup to UW-M from the high school with the Math Cl

Re: Remnants of local Commodore Users' Group being offered for free

2018-03-23 Thread Sam O'nella via cctalk
Whoever or whichever group does get it, i hope if they have any files or interesting info the rest of the clubs can help store. null

Somewhat random QBus backplane / chassis question

2018-03-23 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
Hi all -- I've got an 11/03 backplane here (designated as an "11/03 EA" originally but marked as "Model changed from EA to AA") inside a small chassis w/power supply, model "OH780-A."  (So it was at some point in its life the front-end to a VAX-11/780.)  As far as I can tell, it has a standard

Re: Somewhat random QBus backplane / chassis question

2018-03-23 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 4:00 AM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: > Hi all -- > > I've got an 11/03 backplane here (designated as an "11/03 EA" originally but > marked as "Model changed from EA to AA") inside a small chassis w/power > supply, model "OH780-A." (So it was at some point in its life the

Re: Somewhat random QBus backplane / chassis question

2018-03-23 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
On 3/23/2018 9:55 PM, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote: On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 4:00 AM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: Hi all -- I've got an 11/03 backplane here (designated as an "11/03 EA" originally but marked as "Model changed from EA to AA") inside a small chassis w/power supply, model "OH780