On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 9:33 AM Josh Dersch via cctalk
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> And I was wrong -- the flyback's fine (yay!). Found a nearby 0.015uF, 400V
> film capacitor that was shorted. Replaced it and now I have video! It's a
> bit dim, it's too wide, and gets wider as it warms up but it's a start :).
T
On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 8:15 AM emanuel stiebler via cctalk
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> there were
> TK50Z as an external drive, on "SCSI"
I have one - for a MicroVAX 2000. I rarely used it.
> TK50 on QBUS with an TQK50 controller which really didn't stream to often
We had one in the 1980s. You are right. It d
> On Oct 17, 2018, at 10:50 AM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk
> wrote:
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> On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 8:15 AM emanuel stiebler via cctalk
> wrote:
>> there were
>> TK50Z as an external drive, on "SCSI"
>
> I have one - for a MicroVAX 2000. I rarely used it.
>
>> TK50 on QBUS with an TQK50 controlle
I know some of our members are into phones...
I am tossing the following in a skip to go to a recycler. I'd rather not
ship the units, but am willing to pull any boards if someone needs them.
Toshiba Strata DX
Toshiba CIX200
Toshiba CIX40
The will be sent off to recycler Monday or Tue
Hi Jay,
On 17/10/2018 16:21, Jay West via cctalk wrote:
> I know some of our members are into phones...
I have an idea for a project to reduce my dependency on my phone. I'm
trying to move to a model where voice, voicemail, and SMS are all that I
need when I'm on the go. SMS would be used as an
I'm still looking into whether these devices will help me. I'm at the
point of figuring out what the unknown unknowns are, as I'm new to
telephony.
Where are you located? I am in London, UK. I'm aware that due to the
likelihood of shipping there's a good chance this won't work out.
It's an o
On 17/10/2018 16:57, et...@757.org wrote:
> It's an older office phone system. Boxes that run a bunch of office
> phones. Not a mobile phone.
I'm not looking for a mobile phone. I'm looking for server-side
telephony hardware and services to implement an "SMS-based API" so that
I can perform vario
On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 at 17:54, Andrew Luke Nesbit via cctalk
wrote:
>
> I have an idea for a project to reduce my dependency on my phone. I'm
> trying to move to a model where voice, voicemail, and SMS are all that I
> need when I'm on the go.
There are plenty of such devices around.
Some are tr
Does anyone have copies of the planning (GA27-3609) or configuration (GA27-3726)
documents for the 3708 protocol converter?
On 10/17/2018 10:04 AM, Andrew Luke Nesbit via cctalk wrote:
I'm looking for server-side telephony hardware and services to implement
an "SMS-based API" so that I can perform various operations by using
simple commands over SMS.
Remember that it is possible to spoof or hijack SMS / phone numbe
I took most of this off line, but I'll try to close down the discussion, so
we can get back to TUHS history.
Please be careful of your wording as it is easy to get confused
particularly if you never used the original 1/2" tape system you might not
understand the actual terms. The term for reading
emanuel stiebler writes:
> TK50 on QBUS with an TQK50 controller which really didn't stream to often
> TK50 on QBUS with an TQK70 controller, which doubled the memory of the
> TQK50, which was capable of streaming ...
Now *that* I wasn't aware of! Thanks!
I'll have to open up my PDP-11/83 to
Probably preaching to the choir, but if you are going to be mounting an
old tape, there are some issues to be aware of.
Tape is really stable over time and your data is likely still there.
As tapes age, the surface of the gluey oxide coating degrades. The
symptoms will be very discernable with a
Yay! Congrats Josh!
Marc
> On Oct 16, 2018, at 8:39 PM, Josh Dersch via cctalk
> wrote:
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>> On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 11:19 AM Josh Dersch wrote:
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>> Thanks, all, for the responses! The way it measures out makes it look
>> like it may be an MJ10006 or similar. I think it's probably ok.
>>
On 10/17/18 10:51 AM, Jeffrey S. Worley via cctalk wrote:
> Cleaning the head from time to time may get you through a read of a
> tape for backup purposes, but there is a machine called a 'tape
> cleaner' which is a drive which leads the tape through a path seeded
> with knife-edges. As the ta
> On Oct 17, 2018, at 2:05 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk
> wrote:
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>
>
> On 10/17/18 10:51 AM, Jeffrey S. Worley via cctalk wrote:
>
>> Cleaning the head from time to time may get you through a read of a
>> tape for backup purposes, but there is a machine called a 'tape
>> cleaner' which is a
Thanks Liam!! Please read on below...
On 17/10/2018 17:07, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 at 17:54, Andrew Luke Nesbit via cctalk
> wrote:
>>
>> I have an idea for a project to reduce my dependency on my phone. I'm
>> trying to move to a model where voice, voicemail, and SM
I'm trying to use a simulated RX02 disk (under simh) with RT-11
and can't seem to get the DY driver to install.
Here's the relevant log:
sim> set ry enabled
sim> att ry0 ry0.dsk
RY: creating new file
RY: buffering file in memory
sim> c
.install dy
?KMON-F-Invalid device installation DL0:DY.SYS
On 10/17/18 11:10 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
> The 1/2 inch tape drives I'm familiar with incorporate such a device.
> Typically it's a ceramic thing, so it looks like a small shiny white
> rectangle near the heads. It has to be scrubbed clean periodically
> when it gets brown from accumul
[Reposting because my previous reply to this message was set to the
wrong From address.]
On 17/10/2018 17:39, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
> Remember that it is possible to spoof or hijack SMS / phone numbers. So
> don't rely on just that for security.
Good point. As far as I can tell, there's
On 10/17/2018 01:32 PM, Andrew Luke Nesbit via cctalk wrote:
[Reposting because my previous reply to this message was set to the
wrong From address.]
I hate it when I do that.
Good point. As far as I can tell, there's no way of securing
communications with a purely SMS-based approach.
I th
> On 17 Oct 2018, at 17:39, Grant Taylor via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> Remember that it is possible to spoof or hijack SMS / phone numbers. So
> don't rely on just that for security.
Good point. As far as I can tell, there's no way of securing communications
with a purely SMS-based approach.
M
Josh -
You may want to contact Denis Kohlhagen, at Butler Winding. IF this is for the
preservation of an HP terminal in the museum, they may wish to assist in
rebuild/rewinding that flyback. There are US firms that can perform this work,
and publicity of preserving history is desired by some
On 10/17/18 1:53 PM, Don Stalkowski via cctalk wrote:
I'm trying to use a simulated RX02 disk (under simh) with RT-11
and can't seem to get the DY driver to install.
Here's the relevant log:
sim> set ry enabled
sim> att ry0 ry0.dsk
RY: creating new file
RY: buffering file in memory
sim> c
.in
On 10/17/2018 07:19 PM, Jerry Weiss via cctalk wrote:
> On 10/17/18 1:53 PM, Don Stalkowski via cctalk wrote:
>> I'm trying to use a simulated RX02 disk (under simh) with RT-11
>> and can't seem to get the DY driver to install.
>>
>> Here's the relevant log:
>>
>> sim> set ry enabled
>> sim> att
A quick update.
Thanks to those who sent pics of intact rollers.
Derived from those the correct pinch roller diameter is 27.20 mm.
Notes here: http://everist.org/NobLog/20180922_data_in_holes.htm#rub
It seems there's a few people who need new M200 rollers.
Once/if I perfect a successful method of
> On Oct 17, 2018, at 12:22 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
> wrote:
>
>> On 10/17/18 11:10 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
>>
>> The 1/2 inch tape drives I'm familiar with incorporate such a device.
>> Typically it's a ceramic thing, so it looks like a small shiny white
>> rectangle near the h
On 10/17/2018 11:05 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
Bake the tapes first, preferably with
a lot of moving air before attempting to "clean" a tape.
I looked to see if someone suggested a temperature / time, didn't see
it. Can you suggest what would work.
Also, I've got some friends followin
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