Re: keycaps / switches for Tek 4006

On Fri, 26 Jul 2019 at 02:40, Fritz Mueller via cctalk wrote: > > After disassembly, I can see the keyboard assembly are marked "Cherry" and > part number is B76-07AA. I'm not enough of a keyboard wonk to know if these > are still-mfg'd cherry key mechanisms? Cheery are still around. Ask them?

IBM 5160 with oddball MDA input/output card

Hi all, Someone on one of the Facebook vintage groups found an IBM 5160 with an MDA display for sale in Australia, except that it's a bit odd in that the machine had what appears to be an MDA card, the output of which is then connected via a short external cable to the input on another card,

Re: DEC Pro380 problems

On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 10:46 PM Eric Dittman via cctalk wrote:> >> I pulled my Pro380 out of storage... > > Okay, I looked at the slot and it looks like one of the first pins is > missing: > > https://www.dittman.net/pro380/pro380missingpin.jpg Bummer. I have a floppy controller that had the wi

Re: IBM 5160 with oddball MDA input/output card

On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 12:23 PM Jules Richardson via cctalk wrote: > > > Hi all, > > Someone on one of the Facebook vintage groups found an IBM 5160 with an MDA > display for sale in Australia, except that it's a bit odd in that the > machine had what appears to be an MDA card, the output of whic

Re: MicroPDP-11/23+ cabinet kit cables

> From: Douglas Taylor > I'm putting together a MicroPDP-11/23 in a BA23 box. Have the M8189 CPU > quad width board and the bulkhead cabinet kit .. how the cabling goes > from the M8189 CPU board to the bulkhead cabinet kit? I _think_ this might be the cable you need: https://w

Re: IBM 5160 with oddball MDA input/output card

On Fri, 26 Jul 2019 at 13:23, Jules Richardson via cctalk wrote: > > Someone on one of the Facebook vintage groups Oh? Which one? -- Liam Proven - Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk - Google Mail/Hangouts/Plus: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/Facebook/Flickr: lproven - Sky

Re: MicroPDP-11/23+ cabinet kit cables

Noel; Yep, that's the one.  I never thought one would be on ebay.  Imagine searching by the part number Doug On 7/26/2019 11:23 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > From: Douglas Taylor > I'm putting together a MicroPDP-11/23 in a BA23 box. Have the M8189 CPU > quad width

Re: IBM 5160 with oddball MDA input/output card

On 7/26/19 9:50 AM, Tony Duell wrote: Are you sure it's MDA rather than CGA. The reason I ask is that I have a full-length 8-bit ISA card in my collection that connects between the CGA card and its monitor (it also provides a composite video output if you want that) _and_ inside the machine it co

Re: IBM 5160 with oddball MDA input/output card

On 7/26/19 11:25 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: On Fri, 26 Jul 2019 at 13:23, Jules Richardson via cctalk wrote: Someone on one of the Facebook vintage groups Oh? Which one? It's in Vintage Computer Club, posted on the 24th. Doubtless Facebook's buried it for you because it seems to en

Re: IBM 5160 with oddball MDA input/output card

On Fri, 26 Jul 2019, Jules Richardson via cctalk wrote: Someone on one of the Facebook vintage groups found an IBM 5160 with an MDA display for sale in Australia, except that it's a bit odd in that the machine had what appears to be an MDA card, the output of which is then connected via a short

Re: IBM 5160 with oddball MDA input/output card

On 2019-07-26 4:53 p.m., Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: On Fri, 26 Jul 2019, Jules Richardson via cctalk wrote: Someone on one of the Facebook vintage groups found an IBM 5160 with an MDA display for sale in Australia, except that it's a bit odd in that the machine had what appears to be an MDA

Re: IBM 5160 with oddball MDA input/output card

I have been out of the PC tech game for almost 20 years and even I know the difference between ISA, PCI, MCA and AGP. I've never actually seen an EISA in the flesh though. Ray On Fri, Jul 26, 2019, 4:04 PM Paul Berger via cctalk wrote: > > On 2019-07-26 4:53 p.m., Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: >

Re: Resurrecting integrated circuits by cooking them.

On 7/25/2019 1:08 PM, Jeffrey S. Worley via cctalk wrote: Does this mean that, like me scratching a bit at the package to expose enough nub of broken-off pin to get a blob of solder on to hold a new leg made of wire can theoretically be extended to shaving off the top of the package to expose the

Re: IBM 5160 with oddball MDA input/output card

On 7/26/19 2:53 PM, Fred Cisin wrote: Genlock? MOST video add-ons were combined onto a board with their own video card, rather than connecting to IBM's It seems odd within a 5151/MDA context though - plus the system seems entirely self-contained, i.e. not designed to interact with any other v

Re: keycaps / switches for Tek 4006

> Can you take a picture of the switches? > Cindy Some pics of they keyboard assembly, key cap underside, key mechs, and also the power toggle I'd like to replace, are here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1dKBOdhwgpedYpYCKbGxrd3P9jCNwBRs5