Re: Flip-Chip selloff (Al Kossow)

2021-02-04 Thread Toby Thain via cctalk
On 2021-02-03 5:36 p.m., Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: > Why don't we just use bitcoin? Thanks for the belly laugh

Re: OT: pints, pounds (Was: APL\360

2021-02-04 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Mon, 1 Feb 2021 at 21:07, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > > That is what it MEANS. > But, it's not quite right. It's off by about 4%. > A US pint of water weighs 1.043 pounds. > One "fluid ounce" (volume) of water weighs 1.043 ounces (weight)! Close enough for government work. With all the of

Re: PDP-11/70 debugging advice

2021-02-04 Thread Fritz Mueller via cctalk
> On Feb 3, 2021, at 8:07 PM, Josh Dersch wrote: > Sure enough, TIGB XTAL H was a flat line. Nothing happening at the crystal > itself either. The crystal's casing was fairly corroded (which is > interesting, since nothing else on the board is) and after a tiny bit of > prodding one of the

Re: HP Journal back issues

2021-02-04 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
Thanks!   The radio site aside  from  using low bit rate scan also I think compresses the pdf files. Ed# On Wednesday, February 3, 2021 J. David Bryan via cctech wrote: On Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at 9:25, ED SHARPE via cctech wrote: > Indeed this site is great for reference but alas are

ebay Payments WAS RE: Flip-Chip selloff (Al Kossow)

2021-02-04 Thread Ali via cctalk
> I remember how annoying it was when Ebay required all payments through > paypal. I preferred checks and getting all the money. I am sure as a seller you liked it. As a buyer I wasn't about to send you a check for more than a couple of bucks without assurances (and no the FB system did not prov

R: Winchester SA1004 file recovering

2021-02-04 Thread Enrico email.it via cctalk
I wish apologize me. the work was done by a dear friend and I had mistakenly understood that he had used the Fluxengine card instead he used this card http://www.pdp8online.com/mfm/ with add-on daughter card interfacing with the SASI controller SA-1403. Since, despite repeated readings, we are not

Re: PDP-11/70 debugging advice

2021-02-04 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 10:19 AM Fritz Mueller via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > On Feb 3, 2021, at 8:07 PM, Josh Dersch wrote: > > Sure enough, TIGB XTAL H was a flat line. Nothing happening at the > crystal itself either. The crystal's casing was fairly corroded (which is > in

Re: PDP-11/70 debugging advice

2021-02-04 Thread Fritz Mueller via cctalk
> On Feb 4, 2021, at 1:51 PM, Josh Dersch wrote: > [RC maintenance clock] Yeah, you'd think... but it doesn't work :). I > mentioned earlier in this thread that it's stuck in single-step mode. From > the schematics it looks like the crystal clock needs to be running to clock > some of the f

PRIVATE: OT: pints, pounds (Was: APL\360

2021-02-04 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
I may use metric when I am measuring things myself, but I got my motorbike licence in 1991 and my car licence in 2005. I was solely taught and tested in MPH. For estimating stopping distances by eye, a metre is a yard, near enough -- and of course "car lengths" and seconds aren't affected. Keep 2

APOLOGIES; was not meant to be to the list (Was: PRIVATE: OT: pints, pounds (Was: APL\360

2021-02-04 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
Sorry about that. I didn't pay close enough attention to my outgoing header.

UDS EIA module for ASR33

2021-02-04 Thread s shumaker via cctalk
Recently acquired an ASR33 with an old EIA (RS-232) Interface convertor module.   It came with a two page spec and cable pinout sheet that is more hole than it is paper. Manufacturer is United Data Services (UDS) in Phoenix.  Model seems to be 312 A 0568  (might be 0563)  Google hasn't been muc

Re: PDP-11/70 debugging advice

2021-02-04 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 2:42 PM Fritz Mueller via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > On Feb 4, 2021, at 1:51 PM, Josh Dersch wrote: > > [RC maintenance clock] Yeah, you'd think... but it doesn't work :). I > mentioned earlier in this thread that it's stuck in single-step mode. From > t