RE: testing

2022-03-11 Thread jwest--- via cctalk
Re: "ACK", Love this place 😃 Not sure what coughed on the mailing list server, reboot fixed it oddly. Thanks DaveM for poking me about it! J -Original Message- From: William Sudbrink Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2022 4:29 PM To: jw...@classiccmp.org; 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off

DEC H500 Digital Computer Lab

2022-03-11 Thread Tom Hunter via cctalk
As there is no real cctalk traffic other than test messages I thought I post something a bit more interesting. Here is a short video of my fully restored DEC H500 Computer Lab with an 8-bit counter implementation including reset: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57xU3Xqnqx4 Enjoy Tom Hunter P.S.

Re: testing

2022-03-11 Thread Kevin Lee via cctalk
Works ok now. Was silent for a few days. > On 11 Mar 2022, at 13:59, jwest--- via cctalk wrote: > > Re: "ACK", Love this place 😃 > > Not sure what coughed on the mailing list server, reboot fixed it oddly. > Thanks DaveM for poking me about it! > > J > > -Original Message- > From

Re: DEC H500 Digital Computer Lab

2022-03-11 Thread Toby Thain via cctalk
On 2022-03-11 8:03 a.m., Tom Hunter via cctalk wrote: ... P.S. Is there some problem with the mailing list? The few "non-test" messages I get are often out of context. Open secret -- There's something wrong with every mailing list...

Seeking a MC75325L Dual Memory Driver

2022-03-11 Thread pbirkel--- via cctalk
I have here in my hands a DEC H222A (16Kx18), part of a MM11-DP, that took a blow at sometime in the past. In consequence there are a number of small parts damaged (snapped diode, crushed axial electrolytic, chipped mica capacitor, cracked/broken SIP resister net) but those all appear to be relati

Digitronics P135-20 Paper Tape Punch

2022-03-11 Thread pbirkel--- via cctalk
I have the mechanism for a Digitronics P135-20 Paper Tape Punch. It turns out that Surplus Sales currently has one of these for sale; see item "(EQP) P135-20/35". It is accompanied by a three-page snippet of a much longer manual for this punch. See: https://www.surplussales.com/equipment/pdf

Re: Digitronics P135-20 Paper Tape Punch

2022-03-11 Thread Adrian Stoness via cctalk
did u try talking to that outfit to see if they got more documents with it? On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 9:08 AM Paul Birkel via cctech < cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I have the mechanism for a Digitronics P135-20 Paper Tape Punch. > > It turns out that Surplus Sales currently has one of these for

Re: DEC H500 Digital Computer Lab

2022-03-11 Thread Adrian Stoness via cctalk
check ur spam box and mark not as spam when you find stuff that shouldnt be in the spam box On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 7:03 AM Tom Hunter via cctalk wrote: > As there is no real cctalk traffic other than test messages I thought I > post something a bit more interesting. Here is a short video of my

Re: DEC H500 Digital Computer Lab

2022-03-11 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 8:03 AM Tom Hunter via cctalk wrote: > As there is no real cctalk traffic other than test messages I thought I > post something a bit more interesting. Here is a short video of my fully > restored DEC H500 Computer Lab with an 8-bit counter implementation > including reset:

RE: Digitronics P135-20 Paper Tape Punch

2022-03-11 Thread pbirkel--- via cctalk
Yes indeed. No response whatsoever :-<. Not even a receipt acknowledgement. From: Adrian Stoness Sent: Friday, March 11, 2022 10:21 AM To: pbir...@gmail.com; General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Digitronics P135-20 Paper Tape Punch did u try talking to that outfit to see if

Looking for computer and individual to read old floppy disks

2022-03-11 Thread Terry Cox-Joseph via cctalk
Dear Classic Computers Members,I am looking for someone who had an operating floppy disk drive that can read old 5-1/4" floppy disks from the 1980s.I may also need someone to read hard, 3" floppies. The disks can be mailed and the info can be saved as text and sent via email or to the Cloud.I wo

Re: Looking for computer and individual to read old floppy disks

2022-03-11 Thread Mike Katz via cctalk
I use a greaseweazle to read and format DEC RX01/RX02 8" diskettes. It supports all sizes and formats. https://github.com/keirf/greaseweazle https://decromancer.ooo/greaseweazle/ https://retrocmp.de/hardware/greaseweazle/greaseweazle.htm https://www.tindie.com/search/?q=greastweazle On 3/11/20

Re: Looking for computer and individual to read old floppy disks

2022-03-11 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
Terry, If you're willing to travel to Kennett Square, PA we have a diskette archiving station set up for use here. Contact me privately if interested. Bill Degnan CONTACT---> https://www.kennettclassic.com/contact.cfm On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 12:41 PM Terry Cox-Joseph via cctalk < cctalk@classic

Re: Looking for computer and individual to read old floppy disks

2022-03-11 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Fri, 11 Mar 2022, Terry Cox-Joseph via cctalk wrote: Dear Classic Computers Members,I am looking for someone who had an operating floppy disk drive that can read old 5-1/4" floppy disks from the 1980s.I may also need someone to read hard, 3" floppies. The disks can be mailed and the info can

Re: Seeking a MC75325L Dual Memory Driver

2022-03-11 Thread Gary Oliver via cctalk
On 3/11/22 07:01, Paul Birkel via cctech wrote: .snip. UTSOURCE claims to have a supplier of the ceramic part "new", with a significantly higher shipping charge. For what it's worth, I've ordered several times from UTSOURCE and the results have been perfect.  So far, I obtained a number of th

Re: Looking for computer and individual to read old floppy disks

2022-03-11 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
I could do it, but I'm a little squeezed for time and energy right now. Spending my mornings under the LINAC. --Chuck

Re: Looking for computer and individual to read old floppy disks

2022-03-11 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Fri, 11 Mar 2022, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: I could do it, but I'm a little squeezed for time and energy right now. Spending my mornings under the LINAC. Yikes! The word "under" means that you are not doing atomic physics experiments. Very sorry to hear it. I got more details from the

Re: Looking for computer and individual to read old floppy disks

2022-03-11 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 3/11/22 20:39, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: On Fri, 11 Mar 2022, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: I could do it, but I'm a little squeezed for time and energy right now. Spending my mornings under the LINAC. Yikes! The word "under" means that you are not doing atomic physics experiments. Very

Re: Looking for computer and individual to read old floppy disks

2022-03-11 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
I got more details from the guy with the disks.  They are apparently "360K" PC floppies with XYWRITE files, and he wants to load the file contents into a "modern"? word processor.  So hopefully, somebody can help him, with a simple COPY *.*, and I think that he now understands that he might als

Re: Looking for computer and individual to read old floppy disks

2022-03-11 Thread Warner Losh via cctalk
On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 7:25 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > >> I got more details from the guy with the disks. They are apparently > >> "360K" PC floppies with XYWRITE files, and he wants to load the file > >> contents into a "modern"? word processor. So hopefully, somebody can > help > >> h

Re: Looking for computer and individual to read old floppy disks

2022-03-11 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 3/11/22 18:32, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote: > There are no 5.25" USB floppies. Well, not 100% true (there are > values in the identifier strings that tell you it's a 1.2MB floppy vs > a 1.44MB floppy), but as a practical matter, you can't find them. > I've looked and gave up... That's how I wo

Re: Looking for computer and individual to read old floppy disks

2022-03-11 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 3/11/22 18:04, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > It was mentioned that he would pay someone to do this.  Why not just > tell him to buy a $20 USB Floppy from Amazon and copy them himself? If he wants, he can send them to me. After all, it's just a few keystrokes for me. However, I don't d

Re: Looking for computer and individual to read old floppy disks

2022-03-11 Thread Warner Losh via cctalk
On Fri, Mar 11, 2022, 8:04 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > On 3/11/22 18:32, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote: > > > There are no 5.25" USB floppies. Well, not 100% true (there are > > values in the identifier strings that tell you it's a 1.2MB floppy vs > > a 1.44MB floppy), but as a practical ma

Re: Looking for computer and individual to read old floppy disks

2022-03-11 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
I got more details from the guy with the disks. They are apparently "360K" PC floppies with XYWRITE files, and he wants to load the file contents into a "modern"? word processor. So hopefully, somebody can help him, with a simple COPY *.*, and I think that he now understands that he might als

Re: Looking for computer and individual to read old floppy disks

2022-03-11 Thread Warner Losh via cctalk
On Fri, Mar 11, 2022, 8:34 PM Fred Cisin wrote: > I got more details from the guy with the disks. They are apparently > "360K" PC floppies with XYWRITE files, and he wants to load the file > contents into a "modern"? word processor. So hopefully, somebody can > help him, wit

Re: Looking for computer and individual to read old floppy disks

2022-03-11 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
There are no 5.25" USB floppies. Well, not 100% true (there are values in the identifier strings that tell you it's a 1.2MB floppy vs a 1.44MB floppy), but as a practical matter, you can't find them. I've looked and gave up... That's how I wound up with my kyroflux + TEAC drive (though a greasewea

Re: Looking for computer and individual to read old floppy disks

2022-03-11 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 3/11/22 19:57, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > There was a time about 30 years ago, . . . > a couple different companies took tiny single boards, such as Ampro > Little Board, stuck them in a box with a floppy drive, and custom > software that included communication through serial port, and mark

Found SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION FOR ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERICA WARRICK WORKS DATANET -30 REALTIME DATA ACCUMULATOR AND DISTRIBUTOR ... AUG 7 1964

2022-03-11 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION FOR ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERICA WARRICK WORKS DATANET -30 REALTIME DATA ACCUMULATOR AND DISTRIBUTOR ... AUG 7 1964 Sent from the all new AOL app for Android

Found! Ge 115 computer brochure

2022-03-11 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
Found! Ge 115 computer brochure where can I find the computer? Sent from the all new AOL app for Android