Re: RCA COSMAC MS2000 MicroDisk Development System

2022-04-08 Thread Joshua Rice via cctalk
From: "Bill Degnan via cctech" ...but I bet yours is more like 1976-77. What is the CPU type 1802 or something else? It's definitely an 1802 family CPU, not sure of exact model, but i'll find that out later when i tear it down (and document/post it here). However, it's much newer than '77.

Re: RCA COSMAC MS2000 MicroDisk Development System

2022-04-08 Thread Joshua Rice via cctalk
-- Original Message -- From: "geneb" https://i.imgur.com/Q96sRhE.jpg Nice find! g. No, it looks like this: https://imgur.com/gallery/bHYFoBV -- Original Message -- From: "David Schultz" You didn't mention my web page: http://davesrocketwo

Re: RCA COSMAC MS2000 MicroDisk Development System

2022-04-08 Thread geneb via cctalk
On Thu, 7 Apr 2022, Bill Degnan wrote: This one is from 1975 just before the Altair 8800 https://www.vintagecomputer.net/rca/COSMAC/EDN_COSMAC_Microkit.jpg Ah, ok. Thanks for the pic! ...but I bet yours is more like 1976-77. What is the CPU type 1802 or something else? It's an 1802. It's

Re: Bob Lucky

2022-04-08 Thread Peter Schow via cctalk
On Thu, Apr 7, 2022 at 9:41 AM Jim Brain via cctalk wrote: > > I don't remember seeing this here, and not sure how many of you read his > articles, but: > > https://spectrum.ieee.org/bob-lucky-obituary Thanks for letting us know. I got to meet Robert Lucky when he was at Bellcore in the mid-1990

Re: Bob Lucky

2022-04-08 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
Thanks for letting us know. I got to meet Robert Lucky when he was at Bellcore in the mid-1990s and visited us at U S WEST Advanced Technologies in Boulder, CO. He said Bellcore spent years designing a public internet-like system at scale but their #1 concern was where content was going to come

Quantum ATL-7100 DLT Changer in SLC

2022-04-08 Thread Tim Riker via cctalk
I have a Quantum ATL-7100 100 tape DLT changer. Last I checked it worked fine. It's almost as big as a fridge. I have around 100 tapes for it, not all the same density. It uses fast/wide scsi-3 differential for the drives. I think I have 2 working drives in the cabinet plus one or 2 separate ex