RE: Not just slashed zeroes/ohs

2022-04-28 Thread Dave Wade G4UGM via cctalk
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk On Behalf Of Teo Zenios via > cctalk > Sent: 28 April 2022 06:43 > To: Fred Cisin ; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off- > Topic Posts > Subject: Re: Not just slashed zeroes/ohs > > I watched the screen and it works very well. His only problem is h

Lisp machine PCBs

2022-04-28 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
A chap I know -- not on the list -- has some old LispM bits that he would like to find good homes for. Quote: « LISP Machine boards - attached are a couple of pictures of the two sizes of boards we have. The smaller boards are two ESDI "paddles" and two console boards. The larger boards are six co

Rubber bands for a TU58

2022-04-28 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
Quick question: I have seen references to new rubber bands for the DC600 series of carts, but is there a similar replacement part for TU58 tapes? C

Re: Rubber bands for a TU58

2022-04-28 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
On Thu, 28 Apr 2022, Chris Zach wrote: Quick question: I have seen references to new rubber bands for the DC600 series of carts, but is there a similar replacement part for TU58 tapes? Yes, but forget Baumgartens' Plastibands, they are practically unavailable. I got some hundred of each size

Re: Rubber bands for a TU58

2022-04-28 Thread Alan Perry via cctalk
On 4/28/22 8:21 AM, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: On Thu, 28 Apr 2022, Chris Zach wrote: Quick question: I have seen references to new rubber bands for the DC600 series of carts, but is there a similar replacement part for TU58 tapes? Yes, but forget Baumgartens' Plastibands, they are p

cleaning up edge connectors

2022-04-28 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
I am hoping to restore my TRS-80 Model-I(s). As is usually the case with these the edge connectors are badly corroded and dirty and cleaning them with an eraser really doesn't help much. Back in the day there used to be something you could get that let you "gold plate" the edge connectors. Is

Re: cleaning up edge connectors

2022-04-28 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 4/28/22 12:47, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > I am hoping to restore my TRS-80 Model-I(s).  As is usually > the case with these the edge connectors are badly corroded > and dirty and cleaning them with an eraser really doesn't > help much.  Back in the day there used to be something you

Re: cleaning up edge connectors

2022-04-28 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
2000 grit sandpaper? On 4/28/2022 4:16 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: On 4/28/22 12:47, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: I am hoping to restore my TRS-80 Model-I(s).  As is usually the case with these the edge connectors are badly corroded and dirty and cleaning them with an eraser really

Re: cleaning up edge connectors

2022-04-28 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 4/28/22 12:47, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > I am hoping to restore my TRS-80 Model-I(s).  As is usually > the case with these the edge connectors are badly corroded > and dirty and cleaning them with an eraser really doesn't > help much.  Back in the day there used to be something you

Re: cleaning up edge connectors

2022-04-28 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 4/28/22 16:32, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: On 4/28/22 12:47, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: I am hoping to restore my TRS-80 Model-I(s).  As is usually the case with these the edge connectors are badly corroded and dirty and cleaning them with an eraser really doesn't help much.  Back i

Re: cleaning up edge connectors

2022-04-28 Thread John Foust via cctalk
At 03:45 PM 4/28/2022, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: >>>If neither of these is doable or practical, what are people >>>doing to clean up these connectors? >>Anent that, here's an oldie but goldie: >>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqr-ZmDHR8U > >Now that was cool. But, somehow I doubt it is st

Re: cleaning up edge connectors

2022-04-28 Thread Peter Cetinski via cctalk
> On Apr 28, 2022, at 3:47 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk > wrote: > > > I am hoping to restore my TRS-80 Model-I(s). As is usually > the case with these the edge connectors are badly corroded > and dirty and cleaning them with an eraser really doesn't > help much. Back in the day there us

Re: RT11 Freeware Collection

2022-04-28 Thread s shumaker via cctalk
Can you post the download link for the ISO? Steve On 4/27/2022 7:46 AM, Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote: All; I wanted to extract some parts of the RT11 Freeware iso file that is available on the internet.  The note Tom Shoppa wrote indicates that the CD has 2 partitions.  When I burned the

Re: cleaning up edge connectors

2022-04-28 Thread geneb via cctalk
On Thu, 28 Apr 2022, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: I am hoping to restore my TRS-80 Model-I(s). As is usually the case with these the edge connectors are badly corroded and dirty and cleaning them with an eraser really doesn't help much. Back in the day there used to be something you coul

Re: cleaning up edge connectors

2022-04-28 Thread Mike Katz via cctalk
I use DeOxit Gold to clean my PDP-8 boards edge conectors: https://www.amazon.com/G5S-6-Enhancer-Protector-Surfaces-Integrated/dp/B003A7KHK8 On 4/28/2022 4:53 PM, geneb via cctalk wrote: On Thu, 28 Apr 2022, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: I am hoping to restore my TRS-80 Model-I(s).  As i

Re: cleaning up edge connectors

2022-04-28 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 4/28/22 13:56, John Foust via cctalk wrote: > Not cheap but they are out there. > > https://www.goldplating.com/collections/jewelry-plating-kits > > I had a similar set of jars of metal salts for plating 40+ years ago. > > - John Another favorite place for plating supplies: https://caswel

Re: cleaning up edge connectors

2022-04-28 Thread Jonathan Chapman via cctalk
If there's bad/deep corrosion, I hit it with the ink eraser (I have a bunch of Eberhard-Faber ones that look like a wooden pencil, you sharpen them like a pencil too). If that won't touch it, I use the stainless steel toothbrush. Corey Cohen has some plating solution that you dip a pen in, inten

Re: Slashed letter O, unslashed letter zero

2022-04-28 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Apr 26, 2022, at 1:25 PM, Shoppa, Tim via cctalk > wrote: > > Paul writes: >> As for the slashed letter O, that's strange. Certainly it is not CDC >> practice; the only place I ever ran into this is with IBM, I always >> considered it an example of IBM doing >> things the weird way.

Re: RT11 Freeware Collection

2022-04-28 Thread Douglas Taylor via cctalk
Here is the link I used: http://www.bitsavers.org/bits/DEC/pdp11/trailing-edge_cd/rt11freewarev2.iso.gz Doug On 4/28/2022 5:35 PM, s shumaker via cctalk wrote: Can you post the download link for the ISO? Steve On 4/27/2022 7:46 AM, Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote: All; I wanted to extract

Re: RT11 Freeware Collection

2022-04-28 Thread s shumaker via cctalk
duh...  Didn't look there.  was googling all over w/o success.  It didn't show the bitsavers link.  Thanks! Steve On 4/28/2022 7:55 PM, Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote: Here is the link I used: http://www.bitsavers.org/bits/DEC/pdp11/trailing-edge_cd/rt11freewarev2.iso.gz Doug On 4/28/20

Re: Slashed letter O, unslashed letter zero

2022-04-28 Thread ben via cctalk
On 2022-04-28 6:03 p.m., Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: It almost feels like a web page version of Lindsay Publishing, sadly gone now. paul Here is link for RETRO mechanical things off YouTube, to fill that need to build. Machining The Antikythera Mechanism Antikythera Fragm