[cctalk] Re: Nova and Eclipse Emulator beta release

2022-11-11 Thread Jay Logue via cctalk
Thanks for doing this!  I do have a few questions regarding emulator software: - You mention that the emulator combines "the SimH project structure" with Wild Hare's commercial code.  I take this to mean that the emulator is an extension of simh to support the listed DG processors and devices

[cctalk] Re: Seeking a Sun monitor with 13W3 interface

2022-11-11 Thread D. Olsson via cctalk
Hi, I really appreciate the reply! What an amazing community and mailing list here for keeping retro computing alive! > I have a GDM1604B40 monitor (Sony Trinitron design) with a 13W3 connector. > I don't know if it works or not. I'm glad to hear there still are some out there! :) > It is mis

[cctalk] Inline Serial Device?

2022-11-11 Thread W2HX via cctalk
Hello all, I am looking for a device that sits transparently in an RS-232 serial line and upon seeing a particular code go over the serial line ((or sequence of codes) will actual a relay (or a transistor). Something with two DB25s or DE9s and is configurable to what code will trigger the outpu

[cctalk] Re: Inline Serial Device?

2022-11-11 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
not that it's easy but a raspberry pi could be set up to watch the serial line. On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 4:16 PM W2HX via cctalk wrote: > Hello all, > > I am looking for a device that sits transparently in an RS-232 serial line > and upon seeing a particular code go over the serial line ((or sequ

[cctalk] Re: Inline Serial Device?

2022-11-11 Thread Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk
Or even cheaper, and Arduino uno cheers, Nigel Nigel Johnson, MSc., MIEEE, MCSE VE3ID/G4AJQ/VA3MCU Amateur Radio, the origin of the open-source concept! Skype: TILBURY2591 On 2022-11-11 16:24, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: not that it's easy but a raspberry pi could be set up to watch the

[cctalk] Re: Inline Serial Device?

2022-11-11 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
Something quite similar, . . . (probably a hassle to switch over) I had a KVM switch, that permitted two computers to share one keyboard mouse, monitor, and speakers. DE15, two USB ports and a headphone jack (IOGear GCS632U?) It apparently watched for a hotkey from the keyboard to activate sw

[cctalk] Re: Inline Serial Device?

2022-11-11 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
Perhaps cheaper still, a Raspberry Pico. Those go for $4, which even for the smaller Arduinos is hard to beat. paul > On Nov 11, 2022, at 4:29 PM, Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk > wrote: > > Or even cheaper, and Arduino uno > > cheers, > > Nigel > > > Nigel Johnson, MSc., MIEEE, MC

[cctalk] Re: Inline Serial Device?

2022-11-11 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
Or even cheaper, a dumpstered/e-waste PC On Fri, 11 Nov 2022, Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk wrote: Or even cheaper, and Arduino uno cheers, Nigel Nigel Johnson, MSc., MIEEE, MCSE VE3ID/G4AJQ/VA3MCU Amateur Radio, the origin of the open-source concept! Skype: TILBURY2591 On 2022-11-11 16:2

[cctalk] Re: Inline Serial Device?

2022-11-11 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
I suspect that a cheap minimal MCU could not only do the job, but do it by scavenging power from the RS232 signal lines (like old serial mice did). It's really surprising how miserly these things can be with power requirements nowadays. I keep a big jar around that's full of blue- and black pil

[cctalk] Re: Inline Serial Device?

2022-11-11 Thread Wayne S via cctalk
Black box may have something. They had something similar where you could call in via phone and activate a switch to reboot a computer. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 11, 2022, at 13:40, Fred Cisin via cctalk > wrote: > > Or even cheaper, a dumpstered/e-waste PC > >> On Fri, 11 Nov 2022, Nigel

[cctalk] Re: Inline Serial Device?

2022-11-11 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Fri, 11 Nov 2022, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: I keep a big jar around that's full of blue- and black pill MCU boards, as well as a few of the more capable STM32F4 and F7 boards.Nowadays, everything seems to look like a job for an MCU. The MCU has replaced the hammer! . . . "To a man w

[cctalk] Re: Inline Serial Device?

2022-11-11 Thread Wayne S via cctalk
Something like this… https://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Box-Corporation-Modified-SWED98174-Cos-II-Code-Operated-Serial-Switcher-/165759564735?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0 Sent from my iPhone On Nov 11, 2022, at 14:00, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: On Fri

[cctalk] Re: Inline Serial Device?

2022-11-11 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 11/11/22 14:00, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > On Fri, 11 Nov 2022, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >> I keep a big jar around that's full of blue- and black pill MCU boards, >> as well as a few of the more capable STM32F4 and F7 boards.    Nowadays, >> everything seems to look like a job for an M

[cctalk] Re: Inline Serial Device?

2022-11-11 Thread W2HX via cctalk
Thanks to everyone who responded. And thanks to Wayne for the black box suggestion. I have actually been thinking about that very product. What it does is switch a master port to one of several other ports. Not far from what I'm seeking. I was thinking of buying one of these and hacking it to tr

[cctalk] Re: Inline Serial Device?

2022-11-11 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 11/11/22 16:24, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: not that it's easy but a raspberry pi could be set up to watch the serial line. Probably overkill. I think it could be done with an arduino. bill

[cctalk] Re: Inline Serial Device?

2022-11-11 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 11/11/22 16:52, Wayne S via cctalk wrote: Black box may have something. They had something similar where you could call in via phone and activate a switch to reboot a computer. If they do it probably costs about $500. Blackbox is not the company they used to be. (From someone who still h

[cctalk] Re: Inline Serial Device?

2022-11-11 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 11/11/22 17:07, Wayne S via cctalk wrote: Something like this… https://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Box-Corporation-Modified-SWED98174-Cos-II-Code-Operated-Serial-Switcher-/165759564735?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0 Looks like some kind of serial port sw

[cctalk] Re: Inline Serial Device?

2022-11-11 Thread Cameron Kaiser via cctalk
>>> I am looking for a device that sits transparently in an RS-232 serial line >>> and upon seeing a particular code go over the serial line ((or sequence of >>> codes) will actual a relay (or a transistor). Something with two DB25s or >>> DE9s and is configurable to what code will trigger the outp